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Last modified on December 28, 2012 10:45
DevForce provides limited support for EF 5 spatial types. Spatial types are supported in 2-tier and n-tier .NET 4.5 applications: they are not supported in Silverlight, Windows Store or Windows Phone applications - platforms where the CLR types in System.Data.Spatial are not defined.
Overview
Spatial types - DbGeography and DbGeometry - were introduced in Entity Framework 5 and can be used in applications targeting .NET 4.5.
Spatial types can be used in both Code First and EDMX-based models.
Code First model
Let's look at a simple example, based on the EF documentation.
We define a simple Code First entity with a property of DbGeography type:
C#
[ProvideEntityAspect]
public class University {
 public int UniversityID { get; set; }
 public string Name { get; set; }
 public DbGeography Location { get; set; }
}
The EntityManager looks like this:
C#
public class SpatialTestEntityManager : EntityManager {
 public EntityQuery<University> Universities { get; set; }
}
We can now create and save these entities:
C#
var mgr = new SpatialTestEntityManager();
mgr.AddEntity(new University() {
 Name = "Graphic Design Institute",
 Location = DbGeography.FromText("POINT(-122.336106 47.605049)")
 });
mgr.AddEntity(new University() {
 Name = "School of Fine Art",
 Location = DbGeography.FromText("POINT(-122.335197 47.646711)")
 });
mgr.SaveChanges();
And we can query them:
C#
var myLocation = DbGeography.FromText("POINT(-122.296623 47.640405)");
var university = (from u in mgr.Universities
 orderby u.Location.Distance(myLocation)
 select u).FirstOrDefault();
Console.WriteLine("The closest University to you is: {0}.", university.Name);
EDMX-based model
We can also use spatial types in an EDMX-based model. This sample is also based on EF documentation.
We'll point our EDMX to the database created in our Code First sample above, but you can instead take a Model First approach to create the University entity we saw above.
Note the type of the Location property is Geography:
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The generated code for the Location property:
C#
/// <summary>Gets or sets the Location. </summary>
[DataMember]
[Bindable(true, BindingDirection.TwoWay)]
[Editable(true)]
[Display(Name="Location", AutoGenerateField=true)]
public System.Data.Spatial.DbGeography Location {
 get { return PropertyMetadata.Location.GetValue(this); }
 set { PropertyMetadata.Location.SetValue(this, value); }
}
You can query and save these entities as usual.
C#
var mgr = new SpatialTestEntityManager();
mgr.AddEntity(new University() {
 Name = "Graphic Design Institute",
 Location = DbGeography.FromText("POINT(-122.336106 47.605049)")
 });
mgr.AddEntity(new University() {
 Name = "School of Fine Art",
 Location = DbGeography.FromText("POINT(-122.335197 47.646711)")
 });
mgr.SaveChanges();
var myLocation = DbGeography.FromText("POINT(-122.296623 47.640405)");
var university = (from u in mgr.Universities
 orderby u.Location.Distance(myLocation)
 select u).FirstOrDefault();
Console.WriteLine("The closest University to you is: {0}.", university.Name);
Troubleshooting
 - To use spatial types in an n-tier application you will need to add the spatial types as known types. You can easily do this by implementing the IKnownTypeProvider interface:
 C#
 public class SpatialKnwonTypeProvider : IdeaBlade.EntityModel.IKnownTypeProvider {
 public IEnumerable<Type> AddKnownTypes() {
 return new[] { typeof(System.Data.Spatial.DbGeography) };
 }
 }
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Recovering from Validator Eviction
This topic discusses the steps a validator needs to take if it is evicted from the validator set:
 1. Detecting the eviction
 2. Correcting any underlying node issues
 3. Re-building the contracts for bonding
 4. Activating the bid
 5. Checking the bid
The Inactive vs. Faulty Validator Nodes topic explains why a node would be evicted.
Detecting the Eviction
The validator selection occurs at the end of an Era. Due to the bonding delay, this determines the Validators for the Era after the Era is about to start. When a validating node does not participate in consensus for some time, it will be marked invalid and evicted at the end of the next Era.
For example, if we are in Era 100 and your node is invalid, your node will be marked for eviction to be removed at the start of Era 102. This is due to the bonding delay of 1 Era.
Detection using CSPR.live
If you were a previous validator and still exist on the Validators Auction tab but not in Validators, you may have been evicted or outbid.
Detection using the Casper Client
All auction information is returned with the casper-client get-auction-info command. It would help if you filtered this down to your public key.
You can replace the <public_key> with your public key manually and run this command:
casper-client get-auction-info | jq '.result.auction_state.bids[] | select( .public_key == "<public_key>")'
Or, if you set up the node as described in this documentation, you can run another command that will automatically put in your public key:
casper-client get-auction-info | jq --arg pk "$(cat /etc/casper/validator_keys/public_key_hex)" '.result.auction_state.bids[] | select( (.public_key | ascii_downcase) == ($pk | ascii_downcase) )'
You know you were evicted if the get-auction-info command returned your bid showing an inactive field. See the Inactive vs. Faulty Validator Nodes page for more information.
If you receive a parse error: Invalid numeric literal at, this usually means that your RPC port is not up yet. Get your node in sync, and the RPC will come up. This should be working before you try to recover. Try running the following command to check the status of your RPC port:
casper-client get-auction-info
Correcting any Underlying Node Issues
Before fixing the eviction, you need to correct the problem that caused your node to be evicted. Stage missed upgrades, correct any node issues, and get your node in sync.
To check if your node is in sync, compare the current block height at _URL_ with the height from your node with:
curl -s localhost:8888/status | jq .last_added_block_info
If you cannot figure out the issue, ask for help in the node-tech-support channel on Discord.
Activating the Bid
Once your node is in sync and ready to validate again, you must activate your invalid bid. There are two ways to reactivate your bid. The recommended and cheaper method is to call the activate_bid entry point from the system auction contract. The second method involves building the activate_bid.wasm contract as explained in Building the Required Contracts.
We recommend testing the following steps on the official Testnet before performing them in a live environment like the Casper Mainnet.
Method 1: Activating the Bid with the System Auction Contract
This method calls the existing activate_bid entry point from the system auction contract. Using this method, you do not need to build any contracts, reducing costs and complexity.
sudo -u casper casper-client put-deploy \
--node-address <HOST:PORT> \
--secret-key <PATH> \
--chain-name <CHAIN_NAME> \
--payment-amount <PAYMENT_AMOUNT_IN_MOTES> \
--session-hash <SESSION_HASH> \
--session-entry-point activate_bid \
--session-arg "validator_public_key:public_key='$(cat /etc/casper/validator_keys/public_key_hex)'"
 1. node-address - An IP address of a peer on the network. The default port of nodes' JSON-RPC servers on Mainnet and Testnet is 7777
 2. secret-key - The file name containing the secret key of the account paying for the Deploy
 3. chain-name - The chain-name to the network where you wish to send the Deploy. For Mainnet, use casper. For Testnet, use casper-test
 4. payment-amount - The payment for the Deploy in motes. You must check the network's chainspec. For example, this entry point call needs 10,000 motes for node version 1.5.1
 5. session-hash - Hex-encoded hash of the stored auction contract, which depends on the network you are using. For Casper's Mainnet and Testnet, the hashes are:
 - Testnet: hash-93d923e336b20a4c4ca14d592b60e5bd3fe330775618290104f9beb326db7ae2
 - Mainnet: hash-ccb576d6ce6dec84a551e48f0d0b7af89ddba44c7390b690036257a04a3ae9ea
 1. session-entry-point - Name of the entry point that will be used when calling the system auction contract. In this case, it is activate_bid
The activate_bid entry point expects one argument:
 1. validator_public_key: The hexadecimal public key of the validator reactivating its bid. This key must match the secret key that signs the bid activation request
The command will return a deploy hash, which is needed to verify the deploy's processing results. Refer to the Deploy Status section for more details.
tip
Calling the activate_bid entry point on the auction contract has a fixed cost of 10,000 motes.
Example:
This example uses the Casper Testnet to reactivate a bid:
sudo -u casper casper-client put-deploy \
--node-address _URL_ \
--secret-key /etc/casper/validator_keys/secret_key.pem \
--chain-name casper-test \
--payment-amount 10000 \
--session-hash hash-93d923e336b20a4c4ca14d592b60e5bd3fe330775618290104f9beb326db7ae2 \
--session-entry-point activate_bid \
--session-arg "validator_public_key:public_key='$(cat /etc/casper/validator_keys/public_key_hex)'"
Next, check the bid activation status.
Method 2: Activating the Bid with Compiled Wasm
The second method to rejoin the network is to reactivate your bid using the activate_bid.wasm.
sudo -u casper casper-client put-deploy \
--node-address <HOST:PORT> \
--secret-key <PATH> \
--chain-name <CHAIN_NAME> \
--payment-amount <PAYMENT_AMOUNT_IN_MOTES> \
--session-path "$HOME/casper-node/target/wasm32-unknown-unknown/release/activate_bid.wasm" \
--session-arg "validator_public_key:public_key='$(cat /etc/casper/validator_keys/public_key_hex)'"
 1. node-address - An IP address of a peer on the network. The default port of nodes' JSON-RPC servers on Mainnet and Testnet is 7777
 2. secret-key - The file name containing the secret key of the account paying for the Deploy
 3. chain-name - The chain-name to the network where you wish to send the Deploy. For Mainnet, use casper. For Testnet, use casper-test
 4. payment-amount - The payment for the Deploy in motes
 5. session-path - The path to the compiled Wasm on your computer
The activate_bid.wasm expects one argument:
 1. validator_public_key: The hexadecimal public key of the validator reactivating its bid. This key must match the secret key that signs the bid activation request
The command will return a deploy hash, which is needed to verify the deploy's processing results.
note
As described above, this method is much more expensive than calling the activate_bid entry point.
Example:
Here is an example that reactivates a bid using the activate_bid.wasm. You must modify the payment and other values in the deploy based on your environment and the network's chainspec.toml. For example, if you use the activate_bid.wasm on a network with node version 1.4.9, you will require a balance of at least 5


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The Circumpolar Biodiversity Monitoring Program's Marine Scoping Workshop was held at the Greenland Institute of Natural Resources in Nuuk, Greenland November 5-7, 2019. The Program has been working with partners across the Arctic to enhance long-term marine biodiversity monitoring efforts, led by the Marine Steering Group. This culminated in the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Monitoring Plan (CBMP-Marine Plan) in 2011, followed in 2017 by the State of the Arctic Marine Biodiversity Report. This Marine Scoping Workshop was conducted to consider revisions to the CBMP-Marine Plan based on new information, key findings, expert advice, and national reports and to inform the development of a new coordinated plan for the program's next phase.
Megan Sheremata, 2019 IASC SHWG Fellow, participated on behalf of IASC (funded by a cross-cutting activity), and contributed input based on her research experience within Indigenous-led marine monitoring networks in the Hudson Bay Basin. Her input emphasized a knowledge co-production approach to monitoring, with greater emphasis on collaborative methodologies at all stages so that biodiversity assessments can better serve the information needs of Indigenous land-users and decision-makers. Megan has submitted a report to IASC leadership and the Marine Working Group, with recommendations for coordinating with the CBMP Marine Steering Group.

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If you have 500 items, in column B, but only 20 of them are unique invoices due to them being broken up into purchase orders. It makes sense to keep them separate so you can more easily reconcile checks that are written to you.
The solution I came up with involves using the custom-formula for conditional formatting.
If column A is the Purchase-Order Numbers ( that are entirely unique ) and column B are your invoices that repeat multiple times. Assuming you have headers in row 1.
Explanation of Solution
UNIQUE() is an array returning formula that is exclusive to google sheets (it does not work in excel). This allows you to figure out how many unique invoices exist within column B. So
UNIQUE($B$2:$B) returns a list of only the unique numbers, removing all duplicates.
MATCH() returns an integer of where an item is located in a 1 dimensional range or array. I used it to look at each item in column B and find it's location within the array created by
UNIQUE($B$2:$B) ; SO
MATCH($B2,UNIQUE($B$2:$B),0) will look at cell
B2, and find where it is located in
UNIQUE($B$2:$B) and return a number that represents which place it is in the list.
FALSE depending on the number you give it. For Instance
ISODD(1) will return
TRUE. So if we wrap
ISODD() around our match-unique formula it will alternate with
FALSE per each different invoice. SO,


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Institution: Institut AIFB, KIT
Erscheinungsort / Ort: Karlsruhe
Numerous forms of policies, licensing terms, and related conditions are associated with Web data and services. A natural goal for facilitating the re-use and re-combination of such content is to model usage policies as part of the data so as to enable their exchange and automated processing. This paper thus proposes a concrete policy modelling language. A particular difficulty are self-referential policies such as Creative Commons ShareAlike, that mandate that derived content is published under some license with the same permissions and requirements. We present a general semantic framework for evaluating such recursive statements, show that it has desirable formal properties, and explain how it can be evaluated using existing tools. We then show that our approach is compatible with both OWL DL and Datalog, and illustrate how one can concretely model self-referential policies in these languages to obtain the desired conclusions.
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text: Experiments of pressure effects on gas holdup and bubble size in slurry bubble columns at 5.6 MPa and at gas velocities up to 45 cm/s indicate that the gas holdup increases with an increase in pressure, especially at high slurry concentration. At ambient pressure, a higher solids concentration significantly lowers gas holdup over the entire gas-velocity range, while at 5.6 MPa, the effect of solids concentration on gas holdup is relatively small at gas velocities above 25 cm/s. An empirical correlation was developed based on these data and those in the literature to predict gas holdup in bubble and slurry bubble columns over a wide range of operating conditions. An analysis of bubble flow characteristics during dynamic gas disengagement indicates that large bubbles play a key role in determining gas holdup due to the large bubble and wake volumes that induce the acceleration of small bubbles. Direct measurement of bubble size shows that elevated pressures lead to smaller bubble size and narrower bubble-size distributions. Bubble size increases significantly with increasing solids concentration at ambient pressure, while at high pressures this effect is less pronounced. A theoretical analysis of circulation of gas inside the bubble yields an analytical expression for maximum stable bubble size in high-pressure slurry bubble columns. Based on this internal circulation model, the maximum stable bubble size at high pressures is significantly smaller due to the high gas inertia and low gas–liquid surface tension. The smaller bubble size and its reduced bubble rise velocity account for the observed pressure effect on gas holdup.


Definitions for Ministryˈmɪn ə stri
This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word Ministry
Princeton's WordNet
 1. ministry(noun)
 religious ministers collectively (especially Presbyterian)
 2. ministry(noun)
 building where the business of a government department is transacted
 3. ministry(noun)
 a government department under the direction of a minister
 4. ministry(noun)
 the work of a minister of religion
 "he is studying for the ministry"
 1. ministry(Noun)
 Government department, at the administrative level normally headed by a minister (or equivalent rank, e.g. secretary of state), who holds it as portfolio, especially in a constitutional monarchy
 She works for the ministry of finance.
 2. ministry(Noun)
 The complete body of government ministers (whether or not they are in cabinet) under the leadership of a head of government (such as a prime minister)
 The premier offered his last ministry's resignation to the monarch, and is asked the form a new one in accordance with the election results
 3. ministry(Noun)
 A ministration
 4. ministry(Noun)
 The active practice and education of the minister of a particular religion or faith.
Webster Dictionary
 1. Ministry(noun)
 the act of ministering; ministration; service
 2. Ministry(noun)
 agency; instrumentality
 3. Ministry(noun)
 the office, duties, or functions of a minister, servant, or agent; ecclesiastical, executive, or ambassadorial function or profession
 4. Ministry(noun)
 the body of ministers of state; also, the clergy, as a body
 5. Ministry(noun)
 administration; rule; term in power; as, the ministry of Pitt
 6. Origin: [L. ministerium. See Minister, n., and cf. Mystery a trade.]
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 Ministry is an American industrial metal band founded by lead singer Al Jourgensen in 1981. Originally a new wave - synthpop outfit, Ministry changed its style to industrial metal in the late 1980s. Ministry found mainstream success in the early 1990s with its most successful album Psalm 69: The Way to Succeed and the Way to Suck Eggs and touring as part of the Lollapalooza festival. After 27 years of performing, Jourgensen decided to end the band in 2008, and since then stated that a reunion would never happen. However, on August 7, 2011, a reunion was announced, when Ministry confirmed that they will play one of their first shows in 4 years at the Wacken Open Air festival in August 2012. Ministry released a new album, titled Relapse, on March 23, 2012, which was followed by a world tour.
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Defect depth quantification using lock-in thermography
Publication Type:Journal Articles
Source:Quantitative InfraRed Thermography Journal, Volume 12, Number 1, p.37–52 (2015)
In this paper we explore the defect evaluation in austenitic stainless steel (SS) using Lock-in technique and the effect of modulation frequency on defect detectability. A review of international literature indicates that while such studies have been attempted on materials like Perspex and composites, studies on austenitic SS like AISI 316, which are widely used in nuclear and other process industries, have been limited. For depth quantification, blind frequency method and phase contrast method have been discussed. The one dimensional analytical modeling proposed by Bennett and Patty has been adopted in blind frequency method. The investigation on the effect of defect size and shape on blind frequency and phase contrast has been carried out. The phase contrast method for depth quantification was found to be appropriate.
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National Walking Day inspires people to get and about
By Mary Dennehy
THOSE living across South Dublin are encouraged to participate in National Walking Day this Sunday, September 27, by visting one of the local Coillte forests.
An initiative of Get Ireland Walking, National Walking Day aims to inspire people to get out and about in their local area, and enjoy the physical and mental wellbeing benefits of walking.
Coillte has forests opened including the Hellfire Club, Massey's Estate and Cruagh Wood
Coillte, which has nine recreation forests open to the public, is supporting the annual event and encouraging members of the public to get active and stay local.
Across South Dublin, forests include the Hellfire Club, Massey's Estate, Cruagh Wood, Tibradden Wood, Kilmashogue, Ticknock, Carrickgollogan, Barnaslingan Wood and Slievethoul (or Saggart Hill) and Lugg.
Charlie Burke, Recreation Officer with Coillte and co-ordinator of Coillte's Woodlands for Health campaign said: "Coillte is proud to be Ireland's leading provider of outdoor recreation activities, with more than 3,000 kilometers of trails, 260 recreation sites and 12 forest parks across the country.
"We know about the importance of walking in nature to members of the public and the benefits for both physical and mental health.
"Our forests offer a space where people can walk safely while maintaining social distancing and abiding by COVID19 guidelines.
"Coillte wants to encourage local residents in County Dublin to take some time out of their day and enjoy their local landscape by participating in National Walking Day on 27 of September and visiting one of your local Coillte forests like Ticknock or the Hellfire Club."
Coillte's Woodlands for Health campaign encourages people to engage with nature through outdoor activities to promote better mental and physical health.
According to Coillte, research shows that walking in natural environments such as forests and woodlands can help to reduce stress and improve wellbeing.
National Walking Day is supported by Sport Ireland and takes place as part of European Week of Sport.
Members of the public are encouraged to walk any route in their local area, whether that be a forest, park or local neighbourhood loop.
Share a photo or video of your walk on social media and tag @GetIreWalking on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, using the hashtags #BeActive #NationalWalkingDay #WalkYourTown #WalkYourArea and #HiddenGems.
Remember to adhere to Covid-19 guidelines while out walking, and, if driving to a forest location, park your car in a safe and designated area.
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Ostia to Rome distance, location, road map and direction
Ostia is located in Italy
at the longitude of 12.29 and latitude of 41.73. Rome is located in Italy
at the longitude of 12.5 and latitude of 41.9.
- Driving Distance : 30 KM and 871 meters / 19.2 miles.
- Straight Line Distance : 25 KM and 900 meters / 16.1 miles.
- Travel time : 0 hours and 30 minutes.
- Direction and bearing : North East side, 42 degree.
Distance between Ostia and Rome
The total straight line distance between Ostia and Rome is 25 KM
(kilometers) and 900 meters. The miles based distance from Ostia to Rome is 16.1
miles. This is a straight line distance and so most of the time the actual travel distance between Ostia and Rome may be higher or vary due to curvature of the road.
The driving distance or the travel distance between Ostia to Rome is 30 KM and 871 meters. The mile based, road distance between these two travel point is 19.2 miles.
Time Difference between Ostia and Rome
The sun rise time difference or the actual time difference between Ostia and Rome is 0 hours, 0 minutes and 50 seconds
Ostia and Rome time calculation is based on UTC time of the particular city. It may vary from country standard time, local time etc.
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Ostia is located around 25 KM away from Rome so if you travel at the consistent speed of 50 KM per hour you can reach Rome in 0 hours and 30 minutes. Your Rome travel time may vary due to your bus speed, train speed or depending upon the vehicle you use.
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Rome is located nearly North East
side to Ostia. The bearing degree from Ostia To Rome is 42 ° degree
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Why Did My Cat Pee On My Bed? It's Time To Get Serious About This!
Your cat is a bundle of joy. Right upto the point where you realize that she has relieved herself over your favourite duvet, the third time this week. It is near-impossible to rid the stench and stain associated with such deeds, and if this happens too frequently, it becomes a matter of bad hygiene for everyone in the household. I bet this becomes frustrating after the first few times, and you begin to wonder, why did my cat pee on my bed?
Instead of flying into a tirade against your pet, remember that it is against the nature of a cat to pee anywhere; peeing on your bed is a sign of deeper, solvable issues involved which need to be addressed immediately.
Why did my cat pee on my bed?
Since you have already trained your cat in matters of hygiene, the reason why she would suddenly take to your beloved bed, of all places, can be two-fold.
Either her existing litter-box is not meeting her requirements, or there is something pathologically or emotionally wrong with your cat. It can one or both the reasons. The faster you find the solution, the happier everyone is…
why did my cat pee on my bed
Is your cat stressed?
More often than not, peeing on my bed is a sign that my cat is feeling insecure. It is a trigger for me to start judging what has changed in the recent past.
why did my cat pee on my bed
1. Your cat is anxious
This is the most common cause for my cat to act up. There are several flags that can set off my cat, and I know that is true for all pets:
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 Every time I get a new pet, my cat feels threatened, both emotionally and physically. Any kind of pet higher in the pecking order of bullying (dogs, for instance), especially, if not initiated from a young age, can be stress-inducers for your cat. Animals square off over territory, resources, status and affection. Threat towards these factors, whether perceived or actual, can be deeply disturbing to your cat.
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 Having guests over, especially little children that eat into everyone's attention and get pesky with the cat, turns off her mood. She would rather be left alone and take refuge in the relatively quieter bedroom for all her needs. 'Cat-persons' will testify to how protective these balls of fur can be towards their humans, and the disinclination to share affection is key to their changed behaviours around new people.
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 When my partner goes off on long trips, my cat quite literally mopes and starts peeing on my bed. Separation or any disturbance with the schedule associated with the pet-parents is known to trigger anxiety in the pet's mind and causes them to behave out of nature.
2. Your cat needs a trip to the veterinarian
why did my cat pee on my bed
If you have not been able to recognise any triggers for behavioural changes, it is time to take your kitty to the doc. Cats can suffer from a host of medical problems like urinary tract infections, diabetes or arthritis. Any of these can make it painful for your cat to use the litter-box; your bed thus becomes a more comfortable alternative.
A urinalysis and a host of other diagnostic tests should be done to rule out any possibility of medical problems. The sooner this is attended to, the less suffering your cat has to go through. You can consider best cat food for urinary tract if your cat has a urinary tract infection.
Are the litter-boxes upto your cats' tastes?
1. Are they big enough?
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Litter-boxes, as a rule of thumb from Jackson Galaxy, should be approximately one-and-half times the length of the cat (excluding the tail)
Small, campy litter-boxes are a no-no, as cats feel trapped and vulnerable while attending to nature's call. In a multi-cat household, litter-boxes should outnumber your pets. Also, covered litter-boxes tend to make my cats feel blind-sided, so the bigger and open they are, the safer my pets feel.
By personal experience, the IRIS Open Top Cat Litter box makes my cats feel pretty pampered. The sides and back of this box are high enough to give the much-needed privacy to my cats and also prevents them from spraying their litter over to the floor.
2. Are they being cleaned regularly?
why did my cat pee on my bed
Litter-boxes should be ideally cleaned twice-a-day. Under normal circumstances, cats are tidier creatures than us, and we hate clogged and dirty toilets; imagine what our cats must feel like, having to return to an un-cleaned box. Regular scooping and scrubbing (the latter on a fortnightly basis) are key to maintaining hygiene for your pet.
It is also necessary to try out a few choices before settling on a particular type of litter box for your cat. It takes time to arrive at the right fit, but unless that happens, chances are, your cat will keep hunting for clean, comfortable and safe places to pee on, like your bed.
3. Are the litter-boxes in the right location and have the right substrate?
A lot of cat-owners try to hide litter-boxes behind inconvenient nooks and small, unobserved spaces, so as to avoid embarrassment to guests. If they are out-of-sight for you, chances are, your feline pets will choose a more accessible spot.
Your cat's litter-box cannot be located smack in the middle of all the commotion. It cannot be too far away from where she spends most of her time and it certainly must offer some degree of privacy.
The kind of substrate used in the litter-box is also crucial. Cats like to bury their waste, and prefer substrates with a grainy or sandy texture. Also, while for pet-owners, a scented substrate seems ideal to mask the malodour, most cats may disagree.
why did my cat pee on my bed
I have been a huge fan of Dr. Elsey's cat litter, because it is a naturally clumping litter, with no deodorant features, and is really easy to clean. Better Way's cat litter comes a close second, though my cats still prefer the former (I had to hurriedly revert to Dr. Elsey's when I sensed the suspicion in my cat's eyes!)
What is so inviting about your bed?
Your cat will not think along the line of aesthetics. She just likes the feel of your bed. It is clean, soft and absorbent and is preferable to the touch of the substrate in her litter-box. So peeing there comes as a natural step. Besides, other more serious factors can also be at play:
1. Your cat misses you
why did my cat pee on my bed
The prolonged absence of the pet partner breeds insecurity in cats. They react by trying to reassure themselves of the parents' presence, by mingling their own scents with that of the parents.
Their actions are not vengeful, but one of self-soothing. They are only trying to be cute, but needless to say, we fail to see it that way.
2. A bed offers a bird's-eye-view-of the threat below
why did my cat pee on my bed
A bed, or any elevated place, also acts as a respite from any kind of threat. A cat, like any creature, needs to pee in peace. If her litter-box is inconveniently located where she is exposed to attacks, she would much prefer to relieve herself atop your bed, which offers her a good view of the ground below and eliminate unwanted attention.
Sometimes, renovations, shifting houses and simple rearrangement of furniture can also trigger a sense of threat in your cat. Scared and in search for something familiar, she is likely to target your bed to pee in.
To summarise, take a look at this video to detect your cat's lack of interest in her litter-box, and what to do about it.
How to stop a cat from peeing on your bed
why did my cat pee on my bed
why did my cat pee on my bed
Keeping doors locked is the easiest way to remind your cat that the bedroom is out of bounds. Another alternative is to substitute the targeted fabric with something that your pet does not favour, like a slippery vinyl sheet.
Sometimes, when I realise that my cat is going through some form of anxiety, I deliberately set up play sessions on my bed, not just to ease her mind but also to endear the place to her as a happy spot.
why did my cat pee on my bed
As I said, cats are tidy creatures, they never litter where they sleep or play. Do not chastise your cat when you have nailed the issue as that will only antagonise and stress out your pet. You can learn more tips to keep your cat off the bed.
How to get rid of cat-pee stains from your bed
Once the deed is done, here's a handy step-by-step guide to rid your bed from cat-pee stains. If the pee is still fresh:
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 Soak it out of the fabric immediately using clean washcloths or paper towels.
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 If several hours have passed, spray 50 ml of a 1:1 water and vinegar mixture and soak it up after a minute.
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When we try to see the MicroStation Properties of ProStructures elements there so many types of properties visible in the dialog box. As there are so many types of properties visible, we can limit the number of properties visible. In this wiki, we will learn how to hide unnecessary properties.
1.Right Click on any ProStructures' element and click on its Properties. 2. This will open the properties dialog showing all the properties like geometrical properties, structural properties etc. 3. To hide any individual property, right click on the section of that properties and click on hide option.4. This will show 'Show/Hide' option and from here you can uncheck the properties which are not useful for you. In this way, you can limit the number of properties which as per the requirement.


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In the Cayuga County town of Conquest, to the north of Port Byron, a few small islands were formed from channels of the Seneca River and Erie Canal, with one island (Howland Island) containing a wildlife refuge. The smallest of these islands, Haiti Island, has one bridge to mainland New York State, and more immediately, NY 38. I visited the bridge in 2002 and 2005, taking photos during my visits. The Haiti Island Bridge (also known as the Haiti Road Bridge) was built in 1908 and was moved to the Haiti Road location in 1964. The bridge was rickety, had a deck of wood planks and had been reinforced by a Bailey bridge to hold it up. Soon after my visits, in 2007, a portion of the bridge deck collapsed and in 2010, a concrete slab was put in place to replace the old Haiti Road Bridge.
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Porites and 'Christmas Tree Worms'
By Rob Toonen. Posted to Reefkeepers emailing list, Sunday the 12th of December 1999.
I'm not sure where the idea that Spirobranchus worms feed on the mucus from Porites first originated, but I see it quite often. As far as I know there is absolutely no research that supports that claim (although if someone knows of some references to the contrary, I would appreciate knowing about them!). The worms are feeders on plankton and although they are obligate associates of live corals, they are found in a variety of species, and Porites is actually one of the species that they do *worst* in (I'll explain this more below). It's sort of a complicated system, and no one has really figured out exactly what is going on yet, other than the fact that Spirobranchus "giganteus" is an entire species complex rather than a single species, and several "morphs" of the species have turned out to be completely infertile when crossed.
The reason that the worms are found on specific corals seems to be a result of larvae showing a strong settlement preference for corals such as Porites asteroides and Millepora complanata and ignoring corals such as Siderastrea, Dendrogyra and Agaricia. However, when researchers examined the growth and survival rates of worms on different coral species, worms that settled on Diploria strigosa did the best, followed by those living in Montastrea annularis, M. cavernosa, and Porites porites came in dead last in every measure of growth for the worms! Just to make things more complicated, different researchers find different results in different regions (such as larval preferences for specific corals), suggesting that there is a lot of variation among the worms throughout their range, or that there are a lot of similar but unidentified species that are mistakenly being tested as the same animal. Until these issues are properly addressed, it is difficult to make accurate generalizations.
As far as I can tell from the research done on these worms, the primary reason that they are found almost entirely in association with live corals has nothing to do with nutrition. In fact, researchers have examined the boring invertebrate communities in corals that are live, to those in which 50%, or 100% of the colony was dead, and they found big differences. In living corals, only 3 species were commonly found (a bivalve, a vermetid snail and the Xmas tree worms). The number of species boring through the colony and the amount of carbonate skeleton lost to that activity increases with the proportion of the colony that is dead. Completely dead colonies were rapidly colonized by 17-18 species of boring invertebrates (the most significant of which are the sipunculans, or peanut worms) which remove an average of 14.2 kg of carbonate skeleton per m^3. In addition, parrotfishes and grazing echinoderms (including urchins, brittle & serpent stars) removed an additional 5.25 kg per m^3 and together these boring activities are pretty likely to ensure that the worms don't survive for long once the coral dies. It also seems likely that the boring invertebrates would not differentiate between the calcareous tube of Spirobranchus and that of the dead coral, exposing the worm to attack from predators, pathogens and other additional stresses not experienced when the worms inhabit a healthy live coral. Hence, it is not surprising that the worms aren't found in many dead coral skeletons, but it doesn't mean that the worms are eating coral snot ;)
Unlike many worms that only live for relatively short times (a few years), Spirobranchus are a relatively slow growing worm that lives for a long time in the wild. Researchers used X-rays to determine the age of the worm by counting the annual growth rings of the corals in which they were embedded, and found that most animals were over 10 years old and some were more than 40! On average a healthy worm grows about 0.2mm in the diameter of the tube opening each year, but under ideal conditions the maximum growth rates are up to 1.0 mm increase in orfice diameter per year. In any case, these worms should easily outlive the average reef tank, and you cannot delude yourself into thinking that the animals died of old age if they fade in your aquarium.
As I mentioned above, there is no indication that these worms feed on anything different than other tube-dwelling serpulid polychaetes (a mixture of primarily phytoplankton with some small zooplankters thrown in as the worm grows to maturity), but I am not familiar with any specific studies of prey preference or gut content analyses of Spirobranchus in the wild (as I said above if anyone knows of any such studies that I have missed, please let me know!). The fact that Spirobranchus are generally imported with pieces of Porites does not mean that they are obligate associates of this coral, nor does it mean that they are feeding off the mucus of the coral. In fact, depending on the source you check, the most likely associate for Spirobranchus is likely to be P. lutea, P. lobata, P.lichen or even Montipora informis. In any case, until I see a study demonstrating that Spirobranchus is physically dependant on the living coral for anything other than protection (as outlined above), the assumption that this worm feeds in a substantially different manner than the other serpulids inhabiting live corals seems utterly unfounded to me...
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Red Flag: Questionable Contract Amendments (Change Orders)
Questionable contract amendments, or "change orders," include those that:
 - Increase the value of a contract without adequate justification or documentation;
 - Increase the price of a sole source contract award above the sole source threshold;
 - Promptly follow a low bid award, making the contract price higher than other bid prices;
 - Are disproportionately approved for certain contractors, i.e., certain contractors receive multiple questionable change orders when others do not.
Questionable change orders are commonly used to fund bribe payments.
This red flag can indicate the following schemes:
Click on the schemes listed above to see more information on each scheme, a more complete listing of their red flags and steps to determine if the schemes are actually present.


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Various self-consistent semiconductor device simulation approaches require the solution of Poisson equation that describes the potential distribution for a specified doping profile (or charge density). In this paper, we solve the multi-dimensional semiconductor nonlinear Poisson equation numerically with the finite volume method and the monotone iterative method on a Linux-cluster. Based on the nonlinear property of the Poisson equation, the proposed method converges monotonically for arbitrary initial guesses. Compared with the Newton's iterative method, it is easy implementing, relatively robust and fast with much less computation time, and its algorithm is inherently parallel in large-scale computing. The presented method has been successfully implemented; the developed parallel nonlinear Poisson solver tested on a variety of devices shows it has good efficiency and robustness. Benchmarks are also included to demonstrate the excellent parallel performance of the method.
- 3D semiconductor device simulation
- Monotone iterative technique
- Parallel computation
- Poisson equation


Children urged to make waves
GET off the Xbox and get into the ocean this summer, with the North-West Vegemite SurfGroms children's program.
The robust, cutting-edge junior surf development program teaches kids all about surf conditions, surf survival, beach etiquette, basic first aid and ocean rescue skills - as well as how to surf a gnarly wave.
"We guarantee that you'll be standing up before you complete the course," SurfGroms instructor Joey Cotton said.
The Vegemite SurfGroms program is a national initiative available to anyone aged between five and 12, regardless of experience or ability.
This summer it will be offered in Devonport, Ulverstone and Hawley Beach.
"It's all about introducing kids to a healthy lifestyle that is inherently Australian. Too many kids aren't getting out enough and are opting for the Xbox instead. Summer's approaching, the water is getting warmer - why not make the most of the beach?" Mr Cotton said.
"There aren't too many patrolled beaches on the NorthWest Coast also, making it extra important for kids to be aware of the dangers out there.
"That's where we come in."
SurfGroms is the only surf school operating directly out of the North-West, the next-closest being Scamander on the East Coast.
"Tassie's pretty good in terms of beach fatalities - let's keep it that way," Mr Cotton said.
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Select disk
Applies To: Windows 7, Windows Server 2008, Windows Server 2008 R2, Windows Vista
Selects the specified disk and shifts the focus to it.
For examples of how this command can be used, see Examples.
Syntax
select disk={ <n> | <disk path> | system | next }
Note
The <disk path>, system, and next parameters are only available in Windows 7 and Windows Server 2008 R2.
Parameters
Parameter Description
<n>
Specifies the number of the disk to receive focus. You can view the numbers for all the disks on the computer by using the list disk command in DiskPart.
Note
When configuring systems with multiple disks, do not use select disk=0 to specify the system disk. The computer may reassign disk numbers when you reboot, and different computers with the same disk configuration can have different disk numbers.
<disk path>
Specifies the location of the disk to receive focus, for example, PCIROOT(0)#PCI(0F02)#ATA(C00T00L00). To view the location path of a disk, select it and then type detail disk.
system
On BIOS computers, specifies that disk 0 receives focus. On EFI computers, the disk containing the EFI system partition (ESP) that is used for the current boot receives focus. On EFI computers, the command will fail if there is no ESP, if there is more than one ESP, or the computer is booted from Windows Preinstallation Environment (Windows PE).
next
Once a disk is selected, this command iterates over all disks in the disk list. When you run this command, the next disk in the list will receive focus.
Examples
To shift the focus to disk 1, type:
select disk=1
To select a disk by using its location path, type:
select disk=PCIROOT(0)#PCI(0100)#ATA(C00T00L01)
To shift the focus to the system disk, type:
select disk=system
To shift the focus to the next disk on the computer, type:
select disk=next
Additional references
Command-Line Syntax Key
DiskPart


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Using Brinqa to Improve Application Security and Reduce Risk.
This case study describes the implementation of the Software Development Lifecycle (SDLC), tied to a risk analysis view, using Brinqa technology. As a result, the Depository Trust and Clearing Corporation (DTCC) achieved improved application security risk and SDLC governance.
- Automated SDLC process with criteria defined by quantitative modeling to determine application lifecycle state.
- Capability to measure the trends of application risk scores with a data warehouse.
- Customized visibility for business owners and senior management of application risk, tailored to their specific needs.
- Prioritization of the issues by risk to the organization.
- Consistent and clear information on risk posture.
- Effective and efficient resource utilization.
- Ability to predict and respond to threats.
- Automated, relevant and efficient risk assessments.


Public Release: Football displays fractal dynamics
Physicists reveal that the real-time dynamics in a football game are subject to self-similarity characteristics in keeping with the laws of physics
Football fascinates millions of fans, almost all of them unaware that the game is subject to the laws of physics. Despite their seemingly arbitrary decisions, players obey certain rules, as they constantly adjust their positions in relation to their teammates, opponents, the ball and the goal. A team of Japanese scientists has now analysed the time-dependent fluctuation of both the ball and all players' positions throughout an entire match. They discovered that a simple rule governs the complex dynamics of the ball and the team's front-line. These findings, published in EPJ B, could have implications for other ball games, providing a new perspective on sports science.
A. Kijima, K. Yokoyama, H.Shima, and Y. Yamamoto (2014), Emergence of self-similarity in football dynamics, European Physical Journal B, DOI 10.1140/epjb/e2014-40987-5
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Organization's Social Mission
To build a more viable, sustainable and caring urban community by promoting recycling of household resources, assisting vulnerable neighbors regarding those resource needs, and encourage the creative "Reuse" of items to reduce landfill.
Description of Organization
Recycled Treasures Services:
Provide furniture and household items at a low cost to the community. Fill emergency referrals from local social service agencies. Find creative ways to reduce landfill by redoing or remaking donated items, and by recruiting volunteers and artists to produce remade items and art.
Hamtramck and Detroit, 48212 zip code, with expansion into Highland Park and other Detroit neighborhoods when possible, targeting low-income families and individuals, and new immigrants.
Recycled Treasures intends to use its revenue to support the food pantry at Friendship House. It is a member of Hamtramck United Social Services (HUSS), a 30-year-old organization of all the agencies that serve Hamtramck. HUSS meets monthly to share information and coordinate services. Recycled Treasures fills emergency referrals from all HUSS agencies.


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VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd
Game introduction | FOSTER-ERM
Mikko Dufva is a research scientist at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd working in the field of foresight. He has done projects related to the futures of work, synthetic biology, platform economy, forestry, mining and use of renewable energy. He is a Doctor of Science in Technology and his dissertation was about knowledge creation in foresight from a systems perspective. He has broad methodological expertise ranging from systems thinking, decision analysis and optimization to interactive planning, scenario analysis and participatory methods. His current research interests include experiential foresight and post-normal times.
A key challenge in foresight is maintaining a balance between long-term visions and present-day relevance. Images of futures have to be demystified and interpreted in the present context. This presentation reflects upon the challenges faced when creating an educational board game focused on business model development in the context of raw materials and circular economy. The presentation closes with a game session for between 8 and 16 people.


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Animal Species:Soldier Crab
The Soldier Crab lives in sandy estuaries and mangroves, and occurs in massive groups that seem to emerge from nowhere all at the same time.
The Soldier Crab is quite distinctive with its small, round, blue body on long jointed legs with purple stripes. As it marches around feeding, it moulds the sand into numerous pellets, sorting through it for organic matter. There is only one other species of soldier crab common in Sydney. This is the smaller Mictyris platycheles.
Soldier Crabs are found from Northern Queensland, New South Wales, to Wilsons Promontory in Victoria. Also, western Indian Ocean to French Polynesia.
Soldier Crabs live on intertidal mangroves, beaches and estuaries.
Other behaviours and adaptations
It is thought that the spontaneous arrival of Soldier Crabs is triggered by the falling tide. If disturbed, they burrow into the sand with a corkscrew motion, disappearing as quickly as they arrived.

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Dzi bead
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Dzi bead
Modern 'new' dzi beads made from etched agate
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin tiānzhū
Literal meaning heaven pearls
Tibetan name
Tibetan གཟི
The meaning of the Tibetan word "dzi" [གཟི།] translates to "shine, brightness, clearness, splendor." In Chinese, the bead is called "heaven's bead" or "heaven's pearl" (天珠).
Cinnabar dots as seen on an ancient dzi.
Some dzi beads sport what are referred to as "blood spots," which are tiny red dots in the white areas, indicative of iron content. This is highly desirable, but relatively rare.[citation needed] Another desirable effect is "Nāga skin," in which the surface of the bead exhibits tiny circular weathering marks that resemble scales. Some dzi beads are simply polished agate, with no other decoration than the natural banding of the stone.
The number of "eyes," circular designs on the stone, is considered significant. The symbolic meaning of these beads is based on the number and arrangement of the dots. The highest number of eyes on ancient dzi is twelve. One thirteen-eye bead has been reported from a Taiwanese collector but its authenticity has not been confirmed. Dzi beads with more than twelve eyes are considered non-traditional. Any accompanying story or benefit tale is assumed to be fake as well, and a mere marketing strategy for the lucrative feng shui item market.
Although the geographic origin of dzi beads is uncertain, it is accepted that they are now called "Tibetan beads," just like "Tibetan coral," which also came to Tibet from elsewhere. Tibetans cherish these beads and consider them hereditary gems. In this way they have survived thousands of years, being worn by hundreds of individual people. Dzi are found primarily in Tibet, but also in neighbouring Bhutan, Nepal, Ladakh and Sikkim.[citation needed]
Since knowledge of the bead is derived from several differing oral traditions, the beads have provoked controversy regarding their source, their method of manufacture and even their precise definition.[citation needed] In Tibetan culture these beads are believed to attract local protectors, dharmapalas or deities or maybe beneficial ghosts, ancestors or even bodhisattvas. Because of this, dzi beads are always treated with respect.[1]
New dzi[edit]
Due to the unknown origin of these beads and the high demand for them, there has been recent reproduction of dzi beads in Asia. The first (and best) replica dzi beads came from Taiwan during the 1990s. China has also produced some good-quality dzi beads over the last three years.[when?] However, the number of modern dzi that would be accepted as beautiful by the Tibetan community is very small, making these beads highly desirable.[citation needed]
A nice dzi should be made of good quality agate with the cutting, drilling and decorating taking many days. Modern methods and technology such as lasers, modern sugars and chemicals, and vacuum chambers can produce very good results.[2] The waxy appearance is still desirable but is sometimes lacking. Some especially well-made new dzi are accepted by Tibetans because it is safe to wear them in public since they look like ancient dzi. Some[who?] claim the new dzi function with the same efficacy as the old ones; others believe the protective energies of ancient dzi can move into a new dzi, if the stone is of the same quality or better and the two beads are kept together or when binding rituals are performed.[citation needed]
Imitation dzi[edit]
Some people would also call the modern machine-carved and machine-drilled, highly polished new dzi "mock dzi." Almost invariably mass-produced, these are available for less than two dollars, and are often sold by the strand. The etching on these cheap beads has been done very quickly, and the decorations do not penetrate into the inner core of the bead. These are usually targeted for sale to mainland Chinese customers as lucky feng shui charms.
Market value for ancient beads can easily reach into hundreds of thousands of US dollars - especially for beads with more "eyes." Tiny red cinnabar spots caused by iron inclusion in the agate also increase the value. New etched agate dzi are also highly prized as long as they are well made, contain the traditional patterns, and are made from genuine agate without "dragon skin" or "dragon veins," with a clean, clear look and luster and nicely simulated abrasion signs at the drill holes (these abrasions should slope upward, simulating thousands of years of thread abrasion). New dzi prices range from about ten to two thousand US Dollars, depending on quality and luster. Because of the high value placed on them, Tibetans would typically only part with an authentic dzi bead under very extreme circumstances, such as theft, confiscation by banks or government, or even murder. As a result, many Tibetans have started wearing reproduction dzi in public, out of fear of theft.[citation needed]
Similar beads[edit]
An ancient goat eye bead from a site in Warad-Sin, Iraq. This ancient Mesopotamian bead[3] is very similar to the Luk Mik beads used by Tibetans. Beads like these are also found in Afghanistan and Bactria.
Luk Mik-style and other striped agate beads strung together. Susa, western Iran, dating back to 300 BC. Many of these beads were recovered in Taxila and southern Mesopotamia.
Similar to dzi beads are the so-called chung dzi,[4] which have been imported to Tibet since ancient times. These can be plain, naturally banded[5] agate beads, or etched beads (often with black and white striped patterns). Some are carnelians or black agate with thin white etching patterns resembling the back of a turtle, which is an ancient pattern that dates back to the era of the Harappan Indus culture. Ancient Roman agate beads as well as etched Bactrian, Middle Eastern, Chinese, Afghan, Yemeni,[6] and Indian agate and carnelian beads made their way into Tibet. All these are considered chung dzi (in Tibetan, "chung" means ordinary or common). Chung dzi are believed to have similar properties to real "eyed" dzi; they are less valuable, but they are highly prized by Tibetans and also considered a variety of dzi.
Another similar type of bead is called Luk Mik ("goat's eye") - it is a naturally formed "one-eyed" coin-shaped[3] agate (pictured). Luk Mik are the preferred dzi for travelling in Tibet.
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Further reading[edit]
 - Ebbinghouse, David and Winsten, Michael (1988). "Tibetan dZi (gZi) Beads". The Tibet Journal 13 (1): pp. 38–56.
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Running the Numbers
It's easy to read more into the yield numbers determined by the ISO/IEC standard than they actually mean. The first thing you need to know is that they don't represent a guaranteed number of pages you'll get from every individual cartridge—not even if you're printing only the set of pages defined by the standard. Basically, the stated yield is a statistical prediction that if you pick a cartridge at random and follow the procedures in the ISO/IEC standard, you'll get at least that number of pages more than 90 percent of the time.
To calculate the yield for what the ISO/IEC standard calls a primary cartridge—black or tricolor, for example—you start with the individual results from a minimum of nine cartridges. More precisely, you need results from a minimum of three sets of three cartridges tested on each of three printers, to take variations among both individual printers and cartridges into account. (The standard defines a different approach for what it calls supplementary cartridges, such as light cyan or light magenta, but for our purposes that's an unnecessary complication.)
You have to run the results through basic statistical formulas to determine what's called the "90 percent lower confidence bound." That number gets reported as the yield. —next: Understanding the Yield Numbers >


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My father-in-law just asked me an interesting question:
How much would an inch of water covering an acre weigh?
It's not such a difficult question. It seems like a perfect query for Wolfram Alpha.
WA doesn't get the question at all. In fact, it seems to have classified an acre as an animal. Maybe I should have said hectare? Nope. It does no better.
Interestingly, Google makes solving this problem trivial, thanks to the useful "convert" command. I solved the problem in two steps. (It helps to know that a cubic centimeter of water weighs a gram – in fact, that's the definition of a gram.)
Convert 1 inch x 1 acre to cubic centimeters -> 102 790 153 cubic centimeters
We already have the answer, 102,790,153 grams, but to put it into terms that are more human I Googled:
and got the correct answer, 113.306748 short tons.
No matter that my father-in-law used a calculator, we both got the same answer, proving that Google is, in some cases, better at numeric analysis than Wolfram Alpha.
The real problem with WA is that it's not easy to formulate a query that produces the results you're looking for. Type 'blood alcohol' and you'll get fascinating results (thanks to Chris Heath for finding that, by the way), but not necessarily results you can expect. And, as it turns out, predictability is an important feature of any search engine, or computational knowledge engine for that matter. Before it's useful you need to have some idea of what kind of answers you might get, and, for the moment, Wolfram Alpha's results seem utterly random. I'm rooting for it, but it may be that it's just too smart for The Rest Of Us.
(Thanks to Edward Coffey who points out that the query "1 acre * 1 inch * 1g / cubic centimetre" works on Wolfram Alpha. Quite well, in fact. But I don't think that changes my point.)


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Liquid sensor (mod.2605)
- 38.00 USD
A leakage sensor allows to define a presence of water in the spot where a sensor is installed. For NetPing server room environmental monitoring solutions and power distribution units.
- It is mounted several millimeters above the floor in the place of possible water accumulation;
- Output type "dry contact";
- Power supply voltage of a sensor is 5V


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Cask Strength: The Ins and Outs
What is cask strength?
Is it how strong the cask is? Is it the stress it can withstand in a rick (barrel) house stack? Does the kind of wood the cask is made of determine its strength? Does high charring weaken a cask and reduce its long term usefulness? Is the strength of a cask measured in units of elephants? I jest, of course. Actually cask strength has nothing to do with any of these!
Cask strength (also known as barrel proof in the world of US whisky) is a term used to describe a spirits alcoholic strength. It is measured in alcohol by volume (ABV) or proof. Proof is always double the ABV. So a whisky labeled at say one hundred proof will have an ABV of fifty percent alcohol. The remaining fifty percent being predominantly water. The term proof originated in the British Navy where sailors were issued rum rations, a practice that ended only in the 1970s. The "proof" they treasured was that their rum had not been watered down. The test: would sample stop gun powder from igniting? Only a full proof spirit would ignite. Too much water and the rum would not ignite. There would be no bang, no happy sailors.
A whisky that has been bottled at the proof that the spirit ended up at after its aging period is cask strength. It goes directly from the cask to the bottle. No further water has been added to dilute and reduce the proof. It is generally considered the premium offering and purest expression of a distilleries flagship malt.
A distillate maybe diluted reducing ABV directly after distillation. It is common to add water and lower the ABV before cask aging begins. Taking the whisky down from anywhere around 160 proof to a more common 140 – 100 proof. There are the obvious business benefits to adding the water as the distilleries have more whisky to age, raising the amount the distilleries have to bottle. But more importantly it is and should be a question of style and flavor profile. Interestingly enough Buffalo Trace have just released a series called the Experimental Collection which takes the exact same whiskies and starts the barrel aging process at four different proofs, ninety through one hundred and twenty five.
If the lowering of proof has happened before the new make spirit is put into barrel, the resulting fully matured whisky can still be bottled and sold as cask strength, because that is what it will be.
I love drinking cask strength whisky. Its amazing how many aromatics are released with just a few drops of water or by chilling and diluting with some ice. I get myself set up at home with a dropper and a glass of water (if you don't have a dropper a straw and a thumb will do!) and settle down to experiment. When pouring a cask strength whisky look for the formation of small beads around the edge of the glass. It's an obvious sign of high alcohol content! I always nose and taste the whisky as it is straight from the bottle. Then I add a drop or two of water and see what happens. Has the nose changed? Is there more obvious sweet or fruit elements to the taste? Below are a few of of my favorite cask strength bottlings if you can make the time to experiment with these it will be fun and delicious. Cheers.
Longrow Red Cabernet Sauvignon 52.1% ABV
Aged initially for seven years in bourbon casks and then transferred into Cabernet Sauvignon hogsheads, this is a fantastic limited-run addition to the Longrow family from the Masters at Springbank. I am generally automatically suspicious of wine finishes on my single malts as I have been let down by them on occasions. It was the Rocks from Bruichladdich that restored my belief, and would Springbank ever disappoint? I think not! The Nose: complex and beautiful. Buttery smoked haddock, coal and soap come to mind. Adding a drop of water brings on a leathery citrus-rind element. The Palate: incredibly full, with rich peaty notes that combine with red fruit and licorice in a truly harmonious way.
Glen Spey 21 year 50.4% ABV
A limited Edition single malt from Glen Spey on Speyside. The Nose: full of ripe tree fruit tones apple, pear, peach and even a hint of plum. A little water brings out creamy vanilla and a touch of chocolate. The Palate: starts with coconut and vanilla. The fruit comes through nicely giving a beautiful round sweetness.
Glen Farclas 2001 59.7% ABV
This Glen Farclas is a single barrel example bottled at eleven years old. Its robust nature sets itself apart from most other sherry cask Speyside malts. The stills at Glen Farclas are still heated on a direct fire basis. Direct fire heated pot stills are rare now in Scotland and the caramel created on the hot spot is a Glen Farcals signature. The Nose:earthy vine fruit tones, walnut shell, mustard seed & touch of fresh sugar cane. The Palate: vine fruit, hazel nut, pudding malt notes, touch of caramel, baking spice intense nutmeg long finish slightly aggressive but completely delightful in nature.
Dun Bheagan Caol Ila 22 year Old 55.4% ABV
This is a single barrel private bottling from Dun Bheagan, something of a rarity as Caol Ila will not release single casks to private bottling companies now. The distillery is currently running at full capacity just to meet the demand for the mighty Johnnie Walker blends of which Caol Ila is a major part so they have not got the spare barrels or inclination to share! The Nose: sweet char, high toned floral components, salted mango. Left to sit a for a while notes of honey roasted bacon emerge. The Palate: spicy vine fruit, chimney ash, earthy honey, sweet bacon fat and finishing charred wood.
Old Weller 107 The Original Wheated Bourbon. 53.5% ABV
Last, but not least, the Buffalo Trace produced Weller Antique 107 wheated bourbon. This is fantastic juice that never fails to impress. The Nose: rich full of corn, caramel, brown sugar. The Palate: overall sweet grain, sweet spice and this amazing dark chocolate. This bourbon shines when served on the rocks.
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A Vietnamese professor working in London has been named winner of the Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC)'s 2022 Interdisciplinary Prize.
Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh. Photo courtesy of Royal Society of Chemistry
Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh, professor at University College London (UCL), is honored with the prize "for outstanding contributions to interdisciplinary research on fundamental understanding of chemical syntheses, physical studies of plasmonic and magnetic nanomaterials for biomedical applications," RSC stated on its website.
Nanomaterials have shown some of their potential in biomedicine. This potentially increases when core materials have exceptional physical properties as well as stability and functionality in biological environments. This can be achieved by the synthesis of nanoparticles with novel optical, magnetic, electronic and catalytic properties in such a way that makes them compatible with biological environments and readily functionalized in a controlled manner.
Professor Thanh is excited by the idea that her research could directly improve the life expectancy of cancer patients, it said.
Thanh graduated from Vietnam National University, Hanoi with a major in chemistry in 1992.
She held a prestigious Royal Society University Research Fellowship (2005–2014) and was appointed Full Professor in Nanomaterials at University College London in 2013. Currently, she is vice dean for Innovation and Enterprise at UCL's faculty of mathematical and physical sciences.
In 2019, Thanh was honored for her achievements in the field of nanomaterials, and her project proposal was awarded the prestigious Royal Society Rosalind Franklin Medal.
Professor Nguyen Thi Kim Thanh works at a lab in the University College London. Photo courtesy of the Royal Society of Chemistry
Interdisciplinary Prize 2022 also honors two other scientists: Professor Michael George at the University of Nottingham for pioneering innovations in flow chemistry, reactor engineering and reaction monitoring for continuous chemical processing, and Professor GS Jason Micklefield at the University of Manchester for innovative research spanning organic chemistry to molecular genetics, leading to the discovery, characterization, and engineering of many novel enzymes.
Each winner receives 5,000 pounds ($6,284).
Interdisciplinary Prizes are awarded annually for work at the interface between chemistry and other disciplines.
The spirit of the prize is to recognize research involving both the broad and evolving subject of chemistry and another discipline.
Since 1986, more than 70 scientists have been honored with the prize.
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Performance assessment and large-scale monitoring of terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) transmission apparatuses are currently a pressing need due to the rapid growth of related broadcasting networks in many countries. Power measurements, in particular, play a very important role since RF and IF signal power, RF channel power, RF and IF power spectrum, noise (or unwanted) power, and power efficiency are relevant parameters to be measured as accurately as possible. Although modern spectrum analyzers and high-performance vector signal analyzers exhibit satisfying accuracy and repeatability, their cost, weight, and size make them unsuitable for the purpose. This paper is focused on the design and realization of a digital signal processing-based meter for power measurement in DVB-T systems that is capable of granting good accuracy, satisfying repeatability, reduced measurement time, and cost effectiveness. This paper deals with the digital signal processing algorithm to be implemented in the meter, paying attention to parametric power spectral density (PSD) estimators for their reduced memory requirement and potentially limited computational burden. In particular, a parametric estimation algorithm that is capable of assuring a fast measurement rate is implemented and made operative. The simulation and emulation stages are properly designed to regulate the most relevant parameters of the adopted PSD estimators according to the specific features of the signals involved; a number of experiments on actual DVB-T signals are conducted, the results of which are compared to those provided by competitive measurement solutions.


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The trail section, known as the Eastern Regional Greenway, will include about five miles of trails along the Apalachee River. Two trailheads will be built at Harbins Road and Winder Highway. The county plans to connect the new trails to the Piedmont Pathway, stretching from Dacula to Norcross.
The project includes new water mains and increasing the size of existing ones. Expansion of sewer services include a gravity sewer — an underground pipe used to move wastewater by sloping pipes between manholes, using the difference in elevation to keep the fluid moving.
A pump station to move sewage through higher elevations and a force main to transport fluids are also included in the project.


Configure Origin Address for Multiple Gmail Accounts
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Thunderbird can be used to manage multiple email accounts. These accounts can either be from the same or different email providers. However, when you have multiple Gmail accounts, by default Gmail will use your default account as the "From" and "Reply To" addresses. You must manually configure an alternate email address to be used as the "From" and "Reply To" values in messages.
 1. Load Gmail in a browser window and click Settings in the top right corner.
 2. Select Accounts and Import.
 3. In the "Send mail as" section of the page, click edit info to the right of the desired account.
 4. Click "Specify a different "reply-to" address" and specify the address you want to use as the "From" and "Reply To" address in messages.
See Adding a custom 'From' address for a complete description of this issue.
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Preparing for Your Neighborhood Clinic Visit
The King County Bar Association, sponsor of the Neighborhood Legal Clinics, has posted a useful checklist for preparing to attend a session at one of their legal clinics. To make the best use of your time please:
1. Decide on the desired outcome or goal.
2. Schedule an appointment at a Neighborhood Legal Clinic.
3. Write a list of specific questions for the attorney.
4. Bring to the clinic appointment:
–Agreements or contracts (signed or proposed)
–Written rules or policies
–Court orders
–Court papers served on you or that you filed with the court
–All letters or emails to and from person or business with whom you have the disagreement
6. Identify all deadlines.
7. Tell the legal clinic volunteer about these deadlines.


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Water slide equipment can be broadly divided into two categories, one is the water park equipment
with tens of meters rise and hundreds of meters long slide large water slide; the other one is the kind of kindergarten used one with water playing function Water slide.
The former water slide equipment is for visitors to slide, the security, stability of the structure is very important. Water slide equipment is a large water park equipment in the water amusement facilities, belonging to the category of special equipment, grade B. Each set of equipment should go through the the inspection and testing of China Special Equipment Inspection Institute, and can be used after being issued the certificate. Most of the water slide equipment was installed in the outdoor, the natural environment has of great impact on the slide structure. Therefore, in the design stage of the water slide, the strength, stiffness, fatigue strength, stability, anti-overturning and anti-skid property of the structure must be calculation and analyzed, the safety factor of the corresponding specification should be prepared, and a formal calculation manual written. China's Special Equipment Inspection Institute issued the appropriate qualification of the engineers audit, then the identification report can be put into operation. The first set of equipment must be from the China Special Equipment Inspection Institute professional, with the appropriate qualification of engineers on-site inspection, issue type test report before use and mass production.
For the calculation and analysis of water slide equipment structure in the water park equipment, the permanent load, the live load, the wind load, the snow load, the seismic load and the impact load must be taken into account. Live load in the water slide equipment is generally the weight of the topic; live load only take their own load and water load; wind load is divided into working state load and non-working state load, recreational facilities design by the maximum operating wind speed 15m/s calculated the wind load and the non-working state is calculated according to the maximum wind load in 50 years. The snow load is calculated according to the maximum wind load in 50 years. When the seismic load is calculated, equivalent design on the base of eight degree, amount to the acceleration 0.2g calculation; calculation of impact load, the amusement facilities in the course of the movement may have an impact, it can not be accurately calculated when it is designing. Therefore, on the calculation of the strength, the permanent load and live load must be multiplied by the impact factor, according to its maximum speed of the water slide equipment, select the impact coefficient corresponding to the impact factor.
The water slide structure of water park equipment, including glass fiber reinforced plastic slide, steel structure, concrete foundation three parts. In view of the particularity, the importance and the complexity of the structure of the water slide, the finite element method is introduced into the analysis of the structure of the water slide, and the finite element method is applied to the various complex mechanisms in the water slide equipment, and has become an effective analytic method. After the introduction, it completely changed the traditional analysis method, the force analysis is more accurate, more comprehensive, more conducive for water slide structure check and design optimization.


VMEDIAN is the jVarfun module of jLab.
 VMEDIAN Median over finite elements along a specified dimension.

 Y=VMEDIAN(X,DIM) takes the median of all finite elements of X along
 dimension DIM.

 [Y1,Y2,...YN]=VMEDIAN(X1,X2,...XN,DIM) also works.

 VMEDIAN(X1,X2,...XN,DIM); with no output arguments overwrites the
 original input variables.

 VMEDIAN, like MATLAB's MEDIAN, defines the median over an even
 number of values to be the average of the two middle elements.

 VMEDIAN uses a fast algorithm which can be several times faster
 than MEDIAN, but unlike MEDIAN, excludes both INFs and NANs.
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Question: Which OS Is Used By Google?
Why do Google employees use Mac?
It is considered a premium product so employees know they are offered the best like organic food in the cafeteria or health care.
They are the only laptop than can run every major OS.
Even "chrome OS" so their needs are covered without having to switch.
Mac OS is the most secure OS on the planet..
Does Google have their own laptop?
Apple revamped its entire lineup; Microsoft finally created the laptop Windows customers were asking for; and now Google is introducing its own laptop, one that isn't just a little experiment, but something meant to compete. The Pixelbook can definitely compete, at least on the specs and the hardware design.
Does Google use Mac?
Google's OS of choice, is Apple's Mac OS X platform, with the company imposing Mac use to all its employees. The company supports most operating systems, including Windows, Linux and its own Chrome OS.
Do Apple employees use Windows?
If the job requires a computer, Apple supplies a Mac to use. Additionally, Apple employees get a substantial discount on Apple products, strongly incentivizing them to own them. On a personal basis, many Apple employees use Windows PCs when they start but in my experience, within 3 months they are using Macs full-time.
Who is the owner of iOS?
Types of operating systems The three most common operating systems for personal computers are Microsoft Windows, macOS, and Linux. Modern operating systems use a graphical user interface, or GUI (pronounced gooey).
Does Google have an operating system?
Android (operating system), the most widely used mobile operating system. … Goobuntu and gLinux, Linux distributions that Google use internally. Google Fuchsia, a Capability-based operating system based on the Zircon microkernel currently being developed by Google.
Which of the OS is developed by Google?
The Android operating system was developed by Google (GOOGL) for use in all of its touchscreen devices, tablets, and cell phones. This operating system was first developed by Android, Inc., a software company located in Silicon Valley before it was acquired by Google in 2005.
Which OS is widely used?
In the area of desktop and laptop computers, Microsoft Windows is the most commonly installed OS, at approximately between 77% and 87.8% globally. Apple's macOS accounts for approximately 9.6–13%, Google's Chrome OS is up to 6% (in the US) and other Linux distributions are at around 2%.
Do coders use Mac or PC?
Most programmers do not prefer Macs over PCs. But probably most web developers do. I work in a web development shop where more than half the programmers have Macs.
Which Windows OS is most used?
Microsoft finished 2018 as the world's most valuable company, but it also passed an important milestone for Windows. The latest Windows 10 operating system is now the most popular desktop OS in the world, finally beating Windows 7's market share according to Net Applications.
What OS do Google employees use?
Phones and tablets can be Apple or Android, in both cases they have to be actively supported and running a version of the OS approved by security operations. Sales and business organisation employees get Apple laptops running OS X or Chromebooks. They don't get desktops.
Does Amazon use Mac or PC?
You get either a mac or windows laptop (your choice) for daily office tasks, like email and word. You also get a desktop machine running Ubuntu, with your main development environment being on a rhel5 virtual machine within that.
What is Android 11 called?
Who invented Android OS?
Andy RubinRich MinerNick SearsAndroid/Inventors
What laptops do Google employees use?
Leung says that most of Googlers are given MacBooks and Ubuntu laptops for running local applications but Chromebook is the most used laptop at Google.
Do engineers use Mac or Windows?
A2A. By and large, engineers use whatever their employers provide them. In the software industry we are fortunate enough or coddled enough to have some choice. There are plenty of Mac officianados in the STEM fields, but a clear majority use Windows machines because that's what they are given.
Is it hard working at Google?
It is difficult to get a job at Google because of their quality standards and the high number of applications they receive per year. … However, several thousand people do get hired by Google each year, so it can be done!


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This Humanoid Robot Sweats To Keep Cool While Doing Push-Ups
Now if only we could outsource our gym workouts.
Humans get hot when they work out, and so do robots. Just as our muscles generate heat when they work, a robot's motors get hot enough that heat concerns can limit their performance. To cool down, humans sweat. Now, a robot can do the same.
The conventional way to cool a robot is to either just let the heat dissipate into the air, which doesn't work well because air is a poor conductor of heat. The other solution is to add water cooling, which requires pumps, tubes, and heat-sinks to radiate away the excess heat. Now researchers at the University of Tokyo's JSK Lab have built a humanoid robot that sweats. Its name is Kengoro.
Kengoro uses his metal skeleton to sweat, and the key is, as ever these days, 3D printing. The Tokyo team 3D printed the metal bones using a process called sintering, in which powder is deposited a layer at a time and cured with a laser. The process allows the designer to vary the porosity of the metal. In the case of Kengoro's bones, they were made to allow water to permeate the metal, seeping out at a rate slow enough not to start dripping, but fast enough to evaporate and carry away excess heat along with it, just like an animal sweating.
"Usually the frame of a robot is only used to support forces," project leader Toyotaka Kozuki told IEEE Spectrum. "Our concept was adding more functions to the frame, using it to transfer water, release heat, and at the same time support forces."
The sintering process is so precise that the porosity can be varied to make permeable channels to guide the water through the skeleton. In tests, Kengoro's cooling system performed three times better than air cooling, as well as beating plain-old water circulation. It doesn't do as well as a dedicated pumped-water-with-radiators setup, but it is also a lot less bulky, and simpler.
One curious side effect of Kengoro's perspiration-based cooling is that it needs to stay hydrated. It doesn't take much, though. Just a cup of water is enough to keep Kengoro and its 108 motors cool all day long.
"In practice," writes Spectrum IEEE's Evan Ackerman, "this means that Kengoro can run at full power longer, letting it do push-ups for 11 minutes straight without burning out its motors."
I can't even imagine 11 straight minutes of pushups, but one thing's for sure. If you managed it, you'd end up smelling a lot worse than Kengoro.
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Fiber properties, Fiber optics, Spectroscopy, Fourier transforms
Knowledge of the spectral absorption coefficient of fused silica optical fibers is important in modeling heat transfer in the processes and applications in which these fibers are used. An experimental method used to measure the spectral absorption coefficient of optical fibers is presented. Radiative energy from a blackbody radiator set at different temperatures is directed through the optical fibers and into an FTIR spectrometer. Spectral instrument response functions are calculated for different fiber lengths. The ratios of the slopes of the instrument response functions for the different lengths of fibers are used to solve for the spectral absorption coefficient of the fibers. The spectral absorption coefficient of low OH pure fused silica optical fibers is measured between the wavelengths 1.5 and 2.5 μm.
Original Publication Citation
Travis J. Moore and Matthew R. Jones, "Experimental measurements of the spectral absorption coefficient of pure fused silica optical fibers," Appl. Opt. 54, _PHONE_ (2015)
BYU ScholarsArchive Citation
Moore, Travis J. and Jones, Matthew R., "Experimental measurements of the spectral absorption coefficient of pure fused silica optical fibers" (2015). Faculty Publications. 3156.
Ira A. Fulton College of Engineering and Technology
© 2015 Optical Society of America. This is the author's post print version of this article. The published version can be found at _URL_


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The Canadian Museum of Cultural Heritage of Indo-Canadian, located at the BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir and Cultural Complex in Toronto, Canada, traces 10,000 years of Indian history. Inaugurated in 2007, visitors can explore the civilization, diversity, and religions of India. Moreover, the museum highlights the Indo-Canadian experience, explaining the journey of the ethnic community as it became an integral part of the Canadian cultural mosaic over the past 60 years. The museum illustrates Indian culture's contributions to the fields of art, architecture, science, democracy, education, and spiritual values. The museum promotes cultural harmony by inspiring its visitors to explore and share their own heritage while maintaining respect for others. It is an unparalleled cultural landmark visited and appreciated by various community leaders, government officials, and thousands of Canadians.
Visit the Canadian Museum of Cultural Heritage of Indo-Canadians at BAPS Shri Swaminarayan Mandir, Toronto, Canada.


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Some old pickle recipes call for a bluestone to be added to the pickling brine to give the pickles a blue-green color. Bluestone is copper sulfate and is also known as blue vitro. In earlier days, pickles were usually made in metal pans containing copper. They turned a bright bluegreen as the copper ions interacted with the chlorophyll molecules in the pickle. A similar color was sought for pickles brined in enameled pan or crocks, and it wasn't long before copper sulfate, or bluestone, was found to do the job. Since high levels of copper can produce toxicity symptoms in humans, particularly gastrointestinal problems, the use of copper sulfate in pickling should be avoided. Since its only function is to color the pickles, the bluestone can be simply eliminated from the recipe without affecting the overall quality of the final product.


Meaning of toluene in English:
Pronunciation /ˈtɒljʊiːn/
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mass nounChemistry
 - A colourless liquid hydrocarbon present in coal tar and petroleum and used as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
 Alternative name: methylbenzene; chemical formula: C₆H₅CH₃
 - 'The powdered bark can also be treated with solvents, such as toluene, or amyl alcohol to extract the quinine.'
 - 'Toxic chemicals such as benzene, toluene and methyl benzene were included in the list.'
Late 19th century from tolu+ -ene.