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Constructing a filter in Urchin requires careful attention to detail. This is important for both performance reasons and to ensure that the filter behaves in a predictable manner. Urchin uses POSIX regular expression for specifying filter patterns, which are quite robust but can also be rather complex. Specifying a regular expression filter pattern incorrectly may not only generate the wrong results, but may significantly increase Urchin log processing times; perhaps as much as an order of magnitude.
Tips for Filtering
The general rule of thumb with filters is "the simpler, the better". Each filter you add increases processing time. Complex filtering patterns also increase processing time.
 1. Use as simple a pattern as possible that matches only what you are trying to filter. For instance, if you want to filter out "googlebot" in the Browsers, just put "googlebot" as the filter pattern, not ".*googlebot.*".
 2. Whenever possible, use a single filter with multiple patterns instead of multiple separate filters. As an example, if you want to filter out PDF files, Flash files, and MPEGs from your Top Pages reports, use a filter pattern of "\.pdf|\.swf|\.mpeg" instead of creating a separate filter for each.
 3. Remember to escape regular expression metacharacters (see below) by preceding them with a backslash if you are using those specific characters are part in your pattern. For example, the dot "." character is a regular expression metacharacter. Therefore, if you want to filter out an IP address you need to specify the filter pattern as "127\.0\.0\.1" instead of "".
Getting Started
Before you begin, you may want to have a copy of your web log file accessible so you can determine exactly how to construct the filter. Why is this important? During report processing, when Urchin invokes the filter you've added, it will attempt to make an exact match between your filter pattern and content found in the log file. So, knowing exactly how the content is displayed in the log file is essential when building the filter.
If you do not have direct access to the log file, you may be able to gather similar information by reviewing content in the report without any filter added. For example, the Pages and Referrals reports often contain enough detailed information to build filters from. However, some information is still not available such as query strings resulting from dynamically generated web pages. That information is available only from the log file.
NOTE: Once the filter is applied, it will only affect the reports processed "after" it is added. Any existing data will not be affected by the filter. Applying a filter to existing reports requires clearing that data and reprocessing the log files.
There are 3 primary components to an Urchin filter.
 1. Filter Type: This determines whether Urchin is to include or exclude specific data from the report, and in some cases (Dynamic URL) how the information will be displayed in the report. If you select "Include Pattern" Urchin will ONLY include log file entries that contain the pattern or patterns you tell it to include in the report.
 2. Filter Field: Determines which field in the log file Urchin should apply the filter to. If you are unsure which field to select, review section below titled "Filter Field Definitions by Log Format Type."
 3. Filter Pattern: Contains the string of characters Urchin will try and match from the log file during processing. Filter patterns applied to the URI-Stem(W3C) or Request(NCSA) field should be written exactly as they appear in the log file. Or, you may truncate the pattern in some cases. All other patterns are subject to POSIX regular expression rules. That means that certain characters will be interpreted differently than they appear. For example a dot "." means "match any single character." A full list of these expressions can be found at the bottom of this article.
Filter Field Definitions by Log Format Type:
NCSA Extended Combined Format (Apache)
Urchin Report ViewUrchin Filter Field
Visitors/Sessions Remote Host
Pages Request(NCSA)
Tracking/Usernames Username
Referrals Referrer
Domains Remote Host
Browsers User-Agent
Windows W3C Format
Urchin Report ViewUrchin Filter Field
Visitors/Sessions IP Address
Pages URI-Stem
Tracking/Usernames Username
Referrals Referrer
Domains IP Address
Browsers User-Agent
Sample Filters:
Filtering OUT personal IP address from Windows W3C log files
Filter Type: Exclude Pattern
Filter Field: IP Address
Filter Pattern: 63\.212\.171\.5
Filtering OUT robots from NCSA or W3C log files
Filter Type: Exclude Pattern
Filter Field: User-Agent
Filter Pattern: bot|Bot|BOT|Robot|robot|Crawl|crawl
Filtering IN content from support directory from NCSA logs
Filter Type: Include Pattern
Filter Field: Request (NCSA)
Filter Pattern: /support/
POSIX Regular Expression list:
Character Meaning
. Match any single character
* Match zero or more of the previous item
+ Match one of more of the previous item
? Match zero or one of the previous item
( ) Remember contents of parenthesis as item
[ ] Match one item in this list
- Create a range in a list
| Or
^ Match to the beginning of the line
$ Match to the end of the line
\ Escapes any of the above (when preceding wild card)


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The default logging configuration for Azure Web Apps in an environment in DXP has the following setting:
- Application logging is enabled, and logs are stored in the BLOB storage with 90 days retention.
You can access application logs for environments from the DXP Management Portal, as a live stream or downloaded for offline analysis.
The configuration above is applied to environments during provisioning and you can change it for the Integration environment. Contact Optimizely to change any of the following for Preproduction or Production environments:
- Get access to web server logs.
- Temporarily change logging level.
- Temporarily enable detailed error messages.
- Temporarily enable failed request tracing.
See also: Troubleshooting DXP
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"Unident" is a grasping-type force display that can change its inertia by moving a weight in a single axis direction at high speed. By rapidly changing the inertia while the user is shaking the device, we propose a method to simulate the sensation of an impact force being applied, even though no force is actually generated.
Assume the normal perception of impact force as follows:
- a. One first applies a force to the grasping object (e.g., the stick) to shake it.
- b. Then, one perceives an impact due to the instantaneous change in motion caused by an external impact force (e.g., the ball hitting the stick).
On the other hand, our proposed mechanism of pseudo-impact sensation mechanism:
- c. While the grasping object (Unident) is being shaken, the inertia is rapidly changed to simulate an instantaneous change in motion, making one feels as if an impact force were applied to the grasping object.
- Shuntaro Shimizu, Takeru Hashimoto, Shigeo Yoshida, Reo Matsumura, Takuji Narumi, and Hideaki Kuzuoka. 2021. Unident: Providing Impact Sensations on Handheld Objects via High-Speed Change of the Rotational Inertia. In 2021 IEEE Conference on Virtual Reality and 3D User Interfaces (VR). IEEE. _URL_

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I am building a Ruby on Rails application that lets users deploy a server in the DO region of their choice.
I'd like to show the latency between the user's location and all the available DO regions so that the user can select the region with the fastest response time for them.
The latency can be easily calculated locally in development for each region with Net::Ping using the example code below:
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 start_time =
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However, in production, the originating IP is consistently the web host of my application, not the user's IP address.
How can I measure the response time between a website visitor and a DO region?
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Thanks for taking a look _USER_.
I was able to solve this problem by using JavaScript to ping a website hosted in each of DO's regions. I used the speed test websites originally designed to help DO customers measure the upload/download speed from each region.
For example, the code below will ping a website hosted in each DO region and then print the response time latency in the console.
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 {"name":"New York","host":""},
 {"name":"San Francisco","host":""},
for (var i = 0; i < region_data.length; i++) {
 var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
 var start_time =;'GET', region_data[i].host, false)
 xmlhttp.onload = function () {
 var elapsed_time = - start_time;
 console.log(region_data[i].name + ':'+ elapsed_time);
 // Send request
Hi there _USER_,
Usually you would be seeing the server IP address in case that you are using Nginx as a reverse proxy. To get the real IP address of the visitor you have to get the X-forwarded-for header value. That way you would get the actual IP rather than the server IP itself.
Hope that this helps!
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The Virginia Association of Surveyors (VAS) was established in 1948 to promote the best practices of our members, provide a forum for discussion, and offer professional development courses to licensed, practicing surveyors in the Commonwealth. Additionally, VAS has expanded its reach to support future surveyors, technicians, and the public to further recognize the contributions the surveying profession provides to the community.
VAS serves the public and the profession through outreach and activities, such as conferences, scholarships, and advocacy. VAS is an affiliate of the National Society of Professional Surveyors (NSPS) and American Association for Geodetic Surveying (AAGS).


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- Subject: The main subject of the image is the interior of a metropolitan cathedral, showcasing its grandeur and architectural beauty. The focus is on the serene ambiance within the bustling metropolis, creating a unique juxtaposition. Setting: The setting exudes a sacred atmosphere with intricately designed stained glass windows, high vaulted ceilings, and ornate religious artifacts. The metropolis outside serves as a backdrop, emphasizing the contrast between the tranquility of the church and the dynamic urban surroundings. Background: The background features the architectural details of the metropolitan cathedral, highlighting its historical significance and cultural richness. The interplay of light and shadow creates a captivating visual effect, enhancing the spiritual aura of the space. Style/Coloring: The image is characterized by a warm color palette, emphasizing earthy tones and soft lighting to evoke a sense of peace and solemnity. The architectural style reflects a blend of traditional and contemporary elements, symbolizing the harmony between the church's timeless spirituality and the modern metropolis. Action/Items: The image captures worshipers engaged in prayer or quiet contemplation, adding a human element to the scene. Religious items such as candles, pews, and religious symbols are subtly incorporated, enhancing the overall spiritual narrative. Costume/Appearance: Worshipers are depicted in traditional religious attire, contributing to the sacred atmosphere. The clergy may be present, adorned in ceremonial robes, further emphasizing the religious significance of the metropolitan cathedral. Accessories: The image may include religious accessories like prayer books, rosaries, and liturgical vessels, enhancing the visual storytelling and underscoring the spiritual practices taking place within the metropolis.


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Timor deer is ruminant mammals' species with high adaptability which enable them to be introduced easily in to new habitat. The animal was experiencing population decrease which put them in the rare status. The research was aimed at the estimation of demographic parameter, population growth model, and the determination of spatial distribution pattern of the timor deer population in Alas Purwo National Park (APNP). Animal inventory was conducted using strip transect method with sample unit of 1.5 km length and 100 m width strips. Analyses were conducted on demography parameter (size and density, sex ratio, birth rate/natality and mortality), spatial distribution pattern, and population growth model estimation. The result showed that timor deer in APNP has population size of 8157 ± 1224 individuals with population density of 0,20 ± 0,03 individuals/ha. Population size in general was 1 – 8 individuals/group. The age structure of the population was progressive population with reproductive sex ratio of 1 : 2.3. Rough birth rate/natality was 0.19, while juvenile and fawn mortality was 0.13 and 0.31. The population was spatially distributed in group. Growth model of Timor deer was logistic model, with population growth rate of 0.22 in 38,844 individuals/year habitat carrying capacity.
Keywords: Cervus timorensis, demographic, spatial distribution, growth.
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Yanto Santosa, Bogor Agriculture University
Laboratorium Ekologi Satwaliar Departemen Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan dan Ekowisata, Fakultas Kehutanan IPB Kampus Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Diah Auliyani, Bogor Agriculture University
Departemen Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan dan Ekowisata, Fakultas Kehutanan IPB Kampus Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
Agus Priyono Kartono, Bogor Agriculture University
Laboratorium Ekologi Satwaliar Departemen Konservasi Sumberdaya Hutan dan Ekowisata, Fakultas Kehutanan IPB Kampus Darmaga, Bogor 16680, Indonesia
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SantosaY., AuliyaniD. and KartonoA.P. 1. PENDUGAAN MODEL PERTUMBUHAN DAN PENYEBARAN SPASIAL POPULASI RUSA TIMOR (Cervus timorensis de Blainville, 1822) DI TAMAN NASIONAL ALAS PURWO JAWA TIMUR. Media Konservasi. 13, 1 (1). DOI:_URL_
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1.1 This test method describes standardized procedures for the sensory evaluation of heat in oleoresin capsicums ranging from 100 000 to 1 000 000 Scoville heat units (S.H.U.).
1.2 This test method is intended as an alternative to the Scoville heat test, but results can be expressed in Scoville heat units (see ASTA Method 21.0 and ISO 3513).
1.3 This test method does not apply for ground red pepper, low heat chili peppers, or chili powder.
1.4 The values stated in SI units are to be regarded as standard. No other units of measurement are included in this standard.
1.5 This standard does not purport to address all of the safety concerns, if any, associated with its use. It is the responsibility of the user of this standard to establish appropriate safety and health practices and determine the applicability of regulatory limitations prior to use. Specific precautionary statements are given in Section 8.
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LeetCode 681. Next Closest Time
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Given a time represented in the format "HH:MM", form the next closest time by reusing the current digits. There is no limit on how many times a digit can be reused.
You may assume the given input string is always valid. For example, "01:34", "12:09" are all valid. "1:34", "12:9" are all invalid.
Example 1:
Input: "19:34"
Output: "19:39"
Explanation: The next closest time choosing from digits 1, 9, 3, 4, is 19:39, which occurs 5 minutes later. It is not 19:33, because this occurs 23 hours and 59 minutes later.
Example 2:
Input: "23:59"
Output: "22:22"
Explanation: The next closest time choosing from digits 2, 3, 5, 9, is 22:22. It may be assumed that the returned time is next day's time since it is smaller than the input time numerically.
Explanation
Simulate the clock going forward by one minute. Each time it moves forward, if all the digits are allowed, then return the time.
Python Solution
class Solution:
 def nextClosestTime(self, time: str) -> str:
 current = 60 * int(time[:2]) + int(time[3:])

 for i in range(current + 1, current + 1441):
 minutes = i % 1440
 h, m = minutes // 60, minutes % 60

 result = "{:02d}:{:02d}".format(h, m)

 if set(result) <= set(time):
 break

 return result
 - Time Complexity: ~N
 - Space Complexity: ~1
where N is a number of characters in the input string.
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The New Zealand Seafood Standards Council (NZSSC), the seafood industry and the New Zealand Food Safety Authority (NZFSA) have joined forces to develop a more robust and consistent approach to monitoring and dealing with Listeria monocytogenes in ready-to-eat seafood.
The seafood industry had identified that the Listeria Circular 1995 (IAIS 003.9), which ready-to-eat seafood producers have been using to manage the pathogen, needed updating following international advances in how listeria Listeria was managed. A technical working group led by the NZSSC with representatives from industry, NZFSA and other experts undertook the review.
"Listeria monocytogenes is a bacteria that can cause a serious illness called listeriosis," NZFSA specialist advisor Marion Castle says. "Although sickness is rare it can have serious consequences, especially for pregnant women who risk miscarrying or giving birth prematurely."
The Listeria Monitoring Programme for Ready-to-Eat Seafood was developed with two facets; one for long shelf-life products and one for short shelf-life products. "There are inherently different risks associated with products that have a longer shelf-life, and these have been addressed through developing two different monitoring programmes," Marion says.
The new monitoring programmes provide operators with clear direction on sampling frequency, number of samples needed and the steps to take if Listeria is detected in the processing environment or product.
"It is important to understand that finding this organism in the processing environment should not necessarily be seen as a bad thing. In fact, a detection can be a helpful indicator, as it means an operator's looking in the right places and is able to take appropriate steps before the product is contaminated," Marion says.
The revised Listeria Circular was published on May 20, 2010. All ready-to-eat seafood producers who operate under a Risk Management Programme are required to follow the Listeria Monitoring Programme for Ready-to-Eat Seafood by August 20, 2010. The exception is for those who have registered by then an alternative Listeria Monitoring Programme that provides an equivalent outcome as part of their Risk Management Programme.
NZFSA and NZSSC conducted workshops during June in Nelson and Auckland to assist affected producers with the implementation of the new programme and to explain the ideas and practical realities behind the monitoring regimes. Marion says the workshops provided a great opportunity to receive feedback from processors on any difficulties they had encountered so far in implementing the new monitoring programme.
More information can be found on NZFSA's website:
Published in Seafood, August 2010

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8 characteristics of a good insurance executive
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Within the insurance industry, we take certain attributes for granted: diligence, detail orientation, a fundamental understanding of data.
However, it's rare to take a step back and examine the actual psychological characteristics of insurance executives — how they think, how they make decisions, how they approach interactions with others.
What is the psychological profile of an insurance executive — and how does this profile differ from the attributes of executives in other fields?
A recent study by Russell Reynolds Associates sought to answers these questions by analyzing the leadership and behavioral attributes of 87 insurance executives, and comparing those executives to the more than 5,000 executives across all industries in Russell Reynolds's database.
Three psychometric tests were used:
 - 16pf, which measures communication and teamwork styles.
 - OPQ-32, which examines personality related to management and leadership roles.
 - Hogan Development Survey, which identifies patterns of behavior that tend to appear when a person is stressed or under pressure.
The overall findings were striking. Insurance executives, defying stodgy industry stereotypes, score high on some quite vibrant personality traits.
The 'secret sauce'
Understanding this profile (as well as how these traits can be developed) can be of tremendous value to anyone in the insurance field.
The personality traits of insurance executives — the "secret sauce" of this group of executives — fall into three camps: possessing a concerned eye, being a steady pair of hands, and embodying dynamism.
Read on for our profile of what makes a good insurance executive.
1. They possess a concerned eye.
Insurance executives are more likely to worry before significant occasions than the average executive. This is a double-edged sword — this characteristic raises the right concerns, but can create mental drag due to the resulting anxiety.
2. They are a "steady pair of hands."
Insurance executives score higher than the overall executive population on a cluster of traits that relate to procedural and interpersonal steadiness.
3. They are more trusting and more likely to perceive others as reliable.
In our research, again and again, top executive groups score higher than the overall population for being trusting — the ability to trust others facilitates a whole host of productive, collaborative interactions.
To develop this trait, consciously reflect back on situations where you feel you withheld your trust from a business partner or group of business partners, and where that lack of trust was not ultimately validated.
What in your mind were the reasons for not trusting? How can you "rewrite the story" for future interactions toward putting your faith in others where appropriate?
4. They are emotionally even-keeled.
According to our psychometric results, insurance executives are more emotionally even than their peers in other industries — which can be a true asset in an industry facing constant disruption.
To develop this trait, seek regular feedback from colleagues about your emotional style. Are you perceived as being emotional or intense? Are these perceptions magnified when using communication channels like email?
5. They prioritize well.
With a million priorities constantly in play, it's perhaps not surprising that insurance executives are more oriented toward prioritization than their executive peers.
To develop this trait, constantly re-evaluate your priorities against your broader strategic goals. Make sure you're managing the "urgent vs. important" tradeoff correctly. And ask colleagues for feedback on your prioritization – sometimes an outside set of eyes can spot issues easily.
6. They embody dynamism.
This cluster of attributes is perhaps the most surprising — and meaningful — set of results. Insurance executives score higher for a group of dynamic traits than the average executive.
7. They are bolder and more achievement oriented.
Compared to the overall executive population, insurance executives are more likely to act with confidence and pursue ambitious goals.
To develop this trait, embrace your own convictions. Place greater trust in your inner voice — and don't hesitate to verbalize your position on an issue followed up by the proper supporting points. Vet your goals against a yardstick of scale — are they ambitious enough?
8. They seek a high level of activity.
And insurance executives can speed up their actions to match the speed of the business around them.
This is another group of traits we often see in very successful populations, broadly speaking — the ability to move fast and to embrace constant activity.
To develop this trait, constantly have your key priorities in mind, facilitating speedy but well-considered decisions. Look at areas where you feel you do not move quickly — or do not enjoy a high level of activity — and attempt to identify and correct for the unifying themes.
Your self-assessment
So what should insurance executives think about as they look at this psychological profile?
First, consider to what extent you conform to — or contrast with — the three areas of attributes described (concerned eye, steady pair of hands, dynamism). Are there aspects of your personal style that you would develop to be more closely aligned with these attributes? Why or why not?
Moreover, it's useful to think about what these attributes say about how the industry will move forward. Based on this psychological profile, how will insurance executives cope with changes like digital disruption, the rise of big data and diversity concerns?
On a personal level, consider how you can leverage your own psychological attributes to be a useful part of these changes. After all, deeper understanding of your own leadership style is interesting to reflect upon — but powerful when put into action.
Limore Zilberman is a member of Russell Reynolds Associates' Financial Services Sector and Digital Transformation Practice, with a concentration in insurance. She advises boards, CEOs and senior-level executives on hiring, benchmarking, development and succession. Zilberman is also a member of the firm's Diversity Practice.
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- Duration: 4 hours
- Maximum of 5 participants
During this tour I will take you on a journey through Cambodia's countryside and the traditional family businesses in Battambang Province. You will see these family businesses and learn how to make rice paper, rice wine, the famous bamboo rice cakes of Battambang, dried bananas, and fish paste. Many of the families have been running these businesses for decades and learned the skills from aunts, uncles, and grandparents. You will also enjoy fresh fruits and a coconut at a local family's house. The easy cycle ride of approximately 25km will take you via flat paved and dirt roads past rice fields, along the Sangker River, through villages and lively markets, glimpsing daily life along the way.
You will also get insight in how the rice grain is used in the production of paper, cakes, and wine. We will educate you on the two rice growing seasons in Cambodia, about the different types of rice and their use. In many ways, the cycle of planting, growing, and harvesting of rice dictates the rhythm of Cambodian life. Many of the families we meet create their traditional products in the period between planting and harvesting their fields.
Along with viewing the production of and sampling traditional Cambodian products you will also get to know more about the history of Battambang and the period of the Pol Pot regime.
The tour starts at 7:30am and ends between 12am-1pm.
This tour started in 2010 in collaboration with a social enterprise and local college students with the intention of providing vocational training to local college students while also educating tourists about everyday life in Cambodia. With this tour you are directly contributing to the local community in a sustainable, environmentally friendly way that facilitates cross-cultural communication between local communities and travelers.
- Friendly, knowledgeable, local student guides
- One drink at Kinyei Café before tour
- Mountain bikes with helmets
- Snacks and water along the way
- Fresh fruits and coconut
- Tuk Tuk pickup before the tour
- Youth - between 10 and 15 years - $17
- Child - under 10 years - $13
The prices for children can be paid on location. We also have baby seats and a tag-along bicycle for smaller children and babies.


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Budget conscious businesses often choose to buy preowned technology rather than always buying new, often buying used assets online. However, what precautions are online marketplace sellers taking with personal data when they post used devices for sale, and how likely is it for new owners to find residual data on preowned technology?
In partnership with Blancco Technology Group, the industry standard in data erasure and mobile device diagnostics, 159 used drives were purchased and evaluated to find out if residual data could be found.
In this webinar, we discuss the results of our research study, including:
- How many of our sampled drives retained data from the previous user
- The type of data we discovered on these previously used drives
- The primary data disposal method that had been usedand what was left undone
- The 4 steps you need to take before selling your IT assets
Learn more about the study—and how to prevent your data from being recovered from the IT assets you put up for resale today by listening to the webinar.


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Despite increasing average real family incomes in Costa Rica in the late 1990s and early 2000s, poverty rates did not fall. In this paper, we argue that during this period economic growth in Costa Rica did not translate into reduced poverty because of changes in family structure and in the labor market, and that these changes had an important gender dimension. Specifically, an increase in the proportion of Costa Rican households headed by single mothers led to an increase in the number of women with children entering the labor force. Many of these mothers, new entrants to the labor force, were unable or unwilling to find full-time work in the high-paying formal sector, and ended up unemployed or working part-time as self-employed workers. These labor market phenomena, in turn, contributed to low incomes for households vulnerable to poverty, especially those households headed by single mothers.
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PHP download file from url using curl example
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Whenever you require to download file or image from URL using php curl. then you can see that example. we can download image or file from given url and save in over local server. you can do that using get_file_contents() in php too, but i think it is good if you are doing that using PHP curl. let's see following example :
Example
$url = '_URL_
$curlCh = curl_init();
curl_setopt($curlCh, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curlCh, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, 1);
curl_setopt($curlCh, CURLOPT_SSLVERSION,3);
$curlData = curl_exec ($curlCh);
curl_close ($curlCh);
$downloadPath = "upload/flower10.jpg";
$file = fopen($downloadPath, "w+");
fputs($file, $curlData);
fclose($file);


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Wilmington Weather In September
The highest recorded temperature in September for Wilmington Delaware for the past 63 years was 100 degrees Fahrenheit, most recently encountered on September 11, 1983, and the regular high is 77. In the last 63 years the highest reported temperature in Wilmington for September was 36 most recently measured on September 24, 1974, while the normal low measured temperature is 58.
United States NWS historical Wilmington September Weather data records that on September 28, 1984, the high temperature did not exceed 51 degrees Fahrenheit, the lowest high measured in Wilmington in the past 63 years. The Weather Service additionally indicates that on September 3, 1993, the low for the day did not drop below 79 degrees, the highest low recorded in Wilmington in the last 63 years.
Historical weather data accumulated by the National Weather Service shows that the average daily high temperature in Wilmington on September First is 82 degrees Fahrenheit and the average high on the last day of September is 71 degrees. The low recorded temperature in Wilmington on September First averages 64 degrees Fahrenheit and the low temperature on the final day of September averages 52 degrees.
Wilmington usually receives an average of 4.01 inches of rain during September. The most precipitation recorded on a single day in September, according to September Wilmington Weather data, was 8.29 inches on September 16, 1999.


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Reoxidation of a high-nitrogen ultrathin oxynitride (∼1.3nm) has been studied. The reoxidation is conducted using an alternation of nitrous oxide and oxygen gas in rapid thermal oxidation (RTO). The new finding in this study is the zig-zag characteristic of the oxidation rate by O2 and N 2O. It is clear that the N2O oxidation rate is almost independent of the concentration of nitrogen in oxynitride through out the rapid thermal oxidation process, but the O2 oxidation rate is not.
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|Journal||Japanese Journal of Applied Physics, Part 1: Regular Papers and Short Notes and Review Papers|
|Issue number||5 A|
|State||Published - 1 May 2005|
- Atomic oxygen
- Nitrous oxide
- Rapid thermal oxidation


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Winners Recognized during Farm Science Review
REYNOLDSBURG, Ohio (Sept. 24, 2021) – The Ohio Department of Agriculture recognized five families as winners of the 2021 Conservation Farm Family Awards at the Farm Science Review in London.
The five families honored were: Rodabaugh Family of Hardin County; Sluss Family of Stark County; Jeannie and the late Cliff Miller of Carroll County; Harrod Family of Darke County; and White Clover Farms of Highland County.
Since 1984, the Conservation Farm Family Awards program has recognized Ohio farm families for their exemplary efforts conserving soil, water, woodland, wildlife and other natural resources on the land they farm. Conservation farm families also host a variety of educational programs, opening their farms to schools, scout groups, farm organizations and others.
The families each receive $400 from the Ohio Farm Bureau Federation, are featured in the September issue of Ohio Farmer magazine. Ohio Farmer magazine has sponsored the Ohio Conservation Farm Family Awards since the program's inception. Nominations are sought annually between January and May, and Ohio farming families are encouraged to apply. For more information or to apply, individuals can contact their local Soil and Water Conservation District (SWCD).


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You can read the results of this crop with and without the use of soluble silicon / GEN200.
SILAMOL BRASIL POTATO crop leaf application 2012.pdf
The objective of this work was to evaluate the effects of silicon leaf application, in the form of stabilized silicic acid, on the disease incidence, yield, and quality of potato. Three experiments were carried out: one with the cultivar Agata and another with Atlantic, in Botucatu, SP, Brazil; and one with the cultivar Agata, in Itaí, SP. A randomized complete block design was used, with eight replicates. The treatments consisted of: a control (without Si) and Si foliar spraying at 2 L ha‑1 of a commercial product containing 0.8% of soluble Si as concentrated, stabilized silicic acid. The silicon dose was split in four applications during the crop cycle. Silicon application reduces the severity of late blight and the incidence of blackleg, besides increasing tuber
yield and tuber dry matter content. Leaf‑supplied silicon increases potato tuber yield, regardless of its effect on disease incidence.
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Boiled corn is sweetcorn that has been boiled in water up to a certain temperature in order to cook it.
Sweet corn is the result of a naturally occurring recessive mutation in the genes which control conversion of sugar to starch.
This is inside the endosperm of the corn kernel.
It is a popular food to eat and eaten either as part of a cob or as loose kernels.
Boiled corn is usually purchased from grocery stores as corn on the cob or indeed in canned varieties.
So can hamsters eat boiled corn?
Yes they can in small amounts in moderation. They will enjoy it.
However, it is quite acidic and so too much of it is not entirely good for them.


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STRAWSCRAPER – an urban power plant
STRAWSCRAPER is an extension of Söder Torn on Södermalm in Stockholm. With its new energy producing shell covered in straws the building can now recover wind energy and thus works as an urban powerplant. What was originally planned to become a building of 40 flights became 26. Söder Torn was finalized in 1997, however, the architect Henning Larsen had already left the contract after having lost influence over the design of the tower.
Belatchew Arkitekter wants to give Söder Torn its original proportions and at the same time explore new techniques that could create the urban wind farm of the future. By using piezoelectric technology a large number of thin straws can produce electricity merely through small movements generated by the wind. The result is a new kind of wind power plant that opens up possibilities of how buildings can produce energy. With the help of this technique, surfaces on both old and new buildings can be transformed into energy producing entities. Furthermore, an additional aspect is revealed when the constant movement of the straws creates an undulating landscape on the facades. What is usually considered to be the most static of all things, the building, suddenly comes alive and the construction gives the impression of a body that is breathing. The straws swaying in the wind gives the building a constantly changing facade further reinforced at nighttime with lighting in changing colors.
The straws of the facade consist of a composite material with piezoelectric properties that can turn motion into electrical energy. Piezoelectricity is created when the deformation of certain crystals is transformed into electricity. The technique has advantages when compared to traditional wind turbines since it is quiet and does not disturb wildlife. It is operable at low wind velocity since only a light breeze is sufficient for the straws to start swaying and generate energy. The existing premise on top of the building is replaced with a public floor with room for a restaurant. The new extension creates, apart from the energy producing shell, room for the citizens with the possibility to reach a lookout platform at the very top of the tower. Here you will be able to enjoy an unmatched view of Stockholm.


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Nondestructive determination of fresh and spent nuclear fuel rod density distributions through computerised gamma-ray transmission tomography
The morphology of single PWR UO2 fuel rods has been investigated by employing computerised gamma-ray transmission tomography. Four highly burnt fuel rods of different burnups (from 52 GWd/t to 126GWd/t) and a fresh rod have been investigated. This paper describes the tomographic station built to acquire the projections together with the related experimental procedure, followed by the description of the image reconstruction techniques implemented. The principal results obtained are presented and analysed at three levels. First, the derived linear attenuation coefficient matrix, which is very useful for the implementation of emission tomography, is discussed. Second, the variation of density as a function of rod radius is presented, showing an interesting morphological change of the fuel with burnup. Particularly for the highest burnup sample, the periphery is characterised by a lower density (a steep decrease of almost 10% from the adjacent region) characteristic of an ultrahigh-burnup high-porosity structure. Finally, the nondestructive derivation of the volume-averaged fuel density was performed, compared with other experimental data, and plotted as a function of burnup, so that an interesting linear relationship between density and burnup was established, providing a potential indicator for the noninvasive determination of nuclear fuel rod burnup. Atomic Energy Society of Japan.
Laboratory for Reactor Physics and Systems Behaviour, Paul Scherrer Institute, CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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Verb: invert in'vurt
 1. (music) make an inversion (in a musical composition)
 "here the theme is inverted"
 2. Turn around the position, order, relation, or condition of
 "when forming a question, invert the subject and the verb";
 - reverse
 3. Turn inside out or upside down
 - turn back, reverse
Derived forms: inverted, inverts, inverting
Type of: alter, change, modify, reorder
Encyclopedia: Invert


Pathology dictionary
Negative for malignancy
What does negative for malignancy mean?
Negative for malignancy means that no cancer cells were seen when the tissue sample was examined under the microscope. Pathologists use the word malignant to describe cancers.
This result is typically used when only a small sample of tissue is sent for examination under the microscope. This kind of sample could be a biopsy, fine needle aspiration, or Pap smear.
Your pathologist can only provide a diagnosis based on the tissue sample sent for examination. For that reason, negative for malignancy only means that no cancer cells were seen in the small sample examined. If your doctor is still concerned that a cancer may be present, they may recommend performing a second procedure to provide the pathologist with more tissue to examine under the microscope.
The opposite of negative for malignancy is positive for malignancy.
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Asian Scientist Junior: Chang Meemann
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As a child, Chang Meemann was curious about animals and plants in nature. She decided to become a paleontologist— someone who learns about dinosaurs and ancient fish by studying their remains, known as fossils. With her keen research skills, she became the first woman director of an important research center in China studying fossils. Meemann's story demonstrates how passion, nurtured from a young age, can drive scientific excellence.
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This book series dives into the lives of extraordinary scientists who have made significant contributions to the science and technology space—from a pioneer of India's satellite program to the scientist who discovered a cure for malaria. Through these stories of courage and conviction, Asian Scientist Junior hopes to inspire all children, wherever they grow up, to dream of a better tomorrow.
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In contrast to known Raman-thermometric measurements of thermal conductivity (k) of suspended Si nano-membranes, here we apply Raman thermometry for k measurement of monoand nano-crystalline Si films on quartz, which is important for applications in thermoelectricity and nanoelectronics. Experimentally, we measure linear dependence of the laser-induced Raman band downshift, which is proportional to the moderate heating ΔT, on the laser power P. Then we convert the downshift to ΔT and determine the ratio ΔT/P. The actual power absorbed by the film is calculated theoretically and controlled experimentally by the reflection/transmission measurement. Then we calculate ΔTcalc/P for arbitrary film k assuming diffusive phonon transport (DPT). Film k is determined from the condition ΔT/P = ΔTcalc/P. We show that this method works well for films with thickness h > Λ where Λ is phonon-mean-free path, even for low-k films like nano-crystalline Si and SiGe. For h < Λ despite ballistic phonon transport contribution, this approach works when the in-plane DPT dominates, e.g. in Si films on quartz with h ≥ 60 nm. We also show that the influence of thermal boundary resistance on the determined k is negligible at this condition. The proposed method is simple and time efficient, as dozen of films can be examined in one hour.
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|Journal||International Journal of Heat and Mass Transfer|
|Publication status||Published - 1 Aug 2018|
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Quick Answer: How Much Does It Cost To Install A Beam?
What happens if you remove a load bearing wall?
Removing a load bearing wall may create structural problems in a home, including sagging ceilings, unleveled floors, drywall cracks and sticking doors.
Removal of load bearing walls without properly supporting the load they're carrying may occasionally result in a structural collapse and even injury..
How much does it cost to put a support beam in a house?
A load-bearing support beam costs $5 to $20 per foot on average, or between $50 and $200 per foot installed. Support beam materials other than steel include engineered beams like LVL or Glulam, wood, and concrete. LVL beams cost $3 to $12 per foot, while wood beams run $5 to $20.
How do you size a load bearing beam?
Multiply the loading per square foot by the area in square feet of the surface which the beams will be supporting. Divide by the number of beams which will be installed to get the loading per beam.
How long can a support beam be?
Measure your total span between members and ensure that it is not greater than 60 feet. Because of transport limitations, the maximum standard length for manufactured beams is sixty feet.
How much does it cost for a load bearing beam?
Load-Bearing Support Beam Cost A load-bearing support beam costs between $3 and $35 per linear foot, with most homeowners spending $10 to $15 per linear foot. A laminated veneer lumber (LVL) beam costs $60 to $300 on average without installation.
Are ceiling beams expensive?
If you're building from scratch and want real beams, expect to pay an additional 10 to 15 percent more for your home. Real beams cost more than standard framing lumber, and because they're heavy and unwieldy, labor costs to install them are also higher.
What size beam do I need to span 30 feet?
Re: I-beam size 30′ span I would design this with the beam in the 24′ dimension. Most span tables will allow much more than 15′ for 2″ x 12″ joists of almost any species commonly used for construction. A 24′ beam can probably be a GluLam using standard joist hangers for the joists.
Should ceiling beams match floor?
If you have hardwood floors in your living room, it may be tempting to match your ceiling beams with them. … Matching the colors of your ceiling beams with the floor can help unify the visual impact of a space, but it might also create a flat, monotone effect in some cases as well.
How much does it cost to install a wood beam?
The national average materials cost to install decorative beams is $7.49 per linear foot, with a range between $6.72 to $8.26….Install Decorative Beams national average cost.cost to install decorative beamsNational Avg. Cost (materials & labor) for 100 linear foot$1,812.872 more rows
How much does it cost to remove a load bearing wall and install a beam?
How long can a beam span without support?
A 2×8 up to 12 feet; 2×10 to 15 feet and 2×12 to 18 feet. The larger the deck, the larger the joists.
What is the difference between an H beam and an I beam?
I Beams – unsurprisingly, I beams are shaped like the letter 'I'. However, contrary to steel H beams, I beams consist of two horizontal plates (otherwise known as flanges), connected by a vertical component (the web). I beams also have tapered edges and a slightly higher cross-section, compared to the flange width.
How big of a beam do I need to span 20 feet?
How far can you span a triple 2×12 beam?
Joist SpansSouthern Pine3-2X1012′-9″3-2X1215′-0″Douglas Fir-Larch, Hem-Fir, Spruce-Pine-Fir, Redwood, Cedars, Ponderosa Pine, Red Pine3X6 OR 2-2X65′-2″3X8 OR 2-2X86′-7″17 more rows
Do ceiling beams make a room look smaller?
The Long and Short of It. Beams running the length of the room make a short room seem longer. In a small house, or just as an afterthought of a bedroom or guest room, install beams parallel to the longest walls to emphasize the stretch of space.
Are ceiling beams in style?


Brimstone / Satanic Cross
Pendant Size: 1.25"
Sometimes referred to as Crux Satanus or Satan's Cross. The symbol also represents the alchemical element sulfur, or brimstone. The symbol has relevance in Alchemy where it represents Sulphur and is analogous to the human soul. It is both masculine and feminine and as such shows life and the universe in balance.
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Elapsed Time
Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 April 2011 07:28 Written by Admin Tuesday, 12 April 2011 07:28
Recently we did a review of the searches that have been entered into our website and noticed that someone was searching the site using the words "Elapsed Time". When we saw this we assumed they were looking for a way to work out how long a survey has taken. So in this article we will look at some of the things that you can do record how long a survey takes. First off when an interview is started, the system being used be it Data Entry , Web , Cati or mobile stores the date and start time in a field called "Datacollection.StartTime" and when the interview is no longer active the finish date and time gets stored in a variable called "Datacollection.finishTime". So to work out the total interview time all you have to do is to take the start time away from the finish time and you will get your answer. But how do you do this , well the best way is to use a command called datediff. A good way to see how datediff works is to open up your data in dmquery and then use this syntax on it.
select datacollection.starttime,datacollection.finishtime , datediff(datacollection.starttime,datacollection.finishtime,'s') as SurveyDuration from vdata
what this syntax does is to give us three columns of data , the fist is the start time followed by the finish time and then the difference between the two in seconds. As you can see the datediff command requires both dates and then a value to tell it what to return , in our example we wanted seconds , but you can have any of these values.
"yyyy" Calendar years
"q" Calendar quarters
"m" Calendar months
"d" Day
"y" Day of year (same as "d")
"w" Week (seven-day periods)
"ww" Calendar weeks (using first-day-of-week setting from input locale)
"h" Hour
"n" Minute
"s" Second
So that is how we work out the time in DMQuery , but how about if we wanted to do it in a DMS script so that the result is saved. Well first off we need a question to hold the answer in this example we are going to use a long as that is the datatype returned by DateDiff().
SurveyDuartion "Survey Duartion" long;
and then in our onnext case event we would have something like
SurveyDuartion = datediff(datacollection.starttime,datacollection.finishtime,'s')
So that is how we work out the full survey duration , but what if we want to record how long it takes to answer a set of question in the survey. This is really easy , just create the metadata to hold the information,
Section1Duartion "Survey Duartion" long;
and then at the start of the section store the section start time in a variable and at the end of the section work out the difference, for example,
Dim Section1StartTime
....
Section1StartTime = now()
... The Section Questions
Section1Duartion = datediff(Section1StartTime ,now(),'s')
And there you have it some simple
 to get the numbers that you need. So if it was you that searched for this type of info on our website the hopefully this has helped, but if not let us know what you where after and we get the info to you. It does not hurt to ask.
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 1. Mark Lamias | Wednesday, 13 April 2011 at 6:43 am
 While this is a very useful solution for only those interviews that are completed in one setting. Interviews that are completed partially, then stopped, and resume on a different date and then completed will show a very long interview time. For example, if I started a survey on 1/1/2011 and stopped half-way through, then resume the survey and completed it on 1/3/2004, the elapsed time would show up as 72 hours. To get around this, I recommend creating a variable (if using sample management) in your sample management that captures the elapsed time every time the interview is stopped (or when completed). Each time the survey is stopped, the elapased time should then be updated in the sample management table by adding the previous value from the sample management field to the current elapsed time. Only when the interview is completed sucesfully should this value be written to the case data. This will give a much more accurate picture of elapsed time if users are stopping surveys.
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 All very true mark , thanks for the comment. Does anyone else have anything else they can share on how they do their timings ?
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 3. W. | Friday, 29 April 2011 at 4:25 pm
 There is a topic about this in the v6 DDL, which is named as 'Calculating the Total Time Taken to Complete Interviews'. This topic gives an example of how to calculate the total time taken to complete an interview, excluding time between any stops and restarts of the interview. Hope this helps.
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Compute the Running Minimum
Compute the running minimum of a 3-by-2 matrix input, dsp_examples_u, using the Minimum block.
Open the model.
model = fullfile(matlabroot,'examples','dsp','ex_runningminimum_ref'); open_system(model)
The Input processing parameter is set to Columns as channels (frame based). The block processes the input as a two-channel signal with a frame size of three. The running minimum is reset at t = 2 by an impulse to the block's Rst port.
Run the model.
In the Running mode, the block outputs the minimum value over each channel since the last reset. At t = 2, the reset event occurs. The minimum value in the second column changes to 6, and then 2, even though these values are greater than 1, which was the minimum value since the previous reset event.
Close the model.


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This document specifies the general properties of unplasticized polyamide (PA-U) compounds for the manufacture of pipes, fittings and valves made from these compounds, intended to be buried and used for the supply of gaseous fuels. It also specifies the test parameters for the test methods to which it refers.
The ISO 16486 series is applicable to PA-U piping systems, the components of which are connected by fusion jointing and/or mechanical jointing.
This document establishes a calculation and design scheme on which to base the maximum operating pressure (MOP) of a PA-U piping system.
Текущий статус : PublishedДата публикации : 2020-08
Версия : 2
Технический комитет:Plastics pipes and fittings for the supply of gaseous fuels
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Dancer::Serializer::JSON - serializer for handling JSON data
This class is an interface between Dancer's serializer engine abstraction layer and the JSON module.
In order to use this engine, use the template setting:
This can be done in your config.yml file or directly in your app code with the set keyword. This serializer will also be used when the serializer is set to mutable and the correct Accept headers are supplied.
The JSON module will pass configuration variables straight through. Some of these can be useful when debugging/developing your app: pretty and canonical, and others useful with ORMs like DBIx::Class: allow_blessed and convert_blessed. Please consult the JSON documentation for more information and a full list of configuration settings. You can add extra settings to the engines configuration to turn these on. For example:
engines: JSON: allow_blessed: '1' canonical: '1' convert_blessed: '1'
Serialize a data structure to a JSON structure.
Deserialize a JSON structure to a data structure


Augusta Tabor: Entrepreneur
agustataborWhen: 1833 – 1895
Where: Born in Maine, moved to Kansas, and then to Colorado
Why Important: Augusta successfully ran businesses, owned real estate, and carefully managed her money at a time when few women were allowed to be involved in financial and business matters.
Mrs. Tabor's mansion on Broadway in Denver circa _PHONE_ (Credit: Denver Public Library)
Mrs. Tabor's mansion on Broadway in Denver circa _PHONE_
(Credit: Denver Public Library)
Augusta Louise Pierce was born March 29, 1833 in Maine. She met Horace Tabor, a stone-cutter her father hired to work in his quarry. They got married on January 31, 1857. The couple moved to a small town in Kansas and worked as farmers.
In 1859, Horace, Augusta, and their son, Maxey, moved to Colorado. Horace hoped to make money mining for gold. Augusta earned money cooking and doing laundry for the miners. They moved again to Oro City and started a grocery store where Augusta worked. Horace was doing well mining. However, Horace wanted to make more money and moved the family to Leadville.1 The Tabors started a new store and Horace became postmaster of the town.
In 1878, Horace gave two miners supplies in exchange for one third of their mine profit. The miners struck silver and the Tabors became very wealthy! Horace spent his money quickly. Augusta wanted him to save the money. This caused a lot of arguments. Horace kept spending money and bought a big mansion in Denver for the family.
Augusta and Horace continued to fight over money. In 1883 the couple divorced.2 She kept his last name, Tabor, even after he married Baby Doe Tabor.
Augusta donated much of her money to build a new Unitarian church in Denver. She also owned real estate and became wealthy on her own. She was one of the richest business people in Denver. This was unusual for a woman of the day.
Augusta moved to Pasadena, California in 1894 when she became ill. She died one year later.3 She is buried at the Riverside Pioneer Cemetery in Denver.
Content Date: Jan. 1, 1833 to Jan. 1, 1895
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The China Quarterly
Environmental non-governmental organizations are becoming increasingly visible players in China's environmental politics. Adopting a field perspective, this article shows how the rise of environmental NGOs has taken place in interactions with four institutional fields. They not only respond to political conditions, but also to opportunities offered by the media, the internet, and international NGOs. In this process, organizational entrepreneurs play a crucial role in mobilizing resources while other individuals participate in search of self-fulfillment or social experience. These arguments underscore the multi-institutional dynamics of civil society development without underestimating state-centered and market-centered explanations. In conclusion, the article discusses how environmental NGOs can serve as both sites and agents of democratic social change in China.
© Cambridge University Press, The China Quarterly
Yang, G. (2005). Environmental NGOs and Institutional Dynamics in China. The China Quarterly, 181 46-66. _URL_
Date Posted: 21 November 2013
This document has been peer reviewed.


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[bible passage="Mark 13:26″]
Matthew and Luke: META DUNAMEWS KAI DOXES POLLES
Mark: META DUNAMEWS POLLES KAI DOXES
We have three synoptic passages: Mathew 24:30, Mark 13:26 and Luke 21:27
using the adjective POLLES. Matthew and Luke use the adjective after DOXES,
while Mark uses it after DUNAMEWS. Harmonizing the text would make it: META
DUNAMEWS POLLES KAI DOXES POLLES.
My question: would the adjective in both texts modify both nouns? Should we
translate both texts with: with great power and great glory?
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Changing the rules
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 1. These rules have precedence as set out in section I.A of the Corpora of the Society for Creative Anachronism Inc.
 2. At all times, mundane law has precedence over any and all rules of the SCA.
Changes to the rules
 1. In accordance with section II of the Laws of the Kingdom of Lochac, which can be found at, temporary restrictions on activities normally allowed by these rules may be made by proclamation of the Crown, but they will expire after 30 days unless renewed by proclamation, or permanently incorporated into the rules.
 2. Permanent changes to the rules can only be made using the following procedures, and shall only come into effect after all of these steps are complete:
 1. The change is approved by:
 1. the Crown; and
 2. the Kingdom Seneschal; and
 3. the Board of SCA Ltd, and
 4. the Committee of SCA NZ Inc.
 2. The change is proclaimed by the Crown at an official event.
 3. Notification of the change is distributed to all Group Fencing Marshals.
 4. The Fencing Combat Handbook (this document) is updated.
 5. Notification of the change is published in Pegasus.
 3. The only exception to this procedure is in the case of mundane law changes that contradict these rules. In the event of a change to mundane law, that law will become effective immediately and these rules will be updated as soon as possible.
 4. Typographical corrections and minor changes to clarify wording, that do not change the substance or intent of a rule, can be made by the Kingdom Fencing Marshal without going through this procedure.
Requesting rule changes
 1. The procedure for requesting a change to these rules is as follows:
 1. Discuss the proposed change with the Group Fencing Marshal.
 2. The Group Fencing Marshal forwards the proposed change to the Kingdom Fencing Marshal.
 3. The Kingdom Fencing Marshal conducts appropriate consultation with the fencing community, including discussion with the Kingdom Earl Marshal.
 4. The Kingdom Fencing Marshal formally submits the proposed change to the Kingdom Earl Marshal, and to the Society Fencing Marshal if required.
Experimenting with the rules
 1. Members of the fencing community can propose a substantial change to these rules, such as the addition of a new category of weapons, a new technique, or a reduction in protective equipment requirements.
 2. These changes can only be considered following an approved experiment where training and combat is conducted according to the proposed new rules.
 3. The Kingdom Fencing Marshal can approve an experimental program, subject to the agreement of the Kingdom Earl Marshal and the Society Marshal.
 4. To obtain approval, the people proposing the change must submit an experimental program plan including:
 - a description of the proposed new weapon, technique or equipment change
 - a description of how the experiment will be conducted in training or combat
 - a minimum time frame for the experiment to be conducted
 - a reporting schedule (at least quarterly)
 - anticipated risks
 - contact information for the person who will conduct the experiment and report to the Kingdom Fencing Marshal.
 5. The Kingdom Fencing Marshal will report at least quarterly to the Kingdom Earl Marshal and the Society Fencing Marshal on the progress of the experiment, including any injuries and any concerns from fencers or marshals involved in the experiment.
 6. The Society Fencing Marshal will decide if the rule change should be recommended to the Society Marshal.
 7. The Society Marshal will decide whether to recommend that the SCA Board of Directors approve changes to the Society Fencing Marshals Handbook.
 8. More information about Society experiments is in Appendix 6 of the Society Fencing Marshals Handbook.


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Using Local Functions in a Scriptblock with Existing Code
When you are wanting to run code remotely, it's common to do this via the use of Invoke-Command (though other options exist, such as through Start-Job for example). The biggest downfall to date i've found with remoting is the lack of an option to combine the use of your local functions within a ScriptBlock that has other code in it. As an example, the following is not possible:
function Add ($param1, $param2)
{
$param1 + $param2
}
function Multiply($param1,$param2)
{
$param1 * $param2
}
Invoke-Command -ComputerName $env:COMPUTERNAME -ScriptBlock {
$addResult = Add $args[0] $args[1]
$multiplyResult = Multiply $args[0] $args[1]
Write-Output "The result of the addition was : $addResult"
Write-Output "The result of the multiplication was : $multiplyResult"
} -ArgumentList 3, 2
However, there is a way to achieve this type of operation, and make as many local functions as you want available to be used and combined with other code in your ScriptBlock. You can find the full article at powershell.amsterdam.
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Let $(Y,\|\cdot\|)$ a Banach space and $b\colon Y\to \mathbb{R}$ a nonnegative convex function such that, for some $\mathcal{E}>0$, the set $\{y\in Y\,:\, b(y)<\mathcal{E}\}$ is nonempty and bounded.
I need prove that exist $z\in Y$, $c>0$ and $C>0$ such that $b(y)-b(z)\geq c\|y-z\|$ for $y\in Y\backslash B_C(z)$.
Note: $B_C(z):=\{y\in Y\,:\, \|y-z\|\leq C\}$.
Thanks in advance.
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Let $\epsilon_0$ be the fixed positive constant such that $F_0 := \{ y \mid b(y) < \epsilon_0\}$ is nonempty and bounded. Fix $z\in F_0$. Then we have that if $y \in Y \setminus F_0$, $b(y) - b(z) \geq \epsilon_0 - b(z) =: \delta_0 > 0$.
By assumption $F_0$ is bounded, hence there exists $C > 0$ such that $B_C(z) \supset F_0$. (Here I take $B_C(z)$ to be the open ball; a simple modification of the following argument also allows for closed balls.)
Let $c = \frac{\delta_0}{2C}$. Now we verify this choice of $C$ and $c$ is good.
Given $y \in Y\setminus B_C(z)$, let $\tilde{y} = \frac{C}{\|y-z\|} (y-z) + z$. By convexity of the function $b$ we have that
$$ \frac{C}{\|y-z\|} (b(y) - b(z)) + b(z) \geq b(\tilde{y}) \geq b(z) + \delta_0 $$
Hence we have that
$$ b(y) - b(z) \geq \frac{\delta_0}{C} \|y-z\| > \frac{\delta_0}{2C} \|y-z\| = c \| y - z\| $$
as claimed.
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Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
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 settings: any = {
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}
onCancel(event, inst) Allows you to define your own event when cancel is pressed.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
 - valueText: String - The selected value as text.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
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}
onChange(event, inst) Allows you to define your own event when a wheel value is changed.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
 - valueText: String - The selected value as text.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
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}
onClear(event, inst) Triggered when the value is cleared.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
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}
onClose(event, inst) Triggered when the component is closed.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
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 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
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 onClose: (event, inst) => {
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}
onDestroy(event, inst) Triggered when the component is destroyed.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
 settings: any = {
 onDestroy: (event, inst) => {
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}
onInit(event, inst) Triggered when the component is initialized.
Parameters
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 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
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 onInit: (event, inst) => {
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}
onItemTap(event, inst) Triggered when the user taps an item on the wheel.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
 - target: HTMLElement - The DOM element of the tapped item.
 - selected: Boolean - Selected state of the tapped item.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
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}
onMarkupReady(event, inst) Triggered when the html markup of the component is generated, but it is not yet shown. It is useful, if you want to make modifications to the markup (e.g. add custom elements), before the positioning runs.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
 - target: Object - The DOM element containing the generated html.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
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}
onPosition(event, inst) Triggered when the component is positioned (on initial show and resize / orientation change).
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Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
 - target: Object - The DOM element containing the generated html.
 - windowWidth: Number - The window width.
 - windowHeight: Number - The window height.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
 settings: any = {
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 }
}
onSet(event, inst) Triggered when a value is set.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
 - valueText: String - The selected value as text (if any).
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
 settings: any = {
 onSet: (event, inst) => {
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 }
}
onShow(event, inst) Triggered when the component is shown.
Parameters
 - event: Object - The event object has the following properties:
 - target: Object - The DOM element containing the generated html.
 - valueText: String - The selected value as text.
 - inst: Object - The instance object of the measurement.
Example
export class MyExample {
 settings: any = {
 onShow: (event, inst) => {
 }
 }
}
Methods
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cancel() Hides the measurement and also invokes the onCancel event.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.cancel();
clear() Clears the measurement value.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.clear();
disable() Disables the measurement.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.disable();
enable() Enables the measurement.
Example
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mobiscrollInstance.enable();
getVal([temp]) Returns the selected measurement value.
Parameters
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Returns: String
 - The selected measurement value.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.getVal();
hide([ prevAnim ] [, btn ]) Hides the component.
Parameters
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 - btn (Optional): String - Specifies which button caused the component to hide, and it's passed to the onBeforeClose event.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
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isVisible() Returns a boolean indicating whether the component is visible or not.
Returns: Boolean
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Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.isVisible();
option(options) Sets one or more options for the component.
Parameters
 - options: Object - A map of option-value pairs to set.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.option({
 display: 'bottom',
 lang: 'de'
});
position([check]) Recalculates the position of the component (if not inline).
Parameters
 - check (Optional): Boolean - If true, the function checks if viewport size changed after last position call, if false or ommitted, position is recalculated anyway.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.position();
select() Hides the measurement and also invokes the onSet event.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.select();
setVal(value [, fill ] [, change ] [, temp ] [, time ]) Sets the measurement value.
Parameters
 - value: String - The measurement value.
 - fill (Optional): Boolean - If true, the associated input element is also updated with the new value.
 - change (Optional): Boolean - If false, change event won't be triggered on the input element.
 - temp (Optional): Boolean - If true, only temporary value is set.
 - time (Optional): Number - Specifies the duration of the animation in seconds to scroll the wheels to the new values. There is no animation, if time is omitted or 0.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
show([ prevAnim ] [, prevFocus ]) Shows the component.
Parameters
 - prevAnim (Optional): Boolean - If true, show will not be animated.
 - prevFocus (Optional): Boolean - If true, the popup will not be focused right after show.
Example
Methods can be called on an instance. For more details see calling methods
mobiscrollInstance.show();
tap(el, handler) Attaches the handler function to the tap event of element el.
Parameters
 - el: Object - The element with tap event.
 - handler: Function - If the action was initiated with touch event, handler is called on touchend


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Discover the Spotify model
What the most popular music technology company can teach us about scaling agile
Mark Cruth Mark Cruth
Spotify is the largest and most popular audio streaming subscription service in the world, with an estimated 286 million users. A key part of Spotify's success is driven by the company's unique approach to organizing around work to enhance team agility. As Spotify's engineering teams traveled down the path towards improved agility, they documented their experience, shared it with the world, and ultimately influenced the way many technology companies organize around work. It is now known as the Spotify model.
What is the Spotify model?
The Spotify model is a people-driven, autonomous approach for scaling agile that emphasizes the importance of culture and network. It has helped Spotify and other organizations increase innovation and productivity by focusing on autonomy, communication, accountability, and quality.
The Spotify model isn't a framework, as Spotify coach Henrik Kniberg noted, since it represents Spotify's view on scaling from both a technical and cultural perspective. It's one example of organizing multiple teams in a product development organization and stresses the need for culture and networks.
…the Spotify model focuses on how we structure an organization to enable agility.
The Spotify model was first introduced to the world in 2012, when Henrik Kniberg and Anders Ivarsson published the whitepaper Scaling Agile @ Spotify, which introduced the radically simple way Spotify approached agility. Since then, the Spotify model generated a lot of buzz and became popular in the agile transformation space. Part of its appeal is that it focuses on organizing around work rather than following a specific set of practices. In traditional scaling frameworks, specific practices (e.g. daily standups) are how the framework is executed, whereas the Spotify model focuses on how businesses can structure an organization to enable agility.
The Spotify model champions team autonomy, so that each team (or Squad) selects their framework (e.g. Scrum, Kanban, Scrumban, etc.). Squads are organized into Tribes and Guilds to help keep people aligned and cross-pollinate knowledge.
Now, let's demystify some of these terms…
Key elements of the Spotify model
The Spotify model is centered around simplicity. When Spotify began organizing around their work, they identified a handful of important elements on how people and teams should be structured.
Similar to a scrum team, Squads are cross-functional, autonomous teams (typically 6-12 individuals) that focus on one feature area. Each Squad has a unique mission that guides the work they do, an agile coach for support, and a product owner for guidance. Squads determine which agile methodology/framework will be used.
When multiple Squads coordinate within each other on the same feature area, they form a Tribe. Tribes help build alignment across Squads and typically consist of 40 - 150 people in order to maintain alignment (leveraging what we call Dunbar's Number). Each Tribe has a Tribe Lead who is responsible for helping coordinate across Squads and for encouraging collaboration.
Even though Squads are autonomous, it's important that specialists (e.g. Javascript Developer, DBAs) align on best practices. Chapters are the family that each specialist has, helping to keep engineering standards in place across a discipline. Chapters are typically led by a senior technology lead, who may also be the manager for the team members in that Chapter.
Team members who are passionate about a topic can form a Guild, which essentially is a community of interest. Anyone can join a Guild and they are completely voluntary. Whereas Chapters belong to a Tribe, Guilds can cross different Tribes. There is no formal leader of a Guild. Rather, someone raises their hand to be the Guild Coordinator and help bring people together.
The Trio (aka TPD Trio) is a combination of a Tribe Lead, product lead, and design lead. Each Tribe has a Trio in place to ensure there is continuous alignment between these three perspectives when working on features areas.
As organizations scale, sometimes multiple Tribes need to closely work together to accomplish a goal. Alliances are a combination of Tribe Trios (typically three or more) that work together to help their Tribes collaborate on a goal that is bigger than any one Tribe.
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That's it. There are not a lot of practices that need to be followed or ceremonies that need to happen. Squads may have ceremonies like sprint planning and retrospectives, but the focus of the Spotify model is on how teams organize around work. It's up to Squads to figure out the best way to get the job done.
The benefits of the Spotify model
When Spotify changed the way they scaled agile they wanted to enable Squads to move fast, ship software quickly, and do so all with minimum pain and overhead. They realized these benefits and more as they took their model and evolved it. The organizational benefits of implementing the Spotify model include:
Less formal process and ceremony
The Spotify model focuses on organizing around work and not necessarily processes and ceremonies. This gives an organization greater flexibility when it comes to how Squads work. Instead of requiring Squads to change how they do their work ("you must do scrum"), it focuses on aligning them with each other and driving towards individual team outcomes.
More self-management and autonomy
The Spotify model encourages autonomy and creativity by trusting people to complete the work they are doing in the way they see fit. Do you need to ship software? That's up to the Squad. Do you need to change direction? That's also up to the Squad. The Spotify model focuses on decentralizing decision making and transferring that responsibility to Squads, Tribes, Chapters, and Guilds.
"Control leads to compliance; autonomy leads to engagement."
- Dan Pink, Author, "Drive: The Surprising Truth About What Motivates Us"
The Spotify model can offer increased transparency across the work being done and grow a more experimentation-based approach to problem solving in a high trust environment. All this can lead to things like better products, happier customers, and more engaged employees. However, not everyone will experience these outcomes.
The challenges of the Spotify model
The Spotify model was based on one organization's way of working. Many organizations desire the same benefits of the Spotify model, so they attempt to emulate what Spotify did. Some organizations experienced more success than others, but it's likely no organization experienced the same success as Spotify. The reason? Like any way of working, an organization's current culture and structure need to be taken into account. The model is simple, but the environment it's implemented in is complex.
Wise executives tailor their approach to fit the complexity of the circumstances they face.
- Dave Snowden, Management Consultant
Unfortunately, many organizations try to copy the Spotify model. To some, it may seem like a simple matrix organizational structure where people report to a functional area (Chapter), but work with a cross-functional team (Squad). However, it's more complex than that. Although it may look like a matrix organization, the key cultural elements of the model need to be in place to allow the structure to thrive, such as trust and autonomy. If an organization doesn't shift its behaviors (and ultimately its culture), the benefits of the Spotify model will never be realized. If you simply rename teams to Squads, you're just putting lipstick on a pig.
Spotify model best practices
If you're looking to enable a culture of trust, autonomy, and rapid learning, you can't go wrong looking to the Spotify model for inspiration. If your organization is looking at the Spotify model as a means to help you approach agile at scale, the following is a list of best practices to keep in mind.
Don't copy the model
Seek to understand the structure, practices, and mindset behind Spotify's approach. With that understanding, tweak the aspects of the model to fit your own environment. Your goal is not to be Spotify, but to leverage their model to improve how your organization works together.
Autonomy and trust is key
Spotify gave as much autonomy as possible to their people in order to help them pivot quickly. Allowing teams to pick their own development tools and modify another team's code are just some examples. Within your organization, determine if there are decisions that can be pushed to the teams instead of being mandated by parts of the organization that are disconnected from the day-to-day work.
Transparency with community
Spotify's success is credited to their focus on building community and transparency around their work. Establish your first Guild around the Spotify model adoption and encourage participation from everyone in the organization. Build trust by creating transparent, inclusive ways to gather feedback, and gain alignment on how your organization wants to work in the future.
Encourage mistakes
You will fall down and stumble in this journey. But that's okay. Improvement involves experimenting and learning from both our successes and failures. Spotify went through many iterations before they attained the model we know today, and have since continued to experiment to constantly look for new ways to improve the way they work. Encourage the same within your organization!
If you focus on these practices you'll see positive impacts on how your organization collaborates and aligns, whether or not you use the Spotify model as a guide.
In conclusion…
The Spotify model is a great source of inspiration if you're looking to build an organization focused on moving quickly with autonomy and purpose. Even more formal scaling frameworks, such as Scrum@Scale, have gained inspiration from the model (and vice versa). It's important to remember that the Spotify model is not a destination. Ironically enough, Spotify doesn't leverage the original implementation of the Spotify model anymore; they evolved and adapted the model to fit their changing organization. Trios and Alliances are actually newer elements in Spotify as they were brought about to solve new problems the organization faced as it grew larger. Starting with the key elements of the


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You can link together pairs of tools, so that changing the information displayed in one tool automatically updates the other. This can be done for virtually any tool in Common LispWorks, and provides a simple way for you to browse information and see how the state of the Lisp environment changes as you run your code. For instance, you can make between an Inspector and a Listener so that every time you evaluate a form in the Listener, its value is automatically inspected.
You can also link two copies of the same tool. This can be a very useful way of seeing two views of a tool at once. For instance, you could create a copy of the Class Browser by choosing Window > Clone, and then link them together. By keeping one browser in the subclasses view, and the other in the slots view, you can automatically see both the subclasses and the available slots for a given class.
Linked tools have a master-slave relationship. One tool (the slave) gets updated automatically, and the other tool (the master) controls the linking process. To link together any two tools:
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By Colleen Fisher Tully
- whole cooked lobster, cooled
- kitchen shears
- bamboo skewers
- lobster-shell cracker or nutcracker
1. The Tail
Bend lobster tail back slightly and twist to remove—it should come apart easily. Starting at open end, using kitchen shears, cut shell down middle of tail's underside, as shown. Open up shell like a book; remove meat in one piece. If there is green pasty stuff (the liver and pancreas, called tomalley), wipe it away with a paper towel and discard. The same goes for any tiny eggs.
Editor's Note: Some Canadians love tomalley! Just remember, Health Canada advises children avoid it and adults to restrict their consumption to no more than the amount found in one lobster.
2. The Claws, Part A
Twist two front legs off body of lobster. If they don't twist off easily, use kitchen shears to snip through any cartilage. Bend small pincer back and forth until it breaks off, as shown. Carefully pull shell away from meat to keep claw intact. If meat breaks apart, use bamboo skewer to pull meat out of pincer.
3. The Claws, Part B
Using lobster shell cracker, break into large claw shell at base, as shown. Using fingers or skewer, pull out claw meat. If needed, use kitchen shears to cut into shell further, opening it like a book and lifting out meat. Make sure all hard cartilage has detached from claw meat before setting aside. Don't forget the knuckle! Break this leg section into pieces and push out meat with skewer.
4. Reserve Shells
Now you have the secret ingredient to the most amazing soups, stocks and flavoured butters: lobster shells. If you can't use them right away, toss them in a freezer-safe bag or container and store them in the freezer.
Editor's Note: The skinny leg pieces have very small bits of meat you can extract with a skewer, or many cooks leave them intact to help flavour the next recipe.
Here's how to make Lobster Butter.
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Graph Labelings and Continuous Factors of Dynamical Systems
Stephen M. Shea
A labeling of a graph is a function from the vertex set of the graph to some finite set. Certain dynamical systems (such as topological Markov shifts) can be defined by directed graphs. In these instances, a labeling of the graph defines a continuous, shift-commuting factor of the dynamical system. We find sufficient conditions on the labeling to imply classification results for the factor dynamical system. We define the topological entropy of a (directed or undirected) graph and its labelings in a way that is analogous to the definition of topological entropy for a shift space in symbolic dynamics. We show, for example, if $G$ is a perfect graph, all proper $\chi(G)$-colorings of $G$ have the same entropy, where $\chi(G)$ is the chromatic number of $G$.
distinguishing labeling; entropy; finitary isomorphism; graph coloring; graph entropy; topological entropy
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