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Introduction to Ultraviolet Analyzer classification, applications and differences
Ultraviolet Analyzers are divided into a number of families, There are three-use Ultraviolet Analyzer, Camera Ultraviolet Analyzer, Photographic Ultraviolet Analyzer, etc. Different Ultraviolet Analyzer (UV Analyzer) have different uses.
Three-use Ultraviolet Analyzer features and benefits
1. Ultraviolet Analyzer (UV Analyzer) consists of an Ultraviolet lamp and a filter. 254nm wavelength, 365nm wavelength, the two wavelengths can be used independently of each other, and has the function of dot sampling.
2. Ultraviolet Analyzer (UV Analyzer) has low power consumption, low heat, and can be used continuously for a long time. The biggest advantage is that it can be turned on and off at any time, which is very convenient.
3. Ultraviolet Analyzer The light from the tube of the UV lamp is filtered through the filter to remove visible light, providing intense 254nm and 365nm Ultraviolet light for fluorescence analysis.
4. In the dark room, the distance between samples can be roughly estimated through the point sampling function of the instrument.
Three-use Ultraviolet Analyzer (UV Analyzer)
Power: 220 v, 50 hz.
Power: 25 W.
Ultraviolet wavelength: 254nm, 365nm.
Color filter: 200×50mm
Weight: about 3 Kg


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Completeness of Birth Registration in the United States in 1940
The article describes in details the steps taken to assess the completeness of birth registration in the US in 1940, by comparing infant cards (cards with information about the children born in four months before the 1940 US population census) with registration records in each State. The assessment shows that most of the US States were able to maintain 90% and above level of registration, while some are below 90% coverage.
The article was prepared by Robert F. Lenhart in 1943 and published on American Journal of Public Health, Vol. 33, June 1943, Pages 685-690.
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text: Nebraska had enacted legislation (L.B. 424) revising the definition of tangible personal property to include generation facilities using solar PV and certain forms of biomass as a fuel source. Previously, only wind energy facilities fell under this definition. The new law allows an exemption from the property tax levied on depreciable tangible personal property for any such property used directly for the generation of electricity via PV, wind, or certain forms of biomass with a minimum capacity of 100 kW. In place of a property tax, these systems are subject to a nameplate capacity tax of $3,518/MW times the local tax rate, which was previously the case for wind energy systems.

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Book Buddies Program
Ms. Jeanette Rosenberg
Book Buddies is a research-based one-on-one tutorial program that supports reading instruction in the classroom. It enlists trained community volunteers to provide instruction to first and second grade students who need extra support in literacy acquisition. The program is in its 18th year of operation in the school division. There are approximately 120 tutor-student pairs who are supervised by eight reading specialists at five elementary schools.
Volunteers are trained to become effective tutors in a two-hour group session in September and a follow-up building-level session in January. They receive additional support throughout the year by the reading specialists at each school. A published manual is made available to the new tutors.
The reading coordinators write individualized lesson plans for each tutoring session. They assess the students three times a year, participate in scheduling, and maintain communication with the students' classroom teachers.
Research data shows that students are achieving, as evidenced by increases on measures of alphabet and word recognition. The Book Buddies Program has attracted widespread national attention at reading conferences and in national and international professional journals. It has been replicated throughout Virginia and around the nation. The Book Buddies Program is the recipient of the Virginia State Reading Association's 1997 Literacy Award.
Persons who are interested in volunteering in the Book Buddies Program may obtain additional information by calling _PHONE_.


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- Antiguan racer
- Antigua and Barbuda ()
The rarest snake is the Antiguan racer (Alsophis antiguae) of which fewer than 150 are now believed to exist, including those in captivity. The snake was once common in Antigua, but disappeared from the island following the introduction of non-indigenous predators, black and brown rats (Rattus rattus and Rattus norvegicus) and then the Asian mongoose (Herpestes javanicus). The racer was thought to be extinct, but in 1989 was rediscovered only on Great Bird Island off the northeast coast of Antigua. Following intense conservation programmes, the species is slowly recovering, although remains classified as Critically Endangered on the IUCN (World Conservation Union) Red List 2004.

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International Association of Engineering and Management Education (IAEME)
Dealing with a huge amount of data puts the requirement for efficient data access more critical in data grids. Improving data access time is a one way of reducing the job execution time i.e. improving performance. To speed up the data access and reduce bandwidth consumption, data grids replicate data in multiple locations. This paper studies a new data replication strategy in data grid, which takes into account two important issues concerning replication: storage capability of different nodes and bandwidth consumption between nodes. It also considers the popularity of the file for replacement. Lesser popular files get less priority then the higher popular file. The authors also need to consider the limitation on storage.


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The history of mazes and labyrinths goes back to ancient times and the Minotaur and Labyrinth from Greek mythology. From there, mazes were built in pebbles, earth and more, and in 1690 the oldest surviving hedge maze was created – the Hampton Court Maze in Greater London
Who invented the corn maze?
The history of mazes in corn fields goes back to 1993. Don Frantz and Adrian Fisher worked together to design and build the first corn maze in the United States, at Lebanon Valley College, in east-central Pennsylvania. The first corn maze was only on 3 acres and had 1.92 miles of pathway, and was officially certified by Guinness as the world's largest corn maze (though others have long since surpassed that record)
One difference of corn mazes in the US as compared to traditional hedge mazes is the addition of puzzles or other brainteasers that are often needed to be solved in order to complete the maze. Typically a corn maze will also be cut in a particular shape, whereas traditional hedge mazes were generally in geometric patterns
The first corn maze was titled "The Amazing Maize Maze" (see what I mean about those puns?!) and was shaped in the form of "Cornelius, the Cobasaurus"


IRRd version 4.2.2
Internet Routing Registry daemon version 4 is an IRR database server, processing IRR objects in the RPSL format. Its main features are:
 - Validating, cleaning and storing IRR data, and extracting information for indexing.
 - Providing several query interfaces to query the IRR data.
 - Handling authoritative IRR data, and allowing users with the appropriate authorisation to submit requests to change objects.
 - Mirroring other IRR databases using file imports and NRTM.
 - Offering NRTM mirroring and full export services to other databases.
Legacy versions of IRRd are or were in use at NTT and RADB, amongst other places. Difficulties with continued maintenance and extension of these older versions lead to the IRRd v4 project.
This project was originally commissioned by NTT and designed and developed by DashCare.
For administrators
This documentation is mainly for administrators of IRRd deployments.
Running queries
For end users
This documentation is mainly for end users, who are performing queries on IRRd instances, or trying to add objects to an instance, or running mirrors of an IRRd instance.
For developers
This documentation is mainly for people who want to develop on the IRRd code base itself, or want to know how it works.
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EDUCATIONAL SCIENCES-THEORY & PRACTICE, cilt.15, ss.607-620, 2015 (SSCI İndekslerine Giren Dergi)
The purpose of this study is to examine the flow of doctoral students who are also research assistants and in the dissertation process. The study was designed using the case study method. The case undertaken in the study was the dissertation process. Eleven participants were selected into the study using maximum variation sampling. Face-to-face, semi-structured interviews were conducted with the participants. Descriptive analysis was used to analyze the transcripts. The descriptive analysis of the data identified four main themes: (i) personal characteristics, including tackling challenges, sense of responsibility and planned work habits; (ii) interest in the field, including decision making about postgraduate education, satisfaction from postgraduate education, the fit between the doctoral field and the student's interests and skills, and academic goals; (iii) emotional attachment, including enjoyed stages of the dissertation process, feelings aroused by the dissertation, and concentration on the dissertation process; and (iv) living the flow.


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Python: Compute the radius and the central coordinate (x, y) of a circle which is constructed by three given points on the plane surface
Python Basic - 1: Exercise-39 with Solution
Write a program to compute the radius and the central coordinate (x, y) of a circle which is constructed from three given points on the plane surface.
Input:
x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3 separated by a single space.
Sample Solution:
Python Code:
# Prompt the user to input three coordinates of the circle
print("Input three coordinates of the circle:")
x1, y1, x2, y2, x3, y3 = map(float, input().split())
# Calculate distances between points
c = (x1 - x2)**2 + (y1 - y2)**2
a = (x2 - x3)**2 + (y2 - y3)**2
b = (x3 - x1)**2 + (y3 - y1)**2
# Calculate the cross-product
s = 2 * (a * b + b * c + c * a) - (a**2 + b**2 + c**2)
# Calculate the central coordinate of the circle
px = (a * (b + c - a) * x1 + b * (c + a - b) * x2 + c * (a + b - c) * x3) / s
py = (a * (b + c - a) * y1 + b * (c + a - b) * y2 + c * (a + b - c) * y3) / s
# Calculate the radius of the circle
ar = a**0.5
br = b**0.5
cr = c**0.5
r = ar * br * cr / ((ar + br + cr) * (-ar + br + cr) * (ar - br + cr) * (ar + br - cr))**0.5
# Print the radius and central coordinate of the circle
print("Radius of the said circle:")
print("{:>.3f}".format(r))
print("Central coordinate (x, y) of the circle:")
print("{:>.3f}".format(px), "{:>.3f}".format(py))
Sample Output:
Input three coordinate of the circle:
 9 3 6 8 3 6
Radius of the said circle:
3.358
Central coordinate (x, y) of the circle:
6.071 4.643
Explanation:
The above Python code takes as input three pairs of coordinates representing the points on a circle. It then calculates the radius and central coordinate of the circle based on these input coordinates using geometric formulas. Here's a step-by-step explanation:
 - Input Coordinates:
 - The user is prompted to input three pairs of coordinates (x, y) representing points on a circle.
 - Calculate Distances:
 - The code calculates the squared distances between pairs of points using the distance formula.
 - Calculate Cross-Product and Central Coordinate:
 - It computes a cross-product and uses it to calculate the central coordinates (px, py) of the circle.
 - Calculate Radius:
 - The code computes the radius of the circle using the squared distances between points.
 - Print Results:
 - The radius and central coordinates of the circle are printed with three decimal places.
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964. Advance determinations.
The Civil Aviation Authority ('CAA')1 may make a market power determination2 or an operator determination3 based entirely or partly on circumstances that have not arisen at the time the determination is made4. Such a determination may be made only if the CAA considers that the specified circumstances are likely to arise5. The CAA must specify the circumstances in the determination6.
The CAA is not required7 to publish or send a copy of a notice of a determination made in reliance of the above provisions8, or reasons for such a determination, at a time when the circumstances specified in the determination


FAQ :: What is the difference between white and black magic?
I have heard this basic differentiation: Black magic is intended to cause harm and is evil; white magic seeks to heal, not harm. While that may be true, you have to ask the simple question, "What is the source of the power?" If it is anything but the power of Almighty God, then it is to be avoided at all costs.
God will never allow himself to be degraded to the point of being summoned to cast a spell or to levitate an object. I can promise you that will never happen. So, right away, you can rule out most "magic" as being of the devil.
Prayer calls on the power of God according to His good will and purposes. A prayerful heart says, "Lord I don't know best, but You do, so please help me." In contrast, magic calls on supernatural power for selfish gain or to cause harm, using occult rituals. The magic we are referring to is not the bunny in the hat, sleight-of-hand magic found at kid's birthday parties; it is an occult ritual that calls on the evil, supernatural powers of the devil.


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Get Example source ABAP code based on a different SAP table
garbage collector Deletes objects that are no longer referenced by heap references or field symbols and for which no method is registered as an event handler. The garbage collector is called periodically by the ABAP runtime environment. It tracks the reference variables of deleted objects. See also weak reference.


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In 2007, the Child and Family Research Centre, NUI Galway, was commissioned by the PMC to evaluate Globe: All Ireland Programme for Immigrant Parents. From 2007 - 2009 a number of interim evaluation reports were submitted to the PMC on the development phase of the project and its resources. In 2009, following the extension of the project, the objectives of the evaluation were revised. These objectives, which underpin this final evaluation report, are as follows:
Examine and assess the pilot phase;
Examine and assess the uptake and use of the Information Packs by parents and practitioners;
Examine and assess the partnership working and development on a multi-sectoral and crossborder basis of the PMC, and more generally in meeting the needs of immigrant parents;
Examine and assess the mainstreaming of learning and good practice; and
Examine and assess the training/awareness raising and support of practitioners in delivering the programme.
- A very high number of potential future professionals received the capacity and awareness training day and globe toolkit. The PMC or member organisations should consider initiating contact and work with further/higher education institutions who received the capacity and awareness training and resources. Attempts should be made to track the extensive numbers of students who received the training and resources to examine future use in practice.
- In any potential revisions to the toolkit the possibility of adding signposts to online or hardcopy sources of information should be explored.
- Consider refining the information pack to reflect more local information, or signposting practitioners and parents to sources of local information.
- The provision of an electronic toolkit is a positive, cost-effective development in sustaining the globe. However, it is clear that the resources, in tandem with the capacity and awareness training day, have made the most impact. Any electronic circulation of the toolkit should be done so with consideration for the capacity and awareness training day developed by culturewise.
- In addition to this successful mainstreaming approach, the pmc or member organisations should consider a dissemination plan for the findings of this evaluation and learning from the toolkit more generally.


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Follow Farmer Susie as she guides your PreSchool or Kindergarten child through her farm! Barnyard Adventure is a fun, learning adventure that is designed to reinforce important skills at the Pre-K through K grade level. Big, colorful, hand-drawn graphics make the fruit, animals, and other shapes easy to identify and interact with. Farmer Susie is an adorable, fully animated cartoon character that guides your child through the farm using a dynamic, completely voice acted narration system. She is always on the screen offering clear instructions and encouraging verbal rewards. The bright and friendly voice, combined with the full musical score adds to the delight and charm of this game.
- Fully animated and completely voice acted Farmer Susie cartoon character!
- Animated backgrounds bring the farm to life
- Reinforces counting, letter and shape recognition, memory, and cognitive thinking!
- Almost 2 dozen objects to interact with across 6 different mini-games. Randomized objects, numbers, and shapes give infinite re-playability!
- Rewarding gameplay lets your child hear Farmer Susie's poems and collect gold coins with pictures from the farm on them!


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By Bill McEvoy
In honor of Memorial Day, local historian Bill McEvoy has compiled histories of some of the Civil War clergy who are buried at Mount Auburn Cemetery. This is part 13 of 15.
Reverend Charles Noyes was born October 26, 1835, in Petersham, Massachusetts, and died on May 23, 1916, in Norwich, Connecticut.
He attended the Hopkins classical school in Cambridge, and later the Cambridge High School. He graduated from Harvard College in 1856 and from the Harvard Divinity School in 1859.
In January 1860, he was installed as the pastor of the Unitarian society at Brighton, Massachusetts, from which he resigned in 1864 due to ill health.
He had served as a volunteer nurse at Fredericksburg, Virginia, after 1864, battles Wilderness and Spotsylvania. In May of 1864, he became the chaplain of Galops Island in Boston Harbor.
He later worked at various churches, including Northfield and Clinton Massachusetts, and Cincinnati, Ohio. In 1882, he went to Portland Oregon for two years.
In the spring of 1884, he became the pastor of the Unitarian Church in North Andover. Later, he held the position held to August 1904, when resigned and became, Pastor Emeritus.
Find the gravesites of the Civil War Clergy by entering their name here: _URL_ Bill McEvoy can be reached at _EMAIL_


of those scenarios below and how to reproduce them in Node-Red.
Delay an Action
Most timers are used to delay a specific action until a relative later point in time (i.e. turning off a light after a specific time interval). Node-Red has a Delay node for performing this same time of set time delay.
Block Other Actions During a Defined Time Period
Many times in Openhab when you don't want an action occurring within a certain time frame of a previous action, you do so by setting a timer in the first action and then checking if a timer is still active when a second action tries to occur. In Node-Red there are a couple of different ways to accomplish this depending on some of the nuances involved. One is to use a "Rate Limit" within a delay and telling the delay to drop any messages that come in during the delay.
You can also use the Trigger node in Node-Red. These nodes are very flexible, allowing you to send actions at the start of a time period or at the end or during both. You can also extend the triggers if certain events happen. So for example if you have a motion sensor trigger a light on and then want it to turn off after the last trigger from your motion sensor you could use a trigger as follows:
As you'll see, there are many different ways with Delays and Triggers that you can approach solving the same problem.
Logging
Logging is one of the big strengths of Node-Red. You can create immediate Debug outputs that you can see from the edit window or to File nodes to write entries to an external log file.
Notifications
While Node-RED has some addon Nodes to help support different types of notifications, I wanted to still be able to leverage some of the built in functionality of OpenHAB as well. This required setting up necessary OpenHAB items and rules to interfact into OpenHAB's functionality.
Broadcast Notifications
Through the OpenHAB Cloud Connector _URL_ you are able to use the mobile apps to both access your system and receive broadcast notifications _URL_ To integrate this into Node-RED requires an item to carry the notification information and a rule to trigger the notification.
Item Definition:
String vNotification "Notification [%s]"'
Notifications.rules:
rule "Send Notification"
when
 Item vNotification received update
then
 sendBroadcastNotification(vNotification.state.toString)
end
And finally a Node-RED flow to send the notification. Here I used a change node to create my text message:
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You can also use the template node to include other payloads or topics into your notification message:
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If you want to add a time stamp to your message I was able to put together the following to create a plain language time stamp (i.e. 3:32 pm)
For cut-and-paste purposes:
msg.payload = msg.payload + new Date().toLocaleTimeString('en-US',{timeZoneName: 'short'});
return msg;
Audio & Voice
OpenHAB has the ability to play audio files and convert text-to-speech: _URL_ To take advantage of this integration we follow a similar approach as we did for the Broadcast Notifications above using a combination of a custom item and a rule combined with a Node-RED flow.
First to trigger a text-to-voice (assuming you have already setup everything in OpenHAB as per above).
Item Definition:
String vSpeech
Speech.rules:
rule "Send Speech"
when
Item vSpeech received update
then
say(vSpeech.state.toString)
end
And finally a NodeRed flow to tie it together.
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I went a step further with mine to control the volume levels during and after sending speech (turning it up while the speech is broadcast and turning it back down). So I created a sub-flow (_URL_
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Similarly for sending an Audio file saved to your conf/sounds directory:
Item Definition:
String vSound
Sound.rules:
rule "Send Sound"
when
 Item vSound received update
then
 playSound(vSound.state.toString)
end
And Node-RED flow:
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Email
For email you can choose to use the SendMail binding _URL_ or alternatively you can do it directly from Node-RED using the email node _URL_ The one trick I did apply here is I didn't want to configure each node instance with my smtp server information and I wanted the ability to turn on and off the ability to send email (so I didn't spam my wife when I was testing) so instead created an email subflow and a control flow.
Email Subflow:
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Change Log
06.27.2017
 - Updated Item <item> changed [from <state>] [to <state>]
 - Fixed missing <>
 - Revised Item <item%gt; received command [<command>] / Item <item> received update [<state>] to differentiate between a change in status vs. just an update (where the status might not change)
 07.04.2017
 - Updated * If…then Statements to include the openhab-get node for checking item state
 08.03.2017
 - Added reference to node-red nodes - norelite
 08.18.2017
 - Added Notifications Section
 - Added notes on integrating with MQTT
Node-RED as a rule/script engine for openHAB
Washing Machine State Machine
Defining 'things' in paper UI and code
Node-RED as a rule/script engine for openHAB
Multiple events from one change to group
Controlling OpenHAB by Telegram?
Anyone has created a Scene using Tasmota Sonoff Switch
Finding the Xtend syntax really frustrating for writing rules. Can I write rules in another scripting language?
Testers for Verisure openHAB 2 binding
Install OpenHab on Windows or Ubuntu?
Do i missed something / menu and theme not available
Alexa skills using a Local MyOpenHAB server
Node-RED as a rule/script engine for openHAB
(steve1) #2
Looks very interesting. Does Node-RED support turning flows into nodes that can be displayed in the side bar? A related question is whether a flow can be parameterized and reused by instantiating a flow with specific parameters. For example, if I have a complex flow for a type of device and I have 20 of those devices, can I create a flow component that can be reused for each device by just specifying the device-specific parameters for each device?
(Rgerrans) #3
I haven't played with them yet but Node-RED has the concept of sub-flows which are reusable flows that are treated like a node in your main flows - _URL_
(Eurico Borges) #4
You should put this info in the Wiki. not just in the forum.
(Rgerrans) #5
Which Wiki?
(Eurico Borges) #6
I was thinking on _URL_
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Hey @rgerrans, great to see this thread after just a few days!! :wink:
@eurico_borges I'd prefer the tutorials to stay in the "Tutorials & Examples" section. This way people can discuss solutions and related problems as well as post related solutions or alternatives. The article can also be modified and updated more easily here.
However, I'd be happy to include the tutorial in the list of recommended tutorials in the second half of: _URL_
(steve1) #8
Maybe I missed something, but BigTimer doesn't seem to completely replace cron triggers since the time specifications are at the minute resolution. For higher resolution triggers (e.g., every 15 seconds) there is a cron node in Node-RED.
(Joe Lawrence) #9
Can the two rule engines co-exist??? IE Can I use both?
(Rgerrans) #10
Good catch. BigTimer looks to me to be more of an on/off timer (with minute heart beat which I find useful for resetting my schedule status following a restart). It doesn't look like it's designed to do repeat triggers. That's one nice thing about Node-RED is all the different contributed nodes.
In addition to the cron nodes, you could also just put a loop with a timed delay in your flow to cause a repeat during your on window. Like this:
Edit: Just realized this approach won't turn off. There should be a way with a trigger instead of a delay to inject an off into the flow, Will have to play with it later,
(Rgerrans) #11
Yes. I'm running mine in parallel while I transition my rules over.
In addition, I created an OH rule/virtual text item last night to be able to do a sendBroadcastNottification going forward so that I can still send notifications to the OH Mobile App once i migrate all my rules to node-RED so I anticipate still using the OH rules for at least that (I'll add it to the tutorial when I get a gap of free time).
(Joe Lawrence) #12
Thanks, you're doing exactly what I was looking to do. Always good to have extra tools!!
(Rgerrans) #13
Ok, got a chance to play some more and went with a trigger so that I could use the off from BigTimer to stop the trigger. Needed to add a slight delay otherwise it would get ahead of itself


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Bay scallops are found from Nova Scotia to the Texas and can be categorized into several subspecies. Bay scallops found in Florida usually have 17-21 ribs and are found in seagrass beds. Most animals have one mottled gray-brown shell and one white shell while the orange variety is less abundant (above).
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Groupers are very slow-growing fish, taking anywhere from 4-8 years to reach sexual maturity.
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Definition of prefatory
a. - Pertaining to, or of the nature of, a preface; introductory to a book, essay, or discourse; as, prefatory remarks. 2
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Adjustable birthing chair, Europe, _PHONE_
Childbirth is made more comfortable for the mother by the adjustable seat, back and arms of the chair. It is made from wood, padded leather and iron. The seat shape allows a clear route for the emerging baby and access for those assisting the birth. The chair is also known as a parturition chair. They were used from ancient times until the 1800s. The grooved parts on the bottom of the frame were used for leg rests, which the mother would use for support and to press against. Some birthing chairs have low centres of gravity so the mother can squat and still be supported by the chair.
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Chair used during parturition, a seat in which a mother may give birth to her child
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The sea as a symbol in the awakening
The awakening is a novel full of symbolism symbols in the awakening ocean, gulf, or sea: the ocean is a symbol of both freedom and escape edna remembers the kentucky fields of her childhood as an ocean. The awakening symbols topics: piano when edna is unable to rationalize her old and new selves, she surrenders her life to the sea as an escape from domestic compliance and solitary freedom. Usually, 'the sea' is used as a symbol in literature to represent life and its hardships the sea, with its daunting width and depth, simply stands for life itself. Detailed information on kate chopin's the awakening: characters, setting, questions for students, scholars, and readers katechopinorg the kate chopin of the awakening traces the heroine's emotional journey, exploring her relationships with friends, lovers, and the sea. Start studying the awakening questions learn vocabulary, terms, and more with flashcards, games, and other study tools search create log in sign up log in sign up 64 terms katiecoogan the sea is a symbol of edna's awakening.
In kate chopin's the awakening the symbols in the awakening english literature essay print reference this published: 23rd march the second symbol to be analyzed is the frequent appearance of the ocean/sea of all the symbols in the novel. This essay symbols in the awakening and other 63,000+ term papers whereas a symbol as complicated as the sea symbols are message within a word that must be analyzed to discover in the awakening. Essay/term paper: the awakening's symbolic significance of the sea essay, term paper, research paper: kate chopin. In kate chopin's the awakening, edna develops her sense of self through her discovery of freedom in the powerful presence of the sea ultimately, the sea serves as a symbol of edna's desired solitude and freedom and as the influence that allows her to achieve an authentic sense of individuality.
Quotes from kate chopin's novel, the awakening (1899) 'the awakening' quotes search the site go literature quotations funny quotes love quotes the voice of the sea is seductive, never ceasing, whispering, clamoring, murmuring, inviting the soul to wander in abysses of solitude all along. Get everything you need to know about the sea in the awakening analysis, related quotes, timeline.
Study guide for the awakening by kate chopin in the awakening, cigars appear several times as a symbol of masculinity and men of the upper class only men are allowed to smoke while women were not allowed to smoke at all, especially not cigars. I hope to define some of the most common spiritual awakening signs for you in this article more sign in i hope to provide some basic information on signs and symbols that one could experience while going through a spiritual i felt what you would describe as a calling from the sea. The bird that would soar above the level plain of tradition and prejudice must have strong wings it is a sad spectacle to see the weaklings bruised, exhausted, fluttering back to earth ~kate chopin, the awakening the advice (above) that mademoiselle reisz gives to edna in kate chopin's the awakening perfectly embodies the use of. A story told with adobe spark symbols in the awakening emily yearta birds trapped in a cage symbolizes edna it portrays that she is limited by society and is not truly free the sea is a symbol of freedom and what edna believes is the solution to her issue.
The sea as a symbol in the awakening
Symbols are everywhere in literature, including kate chopin's feminist novella ''the awakening'' in this lesson, learn about a couple of the. 236 quotes from kate chopin: 'the voice of the sea speaks to the soul','she wanted something to happen - something, anything: she did not know what', and 'perhaps it is better to wake up after all ― kate chopin, the awakening.
- On one hand the sea is a symbol of empowerment in the awakening in the sea, edna learns to swim (and, by extension, learns that she does in fact have control over her own body.
- Symbolism and imagery i specifically focused on the symbolism the mentioning of birds, the sea and romanticism portrayed in the novel the posts i created serve the purpose of contributing analysis on the major themes and symbolism portrayed in the awakening.
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Arachidic acid (IUPAC
name Eicosanoic acid
is a saturated fatty acid found in peanut oil with the molecular formula CH3
Its name derives from the Latin arachis - peanut. It can be formed by the hydrogenation of arachidonic acid.
It is practically insoluble in water, and stable under normal conditions. It is a surfactant.
Reduction of arachidic acid yields arachidyl alcohol.


How to Tell the Difference Between a Male and Female Snake?
How in the world do you tell whether a snake is male or female? It is so difficult, right? Well, I did some research on the topic and have written it down to share with you.
Male snakes can most easily be differentiated from females because they have thicker tails. If this does not clearly show the difference, a probe can be inserted in the slit in front of the tail to feel for a hemipenes.
Trying to tell by just looking for hemipenes is actually harder than it sounds. So, what are the best ways to tell the difference between boy snakes and girl snakes?
Tail Characteristics as a Way to Sex Snakes
Male and female snakes have very different shaped tails. Who knew? The first thing you need to know is, what qualifies as the snake's tail? In every snake there is a slit along the underbelly, toward the end of the snake, this slit is called a cloaca.
The length of the snake from the cloaca to the tip of the back end of the snake is its tail. Because females lack hemipenes, their tails are skinnier and fade evenly to the point. Male snakes, on the other hand, have thicker tails that stay thick until they quickly come to a point at the very end of their tails.
This is a good way to tell whether or not a snake is male or female when you have two snakes side by side, but trying to figure this out with only one snake can be rather difficult, so they have invented a few other ways to determine the sex of your snake.
Probing to Determine the Gender of a Snake
The first way and the best way to find the sex of your snake is to use a technique that is called probing. Probing is a process that involves sticking an instrument into your snakes' cloaca to determine if there are hemipenes or not.
To succeed in this technique it is important to, first and foremost, make sure you have the right tools. Manufactures make snake probes that can be bought in pet stores or online at places like Amazon.
It is important that when you go to probe a snake you make sure you have the correct sized prob, and that you have a rounded tip on your probe. Make sure that before probing your snake, you have figured out which size of prob to use.
For smaller snakes, use thinner rods and for larger snakes make sure to use larger rods. It is best to buy snake probing rods because you need to make sure they are rounded on the end or have a ball tip in order to ensure the safety of your snake.
When Probing a snake you must always remember these 5 important facts:
 1. Make sure to always have someone assisting you to hold your snake.
 2. Make sure that your snake is awake.
 3. Make sure you have done your homework and have the right sized probe.
 4. Make sure to always be sanitary.
 5. Make sure you know what you are doing before inserting the probe.
Once you have these 5 steps down, probing can actually be quite easy. First, make sure that your snake's belly is facing you. Then make sure your assistant has a good hold on them. Next, you will want to lubricate your sexing probe.
Then, locate the cloaca and slowly insert the probe. You will want to do this, slowly and gently, spinning the probe so that it is slowly moving forward. On a female snake, the probe will be stopped against a harder surface approximately 3 scales in.
On a male snake, the probe will find one of the two hemipenes and will slide into a softer stop. On a male snake, the probe should go into the snake to about 9 scales. Once you have figured out if it is male or female, slowly remove the probe.
Once again it is so imperative that you use the right sized probe in order to make sure you do not hurt your snake. Here and here I listed a few links to some nice snake probs that have really good reviews.
Popping Hemipenes (Caution!)
There is another way to find the gender of your snake although it is much more difficult and can actually be harmful to your snake if done wrong.
Popping the hemipenes at first sounds like we are going to pop a balloon or something, but to pop the hemipenes really is pushing the hemipenes out of the snake's body. This reverting of the hemipenes only temporarily makes the hemipenes visible on the outside of the snake.
In order to pop the hemipenes, you need to find the vent or cloaca of the snake and then apply slight pressure, using a finger, below the cloaca where the hemipenes would come out. Make sure that the pressure is gentle but also firm. If this is done correctly, a hemipenis should pop out.
This is not the preferred way of determining the sex of a snake for a few reasons though:
 - The first reason is that it can be harmful to the snake
 - The second reason is that it is very hard to do right
 - The third reason is that if you don't see a hemipenes pop out you can never be certain if it is because the snake is actually female or if it is because the process was done wrong and the snake really is a male.
For these reasons it is suggested that you stick to probing your snakes to find their genders.
Pros and Cons for Male Snakes
A lot of people wonder if there is even a difference in owning female snakes compared to male snakes, and vice versa.
The answer is that in general there isn't a huge difference, but there are some pretty interesting details that make some people prefer owning male snakes or female snakes.
Pros for Male SnakesCons for Male Snakes
*If you want a smaller snake, male snakes (in general) are smaller than females.
*Normally are cheaper to purchase than females.
*Only really need one when trying to breed snakes.
*Male snakes are not as large and so they can be less easy to handle for snakes that are already smaller.
*Male snakes cannot have babies and as such are not as valuable.
Pros and Cons for Female Snakes
As was stated in the previous section, unless you are a breeder there are very few reasons that one should buy a male snake over a female snake, but as stated before there are a few, so here is a list of the pros and cons about getting a female snake.
Pros for Female SnakesCons for Female Snakes
*They are more valuable because they can have babies.
*They tend to be bigger which can look nicer and be easier to handle.
*Female snakes tend to be more expensive because it is more beneficial to own a lot of female snakes when breeding.
*Female snakes can get to be a bit aggressive when protecting their young.
*Because female snakes tend to be larger, you may need to use a larger terrarium to house them.
How do Snakes Mate in the Wild?
Snakes are like all other reptiles and they have a need to breed. The breeding process starts with the female though. When a female snake has matured enough to mate and is ready to start the mating process she actually starts to release pheromones that come from the skin glands in her back.
As she is moving about during her day she will begin to leave an odor trail as she pushes off of resistance points in the ground. This is where the male comes in. A male that is mature enough to mate and crosses the path of this pheromone trail will begin to follow the trail until he has found the female.
Once he has spotted the female he will begin to court her. He does this by knocking his chin into the back of her head until she is ready. Once she is ready to mate, the male snake will wrap the bottom of his tail around hers so that their vents or cloaca are touching.
At this point, the male will insert his hemipenes' or penises into the female and will release his sperm. Although sex for snakes generally takes about an hour, it can actually last all day.
Female snakes reproduce about twice a year but depending on the climate this may differ. Snakes in colder regions typically only reproduce in the spring or summer whereas some snakes in tropical regions can reproduce any time of year. The weather and the amount of food the snake is getting all influence whether or not a snake will reproduce.
There are three ways in which a female snake can produce offspring. The most common way is for the female snake to lay eggs. Most snakes do not sit and watch their eggs like chickens and other animals, most snakes will leave their eggs once they are laid.
Like always though, there are a few exceptions to that rule. The second way that snakes produce their offspring is in live births. Not a lot of snake breeds do this but a few that do are certain types of Vipers and Boas.
The third way that snakes produce their offspring is actually a combination of the two. They have eggs but hold them internally until they hatch and then have a live birth. Rattlesnakes experience this form of pregnancy and birth.
How do Male and Female Snakes Reproduce in Captivity?
Although the same basic things must happen in order for snakes to breed in the wild and in captivity, it is quite a different process getting snakes to breed outside of their natural habitat. The breeding of snakes has become quite successful, but because of its complexities, it did not always start out that way.
The first thing that must be done in order to help your snakes


Product Administration Guide > Technical Reference >
Revising the System Default Cardinalities
When a you create a relationship in a customizable product, you can specify a minimum, maximum, and default cardinality. If you do not specify cardinalities, the system uses the following defaults:
 - Minimum cardinality = 0
 - Default cardinality = 0
 - Maximum cardinality = 999
If you do not specify cardinalities this means that users are not required to select any items from the relationship and are limited to selecting a maximum of 999 items.
You can change these defaults as needed. For example, you can set the maximum system default cardinality to a number larger than 999.
To revise the system default cardinalities
 1. In Siebel Tools, locate the Complex Product Structure BusComp.
 2. Within the business component, locate the desired field: Default Cardinality, Max Cardinality, or Min Cardinality.
 3. Display the user properties for the field.
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ABU DHABI ARROWHEAD FIND NEAR OILFIELD
The study of the archaeology of the UAE began only in the late 1950s. Until then, it was wrongly believed that the UAE's arid deserts and mountains had played only a peripheral role in human development in the region. Extensive research by both local and foreign archaeological teams, including much undertaken in the deserts and coastal areas of Abu Dhabi in close association with Envionment Agency Abu Dhabi (EAD), has shown, however, that the UAE has played an important part in the emergence and development of maritime trade throughout the Gulf and the Indian Ocean for around 7,500 years.
Thus this new discovery of a flint arrowhead, about 3 cm long, dating back to the Late Stone Age or Neolithic period just south of the Sahil oilfield, 120 kms south-west of Abu Dhabi city during work undertaken for the Environment Agency - Abu Dhabi (EAD) underscores the possibility that there are many more finds to be made in the region.
The item has been identified by a leading expert on the UAE's Late Stone Age, who has noted that arrowheads of this type were widely manufactured locally between the 6th to 4th Millennium BC. The raw material used in the manufacturing of this arrowhead may originally have come from the western slopes of the mountains, in the border area between the UAE and Oman.
While similar artifacts have been reported from elsewhere in the desert areas of Abu Dhabi, for example near the Bab oilfield and south of the Liwa Oasis, this is the first artifact of its type known to have been collected in the immediate vicinity of the Sahil and Asab oilfields, both operated by the Abu Dhabi Company for Onshore Oil Operations (ADCO).


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Ariadne Genomics, Inc. today announced the release of MedScan Reader 1.0, a new category of desktop software that enables automated extraction of information from scientific text. This software, developed for a broad range of life science professionals and biomedical students, dramatically facilitates professional reading and reduces time spent on literature research.
MedScan Reader is the first commercially available product with the ability to read and digest thousands of abstracts or documents on the fly, summarize content, and provide an instant snapshot of relevant information. This user-friendly product is helpful for students, post-docs, professors and doctors specializing in various areas of the biomedical field. MedScan Reader understands a broad range of subjects, and can process documents on numerous aspects of protein function, biochemistry, cellular physiology and molecular pathology.
MedScan Reader is derived from MedScan, Ariadnes well-established information extraction technology based on natural language processing (NLP). Over the past few years, MedScan has been deployed as an information extraction tool at a number of biotechnology and pharmaceutical companies. This product has also been used for the creation of Ariadnes ResNet database, the core data source for PathwayStudio


Boating Under the Influence In South Carolina
The BUI Laws in South Carolina
Boating while impaired by alcohol or drugs is illegal in South Carolina just as it is illegal to drive a car while drunk. Section 50-21-112 of the South Carolina statutes specifies "operation of moving motorized water device or water device under sail while under the influence of drugs and/or alcohol to the extent that the person's faculties are materially and appreciably impaired." The statute also clarifies that a "drug" may be legal or illegal, or may be a combination of alcohol and a legal or illegal drug.
What are the Open Container Laws in South Carolina?
Be safe and avoid boating under the influence on South Carolina lakes and rivers
While the law is clear in regard to operating a boat while impaired, that still leaves questions related to the use of alcohol and the presence of open containers on boats. Specifically:
 - Can you have open alcohol containers on a boat in South Carolina?
 - Can you drink while boating on a South Carolina lake?
We've previously addressed this topic in a blog post and noted:
"South Carolina law doesn't expressly prohibit open containers of alcohol on boats within the state. Presumably, this means that the occupants of a boat can enjoy a beer as they enjoy cruising on a lake or river.
[However], just because a person might be able to have an open container of alcohol on a boat doesn't mean that drunk driving laws don't apply. Much like the laws that apply to drivers on land, boat operators face a legal blood-alcohol content limit of 0.08 percent.
Always be responsible and stay safe while having fun on the water."
Penalties & Consequences of Boating Under the Influence in South Carolina
Penalties for boating under the influence in South Carolina
If you have been charged with boating under the influence (BUI) of drugs or alcohol in South Carolina and are convicted, you face:
 - First offense: A fine of $200 or imprisonment for 48 hours or more. Public service can take the place of imprisonment.
 - Second offense: Penalties rise to $2,000 to $5,000 and imprisonment between 48 hours and one year. Ten days or more of public service may take the place of imprisonment.
 - Third offense: These subsequent convictions may result in fines of $3,500 or more and imprisonment lasting 60 days to three years.
A conviction on drunk boating charges can also have the same types of devastating long-term effects as a drunk driving conviction. These include:
 - Driver's license suspension
 - Difficulty obtaining employment or housing
 - Potential professional discipline or loss of professional licenses
 - Stigma and shame
 - Long-lasting negative consequences to career and other areas of life
If you've been arrested on suspicion of BUI, know this: you have options, and we can help. At Drennan Law Firm, we are prepared to take up the fight on your behalf. We have experience handling all types of difficult DUI/BUI cases in the Charleston area, and have helped clients throughout the region keep BUI charges from ruining their lives.
Know How Alcohol Affects Your Boating Abilities
A man who knows not to drink and boat
When you are out on the water, you might want to have a few drinks with your friends. Before you do that, you should know that you can face criminal charges for boating under the influence. You should also know that just because you can usually have a specific number of drinks and are fine, that might not be the case on the water because alcohol can affect you differently when you are out on the lake in a boat.
The natural effects of being on a boat can induce fatigue, which is also known as boater's hypnosis. The vibration of the boat, motion of the waves and exposure to the sun can all have these effects. Alcohol will intensify these effects, so you likely won't be able to consume as much alcohol as you would on land before you start to become impaired.
Your reaction time is likely going to be slower after you have been drinking. As you know, it isn't possible to stop your boat on a dime in the water. You need to have as much time and mental capacity as possible if you have to make an evasive maneuver while driving the boat.
Alcohol can also affect your balance, which could mean that you are at an increased risk of falling overboard. It can also affect your judgement, which could cause you to take risks you would normally avoid.
All of these are very good reasons to save the alcohol for a time after you dock your boat and won't have to drive anywhere. If you end up facing drunk boating charges, be sure to explore all of the options you have for a defense.
3 Reasons to Avoid Boating Drunk
Avoid boating under the influence in Charleston Harbor
Just about everyone loves to head out on the water in the summer months. The breeze is fantastic, and it's a great time to spend an afternoon with your family and friends. Perhaps you like to go out on your own and go fishing or prefer to take a tour in the evening to go dolphin watching. Whatever it is you like to do when boating, this is the season to enjoy it.
One problem with boating is that some people believe it's safe to drink alcohol and drive a boat. That could not be further from the truth. The reality is that much like any other vehicle, a boat has the potential to crash and malfunction. A driver who is impaired won't be able to respond to an emergency in the way he or she should, and could cause a serious crash on the water. Here are three other reasons to avoid getting drunk while at sea or on a lake.
1. You'll Get Dehydrated Quickly
If you're not drinking water and are spending time in the sun, it's more likely for you to become dehydrated. Combined with the risk of intoxication, you're more likely to suffer symptoms like headaches or disorientation, which could put you in danger.
2. You Could Cause a Crash
This is a serious reason never to drink behind the wheel of a boat. When you're boating, you're not alone on the water. Even though the waterways are more freeing and have more space to travel, it's likely that you'll come across other boaters. Some will have larger vessels, and others will have small, personal vessels. The last thing you want to do is to hit someone or to have someone hit you. By avoiding alcohol, you'll be in a better position to avoid causing or becoming part of a crash.
3. You Could Lose Your License (and Suffer Penalties)
Finally, remember that a boat is still a vehicle, so you can get a BUI if you drive drunk. Boating under the influence is a crime similar to driving under the influence. Boating while intoxicated increases the risk of fatalities by up to 34 percent, according to the U.S. Coast Guard, so you can be penalized for doing so with fines or the loss of your boating license. You could even go to prison if a crash results in a person's death.
Avoiding alcohol when you're boating is a good idea. By playing it safe, you'll enjoy time on the water without the fear of repercussions.
Boating Under the Influence Defense Strategies
The boating under the influence defense strategy you choose can have a big impact on your case. Our lawyers can help you to look into the options that you have so that you know what you might do.
Decide on the Purpose
Our South Carolina boating under the influence lawyers need to determine the purpose of your defense. This can be challenging but it is a crucial part of your plan. If you know for a fact that you weren't drunk while you were boating, you might work to prove that you were innocent. If you know that you were drunk, your focus might be to minimize the penalties. In either case, you should make sure that you aren't delaying your defense by putting off getting started.
Look into the Circumstances
A look into the circumstances surrounding your arrest can let you know how you are going to proceed. You need to try to find points in the prosecution's defense that you can question. Each question you raise might put you one step closer to the goal of your case. Remember that you have to be convicted beyond a reasonable doubt, so raise all the doubt you can.
We know that you might need to get some questions answered. We can answer your questions, help you to learn what options you have for your defense, and develop a strategy for your drunk boating defense case.
Contact a Charleston BUI Attorney for a Free Initial Consultation
Stop worrying about what to do and get your boating DUI case underway as soon as possible. Contact us by phone or email to request a FREE initial consultation with a Charleston, South Carolina boating under the influence lawyer with no further obligation.


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Is Hydrogen gas present in biogas? As it is highly inflammable, may it ignite the other gases like methane?
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What's your question here? Are you asking why biogas with hydrogen doesn't spontaneously ignite? – Oreotrephes Jul 10 '13 at 6:51
first question is whether Biogas constitutes Hydrogen and if yes why doesn't then the biogas spontaneously ignite? – sk1 Jul 10 '13 at 6:57
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The constitution of the biogas depends greatly on its source and the fermenting microbe. But in general, it does contain hydrogen about 0-1%. Even if it did contain large amounts, the mixture would be inflammable, but it would not burst into flames without any external igniter, which could be any small fluctuation of heat if the mixture is too unstable. But in general, an inflammable gas doesn't start burning on its own.
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The auto ignition temperature of a combustible mixture of hydrogen in air is 500 degrees C source - Wikipedia. It will not spontaneously ignite, some part of it must first reach that temperature through a spark, flame, or other heat source. Once it ignites, the methane of course will burn too.
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Mars schools lauded for AYP
January 23, 2013
ADAMS TWP — Four schools in the Mars School District will display Keystone Achievement Awards for earning Adequate Yearly Progress for two consecutive years, The primary center, the elementary school, Centennial school and the middle school attained AYP in the 2010-11 and 2011-12 school years. The Keystone Achievement Awards, which are sponsored by state Department of Education and the Pennsylvania Association of Federal Program Coordinators, recognize the efforts and commitment of educators and students across the state. Matt Friedman, assistant superintendent and director of curriculum, said that the awards are a result of hardworking students, parents who value education, dedicated teachers, and a school board that affords administrators and teachers the opportunities they need to excel. "Those four things will help us continue down that path," Friedman said. Board President Dayle Ferguson echoed Friedman's sentiments. "As AYP requirements continue to rise, we are so proud of our students and their efforts, our parents for their support, and the teachers and administrators who help our students achieve at high levels every day," Ferguson said. She acknowledged that Mars High School failed to meet AYP, but said that district staff would work hard for that school to meet the benchmark in the future. "We will work diligently on areas that need improvement," Ferguson said.


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GALVESTON — The Texas Historical Commission has recognized Arthur John "Jack" Johnson as a significant part of Texas history by awarding him an Official Texas Historical Marker.
The designation honors Jack Johnson as an important and educational part of local history.
A dedication ceremony to commemorate the event will be at 10 a.m. Feb. 1 at Jack Johnson Park, 2601 Ave. M.
Speakers for the morning will include Ann Landeros and Alex Borger. The Galveston County Historical Commission welcomes the public to share in and witness this exciting historical event.
"The Official Texas Historical Marker program helps bring attention to community treasures and the importance of their preservation," said Mark Wolfe, executive director of the THC.
"Awareness and education are among the best ways to guarantee the preservation of our state's history. This designation is a tool that will increase public awareness of important cultural resources."
Johnson, born in 1878 in Galveston, was the first African-American world heavyweight boxing champion. He beat Tommy Burns of Canada in Sydney, Australia, in 1908 to win the world heavyweight title.
A subject qualifies for a marker if two basic criteria are met: historical significance and age. Historical significance is established by reviewing its role and importance in local history, and the age requirement depends on the topic.
The THC's Official Texas Marker Policies are outlined in the Official Texas Historical Marker Procedures, which may be obtained by contacting the History Programs Division, Texas Historical Commission, at _PHONE_ or visiting the website at _URL_.
"The citizens of Galveston are thrilled to honor our very own 'Galveston Giant.' This marker ceremony shall serve as a celebration of such a diverse cultural history that exists on Galveston Island," said Hank Thierry, chair of the Galveston Historical Foundation's African American Heritage Committee.
"To have both a city park and Texas Historic Marker in honor of Jack Johnson will allow generations of Texans to celebrate his life and Galveston's rich history."
There are three types of Texas Historical Markers. Subject markers are posted solely for public education awareness and awarded more frequently than the Recorded Texas Historic Landmark, which is a legal designation for historic structures and comes with a measure of protection.
Unlike subject markers, the RTHL must also meet a third criterion — architectural integrity. Historic Texas Cemetery markers identify cemeteries, which have obtained the HTC designation and whose histories have been researched in detail.
Texas has the largest marker program in the United States with approximately 15,000 markers. Seventeen states have used the Texas program as a model; the THC reviews more than 300 marker applications each year.
The Texas Historical Commission is the state agency for historic preservation. The agency administers a variety of programs to preserve the archeological, historical and cultural resources of Texas.


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In a previous JS Link / CSR post we covered how to handle what is displayed in a web part when there are no items to show. SharePoint's default message is an ambiguous:
"There are no items to show in this view of the [listname] list"
Not an awesome user experience. Something a little more contextually relevant might be more helpful to users – either in a simple list view, or in a more complicated solution.
A PowerApps Gallery control isn't any better – merely showing a blank record. The Data Table control, on the other hand, has a handy 'NoDataText' property that can be configured to display a message when the control is empty.
So, what do we do when using Gallery controls – until a 'NoDataText' property is added and/or the Data Table control allows for more configuration options? As is the answer with many things in PowerApps: We use a formula.
Using an appropriate text field control within a Gallery control, we can replace the Text property with a formula like the following:
If(CountRows([_List Name_])=0,"[_Put your message here_]", ThisItem.Title)
For a SharePoint list named: DefaultList you get the following:
If(CountRows(DefaultList)=0,"Nothing to see here", ThisItem.Title)
The 'CountRows' function as you might guess returns the number of rows in the list.
The 'If' function tells the control to set the displayed value of the control to "Nothing to see here" if the condition (there are 0 rows) evaluates to 'true'. If not, the value of the control is ThisItem.Title – the normal field value we would expect in the control. The text is only displayed when there are no items in the list.
- Get started with formulas – PowerApps
- CountRows reference in PowerApps
- If function in PowerApps
- Data table control in PowerApps
- Gallery control in PowerApps
- JS Link – No items to show blog post
We met at the SP Conference 2017 in Chicago. I have only attended the last 2 conferences, and always feel like I have learned something from your presentation! Thank you. However, I am still new to SharePoint Online, starting to build our Intranet. I used SP Designer before with SP10, but now it is built into SP Online and it's not quite the same. I do not know how to get to the ASP code, how to download the pages to modify them. Is there another software we could use to do more of the development and programming to customize pages? I have not been lucky at finding what I need and how to set up a development environment to customize the web code. Could you please steer me in the right direction? Thanks!


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|Look up a priori in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.|
A priori may refer to:
- A priori knowledge, a type of deduction justified by arguments of a certain kind
- A priori (languages), a type of constructed language
- A priori estimate, a type of estimate for the size of a solution of a differential equation
- A priori probability, a type of probability derived by deductive reasoning, with application in statistical mechanics
- Apriori algorithm, an algorithm used with databases
- A priori and a posteriori
- Priory, a monastery headed by a prior or prioress
- A posteriori (disambiguation)
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title A priori.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.


What is a reserve study
What is a reserve fund study?
In basic terms, a reserve fund study is a report that assists condominium corporations in understanding what they own, how much money they have, the timing of potential replacements, future costs, and, ultimately, how to pay for the replacements when they are due.
How often should an HOA do a reserve study?
every five years
How do you do a reserve study?
Reserve Study Definition
How do you do that calculation? You take the estimated replacement cost and divide it by the number of years the item is estimated to last. That number is the amount you should reserve each year.
What is a reserve budget?
A budget reserve is a rainy-day fund a company sets aside to finance operating activities if adverse, unexpected events cripple its liquidity position or make it difficult for the business to access money in corporate vaults. … Department heads generally estimate budget reserves in absolute or relative terms.
What is the purpose of a reserve fund?
A reserve fund is savings or a liquid asset set aside to cover unexpected costs or future financial obligations. Many governments, financial institutions, and individuals regularly set aside funds into accounts that earn interest.
How are reserve funds calculated?
Formula :D=(1+R)1/12 -1 where R is the yearly rate of discount. This is used to determine the present value of the Reserve Fund ie. D multiplied by Reserve Fund.
 1. Input the amount of the required fund.
 2. Input the number of years.
 3. Input the rate of interest.
How much should my HOA have in reserves?
Ideally, the HOA wants to have a 100% funded reserve meaning that it has enough money to cover all anticipated costs. … Typically between 25% and 40% of fees should be put toward the reserve fund. Be transparent with homeowners about the status of the reserve fund and options for improving funding.
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Additionally, if the HOA is unable to recover the funds that it used for the shortfall then there is a permanent loss of a reserve fund. … This means that personal property assets become viable solutions to HOA debt. Therefore, when outstanding debt is an ongoing issue parts of the property are likely to be sold.
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 - Specific Reserves: These are those which created for some specific purpose and can be used only for those specific purposes. …
 - Revenue and Capital Reserves: This classification is done according to the nature of profits.
What is the difference between contingency reserve and management reserve?
The Difference Between Contingency Reserve and Management Reserve. … The contingency reserve is used to manage identified risks, while the management reserve is used for unidentified risks. The contingency reserve is an estimated figure, while the management reserve is a percentage of the cost or duration of the project.
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Gauging Plant Health and Happiness1 week ago -
Comparing and contrasting are key when determining if a plant is growing to its full potential.
"The ability to detect or gauge plant health is a skill that takes time and experience to develop," explains Robert Spencer, commercial horticultural specialist at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. "It is a bit of an art form, combined with varying depths of science to back it up."
Spencer says that at the heart of any diagnosis is a clear understanding and picture of what the plant or crop is "supposed" to look like. "It is a simple contrast and comparison between the mental picture and what is right in front of us."
He notes that there are many variables to consider when determining whether a plant is achieving its full potential. "Many of these require a deeper dive into the nuances and variations and can be entirely subjective."
These comparisons include:
- Plant vigour
- Plant size
- Leaf colour
- Plant shape
- Amount of root growth and perhaps the colour of the roots
- Amount of flowering
- Uniformity of the entire plant, leaves, stems, flowers, etc.
- Evidence of lesions, spots, stripes, pustules, flecks, pinholes, or any number of other symptoms and signs of infection or infestation
"Diagnosing plant health is very much a subjective, comparative process, where one attempts to judge whether the plant being examined is performing as well as it could, versus the other plants surrounding the one being examined," he adds.
Go to Diagnosing plant problems for a list of questions that producers can use to narrow down variables that can affect a plant's growth.
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What is the Difference Between LTC and LTV, and How are They Used in CRE Financing?
Written by: Lucro Staff 2 years, 8 months ago
Commercial real estate financing involves several different kinds of loans. In order for real estate investors to be able to borrow the money they need to finance their project, both the investor and their project must be assessed for risks. The more risk identified with the borrower or the project, the stricter terms lenders will offer. That's where LTC and LTV come into play. Below we define what the two terms mean, how they work, and what their roles are in CRE financing.
LTC—What is it and how does it work?
LTC stands for loan-to-cost. LTC is a ratio used in commercial real estate financing to determine how much of a development project will be financed by debt versus equity. LTC is defined as the value of the loan divided by the cost of the project.
Lenders use LTC as a high-level metric to set a basic standard of the risk they're willing to accept for a construction loan for a new project. The higher the loan to cost, the more risk the lender is taking on if the development struggles. Loan to cost values are set by market rates, and tend to get higher during bull markets.
A commercial real estate loan is conventionally taken with an LTC percentage anywhere from 50% to 80%. For example, if the total cost of construction is $1,000,000, a lender may offer a loan amount of $800,000, which would correlate to an LTC of 80%.
LTV—What is it and how does it work?
LTV is an acronym standing for "Loan To Value. It is similar, but not the same, as LTC. LTV is the ratio of the value of a loan to the market value of the property, as opposed to the cost of construction for a project. In other words, LTV is the mortgage amount divided by the appraised value of the property. When LTVs are concerned, there is generally an appraiser involved.
It is obviously more difficult to predict the value for CRE that has yet to be built, which is where pro forma financial modeling comes in. The most common scenarios in CRE development involve originating a LTC loan during the construction period, which will be refinanced with a LTV loan once the construction is completed. Once there is a finished product (or at least a partially-constructed asset), it is much easier to determine the value of the asset, which makes a LTV loan more viable.
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A sea of tulips is blooming at Sherwood High School. Now the agriculture students who planted the bulbs are eager to make a sale.
Last November, the Intro to Agriculture class taught by Liberty Seal planted 2,700 tulip bulbs at Sherwood High School's greenhouse. Barb Iverson and Karen Bever of Wooden Shoe Tulip Farm in Woodburn were on hand to supervise as 35 students prepared soil and pots for tulips with names like Maja and Purple Dream.
The tulip project is the brainchild of Seal, who teaches agriculture science in the school's Career and Technical Education Department. Seal called the tulip project significant because it is the first group of Sherwood students to plant perennials with industry guidance. It is also the high school's first planting project started solely by Intro to Agriculture students.
Each student in Seal's class is a member of the Sherwood chapter of Future Farmers of America (FFA). Describing it as an intracurricular program, Seal said the students can apply the agriculture and leadership lessons learned in classes to their own FFA projects called Supervised Agricultural Experiences.
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To solve the problems of insufficient dry air coverage of the external dry air supply dehumidification system commonly used in the main cable of the suspension bridge, a new dehumidification system is proposed to dehumidify the main cable by delivering dry air from inside the main cable. The new dehumidification system changes the dry air delivery method of the traditional dehumidification system, and the dry air is delivered from the center of the main cable section, which can effectively solve insufficient dry air coverage in the main cable. Based on the 1560 m long-span suspension bridge of Longtan Yangtze River Bridge, the overall design of the new dehumidification system for the main cable is carried out. The composite air supply conduit is designed to meet the internal compressive strength requirements and adapt to the longitudinal deformation of the main cable. A dehumidification test is carried out to verify the feasibility of the new dehumidification system and evaluate its dehumidification effect. The results show that the composite air supply conduit composed of high-strength steel wire spring and corrugated pipe can withstand the radial compressive stress of 13.4 MPa and meet the compressive strength requirement inside the main cable. Therefore, it can be used as the dry air delivery conduit of the new dehumidification system for the main cable. The dry air of the new dehumidification system can achieve full coverage of the cross-section of the main cable, and the relative humidity of each position in the main cable can be reduced to below the critical humidity (RH = 60%) for the high-strength steel wire corrosion. That is, the entire main cable can be better protected against corrosion. Thus, the new dehumidification system can provide a new effective anti-corrosion measure for the main cable of the large-span suspension bridge.
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An infomercial is a form of television commercial, which generally includes a phone number or website. Most often used as a form of direct response television (DRTV), long-form infomercials are typically 28:30 or 58:30 minutes in length. Infomercials are also known as paid programming (or teleshopping in Europe). This phenomenon started in the United States, where infomercials were typically shown overnight (usually 2:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m.), outside of peak prime time hours for commercial broadcasters. Some television stations chose to air infomercials as an alternative to the former practice of signing off. By 2009, most infomercial spending in the U.S. occurs during the early morning, daytime and evening hours. Stations in most countries around the world have instituted similar media structures. The infomercial industry is worth over $200 billion.
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Is it time to stop obsessing over MadELeINE?
Why the Madeleine McCann case epitomises a narrative of white privilege
By El Barnes
The Madeleine McCann case is the most notorious missing person's case in history.
Almost twelve years later, Operation Grange has received a total of £11.75m of government funding, the most recent instalment having been granted in October 2018. But with 1 in 200 children going missing each year in the UK alone, is it time to finally stop obsessing over Madeleine McCann?
Before continuing, it must be addressed that this is a devastating case which has at the heart of it a beautiful and innocent little girl who, no matter which theory you choose to believe, has been met with an exceedingly tragic fate. I do find it interesting, though, that the only other case involving a child that has had an international audience just as captivated is the 1996 murder of JonBenét Ramsey in Boulder, Colorado. The most significant point of contrast between the two is that JonBenét's ordeal culminated with the discovery of a body, but the similarities don't start and end with public reception.
Like Madeleine, JonBenét was thought of as something of a juxtaposition between prized possession and least favourite child. Like Madeleine, JonBenét suffered the most horrific fate with her – apparently oblivious – family close by. JonBenét's brother, like Madeleine's siblings, was completely unaware and came out unscathed. As with Madeleine's case, evidence arose after the fact that pointed towards some kind of familial involvement. Like Madeleine, JonBenét was a white middle-class child, born to wealthy and respected parents. Like Madeleine, JonBenét was innocence personified – a young child with fair hair, fair skin and coloured eyes.
According to the charity Missing People, someone is reported missing every 90 seconds in the UK.
That means that since Madeleine's disappearance over 4.2m others have been reported missing, the majority of these being children, which begs the question: why Madeleine? It seems crass to suggest that an innocent and ill-fated child should become an unfortunate symbol of white privilege, but the sad truth is that when a person of colour and/or an immigrant or refugee goes missing, the media is far less likely to pay attention. A scroll through the current list of missing persons in the UK will reveal a glaring and cruel reality: people of colour make up a significant majority of missing persons, despite the population of the UK being 86% white.
What really saddens me about this is that I couldn't name a single person of colour on this page; the only missing persons' cases I've seen media coverage of recently are that of 16-year-old Liam Smith from Aberdeen, 21-year-old Libby Squire from Hull and 19-year-old Daniel Williams from Reading. The common denominator? The victims whose faces the media has chosen to circulate are all white.
I'm not suggesting that these three people received the media attention they deserved, or anywhere near as much as Madeleine.
I'm not even suggesting that Madeleine has received more than she deserves; I firmly believe that everything should be done to uncover the circumstances of her disappearance and bring the perpetrator(s) to justice. She, as a child, and an innocent victim, deserves that much. But if the government is incapable of providing such extensive and sustained funding, and the media incapable of giving such extensive and sustained air-time, to every child that goes missing, then it shouldn't be provided to one in particular. After all, it's not just Madeleine whose image conjures up reminders of the perpetuation of white privilege – it's her parents, too.
All too often Madeleine herself becomes lost in the earth-shattering reverberations of the tempestuous see-saw that is the public opinion of Kate and Gerry McCann and no matter which side of the see-saw you are on, you are sure to have an opinion. You are sure to believe that they are victims of unimaginable tragedy or evil perpetrators of a heinous crime. You are sure to know their faces. You most likely know that in just the first 10 months following Madeleine's disappearance, the public donated £2m to the McCanns. Picture Madeleine, and you inevitably picture Kate and Gerry along with her; their names and faces and numerous details of their lives…and yet so many names of actual missing people in the UK draw a blank.
But instead of contributing to an endless media circus and becoming another extension of the problem, let's talk about the missing people of colour in the UK and remind them, wherever they are, and their families, that we haven't forgotten them.
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Let's find 16-year-old Ismael Berkoun, missing from Westminster since March 13th.
15-year-old Iesha Manuk Welsh, missing from Lambeth since March 13th.
14-year-old Rhys Moore-Campbell, missing from Camden since March 7th.
15-year-old Tamara Oram, missing from Walthamstow since March 4th.
17-year-old Tung Nguyen, missing from Luton since February 18th.
16-year-old Haftom Manush, missing from Birmingham since February 10th.
16-year-old Amy Mendes, missing from Croydon since January 22nd.
Let's circulate their names and faces and keep them in our thoughts as much as we have kept Madeleine there for the past twelve years and let's hope, just as fervently, that they too will be found.
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