Croquembouche with Meyer lemon cream
Croquembouche + Meyer lemon cream = 2 burnt fingers
Every single time! So please make it at your own risk.
Croquembouche with Meyer lemon cream
(Based on recipes for chouquette and lemon curd)
375 ml water
3/4 tsp salt
1 1/2 tbs sugar
9 tbs unsalted butter
200 g all-purpose flour (finely sifted)
6 eggs
Lemon cream:
3 Meyer lemons and 1 lime
5 large eggs
150g sugar
1 tbs cornstarch
9 tbs unsalted butter (cubed)
250 ml heavy cream
500 g sugar
2 tbs light corn syrup
1/2 cup water
To make choux:
 1. Preheat oven to 400F.
 2. Line 2 baking sheets with parchment papers or silpat.
 3. In a medium sauce pan, heat the water, salt, sugar, and butter until bubbles form and butter is melted.
 4. Remove the pot from the heat heat and stir in all the flour.
 5. Use a spatula or wooden spoon, mix vigorously until the mixture forms a smooth ball and pulls away from the sides of the pan.
 6. Allow the dough cool slightly (about 5 mins), then add one egg at a time, mix until the dough is smooth and shiny.
 7. Use a spoon, or a piping bag fitted with a wide tip, form or pipe the dough into a 1″ ball.
 8. Bake for 25 minutes.
To make lemon cream:
 1. Zest lemons. Set aside.
 2. Juice lemons (and lime if using) through a sieve to eliminate seeds and pulps.
 3. Use a whisk to combine lemon juice, corn starch, eggs, and sugar in a heated-proof bowl.
 4. Add butter.
 5. Set this bowl over simmering water. Whisk constantly until the mixture becomes thicken, about 18-20 minutes.
 6. Remove from the heat and pass the curd through a strainer into a bowl.
 7. Whisk in the lemon zest.
 8. In a medium bowl, use a handheld mixer to beat heavy cream until stiff.
 9. Fold the cream into the lemon curd and mix until combined.
To assemble:
 1. Use a piping bag fitted with a pointy tip.
 2. Fill the bag with lemon cream.
 3. Pipe the lemon cream into each choux.
 4. Set aside.
To make caramel:
 1. Heat sugar + light corn syrup + water in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
 - Note: Do not stir otherwise the sugar will become crystalized.
 2. Turn off the heat when the sugar turns amber.
To make choux tower:
 1. Carefully deep 12 filled choux in the caramel, one at a time.
 2. Arrange them to create a round base. Use the caramel to glue the choux together.
 3. Continue building the tower by dipping and "gluing" filled choux on top of the base.
 4. Finally, use a fork to dip into the caramel and spin a web of sugar around the tower.


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photothermal convection by using vanishingly small thermal expansion coefficient of water at low
temperature. A simple square nanoplasmonic array is illuminated with a loosely Gaussian beam to
produce a two dimensional optical lattice for trapping of micro particles. We observe stable
particle trapping due to near-field optical gradient forces at elevated optical power at low temperature.
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Marsden Square translator service
The Marsden Square translator service provides the means to calculate the geographical coordinates of the rectangular bounding box enclosing the squares represented by an input list of Marsden Square references. The output is provided as an ISO (International Organization for Standardization) 19115 compliant XML fragment. To find out more, follow these links:
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Marsden Squares provide a mechanism for expressing spatial coordinates based on dividing the Earth's surface into indexed squares. They are mainly used for identifying the geographic position of meteorological and oceanographic data. For example, at BODC we use Marsden Squares in our cruise inventory.
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This month's launch of the Apprenticeship Levy has coincided with a critical report from the all-party parliamentary Education Committee, which dubbed it a "blunt instrument" that would do little to tackle the skills gap without significant changes.
The Committee said the Levy would drive up numbers of apprentices, but not necessarily in the industry sectors and regions where they were most needed.
It called on the Government to focus on "outcomes" and judge the success of apprenticeships by, for example, "whether individual apprentices secure employment" and consider restructuring the levy on a sectoral and regional basis – or even by individual employers.
One of the trade associations spearheading the development of apprenticeships in the built environment sector said it understood the Committee's concerns, but said the Levy itself was not at fault.
"We have been stressing all along that this is not a numbers game," said Tony Howard, director of training at the Building Engineering Services Association (BESA). "The focus of the funding needs to be on key industry sectors where there is not just a skills shortage, but where that shortage is likely to have the most impact on the economy.
"This includes many engineering professions where shortages and quality issues are hampering delivery of key building and infrastructure projects."
However, he said the government could improve the system by allowing levy payers to pass on more than just 10% of their funds to their supply chains.
"Many major contractors have said they would happily invest in their supply chains by helping sub-contractors grow their skills base," said Mr Howard. "So, we would urge the government not to curb their enthusiasm and be more generous with the amount they can pass on."
The chair of the Education Committee, Neil Carmichael MP, said young people should be trained "for jobs that the economy needs".
"Ministers must recognise that apprenticeships are a means to an end and not an end in themselves. They need to place greater emphasis on outcomes, focussing on areas of the economy where training is most needed and ensuring quantity does not trump quality."
The UK Commission for Employment and Skills says there are now 209,500 'skilled' vacancies across UK industry. This represents a 43% increase since 2013 and is in spite of apprenticeship starts rising to 509,400 in 2015-16.
Other government figures show that just 67% of apprenticeships were completed in 2015-16 prompting commentators to urge the Institute for Apprenticeships, which will oversee the new apprenticeship programme, to ensure courses are properly tailored to the needs of both the trainee and their employer.
BESA is working with building engineering employers to develop targeted 'Trailblazer' apprenticeships in key technical sectors including: installation; service & maintenance; heating and plumbing; ductwork; ventilation hygiene; refrigeration, air conditioning and heat pumps; and has also started work on developing apprenticeships at higher and degree level.
"Apprenticeships deliver real business benefits to employers," said Mr Howard. "Research carried out by BESA's training department has found that 83% of apprentices believe their career prospects have improved as a result of securing a place on an apprenticeship scheme.
"70% of employers say their productivity, and therefore business growth, is improved by taking on apprentices and every £1 of taxpayers' money invested in apprenticeships at levels 2 and 3 pays back between £26 and £28 in long-term economic benefits," added Mr Howard.
"The Levy system is new and it will take employers some time to get to grips with it, but it will play a vital role in addressing skills shortages. However, it depends on employers engaging with the process to ensure the training being developed is fit for purpose and meets their needs – particularly in technical professions."
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What are the advantages of getting married to a foreigner? If you think you are ready to tie the knot with a overseas national, you are at the appropriate place. This post will tell you the huge benefits of getting wedded to an individual outside your country. It will likewise help you understand what the drawbacks would be if you choose to get married in another country.
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Luke 12:45-48 uses the word "servants". What kind of servants get beaten up by their master?
That looks a lot like slaves to me. We have an English word for that thing. It's called slaves. So why use servants? Servants are employees that got paid. Slaves are properties that got beaten up.
Does the Bible translator bowdlerize the Bible to keep it politically correct?
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What kind of servant gets beaten by his master? Any servant before the 20th century. You are completely looking at this with 20th century eyes and ignoring the historical context. – DJClayworth May 7 '13 at 13:40
I didn't know about the "before the 20th century" part so I found your question useful. Only a strong historian would know these things. – Tom Au May 9 '13 at 12:35
Well, still proper translation of the scripture to a 20th century english shouldn't use the word servant. – Jim Thio May 13 '13 at 10:51
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The word servant used here is the Greek word doulos (δοῦλος, Strong's G1401). It can mean either a slave, servant, or bond-servant (similar to indentured servant). But in the Roman society of the time there was very little difference between them, since what we now think of as civil rights only applied to Roman citizens. Slave or not, a Roman master had every right to beat their servants simply because the servants were not Roman citizens. So I would argue that:
 - The words slave, servant, and bond-servant are (nearly) interchangeable here, since each would be historically accurate, the only things that change are the modern implications each word carries.
 - The meaning of the verse holds regardless of the English word which the translators chose to use.
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 exactly! no matter what kind of words they use... what's important is how it is described. like "servants" can be beaten up to a pulp by their master as long as they don't die. – FFCoder May 7 '13 at 8:15
 roman citizen can beat up non roman citizen? – Jim Thio May 8 '13 at 10:43
 _USER_ : Yes, or at least that's what my Ancient Histories professor said in his lectures on Roman society. – Walter May 9 '13 at 6:29
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 In the custom type of form, we have a feature to change thankyou page redirect depending on 'IF' State conditions. Follow the steps for guidance –
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utilities for the input layer of the Linux kernel
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School of Chemical Engineering and Analytical Science had a group of young professionals working at Siemens over the summer period visit to experience their Siemens hands-on PCS7 workshop.
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West Valley Fire Explorer Post #530
The West Valley Fire Explorer Program, a joint venture with Learning for Life, is designed for young adults 15 – 21 years of age who are interested in learning about a career in the fire service. In addition to learning about the fire service, the Explorer Program's main goal is to provide young adults with a sense of responsibility to their neighborhood through ongoing community-related activities.
Fire Exploring gives young people valuable insight into the fire fighting profession. This insight will allow the individual to decide whether or not he or she desires to pursue a greater role in the fire service. By participating in the Fire Exploring Program, the individual will gain personal confidence, learn to use various tools, develop mechanical skills and aptitude, and gain a greater awareness of personal and fire safety.
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HOW ACCELEDENT® WORKS
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AcceleDent's SoftPulse Technology® releases a safe, e ective and gentle pulsation that transmits through the roots of your teeth to the surrounding bone socket. This helps accelerate the cellular response and speeds the rate with which your teeth can move. When used in conjunction with orthodontics, AcceleDent has been clinically proven to move teeth up to 50% faster.[/accordion_content]
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Your orthodontics work on their own by moving your teeth in specific directions. AcceleDent accelerates this process with SoftPulse Technology to generate small vibrations, or micropulses to enhance the movements directed by your orthodontist and allow for faster tooth movement.
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Fast and Furioso: Cuba's Motor Racing Revolution
Cuba's streets are literally lined with signs of change. 'For sale' placards sit in windows of cars and homes, now considered private property. Cuban Americans and tourists exchange ideas and goods with locals. Government billboards proclaim: 'The reforms in Cuba are for more socialism.' People are overwhelmed, excited, uncertain. Against the backdrop of such upheaval, a smaller but significant change has nearly gone unnoticed: the legalization of car racing.
The Cuban Revolution has always had a contentious relationship with racing. In the 1958 Cuban Grand Prix, Fidel Castro's rebels kidnapped Argentine racing legend Fangio in order to publicize their cause. During that same race, an accident killed seven spectators. As a result of these incidents and the 1959 Revolution, car racing came to be viewed as a dangerous and elitist sport in Cuba. In 1962, the sport was banned entirely.
Nevertheless, underground drag racing has thrived, and last year the Cuban people, energized by all the recent reforms, successfully pressured the government to legalize car racing again. Yet in order to have official races, Cuban car clubs were given the task of training their racers and for the past two years we have been following the start-and-stop process for a feature-length documentary.
Hendy Cobas Santana is the President of Amigos del Motor, a club dedicated to promoting a racing culture in Cuba. His mission is to take drag racing off the streets and onto the tracks. But as everything in Cuba, es complicado. Watch the video to see how he does it!
Bent-Jorgen Perlmutt, Lindsey Cordero and Armando Croda are New York-based filmmakers currently working on a feature-length documentary about Cuba's underground drag-racing community and their quest to organize Cuba's first official car race since the 1959 Revolution. To learn more about them and their film, please visit


Assessment of Biomechanical Properties of Soft Tissues Using Portable Ultrasound Indentation System
論文翻譯標題: 開發一個手持式超音波壓痕系統應用於軟組織的生物力學特性量測
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The definition of soft tissues is any tissues that connect support or surround organs of human It consists of skin fat fiber tendon ligament muscle and fascia Diseases of soft tissues include infection inflammation rupture tumor edema and hematoma The status of soft tissues in the human body is often of interest in clinical diagnosis According to previous studies we know that if soft tissues undergo pathological changes they are usually accompanied by changes in their stiffness and thickness Palpation is often used to clinically detect changes in soft tissues but this method is subjective and unquantifiable; we need a quantitative more accurate system to collocate with palpation Ultrasound is a good choice because advantages of using it are that it is non-invasive quantifiable easy to perform and cheaper than other instruments Hence in this study we developed a portable ultrasound indentation system with a hand-held probe and used chirp-coded excitation with the Tukey window function as the signal trigger Chirp-coded excitation with the Tukey window function is an effective method to increase the echo signal-to-noise ratio (eSNR) and transmitted energy because if eSNR is too low this may affect the output of the signal process and reduce the worth of a technique in clinical diagnosis If the energy of the transmitted ultrasound signals is too low it will affect the penetration depth of the ultrasound system In future studies we could use this system to detect abnormalities not only in the biceps brachii but also in other soft tissues in the human body Therefore we used ultrasound elastography with a 5-MHz single element transducer combined with a load cell which can measure 0–5 N and record the force when compressing the transducer We then integrated the ultrasound signals and force values to process the elastic information of the soft tissues In the in vitro validation we tested the technique on double layer phantoms with different hardness and stiffness as well as on porcine soft tissues In the in vivo validation we tested the biceps brachii in the human body From the information gained on tissue elasticity we found that our system was able to distinguish variations in hardness in a double layer phantom along with different layers in the porcine tissues and biceps brachii of the human body
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The forthcoming OpenSciEd High School chemistry course combines physical science and Earth and space science NGSS performance expectations as a way to engage students in developing understandings around energy and matter. Learn about the focus of the five units that make up this course and their associated performance expectation bundles to see how the three dimensions are used as a way to authentically engage students in making sense of both physical science and earth and space science related phenomena and design solutions. In the session, we will highlight how anchoring phenomena of the first unit, typically associated with earth and space science, helps students make sense of the particulate nature of matter, energy transfers in earth systems, feedback loops, and human interactions with their environment. An in-depth examination of the performance expectation bundles for the following four units will help illustrate the learning progressions students will follow to develop progressively more complex models of the particle nature of matter, its properties, and its interactions using the lenses of all crosscutting concepts, in particular, patterns, energy and matter, structure and function, and stability and change.
Incorporation of earth and space science NGSS performance expectations within a chemistry curriculum supports student engagement in and sensemaking of chemistry concepts around properties and interactions of matter and energy.
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Purpose:Currently there is a lack of standardized topographic reference system of the fundus images for correlative and absolute measurements. We sought to develop and evaluate feasibility, reproducibility and accuracy of a global positioning system for fundus image grading to utilize in multicenter clinical trials. Methods: A custom designed software platform written in C++ programming language with graphical user interface was developed as a test environment. The application was evaluated on a computer with dual Pentium 4 processor and Windows operating system. One hundred digitized color fundus photographs at 1000 dpi were selected. An initial step was to identify the position of the fovea on the digital image. A coordinate system was automatically calculated and centered based on this localization. Each point from the digital image becomes a part of a new matrix represented by two values. A location in major quadrants is identified by unique combination of positive and negative values. A new measurement unit – fundus unit (FU) was introduced to eliminate the inaccuracies from the metric units. Evaluation was performed on the same image at different resolutions as well as on images from different fundus cameras with varying viewing degrees. Results: Evaluation on position accuracy based on multiple resolutions from the same image yielded 100 % identical coordinates in FU as judged by the same landmarks. Tests on images from the same fundus, photographed with two different fundus cameras revealed also 100 % identical positions. Locations of 10 arbitrary selected points confined to the main quadrants of the Wisconsin drusen grading template were tested on 100 images. There was a 99.6 % exact correlation between the positions of the points as judged according to their location to the grid. Tests results were 2% less accurate for panoramic image mosaic due to image manipulation and peripheral geometric and optical distortions. Conclusions:A new, accurate, robust global point identification system was developed to standardize the measurements and correlate the lesion location between different digital fundus image modalities.
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Riding under stunning skies at sunrise or sunset is inspiring and makes for great photos. If you are riding at this time, odds are part of your ride also happens during the time when the sun is low on the horizon. There is an insidious scenario that can turn certain parts of your route into a danger zone. Here's the recipe for danger:
 1. Riding on a road shared with cars, especially when there's no/minimal shoulder space
 2. Sun low on the horizon (and the horizon itself is low, minimal terrain above the drivers line of sight)
 3. Clear day. No clouds to block the direct sunlight
 4. Road lined up with sun such that it's in your eyes (and even worse, in the eyes of drivers behind you)
Combine these elements and your normal commute road becomes much riskier. The blinding sun is probably an annoyance to you personally, but the real problem is behind you. The automobile drivers, who are likely ~90% less "inspired" and attentive than you on the bike, are going to have a hard time seeing you in these conditions no matter how much you might be doing everything right -- blinking tail light, reflective clothes, staying to the right, etc. Direct sunlight is no match for any of that, and often drivers are going to try and avert their gaze to avoid getting blinded, meaning that you are even less likely to be seen.
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 - Switch up your route. For example, I often will roll west on Bay Street at Fort Mason in San Francisco once the right-hand lane and shoulder turns into parking after 6pm. However, depending on the time of year this stretch has all the elements of danger noted above. When all four conditions are present, I bail out and take the slower mixed-used path through the adjacent park.
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 - Be extra cautious. If you are caught in this situation and don't have an option, you should consider some extra steps to increase your safety. This could include: waiting for traffic light timing such that there are fewer cars on the stretch of road, or even going deeper into the shoulder even at the increased risk of a flat tire.
For the curious: this paper looks at a few hot spots in Colorado and does a really nice job trying to quantify severity based on sun position relative to drivers viewing angle. There are some pretty stark results suggesting that sun glare is the leading cause of accidents in some of the hot spots they analyzed.
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Points of Interest
Bypassing Sealed Methods and Types: "Duck Taping"
One problem that has dogged many developers when using various class libraries is when the given library author seals a type and prevents its methods from being overridden. In normal circumstances (that is, in statically typed languages), this is akin to hitting a brick wall. Fortunately, this isn't the case with LinFu.DynamicObject. Generally, you can bypass a sealed type using the following steps:
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DynamicObject dynamic = new DynamicObject(new SqlConnection());
// Note that this action doesn't actually cast it to an IDbConnection;
// it just makes it *act* like one
IDbConnection duck = dynamic.CreateDuck<IDbConnection>();
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Next, we need to create an interceptor that wraps around the intended target method or methods. In this case, we want to wrap IDbConnection.Open():
public class CustomInterceptor : IInvokeWrapper
{
 private object _target;
 public class CustomInterceptor(object target)
 {
 _target = target;
 }
 public void BeforeInvoke(InvocationInfo info)
 {
 if (info.TargetMethod.Name != "Open")
 return;
 // Add the additional behavior here
 Console.WriteLine("Open Method Called!");
 }
 public object DoInvoke(InvocationInfo info)
 {
 // Call the original implementation
 object result = info.TargetMethod.Invoke(_target, info.Arguments);
 return result;
 }
 public void AfterInvoke(InvocationInfo info, object returnValue)
 {
 // Do nothing
 }
}
Once the interceptor has been defined, the next thing to do is create a proxy for IDbConnection. Then tie the duck and the CustomInterceptor together into one instance:
ProxyFactory factory = new ProxyFactory();
IDbConnection unsealed =
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// Once the Open() method is called, it will now print "Open Method Called!"
unsealed.Open();
...and that's how you unseal a sealed type.
Interceptor by Design
For those of you who use LinFu's DynamicProxy, one thing that you might find interesting is that DynamicObjects are interceptors themselves. This means that any DynamicObject can act as an interceptor for any proxy created by LinFu.DynamicProxy's ProxyFactory class. For example, suppose that I already have an existing proxy in memory and I want to create a dynamic interceptor so that I can attach it to the proxy:
ProxyFactory factory = new ProxyFactory();
IMath math = factory.CreateProxy<IMath>();
// Create the dynamic interceptor
DynamicObject interceptor = new DynamicObject();
// Attach it to the proxy
IProxy proxy = math as IProxy;
proxy.Interceptor = interceptor;
// Now the proxy is pointing back to the DynamicObject;
// This is where you would start dynamically adding methods
// to that DynamicObject
...
This approach makes it easy to incrementally build an interceptor implementation as the application is running. The possibilities are endless.
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Another realm of possibilities opens up once you combine the abilities of LinFu.DynamicObject with the upcoming language features of C# 3.0. Some of these possibilities are:
Mixins Using Anonymous Types
Now that C# 3.0 has support for anonymous types, dynamically creating throwaway interface implementations is easy. Using an anonymous type, I can easily provide an implementation for IPerson by using the following code:
DynamicObject dynamic = new DynamicObject();
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 DynamicObject dynamic = new DynamicObject();
 dynamic.AddMethod("Add", body);
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 int result = (int)dynamic.Methods["Add"](1, 1);
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}
Saving Space
At first, saving yourself from typing a few characters doesn't seem to be a marginal gain in efficiency, but what if the IMath class were defined as:
public interface IMath
{
 int Add(int a, int b);
 int Subtract(int a, int b);
 int Multiply(int a, int b);
 int Divide(int a, int b);
}
What was once one small declaration has turned itself into four and you have effectively increased the amount of items you have to type by 400%. What if you had to type even more than that? Suffice it to say, once you've gotten past ten repetitive anonymous delegate declarations, you'll be well past the point of tedium. For the sake of simplicity, however, let's stick to the four operations mentioned above.
The next thing that I have to do is redefine all of the operations performed by the IMath class:
MathOperation add = (a, b) => { return a + b; }
MathOperation subtract = (a, b) => { return a – b; };
MathOperation multiply = (a, b)=> { return a * b; };
// Divide by zero check omitted for brevity
MathOperation divide = (a, b)=> { return a / b; };
Once again, in DynamicObject, I have to add the new methods and implement the interface:
DynamicObject dynamic = new DynamicObject();
dynamic.AddMethod("Add", add);
dynamic.AddMethod("Subtract", subtract);
dynamic.AddMethod("Multiply", multiply);
dynamic.AddMethod("Divide", divide);
IMath math = dynamic.CreateDuck<IMath>();
// Perform all of the operations
Console.WriteLine(math.Add(1, 1));
Console.WriteLine(math.Subtract(1, 1));
Console.WriteLine(math.Multiply(1, 1));
Console.WriteLine(math.Divide(1, 1));
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Parsing LINQ Expression Trees
With LINQ coming up on the horizon, LinFu.DynamicObject naturally makes for a near-perfect expression tree visitor. Here's a simple (and hypothetical) example of a visitor using DynamicObject:
public class ExampleVisitor
{
 ...
 public void DoVisit(Expression expression)
 {
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 DynamicObject dynamic = new DynamicObject(this);
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 public virtual void Visit(MethodCallExpression expression)
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 public virtual void Visit(BinaryExpression expression)
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Chengbing He, Dongchao Chen
School of energy, power and mechanical engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
The series capacitor compensation technique can improve the transmission capability of transmission system; however, it may cause subsynchronous resonance (SSR) which will seriously influence the safe operation of large turbo-generator shafts. Aiming at a series capacitor compensation transmission system, the transient torques of SSR is simulated in different compensation degrees and unit load levels. Based on the modified segmentation Prony algorithm (MSPA) proposed in this paper, the characteristic frequencies and damping parameters are identified and analysed. The MSPA, complex Morlet wavelet and time-frequency contour map are integrated and used in analysis of transient torques of SSR in time-frequency field. The results of study show that the transient torques develop towards divergence direction and the frequencies of SSR (converted to the rotor side) in negative damping area move towards into low frequency area with the increasing of the compensation degree. With the increasing of the power output, the torque values of each shaft section will increase, but the dominant oscillation mode will not change. The increasing of power output can make the damping effect slightly change and the trend of the change develops towards the direction that is not conducive to restrain SSR.


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In this Country Calendar episode, Dr David Scobie is interviewed on his farm – he talks about easy care sheep.
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Genetics and heredity
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Genetics for students
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Lincoln scientists recognised for sheep research
This news article includes a brief outline of Dr David Scobie's research to develop an easy care sheep and the award he received for his work.
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The Animal Welfare Act
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In this article, we embark on a culinary exploration of the diverse and delectable world of food in movies. From cultural expressions to visual artistry, we'll dive into the flavors of film and discover how food plays a significant role in cinematic storytelling.
The Cultural Tapestry of Food in Movies
Food has long been celebrated as a form of cultural expression, and in movies, it serves as a window into the rich tapestry of human traditions and experiences.
Through vibrant feasts and traditional ceremonies, we gain a deeper understanding of different cultures and their culinary identities.
From the colorful spices of Middle Eastern cuisine in "The Lunchbox" to the bustling street food culture of Thailand in "Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives," we'll explore the diverse culinary landscapes that movies bring to life.
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Food in movies is not just about taste; it's also a visual feast for the eyes. Filmmakers employ cinematic techniques to capture the beauty of culinary creations, turning them into edible works of art.
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Please help me with the words 'descent', 'ancestry', and 'lineage'. Dictionaries show that they are loosely the same:
1a. He has German descent.
1b. He is of German descent.
2a. He has German ancestry.
2b. He is of German ancestry.
3a. He has German lineage.
3b. He is of German lineage.
Could they be all the same, or are there subtle differences only known to native speakers?
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There are differences. "Lineage" is the most specific of the three terms. It would be unusual to use "lineage" to mean simply ethnic identity, such as "German lineage." Rather, it refers to traceable lines of familial descent from particular ancestors, usually prestigious ones such as royalty or nobility: "My lineage goes back to the Mayflower"; "He is of Hapsburg lineage."
"Descent" is more general. "She is of Norwegian descent" simply means that her ethnic make-up is predominantly, though not necessarily entirely, Norwegian.
"Ancestry" is the converse of "descent." Ancestors have descendants. So to say "She is of Norwegian descent" implies "She has Norwegian ancestry."
However, "descent" and "ancestry" aren't precisely equivalent in common usage. Typically, "She is of Norwegian descent" indicates a predominance of Norwegian ancestors. "She has Norwegian ancestry" simply means that one or more of her forebears were Norwegian. It doesn't necessarily mean that Norwegian ancestors predominate in her lineage.
So "lineage" is the most specific, "ancestry" the least. And in idiomatic English, one usually says somebody is of a particular lineage/descent, and has a particular ancestry.
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As far as I know, of the words ancestry and lineage, lineage is most suitable as noun and it defines the origin sequence of an ancestor, ancestry or pedigree.
Ancestry, on the other hand, is for the evolutionary or genetic line of descent (mostly used for plants and animals).
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But it's not defining the sequence here, we're only told there's at least one German in there somewhere. – Jon Hanna Feb 4 '13 at 10:05
yes i agree with your comment & fr sure your answer is perfect i was not able to describe it with example i understand the difrence very well :) – Sunishtha Singh Feb 4 '13 at 10:20
Sunishtha, please use proper capitalization and avoid SMS when answering on this site. – J.R. Feb 4 '13 at 10:26
_USER_.R. ok i will tc while posting and answering next time. ty – Sunishtha Singh Feb 4 '13 at 10:38
_USER_: I don't know whether to laugh or cry. :^) Very funny! – J.R. Feb 4 '13 at 10:50
They mean the same thing, they just do so in slightly different ways.
We get this sense of descent from talking about the fact that he is a descendant of someone who is German. He is descended from them.
We get this sense of ancestry from talking about the fact that he has one or more German ancestors.
We get this sense of lineage, by talking about the fact that there is a line of descent from him to one or more Germans.
So they all have different reasons for meaning what they do, but they all amount to the same thing.
Lineage is the rarer of the three. If you are talking about knowledge of that exact line (as you would in terms of aristocratic titles, or genealogical research [or pedigree if he's a dog or racehorse, rather than a person]) then it would be the best as the only of the three that relates directly to that. Otherwise, one of the other two would be more commonly used, and probably advisable, though the last isn't incorrect.
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From ODO on descendant: "The correct spelling for the noun meaning 'person descended from a particular ancestor' is descendant, not -ent. Descendent is a less common adjective meaning 'descending from an ancestor'. Almost 15 per cent of the citations for the term in the Oxford English Corpus use the wrong spelling." – Andrew Leach Feb 4 '13 at 10:23
_USER_ I see M-W lists -ent as a variant for both the noun and the adjective, without any warnings. Since I use the -ant variant myself I'm removing the comment on the spelling variant, but I'm not completely confident it isn't reasonable to consider it accepted, either. – Jon Hanna Feb 4 '13 at 10:30
Another difference between American English and British English, then. I was taught a noun uses -ant, (eg dependant, dependent). – Andrew Leach Feb 4 '13 at 10:32
_USER_ perhaps that's it, indeed. – Jon Hanna Feb 4 '13 at 11:43
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I carry around a small notebook (usually a 48 page Field Notes) for short fleeting notes. Later I copy them into my commonplace book/zettelkasten/digital garden and expand upon them.
Waste books were used in the tradition of the commonplace book. A well known example is Isaac Newton's Waste Book (MS Add. 4004) in which he did much of the development of the calculus. Another example is that of Georg Christoph Lichtenberg, who called his waste books sudelbücher, and which were known to have influenced Leo Tolstoy, Albert Einstein, Andre Breton, Friedrich Nietzsche, and Ludwig Wittgenstein.
Lichtenberg, Georg Christoph (2000). The Waste Books. New York: New York Review of Books Classics. ISBN 978-_PHONE_.


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|pygame.mask.from_surface||—||Returns a Mask from the given surface.|
|pygame.mask.from_threshold||—||Creates a mask by thresholding Surfaces|
|pygame.mask.Mask||—||pygame object for representing 2d bitmasks|
Useful for fast pixel perfect collision detection. A Mask uses 1bit per pixel to store which parts collide.
New in pygame 1.8.
Makes the transparent parts of the Surface not set, and the opaque parts set.
The alpha of each pixel is checked to see if it is greater than the given threshold.
If the Surface is color keyed, then threshold is not used.
This is a more featureful method of getting a Mask from a Surface. If supplied with only one Surface, all pixels within the threshold of the supplied color are set in the Mask. If given the optional othersurface, all pixels in Surface that are within the threshold of the corresponding pixel in othersurface are set in the Mask.
|pygame.mask.Mask.get_size||—||Returns the size of the mask.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.get_at||—||Returns nonzero if the bit at (x,y) is set.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.set_at||—||Sets the position in the mask given by x and y.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.overlap||—||Returns the point of intersection if the masks overlap with the given offset - or None if it does not overlap.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.overlap_area||—||Returns the number of overlapping 'pixels'.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.overlap_mask||—||Returns a mask of the overlapping pixels|
|pygame.mask.Mask.fill||—||Sets all bits to 1|
|pygame.mask.Mask.clear||—||Sets all bits to 0|
|pygame.mask.Mask.invert||—||Flips the bits in a Mask|
|pygame.mask.Mask.scale||—||Resizes a mask|
|pygame.mask.Mask.draw||—||Draws a mask onto another|
|pygame.mask.Mask.erase||—||Erases a mask from another|
|pygame.mask.Mask.count||—||Returns the number of set pixels|
|pygame.mask.Mask.centroid||—||Returns the centroid of the pixels in a Mask|
|pygame.mask.Mask.angle||—||Returns the orientation of the pixels|
|pygame.mask.Mask.outline||—||list of points outlining an object|
|pygame.mask.Mask.convolve||—||Return the convolution of self with another mask.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.connected_component||—||Returns a mask of a connected region of pixels.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.connected_components||—||Returns a list of masks of connected regions of pixels.|
|pygame.mask.Mask.get_bounding_rects||—||Returns a list of bounding rects of regions of set pixels.|
Coordinates start at (0,0) is top left - just like Surfaces.
The overlap tests uses the following offsets (which may be negative):
+----+----------.. |A | yoffset | +-+----------.. +--|B |xoffset | | : :
You can see how many pixels overlap with the other mask given. This can be used to see in which direction things collide, or to see how much the two masks collide. An approximate collision normal can be found by calculating the gradient of the overlap area through the finite difference.
dx = Mask.overlap_area(othermask,(x+1,y)) - Mask.overlap_area(othermask,(x-1,y)) dy = Mask.overlap_area(othermask,(x,y+1)) - Mask.overlap_area(othermask,(x,y-1))
Returns a Mask the size of the original Mask containing only the overlapping pixels between Mask and othermask.
Sets all bits in a Mask to 1.
Sets all bits in a Mask to 0.
Flips all of the bits in a Mask, so that the set pixels turn to unset pixels and the unset pixels turn to set pixels.
Returns a new Mask of the Mask scaled to the requested size.
Performs a bitwise OR, drawing othermask onto Mask.
Erases all pixels set in othermask from Mask.
Returns the number of set pixels in the Mask.
Finds the centroid, the center of pixel mass, of a Mask. Returns a coordinate tuple for the centroid of the Mask. In the event the Mask is empty, it will return (0,0).
Finds the approximate orientation of the pixels in the image from -90 to 90 degrees. This works best if performed on one connected component of pixels. It will return 0.0 on an empty Mask.
Returns a list of points of the outline of the first object it comes across in a Mask. For this to be useful, there should probably only be one connected component of pixels in the Mask. The every option allows you to skip pixels in the outline. For example, setting it to 10 would return a list of every 10th pixel in the outline.
Returns a mask with the (i-offset,j-offset) bit set if shifting othermask so that its lower right corner pixel is at (i,j) would cause it to overlap with self.
If an outputmask is specified, the output is drawn onto outputmask and outputmask is returned. Otherwise a mask of size self.get_size() + othermask.get_size() - (1,1) is created.
This uses the SAUF algorithm to find a connected component in the Mask. It checks 8 point connectivity. By default, it will return the largest connected component in the image. Optionally, a coordinate pair of a pixel can be specified, and the connected component containing it will be returned. In the event the pixel at that location is not set, the returned Mask will be empty. The Mask returned is the same size as the original Mask.
Returns a list of masks of connected regions of pixels. An optional minimum number of pixels per connected region can be specified to filter out noise.
This gets a bounding rect of connected regions of set pixels. A bounding rect is one for which each of the connected pixels is inside the rect.


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TASK: DataBase To FlatFile
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Platform: webMethods 6.1
This task takes the data from a database table (Employee)(SQL Server) and writes it
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To achieve it following Flow Steps are usedâ¦
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DBToFF: SelectAdapter
This flow step is created using selectJDBCAdapterService that is invoked through insert flow step.
After executing this step the records in the table (Employee) are shown in the SESQLOutput DOC.
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The Universe has universal rules which have been shared with humanity through religions and must be followed to end the recycling of souls. It is the job of all of humanity to get out of the recycle process by following the rules set up by the Universe.
These rules exist only for the souls in human bodies. Souls at the recycling centre, souls trapped in lower life forms and souls in transition are not covered under the universal laws.
Following the universal rules while in the human body will help release the soul from the recycling process and allow souls to choose how they want to live.
The guardian of humanity does not have any control over these rules. They were created by the Universe and must be followed by humanity. Only the laws that are common to all religions can be considered universal laws because they have been proven to provide souls with the leverage to remove themselves from the recycling process.
Example of Universal Rules
- Do not worship entities or earth based objects/persons or ideas.
- Be careful with the power in your words.
- Incorporate a day and daily times for reflection and meditation.
- Respect your soul family.
- Avoid killing life forms with souls.
- Do not Take or have the intent to take from others.
- Do not cheat in any committed relationship.
- Country citizenship
- Do not lie with intent.
- Do not wish for what others have.


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NATIONAL CHEESECAKE DAY
National Cheesecake Day is observed annually on July 30th. Cheesecake is a delicious dessert that is loved by millions around the country. It is a sweet dessert that is a mixture of soft fresh cheese, cream cheese or cottage cheese, eggs and sugar on a crust made from crushed graham crackers, crushed cookies, pastry or sponge cake.
Cheesecakes can be prepared baked or unbaked, can be flavored and are often served topped with fruit, fruit sauce, chocolate or whipped cream. There are many flavors in which cheesecakes can be prepared, some of which are blueberry, strawberry, pumpkin, chocolate, key lime, lemon, orange, raspberry or toffee.
It is possible that an ancient form of cheesecake may have been a popular dish in ancient Greece. It has been found that the earliest attested mention of a cheesecake is by Greek physician Aegimus, who wrote a book on the art of making cheesecakes.
James Kraft developed a form of pasteurized cream cheese in 1912. In 1928, Kraft acquired the Philadelphia trademark and marketed pasteurized Philadelphia Cream Cheese which is now the most commonly used cheese for cheesecake.
North America has several different styles of cheesecakes:
New York-style cheesecake
Pennsylvania Dutch-style cheesecake
Farmer cheese cheesecake
Chicago Style cheesecake
HOW TO OBSERVE
Enjoy this New York Cheesecake. Post on social media using #NationalCheesecakeDay and encourage others to join in.
Within our research, we were unable to find the creator and the origin of National Cheesecake Day.


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Reckong Peo: Himachal Pradesh Youth Congress President Nigam Bhandari has raised his voice against the potential threat to the river and forests in tribal district Kinnaur and has demanded the state government to stop the construction of the proposed 804-megawatt Jangi Thopan Powari hydropower project.
He has appealed to the general public to come together and raise their voices against this project and save Kinnaur from environmental degradation.
Located in Jangi village in Kinnaur, this hydroelectric project is being constructed by SJVN Limited (SJVN) on the river Sutlej.
This project envisages the construction of an 88-metre high concrete gravity dam across Satluj. A 12 kilometres long tunnel will be constructed for the diversion of water. However, multiple aspects of the tunnel are very likely to affect several villages in Jangam valley.
Around 295.93 hectares of land is required for the project out of which 270.43 hectares is forest land while 25.5 hectares is private land.
Local residents have been protesting against the construction of this hydroelectric project for the past few months. Local residents have claimed that the construction of this dam will have adverse effects on the ecology of the district. Its construction will also increase the chances of landslides.
This hydroelectric project is estimated to cost 5708.35 crores. It is expected to provide employment to approximately 3500 people during the construction period of five years.


[Medieval Chronicles] Super Unnatural Walkthrough
Clues and answers for Medieval Chronicles 2. Solve the case of a murderous mummy and its curse. Kongregate.
M. Chronicles 1 | Table of Contents | M. Chronicles 3
1. Go right and talk to the soldier blocking the way. Select the Badge clue at the upper right corner and talk to the soldier again.
2. Go right, then up to the crime scene.
3. After the cutscene, go left to find the officer-in-charge.
4. After the cutscene, interact with the armor with a helmet on it to find the mummy.
~~walkthrough by moshimushi.wordpress.com
Collect clues
1. Talk to Dr. Sigh (+Incident Report)
2. Talk to Assistant Grayson to the leftmost in front of the Rex bones.
3. Interact with the nearest potted plant right of Grayson regarding Incident Report (+Mummy's Sceptre)
4. Talk to Curator Whitesworth, south of the crime scene.
5. Interact with the Mummy (+Pharoah Tututut)
6. Interact with the Mummy with Incident Report (+Too Clean)
7. Interact with the Professor's corpse (+The Victim)
8. Go back to Grayson and talk to him about Pharoah Tututut (+The Curse…!!!) and The Victim (+Behaviour)
9. Talk to Amber, right of Grayson, about Pharoah Tututut. Woofs-a-lot will run off.
10. Talk to Captain Blues, right of Amber, about The Victim (+Workaholic)
11. Go south of the crime scene, after Woofs-a-lot and talk to him about Pharoah Tututut (+Bandages)
12. Go left to the Professor's room where Tira is in. Interact with the blue book regarding The Victim (+The Diary)
13. Talk to Deam, just outside the room, about The Diary (+The Underground)
14. Talk to San, to the right and near Woofs-a-lot about The Diary (+The Dopplers)
15. Talk to Whitesworth about The Diary (+Fake Robberies)
16. Talk to Amber about Fake Robberies (+Wrong Quantity)
17. Talk to Tira about Fake Robberies (+Manifest)
Once ready, interact with the mummy to move on to the next stage.
~~walkthrough by moshimushi.wordpress.com
Professor Redguard:
Right, but his recent behaviour was more erratic than usual… And the reason for that is…
Dopplers (✓)
But he did come in contact with the Dopplers some way. It is evident from the—
Museum Robberies
Professor's Diary (✓)
The Sceptre
The Mummy
The Bandages
The Paintings
So if the Professor was exposed to the Drug, his emotions were affected as well.. Most specifically, his—
Fear (✓)
Your Archaelogical operation is being used to—
Steal Artifacts
Fund Terrorists
Blackmail the Nobles
Create a Zombie Army
Cover Conspiracies
Smuggle Drugs (✓)
Smuggling Drugs:
you can't remember you gave me the clue yourself Tira. Which was—
A Letter
A Bill
A Receipt
A Coded Message
A Manifest (✓)
A Will
Redguard, If I remember correctly, he warned you about—
The Mummy
Professor's Diary
The Sceptre
Museum Robberies (✓)
The Bandages
The Paintings
Everything becomes clear when you factor in one possibility. Which states that there is—
A Ghost
A Mummy
A Thief
An Elephant in the room
A Hidden Agenda
An Inside Man (✓)
Human Psychology:
Consider yourself to be Guilty of the crime. Now everyone is looking for a suspect. What is it you will first do?
Change the Subject
Act Innocent (✓)
Blame someone else
If everyone is discussing the case, what is the best thing you could do to avoid suspicion without any proof.
Stay Silent (✓)
Blame Someone else
The person who stayed silent from Redguard to being accused of a spy is—
Sir Whitesworth
Captain Blues
Assistant Grayson (✓)
The Mummy
1. Continue to click the barrels Dregg hides in until he escapes the room.
2. Chase after Amber. Enter the only available door. Once the mummy comes out of a door on the other side, enter the door to its right. Once out the door again, enter the center door.
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Infrared Sensor
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class InfraredSensor(port)
LEGO® Powered Up Infrared Sensor.
Parameters
port (Port) – Port to which the sensor is connected.
distance() int: %
Measures the relative distance between the sensor and an object using infrared light.
Returns
Distance ranging from 0% (closest) to 100% (farthest).
reflection() int: %
Measures the reflection of a surface using an infrared light.
Returns
Measured reflection, ranging from 0% (no reflection) to 100% (high reflection).
count() int
Counts the number of objects that have passed by the sensor.
Returns
Number of objects counted.
Examples
Measuring distance, object count, and reflection
from pybricks.pupdevices import InfraredSensor
from pybricks.parameters import Port
from pybricks.tools import wait
# Initialize the sensor.
ir = InfraredSensor(Port.A)
while True:
 # Read all the information we can get from this sensor.
 dist = ir.distance()
 count = ir.count()
 ref = ir.reflection()
 # Print the values
 print("Distance:", dist, "Count:", count, "Reflection:", ref)
 # Move the sensor around and move your hands in front
 # of it to see what happens to the values.
 # Wait some time so we can read what is printed.
 wait(200)


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Are you curious to see how a sculpture can go from an idea to reality? This demo will show the simple techniques of pinchpot, coil and slab building to create unique and whimsical figures in clay.
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Chocolate Makes Snails Smarter
Posted on October 01, 2012 at 02:01:32 pm
Despite his misgivings, Lukowiak and Fruson decided to concentrate on a group of compounds -- the flavonoids -- found in a wide range of'superfoods' including chocolate and green tea, focusing on one particular flavonoid, epicatechin (epi). However, figuring out how a single component of chocolate might improve human memory is almost impossible -- too many external factors influence memory formation -- so Lukowiak turned to his favourite animal, the pond snail Lymnaea stagnalis, to find out whether the dark chocolate flavonoid could improve their memories.
They recently published their discovery that epi improves the length and strength of snail memories in The Journal of Experimental Biology.
-ADVERTISEMENT-According to Lukowiak, the molluscs can be trained to remember a simple activity: to keep their breathing tubes (pneumostomes) closed when immersed in deoxygenated water. He explains that pond snails usually breathe through their skins, but when oxygen levels fall, they extend the breathing tube above the surface to supplement the oxygen supply. However, the snails can be trained to remember to keep the breathing tube closed in deoxygenated water by gently tapping it when they try to open it, and the strength of the memory depends on the training regime.
First, Fruson identified an epi concentration -- 15 mg m1 pond water -- that didn't affect the snails' behaviour; 'We have to be sure that we're not looking at wired animals', chuckles Lukowiak. Then, the duo tested the molluscs' memories. Explaining that a half-hour training session in deoxygenated water allows the snails to form intermediate-term memories (lasting less than 3 h) but not long-term memories (lasting 24 h or more), Fruson and Lukowiak wondered whether epi would improve the snail's memories, allowing them to form long-term memories after shorter memory training. Amazingly, when Fruson plunged the molluscs into deoxygenated water to tested their memories a day later, they remembered to keep their breathing tubes closed. And when the duo provided the snails with two training sessions, the animals were able to remember to keep their breathing tubes shut more than 3 days later. Epi had boosted the molluscs' memories and extended the duration, but how strong were the epi-memories?
Lukowiak explains that memories can be overwritten by another memory in a process called extinction. However, the original memory is not forgotten and if the additional memory is stored weakly, it can be lost and the original memory restored. So, Fruson and Lukowiak decided to find out how strong the epi-boosted memory was by trying to extinguish it. Having trained the snails, the duo then tried to replace it with a memory where the snails could open their breathing tubes. However, instead of learning the new memory, the epi-trained snails stubbornly kept their breathing tubes shut. The epi-memory was too strong to be extinguished.
The duo also found that instead of requiring a sensory organ to consolidate the snails' memories -- like their memories of predators triggered by smell -- epi directly affects the neurons that store the memory. So, Lukowiak is keen to look directly at the effect that epi has on memory neurons and adds that the cognitive effects of half a bar of dark chocolate could even help your grades: good news for chocoholics the world over.