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Rails ActiveRecord PostgreSQL Foreign Keys and Data Integrity

Ruby on Rails data integrity represented by wood Photo by Simon Stankowski on Unsplash
Most Ruby developers work with Rails and Active Record for PostgreSQL database interactions. It provides a ton of magic and is simple to start with. Data integrity problems start creeping up once the code base and database structure gets older. In this tutorial, I will describe a couple of techniques for ensuring data integrity and validation in Ruby on Rails web apps. We'll cover adding foreign keys, database level validations and more.
Your Rails app data integrity can get out of sync for various reasons. Active Record approach to database modeling encourages a developer to keep most of the logic in the app layer Ruby code. Let's list some example actions that could corrupt your data state:
 - update object attribute using update_column method
 - delete a parent object of an association with delete
 - persist an object with save(validate: false)
 - change model validations without updating the current data
 - concurrent data updates bypassing uniqueness validations
Rails is not making it easy. Data in an invalid state might bite you very hard eg. when running a migration that would raise an exception in case of a validation error.
How to "Brute-force" detect validation errors
I want to share a dirty hack I've recently come up with. It might seem obvious and resorting to it look like a signal of a very poor codebase quality but bear with me.
It's a Sidekiq worker class:
class ModelDataIntegrityCheckerJob
 include Sidekiq::Worker
 sidekiq_options retry: false
 def perform(klass_name)
 klass = klass_name.constantize
 invalid_objects = []
 klass.find_each do |object|
 unless object.valid?
 invalid_objects << [object.id, object.errors.full_messages]
 end
 end
 if invalid_objects.present?
 raise "Invalid state for #{klass} objects: #{invalid_objects}"
 end
 invalid_objects
 end
end
You can use it like that:
 ModelDataIntegrityCheckerJob.perform_async(User.name)
 ModelDataIntegrityCheckerJob.perform_async(Course.name)
It will raise a runtime error with IDs of invalid objects from a given class. In turn you can fix them or corresponding validations manually. If your dataset is big, you might want to run those jobs at night or scope the range of objects validated.
It would seem like the brute force approach is not a perfect solution to validating data integrity. But can you with 100% certainty tell that every single one of your ActiveRecord objects is currently valid?
I sometimes run those brute force checks before doing more complex database migrations to ensure that some sneaky invalid objects won't blow up during the process. I like to think of them as a periodical data validation health checks.
Let's list a couple of more elegant techniques you can use to keep your app's data in a more integrated and valid state.
NOT NULL constraints
"Non-binary logic" is a frequent guest in Ruby on Rails apps. I've seen many nasty bugs caused by a simple fact that:
false != nil
Sometimes the business logic itself was dependent on the fact nil in a database meant something else than false… (╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
Adding a boolean field without a NOT NULL constraint is a ticking bomb. Make sure to update all the boolean fields in your database using the following migration:
 change_column_default :users, :boolean_attribute, false
 change_column_null :users, :boolean_attribute, false
Database foreign key constraints
Database level constraints are not a first-class citizen in Rails apps. You can create a database relation without adding a corresponding foreign key, and Active Record will work correctly. Building a database schema without enforcing it using built-in PostgreSQL mechanisms can lead to various issues down the road. It is usually a good idea to add a foreign key constraint when creating has_many/belongs_to relation.
I always prefer to explicitly add foreign key, column, and indexes, instead of using add_reference helper method. There's enough magic in Active Record already.
Adding posts relation to User model can be done using the following migration:
add_column :posts, user_id: :integer, null: false
add_index :posts, :user_id
add_foreign_key :posts, :users, column: :user_id
With this database structure, it will be impossible to leave orphaned post records in the database. Trying to remove a user, who still has some posts will result in an ActiveRecord::InvalidForeignKey error.
To "delete cascade" or "dependent destroy" ?
We can ensure removing the children records when the parent is destroyed using Active Record callback (with dependent: :destroy has_many method option) or directly in the database. Adding on_delete: :cascade to add_foreign_key method will remove children using database level triggers. It will be much better in terms of performance but would not execute ActiveRecord callbacks for removed posts.
Despite all the hate those callbacks get they are still useful in certain cases. One example could be a well-known Carrierwave gem. It uses callbacks to remove associated files when an object is destroyed. Removing objects using on_delete: :cascade approach would result in orphaned files stuck forever without any reference on S3 or wherever you keep them.
My approach would be to use foreign keys for ensuring integrity, but stick with dependent: :destroy for removing objects. Skipping callbacks could lead to surprising behavior if you are riding on Active Record for PostgreSQL interactions.
Summary
This post just scratches the surface of the complex topic of data integrity and validation in Ruby on Rails web apps. Active Record is a powerful tool that makes creating complex database schemas just too easy, without forcing developers to think about how it works under the hood. Moving at least some of the rules to database level is a good starting point to keeping your Rails apps healthy in the long run.
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Up your bilingual recruiting game
How credit unions can recruit bilingual talent
Many credit unions are actively recruiting bilingual talent at all levels (from tellers all the way to the executive suite!) to better serve their linguistically diverse members. However, they are facing the same problem that other organizations face: that hiring and recruiting bilingual talent is challenging. By taking the following steps, your credit union will be able to save time, effort, and money, all while ensuring the most qualified bilingual talent serves your members and effectively communicates your credit union's value to the community.
Step One: Revise Your Bilingual Talent Strategy
Some credit unions think they can just hire a couple of Spanish speaking tellers and they are good. Understanding the language needs of your members and of your community (if you want to grow) is crucial. Do a comprehensive analysis to the commonly spoken languages in your area. While many areas have large Spanish speaking populations, don't just assume Spanish is the only language of your community. Try to figure out or estimate how many members or potential members have limited English proficiency and develop a plan to hire enough bilingual talent to serve them. For example, if 25% of your members speak primarily Spanish, then you should consider having at least 25% of your staff be fluent in Spanish and ensure that you have personnel to provide services such as mortgage lending, business lending, investments, etc. in Spanish. If not, your credit union could have a "gap" or "deficiency" where it cannot effectively serve its members due to the language barrier.
Step Two: Provide Detailed Language Qualifications in Job Postings
I have seen countless job postings for bilingual postings where the technical skills are clearly defined, but there is one very small line stating "bilingual (English/Spanish)". It was clear whoever created the job post had no real idea about the bilingual part of the job. If the language skill matters, then you do need to include detailed language qualifications and specifics for how the language will be used on the job. Explain how the candidate will utilize reading, listening, speaking, and writing skills in that language. Will the candidate be expected to translate mortgage documents into Spanish? Will the candidate be helping Mandarin speakers open member accounts? Will the candidate be a community liaison into the local Polish community?
Also, if being bilingual is truly a major component of the job, then bilingual skills should be heavily weighted in the decision process. Don't just say bilingual skills are required, make it required. Many credit unions place a surprisingly low weight on the bilingual skills, which puts the credit union at risk of hiring an unqualified (from the languages aspect) candidate. In however way your credit union weighs qualifications, make sure bilingual skills are either the biggest or one of the biggest factors in making a hiring decision.
Ask that when a candidate applies, that they demonstrate proof or explain why they are qualified for the role from a language perspective. Can the candidate prove the targeted language is their native language? If not, can they demonstrate they studied the language or have extensive work experience in the language? You must make sure the candidate's language skills are just as strong as their technical skills.
Step Three: Initial Language Screening
Languages are one of the most difficult skills to verify in the recruiting process. Few people who are bilingual have credentials that prove it. Often candidates develop the skill through years of study and practice. That is why it is so crucial to conduct an initial screen of the job candidate's language abilities. Unfortunately, some candidates, intentionally or unintentionally, claim to be bilingual when they really are not. Just because someone took a year or two of high school language courses or downloaded the Duolingo app doesn't mean they're qualified for a bilingual position.
Therefore, I suggest that credit unions implement an initial screening process so that they can identify the candidates with strong language skills for further consideration and eliminate the ones with weaker language skills. Some companies develop their own ad-hoc language screening processes, but these often consume valuable time and effort. ECLPS360 offers the Enterprise Cultural & Language Proficiency Screener (ECLPS), which is a platform where job candidates can take an automated assessment in either English, Spanish, French, Mandarin, Arabic, or Russian.
Step Four: Final Screening
After a small group of finalists have been identified, I highly recommend that an additional and more precise screening of the candidates take place, especially if it is a position where the language skills are critical. This level of screening is more intensive, and expensive, than then ECLPS described above, which is why it should be deployed at this late stage. Language Testing International, offers language assessments developed by ACTFL, the leading organization that advocates for the teaching and learning of languages. Not only will the candidate receive a nice credential in the form of a certificate, but the results will help make the final decision.
Don't look at the ECLPS and LTI assessments as a cost, but as an investment. In the same way you pay to inspect a home before buying it to uncover major issues, you should invest in effective screening methods to ensure the bilingual candidates are truly qualified. Hiring an unqualified bilingual candidate will cost your credit union far more than the screening and assessment costs.
Step 5: Retain & Develop the Bilingual Talent
Building the proper workforce does not end when the candidate joins the credit union. Make sure that you retain that talent (as they are in high demand and hard to find!) to serve your credit union for years to come. Just like with many other technical skills, look for professional development opportunities focused on the language. If you feel that a member of your team has room to improve their language skills, seek opportunities to raise their language skills and the investment will soon payoff.
Now you have a basic overview on how to improve the bilingual recruiting process at your credit union. Every credit union should have bilingual talent on their team to serve an America that is increasingly globally minded and diverse. Plus, that bilingual talent is the first step in gaining a competitive advantage over your competition and opening new markets for growth. I am also available to speak to and consult credit unions and industry associations about this topic.
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Definition of garage
- garage Noun A building (or section of a building) used to store a car, tools and other miscellaneous items.
- garage Noun A place where cars are serviced and repaired.
- garage Noun A petrol filling station,
- garage Noun An independent automobile repair shop.
- garage Noun A type of guitar rock music, personified by amateur bands playing in the basement or garage.
- garage Noun A type of electronic dance music.
- garage Verb To store in a garage.

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Polish WWII massacre film causes shockwaves
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Polish film Poklosie or Aftermath is a dramatisation of the massacre of more than 340 Polish Jews at Jedwabne in 1941.
It has caused shockwaves and soul searching throughout the country.
It tells the story of a Polish man who returns to his home village and finds himself reluctantly drawn into uncovering what happened there during the Nazi occupation.
He discovers that, at the instigation of the Nazis, local people – including his own father – had herded Jewish villagers into a building, burned them to death, and then taken over their houses.
Opponents of the film argue it discredits Poland by creating the impression that such events were the norm in wartime. Some have accused the actors of slandering their country. One, Maciej Stuhr, has even received death threats.
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School Employees May Give Insulin Shots to Children With Type 1 Diabetes, California Courts Rules
The California Supreme Court ruled that public school employees may administer insulin shots to diabetic students.
The court found that California law permits trained but unlicensed school employees to administer the shots when a school nurse is unavailable, which is increasingly common in public schools across the state.
The decision settles a legal battle between the parents of diabetic students, backed by the ADA, and the California Nurses Association, which maintains only licensed nurses should be allowed to handle the task in public schools.
The decision reversed an appeals court ruling that found state law does not permit unlicensed school personnel, such as teachers or administrators, to give insulin shots to diabetic public school students.
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Clay Brick construction project
The aim of the clay brick construction project is to build a training centre as a model project in the region in order to revive the traditional clay construction method with modern technology by:
- Training a construction team on the Hydraform machine.
- Employing the construction team in the region for renovation and new construction projects.
- Creating jobs for the many young people looking for work.
- Improving living conditions in the town and surroundings.
For this purpose, a Hydraform m7mi machine for the production of clay bricks was purchased and a workshop was built. The Hydraform technique originates from South Africa and makes it possible to build faster and more cost-effectively with clay and little mortar. Currently 15 people are undergoing training.

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What are the benefits of Pradhan Mantri Jan Dhan Yojana (PMJDY)?
I am writing to inquire about the benefits of the Pradhan Mantri Jan-Dhan Yojana (PMJDY). As someone who is interested in the financial inclusion initiatives of the Government of India, I have come across the PMJDY, which was launched in August 2014. However, I would like to gain a better understanding of the various advantages and positive impacts that this scheme has brought about. I understand that the main objective of PMJDY is to provide access to financial services for the unbanked and underbanked population in India. Beyond that, I am particularly interested in knowing more
The scheme has been very successful in reaching its target audience. As of March 2023, over 400 million accounts have been opened under PMJDY. The scheme has also helped to increase financial literacy and financial awareness among the poor.
The benefits of PMJDY include:
Access to savings accounts: PMJDY accounts offer a safe and secure place to save money. This can help people to build up their savings and prepare for emergencies.
Access to loans: PMJDY accounts can be used to access loans for a variety of purposes, such as starting a business, buying a home, or paying for education.
Access to insurance: PMJDY accounts offer insurance coverage against death, disability, and other unforeseen events. This can help to protect families from financial hardship in the event of a crisis.
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Improving environmental outcomes for low income households in Marrickville
The concept of "green equity" - assisting low and modest income households in meeting the challenges of climate change - has only recently been introduced to Australia but is rapidly evolving.
Local councils have a key role to play, given that they are close to the communities they serve and are in a good position to target environmental initiatives to low income households that would normally have the least capacity to take advantage of such initiatives.
There are now opportunities for Marrickville Council to take a leading position on 'green equity' and to examine policy measures to assist low income households within the area to improve environmental outcomes and wellbeing.
For information on the strategies Council is implementing to improve environmental outcomes for low income households in the area, please download the following documents:
Anti Poverty Week presentation: Climate Change and its Social Impacts
During Anti Poverty Week 2007, Marrickville Council organised the Forum on Climate Change and its Social Impacts at the Petersham Town Hall to identify and discuss the equity issues associated with climate change.
The Forum highlighted:
You can download the PDF versions of the multimedia presentations below.

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Utilizing form reports effectively
Optimize Yeeflow form reports with sorting, filtering, and search for efficient data handling and user insights.
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Yeeflow form reports are a powerful tool for displaying and managing data from approval forms. With the ability to filter, sort, and color-code data, as well as control the visibility of fields, these reports offer great flexibility for data viewing and manipulation. This guide will help you understand how to effectively use the form report.
Configuring Display Fields
As an administrator, you can decide which fields to show or hide, as well as their order in the current data view. Follow these steps to do so:
 1. Open the form report.
 2. Click on the 'Display Fields' button present in the current data view to open a pop-up window listing all available fields.
 3. In this window, toggle on each field you want to display in the data list view as a column, and toggle off each field you wish to hide.
 4. To change the order of the displayed fields, simply click and hold on the icon at the end of each field. Drag the field up or down in the list to adjust its order.
 5. Once you are satisfied with your selections and the field order, close the pop-up window. Your changes will be saved and applied to the data view immediately.
Color Coding Rows
To enhance readability and quickly identify certain records, administrators can color-code rows based on specific conditions:
 1. Navigate to the form report and click on the 'Color' button within the current data list.
 2. This will open a pop-up window. Click the "+ Add color" button in the bottom-left to add a new color definition section.
 3. Select your desired color, then click "+ Add condition" to set the corresponding condition.
 4. If you want to add more color definitions, simply click "+ Add color" again at the bottom of the window and repeat the process.
 5. Click "Apply" in the bottom-right of the window to save and apply the settings.
Filtering Data
Users can tailor the data presented in a form report using the data filter window. Follow these steps:
 1. Open the form report and click the "Filter" button to bring up the data filters window.
 2. Click the "Add Condition" button to create a new filter condition.
 3. From the first column, select the data field you want to filter by from the dropdown list.
 4. In the second column, choose the condition such as "equals to", "greater than", "In", etc.
 5. In the third column, set the value for the condition.
 6. You can set multiple conditions, with AND or OR operators to combine these conditions. You can also use the Condition group to add multiple groups of conditions for more advanced filtering.
 7. Click the "OK" button to close the Data filters window, and apply the filters to the data.
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The data filter comes with six default fields (Request title, Id, Created By, Modified By, Created Time, and Modified Time). If you need to filter data based on other fields, the form report administrator will need to add these fields to the data view's User Filters setting.
Learn more about: Customizing the fields for data filter and search in form reports
Sorting Data
The form report also allows users to sort data. To do this:
 1. Access the form report.
 2. Click the 'Sort' button to open the sorting settings window.
 3. Click the "Pick another filed" button from the bottom-left. Select the field you want to sort by and choose the sorting method, either 'Ascending' or 'Descending'.
 4. Click 'Apply' button to see the data arranged according to your chosen order.
Search data with keywords
Searching through form report data is an essential feature to quickly locate specific entries or data points, and Yeeflow offers a convenient and efficient search function for this purpose. Whether you want to search all fields or focus on a specific field, you can do so with just a few clicks. Here's how:
 1. Find the search box: On your form report page, look for the search box located at the top-right corner of the current data view.
 2. Enter your keyword: Type your keyword or phrase into the search box. The system will instantly start to filter the data view based on your input, showing you any matching records. By default, the search will include all fields in the current data view.
 3. Specify a field (optional): If you want to narrow down your search to a specific field, click the dropdown list next to the search box. This will open a dropdown menu listing all the fields included in the current data view. Choose the field you want to search within, then type your keyword or phrase into the search box.
 The search function will now only return matches from that specific field.
Using the search function in Yeeflow Form Reports allows users to quickly find relevant information without having to scroll or manually filter through large volumes of data. Remember, the search results depend on the selected field in the dropdown list next to the search box. If 'All Fields' is selected, the system will search all available fields for the entered keyword. The ability to specify a field provides more focused and efficient search results when needed.
By effectively leveraging these functionalities, both administrators and users can interact with data in a much more efficient and tailored manner, suiting their individual needs and preferences.
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Government expenditure and economic growth in Kenya: An empirical analysis (_PHONE_)
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This research was triggered by the need to analyze the effects of Government Expenditure on economic growth. This was informed by the fact that, since 1963, economic growth has experienced upswings and downswings. On average, the economy grew at an annual average rate of 6.71 percent between 1963 and 1973. The years that followed saw a recess in economic growth hitting a nadir of -0.3 in the fiscal year 2000/2001. This saw a revival of the economy in the fiscal year 2003/2004 accelerating to 6.1 percent in the fiscal year 2006/2007. The above scenario was beside the fact that expenditure allocations in the various sectors of the Government exhibited an upward slope since 1963 except in the fiscal year 1969/1970 when there was a sharp drop in the expenditure allocations. Thus, there is a cause of concern to policy makers on the implications of the expenditure levels to economic growth. A methodology adopted from Abedian and Standish (1984) is used to analyze the trends and composition of Government expenditure and the contribution of such expenditure components to economic growth. The results of the analysis show that there is need for the Government to prioritize expenditure allocations in the productive sectors of the economy for example, agriculture, health, infrastructure and education and streamline others. These sectors would help to improve the investment environment to the private sector which is the engine of growth. Moreover, it would improve the welfare of the citizens by increasing employment levels and per capital income.


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Source Determination – Detect the Origins of Contaminants in Drug Products
Source determination detects the origins of contaminants and is necessary to improve drug product quality and overall process quality.
Understanding what foreign material is present is only half of the story. True resolution cannot be reached without first understanding where the material came from, when it entered the manufacturing process, and how to prevent recurrence. Therefore, source determination is a critical test for drug developers that is capable of determining whether contaminants are present within pharmaceutical products and drug manufacturing processes.
Gateway Analytical provides source determination analysis so our customers can quickly find possible origins for their contamination problems. Our experts build reference material analysis databases with an all-of-the-above approach that may include microscopy, FTIR, Raman, and/or SEM-EDS depending on a project's unique needs. As a customer's database becomes larger and more encompassing, the time required to conduct source determination tests on foreign material is reduced, resulting in improved processes and turnaround times.
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Cookbook:Tofu Pancake
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Ingredients[edit | edit source]
 - tofu natural
 - spices (shoarma, gyros, powder from the general store, you name it)
 - onion
 - garlic
 - fresh spice: coriander, etc.
 - chili sauce
 - raw vegetables: lettuce, etc.
Procedure[edit | edit source]
 1. Bake the pancakes using a mixture of flour, corn flour, soy milk and salt.
 2. Mash up the tofu with a fork, and mix the spice in.
 3. Fry the onion together with the garlic.
 4. Add the tofu and fry, till it's granular.
 5. Put the pancake on a dinner plate, put tofu and some lettuce in, add some chili sauce, and that's it.
Variations[edit | edit source]
Create 2 mixes of spice + tofu, divided in 2 pans, instead of 1.


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A Real Gem
Vehicles that skim over rough seas and
rugged terrain on a cushion of air are called hovercraft, hydroskimmers
or ground-effects machines (GEM). You can build a model that will
show how these almost friction-free air supported vehicles work.
- A metal pie pan with a smooth bottom
- A spool
- A balloon
- Turn the pan over and punch a small hole in the center.
- Glue the spool to the
inside of the pan, centering it over the hole.
- Stretch the neck
of the balloon well down over the spool.
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Playgroup and domestic pre-school bathrooms don't have to be boring, institutional places for children. Swiss bathroom
has gone back to its childhood with designer Andreas Dimitriadis to lovingly create FloraKids, a bathroom for children that is fun, safe and happy-making. By literally going down on their knees to discover what an average bathroom must look like to a child, they discovered an intimidating adult-only zone, where the basins are out of reach and the toilet is an edifice of terrifying proportions.
FloraKids makes the bathroom a fun
place to be, where using the toilet is easy and washing hands is a game. The FloraKids basin lies at the heart of the concept, with its beautifully simple flower shape. Its four rounded corners provide ample space for four children to wash their hands or brush their teeth. Basins can be wall-mounted at a variety of heights to suit all ages, and can be fitted with matching brightly coloured cloud-shaped shelves for beakers and toothbrushes.
Learning to use the toilet is a big developmental stage for all children, so Laufen
has deliberately created the most attractive, comfortable WC possible. At 35cm sitting height, the wall-mounted pan is easily accessible even for the smallest child, and features a smooth, rounded shape. The ergonomically designed seat appeals to children of all ages, featuring a subtle back support and a small inside diameter to make potty-training a doddle – there's no need to worry about falling in here! Flexible built-in 'ears' on the sides of the seat give children something extra to hold on to, making them feel super-safe and comfortable. At the front on the inside of the seat a raised area reduces splashing, and all seats are made from easy-to-clean Duraplast.
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designs, a large flower and a segmented caterpillar. The caterpillar can be fitted so that the mirrors are arranged at varying heights, making them suitable for children of all heights, and creating a quirky, recognisable caterpillar shape on the wall.
With its bold colours, fun shapes and ergonomic design, FloraKids is the ideal solution for anyone wishing to create a bathroom that's fun and easy for children of all ages to use.
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Applies to: Scarlett 1st gen 6i6, 18i8, 18i20 + Saffire range.
Many users want to use their Scarlett or Saffire for live-streaming programs like Skype or other VoIP programs.
Most VoIP programs are only able to send a single Mono stream to the internet, so they are restricted to the first input on any audio device. Usually, with the built-in microphone on your computer, you never notice this because even though it records on two channels, the two microphones are so close to each other that their signals are identical.
Some select programs may be able to address the first two inputs of an audio interface and send a stereo stream to the internet, so if this is the case, you can alter these settings to create a Stereo Mix rather than a Mono Mix.
You can use the Mix feature on Scarlett Mix Control and Saffire Mix Control to create a Mix-Minus. This will blend your inputs into one Mono Signal, which you can route back to Input 1 so that Skype can receive it.
The following example uses a Scarlett 18i20 and Scarlett Mix Control, and the Mix contains a 7-microphone set-up for the Skype call.
1. Open Scarlett Mix Control and click a new Mix Tab, such as Mix 3. We will use Mix 3 to create our Mix Minus. In Mix 3 mute Input 1 to avoid a feedback loop.
2. Mix 3 contains a 7 microphone set up for the Skype call. In order to get the signal of all 7 microphones into Skype, route Mix 3 to an output on the Scarlett 18i20. In this example, we will be routing Mix 3 to Output 3.
3. Using a TRS-TRS 1/4" cable, connect one end of the cable to Output 3 and connect the other end of the cable to Input 1 as shown below.
4. Open Skype > Audio & Video Settings and set the Scarlett 18i20 as the Input device
5. Raise the gain on Input 1 until the desired signal level is reached.
You are now ready to start your Skype call. You can use Mix 3 in Scarlett Mix Control to mix the live conference.
You can record all of your microphone inputs in your recording software on individual tracks, and you can also record Mix 3, which contains the combined microphone signals, on a track using Input 1. This is a great set-up to have if you are running a live stream and want to do a final mix later, but also keep the live Mono Mix for backup.
None of the adjustments made to the channel faders in Mix Control affect the microphone signals being recorded in your recording software.
The steps above are the same when creating a Mix-Minus for the Saffire interfaces using Saffire Mix Control. Lastly, please note that it is not possible to create a Mix-Minus with the Scarlett Solo, Scarlett 2i2, and Scarlett 2i4 because these interfaces do not use Scarlett Mix Control.


Meaning of Trishulini
Is Trishulini a female or a male name and what is the origin of Trishulini?
Trishulini is Girl/Female and origin is Assamese, Bengali, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Trishulini means: Goddess Durga
Meaning of Trishulini | த்ரிஷுலிநீ
Is Trishulini | த்ரிஷுலிநீ a female or a male name and what is the origin of Trishulini | த்ரிஷுலிநீ?
Trishulini | த்ரிஷுலிநீ is Girl/Female and origin is Tamil
Trishulini | த்ரிஷுலிநீ means: Goddess Durga
Meaning of Aludra
Is Aludra a female or a male name and what is the origin of Aludra?
Aludra is Girl/Female and origin is Indian
Aludra means: Virgin
Meaning of Aludra |
Is Aludra | a female or a male name and what is the origin of Aludra |?
Aludra | is Girl/Female and origin is Muslim
Aludra | means: Virgin
Meaning of Aludra
Aludra is Girl/Female and origin is Arabic, French
Aludra means: Virgin; The Maiden
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H: Meaning of H in the name ALUDRA TRISHULINI means: You are not judgmental. Happiness comes from pursuing ideal. Music and art enhance achievements, ignore literature and drama. Criticism hurts. Numerous talents, concentrate on one to find fame. Status not enhanced by bragging.
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ViPR System Administrators can learn how to add storage systems to ViPR. Each of the following articles provide the ViPR support requirements, the prerequisite information to prepare the storage system for ViPR integration, and the steps to add a storage system to ViPR.
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You can add storage systems to ViPR anytime. If however, you are adding physical and virtual assets to the ViPR Controller virtual data center for the first time, complete the following steps before attempting to run a service operation.
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New plant discovered in Fiji
19 January 2012 | News story
A new flowering plant belonging to the Medinilla plant group has been discovered in the highlands of Matasawalevu village, on the island of Kadavu in Fiji. The plant was found during a biodiversity assessment of the Nakasaleka district carried out as part of IUCN's Water and Nature Initiative (WANI).
There are around 193 known species of Medinilla, occurring in Madagascar, Africa, South Asia and the Pacific Islands. Of the 193 species, 11 can only be found in Fiji. One of them is the Tagimoucia flower, Medinilla waterhousei, the floral emblem of Fiji.
IUCN's WANI works with local communities to help them better manage water resources on Kadavu island. The team was monitoring the degradation of the river basin in the area when the new plant was discovered.
"The discovery of this previously unknown species of plant gives us a sense of just how fragile nature can be," says Dr Milika Sobey, Water and Wetlands Programme Coordinator at IUCN's Oceania Regional Office. "The fact that it was found during work on a watershed management project is one more lesson in how important it is that nature is included in the priorities for water management."
"Through the Water and Nature Initiative IUCN has shown in more than 30 countries worldwide that by working with local people and partners, it is possible to put in place sustainable solutions that meet the water needs of both people and nature," says Dr Mark Smith, Director of the IUCN Global Water Programme.
The species was found on the border of grassland and primary forest. This location makes it highly vulnerable to bush fires that are common in the area.
"We only managed to find one plant of this kind," says Mr Marika Tuiwawa, of the University of the South Pacific's Institute of Applied Science, IUCN member and partner in the WANI project, who discovered the species. "Commercial agricultural activities and uncontrolled bush fires are the main threats to this species. A simple fire could destroy it in a matter of minutes."
The plant's common name has not been confirmed yet but the name Medinilla matasawalevu has been suggested to illustrate its location.
"The fact that only one plant of this kind was found so far and that it occurs in such a vulnerable place should set alarm bells ringing," says Dr Jane Smart, Global Director of IUCN's Biodiversity Conservation Group. "The challenge now is to protect the new species and raise awareness of its importance among local communities, to secure its long term future."
Work is currently underway to confirm the exact classification of the new species, for which DNA research may be carried out.
For more information please contact:
Ewa Magiera, IUCN Media Relations, m +41 79 856 76 26, _EMAIL_
Claire Warmenbol, IUCN Water Programme Communications, m +41 79 _PHONE_, _EMAIL_


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3. Investigate instances of financial and physical shrink and communicate findings to Store Leadership and in cases of an internal case matter communication to the Market Loss Prevention Manager first.
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Heart, blood circulation, lungs, nervous system, pancreas, back, eyes, bowel, stress, fear
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The scolecite is beneficial to the blood and lymphatic, respiratory and nervous systems. It has the ability to maintain a good functioning of our cardiovascular and cerebral system. It is also a stone that helps regenerate the pancreas, realign the spine, improve vision and balance the intestines.
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The scolecite brings a lot of calm and inner peace. It dispels stress, sadness, fear and anxiety. It is a very valuable life path stone that facilitates forgiveness by eliminating the need to cling to a grievous past. The quest for true values finally makes sense.
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The Theatres That Never Closed - article by Victoria Shaskan
Friday 17 July 2020
Victoria Shaskan, Lewisham Youth Theatre's Executive Director, has written an article for Medium about their work across the lockdown with young people aged 8-24.
"These young artists come to our free youth theatre activities each week to work together with people from different areas and backgrounds, different experiences and needs; to express themselves and to create live performances that are often moving, inspirational and push the boundaries of artistic form. Like many of our colleagues who use the arts to empower the most vulnerable in our society, there was never the thought in our minds that we had the option to let them down"


Leeds University Bans Profs From Using Capital Letters As It Scares Students
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Obviously, you already heard from the Typical Student team about all these weird bans in colleges. Still, this time, lecturers have been banned from using capital letters when assigning work to students. Why is that? Just because it might upset them!
Where Did The Ban Happen?
leeds-bans-capital-letters-2.jpgThis story happened at the Leeds Trinity University, West Yorkshire, England. Local staff at the journalism department was informed that using uppercase letters may upset the students. Actually, the memo said that it will 'scare them into failure'. To say more, the memo also suggested how to address the students. There were such points as writing in a friendly tone and avoiding overbearing and negative language.
The Reaction
leeds-bans-capital-letters-1.jpgAs expected, some employees replied that they need caps to ensure students don't miss an important part of the assignment. The memo follows two other unis banning fancy dress and clapping. Firstly, autumn 2018, Kent University created a ban on students wearing costumes deemed 'inappropriate and offensive'. There were such things as cowboy outfits and sombreros, because they may jeopardize other students'.
Secondly, at the University of Manchester, the student union decided to replaced clapping with jazz hands. It was made to prevent people suffering from anxiety or sensory issues.
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There are 2 greate modules for importing nodes Feeds and Feed Import. Is there a way to update fields of existing nodes on import from XML or CSV file?
For example, there is an XML feed from another website with products (id + price) and file with additional data for the same products (id + description). How to import both sources into the same node in Drupal?
You need to set up feeds and feeds_xpathparser. You could found a good start for configuring all this here : _URL_
Concerning your concern about updating, you can do this by configuring the guid as your external unique id. In the screenshot provided, you can see in my case the xml tag used for unique id is simply .
xml parser configuration
Then, you just have to configure the node processor so that it will "Update existing node" when it found a duplicate as shown on the screenshot below.
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You should know the nid to be able to import this product.
In node import when you add the nid to the csv it understand that there is an update, but you should try it, maybe it delete all the content but not the information from the csv.
The best options in this case should be to make a bacthapi process to update all the nodes.
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There are several different types of siblings.
- Full siblings (brother, sister): These siblings have the same father and mother.
- Half siblings (half-brother, half-sister): These siblings have one parent that is the same. They either have the same father or the same mother.
- Step siblings (stepbrother, stepsister): These sibling have different fathers and mothers but one of their parents is married to a parent of the other one.
- example: John and Tom are step brothers because John's father is married to Tom's mother.
- Siblings by breastfeeding: In Islam someone who is breastfed by a woman who is not their birth mother become siblings to the children of that woman if they are less than 2 years old and have been breastfed five times or more by that woman.


text: Abstract Biologically produced compounds preserved in ancient ceramics can provide invaluable information on the vessel contents. Analysis and interpretation of these so-called archaeological "residues" is therefore important for understanding and reconstructing aspects of social and cultural behaviors of ancient societies. Based on the reaction of unsaturated compounds with iodine, we developed and apply two new methods. The first is a simple and relatively rapid method for assessing the amounts of unsaturated compounds in archaeological ceramics using X-ray fluorescence (XRF). We show that this method is a reliable indicator for assessing the general preservation state of the organic material and therefore a potential pre-screening method for identifying ceramic samples suitable for organic residue analysis. The second complementary approach, based on the same iodine reaction, makes it possible to map the unsaturated molecules on ceramic surfaces at a scale that enables to correlate organic matter distribution and the underlying mineral grains using a scanning electron microscope (SEM) equipped with an energy dispersive spectrometer (EDS) detector. With this method we show that the extent of adsorption of lipids onto ceramic surfaces varies with the surface properties of the different minerals in the ancient ceramic, with calcium containing minerals showing the highest affinity for compounds with unsaturated bonds. The ceramic substrate therefore influences the types of organic compounds bound and hence preserved in the ceramic. Fundamental information obtained using this method is essential for better interpreting molecular assemblages extracted from archaeological ceramics.


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- an elevation standing high above the surrounding area with small summit area, steep slopes and local relief of 300m or more.
- first-order administrative division;
- a primary administrative division of a country, such as a state in the United States.
- Potaro-Siparuni Region (30.5km)
- an area dominated by grass vegetation.
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Westminster's Montessori Administration Program
Admission requirements
 1. Baccalaureate degree.
 2. Applicants must meet one or more of the following three criteria:
 - Must hold an approved and valid state license or certificate for school administration
 - Be a currently practicing or experienced school administrator with at least three years experience as an administrator; or
 - Be in process of completing a state recognized collegiate program leading to license as a school administrator or equivalent required by state/school.
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An obligation of record entered into before some court of record or magistrate duly authorized, with condition to do some particular act, as to appear at the same or some other court, to keep the peace, or pay a debt. A recognizance differs from a bond, being witnessed by the record only, and not by the party's seal.
- Law An obligation of record that is entered into before a court or magistrate, containing a condition to perform a particular act, such as making a court appearance.
- Law A sum of money pledged to assure the performance of such an act.
- A recognition.
- Archaic A pledge; a token.


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how to draw a chinese sky dragon
How to Draw a Chinese Sky Dragon
how to draw a chinese sky dragon step 1
So first draw a circle which will be the head. Then make a big "S" shape which will soon be the body. Afterwards, draw 4 smaller circles, 2 close to the head and 2 close to the rear of the body. These will be the shoulders of the dragon. Finally draw lines from the shoulder circles that outline the position of the legs.
how to draw a chinese sky dragon step 2
Now, draw the basic shape of the head and the eye. Draw the body around the big "S" shape you did in step 1. Then draw the shape of the legs around the lines coming off the shoulder circles that you also drew in step 1. Then finally draw rectangles for the fingers.
how to draw a chinese sky dragon step 3
Now, draw the shape of the nose and don't forget the whiskers coming off it. Outline the mouth with some sort of lips and make the snout wrinkly. Then add the teeth in the mouth and have the tongue coming out of it. Afterwards draw the horns on the back of the head and then put claws on the end of the fingers and toes.
how to draw a chinese sky dragon step 4
First draw the underbelly of the dragon which resembles some kind of armored plates overlapping each other. Then add the sharp row of spines going down the back all the way to the tail. Then move back up to the head and draw the hair on the back of the head, then on the knees and elbows. Finally finish up with the hair on the tail.
how to draw a chinese sky dragon step 5
Now, draw theses swirly things on the elbows and knees. I don't know what they are besides a decorative thing that really isn't necessarily, but looks awesome. Then, draw the scales. Don't draw every single scale, but draw groups of scales and it will generate the effect that you actually had drawn all the scales. Also, make the scales smaller on the face than on the body.
how to draw a chinese sky dragon step 6
Finally, draw all the clouds in. I did this by hand which took almost as long as the scales did. But if there are other ways of putting clouds there, feel free to do whatever you want! I'm not here to judge. Then have fun coloring the dragon any way you like!


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I have a custom overlay grid whose labels are driven by an ugly attribute field which contains unnecessary leading zeroes and other labeling no-nos. How can I introduce a labeling expression to this grid? Thank you!
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is your overlay grid in a raster or vector format? – artwork21 May 12 '11 at 17:22
_USER_: the overlay grid is driven by a feature class comprised of vector polygon geometry. – MLF May 12 '11 at 17:41
Can't you create another column and clean up the values with vb script in the calculator? – Jakub May 12 '11 at 17:55
Not to be snarky, but have you read the manual? – Kirk Kuykendall May 12 '11 at 20:42
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Per Esri, it is not possible at this time to incorporate a label expression with a custom overlay grid; Label expressions are not supported with grid labels.
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You can use many expressions in the label expression dialog.
You might try using regex to get at some of the hard to reach problems.
Here is one of my old questions that can show how it can be used.
If it is just trailing or leading zeros you can use...
Right ([mycolumn],4)
that will drop everything in the front leaving only 4 characters from the right side.
Function FindLabel( [NAME] )
 Dim fldValue, aWords, i, word, aNewWords, NewWord, numElements, k
 fldValue = [NAME]
 'k = 0 'One word first line and two words all other lines
 k = 1 'Two words first line and all other lines
 if not IsNull(fldValue) then
 aWords = split(fldValue, " ")
 numElements = UBound(aWords)
 'Create new array to store new field value and redimmension to store
 'the correct number of elements to match original number of elements
 aNewWords = Array()
 Redim aNewWords(numElements)
 for i = LBound(aWords) to UBound(aWords)
 if i Mod 2 = k then
 word = aWords(i) & vbCr
 word = aWords(i)
 end if
 aNewWords(i) = word
 NewWord = Join(aNewWords, " ")
 NewWord = fldValue
 end if
 FindLabel = NewWord
End Function
This is an example of a label expression from streetmap.
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Label expressions for a feature layer may be set by going to the the layers Properties>Labels tab, and click on the Expression button. However, Jakub has a good point that you should clean up your data first via field calculator. Here is the ArcGIS 10 link for feature expressions.
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We are a large organization, and use SDE with strict permissions. I am not able to add a field unless I divorce the data from the SDE, and at that point, the end user would not benefit from modifications to the data (and indeed, we are about to update it), so that won't help here. – MLF May 12 '11 at 20:08
I'm not trying to modify labels on a feature layer. The custom overlay grid is a different beast all its own and does not have the same labeling options as the feature class itself. I want to inject some label class scripting into the actual grid. – MLF May 12 '11 at 20:11
What do you mean by "a different beast"? Isn't this a polygon feature class with attributes? it would be best to actually clean up the source data with vbscript or python, whichever you prefer. You can of course do it with label expressions but it has certain disadvantages such as slower drawing times... Kirk has provided a link to the manual. – Jakub May 13 '11 at 12:52
@ Jakub: This is a custom overlay grid. The only options to label a custom overlay grid are to label it according to one field inside the feature class, and there is no option to use a label expression. – MLF May 17 '11 at 16:31
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Current Population of Rajasthan state is estimated to be 80,782,495 (8 crores). Get details on population growth, sex ratio and literacy rate in Rajasthan.
Population of Rajasthan 2021
Population of Rajasthan - Rajasthan with a population of 80,782,495 people is ranked as 7th populous state of India. Nearly ninety percent of Rajasthan's population is Hindu with Muslims making up the largest minority with eight percent of the populations. Jains - the merchant and traders from Rajasthan constitute a significant presence. Schedule Castes (ST) and Schedule Tribes (ST) form about seventy percent and twelve percent of the state population respectively. The population of the tribes in Rajasthan is nearly a double of the national average, with original inhabitants Bhils and the Meenas forming the largest group. Lesser known tribes like Sahariyas, Damariyas, Garasias, Lohars still form an important groups.
The Bhils are largely concentrated in the area around Chittorgarh, Udaipur and Dungarpur in the south corner of the state constituting a formidable 39 percent of the state's tribal population. Regarded as warriors with fine inherent guerilla tactics, their archery skills find mention in the Hindu epics of Mahabharata and the Ramayana. With improved communication and rapid growth in the economy, the Bhil's of living is slowly changing from their original hunting and gathering existence to one near the mainstream.
Population of Rajasthan
After the Bhils the Meenas are the second largest tribal group and the most widely spread throughout eastern Rajasthan. Most Meenas are cultivators and worship Lord Shiva. Another nomadic community is Rabari or Raika, of which there are two groups - Camel breeders (Marus) and the sheep breeders (Chakias). The Gurjars in the eastern part of the Rajasthan including Jaipur, Alwar, Bharatpur and Kota region dominate.
There are various local dialects and region variations in Rajasthan and Marwari, the predominant language of Rajasthan. Hindi, the official language of Rajasthan is spoken by majority. English is widely spoken by people engaged in the hospitality industry and business.
Current Population of Rajasthan in 2021
Population of Rajasthan is increasing at a steady rate on annual basis. The vibrant state of Rajasthan is currently home to 80,782,495 people in 2021. Comparing with last year population of Rajasthan, whihc was projected to be 79,536,709, there has been an increase of over a million people in the state. However, this figure was recorded to be at 78,356,812 in 2019. The state adds more than 1 million people in its population every year. Rajasthan recorded a population of 74,791,568 in the year 2016. Population growth in Rajasthan is descent at 1.7% annually. Thus, Annual growth of Population in Rajasthan is considered to be descent if compared with other states of India.
Sex Ratio of Rajasthan
The sex ratio in Rajasthan is not a great indicator of its overall growth and development. Present sex ratio of 926 females for 1000 males is less as compared to other states in India like Kerala and Karnataka. According to latest figures, there are only 10 districts in Rajasthan where sex ratio exceeds 900. In fact Rajasthan's sex ratio has declined in the last two decades which causes a serious concern for Government and Agencies.
Literacy Rate in Rajasthan
The current literacy rate of state at 67.1% is less as compared to overall literacy rate of India which stands at 74%. Government has played a major role in bringing the Literacy rate of state up as it was pretty low in the last two decades.
Most Populated Cities in Rajasthan
Jaipur, Jodhpur and Kota are three most populated cities of Rajasthan. As of 2021 projected population, here are more details below:
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The second level perk of the Dynasty Legacy "Kin" states "Dynasty members get better education". In the game code this is achieved by setting the education variable for the ninth and final roll to success equaling three points and failure equaling two points. In essence the Legacy Perk provides the child a guaranteed two education variable points, with the final Education Roll providing an opportunity to earn one extra point. This Perk means a child will need to have successful Education Rolls on seven of the eight rolls to earn a four star education trait.
Education Trait Level Chances with Level 2 Kin Dynasty Perk
Success (%) 1 2 3 4
50 14.1% 49.2% 32.8% 3.5%
60 (Base) 4.9% 35.6% 48.8% 10.6%
63 3.3% 30.4% 52.1% 14.1%
66 2.2% 25.1% 54.3% 18.4%
70 1.1% 18.3% 55.1% 25.5%
75 0.4% 11.0% 51.9% 36.7%
80 0.1% 5.5% 44.0% 50.3%
Traits factor[edit]
The game bases the education success chance on the Success Factor and the Failure Factor.
The Base Success Factor is 60, and increased by positive traits of the child and the guardian, the education matches with childhood trait, and the attributes of the guardian.
The Base Failure Factor is 40, and increased by negative traits of the child/guardian, the education mismatches the childhood trait, and when he doesn't have a guardian.
The outcome will be the formula below.
or a default 60% chance when there's no additional factors involved.
For instance, a child with the "Genius" congenital trait adds 20 to the Success Factor. Under this circumstance, the Genius trait increases the odds of a successful Education Roll from 60% to 66.6%. The example math is provided below.
A guardian with the intelligence trait of Genius provides a Success Factor of 15. If a genius child (20) is being educated by a genius guardian (15) the chances of a successful Education Roll becomes 70.4%, with the example math provided below.
At the age of 3 each child is assigned a Childhood Trait. If the child's Focus does not match the Trait there is a factor of 20 added to the Failure Factor. For instance, if a child has the trait "Bossy" and the focus is Diplomacy, the child would receive the factor of 20 to Failure Factor. In this circumstance, the chance of a successful Education Roll drops to 50%.
The positive Traits a child and guardian can have that increase the Success Factor are provided in the chart below.
Trait Child Trait Factor Guardian Trait Factor
 Genius 20 15
 Intelligent 15 10
 Quick / Shrewd 10 5
Childhood trait Matching 20 N/A
The negative Traits a child and guardian can have that increase the Failure Factor are provided in the chart below.
Trait Child Trait Factor Guardian Trait Factor
 Slow / Dull 10 5
 Stupid 15 10
 Imbecile 20 15
Childhood trait Not Matching 20 N/A
No Guardian N/A 20
Attributes factor[edit]
The success of the Education Roll is also determined by the guardian's relevant attribute points. The "Primary Attribute" for a guardian (more important attribute) is the one which matches the focus of the child, and is determined by that value times 0.4. A guardian's Diplomacy attribute is part of the Factor for a child with a diplomacy focus. The "Secondary Attribute" is the guardian's Learning, which is multiplied by 0.2. The formula is shown below.
For instance a child with a focus in Diplomacy has a guardian with a 10 Diplomacy Attribute and a 15 Learning Attribute will provide a Success Factor of +7.
Guardian Attribute Quick Math
Guardian Attribute Child Focus Learning Factor
5 2 2 2 2 2 1
10 4 4 4 4 4 2
15 6 6 6 6 6 3
20 8 8 8 8 8 4
25 10 10 10 10 10 5
30 12 12 12 12 12 6
The Education Roll bonus provided by guardians with congenital traits of Genius, Intelligent and Quick (or the non-congenital Shrewd) are significantly more important than the attributes of the guardian alone. Under these circumstances an "underachieving" Genius guardian can provide equal value with a character with amazing stats.
Therefore the most important factors when choosing a guardian are:
 1. Someone you trust not to kill your child
 2. Genius
 3. Intelligent
 4. Quick / Shrewd
 5. Value of Primary Attribute (which matches child's focus)
 6. Learning Attribute
A Genius guardian with 5 Diplomacy and Learning Attributes will provide a Factor of +18 (15 + 2 + 1) and successful Education Roll chance of 66% on a average child, while a guardian with 30 Diplomacy and 30 Learning Attributes will provide a Factor of +18 (12 + 6) and successful Education Roll chance of 66%.
Hypothetical Guardian Attributes
Guardian Congenital Trait
Guardian 1 Genius 5 4 2 3 5
Guardian 2 None 30 33 32 28 30
Prowess trait[edit]
Children undergoing a Martial education can also receive a Prowess education trait when they come of age. To qualify, the child's culture or the educator's culture[6] must have the Knighthood innovation and the child must be of a gender that can become knights. The system that determines which Prowess trait the child gets is completely separate from the other education traits. The perks, spouse or universities don't influence the outcome.
When the child finishes their education, the game creates a temporary score for them, which starts equal to the Martial education level they obtained. Then, the game changes this score depending on the child's physical traits (multiple traits stack):
Trait Prowess Factor
 Herculean +3
 Robust, Strong, Giant +2
 Hale +1
 Delicate, Spindly, Wheezing, Hunchbacked, Inbred, Bleeder -1
 Frail, Weak, Dwarf -2
 Feeble -3
Lastly, there's a 25% chance the score increases +2, 25% chance it decreases by -2, and 50% chance it stays unchanged.
The final score is then the child's Prowess education level.
Each character in the game has a hidden "weight" value which ranges from -100 to 100. If your weight is -50 or below, you gain the Malnourished modifier, and the "Gain Weight" decision becomes available to you. If your weight is 50 or above, you gain the Obese modifier, and the "Lose Weight" decision becomes available to you.[7] Being obese or malnourished gives −1 Health.
In addition to a character's current weight, each character also has a hidden "target weight" value, based mostly on traits, which is the weight they are drifting toward. Every year, your real weight will drift closer to your target weight. When you feast, your target weight[8] increases by 7[9], and when you hunt, your target weight[10] decreases by 4[11]. Afterward, your weight will eventually drift back toward your target weight. The "Lose Weight" decision decreases your target weight, and the "Gain Weight" decision adds to your target weight. Ending those decisions brings your target weight back to what it was before.
Switching to a Martial lifestyle will move your target weight closer to 0 (so that if you are underweight, your target weight will increase somewhat, and if you are overweight, your target weight will decrease somewhat). Being a Novice Hunter, Hunter, or Master Hunter, will also move your target weight closer to 0 by successive amounts.
The following traits and events also affect a character's target weight:[7]
Effect on target weight Traits / Events
Large increase Gluttonous, Lazy, Comfort Eater, "Gain weight" decision
Moderate increase Drunkard, Hashishiyah, Gregarious, Greedy, Calm, Trusting, Legendary Reveler
Slight increase Patient, Arrogant, Ambitious, Eager Reveler, Famous Reveler
Slight decrease Shy, Humble, Zealous, Craven, Temperate
Moderate decrease Imprisoned, Diligent, Wrathful, Leper, Impatient, Content, Fickle, Vengeful, Generous
Large decrease Consumption, Cancer


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Former Jailhouse Lawyer Bobby Battle Dies at Age 80
by Monte McCoin
Former prisoner Bobby Battle, an Oklahoma City native with a sixth-grade education who filed a lawsuit that ultimately led to historic reforms and the desegregation of Oklahoma prisons, died on December 25, 2017 at the age of 80.
"He must have just had native intelligence, one of those people who was educated even though they have poor formal education," attorney Stephen Jones recalled. "Bobby just taught himself about federal civil rights and prison reform and the cases and went forward."
In 1970, Battle was housed for two months in the "dungeon," a subbasement area at the Oklahoma State Penitentiary, after he filed a complaint with the warden about a 275-pound guard who beat a much smaller fellow prisoner. His experience led him to research and prepare a 1972 lawsuit that would continue making its way through the courts for nearly 30 years and become the most expensive prison litigation in state history.
That suit launched an FBI probe in 1974 that found understaffing, inadequate medical facilities, inadequate access to legal materials, racial segregation and discrimination, and unconstitutional limits on legal mail. The case was ultimately certified as a class-action after four other prisoners joined in, and the Department of Justice intervened. Over the years, courts ordered far-reaching reforms in Oklahoma's prison system until, on January 26, 2001, U.S. District Court Judge Michael Burrage granted a motion to terminate the case under the Prison Litigation Reform Act. See: Battle v. Anderson, U.S.D.C. (E.D. Okla.), Case No. 72-cv-95.
While incarcerated, Battle became a civil rights activist and created an organization behind bars called the Committee Against Prison Exploitation. Following his release in 1987 he hosted a radio program, the "Bobby Battle Forum," which helped connect callers with available community social services and advocated for voting rights for former prisoners. He called his experience in prison "Knucklehead College," and often spoke with others who had been incarcerated. He was buried in his hometown of Oklahoma City.
"Bobby is an unsung hero. He had the guts to stand up and do the right thing," Jones stated.
Many of the improved prison conditions that prisoners take for granted were achieved through hard-fought litigation by activist prisoners in the 1970s and 80s. Battle was one of them, and he helped effect reforms in Oklahoma prisons that continue today.
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The basic and main purpose of windmills is to get wind energy.
Using the wind to create electricity has been around for a long time. You've probably seen windmills on farms. People who design, build or repair windmills are called millwrights.If you want to become a millwright then get download Magic windmill coloring app, which is totally free. Come along with us and design and build your own magic windmill. Learn how to make a magic windmill and make it colorful and give it attractive shades.- Attractive Windmill images of to keep a child enthusiastic.- 30 images of different kind of Windmill.- Magic windmill allows your child to keep his interest in the study of environmental science.- Change colors with a finger touch.- Ability to save completed pictures.Don't underestimate child's coloring. It may look like leisure time, but when children are coloring, they're actually developing crucial life skills — and preparing their brains for the challenges of adulthood. This app is will clear the concept of windmill of your child. Children absolutely love science. The benefits of science for kids are tremendous. When children are engaged in Magic windmill coloring they are no longer disruptive because they are too busy in creating.


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Have you ever thought about the fact that using colored cosmetics is like doing artwork on your face? Well, I think so, anyway! One of the tools of makeup application is the cosmetic sponge. It may be a lowly little tool on its own, but it can work magic with application techniques. Not only are sponges handy in front of the mirror, they can be just as useful on your art table!
Sea sponges and synthetic, manufactured sponges that are made to resemble sea sponges are often used in art. However, a bag of cosmetic sponges is usually rather inexpensive in comparison. Plus, the are often already available in our makeup bag!
What can you do with a sponge? Here are some ideas:
- Use damp to apply and smooth on paint
- Remove paint as needed
- Create texture by using different motions with the sponge
- Snip the sponge into a shape for a "stamp"
- Use to apply paint or ink with stencils
- Apply ink to edges, or buff over a project
- Use as a blending tool
- Use as a blotter for your paintbrush while watercoloring
- Use for an extra applicator with PanPastels
- Use as disposable applicator for any product
What else can you think of that may be a good idea to use a small sponge for? We would love to hear your ideas.
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KS X 1001 (Korean Graphic Character Set for Information Interchangecitation needed) is a South Korean coded character set standard to represent hangul and hanja characters on a computer. It is arranged as 94×94 table (similarly to 2-byte code words in ISO 2022 and EUC), therefore its code points are pairs of integers 1–94. KS X 1001 contains ASCII, Korean, typography, Greek, Cyrillic, Japanese (Hiragana and Katakana) and some other characters.
This standard was previously known as KS C 5601. There have been several revisions of this standard. For example, there were revisions in 1987, 1992, 1998 and 2002. Several computer operating systems encode various versions of this standard several ways. Not all of them encode the standard the same way, like replacing the typical backslash at byte 0x5C with the won currency sign (₩).citation needed Some operating systems extend this standard in other non-uniform ways. Possible encoding schemes of KS X 1001 are: EUC-KR, windows-949 (superset of EUC-KR), ISO-2022-KR and JOHAB. However, the latter two encodings are rarely used.


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Eligibility: People with physical disabilities, people with epilepsy and children with autism.
Support Dogs is a national assistance dog charity (member of ADUK) dedicated to training dogs to transform the lives of people with physical disabilities, people with epilepsy, children with autism.
Support Dogs currently offers 3 training programmes:
Disability Assistance Programme - The client's pet dog is trained to provide assistance and support with everyday activities such as:
- Loading and unloading the washing machine
- Fetching the post
- Dressing and undressing
- Opening and closing doors
- Picking up and dropping objects
- Raising the alarm
Seizure Alert Programme - Support Dogs provide the dog for this programme. Seizure Alert Dogs are trained to give up to a 50 minute warning prior to an oncoming epilepsy seizure, allowing the client to get to a place of safety.
Autism Assistance Programme - Support Dogs provide the dog for this programme. Autism Assistance Dogs are trained to provide safety and companionship for children aged 4-10 years with autism. They have been shown to:
- Reduce stress for family members
- Promote positive changes in behaviour
- Provide comfort for the child when upset
- Increase safety for the child
- Enhance verbal communications
- Reduce social isolation
All qualified support dogs will receive a jacket and identification book which allows them access in restricted areas.
Whilst all the information given in this document was correct at the time of going to press, DIAL Doncaster cannot be held responsible for any subsequent changes.


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HYDROMECHANICS, DRAINAGE AND PUMPING ON CAREERS
The total complexity of the discipline is 108 hours (3 credits ECTS)
The purpose of discipline. The purpose of discipline is to teach students the basics of jetting process, as one of the types of complex mechanization of mining operations, to study the effect of groundwater and surface water in terms of exploitation of drainage and drainage career fields and dumps; drainage in his career.
The problem of discipline. As a result of the discipline, students should know:
- The theory of hydraulic rock breaking;
- Methods for calculation of hydraulic transport of rocks;
- Technological bases comprehensive dredging mining at the quarry zemsnaryadnih tease and development;
- Processes and technology of hydraulic mining of mineral resources;
- Technology underwater mining from the bottom of the seas and oceans;
- The influence of surface water and groundwater conditions in the mining and the main drainage scheme career fields;
- Major drainage and drainage schemes.
The main didactic sections:
.1. History and current state of dredging.
2. Mining jetting technology.
3. Tech mining dredges.
4. Tech mining dredge.
5. Underwater mining from the bottom of the seas and oceans.
6. Drainage and drainage pits and dumps.
7. Drainage and sewage.
As a result of the discipline "Hydromechanization, drainage and drainage in the pits," the student should be able to:
- Determine the number of jetting and set their technological parameters;
- Calculate the hydraulic transport options and choose a rational scheme of water supply with the choice of a suitable hydraulic pump equipment;
- Identify key parameters gidrovidvaloutvorennya;
- Calculate the basic parameters of development plan rocks dredgers and dredging;
- Calculate the water flow into the pit and drainage systems;
- Select and calculate drainage schemes and drainage pits and dumps;
- Select technical means of drainage.
Types of training activities: lectures, practical classes.
The study ends with discipline standings.


Turkey Government feeds stray Animals during COVID-19 Lockdown
While the coronavirus forces billions of people worldwide into lockdown, another large population is also severely affected; stray animals. This global lockdowns against the coronavirus are just like a death sentence to stray animals. They feel the bite as the COVID-19 pandemic spreads. Hundreds of stray dogs and cats have taken over the streets of major cities in search of what to eat and how to survive as the country remains under a coronavirus lockdown. These stray domestic animals have moved to fill the void, while also suffering the consequences of the pandemic.
But the story is not the same in a place like Turkey; it is good to hear that while the Turkish people stay at home to contain the spread of COVID-19, the government is tackling the issue of who will feed hundreds of thousands of stray animals in the country.
The Turkey interior ministry has decided that the job is the responsibility of local councils across the country and ordered them "to bring food and water to animal shelters, gardens, parks, and other areas where animals are found." The ministry insists that "all necessary actions must be taken to make sure stray animals don't go hungry", adding that dens and animals' shelters should also be sanitized.
Although Volunteers, activists, and residents usually feed Turkey's pack of strays, restrictions on movement and self-isolation have severely affected animal welfare. While councils sometimes provide services to street animals, it is unusual for the central government to order such a move. In Turkey's largest city, Istanbul, which has the most confirmed COVID-19 infections, there are around 128,900 stray dogs and 162,970 stray cats, according to the city 2018 figures.
Turkish social media users highly praised the move, with many thanking the Interior Minister Suleyman Soylu. The official Twitter account of Istanbul's Bayrampasa district shared photos of stray animals that were fed on April 5. The district said, they are with their true friends, with whom we share life.
One animal welfare organization in the Black Sea region has called on people who are over 65 years who were banned from going outside to contact their district governor to help feed the animals. Justice Minister Abdulhamit Gul tweeted a picture of himself stroking a dog, saying: "We should not abandon our animal friends during these tough days." So far, Turkey has refrained from imposing a nationwide lockdown and instead advises the public to stay home.
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Quantifying three years of a long distance relationship
I read two really useful guides to processing text data recently; an analysis of Trump's tweets to work out whether it's him or an intern sending them, and a sentiment analysis of Pride and Prejudice. Three years of a long distance relationship means that I have a nice big corpus of Whatsapp messages between my girlfriend and me, so I did the romantic thing and quantified some of our interactions in R. Also, this required quite a bit of text munging in Excel first, which turned out to be far quicker and easier than using regex in this case.
First of all, let's look at when we text each other throughout the day. We're in different time zones, but only by an hour, and since texts are inherently dependent – one text is overwhelmingly likely to lead to another pretty soon after – I haven't adjusted the times.
text no by hour of day.png
Our texting activity represents our general activity pretty well; nothing much going on until about 7am, then a slow start to the day, a bit of a post-lunch dip, and then an evening peak when we're more likely to be out and about doing things.
We can also have a look at how many messages we send each other, and how that's changed over time:
text no by date.png
We've sent each other a fairly similar number of texts per day throughout the long distance period, but it looks pretty bad on me that I have consistently sent fewer texts than her…
…or does it? When I plot the length of each text sent, I consistently write longer messages:
text length by date.png
So, there's two distinct texting styles here; I write longer messages less frequently, she writes shorter messages more frequently. The other thing I like about the text length graph is that you can see the times when we've been together and not texted each other that much; three weeks in November 2014 when I was running experiments in London, three weeks around Christmas 2015, and a load of long weekends throughout. It's not that we don't text each other at all then, it's more that those texts tend to be stuff like "have we got milk?", or simply "pub?".
Plotting log likelihood ratios of how much each of us uses each word in comparison to the other also captures our texting styles:
top 20 words each (no names).png
For example, we both use the word /ha/ to express laughter, but I spell it "ha" and she spells it "hah". Likewise, "til" and "till" as abbreviations for "until", and I seem to use "somebody" while she uses "someone".
If we filter out equivalent words and proper names (like the pubs, supermarkets, and stations we go to most often), another difference in dialogue style appears:
top 10 words each (no proper names).png
I am apparently a lot more conversational; I write out interjections (hmm, oooh, hey, ohhh) and reactions (fuck's comes from for fuck's sake, hoera comes from the Dutch phrase hiep hiep hoera, and boourns comes from, erm, The Simpsons). Apart from hhmmm, she doesn't write interjections or contextual replies at all. Apart from the interjections and replies, my main thing is adjectives; she tends towards nouns and verbs.
The next step is sentiment analysis. If I plot log likelihood bars for each sentiment, I seem to be an atrociously negative person:
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…but this, I think, is more a problem with the way sentiment analysis works in the syuzhet and tidytext packages using NRC sentiment data. Each word in the NRC corpus has a given value, 0 or 1, for a range of sentiments, and this sentiment analysis style simply adds it up for each word in a given set.
Because of that, it doesn't really capture the actual sentiment behind the way we're using these words. Let's look at the main words driving the differences in each sentiment:
sentiment log likelihood words.pngFor me, a lot of my disgust and anger is coming from the word damn. If I was texting damn! every time I stubbed my toe or something, perhaps that would be accurate; but in this case, a lot of the time I write damn is in sympathy, as in exchanges like:
"My computer crashed this afternoon and I lost all the work I'd done today"
"Damn, that's horrible"
Meanwhile, the word coop is actually me talking about the coöp / co-op, where I get my groceries. I'm not talking about being trapped, either physically or mentally.
The same goes for my girlfriend being more positive. With words like engagement and ceremony, she's not joyous or anticipatory about her own upcoming nuptials or anything; rather, several of her colleagues have got engaged and married recently, and most of her uses of the words engagement and ceremony are her complaining about how that's the only topic of conversation at the office. As for assessment, council, and teacher, she works in education. These are generally neutral descriptions of what's happened that day.
So, I was hoping to be able to plot some sentiment analyses to show our relationship over time, but either it doesn't work for text messages, or we're really fucking obtuse. I think it might be the former.
Instead, I'll settle for showing how much we both swear over time:
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Each dot represents the number of occurrences per month of a particular expletive. I'm clearly the more profane here, although I do waver a bit while she's fairly consistent.
More importantly is how we talk about beer a similar amount:
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Since couples who drink together stay together (or in the words of this study, "concordant drinking couples reported decreased negative marital quality over time"), I think this bodes pretty well for us.


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By John Butters, The JOURNAL
One never knows what will turn up in a time capsule.
Pastor Colton Clay of Grace Community Church met with his congregation on a Sunday afternoon in November to find out what was in a 25-year time capsule buried beneath a cover stone near the church foundation.
What did they find? Well, a treasure trove of letters.
?Mostly greetings and good wishes for the future,? said Clay.
Many of the letters found were written by parents to their children, but some were addressed to the entire congregation. The parents? letters were delivered unopened to as many of the adult children as the church could locate.
Clay says there are still some unclaimed letters. Those individuals whose parents attended the church in the years previous to the interment of the capsule can contact the church to find out if a letter was left for them.
Other items placed in a small plastic cooler were a church directory, a church mug, a copy of The Washington Evening Journal, a cassete tape and a VHS tape of the church?s 100 year anniversary celebrated in 1992. While there were few articles of interest, the congregation enjoyed hearing from their friends and neighbors from 25 years ago.
The Grace Community Church building has a long history in Washington. It began its service as a Methodist Church, then served a Disciples of Christ congregtion. Approximately 10 years ago, the church chose to become nondenominational, but retained its First Christian Church name.
Clay said the new name, Grace Community, is more in keeping with its unaffiliated position. Clay has served the church as pastor for nine years.