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How to use the Field Level Database Lookup
The General Document Processor (GDP) is a tool that allows users to process documents and extract information from them. This feature adds the ability to link a database to specific fields in GDP, so that the extracted data can be matched with values in the database.
How to set up the database connection
- When creating a new field in GDP, select the data type "Calculated".
- Enter the data set URI. This is the location of the database you want to link to GDP. This can be public URL or data:// linking to your super.AI storage.
- Define which fields to match against the data in the dataset. Select the fields in GDP that you want to compare with the values in the database.
- Define the number of candidates to present for human review. This is the number of matches that will be returned for interactive selection. If set to 0, matching will be disabled.
- Define the matching threshold. This is the percentage of fields that should match for automatic assignment. For example, a threshold of 0.8 means that 80% of the fields must match for the value to be automatically assigned.
- Define the Output Column Name. This is the name of the column in the output.
- Click "Setup" to link the database to GDP and begin matching values.
Once the fields are set up, GDP will look up values in the database and match them to the extracted data from your documents.
If the matching threshold is met, the corresponding value will be automatically assigned to the output field.
If there are multiple matches found, the number of candidates as defined, will be shown for human review, and users can select the correct one.
By setting up the matching threshold, you can control the level of confidence in automatic matching. Lowering threshold would increase the chance of getting matched but increase the chance of mismatches, while raising the threshold decrease the chance of mismatches but also reduce the chance of getting matched.
This feature is useful if you have a specific set of values that should be extracted from your documents, and you want to ensure that the extracted data matches one of those values. It allows to improve extraction quality and automate process to some extent.
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Aggressive technology scaling has led to a significant reduction of device reliability. As a consequence Integrated Circuits (ICs) reliability became a major issue and Dynamic Reliability Management (DRM) schemes have been proposed to assure ICs' lifetime reliability. Though, up to date, various aging sensors have been proposed, few of them can provide real quantitative aging measurements. In this paper, the authors propose a direct measuring scheme by using the drain current as aging indicator. They designed a novel on-chip aging sensor able to detect the amalgamated aging effects of ICs caused by joint failure mechanisms.

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FAQs - What is the byproduct out of FS-HDM/FS-MDP waste oil distillation plant, how do I dispose it?
The byproduct are usually comprised of gas, water, oil sludge/residue and catalysts.
The gas will be purified before emission or to be recycled as heating fuel;
The water will be filtrated and purified as cooling water;
The oil sludge could be used for burning or to be raw material for producing asphalt or road constructions;
The catalysts can be reactivated by microwave or other technologies for reuse. Or to be handed over to the professional recycler for disposal.


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A Hattiesburg museum is paying special tribute in February to soldiers who served in the Gulf War more than 20 years ago. In recognition of Black History Month, the African-American Military History Museum is hosting a temporary exhibit on that conflict, with a special emphasis on the evolution of technology through war history.
Changing technology in the Gulf War was the focus of a lecture at the museum Saturday morning from Southern Miss professor of history Dr. Andrew Wiest. His was the first of four presentations that will take place in February honoring veterans of the Gulf War.
"It's important to honor soldiers of any war and the Gulf War has been kind of, in some ways, historically glossed over and almost forgotten, considering the wars that are still going on in that area today," said Wiest.
"It's just very important that we say thank you to each veteran that has served our country, especially during a time of conflict," said LaToya Norman, general manager of the African-American Military History Museum.
Each of the Gulf War presentations will take place Saturday mornings at 11 o'clock.


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Swiss Avenue Historic District is a neighborhood located in Old East Dallas, Dallas, Texas. You will see some of the most beautiful residential architecture in this neighborhood during the early 20th century. The Swiss Avenue Historic District boundaries include some parts of Dallas' earliest streets such as Bryan Street, Beacon Street, La Vista Drive, Swiss Avenue, Bryan Parkway, and Swiss Avenue. In this article, we are going to know more about the history of this charming and notable neighborhood.
After some Belgian, French, and Swiss settlers, known as the La Reunion Colony, did not succeed in making an entire community on the west side of Trinity River in 1855, most of them decided to remain in Dallas. They settled on the east side of the Trinity River to have a fresh start. Some of the people who chose to settle on the west side of Trinity River were Swiss businessmen Jacob Nussbaumer and Henry Boll. They both settled in 1859, and they both had adjoining properties located along White Rock Road, and they later renamed it as Swiss Avenue, as a nod to their native country.
After Jacob Nussbaumer's and Henry Boll finished their service in Colonel Nat Buford's 19th Texas Cavalry in 1865, they subdivided and sold parts of their property located along Swiss Avenue to some of La Reunion settlers and Dallas' new wave of European immigrants.
In 1873, when the Texas & Pacific Railroad crossed the Houston & Texas Central, businesses started to develop and thrive around the intersection. Not only that, but the residential development to the east also had the chance to be extended. That is why from 1882 to 1889, a small and independent town of East Dallas was established.
In 1851 brothers Robert and Collett S. Munger made a lot of money in the cotton gin industry. That is why they began to develop the north side of Old East Dallas, and they made the Swiss avenue as its centerpiece. After developing the land, the Munger brothers advertised the location as the most desirable and beautiful residential district in Southland, and hailed Swiss Avenue as the upscale core of the Munger Place development.
The Munger brothers wanted to promote Munger Place as a strictly high class and luxurious residential district. That is why they decided to establish Munger Place as the first deed-restricted neighborhood in Texas. Aside from that, they also implemented rules which states that houses on Swiss Avenue should be full two stories, each house should cost at least $10,000, and they should have a uniform setback of sixty feet. Because it was designed as a landscape boulevard for the most expensive homes, Swiss Avenue was hailed as Dallas's silk-stocking district. The neighborhood has its collection of Tudor, Neoclassical, Spanish Eclectic, Colonial Revival, Prairie style, and Italian Renaissance houses built and designed by well-known architects such as Hal Thomson, Lang & Witchell, and C.E. Barglebaugh. In 1900s, Swiss Avenue was the representation of the grandeur of Dallas's professional and social elite.
Today, the Swiss Avenue Historic District has about 200 houses situated on portions of Bryan Parkway, Swiss Avenue, Bryan Street, Live Oak Street, and La Vista Avenue. Homes in this neighborhood all have sweeping lawns, an historical architecture, significant setbacks, and oak-lined streets. Swiss Avenue Historic District is now known to reflect the prestige and graciousness of a bygone era. We can now appreciate the beauty of these houses thanks to Swiss Avenue residents' efforts during the 1970s. Because they all worked hard to ensure the houses are preserved in their neighborhood. In fact, the Swiss Avenue Historical District is Dallas' first historic district after the foundation of the Historic Preservation League. Almost all of the house in the Swiss Avenue Historic District has been fully renovated. That is why the neighborhood was able to earn the title of being one of the most beautiful intact communities of the early 20th-century residential architecture in the United States of America.


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Water also was found to be scarce, and was sure to become scarcer during the summer months.
The tema is the same name as the large wheat measure (35), which was worth 30,000 to 19,000 grains of copper, according to Ptolemaic receipts and accounts (Rev. Eg., 1881, 150), and therefore very likely worth to utens of copper in earlier times when metals were scarcer.
These skins are found in Africa, Arabia and part of India, and are every year becoming scarcer.
Scarcer plants that occasionally occur throughout include Alpine saw-wort Saussurea alpina, alpine meadow rue Thalictrum alpinum.
A good selection of winter visitors were recorded prior to a steady passage of scarcer migrant species at the end of the review period.Advertisement
If you live in a smaller town, the resources available to you may be scarcer.
Fast forward to the nineties, when movie roles became scarcer and his recreational drug usage escalated into a full blown drug addiction and Haim suddenly became unemployable.
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A dual reaction-mass dynamic vibration absorber for active vibration control
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Traditional dynamic vibration absorbers (DVAs) consist of a mass-spring-damper system and are an effective means of attenuating structural vibration over a narrow frequency band. The effective bandwidth of the DVA can be increased by the addition of an externally controlled force, generally applied between the reaction-mass and the primary structure. Such devices are known as hybrid DVAs. This thesis presents a new hybrid DVA configuration which utilizes two reaction-masses in parallel. On this proposed hybrid dual-mass (DM) DVA, the control force is applied between the reaction-masses. It is shown that in broadband control applications, the proposed DM-DVA requires less control force to achieve the same primary attenuation as the traditional hybrid single-mass (SM) DVA. The hybrid DM-DVA was compared to the hybrid SM-DVA with two tests. A numerical simulation of the hybrid DVAs attenuating a single-degree-of-freedom structure was performed. To achieve an equal amount of primary attenuation, the hybrid SM-DVA required 65% higher root-mean-square (RMS) control effort than the hybrid DV-DVA. The numerical model also demonstrated that the hybrid DM-DVA was less sensitive to changes in the system as compared to the hybrid SM-DVA. Additionally, a prototype hybrid DVA was built which could be configured as either the hybrid SM or DM-DVA. The prototype hybrid DVA was used with the feedforward Filtered-X LMS algorithm to control the vibration of a fixed-free beam. The hybrid SM and DM-DVAs attenuated the primary response by a factor of 11.5 and 12.3, while requiring control efforts of 4.9 and 2.7 V/N RMS, respectively. Thus, the hybrid DM-DVA required 45% less control effort while yielding a higher attenuation ratio in this experiment. These results demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed DM-DVA for broadband control applications as compared to the traditional SM-DVA.
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What's the correct term?
As Mari-Lou has said, puréed is probably the best term, and the one most often used today:
Baby food is normally puréed.
However, if you want a word with a Germanic root, rather than a loan-word, then you could use mashed:
Baby food is normally mashed.
Older recipe books (printed before the advent of food processors) would probably use mashed instead of puréed, and the term mashed is still used in traditional British cooking. For example: mashed potatoes, bangers and mash.
mash verb [WITH OBJECT]
Reduce (a food or other substance) to a pulpy mass by crushing it:
- 'mash the beans to a paste'
- 'mashed banana'
Mush (or the adjective mushy) is usually the first word that comes to my mind when I think of any baby food. It's a slightly derogatory word that an older child or adult might say if he or she were served with some creamy but tasteless mass of food.
- any thick, soft mass.
If the OP wants the correct descriptive term for baby food, there is only one choice. It is purée or pureed, it is the standard, and positive term that especially describes homemade baby food.
Puree (or spelled purée) is a French loanword that has been used in English for over three hundred years, long before the invention of the electric blender.
1. a cooked food, especially a vegetable or fruit, that has been put through a sieve, blender, or the like.
verb (used with object), puréed, puréeing.
- McGrady pureed organic fruits and veggies for William and Harry
Comparing pureed fruit (blue line), mashed fruit (red), sieved fruit (green), and ground fruit (yellow) Ngram produces the following results.
"to Puree" is the technical term which describes the process of making a substance like baby food.
"Baby food is a Puree" is a true statement no matter how you look at it, is not derogatory and is well know and widely used.
I wouldn't recommend using the word "pap" as I am a native speaker who has a girlfriend with kids and I have never heard it. Also if you were to google it, you might understand how it could be an embarrassing word to be misunderstood using while using it.
No, it's not mush (which applies to many things that are not baby food), and although it is definitely puréed or mashed, so are many other foods.
If you're looking for a word to describe it, that word is
1. Soft or semiliquid food, as for infants.


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Definitions for Bowboʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
to bend the knee or body or incline the head, as in reverence, submission, or salutation.
to yield; submit:
to bow to the inevitable.
to bend or curve downward; stoop:
The pines bowed low.
(v.t.)to bend or incline (the knee, body, or head) in worship, submission, respect, civility, etc.
to cause to submit; subdue; crush.
to cause to stoop or incline.
to express by a bow:
to bow one's thanks.
to usher (someone) with a bow:
They were bowed in by the footman.
to cause to bend; make curved or crooked.
bow out, to withdraw by choice, as from a task; retire.
Category: Verb Phrase
(n.)an inclination of the head or body in salutation, assent, thanks, reverence, submission, etc.
Idioms for bow:
bow and scrape,to be excessively polite or deferential.
Origin of bow:
bef. 900; ME bowen (v.), OE būgan; c. D buigen
a flexible strip of wood or other material, bent by a string stretched between its ends, for shooting arrows.
a bend or curve.
a readily loosened knot for joining the ends of a ribbon or string, having two projecting loops.
Category: Navy, Textiles
a loop or gathering of ribbon, paper, etc., used as a decoration.
a flexible rod having horsehairs stretched from end to end, used for playing a musical instrument of the viol or violin families.
Category: Music and Dance
something curved or arc-shaped.
an archer; bowman.
Ref: temple2 (def. 2). 1 2 3
aU-shaped piece for placing under an animal's neck to hold a yoke.
(adj.)curved outward at the center; bent:
(v.i.)to bend into the form of a bow; curve.
to perform with a bow on a stringed instrument.
Category: Music and Dance
Origin of bow:
bef. 1000; ME bowe (n.), OE boga
the forward end of a vessel or airship.
Category: Aeronautics, Nautical, Navy
the foremost oar in rowing a boat.
(adj.)of or pertaining to the bow of a ship.
Category: Nautical, Navy
Origin of bow:
1620–30; < LG boog (n.) or D boeg or Dan bov; see bough
a knot with two loops and loose ends; used to tie shoelaces
a slightly curved piece of resilient wood with taut horsehair strands; used in playing certain stringed instruments
bow, fore, prow, stem(noun)
front part of a vessel or aircraft
"he pointed the bow of the boat toward the finish line"
a weapon for shooting arrows, composed of a curved piece of resilient wood with a taut cord to propel the arrow
something curved in shape
bow, bowing, obeisance(noun)
bending the head or body or knee as a sign of reverence or submission or shame or greeting
bow, curtain call(noun)
an appearance by actors or performers at the end of the concert or play in order to acknowledge the applause of the audience
a decorative interlacing of ribbons
a stroke with a curved piece of wood with taut horsehair strands that is used in playing stringed instruments
bow, bow down(verb)
bend one's knee or body, or lower one's head
"He bowed before the King"; "She bowed her head in shame"
submit, bow, defer, accede, give in(verb)
yield to another's wish or opinion
"The government bowed to the military pressure"
bend the head or the upper part of the body in a gesture of respect or greeting
"He bowed before the King"
crouch, stoop, bend, bow(verb)
bend one's back forward from the waist on down
"he crouched down"; "She bowed before the Queen"; "The young man stooped to pick up the girl's purse"
play on a string instrument with a bow
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
a knot with loops
to tie a bow
an object used for playing the violin
***He pulled the bow across the strings.
a weapon for shooting arrows
***a bow and arrow
to bend forward to show respect or thanks
to bow to the audience
to look down or to bend the head down
He bowed his head in shame.
the act of bending forward
***to take a bow
the front of a ship
***a boy fishing from the bow
The front of a boat or ship.
Origin: From bugan, from beuganan. Cognate with Dutch buigen, German biegen.
to cause to deviate from straightness; to bend; to inflect; to make crooked or curved
to exercise powerful or controlling influence over; to bend, figuratively; to turn; to incline
to bend or incline, as the head or body, in token of respect, gratitude, assent, homage, or condescension
to cause to bend down; to prostrate; to depress,;/ to crush; to subdue
to express by bowing; as, to bow one's thanks
to bend; to curve
to bend the head, knee, or body, in token of reverence or submission; -- often with down
to incline the head in token of salutation, civility, or assent; to make bow
an inclination of the head, or a bending of the body, in token of reverence, respect, civility, or submission; an obeisance; as, a bow of deep humility
anything bent, or in the form of a curve, as the rainbow
a weapon made of a strip of wood, or other elastic material, with a cord connecting the two ends, by means of which an arrow is propelled
an ornamental knot, with projecting loops, formed by doubling a ribbon or string
the U-shaped piece which embraces the neck of an ox and fastens it to the yoke
an appliance consisting of an elastic rod, with a number of horse hairs stretched from end to end of it, used in playing on a stringed instrument
any instrument consisting of an elastic rod, with ends connected by a string, employed for giving reciprocating motion to a drill, or for preparing and arranging the hair, fur, etc., used by hatters
a rude sort of quadrant formerly used for taking the sun's altitude at sea
two pieces of wood which form the arched forward part of a saddletree
to play (music) with a bow
to manage the bow
the bending or rounded part of a ship forward; the stream or prow
one who rows in the forward part of a boat; the bow oar
Translations for Bow
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a springy curved rod bent by a string, by which arrows are shot.
- arcoPortuguese (BR)
- der BogenGerman
- bue; flitsbueDanish
- (šaujamais) loks; stopsLatvian
- 弓Chinese (Trad.)
- cái cungVietnamese
- 弓Chinese (Simp.)
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Schools have been removing bathroom doors, posting bathroom monitors, and even closing bathrooms in their struggles to handle the surging popularity of vaping among middle school and high school students. That has translated into steady business for a U.S. company offering AI-assisted school surveillance capable of alerting teachers and administrators to suspected vaping or bullying in bathrooms.
Soter Technologies originally developed its Fly Sense device with bullying detection in mind. But schools began asking the company about whether it could also help monitor the rise of vaping—also known as Juuling because of the popular Juul vape pens—among students. In response, the company made Fly Sense into a cloud-connected sensor capable of detecting both the telltale signatures of vaping and elevated sound levels that might indicate fighting or bullying.
"Schools typically install the system and see a spike of vaping incidents in the first two weeks," says Derek Peterson, CEO of Soter Technologies. "And then as they continue to go through their school policy plan of reprimanding the students, they start to see vaping incidents in those locations tail off."
More than 200 schools in the United States and Canada have already installed Fly Sense, including schools across at least 23 states. Four school districts in Florida and California have gone all out to become "full-deployment districts" using the Fly Sense system. Other schools are quickly catching on. The company shipped out more than 400 Fly Sense devices in the past month, Peterson says.
The Fly Sense device uses machine-learning AI that has been trained to detect the water vapor signature coming from vaping pens, e-cigarettes, and other vaping paraphernalia. Most vaping devices popular among students consist of a flavored vaping liquid—sometimes called "vape juice"—that includes a hefty dose of addictive nicotine. Once installed, each Fly Sense device can learn the baseline patterns of water vapor in a given bathroom so that the system's thresholds for what counts as an anomaly can be adjusted accordingly.
The constant evolution of vaping has created a technological arms race of sorts, and has prompted Soter Technologies to continuously update its classification library for vaping signatures. For example, the very first version of Fly Sense could not detect the vaping signature from Juul vape pens, which have become especially popular among students.
Much has changed since that time. In August, the company announced version 2.5 of its Fly Sense device and hopes to roll out version 3.0 in spring 2019. Future versions of Fly Sense could potentially even perform more sophisticated chemical analyses that sniff out the difference between a vaping pen signature with nicotine versus tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), the active chemical compound found in cannabis.
Soter Technologies claims that the Fly Sense system generally achieves a vaping detection accuracy of between 70 and 80 percent, and that the system has helped schools achieve a 70 percent decrease, on average, in vaping incidents at locations where the system is installed. Each unit costs US $995, which includes one year of service. Then schools must pay $150 per unit per year to subscribe to the monitoring service.
But AI-boosted bathroom surveillance still needs plenty of human help. Whenever a suspected vaping incident triggers an investigation, schools can confirm whether or not the Fly Sense alert had correctly identified vaping or was a false positive. That feedback helps train the system to become progressively more accurate over time.
Schools that install Fly Sense in their bathrooms get access to Soter Technologies' automated cloud platform that tracks the data being collected by Fly Sense and manages the alert system. School administrators can even manage the system so that only specific teachers will receive alerts on their phones from certain Fly Sense devices.
The dual-purpose mission of Fly Sense means that it also has the capability to keep watch for bullying or fighting by detecting sound levels based on decibels. If the sounds in a bathroom or locker room exceed a certain sound threshold—something that can be adjusted by school administrators—that can trigger a similar mobile alert that could prompt a principal or teacher to go investigate. At the same time, the system's lack of natural-language recognition or identification of voices belonging to particular individuals is meant to avoid student privacy concerns.
"The original intent of the product was to take care of the bullying aspect," Peterson says. "That comes from my own personal history of being five-foot-one in high school and being bullied: I have a personal stake in helping rid the world of bullies."
Whatever the use, Fly Sense seems to appeal to schools seeking to tackle different but similarly troubling national trends. Between one-quarter and one-third of U.S. students report being bullied at school. It's an issue that likely affects millions of students each year. On the vaping side, the 2017 National Youth Tobacco Survey found that approximately 2.1 million students had used e-cigarettes.
The vaping trend in particular has attracted new customers for Fly Sense from the corporate world. Many major corporations prohibit vaping on company grounds and seem as interested as schools in an automated solution such as that being offered by Soter Technologies, Peterson says. But given the meteoric rise of vaping among students in recent years, schools remain a primary market for high-tech solutions as long as they fight to deter vaping behavior on school grounds.
"We probably will have about 20 inquiries a day from schools looking to buy the product," Peterson says.
This story was updated with pricing information on 31 October 2018.


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Coffee-Powered Car Sets New Speed Record
coffee carCoffee-powered car owner Martin Bacon has just beaten the 65 mph record for cars of that class. The car achieved the feat with an audience including a Guinness World Records adjudicator and Bacon's wife at Greater Manchester's Woodford Airfield.
The 42-year-old achieved a speed of 65.536 mph to claim the record in a car that makes use of pellets of coffee chaff (waste from coffee production) which when heated in a gasifier break down into hydrogen and carbon monoxide which are in turn combusted to power the engine.
Bacon expressed his delight at their breaking the record for that range of cars, stating that it has taken years to make that "Coffee Car" although cars powered by gasification have been in wide usage before, such as in the period of World War Two. He also added that worldwide, there were more than 900,000 vehicles being driven by gasifiers with the inception of the 20th century.
The Co-Operative chose the car to mark 10 years of converting all their coffee to Fairtrade. Steve Murrells, Chief Executive of the organisation highlighted the importance of "the Bean Machine" breaking that record as including the publicizing of Fairtrade and how purchasing Fairtrade products can impact on families, producers and whole communities in developing nations.
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It is easy to fish crabs
Have you tried to catch crabs and do you know how to do this?
If you are by the water near a bathing bridge boat bridge, then you are right where you can catch crabs, because they live in the seaweed around the bridge posts. You can also find them around the poles at the pier or under the big rocks that are laid out to break the waves.
It's just getting started. The only thing you need is a string that you tie on the stick that will be your fishing rod and a cloth clamp that you attach to the end of the string along with a small stone. The cloth clamp must keep the bait and ensure that the crab comes up. You must also have a bucket to store the crabs in. The bait can be mussels from the shore edge or a little topping from the fridge.
If you are fishing with mussels, you must punch the shell or open it in some other way so that the crab can get hold of the mussel.
When you feel that there are bites, it is about pulling the cord gently and getting the crab down into the bucket. The crabs can do well without water for a couple of hours, but then they must be released and they are not long to find the water again.
Enjoy the crab fishing!
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ROCKDEEP Mansa African Winter Solstice Lifestyle Sneaker (ONLY 200 MADE)
ROCKDEEP (200 Made)
African Winter Solstice
To know what size you should order, please refer to our size chart and compare the Euro size in your current sneakers with our size chart.
This will give you a great comparison on if they "run true to size" which really means run like my other sneakers.
AFRICAN WINTER SOLSTICE:
Celebrating the African Goddess Mawu for Winter Solstice
Mawu is a West African Creation Goddess.
She sees into our souls with the Moon as Her eyes. As we sink into deep reflection at the close of the calendar year, Mawu gives us safe space and draws the shades of night to allow us quiet womb time.
Under Her canopy, we can take a much-needed respite. Each day, Mawu writes the destinies of humanity and passes them to Her son, Legba, to deliver. Look and listen for Her messages.
Take the information that She provides and prepare to seed your field anew at the Winter Solstice, just as Mawu set down the first seeds of creation. Her messages come from a myriad of sources: nature, the Sky (Her home), through strangers (it just might be Legba himself), and in dreams.
The winter solstice, hiemal solstice or hibernal solstice, also known as midwinter, occurs when one of the Earth's poles has its maximum tilt away from the Sun. It happens twice yearly, once in each hemisphere (Northern and Southern). For that hemisphere, the winter solstice is the day with the shortest period of daylight and longest night of the year, when the Sun is at its lowest daily maximum elevation in the sky.
Since prehistory, the winter solstice has been seen as a significant time of year in many cultures, and has been marked by festivals and rituals. It marked the symbolic death and rebirth of the Sun.
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|Cairo||6:47||16:59||10 h 12 min|
|Tenerife||7:53||18:13||10 h 19 min|
|Dakar||7:30||18:46||11 h 15 min|
|Addis Ababa||6:35||18:11||11 h 36 min|
|Nairobi||6:25||18:37||12 h 11 min|
|Kinshasa||5:45||18:08||12 h 22 min|
|Dar es Salaam||6:05||18:36||12 h 31 min|
|Luanda||5:46||18:24||12 h 38 min|
|Antananarivo||5:10||18:26||13 h 16 min|
|Windhoek||6:04||19:35||13 h 31 min|
|Johannesburg||5:12||18:59||13 h 47 min|
|Cape Town||5:32||19:57||14 h 25 min|


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Word of the Week--"Fjord"
Definition--a long narrow steep-sided inlet of the sea between two steep slopes, e.g. in Norway, Greenland or Alaska, formed by the flooding of a previously glaciated valley.
Discussion--If you look up words that start with the letters "fj" in the allwords dictionary, you won't find much. (And if you believed my elementary school teachers, you shouldn't find anything.) Few Scandinavian words have migrated to English or the Romance languages, and "fj" is a decidedly Scandinavian consonant construction.
I love the sound of the term fjord and have dubbed it my favorite "fj" word. It is a lonely term in our language, just as a fjord is generally a lonely place. Deep water surrounded by cliffs can have an oppressive feel, but I suspect they are just the place for quiet contemplation.
Etymology--Not surprisingly, Fjord has Scandinavian roots. It is Norwegian, from the Old Norse fjr.
The languages below show all show the same roots.
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Noun: covering kú-vu-ring
Verb: cover kú-vu(r)
- A natural object that covers or envelops
"under a covering of dust";
- natural covering, cover
- An artifact that covers something else (usually to protect, shelter or conceal it)
- The act of concealing the existence of something by obstructing the view of it
"the covering concealed their guns from enemy aircraft";
- cover, screening, masking
- The act of protecting something by covering it
- The work of applying something
"the doctor prescribed a topical covering of iodine";
- application, coating
- Provide with a covering or cause to be covered
"cover her face with a handkerchief"; "cover the child with a blanket"; "cover the grave with flowers"
- Form a cover over
"The grass covered the grave";
- spread over
- Span an interval of distance, space or time
"The period covered the turn of the century"; "This farm covers some 200 acres";
- continue, extend
- Provide for
"The grant doesn't cover my salary"
- Act on verbally or in some form of artistic expression
"The course covered all of Western Civilization";
- treat, handle, plow [N. Amer], deal, address, plough [Brit, Cdn]
- Include in scope; include as part of something broader; have as one's sphere or territory
"this should cover everyone in the group";
- embrace, encompass, comprehend
- Travel across or pass over
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day";
- traverse, track, cross, pass over, get over, get across, cut through, cut across
- Be responsible for reporting the details of, as in journalism
"The cub reporter covered New York City";
- Hold within range of an aimed firearm
- To take an action to protect against future problems
"Count the cash in the drawer twice just to cover yourself"
- Hide from view or knowledge
"The President covered the fact that he bugged the offices in the White House";
- cover up
- Protect or defend (a position in a game)
"he covered left field"
- Maintain a check on; especially by patrolling
"The second officer covered the top floor"
- Protect by insurance
"The insurance won't cover this";
- insure, underwrite
- Make up for shortcomings or a feeling of inferiority by exaggerating good qualities
"he is covering for being a bad father";
- compensate, overcompensate
- Invest with a large or excessive amount of something
"She covered herself with glory"
- Help out by taking someone's place and temporarily assuming his responsibilities
"She is covering for our secretary who is ill this week"
- Be sufficient to meet, defray, or offset the charge or cost of
"Is this enough to cover the check?"
- Spread over a surface to conceal or protect
"This paint covers well"
- Cover as if with a shroud
"The origins of this civilization are covered in mystery";
- shroud, enshroud, hide
- (animal husbandry) copulate with a female, used especially of horses
"The horse covers the mare";
- Put something on top of something else
"cover the meat with a lot of gravy";
- (card game) play a higher card than the one previously played
"Smith covered again"
- Be responsible for guarding an opponent in a game
- Sit on (eggs)
"The female covers the eggs";
- brood, hatch, incubate
- Clothe, as if for protection from the elements
"cover your head!";
- wrap up
Derived forms: coverings
Type of: adjoin, apparel, artefact [Brit], artifact [N. Amer], ascertain, assure, be, broach, check, clothe, compensate, conceal, concealing, concealment, contact, control, copulate, correct, counterbalance, couple, deputise [Brit], deputize, dress, empower, enclose, enclothe, endow, endue, enfold, ensure, envelop, enwrap, even off, even out, even up, fit out, fulfil [Brit, Cdn], fulfill [N. Amer], garb, garment, gift, go across, go through, guarantee, habilitate [archaic], hide, hiding, include, indue, inform, initiate, insure, invest, live up to, make up, manual labor [US], manual labour [Brit, Cdn], mate, meet, multiply, natural object, pair, pass, play, procreate, protect, protection, raiment [archaic], reproduce, satisfy, see, see to it, step in, sub, substitute, tog, touch, warrant, wrap
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In this work the potential of using the interferometric coherence at different polarization over surface scatterers to extract information about surface parameters is investigated. The sensitivity of the individual coherence contributions to surface roughness and moisture conditions is discussed and simulated using a novel hybrid polarimetric surface scattering model. The model itself consists of a coherent part obtained from the extended Bragg model and incoherent part obtained from the integral equation model. Finally, the experimental airborne SAR data are used to validate the proposed model at different polarizations.


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I have an iPad app that contains a webview. The webview's page has a button on it that, when clicked, needs to somehow tell the native app to close the webview. Is there any way to do this? i.e. a way for the javascript in the webview to pass messages to the native app, and vice-versa?
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Maybe have an NSNotification fire when an NSString instance field is changed. Use the post here to help understand how to communicate between JavaScript and Objective-C.
Then, it is just a matter of notification and string logic:
Steps for JavaScript to Objective-C:
 1. Web view button is pressed.
 2. JavaScript fires method which returns string.
 3. Local NSString is updated to denote button in Web view was pressed (see post above).
 4. NSNotification fires based on string change.
 5. Objective-C closes the Web view.
Not sure what you want to pass back to the Web view from Objective-C, but the above post should help.
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You can consider using -webView:shouldStartLoadWithRequest:navigationType:. Create a dummy link which you can identify and close the web view. As for the other way round, _USER_'s answer sounds appropriate.
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You can attach any action using
- (NSString *)stringByEvaluatingJavaScriptFromString:(NSString *)script
that detects the javascript from your webview!
Here is the doc: _URL_
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I think the best way is using pseudo image instead.
JS will insert a new image such as: _URL_
And your webview will override NSURLCache to retrieve 1x1 transparent image and parse parameters from you web content.
Note that NSURLCache only cache only one times, so please generate new timestamp for each calls.
This way is work for my project and call native iOS app immediately.
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KaKhaRa means the basic text from Nepali Grammar. KaKhaRa means same as the basic texts of Englsih ABC. KaKhaRa-the beginners...works through the different medium and tools of art and media like: Fine-Art, Theatre, Literature, Multimedia etc. to give positive impact in society via children and youths.
It is an independent organization with pure thought of Art and Multimedia.


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Ithaca, N.Y. — This month, Cornell University released an Economic Impact Report that detailed how much money was spent by Cornell, how it was spent, and where it was spent for the 2013 Fiscal Year.
Although the report shows an overall impact across NYS, the numbers prove what most already knew — Tompkins County's economy is benefited greatly by having the university centrally located in Ithaca.
The report provides a reassurance that Cornell's spending and growth is moving in the right direction, according to Joel Malina, VP of University Relations.
Here are some of the findings in the 22-page report:
1 — Taxes paid at a few locations
Although a majority of Cornell property is exempt from paying taxes as an academic university, it pays taxes on a few locations like East Hill Plaza and the Business & Technology Park (because those locations aren't used for academic purposes). The report states that the university's tax bill is the third largest in Tompkins County.
2 — Lowest unemployment rate
In 2012 Tompkins County had one of the lowest unemployment rates not only among other counties nationwide, but the lowest in the state, at 6 percent. In 2013, that rate declined to 4.1 percent and continued to be the lowest rate in the state.
The study further suggested that Cornell economically impacts households of every income level.
"Such findings suggest that institutions like Cornell can help individuals across all income levels whose fortunes rise with those of the university," reads the report.
"The report attributes the county's low [unemployment] rate in part to the university's stabilizing economic effect for the county as a whole and for individuals at all income levels," wrote Cornell's Media Relations Office in a press release.
3 — Staying in Tompkins County
17% of the 2013 graduating class actually stayed Tompkins County, either to start building roots or to continue onto graduate school. It is unclear whether or not this is an increasing, decreasing or stagnant trend.
4 — Supporting buy local
— Cornell supports a "buy local" policy when purchasing from various vendors. The report disclosed that out of $586 million spent on vendors in 2013, $189.6 million was spent on goods and services located in Tompkins County, Central New York, or counties adjacent to Tompkins.
5 — Benefits of Weill
Weill Cornell Medical Center, located in NYC, brought in $851 million, the second largest source of income for the university, the first being tuition. In turn, WCMC purchased $263 million in goods from Vendors located within NYS.
The report encompasses a significant amount of data. To summarize: "through the base indicators of payroll, purchasing, and construction alone, Cornell University generated over 3.2 billion of economic activity in New York State in fiscal year 2013."


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 Any type of algebraic structure on subsets of $S$ that is defined purely in terms of closure properties will be preserved under intersection. Examples are σ-algebras, π-systems, λ-systems, or monotone classes of subsets.
 Note however, this does not apply to semi-algebras, because the semi-algebras is not defined purely in terms of closure properties (the condition on $A^c$ is not a closure property).
 $S$ is said to be a semi-algebra if it is closed under intersection and if complements can be written as finite, disjoint unions:
 - If $A,B∈S$ then $A∩B∈S$.
 - If $A∈S$ then there exists a finite, disjoint collection $\{B_i:i∈I\}⊆S$ such that $A^c=⋃_{i∈I} B_i$.
 In "the condition on $A^c$ is not a closure property",
 - what does "the condition on a set operation such as taking complement is not a closure property" mean?
 - What is the meaning of "closure properties"?
 How do you see the family of semi-algebras (aka semi-rings) of sets isn't closed under intersection?
 2. Michael Greinecker also commented: The family of semi-rings on a set are not closed under intersections.
 BTW, if I am correct, the concept of a semi-algebra of sets is the same as semi-ring of sets in Wikipedia.
Thanks and regards!
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The family of all bounded intervals is a semi-ring on $\mathbb{R}$ but not a semi-algebra (since the complement is unbounded and hence not a finite union of bounded sets). – Michael Greinecker Jan 6 '13 at 0:47
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Closure properties can be formulated in terms of concepts from universal algebra. Let $X$ be the underlying set (in our examples, $X$ is a famly of sets itself). Let $I$ be an index set, $(\kappa_i)_{i\in I}$ be a family of cardinal numbers and $(f_i)_{i\in I}$ a family of function satisfying $f_i:X^{\kappa_i}\to X$ for all $i$. We say that $C\subseteq X$ is closed under $(f_i)_{i\in I}$ if we have for all $i\in I$ that $f_i(x)\in C$ for all $x\in C^{\kappa_i}$. One can show that the family of sets closed under $(f_i)_{i\in I}$ forms a Moore collection.
Let's look an an example: Let $U$ be a set and $X\subseteq 2^U$. We let $I=\{s,c,u\}$, $\kappa_s=0$, $\kappa_c=1$, and $\kappa_u=\omega$. We identify constants and nullary functions, so we can let $f_s=U$. We let $f_c(A)=A^C$ for all $A\in X$, and we let $f_u(A_0,A_1,\ldots)=\bigcup_n A_n$. That $X$ is closed under these three functions means simply that it contains $X$, is closed under complements and countable unionsit is a $\sigma$-algebra.
Now, one cannot write down semi-algebras this way, since there is no unique decomposition of the complement into disjoint sets. If $\mathcal{S}$ is a semi-algebra and $A\in\mathcal{S}$, then there exists a number $n$ and sets $B_1,\ldots,B_n\in\mathcal{S}$ that are disjoint and such that $A_c=B_1\cup\ldots\cup B_n$. Now if there exists a unique such family and if this family only depended on $A$, we could write down this property as closure under some functions in the following way: We let $f_{c_1}=B_1,\ldots, f_{c_n}=B_n$, and for $m>n$ we let $f_{c_m}=f_{c_n}$. We use the last condition because we have no a priori bound on how many sets are needed. But these sets are not a function of $A$, so this property can not be viewed as a closure property.
Here is an explicit example (taken from Alprantis & Border) that shows that the intersection of sem-algebras might fail to be a semi-algebra: Let $X=\{0,1,2\}$, $\mathcal{S}_1=\big\{\emptyset, X,\{0\},\{1\},\{2\}\big\}$, $\mathcal{S}_2=\big\{\emptyset, X,\{0\},\{1,2\}\big\}$, and $A=\{0\}$. We have $\mathcal{S}_1\cap\mathcal{S}_2=\big\{X,\emptyset,\{0\}\big\}$, and $A^C=\{0\}^C=\{1,2\}$ is not the disjoint union of elements of this intersection.
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Thanks! (1) How is $C\subseteq X$ closed under $(f_i: X^{\kappa_i} \to X)_{i \in I}$ related to the example for semi-algebras? (2) For semi-algebras, why do "there do no unique decomposition of the complement into disjoint sets (even then, one would need a hack)" and "a function can have only one value" matter? What is "a function"? – Tim Jan 6 '13 at 14:33
_USER_ I've edited it and hope have clarified these issues. – Michael Greinecker Jan 6 '13 at 22:19
Thanks! I edited some places I thought were typos. Feel free to edit again if I am wrong. I was wondering if the definition of a set operation having closure property comes from some references? – Tim Jan 7 '13 at 14:02
_USER_ All things closure operations I learned from the Handbook of Analysis and its Foundations by E. Schechter. – Michael Greinecker Jan 7 '13 at 14:13
Thanks! Besides the two books, what other books in analysis do you recommend? – Tim Jan 11 '13 at 21:36
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Bronze is a manufactured metal that does not occur naturally. Bronze bars can be used to make reasonable weapons and armor that are 75% effective compared to iron. Bronze can also be used to make furniture and other objects at a metalsmith's forge.
Bronze cannot be smelted from a single ore; it must be smelted using one of the following recipes:
Bronze has a value of 5 and uses the same ingredients as fine pewter (which also has a value of 5). If you find yourself short of tin, use this metal to make your objects of art instead of using fine pewter.
Another advantage of bronze is that, from ores, it only requires 1 fuel to smelt 2 bars of bronze. This is the best fuel:product ratio of any weapon-grade metal in the game*. This can be key in the early game, or on fuel-scarce maps, and/or if time is a critical factor.
(* of silver, copper, bronze, bismuth bronze, iron or steel.)
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Do Fish Tanks Need Light? Can I Turn Them Off At Night?
You've got yourself a new fish tank and you are all excited. But something is troubling you. Does my fish tank need lighting?
Let me answer it as clearly as possible:
Your fish tank does need lighting and you can turn them off at night. However, the amount depends on the type of fish and the environment you want to create.
The answer might seem simple but there are several nuances to this subject. From the type of fish you plan on keeping to the type of plants you want, lighting plays a crucial role. How crucial? Read on to find out.
Why Fish Tanks Need Lighting?
Ask any seasoned fish owner and he will tell you this:
Fish are at their peak health when the tank resembles their natural habitat.
This is not a surprise. Fish, at the end of the day, are wild creatures. They need a habitat that provides them with proper nourishment as well as serves their primal instincts. So, before purchasing any fish carefully consider these questions:
 - What species is this?
 - What kind of habitat do they live in?
 - How do I make the fish tank mimic their natural habitat?
You must research these questions and carefully consider your options.
The good news is, it is not anything like rocket science. Just pay attention to a couple of key points and you'll be good to go.
Firstly, you need to consider is the type of fish. When it comes to lighting, fish can be broadly classified into two types:
 - Fish who are used to bright light
 - Fish who live in dark places
The lighting requirements of your fish tank will depend on the type of fish you keep.
For fish who are accustomed to bright light, you need to properly illuminate your aquarium. These fish have a pretty regulated body clock. When I say body clock I mean their bodies respond to the amount of light. Ample light is indicative of daytime which makes the fish active. As soon as the lights are dimmed, the fish go into sleep mode.
On the other hand, fish who live in depths of the ocean or murky lakes aren't accustomed to bright light. In this case, if the tank has too much lighting, the fish will get disturbed which will harm their health.
Secondly, the plants you want to keep also make a difference when it comes to lighting. Some plants need ample light for Photosynthesis while others can grow without much light. As a result, when it comes to plants, there is no concrete answer and everything depends on the individual species.
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Different Types of Lighting
Now that you know lighting is necessary, let's figure what type of lighting you need.
Generally, lighting is of the following types:
Fluorescent is, perhaps, the most commonly used lighting type. These lights are suitable for almost all of the freshwater fish and plants. Ample, bright light and inexpensive to boot are some of the qualities that make Fluorescent lights suitable for most occasions.
T-5 HO Fluorescent
T-5 HO is a type of fluorescent that produces more light than regular fluorescents. The term 'HO' in the name signifies High Output. T-5 produces almost twice as much light and is thus geared towards people who own large tanks and require a stronger light source for better illumination.
One side effect of T-5 HO is that it produces more heat. So, you should be careful and should carefully monitor the temperature of the tank when using T-5 HO.
L.E.D (Light Emitting Diode)
Amongst the types of lights discussed above, LED, in my opinion, is the best one. A Light Emitting Diode boasts several advantages over the Fluorescent and T-5 HO. First and Foremost, it is cheaper to operate. Secondly, unlike Fluorescent, it lasts a long time without any change to the amount and color of light.
These are the most common types of lights used in aquariums. Not all of them are suited for every tank. Choose the type of light after considering the type of fish and plants you plan on keeping.
Common Lighting Requirements
If you have been paying attention, you will have noticed a pattern:
The type of light needed is subjective.
Similarly, the amount of light you need depends greatly on the type of fish and plants you keep. On average, most fish species need 10-12 hours of light. This number varies depending on the following factors:
 - The number and type of plants
 - Light requirements of individual fish species
 - The amount of ambient light already available
As a thumb rule remember this:
The more the plants, the more light will be required.
The Effects of Lighting on Aquatic Plants
Aquatic plants aren't much different than surface ones. Both of them require nutrients and a healthy amount of light to grow. More specifically, light is needed for photosynthesis.
For the uninitiated:
Photosynthesis is a process by which plants take in Carbon Dioxide and Light to produce food and Oxygen.
So, the more the light, the more Photosynthesis and hence more food. This is the reason why you need to have sufficient light in your fish tank. Without it, the plants will start to lose their vitality and will ultimately die.
The Effects of Lighting on Different Fish
Just like plants, different fish also need different amounts of light.
Light is essential for the proper growth of fish. The amount of light entering the tank regulates the internal body clocks of the fish. With increased light, fish wake up and become active. Similarly, when it gets dark, the internal clock kicks in and fish go to sleep.
On the other hand, If there is too little light, most fish will lose their appetite and their colors will appear dull. If not resolved, the situation can prove fatal.
The best you can do in this regard is to try to mimic the lighting conditions of your fish's natural habitat. Get as close as you can!
The Side Effects of Too Much Light
There is a Chinese saying:
Wu Ji Bi Fan.
It loosely translates to:
Too much of anything is bad.
This is exactly how you should view lighting. Too much lighting is pretty bad for not only the fish but also your fish tank.
In the case of fish, too much light can disturb their metabolism. Not only that fish can also become stressed which can prove to be fatal.
Similarly, your fish tank as a whole also suffers when there is too much light. Algae grow at an accelerated pace under increased lighting. An increase in the amount of Algae not only pollutes the tank but also reduces the amount of Oxygen when the Algae eventually dies.
To tackle this issue, it is crucial to regulate the amount of light your fish tank gets.
Regulating Light
Too much or too little light can spell doom for a fish owner. The loss of fish and the ever-increasing risk of Algae overgrowth are troubling matters. Keeping this in mind, it is pretty important to regulate the lighting.
Following are two simple ways that you can do this:
 - Buy an electronic timer
 - Set an alarm to turn the lights on and off at the same time each day
The latter point is self-explanatory. The first point, however, requires a little explanation.
An electronic timer is a device that regulates the lighting by turning the lights on and off at the same time every day. You just set the time you want and it takes care of the rest.
This is pretty much all you need to know about lighting for your fish tank. If I were to summarize this discussion in a few sentences, It would be:
Research before purchasing any lighting and don't use too much. Plus, use a timer to regulate it.
Frequently Asked Questions
Are LED lights good for fish?
LED lights are quite good for fish. These lights use far less electricity than other lights, say, Fluorescent. Plus, they also produce less heat and can last for a long time without suffering from the color shift.
Can fish see in the dark in a fish tank?
The question of whether fish can see in the dark is highly subjective. There are fish species which can see in the dark but these are mostly deep-sea fish. Fish taken from ponds and freshwater lakes can't see in the dark.
Do fish like aquarium lights?
Fish need aquarium lights. The absence of light can have adverse effects on their health and overall appearance. If there is not enough light, most fish lose their appetite and their colors become dull.
Can LED lights cause more algae in an aquarium?
No LED lights specifically don't cause more Algae. The growth of Algae depends on a couple of factors:
 - The competition for light
 - The amount of light
If there are no aquatic plants, Algae will have no competition and its growth will be accelerated.
On the other hand, if there is more light than needed than Algae is going to grow at an increased rate.
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UNIX Resources monitor
The UNIX Resources monitor shows the UNIX resources measured during the test run. This graph helps you determine the impact of Vuser load on the various system resources.
Configure the UNIX monitoring environment
This task describes how to configure the UNIX environment before setting up the UNIX monitor. The monitor can be configured with rstatd Daemon, or when non-mandatory credentials fields are supplied, it can be configured to access UNIX resources via the SSH protocol.
Configure the UNIX monitoring environment to allow access via the SSH protocol
 1. Make sure that authentication by password is enabled on your UNIX machine:
 1. Open /etc/ssh/sshd_config.
 2. Find the line that defines the password authentication property, and enable it.
 For example: PasswordAuthentication yes
 If this property is not defined, add it.
 3. Save the file and restart the sshd service.
 2. Verify that the following commands run on the UNIX machine without errors:
 /bin/cat /proc/stat| /bin/grep cpu | /usr/bin/head -n 1
 /bin/cat /proc/stat | /bin/grep btime
 /bin/cat /proc/uptime
 /bin/cat /proc/stat | /bin/grep ctxt
 /bin/cat /proc/vmstat | /bin/grep pgpgin -A 3
 /bin/cat /proc/loadavg
 /bin/cat /proc/net/dev | /usr/bin/head -n3 | /usr/bin/tail -n1
 /bin/cat /proc/stat | /bin/grep intr | /usr/bin/awk '{print $2}'
 /bin/cat /proc/meminfo | /bin/grep MemTotal -A 2
 3. Configure the monitor measurements as described in Set up the UNIX Resources monitor.
Configure the UNIX monitoring environment with rstatd Daemon
 1. Verify whether the rstatd daemon is already configured
 The rstatd daemon might already be configured, because when a machine receives an rstatd request, the inetd on that machine automatically activates the rstatd.
 - The rup command reports various machine statistics, including rstatd configuration. Run the following command on the UNIX machine to view the machine statistics:
 - >rup host
 - You can also use lr_host_monitor and see if it returns any relevant statistics.
 - If the command returns meaningful statistics, the rstatd daemon is already configured and activated. If not, or if you receive an error message, the rstatd daemon is not configured.
 2. Configure the rstatd daemon
 If the rstatd daemon is not yet configured, follow these steps to configure it:
 1. On the UNIX machine, run the command: su root
 2. Go to /etc/inetd.conf and look for the rstatd row (it begins with the word rstatd). If it is commented out (with a #), remove the comment directive, and save the file.
 3. From the command line, run:
 4. kill -1 inet_pid
 where inet_pid is the pid of the inetd process. This instructs the inetd to rescan the /etc/inetd.conf file and register all daemons which are uncommented, including the rstatd daemon.
 5. Run rup again.
 If the command still does not indicate that the rstatd daemon is configured, contact your system administrator.
 3. Configure the monitor for a UNIX machine over a firewall (optional)
 To monitor a UNIX machine over a firewall, you must run a UNIX utility called rpcinfo and identify the rstatd's port number.
 Run rpcinfo -p <hostname>. You will receive a list of all RPC servers registered in the host's portmapper, along with the port number. This list will not change until rstatd is stopped and rerun.
 Some firewalls allow you to open an RPC program number instead of a port. In such cases, open program 100001. If are prompted to include a version number, specify versions 3 and 4.
 4. Configure the monitor measurements as described in Set up the UNIX Resources monitor.
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Set up the UNIX Resources monitor
This task describes how to set up the UNIX Resources monitor.
 1. Prerequisites
 If your monitor accesses a server outside of your internal network, you may need to set up a web proxy to collect data from it. For details, see Use a proxy server.
 2. Select a resources folder.
 Select a resources folder for the monitor profile in the resources tree, or create a new folder as follows:
 1. In LoadRunner Enterprise, click Open the navigation toolbar and select Monitors (under Assets).
 2. Click New Folder and enter a name for the monitor resources folder.
 3. Create a monitor profile.
 1. Click New Monitor Profile, and make sure Monitor Profile is selected.
 2. Enter a name and optional description for the monitor profile, and click Save. An empty monitor profile is added to the selected resources folder.
 3. Select the monitor profile you just added and click Add Monitor.
 1. Select the UNIX Resources monitor type and click Next.
 2. Enter the server details:
 UI Elements
 Description
 Server
 The name or IP address of the server whose resources you want to monitor.
 User Name
 Provide the monitored server's user name if you want to use the SSH protocol to connect to the resource. Otherwise, if left empty, rstatd is required to run the monitor.
 Password
 Provide the monitored server's password if you want to use the SSH protocol to connect to the resource. Otherwise, if left empty, rstatd is required to run the monitor.
 3. Click Get Counters to display a list of available metrics and counters.
 Select the measurements that you want to monitor, and then click to add the counters to the Selected Counters table.
 The following default measurements are available for the UNIX machine:
 Measurement
 Description
 Average load
 Average number of processes simultaneously in Ready state during the last minute.
 Collision rate
 Collisions per second detected on the Ethernet.
 Context switches rate
 Number of switches between processes or threads, per second.
 CPU utilization
 Percent of time that the CPU is utilized.
 Disk rate
 Rate of disk transfers.
 Incoming packets error rate
 Errors per second while receiving Ethernet packets.
 Incoming packets rate
 Incoming Ethernet packets per second.
 Interrupt rate
 Number of device interrupts per second.
 Outgoing packets errors rate
 Errors per second while sending Ethernet packets.
 Outgoing packets rate
 Outgoing Ethernet packets per second.
 Page-in rate
 Number of pages read to physical memory, per second.
 Page-out rate
 Number of pages written to pagefiles and removed from physical memory, per second.
 Paging rate
 Number of pages read to physical memory or written to pagefiles, per second.
 Swap-in rate
 Number of processes being swapped in.
 Swap-out rate
 Number of processes being swapped out.
 System mode CPU utilization
 Percent of time that the CPU is utilized in system mode.
 User mode CPU utilization
 Percent of time CPU is utilized in user mode.
 4. Click Save. The monitor details are displayed in the Monitors tab for the selected monitor profile.
 4. Associate the monitor with your test.
 For details, see Step 3: Associate monitors with your test.
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Notes and limitations
Problem: If rstatd is not running and credentials are not supplied (when credentials are provided, the SSH protocol is used instead of rstatd), the UNIX monitor does not work and returns the following error:
root@<LR Enterprise Server name>:~# rup <LR Enterprise Server name>
rup: RPC: Program not registered
Resolution:
 1. Install rstatd by running the command:
 sudo apt-get install rstatd
 2. Open the /etc/xinetd.conf file in a text editor and add the line:
 rstatd sunrpc_udp udp wait root /usr/sbin/rpc.rstatd rstatd 100001 1-3
 3. Restart rstatd by running the command:
 /usr/sbin/rpc.rstatd start
 4. Verify rstatd is running on the localhost by running the command:
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Physical Adjustments in Yoga Class
Some of us have been in a yoga class and received physical adjustment and felt good. Some of us have been in the same situation and it felt bad. It seems like the same adjustment can bring different results. Why does the touch feel different? Is there different kind of touch?
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Before going into the various types of touch, let's remember that the purpose of any adjustment, is to bring students into awareness of their own alignment, to come into the pose that suits their body, not into a "perfect posture". The moment that physical adjustment is conducted, the teacher's energy comes together with the student's energy. This is an intimate moment, so make sure you agree for it.
It is important to express your feeling during the class. A yoga class is a safe space where your needs are respected. Please say it to your teacher if you don't want to receive adjustments. Saying no to physical adjustment does not mean that you are a worse student or that you don't go deeper into your poses.
In the context of an asana class, the touch can be divided in nine different categories:
1. Investigative Touch
This is a touch to check your muscle activation. For example a pat on your quadriceps to make sure you engage it during Tadasana (Mountain Pose).
2. Directive Touch
This touch guides the particular part of a body to move to a direction. For example is guiding the shoulders to be open, and to open the chest during Bhujangasana (Cobra Pose)
3. Adjusting Touch
This is a touch that is firm and a complete contact to student's body to to adjust the pose. For example, rotating student's upper arm externally in Extended Side Angle
4. Alerting Touch
This touch is to alert student of a particular part of their body. For example touching the fingers in High Mountain to engage the finger tips.
5. Loving Touch
This is for example a pat on the back, which is supportive to give encouragement to student after a challenge.
6. Stabilizing Touch
This touch aims to stabilize student's body in poses that need balance. For example a firm hand on top of the upper hip in Three Legged Dog. This touch would need to use the whole hand and typically is a firm touch.
7. Invasive Touch
This is improper and unethical touch that purposely touch sexual part of the body, or other sensitive parts such the groins, belly, buttocks, throat, or face.
8. Random Touch
This is a random touch to random part of the body with no intention of adjusting. This touch is unnecessary and can create confusion.
9. Sensual Touch
This is a touch that meant to be sensual with no intention to improve the posture. Very improper, unnecessary and inappropriate.
We are all different creatures. Some of us have no problems in touching and being touched, and some of us really feel discomfort in being touched or to touch. Make sure you communicate your feelings in your yoga class, and you can get more benefits of the class, feeling safe and secured.
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The influence of a compressive stress on the nonlinear response of ferroelectric crystals
N. Srivastava, G. J. Weng
Research output: Contribution to journalArticle
8 Scopus citations
Abstract
The origin of nonlinearity in a ferroelectric crystal is domain reorientation, and such a process can be affected by the presence of a compressive stress. In this article we examine how a superimposed compression affects the evolution of new domain and how it changes the shape of the hysteresis loop. We start out by considering the thermodynamic driving force for domain reorientation, and then use a dual-phase homogenization theory to calculate the overall response. To uncover the influence of a compressive stress, the theory is used to calculate the hysteresis loop between the electric displacement D and the electric field E of a BaTiO3 crystal, first without and then with a compression, using a two-consecutive 90° switch model (i.e. 0° → 90° → 180°). It is found that, from the initial 0° position, the compressive stress will increase the thermodynamic driving force and promote an earlier onset of the 90° domain, but its presence will cause a significant delay for the reorientation process to pass through the intermediate 90° state in route to its final 180° configuration. The D vs. E loop then exhibits a more round shape and a lesser steep slope near the coercive field. The delayed passage and more rounded shape are found to be consistent with a recent experimental observation [Burcsu et al., 2004. J. Mech. Phys. Solids 52, 823-846].
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)1860-1873
Number of pages14
JournalInternational journal of plasticity
Volume23
Issue number10-11
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 1 2007
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
 - Materials Science(all)
 - Mechanics of Materials
 - Mechanical Engineering
Keywords
 - Electromechanical coupling
 - Ferroelectric response
 - Influence of compressive stress
 - Irreversible thermodynamics
 - Micromechanics
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As the hydrangea petals fall and the sunflowers bloom, the river changes too. From reflecting the soft, calming tones of the rainy season to the energetic shades of summer green, the serene river changes throughout the year (and even throughout the day!)
Although the Niyodo River is most famous for its miraculously blue color, it can glisten in any color imaginable thanks to its crystal-clear waters that mirror the palette of the ever-changing environment around its banks.
As the moon dances with millions of twinkling stars at night, the river too sways in their silver light. As the sun rises on a new day and the skies burst in a deep orange, so does the Niyodo River.


Documentation Getting Started WP Statistics Exclusions Page
WP Statistics Exclusions Page
On this page, you will find various settings that allow you to exclude certain types of data from being recorded and displayed in your statistics.
The settings available on the Exclusions page include:
 - User Role Exclusions
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 - GeoIP Exclusions
 - Host Exclusions
 - Site URL Exclusions
Each of these settings provides a different way to fine-tune your statistics and exclude any unwanted data. By using the options available on this page, you can ensure that your statistics accurately reflect the data that is most important to you.
For accessing the Exclusions page navigate to Statistics → Settings → Exclusions.
At first, you will have the Record Exclusions option to enable. This setting will keep track of all the excluded data in a separate table, along with the reasons for the exclusion. However, it will not include any other information besides the reason for exclusion. This option can generate a large amount of data, including not just actual user visits but also all the hits to your site, including the excluded ones.
User Role Exclusions
The User Role Exclusions option in the WP Statistics plugin allows you to exclude certain user roles from data collection. This can be useful if you want to exclude certain types of users from your statistics, such as administrators or editors.
One of the key use cases for this feature is when you have a test or development environment, in which you have users with admin or editor roles that are not real users but they are triggering data collection to your statistics. By excluding them you will be able to have more accurate data on your website's statistics.
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IP/Robot Exclusions
Process of excluding certain IP addresses or user agents from being tracked or blocked by a website or web application. This can improve website performance, security, and functionality by excluding unnecessary traffic, and unwanted visitors, and ensuring access to specific content or features to certain groups of users.
Force Robot List Upgrades
The option allows website administrators to automatically reset the list of blocked or excluded IP addresses or user agents to the default after an update of the WP Statistics plugin. This ensures that the website or application is protected with the latest version of the plugin's security features, but it also means that any custom robots added to the list will be lost if this option is enabled. It's an option that allows the website administrator to keep the website or application up-to-date and secure without the need for manual updates.
Robot Visit Threshold
A setting that determines the number of visits from a robot before it is considered a "real" visit and is recorded in the website's statistics. This allows website administrators to filter out noise caused by search engine crawlers and other automated bots that may inflate website traffic statistics. This threshold can be set to a specific number of visits, and any robots that exceed that number will be recorded as a real visit.
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This option is a technique used to identify robots by using a "Honey Pot" page. When enabled, it adds a hidden page on the website that is only accessible to robots, not human visitors. When a robot accesses this page, it is identified as such and can be blocked or excluded from the website's statistics. This technique can be used to improve website performance and security by filtering out unwanted traffic caused by search engine crawlers and other automated bots.
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As a Bot option is a security feature that allows website administrators to identify and block visitors with corrupt browser information. When enabled, it considers any visitor with a missing IP address or empty user agent string as a robot. This is useful as some malicious bots may try to hide their identity by providing corrupt browser information in order to access the website. By treating these visitors as robots, the website can block their access and improve its security.
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Berry gilt strips tax avoidance arrangement fails on appeal to the Upper Tribunal
15 April 2011. Published by Adam Craggs, Partner
The Upper Tribunal (Lewison J) ('UT') has dismissed the taxpayer's appeal against the First-tier Tribunal's ('FTT') decision that he was not entitled to relief for losses suffered as a result of a gilt strip tax planning arrangement – Berry v HMRC [2011] UKUT 81.
The UT, applying the Ramsay principle, determined that the word "loss" in the context of the relevant discounted securities legislation (paragraph 14A, Schedule 13, Finance Act 1996 now sections 427 to 460, Income Tax (Trading and Other Income) Act 2005) meant a real loss, that is, a loss that arose from real commercial outcomes. In reaching his conclusion, Lewison J noted that there is a general expectation that when Parliament uses a word like "loss" it means a commercial loss but that that expectation can be displaced by the express terms of the statute (for example, by an algebraic or artificial approach to quantifying the loss). The UT also determined that the FTT had made no error in law in treating all the steps in the transaction as a single transaction and in disregarding the "anti-Ramsay" device. The FTT's view of the facts was, in the UT's view, a realistic one.


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The modeling of residual stresses induced by drilling remains an issue. Indeed, even if some models are under development, their validation is limited by the absence of universal characterization method of residual stresses inside the hole. This paper aims at presenting a procedure to characterize the residual stress profile induced by drilling. The principle is based on the preparation of a reference sample that has been pre-heat treated in order to remove bulk residual stresses without modifying the microstructure. Then the sample is instrumented with strain gauges before being cut in two parts. This enables on one hand to estimate the elastic recovery after the cut and on the other hand to provide an easy access to the investigated surface. Finally a standard X-Ray diffractometer and an electropolishing technique are combined to estimate residual stresses profiles in two directions (circumferential and axial directions). Some numerical analyses are also performed to estimate stress relaxation during thermal treatment and during sample cutting to give a better interpretation of measurements.
A Method to Characterize Residual Stresses Induced by Machining
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Girinon, M, Robin, V, Jourden, E, Valiorgue, F, Rech, J, & Feulvarch, E. "A Method to Characterize Residual Stresses Induced by Machining." Proceedings of the ASME 2016 Pressure Vessels and Piping Conference. Volume 6B: Materials and Fabrication. Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. July 17–21, 2016. V06BT06A001. ASME. _URL_
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How Is "Swap Usage" activity calculated by the cdm probe in Solaris
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How to verify the swap usage calculation by cdm probe on the Solaris platform
How Is "swap usage" activity calculated by the cdm probe in Solaris
Environment
UIM 8.x, cdm 5.x
Resolution
Swap usage is found using the system call swapctl() by cdm probe on Solaris
CDM gathers swap information in a similar way as the Solaris utility "swap -l" does, but using pages instead of blocks.
To compare the swap information between CDM and the "swap" utility you take the blocks "swap" reports and run it through the formula:

(blocks * 512) / (1024 * 1024) = total_swap MB.
This is the same number of MB the CDM probe uses in its calculations.

Additional Information
See attachment "Solaris_swap_calculation.docx"
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The Web Graph Database
Probe Framework
The purpose of the InfoGrid Probe Framework is to make the content of external data sources appear as native InfoGrid objects that self-update, shadowing the content of the external data source as it changes. By doing this, the development of applications that use changing data from external sources (like RSS feeds, web service calls,...) becomes substantially simpler.
It accomplishes this through the following concepts:
Often, applications choose to update a ShadowMeshBase periodically. (The actual timing depends on the applied policy, which can be defined and updated programmatically.) During each update, the following sequence of events occurs:
 1. The correct Probe is determined for the given data source, by means of the ProbeDirectory, any preferences that the data source expressed in a previous run, and the MIME type and URL of the data source
 2. Changes made by the InfoGrid application to MeshObjects instantiated from the data source content are passed to the Probe, which can attempt to update the data source accordingly. This only occurs if the Probe is a WritableProbe.
 3. The Probe re-reads the data source, and instantiates the corresponding MeshObjects into the StagingMeshBase.
 4. The Differencer compares the previously-read set of MeshObjects (current content of the ShadowMeshBase) with the most recently-read set of MeshObjects (current content of the StagingMeshBase)
 5. It then applies the found changes to the ShadowMeshBase, which transitions the MeshObjectGraph contained in the ShadowMeshBase to the most current version.
 6. The StagingMeshBase is discarded.
 7. As a consequence, the ShadowMeshBase emits a stream of events that is identical to the stream of events that would have been emitted if the ShadowMeshBase's MeshObjects would have been manipulated there directly. If conveyed via XPRISO, other MeshBases cannot distinguish this event stream from any other event stream conveyed via XPRISO.
 8. A future update may be scheduled.
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How to Randomly Select N Rows
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Suppose there're 4 kinds of fruit displayed in a supermarket.
mysql> select * from fruits;
+----+--------+
| id | name |
+----+--------+
| 1 | apple |
| 2 | banana |
| 3 | cherry |
| 4 | mango |
+----+--------+
4 rows in set (0.00 sec)
A mother asks you to select 2 fruits randomly for her from the list. In such case, you can use order by rand() combining with limit 2 to meet her requirements like this.
mysql> select * from fruits order by rand() limit 2;
+----+--------+
| id | name |
+----+--------+
| 4 | mango |
| 2 | banana |
+----+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
Which means, the statement will sort the output based on their random value of each row generated by rand() function and then retrieve only the top 2 rows.
For ensuring the output is listed in sequence for her conveniences to pick up, you can using a subquery and order by the first column to achieve this:
mysql> select * from (select * from fruits order by rand() limit 2) t order by 1;
+----+--------+
| id | name |
+----+--------+
| 2 | banana |
| 4 | mango |
+----+--------+
2 rows in set (0.00 sec)
As simple as that.
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Use the following steps to upgrade the Java Run Environment, install Message Queue, and upgrade Directory Server.
Upgrade the Java 2 Runtime Environment (or Java 2 SDK) on each host (except on Windows NT) where Identity Synchronization for Windows components are installed. The minimum required version is 1.5.0.
Upgrade Directory Server to version 6.3. For more information, see Chapter 1, Overview of the Migration Process for Directory Server.
To keep the Administration Server intact, use the -N option while migrating Directory Server (configuration and data) to version 6.3. For more information on migrating configuration data and user data, see Using dsmig to Migrate Configuration Data and Using dsmig to Migrate User Data respectively.
The Directory Server upgrade preserves your current Directory Server configuration and database.


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How to register a marriage in Nigeria
Following is a guideline on how to register a marriage in the Federal Republic of Nigeria under Nigerian law. Please note that Nigerian authorities do not usually require an Australian citizen to provide a Certificate of No Impediment to Marriage (CNI) when registering a marriage.
- Marriage is registered at a local public registry, which requires a Letter of Marriage Intention and payment of a fee of Naira 2,000.
- A person under 18 years of age, who wishes to register a marriage, is required to present a letter of consent from his or her parents.
- The registry will display the Letter of Marriage Intention for 21 days on a public notice board.
- Provided that no objection to the intended marriage is made during the 21 day period, a couple may then register their marriage.
- Birth certificates or official documents showing the ages of the couple are required together with the results of HIV and genotype tests.
- A divorcee must produce a divorce certificate, while a widow or a widower is required to present the death certificate of the late spouse.
- A marriage registrar may witness the exchange of oaths by the couple.


You will need to use Preview to make an application icon.
 1. Find the application you wish to make the icon for in the Applications Folder.
 2. Get the info for the application by going Command + I or selecting File > Get Info. Copy the icon in the top left corner (Command + C)
 3. Open Preview and select File > New from Clipboard (Command + N).
 4. The application icon should appear. Press Command + I to get the image size. Select the image that gives you 256 x 256 pixels and then select File > Save. Ensure that you are only saving the one image, not the entire collection that appears in the left-hand sidebar.
 5. Save the icon as Application_Name.png with underscores instead of spaces. Make sure that you save it as a PNG. Select Save.
 6. Once you have created the application icon, Add it to the relevant folder in LibApps.
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You are here: Specialized Trading Tools > OptionTrader > Create/Edit Buttons
The Button Panel
Many of the trading tools provide a configurable Buttons panel that you can elect to hide or display, and which lets you create new and edit buttons that perform the defined trading action with a single click.
To configure the buttons panel
 1. From within the current tool, click the configure wrench to open Global Configuration for the tool.
 2. Select Buttons in the left pane.
The existing buttons and their actions are displayed at the top of the page.
 1. Click Newto create a new button/action, or select a button and click Editto modify an existing button.
 2. Use the Button Appearance section to change the label, the text color and the background color.
 3. Select an action to associate with the button using the Select Action dropdown.
 4. Fine-tune the action by entering data in the Customize Action area. For example, for the action Increase price or size, you can specify the price or size field to which the button applies, and set the interval by which to increase the field value.
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Want to know where Cymbeline is set? See each setting Shakespeare used in the play on the map below.
Shakespeare was 'thinking deep' in setting Cymbeline. It's set in the middle ages in a mythical England and a Rome that is very different from the Rome of Shakespeare's great Roman plays. It is more like the Renaissance cities Shakespeare creates in other plays, such as Verona in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare reminds us all the time of the setting by referring to the two places. He uses the word Britain rather than England because in this play the idea of Empire is central. It is to some extent about the tension between the two empires of Rome and Britain, the first in a decadent state and the second beginning to flourish. The old and the new. The play's major ambiguity is that Rome is the ruler of Britain and its equal at the same time.
The map below shows all the locations Shakespeare used for Cymbeline. You can zoom in on the map for a more detailed view of an area, and click the icons on the map for more information. Text in the more info box are the specific locations Shakespeare references in his Cymbeline text.


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Difference Between Blue Collar and White Collar
Blue Collar vs White Collar
Up to this day, there is confusion in discerning blue from white collar jobs. There has been some stigma attached to some, most especially to blue collar jobs. Nevertheless, both job types have their own set of pros and cons.
Traditionally, white collar jobs were named as such because these jobs originally required the worker to wear a shirt that is colored white either with a tie or without one. These jobs are often those that require the employee to wear a tie and work within the safe confines of the four walls of their offices, stores, schools and the like. Nevertheless, it can be safely said that the era of wearing the traditional white shirt and tie has already faded away. Still, many professionals like doctors and lawyers still don their ties and perhaps couple it with a white coat (especially for the medical doctors) to give an impression of a more serious stance.
On the contrary, blue collar jobs are not necessarily jobs that require the worker to wear blue shirts or polo. It is rather an expression which emphasizes that these employees work in a non-management position like those jobs that may involve workers becoming dirtier because of physically working a little harder. Often, these are the jobs that require protection clothing. So, perhaps the confusion sets in when one would label being a doctor as a blue collar job because most of them wear a doctor's coat or mask for protection. Medical doctors are white collar workers! Blue collar workers are the auto mechanics, drivers, and factory employees.
Unfortunately, there is an undeniable presence of a stigma for blue collar jobs. People often become too judgmental and say that these jobs are just plain 'dirty,' literally. Even if most of these jobs are more laborious, not to mention dangerous for the employee because of the workplace they report to, this does not always hold true to all cases.
Conversely, white collar jobs have a better working environment that are usually cleaner and cooler. These are the corporate jobs that often have a good basic monthly pay. As a result, many professionals who hold a degree end up with a white collar job while those who didn't finish college will eventually end up in 'just' a blue collar job. Yet again, this is not applicable to all situations. Also, middle class workers have been linked to blue collar while the upper class workers have been connected to white collar. Fortunately for blue collar jobs, the truth about receiving a higher pay for their white collar counterpart is not always true. In several instances, they even end up receiving a higher pay than the white collar workers.
1. White collar jobs are made synonymous to professionals who obtained higher degrees and education.
2. White collar jobs are linked to the generally higher paying type of jobs.
3. White collar jobs often have a cleaner of 'better' workplaces.
4. White collar jobs are more corporate and managerial while blue collar jobs are often non management but actual physical labor type of jobs.
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