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Abu Dhabi: Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi's (EAD) youth engagement platform, naha, has revealed a line-up of activations for COP28 (30 November – 12 December) set to inspire the next generation in Abu Dhabi to turn climate intention into climate action.
Recently launched by the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD), naha (taken from the words 'natural habitat') is an environmental engagement platform that centralises EAD's eight-plus youth outreach initiatives.
The platform provides youth who are passionate about environmental preservation with the necessary resources to be a part of creating impactful change when it comes to addressing pressing environmental issues.
Young people play a key role in being catalysts for change and creating huge momentum when it comes to tackling the climate crisis, and at the heart of naha's COP28 programme is a line-up of events that will create grassroots-level climate solutions that continue to promote sustainability, elevate environmental awareness, and encourage green practices across the UAE.
Key initiatives and activities will include:
Greening Education Hub
The EAD booth at the Greening Education Hub will provide resources to support with the Sustainable Schools Initiative (SSI), which teaches school students about sustainability to drive awareness and education amongst young people; and the Sustainable Campus Initiative (SCI), which trains students and faculty members across participating colleges and universities to reduce their carbon footprint.
A select number of schools participating in SSI will be chosen to share insights and learnings around their individual achievements, with a different institution showcasing on each day of COP28.
All entities and universities attending COP28 will be invited to the E-Green Workshop on 8 December at the EY- Zayed Sustainability Prize Pavilion, which marks the official debut of E-Green to the public – a first-of-its-kind free and collaborative e-learning tool exclusively dedicated to the environmental sector in the region.
Ahead of COP 28, in collaboration with the Foundation of Environmental Education (FEE), one of the world's largest environmental education organisations, four students across SSI and SCI will undergo media training as part of a 'Youth Reporters' programme. They will then work as environmental journalists and conduct spontaneous interviews throughout COP28.
Other youth-centric programmes that will take place during COP28 include the Leveraging Youth Climate Programmes Towards Green Jobs workshop on 9 December at the DP World Pavilion, and the Abu Dhabi Strategy on Green Education panel on 8 December at the Youth Pavilion, which will feature impactful insights from different speakers across the MENA region.
Connect with Nature, a programme developed with Emirates Nature – WWF that builds leadership and advocacy for youth to lead solutions and sustainable decision-making, will also seek to engage Youth Ambassadors and Youth Insiders at COP28.
As global leaders gather in the UAE to tackle the climate crisis, naha's COP28 programme of initiatives reaffirms the organisation's commitment to fostering change at a grassroots level through targeting youth to create a more sustainable future for all.
Beyond COP28, in line with the UAE's strategic sustainability goals, naha will continue to prioritise the accessibility of outreach programmes that raise awareness and increase community engagement around the environment, equipping communities and schools with the necessary tools to turn climate intentions into meaningful action across the UAE.
To learn more about the initiatives or to download naha, visit _URL_.
About naha Environmental Engagement Platform
naha is an online digital ecosystem and environmental lifestyle guide, helping convert climate intention into meaningful climate action. Developed in collaboration with du, part of the Emirates Integrated Telecommunications Company (EITC), the personalised digital platforms were created to promote sustainability, elevate environmental awareness, and encourage green practices across Abu Dhabi and beyond, while providing a clear pathway for users to make a positive difference.
Acting as the single access point for the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi's (EAD) outreach initiatives and campaigns, the platform offers a personalised experience through 'my naha', a tailored space for a unique climate lifestyle journey, and keeps users updated and engaged through EAD's interactive calendar and newsfeed.
About Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD)
Established in 1996, the Environment Agency – Abu Dhabi (EAD) is committed to protecting and enhancing air quality, groundwater as well as the biodiversity of our desert and marine ecosystem. By partnering with other government entities, the private sector, NGOs and global environmental agencies, we embrace international best practice, innovation and hard work to institute effective policy measures. We seek to raise environmental awareness, facilitate sustainable development and ensure environmental issues remain one of the top priorities of our national agenda.
For media enquiries, please contact:
- EAD Press Office:
- Environment Agency- Abu Dhabi
- Email: _EMAIL_
- Website: _URL_


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MasterMindsHRSG Management Consulting, is recruiting on behalf of its client who operates in the Energy industry, to fill the position below:
Job Position: Sales Officer
Job Location: Lagos
- The marketing representative will be responsible for planning and executing marketing campaigns to generate new prospects and improve client retention.
- Plan, organize, and execute sales and marketing activities.
- Market company, its products and business opportunity
- Liaising and networking with a range of stakeholders including customers, colleagues, suppliers and partner organisations;
- Communicating with target audiences and managing customer relationships;
- Arranging the effective distribution of marketing materials;
- Maintaining and updating customer databases;
- Excellent customer service delivered to the customers and prospects
- Generate leads and drive sales through various marketing activities such as telemarketing, direct marketing, and customer/prospect visit.
- Conducting market research, for example using customer questionnaires and focus groups;
- Contributing to, and developing, marketing plans and strategies;
- Managing budgets;
- Evaluating marketing campaigns;
- Monitoring competitor activity
- Willing to be trained.
- Track market and company sales performance.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Personal quality of integrity, credibility, and commitment
- Minimum of two years in Marketing
- Should have a good command of spoken English
- Degree in Marketing or a Business-related course
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Sales skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Social media.
- Analytic Skills.
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to convince.

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Department of Civil, Environmental, and Geospatial Engineering
This paper is devoted to the introduction of physicochemical, filler size, and distribution effect in micromechanical predictions of the overall viscoelastic properties of asphalt mastic. In order to account for the three effects, the morphologically representative pattern (MRP) approach was employed. The MRP model was improved due to the arduous practical use of equivalent modulus formula solution. Then, a homogeneous morphologically representative model (H-MRP) with the explicit solution was established based on the homogenization theory. Asphalt mastic is regarded as a composite material consisting of filler particles coated structural asphalt and free asphalt considering the physicochemical effect. An additional interphase surrounding particles was introduced in the H-MRP model. Thus, a modified H-MRP model was established. Using the proposed model, a viscoelastic equation was derived to predict the complex modulus and subsequently the dynamic modulus of asphalt mastic based on the elastic-viscoelastic correspondence principle. The dynamic shear rheological tests were conducted to verify the prediction model. The results show that the predicted modulus presents an acceptable precision for asphalt mastic mixed with 10% and 20% fillers volume fraction, as compared to the measured ones. The predicted modulus agrees reasonably well with the measured ones at high frequencies for asphalt mastic mixed with 30% and 40% fillers volume fraction. However, it exhibits underestimated modulus at low frequencies. The reasons for the discrepancy between predicted and measured dynamic shear modulus and the factors affecting the dynamic shear modulus were also explored in the paper.
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering
Micromechanical Prediction Model of Viscoelastic Properties for Asphalt Mastic Based on Morphologically Representative Pattern Approach.
Advances in Materials Science and Engineering,
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Supporting nonbreaking spaces in headings
I recently ran into some issues with some headers not being parsed by CommonMark and the issue turned out to be caused by non-breaking spaces. The current specification defines a space as U+0020 and the requirements for a header are:
a string of characters, parsed as inline content, between an opening sequence of 1–6 unescaped # characters and an optional closing sequence of any number of unescaped # characters. The opening sequence of # characters must be followed by a space or by the end of line.
The reason why non-breaking spaces sometimes get entered is simple: on a Mac you type Option+3 to create a hash and to create a non-breaking space it's Option+Space. This means that if you're still holding down the Option key (usually when typing quickly) and you hit space, you're going to be entering an character which is incompatible with the CommonMark specification. For obvious reasons it's impossible to tell the difference between a non-breaking space and a regular space (without breaking out a hex editor), so it's often hard to tell where the issue lies - other that knowing that something is causing your heading to not parse.
Is it at all possible that the definition of either a space, or a heading, could be updated to allow non-breaking spaces?
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I'd second this proposal. For UK keyboards (and likely others) it's easy to create broken headings as '#' is Option+3, so if you are slow to raise the option key between '#' and 'space', you'll get '# ' which won't create a heading.
As @danielsamuels says it's pernicious as you can't visually tell what's going on. I had to break out hexdump.
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My concern is that this is really quite Mac specific?


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M. K. Dey, A. K. Hazra
Abstract: Avicennia officinalis is the most common mangroves species in Nayachar Island (Latitude 21?58?33?? and longitude 88? 04?54??). This species tends to occupy the inner parts of the Island and is the most abundant mangrove. This study presents the decomposition rate for Avicennia officinalis leaf litter throughout the year. It also quantifies physic-chemical factors along with microarthropds population abundance throughout the decomposition process. Soil microarthropods help ecosystem functioning by way of imparting important role in food-chain, food-web system vis-?-vis in tropic relationships and also help nutrient cycling as decomposer. The present study attempt to analysis of soil microarthropods population extracted from mangroves litters under the process of decomposition over an interval period of 3 months throughout the year to investigate successional development of soil microarthropods population, species composition and tropic relationships of soil microarthropods communities in relation to changing ecological parameters of Avicennia officinalis during different phase of decomposition.
Keywords: Mangroves, Decomposition, Microarthropods

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Using 'varip' variables [PineCoders]
The new varip keyword in Pine can be used to declare variables that escape the rollback process, which is explained in the Pine User Manual's page on the execution model. This publication explains how Pine coders can use variables declared with varip to implement logic that was impossible to code in Pine before, such as timing events during the realtime bar, or keeping track of sequences of events that occur during successive realtime updates. We present code that allows you to calculate for how much time a given condition is true during a realtime bar, and show how this can be used to generate alerts.
1. varip is an advanced feature which should only be used by coders already familiar with Pine's execution model and bar states.
2. Because varip only affects the behavior of your code in the realtime bar, it follows that backtest results on strategies built using logic based on varip will be meaningless,
 as varip behavior cannot be simulated on historical bars. This also entails that plots on historical bars will not be able to reproduce the script's behavior in realtime.
3. Authors publishing scripts that behave differently in realtime and on historical bars should imperatively explain this to traders.
Escaping the rollback process
Whereas scripts only execute once at the close of historical bars, when a script is running in realtime, it executes every time the chart's feed detects a price or volume update. At every realtime update, Pine's runtime normally resets the values of a script's variables to their last committed value, i.e., the value they held when the previous bar closed. This is generally handy, as each realtime script execution starts from a known state, which simplifies script logic.
Sometimes, however, script logic requires code to be able to save states between different executions in the realtime bar. Declaring variables with varip now makes that possible. The "ip" in varip stands for "intrabar persist".
Let's look at the following code, which does not use varip:
int updateNo = na
if barstate.isnew
 updateNo := 1
 updateNo := updateNo + 1
plot(updateNo, style = plot.style_circles)
On historical bars, barstate.isnew is always true, so the plot shows a value of "1". On realtime bars, barstate.isnew is only true when the script first executes on the bar's opening. The plot will then briefly display "1" until subsequent executions occur. On the next executions during the realtime bar, the second branch of the if statement is executed because barstate.isnew is no longer true. Since 'updateNo' is initialized to 'na' at each execution, the 'updateNo + 1' expression yields 'na', so nothing is plotted on further realtime executions of the script.
If we now use varip to declare the 'updateNo' variable, the script behaves very differently:
varip int updateNo = na
if barstate.isnew
 updateNo := 1
 updateNo := updateNo + 1
plot(updateNo, style = plot.style_circles)
The difference now is that 'updateNo' tracks the number of realtime updates that occur on each realtime bar. This can happen because the varip declaration allows the value of 'updateNo' to be preserved between realtime updates; it is no longer rolled back at each realtime execution of the script. The test on barstate.isnew allows us to reset the update count when a new realtime bar comes in.
Let's move on to our script. It has three parts:
 — Part 1 demonstrates how to generate alerts on timed conditions.
 — Part 2 calculates the average of realtime update prices using a varip array.
 — Part 3 presents a function to calculate the up/down/neutral volume by looking at price and volume variations between realtime bar updates.
Something we could not do in Pine before varip was to time the duration for which a condition is continuously true in the realtime bar. This was not possible because we could not save the beginning time of the first occurrence of the true condition.
One use case for this is a strategy where the system modeler wants to exit before the end of the realtime bar, but only if the exit condition occurs for a specific amount of time. One can thus design a strategy running on a 1H timeframe but able to exit if the exit condition persists for 15 minutes, for example. REMINDER: Using such logic in strategies will make backtesting their complete logic impossible, and backtest results useless, as historical behavior will not match the strategy's behavior in realtime, just as using 'calc_on_every_tick = true' will do. Using 'calc_on_every_tick = true' is necessary, by the way, when using varip in a strategy, as you want the strategy to run like a study in realtime, i.e., executing on each price or volume update.
Our script presents an 'f_secondsSince(_cond, _resetCond)' function to calculate the time for which a condition is continuously true during, or even across multiple realtime bars. It only works in realtime. The abundant comments in the script hopefully provide enough information to understand the details of what it's doing. If you have questions, feel free to ask in the Comments section.
The script's inputs allow you to:
 - Specify the number of seconds the tested conditions must last before an alert is triggered (the default is 20 seconds).
 - Determine if you want the duration to reset on new realtime bars.
 - Require the direction of alerts (up or down) to alternate, which minimizes the number of alerts the script generates.
The inputs showcase the new 'tooltip' parameter, which allows additional information to be displayed for each input by hovering over the "i" icon next to it.
The script only displays useful information on realtime bars. This information includes:
 - The MA against which the current price is compared to determine the bull or bear conditions.
 - A dash which prints on the chart when the bull or bear condition is true.
 - An up or down triangle that prints when an alert is generated. The triangle will only appear on the update where the alert is triggered,
 and unless that happens to be on the last execution of the realtime bar, it will not persist on the chart.
 - The log of all triggered alerts to the right of the realtime bar.
 - A gray square on top of the elapsed realtime bars where one or more alerts were generated. The square's tooltip displays the alert log for that bar.
 - A yellow dot corresponding to the average price of all realtime bar updates, which is calculated using a varip array in "Part 2" of the script.
 - Various key values in the Data Window for each parts of the script.
Note that the directional volume information calculated in Part 3 of the script is not plotted on the chart—only in the Data Window.
Using the script
You can try running the script on an open market with a 30sec timeframe. Because the default settings reset the duration on new realtime bars and require a 20 second delay, a reasonable amount of alerts will trigger.
Creating an alert on the script
You can create a script alert on the script. Keep in mind that when you create an alert from this script, the duration calculated by the instance of the script running the alert will not necessarily match that of the instance running on your chart, as both started their calculations at different times. Note that we use alert.freq_all in our alert() calls, so that alerts will trigger on all instances where the associated condition is met. If your alert is being paused because it reaches the maximum of 15 triggers in 3 minutes, you can configure the script's inputs so that up/down alerts must alternate. Also keep in mind that alerts run a distinct instance of your script on different servers, so discrepancies between the behavior of scripts running on charts and alerts can occur, especially if they trigger very often.
Events detected in realtime using variables declared with varip can be transient and not leave visible traces at the close of the realtime bar, as is the case with our script, which can trigger multiple alerts during the same realtime bar, when the script's inputs allow for this. In such cases, elapsed realtime bars will be of no use in detecting past realtime bar events unless dedicated code is used to save traces of events, as we do with our alert log in this script, which we display as a tooltip on elapsed realtime bars.
Realtime updates
We have no control over when realtime updates occur. A realtime bar can open, and then no realtime updates can occur until the open of the next realtime bar. The time between updates can vary considerably.
Past values
There is no mechanism to refer to past values of a varip variable across realtime executions in the same bar. Using the history-referencing operator will, as usual, return the variable's committed value on previous bars. If you want to preserve past values of a varip variable, they must be saved in other variables or in an array.
Resetting variables
Because varip variables not only preserve their values across realtime updates, but also across bars, you will typically need to plan conditions that will at some point reset their values to a known state. Testing on barstate.isnew, as we do, is a good way to achieve that.
The fact that a script uses varip does not make it necessarily repainting. A script could conceivably use varip to calculate values saved when the realtime bar closes, and then use confirmed values of those calculations from the previous bar to trigger alerts or display plots, avoiding repaint.
timenow resolution
Although the variable is expressed in milliseconds it has an actual resolution of seconds, so it only increments in multiples of 100


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Q- What is the city of Cincinnati famous for?
A- Cincinnati is famous for its location on the Ohio River, historic architecture, the Cincinnati Bengals football team, rich cultural heritage, the annual Cincinnati Music Festival, Cincinnati-style chili, and the Cincinnati Reds baseball team.
Q- What food is popular in Cincinnati?
A- Although Cincinnati offers several delicious foods, including goetta (a type of breakfast sausage), Graeter's ice cream, and French pot ice cream, Cincinnati-style chili is the most famous food in Cincinnati, a unique chili dish topped with shredded cheese and onions.
Q- How do I spend a day in Cincinnati?
A- You can spend a day in Cincinnati by going on a morning walk at Eden Park, visiting the Cincinnati Museum Center at Union Terminal, enjoying lunch at Findlay Market, and exploring Over-the-Rhine's historic architecture.
Q- Why is Cincinnati called Queen City?
A- Cincinnati was once the largest city on the Ohio River. And the area was considered the "queen" of all the cities along the river. Cincinnati was also a major industrial and cultural center in the 19th century.


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The History of Emily MontagueFree audiobook & free ebook
Below, you'll find a free way to listen to the audiobook and read the ebook version of The History of Emily Montague by Frances Brooke, provided by Speechify. You can read the book while you listen or just listen to it. Frances Brookepublished The History of Emily Montague in the unknown. Frances Brookelived from to . The Library of Congress Classification for The History of Emily Montague is PR and the subjects include Québec (Québec) -- History -- Fiction.. The bookshelves info is Unknown.


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You don't need od6 when working with Google Sheets JSON
When figuring out how to extract Google Sheets data as JSON, the top result on Google explains that you can access the JSON like this:
_URL_
In this URL od6 represents the first sheet in the book/spreadsheet. Someone said that other sheets are represented by od8, od10 and so on, but that didn't work with me. So dug around the comments on different posts and here's the answer: simply use numbers instead of od6.
So the URL for your first sheet becomes:
_URL_
and the second sheet will be:
_URL_
And so on.
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 1. You sir, are the best. Just spent a bunch of hours trying to figure this one out, even went and got API credentials, because this was literally driving me nuts.


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Selcuk to Bergama route map has been given with driving direction, The given road map may assist for your travel in different ways. You can calculate the Selcuk to Bergama travel distance and travel time using our map. Our driving direction from Selcuk to Bergama can guide you to reach your destination. The google direction map consist of blue road which connect Selcuk with Bergama. It also shows the nearest places, hotels, petrol pump and tourist places around the route between Selcuk and Bergama. You change the via route by drag and drop the blue line between Selcuk to Bergama.
The shortest route from Selcuk to Bergama may available in google map. You can simply drag the way point to different route. The shortest route between Selcuk to Bergama is calculated based on the distance. The balloon with the letter 'A' denote the starting point of the road map. The letter 'B' on the second balloon is a destination point.
The straight line route or flight route from Selcuk to Bergama is a crow fly distance route. Just it is a direct line between these two places. The highway numbers are shown with yellow color background. You can print the Selcuk Bergama road map on paper using your printer.


What Is the Primary Use Case of the Redis Hyperloglog Data Structure?
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What Is the Primary Use Case of the Redis Hyperloglog Data Structure?
The Redis HyperLogLog data structure is a probabilistic algorithm used to estimate the cardinality or count of unique elements in a set. It is particularly useful when dealing with large datasets where an exact count is not necessary, but an approximate value is sufficient.
Understanding Cardinality Estimation
Cardinality estimation refers to determining the number of distinct elements in a set without actually storing all the elements. Traditional methods, such as using databases or hash sets, require significant memory and processing power to store and manipulate large sets. The Redis HyperLogLog data structure offers a more efficient approach.
The HyperLogLog algorithm uses a fixed amount of memory, regardless of the number of unique elements in the set being analyzed. This makes it highly scalable and allows it to handle massive datasets efficiently.
Applications of Redis HyperLogLog
Data Analytics and Statistics
The primary use case for Redis HyperLogLog is in data analytics and statistics. It provides a fast and memory-efficient way to estimate unique counts, making it suitable for applications where precise values are not critical.
For example, consider an e-commerce website that wants to track the number of unique visitors per day. Instead of storing every visitor's information in a database or hash set, which would be resource-intensive, they can use Redis HyperLogLog to estimate the daily unique visitor count quickly.
Deduplication
Another common use case for Redis HyperLogLog is deduplication, where you need to identify and remove duplicate entries from a dataset. By estimating the approximate cardinality using HyperLogLog, you can quickly identify potential duplicates without storing every individual element explicitly.
For instance, in a social media platform, you can use HyperLogLog to identify duplicate user actions, such as counting the unique number of likes or shares on a post. This allows you to maintain data integrity and improve overall system performance.
Distributed Systems
Redis HyperLogLog is also valuable in distributed systems, where multiple nodes need to work together efficiently. By using HyperLogLog, each node can estimate the count of unique elements it has seen locally and then merge these estimates to calculate the global count accurately.
This approach reduces network communication and computational overhead, making it ideal for distributed systems that deal with large amounts of data across multiple nodes.
Conclusion
The Redis HyperLogLog data structure is a powerful tool for estimating the cardinality of unique elements in large datasets. Its efficient memory usage and fast computation make it an excellent choice for applications where an approximate count is sufficient.
Whether you are analyzing data, deduplicating records, or working with distributed systems, Redis HyperLogLog offers a reliable and scalable solution to handle these tasks effectively.
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From Old French paternal ("of a father") (12c.), a learned borrowing from Vulgar Latin paternālis ("paternal"), from Classical Latin paternus ("of or pertaining to a father, paternal"), from pater ("father").
- Of or pertaining to one's father, his genes, his relatives, or his side of a family
- paternal grandfather
- Fatherly; behaving as or characteristic of a father.
- Received or inherited from one's father.
- their small paternal field of corn
- Acting as a father
- paternal filicide
- maternal – mother
- The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.
paternal m (oblique and nominative feminine singular paternale)
- English: paternal
paternal (plural paternales)


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Report
I would like to insert a automatic number field in a report that is not bound to any table. I.E. if I wanted to insert the date or time, I would simply type" =Date() ". However I would like to have every report that I generate include a auto number/random number. Any Suggstions?
PS This is for a MS Access 2000 report page.
Is There A Way To Remove Digits And Digits Only?
Is there a way to remove digits and digits only?
Hello, I feel a little embarrassed. An acquaitance
asked me a question. Namely, he works for a REIT
company and he has to put together a project where
they must retrieve various documents from the
archives. By convention, the documents are stored
according to the name of the street the property is
on, not by the street address number, and prefixes
such as "North" or "South" are ignored in ordering the
He has an excel file with a list of all the
properties, but sadly, the properties are input with
the street number and directional prefixes (e.g.
"East" for "East Clinton" street) in the cell. So
sorting them in the Excel file would not at all
correspond with the order they would appear while
searching in the archives for them.
Is there a way to remove digits and digits only? I am
aware of Len and
http://office. microsoft. com/en-us/ excel/HA01154901 1033.aspx? pid=CL1005705510 33
I'm not sure if this is the right area or not, but how do I make it so that only numbers can be entered into a textbox, or If It dedects that non-digit charachters are entered, It changes the text.
i have an exercise on school which involve time (digital clock) recording i have made my vb and un the program but when i enter the hour, minute and second in the textbox the time in the label stop i don't know how to make it continue working... you help will be vey much apreciated, thanks!
How Many Digits
Is there a way you can tell how many digits are to the left of the deciaml point in a variable dimmed as single? And how can you tell if there are numbers to the left of the decimal point in a variable dimmed as a single?
Hello. i am Running VB 6.0. i am making a countdown clock for school and every time it gets one digit in seconds, like 19:09, it cuts off the 0 and says 19:9. How can i insure that the variable stays two digits?
Hey people do you know how i can get 4 digits to be displayed in a text box?
Sum Of Digits
From memory, so no warranty of any kind
Function SumOfDigits (ByVal Number As Integer) As Integer Dim r As Integer Do While Number > 0 r = r + Number Mod 10 Number = Number / 10 Loop SumOfDigits = rEnd Function
What's the easiest way to find the # of digits (or letters) in a string or in a int? Is there a built in function or do you have to do it manually?
Since I am new with vb i have a little question.
I'm calculating in a ppc program some numbers and i want that the result
only have 2 digits after the comma. Can anyone helpme?
SQL AND ADO SIG DIGITS
I am retrieving a value from the database that resides as "10.0" (a float value) When using Query Analyzer I am retrieving "10.0".
When I run a stored procedure and utilize the ADO object to display the value it shows a "10". "10" is not the same as "10.0" for my application.
Please let me know if there are any settings to ensure that the value is returned as inputted. The alternative I have is to store the values a varchar data.
Note: Implied decimal values will not work for this application. The significance of the data is not known prior to receiving it.
Getting Three Digits Off The Website
The use of my program requires it being added to the startup group. I may be a throwback for even considering these types of things, but because it's going to be permanently running in the background, I want to minimize the footprint in every way possible.
I do, however, want the program to be able to check what the latest version is on the website. All it needs is to pull down is three digits from the website, be it checking the filename of the latest version posted or reading a three character text file.
My question then is can I do this without adding a control? Is there some sort of API that could do this?
If the control is the only way to go, would INet be the best way (smallest footprint) to go about it?
Ok, i know the solution is probably really simple but i don't really know what to search for when looking for a solution.
I am renaming files using a number ordering system but i need the files to be numbered as follows:
If the length of digits is only 2 then:
01, 02, 03, 04, 05...10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15
If the length of digits is only 3 then:
001, 002, 003...010, 011, 012, 013...100, 101, 102, 103
Obviously i can get the length of digits as Len($String) so that's fine. I just need to know how to insert the preceding zero's (this is so that Windows lists them in the correct order).
Thank you for any help.
Long To Digits?
is there a way that i can divide a long into its seperate digits and put them in an array? ie-

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Liz and the Blue Bird
Liz and the Blue Bird
2018, NR, 90 min. Directed by Naoko Yamada. Voices by Atsumi Tanezaki, Nao Tōyama, Miyu Honda, Konomi Fujimura, Yuri Yamaoka.
REVIEWED By Richard Whittaker, Fri., Nov. 2, 2018
There's a deception in the opening moments of Liz and the Blue Bird: It's not, as the European fairy tale opening of a young woman in a mythical forest might suggest, another anime adaptation of a Western fantasy. That's the story of a piece of music that's being prepared by a school orchestra, and the background to the story of shy oboist Mizore Yoroizuka (Tanezaki) and cheerful flutist Nozomi Kasaki (Tōyama). The two are both popular soloists and loyal best friends. Their enemy is simply time: As seniors, both are becoming increasingly and painfully aware that their bond has an expiration date. They're growing up, and facing separate futures where crushes and clubs don't really mean anything.
Liz and the Blue Bird is effectively a standalone spin-off from the successful novel and anime series Sound! Euphonium, chronicling the lives and complexities of the Kitauji High School music club. In the show, Mizore and Nozomi were background characters, but here the spotlight is on them, without any need to dive into the broader backstory. Instead, it's an instantly recognizable story of connection and loss, of how important teen friendships are without ever falling into melodrama. Director Yamada proved her skill in depicting young adults with bullying mortality tale A Silent Voice, but this time she has more space to dedicate to the tiniest of interactions, with the fairy tale's lesson about letting your friends find their wings becoming increasingly poignant and relevant.
What's most impressive is that Yamada gives delicate life to a wafer-thin story of two friends drifting apart. Without ever feeling choppy or over edited, the shots are composed in microscopic detail, and by letting the camera land on unexpected items, like the way the girls move their hands when they talk to each other, or tiny drifts out of focus when they become distracted. There are odd flights of abstraction, such as during some of the rehearsals, while the sideways glimpses of the fairy tale (increasingly a metaphor for the girls' ailing relationship) have a soft, hand-painted, almost impressionist feel, evocative of early Miyazaki, or Yoshio Kuroda's The Dog of Flanders. It gives a subtle contrast to the luminous CGI-enhanced but more realistic depictions of classroom life. There are no violent clashes or extraneous drama about boys. Instead, it's a simple and tender portrait of how friendships aren't always forever.
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Catholics and Lutherans Growing Together in Faith
On October 31, 2016 Pope Francis, LWF President Bishop Dr Munib A. Younan and General Secretary Rev. Dr Martin Junge led an Ecumenical Commemoration of the Reformation in anticipation of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017. It highlighted the solid ecumenical developments between Catholics and Lutherans and the joint gifts received through dialogue.
During this year leading up to October 31, 2017, the Vatican and Lutheran World Federation, National Church offices, and dioceses and synods throughout the world will provide opportunities for Lutherans and Catholics together to affirm the gifts of the Reformation, to seek forgiveness from one another and to commit to common witness.
Check this page often for resources and upcoming events.
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Various articles to explain the upcoming 500th anniversary of the Reformation in 2017.
Eco-Reformation: Bringing Grace and Hope to the Care for Our Common Home: Catholic and Lutheran Perspectives on Laudato Si.
These study guides and resources can be used to promote dialogue between Catholic and Lutheran Congregations.
Catholics and Lutherans Growing Together in Faith. The Archdiocese and the ELCA are planting trees as a sign of our common commitment to service and care for creation.


text: Andrew Hill Trimble, _PHONE_, was born at Pembroke, Ontario. He served in a militia regiment during the Fenian Raids, and learned the trade of cheese making. He married Cynthia Wright, d. 1886, and they had eight sons, Horace, Albert, Herbert, Frederick, Benjamin, William, Garnet, and Clarence. In 1888 he married his second cousin Lydia Anne Trimble, and they had five children, Amy (Prout), Roy, Janie (Rogers) (Orme), Gladys, and Delmer. In 1889 the family migrated to southern Alberta, and in 1890 settled in the Red Deer area, where they established several farms and creameries in Red Deer and in the Clearview and Pine Lake districts. Herbert Willard "Herb" Trimble, b. 1875, took over the management of the Trimble Creamery in Red Deer and was also a partner in a fox ranch. He married Levina Brett, and they had three children, Willard, Velma (Bell), and Elaine (Henderson). Willard Dean Trimble, _PHONE_, operated a sign painting and postcard business in Red Deer. He married Emily Margaret Sveinson, 1904?-1996, and they had three children, Gary, Joan (Snell), and Dawn (Hansen).


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High-Intensity Ultrasound OK for Cesarean Scar Pregnancy
(HealthDay News) — High-intensity focused ultrasound (HIFU) can play a role in treating cesarean scar pregnancy (CSP), according to a small study published in the October issue of the American Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology.
Juhua Xiao, MD, from the Jiangxi Maternal and Child Health Hospital in Nanchang, China, and colleagues treated 16 patients with CSP with ultrasound-guided HIFU ablation. Disappearance of CSP mass, undetectable serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin, and no serious complications such as severe bleeding, uterine rupture, or hysterectomy were the criteria used to define successful treatment.
The researchers found that after 2–5 treatment sessions, the mean time for achieving undetectable serum beta human chorionic gonadotropin was 4.94 weeks, and the mean time for CSP mass disappearance was 6.69 weeks. In 1–2 days the moderate abdominal pain in three patients subsided, while nine patients experienced mild vaginal bleeding (<30mL) that resolved within 2–3 days. At follow-up, all 16 patients had recovered their normal menstruation function.
"These preliminary results suggest that ultrasound-guided HIFU ablation is a noninvasive, feasible, and effective method for the treatment of CSP," the authors write.


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||ECOLOGY OF THE CALICIALES
On the basis of our field knowledge, we have made a list of
ecological factors we find significant for the distribution of
the Caliciales species in Norway:
- Microclimatic humidity. This is perhaps the
most important ecological factor for explaining the
distribution of the Caliciales species. The microclimatic
humidity is primarily a product of topography and
vegetation, not of precipitation.
- Substrate. There are great differences
between the species in their ability to grow on various
substrates. Some species are very specific regarding
substrate, while species with a wider ecological
amplitude with regard to substrate, may grow on both
organic and inorganic substrates. The most common
substrates are lignum, bark, bryophytes and siliceous
- Light. Some species grow on lignum exposed
to high light intensity, some may grow in root caves with
a very low light intensity, and others may grow
intermediate. Several species seem to tolerate low light
intensity because of the correlation with high humidity.
- Degree of decomposition of lignum. Whether
the lignum is deciduous or coniferous seems to be of less
importance. More important is probably the degree of
decomposition of the substrate. Slightly decomposed
lignum is hard, acid and dry, while well decomposed
lignum is softer, more acid and has a higher water
capacity tBarkman 1969).
- Dispersal. Most of the species, especially
the endosubstratic ones, depend on spore dispersal. The
spores are not actively dispersed, but stay in the
mazaedium. Short distance dispersal may happen by means
of tiny animals like mites. Dispersal of thallus
fragments occurs in the sorediose/granular species e.g. Chaenotheca
furfuracea, G. stemonea and G. subroscida.
- Continuity of the environment. Perhaps a
combination of stable humidity and small temperature
amplitude is of importance in climax forests with a high
ecological continuity. It is probable that e.g. Chaenotheca
subroscida and Cyphelium karelicum demand old
spruce forests, while Chaenotheca chysocephala also
thrives in younger forests. National parks usually have a
high frequency of Caliciales species.
- Pollution or influence of urban areas.
Several species avoid urban areas. This may be due to air
pollution or other environmental factors produced by
towns. Many Caliciales species probably do not tolerate
the dryness and the short continuity of the environment
in the urban areas. However, according to Barkman (1969),
Chaenotheca ferruginea has extended in urban areas
in Europe. We have not found this species to be very
frequent in the surroundings of Oslo.
- Competition. Bryophytes and lichens
(especially Cladonia spp.) are competitors for the
Caliciales species. On the Norwegian west coast, with
oceanic conditions, bryophytes are abundant on stems and
stumps. In the central and eastern parts of Fennoscandia,
with more continental conditions, Cladonia spp.
overgrow stumps and leave little room for the Caliciales


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The Lockport Community Development Group is proudly presenting the Lockport "First Farmers" Market!
The market will happen every Sunday in summer starting on Sunday, July 10 (with the possibility of starting sooner, we will keep you updated!). You can come enjoy the market from 11:00 am to 5:00 pm. The last date will be September 18.
You can find the market at the Lockport Heritage Park, 23022 PTH 44 in Lockport.
Take advantage of this awesome, community opportunity, as the group is currently looking for more vendors to help make this a success. The cost is $40.00 per 12′ x 12′ site.
Contact Chris for more information _PHONE_.
First Farmers in the Red River Valley
Aboriginal people living on this site in the early 1400s used a wide range of food sources that included the cultivation and harvesting of corn. This represents the earliest known evidence of farming on the Canadian prairies, and the northernmost expressions of pre-European horticulture on the North American continent.
Major population growth between 100 and 1300 A.D. in Minnesota, the Dakotas, and Iowa, followed by several decades of drought, led to the dispersal of local farming communities. People associated with these communities brought the knowledge of horticulture to the Red River Valley.
Archaeological investigations on this site in the 1980s unearthed charred corn kernels, hoes made from the shoulder-blades of bison, underground storage pits (some of which were up to 2 metres deep), and pottery styles that originated among the Native farming, cultures of the upper Mississippi and Missouri river valleys.


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A dispersion-compensation method to remove the cube-size effect from the resolution function of diced analyzer crystals using a position-sensitive two-dimensional pixel detector is presented. For demonstration, a resolution of 23 meV was achieved with a spectrometer based on a 1 m Rowland circle and a diced Si(555) analyzer crystal in a near-backscattering geometry, with a Bragg angle of 88.5°. In this geometry the spectrometer equipped with a traditional position-insensitive detector provides a resolution of 190 meV. The dispersion-compensation method thus allows a substantial increase in the resolving power without any loss of signal intensity.
- Diced analyzer crystals
- Position-sensitive detectors
- X-ray spectrometers
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Nuclear and High Energy Physics


text: The effect of different microstructures on the fatigue behaviour of a medium carbon vanadium microalloyed steel has been studied. Specimens were subjected to a controlled closed die forging followed by cooling in sand, air or oil, respectively. The hardness and fatigue properties of the microalloyed steel are determined and compared with those of ferrite-pearlite and martensite microstructures obtained by cooling with different mediums after forging. Relatively fine ferrite and pearlite increase the fatigue strength of the steel, while the martensite structure reduces the fatigue strength. Characteristics of fatigue fracture surface morphology are summarized and related to fatigue crack initiation and propagation mechanisms in the forged medium carbon microalloyed steel. The cooling rate has a remarkable effect on the microstructure, hardness, and fatigue behaviour at room temperature.


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Over deze norm
1.1 This guide covers sampling for prebaked carbon anodes used in the production of aluminum, and details procedures for taking test samples from anode blocks. It covers equipment and procedures for obtaining samples from anode blocks in a manner that does not destroy the block or prevent its subsequent use as originally intended. However, the user must determine the subsequent use of the sampled anode blocks. Preferred locations for taking samples from single units of anodes are covered in this guide.
1.1.1 Information for sampling of shaped refractory products, in general, is given in ISO 5022. This standard details the statistical basis for sampling plans for acceptance testing of a consignment or lot. Anodes used in the production of aluminum have specific requirements for sampling and while the statistical basis for sampling given in ISO 5022 applies, further or modified requirements may also apply.
1.2 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.3 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use.
Note 1: The following ASTM standards are noted as sources of useful information: Test Methods,,,,,, and.
|Nederlandse titel||Standard Guide for Sampling Plan and Core Sampling for Prebaked Anodes Used in Aluminum Production|
|Engelse titel||Standard Guide for Sampling Plan and Core Sampling for Prebaked Anodes Used in Aluminum Production|


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Tree-Like Distance Colouring for Planar Graphs of Sufficient Girth
 - Ross J. Kang
 - Willem van Loon
Abstract
Given a multigraph $G$ and a positive integer $t$, the distance-$t$ chromatic index of $G$ is the least number of colours needed for a colouring of the edges so that every pair of distinct edges connected by a path of fewer than $t$ edges must receive different colours. Let $\pi'_t(d)$ and $\tau'_t(d)$ be the largest values of this parameter over the class of planar multigraphs and of (simple) trees, respectively, of maximum degree $d$. We have that $\pi'_t(d)$ is at most and at least a non-trivial constant multiple larger than $\tau'_t(d)$. (We conjecture $\limsup_{d\to\infty}\pi'_2(d)/\tau'_2(d) =9/4$ in particular.) We prove for odd $t$ the existence of a quantity $g$ depending only on $t$ such that the distance-$t$ chromatic index of any planar multigraph of maximum degree $d$ and girth at least $g$ is at most $\tau'_t(d)$ if $d$ is sufficiently large. Such a quantity does not exist for even $t$. We also show a related, similar phenomenon for distance vertex-colouring.
Published
2019-02-22
Article Number
P1.23


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In 1999 the average disposable income of Dutch households was nearly 23,500 euro. In terms of purchasing power this was 1.3% more than in the previous year, equalling the growth rate of purchasing power in the period _PHONE_. In 1998 it rose more strongly (2.8%), mainly because of a new form of tax relief for the over-65's.
Disposable household income by source of income
The improvement in purchasing power was largest for employee households. On average households who received their main income from wages had 2.5% more to spend in 1999 than in 1998. Some of these households received a social benefit or pension instead of wages in 1999. For households with income from wages in both 1998 and 1999, purchasing power rose more strongly, namely by 2.7%.
Annual change in purchasing power by source of income
In households which had to depend on a benefit in 1998, purchasing power rose by 1.6%. Naturally, it mainly increased for households who were no longer dependent on a social benefit in 1999. Purchasing power rose by less for households receiving a benefit in both years.
The increase in purchasing power for pensioners was on average 0.6%, about the same as in the preceding years, except 1998, when pensioners benefited from a tax deduction.
Hans de Kleijn


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What you needCopper Jewelry wire
Approx 30 old buttons
Start by taking your length of wire around 1 yard and creating a knot or bend at one end (so your buttons don't slip off) then begin threading your buttons onto the wire by taking the wire through the button holes as if it was a needle and thread.
Keep doing this – adding each button as you go. Position the buttons flat by pushing and shaping the wire so that the buttons each sit flat.
Keep doing this until you reach your desired length. You can add a small jewelry clasp or simply create a necklace that will slip over the head by twisting the two ends of wire together.
This method is great for kids!


OQL RANGEEND
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1 Description
The RANGEEND function extracts the end value of a range parameter.
RANGEBEGIN and RANGEEND are OQL functions that use a parameter, and OQL parameters are only available in datasets (which are used for generating a report). When you create a page and add a report that has a dataset, you can use RANGEBEGIN and RANGEEND in that dataset.
2 Syntax
The syntax is as follows:
RANGEEND ( $range )
$range specifies the range parameter.
3 Example
This is an example of using a range in OQL, where $range is set to last week, which will give you all the customers born in the last week:
SELECT FirstName AS First, LastName AS Last, Name AS Name, Birthday AS BDay, CustomerType AS Type FROM Sales.Customer
WHERE Birthday IN ($rangeLastWeek)
This example uses the RANGEEND function in the WHERE clause, which will give you all the customers born since the end of last week:
SELECT FirstName AS First, LastName AS Last, Name AS Name, Birthday AS BDay, CustomerType AS Type FROM Sales.Customer
WHERE Birthday > RANGEEND($rangeLastWeek)


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Any responsible pet owner knows that owning pets, especially dogs, is a big responsibility. However, in Costa Rica there is a big dog dilemma.
With thousands of puppy mills, so-called breeders, and pet shops throughout the island nation, dogs are everywhere, yet sadly, an estimated one million dogs are released to the streets each year by owners no longer able to or perhaps no longer want to care for them.
Just as in many other countries, dogs in Costa Rica are used as status symbols, given as gifts to children and loved ones, and brought in as companions. However, when the novelty wears off and the dogs grow, often without proper training or space to live, they can become more work than their owners think they are worth, and the dogs are thrown out into the street.
Dogs once welcomed into homes are just as quickly left to fend for themselves on the streets and even given a new name, "callejeros" or "street dogs".
Animals rescue workers have long urged residents to carefully consider bringing a pet into their home, and to never buy from pet stores, as many of the dogs come from puppy mills that continue to mistreat and over breed dogs, that as many now see just wind up on the streets.
During a recent National Geographic Channel documentary, "Dog Whisperer" Cesar Milan traveled to with Last Chance for Animals (LCA) to take a look inside puppy mills. Lat year, the Cesar Milan Foundation and LCA teamed up to create a PSA in Costa Rica tilted, "Adopt, Don't Shop."
See the Spanish-language PSA here.


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Grant Manager - Global Grants and Charitable Donations
The Grant Manager is responsible for executing healthcare related grant and charitable donation plans within the United States, Puerto Rico and globally. The Grant Manager exhibits a strong knowledge of grant making best practices, educational gaps in assigned therapeutic areas and participates in strategy development with Senior Managers. Additionally, the Grant Manager will lead cross-departmental projects designed to improve the effectiveness, efficiency or compliance of grant strategy execution.
Key Responsibilities Include:
- Conduct and evaluating needs assessments, determining clinical/education gaps, determining learning objectives, completing compliance evaluations, managing grant spending against budget, and building and evaluating outcomes measurement reports.
- Assist in the development and implementation of grant and donation strategic plans.
- Review Medical Education (ME) and Non-Medical Education (NME) grants and Charitable Donations (CD). Ensure that requests align with applicable strategy, clinical and scientific principles and policy, laws/regulations, outcome measurements, adult learning principles and other relevant criteria.
- Analyze financial reports (e.g. budget, Plan, LBE), and activity outcomes and impacts.
- Attend supported programs to audit, monitor, or assess educational value on a periodic basis.
- Demonstrate in depth knowledge of all systems used in the grant management process, and contribute to system updates/upgrades.
- Keep abreast of best practices in grant processing and continually improve the quality and efficiency of grant review and approval.
- Abide by internal policies and procedures as well as external and local guidelines to ensure compliance with local laws and regulations.
- Demonstrate subject matter expertise through development and maintenance of departmental policies, procedures, training material, work instructions, audit documents, checklists, etc. Develop and deliver training to colleagues in related to grant review policies and best practices.
- Interact with requestors while demonstrating strong customer service during grant submission assessment and approval or denial. Proactively resolve issues that arise throughout process.
- Actively contribute to department mission by sharing recommendations/solutions for key business issues, and serve as key resource for interpretation of policies, procedures, and strategic grant and donation plans.
- Develop and maintain an effective network of relationships across internal and external customers and functional support teams.
- Manages assigned projects and ensures timely completion of deliverables as per plan.
- Collaborate with key stakeholders, and effectively manage conflict and competing priorities.
- Demonstrate the ability to prioritize and multitask to enhance productivity and manage workload in an appropriate manner.
- Seek to achieve Certification of CME Professional (CCMEP) by completing a minimum of three qualifying points per year and passing exam once meeting minimum exam requirements.
- Reports to the Senior Manager, Global Grants and Charitable Donations.
- Provides project leadership across department.
- Supervises tasks performed by Grant Analysts.
- Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Science required.
- 4 years of health care experience working in medical education, grants, medical affairs, legal and/or compliance departments.
- Attention to detail and ability to critically and strategically evaluate submitted grants.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills, demonstrated creative problem solving skills to maximize productivity and resolve complex issues.
- Manage multi-faceted projects, while working in a cross functional environment and demonstrating a positive professional presence.
- Health Care Professional or Master's degree.
- Understanding of adult learning principles.
- Certification of CME Professional (CCMEP).
- Knowledge of pharmaceutical industry, Medical Education, applicable regulations, and health care/medical terms.
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BC Hydro says it could cost as much as C$70 million (US$66 million) to mitigate piping and seismic risks at 67.5-MW Strathcona Dam, an earthfill dam constructed in the 1950s.
BC Hydro previously acknowledged its dam did not meet modern-day standards, noting internal erosion could occur within the dam core. Over time, the utility said, erosion could result in sinkholes or subsidence of the crest and lead to dam overtopping.
In its 2007-2010 service plan, the province-owned utility said it is studying how best to mitigate piping and seismic risks at the dam. In addition to possible internal erosion and degradation in the dam, BC Hydro said the concrete intake structure, the adjoining conduit through the base of the dam, the dam itself, and the spillway might be at significant risk in an earthquake.
BC Hydro estimates the total cost for a Strathcona Dam seismic and seepage project could range from C$50 million to C$70 million (US$47 million to US$66 million). It also set a targeted completion date of 2010 for the work.
BC Hydro upgraded the dam's crest in 2005 to provide the Campbell River hydroelectric system with increased capacity to accommodate extreme floods. (HNN 11/23/05) The Strathcona powerhouse is one of three generating stations in the utility's Campbell River System, on British Columbia's Vancouver Island. (HNN 7/26/06)


PortDataReference class
Definition
Models data associated with an output of a completed StepRun.
A PortDataReference object can be used to download the output data which was produced by a StepRun. It can also be used as an step input in a future Pipeline.
PortDataReference(context, pipeline_run_id, data_reference, step_run=None)
Inheritance
builtins.object
PortDataReference
Parameters
context
_GraphContext
The graph context object.
pipeline_run_id
str
The id of the pipeline run which produced the output.
data_reference
DataReference
The data reference object.
step_run
azureml.pipeline.run.StepRun
The StepRun object which produced the data.
Remarks
A PortDataReference points to data which was produced by a completed StepRun.
Get a PortDataReference from a PipelineRun and download the output data as follows:
 from azureml.pipeline.core import PipelineRun, StepRun, PortDataReference
 pipeline_run = PipelineRun(experiment, "<pipeline_run_id>")
 step_run = pipeline_run.find_step_run("<node_name>")[0]
 port_data_reference = step_run.get_output_data("<output_name>")
 port_data_reference.download(local_path="path")
A PortDataReference can be used as an input to a step in a Pipeline, similar to using a DataReference.
An example to using a PortDataReference as a step input is as follows:
 from azureml.pipeline.core import PortDataReference, Pipeline, PipelineRun
 from azureml.pipeline.steps import PythonScriptStep
 pipeline_run = PipelineRun(experiment, "<pipeline_run_id>")
 step_run = pipeline_run.find_step_run("<node_name>")[0]
 port_data_reference = step_run.get_output_data("<output_name>")
 step_1 = PythonScriptStep(
 name='train',
 script_name="train.py",
 compute_target=compute,
 arguments=["--input", port_data_reference],
 inputs=[port_data_reference]
 )
 pipeline = Pipeline(workspace=workspace, steps=[step_1])
In this example, the newly constructed Pipeline will use the output which was created by the completed PipelineRun as an input to the train step.
Methods
as_download(input_name=None, path_on_compute=None, overwrite=None)
Consume the PortDataReference as a step input through the "download" mode.
as_input(input_name)
Create an InputPortBinding and specify an input name (but use default mode).
as_mount(input_name=None)
Consume the PortDataReference as a step input through the "mount" mode.
create_input_binding(input_name=None, mode=None, path_on_compute=None, overwrite=None)
Create input binding with this PortDataReference as the source.
download(local_path, overwrite=None, show_progress=None)
Download the data represented by the PortDataReference.
as_download(input_name=None, path_on_compute=None, overwrite=None)
Consume the PortDataReference as a step input through the "download" mode.
as_download(input_name=None, path_on_compute=None, overwrite=None)
Parameters
input_name
str
Specify a name for this input.
default value: None
path_on_compute
str
The path on the compute to download the data to.
default value: None
overwrite
bool
Use to indicate whether to overwrite existing data.
default value: None
Returns
The InputPortBinding with this PortDataReference as the source.
Return type
as_input(input_name)
Create an InputPortBinding and specify an input name (but use default mode).
as_input(input_name)
Parameters
input_name
str
Use to specify a name for this input.
Returns
The InputPortBinding with this PortDataReference as the source.
Return type
as_mount(input_name=None)
Consume the PortDataReference as a step input through the "mount" mode.
as_mount(input_name=None)
Parameters
input_name
str
Use to specify a name for this input.
default value: None
Returns
The InputPortBinding with this PortDataReference as the source.
Return type
create_input_binding(input_name=None, mode=None, path_on_compute=None, overwrite=None)
Create input binding with this PortDataReference as the source.
create_input_binding(input_name=None, mode=None, path_on_compute=None, overwrite=None)
Parameters
input_name
str
The name of the input.
default value: None
mode
str
The mode to access the PortDataReference ("mount" or "download").
default value: None
path_on_compute
str
For "download" mode, the path on the compute the data will reside.
default value: None
overwrite
bool
For "download" mode, whether to overwrite existing data.
default value: None
Returns
The InputPortBinding with this PortDataReference as the source.
Return type
download(local_path, overwrite=None, show_progress=None)
Download the data represented by the PortDataReference.
download(local_path, overwrite=None, show_progress=None)
Parameters
local_path
str
Local path to download to.
overwrite
bool or optional
If true, overwrite existing file, defaults to False.
default value: None
show_progress
bool or optional
Show the progress of download in the console, defaults to True.
default value: None
Returns
The number of files successfully downloaded.
Return type
int
Attributes
datastore
Get the Datastore associated with the PortDataReference.
Returns
The datastore object.
Return type
datastore_name
Get the name of the Datastore associated with the PortDataReference.
Returns
The datastore name.
Return type
str
path_on_datastore
Get the path on datastore for the PortDataReference.
Returns
The path on datastore.
Return type
str


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At the Rural Design Summit (2009) a design training exercise was carried out on a site at Birsay, Orkney. Whilst the site had already gained planning consent for eight houses, during the exercise, it was considered that further solutions could be investigated through a more detailed masterplanning exercise. Dualchas Building Design, who had participated at the Summit, was subsequently invited, by the Scottish Government, to participate in an additional workshop which involved planners, roads engineers and Councillors. The aim was to take a fresh approach towards the site and to (1) use it as a case study to consider alternative ideas (2) look at the design/cost implications, and (3) apply a B-plan technique to help develop the masterplans.
The Dualchas Building Design presentation into this study is available


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Abstract : The work presented in this thesis is devoted to the experimental study of the atomic dynamics in a dissipative optical lattice. We used pump-probe spectroscopy and atomic imagery techniques. We obtained information about the temperature of the atoms, their dynamics when they are trapped in the potential wells and the transport phenomena.
We report the direct observation of Brillouin propagation modes by imagery and we relate them to the optical resonances observed in pump-probe spectra. We demonstrate the existence of dark modes, for which a propagation mode is excited which cannot be detected by spectroscopy.
We use optical lattices as a model system for statistical physics. We demonstrate the occurrence of stochastic resonance for the excitation of the Brillouin propagation mode.
In the last part of the thesis, we report the observation of directed diffusion in a symmetric periodic potentiel. This is due to a temporal symmetry breaking of the system.


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Liberals spending $50M to teach K-12 students and their teachers coding
New CanCode program targets students, underrepresented groups
The Liberal government is following up on a 2017 budget promise to spend $50 million to help children learn to code as soon as they start school.
Innovation Minister Navdeep Bains announced the government's new CanCode program, which hopes to train about one million students from kindergarten to Grade 12 coding and other digital skills, during a stop at Microsoft Canada in Mississauga, Ont. on Monday.
The government says they also want to train students, including traditionally underrepresented groups, in coding to prepare them for the future workforce.
The funding also includes training for 63,000 teachers to learn how to incorporate new technology in the classroom.
The money will be divided between a number of projects, including $10 million for Actua, a group that engages Indigenous youth, girls, at-risk youth and young Canadians living in remote areas in science, technology, engineering and math (STEM).
Coding is already part of the curriculum up to Grade 6 in Nova Scotia and taught in New Brunswick.
In 2016, British Columbia announced plans to have mandatory coding for students between Grade 6-9 by September 2018.
Other recipients of the $50 million include:
- The Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada
- Canada Learning Code
- Cybera Inc.
- Kids Code Jeunesse
- Saskatoon Industry Education Council
- Brilliant Labs
- FIRST Robotics Canada
- Let's Talk Science
- Grandir sans frontières
- Science North
- The Learning Partnership
- Pinnguaq Ulnooweg Development Group
- Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre Inc
- Fusion Jeunesse Elephant Thoughts Educational Outreach
- Science World


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One way to execute a Python script using a Chrome extension is to use Native Messaging. This allows the Chrome extension to communicate with a native application, such as a Python script.
Here are the high-level steps to use Native Messaging to execute a Python script:
 1. Create a Python script that performs the desired task.
 2. Create a native application (e.g., a compiled executable) that can be run from Chrome. This application will launch the Python script and communicate with the Chrome extension.
 3. Create a manifest.json file for the Chrome extension that specifies the native messaging host and the allowed Chrome URLS for the extension.
 4. In the Chrome extension code, use the chrome.runtime.sendNativeMessage() method to send messages to the native application and receive responses.
 5. Start the native application and load the unpacked extension in Chrome.
 6. Test the extension and ensure that the Python script is executed as expected.
It's worth noting that using Native Messaging with a Python script requires some level of programming knowledge and experience. However, there are also libraries and resources available to help simplify the process.
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Enable form by tapping the spheres of both controllers together Motion controllers touch spheres.
Move the controllers Primary motion controller Secondary motion controller to flatten your shape until it becomes a white outline.
Press Secondary motion controller T button to set shape.the secondary T button
Hold Primary motion controller T button and move the primary controller Primary motion controller to sweep the shape out.the primary T button
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UV and IR Photography in Forensic
The use of photography is documenting a crime scene or recording an autopsy procedure is increasingly becoming an integral part of forensic investigation processes. Besides witness statements, the physical evidence collected from crime scenes and reposts made by crimes scene investigation, infrared and ultraviolet photography techniques are used to provide a detailed and accurate account that is unalterable. In many criminal cases, photographic evidence is critical for both defense and prosecution counsel. Additionally, photographic evidence is often used to display or reconstruct the nature of crime scenes to crime scene investigators who could not make it to the actual scene. This paper explores the application of infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet (UV) photography in forensics.
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The documentation of physical evidence through forensic photography is one of the integral aspects of crime scene investigations. Ensuing analysis of photographs taken from crime crimes, gunshot wounds, bite marks, trace evidence and autopsy procedures among others often produces clues investigators can use effectively to reconstruct some of the events of an incident under investigations, or yield enough evidence to gain a conviction at trial. Conventional photography documents images in the visible light spectrum, and often records images on digital file or film visible to the human eye. In that regard, traditional photography limits the use of photography in documenting the evidence essential to reconstruct facts of a given case. For several years, forensic photographers have come up with various specialized techniques for documenting critical evidence, especially under challenging situations. Infrared (IR) and Ultraviolet (UV) photography can be applied in various scenarios to produce results that are often limited by traditional photographing techniques in the visible light spectrum. The interest behind the exploration of the application of UV and IR photography in forensics pertains to their capability to document injuries due to biochemical and biological changes that arise after injuries. The subsequent subsections explores the application of UV and IR photography in forensics
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UV Photography Application
Photographic accuracy in cases involving bite marks is vital to an investigative process because the bite mark may be the only evidence linking a suspect to the crimes under investigation. For this reason, the push to use superior photographic technique is unavoidable in the investigative process. Ultraviolet radiation has been used to improve the visibility of old wounds, bruising and bite marks has been documented in various studies. Documenting bite marks and bruises through UV photography requires specialized UV components. However, acquiring the necessary ultraviolet forensic photography equipment can be taxing. This implies that the digital camera used for this purpose must either be designed or modified with ultraviolet acquisition in mind. Another important point to highlight regarding UV photography is that better results are influenced by the power of the light source. In other words, there is a need for a more powerful light source for illumination during ultraviolet imaging. In contrast to alternate light imaging (ALI) and IR, ultraviolet images depict the surface disruption of the human skin when the UV imaging technique is used to document bite marks.
Adequate examination of injuries of victims of violence, both deceased and living, is vital for the reconstruction of suspected criminal incident. The use of medical reports by the prosecution counsel on injuries are evidence demands a detailed description and accurate interpretation of the reported injuries. The prosecution counsel faces difficulties, especially when there is lack of visibility of the reported injuries. Difficulties may be due to, for instance, a bruise in a yellow appearance or due to healing of the injury. Additionally, even the most recently caused bruise might also be invisible at the surface of the skin. As an area of interest, improving the visibility of injuries that are often not visible to the naked eye is vital in gaining a detailed and accurate documentation of injuries reported by a victim of violence. To recap, prints or documented images of UV photography appear as regular black and while photos. However, after the development of reflected UV photography film, they can be made into enlargements or slides. The use of UV photography in forensics can greatly improve an investigation by illustrating an outline of a weapon that caused an injury and show history of injuries.
IR Photography Application
The use of infrared-aided photography has been documented, especially in the detection of gunshot residues in fabrics. Accurate photographic recording of a crime scene is an important pillar of any effort into the collections of evidence, especially when it applies to documenting gunshots injuries or fatalities inflicted during crimes of violence. For IR photography, a source of the infrared radiation is mandatory. Many alternative light source systems are equipped with IR components. However, most of the contemporary flash units emit visible, IR and UV light. This makes it possible to apply IR techniques in bother laboratory and field environments. Additionally, advances in photographing technologies has resulted in digital imaging options for forensic photographers in both environments. Infrared photography techniques can be used to examine document forgeries and alternations. Differentiating between visibility identical pigments and inks is characterized by observing any slight difference in the way they absorb or transmit IR radiation. Infrared luminescence and reflected photography is also used to reveal printing and writing under obliterations on important physical documents. Furthermore, illegible worn, aged or charred documents can be rendered legible in IR photographs.
The physical properties of fabrics and the dyes used in the same cloth affects the manner in which IR radiation is absorbed or reflected. Reflected IR can be useful in forensic investigations where there is a need to differentiate between clothing fabrics that are visibly similar in visible light, yet they are actually different. One of the intriguing application of reflected IR photography pertains to the reduction of background on fabric that are either dark or with busy pattern to display the presence of stains. In that regard, substances such as gunshot residues or blood patterns can be revealed in scenarios where conventional photographic techniques are limited. Gunshot residue is also revealed using IR reflected photography. In addition, a fabric with visibly dark or busy pattern is often rendered as a less distracting pattern or a single pattern; hence, revealing any important detail hidden from the unaided eye. Another intriguing application of IR photography relates to the documentation of injuries and biomedical uses. IR energy can penetrate the human skin 3 millimeters deep. In addition, IR energy is absorbed by blood. According to Broux, McCaul and Shimamoto, these aspects are exploited to show details 3 millimeters below the human skin. Reflected IR and reflected UV photographs can be used to show the details below a victims skin surface and details on the surface of the skin respectively. To that end, bite marks can be documented using reflected IR photography. To conclude, forensic applications of reflected infrared photography include biomedical photography, gunshot residue visualization and bloodstain documentation.
Routine application of infrared and ultraviolet photographing techniques in the not only forensic, but also biomedical fields is not new. Forensic photography is essential in documenting crime scenes, autopsy procedures, bite marks, gunshot wounds, weapons and trace evidence. In line with their efficiency in yielding clues for investigators to use in the reconstruction of facts regarding a particular case, UV and IR photography plays a significant role in helping courts establish the whys and how behind cases. Biting and gunshot injuries might be complex; thus, the collection, analysis and interpretation of evidence must the handled with care irrespective of the forensic photographing technique used. Acquiring reproducible and accurate forensic images is that one of the components of an effective crime scene investigation, but an important one. Therefore, a forensic photographer should be able to employ the most effective protocol to yield the best results.
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