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Does Huckleberry Have A Prayer?
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Does Huckleberry Have A Prayer?
In Mark Twainâ€™s Huckleberry Finn, the concepts of prayer, religion, and spirituality are introduced early on in the novel, and their influence on Huckâ€™s character and their role in the overall story is evident regardless of the theory of criticism that is employed for interpretation. A New Critic scours the text for conflicts, symbols, and resolutions while examining word choice in an effort to determine the literal meaning (Bressler 45-48). A Reader-Response Critic, particularly a subjective critic who advocates the readerâ€™s worldview over the text, reads the text and then relies on her own past experiences to give it meaning (Bressler 67). When these practices are employed, the Reader-Response Critic and the New Critic find that prayer and religion are essential components in the development of Huckâ€™s character as well as the perception of it.
Huck first mentions prayer when describing dinner at the Widow Douglasâ€™s home. He explains that â€œyou couldnâ€™t go right to eatingâ€ because you had to wait until a prayer was â€œgrumbledâ€ (Twain 33). From the beginning, there is conflict involving prayer because it impedes on Huckâ€™s desire to eat his dinner right away, and this gives Huck a reason to dislike the practice of praying. Huck never details exactly what the prayer states; he only refers to its â€œgrumblingâ€ sound, implying that he regards it as nothing more than discontented muttering. As a Sunday School teacher at a church, I have spent a lot of time with children who were just becoming familiar with praying. In the beginning, they often view it as a chore that is simply something that has to be done before a meal. However, unlike most chores, I have rarely seen a child dislike it, probably because they are in a clerical setting and have been told prayer pleases God. Huck, however, seems to be indifferent to praying and God, and I believe this is because he has not accepted them to be superior concepts like the children at my church have.
Huckâ€™s disinterest in religion is again evident when the Widow Douglas tries to teach him about Moses and the Bulrushers. Though he was â€œin a sweat to find out all about himâ€ (Twain 33), Huck loses interest as soon as he realizes Moses has been dead for a long time. Huck is concerned with the here and now, something that he can relate to, and because Moses lived eons before he did, Huck feels there is nothing to learn from him, as â€œhe takes no stock in dead peopleâ€ (Twain 33). A few children in my Sunday School class have the same attitude, but most of them appreciate the Bible and wish to learn its stories, even if they are thousands of years old. Their interest is again accounted for by their acceptance of God and their desire to know more about Him. Huck, however, has not accepted God and thus has no reason to mull over Him.
When Miss Watson tells Huck about heaven and hell, Huckâ€™s reaction indicates that he does not comprehend God or the significance of His presence, which is what Miss Watson is so desperately trying to stress. Upon hearing about â€œthe bad placeâ€ (Twain 33), Huck declares that he would like to go there, justifying his claim by expressing his desire to go somewhere else. This shows that while Huck may be oblivious to God and His legacy, he is not oblivious to the world around him or his own desires. He wants adventure, specifically adventure away from Miss Watson. When she tells him that she is going to heaven, Huck sees â€œno advantage in going where she is goingâ€ (Twain 33), and Huck resolves that â€œhe wouldnâ€™t try for itâ€ (Twain 33). His aspiration for adventure is again evident when Miss Watson offers a bland description of heaven by telling that life there is simple and consists of nothing more than singing and playing a harp â€œall day long forever and everâ€ (Twain 33). Huck is not impressed at all by this, a strong indicator that he wishes his life to be multifaceted and spontaneous rather than simple and predictable. The prospect of heaven presents two conflicts, the first is being with Miss Watson and the second is facing an eternal unadventurous existence. Huck resolves these conflicts by deciding he will go to â€œthe bad placeâ€ and enjoying the fact that Tom Sawyer will be there with him. As a Sunday School teacher, I have never had a child tell me that he or she wanted to go to hell, and I believe Huckâ€™s decision is based solely on Miss Watsonâ€™s inability to put across the notions of heaven and God. She condescendingly tells Huck about heaven, pompously bragging that she will be going there, while failing to realize that Huck is simply not grasping the true significance of either the good place or the bad place. She is overlooking Huckâ€™s desires and his belief in his own purpose, which is essential in fostering a relationship with God.
In the third chapter, Huck assumes an active role in prayer. For the first time, Huck tells of his own experiences praying, a practice Miss Watson encourages. â€œShe told me to pray everyday, and whatever I asked for I would getâ€ (Twain 39), Huck relays, but he finds that when he asks for material items, he does not always get them. When he asks Miss Watson to pray for the things he is praying for, she tells him he is a fool but refuses to offer an explanation why, and Huck is unable to figure it out on his own. Prayer again presents Huck with conflict, as it fails to help him obtain the things he wants, something he believes it is guaranteed to do. He also again finds conflict with Miss Watson, who condemns Huck for believing she should pray for materialistic things without offering any reason for her disapproval. This time, however, he gives prayer a second thought, as he takes time to think about it. He ponders why people are unable to improve their situations through prayer, a sign that he has accepted a concept of prayer, albeit a distorted one. Though a resolution is not fully reached at this point, it is evident that progress is being made, as Huck is becoming more open to the prospect of prayer. When I talk to children about praying, I assure them that they can pray for whatever they want while stressing that God will answer as He sees appropriate. Miss Watson fails to explain the relationship between God and prayer, something that Huck is unable to comprehend on his own. I feel Miss Watson segregates Huck and God, as she continues to fall short of truly explaining the concepts of religion.
The Widow Douglas is able to convey the principles of prayer and God more effectively than Miss Watson. When Huck cannot make sense of why people cannot obtain material things from prayer, he asks the widow who explains that praying results in â€œspiritual giftsâ€ (Twain 40). When he does not understand, the widow elaborates, and eventually Huck comes to realize that he has to put other people first. Even though he decides there is no advantage in doing so, Huck is still open to the Widowâ€™s ideas, mainly because she explains them. Listening as the widow describes God and comparing that depiction to the one Miss Watson relays, Huck concludes there are two different Gods. Conflict arises when Miss Watson demolishes the beautiful idea of God that the widow has relayed. This conflict is resolved when Huck chooses the widowâ€™s God, and even though he doubts that God would want him because he is â€œignorantâ€ and â€œornery,â€ Huck seems to be content with leaving whether or not he is accepted up to God. I believe the barrier between God and Huck increases because of Miss Watson. She continues to describe a God that is not just or loving, which is simply not how God is. Though I sometimes teach children who are mischievous, I always keep in mind that they are Godâ€™s children first and foremost, and my responsibility is to convince them of that to the best of my ability. By not teaching Huck that he is an important to God, Miss Watson continues to keep God and His legacy away from Huck.
Huck views prayer and religion as impediments because he has not been fully educated in their true significance. Two people, Miss Watson and the Widow Douglas, try to teach him about God and prayer, but they do so in different ways, which confuses Huck. He wants adventure but never recognizes that a life with God is an adventure. He wants to pray for things that are important, but he fails to understand that the important things in life are not materialistic. He wants to understand the things that Miss Watson is telling him, but she refuses to explain them to him. Huck struggles to ascertain a relationship with God because he is unable to acquire a sufficient understanding of Him. Because he does not immediately accept the


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local indigenous cacao farmers and beekeepers engaging in environmentally sustainable cultivation practices with the training and support from the trust. Chargé Gilges also visited a group of indigenous Maya women that have installed solar energy in 40 homes in remote indigenous villages in the Toledo District.
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Data relating to casualties records events that caused the loss or damage of a vessel but not necessarily its wrecking. These events can include vessels burnt, grounded, cast away, scuttled, prizes taken in battle, and wrecking, all of which may have an impact on the potential for wreckage or debris on the seabed. Numerous journeys recorded were related to descriptions of incidents at sea which did not necessarily lead to a wrecking event. Casualty events therefore had to be recorded to avoid breaking up related information.
The casualty data for England's Shipping recorded pre-1730 events in the database to characterize the locations and manner of loss of the vessels, which was also plotted in the GIS. Data was extracted from secondary sources such as Larn's Shipwreck Index of the British Isles, Rodger's Safeguard of the Seas, and Hepper's British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail.
Many of the records were inferred from historic descriptions rather than based on archaeological evidence, and tended to be vague. The casualty locations mapped were given 5 kilometers buffers to reduce the uncertainty of the co-ordinates provided. The number of casualty events recorded in the database is currently too small to identify significant trends or relationships with other data.
Although casualty data can be obtained from the National Monument Record office, the recording of casualty data was necessary to maintain the relationships described between events. Further recording of the relationships between journeys and casualty events such as groundings and wrecking may in the future uncover trends in the data.

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PSL viscometers are constructed from low expansion borosilicate glass and the precision bore tubing used for the capillary section is held to a close tolerance of ±0.01mm. Calibration is carried out in the PSL Calibration Laboratory which has shown that it meets the requirements of ISO 17025, by independent UKAS accreditation. The PSL Calibration Laboratory maintains its own primary viscosity scale, based upon the internationally agreed value of distilled water at 20°C of 1.0034mm2/s. Each calibration performed is one step away from this primary scale, producing very low uncertainties of measurement.


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Idle Timer – Definition, Detection and Analysis
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In the sense of power management, idle means that a computer is powered on but it isn't running any productive or useful code. Idle PCs just consume energy and produce heat.
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Vice-Chancellor Professor Dr. Lutful Hasan. At seven o'clock in the morning, a parade and physical exercise were held at the university stadium.
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Georgia Institute of Technology (Georgia Tech) researchers have developed an augmented reality (AR) interface to help disabled individuals control complex assistive robots using a single-button mouse.
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Rotation for RBXDevs-How to Fix Wood Grain
Hello confused devs of ROBLOX, WoodReviewer here. Today I am not here to just talk about how wood grain should go. Today I am only here to talk about how you rotate wood grain to fix it. Yes, I know. You just rotate and resize the bricks. But that seems to be above what some people are able to do. So lets start at the very basics on how you fix wood grain.
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This first part is how you can fix wood grain with a completely stock version of ROBLOX studio, no plugins or anything, like I use to do for years before newer building plugins were a thing. The first step is to have some bad wood grain.
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The second step is to change the wood grain to wooden planks.
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Why? Simply put, wooden planks and regular wood have the same grain direction, and with the darker lines provided by the gaps between the planks, it can be easier to tell what way the wood grain is facing.
Step two isn't a step as much as making sure you do everything right. Simple check the size of the brick you are fixing.
There are several ways to do this, either in notepad, sticky notes, mental notes, or making a duplicate brick and putting it some where to act as a reference point.
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Next up is another option step in case you can't tell what way the wood grain is facing. First, you need to resize the brick.
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But don't resize it all at once; do one side first.
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Then the other side an equal amount. The ensures the center of the brick stays in the same exact place while rotating the brick.
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And then resize the other two sides the same way. Again, this is optional, only do it if you can't tell what direction you need to rotate the board for proper wood grain.
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Next up you need to rotate the wood. Studio normal rotation amount means that that it should go an even 90 degree rotations, but if it does not change your rotation amount so it can do an even 90 degrees.
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Next is a game of guess-and-check. Rotate the wood until it is finally at the correct orientation. This can vary based on how the wood was originally.
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From here, simply resize the brick so it is back to its original dimensions. Remember, to keep the brick in the same position you need to rotate each side by equal amounts. So in this case, it was 3x3x7. To make it be 1x1x7, you need to resize the longest side by 3 studs each, and the short side by 1 stud each. Then to fix its height, raise the top and lower the bottom by 2 studs each.
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Then, in the last step, change it back to wood if that is what you want, and voila, proper wood grain.
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Next up is a slightly easier way to fix wood grain, but requires a plugin. Personally I prefer CmdUtl or one of its derivatives, such as Studio Build Suite, but any plugin that will let you rotate objects and resize from center should work. This is what I will be working with, a dozen or so bad pieces of wood grain. This can be fence posts, railings, chair legs, or anything that is repeated and exactly the same.
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First you need to select them all. You can either alt+right click on each, select them in explorer, use a selection plugin, or drag and select them. I used the latter since there was nothing else I could accidentally select.
Next open up your building plugin.
From here, repeat the above steps, with some minor differences. First write down the size of the parts. Then, when you go to resize them to make the wood grain larger, use the "Resize Center" button. This will resize them from the center of the brick, so resizing by.5, for example, will increase both sides by.25 studs. This helps ensure the center of the brick remains in the same place.
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For most CmdUtl derivatives, this does it for every brick. Again, make sure your building plugin can do this. Next, you need to rotate them. Again, similar to the default studio steps, only this time use the "Rotate Object" tool. "Rotate Object" will rotate each object in price, while "Rotate Group" and "Rotate Pivot" will rotate the objects as a group, moving most of the bricks.
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Then just keep repeating until they are in the correct orientation.
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And then resize them, again resizing from center so they remain in the exact same spot. Once the size is correct, simply change the material and it is done.
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Even though most people will want to use the Material Flip plugin, mass-fixing 100 or so bricks this way is much quicker than using the Material Flip plugin at times.
Material Flip
Next up is the simplest way. First, install and enable the Material Flip plugin by Stravant. Next open select it in studio and look at a brick in studio with bad wood grain.
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The click on it and that face will have the material flipped 90 degrees.
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Repeat until all sides are fixed. This usually requires 2 clicks per brick, but sometimes fixing one side will cause the orientation of the brick to change in the way that both sides are fixed at once.
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Seriously, why did I feel the need to do a tutorial on how to use this plugin.
Control Panel
Next up is not a way to fix wood grain, but a way to select it. It is Studio Command Panel, and is a quick way to select multiple bricks. Once you select the bricks you want, you can then rotate and fix them with CmdUtl, whether it is 5 bricks or 5,000 bricks. After you install it, click on it to activate it, select a brick, and press "P". This will open in up the panel.
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Then just type in a command. For this, I'll be using the "SelectSimilar" command. First up is the "Similar Appearance" selection. It shows up once you type "SelectSimilar". "Similar Appearance" selects any bricks that have a similar color and material to the original brick, in this case the one on the far left. Because one brick is green, it is not selected.
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Next up is the "Material" command. This will select all parts with a similar material, so the green one is selected. If you know all the wood in a place is incorrect, you can use this command.
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Next up is color. Like appearance, it selects bricks based on color, but ignores material. In this case, it ignores the green brick again. I find this most useful because you can tag parts in a place you want ignored odd colors, like bright pink or green, and the selection will ignore them if they are good.
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Next is by size. It ignores color and material, and only selects based on size. This is useful since when you go to fix the wood grain with CmdUtl you need the parts to be the same size, but it is not the most useful option.
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The most useful selection tool is all. It only selects parts that are the same size, material, and color. This is the most useful because it can ignore non-wood parts, only select similarly sized parts, like size, which is needed to fix wood grain, and you can tag parts you want ignored with different colors to, well, ignore them.
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This plugin is very powerful and can do many things. However, all I use it for is to select stuff, so that is all I have experience with.
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FISHERMEN across Dorset have been urged to be vigilant, following a number of reports of wild salmon exhibiting red skin disease in the UK.
The disease, which manifests as a rash on wild Atlantic salmon and sea trout, causes bleeding and sores on the belly and near the mouth of the fish.
This can lead to fungal infection and eventual death.
While there is no evidence that eating contaminated fish can harm humans, if left unchecked, this unusual condition has the ability to impact wild stocks, which are already in decline.
The red skin disease was first reported in rivers flowing into the Baltic Sea and the North Atlantic around 2018 and has since been seen in parts of the UK.
The cause of RSD is currently unknown.
Poole Police have posted a wildlife update on their Facebook page asking Dorset fishermen to help by recording any suspected cases they may come across.
Meanwhile, a spokesperson for the Environment Agency said: "We have not reported any deaths associated with ventral hemorrhage in wild salmonids in England, but we have received reports of 'a small number of fish caught by anglers showing changes consistent with red skin disease.
âOur staff who operate salmon traps as part of our national index monitoring program have also observed a small number of cases.
"We ask fishermen to be vigilant but not to remove or handle fish in distress.
"The same goes for anglers to take carefully pictures of fish with unusual markings if it is possible in complete safety, to practice good biosecurity and to respect our advice on disinfection or to" clean, check, dry " equipment after fishing and before moving to other waters. "
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Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter
Queen consort of Denmark
Reign 1076–1080
Spouse Harald III of Denmark
Father Asbjörn Ulfsen
Born unknown (before 1076)
Died unknown (after 1080)
Burial Roskilde Cathedral
Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter or Margareta Asbjørnsdatter (11th century) was Queen consort of Denmark as the spouse of King Harald III.
Margareta was the daughter of jarl Asbjörn Ulfsen, possibly an uncle of her spouse; she would thereby have been her husband's cousin. No children are known from the marriage. The dates of her birth and death are unknown.
A DNA test in 2003 dispelled the centuries old legend that Estrid Svendsdatter was buried in the northeastern pier of the Roskilde Cathedral. The new theory is that the sign on the pier refers to Margareta Hasbjörnsdatter, who was also known as Estrid.[1]
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Queen consort of Denmark
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Adela of Flanders


Validation
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Students (and their employers) always have to pay a social security contribution on their wages. The National Social Security Office collects these contributions. These deductions are used to pay pensions, unemployment benefit, sickness allowance, family allowance, and so on.
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POE 3.4 Delve: How to Easily Find Hidden Paths
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Within the Delve, the label of the room will appear around the map, but there is no direct passage to go. This demands the use of torches and explosives to explore. But we've got a technique to rule out which roads are likely to result in hidden rooms. This guide will show you tips on how to swiftly obtain the ideal path in restricted possibilities.
POE 3.4 Delve: How to Easily Find Hidden Paths
Start Seeking
We are able to see some hidden nodes when we explore the map, and you will find no apparent paths leading to these nodes.
Some are much more worthwhile, special nodes, like talisman or abyss.
The node asks you to blow up fractured walls to seek out a path to this encounter
It is an encounter just like each other node so far.
This implies that you will be at some point going to escort the crawler to it so as to claim your prize.
Thus, there might be a clear path among some other node and this hidden 1, where the crawler will travel.
So that you can determine where this hidden path is, we need to 1st consider how paths connect to each other. Listed here are some guidelines you'll be able to figure out based on the delve map:
The delve map is a grid
four paths max to a node, 1 each direction, no diagonals.
1 path per non-node square, no overlapping paths
Nodes have either 1, three or four connections, but not two.
2-path nodes have a hidden, third path.
Dead ends never have hidden paths.
The way to uncover the true path
Probable paths
Because the rule: Nodes have either 1, three or four connections, but not 2.
So we are able to rule out the following possibilities
Obtaining the point in the map
Keep in mind that this node will at some point possess a crawler operating to it. This means the cart will lead out of your center checkpoint and towards the side with the map that goes within the proper direction.
The wall will probably be discovered someplace along the predicted path from the crawler.
If you are exploring, most of the time you could just rush into the darkness together with your quicksilver flask or movement ability, fill out the mini-map, then get back into the light and critique the mini-map. You aren't wanting to visually search the region. That little level of exploring might be adequate to find out if it really is there or not.
Do not neglect to upgrade your darkness resistance when you do this, although.
Now let's examine the remaining attainable paths one by one particular.
Path 1
No luck. There does not appear like there's a path within the appropriate path, towards the best proper. Of course, this element is often a straight mineshaft, but for those who don't find anything within around one particular screen of your candle checkpoint, then it is not there. Go to another attainable path.
Path 3
Very same issue. There is certainly no path inside the expected path, within the bottom suitable.
Go to a different achievable path.
Path 2
We discover a path in the major correct? Let's throw down some flares and appear a bit additional!
Good results! Notice the rocky searching mini-map icon. It'll show up when you get close sufficient to it.
Test your findings
Now you might have discovered the wall, you will need to bring flares to survive and a few dynamite to bring it down. Dynamite now one-shots walls every single time. That implies that the number of dynamite is almost certainly one of the most valuable upgrades, although they could apparently be employed to deal tons of harm to mobs/bosses.
Now you might have found the wall, you will need to bring flares to survive and a few dynamite to bring it down. Dynamite now one-shots walls each time. That implies that the amount of dynamite is likely one of the most valuable upgrades, even though they could apparently be made use of to deal tons of damage to mobs/bosses.


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Table and Cell Selection in Adobe CS5 Dreamweaver
You can use several methods in Adobe Creative Suite 5 (Adobe CS5) Dreamweaver to select a cell or the whole table. After a cell or table is selected, you can change all sorts of attributes for the selected cell or table, including the color, size, and format of its contents.
In Design view, select the Layout category from the Insert panel and select Expanded to put your table in Expanded view.
You can more easily select and make changes in this view. (Remember to click the Standard button to see a more realistic preview of your table.)
Select a cell by Ctrl-clicking (Windows) or Command-clicking (Mac) it.
The tag selector is an incredible tool to use to select any tag element, though it's especially helpful when selecting individual components of a table or a nested table. The tag selector is in the lower left corner of the Document window.
To use the tag selector, just put the cursor inside a cell. The tag selector shows the tags that apply to the insertion point's location. Then select to select the cell that holds the cursor, to select the entire row, or to select the entire table.
The table tag is (it's a difficult one to remember, right?), and each row is in a (table row) tag. Each cell is in a (table data) tag. Tables created with headers also make use of the (table header) tag.


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Keywords: vehicular traffic, speed–density modelling, explicit model, traffic speed, traffic density, vehicle speeds, vehicle densities, simulation, traffic flow, urban roads, traffic congestion, congestion prediction, sparse data
A simple explicit model approximating the relationship between speed and density of vehicular traffic on urban roads
With the increase in simulation of urban environments for the purpose of planning, modelling vehicular traffic has become important. Since empirical evidence on traffic flow is relatively sparse, models are being increasingly used for planning urban roads and environments. In this paper, a simple, explicit model is proposed to approximate the speed versus density of vehicular traffic flow. The model, which uses two parameters derived from simple measurements of real–time traffic data, allows for a prediction of the approximate relationship for congested as well as uncongested vehicular traffic flow. The proposed model is especially useful in conditions where available data is sparse and can be invaluable for the modelling and simulation of urban environments.


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A Definition Of Absorption
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What does the term "absorption" mean? The term "absorption" refers to to take in substances through the skin or mucous membranes. To find out more about this term, please search the news section of this website for related articles and information.


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Texas Electricity Generation, by Fuel Source, 2006
Exhibit 20 shows electricity generated by source in Texas in 2006.
- Natural Gas: 49.0%
- Coal: 36.5%
- Nuclear: 10.3%
- All Other Renewable Energy Sources: 2.0%
- Other Gases: 1.2%
- Petroleum: 0.4%
- Hydroelectric: 0.2%
Note: Other gases include manufactured gas, coke-oven gas, blast-furnace gas and refinery gas. Renewable resources include biomass, geothermal, solar, wind, ocean thermal, wave action and tidal action. Other includes fuel cells, coal dust, wood and waste products.
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Paulette Beete, NEA senior writer-editor, contributed this article as part of partnership between NEA and Live Science's Expert Voices: Op-Ed & Insights.
Rachel Sussman's work is equal parts art, science and philosophy, and with her images of 3,000-year-old lichen and 7,000-year-old trees, she draws poignant perspectives on the nature of time, life and humanity's place in it.
Sussman's work provides audiences with a way to understand ideas around deep time, and has served as a portal for connecting scientists from disparate disciplines, providing them with a platform to consider the intersections between their various specialties.
The artist has exhibited widely in solo and group shows at venues including the Berlin Botanical Museum, the Montalvo Arts Center, the Museum of Contemporary Photography, and the American Museum of Natural History. And this past April, University of Chicago Press published the monograph "The Oldest Living Things in the World" You can read more about Sussman's work in her interview, view her work live at Pioneer Works Center for Art and Innovation in Brooklyn on September 13th, 2014, and see several of her images from her Oldest Living Things project in this gallery.
Not really moss
2,000+ year old La Llareta
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La Llareta #0308-2B31 (2,000+ years old; Atacama Desert, Chile)
What looks like moss covering rocks is actually a very dense, flowering shrub that happens to be a relative of parsley, living in the extremely high elevations of the Atacama Desert.
Effects of climate change
9,550 year old Spruce Gran Picea
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Spruce Gran Picea #0909 – 11A07 (9,550 years old; Fulufjället, Sweden)
This 9,950-year-old tree is like a portrait of climate change. The mass of branches near the ground grew the same way for roughly 9,500 years, but the new, spindly trunk in the center is only 50 or so years old, caused by warming at the top of this mountain plateau in Western Sweden.
Here from the start
2,000-3,000 year old Stromatolites
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Stromatolites #_PHONE_ (2,000 - 3,000 years old; Carbla Station, Western Australia)
Straddling the biologic and the geologic, stromatolites are organisms that are tied to the oxygenation of the planet 3.5 billion years ago, and the beginnings of all life on Earth.
Really old moss
5,500 year old Antarctic Moss
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Antarctic Moss #0212-7B33 (5,500 years old; Elephant Island, Antarctica)
This 5,500-year-old moss bank lives right around the corner from where the Shackleton Expedition was marooned 100 years ago on Elephant Island, Antarctica. It was a victory simply being able to locate it. These days it's easier to get to Antarctica from space.
A tale of trees
10,500 year old Dead Huon Pine
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Dead Huon Pine adjacent to living population segment #_PHONE_ (10,500 years old, Mount Read, Tasmania
Fire destroyed much of this clonal colony of Huon Pines (as seen in this photograph) on Mount Read, Tasmania, but a substantial portion of it survived. The age of the colony was discovered by carbon-dating ancient pollen found at the bottom of a nearby lake bed — the pollen was genetically matched to the living colony.
Simpler than it looks
2,000 year old Welwitschia Mirabilis
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Welwitschia Mirabilis #0707-22411 (2,000 years old; Namib-Naukluft Desert, Namibia)
The Welwistchia is primitive conifer living only in parts of coastal Namibia and Angola where moisture from the sea meets the desert. Despite appearances, it only has two single leaves, which it never sheds. National plant of Namibia.
Interesting uses
2,000 year old Pafuri Baobab
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Pafuri Baobab #0707-1335 (Up to 2,000 years old; Kruger National Park, South Africa)
This baobab lives in the Kruger Game Preserve in South Africa and requires an armed escort to visit. Baobabs get pulpy at their centers and tend to hollow out as they grow older. These hollows can serve as natural shelters for animals, but have also been appropriated for some less scrupulous human uses: for instance, as a toilet, a prison, and a bar.
Under the sea
One-time use only, not for re-publication - 100,000 year old Posidonia Oceania Sea Grass
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Posidonia Oceania Sea Grass #0910-0753 (100,000 years old, Balearic Islands, Spain)
At 100,000 years old, the Posidonia sea grass meadow was first taking root at the same time some of our earliest ancestors were creating the first known "art studio" in South Africa. It lives in the UNESCO-protected waterway between the islands of Ibiza and Formentera.
The oldest organisms
Bristlecone Pine, oldest things on earth
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Bristlecone Pine #0906-3030 (White Mountains, California)
Bristlecone pines are the oldest unitary organisms in the world, known to surpass 5,000 years in age. In the 1960s a then-grad student cut down what would have been the oldest known tree in the world while retrieving a lost coring bit. A cross section of that tree was placed in a Nevada casino.
An endangered plant
13,000 year old Rare Eucalyptus
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Rare Eucalyptus (species redacted for protection) #_PHONE_ (13,000 years old; New South Wales, Australia)
This critically endangered eucalyptus is around 13,000 years old, and one of fewer than five individuals of its kind left on the planet. The species name might hint heavily at its location, so it has been redacted.


Analytics Query Language
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The query tool is used to create and run Google Analytics AQL queries, and create URLs for Google Earth, Google Maps and Google Charts.
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Sophisticated filtering
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Built in calculations
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The mixing behavior around a SMX-type static mixer segment has been investigated experimentally by using Particle Image Velocimetry (PIV) and Planar Laser-Induced Fluorescence (PLIF) simultaneously. The newly conceived experimental rig allows quantifying mixing, by measuring velocity fields and concentration fields for different Reynolds numbers along vertical and horizontal sections directly behind the mixer. A spectral analysis of the simultaneous PIV and PLIF measurements has been carried out, in order to determine the characteristic frequencies induced by the mixer and relationships between velocity and concentration. Furthermore, the mixing efficiency has been quantified by considering the segregation index. In order to quantify micro-mixing a chemical reaction, involving a fluorescent tracer, has been chosen and imaged simultaneously with the macro-mixing, characterized by another tracer. Theoretical micro-mixing models have been tested by considering their accuracy in reproducing experimental data and first comparisons between experimental and numerical velocity fields are presented. The experimental data is documented in a data base, freely accessible through Internet, to allow a quantitative validation of numerical codes.
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Clone manager
Clone Manager is a commercial bioinformatics software work suite of Sci-Ed, that supports molecular biologists with data management and allows them to perform certain in silico preanalysis.
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When installing a Knox Box, consider the following:
- Knox Boxes shall be mounted as near as possible to the primary entry door and shall not be visually obstructed. This normally will be the main entrance door to the business.
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- The Knox Box should be installed no higher than five feet or no lower than two feet above the ground or walk area.
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This page on Resistance vs Impedance describes basic difference between Resistance and Impedance.
Following table mentions comparison between resistance and impedance terms.
Resistance Impedance
It is the opposition to flow of DC current. It is the opposition to flow of AC current.
It is measured in Ohm. It is also measured in Ohm.
It is measured by Ohm meter or multimeter. It is measured by Impedance meter.
Denoted by 'R' in the circuit. Denoted by 'Z' in the circuit. Where in, Z = R + jX (cartesian form), Z = |Z|ej*arg(z) (polar form)
Inverse of R is known as conductance(G), G=1/R. Inverse of Z is known as admittance(Y), Y =1/Z.
It does not depend on frequency. Resistance of material varies with temperature.
R =V/I as per Ohm's Law
Impedance depends on Frequency,
Z = R, Phase angle=0
Z = XL=W*L, Phase angle=90
Z= XC=1/W*C, Phase angle=-90
For R-L Circuit, Z = { R2 + (XL)2 }0.5..0 degree<f<90 degree
For R-C Circuit, Z = { R2 + (XC)2 }0.5.-90 degree<f<0 degree
For R-L-C circuit, Z = [ R2 + {(XL)-(XL)}2 ]0.5
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MADRID — As a surge of infections is once again putting Spain's public health system against the ropes, the Nurse Isabel Zendal Hospital in Madrid, a project seen by many as an extravagant vanity enterprise, is getting a fresh opportunity to prove its usefulness.
Named after the 19th-century Spanish nurse who took smallpox vaccination across the Atlantic Ocean, the facility was built in 100 days at a cost of 130 million euros ($157 million), more than twice the original budget. It boasts three pavilions and support buildings over an area the size of 10 soccer fields, with ventilation air ducts, medical beds and state-of-the-art equipment. The original project was for 1,000 beds, of which roughly half have been installed so far.
The Zendal opened to a roar of competing fanfare and criticism on Dec. 1, just as Spain seemed to dampen a post-summer surge of coronavirus infections. By mid-December, it had only received a handful of patients.
But Spain on Monday recorded over 84,000 new COVID-19 infections, the highest increase over a single weekend since the pandemic began. The country's overall tally is heading to 2.5 million cases with 53,000 confirmed virus deaths, although excess mortality statistics add over 30,000 deaths to that.
As the curve of contagion steepened after Christmas and New Year's, the Zendal has gotten busy. On Monday, 392 patients were being treated, more than in any other hospital in the region of 6.6 million.


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Impacts due to Density Current Deposition in Reservoirsby Jiahua Fan,
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Part of: North American Water and Environment Congress & Destructive Water
Different flow pafterns of density currents in reservoirs are discussed. In delta region, lateral density currents from non-stratified flow in the main channel occurs resulting in floodplain deposits with silt and clay. Density current deposition downstream of the topset bed forms wedge-shaped deposit along the reservoir. When a density current reaching the dam under backwater effect, muddy lake deposit may occur before the dam with adverse impacts.
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The board resolution of a Dutch company
This legal blog provides information about board resolutions of a Dutch company (BV): when do the laws of the Netherlands require a formal corporate decision and how is it taken?
Corporate decision making in the Netherlands
From our Dutch company law practice it has become clear that concluding a board resolution by Dutch companies raises questions. This mostly concerns the Dutch limited liability company (the BV) and Dutch public limited liability company (the NV, similar to the similar to the Anglo-Saxon Plc or Inc).
The legal requirements under Dutch law regarding executive board decisions are not always clear, even to Dutch lawyers. Also the reasons why such resolutions should best be concluded, are not always evident. But for Dutch corporate governance and director liability purposes, it is quite important that board members and their advisors understand the rules and that the best practices in the Netherlands are adhered to. For this reason, we have written this blog and we include a template board resolution under Dutch law (link provided below).
This blog addresses questions such as: what is a board resolution and how is it concluded for a Dutch legal entity. Which officers of a Dutch company play a role in the decision making process? In which events is a formal resolution obligated under the laws of the Netherlands and when is it advisable. What are the legal consequences when a formal decision has not been taken or not taken correctly?
What is a board resolution under Dutch law?
A board resolution is a resolution of the board of directors of a Dutch company, generally a Dutch limited liability company (Dutch acronym: BV) but it is essentially the same for all Dutch legal entities. The (executive) board consists of people or legal entities who have been appointed upon or incorporation or later by means of a resolution of the general meeting of shareholders of the BV. The decision of the board as a corporate body constitutes a board resolution and not the decision of a single board member. Such corporate decision can be taken in a physical meeting, but also through a phone or video call. An alternative can be that the board resolution is concluded 'outside a meeting', i.e. a written resolution that is concluded by all the board members.
Why is a board resolution for a Dutch company necessary?
Under Dutch company law, board members have a collective responsibility for the management of a company. To achieve the corporate purpose of the company, the executive board will devise a corporate strategy that translates to the numerous decisions that a company at the top lever, i.e. the board, will make. A formal decision of the management or executive board may simply be required by Dutch corporate law, the Articles of Association or director's regulations / bylaws. Board resolutions also serve the purpose of explaining how the board is taking responsibility for achieving its tasks. Also with respect to accountability and (warding of) director's liability under the laws of the Netherlands, board resolutions are essential for the corporate household.
When is a board resolution mandatory under Dutch law?
Under the corporate laws of the Netherlands, only few occasions exist when an executive board decision is actually required. This is for instance the case for resolutions that require the approval of the non-executive board (also called the supervisory board in the Netherlands) or of the works council. Also, the Articles of Association of a Dutch company, board regulations, governance codes and market practice may require that a (written) board decision is taken. In any case, the principle of better being safe than sorry applies here: a board of directors will generally reduce the possibility of director's liability when its resolutions are well documented. In practice, this is generally not done at all or not properly and this is the source of (too) many conflicts in the Netherlands between -especiallythe board and the shareholders.
How to conclude a board resolution of a Dutch company?
Dutch company law and the Articles of Association of the BV provide how a board resolution should be taken. Some corporate matters will require the involvement and approval of the general meeting of shareholders, the works council and / or the supervisory board.
Each board member can cast one vote. Also, a decision by the executive board needs to meet the principle of fairness and equitability and its needs to be the 'fruit of sufficient deliberation'. This means that board members can not be excluded from the decision making process.
That said, this is different for directors who have a personal interest that conflicts with the corporate interest. Such management board members may not partake in the decision making process nor in the voting, unless the Articles of Association of the Dutch company stipulate otherwise. A board resolution does not need to be in writing, unless on the basis of the Articles or a shareholders agreement. We deem it advisable to always conclude written board decisions.
Minutes of a board meeting of a Dutch company should include the date and location of the board meeting, an attendee list, the method of voting and a clear description of what has been decided. It is sensible that the board minutes also provide context relating the decision making.
If the formal rules are not adhered to, a board resolution may be annulled or declared null and void. In order to prevent this, we refer to our template board resolution for a Dutch company (download).
Can a Dutch court overrule or annul a board decision?
A board resolution can have far reaching consequences for a Dutch enterprise and the parties involved. As an example, the board may decide to replace its workforce by self-employed staff. This has happened in the Netherlands with IT driven food delivery services. For this reason, Dutch law provides that corporate decisions need to be reached diligently after weighing the relevant interests. A board decision that has not been concluded according to the formal rules may be declared null and void by a Dutch court of law. Also, a resolution of the management board can be scrutinized by the enterprise chamber of the Amsterdam court, which is a specialized court for Dutch corporate law matters.
A board resolution that contravenes directly with Dutch company law or with the company's Articles of Association is null and void. A Dutch corporate lawyer would consider it non-existent and, thus, the company can not execute such a decision and nobody can enforce it. An example of a resolution that Is null and void is when the articles of incorporation stipulate an increased majority of votes and such majority is not met. Such decision is deemed not be taken.
A board decision that is not concluded in accordance with certain formalities is not null and void by operation of law, but in can be declared null and void by a ruling of a Dutch court upon the request of an interested party, including the board. Until such court ruling, the decision of the board is valid. An example is a resolution that is not in accordance with board regulations / bylaws. The possibility to challenge a board decision of the executive / management board of a company in the Netherlands lapses after one year.
If there are good reasons to doubt the actions or inactions of a management board, there is the possibility to test the policies of the board before the enterprise chamber with the Amsterdam court through the so-called inquiry procedure. A court appointed specialist may scrutinize the policy and actions of the board and the court may suspend or annul the execution of board resolutions.
Checklist and template for board resolution of a Dutch company
We have drafted a template for a board resolution of a company in the Netherlands. The example board decision in can be accessed through this link. We also recommend using the following checklist to conclude a proper board resolution under Dutch corporate law:
 1. Who are the board members who have been appointed by the general meeting of shareholders? Which board members need to be involved in the relevant decision making process?
 2. Does the corporate resolution need the (prior) approval of the shareholders meeting or the supervisory board / non-executive board?
 3. Is there a member of the board who has a conflict of interest regarding the proposed resolution? If yes, how is this being dealt with since as a principle such board member may not partake in the decision making process? Check the Articles of Association and the board regulations on this point.
 4. Has the management board received specific instructions from the supervisory board or the shareholders meeting regarding the subject that is being decided on?
 5. Does the works council has an advisory or information right regarding the resolution's topic?
 6. Did the board weigh the relevant interests and have the interests of the company been taken into account?
 7. Make sure that proper minutes of the board meeting are being made that reflect both the resolutions and the relevant considerations of the board.
Corporate lawyer Amsterdam
The corporate attorneys of Penrose in Amsterdam are happy to assist with Dutch corporate household matters including board resolutions. Please feel free to contact Thomas Schutte or Hans Klaver if you have any questions about corporate resolutions of a Dutch company.
Penrose law firm in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Abridged Guide to Evil Wikia
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Page Parameters
A page parameter is an arbitrary variable used to pass information into a Skuid page. There are different ways to pass in page parameters depending on the context and use case.
Types of page parameters
Including parameters in a URL is a common way to pass and retrieve information between pages in web development. Similarly, parameters can be passed between Skuid pages using:
 1. Query string parameters
 2. URL merge parameters
Query string parameters
The most commonly used way to pass parameters is by including them in a query string, which is a collection of identifiers and key-value pairs preceded by a question mark. For example:
In this example, the query string passed to the server, everything that comes after the?, is a parameter, felines, requesting all records of felines with the value "lion."
Page parameters act the same way in Skuid: they allow additional information to be passed into a Skuid page.
On Skuid on Salesforce, page parameters are added to query strings by model conditions, actions, and render/enable conditions through the Page/URL Parameter option, and, in some components, in the query string property.
When using page parameters in query string parameters, there are two important rules to keep in mind:
 1. The parameters must always come after a question mark (?), which indicates the beginning of a string of one or more URL parameters.
 2. Every subsequent URL parameter must be prepended with an ampersand (&).
As long as query string parameters are used in this format, they are accessible within a Skuid page.
Passing parameters into query strings is different in Lightning Experience. For more information, see Using Page Parameters In Salesforce Lightning.
URL Merge Parameters
Used on Skuid Platform, page parameters are included within URLs through URL merge parameters. For example,{myParameter}.
On Skuid Platform, you can use URL merge parameters in model conditions, actions, render/enable conditions through the Page/URL Parameter option. They can also be used while constructing an app, and the pages within the app, by inserting URL merge parameters in the app and/or the page URLs. They can also be used for creating REST model conditions.
Using Page Parameters
Builders can access page parameters with model conditions, actions, render/enable conditions, and through the Page/URL Parameter option on some Skuid features.
Values are accessible through the {{$Param}} global merge variable.
For example, {{$Param.myRouteParameter}}.
They may also be passed to Page Includes by setting the component's Query String property to point to this global merge variable.
Using the Go to URL action with URL merge parameters
When creating a link with URL merge parameters in Skuid Platform, the process is similar to that outlined in Build an app navigation bar using the Go to URL action.
The key difference is that you point the URL to a URL merge parameter. This merge parameter could be a context-dependent merge variable or a global merge variable.
For example, the marketing/orders path has a table listing each order, displaying some general information about each order. That table could have a row action that redirects to the following URL:
This redirect URL sends end users to a new route (/marketing/orderdetails), just like the redirect URLs from the Build an app navigation bar using the Go to URL action topic mentioned above. The key difference is the added URL merge parameter, {Id}, which references the model's Id field. This means the context will be determined by the row the end user clicks, passing in that row's Id value when clicked.
So, if the user clicks an order that has an Id of AuXun109274009, Skuid sends the user to the detail page with the row item's Id in the URL parameter: /marketing/orderdetails/AuXun109274009
The final step is setting a condition on the detail page that looks for the URL merge parameter:
 1. Click the Models tab in the App Elements pane.
 2. Click the Orders model.
 3. Add a new condition for the Id field.
 4. Set the Value as follows:
 - Content: Page/URL parameter value
 - Value: Id
 5. Set its condition state to Always On.
With this condition set, this model always looks for the URL parameter named Id for the matching record Id.
Page parameter examples:
 1. In this example, no parameters are provided.
 2.{accountId}: In this example, when a user visits this URL, Skuid pulls the "accountId" from the requested record and passes it to the URL. If the record's accountId was AuXun109274009, the URL the user would see is
 3.{accountId?}: The addition of the? makes the parameter accountId optional, so if there wasn't a value for accountId, the user would be directed to /accounts instead of receive a Page Not Found error.
Unless a parameter is marked optional with?, end users will see a Page Not Found error if they navigate to that page without the parameter in the URL.
Using Page Parameters In Salesforce Lightning
When working in Lightning experience, builders will often use record Ids to create corresponding record detail pages. The Skuid Page Lightning component can determine the record Id based on the way Lightning structures URLs.
However, if you want to pass in other parameters besides an Id, they must be namespaced and added via query string parameters.
For example, adding the default namespace prefix to the parameter accountId creates c__accountId. Non-namespaced parameters are removed from the URL on page load.
It's important to remember that, when namespacing URL parameters in Lightning, any reference made to them in a condition, action, etc, on a Skuid page is also namespaced.
If moving pages from Salesforce Classic to Lightning, you'll need to update the page parameters and any conditions, actions, etc with the namespace prefix in order to maintain functionality.


snowflake.snowpark.Table.sample
Table.sample(frac: Optional[float] = None, n: Optional[int] = None, *, seed: Optional[int] = None, sampling_method: Optional[str] = None) DataFrame[source]
Samples rows based on either the number of rows to be returned or a percentage of rows to be returned.
Sampling with a seed is not supported on views or subqueries. This method works on tables so it supports seed. This is the main difference between DataFrame.sample() and this method.
Parameters:
 - frac – The percentage of rows to be sampled.
 - n – The fixed number of rows to sample in the range of 0 to 1,000,000 (inclusive). Either frac or n should be provided.
 - seed – Specifies a seed value to make the sampling deterministic. Can be any integer between 0 and _PHONE_ inclusive. Default value is None.
 - sampling_method – Specifies the sampling method to use: - "BERNOULLI" (or "ROW"): Includes each row with a probability of p/100. Similar to flipping a weighted coin for each row. - "SYSTEM" (or "BLOCK"): Includes each block of rows with a probability of p/100. Similar to flipping a weighted coin for each block of rows. This method does not support fixed-size sampling. Default is None. Then the Snowflake database will use "ROW" by default.
Note
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 - Sampling without a seed is often faster than sampling with a seed.
 - Fixed-size sampling can be slower than equivalent fraction-based sampling because fixed-size sampling prevents some query optimization.
 - Fixed-size sampling doesn't work with SYSTEM | BLOCK sampling.


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Writing drivers for different versions of Windows
Writing drivers for different versions of Windows
When you create a driver project, you specify the minimum target operating system, which is the minimum version of Windows that your driver will run on. For example, you could specify that Windows 7 is the minimum target operating system. In that case, your driver would run on Windows 7 and later versions of Windows.
Note If you develop a driver for a particular minimum version of Windows and you want your driver to work on later versions of Windows, you must not use any undocumented functions, and you must not use documented functions in any way other than how it is described in the documentation. Otherwise your driver might fail to run on the later versions of Windows. Even if you have been careful to use only documented functions, you should test your driver on the new version of Windows each time one is released.

Writing a multiversion driver using only common features
When you design a driver that will run on multiple versions of Windows, the simplest approach is to allow the driver to use only DDI functions and structures that are common to all versions of Windows that the driver will run on. In this situation, you set the minimum target operating system to the earliest version of Windows that the driver will support.
For example, to support all versions of Windows, starting with Windows 7, you should:
 1. Design and implement the driver so that it uses only those features that are present in Windows 7.
 2. When you build your driver, specify Windows 7 as the minimum target operating system.
While this process is simple, it might restrict the driver to use only a subset of the functionality that is available on later versions of Windows.
Writing a multiversion driver that uses version-dependent features
A kernel-mode driver can dynamically determine which version of Windows it is running on and choose to use features that are available in that version. For example, a driver that must support all versions of Windows, starting with Windows 7, can determine, at run time, the version of Windows that it is running on. If the driver is running on Windows 7, it must use only the DDI functions that Windows 7 supports. However, the same driver can use additional DDI functions that are unique to Windows 8, for example, when its run-time check determines that it is running on Windows 8.
Determining the Windows version
RtlIsNtDdiVersionAvailable is a function that drivers can use to determine, at run time, if the features that are provided by a particular version of Windows are available. The prototype for this function is as follows:
BOOLEAN RtlIsNtDdiVersionAvailable(IN ULONG Version)
In this prototype, Version is a value that indicates the required version of the Windows DDI. This value must be one of the DDI version constants, defined in sdkddkver.h, such as NTDDI_WIN8 or NTDDI_WIN7.
RtlIsNtDdiVersionAvailable returns TRUE when the caller is running on a version of Windows that is the same as, or later than, the one that is specified by Version.
Your driver can also check for a specific service pack by calling the RtlIsServicePackVersionInstalled function. The prototype for this function is as follows:
BOOLEAN RtlIsServicePackVersionInstalled(IN ULONG Version)
In this prototype, Version is a value that indicates the required Windows version and service pack. This value must be one of the DDI version constants, defined in sdkddkver.h, such as NTDDI_WS08SP3.
Note that RtlIsServicePackVersionInstalled returns TRUE only when the operating system version exactly matches the specified version. Thus, a call to RtlIsServicePackVersionInstalled with Version set to NTDDI_WS08SP3 will fail if the driver is not running on Windows Server 2008 with SP4.
Conditionally calling Windows version-dependent functions
After a driver determines that a specific operating system version is available on the computer, the driver can use the MmGetSystemRoutineAddress function to dynamically locate the routine and call it through a pointer. This function is available in Windows 7 and later operating system versions.
Note To help preserve type checking and prevent unintentional errors, you should create a typedef that mirrors the original function type.

Example: Determining the Windows version and conditionally calling a version-dependent function
This code example, which is from a driver's header file, defines the PAISQSL type as a pointer to the KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock function. The example then declares a AcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock variable with this type.
...
 //
// Pointer to the ordered spin lock function.
// This function is only available on Windows 7 and
// later systems
 typedef (* PAISQSL) (KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock);
PAISQSL AcquireInStackQueued = NULL;
 ...

This code example, which is from the driver's initialization code, determines whether the driver is running on Windows 7 or a later operating system. If it is, the code retrieves a pointer to KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock.
...

//
// Are we running on Windows 7 or later?
//
 if (RtlIsNtDdiVersionAvailable(NTDDI_WIN7) ) {

 //
 // Yes... Windows 7 or later it is!
 //
 RtlInitUnicodeString(&funcName,
 L"KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock");

 //
 // Get a pointer to Windows implementation
 // of KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock into our
 // variable "AcquireInStackQueued"
 AcquireInStackQueued = (PAISQSL)
 MmGetSystemRoutineAddress(&funcName);
 }

...
// Acquire a spin lock.

 if( NULL != AcquireInStackQueued) {
 (AcquireInStackQueued)(&SpinLock, &lockHandle);
} else {
 KeAcquireSpinLock(&SpinLock);
}

In the example the driver calls RtlIsNtDdiVersionAvailable to determine whether the driver is running on Windows 7 or later. If the version is Windows 7 or later, the driver calls MmGetSystemRoutineAddress to get a pointer to the KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock function and stores this pointer in the variable named AcquireInStackQueued (which was declared as a PAISQSL type).
Later, when the driver must acquire a spin lock, it checks to see whether it has received a pointer to the KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock function. If the driver has received this pointer, the driver uses the pointer to call KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock. If the pointer to KeAcquireInStackQueuedSpinLock is null, the driver uses KeAcquireSpinLock to acquire the spin lock.

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Determine whether widget value was changed by user or by software?
 - Control widgets like QSpinBox, QCheckBox etc emit signals like valueChanged, stateChanged etc. These signals are caused either by direct user action upon the widget, or by external calls of setValue, setChecked etc.
 I'd like to treat these two cases differently. Is there a straightforward way to find out where the signal comes from?
 Or is there a way to implement alternative forms of setValue, setChecked etc that do not emit valueChanged, stateChanged etc?
 - That's interesting,
 The first approach that comes to my mind is to determine if the mouse is in the widget you're using:
 I'm neither sure if QTest functions such as QTest::mouseClick move the mouse to the widget nor your specific implementation.
 - _USER_-W
 I assume the answer is that you cannot do these things.
 - Lifetime Qt Champion
 Can I ask why you need this?
 We sometimes block signals to avoid GUI triggering user function during
 loading data etc.
 Is that what you need it fo r?
 - why I need this? - for logging user actions, and not the system's response to them.
 - Moderators
 IIRC all such Widgets have a valueChanged signal that is emited when ever the value changed(either software or user) and an editingFinished() that only emits when an user interacted with the classpressing enter or switching focus.
 Besides that the other option is subclassing for example QSpinBox,
 add 2 new signals e.g valueChangeSystem and valueChangedUser
 a function that is connected to the valueChanged signal
 MySpinbox::customChanged(int value){
 emit valueChangedUser(value);
 emit valueChangeSystem(value);
 - Lifetime Qt Champion
 Hi _USER_-W,
 there are indeed some widgets that handle both cases differently - for example QLineEdit which has textEdited() and textChanged().
 Unfortunately QSpinBox only has valueChanged() so you can't distinguish it here.
 I think you could subclass QSpinBox and change it so setValue() returns another signal to distinguish between user and program changes.
 You would have to do this for all your widgets, however.
 - Thank you for your excellent suggestions. For the time being, 'hasFocus' solves my problem.
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Ancient forest found preserved under Gulf of Mexico waters
 | July 9, 2013 at 6:10 PM
MOBILE, Ala., July 9 (UPI) -- Scuba divers say they've discovered an ancient forest of Bald Cypress trees preserved underwater in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Alabama.
The forest, covered by ocean sediments and preserved in an oxygen-free environment for more than 50,000 years, was likely exposed by 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Ben Raines, one of the first divers to explore the forest, told The forest of well-preserved trees covers an area of a half square mile off the coast of Mobile, Ala., at a depth of about 60 feet.
The trees could contain thousands of years of climate history for the region in their growth rings and reveal secrets about the climate of the Gulf of Mexico thousands of years ago, during a period known as the Wisconsin Glacial period, when sea levels were much lower than they are today, Grant Harley at the University of Southern Mississippi said.
Bald Cypress trees can live 1,000 years, he said.
"These stumps are so big, they're upwards of two meters (6 feet) in diameter --- the size of trucks," Harley said. "They probably contain thousands of growth rings."
Now that it's been uncovered the forest will eventually be destroyed by wood-burrowing marine animals, making it impossible to perform radiocarbon dating, Harley said.
Since being uncovered the forest has attracted fish, crustaceans, sea anemones and other underwater life burrowing between the roots of dislodged stumps, researchers said.