How to: Filter Data on a Silverlight Screen
You can filter the data that appears in List and Details, Editable Grid, and Search Data screens. For example, you could filter so that only customers who are located in the United States are displayed. To filter data, modify the query of a collection on a screen, or write a custom query and then use it to create a screen.
link to video For a related video demonstration, see How Do I: Sort and Filter Data on a Screen in a LightSwitch Application?.
List and Details, Editable Grid, and Search Data screens contain collections that are based on queries. For example, a collection that is based on the Customer entity uses this query by default: Select * from Customers. You can customize the conditions of the query. Your changes apply only to the collection on the screen and do not affect the query globally.
To modify the query of a screen collection
 1. On the Screen Members List, next to the collection you want to modify, click Edit Query.
 2. In the Query Designer, modify the query.
 For more information, see How to: Design a Query by Using the Query Designer.
 3. When you have finished modifying the query, click the back arrow at the top-left corner of the Query Designer to return to the Screen Designer.
You can create a List and Details, Editable Grid, or Search Data screen based on a query in your LightSwitch solution.
For more information about how to add a query to your solution, see How to: Add, Remove, and Modify a Query.
For more information about how to design a query, see How to: Design a Query by Using the Query Designer.
To create a screen by using a query in the solution
 - Create a screen. In the Add New Screen dialog box, for the Screen Data field, select a query. For more information about how to create a screen, see How to: Create a Silverlight Screen.
 Only data that meets the conditions that are defined by the query will appear in the screen.
To create a screen by using a query that accepts a parameter
 1. Create a screen. In the Add New Screen dialog box, for the Screen Data field, select a query that accepts a parameter. For more information about how to create a screen, see How to: Create a Silverlight Screen.
 2. Because the query requires a parameter value, the new screen does not appear in the navigation menu of the running application. The screen is displayed when a user provides a value in a field in another screen. You must add that field to the other screen.
 In the Screen Designer, in the other screen, click Add Data Item.
 3. In the Add Screen Item dialog box, select Local Property. In the Type list, select a type for the local property.
 4. In the Name box, provide a name for the local property, for example, CityName, and then click OK.
 5. From the Screen Members List, drag the new local property to the Screen Content Tree.
 6. In the Screen Content Tree, right-click the local property and then click Add Button.
 7. In the Add Button dialog box, select New Method and then click OK.
 8. In the Screen Content Tree, right-click the button and then click Edit Execute Code.
 9. In the Code Editor, write code that displays the parameterized query screen. The following example displays the ShowCustomerByCity screen by passing the value of the local property named CityName.
 partial void Button_Execute()
 {
 Application.ShowCustomersByCity(CityName);
 }

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This paper discusses a new method whereby the rate of granule breakdown, and thereby, one important aspect of Water Dispersible Granule (WDG) formulation quality can be determined objectively and quantitatively. The method uses particle size measuring apparatus to determine median particle size of a suspension of WDG's in water. Measurements are repeated at short time intervals until the median size has decreased to the size of the powder forming the granule or until the size has leveled off at some larger value.
Results can be expressed graphically, by mathematical equation, or for less critical measurement, in terms of time needed to reach original particle size. The measuring equipment must meet the following criteria: 1. It must measure a wide particle size range, from about 1 micron to about 1,000 microns. 2. It must make measurements of suspensions of relatively high concentration, approximating field concentrations. 3. It must be able to repeat measurement at intervals of a few seconds.
This paper demonstrates the method, discusses equipment used and shows results of measurements of a number of WDG's.
Water dispersible granules, laser scanning, particle size measurement instrument, dynamic particle size
Formulation Chemist, Research and Development, Powder Technology Lab, Witco Corp., Fort Worth, Texas

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Cubit Estimating allows for take-off curve or arc shapes.
To Draw an ARC
1. Left mouse click at the start point
2. Left mouse click at the endpoint and hold the mouse button.
3. While holding the mouse button down, move the mouse cursor where you want the line to a curve.
Note: If the Curve is not very accurate, you can add edit shape and add more node points to correct the shape.
Fig 1. Drawing an arc
To Edit and Correct the Shape
1. Click Select button from the Home Ribbon.
Fig 2. Select Mode
2. Double click on the drawn shape.
Note: You will see the yellow node point when the shape is in edit mode.
Fig 3. Edit Mode
3. Hold CTRL Key and then left mouse on the shape to add more node points.
4. Click on the node point to drag them and correct the shape.
Fig 4. Node Points


Zero-width joiner
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The zero-width joiner (ZWJ) is a non-printing character used in the computerized typesetting of some complex scripts, such as the Arabic script or any of the Indic scripts. When placed between two characters that would otherwise not be connected, a ZWJ causes them to be printed in their connected forms. In some cases, such as the second Devanagari example below, the ZWJ follows the second character, rather than the first.
The character's code point is U+200D zero width joiner (HTML  · ). In the InScript keyboard layout for Indian languages, it is typed by the key combination Ctrl+Shift+1. However, many layouts use the ']' key for this character.[1]
Character sequence Appearance
[ka क] [virāma ्] क्
[ka क] [virāma ्] [ZWJ] क्
[ka क] [virāma ्] [ṣa ष] क्ष
[ka क] [virāma ्] [ZWJ] [ṣa ष] क्‍ष
Character sequence Appearance
[na ನ] [virāma ್] ನ್
[na ನ] [virāma ್] [na ನ] ನ್ನ
[na ನ] [virāma ್] [ZWJ] [na ನ] ನ್‌ನ
[ra ರ] [virāma ್] [ka ಕ] ರ್ಕ
[ra ರ] [ZWJ] [virāma ್] [ka ಕ] ರ‍್ಕ
(Until Unicode 5.0; in later editions, specific code points are allotted[2])
Character sequence Appearance
[Na ണ] [virāma ്] [ZWJ] ണ്
[na ന] [virāma ്] [ZWJ] ന്
[ra ര] [virāma ്] [ZWJ] ര്
[la ല] [virāma ്] [ZWJ] ല്
[La ള] [virāma ്] [ZWJ] ള്
See also[edit]
 1. ^ "ചിത്രം:Inscript.jpg – Malayalam Computing" (in Malayalam). Retrieved 2011-10-22.
 2. ^ "Changes related to Malayalam in Unicode 5.1.0 from 5.0" (PDF). Retrieved 2015-06-12.
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DAB Transmission System Simulation
DAB (Digital Audio Broadcasting) is the radio digital system developed as an european standard by the ETSI, EN 300 400, based on the Eureka-147 group works, to improve the performance of the analogue radio systems (AM and FM). The system is based on the OFDM technology which allows DAB to exploit the spectrum frequencies in a better way with a higher quality of sound for mobile receivers specially. The main part of the OFDM system is based on the FFT algorithms to spread the data flow over different orthogonal carriers. The simulation has been developed in SimulinkTMand MatlabTMand the layout designed follows faithfully the standard for the transmission system. The simulation can be reloaded by the user with the information presented in this thesis. Thus, this work can be continued to complete the DAB whole system simulation. The results obtained running this simulation show the main DAB system characteristics.
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:dab terrestrial digital broadcasting ofdm cofdm ifft fft sfn simulink sup tm differential modulator
Date of Publication:01/01/2004

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Department of Electrical and Electronics Engineering, Anadolu University, 26470 Eskişehir, Turkey
Academic Editor: Joaquim J. Júdice
Copyright © 2009 Mehmet Kurban and Ümmühan Başaran Filik. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
The unit commitment (UC) problem which is an important subject in power system engineering is solved by using Lagragian relaxation (LR), penalty function (PF), and augmented Lagrangian penalty function (ALPF) methods due to their higher solution quality and faster computational time than metaheuristic approaches. This problem is considered to be a nonlinear programming-(NP-) hard problem because it is nonlinear, mixed-integer, and nonconvex. These three methods used for solving the problem are based on dual optimization techniques. ALPF method which combines the algorithmic aspects of both LR and PF methods is firstly used for solving the UC problem. These methods are compared to each other based on feasible schedule for each stage, feasible cost, dual cost, duality gap, duration time, and number of iterations. The numerical results show that the ALPF method gives the best duality gap, feasible and dual cost instead of worse duration time and the number of iterations. The four-unit Tuncbilek thermal plant which is located in Kutahya region in Turkey is chosen as a test system in this study. The programs used for all the analyses are coded and implemented using general algebraic modeling system (GAMS).


cash discount Capacent
A common scenario. The Customer demands a better price in a market with decreasing prices, and the supplier agrees by offering additional 3% discount through a payment term; Current 30 days net term will be changed to a term with two options: 8 days with -3% price discount or 30 days net.
Is this a good deal for the buyer? It seems so, but a couple of counter-arguments to think otherwise.
Argument 1: Experienced salespeople can price in the cash discount
Commercial contracts typically have many elements that are negotiated between the buyer and the supplier. Experienced salespeople give something to their customer and require something back, during this years' negotiation, or at a later stage. In this case, prices are decreasing in the market, so the buyer has valid argumentation to require price decreases from the supplier. The supplier knows this, and she accepts the discounts (that she might have to accept in any case), as an exchange for a better payment term for her company.
Argument 2: Cash discount terms do not make sense financially
The net term and the discounted term are almost never true alternatives using common sense. What does 8 days with -3% price discount or 30 days net mean in practice? One has an option to pay in 8 days or borrow money for an additional 22 days with an annual interest rate of 50%. So, the only apparent reasons for the supplier to grant you a discount this big is that the supplier is in financial distress or, as discussed above, the supplier can price the discount in.
Argument 3: Cash discount effectively ties the buyers' hands in negotiations and payment process
Having agreed to a payment term with cash discount, the buyer is in a very difficult position to negotiate extensions to the payment term. If the buyer opens discussion considering the term, the supplier immediately directs the discussion to the discount.
Also, the buyer organization's payment process suffers. An efficient way to manage payments is many times with just one weekly payment round. However, if you want to make cash discount payments just in time, you must arrange those payments daily.
Case example
In an earlier working capital optimization project, our European customer aggressively approached suppliers to extend net terms and improve product net prices. Their approach involved systematic negotiation and tendering that was carefully prepared through financial analysis, benchmarks and story creation. As an example, best contracts included 7% net price discounts and 120 days payment terms. Apart from careful preparations, the key success factor was a complete focus on the business partnership, not only negotiating prices or payment terms in isolation.
Katso Läpinäkyvyyttä hinnoitteluun -webinaaritallenne, jossa kerromme, miten parannat katettasi tilkitsemällä hinnoittelun vuotokohdat.
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Mikko Myllys is Capacent's sales and marketing director in Finland. Mikko holds over 15 years of experience in working capital management, management consulting and change consulting from various industries.


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Israeli researchers discover evidence of feast dating back 12,000 years
Burial site of female shaman found close to Sakhnin includes funeral fetish objects.
An archaeological site near Sakhnin has turned up evidence of a ritual meal going back some 12,000 years, far earlier than researchers had previously thought such events took place.
Over the years archaeologists have found considerable evidence of large-scale funeral feasts from the Neolithic (New Stone Age ) era onward. That period was characterized by the rise of agriculture, which spurred mankind's transition from a nomadic to a sedentary way of life. That revolutionary change, roughly 9,500 years before the common era, was attended by the development of collective rites and rituals, which helped ease the transition from a foraging existence to a farming one.
The burial pit uncovered this year in a cave in the Lower Galilee suggests such collective rites were being practiced as early as the Upper Paleolithic (Late Stone Age ), more than 12,000 years ago.
A Hebrew University team led by Dr. Leore Grosman has discovered remnants of a funeral feast held by members of the Netufian people, a prehistoric culture that lived across the Levant region. The feast appears to have marked the burial of a female shaman, and in addition to her body, the site contains 50 complete tortoise shells and body parts of a wild boar, eagle, cow, leopard, two martens and a complete human foot.
The grave was excavated at Hilazon Cave, near the Sakhnin, in the Lower Galilee. The dig started in 1995, and since then archaeologists have discovered three large pits containing the remains of 26 people.
In an article published yesterday in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States, Grosman and colleagues Dr. Natalie D. Munro, of the University of Connecticut, and Prof. Anna Belfer-Cohen, who like Grosman is at the Hebrew University's Institute of Archaeology, describe the grave as "providing a rare opportunity to investigate the ideological shifts that must have accompanied these socioeconomic changes."
The researchers said the grave contained at least 300 kilograms of meat, enough to feed a number of large families. The tortoises alone, they said, could have fed at least 35 people.
The researchers said the funeral feast represented part of the new cultural apparatuses that developed to help ease the transition into new ways of life. "This period saw the establishment of relations between individuals and large societies, and the passage into family units," Grosman said yesterday. "Rituals like the funeral feast were held to that end," she said.
"The Natufians are the first culture that employed cemeteries. Essentially these are testimony to the sedentary life and complex cultural rites that had not been seen beforehand," Grosman said. "Members of the Natufian culture have one leg in the Neolithic and another in the Palaeolithic. These latest finds help us understand that transition."

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As of July 1, 2001, the Idaho Safe Haven Act protects abandoned infants. This law is intended to provide a safe alternative for parents who otherwise might abandon their babies.
A safe haven is authorized by law to accept a baby less than 30 days of age, directly from a parent, without identifying the parent. The parent is not required to provide any information to the safe haven, but may volunteer medical or other information. The parent remains anonymous and will not be prosecuted for child neglect or abandonment.
The law specifically identifies the following safe havens:
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Analyze Formal Requirements of an Electric Vehicle Charger Locking Mechanism
This example uses a Requirements Table block to define a set of formal requirements used by a model of an electric vehicle charger locking system. After creating formal requirements for the locking system, you analyze the requirements for issues that can prevent the requirements from being complete and consistent. Once you identify the issues, you adjust the requirements.
When charging an electric vehicle, the charging port of the vehicle can be exposed to high voltages, which can be dangerous to consumers without proper safeguards. Electric chargers and vehicles deploy locking mechanisms to prevent customers from being exposed to these voltages. To ensure the locking mechanism activates and deactivates without creating hazards, the charging station provides signals to the vehicle before, during, and after charging. The vehicle uses those signals to determine when the charging cord can be unlocked and is safe to handle.
View the Formal Requirements
Open the model,
This model adapts the signals used by the charging station from the standard SAE J1772. To capture the signals, the Requirements Table block uses six input ports that are associated with input data of the same name. See Define Data in Requirements Table Blocks.
The input data are:
ChargeStatus: The charging status of the vehicle. The status indicates that the vehicle is not charging (
NotCharging), charging (
ChargeStart), shutting down (
NrmlShutDown), or performing an emergency shut down (
EvseType: If the vehicle is compatible with the charging station or not. The vehicle can be
Incompatible, or undecided (
PilotStatus: The pilot status of the charging station. The pilot status indicates if the charging station is on standby (
A), if the charging station detects the vehicle (
B), if the charging station detects the vehicle and that the vehicle is ready to charge (
C), if the charging station detects the vehicle and that the vehicle is ready for charging in a ventilated area (
D), or if there is an error (
Deach have two substates. Substate
1indicates that the charging station is not ready to charge, and substate
2indicates that the charging station is ready to charge.
SessionStopResMsg: Whether the termination of the charging session has been acknowledged by the charging station (
Received) or not (
Vinlet: The voltage of the charging port measured by the vehicle.
LockCommand: The status of the lock. The lock can either be
The block uses the value of the input data to set the Type property of the data to an enumerated value specified in a MATLAB® program file. For example, the
ChrgStat.m file contains the available statuses for the
Open the block to view the requirements. The Requirements tab lists three simple requirements:
The electric vehicle shall lock the cord in place if the electric vehicle supply equipment is compatible.
The electric vehicle shall unlock the cord if the acknowledge terminate charging session signal is received and the vehicle measures an input voltage that is less than
60V during normal shutdown procedures.
The electric vehicle shall unlock the cord if the pilot status is not ready and the vehicle measures an input voltage that is less than
60V during an emergency shutdown.
Each requirement specifies the checked conditions the Precondition column. If the requirement precondition is satisfied, the block then verifies that the appropriate locking status occurs in the postconditions, specified in the Postcondition column. For example, in the first requirement, the specified precondition checks if the vehicle type is compatible. If true, the block checks if the cord is locked, specified in the postcondition.
Analyze the Requirements for Issues
After creating a requirement set in the block, confirm that the requirements uniquely define the data captured, stored, and generated by the block. In this example, you use Simulink® Design Verifier™ to detect issues in your requirement set for you. These issues are adapted from the ISO/IEC/IEEE 29148 standard. In this example, Simulink Design Verifier detects two kinds of issues:
Inconsistency Issues: The block detects a scenario where the data can equal more than one value during simulation.
Incompleteness Issues: The block detects a scenario where the data is not defined during simulation.
To analyze the table, in the Table tab, in the Analyze section, click Analyze Table.
Update the Requirements
To resolve the issues, you need to update the requirements. For example, to alleviate the inconsistency issue, update the precondition in the first requirement so that the charge status must be charging and the charger must be compatible with the vehicle.
After updating the precondition, run the analysis again to confirm that you have fixed the inconsistency issue.
This update does not resolve the incompleteness issues. To do that, the requirements must specify values for the data defined in the block throughout the simulation. Iterate through updating and analyzing the requirements to resolve these remaining issues.
Open the model
CordLockReqTable_v2 and open the Requirements Table block to see an example of a complete requirement set.
The table includes additional input data,
ChargePlug, that specifies if the cord is plugged into the vehicle (
Plugged) or not (
NotPlugged). The requirement set also includes five additional requirements. To improve readability, the requirements have been rewritten to use additional column headers.
When you design requirements, you must consider the physical limitations of your system. For example, if you develop a requirement that specifies a diameter, you must ensure the diameter cannot be negative. To account for the physical limitations of the system, specify assumptions in the Assumptions tab. See Add Assumptions to Requirements. In this example, the Requirements Table block includes three assumptions.
If the pilot status is on standby (
A), then the car is not charging.
If the vehicle is not compatible with the charger, then the vehicle is not charging.
If the charger is not plugged in, then the vehicle is not charging.
To view the assumptions, click the Assumptions tab.
If you run the analysis on this requirement set, Simulink Design Verifier does not detect issues.
 Hybrid - EV Committee, "SAE Electric Vehicle and Plug in Hybrid Electric Vehicle Conductive Charge Coupler" (SAE International), accessed December 21, 2021, _URL_
 "29148-2018 - ISO/IEC/IEEE International Standard - Systems and Software Engineering -- Life Cycle Processes -- Requirements Engineering" (IEEE), accessed December 21, 2021, _URL_


Initial review of the matter - stage one
To support agencies apply the CaPE Case Categorisation Framework, a three stage approach to assess and manage conduct and performance matters has been developed. The approach supports the proactive and timely resolution of matters.
In stage one, a manager, human resources or ethical standards area in an agency receives information about a conduct or performance matter, to conduct an initial review to determine the details of the matter, the issue type and whether the matter should be categorised under the CaPE reporting framework.
A comprehensive intake process that includes all relevant information to hand at the time the matter is referred will ensure that all available information is considered and will allow for planning to occur about how to manage the matter to finalisation, within benchmark timeframes.
During the initial review of the matter, the following aspects should be considered by the assessor:
Intake considerations
Issue The specifics of what the matter is actually about, or the high level descriptor of the concern/s
Behaviour Does the behaviour relate to an employee's conduct or their performance? Does the employee know what is expected of them?
Breach What is the breach of policy, procedure or accepted standards of behaviour?
Evidence What information is available to support the matter at the time it is raised, consider any gaps in the information that may exist.
Referral Whether the matter, if proved, would constitute corrupt conduct.
Issue type Consider the issue type that most closely aligns to the circumstances of the matter.
At any point during the initial review or ongoing management of the matter, should a reasonable suspicion be formed that if proven, the allegations may constitute corrupt conduct, and the matter must be referred to the Crime and Corruption Commission (CCC). Each agency has a designated CCC Referral Officer who is responsible for this function and can provide advice about the management of corrupt conduct. Matters involving corrupt conduct are not reportable in an agency's CaPE report unless the employee has been suspended from duty.
1. Determine the issue type
This issue type register below provides a descriptor for each issue type. To select the most appropriate issue type, consider the descriptor in conjunction with the specifics of the matter.
To support local management of the matter, the assessor may deem it necessary to assign multiple issue types. However, for CaPE reporting purposes the single most appropriate issue type must be assigned to the matter i.e. one issue type.
2. Issue type register
Determining the appropriate issue type is dependent upon the specific circumstances of each matter, which should be assessed in its own context, with regard for the allegation/s and information available at the time the matter is raised.
Issue type Descriptor
Assault/excessive force Can involve matters defined as assault in section 245 of the Criminal Code Act 1899, or use of excessive force with or without a weapon. Can also include threats of assault or excessive force.
Attendance/leave Matters involving unauthorised absence from the workplace or those where a pattern of unscheduled absence has been noted.
Breach of scope of practice Includes matters where a health practitioner may have undertaken a task outside of their education, registration conditions or departmental policies.
Bullying/harassment (not sexual) Repeated unreasonable behaviour towards an employee or group of employees that creates a risk to the health and safety of the employee/s.
This does not include reasonable management action or an employee's perception of reasonable management action being taken against them.
Charge/conviction (civil) Information obtained that an employee has breached a civil law.
Charge/conviction (criminal) Information obtained that an employee has been charged or convicted with an offence under the Criminal Code Act 1899 or other relevant legislation.
Conduct in a private capacity Inappropriate or improper conduct in a private capacity that reflects seriously and adversely on the Queensland Public Service.
Conflict of interest The private interests of an employee interfere, or appear to interfere with the employee's performance of duties, and the employee has not declared or managed the conflict appropriately.
Discrimination Treatment of a person or a group of people less favourably than others because they have a particular characteristic as outlined in section 7 of the Anti-Discrimination Act 1991. Discrimination can be direct or indirect.
Drug/alcohol issues Can involve possession or theft from the workplace of an illicit or prohibited substance or related paraphernalia. It can also involve matters where an employee presents for work whilst impaired by alcohol or drug use
Failure to provide adequate medical treatment Care or treatment provided by the practitioner is at a lesser standard than what may reasonably be expected of the practitioner according to relevant standards, codes of practice, and/or by the public or the practitioner's peers. Can also relate to circumstances where an employee responsible for the care or welfare of others does not seek or provide medical assistance where required.
Failure to show courtesy and respect Behaviours demonstrated towards another in the course of duty that contravene the standards contained in the Code of Conduct.
Financial impropriety/fraud Can include matters involving the fraudulent diversion of public funds (including the fabrication of information or dishonesty in claiming employee entitlements), theft of public funds or unauthorised use of public funds (including government resources such as work time, equipment or facilities). Can also include matters involving a dishonest attempt to obtain a benefit or entitlement.
Inappropriate conduct (general) A general behaviour that is inappropriate that may not contravene the Code of Conduct but may still give rise to corrective actions occurring.
Inappropriate conduct (sexual) Conduct or unwelcome attention of a sexual nature that makes a person feel offended, humiliated or intimidated. Includes uninvited physical intimacy, uninvited sexual propositions and remarks with sexual connotations.
Misuse of resources Matters included in this category can involve unauthorised or inappropriate use of physical, intellectual, service or Information Technology based public resources, but does not include financial impropriety.
Non-compliance (direction) A deviation occurring from a lawful and reasonable instruction or direction issued to an employee in the course of their duties.
Non-compliance (policy/legislation) A deviation from an agency's or a profession's standards, policies or legislation relevant to the carrying out of the employee's duties.
Non-disclosure of relevant information The deliberate withholding of information relevant to an employee's employment or the carrying out of their duties.
Performance deficiencies Can include performance matters that are being informally dealt with through feedback to the employee, matters that are being managed through a performance improvement plan (PIP) or that are being managed through a discipline process if a PIP is unsuccessful. This type of issue includes deficiencies resulting from a lack of knowledge, competence or appropriate care or diligence but do not include deliberate acts or omissions in duty.
Unauthorised access/disclosure of confidential information
Can involve accessing or disclosing official information without a legitimate reason, unintentionally disclosing official information, falsifying information or records, acquiring or retaining information or records illegally, or inadequately safeguarding information.
Note - issues involving unauthorised access to information or departmental databases will likely involve a breach of the criminal code and require referral to the QPS and/or the CCC.
Other Provide a detailed summary.
3. More information


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Hajdukiewicz Genealogy and Family History
The earliest occurrence of the Hajdukiewicz surname in our family history documents is from 1888, and we currently have 245 records where Hajdukiewicz appears.
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Typical jobs for Hajdukiewiczs
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Where most Hajdukiewiczs lived
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Hajdukiewiczs' criminal history
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Motivation: Most methods for reconstructing response networks from high throughput data generate static models which cannot distinguish between early and late response stages.
Results: We present TimePath, a new method that integrates time series and static datasets to reconstruct dynamic models of host response to stimulus. TimePath uses an Integer Programming formulation to select a subset of pathways that, together, explain the observed dynamic responses. Applying TimePath to study human response to HIV-1 led to accurate reconstruction of several known regulatory and signaling pathways and to novel mechanistic insights. We experimentally validated several of TimePaths' predictions highlighting the usefulness of temporal models.
Availability and Implementation: Data, Supplementary text and the TimePath software are available from _URL_
Supplementary information: Supplementary data are available at Bioinformatics online.


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Arsi University Office of Gender Affairs Directorate
Background of Gender Directorate
Arsi University Gender affairs office was established in 2014 GC as University's gender focal point. Office of Gender Affairs is aiming in reducing female attrition rate; reducing Gender Based Violence (GBV), enhancing female student's psychosocial skills. In addition, the office is responsible to coordinate efforts to increase the enrolment and retention of female students as well as the recruitment and promotion of female academic and administrative staff in the University. Furthermore, Office of Gender Affairs is willing to work strong with the sake of achieving Arsi University Mission and Vision. In this regard the Directorate is responsible to perform the following activities:
A gender office directly accountable to the office of the President is hereby established with the following duties and responsibilities:
 1. Identify challenges faced by female students and staff of the University and provide/suggest solutions;
 2. Mainstream gender in the teaching learning process, training and research activities of the University;
 3. Raise the awareness of students and other members of the University about existing gender issues within the University in collaboration with other relevant bodies;
 4. Follow up and coordinate supports provided to female students by the University and other stakeholders;
 5. Work on different gender-related issues raised by students and staff and report to relevant offices, take appropriate actions and follow up progress;
 6. Motivate female students by providing awards to outstanding female students
 7. Provide counseling service to female students
 8. Facilitate activities planned to support female students such as tutorials, trainings on life skills, etc.
 9. Encourage and assist initiatives for female empowerment in academics, and administration;
 10. Create networking with other similar offices in higher education institutes;
 11. Promote and implement gender polices and guidelines
 12. Develops University wide policies and guidelines
 13. Creates and develop linkages between the gender offices of all colleges and institutes, the female student union and the support staff female representatives;
 14. Establishes sustainable infrastructure to support female staff and female students to reach a quota of 50% on each level of the University.
 15. Representing the University in matters relating to women and participate in meeting and trainings
 16. The preparations of action plans and budget required for the office
 17. The preparation of periodic reports and evaluations on the activities of the office.
 18. Perform any other related tasks assigned by the President.
Completed projects:
Copy house and pool house was established at the University Main Campus.
Ongoing project:
Construction of mini-shop which will going to generate income for Arsi University students who came from economically poor family is currently on the progress.
Future projects:
Identifying Arsi University female students challenges related to Gender Based Violence caused by the University staff and the surrounding society and providing sustainable solution for the problems. Hence, we are looking for research proposal which will be able to specifically address problem of sugar Dadi and sugar Mami. In addition to this we are aiming to give one community service.
Branches of Gender Affairs:
Arsi University Gender Directorate has three branches located at:
- Collage of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences
- Collage of Health Sciences
- Collage of Humanities and Social Sciences (Bekoji Kampus)
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Co-Citation and Co-Occurrence: The Ultimate Guide to the Next Evolution in SEO
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When you see "new big thing in SEO" in an article title, you have every right to read with skepticism. SEO is fraught with 'new things,' 'big things,' constant change, too much hype, and a lot of misinformation. Co-citation isn't exactly new, but its latest iteration and the attendant changes that it introduces into the SEO world are a pretty big deal. This article will introduce the topic of co-citation or co-occurrence, and explain some of its ramifications.
Understanding the Terms "Co-citation" and "Co-occurrence"
Before explaining the nitty-gritty of these SEO trends, we need to explain the terms themselves. Co-citation and co-occurrence refer to roughly the same thing. The term co-occurrence is used by some SEOs to describe how keyword phrase association across sites can impact search engine results.
Co-citation more specifically addresses the issue of how sites can affect the ranking of other websites without the presence of an actual link. Based on this understanding, co-occurrence is distinct from co-citation. This article, however, uses the term co-citation to encompass both co-citation and co-occurrence.
What is co-citation?
The big idea of co-citation is rather simple, but you have to wrap your mind around it. Here's how it happens. Website A and Website B both link to Website C and Website D, but Website A and Website B don't link to each other. Nonetheless, Website A and Website B are connected by means of co-citation.
Co-citation Illustration 1
This method of understanding co-citation, however, is simplistic. Co-citation also involves the transitive property, which looks like this.
Co-citation Illustration 2
Co-citation, then, establishes a relationship between two sites, even though there are no links between those two sites. The relationship of co-citation is established by contextual keywords and mutual links. Keep in mind that co-citation relationships are simultaneously happening across vast numbers of similar sites.
But there's more to co-citation than just halo authority via transitive relationships. Perhaps the most surprising aspect of co-citation is that it can elevate a site's rankings without links and even in the absence of actual matched keywords.
What's the big deal about co-citation and co-occurrence?
The reason why co-citation is such a fascinating trend is that it defies customary understanding of SEO best practices.
Here's an example. Let's say that a website is winning in the rankings for "best electric lawnmower." When you visit this high-ranked website, however, you notice that it lacks the keyword "best electric lawnmower" in the title tag, in the meta description, in the anchor text, and maybe even in the content. What's going on? There may be a few keyword synonyms, but no longtail matches, and little in the way of link juice. How in the world does this site rank so high?
The answer is co-citation.
Google associates relevant terms with such websites, even when those sites are devoid of the classic SEO signals. It then awards such sites high ranks based on co-citation markers rather than customary SEO features.
This is not to say that existing SEO practices are dead, nor are they less important. Instead, co-citation is an additional SEO reality of which we must be aware.
Two Important Truths about Co-citation
1. Co-Citation is Fuzzy
The big thing we need to keep in mind is that co-citation resists cut-and-dried explanations of how exactly it works. There is no list of "co-citation best practices," nor are there tools that can effectively measure co-citation. It is inherently immeasurable because of its vague nature and the aggregate algorithmic features that comprise it. Co-citation involves a host of signals that encompass a wide range of SEO features. There are additional fringe factors that bear upon co-citation as a SERP-affecting event, such as:
 - Social media signals
 - Brand and entity association
 - Increasingly effective contextual analysis by search engines
 - Growing influence of keyword proximity factors (linking context) in search engine results
 - Query volume, both for the brand/entity name and on the keyword itself
Every one of the features listed above bear upon SEO in general and upon co-citation specifically.
This simply goes to prove the point that SEO is increasingly becoming something beyond manipulation. More and more, SEO is sliding out of our grasp, and depending upon the power of the algorithms and the impact of millions of searches that people are conducting each day.
2. Co-Citation is a Paradigm Shift
The second truth about co-citation involves its far-reaching implications.
There are two types of SEO professionals — those who use novel tricks and those who employ classic and strategic maneuvers. Those who use the cute tricks will likely see jumps in ranking, but no sustainable value. Successful SEO, on the other hand, endures. Those who use strategic maneuvers play it smart by understanding the algorithm changes and responding accordingly.
What we're seeing in co-citation is a trend deeply rooted within a host of algorithmic components. Thus, co-citation can be considered a sustainable change that affect the way SEO is done for the long term.
What does co-citation mean for the future?
If we're talking about a paradigm shift, what kinds of changes can we or should we expect for the future?
 - Anchor text isn't as important anymore. Rand Fishkin's Whiteboard Friday video on SEO Moz alerted many in the SEO community to the growing trend of co-citation in the Google algorithms. The article contains the prediction, "Anchor text is weakening and may be replaced." While Fishkin's declaration may be an overstatement, he's on to something. As co-citation rises, we may see a concomitant decline of the importance of anchor text.
 - Co-citation does not mean that SEO is dead; it's just changing like always. The "SEO is Dead" group will always be around. In reality, SEO will live on as long there are search engines. SEO is still important, but the customary ways of optimizing may not have the importance they once held. This is nothing new, since SEO is always changing. If a page doesn't have lots of backlinks or other SEO best practices, they may still benefit from the SEO value of co-citation. Co-citation plays into the gradual Google shift away from SEO as a system that can be gamed, and more into a humanized method of returning the most relevant search results. SEO has come a long way since the black-hat keyword-stuffing days. And it's still coming along, meaning that many of the traditional SEO tools we're using now (e.g., anchor text) may be passé in a few years…or less.
 - PR, Reputation Management, and brand building are always a great idea. Although SEO changes, brand awareness will always remain a strong factor. The way it plays out in co-citation is that brand awareness unleashes more mentions of your brand on the Web. As this happens, your site rankings will improve via co-citation. Your personal brand still matters, and it pays to give it due attention. It's virtually impossible to start a co-citation campaign or "co-occurrence effort as a separate SEO strategy. Instead, it makes more sense to start a "brand awareness" campaign with a side-benefit of co-citation.
 - Links are still important. Even though co-citation doesn't depend on links, don't neglect link building strategies as part of your SEO approach. You need lots of links, links from authoritative sites, links from top-tier blogs, etc. In addition to link love, you'll also profit from link-less mentions, a.k.a. co-citations. As one SEO professor put it, "co-citation just means Google is getting smart enough to realize not everyone links, but everyone talks." Such talk is profitable.
Co-citation has not reached its maturity, but now is the time to know about it. This truth won't revolutionize your SEO practice today, but it will have an increasing impact upon search in the future.
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 - Travin Keith
 Great article as always Jayson! I completely agree that this is the direction SEO is going and am looking forward to it. In my opinion, it's one of the great things about SEO, it's always changing for the better, both for Web Marketing companies that aim for substance and for the general population.
 As for the difference between co-citation and co-occurrence, I wouldn't be surprised if someday they'll end up meaning the same thing as they're already quite similar to begin with.
 - Jayson DeMers
 Thanks for the comment, Travin! I agree that eventually we'll probably wrap them both under one umbrella term. My question is, which one will be more popular to use?
 - Travin Keith
 I personally prefer "co-citation" as it uses a term Web Marketers use all the time.


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In other activities, we have looked at finding a single probability. This time, we're going to look at exhaustive events.
What are exhaustive events?
Exhaustive events are two events that describe everything that could happen.
For example, if I throw a coin, getting a head and getting a tail are the only two things that could happen, so they are exhaustive.
If a roll a dice, getting a 2 and getting a 3 are not exhaustive as they don't describe everything that could happen.
If I roll a dice, getting a 2 and not getting a 2 are exhaustive as they describe everything that could happen.
Probabilities adding to 1
We know that if something is certain, it has a probability of 1.
We can use this fact to find the probability of something not happening.
Find the probability of rolling a dice and not getting a 2.
Let's look at the example from above with the dice.
The probability that I get a 2 and the probability that I don't get a 2 are exhaustive, this means that one of them is certain to happen. This means we can say that:
P(getting a 2) + P(not getting a 2) = 1
If we rearrange this...
P(not getting a 2) = 1 - P(getting a 2).
This means that if we know the probability of something happening, we can find the probability of it not happening.
P(not getting a 2) = 1 - 1/6 = 5/6
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Background
When conducting acoustic surveys of juvenile herring researchers have traditionally only made one observation per location. The ability to determine overwintering survival then depends on the snapshots providing accurate estimates of the juvenile herring population. There are several sources of error that may affect the population estimate from a single survey so we designed a project to test how consistent our population estimates from acoustics are.
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Hydroacoustic surveys were conducted in Simpson and Windy bays each night for three nights. These surveys were repeated approximately every two weeks in the fall (October-December 2013) and late winter (February-March 2014) to provide a total of twenty-four surveys in each bay. Subsurface trawls were used to collect fish to determine the mix of fish present during each survey.
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The primary purpose of this research was to determine how consistent acoustic estimates of herring populations are. The movement of fish in and out of a bay can lead to inconsistencies that need to be considered. Researchers investigated if the phase of the moon or the tides affected the population estimate from the surveys.


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The students of ''Greenhouse Crop Production and Management'' program regularly visit the greenhouses in Armenia. This time within a few days they visited a rose greenhouse and then also a mushroom production facility.
In the rose greenhouse the agronomists and meanwhile lecturers of the program Edgar Melkonyan and Syuzanna Hosvepyan introduced to the students how to grow and care for roses. And in the mushroom production facility the experienced specialist Aram Babayan thoroughly explained to them the whole process of mushroom production – from the prodiction of fungi seedings to the means of bringing it to the market.


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Indigenous Visual Culture Research Centre
Over a two year period the Postdoctoral Fellow will collect data on the topic of Indigenous views of Europeans from primary and secondary sources. They will approach visual primary source material using standard historical and art historical methods of document analysis, stylistic and formal analysis, as well as literary and ethnographic analysis. Primary sources will include, but will not be limited to, historical Indigenous visual and material culture in Canadian and international collections such as paintings, illustrations, carvings, voice and visual recordings, and contemporary Canadian and international Indigenous visual art, material culture and performance. Due to the diverse character of these materials, research will be approached from different and interdisciplinary perspectives. Indigenous research methodologies will privilege a wider range of sensorial experiences over just the visual.
This research, and where appropriate, records of the primary source materials used in the research, will be deposited with the Indigenous Visual Culture Research Centre (INVC/RC), and managed through an online commons. This commons, a research resource, is now being developed by a web designer, and will be managed by Dr. McMaster, the postdoctoral researcher, and a web designer. The commons will serve the Centre's primary audiences, including the international scholarly and professional community in the field, and in Canada, Indigenous originating communities, the education sector and the general public. The team will work together to ensure that the content uploaded onto the website is accessible and socially and culturally responsible to its various audiences. By generating content for the online commons, and for scholarly and public-oriented print and online publications, this research will make an original and sustained contribution to its audiences, all of whom will benefit from increased understanding of the roles of Indigenous people in shaping Canadian culture and society.
OCAD University's promotion of interdisciplinary research methodologies and conceptual orientations renders it the most appropriate intellectual environment to support postdoctoral research.
The Postdoctoral Fellow will play a leadership role in the INVC/RC, reporting directly to Dr. Gerald McMaster (Professor and Director of the INVC/RC). Bringing a skill-based knowledge, the Postdoctoral Fellow will also have theoretical/conceptual understanding and/or lived experienced of Indigenous epistemologies in visual culture.
Summary of Responsibilities:
- Lead the development of "Indigenous views of the other" project
- Provide knowledge of ways to evaluate the art and material culture of "others" and how this changes over time
- Develop new methods for analyzing, interpreting, and compiling data on gaze theory, the central concept that guides this research and which will significantly develop our understanding of Indigenous representations of "others"
- Engage with Indigenous voices to decolonize Indigenous history through a rigorous deconstruction of general interpretations and to re-evaluate Canadian and US history "through Native eyes"
- Conduct literature reviews and keep abreast of newest developments in the field by collecting data on the topic of Indigenous views of Europeans from primary and secondary sources
- Manage and supervise graduate and undergraduate research assistants
- Present results at academic conferences, prepare and publish peer-reviewed articles, and participate in the preparation of grant application packages
- PhD degree in Art History or Canadian Studies (graduated with a PhD on or after January, 2018 or will graduate with PhD by December, 2018). Exceptions will be considered.
- A solid theoretical/conceptual understanding and/or lived experienced of Indigenous epistemologies in visual culture.
- Experience with historic and contemporary Indigenous art
- Research skills that draw from the disciplines of history and art history, cultural studies, museum anthropology and contemporary art practice
- demonstrated ability or potential to teach at the post-secondary level and show an aptitude for innovative curriculum development and delivery
- Proven ability to multi-task in a deadline oriented environment with minimal supervision
- Effective oral and written communication, analytical, and interpersonal skills
- Excellent organizational skills and the ability to learn new skills quickly
- Demonstrated ability to work independently and participate collaboratively in a team environment
- Accuracy and attention to detail
- Works independently under direction of principle investigator, Dr. Gerald McMaster
- Opportunities to work collaboratively on and with other researchers at OCAD University
About the Indigenous Visual Culture Research centre (INVC/RC):
The Indigenous Visual Culture Research Centre's (INVC/RC) primary objective is to map – on a local, national and international scale – the cultural translations that occur when Indigenous and historical settler cultures come into contact. To that end, the plan has been to focus on the ways in which such interactions reflect, stimulate, and produce original artistic expressions among Indigenous peoples in colonial and post-colonial contexts, and the influence of those expressions on mainstream society. Working primarily in the context of visual culture as an interdisciplinary practice that assumes broad contextual understanding of objects, the INVC/RC will be principally concerned with the visual art-related historical and contemporary consequences of contact and interaction between Indigenous/non-Indigenous as well as Indigenous/Indigenous artists.
INVC/RC research and development activities focus on four main areas:
- Research: on gaze theory and contact zones; building of research and knowledge-exchange links with Indigenous communities, scholars, and national/international collecting institutions
- Collaboration: Development of an international network of Indigenous visual culture scholars, art historians, anthropologists, and artists to collaborate and generate innovative ideas related to history, theory and practice; creation of a website that will provide a hub for the research centre's work in the digital humanities and that will be dedicated to raising public awareness about the issues being explored
- Exhibition development: Production of major exhibitions, publications, and symposia that encourages scholarly, curatorial and public debate
Hours of Work: Full-time; Grant funded, Monday to Friday for a total of 35 hours per week. The expected duration of this contract is 24 months, beginning October, 2018 or when post is filled.
Application Deadline: The position will remain open until filled (review of applications will commence on receipt.)
Applicants should provide a one page covering letter indicating their research interests and highlighting their strengths, an academic C.V. and three references.
As an institution committed to art, design, digital media and related scholarship, OCAD University recognizes the profound and essential value that diversity brings to the creation, reception and circulation of creative practices and discourse. OCAD University understands that valuing diverse creative practices and forms of knowledge are essential to, and enrich the institution's core mission and vision as an art and design university with a local and global scope.
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The Truth Behind 'Go Ask Alice'
Aug. 3, 2022 – If you grew up in the 1970s and 1980s, chances are high you're familiar with Go Ask Alice.
What was then said to be the real diary of a 15-year-old promising teen turned drug addict was released in 1971 as a cautionary tale and has since sold over 5 million copies. The diary was harrowing against the backdrop of the war on drugs and soon became both acclaimed and banned from classrooms across the country.
Schools citied "inappropriate" language that "borders on pornography" as grounds to prohibit teenagers from reading Alice's story. But as much as the book's vivid writing offended readers, it drew millions in with its profanity and graphic descriptions of sex, drugs, and mental health struggles.
At the time, TheNew York Times reviewed the book as "a strong, painfully honest, nakedly candid and true story … a document of horrifying reality," but the popular diary was later found to be a ploy – a fake story written by a 54-year-old Mormon youth counselor named Beatrice Sparks.
Now, Sparks, who died in 2012, has been further exposed in radio personality Rick Emerson's new book, Unmask Alice: LSD, Satanic Panic, and the Imposter Behind the World's Most Notorious Diaries. Emerson published the exposé in July, years after he had the idea to investigate Sparks's work in 2015. The book details Sparks's background, her journey in creating Alice, and her quest to be recognized for the teen diary she had published as "Anonymous."
"After 30 years of trying, Beatrice Sparks had changed the world. And nobody knew it," Emerson told the New York Post.
In his work, Emerson also dives into the profound impact of the diary at a time when not as much research existed on teen mental health.
When the teenager whose diary inspired Sparks's writing "died in March 1971, the very first true study of adolescent psychology had just barely come out," Emerson said to Rolling Stone. "Mental health, especially for young people, was still very much on training wheels."
According to Emerson, a lack of insight into mental health issues allowed Sparks's description to go relatively unchallenged and for the book's influence to spread despite its misinformation.
"It's indisputable that large sections of 'Go Ask Alice' are just embellished and/or false," he told the Post.
Then vs. Now
When Go Ask Alice was published, child psychiatry and psychology literature contained relatively few references to depression, confirming a 2021 analysis of academic literature on childhood and adolescent depression from 1970 to 2019.
This landscape is in stark contrast to today, where thousands of studies on the topic have been done, compared to the mere dozens in the 1970s.
Anxiety and depression in minors have increased over time, a trend worsened by the COVID-19 pandemic, according to the CDC. Studies have shown that reported drug use in teens has decreased over time, proving significant during the pandemic, according to the National Institutes of Health.
While Alice from Go Ask Alice has not existed in either, comparing the two periods can offer insight into teens' struggles in the 1970s vs. today and sheds light on how literature – fiction or faked fiction – can transform a nation.


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Asyra is a biofeedback device, using digital homeopathy to assess and balance your body. As you relax and hold its brass handles, the asyra:
* READS AND ASSESSES your organs, glands and systems via resonance vibration. Depending on your symptoms, it can conducts specific assessments, such as: * dental * hormonal * emotional * vertebral * constitutional * toxic stressors * food sensitivity * lyme disturbances * heavy metals * allergies and MANY more.
* DETECTS many disturbances at the vibrational level–before they become symptoms or disease states.
So the client with a disease state doesn't know that a vaccination disturbance from childhood, pesticide exposure from fruits and vegetables or too many X-rays have caused a burden that has taxed their body for decades, ultimately rendering them weakened.


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In this paper the vibration and power flow analysis for the branched piping system conveying fluid are performed by wave approach. The uniform straight pipe element conveying fluid is formulated using the dynamic stiffness matrix by wave approach. The branched piping system conveying fluid can be easily formulated with considering of simple assumptions of displacements at the junction and continuity conditions of the pipe internal flow. The dynamic stiffness matrix for each uniform straight pipe element can be assembled by using the global assembly technique using in conventional finite element method. The computational method proposed in this paper can easily calculate the forced responses and power flow of the branched piping system conveying fluid regardless of finite element size and modal properties.
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Stand-alone TypeScript version of three.js math
This module is a rewrite of the following three.js math classes in TypeScript:
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The classes in TSDoc format are available here.
This module is a fork of three-math-ts with the following improvements:
- Reintroduced the Plane class and Plane related methods on classes such as Ray and Triangle.
- Removed deprecated api.
- Tsdoc provided for all classes.
- Test suite with over 430 unit tests ported from three.js.
The decision to fork and extend the three.math repo was motivated by the desire to improve the usability of these cool math classes and the unresponsiveness of the repo owner to respond to an initial set of improvement PRs. An objective of this module's author is to eventually merge into three-math-ts should its author become active and open to contributions.


Using Gtk::DrawingArea#queue_draw to refresh the area
#! /usr/bin/env ruby
# file: rectangle.rb
require 'gtk2'
area = Gtk::DrawingArea.new
x1 = 150
area.signal_connect("expose_event") do
 y1 = 30; x2 = 200; y2 = 70
 area.window.draw_rectangle(area.style.fg_gc(area.state), 1, x1, y1, x2, y2)
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Gtk::Window.new.add(area).show_all
Thread.new do
 300.times { x1 -= 1; area.queue_draw; sleep 0.01}
end
Gtk.main
In the above example the Gtk::DrawingArea#queue_draw method is used to repaint, refresh, or redraw the DrawingArea which contains an instruction to draw a rectangle. The x1 position is changed, making the rectangle move closer to the left every time the queue_draw method is called.
Note: The application can automatically instruct itself to redraw without using queue_draw, however that's only when the viewing area changes from a windowing event (e.g. The main application window is moved by a window drag event).
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object, define the connection string, and open the Connection object. However, I then define the command text and assign it to the ctContacts variable, but I do not create a Command object. If your commands don't require Parameter objects (which I describe later in the article) or special property settings, you often don't need to create a Command object. For instance, if you simply want to retrieve a list of contacts from the database and you don't need to pass any parameter values (such as a contact ID) into your SQL statement, you can simply define the command text and not bother creating a Command object.
After I define the command text, I create the Recordset object. When I open the object, I pass two arguments. The first argument is the command text (the ctContacts variable), and the second argument is the Connection object (the conSqlServer variable). After you open the Recordset object, you can access its properties and methods just as you saw in the previous examples.
You can also create a Recordset object without creating Connection or Command objects. Listing 6 shows an example of how this works. In this script, I first define the connection string and assign it to the csSqlServer variable. Next, I define the command text and assign it to the ctContacts variable. After this, I create the Recordset object and use the object's Open method, passing the two variables as arguments to the method—first the connection text and then the connection string. As you can see, this approach is even simpler than the previous approach, and it works well if you plan to include only a single recordset. For example, if you want to retrieve a list of contacts only once and you need to connect to the database only once, then you probably don't need to create a Connection object or Command object. However, if you have multiple recordsets maintaining multiple connections, you should first create the Connection and Command objects.
The Field Object
The examples I've shown you so far have all used the Recordset object's Save method to save the returned data to an.xml file. However, in all likelihood, you'll want to dig a lot deeper into the data than I've done. That's where the Field object comes in.
As you'll recall from Figure 1, the Recordset object includes the Fields collection. This collection is made up of one or more Field objects that each represent a field returned by the command text. For example, if your command text returns data from the FirstName, MiddleName, and LastName columns of the Person.Contact table in the AdventureWorks database, your Recordset object will include three Field objects, one for each of those columns.
Listing 7 provides an example of how you can use the Fields collection to access the Field objects. After I create the Recordset object, I create a FileSystemObject object and a text file to hold my data. I then use a Do Until statement to create a loop. I plan to loop through the result set and insert the data into the text file. The Do Until statement first uses the Recordset object's EOF property to specify when to end the loop. When the loop reaches the end of the result set, it will stop.
Within the loop, I concatenate two Field objects: FirstName and LastName. To retrieve a value for a field, I call the Fields collection (rsContacts.Fields) and specify the name of the first field (FirstName) in parentheses. I follow this with the Value property so I can retrieve the specific value. I do the same thing for the LastName field and concatenate the two values.
After the concatenation, I use the Recordset object's MoveNext method to retrieve the next row in the result set. As a result, for each row, the first and last name will be concatenated and written to the text file.
This, of course, is a simple example of how to access the Field object, but it does demonstrate the basic concepts behind using Field objects and gives you a better sense of the crucial role that the Recordset object plays in ADO. Now let's take a look at another important ADO object—Parameter.
The Parameter Object
The Parameter object is similar to the Field object in that it's part of a collection included in another object. In this case, the Command object contains the Parameters collection, which is made up of one or more Parameter objects. Each Parameter object contains a parameter that you can use for stored procedures and parameterized queries.
Parameters are particularly important when you want to modify data in your data source. Listing 8 shows an example of passing parameter values to a stored procedure that updates a SQL Server table. For the purpose of this example, I created the HumanResources.Vacation table in the AdventureWorks database. Along with the table, I created the UpdateVacationHours stored procedure to update an employee's vacation hours. I used the following T-SQL statements to create the table and the stored procedure:
SELECT e.EmployeeID, c.FirstName, c.MiddleName, c.LastName, e.VacationHours
 INTO HumanResources.Vacation
 FROM Person.Contact c
 INNER JOIN HumanResources.Employee e
 ON c.ContactID = e.ContactID
CREATE PROCEDURE UpdateVacationHours (_USER_ INT, _USER_ INT) AS
 UPDATE HumanResources.Vacation
 SET VacationHours = VacationHours - _USER_
 WHERE EmployeeID = _USER_
Returning to Listing 8, you can see that I first create and open a Connection object, and then I create a Command object. After I create the Command object (which I assign to the cmdVacation variable), I set several properties and create the necessary parameters. First, as you saw in earlier examples, I assign the Connection object to the ActiveConnection property. I then define the CommandText property, which in this case is the name of the stored procedure. Next I set the CommandType property to the adCmdStoredProc constant (which equals 4). As the name indicates, the command type is a stored procedure.
The next step is to add Parameter objects to the Parameters collection. To do this, I use the collection's Append method. The argument that I pass to this method is the Command object's CreateParameter method. The CreateParameter method takes two arguments: the name of the parameter and the adInteger constant (which equals 3). The constant specifies that the parameter should be an integer. For this example, the first parameter is _USER_ and the second is _USER_.
That's all you need to do to create the parameters. However, notice that I also assign initial values to them. To do this, I call the Parameters collection, specify the name of the parameter, and assign it a value of 1. This provides a default value for the parameters, and it allows me to easily test the code.
After I define the parameters, I can execute the command. However, because I'm updating records and not returning a result set, I don't create a Recordset object as I did in earlier examples. Instead, I use the Command object's Execute method (cmdVacation.Execute) to run the stored procedure. As arguments to the method, I first specify the RowsUpdated variable. This will hold the number of records updated when the stored procedure runs. The second argument, which is blank, can hold a Variant array of parameter values, an alternative method for passing parameters to a command. The third argument is the adExecuteNoRecords constant. Including this argument is important because, by default, the Execute method returns a Recordset object when it runs. However, because you don't need this object, you should specify this constant to avoid the additional overhead.
When you run the script, it will call the stored procedure and return the number of rows affected by the update. Not surprisingly, numerous approaches are available for modifying data. For example, you can define command text that uses an EXECUTE statement to call the stored procedure, then pass in the parameter values through variables. Or you can define command text that uses an UPDATE statement rather than calling a stored procedure. ADO also lets you use methods in the Recordset object to update field data, which can then be persisted to the database.
A Place to Start
Although the examples I provided barely skim the surface of ADO, they should provide you with a good foundation to begin working with ADO. Once you understand how to implement the basic components of ADO in your script, you can start digging deeper into each object and try out the various ways to access a data source and work with the data. Again, refer to the MSDN Web site as necessary for details about the objects' properties and methods. And when you're ready, start playing with other ADO objects and see what you can come up with.


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I have created several large tables in Excel and MATLAB. Since it is very time-consuming to manually copy and paste these tables in LaTeX, I would like to include them as figures in LaTeX. I would really appreciate it if someone could help me with the following questions:
 1. Is it possible to include tables from MATLAB or Excel without having to manually copy and paste the cells in LaTeX?
 2. If I import a table as a figure into LaTeX, how can I change the caption from "Figure" to "Table" and have it listed in the "List of Tables" instead of "List of Figures"?
Thank you very much in advance for your time and help.
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Part 2 is easier. If you include your table inside a table environment (\begin{table}\end{table}), it will appear in the \listoftables. Nothing will stop you from inserting a figure with \includegraphics inside the environment.
For Part 1, I usually print foreign information to PostScript and use \includegraphics from the graphicsx package. You may need to process the file in a drawing application to crop the boundaries.
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To answer question 1: There is a Matlab function that exports the data from a Matlab matrix to LaTeX tabular format, check it out here: _URL_
Simple example: In Matlab, type:
matrix2latex(mymatrix,'myfilename.tex') % Creates a file named myfilename.tex
 % with a tabular environment containing
 % the data from mymatrix
In you LaTeX document use:
To include the table in your document as a table.
There is also a similar thing for Excel, a macro if I remember correctly: _URL_
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How to Sell a Property Held in a Revocable Trust
by Fraser Sherman, Demand Media Google
 If you follow state law, selling property in a trust should be simple.
 Selling a house in a revocable trust isn't complicated. If you've set up a trust and appointed yourself as trustee, you can manage the real estate just as if the title were still in your name. If you're incapacitated and your successor trustee steps in to manage your assets, she can do the same. Most elements of the sale -- negotiating a price, getting a home inspection, attending the closing -- are no different from when you sell property as yourself, rather than as a trustee.
 Step 1
 Research deed law in your state. Every state requires a "grantor" or seller -- you, in your job as trustee -- to sign a deed conveying property to the "grantee" or buyer. Some states also require the grantee to sign the deed, and some want one or possibly two witnesses to sign the deed as well.
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 Show a copy of the trust documents to the title company. The company's job is to research your property's ownership history and confirm nobody else has a claim on it. Reviewing the trust documents helps the title company establish that the trust has a clear title and the right to sell it.
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 Sign the deed transferring ownership to the grantee. You do this at the closing, where you sign as, for example, Jane Smith, trustee of the Jane Smith Trust. If you and your spouse have a joint revocable trust, the bank will want both of you to sign. Even if you have the authority to sell the house, the bank will want the security of two signatures.
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 Complete any other requirements state law requires, such as having the deed notarized or having someone witness your signature. File the deed with the appropriate county office, which if often called the "registry of deeds."
 - If you transfer your personal home to your revocable trust's control, the IRS still regards you as the owner for tax purposes. If you live in the house for two of the five years before you sell it, you can exempt some of the sale proceeds from capital gains tax, even though the trust technically holds title to the house.
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Free Project Booklet: Group Afghan
This PDF was originally intended for UK schools but the methods are equally useful to any knitters wanting to work together on a project. It was originally produced in booklet form and has been used in many countries around the world. It was written with children in mind and has proved to be equally acceptable to adults.
The main aim of the booklet was to use mathematics in a 'nonthreatening' way so, in addition to the knitting information, it also includes ideas for use in mathematics lessons.
See some of the afghans made in schools, and read about teachers' experiences. and the work of the Cheshire Women's Institute, based on the same booklet.
The photos show three very different afghans created from the same instructions, one from Cheshire WI, the others from schools.
The pattern is free but we would like you to consider making a donation to Kidney Research UK, where we have set up a page in memory of my parents. For more information, see the Tribute Page on the Woolly Thoughts web site.


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Abstract—This paper designs and implements an augmented reality based game of air hockey. It presents a new approach for playing the game using physical mallets and a virtual puck, with the help of low cost hardware devices. The motivation behind the paper is to provide a similar game experience even after introducing the virtual elements. This is achieved by keeping the mallet in the physical space while tracking it using a real-time camera, providing haptic and auditory feedback, and simulating the dynamics of a real air hockey table. It also provides interesting enhancements like playing the game over a distance and extending the game for more than two players. This also offers a major cost reduction over traditional air hockey.
Index Terms—Games, machine vision, user interfaces, virtual reality.
G. Trivedi is a student at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India (e-mail: _EMAIL_).
S. Gupta is a student at the National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Surathkal, India (e-mail: _EMAIL_).
Cite: Gaurav Trivedi and Saket Gupta, "Airhockey on An Interactive Table Top Surface," International Journal of Modeling and Optimization vol. 2, no. 4, pp. 427-431, 2012.


text: Future Lunar Landers and Rovers will require variable thermal links that can reject heat during daytime, and passively shut-off during lunar night. During the long lunar day, the thermal management system must remove the waste heat from the electronics and batteries keep them within the acceptable temperature limit. Since the heater power availability is restricted, a variable thermal link is therefore required to limit the amount of heat that is removed from the electronics and radiated to space during the long lunar night. Conventional Loop Heat Pipes (LHPs) can provide the required variable thermal conductance, but they consume electrical power to shut down the heat transfer. Our innovation adds a Thermal Control Valve (TCV) to the LHP, allowing it to passively shut off without consuming any electrical power. This is important since there is a severe penalty for electrical power consumption: supplying 1 W in a photovoltaic system requires roughly 5 kg of extra equipment. The TCV used in the LHP has been previously selected for thermal control in the pumped loop on the Mars Science Laboratory. The Phase I project was successful in demonstrating the feasibility of integrating the TCV in a LHP. The Phase II project will fabricate and test a LHP with a TCV at representative conditions, bringing the technology to TRL 6. The testing will include full characterization of the TCV under various LHP operation modes. Analysis and testing of different LHP condenser layouts will also be performed, as well as freeze/thaw analysis.


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By Jocelyn Turner
Amherst Daily News
AMHERST – Red, white and blue with a bright yellow star will be donned today in honour of Acadian Day.
The Cumberland County Museum will be holding different exhibits in honour of Acadian history in Nova Scotia. One of the exhibits featured at the museum is about the dykes built by Acadians all around Cumberland County and Nova Scotia, some of the artifacts having been lent to the museum by Acadian history enthusiast Dana Rushton.
"There's a lot of French history here in Nova Scotia," said Rushton. "What the Acadians did in claiming the marsh land here was a new technology (here) that was used in Europe since the time of the Romans. How they applied it here, however, was unique with no government money to influence them. It was a community effort."
The dykes were built to keep the fields full of nutrients in order for them to farm. Rushton said taking the time to remember the role they played in building communities in the area is important.
"The face of the landscape today is, strictly in its essence, was originated from what the Acadians did when they dyked the land. Things have changed and the dykes today aren't the same dykes the Acadians made but the influence that they had. The system they created is still used today."
Diana Shaw said there will be other displays about Acadian history at the museum to coincide with the dyke exhibit.
"Because of the significance of Beaubassin in our area, that (dykes built by Acadians) should be something that we would recognize," she said. "We have this primary exhibit here for the dykes, but in our exhibit area we will have more information (about the Acadians) and we have pulled all of our early Acadian information to have it available for people who may want to come and do genealogy."
The Acadian exhibit will run for the rest of the month of August.


not understand the difference between holding and resisting. The best thing to do is stop and make sure the client is at ease, and explain the process, the work being done, the reason for using muscle testing, etc. Answer any questions the client might have, and make sure the environment is comfortable to the client. Take some time to teach the client the difference between holding and pushing back.
b. An Always Weak Muscle
This is obviously the opposite case of the problem above. In this case, the muscle will always test weak. The client might not know how strong to hold the muscle, they might not want to do the work, or might be too tired. Stop the work, and try to explain the session and purpose of muscle testing to the client, the need to have their collaboration. Try to understand the reason behind the weakness. Maybe the practitioner will want to change muscles, or, if the client it too tired, stop the session and postpone it for a different day.
c. A Stubborn Muscle
A stubborn muscle is one where one of the previous two problems have been dealt with, but the muscle keeps going back to the always weak or strong situation. The practitioner needs to train the muscle, and make sure he/she is still in balance. The client might need to be explained further and practice of yes and no feeling might have to continue for a while until the client feels what is expected.


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Doctor of Philosophy in Conflict Analysis & Resolution
College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – Department of Conflict Resolution Studies
Robert J. Witheridge
conflict, lesbian, motherhood, narratives, phenomenology, sociopolitical
This study explored the lives of lesbian mothers with children conceived through insemination or the adoption process in an effort to understand the conflicts they encountered along their journey to motherhood and how they managed those conflicts. The qualitative study included in-depth interviews conducted with six participants. The participants' ages ranged between 25-60 years old. Interview results were analyzed to explore participants' narratives in regards to their experiences, relationships, identities and transformation into motherhood. This research highlights significant ongoing developments in the field of lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ) studies and seeks to intersect the boundaries between interpersonal and sociopolitical conflicts with the phenomena of lesbian-mothered families. Using interpretative phenomenological analysis, this research provides a contribution to the interdisciplinary field of conflict resolution with a focus on the central research question: What is the common experience shared among lesbian mothers in their transformation to motherhood? The key findings of this study interrelate with themes of interpersonal conflict, role conflict, and sociopolitical conflict. The conclusions contribute to the field of conflict analysis and resolution, expand upon recent developments on LGBT family systems, and suggest new areas for further examination from the perspective of conflict analysis scholarship.
Melissa Miller-Munoz. 2016. Motherhood redefined: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of the lived experiences of lesbian mothers and the sociopolitical conflicts that shape their narratives. Doctoral dissertation. Nova Southeastern University. Retrieved from NSUWorks, College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences – Department of Conflict Resolution Studies. (51)


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Tidal current turbines extract kinetic energy from tidal current in much the same way as wind turbines do with wind. Tidal current velocities are by nature slow and variable, whereas electricity generation typically requires fast and steady rotary motion. This article investigates the performance of a hydraulic transmission system based on Digital Displacement™ technology, which allows variable speed of the tidal current turbine rotor while maintaining constant generator shaft speed. The case study of a generic horizontal axis tidal turbine is considered. Control strategies based on rotor variable speed are derived to optimize yearly power generation and to cope with short-term variations in stream velocity.
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- tidal energy, tidal current turbine, hydraulic transmission, digital displacement


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Plants & Us
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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Mental health facilities play a crucial role in helping individuals with mental illnesses. However, there are often barriers that prevent patients from receiving the best possible care, including access to medications. To address this issue, mental health facilities can consider opening their own pharmacies, providing numerous benefits to patients and staff alike.
One of the most significant advantages of opening a pharmacy in a mental health facility is improved access to medication. Patients with mental illnesses often require multiple medications to manage their symptoms, and having a pharmacy on site ensures that these medications are readily available. This can also reduce the risk of medication errors or missed doses, which can have serious consequences for patients' mental health.
Additionally, having a pharmacy on site can improve communication and collaboration between doctors and pharmacists. Mental health facilities that open their own pharmacies can ensure that doctors and pharmacists work together to provide optimal care for patients. This can lead to more accurate medication management, better monitoring of side effects, and more effective treatment plans.
Opening a pharmacy in a mental health facility can also lead to cost savings. Patients who obtain their medications from the facility's pharmacy may be eligible for reduced co-pays or other financial assistance. This can help patients who are struggling financially to afford their medications, leading to better outcomes and improved quality of life.
Finally, having a pharmacy on site can help mental health facilities better manage their inventory of medications. By keeping a record of medication usage and demand, the pharmacy can ensure that there are always adequate supplies of medications on hand. This can prevent stockouts, reduce waste, and ultimately save money.
In conclusion, opening a pharmacy in a mental health facility can provide numerous benefits to patients, doctors, and staff. By improving access to medication, enhancing collaboration between doctors and pharmacists, reducing costs, and managing medication inventory more effectively, mental health facilities can better serve their patients and improve the overall quality of care.


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Invertebrates in your Backyard
Uses these techniques to discover what invertebrates call your backyard home.
There are many techniques to survey the invertebrates in your backyard. Use a combination to determine the diversity of invertebrates in your local area.
- Pitfall traps sampling involves placing a small container buried to ground level so that it can collect anything that falls into it. This is a commonly used technique that catches large amount of material for very little effort. Common species found with this method include ants, spiders and beetles. This test is also very easy to standardise.
- Leaf Litter sorting involves collecting leaf litter then sifting through the material to find the invertebrates. Protective clothing should be worn, sample sizes should be the same and equal lengths of time should be spent sifting the leaf litter samples.
- Beat sampling is probably the most widely used technique for collecting invertebrates from vegetation. This is a good technique for collecting beetles, ants, bugs and spiders. Use a sturdy stick is used to beat the vegetation, stunning the invertebrates. They can be collected in a light colour shallow bag or off a drop sheet.
- Dip Netting is the simplest and most effective technique for collecting aquatic invertebrates. Nets can be used to collect from shallow and reedy areas. Organisms are put in a bucket or container along with water from the creek or pond to be identified.
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China released a five-year plan last week, upgrading its food safety regulations, Food Safety News reports.
The new plan, developed by the country's Ministry of Health, sets out to update existing standards, write new ones, and in general close loopholes and abolish ambiguities.
The framework was announced on the heels of China's Food Safety Week.
Despite the spate of China food scandals in recent years, the country has more than 2,000 national food regulations and more than 2,900 industry-based regulations.
"Many of the regulations are overlapping or contradict each other, since multiple government agencies were given the responsibility of compiling their own standards years ago," said the government in a statement.
The plan calls for coordination between 14 different government departments, including the Ministry of Health, the Ministry of Science and Technology and the Ministry of Agriculture, to complete reviewing and revamping the existing standards by 2015.
"The government will prioritize safety standards for dairy products, infant food, meat, alcohol, vegetable oil, seasoning, health products and food additives so as to specify limits for dangerous ingredients in these foods," according to the release.
"Moreover, the government will make special efforts to set standards for testing various contaminants, food additives, microorganisms, pesticide and animal drug residue in food production by 2015."
Source: Food Safety News
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If a peer object has auto-initialization enabled, the BIG-IP system will
automatically create outbound connections to the active pool members in the specified pool using
the configuration of the specified transport-config. For auto-initialization to attempt to create
a connection, the peer must be included in a route that is attached to a router instance. For
each router instance that the peer is contained in, a connection will be initiated. The
auto-initialization logic will verify at a configurable interval if the a connection exists
between the BIG-IP and the pool members of the pool. If a connection does not exist, it will
attempt to reestablish one.
The first auto-intialization attempt will occur at least one auto-initialization-interval delay
from when the object is loaded or changed in the TMM.
If the router instance is not included in any virtual servers, connection auto-initialization
will not start. Once the router instance has been included in an enabled virtual server,
auto-initialization will begin and will remain running for those peers used by routes attached to
the router instance even if the router instance is removed from the virtual server.
If a peer with auto-initialization enabled, is used in multiple router instances, a separate
connection will be established for each router instance.
The auto-initialization logic will only attempt to create connections to enabled pool members.
If the pool member is marked down by an external monitor it will be ignored unless an inband
monitor is also attached.
If mirroring is enabled on the router instance, the active device will initialize outgoing
connections. The new outgoing connections will be mirrored to the standby device.