Pre-Authorization KNOW MORE
Get the agreement nod from the payer for the healthcare service even before the service is performed. Pre-Authorization is a sure way to prevent payment delays, part-payments and denials. An authorization number on the claim form at the time of submitting the claims is the best route to a clean claim.
The key to Pre-Authorization is the obtaining of the correct CPT code which is often a daunting task. So, leave it to us. QWay's trained and highly professional team works on getting the correct CPT by checking with the physician and working out the most possible scenarios. So stop chasing claim payments. PreAuthorization means prompt payments.
Your coders may have done their job, but it will be up to the provider to obtain the necessary authorization. A claim denial or part –payment affects the provider and which is why our focus on getting the Pre-Auth for the procedure is complete and absolute when you outsource it to us. We work with physicians, hospitals, insurance payers and outpatient facilities and ensure the necessary pre-certification requirements are intact to obtain the Pre-Auth.
 A Pre-Auth can prevent:
 - Prevent payment delays and denials.
 - Ensure the patients get the maximum benefit under the policy.
 - Avoid pay and claim.
 - Enable a better financial counselling session with the patient.
 QWay's Pre-Auth service will have you free up time to focus more on patients and less on paper-work.
 frequently asked questions
 - 1. What does pre-authorization mean?
 The healthcare provider obtains permission from the healthcare insurance payer of the patient before performing certain procedures. This is to put forward the fact that those procedures are medically necessary for the patient in question.
 - 2. Does pre-authorization guarantee payment after the procedure is done?
 No! The pre-auth does not mean that the payment will be guaranteed without any delay. But it sure makes the process smoother than the usual one. Most of the providers ensure that the pre-authorization is done to take advantage of faster and hassle-free payments. Here the medical biller must ensure that the billing has been done through the insurance pathway.
 - 3. What documents are needed to get the pre-authorization?
 Several documents pertaining to identity proof of the patient, provider details, and other clinical records to prove the medical necessity are required. Usually, the intricate details depend on the needs of the insurance provider. However, these basic points mentioned above are commonly seen.
 - 4. Why choose QWay for your pre-authorization services?
 QWay makes the complicated process easier by ensuring that each of the forms is submitted accurately. The instances of pre-authorization for even prescription drugs are increasing by 20% every year according to a report of the American Medical Association. So it is advisable to brace yourselves for the future while the time is ripe.
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WHAT FLORIDA NATIVE PLANT IS BLOOMING TODAY?: LAUREL OAK; DIAMOND OAK (Quercus laurifolia)
There are dozens of native oaks in Florida. This particular oak was planted by a bird and has grown quickly and with a beautiful pyramid shape. It loses it leaves slowly in January as the new leaves appear so the tree is never completely bare. The portion hanging down is a catkin and it the male flower of the tree.
larval host: Horaces Duskywing (Erynnis horatius) and White M Hairstreak (Parrhasius m-album)
Birds flock to this tree. One day this week I saw blue jay, titmouse, yellow rumped warbler, catbird, hairy woodpecker, red bellied woodpecker, mockingbird, grackle all with just 15 minutes of observation. I've had nesting doves and mockingbirds use it over the years.
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Quest for Team Excellence
Through challenging activities participants use team skills to achieve goals. The result - participants have identified skills necessary for enhancing their actual team performance. Past attendees have uniformly agreed that the Quest for Team Excellence seminar has made a dramatic difference in their workplace. They have turned discovered knowledge into applicable team skills.
For example, participants have noted:
Quest for Team Excellence is a one or two-day seminar designed to allow individuals the opportunity to learn how to actively build working relationships, effectively manage conflict and use personal leadership to support and assist others in a mutual effort to achieve the organization's mission. Teamwork is the ability to work together to accomplish a common goal. Each team is unique. Quest for Team Excellence assists in identifying this uniqueness and how it may be used to breakthrough to excellence. The result – guaranteed enhanced performance.
Awareness - Through experiential learning activities, participants will discover knowledge that can be turned into skills immediately
Feedback - Feedback from seminar participants and the facilitator will identify priorities for improvement
Practice - Using feedback and models to verify the benefits of applied skills
Planning - Fifteen percent of Quest for Team Excellence is devoted to developing action plans

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Data, Reports & Maps
Need for Assistance Worksheet
The Need for Assistance (NFA) worksheet looks at a specified geographic area and provides a score that is based on specific core barriers to care and other health indicators to prioritize underserved areas in need of more healthcare resources. NFA worksheets are a requirement for new access point applications for Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHCs) or FQHC Look-Alikes. The Bureau of Health Systems Development has developed a database to pull together all of the information required in a NFA worksheet and provides this information as a free resource.
The barriers and health indicators covered in the NFA worksheet include:
- Population to One FTE Primary Care Physician Ratio
- Percent of Population at or Below 200 Percent of Poverty
- Percent of Population Uninsured
- Distance or Travel Time to Nearest Primary Care Provider Accepting New Medicaid and/or Uninsured Patients
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Prenatal and Perinatal Health
- Child Health
Review the NFA Data Resource Guide for more information on the data included in the NFA.
- FFIEC Geocoding System
Enter an address and get census data and geocodes specific to that location
- HealthCare Service Delivery Sites (HRSA)
- UDS Mapper
Note: Information provided in PDF files, unless otherwise indicated.

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Definitions for visored
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
the projecting front brim of a cap.
a flap, mounted on the inside of an automobile, used to shield one's eyes from glare.
the front piece on a medieval helmet, often being movable and having slits for vision.
a means of concealment; disguise.
(v.t.)to protect or mask with a visor; shield.
Origin of visor:
1250–1300; ME viser < AF (cf. OF visiere) =vis face (see visage ) +-er -er2
having or provided with a visor or a visor of a particular kind
"their spic, red-visored caps"
Fitted with a visor.
Wearing a visor.
wearing a visor; masked


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Gdańsk History Museum is now a group of 8 museums, established in 1970, as a branch of the Pomeranian Museum in Gdansk. It then began to collect objects, pieces and documents of the town's history, from the Middle Ages to the present.
To think a museum's identity, we need to first think about what it represents. In this case, the group of 8 museums stands for Gdańsk. They show us the city's past history, stories, economics, battles, ideals and ideas. Fundamentally these museums store the city's true identity. The identity is based on the principle that this logo should not only represent its museums, but also the specificity of its city. The same way we recognise Gdańsk in its coat of arms we also see the city in its museums.
For the conception of the new symbol, each museum was metaphorically perceived has a fragment of the city's history, since each museum stores and exhibits cultural, historical, scientific and artistic parts of Gdańsk.
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Dynamic Negotiating
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Roles in a dynamic negotiating in social psychology is considered the role is the public personality of each individual, namely the role more or less predictable that it assumes in order to adapt to the society of which it forms part. Roles are role models relative to certain position of the individual in a network of interaction linked to own expectations and others. When a group is switched on they will appear a series of roles in relation to the task. The team members differ in their abilities (intelligence, skills, knowledge and experiences). The composition of the team takes into consideration, especially the complementarity which enriches the team and makes that might be more competitive.
It has into account equally, the demands of the task and the level of internal autonomy that you want for your computer. A good distribution of roles in the team favors: the consciousness of complementarity between the team members. Overcoming internal rivalries in the computer. The participation of all members in the formation of a competitive team. The development of people skills. The motivation of the members of the team.
Each one can play various roles depending on the needs of the team and also, depending on the evolution of individuals. A team role is nothing more than the commitment that takes an individual against his team to be responsible for a specific function of the equipment. Roles created a fit between skills of people and functions of the team each Member of the team has a few roles that sound more familiar (by their personal characteristics and by past experience), the so-called natural roles. But they also have the possibility to learn to assume other roles. Here lies assistance provided equipment to individuals to go to make progress in the development of their skills. Normally, every person has some limits in learning roles and has discarded some behaviors, the so-called avoided roles.
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Randolph Family History
Randolph Name Meaning
English and German: from Randolf an ancient Germanic personal name composed of the elements rand 'rim (of a shield) shield' + wolf 'wolf'. This was introduced into England by the Normans in Old French forms of two different ancient Germanic personal names which became confused with each other: Randulf (from rand '(shield-)edge' + wulf 'wolf') and Rannulf (from hraf(a)n 'raven' + wulf 'wolf').
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Designed for pets, the $2,000 "JooZoo" bauble responds to pet behaviors by playing MP3s. So why the big price tag? Because it's covered in diamonds and gold.
According to the company, the play system enhances your pet's physical health and relieves stress through automatic content responding to various pet behaviors. For example, when you leave your pet at home alone or while your pet travels in a vehicle, the JooZoo encourages physical movement or increases blood flow rate by sound wave stimulation.
Alternately, you could use your vocal chords to produce the phonemes "GUD DAHG" and initiate vibrations in the dogs head with light, repetitive downward strokes. For free.


Champagne: In Victory One Deserves It; In Defeat One Needs It – Napolean
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Watch our videoÂ on facebookÂ of Rhonda RhyneÂ teaching the EasthamsÂ about Sabering Champagne!
Sabering –
An old tradition which represents, today, a festive gesture of friendship, love and respect for champagne (and friends)!
I.Â What is Sabering?
Sabering is the French tradition of removing the cork from a bottle of champagne. This ritual dates back to Napoleon, when his soldiers used the reverse edge of their saber to break the neck of the bottle.Â Hence, the French expression "saber the bottle" came about illustrating the French belief that it is better to destroy the bottle than to do without champagne!
II.Â How to Saber
 1. Properly chilled champagne bottle (between 35 and 40 degrees Fahrenheit);
 2. Remove all the foil that dresses the top of the bottle.Â Now, carefully, and with the cork pointed away from any person, animal, precious object, gently remove the muzzle cage. If properly chilled and not shaken, the cork should remain in the bottle.
 3. Hold the bottle with the thumb of the hand you don't write with firmly set in the "butt" of the bottle.Â The rest of your fingers will cradle the base of the bottle.
 4. Find the Seam: Using the hand you write with, slide the nail of your thumb around the top of the bottle's neck, just below the area where the muzzle was attached (this part is also called the annulus).Â You are looking for the bottle's seam.Â There are always two to a bottle. Where that seam meets the annulus is the weakest spot of the bottle.Â It is so weak, in fact, that with experience, a skilled saberer can perform the task with a butter-knife or even the foot of a champagne glass. Now turn the bottle so that this weak spot is facing you on top.Â This is the spot you will make contact with the blade;
 5. Firmly hold the saber and place its blade on the top of the bottle's shoulder on the seam. For best results, the bottle should be about two thirds of the blade away from the saber handle. Angle saber around 30-45 degrees to bottle and have elbow about 6 inches from your body;
 6. Angle of the bottle should be such that the fluid is just short of touching the base of the cork in the bottle.Â Â A lesser angle will cause spillage, and a greater angle will make the sliding of the blade less natural.
 7. Critical for successful sabering is momentum: It is not strength or force that is required, but rather momentum and follow-through that pops the cork and bottle head off simultaneously.Â As in golf or tennis, you need to maintain the motion beyond the point of impact.Â If you stop the motion at the annulus you risk chipping the rim.Â Do not hesitate, and do not use your wrist in the action â€" all the motion is from the elbow. Simply slide the blade alongside the bottle's neck with the intention to impact beyond the cork.
III.Â Caution and Questions
Beware: Sabered bottles easily cut fingers, skin
The top of a saberedÂ bottle, and the glass attached to the sabered cork may be sharp and must be handled with extreme care so as to not cut yourself or others.
Will glass end up in the fluid?
No, the pressure in the bottle, equivalent to that of a truck's tire, but far less than a soda bottleâ€™s, will prevent any potential glass chards from slipping into the bottle.
Will this spoil the quality of the beverage?
Not really, though some would argue that it causes undue stress to the nectar.Â You might want to avoid sabering an extraordinary champagne.
As with anything, common sense and responsibility will allow you to perform this act with confidence and safety for the pleasure of all.Â If you do not have a saber, use a large, heavy kitchen knife and use the back, or blunt, side of the blade to saber the bottle.
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Perl Question
How to pipe the content of a variable as STDIN in a qx{} statement in Perl?
I basically would like to do this:
$_ = "some content that need to be escaped &>|\"$\''\s\\";
qx{echo $_ | foo}
There are two problems here. First the content of
$_
needs to be escaped as it can contain binary data. Second, invoking
echo
might be slightly inefficient.
How can I simply pipe some content as STDIN to a command in Perl?
Answer
You can use open2 from IPC::Open2 to read and write to the same process.
Now you don't need to care about escaping anything.
use IPC::Open2;
use FileHandle;
my $writer = FileHandle->new;
my $reader = FileHandle->new;
my $pid = open2( $reader, $writer, 'wc -c' );
# write to the pipe
print $writer 'some content that need to be escaped &>|\"$\''\s\\';
# tell it you're done
$writer->close;
# read the out of the pipe
my $line = <$reader>;
print $line;
This will print 48.
Note that you can't use double quotes "" for the exact input you showed because the number of backslashes \ is wrong.
See perldoc open and perlipc for more information.


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Liquid-crystal display as a spectral selector for visible spectrometers
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The polarization properties of a twisted nematic liquid crystal display (TNLCD) are studied experimentally with the aim of using it as a wavelength selector. The output of a white LED is split into its constituent wavelengths with a resolution of 2–5 nm in proportion to a voltage applied to the TNLCD. The feasibility of employing the display as a wavelength selector in visible spectrometers is demonstrated. A simple inexpensive design of a spectrometer built around an LED and a TNLCD is suggested.


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The history of music in Britain may be 1000 years older than originally thought.
Archaeologists have found what could be the remains of Europe's oldest stringed instrument.
A small wooden fragment thought to be from a 2300-year-old lyre was found at an excavation site in High Pasture Cave on the isle of Skye.
Music archaeologists Dr Graeme Lawson and Dr John Purser studied the piece and said the notches where strings would have been placed are easy to distinguish on the artefact, despite it being been burnt and broken.
Dr Lawson, of Cambridge Music-archaeological Research, said: "For Scotland, and indeed all of us in these islands, this is very much a step-change.
"It pushes the history of complex music back more than a thousand years into our darkest pre-history. And not only the history of music but, more specifically, of song and poetry because that's what such instruments were very often used for.
"The earliest known lyres date from about 5000 years ago in what is now Iraq, and these were already complicated and finely made structures. But here in Europe even Roman traces proved hard to locate. Pictures maybe but no actual remains."
It is the location of the discovery which has truly amazed the archaeologists.
Dr Lawson added: "Here is an object which places the Hebrides, and by association the neighbouring mainlands, in a musical relationship not only with the rest of the Barbarian world but also with famous civilisations.
"It now becomes a world that was held together not just by technology and trade but also by something as ephemeral and wonderful as music and poetry and song."
Until now the oldest stringed instruments found in Europe were lyres dated around 600AD, which were played by Vikings in Scandinavia.
A lyre is an U-shaped harp instrument associated with ancient Greece.
Dr Purser, a cultural historian, said: "What, for me, is so exciting about this find is that it confirms the continuity of a love of music amongst the Western Celts.
"Stringed instruments, being usually made of wood, rarely survive in the archaeological record but they are referred to in the very earliest literature and, in various forms, were to feature on many stone carvings in Scotland and Ireland and to become emblematic in both countries."
High Pasture Cave on Skye has been a focus of Bronze Age and Iron Age research since 1972. Evidence of craft, metalworking and debris from major feasting events have been found on the site, which extends back at least 5000 years.
The artefact was discovered in 2010 and was transferred to consultancy firm AOC Archaeology in Edinburgh for conservation.
Managing director Dr Andy Heald said: "Previous to this, the earliest musical representation we had encountered had been a carved concert lyre and plectrum on the side of an exquisite Roman altar we excavated from Musselburgh in 2010.
"But to have an actual fragment of an even earlier lyre really fires the imagination. It brings another dimension of our Iron Age antecedents to life."


text: This paper proposes a route planning problem for sightseeing with fuzzy random variables based on constraints of required traveling times and satisfactions of the total sightseeing activity. In general, traveling times among sightseeing places and the satisfactions of activities depend on weather and climate conditions. Tourists will like to do their favorable route planning without drastically changing the tour route of usual condition such as fine even if the weather condition changes for the worse. Therefore, the fuzzy random variables for traveling times and satisfactions of activities derived from uncertainty conditions are introduced, and a new route planning problem is proposed to obtain the favorable route similar to the optimal route under the usual condition. As a basic case of fuzzy numbers, interval values and the order relation are introduced. From the order relation, the proposed model is transformed into an extended model of network optimization problems. A numerical example is provided to compare the proposed model with standard route planning problems for sightseeing.


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Dashboard Script for Automatic Filter Cascading
This dashboard script below can be used to synchronize the selections of a set of filters. For example, if the first filter is set to ABC, all subsequent filters listed will automatically be updated to ABC as well. The script also replicates the disabled state from the first filter to the other filters. look below for an example of Elasticube and dashboard. Please note: Our community website does not currently support .dash (dashboard) and .smodel (Elasticube) files. Please change the extensions of the files before importing them into your environment. Note that once imported, the cube still needs to be built.
Example Use Case: When dealing with multiple date fields in a fact table, this article provides two options, both of which require duplicating all rows in the fact table as many times as the number of date fields. For example, if you have three date fields that you need to analyze your KPIs by, you'll have to have three copies of the fact table. While these approaches are easy to implement, oftentimes they are not feasible and scalable solutions due to the size of the data. A more scalable alternative is to duplicate the date dimension table, which is substantially smaller than a fact table (e.g. a date dimension table containing 10 years of data only has either 3,652 or 3,653 rows), then connect each date field from the fact to the corresponding date dimension table. See the picture below for an example.

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The next step is to add each date field as a filter to the dashboard. Keep only the first filter editable and lock the other filters. The subsequent filters will be updated automatically as users set the first filter.

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Ensure that the filters are correctly toggled on/off in each widget's setting. In the example above, the first widget shows the number of hospital admissions by the admission date. Therefore, only the first (Admission Date) filter should be turned on.

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The last step is to add the dashboard script that automatically cascades the selection of the first filter to the subsequent filters. In the filterNames variable, specify the names of the filters, starting from the first filter, from which the selections will be replicated to other filters. This is the only part of the code that requires your input.

/*************************** This script is used to synchronize the selections of a set of filters ***********************/
/** E.g. if the first filter is set to ABC, all subsequent filters listed will automatically be updated to ABC as well ***/
/***************** The script also replicates the disabled state from the first filter to the other filters **************/
//Specify the names of the filters, starting from the first filter, from which the selections will be replicated to other filters
//This is the only part of the code that requires your input
var filterNames = ['Admission Date', 'Discharge Date', 'Last Visit Date']
//Every time a filter is changed, this code is executed
dashboard.on('filterschanged',function(d) {
 //Find the first filter by name
 var filter1FilterObject = dashboard.filters.$$items.find((item) => {
 if (item.jaql && item.jaql.title.indexOf(filterNames[0]) !== -1) {
 return true;
 }
 });
 //Get the JAQL filter selection of the first filter
 var filter1FilterObjectJAQL = filter1FilterObject.jaql;
 //Get the JAQL filter disabled state of the first filter
 var filter1FilterObjectDisabled = filter1FilterObject.disabled;
 //Define an array for the subsequent filters' objects
 var filterObjects = new Array();
 //Find each of the subsequent filters by name
 for(i=1 ; i<filterNames.length ; i++) {
 filterObjects[i-1] = dashboard.filters.$$items.find((item) => {
 if (item.jaql && item.jaql.title.indexOf(filterNames[i]) !== -1) {
 return true;
 }
 });
 }
 //Update the properties of the subsequent filters to match the first filter
 for(i=0 ; i<filterObjects.length ; i++) {
 if(typeof filterObjects[i] != 'undefined') {
 filterObjects[i].jaql.filter = filter1FilterObjectJAQL.filter;
 filterObjects[i].disabled = filter1FilterObjectDisabled;
 }

 if(filter1FilterObjectJAQL.datatype == 'datetime') {
 filterObjects[i].jaql.level = filter1FilterObjectJAQL.level;
 }
 }
 //Refresh the dashboard
 dashboard.refresh();
});

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Yes! I was just running into this problem the other day. (Synchronizing dimension filters.) Thank you for sharing it.
Sisense really should make this a feature of the platform -- not every environment is comfortable with writing/applying code to solve a problem.
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Hachi - Meaning of Hachi
What does Hachi mean?
See also the related categories, wise (holy), leaf, and japanese.
Baby names that sound like Hachi include Ha'iku, Hachey, Hachie, Hachy, Hagae, Hagai, Hagay, Hagaye, Hagee, Hagey, Haggae, Haggee, Haggey, Haggi, Haggie, Haggy, Hagi, Hagie, Hagos, and Hagy.
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Gradable and Non-gradable Adjectives
Adjectives describe qualities (characteristics) of nouns.
- Some qualities can vary in intensity or grade (for example: rather hot, hot, very hot; hot, hotter, the hottest).
The adjective hot is gradable.
- Other qualities cannot vary in intensity or grade because they are:
- extremes (for example: freezing)
- absolutes (for example: dead)
- classifying (for example: nuclear)
The adjectives freezing, dead and nuclear are non-gradable.
A gradable adjective can be used with "grading adverbs" that vary the adjective's grade or intensity. Look at these examples:
a little, dreadfully, extremely, fairly, hugely, immensely, intensely, rather, reasonably, slightly, unusually, very
angry, big, busy, clever, cold, deep, fast, friendly, good, happy, high, hot, important, long, popular, rich, strong, tall, warm, weak, young
A gradable adjective can also have comparative and superlative forms:
EC Tip: "Gradable adjectives" are also called "qualitative adjectives". "Grading adverbs" are also called "submodifiers".
- big, bigger, the biggest
- hot, hotter, the hottest
- important, more important, the most important
Look at these example sentences:
- My teacher was very happy with my homework.
- That website is reasonably popular. But this one is more popular.
- He said that Holland was a little cold and Denmark was rather cold. But Sweden was the coldest.
EC Tip: The adjective dead is non-gradable because it is an absolute. Dead is dead. We cannot be more or less dead. One person cannot be "deader" than another. Other absolutes include: correct, unique, perfect
A non-gradable adjective cannot be used with grading adverbs:
It was rather freezing outside. The dog was very dead. He is investing in slightly nuclear energy.
Non-gradable adjectives do not normally have comparative and superlative forms:
more freezing, the most freezing
deader, the deadest
more nuclear, the most nuclear
Often, non-gradable adjectives are used alone:
EC Tip: Don't try to learn lists of gradable and non-gradable adjectives! It's better to understand what makes an adjective gradable or non-gradable. This is a matter of logic and common sense. Most native-speakers have never heard of gradable and non-gradable adjectives. They just "feel" that it doesn't make sense to say "
fairly excellent" or " very unique". You probably have the same idea in your language.
- It was freezing outside.
- The dog was dead.
- He is investing in nuclear energy.
However, a non-gradable adjective can be used with "non-grading adverbs" (which usually just give the adjective extra impact), for example:
|non-grading adverbs ||non-gradable adjectives|
Here are some example sentences with non-gradable adjectives:
- Her exam results were absolutely awful. She will have to take the exam again.
- Is there anything like it in the world? It must be virtually unique.
- It starts an essentially chemical reaction.
Adjectives that can be gradable and non-gradable
Some adjectives may have more than one meaning or sense. It's possible for the same adjective to be gradable with one sense and non-gradable with another sense. For example:
| ||adjective||common = |
|He's got a very old car.||gradable||not young |
|I saw my old boyfriend yesterday.||non-gradable||former, ex- |
|He has some dreadfully common habits. ||gradable||vulgar|
|"The" is a very common word in English. ||gradable||prevalent|
|The two countries' common border poses problems. ||non-gradable||shared |
Adverbs used with gradable and non-gradable adjectives
The adverbs really (very much) and fairly and pretty (both meaning "to a significant degree, but less than very") can often be used with gradable and non-gradable adjectives:
|Please don't forget! It's really important. ||He was really terrified. |
|He's a fairly rich man. ||It's a fairly impossible job. |
|He's pretty tall. ||It's pretty ridiculous when you think about it. |
"Quite" with gradable and non-gradable adjectives
The meaning of the adverb "quite" changes according to the type of adjective we use it with:
| ||adjective||quite = |
|It's quite warm today. ||gradable||fairly, rather |
|Are you quite certain?||non-gradable||completely, absolutely |
| Although we don't recommend that you learn lists of non-gradable adjectives, here are some for reference. You can decide for yourself whether they are extreme, absolute or classifying. |
|alive, awful, black, boiling, certain, correct, dead, domestic, enormous, environmental, excellent, freezing, furious, gigantic, huge, immediately, impossible, miniscule, mortal, overjoyed, perfect, pregnant, principal, ridiculous, superb, terrible, terrified, unique, unknown, white, whole |
|Again, no need to learn lists. Here are a few examples. There are many more. Remember that you cannot use all non-grading adverbs with all non-gradable adjectives. Some collocate (go together). Some don't. |
| absolutely, almost, completely, entirely, exclusively, fully, largely, mainly, nearly, perfectly, practically, primarily, utterly, virtually |
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This paper presents the results of the concentrations (μg/L) and fluxes (g/ha) of priority substances in stormwater from three watersheds with different land use patterns (namely, residential, urban dense, high urban density). Samples were collected at the outlet of these watersheds. Thirteen chemical groups were investigated corresponding to 88 individual substances before treatment. Results showed that stormwater discharges contained 55 substances, among them some metals, organotins, PAHs, PCBs, alkylphenols, pesticides, phthalates, cholorophenols and volatile organic compounds. Therefore, stormwater was highly contaminated. However, this contamination was often comparable from site to site, since no significant difference of the pollutant load was observed between the land use patterns.
Influence of the land use pattern on the concentrations and fluxes of priority pollutants in urban stormwater
S. Zgheib, R. Moilleron, G. Chebbo; Influence of the land use pattern on the concentrations and fluxes of priority pollutants in urban stormwater. Water Sci Technol 1 October 2011; 64 (7): 1450–1458. doi: _URL_
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Is there a difference between E.Coli and fecal coliforms?
E. coli is a type of fecal coliform bacteria commonly found in the intestines of animals and humans. E. coli is short for Escherichia coli. The presence of E. coli (and fecal coliforms) in water is a strong indication of recent sewage or animal waste contamination. Sewage may contain many types of disease-causing organisms.
Additional information is available at _URL_
- Bottled Water
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text: Raspberries contain flavonoid antioxidants whose relative concentrations may vary between the juice, pulp, and seed fractions. Oxygen radical absorbance capacity (ORAC), total anthocyanin content, and berry color were determined for six cultivars of primocane raspberries grown in a dry climate (Utah, USA). Significant ORAC differences were found between juice (18.4 ± 0.39 μmol TE/g), pulp (24.45 ± 0.43), and seeds (273.27 ± 11.15) with all Utah cultivars combined. A significantly higher concentration of anthocyanins was present in Utah raspberry juice (20.86 ± 0.35 mg cyanidin-3-glucoside eq./100 g), compared to pulp (13.96 ± 0.35). Anthocyanin content of juice and pulp were significantly positively correlated with dark color (L*). This is the first report of fractional differences in dry climate raspberries, and has implications for the juice and supplement industries.


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A potion is a flask, bottle, or phial of liquid with magical properties, or occasionally some other liquid (such as acid or booze). Quaffing a potion bestows the full effects upon the quaffer. Some potions can be thrown at other creatures in order to affect them instead. Even if you miss, the vapors created (most potions are alcohol-based) sometimes affect those in the vincinity.
Certain potions can be dipped in other potions to create various effects and/or new potions. Dipping a potion into water will dilute it; a second dip will change it to water. Dipping a unicorn horn into a potion also changes it to water.
As of version 3.3.0, potion types include:
Po"tion (?), n. [L. potio, from potare to drink: cf. F. potion. See Poison.]
A draught; a dose; usually, a draught or dose of a liquid medicine.
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Plane Hitting Concrete Wall
For example it can be used to calculate the impact force of a vehicle car truck train plane football of birds hitting a plane or wind mill as well as for falling bodies that crash into the ground.
Plane hitting concrete wall. Conspiracy theorists may or may not be disappointed tuesday when they see pentagon released footage from two angles showing american flight 77 hitting the western wall of the building on sept. An us f4 phantom jet tests the strength of a concrete wall built to withstand a nuclear blast by crashing into it at 500 mph. Http goo gl 3xtpbb this footage is of a test conducted on april 19 1988 at a rocket sled facility at sandia national labor. Please explain in your own words how a 63 foot plane with a 38 63 foot wingspan smashing into a solid concrete wall and disintegrating upon impact uses the same laws of physics as a 176 foot plane with a 156 foot wingspan smashing into a glass and steel structure and achieving total penetration without disintegrating.
Additional camera angles here. Kazakh plane with 100 on board hits concrete wall after takeoff 15 dead at least 14 people were killed and 22 have been hospitalised in grave condition the almaty mayor s office said. Using the impact force calculator. This versatile impact force calculator is useful for estimating the impact forces involved in collisions of different kinds.
For this they used an f 4 phantom jet a two seater jet that fully loaded weighs up to 41 500 lb. F4 phantom hits concrete wall at 500 mph in crash test.
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Concentration parameter
In probability theory and statistics, a concentration parameter is a special kind of numerical parameter of a parametric family of probability distributions. Concentration parameters occur in two kinds of distribution: In the Von Mises–Fisher distribution, and in conjunction with distributions whose domain is a probability distribution, such as the symmetric Dirichlet distribution and the Dirichlet process. The rest of this article focuses on the latter usage. In probability theory and statistics, a concentration parameter is a special kind of numerical parameter of a parametric family of probability distributions. Concentration parameters occur in two kinds of distribution: In the Von Mises–Fisher distribution, and in conjunction with distributions whose domain is a probability distribution, such as the symmetric Dirichlet distribution and the Dirichlet process. The rest of this article focuses on the latter usage. The larger the value of the concentration parameter, the more evenly distributed is the resulting distribution (the more it tends towards the uniform distribution). The smaller the value of the concentration parameter, the more sparsely distributed is the resulting distribution, with most values or ranges of values having a probability near zero (in other words, the more it tends towards a distribution concentrated on a single point, the degenerate distribution defined by the Dirac delta function). In the case of multivariate Dirichlet distributions, there is some confusion over how to define the concentration parameter. In the topic modelling literature, it is often defined as the sum of the individual Dirichlet parameters, when discussing symmetric Dirichlet distributions (where the parameters are the same for all dimensions) it is often defined to be the value of the single Dirichlet parameter used in all dimensions. This second definition is smaller by a factor of the dimension of the distribution. A concentration parameter of 1 (or k, the dimension of the Dirichlet distribution, by the definition used in the topic modelling literature) results in all sets of probabilities being equally likely, i.e. in this case the Dirichlet distribution of dimension k is equivalent to a uniform distribution over a k-1-dimensional simplex. Note that this is not the same as what happens when the concentration parameter tends towards infinity. In the former case, all resulting distributions are equally likely (the distribution over distributions is uniform). In the latter case, only near-uniform distributions are likely (the distribution over distributions is highly peaked around the uniform distribution). Meanwhile, in the limit as the concentration parameter tends towards zero, only distributions with nearly all mass concentrated on one of their components are likely (the distribution over distributions is highly peaked around the k possible Dirac delta distributions centered on one of the components, or in terms of the k-dimensional simplex, is highly peaked at corners of the simplex). An example of where a sparse prior (concentration parameter much less than 1) is called for, consider a topic model, which is used to learn the topics that are discussed in a set of documents, where each 'topic' is described using a categorical distribution over a vocabulary of words. A typical vocabulary might have 100,000 words, leading to a 100,000-dimensional categorical distribution. The prior distribution for the parameters of the categorical distribution would likely be a symmetric Dirichlet distribution. However, a coherent topic might only have a few hundred words with any significant probability mass. Accordingly, a reasonable setting for the concentration parameter might be 0.01 or 0.001. With a larger vocabulary of around 1,000,000 words, an even smaller value, e.g. 0.0001, might be appropriate.
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The Ottawa Jail Hostel is a hostel operated by Hostelling International and located at 75 Nicholas Street in the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The hostel was originally the Carleton County Gaol, more commonly known as the Nicholas Street Gaol or Ottawa Jail. When the jail closed in 1972, Hostelling International purchased and converted the building, but left much of the structure intact, allowing guests to experience spending a night "in jail". The top floor, which had served as the jail's death row, has been restored to much of its original condition and daily tours are conducted.
In 2009, the hostel's bar, Mugshots, was opened to the public. In July 2011, the courtyard space of the former jail was converted into an outdoor bar for the summer months.
The gallows at the rear of the jail (doors closed), from a public spectator's point of view.
A view of the gallows (doors closed) from within the jail's exercise yard. Note the trap door above the window.
The Nicholas Street Gaol was the main jail of Ottawa for over a century. The structure was built in 1862 next door to the courthouse, and connected by a tunnel. Designed by Henry Horsey, the jail was the site of the hanging of Patrick J. Whelan on February 11, 1869, for the assassination of Thomas D'Arcy McGee. Over 5,000 people witnessed Whelan's hanging, which was a large number considering the size of Ottawa at the time. Staff and guests have reported that Whelan's spirit is one of many that haunts the hostel and will appear at the end of guests' beds or in his death-row cell. The third (official) and final execution at the jail took place on March 27, 1946, when Eugène Larment, who had killed an Ottawa police detective, was hanged. The building remained in use as a jail until 1972 when the outdated facility was closed. The original gallows, however, are intact and remain fully functional. While open, the jail inflicted very inhumane conditions upon those imprisoned there and modern day excavations of the property have revealed numerous unmarked graves. Up to 150 prisoners, consisting of men, women, and children, would be forced to share 60 small cells (1x3 meters) and 30 larger cells (2x3 meters); as well as six solitary confinement units. Inmates included murderers, the mentally ill, or those incarcerated for minor infractions such as drunk and disorderly conduct.


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 1. Present participle of gob.
gobbing (plural gobbings)
 1. (mining) The refuse thrown back into the excavation after removing the coal; gob stuff.
 (Can we find and add a quotation of Brande & C. to this entry?)
 2. The process of packing with waste rock; stowing.


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We propose and experimentally demonstrate a novel interference fading suppression method for phase-sensitive optical time domain reflectometry (φ-OTDR) using space-division multiplexed (SDM) pulse probes in a few-mode fiber. The SDM probes consist of multiple different modes, and three spatial modes (LP01, LP11a, and LP11b) are used in this work for the proof of concept. Firstly, the Rayleigh backscattering light of different modes is experimentally characterized, and it turns out that the waveforms of the φ-OTDR traces for distinct modes are all different and independent. Thanks to the spatial difference of the fading positions for distinct modes, multiple probes from spatially multiplexed modes can be used to suppress the interference fading in φ-OTDR. Then, the performances of the φ-OTDR systems using a single probe and multiple probes are evaluated and compared. Specifically, the statistical analysis shows that the fading probabilities over both the fiber length and the time scale are reduced significantly by using multiple SDM probes, which verifies the significant performance improvement on fading suppression. By introducing the concept of SDM to φ-OTDR, the proposed novel interference fading suppression method avoids the complicated frequency or phase modulation, which has the advantages of simplicity, good effectiveness and high reliability.
ASJC Scopus subject areas
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the area.
Here at low tide, you get the chance to see the beautiful formations of flowerpot rocks (caused by tidal erosion) that stand up to 70 feet tall and walk the ocean floor for over 2 km.
At high tide approximately 6 hours and 50 ft of water later you can explore the same areas but perhaps by boat, kayak or the observation points as they are now filled with water, making the flowerpot rocks appear as islands.
There are plenty of educational and interactive learning opportunities located at Hopewell Rock as well so it is fun for the whole family.


Configuration
How to configure gqlgen using gqlgen.yml
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gqlgen can be configured using a gqlgen.yml file, by default it will be loaded from the current directory, or any parent directory.
Example:
# You can pass a single schema file
schema: schema.graphql
# Or multiple files
schema:
 - schema.graphql
 - user.graphql
# Or you can use globs
schema:
 - "*.graphql"
# Or globs from a root directory
schema:
 - "schema/**/*.graphql"
# Let gqlgen know where to put the generated server
exec:
 filename: graph/generated/generated.go
 package: generated
# Let gqlgen know where to put the generated models (if any)
# Set to null to disable
model:
 filename: models/generated.go
 package: models
# Optional, turns on resolver stub generation
resolver:
 filename: resolver.go # where to write them
 type: Resolver # what's the resolver root implementation type called?
# Optional, turns on binding to field names by tag provided
struct_tag: json
# Optional, set to true if you prefer []Thing over []*Thing
omit_slice_element_pointers: false
# Optional, set to speed up generation time by not performing a final validation pass
skip_validation: true
# Instead of listing out every model like below, you can automatically bind to any matching types
# within the given path by using 'model: User' or 'model: models.User'. EXPERIMENTAL in v0.9.1
autobind:
 - github.com/my/app/models
# Tell gqlgen about any existing models you want to reuse for
# graphql. These normally come from the db or a remote api.
models:
 User:
 model: models.User # can use short paths when the package is listed in autobind
 Todo:
 model: github.com/my/app/models.Todo # or full paths if you need to go elsewhere
 fields:
 id:
 resolver: true # force a resolver to be generated
 fieldName: todoId # bind to a different go field name
 # model also accepts multiple backing go types. When mapping onto structs
 # any of these types can be used, the first one is used as the default for
 # resolver args.
 ID:
 model:
 - github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.IntID
 - github.com/99designs/gqlgen/graphql.ID
Everything has defaults, so add things as you need.
Inline config with directives
gqlgen ships with some builtin directives that make it a little easier to manage wiring.
To start using them you first need to define them:
directive @goModel(model: String, models: [String!]) on OBJECT
 | INPUT_OBJECT
 | SCALAR
 | ENUM
 | INTERFACE
 | UNION
directive @goField(forceResolver: Boolean, name: String) on INPUT_FIELD_DEFINITION
 | FIELD_DEFINITION
Here be dragons
gqlgen doesnt currently support user-configurable directives for SCALAR, ENUM, INTERFACE or UNION. This only works for internal directives. You can track the progress here
Now you can use these directives when defining types in your schema:
type User @goModel(model: "github.com/my/app/models.User") {
 id: ID! @goField(name: "todoId")
 name: String! @goField(forceResolver: true)
}


How To Connect Multiple Database In Laravel 9
In this article, we will see how to connect multiple databases in laravel 9 and laravel 10. we will learn how to use multiple database connections in laravel 9/10. Also, we will see laravel 9 multiple database connections with creating migration, model, and query examples.
Many times we have requirements in our project to use multiple database connections like MySQL, MongoDB, PostgreSQL, etc in laravel 9. When you work with large projects then you will need to manage multiple database connections. So, we will see one or more database connections in a single laravel 9 application.
So, let's see laravel 9 multiple database connections and how to connect databases in laravel 8/9/10.
Set .env Variable For Laravel 9 Multiple Database Connections
Set both database configurations in a .env file like the below code.
// Database 1
DB_CONNECTION=mysql
DB_HOST=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT=3306
DB_DATABASE=database_1
DB_USERNAME=root
DB_PASSWORD=
// Database 2
DB_CONNECTION_SECOND=mysql
DB_HOST_SECOND=127.0.0.1
DB_PORT_SECOND=3306
DB_DATABASE_SECOND=database_2
DB_USERNAME_SECOND=root
DB_PASSWORD_SECOND=

Use .env Variable:
Now, as we created a variable in the .env file we need to use that variable on the config file. So let's open the database.php file and add a new connections key as below.
config/database.php
<?php
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
return [
 'default' => env('DB_CONNECTION', 'mysql'),
 'connections' => [
 .....
 'mysql' => [
 'driver' => 'mysql',
 'url' => env('DATABASE_URL'),
 'host' => env('DB_HOST', '127.0.0.1'),
 'port' => env('DB_PORT', '3306'),
 'database' => env('DB_DATABASE', 'forge'),
 'username' => env('DB_USERNAME', 'root'),
 'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD', ''),
 'unix_socket' => env('DB_SOCKET', ''),
 'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
 'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
 'prefix' => '',
 'prefix_indexes' => true,
 'strict' => true,
 'engine' => null,
 'options' => extension_loaded('pdo_mysql') ? array_filter([
 PDO::MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA => env('MYSQL_ATTR_SSL_CA'),
 ]) : [],
 ],
 'mysql2' => [
 'driver' => env('DB_CONNECTION_SECOND'),
 'host' => env('DB_HOST_SECOND', '127.0.0.1'),
 'port' => env('DB_PORT_SECOND', '3306'),
 'database' => env('DB_DATABASE_SECOND', 'forge'),
 'username' => env('DB_USERNAME_SECOND', 'root'),
 'password' => env('DB_PASSWORD_SECOND', ''),
 'unix_socket' => '',
 'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
 'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
 'prefix' => '',
 'prefix_indexes' => true,
 'strict' => true,
 'engine' => null,
 ],
.....

Read & Write Connections
Sometimes you may wish to use one database connection for SELECT statements, and another for INSERT, UPDATE, and DELETE statements.
'mysql' => [
 'read' => [
 'host' => [
 '192.168.1.1',
 '196.168.1.2',
 ],
 ],
 'write' => [
 'host' => [
 '196.168.1.3',
 ],
 ],
 'sticky' => true,
 'driver' => 'mysql',
 'database' => 'database',
 'username' => 'root',
 'password' => '',
 'charset' => 'utf8mb4',
 'collation' => 'utf8mb4_unicode_ci',
 'prefix' => '',
],

Use Multiple Database Connections:
Here, I will give you a simple example of how to use multiple connections with migration.
Default Database:
public function up()
{
 Schema::create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
 $table->increments('id');
 $table->string('name');
 $table->string('email');
 $table->timestamps();
 });
}
Second Database:
public function up()
{
 Schema::connection('mysql2')->create('users', function (Blueprint $table) {
 $table->increments('id');
 $table->string('name');
 $table->string('email');
 $table->timestamps();
 });
}

Use Multiple Database Connections with Model
In this step, we will see the multi-database with a model.
Default:
<?php
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Users extends Model
{
 ....
}
Second:
<?php
namespace App;

use Illuminate\Database\Eloquent\Model;

class Users extends Model
{
 protected $connection = 'mysql2';
 ...
}

Use Multiple Database Connections in the Controller
Default:
class UsersController extends BaseController
{
 public function getRecord()
 {
 $users = new Users;
 $find = $users->find(1);
 return $find;
 }
}
Second:
class UsersController extends BaseController
{
 public function getRecord()
 {
 $users = new Users;
 $users->setConnection('mysql2');
 $find = $users->find(1);
 return $find;
 }
}

Use Multiple Database Connections with Query Builder
Default:
$users = DB::table("users")->get();
print_r($users);
Second:
$users = DB::connection('mysql2')->table("users")->get();
print_r($users);

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July 14, 1907
Death Date:
September 18, 1996 (age 89)
Birth Sign:
Annabella was born on July 14, 1907 (died on September 18, 1996, annabella was 89 years old) as Suzanne Georgette Charpentier. Annabella nickname was Charpentier Suzanne Georgette.
Annabella was a French cinema actress who appeared in 46 films between 1927 and 1952 including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s and 1940s. Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier in La Varenne Saint Hilaire Val-de-Marne France. Annabella's chance to enter films came when her father entertained a film producer who gave her a small part in Napoléon in 1927. read more
Is Annabella still alive?
No, annabella died on 09/18/1996, 24 years ago. Annabella was 89 years old when annabella died. Annabella died in Neuilly-sur-Seine
What was Annabella's zodiac sign?
Annabella zodiac sign was cancer.
When is Annabella's next birthday?
Annabella was born on the, which was a Sunday
Annabella real name:
Birth name of Annabella is Suzanne Georgette Charpentier


Grams to Troy Pounds Conversion - Weight Measurement

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Avery Hall was opened in 1919 as Chemical Hall,
and was renamed Avery Laboratory of Chemistry in
1936. Since its initial construction it has doubled in size
with a 1942 expansion, and has housed the
Departments of Geography and Chemical Engineering,
the College of Journalism, and the Women's Studies
and Judaic Studies programs. Completely renovated
in 2002-2004, it is now home to the Department of
Mathematics and the Department of Computer Science
and Engineering, as well as the offices of the Center
for Science, Mathematics, and Computer Education.
It also houses satellite offices for the Department of
The pages that follow will enable to you explore Avery Hall, and the facilities and programs within the Department of Mathematics that it is home to.


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History Of Chicago Foundation Systems & Underground Construction ? Summary
Organization: Deep Foundations Institute
Jan 1, 1991
The history of foundation engineering in Chicago is a tale of innovation, made necessary in order to keep pace with structural technology which allowed taller buildings with heavier bearing loads, to accommodate a non-conducive geologic setting. The geology as it relates to foundation construction and underground construction in general is briefly described. A chronology of important events from the birth of Chicago to the present is presented. The impact of various construction techniques which were either initiated or refined to allow the growth of Chicago are discussed. Introduction The growth of Chicago resulting in today's high-rise high-density population center can be looked upon as a history of modern underground construction. The two major reasons which explain this are 1) It grew up during a period of rapid development in the Industrial Revolution and 2) Its natural geological setting needed a great deal of innovation for continuing growth.


Synonyms for chess opening
Synonyms for (noun) chess opening
Synonyms: chess opening, opening
Definition: a recognized sequence of moves at the beginning of a game of chess
Usage: he memorized all the important chess openings
Similar words: sequence, succession
Definition: the action of following in order
Usage: he played the trumps in sequence
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Create States
API 2.0
States can be created on runtime using by sending a "createState" message to Touch Portal with the given information.
{
 "type":"createState",
 "id":"horseCount",
 "desc":"Number of horses",
 "defaultValue":"0",
 "forceUpdate":false
}
Key Type Req. API Description
type Text yes 2.0 The type of message.
id Text yes 2.0 The id of the newly created plug-in state. Please ensure unique names, otherwise you may corrupt other plug-ins.
desc Text Yes 2.0 The displayed name within Touch Portal which represents the state.
defaultValue Text Yes 2.0 The default value the state will have on creation.
parentGroup Text No 6.0 The name of the parent group of this state. The parent group of this state will be used to group the state in the menus used throughout Touch Portal. Every state belonging to the same parent group name will be in the same selection menu.
forceUpdate Switch No 7.0 This will force the update of the state if it is already created or existing and will trigger the state changed event even if the value is the same as the already existing one.


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What is mooring buoy ?
The mooring buoy is designed in a manner that there is a heavier weight located right in the bottom of the sea. This weight is like an anchor holding the buoy afloat in the water. A mooring buoy has loops or chains attached to its top that floats on the water. These chains are provided so that ships or boats can be effectively moored to them.


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length of an amah equals 53.34 centimeters or 21.0 inches. Cf., Encylopedia Talmudit, II, 29, where the length of an amah is given as 54 centimeters according to Arukh ha-Shulhan.
Teshuvot Hatam Sofer states that the length of a fingerwidth is a "zoll." Since a biblical amah is equal to 24 fingerwidths, the length of an amah according to Hatam Sofer equals 24 zoll. Da'at Torah, Yoreh De'ah, Kuntres Aharon 35:116 states that the zoll is equal to 2.6 centimeters. That calculation is apparently also assumed by Darkei Teshuvah and Encyclopedia Talmudit. [Cf., however, Encyclopedia Britannica, loc. cit., which describes the zoll as a Swiss unit of measure equal to 3 centimeters.] Encyclopedia Talmudit, ad locum, indicates that, according to Hatam Sofer, the length of an amah is 62.4 centimeters or 24.567 inches. Thus a mil, according to Hatam Sofer, would equal 1248.0 meters or 4094.49 feet. Darkei Teshuvah 19:27 notes that the amah was marginally enlarged by rabbinic decree and, accordingly, should be calculated as 241/2 zoll. Darkei Teshuvah endorses the position of Hatam Sofer and states that the length of an amah according to Hatam Sofer is 63.8 centimeters. Thus, according to Darkei Teshuvah, an amah equals 25.12 inches and, accordingly, a mil equals 1276 meters or 4186.35 feet. Hatam Sofer's calculations are thus significantly greater than those of the earlier-cited authorities.
Darkei Teshuvot also cites a certain "Rabbi of Yasi" who calculated the amah as "no more than" 52 or 53 centimeters and an anonymous scholar who differed and calculated the amah as approximately 581/2 centimeters. Darkei Teshuvah also quotes She'erit Yisra'el, Parashat Mezora, who calculates the amah as 211/6 zoll or 56 centimeters and further opines that one who calculates the amah as 221/8 zoll or 57 centimeters is to be commended. Darkei Teshuvah cites an additional source for the latter calculation as well.
Da'at Torah, Yoreh De'ah, Kuntres Aharon 35:116, cites authorities who variously posit the length of an amah as 47 centimeters, 55.25 centimeters, a bit more than 57 centimeters and 58.5 centimeters, as well as one authority who asserts that according to Rashi the amah equals 43.8 centimeters, according to Shakh 45.02 centimeters, according to Taz 47.34 centimeters and according to Rambam 50 centimeters. See also the measurements ascribed to earlier authorities by Rabbi Weiss, Midot u- Mishkalot shel Torah, pp. 198-264 as well as the table presented ibid., introduction, p. 8. See also R. Moshe Shimshon Bacharach, Hut haShani, no. 97.
For a table correlating many of these measurements of the amah with the volume of the liquid revi'it see Midot u-Mishkalot shel Torah, introd., p. 8. Rabbi Kanievsky, Shi'urin shel Torah, p. 51, cites a discussion in the Palestinian Talmud, Terumot 10:7, that is understood by some authorities, including Riva, Commentary on the Pentateuch, Parashat Mishpatim; Ma'adanei Yom Tov, Berakhot 3:30; and Tosafot Yom Tov, Pe'ah 6:6, as indicating that a revi'it equals 240 grams. If so, an amah would appear to equal 73.368 centimeters or 28.885 inches. Rabbi Kanievsky categorizes that calculation of the revi'it as "extremely large" and as "not imagined by earlyday authorities."
Amah = Sacred Cubit
Amah = Hamah = one of the three words for the Sun
Radius of the Sun (R) = 695,_PHONE_ km
Tangent β = 0.00465041
Length A-C = 1 sacred cubit = 63.5cm
Earth's equator (length) = 40,077.27418 km
Equator = circle= 360 degrees = 21,600 minutes
40,077.27418 : 21,600 = 1.85542936 km
1 degree (Equator) = 1.85542936 km
1 : 100.000 = 1 cm on the particular drawing = 100.000 cm in the realty
A-C = 1 sacred cubit = 25 inches = 63.5 cm
Circle Z (circumference) = 1.85542936 cm
Diameter of the circle Z = 0.590602007 cm
Radius (R) of the circle Z = 0.295301004 cm
0.295301004 : 2 = 0.147650502 cm = 1/100,000 of the G. Pyramid's height
0.295301004 : 63.5 = 0.00465041 = tangent β
Sacred Cubit was created from the Earth's and the Sun's measurements.


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We know Muggle parents can have a magical child, but could magical parents have a Muggle child?
Depends what you mean by 'Muggle'.
A Squib is a person with no magical powers born to magical parents. They fall somewhere in between a wizard and a Muggle: while unable to actually perform magic, they can still access the magical world. From the Pottermore fact file:
Humans with little or no magical talent born into wizarding families, who are looked down on by the wizarding world
Appearance: Usually dressed like the rest of wizard-kind
Magic Abilities: Able to access the wizarding world, unlike Muggles, and can use certain magical objects and creatures
We even see a couple of these in the main HP stories: Argus Filch, the unpleasant janitor of Hogwarts, and Arabella Figg, the cat-loving neighbour of the Dursleys. But according to Ron, they're not very common:
A Squib is someone who was born into a wizarding family but hasn't got any magic powers. Kind of the opposite of Muggle-born wizards, but Squibs are quite unusual.
-- Ron Weasley, HP and the Chamber of Secrets
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History of the Hudson 8/9 Slide Rule - MIT Museum
Full interview with Frank Adorney about the conception, development and fabrication of the Hudson 8 and Hudson 9 slide rule. This rule, invented by James R. "Pop" Bland, a mathematics professor at the U.S. Naval Academy, was the prototype for the famous Keuffel & Esser Deci-Lon slide rule. Bland asked his former student Frank Adorney for help fabricating the initial mock-ups and working prototypes of his new rule.
This interview was conducted by Deborah Douglas, curator of science and technology at the MIT Museum on January 25, 2012 at the U.S. Naval Academy in Annapolis, Maryland. It provides extensive background about the rules which are now part of the MIT Museum's collection.
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Definition of Lymphopathia venereum
1. Noun. Infectious disease caused by a species of chlamydia bacterium; transmitted by sexual contact; characterized by genital lesions and swelling of lymph nodes in the groin.
Generic synonyms: Cupid's Disease, Cupid's Itch, Dose, Sexually Transmitted Disease, Social Disease, Std, Vd, Venereal Disease, Venereal Infection, Venus's Curse
Medical Definition of Lymphopathia venereum
1. An obsolete term for lymphogranuloma venereum. (05 Mar 2000)
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The building sector has gained significant attention due to its remarkably high energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions. In China's rural areas, stone is a popular building material, but there are unprecedented demands to improve the life-cycle performance of stone buildings. It is essential to preserve the original architectural features while evolving towards a cleaner production and operation. This study implements a field survey in the Taihang Mountains of Hebei province. The improvement of stone extraction methods and the evolution of three stone wall styles are collected and developed. Thermal transmittances of three stone walls are measured and modeled. A cradle-to-grave life cycle assessment is conducted, and the results are compared to show their environmental performance in the embodiment and operation phases. Their life cycle inventories, including stone extraction, are developed. One representative building style sample is developed for the cooling and heating energy requirement simulation in the DesignBuilder. Based on the inventories, conducting life cycle impact assessment shows various environmental profiles in their whole life cycles. From the outcomes, the stone cladding wall (SCW) outperforms the other stone walls in both the embodiment and operation phases. However, its relatively high cost is a challenge for an individual house owner. This study proves the SCW is more sustainable, providing a basis for the choice of stone wall style in the future construction.
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DOMESTIC INTIMACIES: Incest and the Liberal Subject in Nineteenth-Century America
Offers a wide-ranging, critical history of incest and its various prohibitions as they were defined throughout the nineteenth century. Historian Brian Connolly overturns conventional histories of American liberalism by placing the fear of incest at the heart of 19th century conflicts over public life and privacy. Illus.
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1. Drag the Drum Rack file (with extension ending in .adg) into an empty column within the clip view.
2. This will create a Drum Rack instrument within Ableton, as well as an orange prompt at the bottom of your screen in ableton suggesting that media files are missing.
3. Click the orange/red prompt message on the bottom of your screen to bring up an option menu on the right hand asking you to find the missing files.
4. Under the search folder function, press the Set Folder button. Navigate to the folder containing your samples - unless you have moved them, this will be within the download folder of your Sample Magic purchase.
5. As a final step, click the go button within the missing media files to re-sync the samples with the Drum Rack.
6. In order to retain the sample mapping in your current project make sure to save the project first.
7. To utilize your racks with linked samples in other projects please save the rack to your user library.
Ableton Racks -
In regards to Ableton Racks there's two ways to install your racks.
1. Simply drag .adg file into a MIDI or Audio file in Ableton. If your racks contain samples (such as in the Ableton Instrument racks) these will have to be linked in the same way as described in the drum racks section.
2. Copy the files to the 'Audio Effect Rack' folder of your Ableton user library. The exact location of your library will depend on where you chose to install it, but common locations are:
Windows Vista/7: usersDocuments|AbletonUser LibraryPresetsAudio Effects Audio Effect Rack
Mac OS: MusicAbletonUser LibraryPresetsAudio EffectsAudio Effect Rack
For information on how to find your User Library, go here:
Ableton products which come contained in Projects are opened by double clicking the .als file. From there all racks and instruments can be saved to the user library and used in other projects by clicking the "save" icon on the rack itself.


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Fleshlight is a male a sex toy used to replicate a vagina. A fleshlight is intended to stimulate the penis into an orgasm. A fleshlight has the same use to a male as a dildo has to a female.
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I got a problem when calculating the out-of-sample performance of my model. I have the following settings:
 1. I have daily data.
 2. I use a rolling window of 1 week.
 3. I use the previous six months of data to estimate my model parameters.
Thus, the model parameters are estimated every week using the previous 6 month of data. Each time the parameters are estimated the investment control remains fixed for 1 week (I do not rebalance) until the parameters are next updated.
My question is: How do I calculate performance/return including transaction cost? When I have estimated the parameters and make a trade to rebalance at day 1, do I then need to
 1. Calculate the daily return of the portfolio in the 1 week window and sum it to get the return for the week.
 2. Compute the new positions from the new estimated parameters.
 3. Compute the total expected trading cost from step 2).
 4. Subtract the total expected trading cost from the portfolio return calculated in 1.
 1. Holding period return would be more appropriate. Calculate your one week return by using your ending portfolio NAV. The easiest way to do this would to be to store number of shares in each position and multiply by price after one week to obtain your new NAV.
 2. Yes.
 3. Yes.
 4. No, subtract it from your ending portfolio NAV. The process is as follows:
 - Estimate parameters/train model
 - Determine positions through model
 - Calculate trades by netting new portfolio with current portfolio.
 - Determine position sizes in terms of % of pre-trade NAV. Add trading costs as % of pre-trade NAV. The total sum of the pre-trade position sizes will now exceed 100%. Proportionally resize such that the new positions plus trading costs sum to 100%.
 - Execute trades. Recalculate NAV at end of the week and restart.
Total period return minus trading costs is obviously $ \cfrac{{NAV}_{end}}{NAV_{start}}-1$. It's easier to keep everything in terms of NAV until you want to calculate a period return, since your trades will be calculated off of NAV.
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The National Association of Computerized Tax Processors (NACTP) is a nonprofit association that represents tax processing software and hardware developers, electronic filing processors, tax form publishers, and tax processing service bureaus.The association represents the collaborative nature of its organizational members.
By working together, these organizations seek to achieve the following goals:
- Serve as a unified industry voice in tax administration matters.
- Promote and improve the relationship and communication between NACTP member companies and government tax agencies.
- Encourage the standardization of tax forms; the timely distribution and clarification of forms, instructions, and regulations; and the simplification of approval procedures.
- Promote the standardization and simplification of electronic filing systems.
- Promote the standardization and simplification of unemployment and withholding wage filing processing systems.
- Maintain professional standards in the computerized tax processing industry.
- Function as a nonprofit association formed for the mutual benefit of its members.


Detective comedy 2: Introducing the client
Detective comedy 2: Introducing the client
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Examining detective genre tropes, such as introducing the client.
This lesson continues the examination of blending of detective and comedy genres in 'The Falcon's Malteser', focussing on introducing the clients and tropes such as observational (and judgemental) descriptions of characters, and approaching this from a writer's perspective. How can you build a character from physical detail and style choices such as clothing and accessories? We rewrite the passage looking at each of these details, and end with a checkpoint piece.
Lesson type
Detailed practice
Genre / Topic
Comedy, Mystery, Action, Adventure


Why Aren't Accountable Care Organizations Improving Mental Health? | Mental Health America
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Why Aren't Accountable Care Organizations Improving Mental Health?
By Nathaniel Counts, MHA Senior Policy Director, and Paul Gionfriddo, MHA President and CEO
The average rate of depression remission at twelve months for people not receiving any mental health treatment in this country is 53 percent. But in Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs), it's only 9 percent. Mental Health America (MHA) wants to know why.
ACOs were the first big innovation in the value-based payment movement. Here's how they work: A group of providers get together and make a deal with an insurance company. If they achieve certain quality objectives and end up costing less than the insurance company expected to spend that year, they get half of the money they saved back.
The idea is that then everyone wins: the patients get better outcomes, the doctors get additional revenue, and the insurance company saves money.
One of the quality measures that ACOs are scored on is Depression Remission at Twelve Months – for those people that screen positive for depression, what percent of them screen negative by the end of the year?
For now, ACOs only need to say how they're doing on this measure; they don't (yet) get paid based on this. But the data from last year – newly available as of last month – are beginning to paint a picture. It isn't pretty.
Using the public data, across all ACOs that reported this measure, the average rate of depression remission at twelve months across the population they served was a little over 9 percent. Only nine out of every hundred people who screened positive for depression improved clinically by the end of the year. By comparison, a recent study found that the average rate of depression remission at twelve months for people not receiving any treatment was likely around 53 percent.
We don't think that ACOs are making people sicker, but the data suggest that something is probably going wrong.
First, if someone screens positive for depression and then the ACO doesn't screen them a second time later, that still counts against the ACOs score. That could be what is happening in many cases – they screen once but don't screen again. This means that we don't know if these people are getting better, which was supposed to be part of the goal of the new value-based payment models.
It could also be other issues, like the population of people being screened for in the ACOs are sicker and have more need than most. But again, we don't really know from the sparse data available.
MHA thinks the value-based payment movement holds great promise for mental health. Based on these early results, MHA is exploring how to better support ACOs and ensure that the future of value-based payment is one that, first and foremost, values acting before stage 4 in mental health (you can see another paper we wrote on this subject here). While we're working on a longer academic paper and responding to an open comment period on ACOs, we wanted to share some of our goals:
 - We need to make screening easier and ubiquitous. If people screen regularly and have the option to share their results with their doctor, then it will be easier for doctors to see how the people they're treating are doing, and we will have more reliable information about whether people are getting better;
 - Doctors need more help in treating mental health. At MHA, we think peer support specialists could be a critical part of recovery in more settings, including ACOs, along with other options like digital apps or telehealth to connect people with mental health providers. More providers should also receive meaningful training in treating mental health conditions; and
 - When ACOs are able to do a good job addressing mental health in their population, they should receive larger payments. Tying payments to improved mental health would elevate best practices, finance further improvements, and get more systems to invest in mental health treatment.
Over the coming months, MHA will be working to advance these changes, because 9 percent remission rates are far too low ever to be acceptable.
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Ugur Koc _URL_ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:32:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 _URL_ _URL_ Ugur Koc _URL_ 32 32 From Intune to EntraID – Add custom data to the Extension Attributes _URL_ _URL_ Wed, 24 Jul 2024 11:32:02 +0000 _URL_ Read more]]> Many people wonder why they can't find the serial number of devices in EntraID. This is because the serial number is not a property of the device object in EntraID; it's a property in Intune.
When you enable the device cleanup feature in Intune, the device gets deleted from Intune, but the corresponding EntraID object remains. This happens because the cleanup feature only affects Intune.
For Windows devices, you could theoretically check each device in Autopilot and search for the EntraID object, but this isn't practical.
Similarly, for MacOS devices, you could check each device in Apple Business Manager and search for the EntraID object, but this also isn't practical.
A better solution is to write the serial number of each device to an extension attribute of the corresponding EntraID object. This way, you can search for the device in EntraID and retrieve the serial number from the extension attribute.
Introduction
What are Extension Attributes?
Extension Attributes are custom properties that can be added to objects in Entra ID (formerly Azure AD) to store additional information beyond the standard attributes. These custom attributes allow organizations to extend the schema of Entra ID objects, including devices, to accommodate specific business needs or integrate with other systems.
For devices, Extension Attributes provide a flexible way to associate custom metadata with each device record in Entra ID. This can include information such as asset tags, department assignments, custom configuration details, or any other relevant data that isn't covered by the default device attributes.
Why use Extension Attributes for devices?
 - Customization: Every organization has unique needs. Extension Attributes allow you to tailor device information to your specific requirements, storing data that's relevant to your business processes.
 - Enhanced Inventory Management: By adding custom attributes, you can improve your device inventory, making it easier to track and manage devices across your organization.
 - Improved Reporting and Filtering: With additional attributes, you can create more detailed and customized reports about your device fleet, as well as filter devices based on these custom properties.
 - Automation Support: Extension Attributes can be used in automation scripts and policies, allowing for more sophisticated device management workflows.
Writing Data to Extension Attributes using the Data in Intune
The general workflow for writing data to Extension Attributes using the Data in Intune is as follows:
 - Create a PowerShell script that gathers the required data and formats it for the Extension Attributes.
 - Authenticate the script to access the Microsoft Graph API.
 - Get the available device infomrations from Intune for each device.
 - Use Graph API calls to update the Extension Attributes for the target devices.
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Below are scripts demonstrating the process. Feel free to use your own values for parameters like Department Name, Country, etc. You don't need to use the data from Intune; just understand the workflow and adapt it to your needs and use cases.
Practical Examples
Important
Use these scripts with caution: they will overwrite extension attributes 1 to 8. Customize them to fit your specific needs or use cases.
Write Device Details to Extension Attributes
This script comes in two variants:
 - All Devices
 - Groups
The following details are written to the extension attributes:
 - SerialNumber
 - DeviceEnrollmentType
 - IsEncrypted
 - TotalStorageSpaceInGB
 - EnrollmentProfileName
 - ComplianceState
 - Model
 - Manufacturer
Write Device Details to Extension Attributes for All Devices
This script writes various device details to Extension Attributes for all devices in your Entra ID tenant.
Download Script: _URL_
Key features of this script:
 - Authenticates to Microsoft Graph
 - Retrieves all devices from Entra ID
 - Collects device information such as OS version, manufacturer, model, etc.
 - Updates Extension Attributes for each device object in EntraID with the collected information
Sample Output:
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"No details found" will be displayed if the device could not be found in Intune and therefore has no data available that the script could add to the extension attributes in EntraID. Maybe you want to delete the device in EntraID?
Write Device Details to Extension Attributes for a single Group
This variant of the script performs the same function but targets only devices in a specific Entra ID group.
Download Link: _URL_
Key differences from the all-devices version:
 - Retrieves devices only from a specified Entra ID group (Input the object ID from a group)
 - Allows for more targeted attribute updates
Sample Output:
Delete All Extension Attributes
This script provides a way to remove all custom Extension Attributes from devices, which can be useful for cleanup or resetting purposes.
Download: _URL_
Key features of this script:
 - Authenticates to Microsoft Graph using a service principal
 - Retrieves all devices from Entra ID
 - Identifies and removes all custom Extension Attributes from each device
Sample Output:
Retrieving and Using Extension Attribute Data
You have multiple options to show the extension Attributes. I will explain the following three options (I prefer Powershell):
 - Graph Explorer
 - Powershell with Graph API
 - EntraID Portal
Querying Extension Attributes in the Graph Explorer
Microsoft Graph API provides a powerful way to programmatically access and manipulate data in Entra ID, including Extension Attributes. Here's how you can query Extension Attributes using the Graph Explorer:
1. Authentication: Sign in, on the top right:
2. API Endpoint: Use the following endpoint to retrieve device information:
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3. Query Parameters: To include Extension Attributes in the response, use the $select parameter:
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Permissions
You can check the necessary permissions for a given endpoint in the "Modify permissions" tab.
Querying Extension Attributes with a PowerShell Script
Here's a basic PowerShell script to query devices and their Extension Attributes:
Download Script: _URL_
This script will take any string as an input (Example: Serialnumber) and will iterate over all devices and find you the device that has that specific extension attribute value inside. This makes it super easy to find a EntraID Device based on a Serial Number.
Here is an example where I am searching for a Device in EntraID based on the Serial Number:
Showing Extension Attributes in the Entra ID Portal
While programmatic access through Graph API is powerful, sometimes you need a quick visual reference. Extension Attributes can be viewed directly in the Entra ID Portal:
 - Navigate to Devices:
 - Log in to the Entra ID Portal
 - Go to "Devices" > "All devices"
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Currently there is no Extension Attribute Column available. Would have made it so much easier 🙂
 - Click on a specific device to view its "Extension attributes"
Filter by extension Attribute
You can add a filter inside the device overview in EntraID:
Disclaimer
The information and scripts provided in this blog post are for educational and informational purposes only. While efforts have been made to ensure the accuracy and effectiveness of the content, it is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, express or implied.
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Get All Assignments in Intune for a User, Group or Device _URL_ Thu, 07 Mar 2024 15:21:27 +0000 _URL_ Read more]]> This blog post is about the following tool of mine: Intune Assignment Checker (ugurkoc.de)
The Goal of this Script is to get a overview of all Assignments in Intune based on your search criteria.
Input (Identity):
 - User(s)
 - Group(s)
 - Device(s)
Output (Assignments):
 - Configuration Profile
 - Compliance Policy
 - Application
Demo
Background and Motivation
After releasing the tool, I want to provide some details and background information about the topic in this blog post.
Firstly, I am a big advocate for integrating such features into the product (in this case, Intune). Until these are available in Intune, I will continue to write scripts and automate them via Graph.
My motivation for creating this script was to have a straightforward way to view all assignments for an identity, whether it's users or devices, in Intune at a glance. Of course, I can view the assignments through the portal, but only for one device. Generally I do not have insight into the assignments of a user or an entire Entra ID group in the Intune Portal.
After automating the process for the user part via Graph, I expanded the script to support groups and devices. However, this was quite challenging because the responses from the Graph query sometimes changed and I had to adjust the script to understand the response.
Following the release and announcements on Twitter and LinkedIn, I realized there was a significant demand in the community. Due to the feedback and issues on GitHub, I will expand the script and fix bugs. So feel free to visit the GitHub repository: _URL_
Functionality
As mentioned above, the Graph API is the core component of this script. Essentially, the Graph API is the backend, and the Intune portal is the frontend. In short, the Graph API is the heart of it all. Depending on the permissions (Read, Write), we can do various tasks with Graph, even more than what the portal allows, including actions for which there are no colorful buttons 😁.
The Connect-MgGraph command facilitates authentication with the Graph API.


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Goats, like most hoofed mammals, have horizontal pupils. The purpose of those elongated pupils is to allow them to scan the horizon for possible predators.
When a goat's head tilts up (to look around) and down (to munch on grass), an amazing thing happens. The eyeballs actually rotate clockwise or counterclockwise within the eye socket. This keeps the pupils oriented to the horizontal.
That seems impossible to believe. Eyeballs might be able to scan from side to side, or swivel up and down, but how could they actually rotate clockwise or counterclockwise?
To test out this theory, I took photos of Lucky the goat's head in two different positions, down and up. I then tilted one of the photos so that the slope of his forehead (marked by arrows) was constant. The photos prove that the pupils actually swivel about 25 degrees within the head.


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Lot 1061: Viking Twisted and Stamped Bracelet
December 7, 2016
Harwich, United KingdomLive Auction
Description: 9th-12th century AD. A gold bracelet with twisted shank extending to flat plates with scrolled finials, bands of punched pellets flanking a band of punched triangles with a pellet to each angle. 35 grams, 75mm (3"). Property of a European collector; acquired before 2000. Accompanied by a positive X-Ray Fluorescence metal analysis certificate. Within Scandinavia, the two most common shapes for stamps to take were ring-stamps and triangles, often containing one or three pellets. Often, two triangles were placed end-on-end creating an hourglass shape. The stamped triangular decoration is found on a number of objects such as bracelets, rings, and a Thor's Hammer pendant from South Lopham, Norfolk. Such simple shapes were relatively easy to produce. In most cases, a punch was applied to the surface of the object soon after casting. To avoid a double impression, the punch had to be made in a single blow. Actual examples of punches used to create the ornament are rare, but one example comes from a late Viking-Age tool chest found at Mästermyr on Gotland. This is essentially a square iron rod, which originally had an hourglass shape on the striking face. A lead pad from the same tool chest seems to have been a testing piece for this stamp and others: it is covered on both sides with stamped hourglasses and rings. It would seem that it was not necessary to punch the silver or gold after casting. Sometimes, the ornament could be stamped into a beeswax model, and that model used to create a clay mould from which silver or gold objects could be cast. This is clearly demonstrated by a find of a Viking-Age clay mould which preserves stamped hourglass decoration from the harbour site of Fröjel, Gotland; this mould would have been used to cast decorated silver arm-rings.
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Set Gutenberg Block Display Based Upon An iMember360 Conditional
Select a conditional to control Gutenberg block display
Steps to select a conditional to control Gutenberg block display
 1. Within the Gutenberg editor select the block to show the block settings in the settings sidebar. Navigate to the iMember360 tab and expand it if necessary.
 2. From the Control mode drop down ensure Conditional is selected.
 3. From the Display if the conditional evaluates drop down select whether the conditional needs to evaluate as True or False to display the block.
 4. From the Conditional drop down select the required conditional to be evaluated.
 Active conditionals are shown in the drop down with the suffix of (publish).
 5. Once the settings have been completed ensure Publish or Update is clicked to save the configuration.


Meaning of U in English
I. ˈyü noun
( plural u's or us ˈyüz)
Usage: often capitalized, often attributive
a. : the 21st letter of the English alphabet
b. : an instance of this letter printed, written, or otherwise represented
c. : a speech counterpart of orthographic u (as long u in mute, short u in cut, or u in rule )
2. : a printer's type, a stamp, or some other instrument for reproducing the letter u
3. : someone or something arbitrarily or conveniently designated u especially as the 20th or when j is used for the 10th the 21st in order or class
4. : something having the shape of the letter U
II. abbreviation
Usage: often capitalized
1. uncirculated
2. uncle
[German und ]
4. under
5. unified
6. uniform
7. union; unionist
8. unit; united
9. universal
10. university
11. unpleasant
12. upper
III. symbol
Usage: capitalized
1. ital intrinsic energy
2. uranium
IV. ˈyü adjective
Usage: usually capitalized
Etymology: u pper class
: characteristic of the upper classes — usually used in contrast to non-U
V. abbreviation
Usage: capitalized


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Flying flag of Amsterdam.
The flag of Amsterdam is the official flag for Amsterdam, the capital city of the Netherlands. The current design of the flag depicts three Saint Andrew's Crosses and is based on the escutcheon in the coat of arms of Amsterdam. The flag was adopted on February 5, 1975.[1]
Flag expert Roman Mars declared it during a TED Talk in 2015 to be the most "badass" city flag in the world, as well as an example to others. He particularly praised the simplicity and popular appeal that led to its widespread use.[2]
The colors of the flag are derived primarily from the coat of arms of the city of Amsterdam, or rather from the shield in it. Their meaning is unclear. According to the city government, its origin could go back to the coat of arms of the Persijn family, which once owned a large tract of land in the capital. These colors as well as the crosses are to be seen in the flags of both Ouder-Amstel and Amstelveen.
The popular legend that the three Saint Andrew's crosses were meant to ward off fire, floods and the black plague is unfounded as the use of three St. Andrews crosses by noble families in the area precedes the arrival of the Black Death in Europe.
In the coats of arms of two other Dutch cities, Dordrecht and Delft, the middle stripe symbolises water. In regards to Amsterdam, this black strip becomes the River Amstel.
AFC Ajax, an Amsterdam-based football team who plays in the Dutch Eredivisie, uses the Amsterdam flag as their captain's armband.


DLLs, an MFC localization DLL should be installed only if its version is newer than the version that is already installed; therefore, installing this DLL is similar to installing the other DLL(s). See the section "Version Checking of Redistributable Files" earlier in this article.
There are several MFC DLLs supplied for various locales. For example, Mfc42deu.dll is the German version and contains version information that identifies it as German locale. If you install any locale DLL, you must ensure the locale for which the DLL is intended matches the locale of the installed Windows system. When you install the DLL, you must rename it to Mfc42loc.dll.
You should never install an Mfc42loc.dll on an English system. English resources are built into Mfc42.dll, and it is faster to load them from that DLL instead of searching (and loading) an MFC localization DLL first.
See MFC Technical Note 57 (available in the Visual C++ documentation in the Microsoft Foundation Class Library reference section of the MSDN Library) for more information on localizing MFC applications.
If you use an ActiveX control that depends on Msstkprp.dll (typically they will be ATL-based controls) and if you want to ship a localized version of the ActiveX control, you can find a localized version of Msstkprp.dll at _URL_
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I'd like to thank the following people for their contributions of encouragement and technical guidance to this article: Shaun Miller, Rich McKinnon, Steve Miller, Dave Waggoner, and Rod Wilkinson.
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Image showing a picture of the moon close to the earth. Elements of this image furnished by NASA
Image of the earth from a rocky ground that could be the moon. parts of image furnished by NASA
Low view of a shark under the water.
seagull up in the sky looking around