text: Irregular Pyramids are defined as a stack of successively reduced graphs. Each vertex of a reduced graph is associated to a set of vertices in the base level graph named its receptive field. If the initial graph is deduced from a planar sampling grid its reduced versions are planar and each receptive field is a region of the initial grid. Combinatorial Pyramids are defined as a stack of successively reduced combinatorial maps. Combinatorial maps are based on half edges named darts and the receptive field of a dart is a sequence of darts in the base level combinatorial map. We present in this paper preliminary results showing how to define regions from the receptive fields of the darts.


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This paper presents a novel robust people counting system based on fusing the depth and vision data. Conventional algorithms utilize the monoscopic or stereoscopic vision data to count people. However, these vision-based people counting methods often fail due to occasional illumination change and crowded environment. In the proposed algorithm, both the top-view vision and depth images are captured by a video-plus-depth camera mounted on the ceiling. The depth image is first processed by a morphological operator to alleviate depth artifacts such as the optical noise and lost data. Then the human object is extracted using a human model from the preprocessed depth image. Finally, the trajectory of the detected object is established by applying the bidirectional matching algorithm. Experimental results show that the proposed algorithm achieves over 98% accuracy in various testing environments.

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Reliable Industries is considering the construction of a power plant investment in India. Reliable analysts calculate that the cost of building the plant is $600 million, and the IRR of the plant is 13%. The analysts also estimate that given the experience of building the first plant, a second plant can be built for $550 million, and additional plants can be built for $500 million each.
1. How would you go about evaluating whether to build or not to build this power plant in India?
2. Are you evaluating a project or a strategy?
3. How does the risk associated with the power plant strategy compare with the risk associated with the individual power plants?

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Time to Celebrate
Identity, diversity and belief
Author: Mark and Olga Fox
Format: 96 pp book
ISBN: 9781863667036 SCIS No: _PHONE_
Publisher: Wizard Ideas 2006
Audience: Teacher and student resource
Audience year level
Time to Celebrate offers an introduction to some of the world's cultures by examining festivals and associated cultural events. It features a rich background to many of the world's important festivals, as well as practical ideas and activities that link to learning areas including SOSE/HSIE, Literacy, The Arts, LOTE and Civics and Citizenship Education. The book has a particular focus on celebrations in Australia and the Asian region so that students come to better understand themselves and their closest neighbours.
Festivals provide students with an opportunity to explore issues such as diversity, identity and belief. By studying festivals, students will begin to understand more about the multicultural world in which they live and to examine their own attitudes in respect to values such as tolerance, inclusion, respect and freedom.

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NAME
Catalyst::Authentication::Realm::SimpleDB - A simplified Catalyst authentication configurator.
SYNOPSIS
 use Catalyst qw/
 Authentication
 /;
 __PACKAGE__->config->{'Plugin::Authentication'} =
 {
 default => {
 class => 'SimpleDB',
 user_model => 'MyApp::Schema::Users',
 }
 }
 # later on ...
 $c->authenticate({ username => 'myusername',
 password => 'mypassword' });
 my $age = $c->user->get('age');
 $c->logout;
DESCRIPTION
The Catalyst::Authentication::Realm::SimpleDB provides a simple way to configure Catalyst Authentication when using the most common configuration of a password protected user retrieved from an SQL database.
CONFIGURATION
The SimpleDB Realm class configures the Catalyst authentication system based on the following:
 - Your user data is stored in a table that is accessible via $c->model($cfg->{user_model});
 - Your passwords are stored in the 'password' field in your users table and are not encrypted.
 - Your roles for users are stored in a separate table and are directly accessible via a DBIx::Class relationship called 'roles' and the text of the role is stored in a field called 'role' within the role table.
 - Your user information is stored in the session once the user is authenticated.
For the above usage, only one configuration option is necessary, 'user_model'. user_model should contain the class name of your user class. See the "PREPARATION" section for info on how to set up your database for use with this module.
If your system differs from the above, some minor configuration may be necessary. The options available are detailed below. These options match the configuration options used by the underlying credential and store modules. More information on these options can be found in Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::Password and Catalyst::Authentication::Store::DBIx::Class.
user_model
Contains the class name (as passed to $c->model() ) of the DBIx::Class schema to use as the source for user information. This config item is REQUIRED.
password_field
If your password field is not 'password' set this option to the name of your password field. Note that if you change this to, say 'users_password' you will need to use that in the authenticate call:
 $c->authenticate({ username => 'bob', users_password => 'foo' });
password_type
If the password is not stored in plaintext you will need to define what format the password is in. The common options are crypted and hashed. Crypted uses the standard unix crypt to encrypt the password. Hashed uses the Digest modules to perform password hashing.
password_hash_type
If you use a hashed password type - this defines the type of hashing. See Catalyst::Authentication::Credential::Password for more details on this setting.
role_column
If your users roles are stored directly in your user table, set this to the column name that contains your roles. For example, if your user table contains a field called 'permissions', the value of role_column would be 'permissions'. NOTE: If multiple values are stored in the role column, they should be space or pipe delimited.
role_relation and role_field
These define an alternate role relationship name and the column that holds the role's name in plain text. See "CONFIGURATION" in Catalyst::Authentication::Store::DBIx::Class for more details on these settings.
use_userdata_from_session
This is a simple 1 / 0 setting which determines how a user's data is saved / restored from the session. If it is set to 1, the user's complete information (at the time of authentication) is cached between requests. If it is set to 0, the users information is loaded from the database on each request.
PREPARATION
This module makes several assumptions about the structure of your database. Below is an example of a table structure which will function with this module in it's default configuration. You can use this table structure as-is or add additional fields as necessary. NOTE that this is the default SimpleDB configuration only. Your table structure can differ significantly from this when using the DBIx::Class Store directly.
 --
 -- note that you can add any additional columns you require to the users table.
 --
 CREATE TABLE users (
 id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
 username TEXT,
 password TEXT,
 );
 CREATE TABLE roles (
 id INTEGER PRIMARY KEY,
 role TEXT
 );
 CREATE TABLE user_roles (
 user_id INTEGER,
 role_id INTEGER,
 PRIMARY KEY (user_id, role_id)
 );
Also, after you have loaded this table structure into your DBIx::Class schema, please be sure that you have a many_to_many DBIx::Class relationship defined for the users to roles relation. Your schema files should contain something along these lines:
lib/MyApp/Schema/Users.pm:
 __PACKAGE__->has_many(map_user_role => 'MyApp::Schema::UserRoles', 'user_id');
 __PACKAGE__->many_to_many(roles => 'map_user_role', 'role');
lib/MyApp/Schema/UserRoles.pm:
 __PACKAGE__->belongs_to(role => 'MyApp::Schema::Roles', 'role_id');
MIGRATION
If and when your application becomes complex enough that you need more features than SimpleDB gives you access to, you can migrate to a standard Catalyst Authentication configuration fairly easily. SimpleDB simply creates a standard Auth config based on the inputs you give it. The config SimpleDB creates by default looks like this:
 MyApp->config('Plugin::Authentication') = {
 default => {
 credential => {
 class => 'Password',
 password_type => 'clear'
 },
 store => {
 class => 'DBIx::Class',
 role_relation => 'roles',
 role_field => 'role',
 use_userdata_from_session => '1',
 user_model => $user_model_from_simpledb_config
 }
 }
 };
SEE ALSO
This module relies on a number of other modules to do it's job. For more information you can refer to the following:


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If you're a fan of Dungeons & Dragons, chances are you know how essential dice are in this iconic tabletop role-playing game. DND dice are curiously shaped polyhedral gems that can make or break your game. While there are different types and sets available, choosing the right dice can be daunting. But don't worry, this guide is here to help you navigate the world of DND dice. We'll explain their types, sets, and essential uses so you can focus on having fun and telling stories with your friends.
Understanding the Basics – DND Dice Types
Before we dive into dice sets and their uses, let's start with the basics: the types of dice used in Dungeons & Dragons. There are seven main types, represented by a 'd' followed by the number of sides:
- D4: A four-sided pyramid-shaped die for small damage rolls and certain character abilities.
- D6: The classic six-sided die, commonly used for everything from damage rolls to skill checks.
- D8: This eight-sided die is often utilized for weapon damage and healing spells.
- D10: There are two types of ten-sided dice in DND: the percentile die (marked from 00 to 90) and the regular d10 (marked from 1 to 10). These are used for various rolls, including damage and determining percentages.
- D12: A twelve-sided die primarily used for larger weapon damage rolls and some class features.
- D20: The iconic twenty-sided die, the most famous in DND. It's employed for attack rolls, saving throws, and determining the outcome of many actions.
- D100: A percentile die used together with the percentile d10 to determine random percentages.
Building Your Dice Set
Now that you know the dice types, let's talk about assembling your dice set. A typical DND player's set includes the following:
- 1d20: The workhorse of your set, used for many important rolls.
- 1d12 and 1d10: Useful for certain character classes and damage rolls.
- 1d8: Another significant die for damage and healing.
- 2d10: One for regular rolls and one for percentages.
- 1d6: Used for various rolls, including damage and skill checks.
- 1d4: Essential for smaller damage rolls and abilities.
Having these dice readily available ensures you're prepared for any in-game situation. Some players prefer to have multiple sets in different colors or designs for style and convenience.
Exploring Special Dice and Their Uses
Beyond the basic dice, there are special dice that come into play in specific situations:
- Fudge Dice: A set of four six-sided dice with two plus faces, two minus faces, and two blank faces. Used in the Fudge system for determining degrees of success or failure.
- DND Condition Markers: Not actual dice, but condition markers often come in dice form to track various conditions like poison or concentration.
- Legendary Dice: Unique dice sets that are sometimes released with special DND campaigns or events. These dice can have special effects or designs that make them highly collectible.
Collecting and Caring for Dice
Many Dungeon & Dragons enthusiasts see collecting dice as a hobby in itself. Dice come in various materials such as metal, acrylic, or gemstone, each offering a distinctive feel and aesthetic. Keeping your dice in a soft pouch or container is recommended to prevent wear and tear. However, if you're more of a practical player, there are many affordable options that work just as well.
Understanding the types of DND dice and knowing when and how to use them is crucial to the game. As storytellers, dice are our secret weapons, and having the right set at hand can enhance our gaming experience and bring us closer together as a community. So, whether you're a seasoned Dungeon Master or a new adventurer, use this guide to choose your perfect set of dice, and embark on epic quests that will keep you entertained and engaged for hours on end.


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You're assuming that it's 'oxidation '. Copper and it's alloys usually form a sulfide though it can also oxidize. It can also react to ammonia compounds. Cracked case necks -is caused by stress corrosion cracking.Thunderstorms create ammonia compounds from nitrogen in the air.
It's too early to give metallurgy lessons.


text: OBJECTIVES: This study was performed to analyze the factors that affected the decision making process in approving workers' compensation claims for cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases cases that occurred just before refoming approval standards of Industrial Accident Compensation Insurance Act on 1 July 2008 and to provide fundamental information in preparing better standards. METHODS: We examined 283 claims cases involving cerebrovascular and cardiovascular diseases that occurred between 1 January, 2006 and 31 December, 2007 and collected data based on the worker's compensation records from 3 Seoul Regional Centers of the Workers' Compensation & Welfare Service. We analyzed the approval rates and odds ratios according to the general characteristics, injury information, past medical histories, and work related information using chi-square or univariate logistic regression. In addition, we identified the factors affecting the approval using multivariate logistic regression. RESULTS: Overall, 101 of the 283 cases were approved and approval rate was 35.7%. Approval rates differed significantly according to type of disease, survival, accident site, accident time, the presence of associated disease and overwork (p-value <0.05). In the multivariate logistic regression analysis with adjusted for age and sex, approval rate of death cases with associated disease was lower than cases without associated disease (OR 0.22, 95% CI 0.12~0.42). Approval rate of cases occurred in worksite was higher than others (OR 4.81, 95% CI 2.22~10.40). Cases of accepted overwork had a higher approval rate significantly than cases of not accepted (OR 28.53, 95% CI 9.74~83.52). CONCLUSION: Factors in approving cases of cerebrovascular and cardiovascular disease as cases involving occupational disease included conditions of overwork, high rate of accidents in the workplace and the presence of associated disease. It is necessary to investigate further behaviors of work and chronic work-related stress.


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Most banks refunding PPI now take off tax from your PPI refund. Here is how to claim back tax back on PPI interest.
If you are one of the millions of people who has received a refund for mis-sold PPI you may have been surprised to see that that some tax was taken off. "But this is my money I am getting back – why should I have to pay tax on it?" is a common thought!
You may be able to get some of this money back, and if you are on a low income or don't pay any tax, you should be able to get it all back.
Why Have You Been Charged Tax on A Refund?
PPI refunds are usually made of three components:
- a refund of the PPI premiums you paid, plus
- a refund of interest you were charged on the PPI premiums (sometimes called "associated interest"), plus
- statutory interest at 8% (sometimes called "statutory compensation" or "simple interest").
The two "refund" elements are indeed your own money that is being returned. That isn't taxed at all.
If you finished paying the loan or credit card that PPI was added to sometime ago, then the extra interest you were charged on the PPI stopped at that point.
But you are still out of pocket because of the amounts you had previously paid – if that money had been sitting in your bank account you would have been earning interest on it.
So statutory interest at 8% for each year is added to your refund as compensation from this point on. This element can be very large if the PPI was paid many years ago.
The tax man treats this statutory interest as though it is interest you have earned from your savings.
This doesn't just apply to PPI refunds. If you have received any financial compensation, such as a payday loan refund, that may include an 8% statutory element and that too is taxed as though it is savings.
Guessing at Your Tax – And Guessing Wrong!
Most banks refunding PPI now take off tax from this element. But of course, they don't know how much tax you pay or if you are getting other refunds in the same tax year, so they assume you are a basic rate tax payer and deduct 20%.
Because the government is trying to encourage people to save, it introduced a new tax-free savings allowance in April 2016 for everyone – this is £1000 for basic rate taxpayers and £500 for higher rate tax payers. People on a low income also benefit from paying 0% tax on some savings.
As a result, the tax deducted is wrong for almost everyone! All basic rate and non-tax payers may be able to reclaim some of this.
You can ask HMRC for a refund of some or all this tax deducted. Unfortunately, if you are a higher rate taxpayer, you may have some extra tax to pay.
How Much Tax Should You Pay on This?
Most people in the 2018-19 tax year:
- won't pay any tax on savings if your total income (which includes this 8% interest) is less than £16,850. In this case you should get all the tax deducted back.
- If your total income is more than £16,850 and you are a basic-rate taxpayer, the first £1000 of savings interest you receive in the tax year is tax free. In this case you should get up to £200 of any tax deducted back. This is across all refunds you get, it's not £200 per refund.
- for higher rate taxpayers this allowance is reduced to £500. 40% of that is also £200 so you may be able to claim that back BUT you may also have to pay some extra tax as tax has only been deducted at 20% not 40%.
How to Claim Tax Back On PPI Interest
You only report the amount of the 8% interest and the tax that has been deducted to HMRC. You don't need to report the other "refund" parts of the PPI payment you have received because they aren't taxable.
If you fill in a self-assessment tax form, for example if you are self-employed, then getting the rebate is easy. You just enter the details of the 8% interest part of the PPI refund on your tax return as "savings interest" and put in how much tax was deducted from this.
If you don't complete a tax return, you ask for a refund using the R40 form. This can done online if you have a Government Gateway Id or by filling out a paper form.
This looks a bit like a tax form, but the Notes for the Form are clear and, if you are only completing because a refund has been incorrectly taxed, most of it isn't relevant.
You can make "an interim claim" during the tax year but you will have to estimate all your earnings for the whole year. I think it's simpler to wait until the tax year ends and then then claim when you know all the figures.
You can also claim for previous tax years 2016-17 and 2017-18. You need to send in a separate claim for each tax year.
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Take this example, which uses the Leaflet mapping library. When viewed in Firefox, the map fails to appear, so the immediate response is to press F12 and view the Console, which tells me I have a syntax error and in particular there is a missing closing parenthesis after an argument list:
This sounds promising, so I click on the line number (56) on the right hand side and the debugger is opened at the problem line:
However, the debugger points to the line where the the closing script tag appears rather than where the missing parenthesis should be. This is probably no more than what we can expect from Firefox but it is not enough to help us identify the problem. We could work our way through the code looking for the missing parenthesis but if the code is long, and not all our own work, this will not be easy.
One way to resolve this is to use some of the features of the free and open source Atom text editor. The first thing to do, after opening the problem HTML file in Atom, is to check for an inbalance in the parentheses. This can be done by using the Find in Buffer tool:
Here there are 35 instances of the left parenthesis but there were only 33 instances of the right parenthesis. So, in fact, I have two missing. But where should they go?
From the Bracket Matcher, I select Select Inside Bracket. If the code within the function is sound then all of that code will be highlighted. That it isn't shows that there is a problem within the function and I can iterate towards a solution.
I put the cursor at the start of the first block of code (a call to the JQuery getJSON method) within my main init function (line 29) and repeat the process:
Again, the editor fails to recognise the bracket pair, but this time there is a lot less code to examine manually. In fact the error was caused by a failure to close a list of arguments in the call to the Leaflet geoJSON object (line 30), as hinted at by the original Firefox error. A new line (35 below) was added:
Now if I put the cursor inside my function and use Select Inside Bracket, the whole function is highlighted, which shows it is balanced out:
Remember I had two missing parenthesis, so I repeat the Select Inside Brackets for my next major code block:
Here I have a slightly different problem – the two calls to getJSON (line 39 and line 47) should be separate, whereas here they are nested. So I need to add some code to separate them (line 47 below):
Repeating the Select Inside Brackets will now show two separate code blocks and my script is finally fixed; I can check this by repeating the search for opening and closing parentheses – the totals should match.
Finally, another useful feature of Atom that does a similar thing is the matching bracket/parenthesis highlighter:
Here I have put the cursor to the right of a curly bracket (line 49) and Atom underlines it and its matching pair (line 54). If the two are not where you expect them to be then you have a problem. This technique also works with parentheses.
Nick Gould – February 2017


How to Create Parent-Child Relations in Vapor 3
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This tutorial will cover how to create parent-child relations in Vapor 3.
Parent-Child relations are useful for when one of your model "owns" multiple objects in another model. The classic example for this is a forum website: A User object has many posts, but each post belongs to only 1 user.
Models
This tutorial will have 2 models: a Post class and a User class. Each post will belong to a user, and each user will have many posts. Our Post and User class look like this:
extension User: Content, Migration { }
 extension Post: Content, Migration { }
 final class User: SQLiteModel {
 var id: Int?
 var username: String

 init(username: String) {
 self.username = username
 }
 }
 final class Post: SQLiteModel {
 var id: Int?
 var title: String
 var userID: User.ID

 init(title: String, userID: User.ID) {
 self.title = title
 self.userID = userID
 }
 }
This is a very is a very simple setup: the User class has a username property, and the Post class has a title and userID property. This userID property will be needed to attach a user to each post that is created in the database.
Fluent offers several convenience methods for both the parent and the child that can help us in retrieving them from the database, so that we don't have to manually query. In our case, they would be written:
// 1
 extension User {
 var posts: Children {
 return children(\.userID)
 }
 }
 // 2
 extension Post {
 var owner: Parent {
 return parent(\.userID)
 }
 }
At 1, the posts variable represents the children, and will list all objects in the Post class that have been created by a given User.
At 2, the owner variable represents the parent: it will give the parent User object for any given Post object
Accessing these properties in your controller
Below are several example routes that show us how we can access these values in our controller:
// This method lists all posts for any defined userId
 func listPostsForGivenUser(_ request: Request) throws -> Future<[Post]> {
 let userId:Int = 1
 return try User.find(userId, on: request).flatMap(to: [Post].self) { user in // 1
 guard let unwrappedUser = user else { throw Abort.init(HTTPStatus.notFound) } // 2
 return try unwrappedUser.posts.query(on: request).all() // 3
 }
 }

 // This method returns the User who created any valid Post
 func listUserForGivenPost(_ request: Request) throws -> Future {
 let postId: Int = 2
 return try Post.find(postId, on: request).flatMap(to: User.self, { post -> Future in // 4
 guard let unwrappedPost = post else { throw Abort.init(HTTPStatus.notFound) }
 return try unwrappedPost.owner.get(on: request) // 5
 })
 }
At 1, we take the userId given to us, and find the corresponding user in the database. We then call .flatMap, and we flatMap to [Post].self, because that is what we declared in the route signature.
At 2, we unwrap the optional User object
For 3, we use the variable we defined previously, 'posts', and query the database for those posts., and then return them
For 4 and 5, the formula is the same, except at 5, we use the owner helper we created above to retrieve the owner of the post, and then return that
Thanks for reading! Happy coding in Vapor 3!
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What Has Wandered Into Pikes Peak Field Day
When: May 23, 2019
4:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Where: Pikes Peak State Park
15316 Great River Rd
McGregor, IA 52157
As part of our "What Has Wandered Into Your Woods?" series, join us for a special tour of one of Iowa's top destinations for hikers and nature lovers! Trees Forever and park experts will point out native and invasive plants during a 1-mile walk at Pikes Peak State Park. Learn about how native plants provide more benefits for the environment than non-native plants, including better food and habitat for animals and pollinators. Then help us protect our native ecosystem by removing invasive garlic mustard.
- Hear from park experts on how the state park cares for native trees and plants, including how they are dealing with invasive plants such as garlic mustard, Japanese barberry, bucktorn, multiflora rose, black locust and Japanese knotweed.
- Get your hands dirty during a hands-on lesson on how to identify, treat and remove invasive species.
- Discover the importance of native plants.
Be sure to wear suitable clothing for outdoor activities and bring a refillable water bottle and bug spray. Our hike will be about one mile on a flat but grass covered surface; motorized assistance is not available. This event will be held rain or shine.
Looking for another workshop in this series? Join us Friday, September 20 at Backbone State Park
Questions? Contact Jeff Jensen at _PHONE_.
$10 registration fee covers lunch and handouts. Please register below.
This event is possible thanks to support from the Iowa Department of Natural Resources, the U.S. Forest Service and Syngenta's Operation Pollinator.


Python Unit Tests
This article covers briefly how you can run Python Unit Tests against a suite of analytics in Visual Studio 2010 with Python Tools for Visual Studio (PTVS). Visual Studio 2013 Express edition is much more adapted to Python unit testing. Here we explain how you can circumvent this limitation using a main() method to launch this series of tests.
– Install Visual Studio 2010 (full version), or VS Pro (Community Edition, which is free). You can also install PTVS 2.1 into VS 2013 Express for Web and VS 2013 Express for Desktop editions.
– Install PTVS adpated to your VS version (2013,2013).
– Once you have installed a Python distribution like Anaconda, configure PTVS options as following in VS Tools, Options, Python Tools:
Unit tests Python
Unit tests Python
– Create a a new VS solution with a Python application project (i called it "OptionGreeks")
Python unit test
PTVS New project
– Add your Python environment by right-clicking on your Python project 'Python Environments', in the Solution explorer:
Python Unit Test
PTVS add environment
Analytics library to be tested
The class that we are going to test here is already published in a previous article dedicated to options greeks computation.
Add this.py ( to your project.
Unit tests
Depending on your python distribution, you may have to download the package unittest: right-click on your Python environment and select "Install Python Package".
PTVS Add unittestpackage
Now, add to your solution a.py file (i called it "") containing the following code:
The Python project should look like:
Python Unit tests
If you set to be the startup project, just run it (F5) and you should see in the console window that all tests passed:
Python Unit Tests
Test Results


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Nazis Tried To Train Dogs To Read, Write, And Speak, New Jan Bondeson Book Says
First Posted: 05/25/2011 5:31 pm Updated: 04/17/2012 11:32 am
Hitler may be on the short list of despicable dictators most undeserving of a dog's unconditional love, but that didn't stop him from trying to talk them.
According to a new book titled "Amazing Dogs: A Cabinet of Canine Curiosities," Nazi specialists attempted -- apparently with some success -- to train a fleet of "intelligent" dogs to read, write and speak.
"The Nazis were sentimental enthusiasts who were really fond of animals and liked the idea that dogs were intelligent and could communicate with people," Bondeson told AOL Weird news.
According to Bondeson, Hitler and the Germans seem to have had hopes that the superior dogs would eventually communicate with their SS masters and act as the ultimate guard dogs.
Considering their record on human rights, the Nazi's actually had notoriously strong feelings about animal rights.
Hitler was widely recognized as a dog lover and owned two German Shepherds, named Blondi and Bella. The dictator famously killed Blondi before taking his own life in 1945.
Bondeson says that some Nazis even wrote letters to local authorities about the pets that were being left behind when the military began forcing Jews into concentration camps.
"When the Jews were deported from certain German cities, nobody bothered about them, they said 'good riddance,'" Bondeson explains. "But as for their pets, people thought, 'Well, they can't bring those with them to the concentration camps, surely we must do something.'"
"It's a completely forgotten aspect: A good Nazi was a friend to animals."


Throughput time between one activity and multiple others
Hello everyone,
Is there the possibility of calculating the throughput time between between one activity lets say 'Create Order' and multiple occuring activities, lets say 'Change date'. The problem is that Change date can happen multiple time and at each occurance the time between create order and change date should be caluclated.
The process is for example:
'Create Order'-> '…' -> 'Change date' -> '…' -> 'Change date'
The result, which i want to see is a histogram chart with the information:
number of occurances
number of days between create order and change date
In this example giving me 2 bars for each time difference.
Hope i made my case clear.
Thanks for any support!
Hi there,
You can solve this problem through the use of AVTIVITY_LEAD which allows you to identify Activity Sequences and do calculations on them. Here you can find more information on this:
To create a histogram, you can then use custom dimensions to show your result.
Hope that helps,
Celonis Data Science Team
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Optimal Emergency-Valve Closure Design
Molten salts have been used to store solar energy with proven results for over a decade. This study was done by EnginSoft on behalf of Eurotecnica Spa, a leader in the design of large molten salts storage systems. It involved the virtual modeling of an entire molten salts storage system with the Flowmaster software suite for fluid system simulation. The scope of the study was to ensure that the design of the emergency valve closure is reliable and remains so under various "what if" scenarios.
After modeling the entire molten salts storage system using data supplied by Eurotecnica, a series of incompressible transient parametric analyses for different scenarios were performed. The data for these scenarios were supplied by the Eurotecnica engineers. These parametric analyses resulted in an optimal definition for the emergency valve closure, that is, the minimum closure time for which the peak pressure is below the maximum allowable pressure for the system. This definition allowed the Eurotecnica engineers to:
- design a system that met with all the safety requirements while minimizing the emergency valve closure time
- select the appropriate size for the valve servo-motor to be used, avoiding unnecessary over-sizing of this critical component
Why Create a System Level Simulation?
Simulation at a system level, rather than just at the component level, is necessary if a component is to be tested within realistic scenarios of its lifecycle. In our study, once the optimal emergency valve closure in different scenarios was established, detailed transient analyses were performed in order to analyze the pressure surge that occurs in the entire system. The results of these analyses provided the engineers with an in-depth understanding of the fluid-dynamic behavior of the entire system during each emergency valve closure. Furthermore they were able to verify that the safety requirements are constantly met at all times during the operation of the system.
"EnginSoft helped us to gain a deep and complete understanding of the fluid-dynamic behavior of the entire system during each emergency valve closure and to be sure that the safety requirements are met consistently at each point of the system."


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Synonym: destroyruinwreckSimilar words: devastatingstateestatereinstatestatementnation-statechief of statestate of affairsMeaning: ['devəsteɪt] v. 1. devastate or ravage 2. overwhelm or overpower.
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1. Disapproval would at first enrage and then devastate him, and these warning messages apparently arrived visually.
2. And without it, a trade war could devastate already shaky world economies.
3. The Eclipse was also intended to devastate entire worlds.
4. Earthquakes can also cause tsunamis, which devastate coastal regions.
5. What exactly happens when I hit the Devastate button?
6. In what ways is Devastate better than Sunder Armor?
7. They intended to devastate the town at one stroke.
8. The Maoists, however, have done more to devastate schooling.
9. Devastate damage - per - sunder increased to 35.
10. Situations that would devastate others may be dealt with in constructive ways.
11. Devastate deals more damage ( and threat ) as your gear improves.
12. A fire or blood devastate and precious paper - historical documents completely.
13. Devastate damage ( and threat ) benefits from damage - increasing talents.
14. Devastate can crit and therefore generate added threat from the extra damage.
15. Corruption, organized crime[Sentence dictionary], and terrorist activities threaten to devastate the process.
16. This September I was invited to devastate the moors of a friend in the north.
17. Oil spills devastate the natural environment, endanger public health, imperil drinking water and disrupt the economy.
18. Historically, governments feared opium because they saw it devastate China.
19. Does Devastate generate more threat per hit than Sunder Armor?
20. In India, massive habitat loss continues to devastate Bengal tiger populations.
21. Critics say it's encroaching on the green belt and would devastate local villages.
22. Because his mockery or contempt on top of everything else would devastate her.
23. There is in fact an optimum height for airbursts, at which they devastate the maximum amount of area on the surface.
24. Tourist souvenirs like furs, ivory, animal skins, coral necklaces and shells can devastate wildlife.
25. Even a modest aerial explosion like the fifteen-megaton Tunguska event would utterly devastate a modern city.
26. Is there any reason at all to use Sunder Armor when you have Devastate?
27. The best plan is a broad plan, so that a failure devastate.
28. Any prolonged injury to Rooney or Saha, in particular, would devastate United.
29. The Lurker focuses on spies, cloaks and subterfuge to devastate opponents.
30. The upshot is that we're horrifyingly nonchalant at the prospect that rising carbon emissions may devastate our favorite planet.
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Women's and Gender Studies Clothesline Project
The Clothesline project is a participatory exhibit and a visual display that bears witness and attempts to break the silence surrounding violence against women and girls. The exhibit is comprised of t-shirts decorated to represent a particular woman's or girl's experience, by the survivor herself or by someone who cares about her, or cares about the issue. The shirts are hung on a clothesline for viewing. Participants walk through the rows of clothesline to bear witness to these tragedies. The project focuses on providing healing for survivors of violence, educating the public about violence, and preventing violence. The t-shirts on the clothesline were made by VSU students, faculty, staff and persons from the Valdosta community. The Clothesline is displayed each year in October, during Domestic Violence Awareness Month.


MQ Broker should have general logging enabled
Explanation
Logging should be enabled to allow tracing of issues and activity to be investigated more fully. Logs provide additional information and context which is often invalauble during investigation
Possible Impact
Without logging it is difficult to trace issues
Suggested Resolution
Enable general logging
Insecure Example
The following example will fail the AVD-AWS-0071 check.
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Description: Bad example
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 Broker:
 Type: AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker
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 General: false
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AWSTemplateFormatVersion: 2010-09-09
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Resources:
 Broker:
 Type: AWS::AmazonMQ::Broker
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text: ||This paper presents a new Kalman filter approach to Power System State Estimation based on PMUs, in which the knowledge of the system frequency is exploited to ensure the accuracy of the estimated quantities even under off-nominal conditions. In the proposed solution, the frequency is added as a new state variable to be estimated, so that its value can be known with lower uncertainty, thus leading to more accurate estimates also for node voltages and branch currents. All the frequency measurements available from PMUs can be exploited through the presented method to improve the estimation. In order to assess the benefits given by the integration of the frequency knowledge, the performance of the new approach is compared to different state estimation methodologies, by means of simulations carried out on the New England IEEE 39-bus system under different realistic operating conditions and measurement configurations. Performed tests take into account, in particular, the possible occurrence of off-nominal frequency conditions, highlighting the issues associated to traditional PMUbased Kalman filter approaches and proving the effectiveness of the proposed solution.


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art by jared barbick
| Bryan Sanders started writing poetry at the age of 14. A teacher encouraged him to keep at it, and he has never stopped. He got his start at the World Stage Anansi Writers Workshop. Since then, he has been on KJLH, performed in The African Marketplace, performed at the African Cultural Center, featured at The World Stage, and received an Extended Education Creative Writing Scholarship to UCLA.
As a 20 year old poet, his poetry is the beating heart of the Los Angeles inner city through the eyes of a young man discovering his own identity.


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Interactive Aircraft Systems DiagramsCPaT An Innovative And Exciting Way For Instructors And Students To Present And Study Aircraft Systems Diagrams.
CPaT's Interactive Aircraft Systems Diagrams are exciting online flight training courses that allows students and instructors to manipulate cockpit controls to see how the systems diagrams and synoptics react. By leveraging CPaT's Interactive Aircraft Systems Diagrams, students have a better comprehension of how manipulating aircraft control panels affects aircraft systems.
This advanced online aviation training course covers most major aircraft systems and can be incorporated into classroom instruction or individual learning. Each course includes 24/7 technical support and customer service.
Delivered both on-line and off-line, these online aviation courses allow students to train anywhere and anytime. CPaT's Microsoft Azure network helps with connectivity even in the most remote of locations. Simply train offline, and all completed work will sync up upon next internet connection. Access Interactive Diagrams through CPaT's Learning Management System, which can be accessed from PC or most mobile devices through CPaT's mobile app.


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It's called the Salt and Ice Challenge.
The game is played by putting salt on the skin, pressing ice on top of it and holding it in place until the ice melts or until the pain becomes too severe.
Numerous people have posted youtube videos of themselves participating in the challenge, which experts say can cause severe burns to the skin, similar to frostbite.
Officials at Pennsylvania's Phoenixville Middle School became concerned after they say they heard students talking about the game.
They quickly took action and sent a letter warning parents.
"Our goal is to provide you with this information in order to facilitate open communication at home to ensure the safety of our students," said Dr. Frank Garritano of the Phoenixville School District.


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CyTOF 2 Maintenance10 minutes
Torch Alignment Check
 - Step 1
 Switch off the RF generator power using the RFG circuit breaker on the right side of the CyTOF® 2.
 Open the front door of the CyTOF and view the positions of the screws in the screw assembly with respect to one another.
 - Step 2
 Compare the amount of thread engagement between the two screw assemblies. Loosen or tighten the corresponding screws to equalize the thread engagement.
 - Step 3
 Tighten the screws in unison to install as required.
 Check the Z-alignment (the position of the Torch relative to the vacuum interface). This ensures that the optimal analytical zone of the plasma is sampled.
 - Step 4
 Install the torch positioning tool (may be either black or silver) into the end of the Torch. Check that it spins freely. Gently push it in until it is flush with the edge of the Torch.
 If the tool is not flush with the Torch (± 1 mm), inspect the coils to ensure that they are not distorted or damaged. If you have concerns, contact Fluidigm Support.


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Celebrations started early Sunday afternoon with a parade on Riverside Avenue. Fifty floats participated and even the alumni and Marinette High School bands marched, too. However, that's just the start of the 3rd Annual Logging Festival.
"It's a great family event and this time of the year people are looking for something to do after the 4th, so we're happy that we have this in our town," said Jeff Skorik.
The Logging festival is a way to educate the community about their heritage...how logging, lumbering, and Native Americans built the area.
"Logging is very, very rich in our community. In fact, the island that we're standing on, what used to be a logging community, almost, and the logging mill was right in the place of where our museum is right now," said Judy Alwin, festival chair.
After the parade, festivities continued on Stephenson Island with food music and games. They even had a lumberjack show where they showed the audience how it was done in the old days.
"It's important to keep the history alive because this is how we started. We have a lot of generations in this area, so we're kind of learning about our city as well as our own background," said Bethany Skorik.


Linux: How to Set Mouse Speed
By Xah Lee. Date:
Here's how to set mouse's speed.
# set mouse speed to twice as fast
xset m 2 0
# set mouse speed to 3 x, when moved 4 counts within 10 milisecond
xset m 3 4
# set mouse speed to default
xset m default
The first number is acceleration, and second number is threshold.
The acceleration can be a fraction.
# set mouse speed to 2.5 times as fast
xset m 5/2 0
The m option controls the mouse parameters; it may be abbreviated to 'm'. Of course, it applies to most pointing devices, not just mice. The parameters for the pointing device are 'acceleration' and 'threshold'. The acceleration can be specified as an integer, or as a simple fraction. Threshold is just an integer. The setting is applied to all connected pointing devices. xinput(1) should be used if you need device-specific settings.
By default the pointer (the on-screen representation of the pointing device) will go 'acceleration' times as fast when the device travels more than 'threshold' mickeys (i.e. wouldbe pixels) in 10 ms, including a small transition range. This way, the pointing device can be used for precise alignment when it is moved slowly, yet it can be set to travel across the screen in a flick of the wrist when desired. One or both parameters for the m option can be omitted, but if only one is given, it will be interpreted as the acceleration. If no param‐ eters or the flag 'default' is used, the system defaults will be set.
Set Up Each Different Mouse
If you have 2 mouses, or trackpad and mouse, or any number of input devices, you can set them each independently, using xinput.
List Devices
First, list your devices to find the name. Type xinput list.
xah mouses keyboard 20151102 062053
from left to right: { • CM Storm Recon, • Logitech Trackman Marble Mouse Review, • Logitech G600, • Logitech G700}. The keyboard is Truly Ergonomic Keyboard.
I have 3 mouses and 1 trackball plugged-in. Here's my output
~/ $ xinput list
⎡ Virtual core pointer id=2 [master pointer (3)]
⎜ ↳ Virtual core XTEST pointer id=4 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech Gaming Mouse G600 id=8 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech Gaming Mouse G600 id=9 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ LVT Recon gaming mouse id=10 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ LVT Recon gaming mouse id=11 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech USB Trackball id=12 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech G700 Laser Mouse id=15 [slave pointer (2)]
⎜ ↳ Logitech G700 Laser Mouse id=16 [slave pointer (2)]
⎣ Virtual core keyboard id=3 [master keyboard (2)]
 ↳ Virtual core XTEST keyboard id=5 [slave keyboard (3)]
 ↳ Power Button id=6 [slave keyboard (3)]
 ↳ Power Button id=7 [slave keyboard (3)]
 ↳ TrulyErgonomic.com Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard id=13 [slave keyboard (3)]
 ↳ TrulyErgonomic.com Truly Ergonomic Computer Keyboard id=14 [slave keyboard (3)]
~/ $
Some mouse shows up twice. For example, "Logitech Gaming Mouse G600" has id 8 and 9.
Show Property
To show a device's settings, type:
xinput list-props mouse_brand_name
or
xinput list-props id
Example:
~/ $ xinput list-props "Logitech USB Trackball"
Device 'Logitech USB Trackball':
 Device Enabled (134): 1
 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (136): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
 Device Accel Profile (263): 0
 Device Accel Constant Deceleration (264): 1.000000
 Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (265): 1.000000
 Device Accel Velocity Scaling (266): 10.000000
 Device Product ID (252): 1133, 50184
 Device Node (253): "/dev/input/event19"
 Evdev Axis Inversion (267): 0, 0
 Evdev Axes Swap (269): 0
 Axis Labels (270): "Rel X" (144), "Rel Y" (145)
 Button Labels (271): "Button Left" (137), "Button Middle" (138), "Button Right" (139), "Button Wheel Up" (140), "Button Wheel Down" (141), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (142), "Button Horiz Wheel Right" (143), "Button Side" (256), "Button Extra" (257)
 Evdev Middle Button Emulation (272): 0
 Evdev Middle Button Timeout (273): 50
 Evdev Third Button Emulation (274): 0
 Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (275): 1000
 Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (276): 3
 Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (277): 20
 Evdev Wheel Emulation (278): 0
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (279): 0, 0, 4, 5
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (280): 10
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (281): 200
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (282): 4
 Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (283): 0
~/ $
~/ $ xinput list-props 8
Device 'Logitech Gaming Mouse G600':
 Device Enabled (134): 1
 Coordinate Transformation Matrix (136): 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 0.000000, 1.000000
 Device Accel Profile (263): 0
 Device Accel Constant Deceleration (264): 1.000000
 Device Accel Adaptive Deceleration (265): 1.000000
 Device Accel Velocity Scaling (266): 10.000000
 Device Product ID (252): 1133, 49738
 Device Node (253): "/dev/input/event15"
 Evdev Axis Inversion (267): 0, 0
 Evdev Axes Swap (269): 0
 Axis Labels (270): "Rel X" (144), "Rel Y" (145), "Rel Horiz Wheel" (261), "Rel Vert Wheel" (262)
 Button Labels (271): "Button Left" (137), "Button Middle" (138), "Button Right" (139), "Button Wheel Up" (140), "Button Wheel Down" (141), "Button Horiz Wheel Left" (142), "Button Horiz Wheel Right" (143), "Button Side" (256), "Button Extra" (257), "Button Forward" (258), "Button Back" (259), "Button Task" (260), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255), "Button Unknown" (255)
 Evdev Middle Button Emulation (272): 0
 Evdev Middle Button Timeout (273): 50
 Evdev Third Button Emulation (274): 0
 Evdev Third Button Emulation Timeout (275): 1000
 Evdev Third Button Emulation Button (276): 3
 Evdev Third Button Emulation Threshold (277): 20
 Evdev Wheel Emulation (278): 0
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Axes (279): 0, 0, 4, 5
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Inertia (280): 10
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Timeout (281): 200
 Evdev Wheel Emulation Button (282): 4
 Evdev Drag Lock Buttons (283): 0
~/ $
Set Property
To set the speed, use this:
xinput --set-prop device_id_or_name "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" number
# make this trackball's speed twice as slow
xinput --set-prop "Logitech USB Trackball" "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 2
# make this trackball's speed twice as fast
xinput --set-prop "Logitech USB Trackball" "Device Accel Constant Deceleration" 0.5
# reverse the vertical axes
xinput --set-prop "Logitech USB Trackball" "Evdev Axis Inversion" 0, 1
Save any of the above in


Return _employees
 End Get
 End Property

 ' Override the CreateChildControls method to
 ' add child controls to the Employees property when this
 ' custom control is requested from a page.
 Protected Overrides Sub CreateChildControls()
 Dim label As New Label()
 label.Text = Header
 label.BackColor = Color.Beige
 label.ForeColor = Color.Red
 Controls.Add(label)
 Controls.Add(New LiteralControl("

"))

 Dim table As New Table()
 Dim htr As New TableRow()

 Dim hcell1 As New TableHeaderCell()
 hcell1.Text = "Name"
 htr.Cells.Add(hcell1)

 Dim hcell2 As New TableHeaderCell()
 hcell2.Text = "Title"
 htr.Cells.Add(hcell2)

 Dim hcell3 As New TableHeaderCell()
 hcell3.Text = "Alias"
 htr.Cells.Add(hcell3)
 table.Rows.Add(htr)

 table.BorderWidth = Unit.Pixel(2)
 table.BackColor = Color.Beige
 table.ForeColor = Color.Red
 Dim employee As Employee
 For Each employee In Employees
 Dim tr As New TableRow()

 Dim cell1 As New TableCell()
 cell1.Text = employee.Name
 tr.Cells.Add(cell1)

 Dim cell2 As New TableCell()
 cell2.Text = employee.Title
 tr.Cells.Add(cell2)

 Dim cell3 As New TableCell()
 cell3.Text = employee.Alias
 tr.Cells.Add(cell3)

 table.Rows.Add(tr)
 Next employee
 Controls.Add(table)
 End Sub
 End Class
End Namespace ' PersistChildrenSampleVB
Im folgenden Codebeispiel wird veranschaulicht, wie die Klassen CollectionPropertyControl und Employee auf einer ASP.NET-Seite verwendet werden.The following code example demonstrates how to use the CollectionPropertyControl and Employee classes in an ASP.NET page.
<%@ Page Language="C#" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.CS.Controls" Namespace="PersistChildrenSamples" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "_URL_

 <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>

 <form id="form1" runat="server">

 <asp:Label ID="Message"
 runat="server"/>
 <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1"
 runat="server">
 </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>

 </form>

<%@ Page Language="VB" %>
<%@ Register TagPrefix="AspSample" Assembly="Samples.AspNet.VB.Controls" Namespace="PersistChildrenSampleVB" %>
<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "_URL_

 <title>PersistChildrenAttribute</title>

 <form id="Form1" runat="server">

 <asp:Label ID="Message"
 runat="server"/>
 <AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl id="CollectionPropertyControl1"
 runat="server">
 </AspSample:CollectionPropertyControl>

 </form>

Hinweise
Der PersistChildrenAttribute wird in Verbindung mit dem ParseChildrenAttribute verwendet, um zu bestimmen, wie der Inhalt eines Steuer Elements interpretiert wird.The PersistChildrenAttribute is used in combination with the ParseChildrenAttribute to determine how nested content of a control is interpreted. Wenn PersistChildrenAttribute true und ParseChildrenAttribute falseist, werden die in einem ASP.NET-Server Steuerelement enthaltenen geschachtelten Inhalte als Steuerelemente beibehalten.If PersistChildrenAttribute is true and ParseChildrenAttribute is false, the nested content contained within an ASP.NET server control is persisted as controls. Wenn PersistChildrenAttribute false und ParseChildrenAttribute trueist, werden die als Eigenschaften des Server Steuer Elements gespeicherten Inhalte persistent gespeichert.If PersistChildrenAttribute is false and ParseChildrenAttribute is true, the nested content is persisted as properties of the server control. Weitere Informationen zum Verwenden von Attributen finden Sie unter Attribute.For more information about using attributes, see Attributes.
Konstruktoren
PersistChildrenAttribute(Boolean)
Initialisiert eine neue Instanz der PersistChildrenAttribute-Klasse, wobei mithilfe eines booleschen Werts angegeben wird, ob geschachtelte Inhalte als geschachtelte Steuerelemente beibehalten werden sollen.Initializes a new instance of the PersistChildrenAttribute class using a Boolean value indicating whether to persist nested content as nested controls.
PersistChildrenAttribute(Boolean, Boolean)
Initialisiert eine neue Instanz der PersistChildrenAttribute-Klasse un


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OptionGroup.SpecialEffect Property (Access)
You can use the SpecialEffect property to specify whether special formatting will apply to the specified object. Read/write Byte.
expression .SpecialEffect
expression A variable that represents an OptionGroup object.
The SpecialEffect property uses the following settings.
Setting
Visual Basic
Description
Flat
0
The object appears flat and has the system's default colors or custom colors that were set in Design view.
Raised
1
The object has a highlight on the top and left and a shadow on the bottom and right.
Sunken
2
The object has a shadow on the top and left and a highlight on the bottom and right.
Etched
3
The object has a sunken line surrounding the control.
Shadowed
4
The object has a shadow below and to the right of the control.
Chiseled
5
The object has a sunken line below the control.
The SpecialEffect property setting affects related property settings for the BorderStyle , BorderColor , and BorderWidth properties. For example, if the SpecialEffect property is set to Raised, the settings for the BorderStyle, BorderColor, and BorderWidth properties are ignored. In addition, changing or setting the BorderStyle, BorderColor, and BorderWidth properties may cause Microsoft Access to change the SpecialEffect property setting to Flat.
The following example sets the appearance of the text box "OrganizationName1" on the "Mailing List" form to raised.
Forms("Mailing List").Controls("OrganizationName1").SpecialEffect = 1
Show:


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Peshawar: The Irrigation Department of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) has started work on the rehabilitation of Uch Canal, according to a publication. The project, which is estimated to cost PKR 11,137.6 million, will be completed in June 2019.
Under this project, remodelling of many other canals will be done, while many more tunnels will be built to supply water. Furthermore, the KP Government will also amend existing grid stations to increase electricity supply from KV66 to KV132.
Rehabilitation of Uch Canal will provide 400 cusecs of additional water for irrigation purposes. The project will also provide 300 cusecs of drinking water to Peshawar. Additionally, it will also increase the water capacity of Warsak Gravity and Lift Canals.


How to check if string contains numbers, letters, characters in bash
Shell Scripting, Linux
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Compare Strings in Bash
In my last article I shared some examples to get script execution time from within the script. I will continue with articles on shell scripts. In this article i will share examples to compare strings in bash and to check if string contains only numbers or alphabets and numbers etc in shell script in Linux. Now there can be various scenarios here, I will try to cover as many as possible.

1. Check if string contains numbers
Suppose you wish to compare strings and check if string contains numbers. Now this variable can also have characters, alphabets but most importantly we wish to check if string contains numbers. Use the below syntax in your script to compare strings and check if string contains numbers.
$VAR =~ [0-9]
I will frame this in a script
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
 read -r -p "Enter a string: " VAR
 if [[ $VAR =~ [0-9] ]];then
 echo "Input contains number"
 else
 echo "Input contains non numerical value"
 fi
done
Now let us execute our script, as you observe the script is able to differentiate between numerical and non numerical value
# /tmp/script.sh
Enter a string: test
Input contains non numerical value
Enter a string: test1234
Input contains number
Enter a string: test@123
Input contains number
Enter a string: testing
Input contains non numerical value

2. Check if string contains only numbers
Suppose you wish to compare strings and check if string contains only numbers. Now above we had a case where a string could contain both letter and alphabets. Try using the below syntax in your script to compare strings and check if string contains only numbers
$VAR =~ ^[0-9]+$
OR
$VAR =~ ^[[:digit:]]+$
I will frame this in a script to test multiple values
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
 read -r -p "Enter a string: " VAR
 if [[ $VAR =~ ^[0-9]+$ ]];then
 echo "Input contains number"
 else
 echo "Input contains non numerical value"
 fi
done
Now let us execute our script to compare strings, as you observe the script is able to differentiate between numerical and non numerical value so we are successfully able to check if string contains only numbers.
# /tmp/script.sh
Enter a string: test
Input contains non numerical value
Enter a string: 1234
Input contains number
Enter a string: test1234
Input contains non numerical value
Enter a string: 012
Input contains number

3. Check if string contains only alphabets and numbers
To compare strings and check if a string contains only alphabets and numbers you can use either of the below syntax.
$VAR =~ ^[[:alnum:]]+$
OR
$VAR =~ ^[0-9a-zA-Z]+$
Let me frame it in a script, i will demo only one of the syntax but both should work for you
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
 read -r -p "Enter a string: " VAR
 if [[ $VAR =~ ^[[:alnum:]]+$ ]];then
 echo "OK: Contains alphabets and numbers"
 else
 echo "NOK: Contains special character"
 fi
done
Execute the script. As you see we are able to differentiate the strings with alphabets and numbers and without alphabets and numbers
# /tmp/script.sh
Enter a string: 123
OK: Contains alphabets and numbers
Enter a string: abc123
OK: Contains alphabets and numbers
Enter a string: abc@123
NOK: Contains special character
Enter a string: abc.123
NOK: Contains special character

4. Check if string starts with character
Here let me show you an example to compare strings to check if string starts with specific character or word. Now assuming I wish to make sure that a variable or string starts with character "A". Try the below syntax to check if string starts with character "A"
$VAR =~ ^[A]
I will frame this in a script to test multiple values
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
 read -r -p "Enter a string: " VAR
 if [[ $VAR =~ ^[A] ]];then
 echo "Input starts with A"
 else
 echo "Input does not starts with A"
 fi
done
Now let us execute our script, as you observe the script is able to check if string starts with character "A".
# /tmp/script.sh
Enter a string: Test
Input does not starts with A
Enter a string: Apple
Input starts with A
Enter a string: apple
Input does not starts with A
Enter a string: Ball
Input does not starts with A
Similarly you can modify the logic to check for any other alphabet or character. For example to check for both small and capital alphabet use the below syntax
$VAR =~ ^[aA]

5. Check if string contains special characters
To compare strings and check if string contains special characters there are two methods. Either we match the pattern with all the available special characters or we do the opposite. We have a logic to check if a string contains only alphabets and numbers, we use that pattern and reverse it to get to know & check if string contains special characters.
$VAR == *['!'@#\$%^\&*()_+]*
OR
! $VAR =~ ^[[:alnum:]]+$
Let us frame this pattern in a script
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
 read -r -p "Enter a string: " VAR
 if [[ ! $VAR =~ ^[[:alnum:]]+$ ]];then
 echo "contains special character"
 else
 echo "does not contains special character"
 fi
done
Now if we execute the script to check if string contains special characters, we observe that the script is able to tell us about the string with and without special characters.
# /tmp/script.sh
Enter a string: test123
does not contains special character
Enter a string: 12345
does not contains special character
Enter a string: test
does not contains special character
Enter a string: test$123
contains special character
Enter a string: test%123
contains special character
Enter a string: test.123
contains special character

6. Check if string contains vowels
Now to compare strings and check if string contains vowels we can use below pattern. Here we are defining all the vowels in the pattern to check if string contains vowels.
$VAR =~ [AEIOUaeiou]
Let us put this in our script
#!/bin/bash
while true; do
 read -r -p "Enter a string: " VAR
 if [[ $VAR =~ [AEIOUaeiou] ]];then
 echo "OK: Contains vowels"
 else
 echo "NOK: No vowels found"
 fi
done
Execute the script to verify the functionality and if our script is able to check if string contains vowels. As you observe now our script is able to identify and check if string contains vowels or it only contains consonant.
# /tmp/script.sh
Enter a string: Apple
OK: Contains vowels
Enter a string: Bat
OK: Contains vowels
Enter a string: Test
OK: Contains vowels
Enter a string: Myth
NOK: No vowels found
Enter a string: Witch
OK: Contains vowels
Enter a string: Cry
NOK: No vowels found
Enter a string: Sky
NOK: No vowels found

Lastly I hope the steps from the article to compare strings and check if string contains numbers, letters or special characters in shell script in Linux was helpful. So, let me know your suggestions and feedback using the comment section.
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gives an image in which each pixel represents a sum of all pixels below and to the left of that pixel in image.
- ImageAccumulate[image] pads the image with one row of zeros at the bottom and one column of zeros on the left of the image after accumulating the pixels and returns an image whose dimensions are 1+ImageDimensions[image].
- ImageAccumulate operates separately on each channel in an image.
- ImageAccumulate gives an image of a real type.
- ImageAccumulate[image,Method->"CompensatedSummation"] uses compensated summation to reduce numerical error in the result.
- ImageAccumulate also works with Image3D objects.
Introduced in 2012
(9.0)| Updated in 2014


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Renaming pictures according to their shooting date is a straightforward way to merge photo sets coming from multiple cameras. On Linux, the exiv2 tool does the trick:
exiv2 -r'%F_%H-%M-%S_:basename:' rename $(ls \*.JPG)
The date format is the same as in the standard date command (where %F is a shortcut for %Y-%m-%d). If you omit the :basename: part of the pattern, which is automatically replaced with the file's original name, you may run into multiple photos getting the same file name: in this case, exiv2 will ask whether to overwrite, rename or skip them. As far as I know, you can't get more time precision than seconds from EXIF metadata.
I usually resize images to an 800-pixel width before sending, which can be done seamlessly using the mogrify script from ImageMagick:
mogrify -resize 800 -auto-orient $(ls \*.JPG)
By default, this tool preserves the image aspect-ratio, so you don't need to specify the full output resolution and the width (800) is enough.
Cameras usually store picture orientation in the image's metadata, while pixel data corresponds to the camera's sensor coordinates. That is, when you take a vertical photo, your camera just stores what it sees, and then adds a flag in the metadata saying "this should be rotated by +/-90 degrees". Image viewers interpret this flag correctly, but web browsers and e-mail clients do not (e.g. when you insert the image directly in an e-mail); this is why I threw the auto-orient flag here, which automatically performs the orientation on the pixel data.


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Applications that you use to stitch photographs together to
form panoramic images are called stitching software
. PTGui is stitching software.
Panoramic images are assembled of multiple images. Because the images are perspective corrected,
a seamless stitch can be made and the panorama will look like an image taken with an
artificial super wide angle lens.
Several types of stitching software exist: automatic stitchers and control point based stitchers.
Not all stitching software can do multi row panoramas. A multi row panorama is a panorama
consisting of images not only aligned next to each other, but also on top of each other.
If enough images are stitched together, a spherical panorama can be formed. This is a panorama
where you can see the full environment of the camera.
With PTGui you can create spherical panoramas, single row panoramas and multi row panoramic images.
It can handle every imaginable lens type, can output to many formats and projections,
including 360-degree spherical and rectilinear ('flat') formats.
Features of PTGui:
- Create spherical, cylindrical or flat panoramas from any number of source images
- Supports jpeg, tiff, png and bmp source images
- WYSIWYG Panorama editor for interactive editing and realtime preview
- Stitching software
- Supports many panoramic projections
- Create templates with frequently used settings
- Includes spherical panorama viewer and web publishing tool
PTGui originally started as a G
nterface for Panorama Tools (hence the name). Over the years it has evolved into the most versatile stitching software. It easily gives you high quality stitched panoramas from overlapping images or photographs.
Stitched using PTGui:


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Unbound: Ukrainian Canadians Writing Home
What does it mean to be Ukrainian in contemporary Canada? The Ukrainian Canadian writers in Unbound challenge the conventions of genre – memoir, fiction, poetry, biography, essay – and the boundaries that separate ethnic and authorial identities and fictional and non-fictional narratives. These intersections become the sites of new, thought-provoking and poignant creative writing by some of Canada's best-known Ukrainian Canadian authors.
To complement the creative writing, editors Lisa Grekul and Lindy Ledohowski offer an overview of the history of Ukrainian settlement in Canada and an extensive bibliography of Ukrainian Canadian literature in English. Unbound is the first such exploration of Ukrainian Canadian literature and a book that should be on the shelves of Canadian literature fans and those interested in the study of ethnic, postcolonial, and diasporic literature.
- Division: Scholarly Publishing
- World Rights
- Page Count: 168 pages
- Dimensions: 6.4in x 0.7in x 9.3in
"Unbound: Ukrainian Canadians Writing Home is a book about what it means to belong to an ethnos, if not an ethnic community, in a globalized world, and how a sense of identification with one's ancestral past rubs up against one's present, creating sparks that can help fire the literary imagination.
A postmodern mash-up of memories, critical reflections, creative ruminations, and pointed questions that probe the boundaries of one's own skin and sense of kin, the contributors' essays grapple with their conflicted identities with a frankness that is frequently uncomfortable, yet more often than not, liberating. Their craft and artistry provides food for thought that goes well beyond the stereotypes of borscht and cabbage rolls."
Jars Balan, Canadian Institute of Ukrainian Studies, University of Alberta
Author InformationLisa Grekul is a novelist and associate professor in the Department of Critical Studies at the University of British Columbia Okanagan.
Lindy Ledohowski is an educational leader and literary scholar. She serves on the board of trustees for the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Table of contents
Preface: "Write your stories down; make your voices heard"
Introduction: Ukrainian Canadian Poet Pedagogues
1. Language Lessons
Janice Kulyk Keefer
2. Eight Things
3. Am I Ukrainian?
Marsha Forchuk Skrypuch
4. Bringing Back Memory
6. Putting the Baba Back in the Book
7. The Gulag, The Crypt and the Gallows: Sites of Ukrainian Canadian Desire
Conclusion: Ukrainian Identities On(the)Line: Writing Ethnicity in a Time of Crisis
Appendix: Bibliography of English-Language Ukrainian Canadian Literature
The Kobzar Literary AwardWinner in 2018
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What Is a Lotus Birth?
What Is a Lotus Birth?
Last update: 02 July, 2018
A lotus birth is a practice that sees birth in a particular way. In a lotus birth, the placenta is left attached to the baby through the umbilical cord until it's naturally detached. This process usually lasts between 3 to 10 days after delivery.
Gradual transition
In the vast majority of natural births, the umbilical cord is artificially cut after birth, and thus the baby's union with its placenta comes to an end. This is a task carried out by the doctors or midwife.
A lotus birth allows this separation to occur gradually. That is, the baby continues to be attached to its natural source of nutrients, the placenta, until nature dictates otherwise.
Normally, the umbilical cord falls off between 3 and 10 days after delivery. In that moment, the child separates from the connection that has kept him together with his mother for nine months of gestation.
A birth planned according to this practice doesn't involve any outside intervention to remove the umbilical cord. The stages that comprise a lotus birth are as follows:
 - The child leaves the mother's womb.
 - Later, the mother expels the placenta, which usually happens about 30 minutes later.
 - At this time, the umbilical cord isn't cut, but the baby is held along with the placenta until the umbilical cord detaches naturally.
What Is a Lotus Birth?
Origin of the lotus birth
The lotus birth owes its name to its originator, Clair Lotus Day. In 1974, this researcher from California questioned everything related to the cutting of the umbilical cord, and even studied the work of primatologist Jane Goodall.
This researcher's investigation and her concern for the method of cutting the umbilical cord led her to give birth following this new practice. Since then, many births have been carried out in this way, which has generated various controversies.
Varied opinions: natural method or risky?
There are conflicting opinions regarding this way of giving birth.
On the one hand, the traditional view considers this practice to be a risk factor for the baby. Fundamentally, it's seen as a source of infections if care isn't taken regarding preservation of the placenta.
On the other hand, it appeals to those who want to prioritize a natural process. Emphasis is placed on the advantages associated with the provision of nutrients to the baby and a less drastic separation of its main source of life during pregnancy.
Benefits of lotus births
The placenta is the baby's main source of nutrients. It's an organ that pumps 500-700 ml of blood into the uterus every minute. In this way, it provides oxygen to the baby, as well as hormones.
It's also responsible for discarding harmful substances through the mother's bloodstream. The mother's system then filters the blood through her kidneys.
After birth, the placenta continues to provide nutrients through the umbilical cord.
Those who defend the lotus birth consider it a gradual way of helping the child adapt to new conditions, and that the contribution of nutrients that is received outside of the womb is essential for the baby's growth, development and health.
The process requires specific care that should be known in order to avoid infections and other more serious problems:
 1. After birth and delivery, including the expulsion of the placenta, the placenta must be washed with warm water. This way, any remaining blood will be removed.
 2. Let it drain and dry with a paper towel. Salt is usually added to accelerate the drying process.
 3. Then the placenta is wrapped or put in an open silk bag and placed next to the baby.
What Is a Lotus Birth?
A comprehensive look
The conception that circulates around the lotus birth is a vision of medicine, nature and the human being. According to scholars of the subject, it's a process that challenges many medical myths that we've grown accustomed to.
When considering the fact that the placenta is an integral part of the baby, the natural attitude is to let the process develop according to its organic phases.
The truth is that it entails a different way of looking at birth and like all medical procedures, it's recommended that you consult with your doctor before any decisions are made.


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It has been a while since I did a video, and I was feeling the itch! This week it's a short and sweet instructional on how to draw bubbles in water using Copic markers.
If you want to practice along, I used:
- Copic markers: BG10, BG34, B00, B02, G12, and later BG70
- Colorless Blender (any brand will work, using Copic Ciao 0 here)
- White Gelly Roll pen
To begin, create a watery background for the bubbles. I used a wash of BG10, with a mix of BG34, B00, B02, and G12 around the edges and faded in (BG34, B00, and B02 are the darkest colors near the bottom edges). I used BG70 instead of the colorless blender to smooth everything out and add just a hint more color.
To start the bubbles, use the colorless blender to draw a circle on the background color. Place the tip of the blender in the center of the circle to begin saturating the paper with the clear ink. This will push the other colors out of the way on the paper, pushing the watery colors to the edges of the circle. This creates an "edge" to the circle that forms the body of the bubble.
Create more bubbles in different sizes. To make very tiny bubbles, place the tip of the colorless blender on the paper without moving it, then lift it away. Allow the spot to dry, then repeat a few more times. This will gradually provide enough blender to create the bubble without it spreading and expanding too much.
Finally, using the white Gelly Roll, begin adding spots of light on the bubbles. Establish a light source; the surface of the bubble closest to the light source will have a crisp shine on it (I use dots, but you can have circular reflections, square reflections, etc. depending on what is creating the light in your image).
The light would then shine through the bubble and diffuse on the opposite interior wall of the bubble, so the next step is to create a diffused light along the bubble opposite of the crisp shine.
You can use your finger when the Gelly Roll marks are fresh to remove a little of the white if your bubbles are more toward the background or are more hidden.
And that's it! Easy bubbles! I love how these turn out, and I hope this method works for you, too!
Thanks for watching!


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Noun: sedation si'dey-shun
 1. A state of reduced excitement or anxiety that is induced by the administrative of a sedative agent
 2. The administration of a sedative agent or drug
 - drugging
Derived forms: sedations
Type of: administration, giving medication, physical condition, physiological condition, physiological state
Encyclopedia: Sedation


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Organic matter and crude protein digestibility predicted from nitrogen and fibre fractionation of festulolium hybrids
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The objectives of the experiment were to study nitrogen fractions of the Cornell Net Carbohydrate and Protein System (CNCPS) and digestibility of organic matter (OMD) and crude protein (CPD) along with the possibilities for predicting OMD and CPD based on chemical composition and CNCPS nitrogen fractions. Thirty samples of festulolium hybrids (fescue hybrids and ryegrass hybrids) commonly used and certified in the Czech Republic were analyzed for chemical composition, brutto energy, and nitrogen fractions, these fractions being A (non-protein nitrogen), B1 (rapidly degradable protein), B2 (intermediately degradable protein), B3 (slowly degradable protein), and C (unavailable protein). OMD and CPD were determined by near-infrared reflectance spectroscopy. Nitrogen fractions showed similar mean values for both analyzed groups of festulolium hybrids. Mean rapidly, intermediately, and slowly soluble fractions (B1, B2, and B3, respectively) were 29.2, 30.7, and 33.7 g/kg of dry matter (DM) for fescue hybrids and 21.7, 33.5, and 31.9 g/kg of DM for ryegrass hybrids. There was a trend for fraction B2 to decrease with advancing maturity in relation to neutral detergent insoluble protein value. The mean content of bound fraction C was 10.4 g/kg of DM for fescue hybrids and 7.3 g/kg of DM for ryegrass hybrids. Three groups of hybrids were evaluated statistically: fescue (I), ryegrass (II), and combined fescue/ryegrass (III). Better regression equations were found for fescue/ryegrass hybrids. High degrees of CPD determination were identified with predictors of individual nitrogen fractions (R2 = 0.975; P > 0.0001). OMD was described in regressions only using nitrogen fractions A and B1 (R2 = 0.500; P > 0.0001).
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What does ADA mean in Universities?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand ADA in the Academic & Science field in general and in the Universities terminology in particular.
Find a translation for ADA in other languages:
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What does ADA mean?
- adenosine deaminase, ADA(noun)
- an enzyme found in mammals that can catalyze the deamination of adenosine into inosine and ammonia


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Alkali Monitoring of Industrial Process Gas by Surface Ionization─Calibration, Assessment, and Comparison to in Situ Laser Diagnostics
Journal article, 2021
In this work, we present rigorous calibration and assessment of a surface ionization detector (SID) for alkali monitoring in industrial process gases and compare it to an in situ laser diagnostic method called collinear photofragmentation and atomic absorption spectroscopy (CPFAAS). The side-by-side comparison of the time-resolved alkali concentration was performed in a technical-scale gas burner seeded with selected alkali salts, corresponding to alkali molar fractions of 10-100 ppm in the flue gas. The SID operates at room temperature and relies on extraction, dilution, and conditioning of the sample gas, whereas CPFAAS provides in situ molecular data. During KCl addition, the instruments were in good agreement: 80.1 ppm (SID) and 88.5 ppm (CPFAAS). In addition to the field measurements, internal validation of SID performance parameters (flow, electric field strength, and filament temperature) and external parameters (particle size and salt composition) was performed. The difference in sensitivity toward different alkali salts was found to be considerable, which limits the quantitative assessment for a sample gas of unknown composition. The results demonstrate the capability and limitations of the SID and show that a SID can satisfactory monitor KCl levels in a process gas over several days of continuous measurements. However, for heterogeneous fuels with deficient characterization of the gas composition, the obtained SID signal is difficult to interpret without supportive diagnostics. The generic ability of the SID to detect Na and K in both gas and particle phases makes it a valuable complement to alkali diagnostics, such as spectroscopic techniques.


Hyperreal numbers
Construction of the hyperreals
There's different ways to construct the hyperreals, but the simplest one (that doesn't involve extending the ZFC axiom set) is done by using sequences of real numbers.
\begin{equation} ^* \mathbb{R} = \mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}} / \sim \end{equation}
A hyperreal number is an equivalence class of real sequences. The equivalence relation involves ultrafilters
An ultrafilter $F$ is a subset of a partially ordered set $(P, \leq)$ such that
 - $F \neq \varnothing$
Ultrafilters aren't actually constructible, but for the most part this won't be necessary. The main issue will be for sequences of the type
\begin{equation} (0,1,0,1,0,1,...) \end{equation}
which have an infinite number of more than one value, and no clear pattern. Depending on the ultrafilter used, this sequence will have the value of either $0$ or $1$.
Our equivalence relation is the following : two sequences $a,b$ are equivalent (noted $a \sim_F b$) if
\begin{equation} \{ i \in \mathbb{N} | a_i = b_i \} \in F \end{equation}
Therefore, as a set, the hyperreals are simply $\mathbb{R}^{\mathbb{N}} / \sim_F$
Operations on hyperreal numbers are performed term by term in the sequences, that is,
\begin{equation} a + b = (a_1 + b_1, a_2 + b_2, a_3 + b_3, ...) \end{equation}
And the same goes for all other operations.
$$a - b = (a_1 - b_1, a_2 - b_2, a_3 - b_3, ...)$$ $$a * b = (a_1 * b_1, a_2 * b_2, a_3 * b_3, ...)$$
Subsets of the hyperreal numbers
Hyperreal numbers can be divided in three main subsets
The canonical example of an infinitesimal number is the sequence $x_n = n^{-1}$. As it is strictly decreasing to $0$, it is easy to prove that for any strictly positive real number $y$, we have
$$\forall y > 0. \exists N.\ \forall n > N.\ |x_n| < y_n$$
But since the sequence is never $0$, it will always be superior to the sequence $y_n = 0$.
Conversely, the canonical infinite number is the sequence $x_n = n$, which
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Shy Words and Their Escorts
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Can you name the words that complete these phrases in which a given word is rarely used without the other?
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There are certain words that are almost never seen without a certain other word nearby, like an extremely shy person who is afraid to go out in public without their best buddy along to give moral support. For example, you never see a CABOODLE out on its own; it only appears if there's a KIT there to accompany it. In this quiz, each clue contains one of these "shy" words, and the answer is the other word that it wants as an escort.
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a FIGMENT of one's ___________
KITH and ___
_____ and CRANNIES
mind your P's and ___
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VIM and _____
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American astronomers are to honor a 500 square mile area in southwest Kerry as an international 'dark sky reserve' for the quality of its night sky and lack of pollution.
The honor is regarded as the highest designation for the exceptional quality of the area's night sky, according to the Irish Times.
The paper says the southwest Kerry area will be the first region in Ireland to receive such an award.
If it achieves 'gold-tier' reserve status, it will become the first region in the northern hemisphere to get this designation.
The report says local hope this will lead to an astro-tourism spin-off for Kerry.
The paper reports that astronomers and senior council officials will gather in the town of Cahersiveen on Monday evening to await the announcement from the US-based International Dark-Sky Association (IDA) in Arizona.
The IDA was set up in 1988 to protect and raise awareness of the night sky.
The global movement has gathered information on how light pollution at night affects aesthetics, energy bills, animal welfare and human health.
The paper says the association works closely with ecologists to minimize the impact of artificial lighting on wild areas and has worked to achieve awareness of human health implications, particularly in the US.
The area of Southwest Kerry set to be honored is sandwiched between mountains and the sea and includes Kells, Foilmore, Cahersiveen, Portmagee, Valentia Island, Dromid, the Glen, Ballinskelligs, Waterville, Derrynane and Caherdaniel.
It is regarded by astronomers as an exceptional nocturnal location with minimal pollution and of great scientific interest.
The Irish Times says it offers an array of visible phenomena including the Milky Way, zodiacal light and faint meteors.
A campaign to raise awareness of light pollution in the area was instigated by the Kerry Astronomy Club's Julia Ormonde.
The award will offer a major boost to the campaign as only six locations worldwide have been given the higher distinction of international dark sky reserves and only two gold-tier reserves have been awarded: the Aoraki Mackenzie (New Zealand) and Namib- Rand Nature Reserve (Namibia, Africa).


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The Pennsylvania Migration Count (PAMC)
Posted: April 30, 2011
Saturday 14 May, 2011
*What is the Pennsylvania Migration Count? The Pennsylvania Migration Count (PAMC) was established to gather annual data on migratory bird populations, and to help answer some fundamental questions regarding their distribution throughout Pennsylvania. PAMC is an annual one-day snapshot of bird populations within our state. Which species are present, and where are they? How many are there? Do migratory patterns change from year to year? Do populations of specific species change from year to year? Which birds are thriving, and more importantly, which are struggling? By identifying declining or otherwise at-risk species, it is hoped that steps can be taken toward assisting their future survival.
*How does it work? The Pennsylvania Migration Count takes place each spring on the second Saturday in May, in conjunction with International Migratory Bird Day. PAMC is similar to the Christmas Bird Count (CBC). The difference is that PAMC takes place on a countywide basis, rather than within the confines of a CBC circle. The rules are simple: spend some time in the field counting all birds encountered in a specified area, and keep track of miles traveled and time spent counting. Participants are free to roam their favorite county birding locales at any time during the 24 hour period, starting at 12:01am, counting every bird that they find. Totals are passed along to county compilers, who, in turn, report to the state compiler. The state compiler maintains the PAMC data, and an annual report is published in Pennsylvania Birds, the journal of the Pennsylvania Society for Ornithology (PSO).
*When was it initiated? The Pennsylvania Migration Count originated as part of the continent-wide North American Migration Count (NAMC) in 1992, when there were 141 observers in 10 Pennsylvania counties. The count grew steadily in popularity in PA over the years, and was renamed PAMC in 2003, reflective of the fact that the national count was struggling everywhere but in Pennsylvania. Last year 704 observers from 40 counties participated in the PAMC. They counted 153,429 birds of 219 different species in over 2248 field hours. This year there are already more counties committed while we are always looking for more people to help.
*How can I get invovled? Birders of all skill levels can help out with the count. Beginning at midnight with the songs of the Whip-poor-wills and the hooting of the Great Horned Owls, the PAMC is a great way to spend time outside. Whether you tally birds in your backyard, at your feeders, the local little league ballfield, along the river, on a lake, at your camp or spend time hiking through a state park, your observations count. Forms and information for PAMC participation are available from your county compiler, or go online at _URL_ Data can be submitted via e-mail or post. If participating or for more information, please contact the county compiler first, to avoid duplicate submissions from the same area. If no compiler, contact _EMAIL_ for submission or assistance.


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This study investigates the effectiveness of using laterally oriented zinc oxide (ZnO) nanosheets (NSs) grown by the hydrothermal growth (HTG) method for relative humidity (RH) sensing at room temperature (RT). A sensing response (R12%/R96%) at RT of as high as 220, good sensing linearity in the range of 12-96% RH, a fast sensing response time of as low as 600 s, and a recovery time of 3 s are achieved. Compared to conventional ZnO-nanowire-based humidity sensors, a 100-fold improvement in the sensing response at RT was obtained, which is mainly attributed to the ZnO NSs having a much higher surface-to-volume ratio and a porous-like surface.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Electronic, Optical and Magnetic Materials
- Condensed Matter Physics
- Surfaces, Coatings and Films
- Metals and Alloys
- Electrical and Electronic Engineering
- Materials Chemistry


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Code Enforcement & Inspections
You will have an on-demand, web-based solution to manage all code enforcement activities, including:
- Demand and recurring inspections
- Violation issuance and tracking
- Fines and penalties
- Court proceedings
This solution can be used for code enforcement complaints, health and safety, occupancy, fire protection, building management, and more.
Your benefits will include increased convenience for inspectors and other field personnel, increased revenue opportunities, and time savings for all concerned.
View samples of a code enforcement case.
Inspectors can, from the field or in the office:
- Maintain and view up-to-the-minute schedules
- Create and print inspection lists, violation notices, and citations
- Track the status and update code enforcement cases
Office Personnel can automatically:
- Receive and open cases resulting from complaints
- Schedule inspectors based on type, location, availability, etc.
- Compute, assess, and monitor collection of fines and penalties
License and Administration Officials can, by acquiring this solution:
- Review the complete history of a specific code enforcement case, including those arising from citizen complaints
- Review the complete history of code enforcement cases for a specific property
- Review up-to-the-minute reports on activity including number of inspections by type, violations by type, average processing time, and the like
Visit our FastTrackGov® website at _URL_ today.


FtpTraceLog
The FtpTraceLog method causes all FTP commands and responses in the current trace buffer to be written to a log file.
Syntax:
>>--myftpobj~FtpTraceLog(filename--+---------------+--)------------------><
 +--, "REPLACE"--+
Arguments:
filename
The filename and optional path to the log file.
'REPLACE'
If this argument is given then if the log file exists it will be replaced. The default is to append the trace output to the log file. Only the first letter of the argument is significant.
Return Values:
A value of 0 indicates successful execution of the method. The value -1 indicates an error. You can get the specific error code by inspection of the method FtpErrno. Possible values:
FTPCOMMAND
The internal FTP command or the arguments to the method are in error.


AIPS NRAO AIPS HELP file for GO in 31DEC24
As of Mon Apr 15 7:26:41 2024
GO: Verb to detach a task from AIPS for execution
INPUTS
TASK Task name
DOWAIT -1.0 1.0 Wait to finish task before
 resuming AIPS?
VERSION
 Version of task desired.
QCREATE -1.0 1.0 >= 0 => create large files
 quickly, else fill with 0's
 Task name may be inserted as an immediate argument
 i.e GO TASK or GO 'TASK'
HELP SECTION
GO
Type: Pseudoverb
Use: Starts shed tasks and passes parameters to them. Tests
 adverb values to see if they are in range.
Adverbs:
 TASK.....Requested task name (5 characters or less).
 DOWAIT...Logical adverb. True (> 0) specifies that AIPS
 not resume until the requested task has finished.
 VERSION..Desired version of the task, i.e. 'NEW', 'OLD'. See
 HELP VERSION for details.
 QCREATE..>= 0 => create files of any significant size by writing
 zeros only near the end of the file. This means on
 Unix systems that the disk space is not guaranteed
 and could vanish before the task has a chance to
 write to the earlier parts of the file. But it is
 very fast.
 < 0 => fill the entire file with zeros during the
 creation process. This guarantees that the disk
 space is reserved and initialized but can take a
 long time for files of many Gbytes.
Grammar: GO or GO taskname
 The first starts the task referred to by the
 adverb TASK. The second starts the task 'taskname'.
Examples: TASK='CNTR'; GO Starts the task CNTR
 GO LWPLA Starts the task LWPLA.
 Note that the adverb TASK is not set to 'LWPLA' in
 the second example.
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