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Slashing protection
Teku implements slashing protection to prevent validators from signing incorrect blocks or attestations.
You can import and export the slashing protection file when migrating validator keys between validator clients. Teku supports the validator client interchange format when importing or exporting the slashing protection file.
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If using an external signer that implements its own slashing protection (for example Web3Signer), then you can disable Teku's built-in slashing protection using the --validators-external-signer-slashing-protection-enabled command line option.
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You can also enable doppelganger detection to help prevent slashing. This is an early access feature.
Import a slashing protection file
When importing the slashing protection file, Teku imports the file to the <data-path>/validators/slashprotection/ directory in the format <validator-pubkey>.yml (with no 0x prefix).
Example
teku slashing-protection import --data-path=/home/me/me_node --from=/home/slash/slashing-interchange-format.json
In the command line:
 - --data-path specifies the location of the Teku data directory.
 - --from specifies the location of the slashing protection file.
In this example, Teku imports the file to the /home/me/me_node/data/validators/slashprotection/ directory.
Export a slashing protection file
Export the slashing protection file when migrating a validator to a different Teku, or non-Teku node.
Example
teku slashing-protection export --data-path=/home/me/me_node --to=/home/slash/slashing-interchange-format-minimal.json
In the command line:
 - --data-path specifies the location of the Teku data directory.
 - --to specifies the file to export the slashing protection data to.
You can now import the slashing protection file in a Teku, or non-Teku node.


Old Lady
The name of our artwork in Chinese is 和平紀念碑. In English, it means the commemoration of the monument of peace. It is situated in Kaohsiung County and is made of imported Italian black marble. The artist, Guowei Tu, created it in 1993. The monument was built to commemorate the 228 event.
After World War II, because of the corrupt local KMT leadership, people couldn't live a liberated life as they wished. It all started when the Taipei police tried to arrest an offender for selling smuggled cigarettes, which caused bloody conflict involving other vendors. The long buried unsatisfied feelings of the people finally erupted. The conflict then spread, involving the whole of Taiwan. Many innocent people became victims of this tragedy. Whenever people see this monument, they will always be reminded of this tragic event and the importance of peace among the people.
Nela Lin,
2014年10月28日 下午10:06
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Two day Historical GIS Workshop
Computers are a necessary tool for all types of historians. They facilitate access to sources via digital archives, help manage large quantities of documents, and influence our interpretation. Despite these timeand cost-saving benefits, the growth of computing technologies also challenges the pedigree of the historian. Often the historian is required to gain intermediate or even expert knowledge in a particular type of software in order to carry out his or her analysis. Computer skills are also increasingly important in teaching and communicating with students. This is an area seldom taught during the historian's formal training.
We are currently seeking funding to hold a two day "crash course" in historical GIS. The workshop is tentatively schedualled for July 24th and 25th and it will take place in Toronto.
Marcel Fortin, GIS and Map Librarian at the University of Toronto, will offer hands-on training to a group of interested historians.
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but your statement is completely and utterly false.
Python2's stdlib uses os.urandom:
- _URL_
- there's even a big message stating: Warning The pseudo-random generators of this module should not be used for security purposes. Use os.urandom() or SystemRandom if you require a cryptographically secure pseudo-random number generator.
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Python3's stdlib uses os.urandom:
- _URL_
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Another example; cryptography.io, the best Python crypto library I'm aware of uses os.urandom: _URL_
As for your mentioned ssl.RAND_bytes interface: _URL_ (In Python2.x these API's aren't even exposed to the user/developer)
ssl.RAND_bytes(num)
Return num cryptographically strong pseudo-random bytes. Raises an SSLError if the PRNG has not been seeded with enough data or if the operation is not supported by the current RAND method. RAND_status() can be used to check the status of the PRNG and RAND_add() can be used to seed the PRNG.
For almost all applications os.urandom() is preferable.
Read the Wikipedia article, Cryptographically secure pseudorandom number generator (CSPRNG), to get the requirements of a cryptographically generator.
New in version 3.3.
ssl.RAND_pseudo_bytes(num)
Return (bytes, is_cryptographic): bytes are num pseudo-random bytes, is_cryptographic is True if the bytes generated are cryptographically strong. Raises an SSLError if the operation is not supported by the current RAND method.
Generated pseudo-random byte sequences will be unique if they are of sufficient length, but are not necessarily unpredictable. They can be used for non-cryptographic purposes and for certain purposes in cryptographic protocols, but usually not for key generation etc.
For almost all applications os.urandom() is preferable.
New in version 3.3.
Read again; see what it says? right, it says: For almost all applications os.urandom() is preferable. Because only a complete amateur would use other third-party APIs in Python for randomness.
I think I'm officially giving up on this one. Four months ago I warned the Ruby Core team that a bug in the OpenSSL PRNG can cause security problems for Ruby proper. This has happened of course. Still the team thinks it's a better approach to use a userland RNG instead of the one provided (and well maintained) in the respective kernels and accessible via system calls.
I'm a long-time Ruby developer, but I think I will never use Ruby again for any security-critical code parts. This reminds me of API discussions we had for PHP4 years back and just makes me sad. Expect weaponized exploits to full-disclosure lists in the future, your bug-tracker is obviously useless.
So long. And thanks for all the fishy crypto.
#25 [ruby-core:75339] Updated by Scott Arciszewski 25 days ago
Let's look at some OpenSSL RNG failures outside the Ruby microcosm:
If you're still dead set on using OpenSSL for a RNG, just know that when people say things like _URL_ about PHP being insecure, it applies tenfold to Ruby because of everyone's stubborn refusal to fix their RNG.
To wit (here's a CSPRNG done right): _URL_
#26 [ruby-core:75340] Updated by Eric Wong 25 days ago
Has anybody here brought up the issue to the OpenSSL team to get
OpenSSL fixed?
Fixing OpenSSL would benefit far more people than just working
around the problem in Ruby.
I'm definitely no expert on RNGs, but when I encounter bugs in
other software; I try to get it fixed at the source rather than
working problems at a higher level.
#27 [ruby-core:75341] Updated by Chris MacNaughton 25 days ago
Eric Wong wrote:
Has anybody here brought up the issue to the OpenSSL team to get
OpenSSL fixed?
Fixing OpenSSL would benefit far more people than just working
around the problem in Ruby.
I'm definitely no expert on RNGs, but when I encounter bugs in
other software; I try to get it fixed at the source rather than
working problems at a higher level.
Yes: _URL_
#28 [ruby-core:75342] Updated by Martin Dürst 25 days ago
Chris MacNaughton wrote:
Eric Wong wrote:
Has anybody here brought up the issue to the OpenSSL team to get
OpenSSL fixed?
Yes: _URL_
And on that bug, the speed issue was mentioned, too, like at _URL_
So I see several ways forward for this:
1) Get OpenSSL to fix it. It would definitely benefit more people than just Ruby users.
2) Convince Ruby committers that urandom can be used without speed problems on all relevant platforms and for all relevant application.
#29 [ruby-core:75343] Updated by Delan Azabani 25 days ago
For anyone reading this thread after me:
 - SecureRandom.gen_random calls OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes before falling back on Random.raw_seed [1]
 - Random.raw_seed calls fill_random_bytes [2]
 - fill_random_bytes calls fill_random_bytes_syscall before falling back on fill_random_bytes_urandom [3]
 - fill_random_bytes_syscall is compiled to wrap CryptGenRandom if available, falling back on getrandom(2) [4]
 - fill_random_bytes_urandom reads from /dev/urandom if it considers the device reasonable [5]
It's good to see that fill_random_bytes already prefers getrandom(2) over /dev/urandom, as getrandom(2) blocks only if it has been called so early in the boot process that there isn't enough initial entropy [6], and it isn't susceptible to file descriptor exhaustion attacks [7].
Changing the order of SecureRandom.gen_random should be enough to fix this bug, but I would also suggest adding arc4random(3) [8] or getentropy(2) [9] to the collection of methods tried by fill_random_bytes_syscall, which will mitigate file descriptor exhaustion attacks for OpenBSD users.
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#30 [ruby-core:75344] Updated by Jeremy Evans 25 days ago
Delan Azabani wrote:
Changing the order of SecureRandom.gen_random should be enough to fix this bug, but I would also suggest adding arc4random(3) or getentropy(2) to the collection of system calls tried by fill_random_bytes_syscall, which will mitigate file descriptor exhaustion attacks for OpenBSD users.
Nothing needs to be done on OpenBSD, since SecureRandom.random_bytes uses OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes, which calls RAND_bytes(3). OpenBSD uses LibreSSL, which on OpenBSD has RAND_bytes(3) call arc4random_buf(3) which calls getentropy(2). OpenBSD's libssl already mitigates file descriptor exhaustion attacks.
#31 [ruby-core:75348] Updated by Motohiro KOSAKI 24 days ago
Delan Azabani wrote:
Changing the order of SecureRandom.gen_random should be enough to fix this bug, but I would also suggest adding arc4random(3) or getentropy(2) to the collection of system calls tried by fill_random_bytes_syscall, which will mitigate file descriptor exhaustion attacks for OpenBSD users.
Nothing needs to be done on OpenBSD, since SecureRandom.random_bytes uses OpenSSL::Random.random_bytes, which calls RAND_bytes(3). OpenBSD uses LibreSSL, which on OpenBSD has RAND_bytes(3) call arc4random_buf(3) which calls getentropy(2). OpenBSD's libssl already mitigates file descriptor exhaustion attacks.
Great.
This is what application developers want to (Open|Libre)SSL exactly.
#32 [ruby-core:75350] Updated by Akira Tanaka 24 days ago
I think switching OpenSSL to getrandom() is possible if the performance is acceptable.
The man page for getrandom(),
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doesn't discourage non-seed cryptgraphic purposes.
OpenBSD's getentropy() has limitation on buffer size: 256 bytes.
_URL_
Some gems use SecureRandom.random_bytes(more-than-256).
So, making SecureRandom.random_bytes as single getentropy(


Can you really resist a video called "Cat Smells Another Cat's Fart?"
No, you can't.
Much like our feline friend cannot resist sniffing another cat's butt, you are drawn to this clip because "Cat Smells Another Cat's Fart" is why the internet was invented.
Fun fact -- way back in the '60s when the internet was merely some sort of abstract idea, all those poindexters in their lab coats and ties pushed the tape on their glasses onto the bridges of their noses and proclaimed, "We need to create this interconnected series of computer networks so people can watch videos of cats not only breaking wind, but other cats sniffing their rear ends in the derision and annoyance that only cats can adequately express." Cats smelling farts are the original cat videos of the internet.
So, how about that? In addition to seeing a cat sniff a fart, you got a lesson in the obscure history of the World Wide Web. Animals should pass gas more often, right?


Pronunciation of Shoe
English Meaning
 2. A horseshoe.
 3. A part or device that is located at the base of something or that functions as a protective covering, as:
 4. A strip of metal fitted onto the bottom of a sled runner.
 5. The base for the supports of the superstructure of a bridge.
 6. The ferrule on the end of a cane.
 7. The casing of a pneumatic tire.
 8. A device that retards or stops the motion of an object, as the part of a brake that presses against the wheel or drum.
 9. The sliding contact plate on an electric train or streetcar that conducts electricity from the third rail.
 10. A chute, as for conveying grain from a hopper.
 11. Games A case from which playing cards are dealt one at a time.
 12. Informal Position; status: You would understand my decision if you put yourself in my shoes.
 13. Informal Plight: I wouldn't want to be in her shoes.
 14. To furnish or fit with a shoe or shoes.
 15. To cover with a wooden or metal guard to protect against wear.
 16. the shoe is on the other foot Informal The circumstances have been reversed; an unequal relationship has been inverted.
 17. wait for the other shoe to drop Slang To defer action or decision until another matter is finished or resolved.
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ലാടം തറയ്ക്കുക - Laadam Tharaykkuka | Ladam Tharaykkuka ;ലാടം - Laadam | Ladam ;പാദരക്ഷ - Paadharaksha | Padharaksha ;നടുക്കുന്ന - Nadukkunna ;ചെരിപ്പുകൊണ്ടടിക്കുക - Cherippukondadikkuka ;ചെരുപ്പ് - Cheruppu ;
ചെരിപ്പിടുക - Cherippiduka ;പാപ്പാസ് - Paappaasu | Pappasu ;തൊടുതോല് - Thoduthol ;പാദുകം - Paadhukam | Padhukam ;ചുറ്റിടുക - Chuttiduka ;ചെരിപ്പ് - Cherippu ;ലാടം തറയ്‌ക്കുക - Laadam Tharaykkuka | Ladam Tharaykkuka ;ഷൂലാടംചെരിപ്പിടുക - Shoolaadamcherippiduka | Shooladamcherippiduka ;ഷൂ (ചെരുപ്പ്) - Shoo (cheruppu) ;ഷൂ - Shoo ;ഞെട്ടിക്കുന്ന - Njettikkunna ;
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Materials and Equipment
Leave (large enough for a sail)
Bushcraft Knife (Adults only)
- Get your kids to collect twigs of roughly the same diameter.
- Break the twigs to roughly 9 or 10 twigs of the same size.
- Wrap your string around the first twig and tie a knot then attach your second twig and knot to secure.
- Repeat this process for the remaining twigs, as shown in image 1.
- Next repeat this process along the centre and opposite side then trim off any loose ends. (shown in Image 2)
- Once you have the main body of your raft constructed, you will need two more twigs measuring slightly over the width of your raft. These will attach underneath your raft, placed in the opposite direction, along your original knot lines.
- Turn your raft so the underneath is facing you, then lay your first twig in the opposite direction and tie the twig around the original knots at one end, secure at two or three intervals as shown below.
- Repeat this step for your second twig, which should be placed parallel to the twig you've just secured at the opposite side, again attach it to the original knots to secure (see image 3 above).
- To make your boat a mast, find a straight 'ish' twig and approximately the same size as the length of your raft. Using your bushcraft Knife (ask an adult to help with this part) flatten around 2cm of your twig at either side, this will allow it to slot in between a gap at the centre of the raft (please NOTE the width should be slightly larger than the gap and be a tight fit to secure it in place).
- Find a large leaf for your mast. Then make two holes in the leaf one at the centre bottom and another one opposite at the top.
- To finish your raft thread the leaf through the holes on to your mast.
Congratulations!!! you've made your 1st twig raft, now have fun sailing!!!

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Tim Holloway wrote:The easy way to do it is to note that a Java properties file has the same format as a basic shell script.
However, there's a trick to it. If you just run the properties file like so:
The assignments will be made at the sub-level, then discarded when the properties file (script) ends execution.
So to get the properties in a calling script, you need to use the "source" command:
Note that the space after the initial dot is very important!
To reference shell variable assignments, you use the "$" to indicate variable substitution.
So, to put it all together:
This solution is good because it's simple, but it will only work if you have Java properties file that doesn't have any property names or values that have special characters (to shell) in them. For example, if there is a property with a '.' in the name, then this solution won't work. That's the case for most Java properties files I've used, especially those used with ANT.
Here is a properties file that Java can read, but bash can't:
The second property is going to cause problems because it has a dot in the name, as well as having spaces in the value. Java and ANT can read this in just fine, but bash can't:
You're quite correct, and that page is a very useful resource.
It does, however, leave out 1 important method:
When I use a properties file in the shell, I normally only put the coarsest properties in that file (which may include paths to finer-grade properties that the Java code itself reads). So it's no particular hardship to follow that rule. For me, anyway.


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Do you know how many calories in an Apple? although healthy and packed with vitamins and fiber and apple does contain calories. There is no such thing as a free food. So the calories in an apple can be higher
then you estimate aim for five a day. Fruit and vegetable servings of fruit juice or smoothies only count as one portion no matter how much you drink so very the fruits to eat daily. Try super foods like blueberries and red berries calories in fruits such as these is very low.
Apples are packed with nutrition and low in calories plus they provide your body with water. Apples contain at least eighty to ninety percent water and are high in vitamins and antioxidants. They are rich in the following nutrients: Beta carotene,vitamin A, vitamin C (mostly contained in the skin area of the Apple), iron, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, and two important antioxidants polyphenols and flavonoids.
You will be able to tell when an apple is at its perfect ripeness by the amount of send it gives off from the skin. Raw apple with skin per 100 grams 52 calories, extra small = 2 ½" diameter (101g) calories 53, raw apple without skin per 100 grams 48 calories small = 2 ¾" diameter (130g) 63 calories, large = 3 ¼" diameter (215g), 103 calories. One cup sliced (110g) 53 calories, boiled Apple per 100 grams 53 calories.
Good points of apples:
- No saturated fat
- No cholesterol
- Very low in sodium
- High in dietary fiber
- Very high vitamin b6
- Very high in vitamin C
I hope you enjoying reading this article about how many calories in an apple. Don't forget to share this article, thank you very much.


Selenite Flower Candle Holder
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A Selenite Flower Candle Holder is fantastic for meditating with on a Full Moon as it not only purifies the space it is within, but it also helps to enhance your intuition in life.
Carved from a solid piece of Selenite, a Selenite Flower Candle Holder is a beautifully carved crystalline piece to adorn your home or sacred space as the tealight that burns within such a piece amplifies the purifying properties of Selenite.
Selenite is known for its purifying properties as its energy washes through a space like a gentle wave which clears out any negative and hindering energies with ease. As it also has a connection to the Moon, using a Selenite Flower Candle Holder during a Full Moon with a specific intention can help what you desire bloom like a beautiful and abundant flower. Meditating on the candle flame that burns within can also enhance the properties of Selenite which helps to enhance intuition and insight.
Each Selenite Candle Holder measures approximately 8cm wide and 4.5cm tall, making it perfect for a mantle or altar space. As each piece is carved from natural crystal, every one is unique and the piece with the highest resonance will be chosen at the time of your order.
Selenite is a form of gypsum that has a milky-white appearance in a crystal that looks much like that of a fibre-optic cable. It forms through gypsum crystals having combined with seawater due to salt flats flooding over millions of years.
In the ways of healing the Body, this crystal helps with flexibility throughout the spine and joints of the body, especially the wrists and ankles.
When it comes to healing the Mind, Selenite helps to illuminate the bigger picture of any situation so that it can be examined without fear and judgement.
As for healing the Soul, it works to purify one's energy field while helping one be open to the Angelic Guidance and Higher forms of communication from the divine.
Selenite is connected to the Lunar Chakra, which is located about three feet above the crown, due to its alignment with the energies of the Moon and the feminine aspects within. Its purifying energy clears out any hindering energies that may try to infiltrate the intuition of the individual as it comes down from the Higher Realms to be made manifest on Earth.
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Shaping Your Flower Arrangement – The 6 Basic Shapes
Flower Arranging expert Louise Larabie shares her tips on the basic of a good flower arrangement with Dot Com Women. For any successful flower arrangement, a well-balanced shape and a proper balance and proportion are the most essential steps. Here are Louise's insider tips on how to shape your arrangements as well as her guidelines for bringing the perfect proportion to any flower arrangement.
These are the 6 basic flower arrangement shapes that are the easiest to start with.
1. Arc Shape
Arc shaped Flower Arrangement
2. Circle Shape
circle shape
3. Curve Shape
4. Right Angle Shape
right triangle
5. 'S' Curve Shape
S curve
6. Triangular Shape
Each of these arrangements is a combination of good proportion and balance.
All good flower arrangements have 'pleasing proportions' which means it looks comfortable within the size, shape and style of container.
If you are showing a single perfect bloom in a bud vase then you can disregard all but the first rule.
These are the basic rules for good flower arranging:
 1. Low arrangements should be a little wider than their container.Tall arrangements should be 1 1/2 to 2 times taller than their container.
 2. If your arrangement has a theme choose or make a container big enough to hold your arrangement.
 3. Put enough oasis in the base to fill it up level with the top of the container. Cut off any that goes above the lip of the container.
 4. Imagine an invisible outline of the shape you want to create and chose which side will be the front of your arrangement.
 5. Choose your tallest and widest flowers and arrange them in your container first within the outline of your chosen shape.
 6. Fill in around the base and lower part of the arrangement with more large blooms.
 7. Working up and outward user smaller blooms or filler to fill in the arrangement.
 8. Use the smallest blooms, foliage and filler to hide stems, oasis and the edge of container.
There are 2 kinds of balance; asymmetrical where the 2 sides don't match but appear to have equal weight or strength to our eyes and symmetrical where the 2 sides are nearly identical.
If your arrangement looks like it's about to tip over then, visually, it isn't properly balanced.
Good balance can be achieved following a few simple rules:
 1. The bottom half of the arrangement should be BIG enough to support the weight of the top.
 2. The left side should have the same amount of interest as the right side.
 3. Leave a little more s p a c e around anything you want to stand out.
 4. Keep it simple. Don't overd esign your arrangement: too many types of flowers will look messy.
Remember how well-balanced plants look in the garden all by themselves? They could be an inspiration for your arrangements.
Flower arranging and Art books have lots of information about balance, proportion and scale. They can give you lots of great ideas, too.


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Noun: chips chips
 1. Strips of potato fried in deep fat
 - french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries
Noun: chip chip
 1. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole
 "a chip of rock caught him in the eye";
 - bit, flake, fleck, scrap
 2. (seafaring) a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
 3. A piece of dried bovine dung
 - cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip
 4. [N. Amer] A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
 - crisp [Brit], potato chip [N. Amer], Saratoga chip, potato crisp [Brit]
 5. A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
 - check
 6. A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
 - poker chip
 - microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip
 8. (golf) a low running approach shot
 - chip shot
 9. The act of chipping something
 - chipping, splintering
Verb: chip (chipped,chipping) chip
 1. Break off (a piece from a whole)
 "Her tooth chipped";
 - chip off, come off, break away, break off
 2. Cut a nick into
 - nick
 3. (golf) play a chip shot
 4. Form by chipping
 "They chipped their names in the stone"
 5. Break a small piece off from
 "chip a tooth"; "chip the glass";
 - knap, cut off, break off
Derived forms: chipses
See also: chip at
Type of: aloo [Asia], approach, approach shot, blemish, break, breakage, breaking, counter, cut, defect, divide, droppings, dung, float, forge, form, fragment, Irish potato, mar, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], muck, murphy, part, potato, scat, semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, separate, shape, shoot, snack food, spud, tater, tatie [UK, dialect], tattie [UK, dialect], white potato, work
Encyclopedia: Chips, cheese and gravy


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Simplify Linear Scan Path Creation
When you create sequences to CNC scan just certain areas of large parts, one approach is to create a linear scan path for each area, which can result in a large number of steps. Starting with PolyWorks Metrology Suite 2018 IR9, you can scan all the different areas using a single scan path, and define segments where scanning is disabled that only serve to displace the machine. In this way, you can simplify sequence creation and maintenance by combining several steps into one, without sacrificing the measurement speed.
Step by step: To create a linear scan path containing segments where scanning is disabled:
- Make sure the desired CAD model is visible in the 3D Scene and the CNC CMM Scanner plug-in has been activated.
- Open the Scan dialog box.
- In the Parameters section, click the Create Path button. The Create Scan Path dialog box is displayed, and an interactive picking mode is launched.
- Set Type to Linear.
- Click on the CAD model to define a linear scan path. Clicking creates dark-blue segments that will be scanned and clicking while holding the CTRL key creates light-blue segments where scanning is deactivated.
Right-click to end the scan path and exit the interactive mode.


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Definition of Underweighted
Usually refers to recommendation that leads an investor to reduce their investment in a particular security or asset class. The reduction is usually with respect to a benchmark. Suppose that U.S. equities compose 40% of the benchmark portfolio. If one thinks the U.S. will underperform, the investor may reduce the exposure to U.S. equity to less than 40%.


Siebel Consumer Goods Guide > Deductions >
Analyzing Workloads
Customer financial service managers or administrators can analyze the deduction resolution workloads among employees.
This task is a step in Process of Managing Promotions Deductions.
To analyze deductions workloads
 1. Navigate to the Deductions screen.
 2. In the visibility filter, select the appropriate filter:
 - My Deductions. Displays all deductions for accounts to which the user is an assigned team member (primary or not).
 - My Team's Deductions. This view is visible only to users with direct reports, for example, a customer financial services manager. If the manager's direct reports (or their subordinates) have deductions assigned to them, these deductions are displayed here.
 - All Deductions. Displays all deductions within the user's organization.
 - All Deductions Across Organizations. Displays all deductions across all organizations within the Siebel database.
 3. In the Deductions list, query for the appropriate records and select all the deductions you want to analyze.
 4. In the Deductions link bar, click the Charts link.
 5. From the drop-down list, choose the type of chart you want to view.
 In the standard Siebel Consumer Goods application, the chart selections are Aging Analysis, Status and Priority Analysis, Account and Type Analysis, and Rep Workload Analysis.
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What qualifies as a farm in Mississippi?
Defining "Farm" The term "farm" includes stock, dairy, poultry, fruit, furbearing animal, and truck farms, plantations, ranches, nurseries, ranges, greenhouses or other similar structures used primarily for the raising of agricultural or horticultural commodities, and orchards and woodlands.
How many acres is considered a farm in Mississippi?
There are approximately 34,700 farms in the state covering 10.4 million acres. The average size farm is composed of 300 acres. Agriculture makes a significant contribution to all 82 counties.
How do I claim tax break on land?
You can get additional tax breaks if you're willing to give up development rights on your land, and donate a conservation easement to a charitable land trust. This will permanently reduce the market value of your property and allow you to claim a deduction on your tax return.
How many farms are there in the state of Mississippi?
There are approximately 34,700 farms in the state covering 10.4 million acres. The average size farm is composed of 299 acres. Agriculture makes a significant contribution to all 82 counties.
How many animals are in a 20 acre farm?
Total Number of Animals (total acreage = 20 ac) x (average yield per acre 9,500 lb/ac) (.04) x (average animal weight 1200 lb) x (grazing days 365) (20) x (9,500) 190,000 11 animals (.04) x (1200) X (365) 17,520 Balancing your Animals with your Forage Page 2 How much forage do our animals need each month?
How big of a farm is considered a small farm?
A farm is classified of having $1,000 or more of agricultural products being produced or sold. A Small Farm, according to USDA census is a farm that is 179 acres or less in size, or earns $50,000 or less in gross income per year.
How big can a farm be in Iowa?
That leaves a lot of gray area on deciding what's a farm, especially when Iowa agriculture can range from four acres of vegetables to 4,000 acres of corn and soybeans. "There's not real good laws written on it," said Steve Helm, Dallas County assessor, who spent a half hour Tuesday talking with a landowner whose small farm had been reclassified.
How big is the average farm in Mississippi?
There are approximately 34,700 farms in the state covering 10.4 million acres. The average size farm is composed of 299 acres. Agriculture makes a significant contribution to all 82 counties. In celebration of the efforts of those who work so hard to feed and clothe us, we present this overview of Mississippi's top 16 agricultural crops.
How big of an area do you need for a farm?
If you're going to have horses or cows grazing off of the land, you should budget for no less than 1.5 acres of grazing land per animal. However, a couple dozen chickens can live nicely on a quarter acre, each goat should be allotted about a quarter acre as well.
How big is an acre at US farm and land?
At US Farm and Land, we offer humble one-acre lots, and gigantic lots for sale with 400 or 500 acres. Before we get started, let's talk about how much an acre is. One acre is equal to 43,560 square feet. While this may seem like a big number, you might be surprised to learn that an acre is smaller than a football field.
Can a house be built on 10 acres of farm land?
If you have a house on 10 acres of land and have determined that you are properly zoned for farm land, you can only convert the portion of the land that will be farmed, and not the house, driveway or any land that will not be used for farming.

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text: 80 страниц. 2011 год. LAP Lambert Academic Publishing Network tomography enables operators to monitor and take action based on path measurements between nodes, often located at the network edge. State-of-the-art network tomography solutions use tools to measure performance parameters such as jitter, loss and round-trip time between multiple nodes. This book describes and analyses a self-organizing, distributed and scalable control protocol for methods conducting continuous active measurements. Performing path available capacity measurements pose some interesting scalability challenges solved by the control protocol. The control protocol also aims at providing full-mesh coverage of end-node measurement pairs in order to give the operator a "performance map". By setting a few parameters at startup the system autonomously can control the network and node overhead. Further, it is shown that the control protocol is scalable with respect to the number of nodes that is involved in the measurements.


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REACH Partners in Health
Community Health Councils (CHC) was awarded a Racial and Ethnic Approaches to Community Health: Obesity & Hypertension Demonstration Project 2012 grant from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention as part of the US Department of Health and Human Services' Public Health Prevention Fund.
The $7.7 million award will support Partners in Health, a three-year project to develop and implement "replicable and scalable" policy, systems, and environmental changes in South Los Angeles - an urban, racially and ethnically diverse and underserved community.
Over $4 million in subcontracts will be provided to our partners and local community organizations for their roles in improving the health of our communities.
The project collaborates with CHC, the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health, the Los Angeles Unified School District, and University of Southern California researchers. It is designed to reduce disparities in obesity rates and hypertension for African Americans and Hispanic/Latino residents in the West Adams, Baldwin Hills, and South Los Angeles Community Plan Area of South Los Angeles. The project will address and impact three significant policy initiatives in the prevention and management of chronic disease:
For more information on Partners in Health, contact Project Manager Catherine Sepulveda.
Partners in Health supports the development of the Health Kids Zone initiative.
Our Community Plan: An Online Toolkit
Community Plans must be current in order to: encourage wise growth; identify appropriate locations for new development; assess public infrastructure, service and facility needs; minimize lengthy discretionary approvals; and provide certainty and predictability for developers, homeowners and anyone else concerned with the future development of Los Angeles.


5 Powerful Personal Statement Openings of Fellowship Winners
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Personal statement tipsBy ProFellow Founder, Dr. Vicki Johnson
A personal statement for a fellowship or graduate school application is your opportunity to express to the selection committee who you are and why you are a great candidate for the program. In particular, an eye-grabbing lead sentence or opening paragraph is your most important tool for maintaining the reader's attention. Here are some examples of powerful personal statement openings of winners of highly competitive fellowships.
 1. "My parents are acupuncturists who made the long trip from their tiny cluster of villages in Guangzhou, China, to the quaint suburbs of Northern California, two years before I was born."
By a winner of a Fulbright English Teaching Assistantship (ETA) in Macau. The applicant draws the reader to something memorable – her parents' unique vocation – paving the way for an interesting story about her childhood and interest in working abroad.
 1. "Every morning at 10:00 a.m. I come face to face with the power of language to free; it happens in a classroom. The students I teach at Seattle Central Community College come from night work in an industrial bakery, from a Vietnamese refugee camp, from a 9-to-5 job in a car wash, or from the day care center where they've left their children."
By a graduate fellowship applicant to the University of Washington. This opening paragraph begins to tell a story that reflects on the applicant's work with a diverse community.
 1. "My grandparents have touched many lives: former drug addicts, refugees, neighbors, and my own. They have an uncommon ability to build relationships; they are a paradigm of service— where service is more than what you do and is also defined by who you are."
By a winner of the Fulbright U.S. Student Grant. The lyrical nature of this stand-alone opening paragraph exhibits an advanced ability to use both words and punctuation to express the applicant's personal values and how they originated.
 1. "Thirty years ago, my dad boarded a one-way flight to the U.S. Unlike the people he left behind, he was coming to a new country filled with educational opportunities his homeland could not provide. He was not limited by his place of birth."
By a successful applicant to Teach for America. Immediately, the applicant has built a framework to describe his interest in education and equal opportunity, and his personal experience as a child of an American immigrant.
 1. "In the sixth grade, I took a test to see if I was leftor right-brained. To my elementary eyes, the result of that quiz would be the truth from on high—a resolute word that would define the man to come as either analytic or artistic."
By a Marshall Scholar to the U.K. The applicant masterfully opens with a story to describe the early beginnings of his intellectual curiosity, a key characteristic that the selection committee seeks in applicants.
A common aspect of these opening statements is their ability to draw the reader in to a unique and memorable story that begins to describe why the applicant is applying to the fellowship. You can identify more personal statement samples like these online by Googling "personal statement example pdf" with the name of the fellowship.
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Felted Wool Cat Pencil Toppers for Halloween
A few quick stitches are all it takes to sew these cute cat pencil toppers for Halloween.
What You'll Need
The Cat Pack
 - Scraps of felted wool (Choose different colors for the face, eyes, and nose.)
 - Freezer paper
 - Pencil for tracing
 - Perle cotton or wool thread (in black and orange)
 - Fiberfill
 - Unsharpened pencil
 - Ribbon
How to Make It
 1. Download our free cat template.
 2. To felt wool, machine-wash it in a hot-water wash, cool-rinse cycle with a small amount of detergent; machine-dry and steam press.
 3. Lay the freezer paper, shiny side down, over the pattern. With a pencil, trace two head shapes, two eyes, and a nose. Cut out the freezer-paper shapes.
 4. Using a hot, dry iron, press the freezer-paper shapes onto your fabrics (use different colors for cat face, eyes, and mouth); let cool. Cut out the fabric shapes. Peel off the freezer paper.
 5. Position the eyes and nose on the cat face. Use the black perle cotton to blanket-stitch each eye in place. Use the black perle cotton to make a French knot in the center of each eye for the pupil.
 6. Use the orange perle cotton to blanket-stitch the nose in place.
 7. Straight-stitch the whiskers and ear marking (as shown in the photo).
 8. Place the appliqued cat face on top of a plain head shape with the wrong sides facing togehter; baste, leaving an opening at the bottom.
 9. Using the orange perle cotton, blanket-stitch around the cat face. Stuff with fiberfill, then place the cat head on the eraser end of an unsharpened pencil. Tie a ribbon around the pencil underneath the cat head.


Baby Name Neall meaning and Astrology
baby names > Neall
Baby Name : Neall
Gender : Boy
Origin : gaelic
Neall Meaning: champion
Variant: no variations
Number : 8
Moon Sign (Rashi) : Scorpio (Brischik)
Star (Nakshtra) : Anuradha
baby Neall Name Neall is combinations of, one occurrence of A, one occurrence of E, two occurrences of L and one occurrence of N has a lots of significance in Astrology.
Energetic, as they are, In Moon sign based Vedic Astrology, person with name Neall are always ready to do one more thing. Their brimming energy takes them higher in their life. A proper education is what they think necessary for them. These people have endearing personality. Natives with this name have balanced sense of food and dresses. In these cases, they never overdo. In other aspects too, these individuals prefer to portray themselves as balanced, unbiased, and neutral. On the other hand, due to the name effect, these people may overreact to some extent. This name has an impact of making its natives spiritually inclined. These people also have a fetish for splendid cars. They can create anything with their mastery. It is expected that they will come across some important person in their respective lives who will assist them to have a great success. With the power of creativity, they can make films as well. With these people grace is the ultimate thing. And with this quality they can solve any problem that comes their way.
Name Neall or (no variations) means champion.
Person with name Neall have the effect of material success with any individuals who having name number as 4, 8, 13 and 17. Therefore, these natives have luck in monetary term. They are likely to earn a lot of money in their lives. The people with this name can try their luck at corporate sector. They would be fairly successful as a teacher. These people may have a certain goal in life, but they should be ambitious and centred on their goal. They are intelligent enough to stand apart among the multitude. They really want to be the piece of attention of everyone. They are also capable of making people understand themselves very well. Individuals with the effect of this name are sly enough to make multiple sources of revenue. They can also be leading personalities of political teams at a national level. In this way they can draw attention of people and have a manpower of their own. While running for money and rank they should also be conscious that their activities are not creating problem for anyone.
The natives with name Neall have an immense hunger for newer things in life. There is a unique thirst in their character to get hold of knowledge. This hunger for growth will be an agreeable one and would help them to prosper in life, even if they try to apply it in negative ways. These folks may not welcome sudden changes warmly. It is normally seen that these natives crave for a place of authority and that even at the cost of other people's harm. They do not have a fluid character that can be easily modified. Their life may be tragic somehow. They could have many obstacles in their path of life. Life will pose continuous hazard for them. However, for this dominating sensitivity, they will suffer too with huge difficulties in their career. Neall is a person of very friendly in nature. They love to serve society and help people with all their hearts. Nevertheless, people take long time to recognize their talent. Even when these natives do welfare to society, they are hardly appreciated. But a big fault in them is their gullible nature.
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KAMPALA – The government through the Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development is finalizing the process of drafting the National Land Acquisition, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy.
This was disclosed by the Assistant Commissioner, Policy Analysis in the Ministry, Harrisson Irumba, while opening the online and residential two days multi-stakeholders dialogue on responsible investment on land.
The dialogue held in Kampala was organized by German-Ugandan development cooperation (GIZ).
It brought together among other dignitaries, representatives of European Union and GIZ, Development partners, Academia, political and technical officers from both the central and local government.
Irumba, who represented the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development, Dorcas W.Okalany, said the National Land Acquisitions, Resettlement and Rehabilitation Policy will provide a framework for land acquisition, resettlement and rehabilitation of affected persons and communities.
"The policy has been developed taking into account emerging issues and international best practice with regards to land acquisition including acquisition of land for investment purposes," he said.
According to Irumba, the Ministry is also reviewing the Land Act, Cap 227; Land Acquisition Act, Cap 226; Registration of Titles Act, Cap 230; Survey Act among other laws to reforming a number of laws in the sector to cater for the emerging issues.
"We are also developing new laws such as the Uganda Land Commission law and the Valuation Law. All these laws have an impact on whether land for investment can be accessed, administered and managed," he said.
Irumba added that the Ministry is also implementing the National Land Information System, which is operational in all our 22 Ministry Zonal Offices (MZOs) across the country.
"With the establishment of Ministry's Zonal Offices, investors will be able to access land related services and information without going to the ministry headquarters as it used to be, which has improved on efficiency and effectiveness with regard to service delivery," he stated.
Daniel Kirumira, the GIZ land management specialist said, in partnership with the Ministry of Land Housing and Urban Development, they are implementing the two projects namely; Responsible Land Policy in Uganda Project (RELAPU) and Improvement of Land Governance in Uganda (ILGU).
"The 11.9million Euros (about Shs.52b) Responsible Land Policy Project in Uganda which was operationalized in 2019 and runs up to 2023 is in Teso region in the districts of Soroti and Katakwi in Teso region but also Mityana, Mubende Kasanda and Gomba in the central region," Kirumira added.
Kirumira explained that the project has operationalized what the National Land Policy and Land laws prescribe as avenues to secure tenure rights of rural communities in Uganda.
According to him, the impact of the projects is noticeable in the benefiting communities.
"Unlike customary land, where there are experiences from where Clearing Corporation of Options (CCOs) had been issued, the GIZ project in Greater Mubende was the first of its kind to document the rights of lawful and bonafide occupants on private Mailo land in Uganda region," said Kirumira.
He further revealed that the project generated new experiences and lessons that are informing policy decisions in regard to Mailo land tenure in Buganda region.
Samuel Eriaku, the GIZ Technical Advisor said, more than 1,189 free certificates of customary land ownership have so far been issued to the vulnerable households in the four districts of Teso and Lango sub-regions, since the Responsible Land Policy Project Uganda (RELAPU) started in 2016.
"Of the 7,001 pieces of land mapped in Teso (Soroti and Katakwi districts) where the project started in 2016, vulnerable households including the widows and orphans have so far received 1,089 certificates," said Eriaku.
Dokolo district has 572 pieces of land mapped of which more than 100 certificates have so far been issued since the project kicked off in Lango mid 2019.
Simon Peter Edoru Eku, the LCV Chairperson Soroti district, and the Ministry welcome this new project that is Promoting Responsible Governance of Investments in Land in Uganda.
He pledged to give it all the necessary support that is required during implementation.
"As we heard from the head of the component, the project is for five years, having started in 2019 and will end in 2023. We are almost half way through the project implementation and as leaders, we should support its implementation 100%," he urged.
He also asked the Ministry to address the challenge of accessing land for investments by the local investors as well as building their capacity in managing the established investments in Uganda.
The responsible investment in land project aims at fostering investments on land that are productive, contribute to sustainable land management and respects the rights and needs of the local population, including vulnerable groups and women.
Meanwhile, Geoffrey Ocan the National Project Manager at Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO) underscored the need for the government to ensure that the investment on land should benefit everyone and not only the investors.
He pointed out that there is a need to follow the procedures for land acquisition processes, including resettlement and rehabilitation of affected communities and that the land use rights of the communities need also to be taken into account.
Measures to ensure responsible investment in land.
The government has, however, put in place measures which are policy, legal and administrative in nature to ensure that there is responsible investment on land.
One of such measures is the National Land Policy (2013) as a framework for administering and managing land and land-based resources in Uganda.
The policy also provides reforms geared towards having an efficient and effective land delivery system, which is a basis for poverty reduction, wealth creation and socio-economic transformation of the country.
The policy comprehensively articulates and addresses these and a variety of other land related issues, interests and policy objectives by harmonizing Uganda's diverse needs for human settlements, economic diversity, production, use and conservation of natural resources.
Above all, the policy has a whole section on access to land for investment and prescribes how investment in land should be done responsibly.
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Cloud Pharmaceuticals receives $150,000 phase I grant from NSF SBIR
Cloud Pharmaceuticals, a therapeutics company focused on cloud-based drug design and development, has been awarded a phase I grant from the National Science Foundation Small Business Innovation Research (NSF SBIR) program. The grant is valued at $150,000.
This phase I NSF SBIR project focuses on advancing the development of the Inverse Design computational drug discovery platform. Inverse Design runs computational models to quickly scan vast molecular space to find the strongest inhibitors of specific biological targets. It uses advanced quantum mechanics/molecular mechanics calculations for binding accuracy combined with an artificial intelligence heuristic search algorithm.
"We intend to apply the grants to add tools to enhance the molecular searching functionality of our Inverse Design platform," said Dr. Shahar Keinan, chief scientific officer for Cloud Pharmaceuticals. "The first is a multi-object optimization to further enhance the accuracy of our search results. The second is an automated scaffold-design algorithm that enables highly selective inhibitor designs. These tools will further our efforts to identify molecules that not only bind well to a biological target, but also feature good clinical properties and demonstrate low probability of toxic and off-target side effects, as well as greater stability and synthesizability."


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Is there a way one could bend an object, like a cylinder or a plane using OpenGL?
I'm an OpenGL beginner (I'm using OpenGL ES 2.0, if that matters, although I suspect, math matters most in this case, so it's somehow version independent), I understand the basics: translate, rotate, matrix transformations, etc. I was wondering if there is a technique which allows you to actually change the geometry of your objects (in this case by bending them)?
Any links, tutorials or other references are welcomed!
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What you'd need to do to "bend" an object is to apply some appropriate combination of translation/rotation/scaling to only some subset of the vertices of the object in question -- probably weighting that transformation accordingly.
Doing this is a pleasant-looking fashion will necessitate using more vertices than may be otherwise strictly necessary to describe the original mesh. For example, a simple cylinder may only have vertices at either end, but if you want that cylinder to bend in the middle, you'll need vertices there as well.
If all you are interested in is very specific, one-off deformations of very simple shapes (like your aforementioned plane) you could probably just do this manually. For example, decide on the "bend axis" for your plane and compute appropriate transformations for each row of plane vertices to achieve the appropriate rotation about that bend axis depending on their distance from it, and then apply that to the geometry (possibly on the CPU as it would be the most straightforward, at least initially). But such a technique would not scale well and would be very tedious.
Since it can be so cumbersome to correctly figure out how to weight a transformation to each individual vertex in a set to achieve the desired deformation (especially for more practical and complicated objects), many games use a technique called skeletal animation. At a high level this involves associating a separate set of geometry (the "skeleton") with your mesh. That geometry represents the bones of your object, and you define (often in modeling tools) a mapping between vertices of the real model and the bones of the skeleton -- which bones are associated with each vertex, and how much that bone affects the deformation of that vertex. Then the skeleton is animated directly, and the animation is transferred to the real model via the relationship between the bones and their vertices.
Typically in this technique, the mapping between skeleton and real mesh is defined at asset production time. The animations can also be built then, or they can be built procedurally at runtime. The application of the animation transformations to the real mesh occurs at runtime. Generally no new vertices are generated at runtime, which means the range of good-looking deformations is implicitly fixed in the mesh when it is originally created.
In theory, one could also apply tessellation and subdivision to the mesh at runtime based on analysis of the transformations in the animation, and thus produce the appropriate vertices to create an animation that was not necessarily planned for. I'm not aware, offhand, of any papers on this subject.
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For the actual math of warping, this can get very complicated, why don't you start here?.
I'll now talk about how you can apply this, assuming you've already got the math for how you will do your deformations down.
2 ways:
1) Every frame, visit every vertex in the cylinder model and offset it in some way.
2) Offset the vertices in the vertex shader as you are rendering. OpenGL ES 2.0 supports vertex shaders. So you're in luck, in a way.
Do you want to only warp the object as it appears on the screen, or do you want to warp the object so every object in the game knows that it has been deformed?
If you warp the object in the vertex shader, then that happens only immediately prior to display/rasterization, so this means none of the game objects will know about the deformation. This is fine if you're simply making a screen saver, or if the deformations are so small that they have no impact on the collidable shape of the object.
When you warp the geometry in the vertex shader __the original vertices of the model actually don't move__, (they only appear to move).
Deformation in vertex shader
non deformed
This is from chapter 6 of the cg tutorial, (program #14).
The shader code to produce this deformation is something like
// choose a displacement amount
float displacement = scaleFactor * 0.5 * sin(position.y * frequency * time) + 1 ;
// displace it in the direction of the normal
float4 displacementDirection = float4(normal.x, normal.y, normal.z, 0) ;
// move the vertex
float4 newPosition = position + displacement * displacementDirection ;
// transform (as normal)
oPosition = mul(modelViewProj, newPosition) ;
So you can see, this happens RIGHT BEFORE display (vertex shader happens on GPU) so CPU code has practically no way to access the transformed vertex position (there are ways to send data from the GPU to the CPU (primarily via textures) but we won't go there).
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What you're trying to achieve is basically a subset of the topic of mesh deformation. But since you're a begginer, I'm afraid this type of information might be a bit too strange for now. I'll try to lay down the basic notions though.
In order to do this you'll need two things:
 1. Your mesh needs to have enough vertices for you to transform. For instance if it's a plane, you'll need to make sure it's actually created as a sort of grid, with many vertices for you to deform. Same thing with a cylinder. Might be possible to achieve this at runtime with tessellation but I don't know much about the subject.
 2. You need to use a vertex shader to deform the vertices. Basically the vertex shader takes care of calculating the final transformed position of each vertex, so you can take the chance to apply any deformations to them.
I'm not sure how helpful it will be, but take a look at this OpenGL resource, as it seems to be right the sort of thing you need:
Screenshot from that link:
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Just saw Josh's reply and I agree, skeletal animation is also a very elegant way to encapsulate this problem, especially when your deformations start becoming more complex and harder to represent mathematically.
But remember, both points above still apply though - you can only deform vertices, so obviously they need to exist in the first place, which is why your mesh needs to have a decent amount of vertex density. And it's usually the vertex shader that drives skeletal animation and does vertex blending and such.
And by the way, you can do these on the CPU too, but nowadays it's usually a better option to do them on the GPU, which is why I put emphasis on the vertex shader, and you should look into it. It's not really all that much harder programwise than doing it on the CPU anyway.
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Sheheke's Wife, Yellow Corn
Sheheke's Wife, Yellow Corn (1807)1
by Charles Balthazar Julien Fevret de Saint Memin
Pencil and charcoal on paper; 21-1/4 by 15-1/4 inches.
According to an observer at a New Year's Day celebration at Washington City in 1807, Yellow Corn had "pretty features, a pale yellowish hue, bunches of ear-rings, and her hair divided in the middle, a red line running right across from the back part of the forehead."2
1. The artist himself erroneously labeled the portrait, at the left edge, jeune indienne des iowas du missoury--"Indian girl of the Iowas of the Missouri." Ellen G. Miles, Saint-Memin and the Neoclassical Profile Portrait in America (Washington, D.C.: Smithsonian Institution Press, 1994), 434–35.
2. Ibid., p. 146.


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Last month Hurricane Irma made landfall in Florida, leaving a wake of devastation in its path. An estimated $2.5 billion in damage was done to production agriculture across the Sunshine State. Dairy producers were not hit as hard as other sectors, but losses are still expected to total near $12 million according to officials with the Florida Department of Agriculture.
"Florida agriculture took it on the chin as Hurricane Irma pummeled the state, and the $2.5 billion in agricultural damages is only an initial assessment," says Adam H. Putnam, Florida commissioner of agriculture.
A report released by the Florida Department of Agriculture with data from USDA's National Agricultural Statistics Service assessed damage in all of Florida's 67 counties.
Irma forced milk processing plants to shutdown prior, during and after the storm. Southeast Milk Inc., a milk cooperative in with members across Florida, lost an estimated $1,951,695 from milk dumping and milk being sold at lower prices in other markets.
Electricity went down for several days at dairies making cooling animals with fans difficult, leading to heat stress and lower milk production. It is estimated Florida dairy farms will lose $7.5 million in revenue during the next four months because of the health setbacks cattle suffered.
An estimated 40 dairies incurred significant damage from Irma to barns, equipment, fences and other structures. No official number is released, but estimates include:
- $4,000 per farm in debris cleanup and rebuilding fences: $160,000.
- $50,000 per farm in damage to barns, sheds, milk parlors, and other infrastructure: $2,000,000.
- $5,000 per farm in equipment damage: $200,000.
"We're likely to see even greater economic losses as we account for loss of future production and the cost to rebuild infrastructure," Putnam says.
Total losses, including crop losses, to dairy producers in the state are estimated to be $11,811,695.
Losses for other agriculture industry sectors include:
- Citrus: $760,816,600
- Beef Cattle: $237,476,562
- Aquaculture: $36,850,000
- Fruits and Vegetables (Excludes Citrus): $180,193,096
- Greenhouse, Nursery, and Floriculture: $624,819,895
- Sugar: $382,603,397
- Field Crops: $62,747,058
- Forestry $261,280,000
The report states Florida has more than 100 dairies milking 125,000 total cows. Annually milk sales are more than $500 million in Florida.


The Sink Thing
The Sink Thing is a short film that combines both stop motion and cel animation about the mysterious creature known as the Fatberg, which was born from an unfortunate incident. The short film aims to raise awareness and educate the public to not dispose liquid food waste by pouring it down the sink. The film is still to be completed, but here are selected works from our work in progress!
Fatberg is a buildup of FOGs (fat, oil, and grease) and non-biodegradable matter that end up down the drain and eventually block up the sewage system. This causes multiple problems from household spillage, environmental damage, to diseases. While most people know not to flush trash down the toilet and pour liquid kitchen waste down the sink, we all still do it anyway. What can we do about it?
For this brief, students pair up into a group of 4-5. Each group must find a way to tackle an issue from a list of topics and come up with a design solution that is built up from research. Students must then do a proposal presentation and pitch their solutions based on findings. The following term, students begin making collaterals based on respective proposals, aiming for a minimum viable product. Finally, the MVPs are then presented to a panel.
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Raw stop motion footage done in a verrry tight budget. We used a mix of puppeting with fishing line and blue tac to secure the props onto surfaces.
Rough cel animations over stop motion footage. We use facial libraries to help make the animation process quicker.
Team T.R.A.S.H.
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Juvensco - Technical director
Vania Chandrawidjaja - Art director
William Kusuma - Animation director
Tallen Borucki - Graphic designer


text: The high resolution transmission electron microscope (HRTEM) observation was carried out to investigate the microstructure of precipitates in Mg-Gd-Y-Zr alloy. In the early stage of aging at 423K, monoatomic layers were observed along the (1 1 00)Mg plane. After 64h aging at 423K, the contrast of β" phase based on ordered D019 hexagonal super lattice structure was appeared. The monoatomic layers, two layers spaced by (1 1 00) Mg planes and β' phase based on bco-structure were observed in the specimen aged for 128h. In the peakaged specimen, the β' phase and monoatomic layers were observed.


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There is limited evidence on physical activity patterns among Hispanic adolescents in Puerto Rico. This restricts opportunities to implement effective interventions and policies to increase physical activity in schools. The purpose of this study was to examine the physical activity behaviors of adolescents attending middle and high schools in Puerto Rico based on a compendium of moderate to vigorous physical activities including walking, jogging or running, bicycling, sports and more. A secondary purpose was to examine group differences as a function of gender and school level.
A cross-sectional survey research design was used. Students (N = 637) attending public middle and high schools completed a Visual 7-Day Physical Activity Recall survey. Both descriptive and inferential analyses were conducted to describe the sample and to determine group differences.
Puerto Rican adolescents' levels of physical activity decreased throughout the week. Only a small proportion of them reached at least 60 minutes everyday of the week. Differences were found between middle and high school students' daily and weekly participation in physical activities.
Most adolescents do not engage in sufficient physical activity.
Implications of the results are discussed and recommendations are articulated for policy makers, educators, and other professionals.
Vigo-Valentín (_EMAIL_) is with the Dept of Kinesiology, Towson University, Towson, MD. Bush is with the Dept of Parks, Recreation, and Tourism Management, North Caroline State University, Raleigh, NC. Hodge is with the School of Physical Activity and Educational Services, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH.


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Use VBA to find late finish dates in Microsoft Project 2010
Reduce your project administration burden by using VBA code to identify late tasks within the context of your overall Microsoft Project 2010 schedule.
In my previous Microsoft Project 2010 Visual Basic programming tutorial, I demonstrated how to identify missing baseline dates from the project schedule. (Part one of this series covered how to use VBA code to extend the Ribbon UI and create a simple message.) Identifying late tasks in the project schedule is a common task that often requires filtering on baseline dates and sorting percent complete values. I prefer to gain insight into my project with a single click of a button versus setting more filters and views. In this tutorial, I show how to identify all the late tasks in your project schedule with the click of a button (Figure A). Figure A
Project schedule with late tasks (Click the image to enlarge.)
The logic includes the following steps:
1. Select the Gantt Chart view and activate the Entry table.
2. Confirm the Project Status date Microsoft Project has been set.
3. For each task in the schedule, check the Baseline Finish date to the Project Status date.
4. If the Baseline Finish date is less than the Project Status date and the Task % Complete is not 100%, then toggle the background color to yellow.
5. Select the 1st row in the schedule when the checking is complete.
To build this custom task field highlighting feature, create the VBA routine as follows in these step-by-step instructions.
Step 1: Add the menu item to the Navigation bar
Using the Visual Basic editor in the Developer tab, I'll add the Toggle Late Tasks button to the Utilities group that I created in the previous tutorial:
myNavBar = myNavBar + " "
This snippet of code will add another button to the MyTools group of buttons on the Utility tab (Figure B). Figure B
VBA editor (Click the image to enlarge.)
Step 2: Build the VBA subroutine
In the Visual Basic editor, create a new subroutine called toggleLateFinish and paste the following code:
Sub ToggleLateFinish()
'Check Project Status Date is set
If ActiveProject.StatusDate = "" Then
MsgBox "Please set the Project Status Date to toggle late tasks"
Exit Sub
End If
Dim tsks As Tasks
Dim t As Task
Dim rgbColor As Long
Dim missingBaselineCt
Set tsks = ActiveProject.Tasks
'Switch to Gantt Chart Entry View
ViewApplyEx Name:="&Gantt Chart", ApplyTo:=0
TableApply Name:="&Entry"
missingBaselineCt = 0
For Each t In tsks
If (Not t Is Nothing) And (Not t.Summary) Then
SelectTaskField Row:=t.ID, Column:="Name", RowRelative:=False
rgbColor = ActiveCell.CellColorEx
'Check for missing baseline and increment counter
If t.BaselineFinish = "NA" Then
missingBaselineCt = missingBaselineCt + 1
If t.BaselineFinish < ActiveProject.StatusDate And t.PercentComplete <> 100 Then
' Check whether the task color is white.
If rgbColor = &HFFFFFF Then
Font32Ex CellColor:=&H66FFFF 'Change the background to yellow.
Font32Ex CellColor:=&HFFFFFF 'Change the background to white.
End If
'change the background to white.
Font32Ex CellColor:=&HFFFFFF
End If
End If
End If
Next t
'Selects the top row in the table
SelectRow Row:=0, RowRelative:=False
If missingBaselineCt > 0 Then
MsgBox "There are " & missingBaselineCt & " tasks missing a baseline finish date. Set a baseline date for these tasks for accurate metrics"
End If
End Sub
Step 3: Save your file and test it
Save the file, close Microsoft Project, and re-open it to test the new Toggle Late Tasks feature (Figure C). Figure C
Toggle Late Tasks button
The task name field will toggle between white and yellow background color. You can filter by the Resource Names column (Figure D) to identify all the late tasks, while viewing all the tasks assigned to the filtered resource. Figure D
Filter by Resource and Late Finish (Click the image to enlarge.)
In large project schedules with filtered tasks, the project team can lose the context of the task within the overall task hierarchy. The benefit of the approach outlined in this tutorial is that you and your project team can see the late tasks within the context of the overall schedule. Download the sample code for this tutorial, and feel free to experiment with the code to change the color or highlight a different field.
In the final installment in this series, I'll show how to generate project metrics with Visual Basic programming.
This is excellent. How could a script account for late starts. The query would need focus on the Actual Start missing prior to the schedule date but I don't know what that would look like in VBA.
I would define a late start where the ActualStart is > Baseline Start, so you would adjust the IF statement: If t.ActualStart > t.BaselineStart Then (Treat that line as pseudo code as I'm typing it..vs building it into the script) If you didn't want to use VBA, you could also do a custom highlight filter Andy


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You can organize your data in many ways. For example, you might wish to organize your data into customers, vendors, advertisers, sales leads, correspondence, and personal data. To organize this way you would create a separate Folder for each category. A CEO might organize the Outliner by department; a Chef by the food type; a Salesperson by region and suchlike. Find what works best for you as you enter your daily information. Structuring your data is an ongoing process. Don't worry if the structure you choose is not perfect at first. Your structure can always be changed and improved as you learn and enter more information.
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Ajrak block printing
Ajrak is a name given to a unique form of block-printed shawls and tiles found in Sind. These shawls display special designs and patterns made using block printing by stamps. Common colors used while making these patterns are not limited. Over the years, ajraks have become a symbol of the Sindhi culture and traditions.


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History of Catford
The name Catford is usually explained as having been taken from a ford across the River Ravensbourne frequented by wild cats. In 1745 there were a few houses at Catford Bridge, and separate hamlets at Perry Hill and Rushey Green. The open space called Rushey Green, which was east of the modern road, was an ancient area of settlement, with moated houses on either side. The green was enclosed in 1810, and cottages were rapidly built over it.
A watermill for corn was established at Catford Bridge at the beginning of the nineteenth century to serve the local farms. The fields in the area were a mixture of pasture and arable. The first significant planned housing development was the luxury estate called Ravensbourne Park, which was begun in the 1820s.
In 1857 the Mid Kent railway line was built, with a station at Catford Bridge. This encouraged the building of houses for the middle classes, since it offered transport to the City of London.
However, large-scale development did not take place until the end of the century, when trams provided a cheaper means of transport and Catford Station gave a direct link with the West End.
Much housing for the working and lower middle classes quickly resulted. The largest of the new building projects was the Corbett Estate, which stretched into Hither Green. The Forster family, Lewisham's largest landowners, began to develop their farmland in the south of Catford from the 1890s. Some light industry was established in southern Catford.
Lewisham's local government has had its headquarters in Catford since 1875. The old Board of Works offices were enlarged as the Town Hall in 1900, and other municipal buildings have been added.


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James Francis "Jimmy" Durante (1893 – 1980) was an American singer, pianist, comedian, and actor. His distinctive clipped gravelly speech, comic language butchery, jazz-influenced songs, and large nose helped make him one of America's most familiar and popular personalities of the 1920s through the 1970s. His jokes about his nose included referring to it as a Schnozzola, and the word became his nickname. Durante was born on the Lower East Side of New York City. He was the youngest of four children born to Bartolomeo Durante and his bride Rosa, both of whom were immigrants from Salerno, Italy.
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The effect of wind speed fluctuations on the performance of a wind-powered membrane system for brackish water desalination
Park, Gavin L.
Richards, Bryce S.
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A wind-powered reverse osmosis membrane (wind-membrane) system without energy storage was tested using synthetic brackish water (2750 and 5500 mg/L NaCl) over a range of simulated wind speeds under both steady-state and fluctuating conditions. The parameters varied were: i) average wind speed from 3.7 (system start-up) to 8.7 m/s; ii) wind turbulence intensity from 0.0 (steady-state conditions) to 0.6 (extreme fluctuations); and iii) period of oscillation from 15 to 90 s. With a feed water of 2750 mg/L NaCl, the wind-membrane system produced good-quality permeate (<600 mg/L) over the full range of wind speeds and fluctuations. The system performance (in terms of permeate flux and NaCl concentration) at average wind speeds of 7.0 m/s or more was unaffected by fluctuations up to a turbulence intensity of 0.4 and was independent of the period of fluctuation within this operating range. With a feed water of 5500 mg/L NaCl an average wind speed of 7.0 m/s or more was required to produce adequate-quality permeate (<1000 mg/L) under fluctuating conditions. It is concluded that this wind-membrane system can be operated within a safe operating window with large power fluctuations, but further control strategies are required to deal with intermittent operation, especially with higher salinity feed waters.


Archived:Why Won't My WSN Node Connect to the Network?
Updated May 4, 2021
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 - Analog Input Node for WSN
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 - Serial Interface Node for WSN
 - Thermocouple Input Node for WSN
 - WSN-9791
 - WSN-9792
 - RT Controller with Integrated Gateway for WSN
 - NI-WSN
Issue Details
I have a wireless sensor network (WSN) node that is consistently indicating that it is trying to connect to a network and is not returning any data. Why won't the node connect to the network?
A node may fail to connect to the network for a variety of reasons. Use the following guide to help troubleshoot this problem:
 1. Make sure that the node has been added to the gateway.
In order for a node to connect to a network, the gateway must expect it to be a member. It is possible that the node has not been properly added to the gateway in MAX. Also check that your configuration settings have been applied. For more information on how to add a node to the gateway, refer to Start»All Programs»National Instruments»Wireless SensorNetwork 1.0»Configuring WSN in MAX.
 1. Verify that the node is in communication range of an available gateway or router.
It is possible that the node is simply not able to communicate with the gateway or any routers. The node's outdoor range is up to 300 m for American models. Europe/Asia models have an outdoor range up to 150 m. Make sure that the node is within this distance to its desired parent. Also keep in mind that even though the nodes have this listed specification, it is possible for sources of interference to significantly limit this range. If possible, first place the node close to its parent and allow it to connect, then move it to its desired location and see if it can maintain its connection.
 1. Verify that your network configuration properly avoids the possibility for a stranded node.
Gateways and routers can only facilitate the communication of 8 end nodes at a time. If your network contains more than 8 end nodes, it is possible for some of them to become stranded and fail to join. For more information on how to prevent stranded nodes, refer to pg. 15 the NI WSN-9791 Ethernet Gateway user manual or page 22 of the NI 9792 WSN Real-Time Gateway user manual.
 1. Make sure the node is not searching on the wrong channel.
If a node was previously connected to a network on a different communication channel it may still be attempting to join on that channel. To ensure that this is not an issue, hold the Communication Button on the node for at least 5 seconds to allow it to restart the connection process.
 1. Check that the node is not simply asleep.
After failing to join a network, an end node will sleep before trying to reconnect. This is done to help conserve power. The node will sleep an increased amount of time between failed attempts. The nodes use the Fibonacci sequence (1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55) to determine wait times. The nodes can wait up to 55 minutes between connection attempts. As result the end node may simply be asleep and may not be actively trying to join the network. To force joining attempts from the node, either hold down the Communication Button on the node for at least 5 seconds or press the Reset button.
 1. Check that other nodes that have not been added to the gateway are not currently trying to connect.
Connection problems can occur if multiple nodes are attempting to connect to the network but are not being allowed by the gateway because they have not been added in MAX. When this happens, there is a chance that nodes that are permitted to join will not be able to. This problem should resolve itself eventually on its own. However, the best way to prevent this behavior is to ensure that all of your nodes have either been added to the gateway in MAX or have been powered down.
 1. If after verifying the above the node still will not connect, it may have incompatible or corrupt firmware.
It is possible that the node firmware is incompatible with the gateway or is corrupt. It is also possible for a user-created program running on the node to prevent the node from communicating regularly. This will cause the node to drop from the network and can prevent it from rejoining. To resolve this problem, reset the node to its factory firmware by pressing and holding the Reset button for at least 5 seconds. The node should then reconnect and allow the appropriate firmware to be reinstalled.


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File/Folder Collaboration Policies are supported for Box, Google Drive, and GSuite.
There are two ways to handle responses for Folder/File policies: Modify permissions or quarantine/delete.
To create a Folder/File policy:
- Go to Policy > DLP Policies.
- Click Actions > Create New Policy.
- Under Rules, select Collaboration.
- Choose Folder/File Collaboration.
- Add any option keywords or data identifiers.
- Choose one of the following:
- Modify permissions to enact the policy when a sensitive file is shared with domains that match a policy, or when a shared file is updated with sensitive information.
IMPORTANT: Policies with a Modify permissions response action do not recursively modify permissions on all parent folders that contain a sensitive file.
- Quarantine or Delete to enact the policy when a sensitive file is shared with domains that match a policy, or when a previously shared file is updated with sensitive content. They are also enacted when a sensitive file is uploaded in a folder that has already been shared with domains that match a policy.


Surging in Gen 3 Prius Causes: 5 Reasons With Solutions
In this article, we list the surging in Gen 3 Prius causes, an event that is quite common among Prius cars. We also suggest the relevant solutions for the same.
If you drive a Toyota Gen-3 Prius and you did your research before the purchase, you would know that a lot of these cars have a surging problem.
In fact, an engine surge can be a major problem in any kind of car because it causes trouble with your car's speeds when you are driving.
Have you thought about why your Prius is having a surging problem? Today, let us tell you what causes the problem and what you can do about it.
Surging in Gen 3 Prius Causes
What Is Surging In A Car?
Engine surge in a car is a situation when your car starts moving at a stable speed but starts showing speed surge or misfiring within a few minutes.
Surging is considered one of the first signs of combustion problems.
There is a wide variety of reasons for engine surges in a car. From ignition problems to wiring issues and damaged spark plugs, it can be difficult to pinpoint what is causing your engine to surge.
But it is a warning that there is some problem with the engine's electrical components which needs to be checked immediately.
Symptoms Of Surging In A Prius
If you drive a Gen 3 Prius, there are a few signs of engine surge that you should know about. Here are the common things you should look out for:
 - Sudden change in engine speed while driving steady at a steady speed
 - Drop in the speed when the car is coming to a stop
 - Very high engine speeds followed by a sudden drop in speed
 - Sensor malfunctions in the car while driving, including acceleration failure
Some of these problems can be traced back to an engine oil issue or the catalytic convertor running into trouble.
There are a number of reasons that these symptoms could occur in your car. Knowing what is causing the problem can help you before you take your car to an auto shop.
Why Does Engine Surge Occur In A Prius?
The Prius Gen-3 has had more reports of an engine surge than other Prius models. The problem is caused by a variety of reasons, from air filter problems to vacuum leaks.
Some of these have a simple solution, while others may need a more internal component problem and needs to be checked out by a professional.
Here are some of the main causes of the engine surging in your Prius that you should consider if you see the symptoms:
Vacuum leaks at the intake manifold
Vacuum leaks are a common problem in many cars that can become the main cause of engine surges. Vehicles with an intake manifold will be affected easily by vacuum leaks if not checked early on.
There are a few things you have to check when checking for vacuum leaks to make sure where the damage is done:
 - Hose damage and connections
 - EGR valves
 - Fuel pressure regulators
 - Any kind of contamination in the valves
Issues With The Fuel Pressure Regulator
If there is a problem with the fuel pressure regulator of the car, the fuel pump of the car can be affected.
When there are symptoms of engine surge in your car, replace the air filters or get them checked during maintenance.
The correct fuel pressure can solve the problem of engine surge, but if not, there is some internal problem that needs to be checked out.
Faulty Emission and Ignition Systems
Engine surges often indicate that there is a problem with the ignition or emission control systems.
When there is an emission control issue, it will directly affect the air filters or exhaust that, in turn, affect the speed of your car on the move.
Ignition issues also affect the engine of your car, causing it to surge when you start up the car.
Transmission Problems
Whether your car is working on a manual or automatic transmission, it can cause an engine surge in your car.
If there is a faulty torque convertor or any issues with the catalytic converter, you can expect engine surges as a result.
You may also notice changes in the electronic control module that can be diagnosed by a professional.
Faulty valves
Faulty valves in a car can show up in many different ways. If the car has a faulty PCV valve, it can show up as build-up of engine sludge, oil leaks, misfiring of the engine, and rough idle.
If the "Check engine light" in your car is on, it is one of the first things to check for faulty valves.
The problem can also appear on your oxygen or MAF sensors if there is an issue with the PCV valve. Checking the EGR valve can be another cause of engine surge.
Some other problems that can cause engine surges are coolant leaks, issues in the vacuum gauge, multiple sensor malfunctions, or fuel issues.
How To Fix Or Prevent The Problem?
There might not be an exact solution that you can use when your engine is surging except for taking it to the mechanic.
However, there are a few ways that you can prevent the problem from doing too much damage to the car.
But make sure you take the car to your auto repair shop as soon as you see the speeds fluctuating on the road.
These are some of the things you can do to prevent the surging problem:
Check for engine jerks
If you are facing trouble with your car's engine and notice the engine jerks during the ignition, it is time that you head to a mechanic to figure out the problem.
The jerking can lead to major surging issues that must be sorted out as early as possible.
Check for power loss
Any kind of problems with the electrical system of the car needs to be checked when there is surging. This is mainly because surging is caused by problems with the ignition system.
If there is a random power loss in your car and you cannot locate the source, it could be due to an engine surge.
Fuel filters
Regularly changing the fuel filters and cleaning the filters when required is one of the best ways to avoid surging problems.
Damaged air filters can become a big trouble for your car, causing problems with acceleration. When the fuel injectors are clogged, it can cause problems like grease build-up.
Check the exhaust
If the exhaust in your car is emitting black smoke, it could be a sign of trouble in the internal combustion system.
Surging can cause heating of the engine due to the pressure it puts during acceleration. This is why the exhaust system is one of the first components to be affected.
Timely car maintenance
Finally, maintaining your car according to your schedule is one of the best ways you can prevent any kind of internal troubles.
If you get the car checked by a qualified mechanic, check the wiring and electrical system, and look out for early signs of trouble, you can have problems like surging in your car.
Frequently Asked Questions
What are the most common problems with Toyota Prius?
There are a few problems that come with a Toyota Prius that has been recorded over the years.
The most common ones are brake defects, engine surges when you are driving for a long time, excessive oil consumption, and troubles with the air conditioning system.
Why is my Prius having trouble accelerating?
Prius drivers can experience acceleration problems mainly because of clogged fuel injectors. This happens because the dirt in fuel injectors causes the engine oil not to flow smoothly.
When you are trying to accelerate, the injectors will not allow the car to speed up as much.
How reliable are 3rd Gen Prius?
The Gen 3 Prius is considered less reliable than the older models of the Prius. These cars have been reported to have problems with braking systems, piston rings, and hybrid-drive inverters.
This is why the car has not been very popular in the market for more than a few years of its introduction.
Why do Prius head gaskets fail?
The head gaskets in Prius are bolted tightly with the main block. This can cause the gasket not to move freely when required, creating a problem with the amount of pressure being exerted.
When the pressure on a car's head gasket reduces, the gasket can heat up faster and cause it to malfunction.
Conclusion
Problems with the fuel filter, vacuum leaks, and ignition issues are some of the possible causes of surging in a Prius.
These issues are why the Gen-3 Prius is not considered one of the most popular models in Toyota. However, if you are driving this model, it can help if you are informed about the problem and what you can do to solve it.
Thank you for reading, and drive safe!


Why are sulfates in shampoo bad?
Quick Answer
Sulfates in shampoo are bad because they are known to dry out hair when used frequently. Using shampoos that contain sulfates can lead to dryness, irritation and breakage.
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Sulfate shampoos don't need to be completely eliminated from a person's hair care routine if one is currently being used and its performance is satisfactory. Since sulfates are meant to remove buildup, sometimes sulfate shampoos can be useful; however, their usage should be limited to prevent any dryness, irritation or buildup. If the performance of a sulfate shampoo is unsatisfactory, then switch to a sulfate-free shampoo; this will still remove any buildup but will be milder.
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Memory used by the current session
Use only in the MuPAD Notebook Interface.
This functionality does not run in MATLAB.
bytes() returns the current memory consumption.
bytes returns the following three numbers:
 - The number of bytes used logically; this is the amount of memory which is actually used for storing MuPAD® data.
 - The number of bytes physically allocated by the memory management; this is the amount of memory MuPAD has allocated from the operating system. The difference between the physical and the logical bytes is the amount of memory which has already been reserved for future calculations.
 - The maximum number of bytes ever allocated from the operating system during the current session. This value never decreases, not even on a call to reset.
Example 1
In a freshly started MuPAD session, bytes may return the following data on the memory consumption of the session:
Each computation increases the memory usage:
sin(PI): bytes()
solve(x-1=0, x): bytes()
Return Values
Sequence of three integers.
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If you ever find yourself in an Australian forest, don't be surprised if a parrot swears at you. Across Australia, people are reporting that wild parrots are talking to them and that they are not always polite. In fact, some wild birds have learned to speak English and in particular, to use expletives. It is thought that the language skills have been learned from pet birds that escaped from their cages and returned to the wild. The wild birds have picked up the new sounds and have even taught them to their offspring. The result is a weird chorus of English nonsense high in the treetops.
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Study the wordsSwears – uses bad language Politecivil, well-mannered Expletivesbad language, vulgar expressions Petdomestic (animal) Skills– abilities The wildthe natural habitat Offspringbabies Weirdstrange Nonsenselanguage with no meaning Treetopsthe highest branches of the trees
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Some people love to learn in a "Linear Fashion" and here at OneClick Training, we are all about that. Since 2013, publishing individual Clickteam Fusion 2.5 courses for people to learn how to create particular games or applications using a linear approach sets the precedent for learning in 2019.
Learn from A to Z
Whilst the ClickFusion Academy provides a ton of tutorials, resources, examples and downloads for Clickteam Fusion 2.5, OneClick Training provide Step A to Step Z courses for particular game types and/or applications.
The Clickteam Fusion 2.5 courses here at OCT are designed with one goal in mind; to allow people to learn how to a) Approach b) Design and c) Develop.
Approach is to learn how to approach a particular game development, for example a Platformer game in Fusion 2.5. Design is for how to design and assemble the game assets to use for your development and Develop is to learn all the individual steps required to develop the game, ultimately ending up with a game or application you have built yourself, simply following the course.
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Each course will stipulate what you will achieve and what you will learn as you progress through the courses. Around 95% of our students complete their courses and leave reviews and personal messages stating how great the course was, from A to Z (which is fantastic news for us) as this is our primary goal of all our courses here at OCT.
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A 28.4858 g sample of impure magnesium carbonate was heated to complete decomposition according to the equation
MgCO3(s)→MgO(s) + CO2(g).After the reaction was complete, the solid
residue (consisting of MgO and the original impurities) had a mass of 17.3014 g. Assuming that only the magnesium carbonate had decomposed, how much magnesium carbonate was present in the original sample?
Answer in units of g
mass CO2 = 28.4858 - 17.3014 = ?
mass MgCO3 = mass CO2 x (molar mass MgCO3/molar mass CO2) = ?
Mass of sample: s = 28.4858 g
Mass of residue: r = 17.3014 g
Mass of Impurities: x
Mass of MgCO3: m0 = s - x
Mass of MgO: m1 = r - x
Therefore: m1 = m0 + r - s
Molecular mass of MgCO3: w0 = 84.31413 ± 0.00005 g/mol
Molecular mass of MgO: w1 = 40.30449 ± 0.00002 g/mol
Stoichiometry: m0/w0 = m1/w1
Substituting: m1 = m0+r-s
m0/w0 = (m0 + r - s)/w1
m0 = (s-r)w0/(w0-w1)
m0 = (28.4858g-17.3014g)*(84.31413)/(84.31413-40.30449)


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Indian Coin Recognition and Sum Counting System of Image Data Mining Using Artificial Neural Networks
This paper is to classify recently released Indian coins of different denomination. The is to recognize the coins and count the total value of the coin in terms of Indian National Rupees (INR). The system designs coin recognition which uses by combining Robert's edge detection method, Laplacian of Gaussion edge detection method, Canny edge detection method and Multi-Level Counter Propagation Neural Network (ML-CPNN) based on the coin. In this paper, it is proposed to introduce ML-CPNN approach. The features of old coins and new coins of different denominations are considered for classification.