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About the Hawaiian Luau
Lu'au weren't always called lu'au. Until the mid-1800s small get-togethers were called pa'ina and large banquets — the equivalent of today's lu'au — were referred to as 'aha'aina. These root words mean, among other things, "gathering" ('aha) and "eating" ('aina).
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Much has changed since the days of the ancient lu'au. Women and men are allowed to eat together, which was forbidden in Hawai'i before the Hawaiian culture's system of kapu (taboos) was eliminated in 1819. Women are also allowed to eat foods that were once denied them, such as bananas, coconuts, pork, turtle and several types of fish.
The lyrical hula dance — now referred to as the ancient, or kahiko, style of hula — was once accompanied with chants (mele) to honor the gods. Today it is performed for entertainment and to remember the ways of old. A more modern style, called 'auana, has become popular since the 1970s, when a renaissance of native Hawaiian culture began. Both styles are performed at lu'au, and commercial events often showcase Tahitian and Samoan dance styles as well. Tahiti and Samoa are believed to be ancestral homelands of the Hawaiians.
Although some lu'au menus have evolved to include sushi, teriyaki chicken, Chinese manapua buns and the ubiquitous macaroni salad, traditional lu'au food is served at many events. Authentic dishes include:
- kalua pork (an entire pig roasted underground in a handmade pit called an imu oven)
- lomi lomi salmon (diced with tomatoes and onions, like a salsa)
- chicken long rice (transparent noodles)
- huli-huli (barbequed) chicken
- haupia (coconut custard)
- laulau (pork, chicken or fish wrapped and steamed in ti leaves)
- poi (taro root mashed with water into a pale purple paste)
As Christianity swept through Hawai'i in the 19th century, the lu'au lost its pagan roots and became more commonly a chance to relax and enjoy family and friends with good food and music. This spirit prevails in nearly every aspect of life in Hawai'i. One of the most dutifully observed local rituals is the "baby lu'au," a grand celebration staged on a child's first birthday. Lu'au are also held for graduations, class reunions, and other important events.
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GrayMatter and City of Akron Water Supply Bureau co-innovate to develop a customized operations hub that weaves together continuously updated SCADA data, utility operator observations and lab testing data to provide an accurate portrayal of plant operations. Participants will value learning about a real-world example of a utility that has taken the initiative to dramatically increase its data visualization.
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Technology and Modern Trends in Firearms
There has been an emergence in the advancement of technology, which has pushed the firearm industry to manufacture weapons and equipment that are more affordable, effective, and efficient, as well as technology like the Strikeman Dry-Fire Training System to help people hone their skills away from the firing range. Modern arms are created with pinpoint precision as a critical function, making them lighter, modular, and collapsible. These processes are made possible with the help of technology through fine-tuning, which makes them function better without compromising the user's safety.
Technology and Modern Trends in Firearms
What are some of the Modern Firearm Advancements?
Technology has enabled the testing of new polymer composites, which help in making these weapons lighter, more durable, and a higher ability to limit recoil. This means that modern weapons can withstand a more comprehensive range of optimum functioning in diverse locations with different climates. Advancement in the field has resulted in connecting continuous fibers, which can disperse the shock around throughout the weapon protecting the user.
At first, 3D printers were meant for making concept designs and models. This is no longer the case since 3D printers can process diverse materials, making them effective in designing and developing firearms. With the help of these printers, solid firearm concepts can easily be printed and assembled. They can do this basically because 3D-printed guns are accurate and robust.
Firearm manufacturers are capitalizing on the personalization of their products through modular weapons. Modern firearms can serve more than one purpose, basically changing specific parts to suit your intended purpose. A good example is the Special Operations Force Combat Assault Rifle (SCAR), a close-quarters battle rifle. Still, once you switch the barrel and other few attachments, it becomes a Designed Marksman Rifle (DMR) capable of reaching different targets.
Personalizing weapons has enabled manufacturers to design new weapons and a wide range of attachments and products to help enhance the overall user experience. Technology is playing a critical role in the firearm industry by improving firearm quality and enhanced first-time user experience.
What to Expect in the Future of Firearms
The future will be filled with high-tech firearms that are diverse and more capable, on the shelves of most firearm dealers. With technology enabling the manufacturers to make improved weapons, guns used today will be for sale as affordable second-hand products. This will help in the acquisition of attachments and ammunition of high quality because of technology.
All of these changes, although they've been in the works for years, are made possible through fine-tuned processes that are continuing to get better day-by-day. Modern advancements in technology have played a crucial role in enhancing first-time user experience, and ensuring safety for you and those around. For example, 80 Percent Arms builds best 80 lowers than the rest, and are rated the best 80% lowers in the industry. Firearm dealers are also shifting to more advanced products, to keep up with the ever increasing demand in quality, efficient and effective firearms.
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TXL: Tree Transformation Language
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The TreeRewriting language TXL (developed by JamesCordy at Queen's University in Kingston, Canada) supports the definition of transformation rules on first-order terms of a given context-free grammar. Rules not only specify a rewrite, but also the strategy for applying it. Strategies are chosen from a small set of implicit top-down search strategies augmented with explicit scoped application of parameterized subrules in the style of a first-order functional language.
TXL is programming language and rapid prototyping system specifically designed to support the specification and rapid implementation of source analysis and transformation tasks of all kinds. TXL has been used to process over four and a half billion lines of source code in commercial Year 2000 automated maintenance systems, and provides the reverse engineering capabilities of commercial software engineering systems such as Embarcadero Describe(tm).
The TXL language is a hybrid functional / rule-based programming language with unification, implied iteration and deep pattern match. Each TXL program has two components:
 - A description of the structures to be transformed, specified as an EBNF grammar in ambiguous context-free form
 - A rooted set of structural rewriting rules, specified by example using pattern/replacement pairs.
As a programming language TXL is unique in that it is has a pure functional superstructure that provides scoping, abstraction, parameterization and recursion, over Prolog-like structural rewriting rules providing pattern search, unification and implicit iteration. The formal semantics and implementation of TXL are based on formal tree rewriting, but the trees are largely hidden from the user due to the by-example style of rule specification.
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Teach and reinforce place value concepts with this complete collection!
Teach and reinforce place value concepts with this complete collection. The Didax Classroom Essentials: Base Ten Set includes full sets of base-ten materials as well as books, games, and activities at various levels to make learning fun!
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Coherence of Business Cycles and Economic Shocks between Croatia and Euro Area Member States
|Authors||Karlo Kotarac, Davor Kunovac and Rafael Ravnik|
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cycle coherence, aggregate supply and demand shocks, symmetric and asymmetric shocks
The paper analyses the coherence of business cycles and supply and demand shocks between Croatia and euro area core countries. The results obtained point to several basic conclusions. Firstly, the coherence of business cycles and the correlation of supply and demand shocks between Croatia and euro area core countries are relatively high. Secondly, symmetric (common) shocks are dominant for explaining the dynamics in domestic GDP, while the contributions of asymmetric shocks are significantly smaller. Thirdly, the results point to the convergence of supply and demand shocks and business cycles between Croatia and euro area core countries. Based on all of the above, we may conclude that the introduction of the euro and the related adoption of the common countercyclical monetary policy should not result in significant costs for the Croatian economy.


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A kymograph (which means 'wave writer') is a device that gives a graphical representation of spatial position over time in which a spatial axis represents time. It basically consists of a revolving drum wrapped with a sheet of paper on which a stylus moves back and forth recording perceived changes of phenomena such as motion or pressure.
It was invented by German physiologist Carl Ludwig in the 1840s and found its first use as a means to intrusively monitor blood pressure, and has found several applications in the field of medicine. Its primary use was to measure phenomena such as changes in muscular contractions or other physiological processes, including speech sounds and electrophysiological recordings.
kymograph have following parts 1.revolving drum 2.kymograph base 3.adjstable stand 4.myograph tray 5.muscle lever
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Lake Waccamaw offers lessons in history and nature
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At three miles by five miles, Lake Waccamaw covers nearly 9,000 acres. It is what is known as a Carolina bay.
"There are over 500,000 Carolina bay lakes. This is the largest bay lake," said Toby Hall with Lake Waccamaw State Park.
Carolina bays are oval shaped bodies of water that all have similar characteristics.
"You'll notice they all predominantly go the same direction, northwest to southeast," said Hall.
Several theories exist for how the Carolina bays were formed, from meteors to sinkholes. The most popular at this point is the oriented lake theory.
"Ocean waters receded to where they are today. Winds from the north-northeast came in and actually carved out these oval shapes," said Hall.
Most figure they are called Carolina bays because bays are bodies of water. That is a misconception.
"It does get its name from bay vegetation, the three trees that grow typically around Carolina bay lakes," said Hall.
The northern shore of Lake Waccamaw is limestone, which is exposed in several locations. That gives the water an unusual neutral PH and a great deal of biodiversity.
"There's 54 species of fish, 15 species of mussels and clams and 10 species of freshwater snails," said Hall. "They have seven endemic species that live only in Lake Waccamaw."
Because the neutral PH is so critical to the lake's ecosystem, the state park recently created a team of monitors to make certain the water is not becoming too alkaline or acidic.
"That is a very fragile balance in maintaining the water's chemistry out here on Lake Waccamaw," said Hall.
The tea color of the lake is not related to the PH level. It is generated as the four creeks, which feed the lake, pass through decaying vegetation.
There's plenty to learn at Lake Waccamaw State Park from early Native American presence and the discovery of several dugout canoes that are being kept under the surface of the lake to a new display featuring the bones of a baleen whale found in the lake.
"It's been carbon dated to about 2.8 million years ago, which actually shows that, yes this was ocean at one time," said Hall.
Put everything together and it adds up to what many think is a special place.
"This is a gem for North Carolina," said Hall. "The importance of its protection and the continuation for future generations is what we strive for here at the lake."


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In Italian, "fa presto" literally means "make quickly." It became a painting term when the father of Luca Giordano (_PHONE_) urged his son to speed up his studies.
The term became a nickname for Giordano, and more broadly, a byword among baroque painters like Tintoretto (self portrait, below) who were seeking a more spontaneous handling.
In a fa presto technique, the composition is established quickly over an earth-toned ground with no preliminary drawing. The paint is laid on thinly in the darker areas and broadly and generously in the lights.


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Inform anyone treating you that you CANNOT have any shortwave diathermy, microwave diathermy or therapeutic ultrasound diathermy (all now referred to as diathermy) anywhere on your body because you have an implanted neurostimulation system. Energy from diathermy can be transferred through your implanted system, can cause tissue damage and can result in severe injury or death.
Diathermy can also damage parts of your neurostimulation system. This can result in loss of therapy from your neurostimulation system, and may require additional surgery to remove or replace parts of your implanted device. Injury or damage can occur during diathermy treatment whether your neurostimulation system is turned "on" or "off."
Patient Letter, dated May 18, 2001
The purpose of this letter is to inform you that you should not have shortwave diathermy, microwave diathermy or therapeutic ultrasound diathermy (all now referred to as diathermy) if you have an implanted neurostimulation device. Diathermy provides optional treatments for the following purposes:
When the energy from diathermy therapy interacts with neurostimulation devices, it can cause permanent nerve or tissue damage and result in severe injury or death. Therefore, DO NOT RECEIVE ANY DIATHERMY.
Please note that the permanent nerve or tissue injury is not caused by a device malfunction. Rather, it is caused by the interaction of two devices (neurostimulation system and diathermy machine) when they are working properly.
There have been two known cases where patients with implanted deep brain stimulation systems received shortwave therapy (diathermy). In both cases, the therapy interacted with the implanted neurostimulation system and caused severe and permanent brain damage. Both patients are still in comas.
What are shortwave diathermy, microwave diathermy and therapeutic ultrasound diathermy treatments?
Diathermy, pronounced (di'-a-thur-me) are treatments that deliver energy to treat specific areas of the body. These treatments are typically used for the following purposes:
Your doctor can answer any questions you may have about diathermy therapy or alternative treatments.
Diathermy is used by a variety of health care professionals, including physical therapists, nurses, chiropractors, dentists, sports therapists, ophthalmologists, and others. Health care professionals may refer to diathermy using the term "deep heat" or similar terms. Diathermy means deep heat, but these devices may also be used in a way that causes little or no heating.
What Should You Do?
First and foremost, do not receive any shortwave diathermy, microwave diathermy or therapeutic ultrasound diathermy, just as you would avoid a medicine to which you are seriously allergic. Before receiving any treatment, you should inform every health care professional (such as doctors, dentists, chiropractors, sports therapists, or physical therapists) that you have an implanted neurostimulation device. Follow these steps whenever you see any health care professional:
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Zamor: The tale of a Bengali in the French revolution
When the French Revolution in the 1790s overthrew the French monarchy and gave power to the people, it changed the course of world history forever. One might have heard of the historic names associated with this revolution like Napoleon Bonaparte and Jean-Jacques Rousseau. But not many of us know that the French Revolution also had a leader of Bengali origins.
Here's the forgotten tale of Zamor, a young boy from Chittagong who participated in a revolution of people that changed the world forever.
The boy from Chittagong
From whatever little records can be found, Zamor was born in 1762, in Chittagong of Bengal. It is likely that he had little or some African lineage in him. Zamor was probably a member of the Siddi or Habshi community.
We make these assumptions based on Countess Du Barry's mention of him as an "African boy" and his one portrait where his skin color gives off an impression that he's African.
Kidnap by slave traders and ending up in France
Chittagong at that time was the finest port in the East. It was frequented by traders and businessmen from all over the world and slave trade was not an uncommon sight.
Read more: Chittagong port: Reliving the history of the oldest port in the East
Zamor was the victim of these slave traders. He was kidnapped by British Slave traders when he was 11 and was sold to King Louis XV of France as a palace slave. The king, however, gifted him to his mistress, Countess Du Barry, who named him Louis-Benoit Zamor. She also believed he was African which she writes about in her journal.
"The second object of my regard was Zamor, a young African boy, full of intelligence and mischief; simple and independent in his nature, yet wild as his country. Zamor fancied himself the equal of all he met, scarcely deigning to acknowledge the king himself as his superior."
The countess wrote in her journal.
Becoming a leader in the French revolution
Zamor had a keen interest in philosophy and was inspired by the works of Rousseau. In 1789, by the time Zamor turned 27, the French revolution broke out.
A young man inspired by Russeau, Zamor took the side of the revolutionaries and the Jacobins. He began to detest the Countess and her lavish lifestyle.
As an informant to the Committee of Public Safety, he got the Countess arrested by the police for protecting the Aristocrats in 1792. After that, Zamor eventually got more vocal and actively involved in the revolution. He rose to become a secretary in the revolutionary government.
His charges against his countess eventually led to her execution by guillotine. At the trial, Zamor publicly announced his birthplace as Chittagong of Bengal Subah, breaking the long misconception that he was African.
The Aftermath of the revolution
The tale of the heroic rise, of a young boy from Chittagong to a leader of the French revolution has a bitter ending.
Zamor was arrested by the Girondins soon after the execution of Du Barry. He was tried and imprisoned but was able to secure his release.
Zamor fled from France only to return in 1815 after the fall of Napoleon.
He bought a house near the Latin quarters of Paris and spent the rest of his life in extreme poverty as a school teacher. Zamor died in 1820 and was buried in Paris in an unnamed grave.
Somewhere in the city of art and revolution, lies the remains of a boy from Bengal who lost his home when he was eleven years old. A boy who was sold as a slave to the other side of the world. A slave who became a hero in a revolution that changed the world. Somewhere in Paris, sleeps a son of Bengal who never returned home.
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A lost community of Armenians in Dhaka
The arrival of the Armenians in Dhaka
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foliating and maintaining soft, healthy feet, they should be used as part of a broader approach to foot hygiene. This approach should be tailored to individual needs and may also include professional medical care for certain conditions. Always be gentle with your skin and pay attention to how it reacts to different treatments, including the use of foot scrubbers.
Foot Scrubber Usage and Skin Health
Foot scrubber usage can be an integral part of maintaining good skin health on the feet. These tools are designed to help remove dead skin cells, reduce the buildup of calluses, and promote the regeneration of new, healthy skin. When used correctly, foot scrubbers can contribute to smoother, softer feet and may help prevent common foot skin issues like dryness and cracking.
However, it is essential to use foot scrubbers properly to avoid over-exfoliation, which can lead to skin irritation or damage. Individuals with sensitive skin or those who have pre-existing foot conditions should be particularly cautious. It is often recommended to use foot scrubbers gently and follow up with a moisturizer to keep the skin hydrated and protected.
Moreover, using a foot scrubber in combination with other treatments can be beneficial. For example, after soaking your feet in warm water, using a foot scrubber can be more effective because the skin is softer and the dead skin cells are easier to remove. After scrubbing, applying a foot cream or treatment can enhance the overall results, as the active ingredients may penetrate better on freshly exfoliated skin.
It is worth noting that while foot scrubbers are helpful for maintaining skin health, they are not a substitute for medical treatment when dealing with foot conditions such as fungal infections, warts, or other skin disorders. In such cases, consulting with a healthcare professional is recommended. They may advise on how to incorporate foot scrubbing into a treatment regimen safely or suggest alternative methods that are more appropriate for the condition at hand.
In summary, foot scrubbers can play a valuable role in a comprehensive foot care routine, contributing to the overall health and appearance of the skin on the feet. When used in combination with other treatments and proper foot care practices, they can help keep the feet looking and feeling their best. However, it is important to consider the individual needs of your skin and to seek professional advice when necessary.
Integrating Foot Scrubbers with Professional Podiatric Care
Integrating foot scrubbers with professional podiatric care can be a beneficial aspect of a comprehensive foot health regimen. Podiatrists often recommend the use of foot scrubbers as an adjunct to medical treatments for a variety of foot conditions. Foot scrubbers help to exfoliate the skin, remove dead skin cells, and promote circulation, which can be particularly helpful for patients with conditions such as calluses, corns, or dry, cracked heels.
When used under the guidance of a podiatric professional, foot scrubbers can complement clinical treatments and enhance the effectiveness of prescribed therapies. For instance, a podiatrist may suggest the use of a foot scrubber to prepare the skin before the application of topical medications, thereby increasing the medication's absorption and efficacy. Moreover, for patients with diabetes or circulatory issues, podiatrists may provide specific instructions on the safe use of foot scrubbers to avoid injury or infection due to the increased risk associated with such conditions.
It is important to note that while foot scrubbers can be very useful, they must be used with caution. Overuse or using a scrubber that is too abrasive can lead to skin irritation or damage. Therefore, it is always best to discuss the use of any foot care tool with a podiatrist, especially for individuals with underlying foot problems or those who have a higher risk of complications.
Podiatric care often involves a holistic approach to foot health, and incorporating the use of foot scrubbers can be part of a personalized care plan designed to maintain or improve foot health. Regular visits to a podiatrist can ensure that any foot care regimen, including the use of foot scrubbers, is appropriate and tailored to the individual needs of the patient. Through a combination of professional podiatric care and the proper use of foot scrubbers, patients can achieve and maintain healthy, comfortable feet.

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When you are a part of multiple organizations, your user account is separate for each organization. This allows for more granular control of user accounts by the Organization Admins, such as requiring two-factor authentication. The organization's short name is used to specify the org you are logging into. Once logged in, if you have verified your email, you can change between all organizations you are a part of.
Organization short name
If you are a part of two or more organizations, when you log into Command you will need to specify the organization's short name to indicate which org you are logging into. This short name is a unique identifier for the org. When logging in, if you do not know the short name, you can select the Email me a list button to have them emailed to you, along with email verification links for each org.
Changing between organizations
You can see all of the organizations you are logged into by selecting the organization name on the left sidebar in Command, and move between organizations from that list.
Select any of the organizations listed to switch between them.
If the org you are switching to has higher authentication requirements, two-factor authentication or SSO, you will be required to log in to that account when changing to it.
Unable to see all your organizations
You may find that not all of the organizations you belong to show up in the list when selecting the org name in Command's left-hand menu. This will happen when your email is not verified in each of the organizations.
The easiest way to do this, especially when you are a part of many organizations, is to go to the login screen and select the Email me a list option as shown in the above Organization short name section. This will send an email with verification links for every org you are a part of.
The other option is to log in to each organization and select the Verify Email button, which will send you an email to verify your email for that particular organization. This will need to be done for each organization you are a part of, if you want to be able to switch between organizations without having to log in each time.
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Caption: This plot compares the colors of planets in our solar system to exoplanet HD 189733b. The exoplanet's deep blue color is produced by silicate droplets, which scatter blue light in its atmosphere.
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Yerba buena or hierba buena is a name of Spanish origin used for a number of aromatic plants, most of which belong to the mint family. The Spanish name yerba buena translates as "good herb". The specific plant species regarded as yerba buena varies from region to region, depending on what grows wild in the surrounding landscape, or which species is customarily grown in local gardens. Perhaps the most common variation of this plant is spearmint (Mentha spicata). The term has been (and is currently) used to cover a number of aromatic true mints and mint relatives of the genera Satureja or Micromeria. All plants so named have medicinal properties, and some have culinary value as tisanes or seasonings as well.
Local variants
In the western United States, yerba buena most often refers to the species Micromeria douglasii (which is sometimes classified as Clinopodium douglasii or Satureja douglasii), but may also refer to Eriodictyon californicum, which is not a member of the mint family.
In parts of Central America yerba buena often refers to Mentha citrata, a true mint sometimes called "bergamot mint" with a strong citrus-like aroma that is used medicinally and as a cooking herb and tea.
In Cuba, yerba buena generally refers to Mentha nemorosa, a popular plant also known as large apple mint, foxtail mint, hairy mint, woolly mint or, simply, Cuban mint.
In Peru the name is sometimes applied to a shrubby aromatic marigold, Tagetes minuta also known as "huacatay" or "black mint"; in this case, despite some similarities of flavor, the herb in question is in the Sunflower family and is quite unrelated to any of the mints or mint-relatives with which it shares a name.
- "Huacatay - Ingredient - CHOW". CHOW food and entertainment website. CNET Networks. Retrieved 2007-12-19.


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Madagascar's giant hognose snake
The Madagascar giant hognose snake (Leioheterodon madagascariensis) probably belongs to Madagascar's most common snakes. You can meet them almost everywhere on the island: Rainforests of the east coast are part of its home range as well as the hot and dry west oft Madagascar. They can even deal with widely devastated forests. Gardens, campgrounds and hut villages may also be part of their habitat. They even settled islands off the coast of Madagascar successfully, among them Nosy Be and Nosy Mangabe.
The Malagasy nickname of the giant hognose snake is menarana. They can reach total lengths up to 1,80 m (6 feet) at a maximally thickness of a human forearm. Hognose snakes are diurnal and live in shrubs and foliage, but also in underground caves. They are not picky concerning their food. From small reptiles to frogs, birds, eggs or sometimes other snakes, tenrecs and small lemurs: Everything makes a good prey for them. The eponymic hognose helps to detect prey below the foliage. Most prey is captured by one precise bite. Some kill prey by constriction, but simply swallow small prey alive.
Leioheterodon madagascariensis auf Nosy Mangabe
Hognose on Nosy Mangabe
Reproduction of this powerful snake takes place well hidden. During mating, the male twists around the larger female, and introduces his hemipenis – he got two of these just to be safe – into the cloaca of the female. After some weeks, the female lays about ten oval-shaped, soft-shelled, white eggs in a burrow. In contrast to other snakes, some Madagascar giant hognose snakes guard their clutches to protect it from potencial egg thieves. The young hatch after little more than two months, and this is the maximum time to which maternal care is limited- From the first days on, the little snakes are able to catch own small prey items such as frogs.
Hog nose snakes belong to colubrigs. That means that they have two larger teeth in the posterior part of the maxilla. Through a furrow in each tooth, they can manage to insert venom into the prey. Nevertheless studies show that giant hognose snake hardly use this mild venom to kill their prey. That is why the use of the probably existing Duvernoy's glands still remains unclear. For humans, the venom of the giant hognose snake is rather innocuous.
Among Madagascans, most people do not like the giant hognose snake. This might be due to its relatively large size, quick movements in high temperatures and her reputation to be venomous – although there exist only few reports of bite accidents. Those mostly refer to bites without any complications or symptoms. Only one single bite accident led to swellings around the bite mark that remained for more than a week, but followed downright "chewing" of the snake on a human finger. Many Madagascans in general use to fear snakes, especially those that rise up and hiss when threatened, just to look larger and more impressive. But in giant hognose snakes, this behaviour is a bluff – in doubt, they always use the moment of surprise in their opponent to escape. Despite being rather harmless, these snakes are often killed by humans in Madagascar. In wilderness, they have few enemies besides humans. Only large birds of prey or other snakes may catch young hognoses.
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Hognose snake killed by local people nearby Morondava
Although Leioheterodon madagascariensis is enormously adaptive, it originally only occurs in Madagascar. At the beginning of the 20ieth century, a man named Humblot – noone knows which Humblot exactly – is said to have brought the species to the island Grand Comoro. He wanted to get rid of the rats there. Since then, Leioheterodon madagascariensis has built a stable population around the city Dabiou. This example shows how well this snake can meet changing habitats. These snakes even made their way into captivitiy. There are reports talking about captive snakes of ages up to 30 years. So, there is no need to worry about the existence of Madagascar giant hognose snakes – they will get by for sure.
If you want to experience giant hognose snakes in their natural habitat, there are plenty of opportunities in Madagascar's national parks and reserves, especially in Ankarana, Ankarafantsika, Amber Mountain or Kirindy. You will have best chances after heavy rainfall, because hognose snakes come out afterwards to hunt.
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The Painted Bird
|The Painted Bird|
1st edition cover
|Media type||Print (Hardback & Paperback)|
|Dewey Decimal||813/.54 20|
|LC Classification||PS3561.O8 P3 1995|
|Followed by||Steps (1969)|
The Painted Bird (Der bemalte Vogel) is a controversial 1965 novel by Jerzy Kosiński which describes the world as seen by a young boy, "considered a Gypsy or Jewish stray," who wanders about small towns scattered around Eastern Europe during World War II.
Major themes
The book describes the wandering boy's encounters with peasants engaged in all forms of sexual and social deviance such as incest, bestiality and rape, and in other forms of extreme violence exciting lust. The book title was drawn from an incident in the story. The boy, while in the company of a professional bird catcher, observes how the man took one of his captured birds and painted it several colors. Then he released the bird to fly in search of a flock of its kin, but when the painted bird came upon the flock, they saw it as an intruder and viciously attacked the bird until it fell from the sky.
The plot
"The Painted Bird," is told from the perspective of a young boy during World War II. He is considered a Jewish stray who is struggling to live during this chaotic period. Kosinski begins the story by introducing the war and linking it with the boy. The young boy's parents are hiding from the Nazis, and he lives in a village with an elderly woman. When the woman dies, he is left to care for himself. From here, he journeys to another village where local townspeople turn him over to the Germans. He escapes and travels to another village, where he sees Jews and Gypsies headed to concentration camps. It is here that Kosinski adds some social commentary, describing the boy's belief that to have fair hair and blue eyes is to be favored by God. Kosinski sums up a Bosch-like world of harrowing excess where senseless violence and untempered hatred are the norm. The boy travels from village to village in Eastern Europe. Throughout the rest of "The Painted Bird," the boy endures various kinds of violence and cruelty. He wanders alone from one village to another, sometimes hounded and tortured, only rarely sheltered and cared for. He becomes an altar boy, and he is exposed to father-daughter incest. After being thrown into a manure pit, he becomes mute. Only at the end of the novel does he become reunited with his parents and regain his speech.
Literary significance & criticism
In his 1995 editorial review Elie Wiesel wrote that the book was: "One of the best... Written with deep sincerity and sensitivity", quoted its publisher from The New York Times Book Review. Richard Kluger, reviewing it for Harper's Magazine, wrote: "Extraordinary... literally staggering... one of the most powerful books I have ever read". And Jonathan Yardley, reviewing it for The Miami Herald, wrote: "Of all the remarkable fiction that emerged from World War II, nothing stands higher than Jerzy Kosinski's The Painted Bird. A magnificent work of art, and a celebration of the individual will. No one who reads it will forget it; no one who reads it will be unmoved by it. The Painted Bird enriches our literature and our lives". "Cynthia Ozick later gushed" – wrote Norman Finkelstein – "that she 'immediately' recognized Kosiński's authenticity as 'a Jewish survivor and witness to the Holocaust'." Time magazine included the novel in its "TIME 100 Best English-language Novels from 1923 to 2005", accentuating the alleged atrocities perceived by the protagonist.
"Perhaps the most surprising element of this aspect of Kosiński's mystifications is that he obtained from his mother, who was still alive in Poland – the father had died by the time The Painted Bird was published – a letter corroborating the claim that he had been separated from his family during the war."
Norman Finkelstein, former professor of political science at DePaul University, wrote in The Holocaust Industry: "Long after Kosiński was exposed as a consummate literary hoaxer, Wiesel continued to heap encomiums on his "remarkable body of work." Finkelstein wrote that Kosiński's book "depicts the Polish peasants he lived with as virulently anti-Semitic" even though they were fully aware of his Jewishness and "the dire consequences they themselves faced if caught."
The book's reception in Poland was far from uniform nevertheless. The Polish literary critic and University of Warsaw professor, Paweł Dudziak, noted that the Painted Bird is a great, if controversial piece. He stressed that since the book is surreal – a fictional tale – and does not present, or claim to present - real world events, accusations of anti-Polish sentiment are nothing but a misunderstanding of the book by those who take it too literally.
Authorship controversy
According to Eliot Weinberger, contemporary American writer, essayist, editor, and translator, Kosiński was not the author of the book. Weinberger alleged in his collection Karmic Traces that Kosiński had very little fluent knowledge of English at the time of its writing.
M.A. Orthofer addressed Weinberger's assertion by saying: "Kosinski was, in many respects, a fake – possibly near as genuine a one as Weinberger could want. (One aspect of the best fakes is the lingering doubt that, possibly, there is some authenticity behind them – as is the case with Kosinski.) Kosinski famously liked to pretend he was someone he wasn't (as do many of the characters in his books), he occasionally published under a pseudonym, and, apparently, he plagiarized and forged left and right."
Claims of plagiarism
In June 1982, a Village Voice article accused Kosiński of plagiarism, claiming much of his work was derivative of Polish sources unfamiliar to English readers. (Being There, for example, bears a strong resemblance to Kariera Nikodema Dyzmy - The Career of Nicodemus Dyzma, a 1932 Polish bestseller by Tadeusz Dołęga-Mostowicz). The article also claimed that Kosiński's books had actually been ghost-written by his "assistant editors," pointing to striking stylistic differences among Kosiński's novels. The New York poet, publisher and translator, George Reavey, who in Kosiński's American biographer James Sloan's opinion was embittered by his own lack of literary success, claimed to have written The Painted Bird. Reavey's assertions were ignored by the press.
The Village Voice article presented a different picture of Kosiński's life during the Holocaust – a view which was later supported by a Polish biographer, Joanna Siedlecka, and Sloan. The article revealed that The Painted Bird, assumed by reviewers to be semi-autobiographical, was a work of fiction. The article maintained that rather than wandering the Polish countryside, Kosiński had spent the war years in hiding with a Polish Catholic family and had never been appreciably mistreated.
"The significant point about Jerzy Kosinski was that... his books... had a vision and a voice consistent with one another and with the man himself. The problem was perhaps that he was a successful, worldly author who played polo, moved in fashionable circles and even appeared as an actor in Warren Beatty's Reds. He seemed to have had an adventurous and rather kinky sexuality which, to many, made him all the more suspect."
D. G. Myers responded to Blacker's assertions in his review of Jerzy Kosiński: A Biography by James Park Sloan:
"This theory explains much: the reckless driving, the abuse of small dogs, the thirst for fame, the fabrication of personal experience, the secretiveness about how he wrote, the denial of his Jewish identity. 'There was a hollow space at the center of Kosiński that had resulted from denying his past,' Sloan writes, 'and his whole life had become a race to fill in that hollow space before it caused him to implode, collapsing inward upon himself like a burnt-out star.' On this theory, Kosiński emerges as a classic borderline personality, frantically defending himself against… all-out psychosis.
The journalist John Corry, being himself a controversial author, wrote a 6,000-word feature article in the New York Times in November 1982, defending Kosiński, which appeared on the front page of the "Arts and Leisure" section. Among other things, Corry alleged that reports claiming that "Kosiński was a plagiarist in the pay of the C.I.A. were the product of a Polish Communist disinformation campaign."
The book was published and marketed as a fictional work although it was generally assumed that it was based on the author's experiences during World War II. Only later did it become clear to most reviewers that Kosiński was neither the boy in the story nor did he share any of the boy's experiences, as revealed in a series of articles in newspapers and books.(2) The depicted events are now widely known to be fictional. D. G. Myers, Associate Professor of English at Texas A&M University, reviewing a biography of Kosiński noted that initially the author had passed off The Painted Bird as the true story of his own life during the Holocaust: "Long before writing it he regaled friends and dinner parties with macabre


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Thursday, November 19, 2015
Weekly Hydro-meteorological Report, 19 November, 2015
Up to 40 mm rainfall was observed in northern, north eastern and north western regions of the country during the time period 10th-16th November. Heavy rainfall up to 180 mm was observed in ocean near Kilinochchi on 13th November and up to 160 mm in Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mannar island on 15th November. Rainfall up to 100 mm was observed in Giriulla on 12th November. Every prediction model predict increase of rainfall during the next week. Below average sea surface temperature was observed around Sri Lanka
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Weekly Monitoring:During 10th– 16th November northern, north eastern and north western regions mostly received rainfall. On 10th November Jaffna and Ampara received rainfall up to 40 mm. On 11th November rainfall up to 60 mm was observed around Yala and Kumana. Rainfall up to 100 mm was observed around Giriulla and eastern region of Batticaloa on 12th November while Western, Central and Sabaragamuwa provinces also received rainfall up to 60 mm. On 13th November, ocean near Kilinochchi received rainfall up to 180 mm while Kilinochchi, Vavuniya, Trincomalee and Mannar received rainfall up to 140 mm. On 14th November, ocean near Batticaloa received rainfall up to 100 mm and entire country received rainfall up to 70 mm. On 15th November Jaffna, Kilinochchi and Mannar Island received rainfall up to 160 mm while north eastern region of the country received rainfall up to 70 mm. On 16th November only Negombo, ocean near Gampaha and Ampara received rainfall up to 30 mm.
Monthly Monitoring::In October 2015, almost entire country received above average rainfall while the ocean near northern and western provinces, southern region of Puttalam and eastern region of Matara received below average rainfall.
14-day prediction: NOAA NCEP models predict relatively high rainfall in eastern region of the country compared to the rest of the country during 18th November – 24th November. Total rainfall above 135 mm is expected during the week in eastern region and total rainfall up to 115 mm is expected in northern and north central regions. Rest of the country is expected to receive rainfall up to 95 mm. These models predict the rainfall to increase during 25th November – 1st December and total rainfall above 135 mm is expected in eastern region, total rainfall up to 115 mm is expected in rest the country while southern and western regions shall receive total rainfall up to 95 mm.
IMD WRF Model Forecast & IRI forecast:According to the IMD WRF model rainfall up to 125 mm is expected around Bogawantalawa on 20th November while Giriulla and Rambukkana shall receive rainfall up to 65 mm and rest of the country also shall receive slight amounts of rainfall. On 14th November, ocean near eastern region of the country shall receive rainfall up to 125 mm while Colombo and Chilaw shall receive rainfall up to 65 mm and the rest of the country also shall receive slight amounts of rainfall. IRI CFS models predict total rainfall up to 100 mm in northern and central regions of the country during 18th – 23rd November.
Seasonal Prediction:As per IRI Multi Model Probability Forecast for November to January, the total 3 month precipitation shall be climatological. The 3 month temperature has more than 70-80% likelihood in the entire country of being in the above-normal tercile during this period.
PACIFIC SEAS STATE November 19, 2015 :During late October through early November 2015 the tropical Pacific SST was at a strong El Niño level. All atmospheric variables strongly support the El Niño pattern, including weakened trade winds and excess rainfall in the east-central tropical Pacific. The consensus of ENSO prediction models indicate continuation of strong El Niño conditions during the November-January 2015-16 season in progress. Some slightly further strengthening is possible into early winter 2015-16, with the event slowly weakening during spring 2016.
INDIAN OCEAN STATE : 0.5 degrees Celcius below average temperature was observed around Sri Lanka.
MJO STATE :MJO phase is in 3 therefore shall slightly enhance rainfall in Sri Lanka.


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1: Armegardj Sigurdsdottir - New Name
Submitter desires a feminine name.
Culture most important.
Armegardj - A version of Ermengard dated to 1383 from _URL_
Sigurdsdottir - Found in "Vanhat nimityyppimme (Finnish Names)" by Rouva Gertrud at _URL_
Also, St. Gabriel Report #1799 (_URL_ states: "The name was extremely popular in Norway and Iceland right through the Middle Ages in a variety of forms; the modern appeared by about 1300. The <ð> stands for the Norse letter "edh". The genitive form was originally , making the patronymic . However, we have found in 1346, so the patronymic byname would be appropriate after then." Source: Lind, E.H., _Norsk-Isla:ndska Dopnamn ock Fingerade Namn fra*n Medeltiden_ (Uppsala & Leipzig: _PHONE_, sup. Oslo, Uppsala and Kobenhavn: 1931)
The patronymic surname is constructed in accordance with practices outlined in Geirr-Bassi "Old Norse Name" regarding construction of patronymics.
The statement for the byname based on the Finnish name article is not quite accurate as the form Sigurdsdottir does not appear in that article, only the masculine given name Sigurd in the name of Sigurd Whenapha dated to 1379. The examples in that article never use the western Scandinavian form -dottir but note that patronymics can be formed either entirely from Finnish forms or at times using Swedish names and patronymic elements with the example of Maijsa Lucija dotter given which clearly shows the Swedish form -dotter. As documented, the name appears by precedent to be a step from period practice because of the admixture of the Swedish given name with the byname which uses forms that appear to be primarily Old Norse given the patronymic suffix used in the byname. (Per Friedemann's article "Swedish Feminine Given Names from SMP" cited for the given name, a fully Swedish patronymic form would use either dotter or dotther.) I strongly suspect that, given the statements in the Finnish name argument, you could remove the step from period practice by changing the byname to Sigurds dotter (one letter and not much sound change) either separately as in the examples or coalesced by dropping the space.


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Python Question
Trying to convert all values in a dictionary to int through dictionary comprehension
I have a dictionary like this:
{1: 'rattle', 2: '204', 3: 'three', 4: 404, 5: '104', 6: 'pythonic'}
And I want to convert all values to integer, wherever possible, through dictionary comprehension. So I want this:
{1: 'rattle', 2: 204, 3: 'three', 4: 404, 5: 104, 6: 'pythonic'}
I tried:
{i: int(m[i]) for i in m if type(m[i]) == str and m[i].isdigit()}
but it includes only those values which are string and can be converted to integer. I have also tried putting the whole thing in a try catch, but it doesn't work
I know this can be done through a simple for loop but is there any other way?
Answer Source
By adding an if to the end of your loop, you are filtering, limiting your output to key-value pairs where the value is a string and consists of digits.
Use a conditional expression in the value expression instead; that way you keep all key-value pairs but only apply int() to values where this matters and include the rest unchanged:
{k: int(v) if isinstance(v, str) and v.isdigit() else v for k, v in m.items()}
Rather than just iterate over m (and only get the keys), I used dict.items() to get both the key and the corresponding value in one step.
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Researchers Collect "Signals Intelligence" on Insect Pests
By Jan Suszkiw
March 23, 2011
Using commercially available parts, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) scientists and colleagues have developed a new automated system for detecting insects based on the peculiar sounds the insects make while moving.
According to entomologist Richard Mankin of USDA's Agricultural Research Service (ARS), one likely application will be to automate routine monitoring of industrial-scale traps, especially those placed in hard-to-reach areas like crawl spaces or near food processing equipment.
Automated insect monitoring could also be useful in situations where frequent checking of traps is impractical, adds Mankin, with the ARS Insect Behavior and Biocontrol Research Unit in Gainesville, Fla. ARS is USDA's principal intramural scientific research agency, and the research supports the USDA priority of promoting international food security.
Mankin developed the device in collaboration with North Carolina State University researchers Ryan Hodges, Troy Nagel and Coby Schal, all in Raleigh, and Roberto Pereira and Philip Koehler, both at the University of Florida in Gainesville. The team's objective was to make automated insect monitoring affordable, easy to use and reliable.
Toward that end, they integrated commercially available sensors (LEDs, microphones and piezoelectric film) with high-gain amplifiers and laptop-run software for analyzing signals. The system uses the sensors to collect infrared, acoustic and vibration signals generated by three kinds of insect movements: wriggling, crawling and scraping. The software analyzes the signals to create a profile of the target insect that distinguishes it from other species.
The researchers tested the device on three stored-product pests (rice weevil, red flour beetle and drugstore beetle) and two household pests (German cockroach and bed bug). In tests, individuals of each pest species were placed in small arenas where their signals could be collected and analyzed for differences in profile, amplitude and duration.
All species tested generated all signal types, but red flour beetles mostly wriggled, German cockroaches typically ran or crawled, and bed bugs mostly scraped.
Mankin envisions users placing the devices in traps or near infested structures and monitoring them remotely.
Read more about the research in the March 2011 issue of Agricultural Research magazine.


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This object lesson teaches about our new, resurrection bodies by using a simple science experiment. You will demonstrate how ultraviolet rays change the color of UV-sensitive beads and how medicine bottles block UV rays. The beads will represent our spirit, and the bottles will represent our earthly bodies (which keep our spirit from showing its full potential).
- Color Changing UV Beads (available from _URL_ for about $7 per 250 beads) – you will want enough so that each child can have at least 8-10 beads.
- Prescription medicine bottles (the translucent, brown type) – enough so that each child can have one. It's best if the bottles have lids that aren't child-proof, since the kids will be opening and closing them on their own. However, if you can only get bottles with child-proof lids, you can still use them if you help the kids open their bottles when it comes time.
· Order Color Changing UV Beads
· Obtain prescription medicine bottles. (If you are using bottles that have previously contained medicine, be sure to sterilize them to get rid of all medicine residue. Some pharmacies will be willing to give you unused bottles if you tell them what you are using them for.)
· Put at least 8-10 beads in each of the bottles, and then close the lids.
· Keep one bottle for demonstration, and put the rest to the side. You'll probably want to wait until the end of the lesson to pass them out, because they can become a noisy distraction if you pass them out too soon.
· Practice the script.
Use the following script (or modify to suit your needs):
· "How many of you know that you will get a new body in heaven?" (Demonstrate that you are looking for a show of hands.)
· "Well, you will! Let's look at the Scripture that tells us about it." (Have volunteer read 1 Corinthians 15:42-44.)
· "This Scripture is a little hard to understand, so let me help with it."
· "The Apostle Paul is talking about our bodies by comparing them to seeds."
· "He says earlier that the bodies we have now will die one day, but they will be replaced with new bodies."
· "Someone will bury our old bodies, but our new bodies will rise to be with Jesus in heaven."
· "This is like when you plant a seed in the ground. The seed is dead, but when you bury it, it comes back to life and grows into a plant of some sort."
· "And Paul is saying that what grows out of the seed is very different from the seed itself, just like your new, heavenly bodies will be very different from your current earthly bodies."
· "Your earthly body is 'perishable,' which means that it can die. But your new body will be 'imperishable,' which means that it cannot die."
· "Your earthly body is 'sown in dishonor,' which means that it was sinful up to the time it will be buried in the ground. But your new body will be 'raised in glory,' which means that it will have no sin in it at all."
· "Your earthly body is 'sown in weakness,' which means that even when you try to do good things, you sometimes do bad things. You aren't strong enough to always do good things. But your new body will be 'raised in power,' which means that your spirit and your body will both be free of sin so that you are able to always do good things."
· "Finally, Paul says that your earthly body is 'sown a natural body,' which means that it has to obey the physical laws of the natural world. But your heavenly body will be 'raised a spiritual body,' which means that it will be free of the limitations of the natural world. I think it means that we will be able to walk through walls and fly and stuff like that, because Jesus was able to do those things when He came back from the dead."
· "Still, it's hard to understand exactly what your new body will be like in heaven."
· "We have a hard time imagining a body free from sickness, that never gets old and that can do incredible things, but let me give you this word picture – maybe it will help." (Show a prescription medicine bottle with UV color-changing beads inside.)
· "This medicine bottle represents your body."
· "Inside the medicine bottle are some white beads, and those represent your spirit." (Open the bottle, and pour out a few beads to show the class. Then return them to the bottle, and close the top.)
· "Your spirit is different from your earthly body, but it has to stay inside it for now."
· "Unfortunately, your earthly body is sick with sin. It has been since before you were born, because that's how all people since Adam and Eve have been."
· "Your spirit doesn't like being trapped inside your body, because the Bible says that your body and your spirit are in constant conflict with each other." (Have volunteer read Galatians 5:17.)
· "Your body wants things that your spirit doesn't want, and your spirit wants things that your body doesn't want."
· "Now, these beads that I have in this bottle are not normal beads. They are color-changing beads that turn different colors when the ultraviolet rays (UV rays) of the sun shine on them."
· "What's sad is that they can't change colors while they are trapped inside these bottles, because medicine bottles are made of a special material that blocks the UV rays of the sun from getting into the bottle."
· "The beads inside the medicine bottle are like your spirit inside your earthly body."
· "They want to get free so that they can be beautiful, but they are trapped inside the medicine bottle."
· "Your spirit wants to get free, but it's trapped inside your earthly body."
· "But here's the good news. If you have asked Jesus to come into your heart, there will come a day when your spirit will be free of your body."
· "It might be on the day that you die and go to be with Jesus in heaven, or it might be the day that Jesus comes back to rule over the earth, but one day, your spirit will be free."
· "Jesus is going to give your spirit a new body that isn't sick with sin."
· "In your new, sinless body, your spirit will be exposed to the unfiltered Son-light of Jesus Christ, and something incredible will happen."
· "Your new spirit-body won't fight against itself anymore, and it will show its true potential." (Go to a window or outside, and take the beads out of demonstration bottle to show the kids how they change colors in the sun. It will take just a few seconds for them to react – even on a cloudy day.)
· "I can't tell you exactly how incredible your new body will be, because some of it is still a mystery that God wants to surprise us with later."
· "But your new spirit-body is going to be something special, just like these beads."
· "And believe me, the change will be even more dramatic than what you see here!" (Pass out bottles with beads in them to each child, and let them play with them to see the difference between being in the bottle and being out of the bottle.)


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A Tale of Two Cities is Charles Dickens's great historical novel, set against the violent upheaval of the French Revolution. The most famous and perhaps the most popular of his works, it compresses an event of immense complexity to the scale of a family history, with a cast of characters that includes a bloodthirsty ogress and an antihero as believably flawed as any in modern fiction. Though the least typical of the author's novels, A Tale of Two Cities still underscores many of his enduring themes—imprisonment, injustice, social anarchy, resurrection, and the renunciation that fosters renewal.
Used. Paperback. Good condition. Some wear and tear. High shelf wear to the bottom of the book. High damage to the spine of the book. Minor damage to the spine and corners of the book. Price sticker on the back from Borders.


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Haddington Garden Trust
Haddington Garden Trust (HGT) was established in 1972 by the 14th Duke of Hamilton. The Trust is responsible for the garden, which is known as St. Mary's Pleasance.
The Trust's Aims (stated in the Deed of 1972) are: "to preserve the garden as an open precinct to enhance the environment of St. Mary's Church and Haddington House, and for the enjoyment in all times coming of members of the public, and to encourage the study of Old Scottish Gardens and gardening methods." These aims form the basis of the garden management for the public today.
Friends of the River Tyne
The aims of the group are to raise public awareness and help develop the appearance/ecology of the river system.


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Intercompany Reconciliation & Finance Consolidation
Today, let's talk about intercompany reconciliation. Intercompany reconciliation balances transactions between different entities within a company. This is a big burden in the financial consolidation process, as it usually takes an extraordinary amount of time to understand the root causes of account differences and to balance transactions.
Intercompany reconciliation has a significant impact on closing time, and most "fast close" initiatives focus on this step of the process to achieve significant gains. The best practices in this area are well known:
- Decentralize: push the reconciliation process down to each subsidiary or reporting unit.
- Anticipate: because every day – even every hour – counts in the closing period, start the matching process at the beginning of the reporting period to make it almost continuous.
The challenge of intercompany reconciliation has led many vendors to create and promote ad-hoc solutions, disconnected from the consolidation tool (think SAP Intercompany). Why is that? There are two main reasons to separate these solutions:
- Most legacy consolidation systems implement a very rigid bottom-up process: reporting units submit their numbers and then the central group validates and processes these numbers. This doesn't work when it comes to peer-to-peer intercompany reconciliation, where collaboration is the norm and transparency has to be enabled between subsidiaries. To make it worse, there is often an inflexible workflow process that forces a waterfall approach, even though a more agile, iterative way of proceeding is necessary.
- The second reason is that peer-to-peer matching requires real-time calculations because each party must be immediately notified of a change from the other party. This is to avoid losing time on unnecessary research in the case that the difference has already been explained or fixed. As I mentioned in my previous post, this doesn't work well with an architecture based on batch calculations.
Actually, there may be a third reason for having two solutions, which may be to sell more software…
Whatever the reason is, you end up with two applications to manage, maintain, and integrate. This is not efficient from a time and effort perspective.
So how is Anaplan different… and why does it matter?
Simply put, it's because of the technology. Anaplan is in-memory, so all calculations are real-time (I tend to repeat myself, but this is truly a huge advantage that brings a number of benefits to many areas of the applications). So this means that whenever Company A declares an intercompany transaction with Company B, it is immediately visible to Company B. If there is a difference, it is flagged immediately and reported to both companies immediately. And when the difference is explained, both are notified in real-time.
The second advantage is that Anaplan is a single, completely integrated solution. There is no need to manage two solutions, no data transfer, and no batch. To continue on the previous example, consolidation statements are updated immediately whenever Company A or Company B makes an adjustment.
This leads me to the third benefit of Anaplan's Financial Consolidation application. It has been designed around a truly collaborative process. I'll dig more into this in a subsequent post, but it's a great advantage in the case of intercompany matching. As I said in my last post, this is all about iterations in a peer-to-peer model, where the traditional workflow doesn't work.
To sum up:
In-memory, integration, and agility are the fundamental benefits of Anaplan's technology that transform the consolidation process.
Anaplan is the only in-memory consolidation solution, which means everything is real-time. And it's a single solution, so it's simpler, less expensive, and there is less to manage. You end up with an agile consolidation process – moving from a batch, waterfall approach to a real-time, peer-to-peer approach.


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Sometimes, we find that the Microsoft Internet Explorer window is being opened off the visible portion of the screen, it is opened too small or too big etc. This happens because the Internet Explorer window placement settings have been changed. The window placement settings determine the location and the size of the Internet Explorer window when you open it. To fix this, you can reset the Internet Explorer window placement settings in the Registry. Here is how :
- Close all the open Internet Explorer windows.
- Press the keyboard combination Windows logo key + R to bring up the Run dialog.
- In the Run dialog, type regedit to open the Registry Editor.
- In the Registry Editor, navigate to the following key :
- On the right-side pane, you would find a value named Window_Placement. Select it by clicking on it and then press the Del key to delete it. You can also right-click on it and select Delete from the right-click menu.
- That's it. You have reset the Internet Explorer window placement settings. Now if you open the Internet Explorer, it should open in its default location and the Registry settings will be re-created.


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# How do you change the name of a key in a dictionary
#1. Create a new key , remove the old key, but keep the old key value
# create a dictionary
European_countries = {
 "Ireland": "Dublin",
 "France": "Paris",
 "UK": "London"
}
print(European_countries)
#1. rename key in dictionary
European_countries["United Kingdom"] = European_countries.pop("UK")
# display the dictionary
print(European_countries)
#2. Use zip to change the values
European_countries = {
 "Ireland": "Dublin",
 "France": "Paris",
 "United Kingdom": "London"
}
update_elements=['IRE','FR','UK']
new_dict=dict(zip(update_elements,list(European_countries.values())))
print(new_dict)
Output:
{'Ireland': 'Dublin', 'France': 'Paris', 'UK': 'London'}
{'Ireland': 'Dublin', 'France': 'Paris', 'United Kingdom': 'London'}
{'IRE': 'Dublin', 'FR': 'Paris', 'UK': 'London'}
¿Cómo se obtiene la clave y los valores mínimos y máximos en un diccionario de Python?
Por último, es posible que tenga un diccionario grande y necesite ver las fronteras o los límites de los valores que contiene.
En el siguiente código, algunos ejemplos de lo que puede hablar deberían ayudar a explicar sus conocimientos.
#How do you get the min and max keys and values in a dictionary?
dict_values = {"First": 1,"Second": 2,"Third": 3}
#1. Get the minimum value and its associated key
minimum = min(dict_values.values())
print("The minimum value is:",minimum)
minimum_key = min(dict_values.items())
print(minimum_key)
#2. Get the maximum value and its associated key
maximum = max(dict_values.values())
print("The maximum value is:",maximum)
maximum_key = max(dict_values.items())
print(maximum_key)
#3. Get the min and the max key
minimum = min(dict_values.keys())
print("The minimum key is:",minimum)
#2. Get the maximum value and its associated key
maximum = max(dict_values.keys())
print("The maximum key is:",maximum)
Output:
The minimum value is: 1
('First', 1)
The maximum value is: 3
('Third', 3)
The minimum key is: First
The maximum key is: Third
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Technical Diagnostics and Non-Destructive Testing №4, 2018, pp. 24-29
Influence of depressions on the surface of structural elements on measurement of the velocity of surface acoustic waves
V.R. Skalskii, O.M. Mokryi
G.V. Karpenko Physico-Mechanical Institute of the NAS of Ukraine, 5 Naukova Str., Lviv, E-mail: _EMAIL_, _EMAIL_
The considerable impact of presence of depressions on the surface of a structural element on the results of measurement of distribution of surface acoustic wave velocity was shown experimentally for the case of application of piezoelectric contact transducers with rigid coupling of the exciting and recording prisms. It is found that deviations from a plane result in an additional delay of the acoustic signal that may lead to a significant error in velocity measurement. It is stated that a temporary delay is caused by acoustic signal passing through an additional layer of couplant that forms between the transducer prism and studied material surface. 10 Ref., 7 Fig.
structural elements, surface, surface acoustic waves
1. Skalsky, V.R., Nazarchuk, Z.T., Gigny, S.Y. (2012) Effect of electrolytically absorbed hydrogen on Young's modulus of structural steel. Fizyko-Khimichna Mekhanika Materialiv, 4, 68-75 [in Ukrainian].
2. Zaporozhets, O.I., Dordienko, N.A., Mikhajlovsky, V.A. (2016) Acoustic and elastic properties of the components of WWER-440 reactor vessel wall. Metallofizika i Novejshie Tekhnologii, 6, 795-813 [in Russian].
3. Muraviov, V.V., Zuev, L.B., Komarov, K.L. (1996) Velocity of sound and structure of steel and alloys. Novosibirsk, Nauka [in Russian].
4. Levesque, D., Lim, C.S., Padioleau, C., Blouin, A. (2011) Measurement of texture in steel by laser-ultrasonic surface waves. J. of Physics: Conference Series, 278, 1-4. _URL_
5. Puro, A.E. (1996) Acoustic tomography of surface stresses. Akusticheskij Zhurnal, 42(1), 112-115 [in Russian].
6. Johnson, C. (1993) The spatial resolution of Rayleigh wave acoustoelastic measurement of stress. Review of Progress in Quantitative Nondestructive Evaluation. Vol. 12. Ed. by Thompson and D.E. Chimenti, New York, Plenum Press, 2121-2128. _URL_
7. Viktorov, I.A. (1981) Sound surface waves in solid bodies. Moscow, Nauka [in Russian].
8. (2014) The stress state identification of critical bridge component using nonlinear acoustic. Final Report for NCHRP IDEA, Project 158.
9. Mokryy, O., Tsyrulnyk, O. (2016) Technique for measuring spatial distribution of the surface acoustic wave velocity in metals. Archives of Acoustics, 4, 741-746. _URL_
10. Mokry, O.M., Koshovy, V.V., Semak, P.M. (2014) Procedure of measurement of the velocity of surface acoustic waves for diagnostics of metal state. Vidbir i Obrobka Informatsii, 41(117), 43-48 [in Ukrainian].


Beauty Will Save | Gregory Wolfe
Culture wars and increasingly partisan conflicts have reduced public discourse to shouting matches between ideologues. But we need not simply bemoan the vulgarity and sloganeering. As this penetrating book demonstrates, we can enrich the language of civil discourse by drawing nourishment from the deepest sources of culture: art and religious faith. Gregory Wolfe's affirmation of beauty as a redemptive force is both refreshing and encouraging.
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"The Six Priorities of SIM Niger"
Accomplishing the vision is centered around six priorities activities. These are broad areas where SIM Niger is investing its resources and personnel:
1. Prayer and Worship
2. Relations with Church Partners
3. Making Disciples
4. Developing Leaders
5. Christian Education
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Math in the News
Mathematicians Study Effect of Public Attitude on Crime
In a forthcoming article, a trio of mathematicians argue that in areas where the population generally frowns on criminal activity, crime waves can be stopped.
In a paper to appear in Multiscale Modeling and Simulation, Nancy Rodríguez and Lenya Ryzhik of Stanford University and Henri Berestycki of the Institute for Higher Studies in Social Sciences in Paris apply a type of mathematical model called a reaction-diffusion-advection system in a novel way to derive a result with implications for law enforcement.
According to Stanford University:
If the population has an overall anti-crime stance—meaning that the population is more reluctant to engage in criminal activity—two outcomes are possible. High crime rates can spread, but so can waves of zero criminal activity. And, unlike in the other scenarios, high crime rates can be stopped by adding in a 'gap.'
Source: Stanford University


The Encrypted Memo Field
As of October 28, 2016, Zcash is a reality! Anybody with Internet access can download the software, connect to the global decentralized network, and send and receive payments, without exposing their confidential transaction metadata to the world.
Note: we have not yet created a user-friendly wallet. The software we're distributing is only for command-line-wielding Linux users. Fortunately many other individuals and companies have already stepped forward to provide graphical user interfaces.
This blog post is about a little-known but potentially valuable feature of this new protocol.
The Encrypted Memo Field
When you receive a Zcash payment from someone else's shielded address to a shielded address of your own, you see the amount of Zcash received, and you see the transaction ID, which allows you to identify this transaction (in its encrypted form) in the blockchain.
You don't learn anything about the sender or about the history of the money you're receiving, and you don't see the sender's address. This is by design — the sender should be able to send you money without necessarily revealing other information about themselves.
However, we realized that senders would sometimes need to communicate information about a specific payment. For example an invoice number or account number that the payment is for, an address to which any refunds should be sent, a note to the recipient, etc.
So we implemented an additional field that is visible to the recipient of a payment, called the "encrypted memo field". It is always present in every encrypted payment, and is always exactly 512 bytes long. If a sender doesn't specify a memo, then the memo that is sent is all zeroes (before encryption), and if the sender includes a memo shorter than 512 bytes, then the remaining space is padded with zeroes (before encryption).
This padding is necessary for privacy, so that an observer watching the blockchain can't detect differences between different usage patterns of the encrypted memos. It also means that you don't pay a higher transaction fee for including a memo — the cost is already baked in.
The encrypted memo is visible only the to recipient, unless the transaction view key for the transaction gets shared (by the sender or the recipient) with a third party. In that case, the third party who received the transaction view key would be able to see the memo, along with the amount and the recipient address of the transaction in the blockchain. Transaction view keys are already present in the protocol, but are not yet supported in the API.
What Will People Do With This
a memo field. Remember those?
We conceived of the encrypted memo field as being basically like the memo space at the bottom of old-fashioned paper checks, but lately we've been wondering: what else will people use this for?
Zcash is the first system which combines the append-only property of blockchains with the selective disclosure property of encryption. Using the memo field you can enter arbitrary data (as long as it fits into 512 bytes) into the global, decentralized Zcash blockchain, and your data will become part of the immutable and append-only ledger, but it will not be visible to anyone else — yet. If you later disclose the transaction view key to someone, then the data will become visible to them in the blockchain. If you were to post the transaction view key publicly, then the data would become visible to the public, still embedded in its original place in the blockchain.
Could this feature be useful for private messaging? Time-stamping? Public records such as land title registries? Securely storing and sharing confidential data such as health records or business records?
I really don't know if the encrypted memo field would be appropriate and effective for those purposes, but as of now, the feature is live and nothing can stop you from experimenting with it. If you do, please let me know what you learn!
Return Addresses
One of the more obvious uses for an encrypted memo field sent within a ZEC payment between shielded addresses is a return or refund address. Merchants may prompt their customers to include a refund address along with a payment in the chance that the product must be returned or a service canceled early. Since the memo isn't required to hold the address from which the payment was sent, this feature could even be used as a cryptographically secured gift receipt. If someone buys their sister a birthday gift from a merchant, the gift giver can include their sister's shielded payment address in the memo field and share the transaction ID with her which holds the encrypted transaction details. She won't know the value of the bracelet but if she finds it doesn't fit right, she can return the product to the merchant with the transaction ID, which the merchant can associate with the product and initiate a refund to the address provided in the memo field.
The Travel Rule
Another specific use that we had in mind was satisfying The Travel Rule. The Travel Rule is a regulation of FinCEN which states that when one financial institution is sending a transaction to another, the sending institution is required to include the identifying information of the customer on whose behalf they are making the payment. It's called the Travel Rule because the identifying information is required to travel with the payment, rather than just being delivered out of band or kept in a database. Financial institutions using Bitcoin (e.g. exchanges like Kraken and Poloniex) face difficulty satisfying this regulation, because you can't really include your customer's personal information in a globally-transparent blockchain!
With Zcash, a financial institution can satisfy that rule, by putting the customer's personal information into the encrypted memo. This makes it visible to the receiving financial institution, but not to unauthorized third parties.
Love Notes In The Blockchain
Recently a young woman told me that she had received an encrypted Zcash transaction, and in the memo field, she found a merkletree hash which pointed to a file in the IPFS distributed file system. Following that link, she found that the file was a ticket to a special event, overseas, that she and her distant lover had been talking about attending together.
The memo was a love note. A love note which is permanently embedded somewhere in the first few blocks of the Zcash blockchain, but which is visible only to two people. I think that is beautiful.
Here's a simple program to put memos into the encrypted memo field and to read them out again (if you are the recipient of the enclosing transaction): zmsg
Endless possibilities
While the examples listed in this post highlight some of the exciting ways users, developers and merchants can use the encrypted memo field in Zcash payments, it is only the beginning. We encourage everyone to experiment with this feature and the tools being built around it. You can share your findings and ideas for cool hacks in our online community.


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NAME ^
File::Find::Object - An object oriented File::Find replacement
SYNOPSIS ^
 use File::Find::Object;
 my $tree = File::Find::Object->new({}, @targets);
 while (my $r = $tree->next()) {
 print $r ."\n";
 }
DESCRIPTION ^
File::Find::Object does the same job as File::Find but works like an object and with an iterator. As File::Find is not object oriented, one cannot perform multiple searches in the same application. The second problem of File::Find is its file processing: after starting its main loop, one cannot easily wait for another event and so get the next result.
With File::Find::Object you can get the next file by calling the next() function, but setting a callback is still possible.
FUNCTIONS ^
new
 my $ffo = File::Find::Object->new( { options }, @targets);
Create a new File::Find::Object object. @targets is the list of directories or files which the object should explore.
options
depth
Boolean - returns the directory content before the directory itself.
nocrossfs
Boolean - doesn't continue on filesystems different than the parent.
followlink
Boolean - follow symlinks when they point to a directory.
You can safely set this option to true as File::Find::Object does not follow the link if it detects a loop.
filter
Function reference - should point to a function returning TRUE or FALSE. This function is called with the filename to filter, if the function return FALSE, the file is skipped.
callback
Function reference - should point to a function, which would be called each time a new file is returned. The function is called with the current filename as an argument.
next
Returns the next file found by the File::Find::Object. It returns undef once the scan is completed.
item
Returns the current filename found by the File::Find::Object object, i.e: the last value returned by next().
next_obj
Like next() only returns the result as a convenient File::Find::Object::Result object. $ff->next() is equivalent to $ff->next_obj()->path().
item_obj
Like item() only returns the result as a convenient File::Find::Object::Result object. $ff->item() is equivalent to $ff->item_obj()->path().
$ff->set_traverse_to([@children])
Sets the children to traverse to from the current node. Useful for pruning items to traverse.
$ff->prune()
Prunes the current directory. Equivalent to $ff->set_traverse_to([]).
[@children] = $ff->get_traverse_to()
Retrieves the children that will be traversed to.
[@files] = $ff->get_current_node_files_list()
Gets all the files that appear in the current directory. This value is constant for every node, and is useful to use as the basis of the argument for set_traverse_to().
BUGS ^
No bugs are known, but it doesn't mean there aren't any.
SEE ALSO ^
There's an article about this module in the Perl Advent Calendar of 2006: _URL_
File::Find is the core module for traversing files in perl, which has several limitations.
File::Next, File::Find::Iterator, File::Walker and the unmaintained File::FTS are alternatives to this module.
LICENSE ^
Copyright (C) 2005, 2006 by Olivier Thauvin
This package is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the following terms:
1. The GNU General Public License Version 2.0 - _URL_
2. The Artistic License Version 2.0 - _URL_
3. At your option - any later version of either or both of these licenses.
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How to Create a Breaker Box Diagram Template
The breaker box diagram template is an essential tool for any home or business that requires the use of breakers. It allows users to create an easy-to-follow diagram of the electrical system, ensuring that all connections are properly set up and maintained. In order to understand the importance of using a breaker box diagram template, it is first important to understand what a breaker box is and how it works.
A breaker box is an electrical control panel located in the interior of a house or commercial building. It houses the circuit breakers, which act as miniature switches that control the amount of electricity flowing through each branch of the electrical system. The circuit breakers cut off power when certain levels of electricity are exceeded, protecting people and property from potential electrical hazards. When constructing a breaker box diagram, it is important to ensure that all necessary components are included and placed in their correct positions.
Understanding the Components of a Breaker Box
Before beginning to construct a Breaker Box Diagram Template, it is important to have an understanding of the components can be found in a typical breaker box. A breaker box typically contains several parts, including:
- Main circuit breakers, which protect the entire electrical system from power surges.
- Sub-circuit breakers, which protect specific circuits in the system.
- Ground fault circuit interrupter (GFCI), which is a type of circuit breaker designed to protect people from shock.
- Arc fault circuit interrupter (AFCI), which is a type of circuit breaker designed to detect and reduce the risk of fire.
- Switchgear, which acts as a switch to turn the power on or off in the system.
- Circuit identification labels, which clearly identify which circuit breaker is associated with each part of the electrical system.
Creating a Breaker Box Diagram Template
Once you have a full understanding of the components of a breaker box, it is important to begin designing a breaker box diagram template. The best way to do this is to have the electrical system in front of you and draw the schematic by hand. You can then use the diagram as a reference or modify it for your own unique needs. To make the process easier, several tips and techniques can be employed.
- Start with a blank sheet of paper or graph paper and draw a simple rectangle representing the breaker box. Label each corner with the correct components.
- Draw each breaker as a small circle, and label it with the appropriate information.
- Draw in the wiring diagram, marking each wire and connection point.
- Label the main circuit breaker, sub-circuit breakers, GFCI, AFCI, and switchgear
- Include all applicable circuit identification labels
Creating a breaker box diagram template can be a complex process, but following these steps can help simplify the process. With a clear and organised template, you will have a comprehensive overview of your electrical system, ensuring that all components are correctly wired and functioning properly.
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Problems understanding TTrees and TFiles
Hi,
I'm very new to ROOT, and I am having a huge amount of trouble trying to understand TTrees, TFiles, Events and their relationship to one another.
From the examples, I cannot see how you attach a TTree to a specific file. The examples show how to create a file, then how to create a tree, but the tree never references the file. I cannot work out how to get a particular tree to be stored in a certain file.
The code below is what I am trying to get working. I am reading in large amounts of text from a file, creating my event, and then want to store the event in a .ROOT file (the name of the file is dependant on certain attributes of the record I have read in from the text file).
So to summarise, I have already created my event (pEvent), and just want to store it in a tree in a certain file. The following throws an exeption no matter what I try.
// Create a ROOT File
TFile hfile(strRootFile,"RECREATE","Data");
// Create a ROOT Tree
TTree tree(strRootTree,"A Root tree");
TBranch *eventBranch = tree.GetBranch( strRootTree );
if( eventBranch == NULL )
{
eventBranch = tree.Branch( strRootClass, strRootClass, pEvent, 32000, 99);
}
tree.Fill();
Any help is very welcome.
All the best,
Tony.
if pEvent is a pointer to say MyEvent, you should pass the address of the pointer and not the value of the pointer, ie replace
TBranch *eventBranch = tree.GetBranch( strRootTree ); if( eventBranch == NULL ) { eventBranch = tree.Branch( strRootClass, strRootClass, pEvent, 32000, 99); } by
Rene
Many thanks, that seems to have got me going again.
All the best,
Tony.
Hi again,
Can you advise me a little more? I have a function below, I am not certain it is what I want it to do.
Basically I have an event (pEvent) and want to put it into a certain file on a certain branch. I have the file name and branch name, but I cannot figure out from the ROOT help/documentation how to make sure my event gets stored in the correct place.
I am totally lost at the moment.
All the best and thanks in advance for any assistance.
Tony.[code]void CROOTFileManager::Add(CMyEvent *pEvent)
{
//first get the filename needed, and then see if we have the file open.
//if open, append,
//if not open, create and add
CStdString strRootFile = pEvent->GetROOTFileAsString();
CStdString strRootTree = pEvent->GetROOTTreeAsString();
CStdString strRootClass = pEvent->GetROOTClassAsString();
TTree *tree = NULL;
TFile *hfile = NULL;
TBranch *eventBranch = NULL;
int nFile = m_FileNames.Find(strRootFile);
if ( nFile != -1 )
{
 //get the file pointer
 hfile = m_FilePtrs.GetAt(nFile);
 tree = m_TreePtrs.GetAt(nFile);
 eventBranch = m_BranchPtrs.GetAt(nFile);
}
else
{
 //first check to see if the file we want exists.
 hfile = new TFile(strRootFile,"UPDATE","Data");
 if ( hfile == NULL )
 {
 // Create a ROOT File
 hfile = new TFile(strRootFile,"RECREATE","Data");
 // Create a ROOT Tree
 tree = new TTree(strRootTree,strRootClass);
 }
 else
 {
 // Create a ROOT Tree
 tree = (TTree*)hfile->Get(strRootTree);
 if ( tree == NULL )
 {
 // Create a ROOT Tree
 tree = new TTree(strRootTree,"");
 }
 }
 eventBranch = tree->GetBranch( strRootClass );
 if( eventBranch == NULL )
 {
 eventBranch = tree->Branch( strRootClass, strRootClass, &pEvent, 32000, 99);
 }
 m_FileNames.Add(strRootFile);
 m_FilePtrs.Add(hfile);
 m_TreePtrs.Add(tree);
 m_BranchPtrs.Add(eventBranch);
}
tree->Fill();
}[/code]
When you pass the pointer to your object (&pEvent), the branch retains this address (as it is used by the branch to (potentially) pass information back to you).
However the address you pass to the branch is transient (as it is on the stack).
So you need to correct your code in the following way:[code]void CROOTFileManager::Add(CMyEvent *pEvent)
{
//first get the filename needed, and then see if we have the file open.
//if open, append,
//if not open, create and add
CStdString strRootFile = pEvent->GetROOTFileAsString();
CStdString strRootTree = pEvent->GetROOTTreeAsString();
CStdString strRootClass = pEvent->GetROOTClassAsString();
TTree *tree = NULL;
TFile *hfile = NULL;
TBranch *eventBranch = NULL;
int nFile = m_FileNames.Find(strRootFile);
if ( nFile != -1 )
{
//get the file pointer
hfile = m_FilePtrs.GetAt(nFile);
tree = m_TreePtrs.GetAt(nFile);
eventBranch = m_BranchPtrs.GetAt(nFile);
}
else
{
//first check to see if the file we want exists.
hfile = new TFile(strRootFile,"UPDATE","Data");
if ( hfile == NULL )
{
// Create a ROOT File
hfile = new TFile(strRootFile,"RECREATE","Data");
 // Create a ROOT Tree
 tree = new TTree(strRootTree,strRootClass);
 }
 else
 {
 // Create a ROOT Tree
 tree = (TTree*)hfile->Get(strRootTree);
 if ( tree == NULL )
 {
 // Create a ROOT Tree
 tree = new TTree(strRootTree,"");
 }
 }
 eventBranch = tree->GetBranch( strRootClass );
 if( eventBranch == NULL )
 {
 eventBranch = tree->Branch( strRootClass, strRootClass, &pEvent, 32000, 99);
 }
 m_FileNames.Add(strRootFile);
 m_FilePtrs.Add(hfile);
 m_TreePtrs.Add(tree);
 m_BranchPtrs.Add(eventBranch);
}
tree->SetBranchAddress(strRootClass, &pEvent); // Always set the address to the 'current' location[Code Added]
tree->Fill();
tree->ResetBranchAddresses(); // Forget stack addresses }
Cheers,
Philippe.


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Max M. Louwerse, Scott Crossley
Speech act classification remains one of the challenges in natural language processing. This paper evaluates a classification system that assigns one of twelve dialog acts to an utterance from the Map Task Corpus. The dialog act classification system chooses a dialog act based on n-grams from a training set. The system's performance is comparable to other classification systems, like those using support vector machines. Performance is high given the fact that the system only considers an utterance out of context and from written input only. Moreover, the system's performance is on par with human performance.
Subjects: 13. Natural Language Processing; 13.1 Discourse
Submitted: Feb 13, 2006


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The material balance used previously in one-dimensional mathematical models of porous electrodes is invalid when there is a non-zero volume change associated with the reaction. It is shown here how the material balance should be modified either to account for a loss in volume, or to account for an inflow of electrolyte from the header into the active pores. A one-dimensional mathematical model is used to illustrate the effect of this correction on the prediction of the delivered capacity and the electrolyte concentration in a lithium/thionyl chloride primary battery.
Journal of the Electrochemical Society, 1999, pages _PHONE_.
© The Electrochemical Society, Inc. 1999. All rights reserved. Except as provided under U.S. copyright law, this work may not be reproduced, resold, distributed, or modified without the express permission of The Electrochemical Society (ECS). The archival version of this work was published in the Journal of the Electrochemical Society.
Publisher's link: _URL_