the umpire. The back judge ensures that the defensive team has no more than 11 players on the field and determines whether catches are legal, whether field goal or extra point attempts are good, and whether a pass interference violation occurred. The back judge is also responsible for the play clock, the time between each play, when a visible play clock is not used.
 - The head linesman/down judge is positioned on one end of the line of scrimmage. The head linesman/down judge watches for any line-of-scrimmage and illegal use-of-hands violations and assists the line judge with illegal shift or illegal motion calls. The head linesman/down judge also rules on out-of-bounds calls that happen on their side of the field, oversees the chain crew and marks the forward progress of a runner when a play has been whistled dead.
 - The side judge is positioned twenty yards downfield of the head linesman. The side judge mainly duplicates the functions of the field judge. On field goal and extra point attempts, the side judge is positioned lateral to the umpire.
 - The line judge is positioned on the end of the line of scrimmage, opposite the head linesman. They supervise player substitutions, the line of scrimmage during punts, and game timing. The line judge notifies the referee when time has expired at the end of a quarter and notifies the head coach of the home team when five minutes remain for halftime. In the NFL, the line judge also alerts the referee when two minutes remain in the half. If the clock malfunctions or becomes inoperable, the line judge becomes the official timekeeper.
 - The field judge is positioned twenty yards downfield from the line judge. The field judge monitors and controls the play clock, counts the number of defensive players on the field and watches for offensive pass interference and illegal use-of-hands violations by offensive players. The field judge also makes decisions regarding catches, recoveries, the ball spot when a player goes out of bounds, and illegal touching of fumbled balls that have crossed the line of scrimmage. On field goal and extra point attempts, the field judge is stationed under the upright opposite the back judge.
 - The center judge is an eighth official used only in the top level of college football. The center judge stands lateral to the referee, the same way the umpire does in the NFL. The center judge is responsible for spotting the football after each play and has many of the same responsibilities as the referee, except announcing penalties.
Safety and brain health
Football is a full-contact sport, and injuries are relatively common. Most injuries occur during training sessions, particularly ones that involve contact between players.[113] To try to prevent injuries, players are required to wear a set of equipment. At a minimum players must wear a football helmet and a set of shoulder pads, but individual leagues may require additional padding such as thigh pads and guards, knee pads, chest protectors, and mouthguards.[114][115][116] Most injuries occur in the lower extremities, particularly in the knee, but a significant number also affect the upper extremities. The most common types of injuries are strains, sprains, bruises, fractures, dislocations, and concussions.[113]
Repeated concussions (and possibly sub-concussive head impacts[117]) can increase a person's risk in later life for CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) and mental health issues such as dementia, Parkinson's disease, and depression.[118] Concussions are often caused by helmet-to-helmet or upper-body contact between opposing players, although helmets have prevented more serious injuries such as skull fractures.[119] Various programs are aiming to reduce concussions by reducing the frequency of helmet-to-helmet hits; USA Football's "Heads Up Football" program aims to reduce concussions in youth football by teaching coaches and players about the signs of a concussion, the proper way to wear football equipment and ensure it fits, and proper tackling methods that avoid helmet-to-helmet contact.[120] However, a study in the Orthopaedic Journal of Sports Medicine found that Heads Up Football was ineffective; the same study noted that more extensive reforms implemented by Pop Warner Little Scholars and its member teams were effective in significantly reducing concussion rates.[121]
A 2018 study performed by the VA Boston Healthcare System and the Boston University School of Medicine found that tackle football before age 12 was correlated with earlier onset of symptoms of CTE, but not with symptom severity. More specifically, each year a player played tackle football under age 12 predicted earlier onset of cognitive, behavioral, and mood problems by an average of two and a half years.[122][123][124]
Leagues and tournaments
The National Football League (NFL) and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) are the most popular football leagues in the United States.[125] The National Football League was founded in 1920[126] and has since become the largest and most popular sport in the United States.[127] The NFL has the highest average attendance of any sporting league in the world, with an average attendance of 66,960 during the 2011 NFL season.[128] The NFL championship game is called the Super Bowl, and is among the biggest events in club sports worldwide.[129] It is played between the champions of the National Football Conference (NFC) and the American Football Conference (AFC), and its winner is awarded the Vince Lombardi Trophy.[130]
A high school football game during the first quarter
College football is the third-most popular sport in the United States, behind professional baseball and professional football.[131] The NCAA, the largest collegiate organization, is divided into three Divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III.[132] Division I football is further divided into two subdivisions: the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) and the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS).[133] The champions of each level of play are determined through NCAA-sanctioned playoff systems; while the champion of Division I-FBS was historically determined by various polls and ranking systems, the subdivision adopted a four-team playoff system in 2014.[134]
Other professional leagues
Several professional football leagues have been formed outside the auspices of the NFL. One such league, the XFL, is currently operating as of 2020.[137]
Rival leagues
The most successful league to directly compete with the NFL was the American Football League (AFL), which existed from 1960 to 1969. The AFL became a significant rival in 1964 before signing a five-year, US$36 million television deal with NBC. AFL teams began signing NFL players to contracts, and the league's popularity grew to challenge that of the NFL. The two leagues merged in the 1970 season, and all the AFL teams joined the NFL. An earlier league, the All-America Football Conference (AAFC), was in play from 1946 to 1949. After it had dissolved, two AAFC teams, the Cleveland Browns and the San Francisco 49ers, became members of the NFL; another member, the Baltimore Colts joined the league, but folded after just a year in the NFL.[138]
Other attempts to start rival leagues since the AFL merged with the NFL in 1970 have been far less successful, as professional football salaries and the NFL's television contracts began to escalate out of the reach of competitors and the NFL covered more of the larger cities. The World Football League (WFL) played for two seasons, in 1974 and 1975, but faced such severe monetary issues it could not pay its players. In its second and final season the WFL attempted to establish a stable credit rating, but the league disbanded before the season could be completed.[139] The United States Football League (USFL) operated for three seasons from 1983 to 1985. Originally not intended as a rival league, the entry of owners who sought marquee talent and to challenge the NFL led to an escalation in salaries and ensuing financial losses. A subsequent US$1.5 billion antitrust lawsuit against the NFL was successful in court, but the league was awarded only $1 in damages, which was automatically tripled to $3 under antitrust law.[140]
Complementary national leagues
The original XFL was created in 2001 by Vince McMahon and lasted for only one season. Despite television contracts with NBC and UPN, and high expectations, the XFL suffered from low quality of play and poor reception for its use of tawdry professional wrestling gimmicks, which caused initially high ratings and attendance to collapse.[141] (The current XFL, also owned by McMahon, does not include those gimmicks.) The United Football League (UFL) began in 2009 but folded after suspending its 2012 season amid declining interest and lack of major television coverage.[142] The Alliance of American Football lasted less than one season, unable to keep investors.[143]
International play
American football leagues exist throughout the world, but the game has yet to achieve the international success and popularity of baseball and basketball.[144] It is not an Olympic sport, but it was a demonstration sport at the 1932 Summer Olympics.[1] At the international level, Canada, Mexico, and Japan are considered to be second-tier, while Austria, Germany, and France would rank among a third tier. These countries rank far below the United States, which is dominant at the international level.[145]
NFL Europa, the developmental league of the NFL, operated from 1991 to 1992 and then from 1995 to 2007. At the time of its closure, NFL Europa had five teams based in Germany and one in the Netherlands.[146] In Germany, the German Football League (GFL) has 16 teams


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A Feature is used to package a group of plug-ins together into a single installable and updatable unit.
Features have a manifest that provides basic information about the feature and its content. Content may include plug-ins, fragments and any other files that are important for the feature. A feature can also include other features. The delivery format for a feature is a JAR, but each included plug-in will be provided as a separate JAR.
Once you have created your plug-ins and fragments you can create a new feature by creating a New Feature Project.
You can also create Feature Patches in PDE. A feature patch is developed in the same fashion as a normal feature, but is used to edit an existing feature rather than create a new one.
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Coloured finishing coating made of cork and water based resins, with high thermal insulating power, water repellency and breathability. Eco-friendly and extremely elastic product, to be applied over any substrate, finish façades, thermal plasters and external thermal system.
Cork Render is an innovative coloured finishing coating, eco-friendly, and formulated with water based resins and fine cork particles. Cork Render provides thermal insulation, breathability, water repellency and elasticity. It can be used as coloured finish for façades and thermal plasters (such as Evolution) and external thermal insulation. Cork Render adheres to any kind of substrate and for this reason it can be used in many situations: wood, metal, plasters, synthetic materials, concrete substrates.
Cork Render contributes to the thermal insulation of the walls to which it is applied, while protecting façades from the absorption of rain-water. Cork Render allows walls to breathe, thus contributing to the internal living comfort. Its elasticity prevents development of cracks and lesions.
Cork Render is available in a wide range of colours and it can be tinted using water based colors to obtain and infinite color palette. It can be applied quickly and easily by trowel or traditional hopper gun.
- Eco-friendly solution.
- It contributes to the thermal insulation of façade.
- Water repellent: it impedes the water absorption by the masonry.
- Elastic: it does not crack.
- It allows to restore façades subjected to cracks and fessurations.
- Resistant to UV rays, weathering agents, marine and industrial environments.
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DRYING TIME: 10 hrs (at 23°C / 73.4°F and 50% relative humidity)
Available in a 5 gallon pail.
Crack Bridging Ability: 2.5 mm.
Weathering Test resistance: 1680 hours without clear changes.
Thermal Conductivity: 0.086 W/mK.
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Develop > Tailoring > Form creation > Forms Designer > Creating and editing forms > Referencing images in the XML for the graph control
Referencing images in the XML for the graph control
When you are building an application that includes a graph diagram, you can reference an image that is attached to a record in Service Manager. The graph uses the attached image to display the icon for that node. You can also display portrait icons that are attached to contact records in the graph diagram.
This is an example of a schema definition for an icon.
XML Icon
The syntax to reference an image from the database and display it in the graph is:
scattach://{type}:{uid}:{attachmentname}:{table}:{record}, where type equals 'img' or 'file'.
The unique identifier for each image is located on the corresponding SYSATTACHMENTS record.
The following is an example of how to reference an image that is an attachment to a record.
scattach://file:45c0dfd600245044034b76c8:max_manager_small.gif:contacts:MANAGER, MAX
The following is an example of how to reference a portrait image on a contacts record.
scattach://img:45afb84a002d42c403030d48:MANAGER, MAX:contacts:MANAGER, MAX
Here is an example of a complete and valid XML statement that references an image. This particular statement references an image that is attached to Max Manager's contacts record. This displays as an icon for the node in the graph diagram.
Icon XML
Icons with larger position values appear on top of smaller position values unless the images specify the same value for the position attribute. In that case, the icons are rendered in document order so that icons later in the document for the same node overlay those preceding them. The origin for all icons is the center. When you specify a group attribute for an icon, it includes items that contain duplicate group attributes.
Related concepts
Building a graph diagram
Components of the graph
Defining actions on nodes and edges in the XML for the graph control
Defining the graph in XML format
W3C schema for graph diagram XML
Valid values for graph elements and attributes
Graph toolbar icons
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TAF Volkel Air Base
Volkel Air Base is a midsized airport in North Brabant, Netherlands. The airport is located at latitude 51.65640 and longitude 5.70862. The airport has 2 runways: 6R/24L and 6L/24R. The ICAO airport code of this field is EHVK. The airport's IATA code is UDE. The airport is in the Amsterdam FIR.
This aviation weather observation was made for Volkel Air Base on December 10, 2023 22:20, local time. Valid from December 10, 2023 23:00 to December 11, 2023 11:00, local time.
Between sunday 23:00 and monday 11:00
- Wind: The wind is from direction 240° with a speed of 15 kt. Wind gusts expected of 25 kt.
- Visibility: 10 km or more
- Clouds: scattered clouds at an altitude of 2,000 ft.
Temporarily between monday 03:00 and 11:00
- Wind: The wind is from direction 250° with a speed of 20 kt. Wind gusts expected of 30 kt.
- Visibility: 4 km
- Weather: Showers rain
- Clouds: scattered clouds at an altitude of 1,200 ft, scattered clouds cumulonimbus at an altitude of 1,500 ft and broken clouds at an altitude of 1,800 ft.
Today the sun rises at 08:32 and sets at 16:27. This applies to Volkel Air Base, the universal daylight period may be different. The difference between the local time and UTC is +1 hour. Currently, there is no daylight saving time in effect.


can have a same projective closure. For example, look at $P^1(C)$, then $C$ is an affine open subset, and $C-{0}$ is also an affine open subset. But in any case, if two affine varieties have a same projective closure, they are birational.
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The Valencia variety is the number one juicing orange because it does not contain limonin, a chemical which can cause juice to develop a bitter taste after exposure to oxygen.
Valencias apply their own natural sunscreen to protect the fruit s inner-flesh from damaging UV rays.
The natural defence causes the Valencia to reabsorb chlorophyll, which turns the skin slightly green, can make an orange ripe for the eating look like it's not.
As Australias only orange variety grown at the height of summer, this re-greening process keeps the inside fresh and allows the variety to thrive in tropical conditions.
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Links, Email
Email Links
To create a link to an email address (say, for a "Contact Us" page),
Copy to your clipboard the email address of the person or department. Open the origin page where that person or department will appear. Enter and highlight the name of the person or department. Click the Kupu Planet Earth link. (Yes, even though the contact may be listed on the Radiology website, we use the external link function for this.) In the field labeled "Link the highlighted text to this URL," backspace over the http:// to remove it, and enter "_EMAIL_" where "contact" is the first element of the person's or department's email (There won't be a Preview option for this.) Click OK. When you Save, you should see a little paper envelope symbol next to the hypertext name.
Example: here is an email link for Radiology Web Services tech support.

Breaking any Link
If you have inserted any of these link to your webpage, to break the connection to the linked content,
 - Choose Edit mode
 - Look at your hyperlink; click anywhere on the text or image which you highlighted to create the link;
 - see the tiny red "X" appearing at the far right of the Kupu editing green-frame (see screen shot below);
FAQs Break Link Red X
 - click on this "X," and hit Save. Now you should be in View mode, and you should be unable to open anything with this link. The hypertext line underneath the marker text should have disappeared.
 - Why not just delete the text label? Because this reliable 70% of the time, but there are random exceptions where the link will still operate even though the text does not look hypertexted, and also because in many cases you really want to preserve your text label and remove the link but keep the text.


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Family Presence During Resuscitation: Extending Ethical Norms from Pediatrics to Adults
Guest Post: Christine Vincent and Zohar Lederman
Paper: Family presence during resuscitation: extending ethical norms from paediatrics to adults
Family Presence During Resuscitation is an important ethical issue for discussion within the medical community. Currently, family presence is more commonly accepted in paediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) than adult CPR. However, we argue that this fact is not morally justified and that the case for family presence during adult CPR is indeed morally stronger. In our paper we provide an ethical argument for accepting both family presence during adult CPR and pediatric CPR.
Arguments commonly used by ethicists and medical professionals to justify family presence during resuscitation (FPDR) in the emergency room revolve around scarce evidence of harm to patient outcome, strong evidence demonstrating benefits to relatives, and respect for patient's wishes. However, we argue that these three main reasons all seem to be stronger in the case of adult patients than pediatric ones.
Evidence demonstrating no negative effects of FPDR on patient outcome has mainly been found for adult patients. Furthermore, research showing benefits to relatives from being present is much stronger for adult patients as well. Lastly, the wishes and rights of adults are commonly much more respected compared to those of children, both in healthcare and generally. There is no reason why this should not extend to FPDR as well, given that the majority of patients prefer to go through traumatic life events surrounded by friends and family.
In our conclusion, we mention how family presence during any patient's resuscitation is a huge step from where society was decades ago.


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Traveling Luck for Sambilong Island, Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
Where is Sambilong Island?What's around Sambilong Island?
Wikipedia near Sambilong Island
Where to stay near Sambilong Island
The timezone in Sambilong Island is Asia/Manila
Sunrise at 05:46 and Sunset at 18:09. It's Dark
Latitude. 5.1211°, Longitude. _PHONE_°
Satellite map around Sambilong Island
Loading map of Sambilong Island and it's surroudings
Geographic features & Photographs around Sambilong Island, in Tawi-Tawi, Philippines
- populated place;
- a city, town, village, or other agglomeration of buildings where people live and work.
- Luuk Talay (3.9km)
- Lapid-Lapid (6.2km)
- Mandulan (7.2km)
- Kulit Kima (7.4km)
- Sanga-Sanga (10.8km)
- Tengultengul (11.1km)
- Look Pandan (11.2km)
- Silubbog (12.2km)
- Malassa (12.6km)
- Lakit-Lakit (12.9km)
- Tongput (13.3km)
- Montay-Montay (14.5km)
- Lato-Lato (14.5km)
- Ungus-Ungus (15.5km)
- Tarawakan (16.2km)
- Paniongan (16.3km)
- Ipil (16.3km)
- Karungdung (17.1km)
- Tong Pettong (17.2km)
- a tapering piece of land projecting into a body of water, less prominent than a cape.
- Pike Point (1.9km)
- Maria Point (4.3km)
- Nanka Point (4.6km)
- Batu Point (5.5km)
- Carmen Point (8.6km)
- Bugut Lapit Point (9.1km)
- Masatong Point (12.3km)
- Ingatan Point (13km)
- Tihi Point (13.1km)
- Tihi Point (15.2km)
- Sinabon Point (15.2km)
- Panijugan Point (15.2km)
- Titi Point (15.2km)
- Pamahabaan Point (16.6km)
- Maangit Point (17.8km)
- a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- a surface-navigation hazard composed of consolidated material.
- Takut Mataha Reef (3.5km)
- an open way with improved surface for transportation of animals, people and vehicles.
- Tarawakan Road (16km)
- a small coastal indentation, smaller than a bay.
- Sinabon Cove (17.7km)
- a conspicuous, isolated rocky mass.
- Shell Rock (14.4km)
- a land area, more prominent than a point, projecting into the sea and marking a notable change in coastal direction.
- Malasa Point (13.9km)
- an area dominated by tree vegetation.
- Lambus Lambus (1.9km)
- second-order administrative division;
- a subdivision of a first-order administrative division.
- Bongao (9.1km)


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Common name: Polka Dot Cactus Pleco (L097) .
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FLA Theory of Change
FLA seeks to develop youth resiliency and leadership to create long-lasting systemic change by empowering and mobilizing youth leaders to advocate for policies that improve their lives and the lives of their peers in the Central Coast.
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Mobilize Youth Leaders to Build Resilient Communities
Through year-round programming, FLA youth are supported in dissecting community issues affecting their lives. Youth are also given advocacy skills to mobilize and address the social ills affecting the Central Coast. Through these grassroots campaigns, youth become agents of social change.
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Bingham University Collaborates With Nsel On Solar System Installation.
Published on: Nov 7th, 2023
Bingham University's Physics Department in collaboration with NASENI Solar Energy Limited (NSEL), a company under the National Agency for Science and Engineering Infrastructure (NASENI) holds a five-day training on solar system installation.
The Vice-Chancellor, Prof. William Barnabas Qurix OFR, represented by the Dean of Science and Technology, Dr. Uju Ejike in his remarks welcomed the initiative to mount the Solar Installation training program for the staff of the Physics Department. Prof Qurix acknowledged the pressing global challenges posed by climate change and the depletion of non-renewable energy resources. He added that the importance of solar power cannot be overstated as it is in abundance, clean, and sustainable which can reduce carbon emissions in the environment.
Prof Qurix stated that the training will empower the staff of the university to become ambassadors and trainers of sustainable energy, capable of contributing to the installation of solar panels on the campus, thus reducing our energy costs. He added that by generating our own power, the university can significantly reduce our independence on grid electricity and over time offset the initial investment required for installation.
Prof Qurix expressed gratitude to the Faculty and experts who have diligently crafted the training programme and also extended his appreciation to our partners and sponsors who have supported this endeavour. He charged the staff to work together to make the university a shining example of solar adoption and sustainability.
The Managing Director of NSEL, Engr. Dr. Jafaru Mahmud stated that the purpose of the training is largely based on knowledge exchange. He added that the world is gradually shifting towards skill acquisition hence the need for more tutors.
He applauded the Vice-Chancellor for his support to get the trainers trained. He added that the collaboration is aimed at improving Solar System Installations. He thanked the Management of the University for reaching out to them and hoped for continued collaboration.
Dr. Marvelous AIGBEDION, Director of the Centre for Entrepreneurship, Innovation, and Leadership Studies, in his goodwill message, stated that the training provides the university and its students an opportunity to tap into the vast market for solar system installation. He expressed his appreciation to the staff of NSEL for their willingness to conduct this training.
The training being conducted by NSEL marks a significant step towards advancing sustainable energy solutions and fostering expertise in solar technology within the region. This initiative holds the promise of reducing the carbon footprint and energy costs while contributing to the development of a greener and more sustainable future.


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Investor upbeat on Kayelekera
Minerals exploration and development firm, Lotus Resources Ltd, has expressed optimism on prospects to resume activities at its Kayerekera Uranium Mine in Karonga District, saying its economic value remains high.
The firm says it was still monitoring uranium price movements on the international market before it moves to fully commence operations.
In a report to investors and stakeholders detailing the mine's performance and outlook, the firm says it positioned to be a strong uranium producer, especially as technologies and other alternatives not available during the previous operations have been identified.
It notes that the mine is already a proven uranium producer from the time the original owners, Paladin Energy, operated it from 2009 to 2014.
The report notes that, among other things, ore sorting technologies have improved in the last decade, which could lead to extended mine life, decreased operating costs and an increase in annual production.
It adds that previous operations at Kayelekera were powered by diesel generators as the only viable option, which led increase in power costs.
"Lotus has significantly advanced a Power Assessment Study reviewing a number of power solutions such as connecting to the national grid, generating power from the excess steam produced in onsite acid plant and renewable energy sources, which will both significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions and costs compared to the previous operation," the report reads.
Lotus Resources Managing Director Keith Bowes said the firm is positioned for the next uranium cycle.
"We have a very strong cash position at the moment, with significant value upside for our investors. When you compare us to our peers, we believe there is also significant value upside for the project when we start to put through these new technologies as well as the exploration potential as well. There is a strong board and management in place that has got both African and uranium experience," Bowes said.
The company recently had its exploration and mining licence renewed, and is still to begin mining operations owing to a fesibility study to be completed by mid-2022.
In a recent interview, Ministry of Mining Principal Secretary Joseph Mkandawire said potential earnings from the mine would contribute to development of the country.


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Join us for a webinar on Jul 30, 2019 at 3:00 PM PDT (6 PM EDT).
RGB lasers are forecast to take over as the predominant light source for displays in the future in products like projectors and head-up displays. The RGB laser market is poised to grow significantly, with forecasts calling for it to reach $91 Billion in 2020 and $636 Billion by 2040. That's why Hioki's webinar, RGB Laser Meters for an accurate colorimetric and photometric evaluation of RGB Laser Displays is so important.
To accommodate testing and adjustment of the RGB lasers, Hioki developed the Discrete Centroid Wavelength Method, a new technique for directly measuring the centroid wavelength and optical power of laser light sources. This approach makes it possible to accurately adjust the white balance of displays that use RGB lasers. Join us for a fascinating and informative webinar that delves into this groundbreaking new technique, its benefits and advantages. REgister today for RGB Laser Meters for an accurate colorimetric and photometric evaluation of RGB Laser Displays
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Who should attend: Optical Engineers, laser engineers, R&D Device Engineers, Device Scientists, Quality Assurance Engineers, Manufacturing/Production Test Engineers.
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I'm trying to build a high-performance distributed system with Akka and Scala.
If a message requesting an expensive (and side-effect-free) computation arrives, and the exact same computation has already been requested before, I want to avoid computing the result again. If the computation requested previously has already completed and the result is available, I can cache it and re-use it.
However, the time window in which duplicate computation can be requested may be arbitrarily small. e.g. I could get a thousand or a million messages requesting the same expensive computation at the same instant for all practical purposes.
There is a commercial product called Gigaspaces that supposedly handles this situation.
However there seems to be no framework support for dealing with duplicate work requests in Akka at the moment. Given that the Akka framework already has access to all the messages being routed through the framework, it seems that a framework solution could make a lot of sense here.
Here is what I am proposing for the Akka framework to do: 1. Create a trait to indicate a type of messages (say, "ExpensiveComputation" or something similar) that are to be subject to the following caching approach. 2. Smartly (hashing etc.) identify identical messages received by (the same or different) actors within a user-configurable time window. Other options: select a maximum buffer size of memory to be used for this purpose, subject to (say LRU) replacement etc. Akka can also choose to cache only the results of messages that were expensive to process; the messages that took very little time to process can be re-processed again if needed; no need to waste precious buffer space caching them and their results. 3. When identical messages (received within that time window, possibly "at the same time instant") are identified, avoid unnecessary duplicate computations. The framework would do this automatically, and essentially, the duplicate messages would never get received by a new actor for processing; they would silently vanish and the result from processing it once (whether that computation was already done in the past, or ongoing right then) would get sent to all appropriate recipients (immediately if already available, and upon completion of the computation if not). Note that messages should be considered identical even if the "reply" fields are different, as long as the semantics/computations they represent are identical in every other respect. Also note that the computation should be purely functional, i.e. free from side-effects, for the caching optimization suggested to work and not change the program semantics at all.
If what I am suggesting is not compatible with the Akka way of doing things, and/or if you see some strong reasons why this is a very bad idea, please let me know.
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What you are asking is not dependent on the Akka framework but rather it's how you architect your actors and messages. First ensuring that your messages are immutable and have an appropriately defined identities via the equals/hashCode methods. Case classes give you both for free however if you have actorRefs embedded in the message for reply purposes you will have to override the identity methods. The case class parameters should also have the same properties recursively (immutable and proper identity).
Secondly you need to figure out how the actors will handle storing and identifying current/past computations. The easiest is to uniquely map requests to actors. This way that actor and only that actor will ever process that specific request. This can be done easily given a fixed set of actors and the hashCode of the request. Bonus points if the actor set is supervised where the supervisor is managing the load balancing/mapping and replacing failed actors ( Akka makes this part easy ).
Finally the actor itself can maintain a response caching behavior based on the criteria you described. Everything is thread safe in the context of the actor so a LRU cache keyed by the request itself ( good identity properties remember ) is easy with any type of behavior you want.
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As Neil says, this is not really framework functionality, it's rather trivial to implement this and even abstract it into it's own trait.
trait CachingExpensiveThings { self: Actor =>
 val cache =...
 def receive: Actor.Receive = {
 case s: ExpensiveThing => cachedOrCache(s)
 def cacheOrCached(s: ExpensiveThing) = cache.get(s) match {
 case null => val result = compute(s)
 case cached => self.reply_?)(cached)
 def compute(s: ExpensiveThing): Any
class MyExpensiveThingCalculator extends Actor with CachingExpensiveThings {
 def compute(s: ExpensiveThing) = {
 case l: LastDigitOfPi =>...
 case ts: TravellingSalesman =>...
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I've also calculated the last digit of Pi, what did you make it to be? ;p – Noel Kennedy Nov 16 '12 at 15:08
The last one is π – Viktor Klang Nov 17 '12 at 0:04
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SPONTANEOUS TRAIT TRANSFEENCE
KEY WORDS: SPONTANEOUS TRAIT TRANSFERENCE,
COMMUNICATION, TRAIT ACTIVATION, TRAIT ASSOCIATION, TRAIT INFLUENCE
This study examined how spontaneous trait transference could effect communication. Spontaneous trait transference (STT) occurs if a speaker attributes positive or negative traits to an acquaintance and the listener incorrectly attributes those traits to the speaker. This study investigated if STT occurs under relatively natural stimuli. Also investigated was whether or not STT is an uncontrollable phenomenon or if by making people aware of STT can aid them in trying to avoid making misattributions. Participants included forty-four college students, the average age was 18. The participants were shown slides of individuals along with audible descriptions in the first trial and then instructed to make correct photograph/ trait associations in the second trial. The results suggest that spontaneous trait transference does occur under relatively natural stimuli and even by forewarning persons of STT and instructing them to avoid making misattributions, the errors were still made. Results were also compared to a related study on STT by Skowronski, Carlston, and Crawford (1998) and found to be similar.
measures for this study consisted of the subject recalling the correct
trait of each photo, the correct description of each photo (self or acquaintance),
and the subjectís ability to match the photo to the correct trait and the
correct description. The independent variable in this study was whether
or not the subject was informed of the STT effect and instructed to avoid
The data from this study was analyzed with an independent samples t-test.
The participants that were familiar with STT recalled a greater number of traits (significant at the.07 level) (M=.71, SD=.20) than the group unfamiliar with STT (M=.57,SD=.25) (see Figure 1 for results). The amount of correct descriptions was comparable between the group unfamiliar with STT (M=.51, SD=.20) and the group familiar with STT (M=.48, SD=.23). The amount of correct traits paired with correct descriptions varied marginally between the group unfamiliar with STT (M=.42, SD=.20) and the group familiar with STT (M=.35, SD=.22).
The independent samples t-test showed that the group unfamiliar with STT had greater difficulty in trait recall than the group made familiar with STT, t(42)=-1.97, p<.05. A second independent samples t-test revealed only a marginal difference in the amount of correct descriptions between the 2 groups, t(42)=.582, p<.05. The final independent samples t-test showed that there was also only a marginal difference in the amount of correct traits paired with correct descriptions between the 2 groups t=1.071, p<.05
The results revealed that the group familiar with STT was able to more easily recall traits than the group unfamiliar with STT. However, they had greater difficulty than the group unfamiliar with STT in recalling correct descriptions and correct traits paired with correct descriptions. The hypothesis proposed that there would be no difference between the 2 groups on the 3 dependent variables, accordingly, the hypothesis was accepted at the.05 level for all variables but not at the.07 level for trait recall.
This study has provided evidence that spontaneous trait transference occurs even under more natural circumstances than observed in Skowronski et. al, (1998). Furthermore, it was reinforced that the effects of STT are uncontrollable and even if forewarned of the nature of STT, one can not avoid itsí repercussions.
Moreover, because spontaneous trait transference still occurred even under more real-life circumstances, it more than likely engaged the participants in many of the cognitive processes that real-life situations generate. Therefore, it can be inferred that STT is a persistent associational phenomenon that affects impressions of people who talk about othersí behavior.
It would be impetuous to conclude, however, that spontaneous trait transference is present in every aspect of life. It does not seem likely that people are universally identified as having the traits they describe in others, also future research may discover other extenuating factors. For example, STT may be less likely to occur in the context of acquaintances, friends, or family members because the communicator is already known to the perceiver, consequently already viewed as possessing certain traits. Conversely, STT may reinforce expectancies unjustly attributed to a person already known. The effects of prior knowledge of the communicator have not yet been examined and future research may yield additional findings.
Nevertheless, the current study has shown additional support that spontaneous trait transference is a robust occurrence that can occur under relatively natural stimuli. This may suggest that gossip and other forms of social communication may have surprising and inadvertent consequences for the communicator. This may also indicate that communicators who want to be perceived in a certain way should simply describe the traits that they would like to be associated with. Thus, it adds new meaning to the saying, "Iím rubber, youíre glue what you say bounces off me and sticks to you."


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Tesla Motors has launched a voluntary safety recall on two models of its Roadsters after discovering a single instance of a cable in one of the vehicles causing a short-circuit, smoke and possibly a fire behind the right front headlight.
The recall involves a 10-volt low-voltage auxiliary cable that could chafe against a panel and cause a short circuit.
The Palo Alto – based electric-car maker recalled the Roadster 2.0 and 2.5 models, a total of 439 vehicles. The earlier model 1.5, which doesn't have the cable, is unaffected by the recall, as these cars do not include the 12-volt auxiliary cable.
The 12-volt low-voltage auxiliary cable is part of a redundant backup system that provides power to items such as the headlamps, taillights, turn signals, hazard lights and airbags in the unlikely event the primary 12-volt power fails or drops below a minimum threshold value, the company said.
Located forward of the passenger side front wheel behind the headlamp, the cable is physically isolated from the main battery pack at the rear of the car.
Tesla has begun to notify Roadster owners of the defect. The company plans to dispatch its service teams to the homes or offices of owners to complete the needed repair.
That will involve checking the placement of the cable and then installing a protective sleeve over it to keep it from shorting, Tesla said.


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Ethiopia launching national youth volunteer service program
August 8,2018
The Ethiopian government is launching what is poised to become Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's flagship program of "trans-boundary volunteers."
With this program, youth volunteers are to serve outside of their respective ethnic-based Federal states, seemingly which is why it is named "trans-boundary", in the country.
1000 graduating students drawn from different parts of Ethiopia are taking part in the program which is commencing today. And volunteer youth are to get credit for their participation when they are looking for employment after graduation.
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed met with the volunteers today before they are deployed to where they are assigned.
"When you serve the community as volunteers, you also need to learn and acquire knowledge as well," the prime minister told the volunteers. He meant to emphasize that there is knowledge in the community outside of university and other institutions of higher learning.
Apart from providing new graduates with relevant work experience, the motive of the program is to foster what the government describes as "people to people relation" and national feeling.
Ethiopia has a history of mobilizing youth for volunteer work in the community. Soon after the Ethiopian Revolution in 1974, Colonel Mengistu Hailemariam's government embarked on a nationwide illiteracy eradication program by deploying hundreds of thousands of youth in the countryside in different parts of the country to provide basic education. The program was successful so much so that illiteracy was significantly reduced in the country.
Although Abiy Ahmed's initiative in launching the program seems to be positive and perhaps a move in the right direction, especially if the program is given Ethiopian character as opposed to practices in the west, the political situation in the country could prove difficult to achieve the goals of the program.
This past week, for example, there has been an organized ethnic-based violence in Jijiga and other nearby towns, South Eastern parts of Ethiopia, where more than 29 people were killed and more than 10 churches were burned. Seen from that angle, it is questionable if it is the right time.
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METHOD FOR CHANGING SMS URL AND VARIABLES
If you've already bought a number from 'didx.net' and what to change/set sms settings this webservice can help you do that. You would have to provide DIDx User ID, Password, DID Number, SMSURL ,SMS Variables.
Example:
http:/newapi.didx.net/DidxApisWithJsonResponse/api/ChangeSmsSettings.php?UserID=700234&Password=343455&DIDNumber=_PHONE_&SmsUrl=_URL_
First argument is the DIDx User ID, second the password, third the DID number that you've bought, fourth the new SMS Url and fifth SMS Variables. In case of successful changing the DID number would be returned, otherwise an error code.
Error Codes
It will return an 'Error Code' in case there is something wrong with the information provided or there is no matching data in our record.
-1 = User ID does not exist or password does not match
-2 = No such DID Number exists
-3 = This DID is not in your ownership.


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How to correct a transaction in an open batch or no batch
These instructions are applicable if: you have contributions in an open batch or that are not in a batch and they were posted with an error in one of the following: amount, donor, envelope number, date.
These instructions are not applicable if:
- The batch has already been closed. In that case, these instructions are appropriate
- The contribution is associated with a fund whose end date has transpired
- You are not authorized to edit contribution records
- View and Add/Edit access rights are required
- Access to the associated fund is required
- If applicable, select the desired organization from the Organization list.
- Click Contribution List in the Offering Module.
- Use the column heading filters to help locate the contribution you want to correct (see image below).
- For example, to locate the contribution by an envelope number, type the envelope number in the Env # heading filter field
- The search returns both broad and exact matches for the value entered. If you enter envelope #11, the search will return contributions posted for envelope numbers 1125, 110, 211, etc. (anything containing a 10).
Select the checkbox to the left of the contribution record you want to change. Then click the edit icon in the toolbar. The edit Contribution window is displayed.
In the Amount field, type the correct contribution amount. Only the information under the Contribution Record heading may be updated here.
In the Reason field, supply the reason for the change.
- Click Save, then Close to exit.


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In these special episodes the Musical U team get together to revisit their favourite and most impactful moments from past episodes of Musicality Now.
- Rewind: Practicing - The Musical U team gets together to share their favourite episodes of the Musicality Podcast, focussing on the topic of effective and fun music practice.
- Rewind: Singing - The Musical U Team shares the most powerful lessons from past episodes on singing. Tune in for some tips to free up your voice and build confidence.
- Rewind: A Mindset for Music Theory - Music theory doesn't have to be confusing. In this episode we share some mindset shifts to make theory easy and accessible for you.
- Rewind: Ease and Joy - The Musical U team shares how they've applied lessons from past episodes with hopes of helping you increase joy and ease in your own musical life.
- Rewind: Reflections - The Musical U team reflects on some of the guest experts that have had a big impact on our musical lives. Gain inspiration for your own musicality practice.


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Note: fully updated ruby documentation for DataObject classes is needed. For the time being, the test case in test/test_clipboard.rb and the dnd sample demonstrate how to use data object classes in some detail. For many purposes the ready-to-use classes TextDataObject, FiletDataObject, and BitmapDataObject will suffice.
A DataObject represents data that can be copied to or from the clipboard, or dragged and dropped. The important thing about DataObject is that this is a 'smart' piece of data unlike 'dumb' data containers such as memory buffers or files. Being 'smart' here means that the data object itself should know what data formats it supports and how to render itself in each of its supported formats.
A supported format, incidentally, is exactly the format in which the data can be requested from a data object or from which the data object may be set. In the general case, an object may support different formats on 'input' and 'output', i.e. it may be able to render itself in a given format but not be created from data on this format or vice versa. DataObject defines an enumeration type
Get = 0x01 // format is supported by GetDataHere() Set = 0x02 // format is supported by SetData()
which distinguishes between them. See DataFormat documentation for more about formats.
Not surprisingly, being 'smart' comes at a price of added complexity. This is reasonable for the situations when you really need to support multiple formats, but may be annoying if you only want to do something simple like cut and paste text.
To provide a solution for both cases, Widgets has two predefined classes which derive from DataObject: DataObjectSimple and DataObjectComposite. DataObjectSimple is the simplest DataObject possible and only holds data in a single format (such as HTML or text) and DataObjectComposite is the simplest way to implement a DataObject that does support multiple formats because it achieves this by simply holding several DataObjectSimple objects.
So, you have several solutions when you need a DataObject class (and you need one as soon as you want to transfer data via the clipboard or drag and drop):
|1. Use one of the built-in classes||You may use TextDataObject,BitmapDataObject or FileDataObject in the simplest cases when you only needto support one format and your data is either text, bitmap or list of files.|
|2. Use DataObjectSimple||Deriving from DataObjectSimple is the simplestsolution for custom data – you will only support one format and so probablywon't be able to communicate with other programs, but data transfer will workin your program (or between different copies of it).|
|3. Use DataObjectComposite||This is a simple but powerfulsolution which allows you to support any number of formats (eitherstandard or custom if you combine it with the previous solution).|
|4. Use DataObject directly||This is the solution formaximal flexibility and efficiency, but it is also the most difficult toimplement.|
Please note that the easiest way to use drag and drop and the clipboard with multiple formats is by using DataObjectComposite, but it is not the most efficient one as each DataObjectSimple would contain the whole data in its respective formats. Now imagine that you want to paste 200 pages of text in your proprietary format, as well as Word, RTF, HTML, Unicode and plain text to the clipboard and even today's computers are in trouble. For this case, you will have to derive from DataObject directly and make it enumerate its formats and provide the data in the requested format on demand.
Note that neither the GTK+ data transfer mechanisms for clipboard and drag and drop, nor OLE data transfer, copy any data until another application actually requests the data. This is in contrast to the 'feel' offered to the user of a program who would normally think that the data resides in the clipboard after having pressed 'Copy' – in reality it is only declared to be available.
There are several predefined data object classes derived from DataObjectSimple: FileDataObject, TextDataObject and BitmapDataObject which can be used without change.
You may also derive your own data object classes from CustomDataObject for user-defined types. The format of user-defined data is given as a mime-type string literal, such as "application/word" or "image/png". These strings are used as they are under Unix (so far only GTK+) to identify a format and are translated into their Windows equivalent under Win32 (using the OLE IDataObject for data exchange to and from the clipboard and for drag and drop). Note that the format string translation under Windows is not yet finished.
Each class derived directly from DataObject must override and implement all of its functions which are pure virtual in the base class.
The data objects which only render their data or only set it (i.e. work in only one direction), should return 0 from get_format_count.
Clipboard and drag and drop overview, DnD sample, FileDataObject, TextDataObject, BitmapDataObject, CustomDataObject, DropTarget, DropSource, TextDropTarget, FileDropTarget
Array get_all_formats( Integer dir = Get)
Should return an Array of DataFormat objects supported in the given direction by this class.
String get_data_here(DataFormat format )
Should return a String containing the object's data, or
nil on failure.
Integer get_data_size(DataFormat format )
Returns the data size of the given format format; may be overridden if desired.
Integer get_format_count(Integer direction = 1)
Returns the number of available formats for rendering or setting the data.
DataFormat get_preferred_format(Integer direction = 1)
Returns the preferred format for either rendering the data (if dir is
its default value) or for setting it. Usually this will be the
native format of the DataObject.
By default, the first member of the list returned by
is the preferred format, but this method may be overridden.
Boolean set_data( DataFormat format, String data )
Should store and accept the data data for the format format.
Should returns true on success, false on failure.
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Four-Stitch Reticulated Patterns
Summary Unlabeled motifs for stranded knitting. Patterns designed for a variety of gauge and foot sizes. Methods include 2 Circulars and 4 and 5 DPNs.
Motif Information 13 possible stitch patterns are given in chart form (only one is named, the rest are numbered). As indicated by the name of this section (pages 78-82), all have 4 stitch repeats. The length (row count) of the pattern varies.
- Patterns 1-3 ~ 12 rows.
- Pattern 4 ~ 14 rows.
- Patterns 5 and 6 ~ 8 rows.
- Patterns 7-10 ~ 6 rows.
- Patterns 11-12 ~ 4 rows.
- Lice Pattern ~ 2 rows.
The lice pattern is typically used on the soles. The featured sock pictures show (in the order they are displayed):
- Pattern 9 on leg and instep
- Pattern 2 on leg and instep


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This paper looks at why work-related road safety is important in Australia, and introduces the Haddon Matrix as a tool to identify and manage the distractions faced by people driving as part of their work. It is intended as a discussion paper to provoke and widen the debate on driver distraction beyond the vehicle and the driver.
What causes driver distraction and tools to help reduce the risk?
Fleet and work-related road safety has grown in prominence in recent years as the scale of the problem has emerged. This includes people involved in crashes as pedestrians when they are commuting to and from work, or walking on work-related errands, people involved in crashes whilst working by the roadside, or driving as part of their work, either in their own vehicle or a vehicle provided by their employer (STAYSAFE 36, 1997; STAYSAFE 57, 2002).


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How can I include abandoned cart items in a message?
You can start turning abandoned carts into completed orders by using an Abandoned cart block in a marketing automation message. The block is available in Pro, Max, and Enterprise accounts.
When you add the Abandoned cart block to an automation message, we create a placeholder with space for the product image, name, and price per unit. When someone doesn't complete their purchase, we fill the placeholder with the abandoned cart information. Images in the message link to product pages by default.
You can decide where in the message you want to display the items by dragging and stopping the block anywhere in the message template. You can also customize its text and design to suit your brand and add your own calls to action.
Keep on reading to learn how to add the Abandoned cart to a message and build a workflow that sends it.
Here's what you need to do before you start using the Abandoned cart block:
Configuring the Abandoned cart block is a two-part process. First, you create an automation message draft (if you don't have, or don't want to edit, an existing automation message). Then, you convert it to an automation message and use it in a workflow together with the Abandoned cart condition.
Adding the block to an automation message
1. In your GetResponse account, go to Automation and do one of the following:
- start creating a new automation message draft,
- start editing an existing automation message. Note: If this message is used in a workflow that doesn't start with the Abandoned cart condition, the message won't send.
2. In the message editor, navigate to the toolbar. Click the Ecommerce tab to expand it.
3. Drag and drop the Abandoned cart block to where you want it to appear in the message.
The placeholder shows two items, but the number of products displayed will automatically adjust to reflect the actual cart information when the message is sent.
4. Edit the text and buttons to suit your brand and encourage your customers to complete their purchase. The product picture, price, and name will be automatically filled when we send the message.
5. Click the Next step button to save the changes and return to the Automation messages page.
Now that you've created a message draft (or edited an existing message), you can use in a workflow.
Using the abandoned cart message in a workflow
Here you turn the message draft into an automation message and finish the setup of how to track abandoned carts. The workflow needs to have at least two elements — the Abandoned cart condition and the Send message action.
1. Build a workflow that starts with the Abandoned cart condition. You can build it from scratch or use any of the Abandoned cart automation templates.
2. Configure the Abandoned cart condition:
a. Select API for the integration method.
b. Select the store for which to track abandoned carts.
c. Set when to assume the cart was abandoned. After that time, the customer will be sent a reminder message showing the items in the abandoned cart.
d. Set the element to Run multiple times to trigger the workflow many times for the same contact. (Every time they abandon a cart, they receive a follow-up message.)
3. Configure the Send message action. How you configure the element depends on the type of message you want to use:
- If you've created a new automation message draft, you'll first need to convert it to an automation message. For message type, select Draft. Next, from the drop-down list, select the message containing the Abandoned cart block.
Then, confirm that you want to use it as an automation message. This will copy its layout and convert the draft into an automation message. You'll be able to use it in any other workflow you build in the future.
- If you're using an existing automation message to which you added the Abandoned cart block, select Automation for message type and then pick the message.
Set the element to Run multiple times to allow sending the message to the same customer every time they abandon a cart.
4. When you're done setting up the workflow, click Save and publish. Click Save and exit if you want to save it as a draft.
You're set. When a customer doesn't finish their purchase, they'll receive a message that shows them the items waiting for them in the cart.


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Hitchhiker in Luxembourg (1977)
Hitchhiking is a way that people can travel from one place to another. Usually, a hitchhiker (a person who hitchhikes) will stand at the side of a road and hold his or her thumb in the air waiting for the car to come and pick her or him up. This is a sign that he or she wants a car to stop and pick him/her up. The distance traveled by hitchhiking can be anywhere from walking distance to across a continent. Hitchhiking is against the law in some areas (for example around a prison in the United States).
It was a very common way of travelling in Europe in the 1970s and is still done by many people all over the world.
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Villa Rufinella, also called Villa Tuscolana, is a villa in Frascati, Italy. Villa Rufinella is the highest villa on the hill above the town of Frascati. It was built by Mons. Alessandro Ruffini, bishop of Melfi, in 1578, but many passing of property in the time changed different part of it: in 1773 the villa became property of the Apostolic Camera. The Architect Luigi Vanvitelli renovated the building giving it the present appearance under the property of Jesuit Order. In 1804 Pope Pius VII sold out the Villa to Lucien Bonaparte. In 1805 the latter started up the first excavation campaign held in the area property of the Villa and in the city of Tusculum, with the spirit of archeologist/antiquary, indeed he sent to Paris several boxes of archeological finds. In 1820 the Duchess of Chablais of House of Savoy bought the Villa. Queen Maria Christina of Naples and Sicily, wife of Charles Felix of Sardinia, lived here from 1824. In 1824 the poet Giuseppe Gioachino Belli was guest in the villa and to remember the holiday he wrote a sonnet in Roman dialect, " La Rufinella". The Villa suffered heavy damage during World War II (_PHONE_). Since 1966 the Villa Rufinella is a Salesians property: they have restored the building and turned it in conference-hotel.
- Wells Clara Louisa - The Alban Hills, Vol. I: Frascati - 1878 publisher: Barbera, Rome, Italy - OCLC 21996251


text: Measurements were made of the percent areas of optic disc cupping and pallor in ocular hypertensive eyes and normal eyes. The ocular hypertensive eyes showed significant increases in pallor but not in cupping compared to normal eyes. There was also a significant positive correlation of cupping with age in normal eyes but not in ocular hypertensive eyes. Fluorescein angiography of the optic disc showed an increase in the number and area of filling defects in ocular hypertensive compared to normal eyes. There were significant positive correlations in ocular hypertensives between percent area of filling defects with both age and systolic blood pressure which were not present with normal eyes. The optic disc changes which occur in ocular hypertensive eyes are primarily characterized by an increase in pallor and an increase in both the number and area of fluorescein filling defects.


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This video will show you how to adjust your exit time, this is the time between arming your system and your alarm being activated. Your system will not arm until the end of the countdown. The exit delay applies to all sensors and is a default time of 60 seconds. The delay helps to avoid false alarms and creates a better user experience.
Adjusting Delay
 1. Tap "Settings" (On the top right-hand corner of your panel)
 2. Enter in your four-digit master code
 3. Select "System"
 4. Select "Exit Delay"
 5. Increase/decrease the exit delay with the + and - symbols.
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In the mining industry, people can find mining terms. Paydirt is one of the famous mining terms. It refers to dirt that contains sufficient minerals in it. Therefore, it is worth mining. When paying for gold dirt, you risk. It might be a profitable or loss-making venture. Here are the things you must know if you want to buy a gold paydirt.
The Minerals Present
Before you pay for minerals, ensure you assess it. People should identify dirt in the mining field that is likely to produce a significant amount of minerals.
The Price
Anyone selling gold ores will demand a significant amount of money. But if you do not want to risk your money. Choose an affordable one.
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Open adoption can leave doors closed for birth mothers, VU study finds
Birth mothers are still experiencing difficulties contacting children that were adopted almost three decades after laws were changed to give them this right, a Victoria University study has found.
Despite legal protection, complete breakdowns in communication with adoptive parents still occur and birth mothers often feel "undeserving" when exercising their right to see the relinquished child.
VU PhD graduate Dr Phillipa Castle interviewed 15 birth mothers aged 21 to 50 who had relinquished a child since the introduction of open adoption in Victoria in 1984.
Open adoption allows the birth mother to choose adoptive parents and negotiate a court-ordered agreement that details the frequency of contact between her and the child.
Dr Castle's study, titled A unique loss: The experience of birth mothers in open adoption, found 20 per cent of the birth mothers experienced an interruption to agreed contact times with the child or a total breakdown of the relationship with the adoptive family.
"The most disappointing aspect is that these birth mothers don't feel confident enough to challenge these violations of their legal agreement in the County Court,'' Dr Castle said. "Unfortunately, the law is not a useful tool of repair because a court case is too confronting or intimidating.
"It shows that birth mothers with terminated arrangements do not utilise the power of the Court if they think the child does not desire it, even if they believe that the child's response is merely a reflection of the adoptive parent's influence.''
She said training for adoptive parents needed to ensure they were "genuinely open to open adoption".
"In some cases the adoptive mother was described as jealous, and contact between the child and birth mother was manipulated, minimised or withdrawn.''
Dr Castle said that open adoption was a generally positive practice because contact between a birth mother and her relinquished child is "at least a partial solution to a painful decision, and a salve to an enormous loss for both parties''.
"Its main drawback is that ongoing contact is continually ambiguous. The birth mother sees that the child is ok and that they are ok without her. It is a solution that appears resistant to fully resolving the grief associated with the act of relinquishment,'' she said.
"As painful as it might continue to be, contact appears better than nothing. One woman told me that it is better to be happy and hurt than hurt and not know about it.''
For interview: Dr Phillipa Castle on 0410 467 410
Media contact:
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Plum blossom is a symbol of celebration and luck in the Spring Festival, and has been regarded as auspicious since ancient times. Plum blossom traditionally formed "The Three Friends in Winter" (歲寒三友) alongside Pine and Bamboo. The ancients believed that plum blossom was representative of the four virtues of Yuan Heng Li Zhen (元亨利貞) and the five petals of its flower, symbolize the five blessings of: joy, happiness, longevity, smooth passage and peace.


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This article describes the cause and possible solution for the error: STC failure occurred mid transfer.stcx.SnapshotError: Snapshot returned error code -1450 for STC.
The error code -1450 is an official Microsoft System Error Code for "Insufficient system resources exist to complete the requested service."
Causes for this error message to occur can vary and typically need to be addressed on a case-by-case basis.
Commonly seen underlying conditions include:
- Insufficient available RAM.
- Insufficient buffer space.
- Insufficient available space on hard disk for shadow storage to occupy.
- Significant fragmentation.
Follow these steps to solve the problem:
- Rule out any processes that are taking up large amounts of resources. A minimum of 20% free space per protected volume, and 1 GB of RAM, need to be available on the production machine. If resources fall below these thresholds, backups will fail.
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Utilization is good.
71 – 80%
Utilization is outside optimal limits. Monitor the volume growth and look at cleaning up unnecessary files and moving non-essential data to other storage.
81 – 100%
Volume is becoming critical. Snapshots will start to fail, disk queue lengths will increase. Create space.
Figure 1: StorageCraft utilization best-practices.
- Make sure the ShadowSnap agent version is 3.0 or newer, as this release has better resource utilization.
- Increase the paging buffer size on the server, and if possible, move the page file to a data volume.
- Make sure the drive has no significant level of fragmentation.
- Review the ShadowProtect server tuning guide and make the recommended registry changes.
StorageCraft Troubleshooting tips for reducing Disk I/O:
From VSS Errors 12293 and 12298: What does it all mean? (external link):
Apply the following Microsoft KB patches to the production machine. If your production machine is running Microsoft Server 2003, you may not see the patches listed in Windows Updates. If they do not appear, you will need to download them directly from the Microsoft Support website.


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BigQuery
Managing Jobs, Datasets, and Projects
This document describes how to manage jobs, datasets, and projects.
Contents
Jobs
Jobs are used to start all potentially long-running actions, for instance: queries, table import, and export requests. Shorter actions, such as list or get requests, are not managed by a job resource.
To perform a job-managed action, you will create a job of the appropriate type, then periodically request the job resource and examine its status property to learn when the job is complete, and then check to see whether it finished successfully. Note that there are some wrapper functions that manage the status requests for you: for examples, you can run jobs.query which creates the job and periodically polls for DONE status for a specified period of time.
Jobs in BigQuery persist forever. This includes jobs that are running or completed, whether they have succeeded or failed. You can only list or get information about jobs that you have started, unless you are a project owner, who can perform all actions on any jobs associated with their project.
Every job is associated with a specific project that you specify; this project is billed for any usage incurred by the job. In order to run a job of any kind, you must have READ permissions on the job's project.
Here is how to run a standard job:
 1. Start the job by calling the jobs.insert method using a unique job ID generated by your client code. The server will generate a job ID for you if you omit it, but we recommend generating it on the client side to allow reliable retry of the jobs.insert call.
 2. Check job status by calling jobs.get with the job ID and check the status.state value to learn the job status. When status.state=DONE, the job has stopped running; however, a DONE status does not mean that the job completed successfully, only that it is no longer running.
 3. Check for job success. If the job has a status.errorResult property, the job has failed; this property holds information describing what went wrong in a failed job. If status.errorResult is absent, the job finished successfully, although there might have been some non-fatal errors, such as problems importing a few rows in an import request. Non-fatal errors are listed in the returned job's status.errors list.
See the asynchronous query as an example of starting and polling a job.
There is no single-call method to re-run a job; if you want to re-run a specific job:
 1. Call jobs.get to retrieve the resource for the job to re-run,
 2. Remove the id, status, and statistics field. Change the jobId field to a new value generated by your client code. Change any other fields as necessary.
 3. Call jobs.insert with the modified resource and the new job ID to start the new job.
Running or pending jobs can be cancelled by calling jobs.cancel. Cancelling a running query job may incur charges up to the full cost for the query were it allowed to run to completion.
See jobs in the reference section for more information.
Generating a job ID
As a best practice, you should generate a job ID using your client code and send that job ID when you call jobs.insert. If you call jobs.insert without specifying a job ID, BigQuery will create a job ID for you, but you will not be able to check the status of that job until the call returns. Moreover, it may be difficult to tell whether the job was successfully inserted or not. If you use your own job ID, you can check the status of the job at any time and you can retry on the same job ID to ensure that the job starts exactly one time.
The job ID is a string comprising letters (a-z, A-Z), numbers (0-9), underscores (_), or dashes (-), with a maximum length of 1,024 characters. Job IDs must be unique within any given project.
A common approach to generating a unique job ID is to use a human-readable prefix and a suffix consisting of a timestamp or a GUID. For example: "daily_import_job_1447971251". An example of a method that generates GUIDs can be found in the Python UUID module. For an example of using the Python uuid4() method with jobs.insert, see the example code in Loading data from Google Cloud Storage.
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Datasets
A dataset is a grouping mechanism that holds zero or more tables. Datasets are the lowest level unit of access control; you cannot control access at the table level. Read more about datasets in the reference section. A dataset is contained within a specific project. You can list datasets to which you have access by calling bigquery.datasets.list.
Choosing a location
You can optionally choose the geographic location for your dataset when the dataset is created. All tables within the dataset inherit the same location value. Possible options include:
 - "US": United States
 - "EU": European Union
For legal information about the location feature, see the Google Cloud Platform Service Specific Terms.
Location limitations
 - You can only set the geographic location at creation time. After a dataset has been created, the location becomes immutable and can't be changed by the patch or update methods.
 - All tables referenced in a query must be stored in the same location.
 - You can stream data into a US or EU dataset, but inserting data across these locations can increase latency and error rates.
 - When copying a table, the destination dataset must reside in the same location.
 - Google Cloud Logging is unsupported for EU datasets.
 - Google Analytics Premium customers who export their data to BigQuery must use a US-based BigQuery dataset as the destination.
Setting the location
To set the dataset location:
BigQuery web UI
When creating a dataset, select the location from the Data location dropdown.
BigQuery command-line tool
Use the --data_location=<location> flag.
BigQuery API
Set the location property.
Examples
Java
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for Java.
Python
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for Python.
C#
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for .NET.
PHP
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for PHP.
Projects
A project holds a group of datasets. Projects are created and managed in the APIs console. Jobs are billed to the project to which they are assigned. You can list projects to which you have access by calling bigquery.projects.list.
See projects in the reference section and Managing Projects in the APIs Console help for more information.
Example
Java
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for Java.
Python
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for Python.
C#
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for .NET.
PHP
This sample uses the Google APIs Client Library for PHP.


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, remember that the fermentation process may still be ongoing. Don't try to close the lid tightly because the microbes may still be releasing gasses that could build up pressure inside the container.
It is good to open the lid maybe twice a week. Always store it in a cool, dry place. I just keep it under the sink.
Since molasses is a natural preservative, you can keep this fertilizer for up to a year.
How to Apply the Fish Emulsion Fertilizer
The best way to apply the fish fertilizer to your plants is to drench or water your plants with it.
The proper ratio is 20 ml of fish emulsion fertilizer per 1 liter of water. This is roughly 2 tablespoons per liter of water. Mix thoroughly before drenching. Drench your plants twice a week. The fish emulsion fertilizer or fish amino acid is rich in nitrogen so it is best to use it in the vegetative stage of the plants, or the stage when it is focused on producing leaves.
Do not use this fertilizer to spray your plants. The fish emulsion contains oil. The oil may stick to the leaves which causes them to burn under the sun. The oil also covers the stomata which may hinder nutrient absorption and air circulation.
Fish emulsion is best used to fertilize plants from its seedling stage until just before it goes into its flowering or fruiting stage.


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At a sports camp, there is sufficient food for 72 athletes to last 6 days. If 18 athletes are absent from the camp, how many more days can the food last for the other athletes? State the assumption made.
There are 72*6=432 portions of food. Now there are 18 athletes absent, so there are 72-18=54 athletes. 432/54=8 days.


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Could anyone tell me what is the relationship between VDDE2 and VDDE2A supply pins of SPC5777C? Could they be tied to different voltages, for example, VDDE2 tied to 5V and VDDE2A tied to 3.3V?
Thanks in advance.
There is none. In the device predecessor (MPC5676R) it was one domain. On the MPC5777C it has been split onto 2 domains (in order to minimize I/O pins affected when using Ethernet).
Yes, they can be tied to different voltages, as you shown in the example.
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Elisa Lam Reddit Theory explained, Is she died from Tuberculosis in Netflix's Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel
Elima Lam mysterious death case is getting a lot of speculations everyday on social media platforms like she was having Tuberculosis, hallucinating, and even having bipolar disorder. Nobody knows how the 21-year-old Canadian tourist die in the Cecil hotel. What happened to her before getting into the 1000 gallon water tank? Let's find out the reddit TB theory.
Elisa Lam Reddit Theory Explained
Elisa Lam reddit theory suggests that she was a test subject for testing some new Tuberculosis medications because in the 2013 there was a TB outbreak in downtown Los Angeles's Skid Row especially homeless peoples. Also, she go through LAM-ELISA to test for the fatal disease but during her autopsy report nothing was clear if she had TB or not.
Elisa Lam mysterious murder photo
However, this theory also puts light on the fact that the bizarre behavior of Elisa was a side-effect of taking anti-TB medication. Some theorists also suggest in Netflix documentary, Crime Scene: The Vanishing at the Cecil Hotel that she was fatally silenced because she knew too much at the popular TB Research center of Canada.
Does she died from Tuberculosis?
No! Elisa Lam's autopsy report revealed that she was not having Tuberculosis at the time of her death. Instead, the report determined that she died of accidental drowning but nobody knows how she got herself into the drowning scene. So, how did Elisa Lam die and who found her body in the tank?
What is an ELISA-LAM Test?
The LAM-ELISA test stands for Lipoarabinomannan (LAM) Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA). It is used to detect Tuberculosis in children and was carried out in February 2013 while looking for 4,500 carriers of the deadly disease.
Where is Elisa Lam family now?
Elisa Lam's family include her father David Lam, mother Yinna Lam, and her sister Sarah. She was living happily with her family in Vancouver, British Columbia before planning a solo trip to American West Coast and ended up to Los Angeles in the late January 2013.
ELisa Lam death
She was calling home everyday since she reached at the Cecil hotel. But one day, she neither accepted nor rejected a call from her home. This was the day she went missing and parents were unaware of the reason and without wasting time parents reported her missing to the authorities.
On February 2019, her body was found in hotel's water tank on roof and the autopsy report suggested the cause of her death was accidental drowning with bipolar disorder involvement. Then, her family filed a lawsuit on the hotel but that was a tragedy so LA Supreme Court dismissed the case. Today, the family prefers to stay away from the spotlight and no information about their location is revealed in the public.
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The lake of Burano is found on the Tuscany coast to south of the Argentario, the lago has an amplitude of approximately 400 hectares and is constituted from divided water salmastra from the sea from a earth border. The oasis is composed from a rigogliosa flora, wide cane field rows grows along the coast that separates the sea from the lago. In the inside verdeggianti prati, make space, during the autumnal season to the wide water mirrors, typical of the swampy zones. Between the plants that grow in these lands we remember the Giglio of sea, the marine Eringio, the Juniper, the Mirto and the Leccio. Between the fauna of the common oasis we find the Folaghe, the Fenicottero rose, the Fischione, the Cormorano and in spring the red Airone, the ghiandaia, the Cicogna white woman and other anchor. This area was proclamata protected oasis is in 1967, when the association of the Italian WWF verifying that the lago went gradually degrading itself, decided to take in management the entire zone.
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Boston University's Department of the History of Art & Architecture is hosting a symposium featuring five late-stage doctoral candidates and recent postgraduates (within three years of defending) in the field of African American art history on November 11-12, 2022. The symposium will feature presentations on recent research, networking opportunities, and a concluding roundtable. This program is committed to advancing the connection and collaboration between diverse members of the Boston University community and emerging scholars of African American visual art, material culture, and architecture. The Present Coordinates: African American Art History symposium will provide honoraria and travel expenses for the panelists to travel to Boston.
Early-career scholars are invited to submit proposals for 45-minute research presentations on a topic of their choosing. Proposals may engage the current state of the field of African American art history; consider innovative and interdisciplinary methodologies; or investigate alternative frameworks and unstudied artists. Full details about proposals, which are due May 15, can be found here: _URL_


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Razer today announced the Razer Tartarus Pro, the company's first keypad fitted with analog optical switches designed for gamers.
The Tartarus Pro is equipped with Razer Analog Optical Switches, enabling the keypad to measure how deep each key is pressed. This allows the Tartarus Pro to emulate analog input similar to controller thumbsticks. Additionally, gamers can adjust the actuation point between 1.5mm for a faster keystroke, or up to 3.6mm for a deeper, and more deliberate press.
At the heart of the Razer Analog Optical Switches, an infrared light beam passes through switch stem, while a sensor measures the depth of the switch based on how much light passes through. As such, the switches can register scaling levels of input in the same keystroke.
This lets advanced users take advantage of dual-function keys to bind two functions to each key – one that triggers on a partial keystroke, and another on a full keystroke.
The Tartarus Pro has 32 programmable keys including an eight-way directional thumbpad, which can be assigned for navigation or other commands unique to the user's requirements. The eight quick-toggle profiles allow users to swap between settings or skill loadouts via a side button that changes profile instantaneously.
A customizable alternative to any keyboard, the analog input from the Tartarus Pro is compatible with all gamepad-supported games without the need for integration.
- Razer Analog Optical Switches
- 32 fully programmable keys
- Secondary function for each key
- Chroma backlighting with 16.8 million customizable color options
- Programmable 8-way directional thumb-pad
- Instantaneous switching between 8 key maps
- Unlimited macro lengths
- Razer Synapse enabled
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- Unlimited customizable profiles via Razer Synapse
The Tartarus Pro is available for $129.99 USD / €149.99.


text: Finite-difference time-domain method has gained increasing interest for room acoustic prediction use. A well-known limitation of the method is a frequencyand direction-dependent dispersion error. In this study, the audibility of dispersion error in the presence of a single surface reflection is measured. The threshold is measured for three different distance conditions with a fixed reflection arrival azimuth angle of 54.7 °. The error is placed either in the direct path, or in the reflection path. Additionally a qualitative follow-up experiment to evaluate how the measured thresholds reflect the audibility of error in short room responses is carried out. The results indicate that the threshold varies depending whether the error is in the direct path or in the reflection path. For transient signals the threshold is higher when the error is located in the direct path, whereas for speech signal, the threshold is higher when it is located in the reflection path. Evidence is found that the error is detectable in rendered room responses at the measured threshold levels.


When do raccoon breed, and how many babies can they have?
raccoonRaccoon breed in the month of January and sometimes even as late as May or June. This can depend of the region of the United States. Their gestation period is about 60-64 days. Most litters are born in April and May, but some may be born later depending on the breeding. There is only one litter of young born each year. They can have one to six, but the average size litter is between three and five. To find out more, have a look at our Animal Facts.


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DV Summit: Kickstarter – Fear & Love
The Design Ventura summit "Design: the problem and the solution" was held on 29 March 2017. Its purpose was to bring together educators, designers, cultural providers and policy makers to discuss how they can ensure that young people are developing creativity, design thinking and employability skills to prepare them for future success.
The following extract is by Anjeli Placzek, from the Concept Lounge, on her take on the issues discussed.
The Concept Lounge hosted sessions for the Design Ventura Summit focusing on the theme of "Design: The Problem and the Solution" in context.
Inspired by the principle of 'skills fusion' and the benefits of creativity across all industries we invited delegates to journey through the Design Museum's immersive Fear & Love exhibition. Participants reflected upon encounters during the show to consider how seemingly invisible yet vital aspects of design support daily experience and contribute towards a sense of self and habitat. Together participants considered how innovative thinking and the role of design affect our understanding and navigation of a complex world.
Delegates delved deeper into the notion of humans as story telling animals and design as a tool that guides and reflects our collective narrative. The benefits of creative thinking and practice were highlighted along with the importance of casting challenges through a fresh lens to achieve unexpected, effective future solutions.
The value of harnessing innovative thinking and problem solving from a young age is something that resonated with all participants. The workshop feed back concluded that ideally along with an integrated 'skills fusion' approach across subject matters at school, support outside the curriculum is invaluable to offer young people an opportunity to experience the potential of their own creativity and to contextualize this skill in the outside world.


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Trees in seasonal climates may use water originating from both winter and summer precipitation. However, the seasonal origins of water used by trees have not been systematically studied. We used stable isotopes of water to compare the seasonal origins of water found in three common tree species across 24 Swiss forest sites sampled in two different years. Water from winter precipitation was observed in trees at most sites, even at the peak of summer, although the relative representation of seasonal sources differed by species. However, the representation of winter precipitation in trees decreased with site mean annual precipitation in both years; additionally, it was generally lower in the cooler and wetter year. Together, these relationships show that precipitation amount influenced the seasonal origin of water taken up by trees across both time and space. These results suggest higher turnover of the plant-available soil-water pool in wetter sites and wetter years.
Goldsmith, G. R., Allen, S. T., Braun, S., Siegwolf, R. T. W., & Kirchner, J. W. (2022). Climatic influences on summer use of winter precipitation by trees. Geophysical Research Letters, 49, e2022GL098323. _URL_
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