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Old Salt Lake | Virtual Museum
Bertha Fuller and the 1940 California Historical Landmark Application "Old Salt Lake"
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California Historical Landmark (373), Old Salt Lake
In 1940 Bertha H. Fuller of Inglewood, California, did a brief survey of the famous salt lake site at Redondo Beach
for the purpose of establishing it as an historical landmark. She took three photographs and contacted people and
interviewed them about the famous old place. She then created an application titled "Old Salt Lake" and submitted it
to the state of California. Her application for historical landmark status was approved and the site was designated the following year.
The landmark registration process today requires considerably more detail and however brief the 1940 application to
the state was - Bertha Fuller understood the significance of lake site as a natural resource and landmark and took action
to document the place. A naturalist for over 35 years, Bertha Fuller was president of the California History and
Landmarks Club of Los Angeles, the Director of Conservation for the California Audubon Society. She was leader in
the state for the study and protection of wildlife, including an early advocate of protecting wetlands and lakes for
This exhibit displays the original two page "Old Salt Lake" application and the three photographs Bertha Fuller
took of the lake site. Also included in this exhibit is a brief collection of additional resources about Bertha Fuller
and her work to study and protect nature.
This is a photograph of Bertha Fuller (Mrs. Edwin S. Fuller) from a February 19, 1942 Los Angeles Times newspaper article about her aiding Southland Girl Scouts
with a project in cooperation with the United States Forest Service to help prevent forest fires.
The Old Salt Lake application letter by Bertha Fuller to the state of California, dated September 19, 1940. This application letter is fully transcribed at the bottom of this page.
The (3) Photographs
The Old Salt Lake received designation by the State of California on September 6, 1941.
Today a granite marker denoting this landmark stands outside the AES Redondo Beach
Generating Station, at the southeast corner of Harbor Drive and Yacht Club Way.
It was presented by Tierra Del Rey Parlor #300, Native Daughters of the Golden West,
on March 27, 1955.
Selected newspaper reports about and writing by Bertha Fuller
1929, March 19 - San Pedro News Pilot report:
1935, September 22 - Los Angeles Times report:
1935, Nov.- Dec. California Garden Magazine, pages 3,4 "The Serious Migratory Waterfowl Problem by Bertha H. Fuller":
1949, March 25 - Los Angeles Times report:
1960 - Bertha Fuller correspondence about Palos Verdes coast (4 pages):
The Old Salt Lake application letter by Bertha Fuller to the state of California, dated September 19, 1940 - transcribed:
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In Application for registration of historical point of interest
Name of Historical Point: Old Salt Lake
Location: Between Pacific and Francesca Avenues, at the northern end of Redondo
Beach--just outside of Hermosa Beach.
Name of Owner: Thomas H Simmons, 555 South Flower St, Los Angeles
History and Description: This old salt lake must have had a long, long geological
history. From the "Star" of September 26, 1856, one who wrote a history
of Los Angeles County quoted somewhat like this: Situated about 16 miles southwest
of the city of Los Angeles is a salt lake or pond from which is manufactured salt
of first rate quality. The lake is nearly 200 yards wide by about 600 long and is
supplied by springs on its western bank. It is about 200 yards distant from ocean,
above which it is elevated 6 or 10 feet. It would appear at first sight that it
was supplied from the ocean, but such is not the fact, as has been proved by frequent
The existence of this lake has long been known to the natives of the country and
from it they were, formerly, in the habit of drawing their supply of salt by shovelling
it up from the bottom. The missionaries who first settled here also knew of its
existence and claimed its proprietorship, but made no attempt to improve the natural
resources of the lake.
Some years ago this valuable property came into possession of two gentlemen of this
city., Messrs. Johnson and Allanson, who have expended a large amount of capital
in the erection of the necessary works for the manufacture of salt, by artificial
as well as solar evaporation.
Water is drawn from the lake thru an iron pipe by means of a force pump, and is
conducted into a reservoir, from which it is led by a wooden pipe into the kettles
in the boiling house. This building is about 80 feet long, and contains 48 kettles,
which are kept constantly heated. As the salt forms in the kettles it is removed
and water added in proportion to the evaporation. The salt on being removed from
the kettle is ready for market only requiring time to dry. The process is very simple
and the production of salt abundant, from the intensely saline quality of the waters
of the lake. In regard to the amount of fuel consumed it is estimated that each
cord of wood produces a ton of salt. By solar evaporation the salt is produced at
the cost of the tanks and attendance. There are five tanks in operation; they are
cleaned up this week for the first time and found to have answered all the expectations
of the proprietors. That one in which the water was of least depth proved most productive.
The daily average of the kettles is five tons.
Each tank, or vat, yields about a ton of salt in a crystallized form. Salt at present
is hauled to the landing at San Pedro at a large expense.
The water of the lake is so strongly impregnated with saline constluents that a
stick placed in it will be coated in ten days, an inch thick with crystallized cubes.
We saw some of them which were very beautiful.
It is singular that within 20 yards of the lake good fresh water is obtained, within
15 feet of the surface. Two wells, about this depth, and about 20 feet apart, supply
fresh water to the workmen.
Johnson and Allanson intend sending specimens of their salt, packed in satin bags,
to the State Fair."
The writer of the history of the county himself adds: "Since then works have
passed thru a variety of hands. They are now owned by Mrs Trudell, widow of the
late proprietor (1880). Salt is extracted by solar evaporation simply by cleaning
out the vats twice a year. The yield for 1879 was 450 tons. Crude salt sells for
$9 to $13 a ton--ground it sells for $18 to $24 a ton. Mrs Trudell has a salt mill
in Los Angeles where It is ground".
We went down to Redondo Beach several times to find men who were supposed to remember
the old salt works. Each time we failed to find anyone. Finally we telephoned the
Patten and Blinn Lumber yards on Francesca Avenue as that firm has been there since
1880. No one is now connected with the firm who is that ancient but we did find
a very careful observer in Mr Trankel who has been employed with the lumber concern
When he came in 1908 the old salt works were practically abandoned. At least they
were not being used to extract salt any more. On the walls of the lumber company's
office are two long panorama photos taken in 1909. The photographer was someone
connected with the West Coast Art Company of Los Angeles. Likely those plates still
exist but that particular company is no longer listed in the directory.
In one of these photos the old salt works are plainly shown. The houses stood just
back of where the Salvation Army Summer Recreation buildings are now, just across
the old long disused railroad tracks that used to bring the lumber from the wharves
at Redondo Beach.
When Mr Trankel came there were kettles for boiling the water and for evaporation.
The boiling tanks were huge metal vats--about 15 feet wide by 80 feet long. The
out of doors evaporating tanks were of concrete. So far as he recalls the buildings
were taken down about 1923, 4 or 5.
We went over the area carefully but found no trace of concrete or other building
structure that seemed to be part of the old salt works. The end of lake where the
building stood has been used for a dump for a long time and likely what remained
has been covered with this refuse.
As the attached photos show the lake is quite dry during the summer months and as
it is the natural drainage basin for a small acreage to the eastward in winter the
water may be several feet deep. It is the wintering place of shorebirds but otherwise
lies desolate and unvisited except by those who have made paths for shortcuts across
and around it.
One very interesting thing about the lake is that the fresh water vegetation is
on the ocean side while the salt grass and atriplex grows on the land side. Where
that great deposit of salt came from can hardly be definitely told. Had the lake
been formed as most salt lakes are: either from limitless numbers of years of deposits
from the sea with the arm finally shut off by delta like deposits from a stream,
or from being a pool without outlet, its presence would seem even more unusual.
There does not seem to be a sufficiently large drainage basin for any stream ever
to have carried a large quantity of saline products into an outlet-less basin---and
also while the sea might form a lagoon there by the currents carrying the sands
into the mouth of the river thus shutting off the pond the vast quantity of salt
present in the old days would have taken so many eons of years that this does not
seem possible for even this energetic sand depositing sea to do.
On the historic map of Major George W Kirkman the two roads leading inland from
this salt deposit are described as "Old Salt Road" and


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The Muddy Hand is a disembodied hand made covered with mud that appears in one of Rodrick's horror movies entitled "Hello, You're Dead". In it, the Muddy Hand travels the countryside looking
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for victims to strangle, and the last person who sees it is always the next victim. The film in question frightened Rowley and Greg at the end (where the Muddy Hand strangles its last victim and walks straight at the screen, implying that the viewer will be its next victim.) This made Greg and Rowley become really paranoid that the Muddy Hand was out to get them (despite being a fictional character.) Greg then figures out that since it is just a hand it would take a long time to get to them so they stopped worrying about it. It was only mentioned in Dog Days. In Rodrick Rules, The Foot is used (which is most likely a parody of the Muddy Hand).
In Fregley's version in Dog Days film,in the wilderness awareness he tells a campfirestory about the Muddy Hand. It is about an old woodsman who chops of his own hand by mistake while chopping wood in rain,his hand is the Muddy Hand.
The Muddy Hand looks just like an ordinary hand,the only notable difference is that the hand is quite dirty and has black spots that resemble mud, which is the reason why it's called the "Muddy Hand". It's also unknown how he kills its victim, it is most likely it either strangles the victims throat or any other body part.
 - If the Muddy Hand was not in the book, the plot could have been very different, as Greg and/or Rowley, in specific scenes, would not have been scared and would not have taken the plot-defining actions (such as Rowley smashing Greg's hand with a hammer because he thought it was the Muddy Hand.)
 - In the fim, Rodrick Rules the movie was not The Muddy Hand, but it was The Foot.
 - In the film, Dog Days The Muddy Hand was not in a horror movie, but in a campfire story told by Fregley.
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Chithira Thirunal Balarama Varma also known as Bala Ram Varma II had ruled the princely state Travancore from 1912 CE to 1991 CE. He was the last ruling Maharaja of Princely State Travancore. He became the Maharaja of Travancore at the age of 12, after the death of his uncle. The reign of Balaram Varma II had witnessed much progress in Travancore. During his reign, he had passed the famous Temple Entry Proclamation in the year 1936 CE. He had also established the University of Travancore (now the University of Kerala) in 1937 CE. According to the one of the journal 'Samyukta' it had recorded that during this reign 40% of the revenue was set apart for education.
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Field Dressing Deer for Beginners: Best Practices
In this blog post, we will be discussing how to field dress a deer. Field dressing is an essential step in the process of harvesting game meat. If you don't field dress your deer, it can spoil and ruin your meat before you ever get it home or cooked! The best way to learn how to field dress a deer for beginners is by watching someone who knows what they are doing and asking questions when needed. All too often, people try to wing it on their own only to end up with a mess of blood all over themselves and no idea what they did wrong. In this blog post, I will give you everything that you need so that you can do things right the first time around!
Harvesting Game Meat
You may be wondering why you need to harvest game meat. Well, deer meat is not like beef or chicken. It needs to be harvested and appropriately dressed for it to taste good! Deer meat, in particular, can go wrong quickly, especially if you let it sit out for too long. The good news is that if you know how to field dress a deer correctly, you can have fresh meat on the table in as little as an hour! This is, of course, if you are close to your home.
The Process of Field Dressing a Deer
Field dressing is the process of removing all internal organs from an animal. Before you can do this, it is necessary to remove any entrails in or near the animal's abdominal cavity. The next step would be to skin out and quarter your deer carcass. Cutting off the legs just above where they meet with the body will make them easier to handle when transporting back home! Once field dressed, a deer should weigh around 100 pounds on average, which means that if you're hunting for meat alone, then one deer should provide enough food for your family as long as you plan by freezing (or storing) some cuts now so that there won't be anything left over after the field dressing is complete.
Tools Used
The tools used to field dress a deer include a knife, kitchen shears, a spoon, or a small bowl to collect the entrails and organs from inside the body cavity. Preparation for field dressing includes removing any unwanted parts of the deer, such as antlers or horns that could limit how close you can get to your animal. You may also want an extra set of hands nearby to help with this process if you're not alone in your hunt!
Step One In Field Dressing Your Deer
The first step to field dressing a deer is to make an initial incision in the hide that goes from just below the navel on one side of the deer's body up to, but not through, a similar point on the other side.
Step Two In Field Dressing Your Deer
The next step is then to make another cut across and around this opening to form a flap. This will allow you access to all parts of your animal for removing entrails without touching or contaminating any internal organs with external material like dirt or bacteria from outside sources. The goal is always cleanliness!
Parts to Discard
The parts of the deer that you want to leave in the field would be the head, the entire digestive tract (except for the heart and liver), all of the inedible muscle meat on legs and other extremities.
How long should Field dressing take?
Field dressing a deer needs to be done at a quick pace. This process should be completed in less than a few minutes. Any longer and you run the risk of creating an environment that is not safe for the meat.
How to Cook Deer Meat
There are many different methods for cooking deer meat. Some of the most common ways to cook deer meat include grilling, roasting, smoking, and frying.
Grilling Deer Meat
When grilling deer meat, you want to cook it for a few minutes on each side. An excellent tip for grilling deer meat is to marinate it before cooking the first time.
Roasting Deer Meat
The best way to cook a whole roast of deer meat is in an oven between 350°F and 425°F degrees Fahrenheit for about 20-25 mins per pound or until tender enough that a spoon can press into the flesh without any resistance. Another option you might have if you are cooking smaller pieces of venison, such as chops, steaks, etc., would be to use your stovetop grill pan over medium heat with olive oil spray coating the surface flipping every couple of minutes until the desired doneness has been achieved.
When roasting deer meat, remember not to overcook. This can cause the meat to become very rough and tough.
Secret Techniques to Grilling Deer Meat
A few tips that can help when cooking deer meat are not to overcook it, but also don't undercook it because the flavor will be lost in both instances. Understanding how much time you need to cook your venison will depend on factors such as what cut of meat, if there are any bone fragments inside and whether or not it's been previously frozen. Another trick I like using while grilling my roast venison is by turning off one burner on the stovetop to have a cooler section for searing and then finishing up with about ten minutes of roasting over high heat. This helps give my venison a nice crusty sear which adds more taste. You will want to experiment with your deer meat to find the sweet spot that allows for a great meal.
In Conclusion
Although it can be a little stomach-turning to field dress a deer for the first time, it is an absolute must to have safe meat to eat. You will want to clean the intestines and stomach of any fecal matter, remove all hair from inside then wash it out with water. Once the deer has been field dressed, you can start getting it back to your car or truck for transporting home, where you will either be able to cook right away or freeze it for later use.
Remember that cleanliness is key to all field dressing for any game you happen to catch out on the hunt. Stay safe and enjoy your hunting adventures and enjoy the ability to feed your family with many delicious meals.
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Sunlight hits the tracks.
Why does hot weather cause severe rail disruption?
Sunlight hits the tracks.
Soaring temperatures in the UK in July led to rail operators putting in place speed restrictions due to the risk of tracks buckling.
When do tracks buckle?
How does Network Rail prevent buckling?
Where a stretch of track is composed of short rail sections bolted together, gaps are left to allow for expansion.
Does this happen in other countries?
Network Rail said other nations choose a higher stress temperature limit for their tracks, depending on the climate.
Countries with extreme weather conditions adjust their tracks between summer and winter, the company said.
This can include inserting concrete slabs which can better contain track forces than sleepers and ballast.
Network Rail's website said that the "variations in short-term weather and long-term climate" in Britain mean "it is neither practical nor cost-effective" to implement such measures permanently.
It said solid concrete slab tracks costs about four times as much to install as standard ballasted track.
The company also said that stress-proofing Britain's rail track to the levels of hot countries would also create "the risk of increased tension on the rails in the winter".
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permissibility of stunning chicken
permissibility of stunning chicken
Aslamu Alikum i would like to find out the ruling or views on stunning of chicken before slaughtering. In my country it's certified as halaal and accepted by some of the scholars and dislike by other scholars Jazakallah await your response
In order for meat to be lawful for consumption it must be slaughtered in a particular way. One of the conditions for permissibility is that the animal must be alive at the time of slaughter. If it dies before slaughter then it will be unlawful for consumption. The issue of stunning chickens is a heavily debated topic. The main contention is whether or not the chicken dies between stunning and slaughter. Each halal certifying body has their own criteria. Some will permit stunning provided certain conditions are met such as the voltage being kept at a low rate to ensure the chicken doesn't die, whilst other certifying bodies will not permit stunning of any sort. Either way the fundamental point is whether or not the chicken dies before slaughter.
In addition to this, stunning is understood to cause the animal additional unnecessary pain and can also reduce the amount of blood flowing out of the animal. For these two reasons some scholars will deem stunned chicken as disliked even if it did not die before slaughter. This maybe the reason why some scholars in your country consider stunned chicken disliked.
As we are not fully aware of the industry practice in Guyana or the criteria adopted by the halal certifying bodies, it is difficult for us to indicate our preference. However, when it comes to eating Halal one should always exercise reasonable caution and abstain from doubtful food.
The above information is provided as a general guideline of the opinions and rules in relation to stunned chicken as requested.
You may find the following article helpful in building your understanding of stunning:
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A luxury hotel group purchases a deserted island 3. 5 miles offshore and due south of an endangered bird nesting beach. The nearest power so
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A luxury hotel group purchases a deserted island 3. 5 miles offshore and due south of an endangered bird nesting beach. The nearest power source is on land, 10 miles due east of the bird nesting beach. Surveying for electricity construction costs $250 per mile over the water and $150 per mile on the ground. As a surveyor, the cheapest price (in dollars) for which you can bill the job involves surveying above the water to a point inbetween the nesting beach and the power source, and then from the nesting beach to the power source. Find the least expensive price for which you can bill the job
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 Answer:
 T.C ( 1.1007 ) = T.C_min = $2252
 Step-by-step explanation:
 Given:
 – Cost of electricity construction over water C_w = $250 / mile
 – Cost of electricity construction over ground C_w = $150 / mile
 – The distance from hotel island = 3.5 miles
 – The distance from beach to power source = 10 miles
 Find:
 Find the least expensive price for which you can bill the job
 Solution:
 – This problem requires cost optimization. So we need to develop a cost function as follows
 Total Cost = C_w*(distance from island to x) + C_g*( distance from x to power)
 – Now calculate the relevant distances using Pythagoras theorem:
 Distance from island to x = sqrt ( x^2 + 3.5^2 )
 Distance from x to power station = 10 – x
 – Input the distances in the cost function:
 T.C ( x ) = C_w*sqrt ( x^2 + 3.5^2 ) + C_g*(10 – x )
 – Input the relevant rates:
 T.C ( x ) = 250*sqrt ( x^2 + 3.5^2 ) + 150*(10 – x )
 – Simplify:
 T.C ( x ) = 250*sqrt ( x^2 + 12.25 ) + 1500 – 150x
 – Next, we will optimize the cost to minimum. We need the distance x that would give us the minimum cost. To minimize the function, set its derivative with respect to x equals to zero.
 T.C' ( x ) = 500*x*( x^2 + 12.25 )^( -0.5 ) – 150
 – Set the derivative to zero and solve for x:
 sqrt ( x^2 + 12.25 ) = 10x/3
 Squaring both sides:
 9*x^2 + 110.25 = 100*x^2
 Simplify and solve:
 x = sqrt (110.25 / 91) = 1.1007 miles
 – The cost function is minimized at x = 1.1007 miles. We will input this back into our function and evaluate the minimum cost as follows:
 T.C ( 1.1007 ) = 250*sqrt ( 1.1007^2 + 12.25 ) + 1500 – 150*1.1007
 T.C ( 1.1007 ) = T.C_min = $2252

 – So the minimum cost associated with this plan is $2252.
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This is the 7th in a series of posts leading up to Node.js Knockout on using Nodemailer. This post was written by Node Knockout judge and Nodemailer creator Andris Reinman.
tl;dr — How to send an e-mail using Nodemailer
Install Nodemailer
> npm install nodemailer
Include the module in your script and create a reusable transport object
var nodemailer = require("nodemailer");
var smtpTransport = nodemailer.createTransport("SMTP",{
 service: "Gmail",
 auth: {
 user: "_EMAIL_",
 pass: "gmailpass"
 }
});
Send an e-mail using the connection object
smtpTransport.sendMail({
 from: "My Name <_EMAIL_>", // sender address
 to: "Your Name <_EMAIL_>", // comma separated list of receivers
 subject: "Hello ✔", // Subject line
 text: "Hello world ✔" // plaintext body
}, function(error, response){
 if(error){
 console.log(error);
 }else{
 console.log("Message sent: " + response.message);
 }
});
Send another e-mail without caring about the outcome (or add the callback function as well, like in the previous code block, if you do care)
smtpTransport.sendMail({
 from: "My Name <_EMAIL_>", // sender address
 to: "Your Name <_EMAIL_>", // comma separated list of receivers
 subject: "Hello ✔", // Subject line
 text: "Hello world ✔" // plaintext body
});
For additional details see Nodemailer documentation or read through this article.
Super brief introduction to e-mail technologies
There are several ways to send an e-mail but in the end it all comes down to the SMTP protocol (Simple Mail Transfer Protocol), since this is the method how e-mails are actually transferred in the interwebs. There have been some other propositions as well in the past, like ISO standardized X.400 for example but these never took off and thus don't really matter for most.
The reason why you don't just open a TCP connection to the recipients incoming SMTP server (the one that is found from the domains DNS MX record and listening on port 25), transmit the message and be done with it, is that in this way, most probably, your message ends up in the junk folder or gets lost entirely - for one, you are not a trusted sender, your sending volumes are way too low (what an irony). This behaviour is also not optimal, as your application would have to handle e-mail bounces, errors, greylisting etc. The better way instead is to turn to your Mail Submission Agent (MSA), which also speaks SMTP and for an exchange of your credentials, happily queues your message for delivery by a relaying Mail Transfer Agent (MTA), which in turn, also speaks SMTP. Often MSA and MTA are one and the same but in theory they are meant to perform somewhat different tasks.
SMTP is a textual protocol and looks a bit like this:
CLIENT: <initiates connection to the server>
SERVER: 220 bob the mailcat listening
CLIENT: HELO joe.the.sender
SERVER: 250 Hello, joe.the.sender, nice to meet you!
CLIENT: MAIL FROM:<_EMAIL_>
SERVER: 250 Ok, proceed with recipients
...
The numbers returned from the server are status codes, anything equal or above 400 is an error (HTTP anyone?)
While SMTP defines the transport of the envelope (from the sender's computer to the recipients inboxes), the contents of the envelope is a completely different thing. Actually the two are so unrelated, you can set whatever you want to as the message contents (you can spoof "from" and "to" addresses in the mail header, you can set a future or prehistoric date for the message, you can use strange byte sequences or use an invalid format etc.) and it still gets delivered. Depending on the MSA, some of the data might be corrected though (eg. the prehistoric date of yours might be adjusted to a more recent value) but not all of it.
It's exactly as with regular mail - you have an envelope that says where the letter is supposed end up and then you have the envelope contents that can contain a valid letter, addressed to the same person labeled on the envelope; or some money without an explanation; or some barb wire; or instead a letter addressed someone totally unrelated from the person on the label of the envelope. If you don't have the envelope you can never be sure just based on the included letter from where the message originates and to whom it was sent.
Thats why when you look at a spam mail you often see that the recipient name and address fields are blank or invalid - the e-mail client program takes this information from the message contents and not from the envelope. Luckily most servers prepend some of the envelope information also to the mail header, so if you look at the raw source of the message, the first line, "Delivered-To" says which actual address was the final receiver. With several mail accounts ending up in the same e-mail client box, you might not be always able to tell it by yourself. That is also how BCC works - the name is on the envelope but not in the message.
The most simple e-mail message only consists of header and ascii content
From: _EMAIL_
To: _EMAIL_
Subject: Hello
How are you doing?
If you've ever done HTTP, then the structure should seem familiar. There's a header block and after two consecutive line breaks (NB! all line breaks in the interwebs protocols use the form <CR><LF> (eg. the "windows style") and not the <LF> (the "unix style") form) comes the body of the message.
Nontrivial E-mail messages (the ones that want to use non-ascii characters or attachments or almost any other feature) are formatted by MIME which stands for Multipurpose Internet Mail Extensions. You can include multiple "views" of the same data for the message (ie. HTML view and plaintext view), add binary attachments, use different character sets and so on but eventually it is all compiled to a single ascii-only file before it is being sent as the e-mail. The compiled raw source was meant to be human readable on ancient 80 column terminals but with multipart messages (attachments, different "views" etc), it is not a pleasant exercise to browse through - all "extensions" are added on top of the original plain format, making up an onion-like structure. For example one horror child of such extending is the way to support long unicode filenames etc. for attachments (RFC2231) that uses urlencoding instead of mime encoding.
While most of the strings in e-mail headers are encoded in MIME encoded-word, like the following
Subject: =?us-ascii?Q?This_is_even_more_***fun***_isn't_it!?=
Then here's an excerpt from the RFC2231 for splitting long header values:
Content-Type: application/x-stuff
 title*0*=us-ascii'en'This%20is%20even%20more%20
 title*1*=%2A%2A%2Afun%2A%2A%2A%20
 title*2="isn't it!"
No, it is not fun.
Y U NO USE SAME ENCODINGS FOR EVERYTHINGZ?
E-mail modules
To keep you away from the tedious task of mingling together standard compliant e-mail messages that would go through the wire, enter e-mail sending libraries. There are some for every programming language and for Node.js, there's Nodemailer by yours truly or emailjs by eleith. These, of course, are not the only options, there used to be (now deprecated) node_mailer by Marak Squires and there still is pony by substack, there's probably even more but for feature completeness I would definitely suggest using either Nodemailer or emailjs. As the author of Nodemailer I'm not going to describe the other modules but these are still worth checking out.
Installing Nodemailer
Installing Nodemailer follows the common path - you can install it from npm. Add a dependency to your package.json and run npm install
package.json contents:
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"dependencies": {
 "nodemailer": "0.3.29"
},
...
NB! If you don't have a package file yet, you can create one automatically by running npm init.
Now update your installation by running in the same directory the package.json resides.
npm install
If you are on Windows, you are going to see some error messages flying through while installing but this is normal and doesn't affect how the module is going to work in the end. Nodemailer tries to drag iconv module to the party as an optional dependency and iconv needs compiling. The icon


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Question: Does the intensity of aspiration increase with each incarnation?Sri Chinmoy: There is no hard and fast rule that with each incarnation the intensity of aspiration will increase, although that is what is expected. Unless one becomes a true, devoted seeker in the purest sense of the term, one may drift away from the life of aspiration. In a particular incarnation, one might drift away from aspiration and enter into a life of desire in order to become a celebrity in a particular field. It has happened in millions of cases. But if one becomes a divine and self-giving seeker, then with each incarnation one's aspiration is bound to increase.
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Reasons to Dump a Mutual Fund
Many financial advisors and academics do not advise selling stocks and mutual funds when prices are dropping during bear markets. If you can just hold on from side to side thick and thin, they argue, you are likely to enjoy returns better than any other asset class over the long run.
Though, there are occasions when selling a mutual fund might be acceptable. Buy and hold is not everlastingly. Here we glance at the top eight reasons for selling a mutual fund.
1. Portfolio Rebalancing
Over time, trends in financial markets may cause asset allocations to diverge from desired settings. In other words, some mutual funds can nurture to a large proportion of the portfolio while others shrink to a smaller proportion, exposing you to a different level of risk.
To avoid these possibilities, the portfolio can be rebalanced periodically by selling units in funds that have relatively large weights and transferring the proceeds to funds that have relatively small weights. Under this rule, the time to sell equity mutual funds is when they have enjoyed high-quality gains over an extended bull market and the percentage allocated to them has drifted up too high.
2. Mutual Fund Changes or Mismanagement
Mutual funds might change in a many number of ways that can be at odds with your original reasons for buying. For an instance, a star portfolio manager could jump ship and be replaced by someone missing the same capabilities. Or there may be approach drift, which arises when a manager gradually alters his or her investing approach over time. (For more insight, check out Focus Pocus May Not Lead to Magical Returns and Must You Follow Your Fund Manager?)
Other signals to move on include an increasing trend in annual management expense ratios (MERs) or a fund that has developed large relative to the market. If the fund has developed large compared to the market, managers could have difficulty differentiating their portfolios from the market in order to earn above-market returns.
3. Investor Growth
As you gain more and more experience and you can acquire more and more wealth and hence you may outgrow mutual funds. With larger wealth comes the ability to buy enough individual stocks to achieve adequate diversification and avoid MERs. And with superior knowledge comes the confidence to do it yourself, whether it is actively picking stocks or buying and holding market indexes through exchange-traded funds (ETFs).
4. Life Cycle Changes
Although stocks historically have been the best investments to own over the long run, their instability makes them untrustworthy vehicles in the short term. While retirement, children's post-secondary educations, or some other funding requirements approach, a good idea is to shift out of stock-market funds into assets that have more certain returns, such as bonds or term deposits, whose maturities coincide with the time that the funds will be needed.
5. Mistakes
Every now and then, investors' due diligence is incomplete and they end up owning funds they otherwise would have not purchased. For an instance, the investor might discover that the fund is too impulsive for their tastes, a closet-index fund with a high MER, or invested in undesirable securities.
Portfolio errors might also have been dedicated by the investor. A frequent mistake is over-diversifying with too many funds, which can be difficult to keep tabs on and can tend to average out to market performance (less fund fees).
Another common misstep is to puzzle owning a large number of funds with diversification. A large number of funds will not smooth out fluctuations if they tend to move in the same direction. What's desirable is a collection of funds, of which some can be expected to be up when others are down.
6. Valuation
Shift out of mutual funds to rebalance your fixed portfolio allocations by using a stretchy or opportunistic approach. A common valuation benchmark is the price-earnings ratio (P/E ratio); for U.S. stocks, it has averaged 14 to 15 over time, so if it rises to 24 to 26, valuations are overextended and the risk of a downturn is prominent.
7. Something Better Comes Along
Selling on every occasion something better came along. In the mutual fund territory, some funds can come onto the market with innovations that are better at doing what your fund is doing. Or, over time, it may become obvious other portfolio managers are performing better against the same benchmarks.
8. Tax Reduction
Mutual funds held in taxable accounts might be down significantly from their purchase price. They can be sold to understand capital losses that are used to offset taxable capital gains and thus lower taxes.
If the sale was exclusively to realize a capital loss for taxation purposes, the investor will want to re-establish the position after the 30-day period necessary to avoid the superficial-loss rule. The investor might take a possibility that the price will be the same, lower or might choose to hold a proxy for the fund's price movement.
Tax-loss selling tends to take place during August to late December. That's also the era when many funds have anticipated the capital gains and income they will be distributing to investors at year end. These amounts are taxable in the hands of the investor, so a supplementary reason to sell a losing fund from the tax point of view may be to avoid a large year-end distribution that would entail paying additional taxes.
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arrow :: Renderable (Path R2) b => Double -> Diagram b R2 Source
arrow len creates an arrow of length len with default parameters, starting at the origin and ending at the point (len,0).
arrow' :: Renderable (Path R2) b => ArrowOpts -> Double -> Diagram b R2 Source
arrow' opts len creates an arrow of length len using the given options, starting at the origin and ending at the point (len,0). In particular, it scales the given arrowShaft so that the entire arrow has length len.
straightShaft :: Trail R2 Source
Straight line arrow shaft.
arrowHead :: Lens' ArrowOpts ArrowHT Source
A shape to place at the head of the arrow.
arrowTail :: Lens' ArrowOpts ArrowHT Source
A shape to place at the tail of the arrow.
arrowShaft :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Trail R2) Source
The trail to use for the arrow shaft.
headGap :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Measure R2) Source
Distance to leave between the head and the target point.
tailGap :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Measure R2) Source
Distance to leave between the starting point and the tail.
gaps :: Traversal' ArrowOpts (Measure R2) Source
Set both the headGap and tailGap simultaneously.
gap :: Traversal' ArrowOpts (Measure R2) Source
Same as gaps, provided for backward compatiiblity.
headTexture :: Setter' ArrowOpts Texture Source
A lens for setting or modifying the texture of an arrowhead. For example, one may write ... (with & headTexture .~ grad) to get an arrow with a head filled with a gradient, assuming grad has been defined. Or ... (with & headTexture .~ solid blue to set the head color to blue. For more general control over the style of arrowheads, see headStyle.
headStyle :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Style R2) Source
Style to apply to the head. headStyle is modified by using the lens combinator %~ to change the current style. For example, to change an opaque black arrowhead to translucent orange: (with & headStyle %~ fc orange . opacity 0.75).
tailTexture :: Setter' ArrowOpts Texture Source
A lens for setting or modifying the texture of an arrow tail.
tailStyle :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Style R2) Source
Style to apply to the tail. See headStyle.
shaftTexture :: Setter' ArrowOpts Texture Source
A lens for setting or modifying the texture of an arrow shaft.
shaftStyle :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Style R2) Source
Style to apply to the shaft. See headStyle.
headLength :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Measure R2) Source
The length from the start of the joint to the tip of the head.
tailLength :: Lens' ArrowOpts (Measure R2) Source
The length of the tail plus its joint.
lengths :: Traversal' ArrowOpts (Measure R2) Source
Set both the headLength and tailLength simultaneously.
Text
text :: Renderable Text b => String -> Diagram b R2 Source
Create a primitive text diagram from the given string, with center alignment, equivalent to alignedText 0.5 0.5.
Note that it takes up no space, as text size information is not available.
topLeftText :: Renderable Text b => String -> Diagram b R2 Source
Create a primitive text diagram from the given string, origin at the top left corner of the text's bounding box, equivalent to alignedText 0 1.
Note that it takes up no space.
alignedText :: Renderable Text b => Double -> Double -> String -> Diagram b R2 Source
Create a primitive text diagram from the given string, with the origin set to a point interpolated within the bounding box. The first parameter varies from 0 (left) to 1 (right), and the second parameter from 0 (bottom) to 1 (top).
The height of this box is determined by the font's potential ascent and descent, rather than the height of the particular string.
Note that it takes up no space.
baselineText :: Renderable Text b => String -> Diagram b R2 Source
Create a primitive text diagram from the given string, with the origin set to be on the baseline, at the beginning (although not bounding). This is the reference point of showText in the Cairo graphics library.
Note that it takes up no space.
font :: HasStyle a => String -> a -> a Source
Specify a font family to be used for all text within a diagram.
italic :: HasStyle a => a -> a Source
Set all text in italics.
oblique :: HasStyle a => a -> a Source
Set all text using an oblique slant.
bold :: HasStyle a => a -> a Source
Set all text using a bold font weight.
fontSize :: (HasStyle a, V a ~ R2) => Measure R2 -> a -> a Source
Set the font size, that is, the size of the font's em-square as measured within the current local vector space. The default size is 1.
fontSizeO :: (HasStyle a, V a ~ R2) => Double -> a -> a Source
A convenient synonym for 'fontSize (Output w)'.
fontSizeL :: (HasStyle a, V a ~ R2) => Double -> a -> a Source
A convenient sysnonym for 'fontSize (Local w)'.
fontSizeN :: (HasStyle a, V a ~ R2) => Double -> a -> a Source
A convenient synonym for 'fontSize (Normalized w)'.
fontSizeG :: (HasStyle a, V a ~ R2) => Double -> a -> a Source
A convenient synonym for 'fontSize (Global w)'.
Images
data DImage :: * -> * where Source
An image primitive, the two ints are width followed by height. Will typically be created by loadImageEmb or loadImageExt which, will handle setting the width and heigh to the actual width and height of the image.
Constructors
DImage :: ImageData t -> Int -> Int -> T2 -> DImage t
Instances
data ImageData :: * -> * where Source
ImageData is either a JuicyPixels DynamicImage tagged as Embedded or a reference tagged as External.
data Embedded Source
Instances
data External Source
Instances
image :: (Typeable a, Renderable (DImage a) b) => DImage a -> Diagram b R2 Source
Make a DImage into a Diagram.
loadImageEmb :: FilePath -> IO (Either String (DImage Embedded)) Source
Use JuicyPixels to read an image in any format and wrap it in a DImage. The width and height of the image are set to their actual values.
loadImageExt :: FilePath -> IO (Either String (DImage External)) Source
Check that a file exists, and use JuicyPixels to figure out the right size, but save a reference to the image instead of the raster data
uncheckedImageRef :: FilePath -> Int -> Int -> DImage External Source
Make an "unchecked" image reference; have to specify a width and height. Unless the aspect ratio of the external image is the w :: h, then the image will be distorted.
raster :: (Int -> Int -> AlphaColour Double) -> Int -> Int -> DImage Embedded Source
Create an image "from scratch" by specifying the pixel data
rasterDia :: Renderable (DImage Embedded) b => (Int -> Int -> AlphaColour Double) -> Int -> Int -> Diagram b R2 Source
Crate a diagram from raw raster data.
Transformations
Rotation
rotation :: Angle -> T2 Source
Create a transformation which performs a rotation about the local origin by the given angle. See also rotate.
rotate :: (Transformable t, V t ~ R2) => Angle -> t -> t Source
Rotate about the local origin by the given angle. Positive angles correspond to counterclockwise rotation, negative to clockwise. The angle can be expressed using any of the Isos on Angle. For example, rotate (1/4 @@ turn), rotate (tau/4 @@ rad), and rotate (90 @@ deg) all represent the same transformation, namely, a counterclockwise rotation by a right angle. To rotate about some point other than the local origin, see rotateAbout.
Note that writing rotate (1/4), with no Angle constructor, will yield an error since GHC cannot figure out which sort of angle you want to use. In this common situation you can use rotateBy, which interprets its argument as a number of turns.
rotateBy :: (Transformable t, V t ~ R2) => Double -> t -> t Source
A synonym for rotate, interpreting its argument in units of turns; it can be


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Definition of mistletoe in English:
A leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears white glutinous berries in winter.
- Several species in the family Viscaceae, in particular the Eurasian Viscum album and the North American Phoradendron flavescens
- Most dwarf mistletoes grow on conifers in the western United States.
- In Somerset and Herefordshire mistletoe grows on the apple trees from which cedar is produced.
- The Druids would cut the mistletoe that grew on the oak tree and give it as a blessing.
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Definition of strong gale in English:
A wind of force 9 on the Beaufort scale (41-47 knots or 47-54 mph).
- And it's possible it could become what we call extra tropical, but it would still be a very strong gale force storm at that time.
- It's hard to tell if it was from strong gale force winds or if it was some sort of tornadic activity.
- An exceptionally strong gale of wind blew through and uprooted an old palm tree.
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How to defuse the grenade? Carefully screw off the handle from the casing. Take out the detonator. Wrap it in paper, cotton, or a rag, and put it in your bag so it is safe from being hit or falling out. Reconnect the handle with the grenade.
Always transport the grenades unloaded. Store and transport the detonators separately.
Model 1939 Egg-shaped Hand Grenade
This is an offensive timed hand grenade. It weighs 220 grams.
To prepare this grenade for throwing, extract the fuse with the protective cap from the grenade (shown in figure 112 in the left hand) and inspect the fuse housing. Make sure that it is free from debris. Screw off the safety cap from the distance cylinder (fig 112). Replace it with a detonator. The open part of the detonator may contain wood shavings, cloth fibers, etc. In this case, turn the detonator so that they fall out. If they do not, discard the detonator, as it is unusable. Do not attempt to extract debris from the detonator with any object.
If you have a functioning detonator, slide it on the distance cylinder carefully (fig 113). Then, screw the fuse into the grenade and tighten the nut (fig 114). The grenade is ready for use.
Fig. 112. How to remove the safety cap.
Fig. 113. How to put on the detonator.
Fig. 114. How to tighten the fuse with a nut.
Screw off the safety cap, which remains attached by a cord. Take the grenade in your right hand. Grip the cap with your index and middle fingers, and throw the grenade. Remember that it will detonate 4 seconds after you throw.
Some grenades already have a detonator inserted. Know how to disarm them. Pull the fuse out of the grenade. Carefully take the detonator off and wrap it in a rag. Put the safety cap back on and screw the fuse back into the grenade.
Transport grenades separately from the detonators.
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Dec. 5, 2012 Carp stored in large tubs at Czech Christmas markets align themselves in the north-south direction, suggesting they possess a previously unknown capacity to perceive geomagnetic fields, according to a new study published December 5 in the open access journal PLOS ONE, led Hynek Burda from the University of Life Sciences (Prague), Czech Republic and colleagues from other institutions.
The authors photographed and analyzed the positions of fish in the traditional Czech Christmas market, where carp are stored live in large tubs prior to being sold for the holiday feast.
Their study included over 14,000 fish in 25 markets, and the majority of these fish were found to align themselves along the north-south axis. The fish were accustomed to human onlookers, and street lights and other potential disturbances seemed to have no effect on the orientation of the fish.
In the absence of other common stimuli for orientation like light, sound or the flow of water, the authors suggest that the fish most likely align themselves to geomagnetic cues.
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- Vlastimil Hart, Tomáš Kušta, Pavel Němec, Veronika Bláhová, Miloš Ježek, Petra Nováková, Sabine Begall, Jaroslav Červený, Vladimír Hanzal, Erich Pascal Malkemper, Kamil Štípek, Christiane Vole, Hynek Burda. Magnetic Alignment in Carps: Evidence from the Czech Christmas Fish Market. PLoS ONE, 2012; 7 (12): e51100 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone._PHONE_
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Population movement, such as commuting, can affect water supply pressure and efficiency in modern cities. However, there is a gap in the research concerning the relationship between water use and population mobility, which is of great significance for urban water supply planning and supporting urban sustainable development. In this study, we analyzed the spatial–temporal dynamics of the population and its underlying mechanisms, using multi-source geospatial big data, including Baidu heat maps (BHMs), land use parcels, and point of interest. Combined with water consumption, sewage volume, and river depth data, the impact of population dynamics on water use was investigated. The results showed that there were obvious differences in population dynamics between weekdays and weekends with a ratio of 1.11 for the total population. Spatially, the population concentration was mainly observed in areas associated with enterprises, industries, shopping, and leisure activities during the daytime, while at nighttime, it primarily centered around residential areas. Moreover, the population showed a significant impact on water use, resulting in co-periods of 24 h and 7 days, and the water consumption as well as the wastewater production were observed to be proportional to the population density. This study can offer valuable implications for urban water resource allocation strategies.
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I am currently trying to draw a point with the ArcGIS Javascript API.
Pretty much like this example, _URL_ except the point will not be drawn with the mouse, but from an javascript object.
If we look at the code, we see that a geometry object/array is passed in the function.
function addToMap(geometry) {
 var symbol = new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol(esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol.STYLE_SQUARE, 10, new esri.symbol.SimpleLineSymbol(esri.symbol.SimpleLineSymbol.STYLE_SOLID, new dojo.Color([255,0,0]), 1), new dojo.Color([0,255,0,0.25]));
 var graphic = new esri.Graphic(geometry, symbol);
If someone could write the structure for that object, and a method to draw the point (such as a button, with an onclick event, containing fixed xy coords)
Dumping geometry looks like this _URL_ (ouch!)
This code will be used in a GPS tracking experiement, where I'll pull the current position from a database every 20 seconds or so. (details will not be covered in this post)
Bonus question: How do I convert long/lat to xy coords from the sample?
I use UTM zone 29N, wkid: 32629
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Adding a point from a button click can be as simple as:
dojo.connect(dojo.byId('pointButton'), 'onclick', function() {
 map.graphics.add(new esri.Graphic(
 // Point coordinates are 0, 0
 new esri.geometry.Point(0, 0, map.spatialReference),
 new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol()
And the pointButton node is:
Click to add a point.
To add a point when the map is clicked is pretty straightforward as well:
dojo.connect(map, 'onClick', function(evt) {
 map.graphics.add(new esri.Graphic(
 new esri.symbol.SimpleMarkerSymbol()
Live example showing both here: _URL_
Regarding converting from lat, long to another coordinate system: if you're converting to or from lat, long to web mercator, there are client side methods available to do this: esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator and esri.geometry.WebMercatorToGeographic. If you need to convert from lat, long to something other than web mercator, then the geometry service's project method is the way to go.
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Thanks a lot. Drawing the point works like a charm. In the conversion, I have been trying the geometry service's project method. The map I'm using is based on UTM zone 29N, wkid 32629. Using the geommetry service only gives me "X" = NaN, "Y = NaN". Any ideas? I tried the exact same code on the world map _URL_ (wkid:102100), worked fine. – Ragnar123 Aug 3 '11 at 12:20
It works with 32629 or 102100. I posted an example to a similar question a while back here: _URL_ – Derek Swingley Aug 3 '11 at 14:00
Yes, I see it works with 32629 and 102100, but how about conversion from 4326 to 32629? I keep getting NaN values – Ragnar123 Aug 3 '11 at 18:26
It should still work; maybe you should create a new question so you can provide your code and, ideally, the URL w/URL parameters that is being sent to your service. – Derek Swingley Aug 3 '11 at 19:52
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Each of the geometry types has a constructor that builds a new geometry object from JSON -- for example: Point. There's an example of a Point JSON object on that page.
For your second question, the recommended approach is to use a Geometry Service to reproject the point from SRID 4326 (long/lat) to the map's native coordinate system. See here for an example.
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Thank you, looks good. Will try, and return with either further questions or a checkmark :-) – Ragnar123 Aug 1 '11 at 15:22
If you're using the 1.4 or later API, why wouldn't you use the esri.geometry.geographicToWebMercator(geometry) method instead of calling the geometry service? – kenbuja Aug 1 '11 at 17:52
_USER_ - I didn't realize they had that, thanks! I agree, that would definitely make more sense if you are converting between geographic and Web Mercator. – mrohlf Aug 1 '11 at 19:08
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Sounds like your specific problem is that you have a lat/long coordinate and you need to place that on the map as geometry. Use the esri.Graphic(geometry, symbol, attributes, infoTemplate) constructor to make your graphic to put on the map.
If you follow the API reference sample, creating a point graphic from a lat/long is pretty straightforward.
But, if you are pulling the point from a database using a web service, then it might be more straightforward to use the json example right below it. Have the web service construct the point json rather than constructing it client side. If you need to modify any part of the json after it is returned by the service, you can do that client side on the json before passing it to the graphic constructor.
var myPoint = {
 "Plant":"Mesa Mint"
 "title":"Vernal Pool Locations",
 "content":"Latitude: ${YCoord}Longitude: ${XCoord}Plant Name:${Plant}"
var gra= new esri.Graphic(myPoint);
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This page has been written as part of the NIP2 Beginners Guide.
Image registration is the process of ensuring that the matching features of two similar images appear in the same place in each image. If different images have been captured of a single object, at different stages of it's life, for example before, during or after conservation work or with different pieces of equipment, for example visible, infra-red, uv or x-ray, then they may need to be registered to each other before direct digital comparisons are carried out.
Image comparison is the process of checking whether the matching features of two similar images appear in the same place in each image. Comparisons can be used to check the result of the registration procedures or just to check if two similar images match, this can very useful when comparing different versions of the same painting, or even checking whether a drawing or cartoon has been used in the construction of a painting.
There are two basic registration function included in nip2, Linear Match and Perspective Match. Two images need to be selected and then the chosen function can be performed, the second image will be adjusted to match the first based on the positioning of a set of marks.
Figure 8.1: Selection of sample images used to show the results of the image overlay and image registration functions. Image A is the base image that the others starting images, B, C and D want to be resistered to. Images AA, AB, AC and AD are the result of running the overlay function with image A and all of the starting images. Images B2 and C2 show the results of linear matching images B and C with image A and image D2 show the results of perspective matching images C with image A. Images AB2, AC2 and AD2 are the result of running the overlay function with image A and the three matches images.
- [Main Window][Toolkits: Image: Transform: Linear Match]
This functions can be used to correct size, translation and rotation differences between two images. Two marks are placed on each of the original images, which can be moved to indicate the position of two good matching features in the images. In addition to the marks options are provided to lock the image to prevent resizing[_TAG_ 1] and to allow the software to try to improve the position of your marks[_TAG_ 2].
- [Main Window][Toolkits: Image: Transform: Perspective Match]
This functions can be used to correct size, translation, rotation and perspective distortion differences between two images. Four marks are placed on each of the original images, which can be moved to indicate the position of four good matching features in the images.
There are three basic comparison function included in nip2, Overlay, Slider Blend and Along Line, see figure [_TAG_:reg_comp 8.2]fg:reg_comp. Two images need to be selected and then the chosen function can be performed for the comparison to be performed.
Figure 8.2: Examples of the nip2 objects produced by the three basic comparison functions, Overlay, Slider Blend and Along Line.
- [Main Window][Toolkits: Filter: Overlay]
This function produces a mono version of the original object and then uses them along with a black image to produce a RGB[_TAG_ 3] colour image. By default the first image is used to create the red chanel, the second image is used to create the green chanel and the black is used for the blue channel, this is know as Green over Red. Here the good areas of overlap will appear yellow, where the green and red images match, see figure [_TAG_:reg_regandcomp 8.1]fg:reg_regandcomp and figure [_TAG_:reg_comp 8.2]fg:reg_comp. The function object does provide the option to change this image order to produce different colours if it is required.
- [Main Window][Toolkits: Filter: Blend: Slider Blend]
This function effectively places the second image on top of the first and then allows the user to adjust the transparency of the second image by moving a slider back and forward.
- [Main Window][Toolkits: Filter: Blend: Along Line]
This function produces an new image by blending then together down a line. Options are provided for the user to decided if the images are to be blended left-right or top-bottom and to control the position and degree of the blend.
This can be good if you are wanting to line two images up but not actually change their size. This process does not always improve your match but can be helpful at times. see section [_TAG_:colour 3.3.3]sec:colour


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3D MRI tumor images. The method proposed demonstrates good generalization capability from the best individuals obtained in the learning phase to handle sparse image data on publically available benchmark dataset and real time data sets.
A 2-D analytic based eddy-current transient model for a conducting plate is derived that is capable of accounting for continuous changes in the input conditions. Only the source field on the surface of the conducting plate needs to be known. In addition, a 2-D steady-state analytic based eddy-current model that is capable of accounting for frequency and velocity changes in two directions is derived. Both analytic based models have been validated using finite element code. The transient and steady-state models are integrated into an electromechanical system where the magnetic source is a Halbach rotor. The accuracy of both calculation methods is compared. The stiffness and damping coefficients are derived using the steady-state model.


text: Background Approximately 50% of older individuals perceive themselves as being forgetful. Objective The objective of this review is to get an overview of previous research on the relation between perceived forgetfulness (in the absence of objective memory deficit) and quality of life in older individuals. Findings in previous research might be a starting point for further research and possible future interventions. Methods Scientific papers that investigated the relation between subjective memory complaints and quality of life were searched. Two independent raters scored the articles on their methodology. The methodological quality was taken into account when conclusions were drawn. Results The literature search resulted in 682 articles, of which five studies met the inclusion criteria. Although the five studies differed in their methodology, the findings of the methodologically adequate studies show a relation between memory complaints and a diminished quality of life in the elderly. Conclusions The negative impact that subjective memory complaints can have on quality of life makes it important to acknowledge forgetfulness as a serious issue in the life of older individuals. However, more research is needed to explore the relationship between subjective memory complaints and quality of life, also with regard to the influence of depression and objective memory performance.


of the datestamp large enough, the multiple pipelines needing to generate the same ID shouldn't be a problem. I guess 1-minute resolution would be enough, although if a rebuild is needed (e.g. flakey internet connection), we would end up with a different datestamp.
Example Version:
2021-08-16.13-07
5. Commit Datestamp
Similar to Option 4, except we use the commit's commit date to build the version number. This solves multiple pipelines needing to generate the same tag in parallel, as well as being unique and ordered. The timestamps can also be higher precision than Option 4, as we don't need to hope that pipelines start at a close enough time.
This is how we would generate it:
timestamp=$(git show -s --format=%cd --date="format:%Y-%m-%d.%H-%M-%S")
Example Version:
2021-08-16.13-07-34
6. Automatic SemVer
On build, calculate the version number using Semantic-Release.
This method means that we would need to start enforcing commit message styles, and I am not sure the format that Semantic Release is ideal for us, so it might be better to cover the commit message formatting outside this process.
The commit format would be as follows:
<type>(<scope>): <short summary>
│ │ │
│ │ └─⫸ Summary in the present tense. Not capitalized. No period at the end.
│ │
│ └─⫸ Commit Scope: animations|bazel|benchpress|common|compiler|compiler-cli|core|
│ elements|forms|http|language-service|localize|platform-browser|
│ platform-browser-dynamic|platform-server|router|service-worker|
│ upgrade|zone.js|packaging|changelog|dev-infra|docs-infra|migrations|
│ ngcc|ve
│
└─⫸ Commit Type: build|ci|docs|feat|fix|perf|refactor|test
Having worked in repositories with this enforced, I would recommend against it, as it causes a lot of frustration ("omg why has my commit been rejected again?!") and as mentioned in other options, I am not sure semver itself makes sense for our UI (or UI projects in general.)
We will still need developers to decide if a given commit is a major/minor/patch.
Example Version:
13.4.17
6. Combination: Datestamp + Git
On build, use a combination of Option 5 and Option 2 to generate a unique build number.
This method had the advantage of the meaning of the date, with the uniqueness of the git commit, but the likelihood of us needing to distinguish two commits made at identical times by their commit sha is unlikely, especially as we require clean merges to master.
Example Version:
2021-08-16.13-07-34.84d33bb
Chosen Decision
Option 5
We will also embed other build information as labels in the docker container, such as:
 - branch name
 - pipeline/build number
 - git hash
 - git commit timestamp
Consequences
 - No need to tag commits as a released version, but we could automate this if we wanted
 - No need to rebuild for changing the version number
 - No need to remember to change the version number
 - No need to decide on major/minor/patch semantics
 - Gain an understandable version number, with meaning
Summary
As I said earlier, I went into this process (which I drove) wanting to pick the 2nd option - Short Git Sha, and I came away agreeing that the commit datestamp was the best thing to use.
Not only was my mind changed in the course of this, but also people who join the project later can check out the ./docs/adr/ and see what options we considered for everything about this project, and how we arrived at the conclusions. It also means I have examples to refer back to when people ask interesting questions at work.
How do you tag your containers?
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The Problem with CPUs and Kuberneteshttps://andydote.co.uk/2021/06/02/os-cpus-and-kubernetes/Wed, 02 Jun 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://andydote.co.uk/2021/06/02/os-cpus-and-kubernetes/Key Takeaway: os .cpus() returns the number of cores on a Kubernetes host, not the number of cores assigned to a pod. Investigating excessive memory usage Recently, when I was looking through a cluster health dashboard for a Kubernetes cluster, I noticed that one of the applications deployed was using a considerable amount of RAM - way more than I thought could be reasonable. Each instance (pod) of the application used approximately 8 GB of RAM, which was definitely excessive for a reasonably simple NodeJS webserver.Key Takeaway:
os .cpus() returns the number of cores on a Kubernetes host, not the number of cores assigned to a pod.
Investigating excessive memory usage
Recently, when I was looking through a cluster health dashboard for a Kubernetes cluster, I noticed that one of the applications deployed was using a considerable amount of RAM - way more than I thought could be reasonable. Each instance (pod) of the application used approximately 8 GB of RAM, which was definitely excessive for a reasonably simple NodeJS webserver. Combined with the application running 20-30 replicas or so, it makes the total RAM usage between 160 GB and 240 GB.
One of the first things I noticed was that the deployment manifest in Kubernetes had the NODE_MAX_MEM environment variable specified and set to 250 MB:
environment:
 NODE_MAX_MEM: 250
Interesting. So how is a single container using more RAM than that?
The application used to be deployed to EC2 machines and to fully utilise the multiple cores in the machines, the cluster library was used.
This library essentially forks the node process into n child processes, and in this case, n was set to os.cpus(), which returns the number of cores available on the machine in NodeJS.
While this works for direct virtual machine usage, when the application was containerised and deployed to Kubernetes, it used about the same amount of ram as before, so no one realised there was a problem.
os.cpus() and Kubernetes
The interesting thing about os.cpus() when called in a container in Kubernetes is that it reports the number of cores available on the host machine, not the amount of CPU assigned to the container (e.g. through resource requests and limits).
So every replica for the application spawns 32 child processes, as our EC2 hosts have that many cores. As they had a limited per-pod CPU budget, was there any benefit to doing this?
So I did what seemed natural - I replaced os.cpus() with 1, and deployed the application to production, and watched the performance metrics to see what happened.
And what do you know? No difference in request performance at all - and the memory usage dropped by 7.75 GB per pod.
This means overall, we have saved 155 GB to 232.5 GB of RAM, with no performance difference!
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Adding Observability to Vaulthttps://andydote.co.uk/2021/05/27/vault-observe/Thu, 27 May 2021 00:00:00 +0000https://andydote.co.uk/2021/05/27/vault-observe/One of the things I like to do when setting up a Vault cluster is to visualise all the operations Vault is performing, which helps see usage patterns changing, whether there are lots of failed requests coming in, and what endpoints are receiving the most traffic. While Vault has a lot of data available in Prometheus telemetry, the kind of information I am after is best taken from the Audit backend.One of the things I like to do when setting up a Vault cluster is to visualise all the operations Vault is performing, which helps see usage patterns changing, whether there are lots of failed requests coming in, and what endpoints are receiving the most traffic.
While Vault has a lot of data available in Prometheus telemetry, the kind of information I am after is best taken from the Audit backend. Setting up an audit backend for Vault is reasonably easy - it supports three methods of communication: file, socket and syslog. For this application, I use a Unix socket and a small daemon running on the same machine as the Vault instance to send the data to a tracing system.
The Goal
Write a small application that receives audit events and writes traces (spans) to an observability tool. In this case, I am implementing both Honeycomb and Zipkin via OpenTelemetry.
The code is available on Github, and the most interesting parts are covered in the rest of this blog post.
Receiving and Processing Messages
ln, _ := net.Listen("unix", "/tmp/observe.sock")
conn, _ := ln.Accept()
for {
 message, _ := bufio.NewReader(conn).ReadBytes('\n')
 // do


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Definition of Ley Sustantiva
- It is that one that regulates behavior on some specific matters, or prohibits certain acts. In other words; It is the law that regulates the actions of citizens.
- Set of norms that establish the rights and duties of citizens that are bound by an established legal order. Those who violate these rules may be prosecuted.
ORIGIN OF LEY SUSTANTIVA
Ley sustantiva (Substantive Law) comes from the Latin term legisthat determines all the rules that govern a specific territory. Added to that, the word "substantive" is added, which implies "something that exists independently". From this perspective, it denotes the basic laws that govern the behavior of the citizens of a place.
A Ley Sustantiva functions as a mechanism to grant a right or impose an obligation, punish its non-compliance and determines the procedure for its effectiveness.
CURIOSITIES OF LEY SUSTANTIVA
- In a state of law, the highest Ley Sustantiva is the Constitution or Magna Carta. This is the supreme Law that establishes, organizes and empowers the government of a nation under a system of fundamental principles for the fulfillment of the other laws.
- While the Ley Sustantiva determines what can or cannot be done, the Adjective Law is in charge of determining how due process should be carried out and each important aspect within a trial.


text: This paper presents a novel tactile probe head designed for tissue palpation during minimally invasive surgery (MIS). The probe head uses fiber optics and consists of 14 tactile sensing elements at 2.5-mm spacing with a diameter of 14 mm. Each tactile element contains a microstructure converting the tissue reaction force applied on sensing nodes into a circular image pattern through transmitting and receiving fibers. The image patterns of all the sensing elements are captured by a camera attached at the proximal end of the receiving fibers and are converted to tactile force feedback through image processing. Validation tests showed that each sensing element of the tactile probe head can measure forces from 0 to 0.5 N with a resolution of 0.05 N. The proposed sensing probe is low cost, lightweight, sterilizable, easy to be miniaturized, and magnetic resonance environment compatible. Experiments were performed for testing the probe's capability of detecting the tissue abnormality through spatial distribution of tactile force feedback. The proposed tactile probe head with its capacity to accurately detect nodules embedded inside soft tissue can be an effective tool in surgical palpation during MIS.


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Next to bragging about which community enjoys or endures the most weather, Canadians like to boast how their province or territory compares with the warmest, snowiest or the windiest. To settle arguments as to which jurisdiction can legitimately lay claim to being tops in weather, David Phillips, Environment Canada's Senior Climatologist analyzed 30 years of recent weather data for each of Canada's ten provinces and three territories. His results are sure to provide for entertaining conversation but could also assist provincial and territorial governments, industries, tourism and recreational businesses and those seeking weather information to make decisions on where to reside for retirement or health purposes.
Province-Territory Weather Winners is a follow-up to the highly popular Canadian Cities Are Weather Winners site released in 2003. This new study looks at how each Canadian province and territory ranks in 70 different weather categories, including those groupings used in the city weather winners. Data for 30 years from 150 weather stations, representative of the geography in each province and territory, were used to compute averages for each jurisdiction. Among the categories included are: the warmest province or territory year-round, the hottest in summer, the coldest in winter, the sunniest year-round, the province or territory with the most freezing rain days, the most heavy snow days, the most thunderstorm days, etc. The website allows you to view how your province or territory ranks for each of the categories and includes the weighted-average value for the category in question.


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Java Question
Apache Commons CLI - option type and default value
How can I give a CLI Option a type - such as
int
or
Integer
? (Later, how can I get the parsed value with a single function call?)
How can I give a CLI Option a default value? Such that
CommandLine.getOptionValue()
or the function call mentioned above return that value unless one is specified on the command line?
Answer
EDIT: Default values are now supported. See answer _URL_ below.
As Brent Worden already mentioned, default values are not supported.
I had issues with using Option.setType too. I always got a null pointer exception when calling getParsedOptionValue on an option with type Integer.class. Because the documentation was not really helpful I looked into the source code.
Looking at the TypeHandler class and the PatternOptionBuilder class you can see that Number.class must be used for int or Integer.
And here is a simple example:
CommandLineParser cmdLineParser = new PosixParser();
Options options = new Options();
options.addOption(OptionBuilder.withLongOpt("integer-option")
 .withDescription("description")
 .withType(Number.class)
 .hasArg()
 .withArgName("argname")
 .create());
try {
 CommandLine cmdLine = cmdLineParser.parse(options, args);
 int value = 0; // initialize to some meaningful default value
 if (cmdLine.hasOption("integer-option")) {
 value = ((Number)cmdLine.getParsedOptionValue("integer-option")).intValue();
 }
 System.out.println(value);
} catch (ParseException e) {
 e.printStackTrace();
}
Keep in mind that value can overflow if a number is provided which does not fit into an int.


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: Large turkey-tail point is made of Harrison County flint. It is leaf-shaped or feather-shaped with a small base that has shallow side notches. It is mostly gray in color with areas of light gray, dark gray, dark brown and very pale brown. At the base and on one edge close to the tip there are small areas where the weathered outer layer of the flint core from which the point was made (cortex) is still present. The biface is unbroken, which is unusual for turkey-tail points. View on Ohio Memory.
: AL07249 Subjects
: American Indians; Ohio History--Natural and Native Ohio; Archaeology Places
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Woodland Scenics Scene-A-Rama Complete Diorama Kit (10.75" W x 7-3/8" D x 7.5"H)
This versatile kit includes the materials needed to build various types of structures on a flat, landscaped surface with roads and/or paths.
Step-by-step instructions show students how to make two distinct building types that include various building techniques, such as how to create various roof and siding textures. Patterns can be applied to building an endless number of other structures.
Students learn different types of painting tips and techniques. The instructions walk through how to use several types of scenery materials and apply a variety of techniques to model the landscape.
Project Area: 10 3/4" w x 7 3/8" d x 7 1/2


Wiki bloom filter
The Bloom filter, conceived by Burton H. Bloom in 1970, is a space-efficient probabilistic data structure that is used to test whether an element is a member of a set.We verify that all 50 are found in the filter (guaranteed True Positives).Talk:Bloom filter. This is the talk page for discussing improvements to the Bloom filter article. This is not a forum for general discussion of the article's subject.Examples here~ _URL_ In all the examples you can see how it's okay for the Bloom filter to be wrong.A Bloom filter is a data structure designed to tell you, rapidly and memory-efficiently, whether an element is present in a set.
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Bloom Filters is one of those data structures that you don't generally learn about in. A Bloom filter is a data structure that is used to check for membership of.jbloomer: A bloom filter for Java in about 100 lines. page is exactly how you should not use a bloom filter. for the cases where the filter does NOT.(11 replies) Hi Where can I find documentation on how to use Bloom filters in Solr (4.4). _URL_ seems to be outdated - there.
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What is a bloom filter and what are they used for? Update Cancel. Answer Wiki. Bloom Filter dosnt keep the hash of the input instead it generates a hash.We then try 100,000 random strings to see if they are in the filter.
I was hoping to get some feedback on my bloom filter implementation! Thanks in advance. I tested it with some simple words and seems to be working import hashlib.
String Algorithm: Bloom Filter - mutux.com
Bitcoin SPV nodes can lower their bandwidth requirements by setting a Bloom filter on each P2P connection they have with other. There is no tag wiki for this.2. Sorting with Bloom Filters. As mentioned in the previous section when describing the Bloom Filters, in order to uniformly distribute the values across the filter.But if your goal is to understand why Bloom filters work the way they do, then you may enjoy the post. Bloom filters: We're finally ready for Bloom filters.Pennsylvania RhodeIsland SouthCarolina SouthDakota Tennessee Texas Utah.For more information on Bloom Filters, check the Wikipedias: _URL_ for special topics like "How to get around the 'no.
It can hold up to 13,600 keys while keeping the false positive rate under 1 in 10,000.
Bloom filter in Scala taken from Twitter's Algebird project. Raw. * Bloom Filter - a probabilistic. _URL_
Bloom filters - Wiktionary
File:Bloom filter.svg. File; File history;. Bloom filter; Global file usage. The following other wikis use this file: Usage on cs.wikipedia.org Bloomův filtr.
Bloomov filter teda,. Less Hashing, Same Performance: Building a Better Bloom Filter - článok o optimalizácii Bloomových filtrov (po anglicky).Download Python Bloom Filter for free. A Bloom Filter implementation in pure python, using only the standard library.Bloom Filter-based Flat Name Resolution System for ICN IEFT 91, Honolulu. Bloom filter-based NRS. 1 LOC 1 Name 2 LOC 2-1, LOC 2-2.
[Solr-user] Bloom filter - Grokbase
Credit to wikipedia for information. For more information, see this: _URL_ above example also shows a list of all correctly spelled words in the English language compressed into a 330Kb bloom filter so that the spell checker can be kept entirely in memory.Media in category "Bloom filter" The following 6 files are in this category, out of 6 total.
You cannot use Bloom filters to retrieve items,. //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloom_filter The short versions of the answer is that Bloom filters are smaller and faster.The example code shows the names of fifty US states stored in a 125-byte bloom filter using 14 probes.
Bloomův filtr (Bloom filter) - Vojtěch Hordějčuk
We can use bloom filters in ORC index for better row group pruning. { + loc = compareToRange((Comparable) predObj, minValue, maxValue);.You can find more information about bloom filters in the following sites: Wiki Article: A nice overview of the bloom filter Original Paper:.Bloom filter. Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Jump to:. Conceived by Burton Howard Bloom in 1970. Noun. Bloom filter (plural Bloom filters).
Edward Bloom proposed the Bloom filter in 1970. In the article, Bloom supposes there is an algorithm to hyphenate. ( _URL_ BloomFilter<E>. as described here: _URL_ Inspired by the SimpleBloomFilter-class written by Ian Clarke.
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What is a Bloom Filter? For any arbitrary set of keys, an algorithm may be applied to create a bit array called a Bloom filter. Given an arbitrary key, this bit array.A bloom filter is a probabilistic data structure that is based on hashing. It is extremely space efficient and is typically used to add elements to a set and test if.
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Subject: Re: [boost] Interest in a Bloom Filter? From: Dean Michael Berris (mikhailberis_at_. A Bloom Filter is a space efficient data-structure that allows you to.From: _URL_ the concept of a bloom filter is this bloom filter will be used to prevent the sending of rows from the 2nd rows.Enabling Bloom Filter to improve the overall throughput HBase supports Bloom Filter to improve the overall throughput of the cluster. A HBase Bloom Filter is a space.The example code shows the names of fifty US states stored in a 1000 bit bloom filter using 14. Bloom filters are much more impressive. loc=70; meta:min.These arrays are compact enough to fit entirely in the L1 or L2 caches on modern processors (for example the Intel Sandy Bridge processors have a 32Kb L1 data cache and a 256Kb L2 cache).Jason Davies Bloom Filters. Everyone is always raving about bloom filters. But what exactly are they, and what are they useful for? Operations. The basic bloom filter.


Formatting a value as a string
A common question I get asked when people are merging values from a Google spreadsheet into a GDoc and/or PDF is how to format the values. So I have written this formatString() function.
For example if you wanted to use it in the createPdf() function the main for-loop would be replaced with:
for (;columnIndex < headerRow[0].length; columnIndex++) {
 var nextValue = formatString(activeRow[0][columnIndex])
 var header = headerRow[0][columnIndex]
 copyBody.replaceText('%' + header + '%', nextValue)


Football fouls more likely to be given when play heads left
A simple perceptual bias could influence football referees' judgements about whether a foul occurred or not. That's according to Alexander Kranjec and colleagues, who had 12 football players at the University of Pennsylvania look for half a second each at 268 static images of one player tackling another and decide whether a foul had been committed. Unbeknown to the participants, 134 of the pictures were simply mirror opposites of the other 134.
Kranjec's team said their finding has implications for refereeing. The most popular system, known as the 'left diagonal refereeing system' (see picture), in which the referee runs a diagonal axis between the two left-hand corners of the pitch, results in the referee witnessing tackles in both goal areas primarily from a right-to-left perspective, thus making judgments of fouls in these areas more likely – an advantage to attackers. This is okay because it applies to both teams. What's important, Kranjec and colleagues warn, is that the referee doesn't switch to a 'right diagonal system' half-way through a match, potentially penalising a losing side that needs to attack yet no longer enjoys the benefits of this perceptual bias when playing in offensive areas.
'These results … suggest that the effects of a low-level perceptual mechanisms could alter a decision, change the result of a game and perhaps, the fortunes of nations,' the researchers said.
ResearchBlogging.orgKranjec A, Lehet M, Bromberger B, & Chatterjee A (2010). A sinister bias for calling fouls in soccer. PloS one, 5 (7) PMID: 20628648
7 thoughts on "Football fouls more likely to be given when play heads left"
 1. The researchers think this anomaly may have to do with our bias (at least in cultures that read from right to left) for rightward motion.
 I believe you meant to say left to right, right to left would be reading…well left.
 2. This may also help to explain why some fouls are so hotly contested while others are not. Aside from all the obvious reasons why fans object to any foul their side receives, they may truly see a different play than the ref does. If the fans of the team objecting the ref's call on a particular play have the opposite perspective from the referee, they might see it as more or less offensive than the ref (depending, of course, on whether it's their team or the opponents receiving the call.)
 3. I do not know if a sampling of 12 soccer players is an adequate sample size for the results to be valid…
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