text:
Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017
Year 2017 is the year of ArtPlay.
aA Designs is hosting 12 ArtPlay Unedited classes over the course of 12 months providing 12 opportunities to elevate your artistry and ignite your creativity in year 2017.
- aA Studio View. You get to watch over my shoulder as I talk you through the design decisions I make, and share what I'm thinking, as the layout comes together
- Master Artsy. Insider view to achieving successful artsy design, as well as providing on-the-fly solutions to common digital artistry problems, from blank canvas to artsy composite.
- Sustain your Practice. Inspire your creativity, advance your skills in digital artistry/scrapbooking, keep you engaged in your art practice, and provide support through frustrating design challenges.
This is the Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017 session of this intimate aA educational experience.
In this Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017 session, you will:
- Create an artsy foundation using ArtsyTransfers.
- Build a design that moves the eye from one edge of the canvas to another.
- Mask a photo using a Layer Mask and brushes.
- Apply seamless watercolor edges to your blended images.
- Mask a hard-to-blend photo in which the focal point fills the frame.
- Create a sketch effect using Filters and Blending Modes.
- Add depth and visual interest to your layout/composite using ArtsyPaint brushes and Blending Modes.
- Color abstractly using brushes.
- Extend your photo imagery using brushes.
- Create multi-colored brush imprints.
- Learn how different background colors effect Blending Modes.
- Enhance alignment with UrbanStitchez.
- Use the Warp (Photoshop) and Perspective (Photoshop and Elements) tools.
- Learn 2 ways to recolor layers.
- Manipulate ArtsyTransfers.
- Modify WordART.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM aA Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017
- 1 X 59 minute video divided into 3 parts (approx. 22, 21 and 16 mins each).
- FREE access to all digital supplies and .psd files created in each session.
- Conducted in Adobe Photoshop CC, but all content is suitable for Elements users – Any difference in process or workarounds are noted throughout the session.
Please note that comprehensive written course content is NOT included with this session.
You can join the aA Year of ArtPLAY 2017 here.
Got a question? Email me.


text:
With the Green Growth app, interested citizens can contribute to keep Suriname the greenest country on earth with 93% forest cover. Citizen scientists who keep watch on tree logging can contribute to complement existing national data on forest conservation. Data gathered by citizens can help scientists understand the drivers of tree logging and find solutions for it.
Suriname has few data on its forests due to limited well-funded research and monitoring institutions. The country aims to gather much needed data to effectively make decisions, plan and manage forests. Suriname's forest contributes to the world's climate change as one of two carbon negative countries globally and it harbors the world's fourth largest amount of freshwater resources.
Data gathering through the Green Growth app is the glue for creating cohesion on forest conservation among the 600.000 people living in Suriname. The goal is to create an active community of forest watchers and keep Suriname green.
Green Growth Apps are running on the SPOTTERON Citizen Science platform.
Ratings and ReviewsSee All
With Family Sharing set up, up to six family members can use this app.

source: m-a-p/FineFineWeb


text:
January 2020 – project update
National Lottery funding to restore and explore
Herefordshire's Ice Age kettle hole ponds
15 projects across the UK have been awarded a share of £7.4million from National Lottery to take action for nature including a project in north west Herefordshire developed by Herefordshire Wildlife Trust in partnership with Herefordshire Amphibian and Reptile Team and Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust.
Species and habitats on the verge of extinction have been handed a lifeline as The National Lottery Heritage Fund announces £7.3million to take action for nature across the UK. The Conserving Herefordshire's Ice Age Ponds project in Herefordshire has been awarded £252,600 to protect remaining kettle hole ponds in the county which provide a unique and rare habitat for wildlife.
The project will officially start in the next couple of months and will open with the launch of the Ice Age Herefordshire exhibition at Hereford Museum on 4 April 2020. The Ice Age Ponds project will have a big section in the exhibition. (Hereford Museum opening times etc. here)
Herefordshire's Ice Age ponds, often referred to as kettle-hole ponds, were created around 20,000 years ago during the last Ice Age, when woolly mammoths were still roaming the area. Herefordshire's Ice Age Ponds are particularly special, as they can hold an undisturbed record of our climate and wildlife since the time when the glaciers retreated. They are also extremely important today as habitats for some of the county's most precious pond species, including the highly protected great crested newt, the rare and mysterious medicinal leech and an extremely rare water beetle (Graphoderus cinereus).
Sadly, these nationally rare and important ponds are still being damaged and destroyed, thereby losing some of our most irreplaceable natural heritage.
Initial National Lottery funding enabled a development phase to take place last year when ponds were mapped and surveyed, allowing the project team to see exactly what was needed to go ahead with restoration. The development phase also provided an opportunity to engage with local communities and an army of enthusiastic volunteers were trained in pond survey techniques, supported by visits to local schools and other community events.
Senior Conservation Manager at Herefordshire Wildlife Trust, Andrew Nixon said: "This is a fantastic opportunity to restore ponds which have been key features of Herefordshire's landscapes for literally thousands of years. Over this time, the ponds have formed an important network across the countryside which many species of wildlife relied upon. Over recent decades, as ponds have ceased to be needed on farms or in villages, ponds have been filled in, or simply become overgrown, and the wildlife associated with this habit is being lost."
Dr Angela Julian, Coordinator of Amphibian and Reptile Groups of UK said, "As well as preserving our precious local biodiversity, this exciting new project is an important step to prevent us from losing these unique and ancient ponds from our landscape, and by engaging communities in their restoration will ensure that they will persist for future generations to enjoy".
As the ponds are restored, interpretation will also be created to explain the importance of the ponds. This will include signs and walking and cycling routes but also digital interpretation allowing people a glimpse into the pre-historic past through their smart phones!
Since 1994, the National Lottery has invested £829million into nature and wildlife projects.
Drew Bennellick, Head of Land and Nature Policy at The National Lottery Heritage Fund, said: "Urgent action is needed to help nature recover. National Lottery funding is creating incredible opportunities for people to take such action for species under threat and, crucially, equipping a new generation with the skills and passions to make a real difference for the future of our natural world."
November 2019 Project update +
November 2019 – project update
The first part (the Development Phase) of our project was completed on August 20th when we submitted the application to Heritage Lottery for the second stage (Delivery Phase). It was a hectic time completing all the paperwork for this and we hope the application will be successful to gain the £250,000 or so funding we need.
In the Delivery Phase, we will undertake conservation management on 15 of the ice age ponds surveyed this year (coppicing back overhanging trees, very selective and careful clearing of some excess weed and leaf litter and sediment, and fencing to protect from stock damage), and survey up to 100 more ponds. We will also be producing interpretation and information about the ponds in the form of leaflets, display boards, and walking, cycling and car trails. In addition, we will produce apps for mobiles and tablets to provide some graphical background on how the ponds and landscape might have looked like at the end of the ice age 20,000 years ago.
Totally coincidently, but with perfect timing, Hereford Museum are running an Ice Age Exhibition (last year this exhibition was in Worcester Museum) from April to June 2020 and we have been invited to put on an Ice Age Ponds project display, and provide various activities to engage children and adults in learning about the ice age and its impacts here in Herefordshire.
The project this year has been a great success. Over 60 volunteers have been involved one way or another, many of them having come on the 4 training days and subsequent field trips to survey the ponds. The training days had some excellent presentations on the geology and wildlife of our ice age ponds (Kettle Hole ponds), helping us to appreciate the special nature of the ponds and the landscape they are found in. This landscape is called 'hummocky moraine', found in places where glaciers ended and then retreated northwards. Herefordshire is one of only a few counties in England where that landscape exists. We've seen a variety of lovely ponds, dug holes in the mud (coring) to see how it is composed, and netted the ponds to see the many creatures that live there. 41 ponds were surveyed which was 30% more than we'd planned when the project started – a great achievement. A "Kettle hole ponds survey method manual" was created for the project and given to all survey volunteers.
Based on the survey data collected, we now have comprehensive management plans for 15 of the ponds which would benefit most from conservation work, put together by Will Watson and Giles King-Salter.
We've been very well supported by local landowners and conservation organisations (such as the National Trust, Natural England, Duchy of Cornwall, Bulmers), and more ponds have been identified to be surveyed in the next stage of the project.
With the support and funding of the Kingspan Trust the project has run events at 5 schools in the northwest of Herefordshire to raise awareness and interest in ice age ponds, and these have been done by Dave Hutton and the excellent Herefordshire Wildlife Trust (HWT) Wildplay team.
Dave Hutton, our Project Manager, having completed this stage of the project left the HWT on 31st August. We hope he will be available to come back for the second phase which if approved will start in January or February 2020. He has done a great job in a very short time to get everything done to meet the August deadline. He writes (to the volunteers): 'The Development Stage for the Ice Age Ponds Project has now come to an end, thank you all for your help and support over the last few months. It's been great working with you and the rest of the team to get this part of the project to where it is now.' Our project contact at the HWT from now on will be Andrew Nixon until we can re-recruit the Project manager at the start of the next phase.
Beth Andrews, our Project Officer for the geological aspects, and based at the Herefordshire and Worcestershire Earth Heritage Trust (HWEHT), will continue on a day a week basis till November so will be working further with the volunteer team. She writes (to the volunteers): 'I want to say a huge "Thank you" to everyone who has been involved so far. We have collected a huge amount of data in a very short time, often in less than ideal weather on many less than ideal sites. We couldn't have done it without you, so thank you. We couldn't have done all this wonderful work without the amazing people who gave their time to survey ponds, let us visit their ponds and helped us find new ponds, research history and connect with landowners. We look forward to seeing you again soon.'
She arranged a visit with some experts to take more core samples at a few of our sites. These were longer (could be over 8m of sediment) cores than those taken by the volunteers (only about ½ to 3/4m deep) and will give us a lot more data about the geology, vegetation and fauna present in the more distant past. For her comments on the results see below.
Beth will be creating displays to show some of the vast amount of data that has been collected and to highlight our plans for the next stage.
The members of our small Steering Group have also contributed a huge amount of expertise and effort: Ian Fairchild (HWEHT), Andrew Nixon (HWT), and Angie Julian (ARG UK) who has travelled from Oxford to support us. And, of course, Dave and Beth. A big thank you to them all.
Some members of the Steering Group visited the Norfolk Wildlife Trust in June to meet the team who have been doing a similar project with their ice age ponds (Pingos). Pingos are similar to our Kettle Hole Ponds but formed in a slightly different way: ice blocks left under the permafrost surface slowly melted, and the surface eventually collapsed into the hole creating the pond. Their project started several years ago, and Heritage Lottery encouraged us to go and learn from their experience and knowledge. We visited several Pingos and discussed the issues of management and how best to engage with the


text:
Marking routes for smooth freight and city logistics
The measure aimed at reducing the impact of heavy freight transport connected to the Old City Harbour in the city centre of Tallinn. This was done by working out an optimal freight route from the Old City Harbour to the national road network, installing a new guidance sign system and making freight routes for GPS car navigation systems.
Implementing sustainable mobility
The measure aimed at reducing the impact of heavy freight transport connected to the Old City Harbour in the city centre of Tallinn. This was done by:
- Working out an optimal route (instead of several possible routes) from the Old City Harbour to the main motorways of the national road network;
- Installing a new guidance sign system guiding to and through the route (marked with arrows next to the streets on the Figure 2);
- Creating routes for GPS car navigation systems and making them available for free download;
- Disseminating the information on the route and availability of the GPS navigation routes with posters and booklets.
For working out the one optimal route all possible routes to different directions were mapped and analyzed. After the optimal route was agreed, a new guidance sign system was designed and installed in Tallinn and on the Tallinn ring road. The system contained both guidance signs and advance guidance signs. The route connecting the harbour to the main national road network (including international routes E20, E67 and E263).
The routes for GPS navigation were created in Garmin (.gpx file) and TomTom (.itn file) formats as separate files for navigating from St Petersburg (Russia) or Pärnu (Estonia) directions to the Old City Harbour terminals A, B and C. The files (8 for both formats) are available for free download from easily accessible links _URL_ and _URL_ The formats are the most used for navigating devices and can also be used in other brand devices directly or after converting.
The measure was implemented in the following stages:
Stage 1: Preparation (2009 - June 2010) – Study on the existing routes from the national highway networks to the Old City Harbour and existing legislation on national and municipal level. Negotiations with mapping services providers for creating the route for vehicle navigation systems.
Stage 2: Implementation of the guidance sign system (June 2010 – December 2010) – Planning, designing and installation of the signs on the decided route. While most of the guidance sign system was installed by November 2010, an important advance guidance sign on the Tallinn ring road (the first sign guiding from the ring road to the new route) was installed in spring 2011.
Stage 3: Creation of routes for GPS navigation systems (April 2011 – June 2011) Creating the routes for different navigation systems.
Stage 4: Preparations for dissemination (July 2011 – March 2012) – Designing of the posters for truck drivers, creation of the webpage on the Tallinn website.
Stage 5: Dissemination of the information (March 2012 – June 2012) – Distribution of the posters for truck drivers.
The innovative aspects of the measure are:
- New conceptual approach - dealing with the general concept of freight transport route marking between national road network, urban street network and Old City Harbour.
- Targeting specific user groups – this measure is targeting freight transport with a number of different technical solutions to be used: starting with regular street and road signing, but including also digital mapping used in modern navigation in-vehicle systems and printed materials to be distributed on ferries and at harbours.
- Use of new technology – the measure is about finding new ways to get the routing data specifically to truck drivers' in-vehicle electronic GPS-based navigation systems.
The evaluation was concentrated on finding out truck drivers' awareness and acceptance on the solutions provided with the measure. The indicators were measured with a 14 day survey with 498 truck drivers participating. In addition the number of GPS route downloads was used as an indicator.
The key results from the measure were following:
- Awareness on the measure: 40% of the interviewed truck drivers have noticed the new guidance sign system installed with the measure;
- Acceptance on the measure: 31% of the interviewed truck drivers consider that the new guidance sign system has been useful for them.
- Number of page visits to the Tallinn heavy goods vehicles web pages: The number of visits was 167 times from the Estonian language page and 60 times from the English language page.
- The number of downloads of GPS navigation routes was 188 times for TomTom format and 129 times for Garmin format.
The most important driver encountered during the measure was:
Accurate technical planning and analysis to determine requirements of measure implementation helped the implementation process.
Recommendations for measure replication:
- The traditional part of the measure is easily replicable – the traditional guidance sign system can be improved in any city, if there are suitable routes to guide to.
- The GPS route part of the measure is easily replicable – GPS navigation routes can easily be created, they are inexpensive to create and have virtually no expenses for holding them on a website.


What are some examples of selective media
Nutrient medium
Synonyms: culture medium, growth medium
1 definition
A Nutrient medium is a sterile matrix with defined environmental conditions. Culture media are mainly used in microbiology and are used to cultivate microorganisms or human or animal cells.
2 classification
2.1... according to consistency
A distinction is made between two types of culture media based on consistency:
The transition between solid and liquid nutrient media is fluid and depends, among other things, on the agar or gelatine content, which ensures the thickening of a nutrient medium. Culture media with a lower agar content are sometimes delimited as the third group of so-called "semi-solid" media.
2.2... according to nutrient content
Another dimension is the division of the nutrient media according to the nutrient composition. A distinction is made here:
 - Mineral medium
 - Minimal medium
 - Minimal medium with growth substances
 - simple complex medium
 - Complex medium
2.3... according to the objective
 - Selective nutrient media or selective media: nutrient media whose nutrient content or composition only allow the growth of certain microorganisms or cells.
 - Differential culture media or differential media: culture media that allow the growth of several microorganisms used, but are composed in such a way that distinguishable colonies form.
Some culture media can combine both of the above properties, e.g. MacConkey agar or mannitol salt agar.
3 application
Liquid Culture media are used:
Festivals Culture media are mainly used for analysis purposes because they also enable quantitative determination. Since the multiplying microorganisms cannot freely distribute themselves in the medium, a visible point or spot forms around each initial germ. The number of these CFU (colony-forming unit) allows a conclusion to be drawn about the original number of germs.
The process of introducing samples into or onto a nutrient medium is called inoculation.
4 composition
In addition to water, culture media mainly contain culture-specific nutrients and salts. The nutrients are also called substrates and in most cases are carbohydrates, proteins and fatty acids. Nutritional salts provide ions and molecules that are essential for the organism, such as ammonium, potassium, sodium, magnesium, phosphate and sulfate.
Other possible components are:
5 Manufacturing
To produce a nutrient medium, the nutrients and additives are mixed together according to a recipe and dissolved in demineralized water (possibly under flowing steam). This is followed by sterilization (usually in an autoclave). Additives that would be destroyed by the sterilization can then be added through a sterile filter.
Ready-to-use culture media are also often used in practice.


text:
To get 85 percent subsidy, farmers will have to build a poly house in an area of less than 4000 square meters. Earlier this limit was 2000 square meters. If any damage occurs within 5 years of construction, a subsidy of 50 percent will be given to replace it.
Due to sudden change in weather, farmers have to suffer a lot. Sometimes their finished crop is destroyed and sometimes the productivity is affected. To avoid this, farmers are cultivating in polyhouse, progressive and capable farmers. But its cost is very high. This is the reason why the government is giving subsidy to the farmers to promote poly house farming.
Himachal Pradesh government has started giving subsidy on a large scale to the farmers to build poly houses. If farmers build poly houses, then 85 percent of the total cost will be given as grant. Farmers can produce high quality fruits and vegetables throughout the year by cultivating in poly houses.
Farmers will have to spend only 15 percent
To get 85 percent subsidy, farmers will have to build a poly house in an area of less than 4000 square meters. Earlier this limit was 2000 square meters. If any damage occurs within 5 years of construction, a subsidy of 50 percent will be given to replace it. If the poly house is not constructed on the prescribed parameters, then subsidy will not be given.
The Himachal Pradesh government has named this scheme as Chief Minister Nutan Poly House Project. Under this, the farmers will have to spend only 15 percent money for the construction of poly houses, the rest of the amount will be received from the government in the form of grant. To take advantage of the scheme, farmers will have to apply to the Agriculture Department.
Production takes place throughout the year, does not affect the disaster
After the approval of the application, Rs 3 lakh 17 thousand will be issued by the Agriculture Department to the farmer to build a poly house in 252 square meters. The benefit of the Chief Minister Nutan Poly House Project Scheme will not be available if the polyhouse is built in an area of more than 4000 square meters.
There are many advantages of doing farming in poly house or green house. One, farmers get rid of problems like natural calamities, rain, high temperature and frost. At the same time, by controlling the temperature, production can be taken throughout the year. It produces high quality fruits, flowers and vegetables. In such a situation, farmers get many times more price than normal crops.
Also read- Farmers can increase their earnings manifold by cultivating medicinal plants, the government is also helping


text:
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
|Look up armenian in Wiktionary, the free dictionary.|
Armenian refers to something of, from, or related to Armenia, a country in the South Caucasus region of Eurasia:
- Armenians, persons from Armenia, or of Armenian descent
- Armenian language, the Indo-European language spoken by Armenian people
- Armenian cuisine
- Armenian alphabet
- Armenian (Unicode block)
- Armenian Soviet Socialist Republic, one of the republics that made up the former Soviet Union
See also
- SS Armenian, ship torpedoed in 1915
- List of all pages beginning with "Armenian"
- Armenia (disambiguation)
- List of Armenians
|This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the same title.
If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


Quick Answer: Are Snakes Legal In Japan?
You can bring animals like snakes, parrots, and parakeets and keep them as pets.
However, some species are targeted, so be careful.
Can you have a pet monkey in Japan?
Animals and pets. Every pet has its own life. Animals that could attack people such as medium-size monkeys, raptorial birds (eagles and hawks), crocodiles and snakes are categorized as specified animals. If you wish to keep one as a pet, you are required to obtain permission from the Governor of Tokyo.
What kind of pets can you have in Japan?
5 Animals That are Popular Pets in Japan
 - Dogs. Dogs are very popular in Japan, and you are able to get them from almost any pet shops.
 - Cats. Cats are also very popular in Japan because the owner does not need to take a time to take care of them so much compared to dogs.
 - Fish. Fish are also very popular as pet in Japan.
 - Birds.
 - Rabbits.
What snakes are in Japan?
There are three species of poisonous snake in Japan: the Japanese keelpack, the habu and mamushi. The Japanese keelpack(yamakagashi) has distinctive yellow, red and black markings and can be as thick as a man's arm.
Why do so many Japanese people have pets?
Because of the declining birthrate and aging population in Japan, there are an increasing number of households in Japan with pets and no children. Since some families have no children, they instead pamper and lavish their pets like they would do their own children. Pets in Japan are not only for companionship.
Can you have a pet fox in Japan?
Bringing a dog/cat/fox/raccoon/skunk
Dogs and cats brought from outside Japan are quarantined and kept in quarantine facilities. The period of quarantine can vary from 12 hours to 180 days. For more information about importing the domestic animals, check our article about moving with pets to Japan.
Can you own a raccoon in Japan?
Not surprisingly, it is now illegal to import raccoons to Japan. It's also important to look at the cause of Japan's raccoon importation specifically: a pet craze.
Do Japanese like dogs?
Although Japan's crowded environment makes for a not so pet-friendly country, Japanese have found ways to incorporate their pets into their everyday lives. Although small dogs are preferred, one of the most popular dog breeds in Japan is the Shiba Inu, which can grow to be two feet tall and weigh up to 25 pounds.
Can I buy a dog in Japan?
If you are living in Japan temporarily, animal rights advocates advise you not to buy or even adopt a pet while here. Instead, volunteer at adoption fairs, play with dogs and cats at shelters on weekends, and donate to an animal charity.
How do you say dog in Japanese?
Japanese word for dog is inu – YouTube.


Skip to content
HTTPS clone URL
Subversion checkout URL
You can clone with
or
.
Download ZIP
Validations library for Clojure 1.2
Clojure
README.md
Valip
Valip is a validation library for Clojure. It is primarily designed to validate keyword-string maps, such as one might get from a HTML form.
Installation
Add the following dependency to your project.clj file:
[valip "0.2.0"]
Usage
The main validation function is _URL_. It uses the following syntax:
(validate map-of-values
 [key1 predicate1 error1]
 [key2 predicate2 error2]
 ...
 [keyn predicaten errorn])
For each vector, the key is used to look up a value in the map. The map value is then tested with the predicate function. If the predicate fails, the error message is included in the map of errors returned by the validate function. A key may be tested multiple times with different predicates and errors.
If no predicate fails, nil is returned. If at least one predicate fails, a map of keys to errors is returned:
{key1 [error1]
 key2 [error2]
 ...
 keyn [errorn]}
The errors are listed in a vector, because there may be multiple errors for the same key.
For example:
(use 'valip.core 'valip.predicates)
(def user
 {:name "Alice", :age 7})
(validate user
 [:name present? "must be present"]
 [:age present? "must be present"]
 [:age (over 18) "must be over 18"])
=> {:age ["must be over 18"])
Predicates
Valip has a number of useful predicates and functions that generate predicates. More of these useful predicates will be added as the library matures.
You can find these predicates in the valip.predicates namespace.
License
Copyright © 2012 James Reeves
Distributed under the Eclipse Public License, the same as Clojure.
Something went wrong with that request. Please try again.


text:
Dear Parent or Guardian:
In accordance with ESEA Section 1111(h)(6) PARENTS RIGHT-TO-KNOW, the Hutto Independent School District is notifying every parent of a student in a Title I school that you have the right and may request information regarding the professional qualifications of your child's classroom teacher. This information regarding the professional qualifications of your child's classroom teachers include, at a minimum, the following:
1. Whether the teacher has met State qualification and licensing criteria for the grade levels and subject areas in which the teacher provides instruction.
2. Whether the teacher is teaching under emergency or other provisional status through which State qualification or licensing criteria have been waived.
3. The baccalaureate degree major of the teacher and any other graduate certification or degree held by the teacher, and the field of discipline of the certification or degree.
4. Whether the child is provided services by paraprofessionals and, if so, their qualifications.
If at any time your child has been taught for 4 or more consecutive weeks by a teacher who is not certified, the school will notify you.
If you have questions, please feel free to contact your school at the following phone number: _PHONE_.
Hutto Elementary School
_PHONE_
Together, we inspire success for all!

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


Markush Structures in MarvinSketch
 A Markush structure is a description of compound classes by generic notations. They are often used for patent claims and combinatorial libraries.
 R-groups, atom lists, position variation, and repeating units with repetition ranges are commonly used features in the representation of Markush structures.
 This section consists of the following subsections:


How to run SQL queries from Python scripts
You may want to access your tables outside of Databricks notebooks. Besides connecting BI tools via JDBC, you can also access tables by using Python scripts. You can connect to a Spark cluster via JDBC using PyHive and then run a script. You should have PyHive installed on the machine where you are running the Python script.
Python 2 is considered end-of-life. You should use Python 3 to run the script provided in this article. If you have both Python 2 and Python 3 running on your system, you should make sure your version of pip is linked to Python 3 before you proceed.
You can check your version of pip by running pip -V at the command prompt. This command returns the version of pip and the version of Python it is using.
Install PyHive and Thrift
Use pip to install PyHive and Thrift.
 pip install pyhive thrift
Run SQL script
This sample Python script sends the SQL query show tables to your cluster and then displays the result of the query.
Do the following before you run the script:
 1. Replace with your Databricks API token.
 2. Replace with the domain name of your Databricks deployment.
 3. Replace with the Workspace ID.
 4. Replace with a cluster ID.
To get the API token, see Generate a token. To determine the other values, see How to get Workspace, Cluster, Notebook, and Job Details.
import os
import sys
from pyhive import hive
from thrift.transport import THttpClient
import base64
TOKEN = ""
WORKSPACE_URL = ""
WORKSPACE_ID = ""
CLUSTER_ID = ""
conn = 'https://%s/sql/protocolv1/o/%s/%s' % (WORKSPACE_URL, WORKSPACE_ID, CLUSTER_ID)
transport = THttpClient.THttpClient(conn)
auth = "token:%s" % TOKEN
PY_MAJOR = sys.version_info[0]
if PY_MAJOR < 3:
 auth = base64.standard_b64encode(auth)
 auth = base64.standard_b64encode(auth.encode()).decode()
transport.setCustomHeaders({"Authorization": "Basic %s" % auth})
cursor = hive.connect(thrift_transport=transport).cursor()
cursor.execute('show tables',async_=True)
pending_states = (
while cursor.poll().operationState in pending_states:
print("Done. Results:")
for table in cursor.fetchall():


text:
Aven Family History
14-Day Free Trial
Aven Name Meaning
Scandinavian: unexplained. English: variant spelling of Avon. German: patronymic from the Frisian personal name Ave. The surname is frequent in the areas of Oldenburg and Jeverland. Dutch: metonymic occupational name from Middle Dutch haven 'pot'. Americanized form of French Avenne or Avoine, literally 'oats', hence a metonymic occupational name for a grain grower or merchant.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names ©2013, Oxford University Press
Similar surnames: Avena, Ave, Even, Raven, Avey, Aden, Bien, Aveni, Savin, Laven


You are here
Nose, eyes, ears
Cesar recommends this article for you:
Portrait of a dog with nose, eyes, ears in that order
Principle 6 for Achieving Balance: Nose, eyes, ears
A dog's senses form her reality. She perceives the world through her nose, eyes, and ears (in that order). That's very different from our human way of eyes, ears and nose.


text:
Chain Bridge (Budapest)
The Széchényi Chain Bridge, named after István Széchenyi, was the first permanent bridge across the Danube between Pest and Buda.
Cầu treo kiểu xích - Cầu xích, Budapest, Széchényi, Clark, Pest, Buda, Danube, Budapest, Thời đại cải cách Hungary, kiến trúc, cầu, vận chuyển, cầu treo, cột đá
Các mục liên quan
Types of bridges include beam-, arch-, suspension-, cantilever and truss bridges.
Clothing reflects the lifestyle and culture of the region's inhabitants.
The suspension bridge that stretches above the strait between San Francisco Bay and the Pacific Ocean was opened in 1937.
The first paddle steamer in Hungary entered service in 1846.
Độ dài khung kim loại của các cây cầu thay đổi khi nhiệt độ thay đổi.
One of the main settings in the well-known Hungarian youth novel was a timberyard.
Medieval Venice owed its wealth to its flourishing maritime trade.
In the Tudor Era around 200 buildings were built on the bridge across the River Thames.
Leonardo's creative legacy also includes several projects related to bridges. This unusual swing bridge allowed for undisturbed water traffic.
King Darius as well as Xerxes built pontoon bridges across the Bosphorus for the Persian army.


text:
We have twice seen Mr.3 open seastone cage/cuffs with his wax powers, once in Alabasta and once in the war of the summit. How can his wax key not melt once inside the keyhole?
As stated in seastome wikia
Seastone only works upon direct and constant contact.
Which means it works only on devil fruit user not on the power or material they produce using power.
It has been shown that although a Devil Fruit user loses his/her powers when in contact with the Seastone, said powers can still be used on and affect the Seastone. Example is when Mr. 3's candle wax key could open Seastone cuffs and cell doors, though this may be because the locks themselves are not made of Seastone or because the wax has no Devil Fruit powers inside it, as shown when he unlocked Ace's Seastone handcuffs. Another example is when Shiki levitated battleships in Marineford, despite the hulls being lined with Seastone. Trafalgar Law was also able to switch Seastone chains with regular ones, using his abilities.
Another example is Aokiji Kuzan's ice formation power, which he uses it to make ice road on the sea to travel in his bicycle. Here the ice doesn't melt just because it came in contact with the sea.
And this is just the guess but seastone might melt if comes in contact with Akainu's lava where the temperature of lava is greater than melting point of seastone.
oda stated that devil fruit can't be affected after activating it, we can see it clearly when MR3 in marineford made a key to rescue ace, after the key was formed they could open, and also happened with aokiji when he did the ace age, so that means the seastones won't affecte on the devil fruit abbility after it activated


text:
The declaration was issued on the advice of the Council of Ministers (COM).
The Declaration of State of Emergency Order No. 70 of 2020, states:
"In Exercise of the powers conferred on me by subsection 32(1) of the Disaster Risk Management Act Mo. 23 of 2019, I, His Excellency Tallis Obed Moses, President of the Republic of Vanuatu, on the advice of the Council of Ministers, make the following Declaration of State of Emergency.
"1. Extension of the Declaration of State of Emergency
Due to the severe impacts of Tropical Cyclone Harold and continuous global outbreak of COVID-19, an extension of the Declaration of State of Emergency is declared throughout the whole of Vanuatu.
"2. Period of State of Emergency
This extension of the Declaration of State of Emergency is for a period of 30 days from the date on which is made.
This Declaration of State of Emergency commences on the day on which it is made.
Vanuatu is taking every steps to ensure it minimizes every risks because it is one of the only countries in the world now that is still free from the deadly virus, the COVID-19.


your i's: Message Redaction. Since patient chat contents are client-side encrypted with keys that never make it to your backend, it's practically impossible to tell whether the Firestore-stored messages on the backend are sensitive health data or something totally benign. But this isn't enough for HIPAA. So in order to meet HIPAA's requirements, we implemented a data redaction feature in the sample apps. This feature deletes messages immediately following a successful message delivery to all users. This way, HIPAA considers your chat to be a "conduit," i.e. only a message delivery tool that doesn't store the data beyond delivery, which exempts the messaging function completely from HIPAA.
For the important details, check out our whitepaper at _URL_
What happens if my user loses her device with the private key on it?
As in the sample, your messages are local-only (Firebase is only an intermediate delivery system), so the messages will be lost with the phone. However, if there's (non-patient) data that you want to permanently store encrypted in Firebase, there's a solution for lost devices/keys.
Drumroll, please… Imagine a private key that can be lost, and you don't have to worry about losing your encrypted data. Or, imagine a private key that you can use between devices without needing to transfer the key around (WOW!). This special key is called "BrainKey": a strong cryptographic key that's based on your user's PASSWORD. Every time you capture your user's password, you can re-generate the same private key, so it won't be lost with the device:

let brainKeyContext = BrainKeyContext.makeContext(
accessTokenProvider: accessTokenProvider)
let brainKey = BrainKey(context: brainKeyContext)
// Generate default public/private Curve ED25519 keypair
let keyPair = try! brainKey.generateKeyPair(
password: "Your password",
brainKeyId: "Your id here").startSync().getResult()
Here's how to implement your user private key recovery:
 1. At signup, generate a BrainKey right after you generate your user's private key.
 2. Encrypt the user's private key with her BrainKey's public key.
 3. Store the encrypted private key in your Firestore where you store the user's profile data.
 4. At login-time, re-generate the BrainKey from her password.
 5. Download the encrypted user private key from Firestore.
 6. Decrypt it with the BrainKey, and Voila! You have a way to recover the key if a device is lost.
How do you deal with a forgotten password and lost device at the same time? Use a concatenated string of 3 secret answers as a password to generate a secondary BrainKey for your users. Use this secondary BrainKey in the same way as you do the password BrainKey: encrypt, then later "unlock" the user private key. Now you have a user lockout solution with 3 secret questions+answers!
Get started on your HIPAA-compliant secure Firebase Chat app
We've put together a video tutorial to help you get started with our Firebase SDK. First, register for a free Virgil account at _URL_ and follow the steps to create an End-to-End Encrypted app.
If you have any questions, join our Slack channel and chat with us!
Want to learn more? Sign up for our free webinars held each Thursday in August at 10 AM Pacific time.
Virgil Security, Inc. enables developers to eliminate passwords & encrypt everything, in hours, without having to become security experts. Learn more at VirgilSecurity.com.
Next
Faces of Virgil Security – Dmytro Matviiv
Rebecca YarbroughAugust 10th, 2018


text:
Boron trifluoride gas is collected at - 18.0 °C in an
Last updated: 7/28/2022
Boron trifluoride gas is collected at - 18.0 °C in an evacuated flask with a measured volume of 45.0 L. When all the gas has been collected, the pressure in the flask is measured to be 0.460 atm. Calculate the mass and number of moles of boron trifluoride gas that were collected. Round your answer to 3 significant digits.


Within an Endpoint incident the recipient is shown as displayed name, not as the recipient email address.
search cancel
Within an Endpoint incident the recipient is shown as displayed name, not as the recipient email address.
book
Article ID: 159478
calendar_today
Updated On:
Products
Data Loss Prevention Endpoint Prevent
Issue/Introduction
Within an Endpoint incident the Recipient of an email that violated a policy is displayed as the entered name , not as the email that it would resolve to.
Resolution
Under normal circumstance any recipient within incident details are shown as fully resolved emails
For example: If a user will send an email and enters in the recipient field a username, the email client (outlook, domino) the email it will resolve to will be displayed.
If user enters "First LastName <[email protected]>", it will be displayed in incident in same way. That is - "First LastName <[email protected]>".
However, in the following scenarios the recipient field will display "First LastName" in the way it has been entered:
- Recipient string is distribution group. Agent can't resolve the group
- User has specified display name, and domino/Exchange server is not accessible (eg being off network)
- Not able to resolve the user name for some reason. It could be case of partial or wrong recipient.


Knowing What Publicists Do:
What is a Publicist?
 - DATE PUBLISHED : March 3, 2020
Authors often wonder what publicists do. Most often than not, they assume that publicists and publishers are just the same. Publicists and publishers are two very different entities.
By delineating the focus of these two entities, their differences become clear. A section of this article provides that information for authors to know what these differences are. To know more about publicists and what publicists do, keep reading.
What is a Publicist?
Authors confuse book publicists with book publishers. There's a huge difference, although both belong in the literary industry. Between these two lies a border that differentiates both entities.
A publicist is a professional whose expertise lies in the field of marketing. While it is a publisher's duty to edit and develop a book's design, a publicist develops marketing schemes. They are a team of marketers who research on various market segments and niches to help authors. More on publicists' tasks later.
The main task of publishers is the development of an author's books. They make sure that the book's design and strong command of language compel readers to purchase the book. Although publishers help authors sell their books, successful and efficient book publicity is out of their scope.
Investing in the services of these two entities increases the chance for authors to earn recognition on a global scale. Although there are authors who discourage themselves from investing in book marketing, the majority believe in the power of marketing. But, what exactly are the tasks of publicists? And, why is it necessary to invest in marketing plans?
What Publicists Do
Attaining market visibility is a challenge that often times disheartens authors. Due to the slow pace of their book, they quickly give up on their book's potential. Oblivious to book marketers or book publicists, their hard work and passion dive into the bin of wasted dreams.
Publicists are the professionals responsible for maximizing the exposure of a book to a segmented market. From thorough analysis of a book, they develop marketing tactics. Needless to say, transforming prospective readers into buyers requires less effort. The commitment to help authors by means of publicizing a book efficiently guarantees authors a maximized exposure. Having that stated, a marketed book becomes accessible to the un-curated target readers.
If authors desire to unlock the potential of their book, they need to know the functions of these two entities. Confusing one with the other makes it difficult for authors to reach his target readers. An investment in these literary businesses guarantees a greater chance of affecting the readers' lives. Should authors dream to impart life-changing messages, the two literary entities' services come in handy.
© Copyright _PHONE_ Truman Publishing CompanyAll Rights Reserved


Curious Kids: how do magpies detect worms and other food underground?
Magpies have a few clever tricks to help them find food.
Gisela Kaplan, Author provided
Gisela Kaplan, University of New England
How do magpies detect worms and other food sources underground? I often see them look or listen, then rapidly hop across the ground and start digging with their beak and extract a worm or bug from the earth – Catherine, age 10, Perth.
You have posed a very good question.
Foraging for food can involve sight, hearing and even smell. In almost all cases learning is involved. Magpies are ground foragers, setting one foot before the other looking for food while walking, called walk-foraging. It looks like this:
This is called walk-foraging.
Gisela Kaplan, Author provided
Finding food on the ground, such as beetles and other insects, is not as easy as it may sound. The ground can be uneven and covered with leaves, grasses and rocks. Insects may be hiding, camouflaged, or staying so still it is hard for a magpie to notice them.
Read more:
Curious Kids: why is a magpie's poo black and white?
Detecting a small object on the ground requires keen vision and experience, to discriminate between the parts that are important and those that are not.
Magpie eyes, as for most birds, are on the side of the head (humans and other birds of prey, by contrast, have eyes that face forward).
A magpie's eyes are at the side of its head and it can only see something with both eyes if that is straight in front of the bird.
Shutterstock/Webb Photography
To see a small area in front of them, close to the ground, birds use both eyes together (scientists call this binocular vision). But birds mostly see via the eyes looking out to the side (which is called monocular vision).
This picture gives you an idea of what a magpie can see with its left eye, what it can see with its right eye and what area it can see with both eyes working together (binocular vision).
Here's how a magpie's field of vision works.
Gisela Kaplan, Author provided
You asked about underground foraging. Some of that foraging can also be done by sight. Worms, for instance, may leave a small mound (called a cast) on the surface and, to the experienced bird, this indicates that a worm is just below.
Magpies can also go a huge step further. They can identify big scarab larvae underground without any visual help at all.
Here is a scarab larva.
Gisela Kaplan, Author provided
Scarab larvae look like grubs. They munch on grassroots and can kill entire grazing fields. Once they transform into beetles (commonly called Christmas beetles) they can do even more damage by eating all the leaves off eucalyptus trees.
Here is the secret: magpies have such good hearing, they can hear the very faint sound of grass roots being chewed.
We know this from experiments using small speakers under the soil playing back recorded sounds of scarab beetle larvae. Magpies located the speaker every time and dug it up.
An Australian magpie digging for food in a lawn.
Flickr/Lance, CC BY-NC-ND
So how do they do it? Several movements are involved.
To make certain that a jab with its beak will hit the exact spot where the juicy grub is, the magpie first walks slowly and scans the ground. It then stops and looks closely at the ground – seemingly with both eyes working together.
Then, holding absolutely still, the magpie turns its head so the left side of the head and ear is close to the ground for a final confirming listen.
Finally, the bird straightens up, then executes a powerful jab into the ground before retrieving the grub.
An Australian magpie digging for food gets a grub.
Wikimedia/Toby Hudson, CC BY-SA
That is very clever of the magpies. Very few animals can extract food they can't see. Only great apes and humans were thought to have this ability. Clever magpies indeed. And farmers love them for keeping a major pest under control.
Read more:
Curious Kids: Why do birds sing?
Gisela Kaplan, Emeritus Professor in Animal Behaviour, University of New England
Cable ties probably won't stop magpie attacks – here are a few things to try instead
Stylish? No. Effective? Probably not.
Tony Wills/Wikimedia Commons, CC BY
Bill Bateman, Curtin University
Every spring in Australia is heralded by reports of magpies swooping at people. While it is of little comfort to those at the receiving end of a surprise attack, such events are actually quite rare when one considers the number of magpies across Australia, and the fact that they love to share our urban habitat with us.
According to one estimate, fewer than 10% of magpies swoop, and even fewer of these do so consistently. It is almost always males that swoop, and they only do so when they have chicks in the nest. Once the chicks are out the males seem to calm down; presumably they perceive nest-bound chicks as most vulnerable.
Swooping behaviour also seems to vary across Australia – at least according to Magpie Alert!, a website on which the public can report magpie attacks. Many more swoops have been reported in the eastern states than in Western Australia, and fewest of all in Tasmania.
Read more:
Bird-brained and brilliant: Australia's avians are smarter than you think
But regardless of their relative rarity, being the target of a swooping attack by a magpie can be frightening. It has resulted in injuries and, tragically this week, the death of a 76-year-old cyclist in Wollongong.
What can we do to avoid ending up on the receiving end? Is any of the advice meted out each year on avoiding attacks actually worthwhile, or backed by evidence? As with just about everything involving biology, the answer is "it depends".
Some magpies never attack pedestrians but go for cyclists; others do the opposite. And some hold a deep animus against posties on bikes, and reserve their fury solely for them. Even more astonishingly, some magpies seem to really have it in for particular people, and will preferentially attack them.
Although Australian magpies are not related to true crows, they do share similar levels of intelligence. US researchers have shown that American crows recognise people who have trapped them to band them, give alarm calls when they next see them, and even pass on that information to untrapped birds who also sound the alarm when they see trappers.
It seems likely that Australian magpies do the same, effectively holding a grudge against particular people. Unfortunate posties, travelling the same route each day and meeting the same magpies, seem to end up on the naughty list through no fault of their own.
Cyclists do seem to invoke more extreme reactions than pedestrians, judging by the fact that magpies appear to pursue cyclists farther. It therefore stands to reason that the best response to a swooping attack while cycling would be to get off and push your bike.
You will of course be wearing a bike helmet, and as magpies swoop from behind, this will offer protection against its sharp beak.
Sadly it seems that the classic tactic of attaching cable ties to your helmet does little to deter a determined magpie, beyond the fact that some strategic placing can help keep them away from your ears. Ditto the idea of painting eyes on the back of your helmet or hat.
More reassuringly, however, magpies really only swoop in the vicinity of their nest, so once you have moved away you should be safe. If you become aware of swooping attacks in a certain area the best thing is to avoid it – even just crossing the road should be sufficient.
If you can't do that, at least wear a hat and sunglasses; these will help reduce the chance of a determined magpie pecking a sensitive area. Turning to face magpies may also help – many birds do not appreciate being stared at, and as magpies prefer to swoop from behind, this may be a good tactic if you find yourself cornered in a park.
If you have magpies in your garden, perhaps the most appealing way of avoiding attacks is to become their best friend. Given that magpies have long memories, a few judicious offerings of mince or similar tidbits throughout the year can help you befriend them, making them much more amenable to your presence come spring.
But don't overfeed them – it's just a friendly bribe, not a full-blown dependency.
Read more:
Magpies can form friendships with people – here's how
If all else fails, simply console yourself with the fact that swooping season only lasts a few weeks. For the rest of the year magpies are peaceful urban nighbours who delight us with their distinctive song.
Bear that in mind, and we can hopefully reach a détente with our feathered (and occasionally flustered) friends. In the meantime, if you are unlucky enough to be swooped, remember to help others avoid the same fate by posting the details to Magpie Alert!.The Conversation
Bill Bateman, Associate professor, Curtin University


text:
Poultry LED Lighting
In the poultry industry, light source selection plays a critical role for poultry growers. The light we percieve affects our mind and a wide array of metabolic processes within our body. The same holds true in animals, including poultry, though with one significant difference. The spectral sensitivity and visible spectrum of poultry, or whatever they literally see, is not the comparable to humans. Aside from retinal light perception, poultry can sense light via the pineal gland commonly known as the "third eye" found on the dorsal surface of the brain. The avian pineal gland is particularly active in the control of circadian rhythms and sexual activity. Poultry houses may be built for manipulating the light that enters into the poultry house to supplement the natural light entering the poultry house with artificial light. Light entering a poultry house may affect a chicken in two ways. In the beginning, the time frame where a chicken becomes sexually mature can be affected by the seasonal cycles the chicken experiences. Furthermore, the psychological wellbeing, and consequently the physical development, of the chicken can be influenced by the quantity and concentration of light it is exposed to. Turkeys or other animals are also frequently kept in such houses, and may be in the same way sensitive to light variation. A poultry lighting system generally has three characteristics: color of the light (wavelength), intensity of the light, and the amount of time the lights are on each day (daily photoperiod). Advantages of light-emitting diode (LED) lighting equipment makes it possible for solving vitally important problems in poultry farming because illumination has an effect on directly poultry growth, amount of feed being consumed, maturation, reproduction, sexual activity, behavior, egg production, aggression, feather picking, etc. Traditionally, poultry lighting has been limited to incandescent, fluorescent or high pressure sodium lamps. These lamps have fixed intensity and fixed color. Application of LEDs with appropriate spectral and power characteristics enables the development of light sources with characteristics in close proximity to optimum. LED lights are extraordinarily long-lasting and now are available in a number of colors and options.


text:
This study explored the gendered nature of STEM higher education institution through a feminist critical discourse analysis of STEM course syllabi from a Midwest research university. I explored STEM syllabi to understand how linguistic features such as stance and interdiscursivity are used in the syllabus and how language and discourses used in the syllabus replicate the masculine nature of STEM education. Findings suggest that the discourses identified in the syllabi reinforce traditional STEM academic roles, and that power and gender in the STEM syllabi are revealed through exploration of the themes of knowledge, learning, and the teaching and learning environment created by the language used in the syllabus. These findings inform and extend understanding of the STEM syllabus and the STEM higher education institution and lead to recommendations about how to make the STEM syllabus more inclusive for women.
Critical Discourse Analysis, Feminist Research Methods, Poststructuralism, Syllabus, Syllabi, STEM Education
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 4.0 License.
Recommended APA Citation
Parson, L. (2016). Are STEM Syllabi Gendered? A Feminist Critical Discourse Analysis. The Qualitative Report, 21(1), 102-116. Retrieved from _URL_


Selected useful Mongodb queries
Group by date:
db.getCollection('images').aggregate(
 [
 {
 $group: {
 _id : { month: { $month: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, day: { $dayOfMonth: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, year: { $year: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" } },
 count: { $sum: 1 },
 latitude: { $avg: "$latitude"},
 longitude: { $avg: "$longitude"},
 }
 }
 ]
)
Creating a 2-D geospatial index on an Earth-spheroid.
db.images.createIndex({"location": "2dsphere"})
Finding documents near a point:
db.images.find({
 "location": {
 $near: {
 $geometry: {
 type: "Point",
 coordinates: [-_PHONE_, 37.201836]
 },
 $maxDistance: 100
 }
 }
})
Aggregating documents near a point with the computed distance:
db.images.aggregate([
 {
 $geoNear: {
 near: { type: "Point", coordinates: [-_PHONE_, 37.201836] },
 distanceField: "distance",
 maxDistance: 2000,
 includeLocs: "location",
 num: 5,
 spherical: true
 }
 }
])
The five images closest to a given point (within 200km) that were taken on distinct days.
db.images.aggregate([
 {
 $geoNear: {
 near: { type: "Point", coordinates: [-_PHONE_, 37.201836] },
 distanceField: "distance",
 maxDistance: 200000,
 includeLocs: "location",
 spherical: true
 }
 },
 {
 $group: {
 _id : { month: { $month: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, day: { $dayOfMonth: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, year: { $year: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" } },
 distance: {$min: "$distance"},
 image: {$first: "$$CURRENT"}
 }
 },
 {
 $sort: {"distance": 1}
 },
 {
 $limit: 5
 }
])
Find the images that look most similar to a given image fingerprint:
db.images.mapReduce(
 function() {
 var fingerprint_difference = 0;
 var comparison_fingerprint = [0.468555122613907,
 -0.353169769048691,
 0.14241087436676,
 -0.0821656882762909,
 -0.0524195097386837,
 -0.00935091450810432,
 0.184520080685616,
 0.164618194103241,
 -0.0220650248229504,
 0.0105008510872722,
 -0.423288017511368,
 0.207316115498543,
 0.0272494424134493,
 0.0,
 -0.157153755426407,
 0.149594604969025,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 -0.0281856469810009,
 -0.0578242465853691,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 -0.106666743755341,
 -0.285874038934708,
 0.0,
 0.00936079490929842,
 0.229413896799088,
 0.0659909546375275,
 0.0145512670278549,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0268315020948648,
 -0.0364695005118847,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.030316386371851,
 -0.26200807094574,
 0.103866763412952,
 0.03290805965662,
 0.0,
 -0.0890728309750557,
 0.0108723239973187,
 0.0231005717068911,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 -0.0207184460014105,
 0.0387163199484348,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0147460391744971,
 0.191929057240486,
 -0.0658795014023781,
 -0.0100948391482234,
 0.0,
 -0.0628153160214424,
 0.0,
 0.0132519574835896
 ];

 for (var i = 0; i < this.syntactic_fingerprint.length; i++) {
 fingerprint_difference += Math.pow(this.syntactic_fingerprint[i] - comparison_fingerprint[i],2);
 }

 if (!(isNaN(fingerprint_difference))) {
 emit(this._id, Math.sqrt(fingerprint_difference));
 }
 },
 function(key, values) {
 return values;
 },
 {
 query: {},
 out: 'image_similarity'
 }
);

db.image_similarity.find({}).sort({'value': 1}).skip(1).limit(5);


Discord Update Failed
Discord Update Failed – Best4 Methods To Fix Discord Update Failed Loop
Discord Update Loop Failed. How to fix Discord Update Failed in Mac? #1 Run as administrator, #2 Disable Windows Defender and Firewall
Introduction of discord update failed:
The Discord application is very popular and trending among the big gamers who use text, voice, and some kind of video chatting to communicate. There are a number of different platforms you can use, including Android, Mac, IOS, and Android systems. Using the software is simple for the user. There are no problems with installing or using it. The team behind Discord can create new features and update it constantly.
What is the reason of discord update failed?
Discord is a very sensitive and permission-able app that requires several permissions. As a result, the user can get conflicted with many other settings. Occasionally, a user or player will need to update his device or mobile in order to install any app. Then the user enters the permissions on his computer or gadget.
How can I fix the discord update failure loop error?
In the very simplest ways, there are many ways to fix this problem.
1: Run as administrator:
Here is the simplest way to fix Discord Update Failed and run the app as an administrator.
1. Open the run as administrator menu.
2: right-click on the discord icon on the user's computer or system and select "Run as administrator".
3: the dialog panel will be displayed and an option will be presented, and the user is required to select yes.
If the user is not able to update the Discord, then there must be some error in the system, the antivirus of the system must have been blocked, and if the user of the system is using any third-party software. A temporary shutdown of the system should then be attempted. If the user uses Windows 10, then he or she should try out the following method.
2: Disable Windows Defender:
Discord Update Failed error can also be fixed by disabling the Windows Defender system in the user's system and personal computer.
1:The user clicks on the start button and then chooses the settings for the computer
2: Next, the user should scroll down and choose the update and security settings.
3: The user should click the Windows button, then go to the security tab, and then select the virus & threat protection.
4: Next, click on Manage settings.
5:The user then turns the real-time protection toggle off.
6:The user then tries to install the update now.
Once the discord app is installed, the user does not forget to turn off real-time protection after the installation is completed.
3: Disable Firewall:
The user must disable the firewall on the system in order to disable Discord on the computer and device.
1: the user should type "firewall" into the search bar and click the open button.
2: then the user should turn on or off the windows defender firewall as needed.
3: The user must then uncheck the option to block all incoming connections within the Windows Defender firewall.
4: The user should then click the ok button and then install the update. The user should repeat all the above steps if the problem is not resolved.
The user should remember that renaming the update file will solve the problem if the discord update issue cannot be fixed.
4: Rename the update file:
The user must follow this method if Discord Update Failed and wants to remove the problems and errors with the discord update app.
1: The user clicks on the start button, presses R, and then selects Run under the Apps option.
2. The user types "%localappdata%" into the search box of the system and then presses Enter. The local App Data folder will appear on the screen.
3: then the user should double-click on the Discord folder in the window of the system.
4: the user can rename the update.exe file to update.exe.
5: The user then tries to understand the system now.
If the user does not approve the help, he can or must move the discord folder.
Read Also
Grand Blue Season 2 Release Date- Renewed or Canceled All updates

Leave a Reply
Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *


Asked by: Farida Meireles
asked in category: General Last Updated: 26th April, 2020
How do you remove epoxy stone?
Use a shovel to remove the loosened epoxyand gravel from the concrete deck surface. Switch to a floorscraper to remove the gravel sections still stuck to theconcrete. Repeat the spray and removal process if only onelayer of the coating comes up.
Click to see full answer.
In this way, how do you remove epoxy from skin?
Removing Epoxy Adhesive on Skin
 1. Vinegar. You can use vinegar to remove cured epoxy adhesivefrom your skin.
 2. Acetone. Acetone is another simple, yet effective,solution.
 3. Citrus-Based Waterless Hand Cleaner. If you can find one, acitrus-based waterless hand cleaner can also do the job of removingfresh epoxy on your skin.
Also, how do you remove epoxy from tile? How to Remove Epoxy Residue From Ceramic Tile
 1. Heat the epoxy you want to remove with a heat gun on itshighest setting.
 2. Apply heat until the epoxy appears to soften, at least 30 to 60seconds.
 3. Immediately after heating the area, scrape broken-down epoxywith a plastic scraper.
 4. Clean the surface with an all-purpose tile cleaner.
Also to know, can you remove epoxy flooring?
To Remove Epoxy Flooring from Concrete. Epoxyflooring is different than epoxy paint. More than likelyit was applied by a professional and more than likely itwill need to be removed by one. The best way toremove epoxy flooring from concrete is to grind itaway.
How do you dissolve hardened epoxy?
Method 1 Using Heat to Remove Epoxy
 1. Put on gloves, goggles, and a mask. When heating epoxy, vaporswill be produced that are not friendly to your eyes.
 2. Wear clothes that cover your skin.
 3. Soak the surface in acetone.
 4. Aim a heat gun at the epoxy for several minutes.
 5. Heat small areas at a time.
 6. Scrape off the heated epoxy.
27 Related Question Answers Found
Does rubbing alcohol remove epoxy?
What happens if you get epoxy on your skin?
Is epoxy resin carcinogenic?
Is epoxy dangerous?
How do you remove epoxy resin from glass?
How do you get dried epoxy out of clothes?
How do you dissolve fiberglass resin?
What is the best way to remove epoxy paint from concrete?
What will dissolve epoxy?
How do you clean an epoxy floor?
How do you remove epoxy from a stainless steel tumbler?


Can't Be Calculated, Would Require Summing Deduplicated Values
This guide applies to this message that can appear in your results for unique count metrics, such as Facebook's "Reach" metrics:
Example query result showing the "can't be calculated..." message for Facebook reach
Data Studio specifically may not show this error in the results. It may instead show the results as "0" or "null" when this is happening, making it harder to diagnose. If you do see "0" or "null" for metrics that should have values, this may be what is causing that.
If the data source calculates a metric to be a unique count, it's usually doing the calculation based on a specific object the ad, campaign, account, post, etc. So if the query then is not split in a unique enough way, this message will appear. This may be that the query is not split at all, or that there are ads/campaigns/objects with the exact same name. In this case Supermetrics will try to sum those based on shared name or some other dimension, and fail to do so as they should be unique counts for unique objects.
As seen in the example above, there are multiple ads with the same names. When Supermetrics tries to sum those, it cannot and instead give the error.
The best resolution is to modify your query to include another dimension field that is unique - such as the ad ID, Campaign ID, Post ID, etc. The sums will then be split according to their unique object and clear the error.
The original example now split by Ad ID shows the reach values properly - you'll note the ad names are clearly not unique and was the cause of the original problem:
Example query result showing data split by Ad ID and being able to get the reach values for all ads
Some products also have an advanced setting to "ALLOW_SUM_UNIQUE", which bypasses this safety message and will sum them anyway. Note that this can lead to false values for unique metrics and is not recommended. (This setting is not available for Data Studio, you need to use the fix above.)
Example of the Advanced Setting for Google Sheets:
Blue arrow points to "Advanced settings" text box, with setting to ALLOW_SUM_UNIQUE to be enabled
Did you find it helpful? Yes No
Send feedback


phrases, sayings, proverbs and idioms at
Home button Home | Search the website Search | Phrase Dictionary | Dollars to doughnuts
The meaning and origin of the expression: Dollars to doughnuts
Browse phrases beginning with:
Dollars to doughnuts
Other phrases about:
What's the meaning of the phrase 'Dollars to doughnuts'?
An outcome that is almost assured; a certainty.
What's the origin of the phrase 'Dollars to doughnuts'?
Dollars to doughnuts'Dollars to doughnuts' is one of several 'dollars to...' phrases, like 'dollars to buttons' and 'dollars to cobwebs', which date from 1884 (in G. W. Peck's Boss Book) and 1904 (in The Boston Herald) respectively. Buttons and cobwebs were presumably chosen for their obvious lack of value, but the expressions failed to catch on as they lacked the perky alliteration of 'dollars to doughnuts'.
This is, of course, an American phrase. It is occasionally spelled as 'dollars to donuts', which only emphasis its US origin as, outside the USA, a donut is most definitely a doughnut.
'Dollars to doughnuts' is a pseudo betting term, pseudo in that it didn't originate with actual betting involving doughnuts, but just as a pleasant-sounding alliterative phrase which indicated short odds - dollars are valuable but doughnuts aren't. The phrase parallels the earlier English betting expression 'a pound to a penny'.
The phrase appears to have originated in mid 19th century USA. The earliest citation I can find for it is in the newspaper The Daily Nevada State Journal, February 1876:
Whenever you hear any resident of a community attempting to decry the local paper... it's dollars to doughnuts that such a person is either mad at the editor or is owing the office for subscription or advertising.
It doesn't crop up again in print until some years later, apart from a similar citation in a March edition of the Nevada State Journal, which suggests that the (unnamed) author of those pieces either coined the term himself or appropriated some street slang that he had heard.


text:
Review Article of American Journal of Transportation and Logistics
Agricultural Aviation a Strategy for Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria – Lessons from Brazil
ADENIRAN Adetayo Olaniyia and AKANBI Olawale Mojeedb
aDepartment of Transport Management Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria;
bDepartment of Animal Production and Health, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
This paper presents a sweeping comparison of Nigeria and Brazil on their agricultural development performances with emphasis on agricultural aviation. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world with 207.7 million people (2017 estimate); whereas Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with 188.7 million people (2017 estimate). Both countries were known to have good soil which enhances agriculture but at different level of tilling. However, Brazil has outperformed Nigeria most especially in agricultural development with the approach of agricultural aviation, and has earned world status; while Nigeria still struggles with low agricultural productivity with old technological involvement. Brazil has large land mass with over 31% of land used in tilling. This study examines the use of aviation in agriculture which increases the productivity of farm produce in Brazil, and with a view to identifying the lessons for the improvement of agricultural development in Nigeria. This comparative study finds out lessons Nigeria can derive from Brazil in pursuing a sustainable agricultural development through suggestions regarding agricultural aviation.
Keywords: Agriculture; Aviation; Development; Brazil; Nigeria
How to cite this article:
ADENIRAN Adetayo Olaniyia and AKANBI Olawale Mojeedb. Agricultural Aviation a Strategy for Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria – Lessons from Brazil. American Journal of Transportation and Logistics, 2019,2:11.
1. Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia (2005). The Need for Aerial Agriculture.
Retrieved from _URL_
2. Agronautas. (2014). Retrieved from _URL_.
3. Alkali, R. A. (1997). The World Bank and Nigeria: Cornucopia or Pandora Box? Kaduna: Baraka Press.
4. Antuniassi, U. R. (2015). Evolution of Agricultural Aviation in Brazil. Outlook on Pest Management, Pp.12-15
5. Ehimore, O. M. (2009). Pre-Colonial Nigerian Economy: Dynamic or Stagnant. Retrieved from http://www .articlesbase. com/authors/o.mehinmore/161024.htm
6. FAO (1984). Tillage Systems for Soil and Water Conservation. FAO Soils Bulletin 54. Rome.
7. Fasinmirin, J. T., and Braga, F. (2009). Agriculture for Sustainable Food, Energy and Industrial Development in the Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Nigeria. African Journal of Food Science, 3(13), 429-433
8. Lawal, A. A. (1997). The Economy and the State from the Pre-colonial Times to the Present in Osuntokun, A. and Olukoju, A. (eds.) Nigerian Peoples and Cultures. Ibadan: Davidson.
9. Ogen, O. (2007). The Agricultural Sector and Nigeria's Development: Comparative Perspectives from the Brazilian Agro-Industrial Economy, _PHONE_. Nebula, Pp. 184-194.
10. Quantick, H. R. (1985). Handbook for Agricultural Pilots, 4th ed., Collins Professional and Technical Book.
11. Wong, K. C. (2001). Survey of Regional Developments: Civil Applications. School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, 2001
This work and its PDF file(s) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.


text: Objectives In this study, we aimed to determine reference values for normal breast and areolar skin elasticity using shear wave elastography. Methods The right breasts of 200 female participants were evaluated. The age, weight, body mass index, menopausal status, and parity number of all participants were noted. The elasticity values and thickness of the areolar skin and 4 quadrants of the breast skin of all participants were measured. To assess the reproducibility of shear wave elastography, a randomly selected subgroup of 35 participants was reevaluated by a second observer. Results The mean age of the participants +/- SD was 48.79 +/- 10.74 years (range, 18-79 years). The mean elasticity measurements for the superior, inferior, lateral, and medial regions of the breast and areolar skin were 33.54, 29.84, 30.16, 29.20, and 31.35 kPa, respectively. The mean of the 4-quadrant measurements of breast skin elasticity was 30.68 +/- 9.11 kPa. Age had a moderate negative correlation with breast skin elasticity (r = -0.353; P <.001) and a weak negative correlation with areolar skin elasticity (r = -0.237; P =.001). The parity number had weak negative correlations with breast (r = -0.150; P =.034) and areolar (r = -0.207; P <.001) skin elasticity. The interobserver agreement varied from good to excellent (intraclass correlation coefficients, 0.67-0.91) for the breast and areolar skin elasticity measurements. Conclusions Shear wave elastography is a reproducible imaging modality for evaluations of breast and areolar skin elasticity, and our results may provide important pilot data for evaluations of clinical entities that affect the breast and areolar skin structures.


text:
The working and contractual conditions of FRA staff are based on the Staff Regulations (SR) and the Conditions of Employment of Other Servants of the European Communities (CEOS).
The Agency has no permanent officials, but is staffed mainly by Temporary Agents and Contract Agents recruited through open selection procedures.
FRA contracts for Temporary Agents have an indefinite duration, following a probationary period of nine months.
Temporary Agent posts are classified according to the nature and importance of the duties required in:
- Administrators' function group (AD): comprises twelve grades from AD 5 to AD 16 corresponding to technical, administrative, advisory, linguistic and scientific duties
- Assistants' function group (AST): comprises eleven grades from AST 1 to AST 11 corresponding to executive, technical and clerical duties
The duration of contracts for Contract Agents varies according to the needs of the Agency. At the FRA, most Contract Agents have a contract's duration of 2 years. The contract can be renewed for a second fixed-term period of 3 years, and upon its second renewal converted into a contract of indefinite duration.
Contract Agent posts are classified in four function groups corresponding to the duties and responsibilities involved:
- Function group IV: comprises six grades corresponding to administrative, advisory, linguistic and equivalent technical tasks
- Function group III: comprises five grades corresponding to executive tasks, drafting, accountancy and other equivalent technical tasks
- Function group II: comprises four grades corresponding to clerical and secretarial tasks, office management and other equivalent tasks
- Function group I: comprises three grades corresponding to manual and administrative support service tasks
Contract Agents whose contract is concluded for a duration of at least one year are required to serve the following probationary periods:
- 6 months if employed in function group I
- 9 months if employed in function group II-IV
If the duration of the contract is less than twelve months, Contract Agents may be exempted from the requirement to serve a probationary period.


How to Win Big with Sponsorship Naming Rights
Bank of America Stadium, Wells Fargo Center, Gillette Stadium. What do those three buildings have in common besides hosting sports games of huge proportions? That's right, it's that each arena is named after a company instead of a local landmark or a piece of historical relevancy. In this case, those companies are two banks and a shaving razor brand.
Naming rights in sports sponsorship can be very incentivizing. Still, it's an opportunity that sponsors may pass up if you don't frame it right. How do you successfully sell sponsorship naming rights?
Here's how to score a slam dunk with sponsorship naming rights:
 - Know your budget
 - Choose the building smartly
 - Recognize that a name is more than just that
 - Have the right contractual provisions
 - Understand how naming rights payments may work
Navigating naming rights can be a tricky topic, but not with the guidance I'm going to present in this article. I'll talk about naming rights in detail and delve into why sponsorship naming rights are so beneficial. I'll also circle back around to the above tips so you can score some major points in sponsorship naming rights!
What Are Naming Rights?
Naming rights are like a long-term advertisement. You sell a sponsor the right to their name being put on a building, often a sports arena. Then your sponsor's name could become the next Gillette Stadium or Wells Fargo Center.
For smaller, less instantly recognizable buildings, shorter-term naming rights deals are available, such as those that last three years. The bigger and more high-profile the building is, the longer-term the deals usually are. In those cases, a naming rights deal can last upwards of 20 years, sometimes longer.
In title-sponsored naming rights, whatever the original property's name was is completely erased in exchange for the new sponsored building title. With presenting-sponsored naming rights, you take a traditional arena name and add the brand to either the beginning or end of the name. For example, take the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
Although it doesn't exist anymore (it's been torn down), the Metrodome in Minneapolis had many names over the years. Back in 2009, it was called the Mall of America Field at Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome when Mall of America bought the building's naming rights. Whew, that name sure was a mouthful! After Mall of America's naming rights term ended, the building went back to just being called the Hubert H. Humphrey Metrodome.
If you can't name a building, you can always claim naming rights for a sporting event. The Division 1 college football games used traditional names for a long time, but have since begun favoring sponsored naming rights such as The Rose Bowl Game presented by Northwestern Mutual or the Capital One Orange Bowl. Some college division games have embraced title-sponsored naming rights. As an example, the Camping World Bowl once was the Tangerine Bowl.
Naming rights deals, when done right, can be hugely, hugely valuable. I'm talking multi-million-dollar deals in some cases. So far, the most expensive naming rights deal in history was that between the Bank of Nova Scotia in Canada and the Maple Leaf Sports and Entertainment company. In 2017, the two businesses penned a deal worth CAD $800 million that would last for 20 years. In American dollars, that's $635.84 million.
I do want to make it clear: not all naming right deals need to be so enormously expensive. Smaller deals for lesser-known stadiums can be just as mutually beneficial to the sponsor and your sports team or organization.
Non-Sports Naming Rights Examples
Although the focus of this article going forward will be on sports, I wanted to prove that other industries use naming rights as well.
Public transit stations are a big naming rights business, especially in major cities such as Philadelphia, New York, San Francisco, Las Vegas, or Boston. In these states, you might hop aboard public transport at the Penn Medicine Station or the NRG Station named after the energy company.
Tampa even allows you to name rolling stock and streetcar stations should you want to!
High-rise office towers, office complexes, major malls, hospital treatment centers or wards, college dining halls, libraries, performing arts centers, and museums are other areas where naming rights certainly come into play.
Oh, and a newly discovered monkey species was once in a bidding war for naming rights, with the winner paying $650,000 to name the simian. The name? The monkey. Yes, I'm serious!
How to Win Big with Sponsorship Naming Rights
You've discussed it amongst the members of your sports team or organization and you've decided that you want to proceed with sponsorship naming rights. You can win big, but like anything in sponsorship, that's not guaranteed. These tips will help you maximize your chances at success so your next sponsorship might be a grand slam!
Know Your Budget
Of all the assets you can offer a target sponsor, naming rights may be among the most appealing, but they're also one of the most expensive. Your sports team must have the budget for naming rights, and not just now, but in the future as well.
You'll be the one to present the terms of the sponsorship naming rights deal, so think about it for a while. If you can only afford three years of naming rights, that's okay, as it's better than nothing. Just be clear about that in your sponsorship package. It's also fine if you can't provide the target sponsor naming rights to an arena with a capacity of 65,000+ people like Gillette Stadium.
I can't stress enough how important it is to be realistic when budgeting for sponsorship naming rights. I say this on the blog a lot, but one of the worst things you can do in sponsorship is overpromise and underdeliver.
If you're honest about what you can offer a sponsor, sooner or later, someone will bite. Yet if you promise too much, get a big-name sponsor, and then fail to live up to the naming rights you said you'd provide, you lose out on that sponsor. You also could be in breach of contract with the sponsor. The financial repercussions, as well as the ding to your reputation, can spell the end of your sports team.
Choose the Building Smartly
In naming rights sponsorship, you have to look into the crystal ball often and predict what the future will hold. That especially comes into play when selecting which building will be the one that your sponsor will provide naming rights for. Sure, a prediction is just that and not a guarantee, but you must have at least a decent idea of what's coming down the pike.
If you promise your sponsor 10 years of naming rights and two years into the deal, you're approached by the building contractors and told that the arena is being torn down, you're now up the creek without a paddle. You promised the sponsor eight more years and they're not going to get it.
Unless you can come up with a similar building in a very short amount of time, then you again risk being in breach of contract.
When choosing a building for naming rights, you want to look at more than just the cost. How old is the building? Has it been recently renovated? Is it still a popular place? Are there plans to expand around the stadium, possibly adding a second arena? The answers to these questions will determine how viable a building you've selected.
Recognize That a Name Is More Than Just That
When you provide naming rights to a sponsor, you're selling them more than simply a title on a basketball stadium. The names of these buildings become interwoven into the fabric of the city or town in which the stadium resides. This provides ample opportunity for partnerships with local retailers and others within the community.
The sponsor won't mind this, as now they're opening up even more potential revenue streams, so make sure you anticipate these opportunities.
Have the Right Contractual Provisions
I have to talk about the legalities of sponsorship naming rights as well. In your contract, you should offer the sponsor exclusivity provisions to further sweeten the deal. These provisions prevent the local competition from sponsoring and/or advertising in a way that detracts from the sponsor's naming rights.
You'll need to provide prominence provisions as well, sometimes referred to as dominance provisions. As those names suggest, a prominence provision ensures that all advertising and signage for the sponsor is displayed more often than any other sponsors. Their digital displays will outsize all advertising and shine more brightly, quite literally in this instance. The placement of the signage will be recurring and highly visible as well per the prominence provisions.
Understand How Naming Rights Payments May Work
Naming rights sponsorship payments don't always occur upfront. Instead, if you score a high-dollar deal, the sponsor might make payment installments throughout the deal's term. So if the sponsor bought six-figure or even seven-figure naming rights, it can take upwards of 10, 20, sometimes even 30 years before all those zeros are in your sports team's bank account.
Talk to your sponsor about this, as many sponsors have found workarounds so more of the money is in the sports team's pocket faster. Maybe the sponsor pays through bonds if that's possible.
The Benefits of Sponsorship Naming Rights
Sponsorship naming rights, although not always the easiest to accrue, can really put stars in the eyes of your sponsor if you follow the above tips. Here are some of the perks of naming rights that the target sponsor reaps, as can your sports organization or team.
Free Advertising
The word "free" is so appealing, especially to sponsors.


RangeError.value constructor
RangeError.value(num value, [ String name, String message ])
Create a new RangeError with a message for the given value.
An optional name can specify the argument name that has the invalid value, and the message can override the default error description.
Implementation
RangeError.value(num value, [String name, String message])
 : start = null,
 end = null,
 super.value(
 value, name, (message != null) ? message : "Value not in range");


text:
Time-domain simulation of large amplitude ship roll motions by a chimera RANS method
Additional Document Info
A Reynolds-Averaged Navier-Stokes (RANS) numerical method has been employed in conjunction with a chimera domain decomposition approach for time-domain simulation of large amplitude ship roll motions. For the simulation of arbitrary roll motions, it is convenient to construct body-fitted numerical grids for the ship and ambient flow domain separately. The ship grid block is allowed to roll with respect to its center of rotation under either forced or free roll conditions. The roll moments are computed every time step by a direct integration of the hull surface pressure and shear stresses obtained from the chimera RANS method. The simulations for prescribed roll motions of a full-scale motor vessel clearly show that the bilge keels at the mid-ship produced large roll damping but generated very little waves. On the other hand, the ship skag acts like a wavemaker during the roll motion and produced large wakes in the stern region. Time-domain simulations were also performed for a free- floating pontoon barg e in free decay motions and under large amplitude incident waves. The simulation results successfully predicted the roll resonance when the incident wave coincides with the free decay period of the barge.


text:
We have evaluated for the first time the Detective Quantum Efficiency of 2 imaging detectors which
are used for Crystallography. Crystallography is the science of determining the arrangement of
atoms within a crystal from the manner in which a beam of usually low energy (8-17.5 keV)
monochromatic X-rays is scattered from the electrons within the crystal. There is a growing
consensus in the scientific world that the Detective Quantum Efficiency (DQE) is the most suitable
parameter for describing the imaging performance of an x-ray imaging device. The DQE describes
the ability of the imaging system to preserve the Signal to Noise Ratio (SNR) on the way from the
radiation field emerging from the very fine and practically monochrome x-ray beam through the
various imaging system components up to the 3-dimensional crystal image.
Normally the DQE of x-ray systems is based on the effective energy of the x-ray beam and the x-ray
dose as measured with a dosimeter. Typical dosimeters are not very accurate at low x-ray energies
which are used in Crystallography. We used an x-ray spectrometer to determine the x-ray photon
Values of DQE at low spatial frequency were at about almost 80 % at 8 keV.


Take the 2-minute tour ×
In movie Sin City the actor says
The wind rises, electric. She's soft and warm and almost weightless. Her perfume is a sweet promise that brings tears to my eyes.
I don't see what electric means here. Does it modify the wind? Is this an appositive usage here?
share|improve this question
1 Answer 1
up vote 8 down vote accepted
Yes, it qualifies the wind, you can read the sentence as: "The wind rises, it is electric."
It is meaning number 3 of the wiktionary definition of electric :
Being emotionally thrilling; electrifying.
Saying that the wind is electric is a way of qualifying the emotions the wind at this particular moment produces on people: it electrifies them, makes them maybe agitated, maybe thrilled, excited...
share|improve this answer
Your Answer


text:
How to Stretch Content Across the Funnel
Everyone has different preferences when it comes to consuming content. The same person's preferences might even change based on what day it is, what time it is, what device they're using, or any number of unpredictable factors.
As a result, B2B marketers are challenged to produce content in a variety of formats in order to appeal to the widest possible range of audiences.
Of course, creating even a single piece of content can be time-consuming. But if you consider each asset you produce as part of a larger package, you can easily stretch that individual piece of content into multiple assets that fit all stages of the funnel.
Here's an example of how one report sparked the creation of many more assets to support prospects all the way through the funnel:
- Highlights video: B2B Content Marketing Spotlight Report
- Blog post: Generate more leads with a variety of content formats
- Webinar roundtable: B2B Content Marketing Trends – Survey Results and Analysis
- Download: B2B Content Marketing Spotlight Report
Other ideas could include infographics, briefs, or video case studies. It's important to produce a mix of static and dynamic content, but rich media assets like webinars and videos play a particularly important role in nurturing prospects down the funnel.
Learn more about this topic in next week's webinar: The Power of Narrative: Separate Your Content from the Pack.


Simple explanations for plumbing problems
Low pressure on a Worcester boiler
The majority of central heating systems have a drop in water pressure over time. Normally they are set to between 1 and 1.5 when the radiators are cold. Worcester boilers have a unique way of filling that uses a plastic T shaped key in the bottom of the boiler. For people who don't use it much it can be pretty hard to figure out. This is a basic guide to filling up the boiler.
1. Check the pressure when the radiators are cold, the pointer will be between 1 and 0.
2. Take off the bottom cover. On modern Worcester boilers it slides forward. On older ones it clips off downwards. The cover in the photo is a modern boiler.
3. Get the filling key out of the cover its supplied separately on older boilers and may be a bigger size. The hole it goes into can be on the left or right depending on the age of the boiler.
IMG_5090 IMG_5091
4. Line the arrow moulded into the body of the key upto the unlocked padlock moulded into the socket in the boiler.
IMG_5098 IMG_5092
5. Then push it in as far as it will go, its sometimes quite a tight fit so a bit of vaseline or soap on the black rubber o rings can help get it in far enough. When its in as far as it will go turn it to the right so the arrow on the key is lined up with the locked padlock on the socket in the boiler.
6. Now slowly turn the little square white knob to the left of the key. To open it turn it to the right until you can hear water flowing. Do this very slowly whilst keeping an eye on the pressure gauge. When it gets between 1 and 1.5 turn it back to the left so the flow of water stops.
7. That's the pressure back to where it should be. Now turn the key back to unlocked and pull it downwards and out. You always get a little splash of water with the key as it comes out which is nothing to worry about. If it splashes then continues running/dripping the little white square knob might not be turned all the way off. Put the key back in the cover and put the cover back on. It generally hooks onto two runners either side then catches at the front.
« Fixing the problem
Leave a Reply
You are commenting using your account. Log Out / Change )
Google photo
Twitter picture
Facebook photo
Connecting to %s
%d bloggers like this: