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What is the origin of the last name Benson?
Countries of origin for the last name Benson
The last name Benson is of English origin and is derived from the name Benedict. The name Benedict comes from the Latin word "benedictus" meaning "blessed." It is a patronymic surname, indicating that it is based on the given name of an ancestor.
The surname Benson is relatively common in English-speaking countries, particularly in the United States. It ranked as the 375th most common surname in the United States according to the 2000 census. It is likely that many individuals with the last name Benson can trace their ancestry back to England or other English-speaking countries.
The Benson surname has variations in spelling, including Bensin, Bensan, and Bennison. These variations may have developed over time due to regional accents, illiteracy, or transcription errors. It is important to consider these variations when conducting genealogical research or analyzing historical records.
Historically, individuals with the Benson surname were involved in a variety of occupations. Some were farmers, laborers, or craftsmen, while others held positions of authority or served in the military. The specific occupation of an individual with the last name Benson would likely depend on factors such as their geographic location and social status.
Researching the Benson surname can provide insights into familial connections, migration patterns, and social history. Genealogical records, such as birth, marriage, and death certificates, census records, and immigration records, can be valuable sources of information for individuals interested in tracing their Benson ancestry.
While the known facts about the Benson surname provide a foundation for understanding its meaning and significance, there are still unanswered questions and possibilities for further exploration. Delving deeper into historical documents, conducting DNA analysis, and connecting with other individuals with the Benson surname can contribute to a more comprehensive understanding of this last name and its variations.
Interesting facts about the last name Benson
- Benson is a surname of English origin.
- It is derived from the medieval given name "Benn," which is a short form of "Benedict," meaning "blessed" in Latin.
- The name became a surname when it was bestowed upon the offspring of someone named Benn or Benedict.
- The surname Benson is predominantly found in English-speaking countries such as the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia.
- In Norway, Benson is a relatively common surname of Norwegian and Swedish origin.
- As of 2021, Benson is ranked as the 731st most common surname in the United States.
- Famous individuals with the surname Benson include American singer and songwriter George Benson, American author and psychiatrist Bernard L. Benson, and British novelist E.F. Benson.
- The Benson family name also appears in popular culture, such as the character Benson DuBois from the TV show "Benson."


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Location: Cotton Ginning Research
Title: Predicting seed cotton moisture content from changes in drying air temperature - second year Authors
Submitted to: ASABE Annual International Meeting
Publication Type: Abstract Only
Publication Acceptance Date: July 21, 2013
Publication Date: N/A
Technical Abstract: A mathematical model was used to predict seed cotton moisture content in the overhead section of a cotton gin. The model took into account the temperature, mass flow, and specific heat of both the air and seed cotton. Air temperatures and mass flows were measured for a second year at a commercial gin in Mississippi during the 2012 season. Results still showed high variations in the mass flow rate of both the air and seed cotton (9 and 16%, respectively), and a low drying air temperature (127 °F). The model is more responsive with higher drying air temperatures. The model performed slightly better the second year due to due to synchronizing the sampling of seed cotton with the recording of air temperature and air mass flow. However, predicted seed cotton moisture content still correlated poorly with actual seed cotton moisture content. Improvement must be made in measuring the mass flow of air, and determining seed cotton mass flow in real time. Having an accurate measurement of seed-cotton moisture content in a cotton gin would help ginners determine how much heat to use to dry the cotton.

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Given the following data set from a table xyz with a field name field1 :
and a sequel :
WHERE SUBSTR(field1,4,3)=' '
Normally I would expect to see both the
rows returned. But, It appears like we need to include in the quotes the length of the string that we have used, as in this example'' as opposed to'', which is what one would use when a SUBSTR is not used.
Is there any reason why SUBSTR behaves like this?
Any information would be appreciated.


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The AutoComplete widget has a different purpose than the ComboBox/DropDownList, that is why it expose different keyboard navigation behavior.
The AutoComplete is more a suggestion box (just like the Google search bar). The widget shows suggestions in its popup and the user could loop through them without selecting anything (the items are just focused and not selected). That is why the user could reach the last one using DOWN arrow, un-focus it and focus the first one. This is the intended "loop" functionality.
The ComboBox/DropDownList, in contrast, directly select the next/prev item. They behave just like the native HTML Select element. Because the item is directly selected, we avoid looping the suggestion list, because this will result in unexpected selection. This could not happen in AutoComplete/MultiSelect because the user needs to hit ENTER explicitly.
The AutoComplete is designed to open its suggestion box only when there is initiated filter. It doesn't have toggle button by purpose. Again this is intended.
To sum up, the described AutoComplete behavior is intended and we cannot provide any workaround to change its implementation. If you would like more ComboBox/DropDownList components, then I would suggest you use them instead. For instance, you can hide the ComboBox toggle button, resulting in AutoComplete look and feel, but preserving the desired ComboBox behavior.
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I went through the ActiveMQ 4.0 RC2 code, checking how temporary topics are implemented. They seem to be regular topics, with generated pseudo-random topic names. Names are created by concatenating the connection identifier and a counter number. Is this correct? Is there a possibility of name-clashes between two clients? Or does the connection identifier take care of this? How hard it is to wiretap a temporary topic? If I understood correctly, broker does not dispatch messages to clients not listening to given topic. So wiretapping requires knowing/guessing temp topic names, correct? I'm a bit worried on this because incremental counter is used to generate topic names. Guessing the name of a temp topic created by another client is quite easy. Why a cryptographically strong pseudo random number is not used instead? In Java they can be obtained very easily by using java.util.UUID.


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Resist temptation: concentrate on the correct concentrations
Most detergent products are designed to work at a specific concentration. The formulation, concentration and pH are a good measure of the strength of the solution. The temptation is to use more chemical in order to achieve better cleaning or faster results.
When cleaning carpet, resist this temptation! First, excess detergent will likely leave excess residue on the carpet, which can attract soils. Plus, using extra product will start to cost you serious money. Just calculate the cost of repeatedly using even one extra ounce per gallon of concentrate over a period of days or weeks!
Most importantly, many detergent systems need a specific amount of water to function properly. Making and using stronger-than-recommended concentrations may not actually clean as well.
Adapted from Restoration Science Academy's The Complete Guide to Restorative Drying


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This paper presents a comprehensive time-domain model of the coupling capacitor voltage transformer (CCVT) to investigate the effect of CCVT subsidence transients on the distance relay. The studies show that voltage-zero subsidence transients can adversely impact the performance of the distance relay and result in the overreach problem. This paper also introduces a new approach to mitigate the effect of CCVT voltage-zero subsidence transients on the distance relay. The method is based on improving the degree of accuracy of the voltage phasor estimation during the CCVT subsidence transients. The proposed method is not affected by harmonics and high-frequency transient distortions of the voltage, and prevents the relay overreach problem even under high source impedance ratio (SIR). Moreover, the proposed method noticeably decreases the close-in fault clearance time under low SIR conditions, based on a fast current phasor estimation approach. The reported studies are conducted in the PSCAD/EMTDC software environment.
Date of Publication: April 2012


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FRED has just added 70 monthly series from the Midwest Economy Index from the Chicago Fed, including these two headline series: The Chicago Fed Midwest Economy Index measures Midwest nonfarm business activity growth, and the Chicago Fed Relative Midwest Economy Index measures nonfarm business activity growth relative to national growth.
- Teaching About Diversity in Data | Bring FRED into the Classroom | February 2023
- Teaching About Adjusting for Inflation | Bring FRED into the Classroom | January 2023
- FRED Expands Senior Loan Officer Opinion Survey
- Changes to Freddie Mac Dataset in FRED
- Teaching About Income and Wealth Inequality | Bring FRED into the Classroom | November 2022

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How does the Results API work? | Questionmark
How does the Results API work?
Applies to the following products:
Questionmark OnDemand
Questionmark Perception
Applies to the following Perception versions:
Perception 5.7
The Results API OData feeds are designed to return specific datum and granular subsets of data. When querying multiple data in a feed, querying multiple feeds simultaneously, or querying against the content in a variable that is not a key field for the feed, the Results API may timeout. Users are encouraged to design queries to use specific key values.
To introduce you to our Results API if you are unfamiliar with OData services, let's start off with an example—accessing the Participants feed and retrieving a list of participants.
Perception users would enter the following HTTP request in a browser:
https:///analyticsodata//odata/Participants
...where is the fully-qualified name (including the domain name) of the server where Perception is installed and is the name of the specific Perception repository are you trying to access the result data for.
OnDemand user would enter the following HTTP request in a browser:/odata/Participants
...where is the customer ID of the OnDemand account you want to access the result data for.
This example is for an OnDemand user, but a Perception user would follow the exact same steps using the Perception-specific URL format shown above. After authenticating (see the How can I access the Results API? section for details), this will retrieve a list of all the participants who have created results that have been ETLed into your Results Warehouse at the time you are accessing the Results API. If you have more than 500 participants in your Results Warehouse, at the bottom of the page you will see a link that looks similar to the following:
If you wanted to view participants 501 and on, you would enter the address from the href= part of the above entry to navigate to the second page of participants.
A list of participants from the Participants feed includes entries for each participant in the list. Here is an example entry for a single participant:
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href="Participants(804)/TopicScores" />
804
James
Brother of Mario and Orin
2011-06-16T05:28:49
Each participant entry includes an ID, which is a URL that allows you to return to this particular entry at any time without having to retrieve the entire list of participants, which can be quite lengthy. The above example's ID, as you can see from the tag, is:
A participant entry not only returns information about a particular participant, but it may also include navigation links, which are links to related Results API entries from other feeds. The above example includes three navigation links, which are identified by tags. The first navigation link in an entry will always be a link to itself and the ones after links to entries from other feeds. In this example, the second navigation link is a link to all the results for this participant:
To navigate to the list of results for this participant, you would append the address in the href= section of the navigation link to the participant entry's URL, which would look like the following:
The list of results that the above URL would retrieve would include all the assessment results that have been ETLed into the Results Warehouse for this participant. From there, you could use other navigation links to visit other related entries. Because all the Results API links are internally linked to each other, you could literally go on forever, jumping from related data to related data.


Package kakoune
Code editor heavily inspired by Vim
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Features:
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Kakoune is a code editor that implements Vi's "keystrokes as a text editing
language" model. As it is also a modal editor, it is somewhat similar to the
Vim editor (after which Kakoune was originally inspired).
Kakoune can operate in two modes: normal and insertion. In insertion mode,
keys are directly inserted into the current buffer. In normal mode, keys are
used to manipulate the current selection and to enter insertion mode.
Kakoune has a strong focus on interactivity. Most commands provide immediate
and incremental results, while being competitive with Vim in terms of
keystroke count.
Kakoune works on selections, which are oriented, inclusive ranges of
characters. Selections have an anchor and a cursor. Most commands move both of
them except when extending selections, where the anchor character stays fixed
and the cursor moves around.
Version: 2023.08.05
General Commands
kak a vim-inspired, selection oriented code editor


Creating Folders using recursion
Assume that you're trying to create the following folder:
C:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\Folder4
You could easily create it if the folder C:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3 existed by simply calling the MkDir method:
MkDir "C:\folder1\folder2\folder3\folder4"
However, VB flags a run-time error if the C:\folder1\folder2\folder3 does not exists. The following function makes creating subfolders more easier by checking all the parent folders and creating any of them if they did not exist using recursion.
To use this function, simply pass the FULL PATH of the folder you wish to create. Make sure that destDir always end with "\" (without quotes). The function returns TRUE if operation was successful. Otherwise, it returns FALSE.
Public Function CreateFolder(destDir As String) As Boolean

 Dim i As Long
 Dim prevDir As String

 On Error Resume Next

 For i = Len(destDir) To 1 Step -1
 If Mid(destDir, i, 1) = "\" Then
 prevDir = Left(destDir, i - 1)
 Exit For
 End If
 Next i

 If prevDir = "" Then CreateFolder = False: Exit Function
 If Not Len(Dir(prevDir & "\", vbDirectory)) > 0 Then
 If Not CreateFolder(prevDir) Then CreateFolder = False: Exit Function
 End If

 On Error GoTo errDirMake
 MkDir destDir
 CreateFolder = True
 Exit Function

errDirMake:
 CreateFolder = False
End Function
Example:
If CreateFolder("C:\Folder1\Folder2\Folder3\") Then
 MsgBox "Folder Creation successful!"
Else
 MsgBox "Folder Creation failed!"
End If
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Gaussian bubble clusters
Suppose I ask you to divide \(\mathbb{R}^n\) into two pieces of fixed Gaussian measure so that the surface area of the boundary is as small as possible. The Gaussian isoperimetric inequality states that the best way to do it is by cutting \(\mathbb{R}^n\) with a hyperplane:
Gaussian half-space
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Gaussian noise sensitivity
Suppose that \(X\) and \(Y\) are positively correlated standard Gaussian vectors in \(\mathbb{R}^n\). Define the noise sensitivity of \(A \subset \mathbb{R}^n\) to be the probability that \(X \in A\) and \(Y \not \in A\). Borell proved that for any \(a \in (0,1)\), half-spaces minimize the noise sensitivity subject to the constraint \(\mathrm{Pr}(X \in A)=a\). This inequality can be seen as a strengthening of the Gaussian isoperimetric inequality: in the limit as the correlation goes to one the noise sensitivity is closely related to the surface area, because if \(X \in A\) and \(Y \not \in A\) are close together then they're probably both close to the boundary of \(A\). From a more applied point of view, Borell's inequality and its discrete relatives played a surprising and crucial role in studying hardness of approximation in theoretical computer science. ...more
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text: This panorama of a University of Pittsburgh football game at Heinz Field was photographed by James Blakeway. The Panthers football team moved to Heinz Field in 2001. Located near the Allegheny, Monongahela and Ohio Rivers, the Panthers share Heinz Field with the Pittsburgh Steelers. It is considered one of the finest football stadiums in the country, with a capacity of over 65,000 fans. The University, founded in a log cabin in 1787, is among the oldest institutions of higher education in the United States. The Panther, a formidable creature once indigenous to the Pittsburgh area, was adopted as the University of Pittsburgh's mascot in 1909.

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You need to start by having a csv file with your calendar events. If you were migrated from Office-Logic Interchange and requested your Webscheduler to be moved, the Information Technology department would have sent you a csv file as an attachment. Save that file in a location known to you, then follow the steps below to import those calendar items into Google calendar.
To import events from iCalendar or CSV files, just follow these steps:
- Click the Add down-arrow button at the bottom of the calendar list on the left side of the page, and select Import Calendar.
- Click Browse and choose the file that contains your events, then click Open.
- Select the Google Calendar where you'd like to import events, then click Import.
Please note that recurring events may not be recognized when importing events from CSV files. In this case, individual items will be created for recurring events that fall between the dates you've selected.


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Information Workers in the Academy: The Case of Librarians and Archivists at The University of Western Ontario
Ephemera: Theory & Politics in Organization
For much of its history, the organizational culture for academic librarians and archivists at The University of Western Ontario was primarily a culture of the practitioner. While librarians and archivists supported teaching, research and service at Western, they did not directly engage in it. As a result of grassroots efforts undertaken by members of Western's academic community in the mid-2000s however, the potential contributions of information workers to the teaching, research and service mandate of University began to garner recognition. Born out of this collective awakening, a successful union drive and shortly thereafter an inaugural Collective Agreement for The University of Western Ontario Faculty Association; Librarians and Archivists (UWOFA-LA). The following contribution describes the shift in organizational culture that is currently underway for the academic community at The University of Western Ontario, and for its information workers in particular. The nature of academic librarians and archivists' digital labour is also examined here.


Unrestricted Net Assets
What are 'Unrestricted Net Assets'
Unrestricted net assets are a group of items owned by the government with commercial or exchange value that have no external restrictions regarding their use or function. Unrestricted net assets appear in government accounting and are government-owned assets that can be utilized for any decided-upon purpose. This is in contrast to restricted net assets that are assigned to specific purposes.
BREAKING DOWN 'Unrestricted Net Assets'
Government accounting includes the principles and procedures used by local, state and federal governments for accounting purposes. Rules are established by the National Council on Governmental Accounting. Assets of local, state and federal governments are typically restricted to specific uses and purposes, however, unrestricted net assets fall outside this limitation.


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Why Does Wine Go Bad and How Long Opened Wine Lasts
One of the most common questions that I get from students in my Introduction to Wine classes is about bad wine. People want to know, why does wine go bad, how do you know if a wine has gone bad, and can you do anything to prevent it?
Why Does Wine Go Bad?
There are lots of reasons a wine can go bad. Poor bottling, microbial contamination and storage problems are just the beginning. Each of these issues has specific signs to look for, which makes it easier to tell a wine that's gone bad from a wine that's just not to your taste.
Signs of Bad Wine
- Smells like barnyard, sweaty horse, Band-Aids or manure: Brettanomyces, aka "Brett", in sommelier shorthand, is a bacteria that, in small doses, is not necessarily unpleasant. Left unchecked, wine becomes undrinkable.
- Tastes like sauerkraut: Lactic acid bacteria gone wild gives this nose-wrinkling smell.
- Has a strong vinegar quality: This is the smell of volatile acidity and acetic acid, which usually develops in wine after exposure to oxygen. But rogue yeasts can create this flaw in the winery.
- Has a damp basement, moldy cardboard, or wet dog odor: A sign of TCA contamination, aka "cork taint". TCA stands for 2,4,6-Trichloroanisole, which is a harmless, potent-smelling compound that most often occurs when chlorine-based cleaners come into contact with wood. Even in minute amounts (as in parts per trillion), it can affect the way a wine smells and tastes. If present in a barrel or winery equipment, entire lots of wine can be affected– meaning the cork is not always the culprit.
- Smells of rotten eggs, onions, cabbage: Wines that got too little oxygen during the winemaking process can develop volatile sulfur compounds, including ones called mercaptans. There's no mistaking this flaw, even if you've never smelled a rotten egg. These wines are said to be "reduced," meaning it was fermented without enough oxygen. Fortunately, this flaw often disappears shortly after the wine is opened. If it doesn't, you can add something copper to your glass (such as a pre-1982 penny), which reacts with sulfur compounds and can magically eliminate the stinky smell.
- Tastes like chemicals: A flawed fermentation can give off a strong paint thinner or acetone scent. Sadly, nothing can help make a wine with this flaw taste better.
- Looks dull and brownish; smells bitter, nutty or like balsamic vinegar: If you detect any of these symptoms, you're encountering oxidized wine, probably from a faulty closure. Oxygen seeped in and ruined it. Oxidation happens eventually to all opened wine.
- The appearance of fizz or bubbles in a still wine: Whoops, your wine has started to re-ferment. Someone bottled a wine without sterilization, and the yeasts began munching on leftover sugar.
- You notice the cork pushing up past the bottle rim, or a wine leak is visible on the cork: In still wines, this is a sign of heat damage. The smells and flavors of heat damage are often subtle, making a wine look and taste duller than it should. Just one day sitting in a hot delivery truck can damage a wine, even if it doesn't leave visible evidence.
A common reason that wine goes bad is that, after it was opened, no one drank it fast enough. (This is not usually a problem around my house, trust.) That's because the moment you pull the cork on a bottle, powerful chemical changes start to occur in the wine. Oxygen rushes in and sulfur dioxide, which is added to nearly all wines as a preservative, dissolves into the air.
In time-limited doses, exposure to oxygen can make a wine taste more harmonious and expressive, turning up the volume on its flavors and smoothing them out. But the clock is ticking: in as little as two days, oxidation can spoil a wine and, soon enough, this process will turn it to vinegar. First, the fruity aromas disappear, then its flavors turn dull and flat, with a sharp or bitter edge, and the color changes. White wines darken and turn brownish; reds get lighter and browner. Soon, a wine that used to smell like apples or cherries may smell like vinegar or cider.
Now that you know how oxidation affects your bottles, you're probably wondering how to extend the life of opened bottles.
How Long Opened Wine Lasts
How to store opened wine without it going bad depends on the type of wine and how you store it. The graphic below breaks it down. Generally, the lighter the wine, the faster it goes bad. Tannins in wine help preserve them as does alcohol—which is why robust reds and fortified wines last longest. Richly sweet dessert wines will also stay fresh longer than dry varietals.
My go-to method of slowing down the spoilage of opened wine—both red and white—is to decant it into as small a container as possible and stick it in the fridge. I keep a few empty half-bottles (375ml) and their corks handy for this, but any old jar will do (just make sure it doesn't still smell like kimchee or barbecue sauce or whatever you last had in your fridge). Presto! This step roughly doubles the shelf life of wine.
"Even reds?" you're asking. Yes, even reds. The bacteria that turn wine into vinegar (acetic acid, to wine chemistry geeks) feed on oxygen. By exposing the wine to less oxygen, you're starving the bacteria and slowing down spoilage. They also multiply like crazy at room temperature, so chilling the wine keeps their party to a dull roar.
Of course, there are lots of gadgets out there claiming to preserve wine, ranging from plastic vacuum pumps to spray cans of nonreactive gas. In my experience, with one giant exception, none of these make a huge difference. I recommend that, if you do pump or gas your wine, you also store it in the fridge.
The shining exception to these devices is the Coravin, which is easily the most effective—and expensive—tool ever invented to solve the problem of leftover wine. With Coravin, you don't actually open the wine at all—you extract it through the cork via a fine needle, which also pumps argon gas into the bottle as a preservative. You can dole out glasses of wine over a period of months from a bottle, with no notable difference in freshness. I've enjoyed white wines that were first poured via Coravin more than a year prior, then stored at room temperature, and they still tasted juicy and vibrant. At parties, I sometimes let guests have sips from several "Coravinned" bottles, then pick the wine they like best.
Remember: It can be tricky to decipher whether a bottle has gone bad from something that just isn't your taste. At the end of the day, if the smell and taste aren't to your liking, listen to your senses. This could be due to a poor pairing or perhaps the type of wine and where it's from just isn't pleasing your palate. At the end of the day, you should always drink wines you enjoy.
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The spray computer is a handy tool to accurately spray the desired amount of coating on the deck.
By measuring the driving speed of the machine and the current spraying volume, the amount of liters per hectare is calculated.
If the actual ltr / Ha deviates from the desired amount, the speed of the machine will be adjusted, so that the desired result is achieved. It also shows how much m2 has been covered and the total number of liters consumed.
– Printing the total m2, used liters and average liters per hectare
– Readout of the measured pressure on the spray boom
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Electrostatic discharge (ESD) accounts for over 30% of chip failure which occurred during chip manufacturing. Inadvertent touching by human body or contact with assembler tray can lead to such ESD failures. The most dominant ESD model is the charged-device model (CDM) wherein energy-destructive failure is incorporated resulting from rapid inflow, or outflow, of high current. Conventional modeling and simulations of the CDM are engineered to describe the behavior of ESD protection circuits, hence have a limitation to account for chip-level charge transfer. This paper presents a new methodology to simulate CDM behavior at chip level. A hierarchical approach associated with a CDM macromodel is developed to model a full-chip structure comprised of several functional subsystems and multiple power supplies. Full-chip CDM simulation provides the analysis of chip-level discharge paths and failure mechanisms, especially focusing on the gate oxide reliability. The proposed method can easily be applied to the CDM failure analysis of any product ICs in the early design stage. As an example, simulation results of a mixed-signal application-specific integrated circuit processed in a 0.25-μm CMOS technology show high correlation with the measurement data.


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The application of energy-filtered imaging to quantitative elemental mapping of materials is investigated using the newly developed Zeiss 912 TEM. This instrument is equipped with a magnetic omega filtering spectrometer and a slow-scan CCD camera for acquisition of energy-filtered images in digital form suitable for quantitative processing. The high beam current available on this machine permits elemental maps with over one million pixels of data to be acquired in reasonable time. Experimental conditions required for quantitative large-area elemental mapping are described and several approaches to data processing for quantitative analysis are compared. Concentration ratios in a NiCuCr amination catalyst were determined to within 20% accuracy in favorable cases.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics


text: Owing to the configuration of cavity up and stacked die packaging and the requirements of backside analysis, both packaging types require similar sample preparation steps. This article describes the failure analysis (FA) process to be applied with cavity up and stack die packages. The FA process flow includes testing to determine the nature of the failure, failure correlation to chip and/or internal circuitry, die preparation for repackaging, die repackaging in a cavity down configuration, automated test equipment (ATE) testing to verify the integrity of the pre-packaging failure mode, backside thinning, global fault isolation, backside reconstruction, and defect identification by front side deprocessing. ATE FA can often be performed using special analysis modes and the modification of the test software to put tester in a halt or a loop during fault isolation. When this is completed, global FA techniques can be used. The article also presents a case study on the successful repackaging efforts of cavity up packages.


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COVID-19 and its impact on (inclusive) education
On 25 September 2020, PhoenixKM's CEO Karel Van Isacker will be one of the panel members of the virtual "International scientific conference on philosophy of mind and cognitive modelling in education – PCE2020 – Plenary lecture", starting at 10.00 a. m. CET. A detailed programme is available via the conference website.
The virtual conference will address the impact of COVID-19 on the educational system in various EU countries. Our focus will be on Belgium and Bulgaria, and especially how it has impacted inclusive education.
This event is organised by the University of Maribor, Slovenia.
Following topics will be addressed for Belgium and Bulgaria:
 1. Overall situation regarding the pandemic in your respective countries.
 2. How has the pandemic affected schoolwork; what kind of solutions have you come up with; what has been the response?
 3. What kind of preparations have you made for the current school year, and how did you start the year?
 4. What were the responses of the entire society and teaching profession to the proposed concept of school for the school year 2020/2021?
Presentations will be followed by short discussions.
Following projects and their outcomes will be introduced:


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White Rock (Cambria) SMCA
Shoreline Boundary Landmarks:
This area is bounded by the mean high tide line and straight lines connecting the following points in the order listed:
35° 32.85' N. lat. 121° 05.85' W. long.;
35° 32.85' N. lat. 121° 06.70' W. long.;
35° 30.50' N. lat. 121° 05.00' W. long.; and
35° 30.50' N. lat. 121° 03.40' W. long.
California Department of Fish and Wildlife
- Recreational Fishing:
- Allowed Species: None
- Prohibited Species: All
- Commercial Fishing:
- Allowed Species: Giant kelp (Macrocystis pyrifera) and bull kelp (Nereocystis spp.) under the following conditions:
- Any individual kelp harvester with a valid permit issued pursuant to Section 165 and holding a valid lease to Administrative Kelp Bed 208 may take no more than 125 tons of kelp from the portion of Administrative Kelp Bed 208 within the White Rock (Cambria) State Marine Conservation Area in any calendar month.
- Duplicate landing records must be kept on board the harvest vessel in accordance with the requirements of Section 165.
- Prohibited Species: All other living marine resources EXCEPT those listed above.
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Learn about the fascinating art and science of baroque pipe organs with chemist Catherine Oertel on Oct. 3 at 7 p.m. at the Hudson Library & Historical Society.
Pipe organs of the Baroque era are the "endangered species" of the musical world and are noted for their ties to significant composers and pre-industrial technologies. Centuries-old organs stand as valuable documents not only of musical history but also of technological history. Today, the natural atmospheric corrosion of organ pipes threatens the ability of these historic pipe organs to produce sound. Oertel will discuss the historical and environmental causes of corrosion, the chemistry involved in restoration and the importance of preserving these historical instruments. Anyone interested in history, science or music will enjoy this captivating talk.
Oertel is an associate professor of chemistry at Oberlin College. She teaches introductory and inorganic chemistry as well as an interdisciplinary course on the chemistry of materials used in artwork. Her research in synthesis and detailed structural characterization of oxide-based materials, including those that form as corrosion products on lead-rich objects, is supported by the National Science Foundation and the Camille and Henry Dreyfus Foundation. Oertel was a postdoctoral fellow at the Cornell Center for Materials Research and the Chalmers University of Technology in Gteborg, Sweden.
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Error when Instantiating Phase in Unit
I'm trying to add a phase to a batch unit. The phase was copied from an existing phase which has already been instantiated and downloaded without any issues. I changed the name of the new phase and the short name. However when I try to instantiate the phase in the Unit I get the following error:
"Only formal instance objects are allowed as children".
I have checked the phase for errors and consistency without any issues being highlighted.
Any help would be much appreciated.
System 800xA SV5.1 FP4 RevD
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As a general principle, if the phase you "copied" is the same as the original, then you really should be using the original, not a copy. If the phases are very similar, then it may be worth writing the phase in such a way it can be used in both units.
Anyway, I assume you've modified the code. It sounds like something odd happened when you originally copied the phase. The "formal instance" implies an issue with the way your phase has been created in the object type structure. ( formal instance definitions are used by the 800xA system to describe how library objects should be instatiated in other structures) Did you paste the copy into the same library or a new library? Where is the unit that are you trying to instantiate the phase into - Object Type structure or Control structure? (The short name is related to how OPC paths are set up by the batch server and should not be related to instantiating the phase )
Can you post some screen shots of your object type structure and control structure as well as the exact message you are getting?


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Yellow Roses: Meaning, Symbolism, and History
Yellow roses of all types have long been popular due to their bright, cheerful color. That holds yellow sunflowers, yellow roses, yellow hydrangeas, yellow daisies, and yellow flower arrangements.
Deep yellow hues also can be interpreted as gold – so if someone were to make a noteworthy achievement – like a promotion at work or winning a crucial contest, yellow rose flower arrangements would be a superb means to extend your good wishes.
The Meaning of giving Yellow Roses
In this way, yellow rose arrangements can be an exquisite way to congratulate a pair on a new baby. Likewise, land agents might prefer to say "welcome to the neighborhood" with yellow rose floral arrangements for their clients. A person may even feel confident within the gift of one yellow rose, meaning that they want to increase friendship or brighten up another person's day.
Yellow Roses in Western and Eastern Cultures
Unlike some meanings of flower colors, which may vary considerably worldwide, the yellow rose flower meaning is relatively consistent across the planet and multiple cultures, with only a couple of exceptions. For example, in Western cultures, the definition behind yellow roses reflects friendship and optimism. Eastern cultures are very similar in their interpretation, assigning the meaning of giving yellow roses to be related to happy occasions and feelings of joy.
In Japan, yellow roses' meaning goes a touch beyond happiness and cheer to mean courage or inner strength. So, you would possibly consider giving one yellow rose, meaning you're in support of that person as they face a challenge or difficulty.
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Also, Yellow ribbons, generally, have, for several decades, been a symbolic gesture of family. The meaning behind yellow roses can come to mean, "I'm thinking of you and your family, and that I hope your beloved returns home soon."
Yellow Roses From a Symbol of Jealousy to a Symbol of Freedom
Interestingly, yellow roses' almost-universal meaning may be a sharp contrast from the definition of yellow roses within the language of flowers from Victorian times. During this era, yellow rose arrangements weren't related to positive feelings but rather with jealousy, the end of a relationship, or infidelity. Most believe this is because yellow roses of that time typically lacked the signature fragrance of roses – a trait that, if personified, would mean yellow roses were jealous of their more lovely scented counterparts of other colors. Fortunately, warmth and positivity won out, and today yellow roses' meaning is nearly consistently a cheerful one.
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The recognition of yellow roses and yellow flower arrangements has even come to require interesting new meanings. The country-western song about "the yellow rose of Texas" makes yellow rose arrangement centerpieces popular at Texas weddings and celebrations. What was in Victorian times with the unfortunate end of a relationship is that yellow roses' meaning can now symbolize freedom and a new beginning after a relationship that may have been "less than joyous."
The Color Yellow Helps Building Confidence
You might also consider how yellow interacts with our minds and how you might arrive at a new answer to the question: What is the meaning of yellow roses?
The color yellow activates the brain's memory center, stimulates the nervous system, enhances vision, and can even build confidence. The effect can be seen on brain scans when patients are exposed to color.
For this reason, yellow rose floral arrangements are popular in senior living communities and elder care facilities, as yellow roses can play a small part in a person's recovery or well-being.
Yellow Roses Stand Out
What is particular about the meaning of yellow flowers is that yellow roses are screaming for attention. They get attention in even the dullest environments, making them a top choice for resorts, hotels, and enormous gathering spaces where people don't want the floral decor to fade into the background. That makes yellow rose arrangements ideal for honoring any special someone you feel deserves extra attention in his or her life.


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Definition of Cires
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GUSINJE – RYCO Local Branch Office in Montenegro in partnership with the Association of Women Entrepreneurs and with the support of the Embassy of the French Republic in Montenegro organized a two-day camp in Gusinje "A Better Region Starts with YOUth" on 11 – 12 June where they discussed youth activism, entrepreneurship and regional cooperation, but also shared their impressions from RYCO youth exchanges.
The camp's opening ceremony kicked off with the introductory speeches delivered by Ambassador of the French Republic H. E. Ms Christine Toudic and RYCO Local Branch Officer in Montenegro Mr Edin Koljenović. They both highlighted the importance of the implementation of youth exchange programs, as well as networking between young people in the Western Balkans but also within their own societies.
The two-day camp gathered high school students from several Montenegrin municipalities such as Nikšić, Bijelo Polje, Berane, Plav and Gusinje. Students of the Secondary Economic and Catering School from Nikšić and the Secondary Vocational School from Berane who were participating in the first youth exchange programs supported by RYCO attended the event, too.
The participants had the opportunity to attend a number of workshops dealing with topics such as youth civic activism, youth entrepreneurship and networking opportunities in the regional context. Furthermore, they also had the opportunity to learn more about activities and opportunities for young people that the French Institute and French Cultural Centre in Montenegro offer.
Finally, a special session was conducted by the participants of the first RYCO youth exchanges where they motivatingly shared their impressions from the exchanges with their peers. Their speeches reflected sincere emotions provoked by beautiful memories, encouraging the rest of the youth audience to take part in such or similar projects conducted by RYCO and its partners in the future.


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Mattias Sköld: Pierre Schaeffer - introducing sound as music (Sound and music interaction seminars)
A lecture focused on Schaeffer's analysis of music-making, listening and correlations between the physical signal and the musical object. Schaeffer laid the foundation for a new music theory based on sound characteristics regardless of sound source. Starting from music-making and hearing, Schaeffer's research originated electroacoustic music theory and foreshadowed music psychology research.
Time: Tue 2020-10-20 15.00 - 15.45
Location: Zoom
The seminar is hosted by the Sound and Music Computing group at MID, KTH.
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The Town of Brunswick has unique shellfish management program. The Town of Brunswick has over 1,600 acres of intertidal shellfish growing area along its 61 miles of coastline. The town currently licenses 50 commercial shellfish harvesters and many recreational harvesters. License numbers are determined by conducting shellfish inventory surveys every other year. Licensed harvesters are vested into the program and must accumulate conservation hours annually to remain eligible to retain their license the following year.
The Brunswick Marine Resource Committee along with the Marine Resource Officer conduct various enhancement, propagation, protection, and mitigation efforts each year. The Brunswick Marine Resource Committee meets the first Wednesday of each month.


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Switch quickly between apps
When you're using your iPhone, iPad, or iPod touch, you can switch quickly from one app to another. When you return to an app, you can pick up right where you left off. Multitasking doesn't slow down the performance of the foreground app or drain battery life too much.
Here's how you switch quickly between apps:
- Double-click the Home button to display recently used apps.
- Swipe left or right to find the app you want use.
- Tap the app to open it.
Allow apps to refresh in the background
Some apps will run for a short period of time before they're set to a suspended state. This means they're not actively in use, open, or taking up system resources. When you return to these apps, they'll open instantly.
Some apps can continue to run in the background. You can allow these apps to refresh themselves by turning on Background App Refresh. This settings lets apps check for new content and download updates, or retrieve updated content in the background when they receive push notifications.
To save battery, apps running in the background refresh at certain times, like when your device is connected to Wi-Fi, plugged into a power source, or being actively used. iOS learns patterns based on how you use your device and tries to predict when an app running in the background should refresh. It also learns when the device is typically inactive, like at night, to help keep apps from refreshing when you're not using your device. Apps can also schedule background refreshing based on your location.
To use this setting, tap Settings > General > Background App Refresh.
If you turn off Background App Refresh, some background activity might still occur.
Find out what to do if an app unexpectedly quits, stops responding, or won't open.
Find out how to adjust settings on your device to maximize battery life.


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Animal Crossing: New Horizons is a life-simulation game in the truest sense of the term. Players can witness all kinds of weather changes in the game, which has led to some very beautiful events. Witnessing shooting stars is one such beautiful event that Animal Crossing: New Horizons players have seen within the game.
But not every Animal Crossing player knows how to find and see these shooting stars in the game. This article details how players can catch shooting stars in Animal Crossing: New Horizons.
How to catch shooting stars in Animal Crossing: New Horizons
Shooting stars in Animal Crossing: New Horizons can be witnessed at any time of the year, especially during nights with clear skies. They usually appear anytime between 7.00 pm and 4.00 am. Additionally, shooting stars are much more likely to appear during Meteor Showers.
Fortunately, players can learn about Meteor Showers beforehand. Isabella usually announces Meteor Showers during her morning announcements, but in case players miss it, they will interact with other villagers who may talk about or mention the meteor showers.
Now that players know when they can witness shooting stars in the game, they can learn how to make a wish on these shooting stars in New Horizons.
To make a wish on a shooting star in Animal Crossing: New Horizons, players must tilt their camera upwards towards the sky using the Right Control Stick. Now, when they spot a shooting star, they simply have to press the A button to make a wish. Players will know that they have successfully wished upon a shooting star in Animal Crossing if the star twinkles a bright yellow.
Wishing on a shooting star in Animal Crossing: New Horizons can yield players star fragments the next day. These fragments will wash up on the sea shore, much like shells.
Catching a shooting star in Animal Crossing: New Horizons is something worth witnessing, so make sure to keep an eye out for the next Meteor Shower!


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Create your own face tracking, pan and tilt camera on the Raspberry Pi!
This tutorial will demonstrate use of the OpenCV (computer vision) library to identify and track faces on the raspberry pi using two servos and a USB webcam. For the interested, I previously covered a more thorough overview of the installation of OpenCV from source here, however, I have found that the apt package is sufficient for all but the most bleeding edge of projects.
This project is based on the OpenCV face tracking example that comes along with the source-based distribution. In short, it performs face detection using haar-like features to analyze the video frame, and locates any faces present within it. In the live video window, identified faces are surrounded with a red rectangle. For additional information about how face detection works as well as the specifics of face detection with OpenCV, I recommend this article by Robin Hewitt.
Using the coordinates of the rectangle vertices, my script calculates the (X,Y) position of the center of the face. If the face is sufficiently on the left side of the screen, the pan servo will progressively rotate leftward, on the right side, rightward. This is likewise performed for the tilt servo as well, if the face is in the upper portion of the screen, it will pan upward, in the lower portion, pan downward. If the face is detected reasonably within the center of the image, no action is performed by the servos. This prevents unnecessary jitter once the camera has locked itself on the face.
- 512 MB raspberry pi
- 2x Hobby servos (Turnigy 9g fom Hobby King)
- Pan & tilt bracket (from Foxtech FPV)
- USB webcam (Microsoft LifeCam Show from Amazon)
- Power supply
- Hook-up wire
- Raspberry Pi enclosure (from Built to Spec)
Connect the red, power lines of the servos to +5v, the black ground lines to GND, and the yellow signal lines to the desired output pins, GPIO pins 22 and 23 in the example. Here is a diagram of the completed circuit (created with Fritzing):
And here is how it looks all put together:
Get the source.
The first step of this procedure is to install the required libraries and packages using the Raspberry Pi package manager. Open up terminal shell and run:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git python-opencv python-all-dev libopencv-dev
This command will pull down all of the required packages (about 215 MB worth) including the git version control system, as well as the OpenCV development headers and Python bindings. The next step is to configure the Raspberry Pi for use with multiple pulse width modulation (PWM) outputs. Normally, the Raspberry Pi has only one channel of PWM output. However, thanks to the efforts of Richard Hirst, eight channels of PWM can be used through the use of this servoblaster kernel driver.The driver creates a device file, /dev/servoblaster to which commands can be sent to control the servos. The commands take the form "=" with servo number representing the desired servo (0-7 in this case) and servo position representing the pulse width in units of 10 µs. For example, to send servo 3 a pulse width of 120 µs: echo 3=120 > /dev/servoblaster To configure the servoblaster on the Raspberry Pi, first pull down the sources from Richard's Github repo:
git clone _URL_
Then change into the servo blaster directory, and install the module:
This command also sets up the necessary udev rules for accessing the /dev/servoblaster device. Note: using the 'install_autostart ' command will set up a Raspberry Pi to load the servoblaster kernel module on every boot. If you don't want this behavior, execute 'make install' instead. In either case, the module will not yet be loaded so go ahead and load it into the kernel using modprobe:
sudo modprobe servoblaster
Now that all the prerequisites have been installed and the servo blaster device configured, it's time to get the actual face tracking and servo moving code. Clone my repo from Github here:
git clone _URL_
Now change directory into the created folder, and run the script like this:
python./facetracker_servo_gpio.py 0
If you have a different servo bracket configuration, the pan and tilt axis may need to be inverted. To do so, invert the sign on the values of panStepSize and tiltStepSize. Similarly, increasing or decreasing these values will change the sensitivity of the movement, larger numbers corresponding to more degrees moved per face detection frame.
Google Talk/Chat/Messenger is normally used by humans to interact with other humans. However, its underlying technology can also be used as a mechanism to implement software robots. Internet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply 'bots' can also utilize the technology to perform automated functions over the web. There are many such bots in existence, offering a diverse spectrum of services from jokes (_EMAIL_) to URL Shortening using bit.ly (_EMAIL_), even mathematical calculation (_EMAIL_). Using such bots is quick and easy to configure, all that must be done is to add the bot as a contact to your messaging account. Then, whenever you desire data from the service, simply text the command to the bot and it will respond with the respective message.
The Raspi Bot is essentially the same as any other automated Internet robot. To configure it, it must first have its own e-mail address associated with a Google talk account. This e-mail address must also be added as a contact with the account that wishes to communicate to the bot. Then, whenever the script is running on the remote machine, it will log into Google chat and appear as a friend in your contact list.
The software itself is essentially just a Python daemon script that is a wrapper around the XMPP protocol. When executed, the script will sign in to Google talk using its own username and password. The Python script is derived from the open source project pygtalkrobot: An open source python gtalk(google talk) bot framework using XMPPPY and PyDNS libraries, that also references the source code of python-jabberbot.
The Raspi Bot requires several additional Python modules for use. The easiest way to install these is with the python pip package manager. If you don't have it installed, you can install them using apt-get:
sudo apt-get install python-pip git-core python2.7-dev
Then update the easy_install index:
sudo easy_install -U distribute
And install the GPIO, xmpppy, and pydns modules:
sudo pip install RPi.GPIO xmpppy pydns
Then clone my repo for the Raspi Gtalk robot:
git clone _URL_
Now change into the newly created directory:
Finally, you will need to configure the Raspi Bot's Gtalk username and password. This is done by editing the fields BOT_GTALK_USER, BOT_GTALK_PASS, and BOT_ADMIN, on lines 31-33 in the raspiBot.py file. It is recommended, though not required, to give the Raspi Bot its own Gmail account. Since access to the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins is restricted, the script needs to be run with sudo:
sudo python./raspiBot.py
This basic sample script supports the following commands:
- [pinon|pon|on|high] [pin] : turns on the specified GPIO pin
- [pinoff|poff|off|low] [pin] : turns off the specified GPIO pin
- [write|w] [pin] [state] : writes specified state to the specified GPIO pin
- [read|r] [pin]: reads the value of the specified GPIO pin
- [available|online|busy|dnd|away|idle|out|xa] [arg1] : set gtalk state and status message to specified argument
- [shell|bash] [arg1] : executes the specified shell command argument after 'shell' or 'bash'
For example, sending the message "pinon 10″ will turn on GPIO pin #10, "read 8″ will read the current state of GPIO pin 8, or "bash ps" to execute the shell command 'ps'.
The video demonstration uses a slide switch connected to GPIO pin 8 and an LED connected to GPIO pin 10. Here is a diagram of how this is wired (created with Fritzing):
Use case #1: Home automation
One of the most obvious usages of this technology is for home automation purposes. The Raspi Bot can be accessed anywhere with Google talk, which to my understanding, is nearly every system in existence. Send the Raspi Bot messages to turn on and off lights and other electrical appliances.
This is also useful to provide immediate notification in the event of intrusion detection. The Raspi Bot can be supplemented with additional security sensors, including infrared motion, and ultrasonic distance sensors. If any pre-programmed sensor violates any predefined condition, you can be immediately notified via message from the Raspi Bot.
Use case #2: Remote shell
The Raspi Bot can be used essentially as a remote shell. In this configuration, every message sent to the Raspi Bot will be interpreted as a shell command with the output piped back to the user in the form of a response message. Obviously, this could raise some security concerns. To protect against misuse, the Raspi Bot will only respond to Google chat messages from the Google user designated as the


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Town of Ponoka residents may have noticed a different taste or smell in their tap water lately.
Communications Manager Sandra Smith is reassuring residents that the water is safe and that the change in the water is a normal, annual occurrence due to spring runoff.
"In the spring, the snow melt causes high river flows which lead to higher river turbidity and increased organic materials in the water," said Smith. "This can cause changes in the hardness, odour, taste and colour of your drinking water which can result temporarily in an earthy taste or smell to the water during the spring."
The Town of Ponoka is one of five municipalities that are part of the North Red Deer Water Services Commission.
As a member of this commission, Ponoka receives treated, potable water from the City of Red Deer via a 50 km transmission line.
The water comes from the Red Deer River and is treated at the city's water treatment plant.
"Due to the extensive water treatment in Red Deer and multiple layers of water testing that take place in Red Deer and Ponoka, you can be assured that your water is still safe to drink even though it may taste or smell differently in the spring."
The water undergoes multiple steps to ensure quality and safety and it meets and exceeds acceptable limits outlined by Alberta Environment and the Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality, according to Smith.
The water is sampled and tested daily in Red Deer and is tested again when it arrives in Ponoka.
The Town of Ponoka tests the water every weekday for chlorine and organic particles.
Weekly water samples are also taken from various locations in town and tested for bacteria at a lab in Edmonton.
"The Town of Ponoka's water meets and exceeds all federal and provincial environmental standards."
To help improve the taste and smell, put the water in a pitcher and let it aerate, or try adding lemons or filtering the water through a consumer charcoal filter, says Smith.
According to reddeer.ca, runoff conditions (the unusual taste and smell) lasts an average of three-to-six-weeks each spring.


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Meaning: Amber
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When we originally converted the build to maven we had a single "core" module defined, but later reverted this to a module-less build for the sake of simplicity.
It now looks like it's time to re-address this, as we have an actual need for modules to:
- provide a trimmed down "client" library that applications can make use of
- more cleanly support building against different versions of Hadoop, in place of some of the reflection machinations currently required
- incorporate the secure RPC engine that depends on some secure Hadoop classes
I propose we start simply by refactoring into two initial modules:
- core - common classes and utilities, and client-side code and interfaces
- server - master and region server implementations and supporting code
This would also lay the groundwork for incorporating the HBase security features that have been developed. Once the module structure is in place, security-related features could then be incorporated into a third module – "security" – after normal review and approval. The security module could then depend on secure Hadoop, without modifying the dependencies of the rest of the HBase code.


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this is my investigation processed so far.could anyone pro have a look at my investigation to see if anything needs improving?
titile page: the effect of light intensity on the distribution of helice crassa.
Introduction: the ecological niche of Helice crassa: Helice crassa belongs to biological class Malacostraca(1). The helice crassa studied were found at Tohuna Torea estuary at the end of Riddel Road.they were usually found under the mud covered by the sea water,in dark damp conditions.so that they are not exposed to high light intensity.because they are prone to dessication.many adaptation features help them reduce the effect of dessication.these include:
1.helice crassa tend to move close to the dark place but move away from the light area. Because high light intensity is often associated with large amount of heat. –biology individual animal study helice crassa: mud crab Mary Melrose department of education Auckland 1988
2. Large pincers-this helps scoop up mud so that they can burrow to shelter from searing heat which is associated with high light intensity. the behaviour of two estuarine crab species by C.G..BEER, department of zoology,university of otago,new Zealand.(received by editior,April 15,1958)
3. the impermeable exoskeleton,strengthened with calcium carbonate,protects the crab from desiccation in air.
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living under the mud often covered by the sea means cooler temperature,damp condition,low light intensity,im going to investigation the preferred light intensity of helice crassa which is the best light intensity which helps reduce the effect of dessication.
Aim: the purpose of this experiment is to find out wether or not the number of helice crassa burrowing into the mud changes with increasing light intensity.
Hypothesis: the number of helice crassa burrowing into the mud increases with increasing light intensity.
(reason:high light intensity is often associated with a large amount of heat, if an increasing number of helice crassa burrowing into the mud is found,then high light intensity would have an effect of the amount of dessication)
Null hypothesis: the number of helice crassa burrowing into the mud remains the same with increasing light intensity
(Reason: if high light intensity has no effect on the amount of desiccation then helice crassa will not show any responses to the increasing light intensity)
Equipment: 30 helice crassa.
3 ice cream containers
Paper to mark
Mud-6 cm deep(the same percentage of mud as well as sand)
Method: 1.go down the riddel road to collect 30 helice crassa.
2. Put mud (6 cm deep) into each ice cream container, the percentage of mud and sand remains constant in each ice cream container.
3.seperate 30 helice crassa into three groups with each group(10) put into each ice cream container.
3.cover the first ice cream container with a piece of wipe,then cover the second ice cream container with 2 pieces of wipe then the third ice cream container with 3 pieces of wipe.
4.measure the light intensity in each of the ice cream container.record light intensity in a table
5.after 5 minutes covered by the wipe, uncover it to count the number of helice crassa that has burrowed into the mud.
6.record the number of helice crassa burrowed into the mud against different light intensity.
according to the experiment with Helice crassa is looks well to me and the details too. you have te record all the changes and their etiology (crab's) and alos i think you have to read some more materials about physiology of crabs becsase they are different from other arthropods because the the chitina that they have allover their body. They stay in dark areas because they insticts sent them for protection.
I hope that i give an understanable answer.
Hi, I'm Karole, and I want to know what you mean by helice crassa is 'different from other arthropods because of the chitina'.
What is chitina? Do you mean chitin? And even so, don't all arthropods have it?
Also, is having chitin all over the body mean that the mud crabs have exoskeleton all over their body?
Is it a physiological adaptation? I'm looking for any physiological adaptations of helice crassa that reduces desiccation. By the way, I'm doing this research assignment for water content of the mud that helice crassa lives in.
im doing my research on the effects (on the weight of the helice crassa) of different salinities. i have searched everywhere but i cant find any general knowledge about the helice crassa and any adaptations of the crab related to the range of salinities and how it effects their weight, to help introduce my investigation. Any suggestions?
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 Move files ISPmanager
 1. In the above image, "Overwrite" should be selected if you already have the same file(s) in the folder you are moving into as this will allow the newer files to overwrite the older files.
 2. The option "Open the selected directory" is self-explanatory.
Creating a Directory or Subdirectory in ISPmanager Control Panel
Creating directories or subdirectories is a simple process in ISPmanager.
Creating a Directory
 1. Once logged in to ISPmanager, navigate to Dashboard > File Manager.
 2. Open the "www" directory by double clicking on it. This is where your domain(s) will be found.
 ISPmanager file manager
 3. Open the domain in which you want to create a directory. For this tutorial, we'll create a subdirectory for WordPress named "wp."
 4. Click "Add" at the top of the columns.
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 5. For "Type" choose "Directory" and for "Name" we chose "wp" but you can choose the name you want and then click the "OK" button when done.
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Deleting a Directory
Select the directory you want to delete and click "Delete" at the top of the page.
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Did you know you can add the Quit option to the Finder's application menu? This allows you to easily quit the application. After quitting you can restart Finder by clicking on the Finder icon in the Dock.
In macOS and OS X it's possible to show one application at a time. You can enable a 'single application' mode by entering the following command in Terminal:
There is a Terminal command that you can use to quickly make your dock look like new again. Do you experience problems with the Dock on your Mac? The best you can do is to reset it to default settings.
The following Terminal command will reset your dock by removing any icons that you've added and removed. It'll also reset the size of the dock, magnification settings, and its location.
File extensions (.jpg,.txt,.pdf, etc) are normally hidden by default in OS X. You can either set all extensions to be displayed through the following command:
TextEdit is a simple application for quickly writing text and notes. The text can be edited in RTF (Rich Text Format) mode, as well as plain text. With the following defaults write command you can enable plain text as default format in TextEdit.
When you take a screenshot on Mac there's always a shadow around the screenshot by default. Disable the shadow from the screenshot with this Terminal command. Be aware, this command only works on a Mac with macOS High Sierra or newer. Click here for the command for macOS Mojave or newer.
By default, screenshots (cmd⌘ + shift⇧ + 3) are saved on your desktop along with the date and time they were taken. It's possible to to remove the date and time stamp from the file names of screenshots, use the following command in Terminal:


Johnsonville Fossil Plant
TVA's Johnsonville Fossil Plant is located on 720 acres of land near Waverly, Tenn. It is named for the town of Johnsonville, which was flooded during the formation of the adjacent Kentucky Lake. The town was relocated several miles south and named New Johnsonville.
Johnsonville is the oldest fossil plant in the TVA fleet. Plant construction began May 12, 1949 with the first of the plant's 10 operating units going into service Oct. 27, 1951. The final unit began generating electricity on Aug. 20, 1959.
Johnsonville can generate about 1,500 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity a year, enough to power approximately 800,000 homes. Units 1 through 4 also provide steam to a nearby DuPont plant in a co-generation configuration. Johnsonville is the only TVA coal-fired co-generation facility.
Nevertheless, units 1 through 4 will cease generation by December 2017, as part of a consent decree with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). Units 5 through 10 were idled in 2012.
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Adjective: quadratic kwó'dra-tik
 1. Of or relating to or resembling a square
 "quadratic shapes"
 2. Of or relating to the second power
 "quadratic equation"
Noun: quadratic kwó'dra-tik
 1. An equation in which the highest power of an unknown quantity is a square
 - quadratic equation
 2. A polynomial of the second degree
 - quadratic polynomial
Derived forms: quadratics
Type of: equation, multinomial, polynomial
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Realigning Economic Incentives for Depression Care at UCSF
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- Feldman, M.D., Ong, M.K., Lee, D.L. et al. Adm Policy Ment Health (2006) 33: 34. doi:10.1007/s10488-_PHONE_-3
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Behavioral health carve-out arrangements create financial disincentives for primary care providers (PCPs) to treat depression. A novel collaboration between a primary care practice, a health insurer, and a managed behavioral health organization (MBHO) allows PCPs to receive reimbursement and schedule longer appointments to care for depressed patients. This article describes the details of the arrangement, and early results of this collaboration. Early results find that financial incentives are critical for implementation, but that time incentives do not appear to motivate PCPs. Sustainability of this model will require participation of multiple primary care practices, health insurers, and MBHOs.


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Energy Consumption Analysis of Variable Flow Pump under Different Pipe Network
In the different types of pipe network, the running performances of the variable flow pump were calculated, using pipe valve control, the number of units control and the frequency control to adjust water flow of system, and the impacts of pipeline types on energy consumption of variable flow pump were discussed. The relationships between performance of the pipe network and pump operating condition were analyzed, including the relationship between various flow control methods and pump energy consumption. The calculated results show that the pipe characteristic produces a great impact on energy consumption of variable flow pump. The adjusting flow of system by increasing pipe resistance can also reduce pump's energy consumption, and the amount of energy reduced is greater in closed circulation pipeline than in open type pipeline. The variable frequency drive mode has big and different impacts on energy consumption between closed circulation and open type pipeline, the greater the static pressure value, the smaller the energy saving effect. The number control and the frequency control for pump are two effective methods of energy adjustment in the loop pipe networks, the change rates of power and flow do not meet the similarity law dew to the pipe network changed.
Jingtao Han, Zhengyi Jiang and Sihai Jiao
F. H. Ge et al., "Energy Consumption Analysis of Variable Flow Pump under Different Pipe Network", Advanced Materials Research, Vols. 156-157, pp. _PHONE_, 2011


Australian Medicare Number Validation
Australian Medicare card numbers consist of 11 digits structured as follows:
First digit should be in the range 2-6
Digits are weighted (1,3,7,9,1,3,7,9)
Issue Number
Indicates how many times the card has been issued
Individual Reference Number (IRN)
The IRN appears on the left of the cardholder's name on the medicare card and distinguishes the individuals named on the card.
The IRN is not always considered part of the card number, but it is essential that it be included on Medicare claim forms.
It can be hard to find a definitive reference to the algorithm on the Medicare site. At the time of writing it could be found in this document:
Try It!
Sample Code
// ValidateMedicareNumber
// Checks medicare card number for validity
// using the published checksum algorithm.
// Returns: true if the number is valid, false otherwise.
// Note - this expects 11 digits including the IRN.
// To validate numbers without IRNs, change the length
// check to 10 digits.
// Source:
// Author: Guy Carpenter
// License: The author claims no rights to this code.
// Use it as you wish.
function ValidateMedicareNumber($MedicareNo)
 $medicareNo = preg_replace("/[^\d]/", "", $MedicareNo);
 // Check for 11 digits
 $length = strlen($medicareNo);
 if ($length==11) {
 // Test leading digit and checksum
 if (preg_match("/^([2-6]\d{7})(\d)/", $medicareNo, $matches)) {
 $base = $matches[1];
 $checkDigit = $matches[2];
 $sum = 0;
 $weights = array(1,3,7,9,1,3,7,9);
 foreach ($weights as $position=>$weight) {
 $sum += $base[$position] * $weight;
 return ($sum % 10) == intval($checkDigit);
 return false;
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Zhongrui Funing Robotics has actively deployed a global strategy with an international perspective since the company was founded. In order to promote the orderly development of Zhongrui Funing Asia Innovation Center in Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan and continue to enhance the company's global technology, talent and project reserve strength, Zhang Danhua, General Manager of Zhongrui Funing Robotics Co., Ltd., launched a one-week trip to Japan on August 6th 2017 with her team.
Third stop: Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology
As a well-known national university in Japan focusing on scientific research with small scale but excellent quality, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology has top-level scientific research strength accumulated over years, presentation and promotion ability of scientific research achievements and overall coordination capacity recognized by international community
Zhongrui Funing came to Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology for the last stop and visited the industry's famous application-oriented scholar, Professor Ikuo Mizuuchi. Professor Ikuo Mizuuchi attached importance to the combination of robot theory and application, and the robot laboratory led by him focused on the R&D and application of robotics products and technology combining with the scene of life service, which is highly consistent with the development strategy and product system of Zhongrui Funing. During the communication, Professor Ikuo Mizuuchi had a strong interest in the application concepts of service robot products and technology of Zhongrui Funing, and Zhongrui Funing also hoped to have the opportunity to reach a scientific research and project cooperation with thelaboratory. For the upcoming 2017 World Robot Conference, Professor Ikuo Mizuuchi had full confidence in Zhongrui Funing robotics, and wished the company could stand out at the conference and give voice to the world.
Ikuo Mizuuchi Laboratory in Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology of Zhongrui Funing
The one-week trip to Japan has come to an end and has made it a perfect start of Zhongrui Funing heading for Asia. The global footsteps of Zhongrui Funing will never stop. Exploring warm science and technology to create intelligent ecology will be the relentless pursuit of Zhongrui Funing. Funing builds good future.


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Mar 22, 2010
Guest Blog - Electricity used when pulling weight
We don't typically post items related to science fairs (I get a lot of them - they're always enjoyable but most aren't related to NXT but just use an NXT robot to facilitate something else), but I thought this was an interesting project worth sharing, especially because it's using an NXT to obtain the results - I've posted Keizo's results in the accompanying image.
BTW - Keizo is in 4th grade.
Thanks for sending this in Keizo! - Jim
How Much Electricity Is Used When A Robot Pulls A Certain Weight
By Keizo M.
Hypothesis: I think that the robot will use twice as much electricity when the weight of the car is doubled.
Why I Chose This Project: Last year I got a LEGO Mindstorms NXT 2.0 for my birthday. I really enjoyed it, but while using it, I noticed that the batteries run out quickly. I decided to measure how much electricity would be used when a robot pulls a weight.
Materials: -Lego Mindstorms ® NXT 2.0 -Digital Voltmeter -6 Rechargeable Batteries -Weights
1) Make a robotic car out of Lego Mindstorms NXT 2.0
2) Program the car to go forward and backward for 10 minutes
3) Charge the batteries
4) Measure volts in batteries
5) Put batteries in the car
6) Put weight on the car
7) Run the program
8) After 10 minutes stop the car
9) Take out batteries, and collect data
10) Repeat step 3 through 7 with different weights
Conclusion: When weight was increased, more electricity was used but it didn't double. For example, when I doubled the weight from 1 pound to 2 pounds there was only a 0.066-volt difference.
Discussion: There wasn't a huge difference when I increased the weight. Next time, I should make the robot go for 30 minutes instead of 10 minutes or put a heavier weight
Posted by: James Floyd Kelly (Jim) at 7:26 AM


How to Keep Clean After Diarrhea
Toilet Paper Can Be Painful, But There Are Other Ways To Keep Clean
Squeeze bottle squirting water
Any type of a bottle that squirts water can be used to clean your bottom without hurting the skin further with paper. Image © George Diebold / Getty Images
Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) presents many challenges to those who deal with the disease. One of the everyday problems that can be a real annoyance is how to keep the perianal skin (the skin around the anus) clean. Diarrhea, in particular, can present several different problems with keeping the bottom clean, especially when it is continuing and happening many times a day. Other complications such as fissures and fistulas can add to the discomfort.
Wiping with toilet paper, even if it's soft, can quickly result in raw and very painful skin.
What Are Some Options For Keeping Clean?
Most of us do not have access to one of the more advanced methods of cleaning a dirty bottom, which would be a bidet. A few of the other options to keep clean include getting in the bathtub and taking a shower or a bath, using wet wipes, or even washing with a damp cloth. Most of these include wiping, and if your bottom is sore, it probably won't be pleasant. However, another method that does not include any wiping at all could be as close as your medicine or kitchen cabinet.
A Squeeze Bottle To The Rescue
If you are experiencing pain in skin on your bottom and need a way to keep clean, you could try using a squeeze bottle full of warm water. Often these handy little bottles are offered to women after they have given birth, and are used for cleaning the perianal skin.
You could use any squeeze bottle you have on hand, such as those used for nasal irrigation (sometimes called neti pots), or even a water bottle with a "sports" cap on it.
Don't forget: you should label the bottle in some way, with indelible ink, to avoid this particular bottle being confused with one that could be used for drinking or for any other purpose.
This bottle should be designated just for use in cleaning up after a bowel movement.
Fill your bottle with warm water from the tap, and hold it below your bottom when you are finished with your bowel movement, but before you stand up. Squeeze the water anywhere it is needed, and the water will end up in the toilet, where you can just flush it away.
Once you are clean, you can dry off either by carefully blotting (not wiping!) the area with paper or with a soft towel. Another option is to use your blow dryer. Be extra careful if you use this method, and ensure that your hands are dry and that you are not getting the blow dryer in contact with water in any way.
Keeping Your Squeeze Bottle Clean
You will want to keep this bottle clean so that it doesn't end up with bacteria on it. Washing it in the bathroom sink with some dish soap should do the trick nicely. You could also wipe it down with antibacterial wipes. You might want to avoid washing the bottle in the kitchen sink so there's no chance of getting bathroom bacteria in the kitchen.
 To sanitize, first wash it with soap and water and then put it on the top rack of the dishwasher, as long as it's not made of the type of plastic that will melt in the heat.
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Photo: uScore Netball
1. What is the best way to teach netta juniors how to shoot?
A fun netball drill to teach young ones how to shoot, involves using the popular B.E.E.F. acronym. Start by teaching the actions first without the ball and then, once they have mastered the steps add the ball.
B is for balance
Feet are shoulder width apart. You might like to use a visual aid on the ground to encourage players to spread their feet should width apart. And always ensure that the feet are pointing to the post – many will have pigeon toes pointing in or out.
E is for eyes
They should imagine there is a witches hat sitting above the ring and aim for the point of the hat so the ball DROPS through the ring.
E is for elbow
Ensure that the arm is extended close to the ear with the elbow facing the ring. When the ball is taken back before releasing the ball, the elbow must remain facing the ring and not move out to the side. This ensures accuracy of the shot always. You can use the analogy that the straight arm holding the ball is up against the ear to block out all the yelling.
F is for follow through
Encourage a small flick of the wrist to "say goodbye" to the ball or "knock the fairy."
2. How to teach netball positions to players who have never played before
Play a game that involves players running to different positions on the court when you call them out. After that, play a game that is "Find Your Position." Games like these will help them to learn the positions and areas of the court.
3. How to teach young players not to step
If you find that there are players who constantly step during a game, check their balance. It might be a sign that they haven't properly learnt how to ground their landing foot. Netball Drills which involve learning to catch the ball in the air, land, rebalance and then pass are worth doing and should be done slowly and methodically at first until the technique is firmly entrenched in their minds.
For younger players, the ICE-CREAM technique is fun and effective but first, start without the ball and get the kids to practice their feet.
Get your players to line up along the base line and ask them to run and when you blow the whistle, they have to give a low leaping jump (just as if they're leaping over a puddle) and land on one foot with knees slightly bent. The players must call out "ICE" when they land the grounded foot. Then, the kids must pivot on the grounded foot "ICE" and say "CREAM." This will help to reinforce that the first foot is the one to stay on the ground.
Do this a few times, then once this has been mastered, give the players a ball to practice with – have them gently throw it into the air and catch it – concentrating on what their feet were doing and saying "ICE CREAM" to match their feet.
4. How to teach basic pass and catch skills
Begin with small bean bags. Stand the players in a circle and pass a small bean bag to the player on their right hand side. Once that is done change directions, all the while encourage them to throw at chest height. Once they have mastered that introduce the ball and make sure the distance between the players when they pass isn't too big, get them to learn accuracy first to give them time to develop strength in their passing.
5. How to teach basic movement
Have all players stand on the base line. As coach, stand in the middle of the court facing the team. Call out instructions for what movement you want the players to do (e.g. run left, right, jump, forward, back or down – touch the ground).
6. How to stop over crowding
Young players like to run for the ball like sea gulls to hot chips so to avoid over crowding teach the team a "clear out" drill. When this is called, players need to look around and spread out (find their own space). Once they have space between them and the one with the ball, they need to take run in for the pass when their name is called by the one with the ball.
7. How to help prevent players passing to the other team
Young players have a lot to remember in their first few games of netball so be patient and encouraging.
For the Netta juniors, at training put half the team in bibs & other half not. One at a time get a team member to stand about 5 metres away from the team. They must be holding the ball ready to pass with their back to the rest of the team. Mean while the rest of the team is moving back and forth (left & right) about 5 metres away. The person with the ball turns (on a signal) to pass the ball to someone in a bib (or without, your call). This is repeated 5 times for each team member or those with the problem. Please note, no effort should be made by others to block the ball at this stage. Doing this at practice and then shortly before the game can help them remember.
You should also encourage some communication on court – ask that the players call each others names out before they pass.
8. How to teach netta players how to defend
Try the "shadow defending drill." This is where 2 players stand together facing each other, one player is to make the moves while the other player is to copy the movement. Once they have gotten used to this, change it up and have both players face the same direction.
The one in front will remain as the shadow while the one behind will be the mover. This builds defending skills for following their opposition players on court and to stay in a front as a defending position using their peripheral vision to follow opposition player.
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Honor,Courage & Commitment
Worn with pride and respectHONOR guides Marines to exemplify the ultimate in ethical and moral behavior as detailed in the following list:Obey the lawLead by exampleRespect yourself and othersMaintain a high standard of integritySupport and defend the constitutionUphold special trust and confidencePlace faith and honor above all elseHonor fellow Marines, the Corps, Country, and Family.The qualities of maturity, dedication, trust and dependability commit Marines to act responsibly; to be accountable for their actions; and to fulfill their obligations.COURAGE is the mental, moral and physical strength ingrained in Marines. Courage is the ability to do the right thing, in the right way, for the right reasons. It carries Marines through the challenges of combat and aids them in overcoming fear. It is the inner strength that enables a Marine to do what is right; to adhere to a higher standard of personal conduct; to lead by example; and to make tough decisions under stress and pressure.COMMITMENT is the spirit of determination and dedication found in Marines. It leads to the highest order of discipline for individuals and units. It is the ingredient that enables 24-hour-a-day dedication to the Corps and country. It inspires the unrelenting determination to achieve a standard of excellence in every endeavor.


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MySQL: Increment an exisitng value
This slick MySQL syntax allows you to increment or decrement an existing number in a table without first having to read the value. This is a nice way to increment an access counter.
To increment the value 'counter' by one for the row in table 'images' where 'image_id' is '15', use:
UPDATE images SET counter=counter+1 WHERE image_id=15
To decrement the value, use 'counter=counter-1′ instead. Incrementing or decrementing by other values (or using whatever valid arithmetic arm flexing you need) will work, too.
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As mentioned previously, the U.S. Census Bureau recently announced the 2010 mean centre of the United States
The center is determined as the place where an imaginary, flat, weightless and rigid map of the United States would balance perfectly if all residents were of identical weight.
Records for this place go back to 1790. The precise location changing over time, reflecting immigration and migration west and south. The Census Bureau has now released an animated (Flash) map displaying the evolution of its position, indicating which States were in the Union at the time. Check it out below:


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The British architecture firm, Zaha Hadid Architects, working together with Estonia's Esplan, have been awarded the first place in the design competition for the new terminal of the Rail Baltic railway at Ülemiste, Tallinn.
Rail Baltic is a planned 870 km electrified railway from Tallinn in Estonia to the Lithuanian-Polish border. The terminal will be the starting point of the Rail Baltic line connecting Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius with the European high-speed rail network, Zaha Hadid Architects said in a statement.
The Ülemiste terminal is designed as a connecting public bridge used by the local community as well as multi-modal transport hub for commuters, national and international rail passengers in addition to air travellers using the adjacent Tallinn airport, the company added.
Smooth integration of other public transport
"Circulation routes through the building have determined the station's spatial geometry to aid navigation and the smooth integration of bus, tram and rail lines that intersect at the terminus," the company noted.
"Incorporating a modular structural system built in phases to enable ongoing operations on the rail lines throughout construction, the station has been designed and planned to BREEAM benchmarks and guidelines."
BREEAM, the Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method, first published by the Building Research Establishment in 1990, is the world's longest established method of assessing, rating and certifying the sustainability of buildings. More than 250,000 buildings have been BREEAM-certified and over a million are registered for certification – in more than 50 countries worldwide.
Also designing the Tallinn Old City Harbour
Rail Baltic Estonia announced the international design competition for the terminal station in Ülemiste in May 2019. The competition ended on 3 September.
In August 2017, it was announced that Zaha Hadid Architects were to design the Tallinn Old City Harbour. The Port of Tallinn praised the company's innovative and integrated approach to Tallinn's maritime gateway. "Zaha Hadid has very skilfully created a balanced connection between urban space and the port area with some carefully considered access roads and traffic solutions," Valdo Kalm, the chairman of the Port of Tallinn, said in a statement at the time.
Zaha Hadid Architects is a British international architecture and design firm founded by the Iraqi-British Zaha Hadid (_PHONE_), who was the first woman to receive the Pritzker Architecture Prize (2004), equivalent of the Nobel Prize of architecture. Her firm's major works include the BMW Central Building in Leipzig, Germany; the Bridge Pavilion in Zaragoza, Spain; the Guangzhou Opera House in China; the Riverside Museum in Glasgow, Scotland, the UK; the London Aquatics Centre in the UK; and the Port Authority Building in Antwerp, Belgium, among many others.
Cover: The planned Ülemiste Rail Baltic terminal. Images courtesy of Zaha Hadid Architects.


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Definition of haute bourgeoisie in English:
noun(the haute bourgeoisie) [treated as singular or plural]
The upper middle class.
- Today, Occultists are routinely disparaged by the superior classes, the haute bourgeoisie, to which I belong, and which also includes most of the widely read art critics and influential art historians.
- These forms of unearned income linked to exploitation led to the emergence of the haute bourgeoisie as a new ruling class, which molded the state and church into instruments of domination over the petit bourgeoisie and the working class.
- Not all Dresden was bombed, of course; on the banks of the Elbe there are still the magnificent villas of the haute bourgeoisie.
French, literally 'high bourgeoisie'.
Definition of haute bourgeoisie in:
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Iris Louisiana 'Arabian bayou'. Shallow water plant
- Iris Louisiana 'Arabian bayou'. The flowers of this beautiful iris are near white and streaked with gold. They also make good cut flowers.
- Grow in sun to partial shade.
- Shallow water plant. Can be grown out of the pond if kept moist at all times especially in hot weather.
- Height: 90-120 cm (36-48 in.)
- Planting depth of water above soil: o – 10cm (0 – 4in)
- We would recommend a planting basket of at least 11cm across for one plant or, for more impact, plant several of the same variety in a larger basket.
- We ship all marginal water plants bare root, this means that we wash the soil off before packing plants. During the summer months we may need to trim some of the foliage back for shipping.
- Contact us if you require more information


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Definition of Tuber
Tuber: A lump or bump. For example, the backward protrusion of the heel is called the tuber calcanei or, alternatively, the tuberosity of the calcaneus. Small tubers are a characteristic finding in tuberculosis, and tubers in the brain are seen in tuberous sclerosis.
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