text: Hoodia gordonii is a supplement of natural origin which is known for its appetite suppressant activity. Owing to its anorectic activity, the aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of H. gordonii supplementation on metabolic changes and appetite regulatory peptides during calorie restriction. Male albino rats were divided into three groups (n = 12 in each) - Control, Calorie Restricted (CR, 25% for 5 days), Calorie Restricted and H. gordonii supplemented (CR + HG, organic solvent extract given orally for 5 days at a dose of 100 mg/kg bwt.). The regulatory peptides i.e. ghrelin, leptin, CCK, NPY, insulin, IGF-1, corticosterone, thyroid hormones, adiponectin, serotonin were determined. On comparison with CR rats, modulations were noticed in the appetite regulatory peptides and biochemical variables of the CR + HG rats. A significant decline in ghrelin and increase in CCK was observed. The CR group exhibited a significant decrease in leptin, IGF-1, plasma and whole brain serotonin with a significant increase in the ghrelin and thyroxin levels. These changes indicate altered metabolic responses and hunger suppression which seem to be caused by H. gordonii with CR along with the changes occurring due to CR itself. It is concluded that H. gordonii can modulate hunger during CR and may be used for better adherence to dietary restriction regime. (c) 2014 SAAB. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Definition of Cryptitis
Cryptitis: A term that is used to describe one of the abnormalities that is seen under the microscope when small intestinal or colonic tissue is examined. The intestinal crypts are tubular structures composed of cells that protrude from the inner lining of the intestines and into the walls of the intestines. These crypts contain the cells that give rise to all the other cells that move out of the crypts and eventually line the inner lining of the intestines. Inflammation of the crypts is known as cryptitis. Cryptitis is seen in inflammatory bowel disease, both Crohn's and Ulcerative Colitis, but it also can be seen in other inflammatory conditions of the intestines. It is not a disease itself but a histologic manifestation of several different diseases.
Cryptitis also may refer to inflammation in the anus. Two centimeters from the anal orifice (anus) the lining tissue of the anus begins to change into the specialized lining of the colon. This junction is called the pectinate line. At the pectinate line are small mounds of tissue that protrude into the anal canal. Between these protrusions into the anus are small out-pouchings from the anus and into the surrounding tissues. These out-pouchings are the anal crypts. Although they are covered with flaps of anal lining tissue, the anal crypts communicate with the anus and colon above. Inflammation of the crypts, probably caused by the trauma of passing stool and/or infection, is referred to as cryptitis. If infection progresses, it can extend further into the surrounding tissues and lead to the formation of an abscess or fistula.
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Gov. Rick Perry has renewed his emergency disaster proclamation for all 254 counties due to the ongoing threat of wildfires across the state. The proclamation directs necessary resources be made available to aid response efforts and notes the ongoing strain on water resources. Since the beginning of wildfire season, local and state firefighters have responded to more than 20,523 fires that have destroyed more than 728 homes and burned more than 3.5 million acres. This is the ninth time Gov. Perry has reissued the disaster proclamation this wildfire season; it was originally issued on Dec. 21, 2010.
"As extreme drought and high temperatures continue, Texas faces an extraordinary and ongoing threat of wildfire," Gov. Perry said. "I urge all Texans to use common sense and good judgment when grilling, camping or conducting any outdoor activities this Labor Day Weekend. In the midst of one of the worst wildfire seasons in our state's history, all it takes is a single, unnoticed spark to cause a disaster. I commend the ongoing efforts of our valiant firefighters, who continue to battle fires in defense of ranchlands, homes and businesses across the Lone Star State."
Gov. Perry also urges Texans to conserve water as the severe drought conditions have impacted water supplies in many parts of the state, resulting in declining reservoir and aquifer levels.
In addition to the governor's state proclamations, in April he sent a letter to President Barack Obama requesting a Major Disaster Declaration for the State of Texas, which would make the state eligible for Direct Federal Assistance and Emergency Protective Measures from the federal government. The Obama Administration denied the governor's request on May 3. Gov. Perry appealed the president's decision on May 26, and received partial approval of relief on July 1. A request to expand the scope of federal relief is pending.
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Nutrient and calorie intake for breastfeeding mothers who participate in Ramadan fasting need special attention. This is important, considering the needs of mothers who still need to breastfeed their little ones when they have to fast for more than 13 hours a day. However, apart from food and fluids, do breastfeeding mothers still need to take supplements to meet their nutritional needs during fasting?
Moms, for mothers who breastfeed in countries where the fasting time is relatively shorter, it will not actually experience a significant decrease in breast milk production. Even so, it is natural for mothers to feel worried about whether fasting can affect milk production and nutrition in infants.
So moms, so that you don't get confused anymore, let's understand a few things related to the consumption of supplements for breastfeeding mothers who are fasting below.
Explanation of Supplements for Fasting Breastfeeding Mothers
Some breastfeeding mothers may feel hungrier while fasting. So, when it's time to eat, sometimes it can make the intake that enters the body become unbalanced. Moreover, to meet the needs of balanced nutritious food, the time is shorter during Ramadan fasting, namely during sahur and iftar.
According to medical expert Dr. Naomi Mirza, M.D., MPH of New Jersey's St. Joseph's Health, it doesn't matter if breastfeeding mothers want to take supplements as long as they can pay attention to the health of themselves and their babies. This supplement in its nature can help provide any nutrients you missed from other meals or snacks when your mealtime is more limited.
"You can take multivitamins and multi-mineral supplements. You can take vitamin D supplements at dawn," said dr. Mirza as quoted from The Daily Star.
But keep in mind, taking supplements alone will not meet the nutritional needs needed during breastfeeding, especially when you are fasting. The most important thing is not to skip meals and meet fluid needs. Yes Moms, breastfeeding mothers are strongly advised to increase fiber-rich foods such as fruits and vegetables so that the quality and quantity of breast milk is maintained.
In addition, The Healthy Muslims launches, it is very important for breastfeeding mothers to keep a regular schedule of breastfeeding during fasting. If you are at work or have to go outside for a while, you can pump breast milk. In addition, don't forget to drink lots of water to avoid dehydration and feeling weak while fasting.


Retroductal Nanoparticle Injection to the Murine Submandibular Gland
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Two common goals of salivary gland therapeutics are prevention and cure of tissue dysfunction following either autoimmune or radiation injury. By locally delivering bioactive compounds to the salivary glands, greater tissue concentrations can be safely achieved versus systemic administration. Furthermore, off target tissue effects from extra-glandular accumulation of material can be dramatically reduced. In this regard, retroductal injection is a widely used method for investigating both salivary gland biology and pathophysiology. Retroductal administration of growth factors, primary cells, adenoviral vectors, and small molecule drugs has been shown to support gland function in the setting of injury. We have previously shown the efficacy of a retroductally injected nanoparticle-siRNA strategy to maintain gland function following irradiation. Here, a highly effective and reproducible method to administer nanomaterials to the murine submandibular gland through Wharton's duct is detailed (Figure 1). We describe accessing the oral cavity and outline the steps necessary to cannulate Wharton's duct, with further observations serving as quality checks throughout the procedure.


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The mission of the Department of Public Health and Human Services (DPHHS) is to improve and protect the health, well-being, and self-reliance of all Montanans. DPHHS administers a wide spectrum of programs and services including: public assistance, Medicaid, foster care and adoption, nursing home licensing, long-term care, aging services, alcohol and drug abuse programs, mental health services, vocational rehabilitation, disability services, child support activities, and public health functions such as communicable disease control and preservation of public health through chronic disease prevention.


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@article{Jiang_Zhang_2013, title={A Social Force Model for Adjusting Sensing Ranges in Multiple Sensing Agent Systems}, volume={32}, url={_URL_ abstractNote={In previous work of multiple sensing agent systems (MSASs), they mainly adjust the sensing ranges of agents by centralized heuristics; and the whole adjustment process is controlled in centralized manner. However, such method may not fit for the characteristics of MSASs where the agents are distributed and decide their activities autonomously. To solve such problem, this paper introduces the social force model for adjusting the sensing ranges of multiple sensing agents, which can make the agents adjust their sensing ranges autonomously according to their social forces to other agents and the sensing objects. Based on the social force model, the coverage and optimization models are presented for both point-type and area-type objects. The presented model can produce appropriate social forces among the sensing agents and objects in MSASs; thereby the system observability and lifetime can be improved.}, number={1}, journal={COMPUTING AND INFORMATICS}, author={Jiang, Jiuchuan and Zhang, Yungui}, year={2013}, month={Mar.}, pages={89–112} }


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Passive Radiation Detector
Published: Oct 12, 2018
A passive detector is a device, usually in the form of a Dosimeter, which is used to measure levels of Ionising Radiation exposure. An example includes the Film Badge and the Thermo Luminescent Dosimeter (TLD). The detectors are passive because they need to be 'read' at a later stage in order to ascertain the level of exposure recorded. See Active Detector which can provide real-time information.


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Magpies have a strong bill with a sharp cutting edge, which can be used for cutting flesh, digging up invertebrates, or picking fruit. Their main diet in summer is grassland invertebrates, such as beetles, flies, caterpillars, spiders, worms and leatherjackets.
In winter, they eat more plant material, such as wild fruits, berries and grains, with household scraps and food scavenged from bird tables or chicken runs, petfoods etc. They will eat carrion at all times and catch small mammals and birds. Occasionally, magpies prey on larger animals such as young rabbits.
During the breeding season they will take eggs and young of other birds. We don't know exactly what proportion of the summer diet of urban and suburban magpies these comprise: estimates vary between 3% and 38% by weight, although most estimates are at the low end of this scale. Studies of urban magpies in Manchester showed a summer diet mostly of invertebrates with some field voles and house sparrows.
When food is abundant, magpies hoard the surplus to eat later. They make a small hole in the ground with their beak, place the food in it and cover it with grass, a stone or a leaf. These caches are spread around their territory or home range.


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Seminar Talk: Toward Combining Causal Inference and Databases for Interpretable Data Science
Sudeepa Roy: Associate Professor, Computer Science, Duke University
ABSTRACT: Causal inference - estimating the effect of a treatment on an outcome - is critical for sound data analysis. It provides a means to estimate the impact of a certain intervention to the world that correlation, association, or model-based prediction analysis cannot provide. As a result, causal inference is indispensable in health, public policy, and other domains. In this talk, I will discuss how traditional database research can help causal inference research in AI and statistics, and vice versa. First, I will discuss an interpretable and scalable "matching" framework for causal inference that has comparable estimation accuracies as black box machine learning methods and uses efficient SQL query evaluations. Next, I will discuss extending standard causal inference to relational data, and using causal inference for explaining SQL query answers. I will conclude with an overview of our ongoing and future work for actionable and interpretable methods for different stages in the data analysis pipeline.
BIO: Sudeepa Roy is an Associate Professor in Computer Science at Duke University. She works broadly in data management and data science, which includes causal inference and explanations for big data, debugging queries, data repair, query optimization, data provenance, and uncertain data. Before joining Duke in 2015, she did a postdoc at the University of Washington, and obtained her Ph.D. from the University of Pennsylvania. She is a recipient of the VLDB Early Career Research Contributions Award, an NSF CAREER Award, and a Google Ph.D. fellowship in structured data. She is a co-director of the Almost Matching Exactly (AME) lab for interpretable causal inference at Duke (_URL_

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Daytime radiative cooling has recently drawn much attention due to its potential for use in next-generation cooling systems. So far, two indicators have been used to estimate radiative cooling performance: (i) cooling temperature of a radiative cooling surface at equilibrium condition; and (ii) instantaneous cooling power from a radiative cooling surface at ambient temperature. These quantities, however, deal with only a small thermal mass of a sample itself (i.e., they do not consider a real-world system to which a radiative cooling surface is applied) and cannot directly indicate the energy saving caused by the radiative cooling effect. Here, we propose a device that can directly measure daily averaged radiative cooling power as well as the resulting cooling energy reduction. To this end, two enclosures with different top covers (i.e., one with commercially available white paint and the other with radiative cooling paint) are prepared with several thermoelectric coolers attached through the side walls. Two different outdoor experiments are carried out; that is, one maintaining constant enclosure temperature and the other maintaining constant temperature difference between enclosure and ambient. The first test is designed for verifying the cooling energy saving of building, and the second test is for quantifying the cooling density from radiative cooling in an enclosure with a large thermal mass. By measuring the temperature and power consumption in the enclosures, the radiative cooling performance of two different enclosures can be thoroughly and quantitatively analyzed, which potentially can lead to the direct examination of cooling energy saving of buildings exploiting the daytime radiative cooling effects. With the proposed device, we show that the radiative cooling paint can produce the daily averaged radiative cooling of 10.9∼45.2 W/m2 and the corresponding cooling load of thermoelectric coolers can be reduced by 15.7∼50.0%. We anticipate this device to be a starting point for more realistic and sophisticated evaluation of radiative cooling performance.
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This research was supported by the Creative Materials Discovery Program ( NRF-2018M3D1A1058972 ) through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by Ministry of Science and ICT as well as by " Cooperative Research Program for Agriculture Science & Technology Development (Project No. PJ0162122021 )" Rural Development Administration, Republic of Korea.
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- Radiative cooling performance
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- Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering


Commissions research on social gaming sector
The International Social Gaming Association (ISGA), a body that emerged following a merger between The Social Gaming Association (SGA) and the International Social Games Coalition (ISGC) in September, has developed a set of best practice principles for the social games industry.
The set of best practice principles covers five areas which are intended to ensure that games and their providers:
– Practice law and regulatory compliance;
– Are transparent in their functionality;
– Conduct responsible purchase and payment policies;
– Provide appropriate player privacy management; and
– Use appropriate advertising models.
Luc Delany, chief executive officer of the ISGA, said: "The social games industry is thriving and fast growing – over 750 million people play social games worldwide, and social games companies are driving economic growth. The launch of our best practice principles reflects our industry's need to ensure games are developed and operated in a responsible way at a time when the way people play and pay for games is changing."
Additionally, the ISGA has commissioned research into the evolution, use and impact of social games. The research results aim to give a better understanding of social gaming from both business and the consumer's point of view.
Independent research firm Harvest Strategy, led by Dr. Rohan Miller, will target how social games are changing the ways consumers play and pay for games.
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Important relics such as the institution's entire Egyptology collection were wiped out.
But all may not be lost thanks to a brand-new crowdsourcing initiative that is trying to save images of artifacts lost in the flames.
Museum workers managed to save some artifacts and other items survived because they were on loan to other institutions. But most of the 20 million objects are unfortunately gone forever.
Constructing a Digital Archive
However, these precious relics from previous centuries still exist in the photos and videos taken by visitors to the museum and so Wikipedia is encouraging them to upload their images to its Wikimedia Commons repository.
This effort is being bolstered by students at the Universidade Federal do Estado do Rio de Janeiro who have launched their own crowdsourcing project to digitally preserve some of the museum's many treasures.
Among the valuable pieces that are thought to have been destroyed was a 12,000-year-old skull called Luzia that was thought to be one of the oldest fossils found in the Americas.
One of the few items to have been confirmed to have survived is the Bendegó meteorite, the largest iron meteorite to be found in Brazil. It was originally discovered in 1784 by a boy who was looking for a lost cow.


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SIMATIC S7-1500: Rapid Traverse/Creep Speed Positioning (2SpeedPositioning)
An axis can be positioned in many different ways. In this context, especially TIA Portal with the S7-1200 and S7-1500 controller families provides support in the form of technology objects. Very high positioning accuracy of the axis can be achieved. However, this is also reflected in the hardware used to control these axes.
If an axis is to be positioned with relatively little hardware or with lower, controlled accuracy, this can be achieved with the aid of position monitoring and a simple contactor circuit. To this end, the positioning axis can be moved at two different speeds and simply switched off at the desired target position at the appropriate time using a contactor. With this method, called rapid traverse/creep speed positioning, relatively high positioning accuracy of the axis can be achieved.
Controlled positioning in rapid traverse/creep speed mode first moves the positioning axis towards the target position at a high speed (rapid traverse). At a defined position, the speed is switched to a lower speed (creep speed) at which the axis can then be moved to the target position.
To implement the two speed levels of rapid traverse/creep speed positioning, for example, pole-changing motors with a simple contactor circuit or simple frequency converters that allow speed selection through digital inputs can be used. The axis position can be detected with incremental or absolute encoders.
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text: The transient recorder fault indicator is used in the field of overhead line fault location. It is a power distribution automation product that integrates wireless radio frequency communication, low current power supply, low power consumption, high frequency sampling and other technologies. This product solves the problems of short-circuit fault detection of overhead lines and single-phase grounding positioning, and has the function of real-time monitoring of line load. The single-phase grounding fault can be located locally or at the master station by capturing the transient waveform signal when the fault occurs. The collection unit has a suspended design and has a wide range of applications.


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Fulton is a county in Kentucky. It was formed in 1845 from the following county/ies: Hickman. Fulton began keeping birth records in 1852, marriage records in 1845, and death records in 1852. It began keeping land records in 1845, probate records in 1845, and court records in 1845. For more information, contact the county at P.O. Box 126, Hickman 42050-0126. On the attached map, Fulton is located at A4.
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What Does Preceding Mean?
Preceding is a word used in reference to order or arrangement. It can be used as an adjective to mean or show that something happens before the other does. For example, the preceding protests led to the resignation of the prime minister.
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At Canopy, we are aware of the responsibility we have to reduce our impact on the environment.
1% for the Planet
Canopy Education is a member of 1% for the Planet, a global network of businesses committed to giving back to the environment. As a member of this network, we are committed to donating 1% of our annual sales to support environmental organisations that are working to create positive change.
"As a former Geography Teacher I believe that businesses have a responsibility to give back to the communities and environments in which they operate," said Andrew Caffrey, CEO of Canopy Education "By joining 1% for the Planet, we are taking a tangible step to make a positive impact on the environment, and we're proud to be part of a larger movement that is dedicated to creating a better future for all."
Just One Tree
At Canopy we want to create a Canopy of Trees, so we are working with Just One Tree. They plant trees in areas severely affected by deforestation to maximise the effect of reducing global warming. In the process, they help to provide agricultural education and sustainable incomes to local communities.


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Playground Design with Landscape Architects - Q&A With GameTime's Brandon McBride
Brandon McBride - GameTime Landmark DesignWe recently talked with Brandon McBride, GameTime's Vice President of Design, about how our Landmark Design team works with landscape architects. Brandon shared his thoughts on the importance of designing a play and recreation area that appeals to all generations. He also elaborated on the key role landscape architects play in making playgrounds a centerpiece of the community.
Read on and learn how GameTime and landscape architects work together to enrich childhood and build communities through play.
What drives your creative process when working with landscape architects?
What is the primary inspiration for how you design a play area together?
One of the main drivers is envisioning how children will utilize the space. We work with landscape architects to incorporate elements that create positive challenges and spark the imagination. That's a critical component to the success of each play space.
Understanding how children use the area provides a foundation to create a design that facilitates social interaction between peers. Each of us has a fundamental desire to build connections with those around us. A playground is great for a child's physical development, but it's also essential for enriching their social, cognitive, and emotional capacity as well.
What types of products and materials do landscape architects gravitate toward?
What drives the decision to use them?
As a landscape architect, GameTime's Landmark Design team views each project individually and considers the materials or products that will best complement that space. The utilization of custom concrete elements helps build durable spaces with rich texturing. It can also provide a connection to a unique theme or story.
Some spaces lend themselves to a more modern style or advanced levels of play. Selecting the right components and materials is essential to a positive user experience and achieving the community's desired outcomes.
What has changed most about playground design?
How have people changed the way they use playgrounds in the past 5 or 10 years?
One of the most critical shifts in playground design is a thoughtful process toward a multi-generational design philosophy. Playgrounds have shifted from a fringe recreation area to a central community space. There is evidence parents want to engage with their children during play, and communities understand play environments are critical anchor points where people come together and gain a stronger sense of community at every age.
In playground design today, is it just the children who will play on the equipment?
Do you consider other family members/generations?
It is essential to consider all the users that may utilize the space. Each individual has to be comfortable in the environment. We want people to spend as much time in the space as possible so they can enjoy all the benefits (physical, social-emotional, cognitive, etc.) of the design. If someone has a positive experience, they are more likely to come back again and again.
At the beginning of any project, we also consider making a play area accessible and inclusive to the greatest extent possible. I want every space to offer something for everyone, regardless of age or ability. Parents and grandparents need spaces to interact with their children, grandchildren, and peers playfully.
We also look for areas to include comfortable seating to gather, socialize and observe play. By considering how everyone will use a playground, it becomes a vital community centerpiece that impacts a broader cross-section of the community.
Why is thoughtful and creative design important to a playground?
What are the added benefits for the users when you take the time to design something out of the ordinary?
Working with different communities across North America and leading landscape architects helps our designers flex their creative muscles and create better and unexpected designs. Creating something new and unexpected engages children and families to play, explore, and grow together.
A thoughtfully designed play area attracts people, encourages physical activity, and enhances childhood development. It breaks down barriers and brings people together. Ultimately, playground design helps people connect, forge lasting relationships and create memories that last a lifetime.
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"It Didn't Happen If You Didn't Write It Down"S
Borrowing an idea from a Tom Clancy novel, software developer and blogger Christopher Schanck explains why he writes everything down, then suggests a handful of worthy tools for the job.
Photo by Jacob Bøtter.
If you think of a good idea and don't record it somewhere, you'll forget it. Inevitably. If you need something done by a certain time and don't record it somewhere, you'll miss it. If you learn something while roaming through code, or exploring a new tool, write your experiences down. You'll thank yourself later.
As far as his write-it-down tool suggestions go, Schanck discusses everything from the classic text editor Emacs and reader favorite mind-mapping tool FreeMind to Evernote and pencil and paper. Ultimately, Schanck doesn't prescribe anything in particular—it's really an individual choice based on what works best for you—because it's not really about the tool you use to do the job, but the benefits of writing things down and taking notes in the first place.
So what about you? Do you prescribe to the "It didn't happen if you didn't write it down" philosophy? Tell us about it in the comments.


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I would like to convert a column in a spreadsheet from a double to a string so I can join the data with a shp file. What is the easiest way to do it?
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To do this in ArcGIS:
 - Import spreadsheet to Geodatabase (Import Table)
 - Add a new field to table (change type to text)
 - Open ArcMap and add table to TOC
 - Right click on the new field's column header and select "Field Calculator"
 - Scroll down the field list to find your "double" source field
 - double click the field (should appear in the bottom pane)
 - click OK to populate column with values
I am suggesting to do this in ArcGIS because I think you want to use this field as a "join"? If so, add the shapefile to ArcMap, right click on the layer and select "Joins and Relates".
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Usually it suffices to force the field value in the first data row to be a string, for then the software is obliged to treat the entire column as string data. An easy way is to insert a single quote (') mark at the beginning of the value.
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 by far the easiest solution. I wish there were a way to force other data types in the same manner. – Brad Nesom May 18 '11 at 13:51
 - @Brad You can usually do so by formatting columns (although whether ArcGIS will recognize this formatting information is another matter). For detailed instructions (and the reasons behind them) see my page at quantdec.com/SYSEN597/GTKAV/section4/chapter_15a.htm#Recipe . – whuber May 18 '11 at 14:30
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Use ArcCatalog. Create a GDB, import the table (single) into it. Below in the fields you can right click on the field you want to change to STRING, and simply change the type to STRING for that field.
(*it seems that this may only work if the field is empty)
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You can use the CONCATENATE function (if using Excel) to form a single quoted string.
e.g.: =CONCATENATE("'",A1,"'")
where this formula refers to the first row, and can be copied to other rows as well.
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Microsoft has a page dedicated to this with a range of solutions:
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 - This page seems to do the reverse of what is wanted: it shows how to convert text to numbers. – whuber May 18 '11 at 14:30
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Whole blood and serum blood are two different substances commonly used to determine the blood alcohol content of a person. Both come from drawing blood from someone although serum blood is more heavily processed. You will want to understand the differences between whole blood and serum blood especially in relation to blood alcohol content testing.
Understanding Whole Blood
Whole blood means that the sample that was drawn has not been unnecessarily processed. The blood that is drawn by a technician is technically whole blood. One major difference is that the vial used to collect whole blood will contain a small amount of an anti-clotting agent. This agent stops the blood that was drawn from clotting and turning into a thick substance that cannot be tested or processed. Another difference is that whole blood contains less water than serum making it thicker.
Understanding Serum Blood
Serum blood is drawn in the same way as whole blood. The difference is that there is no anti-clotting agent in the container holding the blood. This means that the blood will begin to clot relatively quickly. The blood is placed onto a centrifuge and spun around. This causes the blood in the container to start to separate. The denser clotted areas move the bottom of the container. A lighter yellowish liquid forms on the top. This thin liquid is called the serum. Serum is not as thick as whole blood. It contains more water. The serum can be extracted from the container and then used for testing with special equipment.
Differences in Testing Techniques
Whole blood and serum blood are tested for alcohol or other substances in different ways. Whole blood is fed into a specific type of machine that extracts the blood alcohol content quickly. Serum blood is tested using different equipment. Only the serum is tested. This is because many of the pieces of equipment used for blood alcohol testing are unable to handle the density of whole blood. The serum is preferred in some cases because it moves more easily through the equipment. One issue is that the higher water content of serum blood provides elevated blood alcohol readings when compared to whole blood. This means the results of a serum blood alcohol test need to be adjusted by around 18 percent in order to get results that are more accurate.
Challenging the Results
There are many ways to challenge the results of both whole blood and serum blood tests in court. Serum blood tests can be challenged because of the number used to adjust the results. This number of called the conversion factor. The factor might not be accurate. Another way to challenge the results is to look at the certifications of the lab. Labs must be individually certified for both whole blood and serum blood testing. If the lab does not have the certification for the type of test performed, then the test might not be valid. Challenging the state and accuracy of the equipment is common as well since contamination and small mistakes could artificially increase the blood alcohol content reported. It is important to talk to a lawyer when whole blood or serum blood tests are performed.
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"native" po angielsku z przykładami - Słownik kolokacji angielskich
- One may be sure of that by the native name they have given him.
- "For the first time, we could call each other by our native Jewish names."
- Not once would you refer to those places by their native names.
- I replied, playing on his native name, and proceeded to set out the whole case to him.
- The priest knew little about the terrain so he asked a native the name of the place.
- Some codes are chosen based on the native names of the countries.
- He named off a string of native names, then added, 'Fine time.
- The native name for the ball court and game was batey.
- They learn that the native name for the island is Caspak.
- A Spanish soldier was said to have asked a native the name of the place, indicating the area.
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WordprocessingML Reference Material - Table of Contents
result (Drop-Down List Selection)
This element specifies the zero-based index of the currently selected entry for the parent drop-down list form field.
If this element is omitted, then the current drop-down list form field shall have the selection specified by the value of the default element (§2.16.11). If the attribute value references an index value which does not exist (i.e. a negative number or a number that exceeds the number of items in the drop-down list), then this value may be ignored and the current drop-down list form field shall have the selection specified by the value of the default element.
[Example: Consider the following WordprocessingML fragment for a drop-down list form field:
<w:fldSimple w:instr="FORMDROPDOWN">
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<w:ddList>
<w:default w:val="1" />
<w:result w:val="2" />
<w:listEntry w:val="One" />
<w:listEntry w:val="Two" />
<w:listEntry w:val="Three" />
</w:ddList>
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The result element specifies the index of the currently selected value of the drop-down list form field to be 2. In this case, the resulting default value text is Three. end example]
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ddList2.16.9)

Attributes
Description
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Specifies that the contents of this attribute will contain a decimal number.

The contents of this decimal number are interpreted based on the context of the parent XML element.

[Example: Consider the following numeric WordprocessingML property of type ST_DecimalNumber:

<w:… w:val="_PHONE_" />
The value of the val attribute is a decimal number whose value must be interpreted in the context of the parent element. end example]

The possible values for this attribute are defined by the ST_DecimalNumber simple type2.18.16).
The following XML Schema fragment defines the contents of this element:
<complexType name="CT_DecimalNumber">
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The difference between prey drive & hunting instinct
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I think prey drive is more to describe the juvenile-like way of just chasing things. No method to it, just chase.
Whereas hunting instinct is used more to describe a more methodical approach. I think someone said something similar above? Same general thing though.
Here it'd be described as prey drive given just the total carelessness about the chase.
And this is more methodical, hunting instinct. An actual attempt to catch. He actually tries. Although gets confused by the initial lack in movement. Pheasants aren't that smart. laugh out loud
I don't think that stalking always means hunting instinct nor that hunting instinct is just stalking. It's just when the dog seems to really have it thought out what he wants. He has a goal. Whereas prey drive is more just for funzies. That's my take on it anyway.
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In her blog, Suzanne Clothier, a marvelous writer and trainer, has an entry entitled "Drive and Brakes and Steering." I'd like to quote from it some.
"For those who find the whole notion of biting and gripping worrisome, perhaps it is easiest to think about it this way: substitute "bite" or "grip" with retrieve, herd, chase. All of these behaviors are aspects of the predatory sequence. In his books DOGS, Ray Coppinger does a wonderful job of explaining the predatory behavior chain - I often recommend his book solely for that chapter.
In our dogs, the behaviors we see are the same ones that would be seen in a wolf's predatory sequence. These behaviors are instinctive, a natural part of the canine behavioral repertoire. Perhaps most importantly, when expressed by our domestic dogs, these behaviors can show considerable deviation from the natural behavior.
Specialized breeds reflect the results of selective breeding for specific behaviors or exaggerations of some behaviors or inhibition of other behaviors.Thus herding dogs exhibit strong chase behaviors but with inhibited bite/grip and highly inhibited killing behaviors, The Border Collie's famous "eye" is a result of generations of breeding for an exaggeration of a natural behavior. Bird dogs have the bite/grip intensely inhibited, thus the desired "soft mouth." In the case of pointing breeds, the naturally occurring stalk behavior is exaggerated to become a frozen "point".
The bite/grip/grab behavior is strong in many working lines, and there is a genetic component to how the dogs grip, where they grip, what will trigger a bite or grip. For example, some dogs bite low while others come up higher -- this becomes very clear when you see dogs worked on sheep or cattle. Are they moving the animals by nipping towards their heels (thus the term "heelers")? or grabbing a hindquarter or going higher for the shoulder/neck or higher still for nose ("headers")?
For many working lines (police K9, Schutzhund, ring sport, etc), there is a tendency to bite hard and to grip with a full mouth bite that goes right to the molars. This is prized, and for good reason: in an attack situation, you want the dog bringing his entire jaw power to bear, not merely the incisors and canines (sometimes called a "bitchy" bite, a grip that is more easily dislodged). These full, hard bites are evident from an early age in puppies from these lines, just as birdy pups demonstrate a keen interest in things with feathers, and field bred retriever puppies carry things, and herding puppies respond to moving things with delight.
Selective breeding is a way of engineering a bigger engine for that behavior (or set of behaviors), so that we can easily shape those behaviors into what we want, whether that's a retrieve of a duck or sheep neatly penned. But balance is the key in any working performance. If you think of instinctive behavior as the engine that drives the dog, then the balance comes in the form of the brakes and steering and multiple gears that allow that engine to be effectively utilized to good purpose. Just as it would not be okay to let a herding dog chase sheep willy-nilly or treat a toddler like an errant ewe, it's also necessary to teach a strong biting dog what is and is not appropriate for those jaws."
I think Clothier explains this question the best. thinking
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I think "prey drive" is something more instinctive and basic and "hunting instinct" is a modified (selectively developed) part of that drive. To me prey drive is a desire to kill things, very basic and critically important for survival. This strong instinct has been preserved in many types of dogs, both intentionally as in terriers, and not bred away from in Nordic breeds. The idea of hunting instinct is generally reserved for sporting breeds and refers to specific traits, like pointing or retrieving. These are unique traits (or parts of the prey capture sequence) that were isolated and enhanced through selective breeding.
My God-dog is a Sammy mix Brady and he has a huge prey drive. I was walking him once with my two pups and my guys who were off leash found an opossum, my Selli just wanted to sniff it and my Duff, a Sheltie Mix, barked at it. I went over with Brady on a leash (because I know how he is), to stop Duffy from barking, and I got one step too close and that was the end of the opossum. I have a friend who has a Brittany Cooper who one day brought her an opossum and dropped it in front of her. She thought the opossum was dead but she saw it run off a few minutes later. Brady had the desire to kill the opossum while Cooper just had the desire to bring it to her.
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Open-boundary reflection of quantum well states at Pb(111)
M. Muller, N. Neel, Simon Crampin, J. Kroger
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Using a scanning tunneling microscope, confined electron states are studied that exist above subsurface nanometer-sized voids at Pb(111), where potential barriers at the parallel vacuum–Pb(111) and Pb(111)–void interfaces establish a principal series of quantum well states that are further confined laterally by strong reflection at the open boundaries at the edges of the void. The influence of the size, depth and shape of the voids on the effectiveness of the lateral confinement is discussed. Standing wave patterns observed in differential conductance maps unravel the dispersion of the relevant underlying Pb electron states.
Original languageEnglish
Article number205426
JournalPhysical Review B : Condensed Matter and Materials Physics
Volume96
Issue number20
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Publication statusPublished - 20 Nov 2017
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We report on an optically pumped semiconductor disk laser with a wide wavelength tuning range and a high peak output power. This was achieved using a combination of efficient thermal management and a broadband gain element (GE) with carefully engineered spectral gain characteristics. For heat removal, a flip-chip bonding scheme on diamond was used. To provide high active mirror reflectance over a large wavelength region, the layered structure of the GE formed a nonresonant subcavity assisted by an antireflective structure. A peak output power of more than 7.5 W and a tuning range of 32 nm around the center wavelength of 995 nm were obtained.
- multilayer interference coatings
- semiconductor lasers
- Tunable lasers
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- Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics


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Alternative Learning System
From WikiPilipinas: The Hip 'n Free Philippine Encyclopedia
The Alternative Learning System (ALS) is a free education program implemented by the Department of Education (DepEd) under the Bureau of Alternative Learning System which benefits those who cannot afford formal schooling and follows whatever is their available schedule. The program provides a viable alternative to the existing formal education instruction, encompassing both the non-formal and informal sources of knowledge and skills.
ALS aims to open more educational opportunities for Filipino citizens of different interests, capabilities of demographic characteristics, socioeconomic origins and status as well as addressing the needs of marginalized groups.
The program cuts the time needed to finish high school, hence, significantly cuts the expenses as well. Aside from giving hope to the less fortunate, it also provides opportunities to Out-of-School Youths (OSY) and adults elementary and secondary school drop-outs; industry-based workers; housewives; maids; factory workers; drivers; members of cultural minorities; indigenous people and the disabled/physically challenged.
Training for instructional managers and coordinators are also provided by the program and supports the learners accreditation and equivalency (A&E) review.
 How does it work
In ALS, students have to attend 10 months of school or 800 hours in the classroom. Then their performance are then assessed.
Since ALS is a module-based learning system, students come in on a set time and choose a module to read. A quiz is given after each module to test their learning. Instead of teachers, facilitators are always present to answer any questions and sometimes lecturers would discuss a certain module. After several months, the students will take the Accreditation and Equivalency Test (AET). If they pass the test, they will be given a high school diploma and can now enroll in college.
 ALS A&E Test
The ALS Accreditation and Equivalency ALS A&E test aims to offer learners two learning achievements at two learning levels-- Elementary and Secondary.
It is a paper and pencil-based test, using multiple choice and composition writing. The test items are based on the learning competencies of the five learning strands of the ALS Curriculum.
A first year high school dropout, boxing champion, Manny Pacquiao took and passed the (AET) under the ALS program. He was presented a high school diploma, making eligible to pursue college. He was then named as the DepEd's Ambassador for the ALS and People's Champ for Education. According to Education Secretary, Jesli Lapus, "Manny is an excellent model for all out-of-school children, youth and adults who are determined to learn and are able to gain functional literacy skills outside of formal schooling."
- Learning Station (accessed on June 10, 2009)
- Manila Times (accessed on June 10, 2009)
- ALS A&E System (accessed on June 10, 2009)
- BALS on the Web at Wikispaces
- Alternative Learning System at Courses.Com.ph


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Mercury History: Henry Ford adopted the Mercury brand in 1939 to compete with the General Motors Buick but most models were based on other Ford models. Mercury became a part of the Lincoln division in 1945 and adopted the Lincoln platform in 1949, the year Mercury's also became know as "Lead Sleds". Mercury's heyday was in the 1950's but it was considered a spin off of Fords, and then Lincolns, until the early 1970s when the Cougar and Marquis were introduced. Sales peaked in 1978 when almost 600,000 units were sold but by the 1980s the Mercury had lost its uniqueness again and the image began to suffer. Ford tried to revive the Mercury lineup in the 1990s with front-wheel drive, an import called the "MMerkur" and a mini van but less than 100,000 units were sold in 2010. Ford dropped Mercury from the Lincoln division the following year.
The first Mercury logo was a head profile of the Roman god Mercury. From the 1960s to the 1980s the Cougar became the logo amid a series of cat-named models followed. Some of the upper end models adopted the Lincoln diamond.
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You heard a catchy new song a few days ago with your wife that you both liked. Today you were singing the song quietly to yourself while you worked. You want to tell her about it, so you confess this to her.
I've been humming that song all day.
To "hum" a song means to make the notes of the song with your mouth closed, without saying the words. People usually do this quietly for their own entertainment.
People use this phrase to describe something that they did several times in a day, and that they might continue doing.
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When targeting Versal ACAPs, focus on usage, bandwidth, and performance expected from the integrated DDRMCs in the device. For example, image processing uses a large amount of data (e.g., data for the image, weights, layers, etc.), which all require different bandwidths at different points in time. These kinds of applications have a significant usage of DDR memory, including impact on the DDR memory bandwidth and latency. Depending on the type of application and its memory bandwidth and performance requirements, you need to have a fairly accurate understanding of the QoS requirements on the traffic generated by the application.
Another important consideration to make regarding DDR memory usage includes the impact of memory partitioning. Based on your application bandwidth needs as well as demands on the DDR memory, it might be optimal to either interleave the memory across multiple DDRs or treat multiple DDRMCs as independent. For DDRMC-NoC configuration guidelines, see this link Versal ACAP Programmable Network on Chip and Integrated Memory Controller LogiCORE IP Product Guide (PG313).


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The Queen in Ireland: Why royal visit had to wait
The Queen is the first British monarch to visit what is today known as the Republic of Ireland in 100 years, but is this a sign of the end of centuries of resentment, asks historian Diarmaid Ferriter.
When the Queen's grandfather, King George V, arrived in Dublin in July 1911 he subsequently recorded his "feelings of joy and affection" inspired by the "wonderful reception" he was given by people lining the streets.
Over the course of the next decade, however, the political situation in Ireland was transformed, as were Anglo-Irish relations. It was the events of these tumultuous years, incorporating the War of Independence of 1916-21 and the quest for an Irish Republic, that meant 100 years would have to pass before the next visit.
Historically, the enthusiasm with which royals such as Queen Victoria, King Edward VII and King George V were greeted surpassed expectations and hostile nationalist opinion....
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columns in the foreign key local table order.
 Column[] ForeignKey.getConstantColumns()
 Return the local columns that we link to using constant values.
 Column[] ForeignKey.getConstantPrimaryKeyColumns()
 Return the primary key columns that we link to using constant values.
 Column ForeignKey.getPrimaryKeyColumn(Column local)
 Return the primary key column joined to the given local column.
 Column[] ForeignKey.getPrimaryKeyColumns()
 Return the foreign columns in the foreign key, in join-order with the result of ForeignKey.getColumns().
 Column[] Table.getRelationIdColumns()
 Return this table's relation id columns.
 Column Table.importColumn(Column col)
 Import a column from another table.
protected Column SchemaGroup.newColumn(DBIdentifier name, Table table)

protected Column DynamicSchemaFactory.newColumn(DBIdentifier name, Table table)

protected Column SchemaGroup.newColumn(String name, Table table)
 Deprecated.

Methods in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.schema with parameters of type Column
 void Unique.addColumn(Column col)
 Adds the given column.
 boolean SchemaTool.addColumn(Column col)
 Add the given column to the database schema.
 void PrimaryKey.addColumn(Column col)

 void LocalConstraint.addColumn(Column col)
 Add a column to the constraint.
(package private) void Table.changeAutoAssigned(Column col)
 Called by columns when their auto increment status changes.
(package private) void Table.changeRelationId(Column col)
 Called by columns when their relation id status changes.
 boolean LocalConstraint.columnsMatch(Column[] ocols)
 Return true if the given columns match the columns of this constraint.
 boolean ForeignKey.columnsMatch(Column[] fkCols, Column[] fkPKCols)
 Return true if the given local and foreign columns match those on this key.
 boolean ForeignKey.columnsMatch(Column[] fkCols, Column[] fkPKCols)
 Return true if the given local and foreign columns match those on this key.
 boolean LocalConstraint.containsColumn(Column col)
 Return true if the pk includes the given column.
 boolean ForeignKey.containsColumn(Column col)
 Return true if the fk includes the given local column.
 boolean ForeignKey.containsConstantColumn(Column col)
 Return true if the fk includes the given local column.
 boolean ForeignKey.containsConstantPrimaryKeyColumn(Column col)
 Return true if the fk includes the given primary key column.
 boolean ForeignKey.containsPrimaryKeyColumn(Column col)
 Return true if the fk includes the given primary key column.
 void Column.copy(Column from)
 Copy information from the given column to this one.
 boolean SchemaTool.dropColumn(Column col)
 Drop the given column from the database schema.
 boolean Column.equalsColumn(Column col)
 Tests compatibility.
 Column ForeignKey.getColumn(Column pk)
 Return the local column joined to the given primary key column.
 Object ForeignKey.getConstant(Column local)
 Return the constant value assigned to the given local column.
 Column ForeignKey.getPrimaryKeyColumn(Column local)
 Return the primary key column joined to the given local column.
 Object ForeignKey.getPrimaryKeyConstant(Column pk)
 Return the constant value assigned to the given primary key column.
 Column Table.importColumn(Column col)
 Import a column from another table.
 boolean ColumnIO.isAllInsertable(Column[] cols, boolean nullValue)
 Equivalent to isAllInsertable (cols.length, nullValue).
 boolean ColumnIO.isAllUpdatable(Column[] cols, boolean nullValue)
 Equivalent to isAllUpdatable (cols.length, nullValue).
 boolean ColumnIO.isAnyInsertable(Column[] cols, boolean nullValue)
 Equivalent to isAnyInsertable (cols.length, nullValue).
 boolean ColumnIO.isAnyUpdatable(Column[] cols, boolean nullValue)
 Equivalent to isAnyUpdatable (cols.length, nullValue).
 boolean ColumnIO.isInsertable(Column col, boolean nullValue)
 Equivalent to isInsertable (0, nullValue), but returns false if the given column is null.
 boolean ColumnIO.isUpdatable(Column col, boolean nullValue)
 Equivalent to isUpdatable (0, nullValue), but returns false if the given column is null.
 void ForeignKey.join(Column local, Column toPK)
 Join a local column to a primary key column of another table.
 void ForeignKey.joinConstant(Column col, Object val)
 Join a constant value to a local column of this table.
 void ForeignKey.joinConstant(Object val, Column toPK)
 Join a constant value to a primary key column of another table.
 boolean Table.removeColumn(Column col)
 Remove the given column from the table.
 boolean LocalConstraint.removeColumn(Column col)
 Remove a column from the constraint.
 boolean ForeignKey.removeJoin(Column col)
 Remove any joins inolving the given column.
 void LocalConstraint.setColumns(Column[] cols)
 Set the columns the constraint spans.
 void ForeignKey.setConstantJoins(Column[] cols, Object[] consts)
 Set the foreign key's constant joins.
 void ForeignKey.setConstantJoins(Object[] consts, Column[] pkCols)
 Set the foreign key's constant joins.
 void ForeignKey.setJoins(Column[] cols, Column[] pkCols)
 Set the foreign key's joins.
 void ForeignKey.setJoins(Column[] cols, Column[] pkCols)
 Set the foreign key's joins.

Uses of Column in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql

Methods in org.apache.openjpa.jdbc.sql that return Column
 Column[] RowImpl.getColumns()

 Column[] SQLServerDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, DBIdentifier catalog, DBIdentifier schemaName, DBIdentifier tableName, DBIdentifier columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] PointbaseDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, DBIdentifier catalog, DBIdentifier schemaName, DBIdentifier tableName, DBIdentifier columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] OracleDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, DBIdentifier catalog, DBIdentifier schemaName, DBIdentifier tableName, DBIdentifier columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] InformixDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, DBIdentifier catalog, DBIdentifier schemaName, DBIdentifier tableName, DBIdentifier columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] H2Dictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, DBIdentifier catalog, DBIdentifier schemaName, DBIdentifier tableName, DBIdentifier columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] FoxProDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, DBIdentifier catalog, DBIdentifier schemaName, DBIdentifier tableName, DBIdentifier columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] DBDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, DBIdentifier catalog, DBIdentifier schemaName, DBIdentifier tableName, DBIdentifier columnName, Connection conn)
 Reflect on the schema to find columns matching the given table and column patterns.
 Column[] SQLServerDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, String catalog, String schemaName, String tableName, String columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] PointbaseDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, String catalog, String schemaName, String tableName, String columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] OracleDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, String catalog, String schemaName, String tableName, String columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] InformixDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, String catalog, String schemaName, String tableName, String columnName, Connection conn)

 Column[] HSQLDictionary.getColumns(DatabaseMetaData meta, String catalog,


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The 1990s, also known as "the Nineteen Nineties" or abbreviated as "the Nineties" or "the '90s", was the decade that started on 1 January 1990, and ended on 31 December 1999. It was the tenth and final decade of the 20th century and the last full decade of the 2nd millennium.
The '90s is often considered the true dawn of the Information Age. Though info-age technologies predate the 1980s, it was not until the late 1980s and the 1990s that they became widely used by the general public. A combination of factors, including the mass mobilization of capital markets through neoliberalism, the beginning of the widespread proliferation of new media such as the Internet, and the dissolution of the Soviet Union led to a realignment and reconsolidation of economic and political power across the world, and within countries.
The 1990s is often considered the end of Modernity and the dawn of the Postmodern age, even though the first traces of postmodernity takes place as far back as the 1940s,[1] however, some contemporary theory has proposed that the 1990's actually marked the end of this era, having peaked during the 1980's. The economies and living standards of some countries such as South Korea and Ireland improved to such an extent that they were considered First World nations by the decade's end.
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.- Catholics and Muslims meeting at the Vatican this week discussed the responsibilities of religious leaders during times of crisis, agreeing that their most important responsibility is to faithfully live out their beliefs through "teaching, good deeds and example."
The religious leaders met as part of the 11th Colloquium organized by the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue and the World Islamic Call Society (WICS) in order to discuss the responsibilities of religious leaders during times of crisis.
After meeting with the Holy Father briefly after today's general audience, the participants agreed upon the following conclusions:
First, the most important responsibility of religious leaders during times of crisis is to faithfully live out their religious beliefs through "teaching, good deeds and example, thus serving their communities for the glory of God," participants in the colloquium decided.
Religious leaders should also have a "cultural and social role to play in promoting fundamental ethical values, such as justice, solidarity, peace, social harmony and the common good of society as a whole, especially the needy, the weak, migrants and the oppressed," they continued.
The leaders also came to the conclusion that they cannot overlook their special responsibility toward the youth, so they "do not fall victim to religious fanaticism and radicalism, receiving rather, a sound education thereby helping them to become bridge builders and peace makers."
Finally, the religious leaders noted that they must pay particular attention to interreligious relations on both the national and international level to avoid religious violence. "This requires a mutual respect and reciprocal knowledge, both cherishing personal relations and building confidence and mutual trust, so as to be able to confront together crises when they occur."


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Adopting from Haiti After Earthquake
Today's show is on adoptions from Haiti after the earthquake. We talked about current adoption cases as well as what the future holds for adopting children orphaned by the Haitian earthquake last week. Our guests were Whitney Reitz, Branch Chief, for the International Operations Division U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services; Nyda Budig, Adoption Division Office of Children's Issues at the US State Department; Rebecca Hackworth, Director of the Haitian Adoption Program at Dillon International, and Susan Cox, Vice Pres Policy and External Affairs for Holt International.
- Status of Haitian adoptions that were in process when the earthquake struck
- Difference between a humanitarian parole and an immigration visa.
- How do they decide which child should receive a humanitarian parole and which an immigration visa.
- What should adoptive parents do to apply for either a humanitarian parole or an immigration visa?
- If the child is eligible for either a humanitarian parole or immigration visa how does the child get to the US?
- How is the US government arranging flights out of Haiti?
- What is the status of the airlift of children from Haiti to the US using private planes?
- What will happen to the approximately 50,000 children that were living in orphanages or institutions prior to the earthquake but who had not been referred to an adoptive family?
- What is the anticipated time frame for families that had already applied to adopt from Haiti but had not received a referral?
- When does the US State Department and Citizenship and Immigration Services anticipate that adoptions from Haiti will resume?
- What type of safeguards, such as DNA testing and fingerprinting, will be used to protect the children from child trafficking?
- How many children will have been orphaned by the Haitian earthquake?
- When will international adoptions from Haiti resume?
- What is the process to adopt a child from Haiti?
- Why is Haiti so hard to adopt from?
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SQLite Browser on Windows
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 1. Download and Install SQLite Browser (Windows platform) [1]
 1. SQLite Browser - Overview [2]
 2. Generate a CVS file on generatedata.com.
 3. Run SQLite Browser
 1. Create a database. Choose a descriptive database name such as FriendsDB.
 2. Import a table from a CSV file.
 3. Save the database
 4. Testing
 1. Close and Restart SQLite Browser. Open the database that you have just created.
Importing CSV file into table using command line (windows cmd or Mac terminal)
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Lisa Pursey, of Waimairi School, asks :-
If you carved your initials into the bark of a tree and then visited the tree thirty years later, would the initials then be high up the tree?
Walter Fielding-Cotterell, an arboriculturist with the Christchurch City Council, responded.
Trees increase in height by way of cells produced by tissue contained in the tip of every shoot. This very small piece of cell dividing tissue is called the apical meristem. Cutting a cabbage sprout in half lengthways will give you a good idea of how an apical meristem is formed, the dome-like cluster of cells in the centre being the meristem itself. Radial growth is provided by the cambium, a thin cylinder of dividing cells extending from the top to the bottom of the tree. New conductive cells are formed on the inside and outside of the cambium layer increasing the diameter of the stem. Another layer of cambium, the cork cambium, forms the bark which protects the tree.
The function of the tip or apical meristem can be likened to chimney builders standing near the top of the chimney and constantly producing and laying bricks (cells) always rising with the height of the structure. Other builders (the cambium) continuously reinforce the chimney by building horizontally. Therefore, the brick or cell laid at 1.5 metres above the ground remains at that height. However the rapid production of cells beneath the bark causes it to rupture and repair itself (and the carving wounds). The new cells formed will fill and widen the initials until they eventually disappear.


Re: How to handle a where-list in MathML
From: David Carlisle
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 23:55:52 +0100
Message-Id: <_EMAIL_>
To: _EMAIL_
Cc: _EMAIL_
I agree with Robert that csymbol is probably better than ci but that
otherwise that's a good encoding.
An alternative viewpoint that I picked up in a previous life working in
formal systems that essentially viewed everything as a lambda expression
is that
 2*a+3*a^2+b+b^2 WHERE a=5+c*2, b=17-d
is syntactic sugar for
 (lamda a b. 2*a+3*a^2+b+b^2)(5+c*2, 17-d)
that is first create the anonymous function of two variables
representing the bound variables in your expression, then apply that
function to the two expressions which hold the definitions of the bound
This could be encoded directly in mathml as
This has the advantage of being coded in core mathml without needing any
csymbol defined operators, it has the possible disadvantages of being
possibly harder to read by humans, and possibly more likely to be
automatically "expanded out" by a system consuming the expression, just
might not be the best encoding of the concept 1+1 if you want it to
survive importing it into a CA system and not have it be seen as 2.
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and Wales with company number _PHONE_. The registered office is:
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Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge
Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge is located in the vicinity of Sandyville in Jackson County, West Virginia.
Backstory and Context
The process of building the Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge goesback to May of 1886. D.K. Hood and Elias Stone were chosen to find the spot for a bridge, and determining how high and long the bridge would be. Location for the bridge was decided upon as the Mill Creek ford near John Carnahan's property. This new bridge would replace an existing bridge above Carnahan's Ford. William Quincy and J. Grim were chosen to start on the supports for the bridge with R. B. Cunningham receiving the bid for construction of the superstructure. In 1887, for unknown reasons, work on the bridge was stopped. The following year, it was asked if the work could be started again on the bridge and the county court granted the request. The bid winners from before the cessation of the bridge work continued with the construction. Bridge supports and superstructure were completed for a total of over $2,500, with the bridge being completed sometime during late 1889 or early 18901.
Over thirty years later, the county clerk requested an engineer to start on supports for a bridge near Sandy Creek on William Weekly's property. Options included taking apart the bridge at Carnahan's Ford completed in 1890 or to start on a new bridge at the new location. It was decided in 1924 that C.R. Kent, R.R. Hardesty, and E.R. Duke would move the bridge to its present location1.
Court records say that there was another bridge built during the break inconstruction of the bridge above Carnahan's Ford. The bridge was built on Carnahan's property as well, but at a different location. This second bridge and its history have been mistaken for what is the present-day Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge. The second bridge was to be built across a run at the cross point of the Ripley and West Columbia Turnpike. George W. Staats won the bid for this bridge's construction. The bridge was completed sometime between late 1887 and early 1888. The bridge was not completed as described in the contract and Staats was held responsible for any future damages1.
The Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge that exists today is supposed to be the bridge that was built over Mill Creek rather than the second bridge built in 1887 or 1888. The reasoning behind this is that the bridges were made out of different materials, the cost of the bridges differed, and also the original location of the Sarvis Fork Bridge being listed as Carnahan's Ford, which would be the bridge built over Mill Creek1.
Sarvis Fork Covered Bridge was restored in 2000 at a cost of over a half a million dollars. The bridge is still in use today2.


text: English: occupational name for a scribe or secretary, originally a member of a minor religious order who undertook such duties. The word clerc denoted a member of a religious order, from Old English cler(e)c 'priest', reinforced by Old French clerc. Both are from Late Latin clericus, from Greek klērikos, a derivative of klēros 'inheritance', 'legacy', with reference to the priestly tribe of Levites (see Levy) 'whose inheritance was the Lord'. In medieval Christian Europe, clergy in minor orders were permitted to marry and so found families; thus the surname could become established. In the Middle Ages it was virtually only members of religious orders who learned to read and write, so that the term clerk came to denote any literate man.


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Ballitore is situated between Kilcullen and Castledermot, just off the N 9. As you enter the village of Ballitore turn left in the centre square – the Meeting House is about 200 metres on the right.
Meeting for Worship takes place every Sunday at 11 am.
Ballitore Meeting is part of Co Wexford Monthly Meeting.
In 1685 two Quakers decided to settle beside the Griese river, and the story of Ballitore began. They built wool and flour mills, and over the next two centuries more Quakers settled and developed what became known as the "Quaker" village.
In 1726 Abraham Shackleton started the famous school which lasted for over a century and that numbered Edmund Burke, Paul (later Cardinal) Cullen and Napper Tandy among its pupils. Last century the village went into decline, but twenty years ago saw the start of its revival, and now it is once again attractive, with the old Meeting House refurbished, and Mary Leadbeater's house rebuilt and housing the Library and a small Quaker museum. The museum is open during the week, and also on Sundays from June to September between 2pm and 6pm.
Four kilometres south of Ballitore, in Moone, there is one of the most delightful large stone High Crosses in Ireland. It has unusually good carvings of biblical scenes. In summer one can go to Meeting for Worship, then visit Moone, have a picnic, and return to the museum in the afternoon.
For more local history background see
courtesy of the Kildare Community Network.
View Quakers Ireland Map in a larger map


What is Brick in Poker?
Also known as a blank or rag, a brick is a community card (either the turn or river) that seemingly does not affect anyone's range of hands. It is the exact opposite of an Action Card, as it probably does not improve many hands, thus not creating much additional action
Example: The flop is 789, David bets and is called by one player. The turn is a brick, an off-suit 2. David checks and his opponent checks behind.
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June 4-7, 2019 at NCAR in Boulder, CO.
This training workshop will provide graduate students and early career scientists with formal instruction on the structure and application of the WRF-Hydro system and will offer hands-on experience in setting up and running the system for several different research and prediction applications. Preference will be given to applicants in the Academic and Nonprofit sectors.
Topics to be covered during the workshop include but are not limited to:
- Conceptualization and structure of the WRF-Hydro system
- Description of physics components and options within WRF-Hydro
- Model porting and compilation, and an overview of parallel computing with WRF-Hydro
- Hands-on model input data preparation and creation of an example test case
- Hands-on model configuration and execution
- Hands-on experimental model simulations and comparisons with a prepared example test case
- Hands-on example WRF | WRF-Hydro model coupled simulation
- Overview of the open source Rwrfhydro hydrologic model evaluation package with example vignettes
- Overview of model calibration
- Open discussion on class participant interests and applications
Due date: EDT February 15
For more information


AWS::IVS::RecordingConfiguration DestinationConfiguration - AWS CloudFormation
AWS::IVS::RecordingConfiguration DestinationConfiguration
The DestinationConfiguration property type describes the location where recorded videos will be stored. Each member represents a type of destination configuration. For recording, you define one and only one type of destination configuration.
Syntax
To declare this entity in your AWS CloudFormation template, use the following syntax:
Properties
S3
An S3 destination configuration where recorded videos will be stored. See the S3DestinationConfiguration property type for more information.
Required: Yes
Type: S3DestinationConfiguration
Update requires: Replacement


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If you are a "Letter of Intent" homeschooler in the state of Maine (i.e. Option 1), at the end of your school year, you will need to have an assessment of some type completed. The results are then submitted to both the state and the superintendent along with your Subsequent Letter of Intent by September 1st for the new school year.
There are various ways you can comply with this part of the law. (Read the actual statute by clicking HERE and looking under Statute 3.A.4.b.). Links and information for resources can be found at the bottom of the page.
You must do one of the following methods of evaluation at the end of the year (prior to September 1st when your Subsequent Letter of Intent is due):
- Standardized achievement test administered via the school district – this needs to be arranged with the school if you opt for this option
- Standardized achievement test administered by the parent or another individual
- A portfolio review of the student's work for the year done by a Maine certified teacher
- A group portfolio review that a Maine certified teacher still signs off on.
Please note – if you opt to have a Maine certified teacher do a portfolio review we strongly encourage that you:
- Make sure the teacher is homeschooling friendly! You will not want a teacher who is against homeschooling to review your portfolio.
- The teacher should only be looking for progress made. They should not be comparing your child to anyone but your child! It does not matter if the little Jimmy is in "fifth grade" but not doing the same things that the local fifth grade public school are doing. If little Jimmy has made progress since last year, that is all that matters!
So what exactly is a portfolio anyway?
A portfolio is simply a sampling of your child's work over the course of the year that shows progress made. There are many, many ways to go about doing this. Just remember, you need someone to look through it so make it as easy and organized for them as you can. They will appreciate it.
A favorite method is simply the "3-ring binder" approach. Over the course of the year there is a lot of paper generated in a homeschool. Simply take worksheets and/or tests for each subject from the beginning of the year, the middle of the year, and the end of the year that shows how your child has progressed through a subject and place them in a 3-ring binder. Organizing them by subject is the most helpful method.
Since this assessment is required for Option 1 families, you will want to be sure you have covered all the required subjects and that your portfolio shows this. A short write up about how you covered the subject can also be very helpful to the reviewer and a nice reminder what you did outside of textbook learning.
Included should also be:
- A record of your attendance (175 days is required by law)
- A log of all books read by the child, to the child, and include audiobooks as well.
- A log of field trips taken (this can be done via reports by the child, photos taken at the event, or a simple listing of where you went).
Alternative methods from the 3-ring binder:
- A digital photo book (scans of work samples could and should be included)
- A completely digital presentation (such as Power Point) contained on a disk or thumb drive or loaded online. If your child sings or plays an instrument as part of their school or participates in plays or other types of fine arts activities that may be hard to contain in a paper portfolio, videos and the like can be included in this type of portfolio.
- While it's not recommended, you can simply bring all your child's work for the teacher to flip through. However, be considerate of the time constraint to this method.
There are a few helpful sites on the internet that will may be of help.
- Oklahoma Homeschool – Recordkeeping. Please be advised that this is set up for Oklahoma laws. You do NOT need to include your child's medical records. Learning objectives are helpful, but also not required. The same goes for the resource list. This should be used as a guideline only to help give you some ideas.
- AtoZ Homeschools Cool Portfolio Examples – lots of different examples listed.
- Successful Homeschooling – great page that includes links to printable forms.
- How to Create a Homeschool Portfolio – straightforward and helpful advice.
Standardized Testing Options:
- California Achievement Tests – can be administered at home by the parent either in a paper form or online. Can be purchased through Seton Testing Services ($25 – paper version only) or through Christian Liberty ($25 – offers either paper or online versions).
- IOWA Testing – can only be administered by someone with a bachelor's degree. Can be purchased through Seton Testing Services. Cost varies by grade.
- SATs or ACTs or PSATs can count for students in high school.
- You can also contact your local school district if you would like your child to participate in any of the national or state tests administered at the district.
- Sarah Cook. Located in North New Portland. Homesschooling Mom. Cost: $20 first child and $15 for each subsequent child. Email – _EMAIL_. Able to do long-distance reviews via email.
- Robin Merrill. Located in Madison. Homeschooling Mom. Cost: $25 each. Email – rmerrill44
- Jackie Chovanes Email – _EMAIL_
- Laura Sholtz Email – _EMAIL_
- Laurie Wolfrum Email – _EMAIL_ Able to travel some and will do long distance reviews.
- Sheriann Y. Jalbert. Located in Bangor. Homeschooling Mom. Cost $30 (offers a family discount and will also barter). Can also administer standardized tests. Email – _EMAIL_
- Amy Bartlett. Homeschooling Mom. Email – _EMAIL_. Able to travel. Able to do long-distance reviews.
- Michelle Grimbilas Email – _EMAIL_. Turner
- Christine Hazard located in Farmington. Homeschooling mom. $20 per portfolio (family discounts). Email: _EMAIL_ Phone: _PHONE_
If you'd like to be included in the portfolio reviewer list, please use the contact page to send us your information. Please include location, cost, and contact information. Thank you.


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The name Virginia ranked 379th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of 2000-2003 Social Security Administration statistics and 35th in popularity for females of all ages in a sample of the 1990 US Census.
This name is highly rated in the 1990 U.S. Census popularity survey of all ages, but after 1960 does not appear in the state data listing the most popular baby names.
This name was first spelled Verginia, and was the feminine form of an ancient Roman clan name, Verginius. Over time its spelling changed due to its association with the Latin term virgo, meaning ''maiden.'' This meaning has driven the use of the name ever since.
In 1587, this was the name given the first baby born to English colonists in the New World, Virginia Dare. Both the baby and her home colony were named for Elizabeth I, the Virgin Queen of England.
The state of Virginia still proudly bears this name. Virginia Dare's fate was different. She and the rest of the colonists on Roanoke Island mysteriously disappeared within three years of her birth, creating the legend of The Lost Colony which has been reinacted in a grand pageant every summer since 1937.


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SU‐FF‐T‐147: Intra Fractional Motion in Clinical IMRT Prostate Treatments, Warrants the Use of Faster Treatment Techniques
Van Den Heuvel F., Slagmolen P., Budiharto T., Junius S., Verstraete J., Oyen R., Haustermans K.
Purpose: To estimate intrafracional motion of the prostate in a routine clinical setting and its impact on margin reduction and treatment time. Method and Materials: External beam treatment for cancer of the prostate using an IMRT technique was evaluated. Fifteen patients underwent a marker match procedure ensuring correct positioning at time of treatment. For all fields intra‐treatment images were obtained, yielding 5 to 7 images per fraction. IMRT was delivered using a dynamic sliding window technique. The obtained images were processed to remove IMRT information. The markers were detected in the image using an automated methodology. Every image was timestamped and chronologically adjacent images were backprojected to yield 3D marker coordinates. Allowing to calculate the position of the prostate during the treatment delivery at specific time instances. Using a Poisson model for the probability of movement we can determine the maximal allowable time frame within which to perform this treament. Results: The maximal treament time measured was 1460s, the shortest lasted 343s. The times were measured starting from the last image in the marker‐match procedure and includes the decision and adjustment process. Depending on the elapsed time we noticed an increase in positional confidence level from 5.8mm to 7.6mm. The delivery of the fields are of the order of 250s. Conclusion: We note a significant increase in probability of prostate movement in our treaments as time elapses. This limits the amount of margin reduction possible. There are two strategies possible to reduce this time. 1) Increase the marker match speed, or 2) increase the delivery speed. A good candidate to do this is the use of a volumetric Arc technique (VMAT) which is implemented in our department with RapidArc™. The latter is able to deliver the same or even better dose distribution in under 2 minutes (8 patients). © 2009, American Association of Physicists in Medicine. All rights reserved.


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out how to manually upload published content to Articulate Online, check out this tutorial.
If You Publish for HTML5 and/or the Articulate Mobile Player...
When you give learners access to your content and they launch your course, they'll automatically see the right type of content based on the device and browser they're using:
- They'll see the Flash content if their browser supports it.
- If they're using an iPad, and if you chose the Articulate Mobile Player option when you published, they'll see a launch page that allows them to view the course in the Articulate Mobile Player. (And if they don't have the player installed on their iPad yet, they'll see an option to install it.)
- If they're using an iPad and you didn't choose the mobile player option when you published, but you did choose HTML5, they'll see the HTML5 output.
- If they're using some other non-Flash compatible browser and you chose to publish for HTML5, they'll see the HTML5 output.