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Philly Youth Radio won a $600 grant at Stake #6
Philly Youth Radio
1. Describe the project a STAKE Grant would help you accomplish (100 words):
Philly Youth Radio (PYR) is a project that works with a diverse group of local high school students to produce radio stories about their lives and communities. Through a series of intensive radio workshops, students work closely with professional radio producers to create broadcast-quality stories that have been aired on major media outlets. Our hope is that these stories will promote intergenerational, intercultural dialogue, as well as better understanding about young people's experiences and contributions in this city. PYR runs project-to-project and a STAKE grant would move us one step forward in beginning our third season.
2. How will you use the grant toward the realization of your project? $750 is your imaginary budget (50 words):
For PYR's third season, we plan to teach a series of intensive radio production workshops in which we pair youth radio apprentices with adult students to create collaborative audio/visual stories about love and relationships.
Youth radio apprentice stipends: $400
Teaching materials: $150
Outreach materials/listening showcase: $100
3. A little about yourself and what led you to your current creative goals. This may include a previous project of yours, ways it both succeeded and failed (this can be entirely unrelated to your proposal) (100 words):
Yowei Shaw is a freelance reporter and audio producer. Beth Patel is an independent audio producer and youth advocate. PYR's first installment, "Students of Violence," has been featured on alt.NPR's YouthCast, Generation PRX, WHYY, and other media outlets. The overwhelming response to our first project prompted a second "season" of PYR in 2012, titled "Teen Sanctuaries." Our main challenges include a shortage of time and funding. We feel that we could create better stories with our students if we had more time to work on them together. However, without adequate funding, we make do with the time that we have.
4. Why is this project important? How will it benefit the community? (100 words):
This project helps project the voices of young people in our communities. We ask students to discuss issues that matter to them and then help share their stories on a larger stage. Throughout the process, students improve their writing, editing, and voicing – skills that will be useful long after the project has ended. Most importantly, our students learn to collaborate with adults in a reporter/editor relationship formed through mutual respect and dedication to the best story possible. We feel that our students are leaders in their respective communities and that PYR is important to shaping that leadership.


A history of Nokia's from paper mills to Gorbachev
Started in 1865 as a paper manufacturer, Nokia began making radio phones for the military in the 1960s and launched its first handheld in 1987
The launch of Nokia Lumia 920 and 820 Windows smartphones in 2012. Photograph: Spencer Platt/Getty Images
In 1865, Fredrik Idestam established a pulp mill in south-west Finland and started manufacturing paper. He opened a second mill three years later near the town of Nokia and by 1902, the firm had moved into electricity generating. Shortly after the first world war, Nokia was close to bankruptcy and the nearby Finnish Rubber Works, maker of galoshes, hoses and tyres, bought the firm in order to ensure a power supply. A few years later, the group acquired Finnish Cable Works, exporter of telephone and electricity cables to the Soviet Union, and the crucible of Nokia's electronics business. The three companies merged in 1922 to form a conglomerate.
By the 1960s, Nokia had begun making radio phones for the Finnish military. In 1982, Nokia introduced its first car phone, with the grand title of Mobira Senator. Its first handheld mobile arrived in 1987 and weighed a hefty 0.7kg (1.7lbs). Officially called the Mobira Cityman, it soon became known as the 'Gorba' after Soviet president Mikhail Gorbachev was pictured using one.
By 1992, conglomerates were out of fashion and Nokia decided to focus entirely on mobile phones, gradually selling off its rubber, cable and consumer electronics businesses.
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The Weil Pairing
Consider the group of $m$-torsion points $E[m]$ for some $m$ coprime to $q = \mathrm{char} K$.
For a point $T \in E[m]$, find a $T_0$ such that $m T_0 = T$ (i.e. $T_0 \in [m]^{-1}(T)$). Let $g_T$ be a rational function with divisor
\[ \langle g_T \rangle = \sum_{R\in E[m]} \langle T_0 + R \rangle - \langle R \rangle \]
Let $\tau_S$ be the translation-by-$S$ map for some $m$-torsion point $S$. Then define the Weil pairing to be
\[ e(S,T) = \frac{g_T \cdot \tau_s }{ g_T } \]
Since $R, S$ are both elements of the group $E[m]$:
\[ \langle g_T \cdot \tau_S (P) \rangle = \sum_{R\in E[m]} \langle T_0 + R - S \rangle - \langle R - S \rangle = \langle g_T \rangle \]
So $g_T$ and $g_T \cdot \tau_S$ have the same divisor which implies $e(S, T) = g_T \cdot \tau_S / g_T = \mu$ for some constant $\mu$ (recall that $g_T$ is unique up to a constant).
Repeating this argument gives $g_T \cdot \tau_S^i = \mu^i g_T$. Since $m$ translations by $S$ is the identity (since $S \in E[m]$) we find $\mu^m = 1$, when $i = m$. In other words $e(S,T) = \mu$ is an $m$th root of unity.
So we may view the Weil pairing as a map
\[ e : E[m] \times E[m] \rightarrow \mu_m \]
where $\mu_m$ is the group of the $m$th roots of unity.
Note this definition of the Weil pairing is not suitable for practical computations as the representations of the functions $g_T(P), g_T(P+S)$ grow quickly with $m$. (There are $2m^2$ poles and zeroes for each function, which means each function is a product of $2m^2$ line equations.) Fortunately an alternative definition of the Weil pairing lends itself well to explicit computation.
Pullback of Divisors
This is another way to view this definition of the Weil pairing.
Suppose $\alpha$ is an endomorphism, and $g$ is a rational function. Then a natural construct is to compose $g$ and $\alpha$, i.e. $g \cdot \alpha$.
For example, if $\alpha$ is translation by a point $T$, then $g \cdot \alpha (P)= g(P+T)$.
The map $\alpha$ also induces a map on the divisors $\alpha^* : Div(E) \rightarrow Div(E)$ that takes the divisor of $g$ to the divisor of $g \cdot \alpha$.
For example, if $\alpha$ is translation by $T$, then $\alpha^*$ takes a divisor $\sum m_P \langle P \rangle$ to $\sum m_P \langle P - T \rangle$.
Then the function $g_T$ in the Weil pairing may be defined as a function such that
\[ \langle g_T \rangle = [m]^*(\langle T \rangle - \langle O \rangle) \]
Properties of The Weil Pairing
The Weil pairing is nondegenerate, alternating and bilinear.
 - $e(S_1 + S_2, T) = e(S_1, T) e(S_2, T)$
 - $e(S, T_1 + T_2) = e(S, T_1) e(S, T_2)$
 - $e(S, S) = 1$
 - $e(S, T) = e(T, S)^{-1}$
 - $e(S, T) = 1$ for all $T$ if and only if $S = O$
 - $e(S, T) = 1$ for all $S$ if and only if $T = O$
 - For any nonzero endomorphism $\alpha$, $e(\alpha(S), \alpha(T)) = e(S,T)^{\deg \alpha}$
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Given that much of the world does not use these modern toilet inventions, it's hard to imagine what a bidet toilet seat is if one hasn't seen one before.
While the bidet has roots in Europe tracing back to the 17th century, bidet toilet seats were invented in Japan in the 1980s by a company called Toto. They call these bidet seats the Toto Washlet and the "washlet" has since been used to refer to electronic bidet seats, much like how Kleenex is used to refer to facial tissues. Since they were invented they have spread to other Asian countries such as South Korea, Taiwan, and Hong Kong. Bidet toilet seats are widespread in Japan and South Korea.
A bidet toilet seat is essentially a toilet seat with a built-in bidet. You may have seen a traditional bidet before. These are quite common in places such as Italy, Spain, and Portugal. They are usually placed beside the toilet and look just like one, but function like a sink.
Bidets are mainly used to wash and clean the genital area, anus, and inner buttocks. They were not meant to replace toilet paper, but to provide some cleanliness without having to take a full shower.
Nowadays, with the invention of the electronic toilet seat bidet, it's possible to replace toilet paper completely as these devices have drying capabilities.
A bidet toilet seat looks like this:
And water from the bidet function comes out from this nozzle:
Bidet toilet seats are meant to replace existing toilet seats, turning them into toilet seats with bidets without having to replace the whole toilet.
How does a bidet seat work?
After you finish using the toilet, stay seated on the toilet and activate the bidet.
To turn on the bidet function, you press a button on the control. A bidet toilet seat is operated by either an attached control panel on the side of the seat or a remote control.
Using the control, you can adjust the temperature of the water to your liking as well as the position of the nozzle. You can also adjust the pressure of the spray. The nozzle extends when you activate it and retracts when you're finished using it.
Bidet seats do more than just clean. They typically have heated seats which make using the toilet in the winter super comfortable. They also have air dryers so you can dry up quickly. And to keep things sanitary, nozzles usually have automatic self-cleaning abilities that activate between toilet use.
Bidet seats are safe to use for people of all ages. Bidet seat use is particularly high among elderly people because they don't have to move so much when using the toilet and it's much easier to keep clean than constantly having to take a shower.
Bidet seats also help people with medical conditions heal faster by keeping things cleaner. In fact, bidet seats were inspired by cleansing medical devices that people were using. They are a significant improvement to those devices that sprayed water at unpredictable temperatures and angles.
We hope this has been a helpful introduction to bidet toilet seats. If you would like to purchase one to try out in your home, check out our carefully-selected recommendations below. If you have any questions for us about bidet seats in general, let us know below as well!

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If a document uses a Managed Metadata field, is there a way to make the term set browser in Word 2010's Document Information Panel display the term sets in a language other than the default language of the Managed Metadata Service? For instance, even if the document comes from a document library on a site created in French and opened with Word 2010 whose default display language is French, if the default language of the Managed Metadata Service is English, the Document Information Panel will display metadata in English. If you change the default language of the Managed Metadata Service, Word 2010 will follow the new default.
Is there a less drastic way to select this language within the DIP?
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As far as I can test this, the answer is no. I have tried by checking the cache and playing with local language and remote language options and I cannot find a way around this. – Hugh Wood Nov 15 '12 at 13:51
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According to Nick Hobbs, page 10 in the reference below, Managed Meta Data are not "compatible" with the Document Information Panel.
Clearly, there are some obvious stengths in linguistic management within metadata mamagement, and it would be even stronger, if document infromation panel would comprehend this feature.
However, a possible scenario could be to associate the desired field programatically to the regional variations of the selected terms... maybe another too drastic approach?
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How did the inflation targeting policy of Norges Bank impact the 2008 financial crisis?
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The present thesis analyzes the impact of the Norwegian inflation targeting regime on the 2008 financial crisis. A series of macroeconomic indicators are used to evaluate the usefulness of inflation as a proxy for economic activity. I find that a combination of rapidly increasing prices in housing and stock markets, combined with increasing export prices and declining import prices have led to an exceptionally large gap between pressure in the economy and the inflation rate. Consequently, the central bank ought to have pursued a tighter monetary policy, to limit vulnerability to new shocks.


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07 December 2022, New Delhi: The Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) of the United Nations, organized an opening ceremony for the International Year of Millets – 2023 (IYM2023) in Rome, Italy. An Indian delegation led by Sushri Shobha Karandlaje, Minister of State, Agriculture & Farmers Welfare along with Smt. Shubha Thakur, Joint Secretary (Crops), DA&FW and other senior officials were present at the opening ceremony. During the event, India's ceremonial message by the Prime Minister Shri Narendra Modi was conveyed by Sushri Shobha Karandlaje.
Ms. Shobha Karandlaje conveyed PM Modi's compliments to the United Nations for declaring the Year 2023 as the International Year of Millets. PM, through his message, thanked the global community for supporting India's proposal to mark the International Year of Millets (IYM). It was mentioned that Millets are good for the consumer, cultivator and climate. Millets are nutritious and can be cultivated in semi-arid zones besides consuming less water for irrigation. There is need for diversity on our land and our dining tables. Raising awareness to create 'Millet Mindfulness' is an important part of this movement.
Ms. Shobha Karandlaje, in her speech, said nations need to collaborate to develop a sustainable future, and millets will play a pivotal role in the process. There is an opportunity to contribute to the future well-being of mankind by bringing back ancient food grains through IYM. India will steer the IYM2023 celebrations worldwide and organise campaigns to promote the cultivation and consumption of Millets, both in India and abroad during the next year.
The Minister said the IYM2023 will lead India towards Food and Nutritional Security. Millets are considered 'Smart Food' as they are easy to cultivate, mostly organic and contains high nutritional value, she said. With PM Modi's vision of "Vasudaiva Kutumbakam" (The World is One Family), the IYM2023 celebration is an opportunity for India to promote Nutri-cereal Millets globally and place them in the world's 'food map', she added.
Speaking on the occasion, Director General, FAO Mr. QU Dongyu said the IYM2023 will provide us with a unique opportunity to give visibility to crops that have great potential to strengthen global nutrition, food security, decent jobs & economies, while accelerating Climate Action. Millets are basically Asian crops, climate resilient, lead to sustainable development and help ensure Food Security & Nutrition for all, he said.
In the backdrop of the UNGA adoption of India-sponsored resolution International Year of Millets – 2023, the DA&FW aims to promote cultivation and consumption of Millets at a larger scale and bring it to the entire globe.
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text: Physicochemical and microbial analyses were carried out on the borehole waters in Umudike to examine the quality of the water. Parameters like Taste, Odour, pH, Temperature, Electrical conductivity, Total dissolved oxygen, Biochemical oxygen demand, Hardness, Mg2+, Ca2+, Cl-, Cd2+, Fe2+ as well as microbial analysis were analyzed using their various standard methods. The results showed the values in the range; pH (4.46-5.55mg/l), conductivity (0.33-5.28 us/cm), TDS (0.00-0.008), DO (3.94-4.80), BOD (4.81-6.54), Cl- (1.73– 2.81), Ca2+(0.62-2.88), Mg2+(0.28-1.44), Cd2+(0.009-0.052). These results were compared with the WHO standards for drinking water and found to be within the tolerable limits, with the exception of Cd2+ that was above the tolerable limits of WHO. Microbial analysis carried out indicated the presence of coliforms though there was no cause for concern as they fell within the standards for coliform in water.


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The Market Watch window in your trading platform is meant to show all symbols you are interested in keeping an eye on. To help, we have put together a simple guide on how to add or remove symbols from this section, so that you can tailor them to your liking.
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Out Of Period (often abbreviated OOP) refers to anything that was not discovered or in general use during the time-frame accepted to be covered by the SCA. By contrast, anything that falls within the accepted time-frame is said to be "in period" or simply period.
Some items that would technically be OOP are considered "in period by consensus" (not sure of the exact phrasing) as life would be way too difficult without them. Some examples include:


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Pistachio Baklava. This Pistachio Baklava is one remarkable ending to the most special meal, whether in Ramadan or any time of the year. I have made baklava before in ways that stray far from tradition. This Turkish-style baklava tastes deeply and richly of pistachio nuts and butter, without the spices, honey or aromatics found in other versions.
This Baklava recipe reigns from Turkey were the best pistachios in. Try a nutty variation of a traditional classic Middle Eastern dessert. Baklawa (or Baklava) is a very popular sweet in many countries and regions: Middle East, Turkey, North Africa, and of course Morocco. You can cook Pistachio Baklava using 9 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you achieve it.
Ingredients of Pistachio Baklava
- Prepare 500 gm of Wheat flour.
- You need 50 gm of Milk powder.
- Prepare 5 ml of Vinegar.
- You need 250 ml of Sugar syrup.
- Prepare 200 gm of Breakfast sugar.
- Prepare 100 ml of Water.
- Prepare 8 ml of Lemon juice.
- Prepare 5 ml of Orange blossom water.
- You need 400 gm of Pistachio power.
It's simply made with layers of phyllo dough and nut filling. We wanted our baklava recipe to produce crisp, flaky, buttery lozenges, light yet rich, filled with fragrant nuts and spices, and sweetened just assertively enough to pair with a Turkish coffee. recipes. Spread walnuts on large rimmed baking sheet. Another sweetness from baklava family :pistachio baklava as the name it's been called with is I'll skip the name and simply call it pistachio baklava, it sounds more appropriate.
Pistachio Baklava instructions
- Step 1 Mix all the ingredients and knead well just to combine..
- Divide the dough to 50 g each. Step 2 Place on a tray. Dust some cornflour, cover with wet muslin cloth and rest overnight in chiller. Step 3 Roll the dough with the help of cornflour. Roll five thin sheets and keep on top of each other and roll again. Step 4 Brush with clarified butter..
- Cut in square shape and fill with fine chopped pistachio. Step 5 Place on a baking tray and pour clarified butter to soak the baklava. Bake.
Pistachio Baklava made with buttery layers of phyllo dough, ground pistachios & toasted cardamom, & drizzled in an orange honey glaze is an amazing treat! Among its ingredients is pistachio which is cultivated in Gaziantep and which is also known as "gray pistachio". Baklava is one of the world's best desserts, no doubt about it. Check out my detailed post on the Turkish version of this pastry with step-by-step photos! I've been so wrapped up with work the past few weeks that I kept missing sunsets and sunrises, except to notice that I missed them.


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The rose in the space
This small territory of the Genoese hinterland, the Scrivia river valley, has a special connection with Space. Busalla, main hub of the Scrivia Valley, is the town where Franco Malerba, the first Italian astronaut, was born. He participated in a mission in space in 1992 aboard the shuttle Atlantis as Payload Specialist. Today Franco Malerba is once more with as the organizer and mastermind of the Busalla Space Festival (_URL_), a successful event of popular science, open to all, dedicated to space exploration.
The Space Festival, held every year in Valle Scrivia with the support of the space industries and the Italian national institutions, contributes to broaden the boundaries of knowledge and motivate young people to engage in the study of scientific subjects, without losing sight of the values of their origins.
All the speakers attending the Festival are given a souvenir of engraved slate from Cicagna, a bottle of excellent white GAVI Docg wine and a small bottle of rose syrup from Camporotondo.
This symbolic "space bond" of the Scrivia Valley Rose was renewed and reinforced by the astronaut Paolo Nespoli, who took a banner of the Rose aboard the International Space Station during his third space mission in 2017 and sent a video down to Earth, to the Festival, as a sign of appreciation of the Festival and endorsement of the Rose. The video of the rose floating in weightlessness in the ISS Cupola, while flying around the Planet, is an extraordinary debut in space for the Scrivia Valley Rose.


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No for "dry", yes for "wet".
For "dry friction", such as a box on a floor, it is relatively constant. Why is this? Most objects are microscopically rough with "peaks" that move against each-other. As more pressing force is applied, the peaks deform more and the true contact area is increases proportionally. The surfaces adhere forming a bond that will take a certain amount of shear force to break. Since the molecules are moving much faster ~300m/s than the box they have plenty of time to adhere (so velocity is not an issue). However, static friction is sometimes be higher, in one explanation because the peaks have time to settle and interlock with each-other. Neglecting static friction, force is constant.
The simplest case in wet friction is two objects separated by a film of water. In this case there is zero static friction, as the thermal energy is sufficient to disrupt any static, shear-bearing water molecule structure. However, water molecules still push and pull on each-other, transferring momentum from the top to the bottom. The rate of momentum transfer i.e. "friction" grows in proportion to how much momentum is available, which in turn grows with velocity. Thus, force is linear with velocity.
However, interesting things happen when the bulk mass of the water gets important. In this case, bumps, etc on the surface push on the water creating currents that can ram into bumps on the other surface. If you double the velocity, your bumps will push twice as much water twice as fast for 4 times the force; force is quadratic to velocity. You can plug in formulas for the linear case (which depends on viscosity) and quadratic case (which depends on density) to see which one "wins" (this is roughly the Reynolds number), if there is no clear winner the answer is complex (see the Moody diagram).
Nevertheless these are approximations and the real answer could fail to follow these "rules".


Definition of Achromat. Meaning of Achromat. Synonyms of Achromat
Definition of Achromat. Meaning of Achromat. Synonyms of Achromat
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Achromatically
Achromatically Ach'ro*mat"ic*al*ly, adv. In an achromatic manner.
Achromaticity
Achromaticity Ach'ro*ma*tic"i*ty, n. Achromatism.
Achromatin
Achromatin A*chro"ma*tin, n. (Biol.) Tissue which is not stained by fluid dyes. --W. Flemming.
Achromatism
Achromatism A*chro"ma*tism, n. [Cf. F. achromatisme.] The state or quality of being achromatic; as, the achromatism of a lens; achromaticity. --Nichol.
Achromatization
Achromatization A*chro'ma*ti*za"tion, n. [Cf. F. achromatisation.] The act or process of achromatizing.
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Achromatous A*chro"ma*tous, a. [See Ahromatic.] Lacking, or deficient in, color; as, achromatous blood.
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Video of the Albino Cyclops Shark Embryo
Posted on November 5, 2011
A cyclops albino shark fetus was found inside a shark captured by a fisherman near Cerralvo Island in the Gulf of California. National Geographic reported last month that scientists confirmed the shark was genuine. Cyclops sharks have never been caught outside the womb, possibly because they do not survive long in the wild after birth.
Marine scientist Marcela Bejarano carries the dead cyclops shark on the beach in this video. Bejarano says, "It's a Cyclops shark, it's an exceptional case, because there have never been international reports, scientific reports, nothing of that sort about a shark that has these features."
Later in the video clip, Fisherman Enrique Lucero Leon can be seen putting the unusual shark embryo he found in a tank. Take a look:
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Identifying reports used within an agent's workspace
Answer ID 9521 | Last Review Date 01/14/2019
How do I find a report used in an agent's workspace?
Profiles, Workspaces
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The first step in identifying a specific item such as a report within an agent's workspace, is to first identify the workspace used for the agent.
 1. Open the agent's profile for edit: Configuration > Staff Management > Profiles
 2. From the Workspaces/Workflows tab, identify the name of the workspace used for the record type in question
Then, open that workspace for editing and locate the specific item.
 1. Configuration > Application Appearance > Workspaces/Workflows
 2. Use the 'Find' feature from the ribbon to search by name for the agent's workspace
 3. Double click on the name to open for editing
When trying to identify a report:
 1. Navigate to the tab within the workspace where the report is used
 2. Click into the report area of the tab
 3. From the top ribbon, select Design > Report. This shows where the report is located in the Report Explorer.
NOTE: When using the standard workspace, or even a customized workspace that has been copied from a standard workspace, there may be items that cannot be edited using the steps above. This is because they are Control items (i.e. standard elements built into the application for ease of use). One example of this is the Attachments tab. At first glance, it may appear like a report, however, this is a Control item and does not include the 'Design > Report' option from the ribbon.
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How Do You Divide Water Lilies?
Cindy – Galesburg, IL
Dividing lilies may seem somewhat complicated, but our step-by-step process will explain exactly what you need to do. Try to plan it so you divide them during your spring cleanout, which would give easy access to tubers. Dividing is necessary every two to three years, and it is helpful if you notice the lily grew mostly pads and few lilies over the past season.
Step 1: Remove lilies from pond or container and rinse off. Plant baskets are ideal containers until they are ready to be moved to the pond.
Step 2: Trim away root growth and old foliage.
Step 3: Cut the tuber down to size. You can safely cut the tuber down between two to three inches on the growing part with a sharp knife. This can be increased to five to six inches on longer plants. Remember to also cut off new buds and older leaves, so that the new root system has a chance to grow.
Step 4: Plant each tuber separately or discard if you wish to reduce the lilies' quantity in your pond. Use plant fertilizer and planting media for best results and a continuing healthy pond.
Step 5: Replant them shallow in the pond until new growth begins.
Step 6: Upon new growth lilies can be moved deeper into the pond.


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About Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, Yola
Upper Benue River Basin Development Authority, with its administrative headquarters in Yola, Adamawa State, is one of the twelve (12) River Basin Development Authorities established under Decree No. 25 of 1976. as amended by Decree No. 35 of 1987. The functions of the Authority include the development of water resources potentials within its defined area of jurisdiction. The operational area covers, the whole of Gombe and Taraba States, Adamawa central and south senatorial districts and Bauchi south senatorial district.
To provide integrated and sustainable water resources develpment within the upper benue basin.
1. To provide food security through irrigated agriculture, hydropower generation, portable water supply, flood and erosion control and sustainable water shed management.
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Local Atomic Structure of a High-Entropy Alloy: An X-Ray and Neutron Scattering Study
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By using high-energy synchrotron X-ray and neutron scattering, the local structure of a ternary high-entropy alloy Zr1/3Nb1/3Hf1/3 is characterized by means of pair distribution function (PDF) analysis. Results show that this alloy is a body center cubic (b.c.c.) phase in both bulk sample and in a thin film ~1.5 µm thick. The PDFs obtained from X-ray diffraction and neutron diffraction agree well with each other. The measured PDFs differ from the calculated PDF, particularly in the peak shape of the first two peaks, indicating local lattice distortion due to different atomic sizes in the solid solution.


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Today's tutorial is an in-depth overview of how to use the Up To Replenishment method for purchasing. Up To is one of the most common Advanced Forecasting methods in Prophet 21.
What is an Up To Item in P21?
There are four main calculations that make up the Up To Replenishment method in Prophet 21.
- Order Point: Lead time, Review Cycle, and Safety Stock all factor heavily into the calculations for Order Point.
- Order Quantity: The calculations for Net Stock and Order Point both factor into this final calculated number.
- Required Units: This fourth calculation only applies to a purchasing unit of measure with a different unit size or a case of items.
We have already done an in-depth tutorial on the first calculation, Net Stock (learn about Net Stock here). This training focuses on the other three calculations in the Up To Replenishment method: Order Point, Order Quantity, and Required Units.
How to Calculate Order Point:
Order Point adds your Lead Time Days, Review Cycle Days, and Safety Stock Days into one number. The calculation then multiplies that number by the Daily Usage.
- Daily Usage: The Forecast Usage for the next month is divided by the calendar days of the month you run it in.
- Lead Time Days are either the Calculated Lead Time or Published Lead Time on the item.
- Review Cycle is how often you look at this item or product line. This video tutorial covers where you can set Review Cycle and explains the factors that control it.
- Effective Safety Stock Days for this item are set to thirty straight days. This video tutorial explains Safety Stock Days and how to set them in Prophet 21.
Example: Add 45 (Lead Time Days) + 14 (Review Cycle Days) + 30 (Safety Stock Days) together. That combined number is multiplied by the Daily Usage for a Calculated Order Point of 376.
- When you move to the bottom of the Order Point calculation, you will find the MAX calculation. Right beside the MAX is an Item Order Point (in this example, the Item Order Point is 100).
- Item Order Point is the manual Order Point (or Min) on an item.
- This function takes the Max (The greater of the two numbers—in this case, the calculated Order Point) and moves it further down through the calculation.
How to Calculate Order Quantity:
Order Quantity has several different factors that play into the calculation.
- The first calculation is the Max.
- This calculation takes your listed Period Usage (your forecast usage) and multiplies it by the set minimum Periods to Supply (months in this instance).
- ABC Class is an important factor that affects the Periods To Supply number.
Example: The Max Calculation takes the listed Period Usage of _PHONE_ and multiplies it by three (months) Periods to Supply and gets a result of 393.
- The second calculation works with the Max and the Order Point we got in the previous calculations (in this case, the Calculated Order Point).
- The Max shows that the Order Quantity is based on whichever is the greater number between Periods To Supply or Order Point. That number will move down to the final part of this calculation.
Example: Since the Calculated Order Point is the greater number, the value of 393 moves down. And to the right, it subtracts the Net Stock value found in the very first calculation. The final Order Quantity of 250 is then populated on the far left of this screen.
How to Calculate Required Units:
The three main calculations for the Up To Method are the Net Stock, Order Point, and Order Quantity. There is also a chance for a fourth calculation though.
If your preferred purchasing method was a CASE of individual eaches, you would have a final calculation for Required Units.
The first calculated number would be divided by the unit size, which would tell you what your required units were.
Example: If I had ten items in a case, and my Order Quantity was the 250 we calculated above, I would order twenty-five cases.
However, the Required Units calculation does not apply in our previous examples because the required units were in Each or EA.
The Up To method is a little bit more complicated than Min Max, but it is an incredibly useful process to know. I probably have about a million monthly conversations with Atlas P21 customers about it.
You simply need to understand how Lead Time, Review Cycle, Safety Stock, even the manual Min (Order Point), and of course, Net Stock, which is the base of all these purchasing methods play into this calculation. And Prophet 21 does an excellent job of breaking down the formulas on the screens.
Continue Learning: How to effectively manage your inventory using MIN/MAX.
If you have ideas on other topics for similar tutorials or have a different video you want to see, comment below.
And if you need some in-depth help with using purchasing in Prophet 21, contact us for a free consultation.


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|Title:||ETYMO - An Interpreter to Simulate Historical Sound Change|
|Description:||ETYMO is an IBM-compatible program which simulates regular historical sound change. ETYMO works as an interpreter which first reads a set of linguistical rules that describe the diachronical evolution of a language. It then applies those rules to ancestor words (which can be single words or corpora containing an unlimited number of words) and calculates its descendency line or lines (the program can handle ''single'' and ''multiple'' evolutions - in the latter case, the different possibilities are represented in an evolution tree). For each evolution step, ETYMO can give detailed information about the transformation. All evolutions can be saved and printed out. When used for corpus calculations, ETYMO can give statistical information about the regularity of the evolution. A set of linguistical rules describing the evolution from latin to spanish is available.
The program has been developped as a diploma work (''ETYMO - un interpr?teur linguistique dans le domaine de la linguistique diachronique. Avec une application? l'?volution du latin? l'espagnol'') at the University of Fribourg (Switzerland).
The program, it's source code, the linguistical data (a corpus with 600 spanish words) and the written diploma work can be downloaded a _URL_


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One of the most useful colors in an artist's palette is one of the last colors anyone else would think. Only its spooky name would incline your attention towards it. Caput mortuum, which means dead head or death head, is made of haematite–iron oxide (in fact there are several extremely similar colors made of the same pigment but with slightly different hues and names–particularly mars violet and Indian red—but we will stick to talking about caput mortuum because that's the variation I use). This unpromising rust color possesses a protean mutability–it could be red, brown, orange, or violet depending on the context. Although it can stand on its own as a focus of attention, caput mortuum is very easy to paint into a network of subtle shadows: many painters use it for shadowed flesh or as land cast in darkness (after all a person's flesh and the red clay of a landscape both take their ruddiness from iron).
Though not a flashy color, caput mortuum has a dignity and a beauty to it. In the middle ages and Renaissance, painters used it to paint the robes and clothing of eminent monastic religious figures and of patrons & donors (ie the people actually paying for the painting). Oftentimes when looking at a religious painting, a viewer will notice that Jesus, Mary, and Saint Peter–resplendent in gold, white, blue, and red—are joined by an unknown pair of merchants wearing caput mortuum. These two often have the most realistic and beautifully painted faces in the painting–it is difficult to say what Jesus really looked like but even the most money grubbing burgher knows his own face!
Although there is something somber about the deep color of caput mortuum, its name does not come from an obvious association with blood and corpses. In addition to meaning "dead head" the Latin phrase also means "worthless remains" and it was used by alchemists to describe the inert residue left over from a chemical reaction. Apparently this by-product was often a rusty violet color. Alchemists used a (very) stylized skull to denote the oxidized left-overs.
However it's more evocative to imagine the pigment being named after a death's head. The concept lends art a much needed touch of operatic dark magic.


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What does '&' and '%' mean in operators -&, -%, +&, +% in Chisel3?
I'm trying to learn Chisel3 with the GCD example given in official web page. This example use operator named -%, what does that mean ?
It's not explained on Wiki operator page. And Cheatsheet says "substraction" as the normal substraction symbol '-'.
Then what is the difference between simple substraction '-' and percent substraction '-%' ?
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Ok, I found the definitions of these functions under chisel3 code :
// TODO: refactor to share documentation with Num or add independent scaladoc
def unary_- : UInt = UInt(0) - this
def unary_-% : UInt = UInt(0) -% this
def +& (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt((this.width max other.width) + 1), AddOp, other)
def + (other: UInt): UInt = this +% other
def +% (other: UInt): UInt = (this +& other) tail 1
def -& (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt((this.width max other.width) + 1), SubOp, other)
def - (other: UInt): UInt = this -% other
def -% (other: UInt): UInt = (this -& other) tail 1
def * (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt(this.width + other.width), TimesOp, other)
def * (other: SInt): SInt = other * this
def / (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt(this.width), DivideOp, other)
def % (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt(this.width), RemOp, other)
def & (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt(this.width max other.width), BitAndOp, other)
def | (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt(this.width max other.width), BitOrOp, other)
def ^ (other: UInt): UInt = binop(UInt(this.width max other.width), BitXorOp, other)
With & operator the result of substraction or addition will be the size of the bigest operand plus one bit.
But with % operator the result of operation will be the size of the bigest operand ... as with normal + or -. Then what is the difference between - and -% and between + an +% ?
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My apologies for not including this information on the Wiki operator page, I will add it shortly.
You have hit the nail on the head with your edit: +& and -& are expanding operators in that the width of the result is equal to the size of the widest operand plus 1. +% and -% are non-expanding operators in that the width of the result is equal to the widest operand.
+ just aliases to +% while - aliases to -%.
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Let $\Gamma$ be a discrete cocompact subgroup of the euclidean motion group $$ G={\mathbb R}^d\rtimes O(d). $$ Let $\phi:G\to O(d)$ the projection homomorphism. Is it true that $\phi(\Gamma)$ is finite?
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Aakumadula, why not post this as an answer? It seems sufficiently precise and comprehensive – Yemon Choi Mar 6 '13 at 16:13
Yemon Choi, I thought this was just a reference. But I see your point, that it will look like an unanswered query. – Aakumadula Mar 6 '13 at 17:04
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The answer is yes. This is a theorem of Bieberbach (see Corollary (8.26) of the book "Discrete Subgroups of Lie Groups" by M.S.Raghunathan (Springer Ergebnisse Tract).
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Interesting (to me!) that this is an established result, since without the co-compactness assumption the conclusion fails: an irrational winding in SO(2) combined with the one-dimensional discrete subgroup of translations immediately gives a non-discrete image in SO(2). – paul garrett Mar 7 '13 at 0:47
Professor Garrett, I do not understand your remark. If I have an element of the form $(v,r)$ in the semi-direct product of ${\mathbb R}^2$ with $SO(2)$, where $r$ is an irrational rotation, there is no guarantee that itw powers (vector component) is discrete: the $n$-th power vector component is of the form $(1+r+\cdots +r^{n-1})v$, which can well converge. – Aakumadula Mar 7 '13 at 1:16
Of course, you can take $v\in {\mathbb R}^n$ $n\geq 3$ which is fixed by the rotation $r$, in which case you get a discrete group. When you assume "co-compactness", the vector parts are sufficiently many that the rotation parts do not always fix the vector part. – Aakumadula Mar 7 '13 at 1:24
_USER_: indeed, this is a funny situation. It is late for me here in my time-zone, but (in case you'd not already in your own time thought through the facts) I'll add comments tomorrow which I hope will clarify the thing that'd been in my mind. Irrelevant to the question as posed. yes. – paul garrett Mar 7 '13 at 2:00
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In Collaboration with World Forum Foundation
In Loving Hands: How the Rights for Young Children Living in Children's Homes Offer Hope and Happiness In Today's World by Elsa Chahin with Anna Tardos, is the definitive book that advocates for children living in residential settings. Under the proper circumstances, these institutions, while not always having provided the ideal climate for healthy growth, both emotionally and physically, can operate in the best interests of children when they adhere to the precepts of this book.
Written in three parts – an overview, the declaration of 10 rights and global voices of experience – In Loving Hands offers an in-depth look at how the quality of care in residential homes can be improved through information, detailed guidance and applicable tools. After comprehensive research, the authors have made it their mission to support institutions in successfully caring for young children in group settings.
No longer is it necessary for institutes to be branded as "Dickensian," as this book provides the tools for creating a safe and nurturing environment, with children receiving responsive care from trained, educated and caring adults. The authors of In Loving Hands offer a responsible, pragmatic and passionate alternative to the familial home, one where children are able to thrive and grow up to be healthy, happy and productive members of society. Equally important is the idea that the information in this book can also apply to parents blessed to be raising children at home.


text: The present paper assesses the impacts of renewable energy generation and globalization on income inequality in Argentina. We make use of vector autoregression models. We find that globalization and hydroelectric power increase inequality, while the opposite holds true for other renewable energy sources. Several robustness checks are considered. Policy implications are discussed keeping into account the specific Argentinean context.


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A timber tunnel shaped like a snake - with a bulge to suggest an ingested mouse - provides perfect conditions for growing lilies on a farm in the Western Cape of South Africa.
The snake-like Puff Adder structure at Babylonstoren Farm, designed by French architect Patrice Taravella and engineer Terry de Waal, is made from balau wood strips on steel frames and winds along a stream surrounded by olive and eucalyptus trees.
The slats reduce direct sunlight while allowing air to circulate, creating an ideal environment for native South African clivia lilies, which flower in spring.
The tunnel features a bulge nicknamed 'the mouse', a visual pun suggesting what the snake might have eaten for lunch.
Photographs are by Alain Proust.
Here's some more information from the designers:
A shaded walk was recently created on Babylonstoren farm for a collection of clivias. These famous indigenous lilies of South Africa flower during Spring which starts in September. The walk meanders next to a stream emanating in the Simonsberg and slithers through wild olives and eucalyptus trees.
The structure of balau slats on steel frames eliminates about 40% of sunlight but allows a free flow of air: ideal for clivias. The bulge in the structure is known as "the mouse", as it resembles a rodent in the belly of a snake. The structure was designed by Patrice Taravella and engineered by Terry de Waal.
Babylonstoren garden is situated in the Cape Winelands and is open to the public. The clivia collection edges a huge formal vegetable and fruit garden which supplies the farm hotel and Babel restaurant with fresh produce daily.


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The definition of a mime is a performer who expresses himself using body movements and no words.(noun)
An example of a mime is the French actor Marcel Marceau's character Bip the Clown.
Mime is defined as to perform using only body movements and no words.(verb)
An example of mime is crouching down while putting your hands on all four sides and on top of you, as if you're trapped in a box.
See mime in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: L mimus < Gr mimos, imitator, actor
See mime in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: Latin mīmus
Origin:, from Greek mīmos.
Origin: M(ultipurpose) I(nternet) M(ail) E(xtensions).
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mazeFX is a native After Effects tool and does not require or depend on any extra plug-ins.
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The speed and efficiency of the maze generation algorithm is vastly improved in version 1.40.
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When setting up the Techdinamics Desktop Client, you might want to use a Generic USB scale to calculate the weight on the packing line.
Differently from specific scales (detailed here), Generic USB scales can be used, but it requires a few additional setup steps.
To set the scale up, you can follow the steps in this short video, or with the step-by-step instructions below.
To set up the Generic USB scale you will have to:
1. Access the Settings tab in the Techdinamics Desktop Client
2. Select Generic USB Scale from the Scale Model Dropdown
3. Complete the Scale Vendor ID (VID) and Scale Product ID (PID)*
4. Press Save to confirm the changes
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Consider the following two phrases
 1. Microsoft reports first quarterly loss ever
 2. Microsoft reports first ever quarterly loss
Which of the them is correct?
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Either is right and ok.
In both headlines, "ever" is used as an adverb with the meaning of "at any time."
The first, "Microsoft reports first quarterly loss ever," is the same as:
Microsoft reports the first quarterly loss they have ever had.
It emphasizes the meaning that something has never happened before.
In the second, "Microsoft reports first ever quarterly loss," the adverb "ever" is used as part of a longer structure. Similar to:
the + superlative + ever
Ex. The largest ever theme park
It is used to emphasize the comparison being made with the past.
In any case, the difference is minimal and they can be used interchangeably.
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You can just remove the word ever and the phrase will have exactly the same meaning. Tacking "ever" onto the end is akin to tacking "for the first time" onto it.
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Both are correct. Check First Loss Ever, First Ever Loss for reference
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How to Encrypt VBScript
You cannot protect your business's VBScript code perfectly, but you can encode it to prevent the average person from understanding it. VBScript is an older scripting language, but if your business still uses it, you have the ability to encrypt that code. Microsoft provides a free Script Encoder utility that does this for you. Use the Script Encoder to encrypt all or part of any document that contains VBScript code.
Install Encryption Program
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 Navigate to the Microsoft.com Download Center (see Resources) and click the "Change Language" drop-down menu to select your desired language.
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 Launch Windows Explorer and find that file after it downloads. Right-click the file and select "Run as Administrator." The installation program launches and walks you through the installation steps.
Encrypt VBScript
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 Launch a text editor or your HTML editor and open a document that contains VBScript code. Paste the following text before the VBScript code you wish to encrypt:
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 Save the document and press the "Windows" key to open the Start menu.
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 C:\%programfiles%\
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The Thomas-Fermi equation with dimensionless variables is identified as; $$ \frac{d^2\phi}{dx^2} = \frac{\phi^{3/2}}{x^{1/2}} $$ with the boundary conditions as $$ \phi(0) = 1 \\ \phi(\infty) = 0. $$ There are many series approximation solutions available to this equation. I am interested in finding the integral representation for the solution of this differential equation. Are there any literature sources available in this direction?
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In Fire Emblem: Three Houses, recruited characters have support conversations with other members of Byleth's house. These conversations flesh out the backstories and develop the relationships between multiple characters. Although the students have great support conversations with each other, they have equally insightful, funny, and clever support conversations with the church staff as well.
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Most of the staff are a little older than the students, so they usually have some kind of wisdom to impart. However, their lessons are not always entirely successful. The staff also learn a lot from the students, learning to pursue their dreams or finding new ways to give back to the world.
10 Seteth Motivated Hilda To Be Less Lazy
Hilda And Seteth speak about making books
At first, Hilda did whatever she could to avoid Seteth, who would always find an embarrassingly roundabout way to tell her to stop being lazy. It didn't work, so he told her a story that he wrote for Flayn, about a hardworking squirrel and a lazy fox who suffered since it didn't gather anything for the winter.
Although Hilda initially brushed off the story as something cute, she motivated Seteth to write more stories for children, while she drew pictures to accompany them. In their shared ending, these stories were extremely beloved.
9 Bernadetta Only Fled From Seteth Once
Seteth and Bernadetta discuss their book's illustrations
Although this sounds entirely unimpressive, Bernadetta only ran from Seteth one time. It was not uncommon for her to run away from people, as she had a difficult time socializing with others. Seteth seemed to know how to make her relax in later encounters, telling her stories about Saint Indech, who was similar to Bernadetta.
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Saint Indech was an accomplished man, and Seteth told her that it would be possible for her to achieve great things even if she kept to herself. The two eventually got married, but Bernadetta remained a recluse, which Seteth never seemed to mind.
8 Hanneman Told Edelgard Why He Was Obsessed With Crests
Edelgard and Hanneman talk about his sister
On the surface, Hanneman appeared to like Crests. He was constantly focused on his research and got excited whenever he discovered something new. Even Edelgard was initially wary of Hanneman, and dug into his past.
Hanneman didn't seem to mind it, and confessed that his goal was to give everyone a Crest, which would have the same effect as Edelgard's goal to do away with all Crests. He was only so devoted to his research because he didn't want anyone to suffer like his sister did, who was married off in the hopes of bearing children with Crests.
7 Ferdinand Showered Manuela With The Praise She Deserved
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Manuela was used to having no luck with men, which was a frequent cause of her misery. When Ferdinand praised her singing skills in such a direct way, Manuela had a hard time believing the sincerity of his words.
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She believed that she was past her prime, and did not have the skills that she did years ago. However, it clearly touched her that he was so inspired by her song and sword dance, and the two were happily married right after he became a Duke.
6 Dimitri Actually Laughed At Alois' Jokes
Dimitri laughs at a bad joke
Alois told jokes that were so terrible that they were often met with groans or stony silence. However, he managed to make Dimitri laugh, which shocked everyone who saw it.
Dimitri didn't acknowledge the jokes as good, but stated that they were funny because they were so bad. Not knowing how to respond to Dimitri's laughter, the other soldiers felt like they had no choice but to awkwardly join in.
5 Mercedes Helped Alois With His Fear Of Ghosts
Alois asks Mercedes not to tell too scary of a story
Alois went to Mercedes to ask her for help, as she was known for her ghost stories. He was terrified of ghosts, and wished to hear a few of her stories to get over his fear. At the beginning, he never felt mentally prepared, and would nearly faint before the stories were even complete.
However, he got better at handling his fear thanks to her stories, despite her slightly sadistic promises to find him scarier stories each time. In their shared ending, Alois was known as a fearless knight, thanks to her help.
4 Alois Tricked Leonie Into Inheriting Jeralt's Debt
Leonie regrets becoming Jeralt's successor
Leonie would often approach Alois and ask him to tell her a story about Jeralt. She really admired Jeralt, and despite the fact that Jeralt did plenty of horrible things in the stories, her view of Jeralt never changed.
Alois buttered Leonie up until she agreed to be Jeralt's successor, leading to Alois gleefully bestowing upon her the massive debt Jeralt owed to multiple bars. Alois had been paying for it for ages, so he was more than happy to make it someone else's problem.
3 Shamir Taught Raphael How To Be More Sneaky
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Raphael asked Shamir to teach him how to hide his presence the same way that she does. She told him that he had too much presence, and showed him a breathing exercise to help him conceal himself. He practiced what she taught him, but his breathing sounded like the ragged, desperate gasps of air of a fish above land.
He eventually managed to sneak up on her, which impressed her enough for her to take him with her on a scouting mission.
2 Ashe & Cyril Developed A Wholesome Friendship
Cyril finds Ashe after hearing he went missing
Cyril had a hard time accepting help from anyone, given that he felt that he had to work hard to earn his place at the monastery. Ashe insisted on helping him regardless, which Cyril discovered he was thankful for.
Ashe offered to be Cyril's friend, and said that they would help each other. Cyril took this to heart, and grew to care for Ashe, enough to abandon his post when he heard that Ashe had gone missing.
1 Lysithea Taught Cyril How To Read
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Lysithea was the type who wanted to prove that she was an adult capable of taking care of herself. She insisted on helping Cyril carry a log, but naturally, she failed at such a difficult task. She later learned that Cyril never learned how to read.
She gladly helped him, and Cyril made fast progress. He even wrote her a letter to thank her, which made her happy. Lysithea and Cyril enjoyed spending time together, to the point where they eventually got married after he became a soldier.
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2/9/2012 - It's a story as old as time — having to make a decision about work or love, and being terrified to make the wrong choice.
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and his colleagues may offer some guidance to those facing such decisions. They found that regrets related to love are more intense than those involving work.
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, Roese found that romantic regrets are among the most common type of regret among Americans. His new study, with lead author Mike Morrison of the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign and Kai Epstude of the University of Groningen, goes one step further and underscores the impact of social relationships.
"Social relationships, we suggest, are the most pivotal component of life regrets. Failed marriages, turbulent romances, and lost time with family may elicit regrets that last a lifetime," Roese and his colleagues write.
Romantic regrets are intense because regrets of a social nature pose a threat to a person's need to belong.
"Belonging, as a core human motive, powerfully connects to well-being and mental health," the authors write.
The paper describes five experiments, the results of which all suggest that love or other decisions of a social nature, such as ending a relationship or being unfaithful, are more intense than those involving work or less-social decisions, such a dropping out of college or quitting a job. Roese and his co-authors found that:
- Regrets involving romance or family ("love regrets") were consistently rated as more intense than education or career regrets ("work regrets").
- In the studies that compared highand low-intensity regrets, love regrets were far more common than work regrets in the high-intensity category, sometimes outnumbering work regrets by more than 2 to 1 (56.4 percent to 19.9 percent).
- On balance, low-intensity regrets were equally likely to focus on love and work regrets.
- People rated their love and work regrets to be almost identical in terms of self-blame and importance. However, romantic regrets rated much higher when it came to social impact and threats to feelings of belonging.
"What our research makes clear is that, while regrets are multifaceted with diverse consequences, their social impact looms especially large," the authors wrote. "Regrets can stem from love or work, but those stemming from the former seem to be the toughest to overcome. The need to belong is not just a fundamental human motive but a fundamental component of regret."
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Hi, this is Paul Huppert with OnlineLessonVideos.com. In this lesson we'll be working on the timeless Christmas tune The First Noel. It will be in the key of D major and we'll be covering two different octave ranges. I hope you enjoy the lesson.
Keep in mind when playing this arrangement of The First Noel that essentially we're using allegato stroke throughout or very singing like tone rather like if you have a paintbrush on your hand you want a lot of pliability or flexibility in the wrist and fingers which tends to soften the bow changes somewhat and make everything a little more seamless. Let's start at the beginning.
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Where does the phrase rule of thumb originate from? Why the thumb, of all possible body parts?
No one knows. The expression has existed in many languages for a long time, which suggests that its origin is pretty old.
There are several theories, some based in the similarities in many languages between the words inch and thumb and how you can measure an inch using the thumb, others based on the general usefulness of the thumb to measure different things.
It's entirely possible that it originally had nothing at all to do with the thumb; that it was a similar word that has become distorted over time, then translated to other languages in its distorted form.
See also: Rule of thumb on Wikipedia.
 - Interestingly, in Italian you would say a spanne to indicate something approximate, where spanna means span (in the sense of the measuring unit _URL_%28unit%29 ). This may support the "measuring theory". – nico May 11 '11 at 17:59
 - And the "wife beating" folk etymology and many others. Like "the whole 9 yards" and "down to brass tacks," this one is widely disputed and there is no accepted "official" answer to it. Dollars to donuts it has nothing to do with the human thumb. – The Raven May 11 '11 at 19:49
 - "No one knows" is a rather bold statement if Wikipedia is the only source of reference. Possibly the OP asked the question because Wikipedia did not know the answer either. – JJM Driessen Mar 28 '19 at 13:37
The origin is most likely derived from the use of the thumb as a practical way to measure/estimate different things such as distances or temperatures:
From the Phrase Finder :
 - The phrase itself has been in circulation since the 1600s. The earliest known use of it in print appears in a sermon given by the English puritan James Durham and printed in Heaven Upon Earth, 1685:
 - "many profest Christians are like to foolish builders, who build by guess, and by rule of thumb, (as we use to speak) and not by Square and Rule."
 - The origin of the phrase remains unknown. It is likely that it refers to one of the numerous ways that thumbs have been used to estimate things - judging the alignment or distance of an object by holding the thumb in one's eye-line, the temperature of brews of beer, measurement of an inch from the joint to the nail to the tip, or across the thumb, etc. […]
The earliest instance unearthed by Gary Martin (Phrasefinder) is in a rhyme found in Augmented with Ingenious Conceites for the Wittie and Merrie Medicines for the Melancholic, published in 1640:
If Hercules tall stature might be guess'd
by his thumb, the index of the rest,
In due proportion, the best rule that I
Would chuse, to measure Venus beauty by,
Should be her leg and foot
According to World Wide Word the origin is more likely to derive from measuring distances rather than temperatures:
 - The expression rule of thumb has been recorded since 1692 and probably wasn't new then. It meant then what it means now — some method or procedure that comes from practice or experience, without any formal basis. Some have tried to link it with brewing; in the days before thermometers, brewers were said to have gauged the temperature of the fermenting liquor with the thumb (just as mothers for generations have tested the temperature of the baby's bath water with their elbows). This seems unlikely, as the thumb is not that sensitive and the range of temperatures for fermentation between too cool and too warm is quite small.
 - It is much more likely that it comes from the ancient use of bits of the body to make measurements. There were once many of these: the unit of the foot comes from pacing out dimensions; the distance from the tip of the nose to the outstretched fingers is about one yard; horse heights are still measured in hands (the width of the palm and closed thumb, now fixed at four inches); and so on.
 - There was an old tailors' axiom that "twice around the thumb is once around the wrist", which turns up in Gulliver's Travels. It's most likely that the saying comes from the length of the first joint of the thumb, which is about an inch (I remember once seeing a carpenter actually make a rough measurement this way). So the phrase rule of thumb uses the word rule in the sense of ruler, not regulation, and directly refers to this method of measurement.
and also from here:
 - The real explanation of 'rule-of-thumb' is that is derives from wood workers (or other constructors) who knew their trade so well they rarely or never fell back on the use of such things as rulers. Instead they'd measure things by, for example, the length of their thumb; they measured, not by a rule(r) of wood, but by rule of thumb. The term was already in metaphorical use by the late 17th century.
The Phrase Finder also considers the possible origin that refers to the "legal" rule of beating with a stick one's wife, but not enough reliable evidence has ever been found to support it:
 - The 'rule of thumb' has been said to derive from the belief that English law allowed a man to beat his wife with a stick so long as it is was no thicker than his thumb. In 1782, Judge Sir Francis Buller is reported as having made this legal ruling and in the following year James Gillray published a satirical cartoon attacking Buller and caricaturing him as 'Judge Thumb'. The cartoon shows a man beating a fleeing woman and Buller carrying two bundles of sticks. The caption reads "thumbsticks - for family correction: warranted lawful!"
 - […]but there's no evidence that he ever made the ruling that he is infamous for. Edward Foss, in his authoritative work The Judges of England, 1870, wrote that, despite a searching investigation, "no substantial evidence has been found that he ever expressed so ungallant an opinion".
 - It's certainly the case that, although British common law once held that it was legal for a man to chastise his wife in moderation (whatever that meant), the 'rule of thumb' has never been the law in England.
 - […] there are no printed records that associate it with domestic violence until the 1970s, when the notion was castigated by feminists. The responses that circulated then, which assumed the wife-beating law to be true, may have been influenced by Gillray's cartoon or were possibly a reaction to The Rolling Stones' song 'Under My Thumb', which was recorded in 1966.
 - You can rollback, or edit it further. – Mari-Lou A Jul 8 '16 at 12:54
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 _USER_-LouA - it is ok..The "legal" beating assumption is extremely male chauvinist.. – user66974 Jul 8 '16 at 13:06
Perhaps it's because the length of the thumb joint to the end of the thumb is a fairly accurate representation of an inch. So rule of thumb was likely a way to quickly verify the measurement before cutting for construction work rather than search for a yard stick. The meaning probably began to be used in a more abstract sense as a rule to quickly validate something.
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 Good, glad you found the answer to your own question. – Neil May 11 '11 at 16:01
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 If there is one thing that can be said about the etymology of this expression, it's that the above is not it. – The Raven May 11 '11 at 19:51
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 And you've determined this based on the information written on a single internet page? I hope I don't offend you too much when I say I don't put much weight in your judgement. – Neil May 15 '11 at 20:29
 - This is the etymology that's most commonly prescribed for the phrase, that your thumb makes a rough "ruler", so, the "rule of your thumb" was about an inch. – user20276 Apr 18 '12 at 21:13
If you ever do any carpentry you can get pretty close with your thumb as a rule / gauge.
So any measurement not using actual instruments is by "rule of thumb", or "by eye".
Early English Books Online reports three instances of the expression from before 1700. They are as follows.
From John Alexander, Jesuitico-Quakerism Examined, or, A Confutation of the Blasphemous and Unreasonable Principles of the Quakers with a Vindication of the Church of God in Britain, from Their Malicious Clamours, and Slanderous Aspersions (1680):
That the Scriptures are Infallible is sufficiently proved at the Survey of their former Query; where we proved them to be of Divine Inspiration, and the Word of the Living God, and not of any meer Creature, and so they cannot deceive; so that for their Infallibility we need say no more. That therefore the Scriptures are the Rule of Faith and Manners I prove.
For first, That must be the Rule of Faith and Manners by which every matter of Faith and Manners ought to be examin'd seeing every thing that is examined must be examined by its Rule, or else it will be done by Guess and Rule of Thumb, as the


While it's not illegal to pack a laptop in your checked baggage, the Transportation Security Administration advises against doing so. Your sensitive electronic devices weren't made to withstand the abuse that checked bags often endure. This means that if you plan to fly with a laptop, you should carry it on the plane with you – and there are a few simple rules for doing so.
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Use a "checkpoint-friendly" laptop bag to make the screening process easier when you go through security checkpoints. These bags allow X-ray machines to get an unobstructed look at your laptop so you don't have to remove the device from the bag. Checkpoint-friendly bags include laptop sleeves and butterflyor trifold-style bags that have a laptop-only section that can lie flat on the scanning belt.
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Check that your checkpoint-friendly laptop bag doesn't have metal buckles, zippers or snaps on top of, underneath or inside the bag's laptop-only section; and don't put anything else in the laptop compartment beside your laptop. For a clear view on the X-ray machine, the laptop needs to be visible without any obstructions.
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Place power cords, zip drives and other laptop accessories in a separate compartment or in another bag. The laptop must get scanned separately from its other components.
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Prepare to take your laptop out of your bag if you don't have a checkpoint-friendly bag. It's perfectly fine to use a bag with straps and zippers that block the laptop; but, if this is the case, you'll have to place your laptop on the scanning belt separately. If you're using a bag that isn't checkpoint-friendly, make sure your laptop is easily accessible so you can remove it from the bag when the time comes.
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This study seeks to better understand the factors contributing to the adoption of Software as a Service (SaaS) as on-demand sourcing option. Grounded in transaction cost theory (TCT), we developed a research model for assessing SaaS-sourcing at the application level. Four hypotheses with three TCTbased constructs (application specificity, environmental uncertainty, and usage frequency) and one contingency factor (firm size) affecting the adoption of SaaS-based sourcing were formulated. Survey data of 154 firms in Europe with 284 response items across different industries were collected to test the theoretical model. PLS-based structural equation modeling demonstrated that uncertainty emerges as the strongest factor for SaaS-adoption, while application specificity also contributes significantly. Differentiating between small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) and enterprises, uncertainty represents the strongest driver for SaaS-adoption in SMBs, whereas application specificity is more important in enterprises. Finally, firm size is significantly and negatively associated with SaaS-based sourcing within, but not across the subgroups of SMBs and enterprises.


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Purpose：This study was designed to identify the effects of carrying bag positions (None, left hand, right hand,left shoulder, right shoulder) on static balance.
Methods：Fourteen healthy adult females participated in the this study. The exclusion criteria were orthopedic or neurologic disease, predominant left side. Measurements were performed initial effects. Results were evaluated by OSI, APSI, and MLSI in the biodex stability system.
Results：There are among the three assessments (overall stability index(OSI), antero-posterior stability index (APSI), medio-lateral stability index(MLSI) significants difference for the carrying bags positions (None bag, left hand, right hand, left shoulder, right shoulder)(p<.05). The post-hoc test revealed a significant difference between none bag and both left hand and left shoulder in the OSI, APSI, MLSI (p<.05). Also, comparing the carrying positions significant difference between right hand and both left hand and left shoulder in the MLSI (p<.05).
Conclusion：The results suggest that none dominant side with carrying bag improve more imbalance than none bag and right hand of dominant with carrying bag improve more balance than non dominant side. When comparing the four carrying bag conditions, right hand was more effective than another conditions in static balance.