13 Religious Perspectives On Mourning And Memorial Events
Different religions have various approaches to mourning and memorial events.
While some religions have prescribed mourning periods and memorial events, others do not. Here are some major religions' perspectives on mourning and memorial events.
Episcopalians do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Baptists do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Buddhists do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Catholics do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Eastern Orthodox
The mourning period for Eastern Orthodox Christians lasts for forty days. Within those forty days, the third day, the ninth day, and the fortieth day all have special significance. After forty days, memorials are celebrated at three months, six months, nine months, one year, and on the anniversary of the death for at least seven years. For close relatives, the mourning period may last for one year, during which widows and widowers may wear only black clothing and will recite Panikhidas regularly. Close relatives may also stay home from work for one week and avoid social gatherings for two months.
Hindus observe both a mourning period and memorial events. The day after the cremation, the eldest male relative (known as "karta") will return to the crematory and collect the ashes. Traditionally, the ashes should be immersed in the Ganges River, though more and more other rivers are becoming acceptable substitutes. For Hindus living outside of India, there are companies that will arrange for the shipment of the cremated remains to India and will submerge the ashes in the Ganges.
The cremation of the deceased marks the beginning of the mourning period, which lasts for 13 days. During this time, the family will stay at home and receive visitors, though mourning rituals may differ depending on the community. A photograph of the person who died may be prominently displayed, and a garland of flowers may be placed on the photograph. Throughout the mourning period, the rite of "preta-karma" will be performed, which assists the disembodied spirit of the deceased to obtain a new body for reincarnation.
One year after the death, the family will observe a memorial event called "sraddha," which pays homage to the person who died. The karta will invite Brahmins, members of the highest caste, to the home and provide them with an elaborate meal, treating them as he would his own parents.
There are two periods of mourning in Judaism. The first, called "shiva," meaning "seven," takes place over the seven days immediately following the funeral. During shiva, the family gathers every day in a family home to mourn and pray. For seven days, family members do not go to work or participate in the routine of their normal lives. Guests are received during this time. On the first day of shiva, a shiva candle is lit, which will burn for the duration of the week.
The second period of mourning is called "shloshim," meaning "thirty," and lasts until the thirtieth day after the funeral. During shloshim, mourners will resume many of their daily routines, but will continue to recite the Mourner's Kaddish daily. Shloshim marks the end of the formal mourning period and a full return to daily life, except in the event that mourners are mourning the death of a parent. If a parent has died, the formal mourning period lasts an entire year.
Any time within the first eleven months after the death, there will be a ceremony around the installation of the headstone, called a "headstone unveiling." (Though a headstone unveiling is traditional, there is no religious obligation to have an unveiling.) Before the ceremony begins, the headstone is covered in a sheet or cloth. Those in attendance gather around the headstone and recite psalms and perhaps a brief eulogy before removing the cloth. The Memorial Prayer, called "El Maleh Rachamim," is then recited. If there are at least ten people in attendance, the Mourner's Blessing, called "Mourner's Kaddish," may be recited. After the prayers have been recited, those in attendance will place small stones on the headstone as a sign that you visited the grave and as a sign of respect for the person who died.
There are two specified memorial events in Judiasm. The first, called "yahrzeit," is observed on the anniversary of the death (according to the Hebrew calendar). Every year, the night before the anniversary of the death, a yahrzeit candle is lit, which will burn for 24 hours, and the mourner recites the Mourner's Kaddish.
The second memorial event, called "yizkor," takes place on Yom Kipur, the Day of Atonement, as well as on the holiday of Shemini Atzeret and on the last days of the holidays Passover and Shavuot. Yizkor is a memorial prayer service, and mourners will go to synagogue to mourn with the community.
Lutherans do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Methodists do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Mormons do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Traditionally, the Muslim mourning period lasts 40 days. Depending on the degree of religiousness of the family, however, the mourning period may be much shorter.
Widows are expected to observe a longer mourning period, generally of four months and ten days. During this time, widows are prohibited from interacting with men whom they could potentially marry (known as "na-mahram"). However, this rule may be overlooked in cases of emergency, such as when the widow must see a doctor.
Presbyterians do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.
Quakers do not observe any specific mourning periods or memorial events.


text: Abstract: Background and Objective: Natural food colorants are utilized by the food industry as a safe health enhancing substitute for synthetic dyes. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of natural black rice bran colorant powder (BCP) addition on the properties of yogurt during storage at 4°C for 28. Materials and Methods: Plain yogurt and yogurt containing different levels of BCP [0.0125, 0.025, 0.05, 0.10 and 0.20% (%w/v)] were analyzed for total anthocyanins and phenolic contents, physicochemical quality parameters, functional properties and sensory characteristics. Results: Results showed that bioactive compounds and functional properties of yogurts with added BCP were improved and sensory characteristics were acceptable to panelists over storage time, with optimal level of BCP addition determined as 0.05%. Yogurts prepared by adding BCP contained higher total anthocyanins and exhibited higher liking scores in both color and appearance. Conclusion: Yogurt fortification with natural colorant powder from black rice bran has potential to improve both quality and functional properties of yogurt.

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This is yet another Ping Monitor utility written in VB.NET on.NET Framework 2.0. It fulfills the need of steadily monitoring through a "PING" the status (the aliveness) of some PCs and servers on a network, keeping a history of each state transition (ON to OFF and viceversa) and visually highlighting the last status of each machine.
This application is far from being a complete and sophisticated tool. I wrote it for a colleague who needed a starting point for a more advanced and customized tool implementation.
One service, one database, one IU
In order to continuously monitor some machine, we need to have a monitoring EXE continuously runnning. So, I decided to implement the "monitor engine" as a Windows Service application (taking advantage of unattended execution, automatic restart in case of power failure, and so on). This
PingMonitorService simply has to:
- read from some configuration storage (such as a database table) the list of machines to be monitored (along with the monitoring frequency);
- execute the actual monitoring sending a "PING" to each machine configured as to be monitored;
- log the outcome of each "PING" somewhere.
Other than a Windows Service for the monitoring and a database as a storage, we obviously need also a user interface (UI) to interact with the configuration and the log; that's why I created a simple Windows Form application (named
PingMonitor) to accomplish these tasks: showing the last PING status of the monitored machines and editing the
I decided to use a SQL Server 2000 (or 2005) database to host both the configuration (that is, a list of machines to be monitored) and the log.
The following are the two table schemas, expressed in T-SQL code, with some explanations.
The configuration table
CREATE TABLE HostList (
ID int IDENTITY(1,1) NOT NULL,
Host nvarchar(50) NULL,
IsHost char(1) NULL,
ShowInMonitor char(1) NULL,
DoPing char(1) NULL,
PingFreq int NULL,
IDparent int NULL,
CONSTRAINT PK_HostList PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (ID ASC)
WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON PRIMARY
) ON PRIMARY
HostList table will contain the list of the machines to be monitored. For each machine, it stores: the machine name with a unique ID (
ID fields), the frenquency of monitoring (
PingFreq field, expressed in seconds), a flag indicating if the monitoring is currently activated (
DoPing field) and a flag indicating if the specific machine has to be shown in the UI (
Being able to list a hierarchycal tree enables you to organize the machines to be monitored in groups and subgroups, the
HostList table supports the concept of parent-child node relationships (via the
IDparent field) and the concept of "folder" tree nodes, that are intermediate nodes not corresponding to an host but simply being the parent of other nodes (for them, the
IsHost flag is not set to "yes").
The user interface provided by the
PingMonitor application allows you to visually edit the tree while directly modifying the underlying
HostList table (please, notice that the deletion of nodes and the addition of children nodes is allowed through the context menu on the tree).
The log table
CREATE TABLE PingLog (
Host varchar(50) NOT NULL,
Status varchar(5) NOT NULL,
RecordingDate datetime NOT NULL,
CONSTRAINT [PK_PingLog] PRIMARY KEY CLUSTERED (Host ASC, Status ASC,
WITH (PAD_INDEX = OFF, IGNORE_DUP_KEY = OFF) ON PRIMARY
) ON PRIMARY
PingLog table will contain an entry for each detected state transition (ON to OFF or viceversa) for each monitored machine during a monitored period of time. The
Host field contains the name of the monitored machine, the
RecordingDate field contains a timestamp of the recorded entry and the
Status field simply contains the value "ON" or "OFF" (respectively indicating a successful and an unsuccessful "PING").
Some notes about the service
PingMonitorService has been implemented on the standard Windows Service application template of Visual Studio 2005. Being a standard.NET Windows Service, it has to be installed through the installutil.exe utility (see here for reference).
When started, the service reads its CONFIG file in order to retrieve:
- the connection string to the configuration database (see
- the configuration reloading frequency (see
ReloadConfigFrequency appSetting): it indicates the number of seconds before reloading all the configuration parameters (this enables the service to adapt its behavior based on new settings in the
HostList table eventually modified by the user through the PingMonitor UI).
To determine if it's time to "PING" a machine, the service simply looks at the total number of seconds passed after midnight and checks if this number is a multiple of the specific
PingFreq for that host (notice that only status transitions are stored, not each status detection).
If CurrentSecond Mod CInt(dr("PingFreq")) = 0 Then
Dim IsAlive As Boolean = HostIsAlive(dr("Host"))
Dim LastStatus As String = HostLastStatus(dr("Host"))
If LastStatus = "" OrElse _
(LastStatus = "ON" And Not IsAlive) OrElse _
(LastStatus = "OFF" And IsAlive) Then
Notice that the polling interval in the
MainTask() is currently set to 900ms, to be sure that at least one "tick" happens for every second (obviously, it could occur twice in some seconds). If the host list is very very big, the execution of the
TryPing() method could be long enough to make the service miss some "PING" to some hosts (so please carefully configure the hosts list and the specific
The "PING" itself is done, in a very simple way, through the
Private Function HostIsAlive(ByVal Host As String) As Boolean
Dim pingSender As New Ping
Dim reply As PingReply
reply = pingSender.Send(Host)
If reply.Status = IPStatus.Success Then
Catch ex As Exception
Some notes about the UI
The UI application is very simple; it consists of two forms: the monitoring form and the configuration form.
The application needs a CONFIG file where the connection string to the support database is specified (see
The monitoring form is just a
DataGridView populated by a query on the
PingLog table; the query is designed to show only the last entry for each host having
The refresh frequency for the
DataGridView can be specified in the
ReloadFrequency appSetting of the application configuration file. Entries with an "OFF" status are highlighted by simply implementing the
CellFormatting() event handler:
Private Sub dgMonitor_CellFormatting(...)
Dim v As Object = dgMonitor.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells("Status").Value
If v IsNot Nothing AndAlso v.ToString() = "OFF" Then
For Each i As DataGridViewCell In dgMonitor.Rows(e.RowIndex).Cells
i.Style.BackColor = Color.Orange
The configuration form contains a treeview with a detail panel, shown when a host node is selected (see the first picture in the article).
No special remarks needed on this. Just notice that the update of the underlying
HostList table is done immediately after modifying values on the UI controls, through updates on the corresponding
DataTable suddenly written down by the
As stated in the Introduction, this application is to be considered as a starting point for a more advanced and customized tool implementation. Its basic idea and implementation are intentionally very simple, hoping it can be useful for you in building something more complex.
Content of the downloadable ZIP (now available also in a C# version) for this article:
DBTablesCreation.sql file - contains the T-SQL scripts for creating support database tables on Microsoft SQL Server 2000/2005;
PingMonitorService folder - contains the Visual Studio 2005 project for the service;
PingMonitor folder - contains the Visual Studio 2005 project for the UI WinForm application.

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OmniHTTPD File Corruption and Command Execution Vulnerability
OmniHTTPD is a compact Windows based web server by Omnicron Technologies. OmniHTTPD has various features including multiple domain support, keep-alive connections, supports virtual IP and non-IP servers and standard CGI support.
Due to the implementation of'statsconfig.pl' multiple vulnerabilities exist in OmniHTTPD. It is possible to corrupt various known filenames and execute arbitrary commands. By appending a known filename to the 'cgidir' form variable accompanied with a null argument, the known filename will be corrupt. In addition, it is possible to execute commands on the target server. This is due to statsconfig.pl creating a perl script on the file. When the perl script is created, user supplied data (the mostbrowsers form variable if it is present) is written directly to the perl script file. If an attacker sets this value to semi-colon separated perl commands, they will be executed when statsconfig runs the script. This can result in an attacker gaining interactive access on the victim host with the privilege level of the webserver/cgi process.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability could lead to complete comprimise of the host or denial of service.
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Weather affects EV efficiency much like it affects ICE cars, but there are some marked differences. The folks over at TezLab in Brooklyn measure range using a somewhat complicated system, but since they do the hard work for you, there's no need to get into the specific details.
Let's take a quick look at what the team discovered:
Most everything the study found can be related back to temperature
it's widely known that cars are less efficient when it's cold, however, the study shows that temps over 80F also have a negative effect
Parking in a windy area can drain more range than you may think
Cold temps increase charging times


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Is stunt driving a crime?
Fast and the Furious is a popular movie franchise that often features stunt driving. Though it may look cool on the screen, if a person were to do that in Canada they would likely find themselves either behind bars, or paying a hefty fine and losing demerit points.
What is stunt driving?
Stunt driving is defined by provincial law. For example, in Ontario stunt driving is defined as "driving a motor vehicle in a highway or race or contest, while performing a stunt or on a bet or wager."
Prince Edward Island has Racing and Stunt Driving Regulations in their Highway Traffic Act and a "stunt" while driving is described as:
 - While driving a vehicle one or more of its tires is lifted off the surface of the highway or road;
 - Driving in a way that some or all of the car's tires lose traction while turning, also known as drifting;
 - Causing the vehicle to spin or circle, also known as pulling donuts;
 - Driving a vehicle side by side with one or more vehicles where one of the vehicles is in the lane for oncoming traffic for a period of time longer than is needed to pass, also known as drag racing;
 - Driving a vehicle with someone in the trunk;
 - Driving a vehicle from a position other than the driver's seat;
 - Having a person or object to occupy the front seat in such a way that it prevents the driver from being able to control the vehicle;
 - Having a person ride in the vehicle in a way that interferes with the driver's control of the vehicle; or
 - Allowing a person or object to stick out of the vehicle through a window, moon roof, sun roof or other opening in the vehicle.
What is the law on stunt driving?
Stunt driving is forbidden in Canada. Though there is no individual charge for stunt driving under the Criminal Code of Canada, a person can be charged with dangerous driving.
Dangerous driving carries high penalties. If a person is convicted of a summary offence for dangerous driving they are liable to a fine and up to six month in prison, or both. However, if they are convicted of an indictable offence then they may face up to five years in prison. If the stunt driving caused injuries or even death, it's highly likely more charges will be added.
Many provincial highway traffic acts also forbid stunt driving.
For example, not only does the Ontario Highway Traffic Act forbid stunt driving but the person who is charged and is found to have violated that section of the act could face a fine of between $2,000 to up to $10,000, a license suspension for up to two years on a first conviction and up to 10 years for further convictions.
A person can face both federal criminal charges for stunt driving as well as provincial charges.
If you have been charged with stunt driving you should consult a criminal lawyer.
Read more:
Criminal Code of Canada Dangerous Driving


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The Hamilton-Norwood scale is a way of measuring male pattern baldness. It was introduced by Dr. James Hamilton in the 1950s and later revised and updated by Dr. O'Tar Norwood in the 1970s.
There are 2 main types of balding, anterior (front) and vertex (back), as this alternate view of the Norwood scale shows a bit more clearly.
Stages on the scale are often abbreviated to nw1, nw2, nw3a etc. Another slight variation on the scale is shown below.
Baldness in women takes a different pattern, and is measured on the Ludwig Scale.
I intend to give each of my postings a rating on the Norwood scale, but remember that this is only personal opinion and sometimes I may get it wrong. The Norwood scale is a less than perfect way of measuring baldness, but it is the best and most widely recognised way we have.
An alternative look at the Norwood Scale can be found at shortandbald.net
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From a professor's mind, like a plant from a seed, the idea for a new Ladder 'twist' does ________.
Could such inventiveness be fueled by brand-name lemon-lime soft drinks like _______?
Or perhaps it's cola or coffee that keeps him nimble, agile, and _____.
We'll have to dig deeper; so into such personal affairs we shall ____.
To learn of these things, on our knees we could ____,
For a glimmer of insight, just a beam or a ____.
We feel that a sharp mind is needed, wouldn't you ____?
In school, one assumes his grades were good; 'A's and 'B's, and nary a '__'.
In the classroom, behind his desk he would gladly take his ____,
And absorb all of earth's knowledge (or so it would ____).
So now, when it comes to 'gaming,' things just can't stay the _____,
Like an archer, at 'progress and innovation' he's obliged to take ____;
'Til the only thing left to type is the end of his NA__E.
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Hi, I created an array of numbers which converts into letters through a number generator. I need help sorting my array letters[j] so that the output can be printed in alphabetical order. After, I am storing it in a Linked List and printing it out. So far, it just prints out in different orders. Please help!
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using namespace std;
struct nodeType
 int info;
 nodeType *link;
void createList(nodeType*& first, nodeType*& last);
//void alphasort (nodeType*& first, nodeType*& last);
//void printList(nodeType*& first);
int main()
 nodeType *first, *last;
 // alphasort(first,last);
 // printList(first);
system ("PAUSE");
return 0;
int numbers[50];
int count = 0;
int i = 0 ;
int random;
int lowest;
char letters[50];
while(count < 50)
random = rand() % 90+65;
if(random >= 65 && random <= 90 || random >= 97 && random <= 122)
numbers[i] = random;
letters[j] = numbers[j];
 nodeType *newNode;
 first = NULL;
 last = NULL;
 if (letters[j] < numbers[j])
 letters[j] = lowest;
 newNode = new nodeType;
 newNode->info = numbers[j];
 newNode->link = NULL;
 if (first == NULL)
 first = newNode;
 last = newNode;
 last->link = newNode;
 last = newNode;
 nodeType *current;
 current = first;
 while (current!= NULL)
 cout <info)<link;
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You should google, " sorting arrays".
There are many algorithms for this task.
Or you can let std::sort do the job.
Is there another way of using it? Please advise.
Did you bother to even google it at all like firstPerson said? You should have _URL_ bookmarked, or some very similar site. There are loads of them. Do some research yourself before posting here. Post here when you've done the research and have gotten STUCK after trying it. Don't just post here right away. The link is below. Read it carefully and experiment. It has sample code. Or google "sorting arrays" like firstPerson said, and you'll quickly come to Bubble Sort, which is the simplest sort out there to write. Loads of links with sample code.
As far as generating the letters with no repeats, I told you one way of doing it in the last thread. It doesn't hurt my pride if you choose not to follow my method, and there is more than one way to do it, but I gave you something that would work and you haven't implemented it, nor have you implemented it in any other way, nor did you ask any specific question on how to implement it, so I'm wondering if you're actually reading the responses people give you.
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Do I use std::sort like this
Just to answer your question :
const int SZ = 10;
int Array[SZ] = {1,6,-2,0,5,54,71,24,70,31 };
std::sort(Array, Array + SZ);
Note you need to include


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J Community Genet 2010 Sep 2;1(3):133-8. Epub 2010 Oct 2.
Department of Paediatrics, University of Tartu, Tartu, Estonia,
The purpose of this study was to establish the first-trimester screening for Down syndrome (DS) in Estonia and to evaluate the potential of a contingent screening in the population of pregnant women. A prospective cohort study included non-selected pregnancies during the programme of first-trimester screening for DS in a 4-year period at a single centre. The following screening tests were evaluated: measurement of nuchal translucency (NT) and serum screening [pregnancy-associated plasma protein A and free beta subunit of human chorionic gonadotropin (fβ-HCG)]; results were given as combined screening. After first-trimester screening, contingent screening protocol was used, and women were divided into three groups: high risk, low risk and an intermediate risk group. In the last group, a second-trimester triple test (AFP; total HCG and uE3) was also performed. The study group consisted of 3,194 non-selected pregnancies. In 1,387 (43.4%) women, first-trimester serum screening showed low risk (risk ≤ 1:5,000), and no future testing was performed, in 30 (0.9%) women screening test showed high risk (risk ≥ 1:50) and a diagnostic test was offered, and in 1,777 (55.7%) women repeated risk calculation in the second trimester was done. During the study period, there were 17 cases of trisomy 21, of which 15 (88.3%) were detected with the described screening programme. In conclusion, two-step contingent sequential screening is a better choice for Down syndrome screening in Estonia instead of previously used second-trimester screening, and it offers the advantage of earlier diagnosis.


What Is a Phone Screen Made Of?
By Aaron Parson
Whether your phone runs iOS, Android or Windows Phone, it most likely has a screen made out of three distinct parts: A liquid crystal display that generates colors, a set of wires that detects where you touch the screen, and a protective glass cover. A few models use emerging technologies, such as screens that integrate touch sensitivity directly into the LCD, but almost all phone screens consist of the same types of parts, regardless of screen resolution or manufacturer.
Liquid Crystal Display
Cell phone screens display images on a liquid crystal display. Just like the LCD screens in most TVs and computer monitors, phone LCD screens use an electrical current to adjust the color of each pixel. Whereas most TVs light their LCDs with a fluorescent back light, however, phones often use LED back lights to save space and power. Some phones bypass the need for any type of separate lighting by using an organic LED screen. OLED screens generate light internally when powered, and some models can even bend, allowing for curved phones.
Capacitive Touch Screen
Directly below the glass in a touch-screen capable phone lies a grid of tiny wires that generates an electrical field. When you put your finger on the screen, your skin interrupts the field, causing an electrical change that the phone can locate and interpret as a tap. Unlike a resistive touch screen, which detects pressure, a capacitive touch screen won't respond to a fingernail or a narrow stylus. For a capacitive touch screen to register a tap, you need to use something with similar conductivity to a human finger, such as a padded stylus designed specifically for smartphones.
Protective Glass
The top layer of a phone screen consists of a hard glass. Unlike traditional glass panes, the glass used in phones -- often aluminosilicate glass, branded by Corning as Gorilla Glass -- is designed to resist shattering and scratching, even when dropped onto a hard floor or struck directly. Changes in phone design also help the glass remain intact. For example, between the iPhone 4S and iPhone 5, Apple sunk the edge of the glass screen farther into the metal side of the phone, protecting it from shattering on a side impact.
Emerging Technology
Although most phones follow the standard three-part screen, consisting of an LCD display, a capacitive layer and a glass cover, some companies have shifted to alternatives that use new technology. Samsung, for example, produced an OLED phone screen that has capacitive sensitivity built in, removing the need for a separate layer. As a replacement for aluminosilicate glass screens, some phones boast glass layers made out of lab-made sapphire, a naturally scratch-resistant material. Prior to the release of the iPhone 6, many articles predicted Apple's new phone would use a sapphire screen, but the prediction turned out false. Sapphire screens still have several hurdles to overcome to surpass aluminosilicate glass, including a higher cost, worse translucence and less resistance to drops.


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Teenagers' reading skills are not good enough to understand a GCSE exam paper, a new study has claimed.
It suggests that on average, a student's reading age was around five years below that required for a GCSE exam.
The study, by educational software company Renaissance Learning, looked at the results of reading tests taken by around 24,500 pupils aged 14 to 16.
It then analysed the reading level required to understand a number of randomly selected GCSE exam papers and materials by using a programme which looked at average sentence length, word length, word difficulty level and and the number of words in a book or passage.
The study found the average reading age required for the exam papers was 15 years and seven months - approximately the right age for a teenager sitting their GCSE exams.
But the results of the reading tests showed that a teenager's actual average reading age was around 10 years and seven months - a gap of five years.
Dirk Foch, managing director of Renaissance Learning said the results were "alarming". He said: "By GCSE level, most educators make the basic assumption that students are able to read and comprehend an exam text. It's clear from this research that this is not a safe assumption to make.
"Most students have a reading age significantly below the level that GCSE texts are being aimed at meaning some students are not only failing to access the curriculum, but they are failing to comprehend key course and exam texts."
A Department for Education spokeswoman said: "For far too long, too many children have not been reaching the expected levels of reading at a young age, have not caught up, and have then struggled in secondary school and beyond.
"That is why we are prioritising the teaching of systematic synthetic phonics in primary schools as the internationally proven method to teach reading effectively."


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Windows 11 has renamed the Windows 10 News and Interests feature into 'Widgets' and displays it as an icon on the taskbar, as shown below.
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To control whether the Widgets button is visible on the taskbar, Microsoft introduced a new 'TaskbarDa' Registry value.
To modify this registry value, you would create a DWORD 32-bit value named 'TaskbarDa' under the following path:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\ Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\ "TaskbarDa"
Possible DWORD 32-bit settings for the TaskbarDa value are:
0 = Hidden
1 = Visible


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The Full form of PP is Pancreatic Polypeptide. The pancreas is a gland, having both a digestive exocrine and an endocrine function. As an endocrine gland, it functions mostly to regulate blood sugar levels, secreting the hormones insulin, glucagon, somatostatin, and pancreatic polypeptide. PP is a thirty six amino acid peptide produced and secreted by PP cells (originally termed F cells) of the pancreas which are primarily located in the Islets of Langerhans. It is part of a family of peptides that also includes Peptide YY (PYY) and Neuropeptide Y (NPY). PP is rapidly released after a meal but remains elevated for four to six hours in humans with the Vagus nerve being the major stimulator. PP has effects on GI motility, metabolism and food intake. A potential role as a satiety factor comes from the observation that PP secretion is absent in obese children with Prader-Willi syndrome. Its primary action on the exocrine pancreas is to inhibit secretion in vivo by acting on receptors in the brain leading to inhibition of vagal output to the pancreas. The function of PP is to self-regulate pancreatic secretion activities (endocrine and exocrine). It also has effects on hepatic glycogen levels and gastrointestinal secretions.
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The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs FeaturelessThis is a featured page
Gasless and featureless abdominal plain films have a 'look of the abnormal'. This page examines the difference between gasless and featureless patterns and their significance.
A gasless abdominal plain film refers to an absence or minimum of gas in the gastrointestinal tract.
A featureless abdominal plain film is one in which there is little or no visualisation of the normal abdominal viscera.
The Gasless Abdominal Plain Film
Gas in the gastrointestinal tract can commonly accumulate from two sources. Firstly, gas in the stomach and small bowel can be ingested with food. Some patients habitually air swallow or may air-swallow when in pain. Gas in the large bowel can be endogenous, resulting from fermentation processes of faecal material.
An absence of gastrointestinal gas on abdominal plain film is not specifically abnormal (but is suspect). However, consideration should be given to the possibility of a gasless obstruction. Equally, a check of the patient history may reveal relevant information such as total colectomy.
-A gasless abdomen could indicate
-Patient is not an 'air-swallower'
-Mesenteric ischaemia
-Obstruction of the stomach or oesophagus
-Persistent vomiting from conditions such as pancreatitis or gastroenteritis
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The Abdominal Plain Film
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Normal Gasless Small Bowel
The Abdominal Plain FilmDifferentiating Large and Small Bowel - wikiRadiography This patient appears to have a gasless small bowel. Fluid-filled loops of small bowel are present but are never as well visualised as air-filled loops.
There is debate regarding what is a normal amount of small bowel gas. Gas enters the small bowel during eating and drinking. Some people habitually air-swallow while others air-swallow at times of stress or when they are in pain. If the patient is air-swallowing at a higher rate than the small bowel can absorb the air, it will be visualised in the bowel. Some texts will claim that up to seven fluid levels in the small bowel on an erect abdominal film can be normal. Most texts quote a more conservative figure (2 is common).
Don't confuse gasless with featureless. A featureless abdomen can be a result of tumour or ascites. This patient has a gasless rather than featureless abdomen. Note that the renal, liver, psoas muscles and urinary bladder outlines are visualised
Note also that this abdominal film is not guaranteed to be normal. It could represent an early gasless small bowel obstruction. Clinical correlation is required.
Gasless Small Bowel Obstruction
The Abdominal Plain FilmDifferentiating Large and Small Bowel - wikiRadiography You could be forgiven for thinking that this patient has been drinking dilute gastrografin. This appearance is a gasless small bowel obstruction and the opaque looking small bowel loops (white arrow) are filled with normal succus entericus, and/or ingested fluid, rather than gastrografin. If you compare this image with the gasless small bowel image above you can see that this small bowel is significantly more prominent.
There can be difficulty in distinguishing an early gasless small bowel obstruction from a normal appearance of the small bowel in someone who has just eaten a large meal.
Clinical correlation and follow-up imaging will usually provide confidence in the diagnosis.
The large bowel is not clearly visualised suggesting that it may be collapsed.
The Abdominal Plain Film in Clinical Context - wikiRadiography This patient has Crohn's disease and has had a previous colectomy. Note the absence of the large bowel. Note also a faint suggestion of a stoma in the left iliac fossa.
The Featureless Abdominal Plain Film
The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs Featureless - wikiRadiography This patient has prominent loops of gas-filled small and large bowel. The normal abdominal viscera are not demonstrated. Apart from the prominent bowel, the abdomen is featureless. The cause of this appearance is a large quantity of ascites. Note that the liver, spleen, kidneys, psoas and urinary bladder outlines are not seen. The reason that the bowel is somewhat centrally located is that it is floating in the ascites.
If you are suspicious that the patient has air-filled bowel floating in ascites, it can be useful to perform an erect or decubitus view. This left lateral decubitus view demonstrates that the air-filled bowel floats up to the right flank which is the least dependant part of the abdominal cavity in the left lateral decubitus position.
Note that this is not a "right decubitus"- The 'right' annotation refers to the right side of the abdomen and the "decubitus" annotation refers to the patient position.
The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs Featureless - wikiRadiography
The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs Featureless - wikiRadiography
This is more likely to be tumour than blood or ascites
Bowel loops look more like they are pushed down by tumour(s) rather than floating in fluid
Mass Effect
The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs Featureless - wikiRadiography
This patient has a rounded mass (arrowed) which appears to be displacing bowel. Note that the psoas shadows are preserved suggesting that the mass is not adjacent to the psoas muscles.
The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs Featureless - wikiRadiography
The CT abdomen shows the mass (arrowed) sited anterior to the psoas muscles.
BloodAAA
The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs Featureless - wikiRadiography
This patient presented to the Emergency Department with a known history of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA).
The aneurysmal abdominal aorta is visible (arrow) because of its calcified wall. The abdominal viscera are not well visualised. The psoas, renal and kidney outlines are not well demonstrated. This raises the question of whether the AAA is leaking blood into the peritoneal cavity.
BloodRuptured Viscus
The Abdominal Plain FilmGasless vs Featureless - wikiRadiography
This patient presented to the Emergency Department after a car accident. He looked pale. He had a falling blood pressure which stopped falling spontaneously (sign of retroperitoneal bleed with self-tamponade).
The supine abdominal plain film demonstrates a featureless pattern. There are no clearly defined psoas, kidneys or spleen. A CT abdominal scan revealed extensive laceration of his left kidney and spleen.
Artifact is external to patient
Gasless and featureless plain abdominal films often strike the observer as having an unusual appearance. It is useful to be able to distinguish between those images that are likely to be normal from those that are not. As with all abdominal plain film imaging, the appearance of the abdomen on plain film can have greater meaning when placed in the context of patient history, clinical presentation and other test results.
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Novi pristupi u razvoju talasnog modela šuma mikrotalasnih tranzistora
Đorđević, Vladica N.
Faculty:Универзитет у Нишу, Електронски факултет
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- Истраживање и развој решења за побољшање перформанси бежичних комуникационих система у микроталасном и милиметарском опсегу фреквенција (MPNTR-TR 32052)
The microwave transistor noise wave model is defined by the parameters called the noise wave temperatures. These temperatures are determined based on the measured transistor noise parameters, mostly by using optimization procedures in the microwave circuit simulators. The main disadvantage of the optimization procedures is that they are usually time-consuming. Therefore, the aim of the research presented in this dissertation is to find the new extraction methods for more efficient determination of the noise wave temperatures. New extraction methods both for the indirect and direct determination of the noise wave temperatures are developed. In the first case, the noise wave temperatures are calculated on the basis of the extracted noise parameters of the transistor intrinsic circuit, by using appropriate equations. The noise parameters of the transistor intrinsic circuit are extracted on the basis of the measured transistor noise parameters, by applying one of the following three de-embedding
procedures: analytical de-embedding procedure, de-embedding procedure within the microwave circuit simulator or de-embedding procedure based on artificial neural networks. In the second case, the determination of the noise wave temperatures is performed directly, on the basis of the measured transistor noise parameters. For the purpose of the direct determination of the noise wave temperatures, four extraction methods based on artificial neural networks, as well as semi-analytical extraction method based on polynomials are developed. In order to provide their validation, all proposed extraction methods are used for the modeling of noise characteristics of the specific GaAs HEMT component in the wide range of operating temperatures. In addition, the noise wave model application for the noise parameter modeling in the case of GaN HEMT, illuminated GaAs HEMT, and three different GaAs HEMTs with the scaled gate width is presented in the dissertation. In all cases, some of the extraction methods for the indirect determination of the noise wave temperatures is used. Hence, the reliability of the noise wave model is proved in terms of the new generation of components, the components exposed to various light conditions as well as the same class components with different gate widths.View More
Keywords:Mikrotalasni tranzistori; Artificial neural networks; Modelovanje šuma; Parametri šuma; Talasni model šuma; Talasne temperature šuma; Veštačke neuronske mreže; Microwave transistors; Noise modeling; Noise parameters; Noise wave model; Noise wave temperatures


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Hideaki Takeda, Kenji Gino, and Toyoaki Nishida
Building ontology is one of key issues for knowledge sharing which is important technology to realize largescale knowledge-base systems. In this paper, we propose a computational framework for constructive ontologies called aspect. We first formalize aspect in a logical framework and then define it as a programming language. Aspect is representation of conceptualization which consists of a vocabulary and a theory, and ontologies are built as composition of aspects. Two types of composition of aspects are provided, one is combination of aspects which is just union of aspects, and the other is category of aspects which links different but domainsharing aspects. Using them, we can represent not only relations among different aspects but also a set of aspects which either of them can be used if needed. We show a logical formalization of aspect by using modal logic. Category aspect is modeled using modal operator O. We also formalize characteristics for aspects like compatible and rigid which can be used as criteria for ontology. We also provide ASPECTO1, a programming language for aspect by extending Ontolingua. We then show translation of messages as a way of interpreting multiple aspects. A translation agent can translate a message with some aspect to one with another aspect by analyzing dependency of aspects. Mediation and translation of messages are important to build agents easily and naturally because less knowledge on other agents is requested for each agent.


El cambio de cultura en las Universidades Catalanas del siglo XXI
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The main objective of the research is to know the organizational culture of five Catalan universities. Adopting the comcept "organizational culture" in the sense of Haandy (1984) when he defines it as the set of values and meaning shared by the members, manifested in a tangible and intangible way, which determine and explain their individual behaviors, we approach the research from the institutional improvement perspective. We intend to offer to the University as structure, a desing of strategies that would allow the University change to more adaptative culture. In parallel, a personal and professional development of the participants, as well as a greater compromise with the institution, are being favored through the research model of action-research. Definitively, it entails a contribution to the society and to higher education because it makes evident the situation of each institution and forces it to become aware of the characteristics of the predominant culture.


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Aug. 7, 2001 Scientists from the University of Newcastle upon Tyne are making the most accurate measurements ever of the rapidly receding British coastline, using satellites, a microlight aircraft and advanced computer technology.
A team of researchers from the university's Department of Geomatics are conducting a UK pilot project on the North Yorkshire coastline at Filey Bay, which is estimated to be eroding by 25cm each year.
Coastal erosion is a huge problem nationally and internationally. In Britain coastal protection work costs central Government and local authorities millions of pounds each year - and the cost is rising.
With the current measuring methods, experts are generally only able to provide annual estimates as to how much the coast is eroding.
But researchers Dr Jon Mills and Simon Buckley, a PhD student, are using new technology to create a highly accurate 3D computer model which will illustrate the pattern of erosion and detail when it is most likely to occur and by how much. Their methods have the potential to be applied to the rest of the British coastline.
Three types of readings are taken to obtain data to feed into the 3D model. Small changes to the coastline are recorded each month by satellite technology provided by the European Space Agency, whereas more detailed results are gained 'in the field' by global positioning system (GPS) equipment and by taking digital aerial photographs from a microlight aircraft. The researchers are taking the readings over two years and will visit the 8-mile stretch of coast at Filey three times.
The project, carried out in collaboration with Scarborough Borough Council, started after Simon, who hails from Burniston, near Scarborough, spent a university summer vacation working for the council department in charge of coastal management.
Scarborough Borough Council manages approximately 50-miles of North Yorkshire coastline, which includes the area where cliff instability caused the Holbeck Hall Hotel to slip into the sea in June 1993.
More accurate figures on erosion could help local authorities decide when and where limited and costly resources for coastal management should be directed.
Dr Jon Mills, a lecturer in the Department of Geomatics, said: "Coastal change is a huge problem nationally - places like Beachy Head, in East Sussex, and Holderness, East Yorkshire, are suffering similar problems to those found in Filey.
"In some cases the coastal stretches governed by a single authority will be large and monitoring methods relatively crude, making the provision of an up to date database of coastal change time consuming and inefficient.
"In Scarborough Borough this is not the case as the Council has spent a great deal of time and money in obtaining the very best data on which to base future coastal defence management. Howver, Filey is an ideal research site to test this new high-tech approach which could prove valuable for all authorities in the future.
"By integrating a number of geomatics techniques, we aim to provide a more accurate and effective solution to the monitoring of coastal areas. We chose Filey Bay as a test site for this work due to the wide variety of coastal processes occurring."
Erosion at Filey Bay is due to both the sea and the rain making a "two-pronged attack" on the cliffs, which are made of boulder clay, a mixture of sand, stones, and soil which becomes soft when wet. The cliffs sometimes break off in chunks, or landslides can cause the clay to slump onto the beaches.
Simon said: "It is unlikely that a coastline erodes at a uniform amount each year, or each month. It is more likely that much of the erosion occurs during the winter, when the sea pounds against the base of the cliffs, and when there is more rain, which causes the cliffs to soften."
"Until recently there has beenlimited means of measuring the exact pattern of erosion, but our methods should be able to establish more accurately the trends at certain locations."
A spokesman for Scarborough Borough Council said: "We are very pleased to collaborate with Newcastle University in this research. Scarborough Borough Council is at the forefront of coast protection work and our involvement in projects like this demonstrates the partnership approach necessary to deliver sustainable coastal management."
The Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC) has provided funding for the project. A full set of results should be available in late 2003.
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The Hawks and the Sparrows
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The Hawks and the Sparrows
(Uccellacci e uccellini)
Directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Produced by Alfredo Bini
Written by Pier Paolo Pasolini
Starring Totò
Ninetto Davoli
Femi Benussi
Music by Ennio Morricone
Distributed by CIDIF
Release dates
 - 4 May 1966 (1966-05-04)
Running time
88 minutes
Country Italy
Language Italian
The Hawks and the Sparrows (Italian: Uccellacci e uccellini, literally "Ugly Birds and Little Birds") is a 1966 Italian film directed by Pier Paolo Pasolini. It was entered into the 1966 Cannes Film Festival.[1]
The movie is a post-neorealist story about Totò, the beloved stone-faced clown of Italian folk-stories.
Totò and his son Ninetto roam the neighbourhood and the countryside of Rome. During their walk they meet a talking crow, who, as seen on the intertitles, "Per chi avesse dei dubbi o si fosse distratto, ricordiamo che il Corvo è un intellettuale di sinistra – diciamo così – di prima della morte di Palmiro Togliatti" ("For the benefit of those who were not paying attention or are in doubt, we remind that the Crow is a – to so call it – left-wing intellectual of the kind of those living before Palmiro Togliatti's death").
The Crow tells them the tale of Ciccillo and Ninetto (still played by Totò and Ninetto), two Franciscan friars, who were bid by St. Francis to preach to the hawks and the sparrows. After many months, they succeeded in preaching the commandment of love unto the species separately, but were not able to get them to love each other.
After the tale, the journey of Totò and Ninetto carries on, the Crow still following them and continuously speaking in an all-too-intellectually sounding way. They meet many other people in a deeply visionary setting, among which: land-owners who order them out of their land and end up shooting at Totò and Ninetto who wouldn't obey; a family living in a slum that Totò threatens to drive them out of their house; a group of travelling actors who persuade the pair to push the group's Cadillac for them; an event, "1° convegno dei dentisti dantisti" (a wordplay, literally "1st convention of the Danteist (ie, scholar of Dante) dentists"; an engineer who is waiting for Totò to give him the money he owes him. After that, a brief extract of news footage of the funeral of Palmiro Togliatti, the long-time leader of the Italian Communist Party. Then, after having met a prostitute, they end up killing and eating the Crow, whom they found to be unconscionably boring.
Pasolini declared that Uccellacci e uccellini was his favourite film, as it was the only one that did not disappoint his expectations.
Ennio Morricone's opening theme music comically features Domenico Modugno singing the movie's credits in mock-operatic fashion, along with a few illustrative sound effects (i.e. a bird whistle for the title, laughter when Morricone's name is mentioned).
Art historian David Gariff notes that the composition of some of the scenes is visually similar to famous Italian paintings.[2] The beauty of Ninetto Davoli is also shown with similar facial expression and lighting to angelic depictions.[2]
 1. ^ "Festival de Cannes: The Hawks and the Sparrows". Retrieved 2009-03-08.
 2. ^ a b "From Giotto to Pasolini: Narrative in Fresco and Film, Illustrated discussion by David Gariff". National Gallery of Art. 15 Dec 2012, 4pm, East Building Auditorium. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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Bowflex Elliptical Machines
Nautilus Inc. offers a series of fitness training equipment under the brand name Bowflex, designed to meet a variety of fitness needs. Since releasing their first product, Bowflex 2000X in 1986, the company has manufactured a wide array of equipment ranging from smart activity trackers to elliptical machines, cardio machines, and home gyms.
What is a Bowflex elliptical machine?
Elliptical machines, sometimes known as cross-trainers, are stationary fitness machines that mimic the motion of walking, running, jogging, or stair climbing. This Bowflex equipment helps users get their daily dose of cardio, and it is designed to help reduce the amount of stress you put on the joints. Bowflex elliptical machines are available for a variety of users, ranging from athletes looking for a HIIT machine to beginners who need to protect their joints.
What are some common features of ellipticals made by Bowflex?
A few of the features found on ellipticals made by Bowflex are listed below.
- Variable Resistance: These Bowflex machines often have more than 20 resistance levels. As users increase the resistance, they will feel a noticeable increase in the difficulty of their workout. Bowflex M3 offers 8 resistance levels, whereas, Bowflex M7 has 20 computer-controlled resistance levels.
- Multiple workout programs: Ellipticals manufactured by Bowflex come programmed with a set of built-in workout programs, like Calorie Burn, Fat Burn, and 15 Minute Intervals. Users can automate inclines with these different workout programs. Users can also create customized workouts with their own individual resistance profile.
- 22-Inch stride length: These ellipticals come equipped with a 22-inch stride length.
- Pedal cushioning system: These machines are ergonomically designed with a pedal cushioning system. The pedal cushioning system allows users to adjust their machines pedal angle, which accommodates users with specific needs. This feature can also be used to promote muscle activation, adding intensity to a workout session.
- Maximum control: Bowflex machines come with multi-grip handlebars, which can give users better control over the display.
- Burn rate console: To meet weight and exercise goals, its essential that users have all the important statistics at their fingertips. The Burn Rate console allows users to check stats ranging from heart rate to calories burned while they exercise. These machines also provide chest strap for wireless heart rate monitoring during workouts.
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Spread Windows Forms 15.0 Product Documentation / Developer's Guide / Cell Types / Working with Graphical Cell Types / Setting an Image Cell
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 Setting an Image Cell
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 You can display a graphic image in a cell using the image cell type. An image cell shows an image as data. If the data type for a bound column is a bit array then the default cell type for that bound column would be an image cell type.
 An image object can be assigned to the Value property of a cell. The image or serialized image object must be in the data model.
 To create a cell that contains an image, use the ImageCellType class. Create an image cell using the following procedure. The result is shown in this figure.
 Image Cell Type Example
 Notice that both cells have a magenta background, but the one with the image only shows the magenta through the transparent areas specified by the transparency color property and the transparency tolerance property. The image is mostly white so blocks out most of the magenta. The lettering that is more blue is beyond the tolerance and so is not transparent. When you set a transparency color, the background behind the picture shows through in the area that originally had the color you specify. Setting the transparency tolerance to 255 will cause everything to be transparent so you may wish to use a value less than 255.
 For more information on the properties and methods of this cell type, refer to the ImageCellType class.
 Using the Properties Window
 1. At design time, in the Properties window, select the Spread component.
 2. Select the Sheets property.
 3. Click the button to display the SheetView Collection Editor.
 4. In the Members list, select the sheet in which the cells appear.
 5. In the property list, select the Cells property and then click the button to display the Cell, Column, and Row Editor.
 6. Select the cells for which you want to set the cell type.
 7. In the property list, select the CellType property and choose the Image cell type.
 8. Expand the list of properties under the CellType property. Select and set these specific properties as needed.
 9. Click OK to close the Cell, Column, and Row Editor.
 10. Click OK to close the SheetView Collection Editor.
 Using Code
 1. Define the image cell by creating an instance of the ImageCellType class.
 2. Create the image.
 3. Specify what appears in the cell by setting the Value property for the ImageCellType object.
 4. Specify the appearance of the image by setting properties such as Style.
 5. Assign the image cell type to a cell or range of cells by setting the CellType property for a cell, column, row, or style to the ImageCellType object.
 Example
 This example sets the properties of an image cell type then loads a logo image into a cell using the Value property. With background color set, the use of transparency can be seen.
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 FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType imgct = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType();
 System.Drawing.Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("D:\\Logos\\logo.jpg");
 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch;
 imgct.TransparencyColor = Color.Black;
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20;

 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1,1,1,2].BackColor = Color.Magenta;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[1,2].Width = 100;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Rows[1,1].Height = 50;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1,1,2,2].CellType = imgct;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1,1].Value = image;

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 Dim imgct As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType()
 Dim image As System.Drawing.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("D:\Logos\logo.jpg")
 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch
 imgct.TransparencyColor = Color.Black
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20

 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1,1,1,2).BackColor = Color.Magenta
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(1,2).Width =100
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Rows(1,1).Height = 50
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1,1,2,2).CellType = imgct
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).Value = image

 When loading multiple images in image cell types, you can directly assign the image file paths in cell values. This improves the memory management and Spread's performance. The below image shows multiple images added into the image cell types.

 This example loads multiple images into image cell types by assigning the image file paths in the Value property.
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 FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType imgct = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType();
 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch;
 imgct.TransparencyColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20;

 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[1, 3].Width = 100;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Rows[1, 2].Height = 70;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1, 3, 3].CellType = imgct;

 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].Value = "D:\\Logos\\Spread.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 2].Value = "D:\\Logos\\GrapeCity.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 3].Value = "D:\\Logos\\ActiveReports.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 1].Value = "D:\\Logos\\ComponentOne.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 2].Value = "D:\\Logos\\DocSol.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 3].Value = "D:\\Logos\\Wijmo.png";

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 Dim imgct As FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType = New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType()

 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch
 imgct.TransparencyColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(1, 3).Width = 100
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Rows(1, 2).Height = 70
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1, 3, 3).CellType = imgct

 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).Value = "D:\Logos\Spread.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 2).Value = "D:\Logos\GrapeCity.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 3).Value = "D:\Logos\ActiveReports.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 1).Value = "D:\Logos\ComponentOne.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 2).Value = "D:\Logos\DocSol.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 3).Value = "D:\Logos\Wijmo.png"

 Using the Spread Designer
 1. Select the cell or cells in the work area.
 2. In the property list, in the Misc category, select CellType. From the drop-down list, choose the Image cell type. Now expand the CellType property and various properties are available that are specific to this cell type. Select and set those properties as needed.
 Or right-click on the cell or cells and select Cell Type. From the list, select Image. In the CellType editor, set the properties you need. Click Apply.
 3. From the File menu choose Apply and Exit to apply your changes to the component and exit Spread Designer.
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With IPsec enabled, all network traffic between nodes on the OVN-Kubernetes Container Network Interface (CNI) cluster network travels through an encrypted tunnel.
IPsec is disabled by default.
IPsec encryption can be enabled only during cluster installation and cannot be disabled after it is enabled. For installation documentation, refer to Selecting a cluster installation method and preparing it for users.
With IPsec enabled, only the following network traffic flows between pods are encrypted:
Traffic between pods on different nodes on the cluster network
Traffic from a pod on the host network to a pod on the cluster network
The following traffic flows are not encrypted:
Traffic between pods on the same node on the cluster network
Traffic between pods on the host network
Traffic from a pod on the cluster network to a pod on the host network
The encrypted and unencrypted flows are illustrated in the following diagram:
The encrypt cipher used is
AES-GCM-16-256. The integrity check value (ICV) is
16 bytes. The key length is
The IPsec tunnel mode used is Transport mode, a mode that encrypts end-to-end communication.
The Cluster Network Operator (CNO) generates a self-signed X.509 certificate authority (CA) that is used by IPsec for encryption. Certificate signing requests (CSRs) from each node are automatically fulfilled by the CNO.
The CA is valid for 10 years. The individual node certificates are valid for 5 years and are automatically rotated after 4 1/2 years elapse.


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Thing 1 and Thing 2 recently showed up at our house.
The kids came home from school last week very excited they could dress up as their favorite characters in celebration of Dr. Seuss. Logan and his best friend are in the same class so we immediately knew they had to be Thing 1 and Thing 2. We did not have enough time on our side to order a shirt so we put on our creativity caps and made our own. This was by far the easiest shirt we have ever made and now you can to.
How to create your own Dr. Seuss t-shirt
Supplies to create your own Dr. Seuss t-shirt:
- Red Shirt
- White Fabric Paint
- Black Puffy Paint
- A circular object that you can trace
- A piece of cardboard that will fit inside the shirt
Directions to create your own Dr. Seuss t-shirt:
1. Lay your shirt out flat and place a piece of cardboard on the inside of the shirt. This will keep the paint from seeping through to the other side of your shirt.
2. Place the circular object that you chose and put on top of the shirt and trace a circle onto the shirt. We used a 8 inch cake pan and it was perfect.
3. Paint the entire circle white and give it about 20 minutes to dry before moving onto step 4.
4. Using your black puffy paint write THING on the top arch on the inside of the white circle and a large number 1 or 2 in the middle of the circle.
5. Outline the white circle with the black puffy paint.
6. Let shirts dry overnight.
7. Wear and enjoy
The kids had so much fun wearing their Dr. Seuss shirts at school, they even convinced us to spray their hair blue. These would be fun shirts to make for the entire family for an outing, each family member could have their own number. These would also be very cute in a candid family portrait.
Where would you wear your Dr. Seuss shirts?
Have fun creating and be sure to share the pics with us, we would love to see them.
Click over for more Seuss-Inspired crafts.


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Lets learn how to create a richly ornate typographic illustration with the Gimp. Well be using a few ornate patternfreebies from GoMedia, a few stock photos, and a few textures.Step 1The first thing well do is add in a large wooden texture. Create a new document in the Gimp that is 1600x1200pixels. Be sure it has a white backround. Download this texture and in your document go to File > Open asLayers and select the texture. Rename the layer to "wood texture 1."Step 2Now lets give the wood texture more depth and a darker color. Create a new layer above the wood_texture_1layer and name it wood_texture_1_gm. Fill it with black. Change its layer mode to Over lay and lower theopacity to 50%.
Step 3Create a new layer above the rest of the layers. Name it "wood_texture_darkening." Fill it with #633a1c andchange the layer mode to Multiply.Step 4
Create a new layer above the rest of the layers. Name it "wood_texture_gradient." Change your foregroundcolor to white. Apply a white to transparent gradient from top to bottom. Lower the opacity of the layer to 10%.Select the entire canvas by hitting CTRL-A and go to Edit > Copy Visible, then go to Edit> Paste As > New Layer.Rename the new layer as "wood background." Delete all of the other layers, except for the original Background layer, inthe layers dialog.Step 5Lets add the type into the piece. Download this free font and install it. Save and restart the Gimp. Open up yourdocument.Type each letter of whatever you would like to spell on different layers. The colors do not matter as we will bereplacing them with textures. I typed mine with different shades of blue to show what order they are in.
Step 6For this next part we will be needing some Gimp Layer Effect plugins. Download them here. Install them byplacing the.scm file in your Gimp scripts folder (usually located at My Documents.gimp-2.6scripts). Afteryou have done that, in Gimp, go to Filters > Script-Fu > Refresh Scripts. You should have a menu next to theFilters menu named Script-Fu with abunch of layer effects underneat it.Use the layer effects we downloaded on the first letter in your text. The colors used for each effect are these:Drop Shadow #000000; Outer Glow #007eff; Bevel & Emboss #00d8ff and #122a79; Stroke #007eff.Rearrange the layer order of each of these effects in this order: 1)letter-stroke 2)letterhighlight 3)letter-shadow4)letter 5)letter-outerglow 6)letter-dropshadow
Altogether your effects should look like this.Step 7Repeat step 6 for the rest of the letters.Step 8
Now we have about a billion layers, but thats ok. Type in an "&" symbol. Make the size large and place itbehind the rest of the letters. Again, the color of it doesnt matter. Do the same effects to it that we did to ourother letters.Step 9Create a new transparent layer above your first letter (and all of its effects). Name it (in my case) "s-texture."Open our wooden texture from earlier as a new layer. Right click the original S (or your corresponding letter)layer and hit "Alpha to Selection". Click the wooden texture and hit CTRL-I to invert the selection. Hit delete.Merge the wooden texture (now in the shape of our first letter) with the s-texture layer.
Step 10Create another layer ontop of that one named "s-texture2." Right click the s-texture layer and hit Alpha toSelection. Go to Select > Shrink. Shrink by 5 pixels and hit ok. Select the s-texture2 layer again. Fill it withwhite. Grab the elliptical select tool and select the bottom part of the s-texture2 layer like in the picture below.Hit delete. Go to Filter > Gaussian Blur. Blur by 2 pixels and hit ok. Lower the opacity to 40%.Repeat steps 9 & 10 for each letter including our "&" symbol.
Step 11Download this and this screw from sxc.hu. Resize them and cut them out. You can do this a number of ways. Iprefer the paths tool. Go to Colors > Desaturate and hit ok. Well use the first screw for large ones and thesecond screw for smaller ones.Apply the effects shown below to our first screw. When done, hide all of the layers that do not make up thisscrew and merge visible. Hide the screw and unhide the other one. Apply all of the effects to this screw andthen merge visible. Unhide everything.
Lets call our first screw "large screw" and our second one "small screw." Take the large screw and place it overour fist letter like I have. Resize if needed. Make it look like it is holding the letter in place.
Step 12Duplicate the screws and place them over the rest of our letters. Use variations in rotation and size for eachscrew.Step 13
Download this free ornate pattern. Open it as a new layer in our document. Use the Hue/Saturation, theColorize, and the Color Balance tools to match the color of the pattern with the colors we used for the glowaround the text. Try to get it as close as possible.Step 14Apply the layer style shown below to the ornate pattern. Yes it looks odd now, but well fix that here in a sec.The color used for the glow is #007eff.
Step 15Create a new transparent layer above the pattern and name it "ornate-patternflourish." Change your foregroundcolor to #8dcbff. Right click the pattern layer and select Alpha to Selection. Get out the brush tool and choosethe largest soft brush. On the ornate-pattern-flourish layer, paint the edges of the selection like I have donebelow.Step 16Group the layers making up the ornate pattern by clicking the little chain icons next to the thumbnail in thelayers dialog. Duplicate the group. Position it accordingly. Resize, rotate, and place the groups on differentareas around the text. You can even put some of the pattern groups in front of the "&" symbol.
Step 17Seeing as we cant use adjustment layers in Gimp, well have to make do with what we have and improvise.Create a new layer at the top of the layers window and name it "gradient map 1." Download this gradient andadd it to your Gimp gradient folder, which is in the same area as your Gimp scripts folder that we locatedearlier. Refresh your gradients and it should show up.Apply this gradient to the layer that we created using the gradient tool from left to right. Change the layer modeto Burn and lower the opacity to 15%.
Step 18It looks like the piece needs additional color. Create a new layer above one of the groups of the ornate patterns.Right click > Alpha to Selection on one of the layers from the patterns. Using this color, _TAG_, paint parts ofthe selection with a soft brush.Step 19
Now lets do the same for our text. Take the selections from the texture2 layer of each letter.Step 20Download this pattern. Copy it into your patterns folder (located in the same area as the scripts & gradientsfolders). Refresh your patterns. Create a new layer named "bg_pattern" above the wood background. Fill thebackground with the ornate pattern. Set the layer mode to Overlay. Duplicate the layer.
Step 21Create a new layer above the bg_pattern layers. Name it "bg_highlight." Get out the gradient tool. Make yourforeground color white and your background color black. Set the gradient to radial and apply it from the centeroutward. Set the layer mode to Dodge and lower the opacity to 30%.Step 22Use the same light green color we used earlier and paint a few light green spots in the background. Make thespots subtle.
ConclusionAnd were done! Be sure to click the image below to view it full size!


Honors - Aetolia Online Help
4.8 Honors
By typing VIEW HONOURS you may see some publically available
information about that player. This information should be considered
generally known enough as to be common knowledge.
 VIEW HONOURS
 HONOURS
A typical honours would be as follows:
Lady Asteria, Watcher of the Heavens.
She is 140 years old, having been born on the 6th of Severin, year 89 of
the Midnight Age.
She is ranked 413th in Aetolia.
She is a Vagabond in the Fellowship of Explorers.
She is a member of the clan called 'The Ohmsford Clan'.
She has written a personal background.
She is considered to be approximately 50% of your might.
The first line shows the person's name and title. The second shows her
age, as well as the date that she was born. Next comes her overall rank
in Aetolia. This is based solely on the amount of experience she has
gained, and a full list of the experience rankings can be seen in
RANKINGS (or RANKINGS [#]).
Then is her rank in the Fellowship of Explorers. This is a measure of
how much of Aetolia she has explored - when you compare to HELP
EXPLORERS, she hasn't explored very much at all!
Afterwards come any clans she has joined, or that she might be in
possesion of, that are available to public view. She appears to be in a
family clan and nothing more, though there may be hidden ones!
The next line shows that she has written a background. If she were a
real character, you could VIEW BACKGROUND ASTERIA to try to read it.
After that is an approximation of her might compared to your own. This
is based solely on how many lessons both you and she have spent learning
your skills. Someone who is 0% your might has probably learned very
little, and someone who is 3000% your might obviously has spent a lot of
time on their backside learning.
You will find other information when using the command, but these are
the most common ones.


A pair of rival schools of martial arts, run by a pair of masters who have probably been at it for years before the series even started. If ''dojo'' is applied to non-Japanese martial arts, its use is an example of the FarEast trope.
Most often, but not always, the two masters were students of the same martial arts style before branching off to different styles: the protagonist usually (but not always) learning under the benevolent master who teaches wisdom and self defense, while the rival school is run by an EvilMentor and is characteristically ruthless, aggressive and brutal.
A subset of this trope comes in the form of "dojo busting," in which members of a rival school (or even an [[ArrogantKungFuGuy unaffiliated challenger looking to show his prowess]]) will sit in on lessons and challenge the sensei or top student to a match, usually as an excuse to completely ransack the dojo, maim everyone inside, and steal a memento of his victory (typically the dojo's marquee.)
Very often comes up in FightingSeries. This situation often involves or ends with the main students from both schools eventually becoming friends or at least allies, usually after [[DefeatMeansFriendship one of them defeats the other,]] effectively ending the feud, or turning it into a [[FriendlyEnemy friendly rivalry]] (if it wasn't already) instead.
See also FeudingFamilies.
* Being the quintessential FightingSeries (at least in Manga), DragonBall of course has this, with Goku learning the Turtle Style from Master Roshi, while his rival Crane Hermit's teaches his students styles of brutal assassination. Goku fights two members of the Crane School, Crane's brother Tao and his star pupil, Tien. Tien defeats Goku the first time, but, in a rare occurrence for this trope, his HeelFaceTurn begins even before Goku eventually bests him.
* Turned drastically UpToEleven in ''StarWars'' where the Jedi and the Sith teach opposing philosophical approaches to similar martial and magical skill, and have been at each others' throats for twenty-five thousand years.
* ''The Gone-Away World'' by Nick Harkaway has a rivalry between a ninja school and a mime school. (Yes, the mimes are martial artists. Don't ask.)
** Supported by Miyagi Dojo vs Kobra Kai in TheKarateKid 1 and 3.
* Inverted by ''Film/BestOfTheBest'', where the two schools are both honorable and have similar philosophies.
** ''[[_URL_ Ninja Academy]]''. Oddly enough, one of the students at the {{Hero}} ninja academy is a mime.
* RealLife: Count Dante's [[_URL_ Dojo Wars]]
* ''JadeEmpire'' naturally has a variant on this (It's technically the same school, but the two teachers use different styles)
* BambooBlade has rival Kendo schools.
* ''{{Pokemon}}'' did an episode about a pair of rival Gyms.
** The games also featured this with Saffron City's two Gyms, one for the Fighting-type and one for the Psychic-type. Only one got to be the official Gym of the city, and the Psychic-type Gym won due to ElementalRockPaperScissors.
* In ''Series/NinpuuSentaiHurricaneger'' and ''Series/PowerRangersNinjaStorm'', three Rangers are from the Hayate/Wind Ninja Academy and two are from the Ikazuchi/Thunder Academy. They clashed at first with the Thunder ninjas acting as PsychoRangers to the Wind trio, but eventually pulled together to fight the BigBad.
** Almost the entirety of ''Series/JukenSentaiGekiranger'' is about the battles between the heroic [=GekiJuken=] Beast Arts school and the evil [=RinJuken=] Akugata school.
* Bobby Wasabi's (whose local sensei is an AdultChild BigBrotherMentor) and the [[ThugDojo Black Dragons]] (a Cobra Kai {{Expy}}) in ''KickinIt''.
* Jackie Chan's first starring role, Snake in the Eagle's Shadow, is about two rival schools, Snake Hand and Eagle Claw. Eagle Claw has exterminated almost every student from Snake Hand. Jackie becomes the last student of the Snake Hand, and incidentally is able to fight the master of Eagle Claw without being killed, so he learns about his style and [[YinYangBomb combines both of them]] into the style that names the film.
* Wrestling/NewJapanProWrestling was notorious for shutting the doors to its dojo when someone came in to challenge any of the professional wrestlers and then giving out {{No Holds Barred Beatdown}}s.


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Improving the User Experience by Applying Progressive Information Disclosure
You know there is more to technical communication than developing traditional deliverables, that the experience need not be discontinuous or redundant, and that you can positively impact product experiences through content. How? Through progressive information disclosure. Learn how to improve users' experiences using this information architecture and design technique.
After taking this webinar, you'll know how to:
- Approach information architecture and design from the perspective of the users goals and tasks.
- Reveal just the information that the user needs, just when she needs it, to improve the product and information experience.
- Create the appropriate team and process environment necessary to make the approach successful in a real, product-development environment.


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Young people involved in the P+L+U+S
(Please Let Us Stay) campaign
© D. Speirs
Hidden Children: the Story of State Care for Separated Children
During the past ten years, over 5,300 children have come to the attention of the authorities in Ireland, having arrived here without the company of either of their parents. Many of these children, referred to as 'separated children' or 'unaccompanied minors', have experienced war and violence; some have been trafficked or smuggled into Ireland. They come from a wide range of countries, including Nigeria, Somalia, Ghana, Angola, Rwanda, China and parts of the Middle East and Eastern Europe.


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The one-dimensional, unsteady, gradually varying free surface, open channel equations are solved numerically using the lax diffusive scheme. The numerical model is applied to simulate avalanche flow and to capture the existence of waveforms leading to the estimation of short-lived peak velocities and impact pressures for any point along a given avalanche track. The simulation of both laboratory and field experiments are pres ented to demonstrate the viability of the discretization scheme. To verify numerical results of this new numerical model, results from the Swiss hydraulic continuum model for avalanche motion are presented and compared. The lax diffusive scheme provides acceptable results when compared to these laboratory and full-scale avalanche results and when compared to the Swiss numerical results. Simulations are presented to d emonstrate the ability for the numerical model to capture and track waveforms within the avalanche flow, to estimate short-lived peak velocities and impact pressures for any position along the avalanche track - especially when perturbations (i.e., terrain changes) are introduced into the flow. These perturbations are particularly evident when releasing a wave-like form from rest down an incline. Difficulties are encountered when trying to simulate in situ results and recreating the richness of the data.
- Debris flows
- Granular flows
- Numerical modeling
- Snow avalanches
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Geotechnical Engineering and Engineering Geology
- Earth and Planetary Sciences(all)


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Wanzai: the lightning disaster monitoring and early warning system is completed
Recently, the Meteorological Bureau of Wanzai County, Yichun City, Jiangxi Province completed the construction of a lightning disaster monitoring and early warning system and officially put it into use, which can improve the level of lightning disaster monitoring, forecasting and early warning services.
This project is the first atmospheric electric field instrument construction project in Yichun. According to the detection range of the atmospheric electric field instrument and the actual needs of lightning protection, the meteorological department installed 4 sets of atmospheric electric field instruments in the county seat of Wanzai County, Xianyuan Township, Luocheng Town, and Huangmao Town and carried out network monitoring. The system can monitor changes in the atmospheric electric field all-round and all-weather, and automatically issue an alarm after a sudden change, providing technical support for effective defense and mitigation of lightning disasters.
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By Health Day
But what happens to those banged up players years later?
New research suggests that some NFL players may be at increased risk for depression.
Researchers recruited 34 retired NFL athletes with a history of concussion and 29 people from the general population with no history of the traumatic brain injury.
All were examined to assess their thinking skills, mood and to look for physical signs of depression.
The results: the NFL players had more symptoms of depression related to all 3 factors and the number of concussions suffered was directly related to the severity. Researchers say this suggests that athletes who suffer concussions during their playing days may be at a higher risk for developing the illness.
Depression is a common affliction, with up to 1 in 10 Americans having some form of depression each year. If you are concerned about your or a loved one's mental health, let your doctor know. Help is available.
I'm Dr. Cindy Haines of HealthDay TV with the news that can help keep your family healthy.
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Investigating the effect of using modern methods of construction on the performance of Construction Projects in Uganda.
Wanyana, Tracy Deborah
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Completion of a project within the stipulated time frame is considered to be one of the critical factors for project success. This is however impossible due to the delays that occur during the construction process. Delays can be brought about by a number of factors during the construction process. Because of this, delays in the construction industry continue to be one of its biggest challenges that overall affect the time performance. There are a number of causes of delays in the industry and a number of ways have been formulated to solve the delays depending on the cause but still the delays still continue to surface in the projects. Most of the delays may impact the time performance are construction based i.e. methods of construction that are being used in the industry. By finding other building alternatives, we study them to see if there use in the industry would affect the time performance of the projects. The purpose of this study was to assess the effect of using Modern Methods of Construction on the time performance of projects in Uganda. The study indicated that using Modern Methods of Construction would be a possible solution but a lot of the challenges that come with using it would become a hindrance to adopting it as a solution to mitigating delays. From the research carried out, it's evident that some of the participants know the benefits of using Modern Methods of Construction but do not know how Modern Methods of Construction can exactly help mitigate delays hence improving the time performance on construction projects. Furthermore, the research also shows that despite Modern Methods of Construction having many benefits, people in the construction industry haven't realized their full benefits.


text: Presently in India, about 960 million tonnes of solid waste is being generated annually as by-products during industrial, mining, municipal, agricultural and other processes. Of this ∼350 million tonnes are organic wastes from agricultural sources; ∼290 million tonnes are inorganic waste of industrial and mining sectors and ∼4.5 million tonnes are hazardous in nature. Advances in solid waste management resulted in alternative construction materials as a substitute to traditional materials like bricks, blocks, tiles, aggregates, ceramics, cement, lime, soil, timber and paint. To safeguard the environment, efforts are being made for recycling different wastes and utilise them in value added applications. In this paper, present status on generation and utilization of both non-hazardous and hazardous solid wastes in India, their recycling potentials and environmental implication are reported and discussed in details.


ORS 294.418¹
Alternative budget publication procedure
In lieu of the publication requirements contained in ORS 294.416 (Publication of budget summary, financial summary, statement of accounting basis and notices of meeting and availability of budget document), a municipal corporation may elect to publish its budget as provided in this section.
(1) There shall be published, as provided in ORS 294.421 (Manner of publication), a summary of the budget as approved by the budget committee and compared with the budget summary of the preceding year or preceding budget period and the budget summary for the current year or current budget period. As a minimum requirement, there shall be listed the total requirements for personal services, materials and services, capital outlay, special payments, debt service, transfers and operating contingencies for the budget. In addition, there shall be published a brief narrative description of the major activities or major programs of the municipal corporation and the prominent changes from the current year or current budget period. Information shall be furnished showing the personnel requirement changes for each major activity or major program. The narrative shall state the major resources for financing each major activity or program and the prominent changes from the current year or current budget period, or shall state that each major activity or program is financed from general resources of the governmental unit. The summary for the ensuing year or ensuing budget period and for the current year or current budget period shall show total budgeted requirements, total estimated resources other than ad valorem property taxes and estimated ad valorem property tax revenues, stated in dollars and cents. The summary shall also state the municipal corporation's operating tax rate and the amount or rate of any other ad valorem property taxes to be certified to the assessor. Tax rates shall be expressed at a rate per thousand dollars of assessed value. The summary shall include an analysis of ad valorem property taxes for the current and ensuing years or budget periods that are outside of the municipal corporation's permanent rate limit or statutory rate limit, if applicable, showing local option taxes and ad valorem property taxes for meeting payments on bond, principal and interest thereon and for meeting other obligations of the municipal corporation described under section 11 (5), Article XI of the Oregon Constitution.
(2) There shall be published with the summary:
(a) A notice of the time and place at which the budget document as approved by the budget committee may be discussed with the governing body.
(b) A statement that the budget is prepared in accordance with the basis of accounting used in the preceding year or budget period unless a change in the basis of accounting is anticipated; and if a change in the basis of accounting is to be made, there shall be an explanation of the change and the effects of the change.
(c) A notice of the place where the complete budget document is available for inspection by the general public during regular business hours and where copies of the complete budget document may be obtained. [1971 c.516 §5; 1979 c.686 §7; 1997 c.308 §18; 1997 c.541 §330; 2001 c.135 §15]
Notes of Decisions
Atty. Gen. Opinions
1 Legislative Counsel Committee, CHAPTER 294—County and Municipal Financial Administration, _URL_ (2007) (last accessed Feb. 12, 2009).
2 Legislative Counsel Committee, Annotations to the Oregon Revised Statutes, Cumulative Supplement - 2007, Chapter 294, _URL_ (2007) (last accessed Feb. 12, 2009).


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Influence of laser wavelength and laser energy on depth profiling of easel painting samples
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|LIBS; Ablation craters; Fluorine detection
|The depth-resolved analysis by means of the laser-induced breakdown spectroscopy (LIBS) is a useful tool in the investigation of multi-layered structures of paintings. The LIBS technique is considered micro-destructive, as it is associated with the formation of the ablation crater. It is important to optimize the laser pulse parameters to minimize the crater size and also to avoid some possible side effects of the laser radiation, such as the material redeposition and the light- or heat-induced pigment discoloration. In the present work, mock-up painting samples were used to investigate the influence of laser radiation characteristics on the ablation process. The first LIBS set-up contains a Nd:YAG laser at the second harmonic frequency (laser wavelength 532 nm, pulse duration ~ 10 ns) and the second set-up is comprised of a modified laser-ablation system equipped with a Nd:YAG laser at the fourth harmonic frequency (laser wavelength 266 nm, pulse duration ~ 5 ns). The influence of different laser wavelengths and different laser energies on the properties of the craters was examined. The effects caused by the laser-ablation process were described.


text: Model updating of dynamical systems has been attracting much attention because it has a very wide range of applications in aerospace, civil, and mechanical engineering, etc. Many methods were developed and there has been substantial development in Bayesian methods for this purpose in the recent decade. This article introduces some state-of-the-art work. It consists of two main streams of model updating, namely model updating using response time history and model updating using modal measurements. The former one utilizes directly response time histories for the identification of uncertain parameters. In particular, the Bayesian time-domain approach, Bayesian spectral density approach and Bayesian fast Fourier transform approach will be introduced. The latter stream utilizes modal measurements of a dynamical system. The method introduced here does not require a mode matching process that is common in other existing methods. Afterwards, discussion will be given about the relationship among model complexity, data fitting capability and robustness. An application of a 22-story building will be presented. Its acceleration response time histories were recorded during a severe typhoon and they are utilized to identify the fundamental frequency of the building. Furthermore, three methods are used for analysis on this same set of measurements and comparison will be made.