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By studying reproduction we can examine how a species has moved between different ocean basins. By looking at how larvae are produced, what time of year they are produced, and how long larvae can survive before settling we can start to understand to how far they can travel, and so which coral populations are connected along larval highways.
Reproduction is also highly stress dependent - very often a coral will stop reproducing when stressed - so we can use the reproductive status of coral populations to see how healthy they are. For example, we have found that no Lophelia corals from an area that had been trawled were reproducing sexually but in an untrawled area close by the corals were reproductive. This strongly suggests that stress to the corals in the trawled area was preventing them reproduce sexually.
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This section lists a number of UNIDO publications of relevance to cluster and network development and provides the links to key academic references in this field. Some of these publications have served as a basis for the development of UNIDO's methodological approach presented.
This section is thus structured into two parts:
The UNIDO publications are further divided into general and thematic publications. General UNIDO publications are related to the wider cluster and network development approach. The thematic publications focus on specific themes that UNIDO has sought to combine with the cluster development approach, both in theory and practice, such as gender, CSR, exports, and poverty alleviation. All publications can be downloaded free of charge and are mostly available in English, but also French and/or Spanish.

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Recent Benchmarking Efforts
Past Benchmarking Efforts
During the development of the Strategic Investment Plans, the NSRP Executive Control Board concluded that a baseline was needed in order to measure performance of the U.S. shipbuilding industry during the period of the program. To establish the baseline, benchmarking of shipyards in the U.S., Europe, Japan and South Korea was conducted. The proven benchmarking method that was used established each shipyard's current competitive position along with an evaluation of the applied technology and practices in key areas against peers in the shipbuilding industry, both foreign and domestic.
NSRP Recomendations for Shipbuilding Industrial Base Investment Fund (based on initial Benchmarking Study below)


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I certainly haven't seen any original records, so you may be right that Alivia is a typo for Alicia. On the other hand, if it's a mistake, then it's a mistake that many people have made. Google "Alivia Braose" or "Alivia de Braose" and you'll find numerous geneological pages that reference her. Curiously, some of these websites also call her Aline, a name which is supposed to be related to Adeline, not Alice.
I looked for some more medieval Alivias and came across two more: both of them named Alivia Bassett, both living in the 13th century. The second Alivia Bassett is *also* called Aline in some sources. She was the mother of a famous English lord named Hugh le Despenser the Elder, and is referred to as Alivia by more than one source. So I suppose Alivia is somehow related to either Alice or Aline.
BTW, all my "research" comes from the internet, so there's always the possibility that there are some of the websites I've seen aren't too reliable. :)


The history of your name
The LENZA surname in the USA
Frequency Comparisons
Total Rank Frequency % Per million people
United States
United States (Current snapshot) 340 56246 0.000 1
United States (1880 census) 13 83573 0.000 0
Change since 1880 +327 +27327 0 N/A
Other Countries
Australia 0 0
United Kingdom 0 0
Top States for LENZA by Total
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New York 91 18876 0.000 5
Florida 53 27863 0.000 3
New Jersey 44 20558 0.001 5
Illinois 33 35838 0.000 3
Pennsylvania 32 38775 0.000 3
Top States for LENZA by Frequency
State Total Rank in State Frequency % Per million people
New Jersey 44 20558 0.001 5
Delaware 4 25850 0.001 5
New York 91 18876 0.000 5
Massachusetts 29 23410 0.000 5
Rhode Island 4 25568 0.000 4
Figures for top states show firstly the states where most people called LENZA live. This obviously tends to be biased towards the most populous states. The second set of figures show where people called LENZA represent the biggest proportion of the population. So, in this case, there are more people called LENZA in New York than any other state, but you are more likely to find a LENZA by picking someone at random in New Jersey than anywhere else.
Classification and Origin of LENZA
Sorry, we don't have any origin and classification information for the LENZA surname.
Ethnic distribution of LENZA in the USA
Classification Total Percent
White (Caucasian) 315 92.65
White (Hispanic) 16 4.71
Asian/Pacific Less than 100 Insignificant
Black/African American Less than 100 Insignificant
Mixed Race Less than 100 Insignificant
Native American/Alaskan None reported 0
Ethnic distribution data shows the number and percentage of people with the LENZA surname who reported their ethnic background as being in these broad categories in the most recent national census.
Meaning of LENZA in historical publications
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Similar names to LENZA
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Potential typos for LENZA
The following words are slight variants of LENZA that are likely to be possible typos or misspellings in written material.


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I am trying to learn loops and array manipulation in zsh.
Say I have two arrays in zsh with the same unknown # of elements and each of them containing a list of paths, e.g.
I would like to iterate through both arrays simultaneously with a common index, so that I can do something like:
hg pull $REMOTE_PATH_i
in each iteration. How can I do this in zsh?
Also, I have searched for loop control and arrays in the zsh documentation but had little success. Is there a good tutorial that introduces the basics of loops, arrays, etc. in zsh? Something for people with little bash or shell-scripting experience but with a background in programming?
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Section 15.2.1 "Array Subscripts" says that arrays can be index with [exp] (where exp is a numeric expression) and that elements start at index 1 (0 if KSH_ARRAYS is set).
Section 14.3 "Parameter Expansion" says that the syntax ${_TAG_} will expand to the number of elements of an array.
Section 6.3 "Complex Commands" gives the syntax for a numeric for loop (as in C):
for (( initExpr ; testExpr ; stepExpr )) do … done.
Putting them all together:
for (( i = 1; i <= $_TAG_; i++ )) do
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Or, if you are using KSH_ARRAYS, then this:
for (( i = 0; i < ${_TAG_[*]}; i++ )) do
 ( # subshell to contain the effect of the chdir
 cd ${LOCAL_PATH[i]}
 hg pull ${REMOTE_PATH[i]}
Using KSH_ARRAYS makes arrays start with index 0, requires the use of braces for array expressions, and interprets $array as $array[0] (requiring a change to the array length expression). The syntax changes required by KSH_ARRAY will also work without KSH_ARRAY, but you still have to adjust the logic for the different index range (1 through N versus 0 through N-1).
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It's been more than 90 years since her breakthrough discovery, but it's not too late to remember Margaret Newton, the first Canadian woman to earn a PhD in agriculture.
Newton was honoured July 17 when an official Government of Canada plaque was unveiled in Portage la Prairie, Man., to commemorate her pioneering research into wheat stem rust.
"Our government is proud to recognize Dr. Margaret Newton, whose discoveries on the nature of wheat rust fungus ended the serious threat of this disease to Canadian farmers and the Canadian economy," said MP Brian Pallister, who attended the ceremony along with Newton's relatives and representatives from grain research centres.
Newton was also inducted into the Manitoba Agricultural Hall of Fame July 17.
The two latest honours add to a long list of accolades for Newton, who died in Victoria in 1971.
For her work on cereal crop rusts, Newton became in 1942 the second woman elected to the Royal Society of Canada. In 1948 she was awarded the Society's Flavelle Medal for contributions to biology.
However, considering her record and the fact that she is also a member of the Canadian Science Hall of Fame, few current scientists know about Newton or her work.
"She worked a long time ago, so there's nobody with working knowledge of her," said Brent McCallum, a plant pathologist at the Cereal Research Centre in Winnipeg.
McCallum wrote a short abstract on Newton for the Canadian Phytopathological Society, which is why he knows that Newton was "one of the founding scientists at the cereal research lab" in Winnipeg.
Newton, who was born in 1887 and grew up on a farm in western Quebec, began her career in wheat rust research in 1917 while working on a degree in agriculture at the University of McGill.
In 1916 a wheat rust epidemic hammered the prairie crop and Newton's mentor at McGill, W.P. Fraser, visited Western Canada in 1917 to study the disease.
Newton was assigned to work in the agriculture lab at McGill, analyzing Fraser's rust samples but only after she convinced the dean of the college to lift restrictions that prevented women from using labs in the evening.
Ralph Estey, professor emeritus of plant science at McGill who knew Newton, said the social politics of her era might explain why Newton is not well known.
"Few present day plant science researchers know about Margaret's work," he said.
"The female writers of her day were inclined to praise her work, whereas some of her male colleagues and writers were somewhat less inclined to praise her accomplishments."
After becoming the first woman to receive a bachelor's degree in agriculture at McGill, Newton took a position in 1920 at a federal government laboratory at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon.
Newton split her time between Saskatoon and the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, where she continued her wheat rust research. In 1922 she earned her PhD in Minnesota, becoming the first Canadian woman to hold a doctorate in agriculture.
In 1924 the federal government set up the Dominion Rust Research Laboratory in Winnipeg in response to a series of rust outbreaks on the Prairies in 1916, 1919 and 1921.
"She was hired as one of the first scientists (at the lab) and she initiated the rust surveys that are still going on today," said McCallum, who takes part in current rust surveys at the Cereal Research Centre, a facility that evolved out of the Rust Lab.
Newton's breakthrough work at the lab focused on the genetics of wheat rust, which was not well understood at the time.
"She found out the genetics of the fungus, which has been very helpful for future research," McCallum said.
"She (also) worked along with the breeders to develop some of the early rust-resistant cultivars."
Newton worked at the Rust Lab until 1945, when poor health forced the internationally recognized rust expert to retire and relocate to Victoria. However, retirement did not stop Newton from sharing her specialized knowledge with the world.
"She became quite involved in international work," McCallum said.
"She went over to Russia and Africa and assisted rust programs in those places."

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[Title:] Agrarian Economy and Rural Development - Realities and Perspectives for Romania. 6th Edition of the International Symposium [Publisher:] The Research Institute for Agricultural Economy and Rural Development (ICEADR) [Place:] Bucharest [Year:] 2015 [Pages:] 418-424
In this article, I point out that the management systems, methods and techniques are the actual ways used to solve the problems arising from the management functions and which trigger the component activities of the organization functions. The classification of the management systems, methods and techniques includes all the activities by which the structural framework appropriate to the profile and tasks from farms is performed and the activities that ensure the normal work processes. The adoption of modern management systems, methods and techniques, allowing the involvement of execution personnel in managerial act without breaking the authority principles and the innovation promoting, can influence the management style, imparting a democratic character, beneficial to the performance of a farm.

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Definition of Stichoi
1. stichos [n] - See also: stichos
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Lexicographical Neighbors of Stichoi
Literary usage of Stichoi
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. A Commentary on the Psalms from Primitive and Mediæval Writers: And from the by John Mason Neale, Richard Frederick Littledale, Miles Coverdale (1879)
"I cannot help giving, as the best commentary on this part of the Psalm,- the stichoi of Great Thursday with their..."
2. History of the Sacred Scriptures of the New Testament by Eduard Reuss (1884)
"The stichoi were numbered and summed up at the end of each book, as was done in the Hebrew Bible also. Yet it is still a question whether these..."
3. The Coptic version of the New Testament in the northern dialect, otherwise by George William Horner (1905)
"T the number of its stichoi hundred five and twenty, and its chapters six.... I. Ep. ends with'Was finished the second epistle of Peter, its stichoi..."
4. A History of the Holy Eastern Church by John Mason Neale (1850)
"It frequently happens that proper stichoi are given in the... The number of stichoi varies; when any are given in the..."
5. The Catholic Encyclopedia: An International Work of Reference on the by Charles George Herbermann (1913)
"... and stichoi, the Nunc dimittis, the trisagion, and the apolytikion. Greater Vespers, which are said after sunset, begin with the invitatory,..."
6. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1910)
"The and 1600 stichoi, the last testified by Septuagint a number of manuscripts, for which Text the number of the corresponding imShorter proved text is..."
7. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1852)
"The stichoi, however, not only assisted the public reader f the New Testament to determine its sense ; they also erved to measure the size of books ; thus,..."
8. An Introduction to the Critical Study and Knowledge of the Holy Scriptures by Thomas Hartwell Horne (1840)
"At the end of each manuscript it was usual to specify the number of stichoi which it contained. When a copyist was disposed to contract his space,..."
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The Trevelyon Miscellany: Embroidery
Word & Image:
The Trevelyon Miscellany of 1608
|on exhibit January 23 - May 22, 2004
Miscellany is probably best known today for its embroidery patterns,
which make up nearly one hundred pages of the volume.
is possible Thomas Trevelyon was a professional "drawer"
who outlined embroidery designs on fabric for others to fill in
with appropriate stitches. In addition to the obvious embroidery
patterns, almost any of Trevelyon's portraits and figural scenes
can be envisioned in pictorial needlework.
Miscellany contains twenty cap patterns in all,
the only patterns in the book explicitly intended for clothing.
Miscellany, fol. 266r
(Embroidery pattern for a cap)
Word and Image: The Trevelyon
Miscellany of 1608
Trevelyon: the man and his sources | History
and Religion |
and Calculations | Memento
Mori | Proverbs
| The Old
Testament | Lettering
| A Quest for Order
| Women | Astronomy
Exhibition Intro | Visiting
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Draw Your Own Controller.
The Beatsurfing App has 4 objects available: the Line, the Polygon, the Fader and the Circle. Each of them has special features (direction detection, counter, etc.). You use those objects to create swarms, groups of objects that you can arrange in layers, duplicate, etc. enabling you to create unique MIDI controls taht would not occur if you had to prototype them physically. As you can link objects together and create interactions between them ("Behaviours", of which an example is available here: _URL_ there's also more to a scene than what meets the eye.
How does it work?
Using the Multi-Touch iPad gestures to bring the objects on the surface, position, resize, color and orient them.
- Everything can be modified seemlessly through the iPad gestures.
- Each object can be positioned on a 3-dimensional space (through layers), allowing you to create Swarms, Controls that won't exist in any physical controller in the World.
All four objects are very simple operators if you consider them separately. It is also important to highlight that each operator has a concept of "behaviors" they can be assigned with.
- The Line can trigger a unique MIDI note defined as the "root note." Each time your finger collides a Line, the MIDI note message is sent. Then you have the notion of directional detection that you can enable or not. When enabled, it will detect in which direction you pass through the Line and trigger the root note if you slide your finger from right to left, or the next note relative to the root note if you slide your finger from left to right.
- The Polygon is very similar to the Line, where each segment of the polygon has the same characteristic as the Line operator.
- The Circle is more or less a sequencer. You can define from 1 to 16 steps. Each step triggers a MIDI note. Each time you collide a Circle, the current step is increased and as a result triggers the next MIDI note. Other objects in the scene can be configured to reset or set a particular step on the circle.
- The Fader sends MIDI Control Change or Pitch Wheel messages.


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New U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, Wins Engineering Excellence Grand Award from American Council of Engineering Companies
Water Storage and Heat Sink at U.S. Embassy Pristina, Kosovo
The American Council of Engineering Companies (ACEC), a leading organization representing the business and professional interests of consulting engineering firms in the United States, honored the new U.S. Embassy in Pristina, Kosovo, as a 2020 Grand Award Winner in the Engineering Excellence category.
The ACEC awards jury recognized the project's cutting-edge approach to waste-water management and energy conservation. An example of the Bureau of Overseas Buildings Operations' (OBO) resilient and sustainable projects, cost-effective measures were taken that allowed for annual energy and water savings of roughly 40% and 90%, respectively. These measures included the use of daylight harvesting, solar water heaters, rainwater harvesting, the installation of an optimized building envelope, and the construction of an on-site wastewater treatment plant. The on-site wastewater treatment plant does double duty, keeping the Embassy self-sufficient and recycling graywater which is treated for use on the site and in the building. The large water feature provides water storage and serves as a heat sink for the ground-sourced heat pump, reducing the energy needed to heat or cool the building year-round. Altogether, the Embassy has achieved nearly net-zero water capability for the entire campus.
The U.S. Embassy was recognized alongside other complex projects that represent some of the most innovative in the engineering industry. ACEC presented the awards at this year's Engineering Excellence Awards Virtual Gala on December 1. Mason and Hanger, the architectural and engineering firm that submitted the project for consideration, continues to showcase OBO's dedication to innovation in the field of engineering, stewardship, security, and resilience. The project was designed by Davis Brody Bond of New York and constructed by BL Harbert International of Alabama.
Since the start of the Department's Capital Security Construction Program in 1999, OBO has completed 164 new diplomatic facilities. OBO currently has more than 50 active projects either in design or under construction worldwide.
OBO provides safe, secure, functional, and resilient facilities that represent the U.S. government to the host nation and that support U.S. diplomats in advancing U.S. foreign policy objectives abroad.


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Like it or lump it
Said of an unpleasant outcome that one has no choice but to accept - one can either endure it willingly or endure it with suffering.
When we are given a fait accompli in a situation in which we would normally expect some sort of choice, we might not be too pleased about it. We may then be told to 'like it or lump it'. Had the expression been coined in the 16th century this is no doubt what Thomas Hobson would have said to his prospective customers when he offered them 'Hobson's choice'.
But how exactly do we 'lump' something? Although 'lump' is almost always used as a noun rather than a verb, there are many meanings of the verb form of 'lump' to choose from:
- To bet all of one's money on a single wager (first recorded in the 19th century)
- To make something into a lump (18th century)
- To classify various things as a group, i.e. lump them together (17th century)
- To slouch along lazily (17th century)
- To look sulky or disagreeable (16th century)
Of course, it is the last of these lumps that is the alternative to 'like it'.
'Lumping' in the sense of mooching about grumpily may well be of Irish origin and is first recorded in Richard Stanyhurst's Treatise Describing Irelande, 1577. The Dublin born Stanyhurst risked the wrath of his contemporaries by suggesting that the English rule in Ireland wasn't the source of all their troubles:
Here percase some snappish carper will snuffinglie snib me for debasing the Irish language: because that by proofe and experience we see, that the pale was neuer in more florishing estate than when it was wholie English, and neuer in woorsse plight than since it hath infranchised the Irish. But some will saie, that I shew my selfe herein as friuolous... They stand lumping and lowring, fretting and fuming.
[Note: Stanyhurst's expressive phrase'snuffingly snib' means'rebuke in a snorting manner'.]
[Note: see also 'Beyond the pale'.]
Soon afterwards, in 1581, Barnaby Rich used the term in Farewell to Military Profession:
She beganne to froune, lumpe, and lowre at her housebande.
Rich was a naval captain and undoubtedly English, but most of his writing related to Ireland and he moved to Dublin to write on his retirement from the Navy.
People had been lumping it for a few hundred years before anyone thought of the phrase 'like it or lump it'. A play on words between the noun and verb usages of the word lump was what brought it about. The early uses of the expression refer to things that have lumps in them, as in this example from the London magazine The Monthly Mirror, 1807, in a piece titled Rules For Punning:
Mrs....purposely sends a dish of tea to a lady, without sugar, of which she complains.
Mr....(Handing the sugar basin) - Well, ma'am, if you don't like it, you may lump it.
The English love of wordplay is long lasting, some might say chronic, and Zadie Smith made the same little joke in her novel White Teeth, 2000:
We're all English now, mate. Like it or lump it, as the rhubarb said to the custard.
The first example that I can find of the precise 'like it or lump it' wording of the expression is in Specimens, 1841, Josiah Shippey's book of morally uplifting essays, which were delivered in the form of tortured rhyming couplets, worthy of William McGonagall:
Yet his merit, though some may be ignorant of it,
And as he by it wishes each one may profit;
Imperiously forces, or like it or lump it,
Himself, honest fellow, to blow his own trumpet.


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Help making a calculator 21.01.2020 14:43
I'm in doubt how to make a calculator.
need to convert a unit of weight (kg) into caloric weight, as follows:
if weight is <10kg = caloric weight is: weight x 1
if the weight is> 10kg and <20kg = (weight - 10) x 0.5 + 10
if weight is> 20 = (weight - 15) x 0.2 + 15
weight: ( form )
caloric weight: ( result )
result example 1:
Weight: 7kg
Caloric Weight : 7kg
result example 2:
Weight: 15kg
Caloric Weight : 12,5kg
result example 3:
Weight: 35kg
Caloric Weight : 18kg
Re: Help making a calculator 22.01.2020 08:55
first you need to create your input fields, in this case weight, that you will receive at the code section as $weight. Then you can write your math at the code section and introduce the result into your variable (if you call it'result', then you need to fill the $result variable, for ex):
For your case you also need to use 'if' clauses, so you can check the proper syntax here:
In order to build this kind of code
if($weight<10) {
And finally, you can write your result at the output section with
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Setting an Image Cell | Spread Windows Forms 15.0
Spread Windows Forms 15.0
Spread Windows Forms 15.0 Product Documentation / Developer's Guide / Cell Types / Working with Graphical Cell Types / Setting an Image Cell
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 Setting an Image Cell
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 You can display a graphic image in a cell using the image cell type. An image cell shows an image as data. If the data type for a bound column is a bit array then the default cell type for that bound column would be an image cell type.
 An image object can be assigned to the Value property of a cell. The image or serialized image object must be in the data model.
 To create a cell that contains an image, use the ImageCellType class. Create an image cell using the following procedure. The result is shown in this figure.
 Image Cell Type Example
 Notice that both cells have a magenta background, but the one with the image only shows the magenta through the transparent areas specified by the transparency color property and the transparency tolerance property. The image is mostly white so blocks out most of the magenta. The lettering that is more blue is beyond the tolerance and so is not transparent. When you set a transparency color, the background behind the picture shows through in the area that originally had the color you specify. Setting the transparency tolerance to 255 will cause everything to be transparent so you may wish to use a value less than 255.
 For more information on the properties and methods of this cell type, refer to the ImageCellType class.
 Using the Properties Window
 1. At design time, in the Properties window, select the Spread component.
 2. Select the Sheets property.
 3. Click the button to display the SheetView Collection Editor.
 4. In the Members list, select the sheet in which the cells appear.
 5. In the property list, select the Cells property and then click the button to display the Cell, Column, and Row Editor.
 6. Select the cells for which you want to set the cell type.
 7. In the property list, select the CellType property and choose the Image cell type.
 8. Expand the list of properties under the CellType property. Select and set these specific properties as needed.
 9. Click OK to close the Cell, Column, and Row Editor.
 10. Click OK to close the SheetView Collection Editor.
 Using Code
 1. Define the image cell by creating an instance of the ImageCellType class.
 2. Create the image.
 3. Specify what appears in the cell by setting the Value property for the ImageCellType object.
 4. Specify the appearance of the image by setting properties such as Style.
 5. Assign the image cell type to a cell or range of cells by setting the CellType property for a cell, column, row, or style to the ImageCellType object.
 Example
 This example sets the properties of an image cell type then loads a logo image into a cell using the Value property. With background color set, the use of transparency can be seen.
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 FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType imgct = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType();
 System.Drawing.Image image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("D:\\Logos\\logo.jpg");
 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch;
 imgct.TransparencyColor = Color.Black;
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20;

 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1,1,1,2].BackColor = Color.Magenta;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[1,2].Width = 100;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Rows[1,1].Height = 50;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1,1,2,2].CellType = imgct;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1,1].Value = image;

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 Dim imgct As New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType()
 Dim image As System.Drawing.Image = System.Drawing.Image.FromFile("D:\Logos\logo.jpg")
 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch
 imgct.TransparencyColor = Color.Black
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20

 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1,1,1,2).BackColor = Color.Magenta
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(1,2).Width =100
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Rows(1,1).Height = 50
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1,1,2,2).CellType = imgct
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).Value = image

 When loading multiple images in image cell types, you can directly assign the image file paths in cell values. This improves the memory management and Spread's performance. The below image shows multiple images added into the image cell types.

 This example loads multiple images into image cell types by assigning the image file paths in the Value property.
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 FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType imgct = new FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType();
 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch;
 imgct.TransparencyColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black;
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20;

 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Columns[1, 3].Width = 100;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Rows[1, 2].Height = 70;
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1, 3, 3].CellType = imgct;

 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 1].Value = "D:\\Logos\\Spread.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 2].Value = "D:\\Logos\\GrapeCity.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[1, 3].Value = "D:\\Logos\\ActiveReports.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 1].Value = "D:\\Logos\\ComponentOne.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 2].Value = "D:\\Logos\\DocSol.png";
 fpSpread1.Sheets[0].Cells[2, 3].Value = "D:\\Logos\\Wijmo.png";

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 Dim imgct As FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType = New FarPoint.Win.Spread.CellType.ImageCellType()

 imgct.Style = FarPoint.Win.RenderStyle.Stretch
 imgct.TransparencyColor = System.Drawing.Color.Black
 imgct.TransparencyTolerance = 20
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Columns(1, 3).Width = 100
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Rows(1, 2).Height = 70
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1, 3, 3).CellType = imgct

 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 1).Value = "D:\Logos\Spread.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 2).Value = "D:\Logos\GrapeCity.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(1, 3).Value = "D:\Logos\ActiveReports.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 1).Value = "D:\Logos\ComponentOne.png"
 fpSpread1.Sheets(0).Cells(2, 2).Value = "D:\Logos\DocSol.png"
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 3. From the File menu choose Apply and Exit to apply your changes to the component and exit Spread Designer.
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Pen Drive Showing Less Space than Actual
Note: Data in the drive will be lost.
1.Plug in your pen drive
2.Type diskmgmt.msc in Run box to open Disk Management.
3.Select your drive's partition.
4.Right click on it and select the option of "Delete Volume" in it.
5.This will delete the memory space allocated and free up the total space.
6.Now in the empty space created again right click and select "Create Volume" to create the space.
7.Select the file system and format the partition to be able to use it again.


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Dielectric Properties
Based on the dielectric properties it is possible to determine whether or not a material can be categorized as a simple medium.
Given the equation of polarization density P:
P = ε0 · Xe · E
where:
ε0: electric permittivity of free space
Xe: electric susceptibility
E: electric field
A material can have one or more of the following characteristics.
Linear: if the electric susceptibility is independent of E.
Isotropic: If the polarization has the same direction as E.
Homogenous: If the susceptibility is independent of space coordinates.
A material is a simple medium if all three properties are satisfied.
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Encyclopedia - Distinguished Service Cross (U.K.)
The British Distinguished Service Cross medal was awarded by military authorities to serving members of the Royal Navy for meritorious actions in the face of the enemy.
Instituted in 1901 as the Conspicuous Service Cross the medal was awarded to warrant and subordinate officers; it was renamed the Distinguished Service Cross (DSC) in October 1914 and made available to all Royal Naval personnel below the rank of Lieutenant Commander.
Some 1,983 DSCs were awarded during the course of the First World War. From 1916 a Bar was made available to denote formal recognition of further acts of merit to existing DSC holders.
The medal, which was made of silver, was 41mm in height and 35mm wide. The obverse of the medal showed the Royal Cypher on the circular central medallion surmounted by a crown; the reverse was plain other than for a hallmark with the year of the war engraved on the lower arm.
A "blimp" was a word applied to an observation balloon.
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Telekinesis is the ability to move objects using the mind. Alden Tate, John White (as the Beast) and the Dust Men Conduits have this ability. Cole MacGrath also possesses variations of this ability, though they rely on his mastery of Electromagnetism. Ice Crushers exhibit some form of Telekinesis, lifting ice spikes off the ground, and firing them at an opponent.
- Alden Tate used his abilities to lift a bus and throw it onto a rooftop. He also used telekinesis to create a large "Golem" armor for himself as he fought Cole MacGrath. He may have used the ability to fly or at least slow his descent when he fell off the bridge to escape Cole.
- Dust Men conduits can form metal around them to become metal "golems" granting them strength and durability. While fighting with this armor on, they can throw projectiles at a high speed, similar to a minigun, or use it to lift large objects and throw them at their targets.
- Additionally, Armored Conduits can make smaller Scrap Crabs, to aid them in battle.
- John White uses telekinesis to lift objects off the ground and pull them into a purple vortex in the palm of his hands, he can then throw this at enemies.
- Cole can use electromagnetism to lift up large and heavy objects, and throw them towards a target.
- "Anything for Trish" is the only mission where Alden is seen directly using his telekinesis without his Golem armor on.
- So far, only 2 main conduits have been seen using this ability; Alden and John. But there are conduits within the Dust Men who use telekinesis to hold their metal golem in place.


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The world's first "all-in-one" full-colour microLED display is a power-efficient display technology that will enable engineers to build high-quality displays for AR/VR applications.
Porotech has announced the world's first "all-in-one" full-colour microLED display. The display uses Porotech's Dynamic Pixel Tuning (DPT) technology that enables a single pixel to emit light across the entire colour spectrum. This technology can reduce power consumption while improving pixel density and picture quality. This can enable designers to make better displays for applications having a very small display size including applications like AR and VR headsets, smart watches, etc.
The display employs a class of Gallium Nitride (GaN) materials, DPT which enables a single microLED diode for all colours. The current technology employs an RGB (red-green-blue) sub-pixel model, which increases the size of the display, and reduces the resolution and cost of manufacturing. DPT can enhance the pixel density and resolution up to 4 times thus lowering the cost of displays, reducing power consumption and providing better colour, brightness and efficiency.
According to a few experts, the microLED display can solve a lot of fundamental technical problems related to the quality of microLED displays, which included manufacturability and system integration. Furthermore, the display is able to cover the entire colour spectrum using a single microLED chip and it can also emit colours such as "pure white", which was not possible by the existing RGB sub-pixel model.
Dr Tongtong Zhu, Porotech's CEO and Co-Founder say: "This doesn't just herald widespread adoption of consumer-grade MR, VR, and AR. In fact, DPT also offers radical improvements in TV, signage, and smart wearables in both consumer and professional contexts. By allowing pixels to move beyond RGB and quadrupling the resolution of any given display, DPT is set to unlock new uses for displays in every segment of society."


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Finding earthworms is easy! Even a simple back garden can yield a diverse range of species. Different species of earthworms inhabit different microhabitats so there are a number of sampling techniques available for collecting earthworms. The National Earthworm Recording Scheme (NERS) standard protocol outlined below is great for collecting high quality data that can be compared and analysed across sites. However, non-standardised recording methods still provide valuable species data and we welcome any and all records of earthworm species. It's worth remembering that even common species of earthworm have never been recorded in some counties so even a casual record of a common species may be a very important record! Earthworm recording can be simply turning over logs or looking under pots in your back garden.
Sampling Standard Protocol
Our sampling standard protocol has been designed in a standardised manner so that the data collected is comparable across sites. It consists of soil pit sampling and microhabitat searches as outlined below. A downloadable version of this guidance is included in the ESB Earthworm Recorder Pack.
Soil Pit Sampling
Step 1 - Planning
A map of your sample site is useful to mark where you will take your samples, or for identifying different habitats in which to take samples. Look for areas that have no current records. New records on sites that have been previously sampled are still useful as you may get different results. Remember that if you do not own the land where you are sampling you will need permission from the landowner first.
Step 2 - Equipment
You will need the following:
- A spade (to dig the pits)
- 5 plastic tubes of 80% ethanol (to store and preserve earthworms)
- A sorting tray (to place the soil on in order to sort through and look for earthworms, alternatives include pots or bin bags)
- Labels and alcohol resistant pen/pencil (to label your samples and ensure they don't get mixed up)
- Notebook and map (to make note of the location, habitat and other important factors)
- Pointed non-serrated forceps (optional but useful)
- Gloves (to keep your hands clean)
Identification is made easier if you undertake the optional sixth step of relaxing
your earthworms as they will be better preserved:
- A plastic take away container with lid (to relax and align your earthworms)
- A bottle of 30% ethanol (to relax your earthworms)
Step 3 - Digging
A spade can now be used to dig a soil pit. The standard pit size for the National Earthworm Recording Scheme is 25cm by 25cm, to a depth of 10cm.
Step 4 - Sorting
The soil from the pit should be placed on the sorting tray/bin bag/pot and sort through it with your hands.
Step 5 - Earthworms
Any earthworms that are found in the soil should be removed and collected into a container.
Step 6 - Relaxing (optional)
In order to stop the earthworms being preserved in awkward positions, the earthworms can be relaxed and straightened. This will make identification of the specimens much easier.
- Place the earthworms in a container of 30% ethanol.
- Leave for about 5 minutes to relax the earthworms.
- Straighten out the earthworms in the grooves of the lid.
- Pour 80% ethanol onto the earthworms.
- Leave for 5-10 minutes before placing the earthworms in the plastic tube containing a label and 80% ethanol.
Any earthworms that are found in the soil should be removed and collected into a container.
Step 7 - Preservation and Labeling
All the earthworms that have been collected from the pit should be placed in a tube of 80% ethanol. The size/number of tubes used will depend on how many earthworms were collected. Sometimes a pit can yield over 100 earthworms! The 80% ethanol will act as a killing agent and preserve the earthworms. However, earthworms contain a lot of fluid and will release this fluid when they are placed in the ethanol. This will dilute the ethanol and cause the earthworms to deteriorate, so the alcohol should be changed following sampling to prevent this. A label should also be placed in the tube to identify the pit and site that the sample belongs to.
Step 8 - Replication
The standard number of pits is 5 per site for the National Earthworm Recording Scheme. This is important to get a standardised sample of the site. Pits need only be a couple of metres apart (see guidance for planning your soil pits below).
Step 9 - Recording
(See our guidance for Creating and Submitting Earthworm Records for further details.)
- Site details should be recorded on site where possible:
- Who (the recorder and any helpers)
- Where (using GPS to gain latitude/longitude or a grid reference obtained from an OS map/online tool, as well as the site name and county)
- When (record the date)
- Sampling method (either enter ESB soil pit sampling standard protocol or give the pit size and number of pits if different)
- Habitat (the general habitat is useful, but also other details such plant species present and any other habitat comments that may be relevant)
- Substrate (for soil pits this will always be soil/sand)
Step 10 - Identification
All you need to do now is identify your earthworms under the microscope. The Key to the Earthworms of the UK & Ireland by Sherlock (second edition) is available from the FSC website. For beginners at earthworm ID we run earthworm ID courses which are advertised on our website and facebook page. Earthworm ID is straightforward in most cases, but when you are starting of it's a good idea to get an experienced eartworm surveyor to check your ID's so you know you are correct and to improve your skills. If you have identified some earthworms and want to check them please email us to let us know before you send them.
Planning your soil pits
When planning your 5 soil pits it is important that all of your five soil pits fall within the habitat you are sampling. Please note that the distances provided in the following examples do not need to be exact and are given to provide approximate guidance so that it is clear that soil pits should not be spaced a great distance apart.
Large patches of habitat
If you are sampling a habitat that covers a big enough area, soil pits can be arranged in a square formation, with one pit in each corner (for example between 5 and 10 metres apart) and one in the centre. Examples of this type of habitat may include open fields, gardens, woodland and parks.
Some habitats are linear and, in these cases a linear transect should be used with pits spaced evenly apart (for example between 2 and 5 metres). Linear transects may not necessarily be in a straight line and may be curved. Examples of this type of habitat may include hedgerows, riverbanks, pond edges and tree lines.
In some cases neither of these arrangements will be suitable and the arrangement will need to be adapted to suit the habitat you are sampling. If the habitat is patchy, soil pits should be planned in patches of the same habitat.
Soil pit sampling allows a standardised quantitative method of sampling a site for earthworms. However, earthworm inhabit substrates other than soil so it is good practice to search any microhabitats present at each site to improve the likelihood of recording species that are less likely to be encountered in soil pits. It is advisable to only take adult earthworms (not juveniles) as this method of surveying is not quantitative.
There is no exhaustive list of habitats and microhabitats that may be present, but some examples are provided below:
Deadwood - search under deadwood (both the surface of the deadwood and the substrate it is resting on) by turning it over. Also check for earthworms under the bark and within the deadwood. When sampling deadwood destructively please ensure a minimal amount of deadwood is destroyed to maintain the microhabitat in within the ecosystem.
Dung - dung contains rich organic matter and earthworms may be found within/beneath the dung or in the top layer of soil beneath the dung.
Turnover - turning over items can often yield earthworms. Example objects to turnover would include any item resting on soil and items such as plant pots, wooden boards and bin bags on any substrate.
Leaf Litter - leaf litter can be searched by hand or sieved. Some earthworms may be found within the very top layer of the soil, whereas others may be found on the surface beneath the litter.
Hedgerows - some earthworms are thought to be associated with hedgerows and may be found in the top layer of soil beneath hedgerows.
Compost - compost heaps/bins are often home to dense populations of earthworms. They can usually be found by simply searching the top layer of the compost.
Please record the earthworms you find in microhabitats separately from those you find within the soil pits (even if a species occurs in both). Recording the presence of a species in multiple habitats or microhabitats helps us learn more about the ecology of different earthworm species and their associations with specific conditions.
On some sites it may not be possible to get permission to dig. An alternative method of getting earthworms out of the ground is to pour a mustard solution on the ground. To make the mustard solution, add 25 ml volume of mustard powder to 0.75 litre of tap water and shake well. Keep checking the area where you poured the solution (and surrounding area) for ten minutes to


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BANGOR – Beginning today, motorists traveling on Broadway will see changes to the traffic signal system, city officials announced Tuesday.
Computer models suggest changes to the timing of traffic signals from Grandview Avenue to the Interstate 95 northbound ramps could noticeably improve the flow of traffic on Broadway.
Testing scheduled to begin this morning, after the morning rush, will confirm whether these changes work under actual traffic conditions, City Manager Edward Barrett said Tuesday. If the test is successful, the new system will become permanent.
During the test period, motorists must be alert, recognize that sequences and patterns can change and wait for the signal to clearly allow them to proceed, Barrett said.
As it stands, the signals operate on a single timing plan that is the most efficient when it comes to handling average traffic conditions throughout the day.
New detectors have been installed, however, that continually monitor the volume and direction of traffic in the Broadway corridor.
These data are sent to a master controller that has numerous signal timing plans available, allowing the system to respond to actual traffic volume and direction, according to a press release from the city. Using these data, the appropriate timing plan is selected and sent to signals along the entire corridor.
Depending on the time of day and traffic conditions, some of the timing plans may change the traffic signal sequence at an intersection.
For example, on one day an intersection's left-turn arrow may turn green before the through signals turn green, according to the release. The next day, the left-turn arrow may turn green at the same time as the through signals.
Drivers used to a certain sequence at an intersection may automatically react to the signal sequence they are used to without watching the actual signals, potentially creating traffic hazards.
The changes are the result of work that the city of Bangor, Bangor Area Comprehensive Transportation System and consultant J.W. Sewall Co. are undertaking to optimize traffic signal operation along the Broadway corridor to help traffic move more efficiently throughout the day.
The Broadway project is part of a larger study analyzing several traffic corridors in Bangor, Orono and Old Town with funding from BACTS, the Maine Department of Transportation and the Federal Highway Administration.


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In Norway Arnhold and Arnold would be regarded as the same name with alternative spellings. I would expect it to be used also after emigration to US. Anders and Andreas were two names in Norway which both usually became Americanized to Andrew.
The early emigrants (1850) often changed to common American names. (Guldbrand and Gabriel became Gilbert, Guri became Julie, Knud became Knute or Newt, etc.)


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How likely is it that Amesbury novichok is from Skripal batch?
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Experts say nerve agent degrades slowly and direct contact is most likely route of exposure
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The latest novichok case raises the question of whether the British couple Dawn Sturgess and Charlie Rowley were exposed to the same source of the nerve agent that poisoned the Russian former spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter Yulia in March.
There has been no official comment on this question, but it is scientifically plausible that the agent might persist for long enough, particularly if it was contained in some way.
Novichok is not a single chemical, but a family of nerve agent compounds that the Soviet Union developed in the 1970s and 80s from chemicals normally used for insecticides and other non-military purposes. Like sarin and mustard gas, their exact chemical structures and properties are considered classified in the UK, the US and other countries.
"How long they take to degrade is certainly not data that is publicly available, but from discussions with people at [the defence laboratory] Porton Down, I understand they are slow to degrade," said Alastair Hay, an environmental toxicologist at the University of Leeds who investigated the use of chemical weapons against Iraqi Kurds in Halabja in 1988. "This is one of the reasons the Skripals were unconscious for so long – it doesn't break down readily in the body."
Novichok chemicals left in the environment would degrade in two main ways: through hydrolysis – being broken down by water – and evaporation. Traditional nerve agents such as sarin are relatively susceptible to these processes. The fact that sarin evaporates quickly means people are rapidly exposed through breathing it in during a chemical attack.
Novichok agents are understood to evaporate far more slowly. "They've been deliberately designed by chemists to be more robust and hang around for longer," said Andrea Sella, a professor of inorganic chemistry at University College London.
The flip-side is that they pose a lower risk to people in the vicinity of a contaminated area. Hay said: "Direct contact is the most likely route of exposure."
The authorities are now engaged in an urgent and expanded cleanup operation. They will also be hunting for forensic evidence that might be relevant for both cases. Access to a bulk sample would give scientists far more information than what they have been able to ascertain so far from blood samples from the Skripals and trace samples from their front door.
"There's the feeling that there's a little crock of forensic gold out there," Sella said. "That would give them a real chemical fingerprint which would give you far more information."
This article was amended on 10 July 2018 because an earlier version referred to mustard gas as an organophosphate compound. This has been corrected.


How far is Australia located from Asia?
How close is Asia to Australia?
The total straight line flight distance from Asia to Australia is 4,862 miles. This is equivalent to 7 825 kilometers or 4,225 nautical miles. Your flight direction from Asia to Australia is Southeast (139 degrees from North).
How long is a flight from Asia to Australia?
The total flight duration from Asia to Australia is 10 hours, 13 minutes.
In which direction is Australia from Asia?
Is Australia belong to Asia?
Australia and New Zealand are part of the Oceania continent, and are on separate tectonic plates to Asia. That's why when people talk about the two countries, they may not think of them as being part of Asia. But they are an integral part of the Asia-Pacific region, also known as Apac.
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Which country is the closest to Australia?
Australia lies between the Pacific and Indian oceans. It is the largest island – and one of the largest countries – in the world. Its closest neighbours are New Zealand to the east and Papua New Guinea to the north.
Which subregion of Asia is the closest to Australia?
About Southeast Asia. Southeast Asia is a vast subregion of Asia, roughly described as geographically situated east of the Indian subcontinent, south of China, and northwest of Australia.
How far away is Europe from Australia?
Distance from Australia to Europe is 14092.82 kilometers.
This air travel distance is equal to 8756.87 miles.
How far is Singapore from Toronto?
Distance from Singapore to Toronto is approximately 15000 kilometers.
How far is Singapore to Perth?
Distance from Perth to Singapore is approximately 3920 kilometers.
What language does Australian speak?
The majority of Australians speak English as a first or other language, however a significant number of people also speak languages other than English. About 73% of Australians speak only English at home.
What is Australia known for?
Australia is globally famous for its natural wonders, wide-open spaces, beaches, deserts, "The Bush", and "The Outback". Australia is one of the world's most highly urbanised countries; it's well known for its attractive mega cities such as Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, and Perth.
How many countries are in Australia?
Australia (continent)
Area 8,600,000 km2 (3,300,000 sq mi) (7th)
Countries 3 (Australia, Papua New Guinea and portions of Indonesia)
Languages English, Indonesian, Tok Pisin, Hiri Motu, 269 indigenous Papuan and Austronesian languages, and about 70 Indigenous Australian languages
Time zones UTC+8, UTC+9:30, UTC+10
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Are Australians friendly?
Australians are very friendly and easygoing people. In fact, Australians are renowned for their laid-back nature and unique sense of humour. Another thing Australians are known for is their love of sport, recreation and the great outdoors.
Is Australia part of USA?
Why is Australia not an island?
At about 3 million square miles (7.7 million square km), Australia is the smallest continent on Earth. … According to Britannica, an island is a mass of land that is both "entirely surrounded by water" and also "smaller than a continent." By that definition, Australia can't be an island because it's already a continent.
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Date of Award
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)
Teaching and Leadership
Principals and science outcomes, Principals and student outcomes, Principals' science beliefs, Principals' science knowledge, Science instructional leadership
The aim of this quantitative study was to investigate elementary principals' beliefs about reformed science teaching and learning, science subject matter knowledge, and how these factors relate to fourth grade students' superior science outcomes. Online survey methodology was used for data collection and included a demographic questionnaire and two survey instruments: the K-4 Physical Science Misconceptions Oriented Science Assessment Resources for Teachers (MOSART) and the Beliefs About Reformed Science Teaching and Learning (BARSTL). Hierarchical multiple regression analysis was used to assess the separate and collective contributions of background variables such as principals' personal and school characteristics, principals' science teaching and learning beliefs, and principals' science knowledge on students' superior science outcomes. Mediation analysis was also used to explore whether principals' science knowledge mediated the relationship between their beliefs about science teaching and learning and students' science outcomes.
Findings indicated that principals' science beliefs and knowledge do not contribute to predicting students' superior science scores. Fifty-two percent of the variance in percentage of students with superior science scores was explained by school characteristics with free or reduced price lunch and school type as the only significant individual predictors. Furthermore, principals' science knowledge did not mediate the relationship between their science beliefs and students' science outcomes. There was no statistically significant variation among the variables. The data failed to support the proposed mediation model of the study. Implications for future research are discussed.
Khan, Uzma Zafar, "Investigating Elementary Principals' Science Beliefs and Knowledge and its Relationship to Students' Science Outcomes" (2012). Teaching and Leadership - Dissertations. 243.


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Empowering Curious Researchers
At the Vienna Biocenter (VBC), we want to foster a world-class scientific environment where PhD students develop and excel. The purpose of the VBC PhD Program is to train rigorous, independent scientists through a comprehensive training program.
The VBC PhD program encourages students to positively contribute to the advancement of science by making and publishing important scientific discoveries. The training program will allow students to acquire scientific skills, which are important for a career in science, but also for other career paths.
By the end of their PhD training VBC PhD students should be able to
- Understand a scientific problem, define specific questions, and by scientific reasoning develop an (experimental) approach to address it. In particular, the following scientific practices should have been acquired:
- to independently and critically evaluate the current state of a research field regarding the chosen scientific problem and approach
- to formulate testable hypotheses
- to design experiments to test hypotheses, to define a realistic time plan for them, and to define their logical outcomes
- to plan and implement projects rigorously, and be able to revise them when necessary
- to interpret experimental outcomes and to reach sound conclusions based on the results
- to propose an follow up experiments
- Have demonstrated the ability to be intellectually independent and to take project ownership
- Be critical thinkers and proficient in scientific reasoning
- Be experts with regard to their topic, and knowledgeable in science and the scientific method in general
- Have advanced science communication skills in
- Writing (for publications/fellowships and grant applications)
- Presenting to specialised and interdisciplinary audiences
Fundamental requirements to achieving these goals are:
- willingness and capability to learn and/or expand technical skills
- proficiency in keeping thorough research records
- practicing high standards of professionalism and collegiality
- cultivating professional networks and collaborations
Ultimately it is the responsibility of all participants in the VBC PhD Program to foster and promote the development of the PhD candidates.
There are three main levels, in which the parties involved have important roles and responsibilities.
(i) Student self-assessment:
The student is responsible to check his/her progress, to take the initiative, and to look for support in order to reach the learning outcomes
The supervisor has to evaluate the student's progress and provide the necessary mentoring and support for the student to reach the above learning outcomes and the agreed scientific goals
(iii) Thesis Advisory Committee:
The TAC is responsible for monitoring the student's progress and giving external advice and support to the student and supervisor.
Checklist for Progress Review
- VBCPhD ProgressReview.pdfPDF, 78 K


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Super Low Shear Sentinel Radial Flow Impeller (SLS)
Low shear applications where fluid movement is required to suspend solids or blend fluids. Appropriate for processes with products sensitive to shear and requiring uniform flow velocities.
The SLS or Super Low Shear Impeller provides minimum fluid shear while maintaining a good blending characteristic in low viscosity applications such as flocculation. The large blade projected height results in a relatively large power number compared to other impellers reducing the necessary impeller speed required for mixing. A lower impeller speed yet larger pumping rate provides good vessel circulation and reduces local velocity gradients which cause damage to sensitive crystallizations and flocculation.


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Tetovo is a city located in the western part of North Macedonia, and it is surrounded by beautiful natural landscapes and parks. While there may not be specific "nature parks" within Tetovo itself, the region offers several natural attractions and areas where you can enjoy the outdoors. Here are some notable natural spots and parks near Tetovo:
- Shar Mountain National Park: Shar Mountain National Park is one of the most significant natural areas near Tetovo. It covers a large part of the Shar Mountain range, offering breathtaking scenery, hiking trails, and opportunities for wildlife viewing. The park is known for its diverse flora and fauna, and it's a popular destination for outdoor enthusiasts, including hikers, climbers, and nature lovers.
- Popova Shapka: Popova Shapka is a mountain resort and a popular winter sports destination, located in the Shar Mountain range. During the summer months, it's an excellent place for hiking and enjoying the alpine landscapes. The nearby Bistra and Ljuboten peaks offer opportunities for challenging hikes and panoramic views.
- Vardar River: The Vardar River runs near Tetovo and provides a picturesque setting for leisurely walks and picnics. The riverbanks offer a pleasant environment to relax and take in the natural beauty.
- Leunovo Lake: Leunovo Lake, also known as Leunovo Reservoir, is a man-made lake located to the southwest of Tetovo. It's a popular spot for fishing and picnicking, and the serene surroundings make it a peaceful place to visit.
- Sar Mountains: The Sar Mountains, part of the Šar Planina range, are a stunning natural area near Tetovo. These mountains offer numerous hiking and trekking trails, and they are known for their alpine landscapes, lush forests, and glacial lakes.
While Tetovo may not have specific nature parks within the city limits, the surrounding region is rich in natural beauty and offers various outdoor activities for nature enthusiasts. These areas provide opportunities for hiking, wildlife observation, and enjoying the tranquility of North Macedonia's natural landscapes.


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New York Numbers
The New York Numbers game is played twice a day, at midday and in the evening. You just need to select three numbers from 0 to 9 to take part, but there are a lot of options for different play types depending on whether you want to go in search of big cash prizes or favor better odds.
How to Win NY Numbers
Straight: When you play a straight, you need to match the winning numbers in the order they are drawn. For example, if you select 123, you need the winning line to be 123 in order to win.
Box: If you play a box, the winning numbers can match your numbers in any order and you will win a prize. You can choose to play a 3-way box or a 6-way box. The odds are better for the 6-way box but the prize is smaller.
- 3-Way Box – Select a number with two identical digits. For example, if you pick 112, you will win if the numbers are 112, 121 or 211.
- 6-Way Box – Select a number with three unique digits. For example, if you pick 123, you will win if the numbers are 123, 132, 231, 213, 312 or 321.
Straight/Box: You can play a straight and a box at the same time if you wish. Half of the cost goes on the straight play and half on the box. If you match the winning numbers exactly you win both, while you win just the Box prize if you match all the numbers but in the wrong order.
Combination: If you play a combination, you enter every possible straight from a set of three numbers. You can opt for either a 3-way combination or a 6-way combination. It is different to box play because you have to pay for each combination, but you can win far bigger prizes.
Pair Play: Select a two-digit number and decide whether you want to try and match the front pair or the back pair. For example, if you pick 23 as the back pair, you win a prize if the last two digits of the winning number are 23, regardless of which number comes before them.
Lucky Sum: Wager was discontinued from September 9, 2018. If the sum of your chosen numbers matched the sum of the winning numbers, you used to win a prize.


Manufacturing Tax Deduction for Software Developers
December 17, 2014
By Michael Hadjiloucas
In a Technical Advice Memorandum ("TAM") released on November 13, 2014, the IRS provided further guidance on determining whether receipts received by a software developer are qualified domestic production gross receipts ("DPGR") for purposes of the manufacturing tax deduction (domestic production activities deduction or "DPAD") under Internal Revenue Code Section 199, or if they are receipts from services which do not qualify for the deduction. After evaluating the facts, the IRS concluded the taxpayer's receipts were from the license of software and qualified for the manufacturing tax deduction.
Section 199 provides taxpayers with qualified production activities income ("QPAI"), a deduction equal to 9% of the lesser of its QPAI or taxable income before the DPAD. The deduction is further limited to 50% of annual wages attributed to domestic production. Qualified production activities income is the gross receipts from domestic production less the cost of goods sold and other expenses or losses allocable to DPGR. Gross receipts resulting from the sale, lease, license, rental, or any other disposition of qualified property that is manufactured or produced by the taxpayer in whole or in significant part within the U.S. are DPGR. Qualified property includes computer software. For example, assume the following corporation's activities generate DPGR from all sources of revenue and that all wages are attributed to the domestic production activity.
 DPGR: $20,000,000
 Costs of goods allocated to DPGR: 10,000,000
 QPAI $10,000,000
 Taxable Income before DPAD $5,000,000
 Tentative DPAD (9% of Taxable income) $ 450,000
Wages Allocable to DPGR: $1,500,000
Limit 50% of Wages Allocable to DPGR $ 750,000
Federal Tax Savings = $450,000 X 34% $ 153,000
The corporation's DPAD in the above example is limited to 9% of taxable income.
In general gross receipts derived from providing services to end users are non-DPGR. Examples in the regulations include Internet access services; online banking services; and access to online electronic books, newspapers, and journals. However, the regulations offer two exceptions under which gross receipts derived by a taxpayer providing computer software to its customers for direct use while connected to the Internet will be treated as DPGR. Software that is downloadable, shrink-wrap-equivalent or substantially identical will meet this exception.
Taxpayers must substantiate that a transaction is, in substance, a lease, rental, license, sale, exchange, or other disposition of software, rather than a service provided to end users.
TAM 201445010
In the above TAM, the IRS concluded that the taxpayer's gross receipts qualified as DPGR from the license of computer software. The IRS considered the taxpayer's relationship with the contracting parties and the terms of the agreements to support its conclusion. The IRS found that the taxpayer produced the computer software, which was then licensed to the contracting parties who ultimately used the software to provide services to end users. The taxpayer received royalty payments for licensing the computer software to the contracting parties, who, in turn, used the software to provide services to end users. This indicated the taxpayer did not receive payment for providing services; rather receipts were determined to have been derived from the licensing of the software used by the contracting parties.
The facts and terms of clients' agreements should be evaluated to determine whether revenues are DPGR. Items that should be considered include but are not limited to who the end user is, how payments are received, who owns the software after a transaction, and whether the software is used in conjunction with other medium.
About Michael Hadjiloucas
Michael Hadjiloucas, Partner-in-Charge of the firm's Corporate Tax Group, and National Pharmaceutical and Medical Devices Sector Leader, within the Technology and Life Sciences Group.
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Search API Connector Documentation
Import Coinbase Data to Google Sheets
In this guide, we'll walk through how to pull cryptocurrency market data from the Coinbase Digital Currency API directly into Google Sheets, using the API Connector add-on for Sheets.
Coinbase doesn't provide that much data via these endpoints (other crypto APIs are generally better in that respect), but it is easy to use and useful for getting a comprehensive list of exchange rates in one go.
This article also includes a template to access private account data.
- Before You Begin
- Part 1: Create your API Request URL
- Part 2: Pull Coinbase API Data into Sheets
- Part 3: More Example Coinbase API URLs
- Part 4: Get Private Coinbase Account Data
- Part 5: API Documentation
Before You Begin
Click here to install the API Connector add-on from the Google Marketplace.
Part 1: Create Your Coinbase API Request URL
We'll first access the latest exchange rate data for Bitcoin.
- API root: _URL_
- Endpoint: /v2/exchange-rates
- Query String:?symbol=BTC
Putting it together, we get the full API Request URL:
Part 2: Pull Coinbase API Data into Sheets
Now let's get that data into Sheets.
- Open up Google Sheets and click Extensions > API Connector > Open.
- In the Create tab, enter the API URL we just created.
- Leave the OAuth and Headers sections empty. The market data part of the Coinbase API is public, so we don't need any headers or other authentication.
- Create a new tab, and click Set current to use that tab as your data destination.
- Name your request, and click Run. A moment later you'll see the latest exchange rate data for Bitcoin appear in your Google Sheet:
- If you'd like to see the data in columns instead of rows, create a second sheet and include the Sheets function
- If you only need some of those exchange rates, hit Edit Fields before running your request, and select just the fields you want to see in your sheet.
Part 3: More Example API URLs
Experiment with endpoints and query strings as described in the documentation to see other types of currency and crypto data from the API. For example, you can try the following URLs, one at a time (substitute in other currency symbols or dates, if you like).
- list of all currencies and corresponding symbols
- current spot price of any currency pair (the spot price is usually between the buy and sell price)
- historical price snapshot of currency pair at a specified date
Part 4: Get Private Coinbase Account Data
The above endpoints deal with public market data from the Coinbase API.
If you are instead a Coinbase customer looking to get API data from your own account, they require a more complex authentication process that includes generating a "signature".
To access your private account data, please copy this sheet and follow the instructions within.
Part 5: API Documentation
Official API documentation: _URL_


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Homeowners sometimes pride themselves on using their land to grow food that lasts months in the proper storage conditions. If you have a thriving garden or love preserving fresh food from local farmers markets, a root cellar could be a great addition to your home. Read this guide to learn more about them and decide if they're your next big project.
What Is a Root Cellar?
When you picture a root cellar, imagine a cold, underground storage room with containers of preserved groceries. The soil pressing against the walls insulates the cold room to stay at the right temperature to keep food fresh. Sometimes root cellars are directly underneath houses, but people can also build them elsewhere on their property.
How Much Does a Root Cellar Cost?
Unless one came with your house, root cellar projects get customized specs to fit each homeowner's needs. The average cost varies between $200–55,000 so it's easy to make your plans work within any budget. The project will become more costly if you increase the cellar's square footage, hire multiple contracting teams and pick high-end materials to finish the interior or exterior.
What Can You Store in It?
Root cellars are like refrigerators. You won't have electricity guaranteeing a constant temperature, but the underground space remains cool enough to store many foods when preserved properly. You could save groceries like:
- Root vegetables such as potatoes, carrots and beets
- Fruits like apples or pears
- Canned or jarred foods
- Flower bulbs
- Beer or wine
- Leafy greens
It depends on what you eat most often and how you store each food. A head of cabbage would go bad if you chopped it and saved it in a plastic bag, but you could leave it on a root cellar shelf for up to six months due to the humidity and cold air.
Factors You Need for Great Food Storage
Every root cellar needs the right environmental factors to maintain your food's quality. When your project ends, your root cellar should meet these standards to keep your preserved food safe to eat:
- An air temperature of 32–38 degrees Fahrenheit
- A humidity reading between 80–90%
- No chance of flooding due to a high water table
- A controlled air circulation system to reduce mold growth
Whether you're starting a garden and growing easy plants like radishes or bringing produce home from the grocery store, your food will stay fresh under these conditions. The cold, circulating air will prevent ethylene gas from releasing and making your produce rot. It also keeps microorganisms from growing, which would lead to mold.
Reasons People Want Root Cellars
You don't have to be a homesteader or gardener to enjoy having a root cellar. You can also appreciate these benefits after adding one to your property.
1. It Saves Money
If you need more food storage, you might invest in another refrigerator or freezer. It would become another appliance that uses electricity around the clock, ultimately increasing your utility bill. A root cellar doesn't need electricity, so you'll save money monthly when your electric bill arrives.
2. It's Sustainable Food Storage
Using less electricity is another way to reduce your home's carbon footprint. Anyone who lives a sustainable lifestyle will enjoy the root cellar's carbon-neutral approach to keeping food fresh.
3. It Maximizes Storage Space
A refrigerator can only fit so much food. The standard sizes limit how much you can store at any given time, but a root cellar is a large room. You could make your future cellar extra big to save enough food to last through the winter with minimal grocery runs.
Standard Root Cellar Maintenance
Although root cellars are self-sufficient, you still have to add a few maintenance steps to your to-do list. They're quick and easy, but they're things to consider as you weigh your options.
1. You Need to Keep the Room Moist
Most root cellars have dirt floors to retain their temperature and moisture. You could install traditional flooring if that suits your project better, but you'll need to keep the room moist. Dry air spoils produce, but too much moisture creates the same result.
A humidity monitor and humidifier can be excellent solutions for this issue. Monitor the temperature daily and adjust as necessary to maintain the recommended 80–90% range.
2. You Have to Watch for Mold
Although moisture is a root cellar necessity, it also creates the best conditions for mold growth if the room gets too warm. Do a visual mold inspection whenever you visit your root cellar. You'll catch microorganisms before they multiply and destroy your food storage.
3. You Must Monitor the Temperature
Storing food underground will keep it cool, but the weather can still affect your root cellar's temperature. In warmer spring and summer months, check the room's temperature daily. You may need to install HVAC ductwork if you live in hot-weather areas or only use the cellar in the fall and winter.
Tips for Building a Root Cellar
1. Consider Hiring a Contractor
Building a root cellar by yourself might feel tempting if you love a project, but it could damage your foundation's structural integrity if you dig beneath your home. A contractor would estimate the best location for your cellar and know how to build one. They'd also have professional contacts for any other work you might need, like installing piping or electrical wiring.
2. Investigate Prefabricated Options
Some companies sell prefabricated root cellars that arrive ready to use. You'll only need to know the dimensions and dig a hole large enough to contain the unit. It sits in the hole with an attached stairwell and doorway. Cover the unit with the same dirt you removed to finish the job in a day.
3. Pick the Right Location
A thriving root cellar always depends on the location. You wouldn't install one next to a river in case it flooded above and underground. You also wouldn't want to destroy your finished basement to get the dirt floor and walls of a traditional cellar.
Your contractor can help you determine the best spot for a root cellar on your property. They'll analyze your property's water table and point out options like converting a corner of your finished basement into a furbished root cellar room.
Consider Making a Root Cellar
Root cellars are incredible tools for homeowners and homesteaders. All you need to do is understand how they work and pick the best location on your property. Monitoring the temperature and humidity levels is the only thing you need to do to gain a sustainable food storage solution.


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When preparing for a stay in Miami, knowing something about the average and potential weather conditions should be an important part of your planning. Having solid information about what to expect during your vacation can help you prepare in advance for whatever Mother Nature might decide to throw at you.
Check out this information about what you should know about Miami weather before your visit.
Average Weather Conditions
August is generally the warmest month in Miami with an average high temperature of 89 and an average low of 79.
The two coldest months of the year in Miami are December and January with average highs of 76 and 74, respectively, and lows of 64 and 61.
The three months with the highest amount of rainfall in Miami are June, August and September with the driest months being January, February, November, and December. June is generally the wettest month in Miami. The annual average rainfall is just under 60 inches, most of which falls during the wet season.
The wet season begins in May and continues through October. During the wet season, Miami experiences high humidity and temperatures in the mid 80s up to the low 90s. The heat in Miami is usually relieved somewhat by thunderstorms that are common most afternoons. On some days, a sea breeze may develop off of the Atlantic Ocean, bringing cooler temperatures. Thunderstorms and breezes may bring cooler temperatures but the conditions may still be quite muggy.
During the winter months, you don't really have to worry about snow or flurries as flurries have only been recorded once in Miami, in January 1977.
Dress for the Weather
How you dress during your stay in Miami will depend upon the time of year you visit. The coldest months of winter experience moderate temperatures that are quite comfortable. It is unusual for temperatures in Miami to reach as low as the freezing or below range, but it does happen.
If you are visiting during the cooler months, you will want to bring a light jacket and perhaps a sweatshirt or two in anticipation of cool evenings or mornings.
During the summer months, the temperature and humidity can be quite high. Be sure to pack clothing that will keep you cool and help you not get overheated. Light colors of clothing and breathable fabrics such as cotton and linen are good choices.
Be Ready for Rain during the Wet Season
If you visit Miami during the wet season (May through October), be sure to bring an umbrella as you can plan on an afternoon rain shower on most days. Keep this in mind as you plan activities during your stay.
Plan ahead with knowledge of the weather expectations and enjoy your stay in one of Miami's fine, luxury hotels. Don't let the weather put a damper on your vacation. Learn what to expect and plan accordingly.


kent place names - h
Hadlow was first recorded in the Domesday Book as Haslow. Its name probably goes back to two Old English words, hæth heather and hlaw hill, mound, so the sense is of a hill growing with heather.
Halling seems to go back to the Old English personal name Heall, in this case describing a settlement associated with Healls family or followers. The root is Old English ingas family, followers, seen more clearly in the towns first recorded form, in the eighth century, of Hallingas.
Halstead is literally a safe place or a place of refuge. It goes back to the Old English hald refuge, shelter, here combined with stede for a general site or place. The place-name is first found on record in about 1100 as Haltesteda.
Hamstreet - The name is Saxon meaning the enclosure on the road, originally the place was simply known as Ham. The original settlement was a mile up the road at Orlestone but the population shifted due to fresh spring water being discovered in Hamstreet.
High Brooms was originally broom growing near a bridge or broom growing on a ridge. Its earliest recorded form, Bromgebrug in 1270, suggests Old English roots of brom broom with either brycg bridge or hrycg ridge. Somewhere along the way this affix was dropped, however, and replaced by the more general qualifier high.
High Halden was first recorded under a rather longer name Hadinwoldungdenne, to be precise, in around 1100. The sense is of a woodland pasture associated with a man called Heathuwald, from the Old English denn woodland pasture. The High is a later addition.
Halstow is literally a holy place. It goes back to the Old English stow, which was used for a general place as well as a place of assembly or, as here, a holy place. It is combined and reinforced with halig holy. Kent has a High Halstow and a Lower Halstow, first recorded in about 1100 as, respectively, Halgesto and Halgastaw.
Ham is a common name found all over England, and Kent is no exception. It comes from the Old English hamm, which had a variety of meanings, essentially to do with an enclosure of land, often delimited by water or the bend of a river, or sometimes by higher ground. Kents Ham was first recorded in the Domesday Book as Hama.
Harbledown first appears in 1175 as Herebolddune. The final element is an Old English dun or hill, and the first part is probably a personal name. The sense is thus of Herebealds hill.
Harrietsham looks like it may be a river-meadow near the army quarters. The last element is Old English hamm river-meadow, enclosure, and the name also contains here army and geard yard, enclosure. Unfortunately, these two elements also made up an Old English personal name, so the town could also be simply Heregeards meadow. It first appears in the records in the tenth century as Herigeardes hamm.
There are two Hartleys in Kent, one near Cranbrook and the other near Longfield. The first has the longest recorded history of the two, first mentioned in 843 as Heoratleag, while the other is not found until the Domesday Book, in which it appears as Erclei. The name comes from Old English heorot, a hart or stag, here combined with leah field, clearing, giving a sense of a clearing frequented by harts.
Hartlip goes back to Old English hliep, which meant a gate or fence. Here we have a gate over which harts leap, hliep being combined with the word for a hart or stag, heorot. It was first seen on record as Heordlyp in the eleventh century.
Hastingleigh is immediately identifiable as a field, an Old English leah. In this case it is one associated with the followers or family of Hæsta, from ingas family, followers. It is first seen in 933 as Hæstingalege.
Hawkhurst was first recorded in 1254 as Hauekehurst. A hurst is an Old English hyrst or wooded hill, so here we have simply a wooded hill frequented by hawks. (Hawk itself comes from the Old English hafoc.)
Hawkinge, like Hawkhurst, is associated with the hawk (Old English hafoc). The final element is Old English -ing, denoting a place characterised by or associated with a certain thing. The town is first mentioned on record in 1204 as Hauekinge.
Hawley is literally a holy woodland clearing, from the Old English halig holy and leah field, clearing. It was first recorded in the Doomesday Book as Hagelei.
Headcorn is a bit of a mystery. It is first seen in about 1100 as Hedekaruna, and may be an eponym. The theory is that it goes back to Old English hruna, used for a tree-trunk and by extension, probably a bridge. In this case the town would be literally Hydecas tree-trunk.
Herne Bay is etymologically a place on a corner of land. It comes from the Old English hyrne angle, corner and was first recorded in about 1100 as Hyrnan.
Hernhill goes back to roots different from those of Herne Bay. Here we are looking at Old English har grey for the first element, the second of course representing hyll hill. It was first recorded around 1100 as Haranhylle, where we can see that har has the dative ending -an.
Hever is first seen on record in 814 as Heanyfre. The end of this word is Old English yfre, used for the edge or brow of a hill. The first element is heah high, seen here in its dative form hean. The sense is thus of a high hill-edge: a convenient place for a castle.
Higham is simply a high enclosure or a high homestead, the case depending on whether the last element is Old English ham or hamm. The first element of the place-name is clearly high, which goes back to Old English heah, and the town was first recorded in 1242 as Hegham. Higham Upshire is first found as Heahhaam in 765, and its affix means a higher district, from the Old English upp and scir.
Hildenborough was originally just Hilden or, in its thirteenth-century form, Hyldenn. The elements here are Old English hyll hill and denn woodland pasture, so the sense is of a pasture on or by a hill. By 1349 the name has become Hildenborough, having acquired the affix from burh manor, borough.
Hinxhill is etymologically the stallions hill. It comes from the Old English hengest stallion, and the town was first recorded as Haenostesyle in about 1100.
Hoath is only slightly disguised from its original meaning, indicating a place at a heath. The place-name first appears on record in the thirteenth century as La Hathe, and the root is Old Englihs hath.
Hollingbourne is a type of Old English burna, or stream. In this case the underlying sense seems to be of the stream of the people dwelling in the hollow, from hol hollow and ingas inhabitants. Alternatively, the first element could represent a theoretical personal name, Hola. The town is first seen in writing in the tenth century, as Holingeburna.
Etynologically, the name of Horsmonden conjures up arcadian images of a horse drinking at a stream in a woodland clearing. It comes from three common Old English words, hors horse, burna stream and denn woodland pasture. The first recorded form reflected this provenence rather better Horsbundenne, from around the turn of the twelfth century.
Horton Kirby is literally a muddy farmstead. It derives from the Old English horu dirty, muddy and tun settlement, farmstead; it first appeared in the Domesday Book as Hortune. By 1346 it is showing up as Horton Kyrkeby, having acquired a manorial affix from its possession by the de Kirkeby family in the thirteenth century.
Hothfield was originally Hathfelde, from the Old English hath healthy and feld field, open land.
Hucking is first recorded in 1195 as Hugginges. The form suggests that the final element is Old English ingas, indicating family or followers, and the first part of the place-name is probably a personal name. The site is thus a settlement of Huccas family.
Hunton is located literally at the hill of the hunstman. Its name comes from Old English hunta hunstman and dun hill the second element is not tun settlement, as it appears to be. The etymology is clearer in its first recorded form of Huntindone in the eleventh century.
Hythe represents the Old English word hyth, a landing-place or harbour. It first appears as the Normanised form Hede in the Domesday Book.


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Australia heraldry portal
This page is part of the Australia heraldry portal
Heraldry of the World
State : Tasmania
Arms : Or, on a Pall reversed Azure a Bezant in centre point and an Ingot of Tin proper on each of the lower limbs, on a Chief indented Vert three Waratah Flowers stalked and leaved also proper.
Crest : On a Wreath of the Colours, a branch of Gum Tree leaved proper, thereon a Yellow Wattle Bird holding in the beak a sprig of the same also proper.
Supporters : Two Tasmanian Tigers proper, gorged and chained Azure.
Motto: 'Progress with Prudence'.
The arms were granted on June 11, 1957.
The gold of the shield refers to the early history of gold-mining in nearby hills. The blue pall represents the junction of the North and South Esk rivers where the city (symbolised by the gold central disc) was founded and the Tamar River flowing north to the sea. The ingots recall the days of tin-smelting in the city.
The green chief and the Tasmanian waratah flowers celebrate the parks and gardens of the city and surrounding lush countryside. Supporters are Thylacine, the extinct "Tasmanian Tiger", and the crest depicts a yellow wattle-bird indigenous to the area, with a sprig of wattle in its beak.
The arms as seen in the town (image by Rik Num from Facebook)
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Seaward Solar (seawardsolar.com) offers the 100/200R Solar Survey meters, which measure solar irradiance, ambient air and module temperature, and array orientation and tilt. Determining that a module or array is performing as it should can be difficult, as a PV module's voltage changes with cell temperature and its current varies with irradiance. These meters provide watts per square meter and temperature readings that can be used in calculations to compare predicted and actual power output. The array orientation and tilt can be useful for estimating and verifying energy output. The irradiance meter also displays Btu/hr.-ft.2, useful for checking the performance of solar heating systems.
The 200R model has data-logging capability, with a USB interface. It can send measurements wirelessly to a PV150—Seaward's Solar Installation Test Kit, which tests open-circuit voltage, short-circuit current, and conductor insulation resistance (used to detect the potential for ground faults). Seaward also manufactures the Solar Power Clamp for measuring inverter efficiency.


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Science Put on Ice By Federal Shutdown
The federal government has finally ended its 16-day shutdown, and as workers return to their desks and tourists parade back into national parks, science is picking up the pieces and—in some cases—starting from scratch.
The National Science Foundation's summer U.S. Antarctic Program came to a destructive halt as D.C. juggled with the budget crisis. The foundation suspended all activities not essential to human safety and preservation of property, leaving our understanding of the earth's past and future to be held hostage by congress' inability to function.
The short Antarctic research season runs from October through February, and relies on the government for the funding of planes, ships and research equipment. Scientists and support staff from the private sector and federal agencies flock to the Earth's southernmost continent to collect data on the biological study of animals, astronomical research, and long-term research on climate change and weather.
Although two weeks might seem like a short period of time, it is actually a large chunk of season in which most exploration and research is done on the Antarctic ice. Some scientists have lost a full year's worth of work and must start their research over, putting back together the puzzle pieces ripped apart by the shutdown. Equipment that was put into place last year must be serviced and repaired, and data retrieved. Due to the shutdown, that equipment was left unattended, allowing snow to pile up and ruin machinery that cost the government hundreds of thousands of dollars.
The NSF released a statement reaffirming the restoration of the program, but noted that there are "some activities that cannot be restarted once the seasonally dependent window for research has been passed."