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This book was the chosen book for the Celebration of Reading campaign, 2012
A Dog Named Worthless:
A Hero Is Born Children's Book
for K-6th Grade Humane Education
A Dog Named Worthless: A Hero Is Born
Written and illustrated by Rocky Shepheard
Welcome to Dogs Deserve Better's first Fantasy Action/Adventure Fiction picture book for kids and adults alike! Disney-esque in tone, the book is beautifully illustrated and written by Rocky Shepheard, a long-time supporter and advocate for chained dogs. The book is full color, hardback for better protection and sturdiness, and comes to life on 32 pages.
Worthless is a chained dog who has never lived inside the house. He suffers through cold winters and hot summers only with the help of his two friends—Otto and Sly Fox. His friends plot to free him and they set off on an adventure to look for a new life somewhere where there are no chains.
They search for days in snow and ice until they find a place on the edge of a pond to hunker down for the winter.
But fate intervenes and presents an opportunity for Worthless to finally prove to himself that he is worthy of love and a good home. Will Worthless have the courage to face his fears and become the dog he has always wanted to be?
About Worthless: Worthless was the name of a real dog, he was the reason that Dogs Deserve Better was founded and that's why the book was named after him. Someone actually named their dog Worthless, can you believe that? Read about his rescue here. It was fitting that the winning contest model for the book was another black lab named Maggie, beloved companion of Joe Maringo of SPARRO.
Dan Piraro - Internationally acclaimed cartoonist and creator of Bizarro:
"'A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born' is, like it's title character, anything but worthless. This is an exciting story with a full range of emotions that kids will love and adults will take pause to think about.
The same story that is lovingly illustrated within plays itself out in communities all over the world and the lessons learned from this story are simple but so important. This book will lead readers of all ages to more fully understand the true nature of "man's best friend" with a common-sense, compassionate approach that can change the world for the better."
– Dan Piraro, creator of "Bizarro"
Cia Bruno, Esq. - New York Animal Rights Advocate:
"A masterfully captivating illustrative theme! In A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born, the author skillfully introduces several elements of conflict and resolution that are rich in
opportunity for mutual exploration between parent and child.
The dominant message being that 'all' sentient creatures are worthy of our respect for their needs and existence."
— Cia Bruno, Attorney at law and advocate for all sentient creatures at _URL_
Lorraine Chittock -Photographer and Author:
"Wow. I love it. Finally a book appears which addresses a pressing dog
issue, but doesn't come across as preachy or pandering. From the first
page to the last, the reader is drawn into the troubles of Worthless,
and captivated by a wonderful story juxtaposed with exquisite
paintings. For children this book is a must. For adults, it signifies
hope and the progress being made for the lives of chained dogs all
over the world."
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DDB Founder Tamira Thayne:
"When Rocky presented his idea, I was instantly intrigued by a story that is less about the reality of everyday chaining, and more a fun fiction tale featuring animal friends and foes. I was delighted with his storyline, and even more enamored with his illustrations. I hope that A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born ends up on every dog lover's bookshelf, because that's where it deserves to be!"
– Tamira C. Thayne, founder and CEO of Dogs Deserve Better _URL_
Robin Helfritch Co-founder of Open The Cages Alliance:
"Rocky Shepheard's inspiring and delightful book, "A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born" will warm your heart and leave you smiling. Beautifully illustrated, it tells the tale of "Worthless," a neglected dog who is callously left by his uncaring human "owner" to live his life chained to a rickety wooden box in extreme temperatures. This is, unfortunately, the fate for far too many dogs. Luckily for Worthless, he has good friends, Sly Fox and Otto the Otter. Through teamwork, bravery and a little luck, Worthless's life takes a turn for the better!
This book teaches the importance of compassion, friendship, collaboration, acceptance, and the fact that all deserve freedom from oppression. It is perfect for children and adults of all ages, and the life lessons learned in this book will resonate within all who read it."
– Robin Helfritch
Co-founder, Open the Cages Alliance
Catherine Hedges founder of Dont Bully My Breed, Inc.:
"A New Name for Worthless; A Hero is Born, is a wonderful combination of fantasy and reality, and a reminder that no dog is born "Worthless" but, any dog, in the hands of the wrong person, can be treated as worthless. The book shows children everyone has worth and is a great lesson in self esteem, as well as emphasizing the importance of loyalty and friendship and what can be accomplished when friends work together. It shows the importance of compassion and love and should inspire kids to ask questions about animal cruelty and neglect. It is evident in Shepheard's heartwarming story and stunning illustrations that he is a person with a great heart and one hopes that his message will impact every adult or child who reads it."
– Catherine Hedges
Founder of Dont Bully My Breed, Inc.
Nikki Brown - The UK DOG WHISPERER from Canine Angel:
"'A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born' is just such a delightful book with a really simple yet powerful message about how these creatures that we humans call "Dogs", can teach us all the important lessons of forgiveness, love, devotion, courage, bravery, living in the moment and never holding a grudge.
The story is about how this dog views his world after being chained up to a dog house all his life suffering all weather conditions and being given the name of "Worthless " by his human owner, reminding us all that neglect and cruelty still exists in today's world.
The beautiful illustrations help to ignite your imagination and take you into this dogs world where all he ever wants is the opportunity to show he can be the dog that he was born to be, and show that even though he has been mistreated he can still find it in his heart and soul to forgive, love unconditionally and become man's best friend.
A great read for kids and adults, and every dog owner or potential dog owner needs to have this in their book collection."
– Nikki Brown – The UK DOG WHISPERER – Canine Angel
Leigh-Chantelle -Australian Vegan Activist/Singer Songwriter:
"Worthless the Dog is much more than his namesake. His friends Sly the fox and Otto the sea otter unite to free him from his unbearable life chained to a rickety wooden box, all Worthless has known as a home.
Beautifully illustrated by Rocky Shepheard and written in the first person from Worthless' point of view, A New Name for Worthless: A Hero is Born is a wonderful story of courage, friendship and bravery.
Families can read this wonderful book together and learn lessons in patience, humility, forgiveness and respect, all taught by Worthless the dog.
This is a great resource book for Humane Education released by the not for profit organisation Dogs Deserve Better who believe in respecting, freeing and enhancing the freedom of all chained animals."
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Veterinarian / Activist Dr. Armaiti May:
"What an inspiration! Engaging as it is educational, this children's book brings to light the little-known problem of dogs being neglected and left to languish on the end of a chain rather than with their family inside the home.
This dog's story of hardship, collaboration with his fellow animal friends, and ultimate freedom from unfair confinement warms the heart. It is beautifully told and fills the reader with empathy for the dog's predicament as well as admiration for his determination to free himself and find a more loving home."
– Armaiti May, DVM
Using age-appropriate messaging,
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If you're curious about your fuel tank capacity, here is a simple formula to determine the size of your gas tank in gallons.
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There are other formulas used for cylindrical tank volumes, however, we use this formula because most Jeep gas tanks are rectangular.
One thing to note when calculating fuel tank capacity is that some tanks can hold more volume than advertised, but you should only fill it to the specified limit when you purchased the item.
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I have the following table for storing user data:
TABLE: users
maritalStatus (INT) - FK
gender (CHAR)
occupation (INT) - FK
Now I want to compare two users in this table to see how many columns match for any two given users (say user X & user Y)
I am doing it via mySQL Stored Procedures by getting each value separately and then comparing them
 SELECT maritalStatus from users where userID = X INTO myVar1;
 SELECT maritalStatus from users where userID = Y INTO myVar2;
 IF myVar1 = myVar2 THEN
 END IF;
Is there a shorter way using an SQL query where I can compare two rows in a table and see which columns are different? I dont need to know how much different they actually are, just need to know if they contain the same value. Also I will only be comparing selected columns, not every column in the user table.
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This will select the number of columns that are not the same for user x and user y:
SELECT ( u1.martialStatus <> u2.martialStatus )
 + ( u1.gender <> u2.gender )
 + ( u1.occupation <> u2.occupation )
 users u1,
 users u2
WHERE u1.id = x
 AND u2.id = y
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Excellect - thank you Peter, this is what I was looking for! – Sydney Boy May 9 '12 at 5:57
You can also use this:
 -- add other columns as needed
= (b.lastname,a.gender) as similar,
 a.lastname as a_lastname,
 a.firstname as a_firstname,
 a.age as a_age,
 'x' as x,
 b.lastname as b_lastname,
 b.firstname as b_firstname,
 b.age as b_age
from person a
cross join person b
where a.id = 1 and b.id = 2
1 Lennon John 40 x Lennon Julian 15
Live test: _URL_
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You can count the number of users with the same columns using group by:
select u1.maritalStatus
, u1.gender
, u1.occupation
, count(*)
from users u1
group by
, u1.gender
, u1.occupation
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Thanks for your response - however I need a query that specifically compares two given users. Your query simply lists the no. of users with a specific value. I would need to also specify which users I am comparing with a WHERE clause (e.g. WHERE userid = 87 AND userid = 88) - hope thats clear. – Sydney Boy May 8 '12 at 7:06
Well basicly the relevant row would give the value 2 if both users have the same maritalStatus, gender, occupation. You could add a WHERE u1.user_id IN (id1, id2) and see if there's one row with the value 2 returned. – Robin Castlin May 8 '12 at 7:07
_USER_: I think Peter Lang's answer might be what you're looking for? – Andomar May 8 '12 at 7:09
Just a continued example of Peter Langs suggestion in PHP:
$arr_cols = array('martialStatus', 'gender', 'occupation');
$arr_where = array();
$arr_select = array();
foreach($arr_cols as $h) {
 $arr_having[] = "compare_{$h}";
 $arr_select[] = "(u1.{$h}!= u2.{$h}) AS compare_{$h}";
$str_having = implode(' + ', $arr_where);
$str_select = implode(', ', $arr_where);
$query = mysql_query("
SELECT {$str_select}
FROM users AS u1, users AS u2
WHERE u1.userid = {$int_userid_1} AND u2.userid = {$int_userid_2}
HAVING {$str_having} > 0
/* Having case can be removed if you need the row regardless. */
/* Afterwards you check these values: */
$row = mysql_fetch_assoc($query);
foreach($arr_cols as $h)
 if ($row["compare_{$h}"])
 echo "Found difference in column {$h}!";
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KnowledgeWorks and Prolog User Guide > 4 Objects > 4.2 Relational Database Objects
4.2.1 Example
(sql:def-view-class vehicle
 (standard-db-object standard-kb-object)
 ((vehicle_no :db-kind :key)
 (owner :db-kind :join
 :db-info (:home-key :keeper
 :foreign-key person_id
 :retrieval :deferred
 :join-class person))))
defines a database class vehicle where the person object in the keeper slot is retrieved from the person table in the database using the value of the keeper slot as key, only when queried. In the list of superclasses, standard-kb-object should appear after sql:standard-db-object.


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fprintf
(To be removed) Write text to instrument
This serial, Bluetooth, tcpip, udp, visa, and gpib object function will be removed in a future release. Use serialport, bluetooth, tcpclient, tcpserver, udpport, and visadev object functions instead. For more information on updating your code, see Compatibility Considerations.
Syntax
fprintf(obj,'cmd')
fprintf(obj,'format','cmd')
fprintf(obj,'cmd','mode')
fprintf(obj,'format','cmd','mode')
Arguments
obj
An interface object.
'cmd'
The string written to the instrument.
'format'
C language conversion specification.
'mode'
Specifies whether data is written synchronously or asynchronously.
Description
fprintf(obj,'cmd') writes the string cmd to the instrument connected to obj. The default format is %s\n. The write operation is synchronous and blocks the command line until execution is complete.
fprintf(obj,'format','cmd') writes the string using the format specified by format.
format is a C language conversion specification. Conversion specifications involve the % character and the conversion characters d, i, o, u, x, X, f, e, E, g, G, c, and s. Refer to the sprintf file I/O format specifications or a C manual for more information.
fprintf(obj,'cmd','mode') writes the string with command-line access specified by mode. If mode is sync, cmd is written synchronously and the command line is blocked. If mode is async, cmd is written asynchronously and the command line is not blocked. If mode is not specified, the write operation is synchronous.
fprintf(obj,'format','cmd','mode') writes the string using the specified format. If mode is sync, cmd is written synchronously. If mode is async, cmd is written asynchronously.
Examples
Create the serial port object s, connect s on a Windows® machine to a Tektronix® TDS 210 oscilloscope, and write the RS232? command with the fprintf function. RS232? instructs the scope to return serial port communications settings.
s = serial('COM1');
fopen(s)
fprintf(s,'RS232?')
settings = fscanf(s)
settings =
9600;1;0;NONE;LF
Because the default format for fprintf is %s\n, the terminator specified by the Terminator property was automatically written. However, in some cases you might want to suppress writing the terminator. To do so, you must explicitly specify a format for the data that does not include the terminator, or configure the terminator to empty.
fprintf(s,'%s','RS232?')
Tips
Before you can write text to the instrument, it must be connected to obj with the fopen function. A connected interface object has a Status property value of open. An error is returned if you attempt to perform a write operation while obj is not connected to the instrument.
The ValuesSent property value is increased by the number of values written each time fprintf is issued.
An error occurs if the output buffer cannot hold all the data to be written. You can specify the size of the output buffer with the OutputBufferSize property.
fprintf function will return an error message if you set the flowcontrol property to hardware on a serial object, and a hardware connection is not detected. This occurs if a device is not connected, or a connected device is not asserting that is ready to receive data. Check you remote device's status and flow control settings to see if hardware flow control is causing errors in MATLAB®.
Note
If you want to check to see if the device is asserting that it is ready to receive data, set the FlowControl to none. Once you connect to the device check the PinStatus structure for ClearToSend. If ClearToSend is off, there is a problem on the remote device side. If ClearToSend is on, there is a hardware FlowControl device prepared to receive data and you can execute fprintf.
Note
To get a list of options you can use on a function, press the Tab key after entering a function on the MATLAB command line. The list expands, and you can scroll to choose a property or value. For information about using this advanced tab completion feature, see Using Tab Completion for Functions.
Synchronous Versus Asynchronous Write Operations
By default, text is written to the instrument synchronously and the command line is blocked until the operation completes. You can perform an asynchronous write by configuring the mode input argument to be async. For asynchronous writes,
 - The BytesToOutput property value is continuously updated to reflect the number of bytes in the output buffer.
 - The callback function specified for the OutputEmptyFcn property is executed when the output buffer is empty.
You can determine whether an asynchronous write operation is in progress with the TransferStatus property.
Rules for Completing a Write Operation with fprintf
A write operation using fprintf completes when
 - The specified data is written.
 - The time specified by the Timeout property passes.
Rules for Writing the Terminator
For serial port, TCPIP, UDP, and VISA-serial objects, all occurrences of \n in cmd are replaced with the Terminator property value. Therefore, when using the default format %s\n, all commands written to the instrument will end with this property value.
For GPIB, VISA-GPIB, VISA-VXI, and VISA-GPIB-VXI objects, all occurrences of \n in cmd are replaced with the EOSCharCode property value if the EOSMode property is set to write or read&write. For example, if EOSMode is set to write and EOSCharCode is set to LF, then all occurrences of \n are replaced with a line feed character. Additionally, for GPIB objects, the End Or Identify (EOI) line is asserted when the terminator is written out.
Note
The terminator required by your instrument will be described in its documentation.
Version History
Introduced before R2006a
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Not recommended starting in R2021b
Not recommended starting in R2021a
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Not recommended starting in R2019b


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The length of your driver's license suspension depends on the offence. Traffic Services notes that the first time you're caught driving with a suspended license, you'll receive a mandatory six month suspension above and beyond the original penalty. Driving without insurance might lead to a year long license suspension.
A first time impaired driving offence could lead to a prohibition on getting behind the wheel for a year, and if you're caught doing it again, you'll lose your license for three years. Refusing to provide a blood or breath sample can result in criminal charges. The charges are the same for an impaired driving offence, with an automatic one year suspension of your license.
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2 years of undergraduate course work- Generally, students take two years of prerequisite coursework at UNL, apply to dental hygiene programs, and complete the second two years of the Bachelor's Degree in Dental Hygiene at an accredited dental hygiene program.
How long does it take to be a dental hygienist in Nebraska?
The Dental Hygiene associate of applied science degree requires a maximum of 81 credits of course work, including prerequisite courses that must be completed prior to admission to the program. The program can be completed in three years, including six semesters and one summer session.
How long is a dental hygienist program?
Dental hygienists typically need an associate's degree in dental hygiene. Programs typically take 3 years to complete. All states require dental hygienists to be licensed; requirements vary by state.
Is getting a dental hygienist degree hard?
Dental hygiene classes require a high level of commitment. You will need to learn a great deal of course material in a short period. Being a dental hygienist is a gratifying job, but it can be a bit difficult. It's nothing that you can't handle with the proper degree of motivation, and patience.
Do dental hygienist make more than rn?
Registered nurses and dental hygienists both earn promising salaries. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, registered nurses earn an average salary of $75,330 per year. Meanwhile, dental hygienists earn a median annual salary of $77,090 in the United States.
What is a dental hygienist vs dentist?
Basically, a dentist is a doctor. A hygienist is not. But hygienists can still do more than an assistant. The dentist examines and treats your teeth, the dental hygienist cleans your teeth and helps you prevent disease, and the dental assistant helps the dentist (and sometimes the hygienist.)
What do dental hygienist do?
Dental hygienists examine patients for signs of oral diseases, such as gingivitis, and provide preventive care, including oral hygiene. They also educate patients about oral health.
How much do dental assistants make?
A mid career Dental Assistant with 4-9 years of experience earns an average salary of R 95 000, while an experienced Dental Assistant with 10-20 years of experience makes on average R 117 000. Dental Assistants with more than 20 years of experience may earn more than R 130 000 yearly.
Is 40 too old to become a dental hygienist?
When you're an over-40 worker looking for a career with flexibility for balancing work and family, health care is usually a good field to consider, according to Seattle Pi. One particularly solid choice: dental hygienist, where you clean teeth and educate patients about oral hygiene.
Is it worth becoming a dental hygienist?
Yes, dental hygiene is a good career, and this article focuses on what makes it tick. A dental hygienist, as you might be aware, helps dentists in performing various procedures such as cleaning and polishing teeth, making dental casts, and educating patients on how to maintain good oral health.
Are dental hygienists rich?
The median salary for a dental hygienist is $73,000 a year, according to the U.S. Labor Department. That's higher than the median salary of $69,000 for a registered nurse. In big cities, dental hygienists can earn six figures.
What state pays the highest for dental hygienist?
Here are the top five states that pay dental hygienists the highest based on annual mean wage:
- Alaska — $115,050.
- California — $109,970.
- Washington — $95,450.
- Nevada — $89,360.
- New Jersey — $88,150.
Is medical school harder than dental school?
Medical school is more difficult to get into. Average GPA's are higher, students have more research experience and the MCAT is longer and covers more subjects than dental. Dental students will tell you they take the same classes that medical school students do.
Who gets paid more dental assistant or hygienist?
Dental hygienists receive a higher median pay than dental assistants. While the median dental assistant salary reached about $40,000 in 2019, the median dental hygienist salary exceeded $76,000. This salary gap reflects the additional training and licensure requirements for dental hygienists.


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Milksha UK & NNECA Partnership
In 2022, Milksha UK have teamed up with NNECA, a charity that aims to protect children from abuse, through their prevent-ED campaign. As part of the campaign, Milksha have committed to raise money through regular sponsorship and activity events.
Milksha and NNECA aim to educate and empower over 50,000 children in the UK and across the world, and are both passionate and committed to keeping children safe and happy.
NNECA believe child sexual abuse is preventable through better education and awareness. We currently operate in the UK, Europe, US and Asia, and share our awareness material in over 50 countries across multiple languages.
NNECA believes schools must adopt a 'whole-school' approach to child sexual abuse, meaning every teacher, every staff member, every child and every parent are empowered and equipped with the relevant age-appropriate prevention training to identify the signs of abuse, and possess the knowledge for next steps.
We learnt the most effective prevention strategies revolved around early-stage education. Using this approach, we truly believe that 90% of child sexual abuse and exploitation is preventable through education and awareness.
Our PreventEd Legislation
Legislation to introduce mandatory accredited training for all teachers and school staff in child sexual abuse prevention. Schools need to adopt a "whole school" approach to tackling and preventing systematic abuse. This legislation looks for every staff member to understand, identify, and manage the reporting phase.
Should we succeed in our mission to push the government into changing legislation, the PreventEd training course will be delivered through online and mobile E-Learning applications providing the necessary flexibility for teachers. E-Learning allows continuous reinforcement of content and skills, and will allow all primary schools to be trained within months, unlike school-based workshop training. We advocate that the Department for Education certifies best practice guidelines and quality assurance.


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Health & Medicine - Posted by Futurity-Jenny Leonard on Tuesday, March 24, 2009 15:37 - 4 Comments
Bulimia study suggests surprising racial divide
USC (US)—A new study shatters the stereotype that bulimia is a disorder found mostly among white and privileged teens. African-American girls are 50 percent more likely than white girls to be bulimic, according to new findings. And girls from families in the lowest income bracket studied are more than 150 percent more likely to be bulimic than girls from the most affluent families.
"As it turns out, we learned something surprising from our data about who bulimia actually affects, not just who is diagnosed," says University of Southern California economist Michelle Goeree.
Using data from a 10-year survey of more than 2,300 girls in schools in California, Ohio and Washington, D.C., Goeree and fellow economists John Ham from the University of Maryland and Daniela Iorio from the Universitat de Autonoma in Barcelona, Spain, sought to uncover a more accurate picture of bulimia among young girls. Beginning at age nine or 10, participants were surveyed annually about eating habits and affiliated psychological issues such as body image and depression.
"The difference between public perception and our results is striking," Goeree says.
Based on their findings about the persistence of bulimic behavior and who is afflicted, the researchers argue that bulimia, which is currently classified as a disorder, would perhaps be more accurately described—and treated—as an addiction. As with drug and alcohol addictions, this would mean more federal, state, and local treatment programs and fewer out-of-pocket insurance costs.
"The results illustrate the importance of having objective information on behavior rather than relying solely on data on diagnoses," Ham says.
According to Goeree, past research has over-relied on hospital admission data, creating a "sample selection bias" that overlooks those who exhibit bulimic behavior but do not receive—or have the means to receive—professional help.
"One explanation is straightforward: Girls with an eating disorder who are African American or come from low-income families are much less likely to be diagnosed. Who goes to the hospital? Those who have insurance. Who tends to have insurance? Wealthier, better-educated people," Goeree says, noting that another part of the difference may be due to parents' sensitivity to bulimic behaviors.
The findings also could have effects on educational spending: "What we thought was that bulimia affects high income, high education white women. And, if that's the case, then you should try to tailor educational programs—because education is expensive—to the group that it will help the most," Goeree explains. "Now we're finding that it's really important to reach a completely different group than we thought."
According to the National Eating Disorders Association, more than 9 million females in the United States struggle with bulimia. Severe health consequences include heart failure, possible rupture of the esophagus from frequent vomiting, tooth decay, and, among adolescents, potentially irreversible effects on physical development.
Only about half of those diagnosed with bulimia fully recover, and many struggle with bulimia for decades. According to Goeree, the results of the survey reveal that as much as three-fourths of bulimic behavior persists due to state dependence even when controlling for personality characteristics, and affects a much larger cross-section of young women than previously thought.
"Remarkably little is known about... the factors determining the incidence of bulimia," Iorio says. "Results based on data from diagnosed individuals can present a very misleading picture of the incidence of eating disorders. We present evidence that suggests this is a very real problem, not just a potential one."
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Isosorbide dinitrate and Wax blockage - a phase IV clinical study of FDA data
Summary:
Wax blockage is reported only by a few people who take Isosorbide Dinitrate.
The phase IV clinical study analyzes which people take Isosorbide dinitrate and have Wax blockage. It is created by eHealthMe based on reports of 11,798 people who have side effects while taking Isosorbide dinitrate from the FDA, and is updated regularly.
Phase IV trials are used to detect adverse drug outcomes and monitor drug effectiveness in the real world. With medical big data and AI algorithms, eHealthMe is running millions of phase IV trials and makes the results available to the public. Our original studies have been referenced on 600+ medical publications including The Lancet, Mayo Clinic Proceedings, and Nature.
On Aug, 17, 2022
11,798 people reported to have side effects when taking Isosorbide dinitrate.
Among them, 3 people (0.03%) have Wax blockage.
What is Isosorbide dinitrate?
Isosorbide dinitrate has active ingredients of isosorbide dinitrate. It is often used in angina. eHealthMe is studying from 11,898 Isosorbide dinitrate users for its effectiveness, alternative drugs and more.
What is Wax blockage?
Wax blockage is found to be associated with 1,184 drugs and 875 conditions by eHealthMe.
Number of Isosorbide dinitrate and Wax blockage reports submitted per year:
Could Isosorbide dinitrate cause Wax blockage?
Gender of people who have Wax blockage when taking Isosorbide dinitrate *:
 - female: 0.0 %
 - male: 100 %
Age of people who have Wax blockage when taking Isosorbide dinitrate *:
 - 0-1: 0.0 %
 - 2-9: 0.0 %
 - 10-19: 0.0 %
 - 20-29: 0.0 %
 - 30-39: 0.0 %
 - 40-49: 0.0 %
 - 50-59: 0.0 %
 - 60+: 100 %
Common drugs people take besides Isosorbide dinitrate *:
 1. Simvastatin: 3 people, 100.00%
 2. Glipizide: 2 people, 66.67%
 3. Lasix: 2 people, 66.67%
 4. Furosemide: 2 people, 66.67%
 5. Lopressor: 2 people, 66.67%
 6. Coumadin: 2 people, 66.67%
 7. Lipitor: 2 people, 66.67%
 8. Nitroglycerin: 2 people, 66.67%
 9. Digoxin: 2 people, 66.67%
 10. Aspirin: 2 people, 66.67%
Common side effects people have besides Wax blockage *:
 1. Wheezing (a high-pitched whistling sound made while you breath): 2 people, 66.67%
 2. Disease Progression: 2 people, 66.67%
 3. Injury: 2 people, 66.67%
 4. Ill-Defined Disorder: 2 people, 66.67%
 5. Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar): 2 people, 66.67%
 6. Hyperhidrosis (abnormally increased sweating): 2 people, 66.67%
 7. Heart Rate Irregular: 2 people, 66.67%
 8. Hearing Loss: 2 people, 66.67%
 9. Weight Decreased: 2 people, 66.67%
 10. Fatigue (feeling of tiredness): 2 people, 66.67%
Common conditions people have *:
 1. Pulmonary Congestion (congestion in the lungs): 1 person, 33.33%
 2. Osteoporosis (bones weak and more likely to break): 1 person, 33.33%
 3. Osteoarthritis (a joint disease caused by cartilage loss in a joint): 1 person, 33.33%
 4. Atrial Fibrillation/flutter (atrial fibrillation and flutter are abnormal heart rhythms in which the atria, or upper chambers of the heart, are out of sync with the ventricles): 1 person, 33.33%
* Approximation only. Some reports may have incomplete information.
Do you take Isosorbide dinitrate and have Wax blockage?
Check whether Wax blockage is associated with a drug or a condition
How to use the study?
You can discuss the study with your doctor, to ensure that all drug risks and benefits are fully discussed and understood.
Related studies
How severe was Wax blockage and when was it recovered:
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How the study uses the data?
The study uses data from the FDA. It is based on isosorbide dinitrate (the active ingredients of Isosorbide dinitrate) and Isosorbide dinitrate (the brand name). Other drugs that have the same active ingredients (e.g. generic drugs) are not considered. Dosage of drugs is not considered in the study.
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from deep wells in of Bo Kluea District, Nan, has been carried out for many centuries by using traditional wood-based stoves. This study aims to improve thermal efficiency of traditional stoves, while tradition stove structures and salt making methods were maintained. The prototype and tradition stove were compared by thermal efficiency method. The tradition stove was constructed with clay. The prototype chimney stoves have been making from brick plastered with cement. The prototype chimney stove was insulated by filling rich hush in the gap of stove wall which has 3 cm. thicknesses and the end of the chimney. The stove can put 2 pans. Eucalyptus woods were used be fuel for testing the thermal efficiency. The prototype stove increases thermal efficiency approximately by 5.3 percents form normally 9.6 percents. This is achieved by using carbonized rice husk as stove insulating materials to reduce heat loss through stove walls. Salt production cycles are decreased by 25 minutes from 4.5-5 hours and the rate of fuel per day decreased 14-15 kilograms from 257 kg of firewood. Costs to improve salt production stoves 1,545 THB have a Pay-back period 107 days. The improved prototype chimney stove can help to decrease fuel costs and increase the salt production rate. This research is not only saving energy but also keep tradition of local living. © 2011 Published by Elsevier Ltd.
Ponglangka W.,Rajamangala University of Technology at Lanna
ICCAS 2015 - 2015 15th International Conference on Control, Automation and Systems, Proceedings | Year: 2015
The principle of the electrical capacitance properties to measure paddy rice moisture content is presented in this paper. The aim of this research is to design a low-cost paddy rice moisture content meter. Paddy rice was packed in a 600 cm3 cylindrical plastic container with the diameter of 9 centimeters and the length of 10 centimeters. The integrated circuit ICL8038 was applied to generate the frequency signal. After that, the capacitor in ICL8038 circuit was replaced by the cylindrical plastic container. Paddy rice capacitance was computed and applied to model the moisture content equation by using the second-order polynomial regression. The microcontroller (ATmega1280) was applied to calculate the moisture content and the calculation was demonstrated on 20 × 4 LCD display. Weight of each sample of paddy rice was 354 grams. The results of moisture content equation evaluated were 97.91% accurate. The examination results showed paddy rice moisture content was 97.83% accurate. The moisture content measurement range was 6% to 22% wet basis. © 2015 Institute of Control, Robotics and Systems - ICROS.
Intra P.,Rajamangala University of Technology at Lanna
Journal of Electrostatics | Year: 2012
A cylindrical triode charger for unipolar diffusion charging of aerosol particles was designed, constructed, and evaluated. The corona discharge characteristics were studied in this cylindrical triode charger. For the process the current-voltage characteristics were determined, as were the ion number concentration, the n it product, and the mean charge per particle as a function of particle diameter. The discharge and charging currents, and ion number concentration in the charging zone of the charger increased monotonically with corona voltage. The negative corona had a higher current than the positive corona. At the same corona voltage, the ion number concentration in the discharge zone was larger than the charging current for positive and negative coronas, with values of about 197 and 32 times and 645 and 99 times for the ion-driving voltages of 0 and 310V, respectively. The average ion penetration for positive and negative coronas was 0.64 and 0.19% and 3.62 and 1.93% for the ion-driving voltages of 0V and 310V, respectively. The higher flow rate, shorter residence time, gave a lower N it product. By calculation 14% of charged particles of 10nm in diameter were lost to the outer cylinder because of the electrostatic field effect. The charger does not use a sheath of air flow along the walls or the perforated screen opening, it has low diffusion and space charge losses due to the short column charging zone, and is a low complexity and inexpensive system. It worked as well as more sophisticated and expensive commercially available chargers. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.


What Is Hodophile?
What do they call a person who travels a lot?
What does Nemophilist mean?
Noun. nemophilist (plural nemophilists) (rare) One who is fond of forests or forest scenery; a haunter of the woods.
What is a globetrotter?
Who is the most Travelled person in history?
Charles VeleyCharles Veley is an American claimant to the title of the world's most-traveled person. Veley was one of the founders of Microstrategy.
Who is the first Traveller to India?
Megasthenes, ambassador of Seleucus Nikator was the first foreign traveller to India.
Which Traveller is known as Globe Trotter?
Ibn Battuta was the traveler for whom the term, globe trotter is used. Explanation: He was a 'Muslim Berber Moroccan traveller'.
What does Solivagant mean?
: rambling alone : marked by solitary wandering.
How do you use Hodophile in a sentence?
Examples of Hodophile in a sentence "A total hodophile, she spent her free time seeing as much of the world as she could." "The odometer on a hodophile's car may shock you — the miles add up when you're constantly on the road."
Who is the youngest person to travel the world?
Lexie AlfordOn May 31, 2019, a 21-year-old American woman named Lexie Alford stepped foot in North Korea, becoming — as she claims — the youngest person to travel to every country on earth.
Who is the world best Traveller?
How do you spell Globetrotter?
Globe-trotter definitions A person who travels often to faraway places. Alternative spelling of globetrotter.
Where is fernweh?
"Fernweh" is a German word for "farsickness," the opposite of homesickness. Scotland received high scores in surveys where people were asked to name the places for which they felt fernweh. You know when you've been away too long.


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Clark Paulsen, Division Chief
Long-Term Assignment Travel Expense Claims (TEC)
Long-term assignment (LTA) expenses are limited to those authorized in Chapter 3, Long-Term Assignments.
LTA TEC's should include the first 15 to 30 days of short-term expenses claimed when seeking long-term accommodations.
In addition to the instructions in the In-State TEC's section of this chapter, all travel expense claims (TEC's) for long-term assignment should be checked for the following.
- Claims are identified as "LTA" under purpose of trip.
- One (1) copy of the approved Form FA1350 "Long-Term Assignment Information and Certification of Subsistence Rates" is attached.
- Receipts are required for all long-term accomodations and may
be submitted for reimbursement immediately upon
payment. Acceptable receipts from commercial establishments
must include the following:
- 1. Renter's name.
- 2. Name of the property (if applicable).
- 3. Property address and phone number.
- 4. The amount paid.
- 5. The rental period.
- 6. The landlord or property manager's name and phone number.
- 7. The landlord or property manager's signature.
Copies of cancelled rental checks or lease agreements alone do not meet receipt requirements.
- The Department may request additional information to substantiate a business transaction such as, but not limited to, rental agreement, copies of canceled checks or
any other information deemed reasonable.
- Utility receipts must show the item as paid before reimbursement can be claimed. Noting the check number paid to the utility company on the bill does not meet the
- Furniture rental expenses may not be claimed until an employee's monthly bill indicates it has been paid.
- LTA mileage and business miles to various job sites during the workday must be separated on the TEC from mileage to and from the main job site and mileage to obtain
- Meal expenses cannot be claimed until they have been incurred.
Examples of LTA TEC's
Examples of various LTA expense claims are available by clicking on the following:
- Long-Term Assignment: Short-Term Per Diem
- Long-Term Assignment: $24-$24 Method
- Long-Term Assignment: Rent and Utilities


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April 29, 2012 by Andrew
If you have been looking for scrimshaw patterns, we will be hosting several of them at scrimshaw.com. It can be especially daunting for the beginner to find a pattern or template to scrimshaw, and a great place to start is the iconic lighthouse.
The lighthouse is an historic part of the maritime landscape from as far back as 260 B.C. with the lighthouse of Alexandria. Warning sailors of rocky shores, guiding them through fog as well as a beacon of civilization, lighthouses served the maritime community throughout history. Most modern lighthouses operate automatically. Some lighthouses are also run as bed and breakfasts or vacation houses (see _URL_ The only time a lighthouse can be less than romantic is when the fog rolls in, and the foghorn starts to blow. Those who used to run lighthouses say they would get used to it, talking in between the soundings, and even sleeping through a foggy night!
There is a non-profit organization, the Beacon Preservation, Inc. which is dedicated to the preservation of lighthouses and their environments for educational, cultural, recreational, and historical preservation purposes. Their mission is to ensure that communities, civic organizations, and educational and research institutions are able to enjoy access to these important icons of nautical history. You can find out more about them at _URL_
The lighthouse pictured is in New Haven, CT – Lighthouse Point Beach – January, 2007(photo credit: Chris Amelung -
_URL_ CC Creative Commons Attribution License. Chris' site is
Clicking on the Lighthouse-Template will bring up a pdf which you can download and print out. There will be several sizes of the traced template varying from 1/4″ high to a 2″x3″ with the background. You can use these templates on anything from piano key ivory (often used as bookmarks) to lightswitch plates or other materials.
Cut out the size that fits your material and secure it in place with tape.
Using a sharp tool, you can pierce the paper and make a dot on your ivory, making dots every 16th of an inch or so, creating a "dot-to-dot" (kids will sometimes use the school's compasses – the type used to make circles, not to find true north) to do this.
Once you have gotten most of the template pierced, remove the paper.
You can see the dots easier if you fill them in by wiping oil paint across the surface then wiping it away, this will leave the paint in the impressions you created.
From here, you can continue putting stippled dots between the dots already there, or scribe from dot-to-dot to get the initial picture. Fill in a small area with dots or scribed lines, then coat and wipe the area with oil paint (or India ink). Using the large original picture as a guide you can then create the shadows, or get creative and add a different shoreline, add a ship in the harbor, or anything else you desire.
Here's a link to another picture of the lighthouse from Tony Fischer Photography
Write to us at "_EMAIL_" and let us know what you are looking for, we'll be glad to get you started.
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Sunday, 17 February 2013
Tutorial: Painting Nurgle Demons With Washes
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Finished Nurgle Plaguebearer
A couple of people have requested information on how I painted a few previously posted Nurgle Plaguebearers and Chaos Space Marines.
So here's a short tutorial on how I do this.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
White Undercoat
Step 1:
The miniature was given a thin undercoat of pure white. I generally use Vallejo undercoats as I find these can be quickly applied with an airbrush.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Athonian Camoshade Coat 1
Step 2:
Once the undercoat was fully dry, I applied a generous coat of Athonian Camoshade to the miniature using a Washbrush and then left the miniature to dry (mainly as the Lord or Terror had hidden her hairdryer....)
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Athonian Camoshade Coat 2
Step 3:
With the first layer of shade fully dry, I applied a second generous coat of Athonian Camoshade. This was then followed by a thick coat of Agrax Earthshade.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Ratskin Flesh Coat 1
Step 4:
Having located the Lord of Terror's hairdryer and accelerated the drying process slightly, I painted the warts, intestines and other ikky fleshy bits with a thinned coat of Ratskin Flesh. Given that the base layer paints from GW are pigment dense, I used Vallejo airbrush thinner to do this, rather than the more expensive Lahriman Medium. As this is a Nurgle demon, I wasn't too worried if the end result wasn't totally accurate.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Dryad Bark Coat
Step 5:
Anything not expected to be green or pink (ick!) was given a thinned coat of Dryad Bark.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
More Washes...
Step 6:
The Dryad Bark areas were given a thick coat of Agrax Earthshade. Similarly, the Fleshy bits were given a coat of Reikland Fleshade. The miniature was left to dry overnight (the hairdryer had been removed after accusations of using it for purposes that were not deemed appropriate)
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Cadian Fleshtone
Step 7:
Fleshy areas were given a thinned layer of Cadian Fleshtone, layered to retain some of the darker Flesh showing through.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
A severe case of Jaundice
Step 8:
The demon's single eye was given two thinned coats of Flash Gitz Yellow. Ikky...
Nurgle Plaguebearer
Bones and Teeth
Step 9:
Teeth and bones were given a coat of Zandri Dust, followed up by Ushabti Bone and Screaming Skull.
Nurgle Plaguebearer
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Based and Varnished
Step 10:
To finish the model off, I covered the base in Armageddon Dust, drybrushed when dry with Tyrant Skull. The larger rocks were painted with thinned Zandri Dust and drybrushed with Tyrant Skull. The whole base was then given a wash of Seraphim Sepia.
Once dry, Vallejo Matt Varnish was used to tone the whole model down.
 1. Nice stuff. I'll be using this for sure. On the hair dryer front: Keep it up. The Lady Inquisitor finally broke down and bought me a small travel dryer - ostensibly to dry minis, but the number of times I've had The Agent of Chaos in my lap with a brush in my hand far outweighs the number of times I've used it for mini drying. I'm beginning to suspect an ulterior motive...
 2. Thank you for this tutorial, I will try it soon on my Plague zombies...
 3. Thanks a ton! I've finally found a perfect way to paint my zombies!!
 ... must - eat - brains


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Dou Ling Empire is one of the three great empires in the old Douluo Continent. It was once part of the Heaven Dou Empire which then broke into two empires as Heaven Spirit Empire and Dou Ling Empire.
Ten thousand years ago, before SL3, the Dou Ling Empire, after its defeat at the hands of the Sun-Moon Empire had embarked on a voyage and had experienced many hardships and perils. In the end, they discovered a huge continent which also had some indigenous humans. However, their development couldn't even compare with the Douluo Continent's. They were conquered by the Dou Ling Empire and the continent was named the Dou Ling Continent.
Tang Wulin went to the empire as the leader of Tang Sect and to look for his adoptive parents. The Dou Ling Empire is behind in technology compared to the Federation and the Star Luo Empire.


file extenstion (.mkv):
$ ffmpeg -i video.VOB -acodec aac -b:a 256k -ar 96000 -vcodec libx264 \
-pass 2 -preset veryslow -threads 0 -b:v 3000k -x264opts frameref=15:fast_pskip=0 video.mkv
x264 video stabilization
Video stablization using the vbid.stab plugin entails two passes.
First pass
The first pass records stabilization parameters to a file and/or a test video for visual analysis.
 - Records stabilization parameters to a file only
$ ffmpeg -i input -vf vidstabdetect=stepsize=4:mincontrast=0:result=transforms.trf -f null -
 - Records stabilization parameters to a file and create test video "output-stab" for visual analysis
$ ffmpeg -i input -vf vidstabdetect=stepsize=4:mincontrast=0:result=transforms.trf -f output-stab
Second pass
The second pass parses the stabilization parameters generated from the first pass and applies them to produce "output-stab_final". You will want to apply any additional filters at this point so as to aboid subsequent transcoding to preserve as much video quality as possible. The following example performs the following in addition to video stabilization:
 - unsharp is recommended by the author of vid.stab. Here we are simply using the defaults of 5:5:1.0:5:5:1.0
 - Tip: fade=t=in:st=0:d=4
 fade in from black starting from the beginning of the file for four seconds
 - Tip: fade=t=out:st=60:d=4
 fade out to black starting from sixty seconds into the video for four seconds
 - -c:a pcm_s16le XAVC-S codec records in pcm_s16be which is losslessly transcoded to pcm_s16le
$ ffmpeg -i input -vf vidstabtransform=smoothing=30:interpol=bicubic:input=transforms.trf,unsharp,fade=t=in:st=0:d=4,fade=t=out:st=60:d=4 -c:v libx264 -tune film -preset veryslow -crf 8 -x264opts fast_pskip=0 -c:a pcm_s16le output-stab_final
Subtitles
Extracting
Subtitles embedded in container files, such as MPEG-2 and Matroska, can be extracted and converted into SRT, SSA, among other subtitle formats.
 - Inspect a file to determine if it contains a subtitle stream:
$ ffprobe foo.mkv
...
Stream #0:0(und): Video: h264 (High), yuv420p, 1920x800 [SAR 1:1 DAR 12:5], 23.98 fps, 23.98 tbr, 1k tbn, 47.95 tbc (default)
 Metadata:
 CREATION_TIME : 2012-06-05 05:04:15
 LANGUAGE : und
Stream #0:1(und): Audio: aac, 44100 Hz, stereo, fltp (default)
 Metadata:
 CREATION_TIME : 2012-06-05 05:10:34
 LANGUAGE : und
 HANDLER_NAME : GPAC ISO Audio Handler
Stream #0:2: Subtitle: ssa (default)
 - foo.mkv has an embedded SSA subtitle which can be extracted into an independent file:
$ ffmpeg -i foo.mkv foo.ssa
When dealing with multiple subtitles, you may need to specify the stream that needs to be extracted using the -map <key>:<stream> parameter:
$ ffmpeg -i foo.mkv -map 0:2 foo.ssa
Hardsubbing
(instructions based on HowToBurnSubtitlesIntoVideo at the FFmpeg wiki)
Hardsubbing entails merging subtitles with the video. Hardsubs can't be disabled, nor language switched.
 - Overlay foo.mpg with the subtitles in foo.ssa:
$ ffmpeg -i foo.mpg -vf subtitles=foo.ssa out.mpg
Volume gain
Change the audio volume in multiples of 256 where 256 = 100% (normal) volume. Additional values such as 400 are also valid options.
-vol 256 = 100%
-vol 512 = 200%
-vol 768 = 300%
-vol 1024 = 400%
-vol 2048 = 800%
To double the volume (512 = 200%) of an MP3 file:
$ ffmpeg -i file.mp3 -vol 512 louder_file.mp3
To quadruple the volume (1024 = 400%) of an Ogg file:
$ ffmpeg -i file.ogg -vol 1024 louder_file.ogg
Note that gain metadata is only written to the output file. Unlike mp3gain or ogggain, the source sound file is untouched.
Extracting audio
$ ffmpeg -i video.mpg
...
Input #0, avi, from 'video.mpg':
 Duration: 01:58:28.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3000 kb/s
 Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc
 Stream #0.1: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 384 kb/s
 Stream #0.2: Audio: ac3, 48000 Hz, 5.1, s16, 448 kb/s
 Stream #0.3: Audio: dts, 48000 Hz, 5.1 768 kb/s
...
Extract the first (-map 0:1) AC-3 encoded audio stream exactly as it was multiplexed into the file:
$ ffmpeg -i video.mpg -map 0:1 -acodec copy -vn video.ac3
Convert the third (-map 0:3) DTS audio stream to an AAC file with a bitrate of 192 kb/s and a sampling rate of 96000 Hz:
$ ffmpeg -i video.mpg -map 0:3 -acodec aac -b:a 192k -ar 96000 -vn output.aac
-vn disables the processing of the video stream.
Extract audio stream with certain time interval:
$ ffmpeg -ss 00:01:25 -t 00:00:05 -i video.mpg -map 0:1 -acodec copy -vn output.ac3
-ss specifies the start point, and -t specifies the duration.
Stripping audio
 1. Copy the first video stream (-map 0:0) along with the second AC-3 audio stream (-map 0:2).
 2. Convert the AC-3 audio stream to two-channel MP3 with a bitrate of 128 kb/s and a sampling rate of 48000 Hz.
$ ffmpeg -i video.mpg -map 0:0 -map 0:2 -vcodec copy -acodec libmp3lame \
-b:a 128k -ar 48000 -ac 2 video.mkv
$ ffmpeg -i video.mkv
...
Input #0, avi, from 'video.mpg':
 Duration: 01:58:28.96, start: 0.000000, bitrate: 3000 kb/s
 Stream #0.0: Video: mpeg4, yuv420p, 720x480 [PAR 1:1 DAR 16:9], 29.97 tbr, 29.97 tbn, 29.97 tbc
 Stream #0.1: Audio: mp3, 48000 Hz, stereo, s16, 128 kb/s
Note: Removing undesired audio streams allows for additional bits to be allocated towards improving video quality.
Splitting files
You can use the copy codec to perform operations on a file without changing the encoding. For example, this allows you to easily split any kind of media file into two:
$ ffmpeg -i file.ext -t 00:05:30 -c copy part1.ext -ss 00:05:30 -c copy part2.ext
Hardware video acceleration
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Reason: Missing VDPAU, Intel QSV. (Discuss in Talk:FFmpeg#)
Warning: Encoding may fail when using hardware acceleration, use software encoding as a fallback.
Encoding performance may be improved by using hardware acceleration API's, however only a specific kind of codec(s) are allowed and/or may not always produce the same result when using software encoding.
VA-API
VA-API can be used for encoding and decoding on Intel CPUs (requires libva-intel-driver) and on certain AMD GPUs when using the open-


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On this month's CU on the Air, host Ken McConnellogue talks with Dr. Chip Benight, a psychology professor at the University of Colorado Colorado Springs. Dr. Benight researches the human adaptation from trauma. His work is focused on recovery from natural disasters including things like the coronavirus pandemic as well as manmade disasters, accident trauma, violence, bereavement and more.
- The roles of the Trauma Health and Hazard Center, the National Institute for Human Resilience and GRIT.
- Trauma Health and Hazard Center is focused on adaptation and understanding the human capacity for self-regulation following a major traumatic event.
- The UCCS National Institute for Human Resilience and the $8 million matching gift from Lyda Hill Philanthropies.
- Revamping the model to focus on strength and empowerment.
- What really does resilience mean?
- Factors that enable people to rebound from crises such as the coronavirus.
- GRIT: the greater resilience intervention teams.
- Training community volunteers to assist individuals struggling in light of the coronavirus.
- Who is taking the training? Everyone from medical support staff to teachers to pharmacists.
- Reaching out to help people to retarget what they do have control over.
- Focusing on things such as eating well, sleeping, taking care of themselves, physically being connected to their loved ones, etc.
- GRIT coaches are trained in providing resources to the population.
- GRIT resources are aimed at groups like first responders or mental health professionals, medical providers.
- What to look for to determine if someone you care about is struggling.
- What the long-term effects could be in many different aspects.
- The compassion and sadness surrounding people working on the front lines of COVID-19.
- How Dr. Benight became involved with resilience research.


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Name: Rivers Inlet
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StatusClick here for an explanation of Status.: Official
Name Authority: BC Geographical Names Office
Relative Location: N. of Smith Sound, Range 2, Coast Land District
Latitude-LongitudeClick here for an explanation of Position Type.: 51°36'35''N, 127°32'00''W at the approximate centre of this feature.
DatumClick here for an explanation of Datum.: NAD83
NTS MapClick here for an explanation of NTS Map.: 92M/12
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Decision in 18th Report, 1924.
Source: Canadian Geographical Names Database, Ottawa
Named by Captain Vancouver after George Pitt, 1st Baron Rivers (1722?-1802), a writer and politician, chiefly famous for the beauty of his wife, Penelope, whom he married in 1746. Horace Walpole described Lady Rivers as "all loveliness within and without" and Lord Rivers as "her brutal and half-mad husband."


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1. General JN Chaudhuri, was born on 10th Jun 1908 and received his early education in Calcutta and the High Gate School, London. He obtained a nomination to the Royal Military College, Sandhurst and was commissioned in February 1928 into the 7 Light Cavalry.
2. During World War II he went overseas with the famous 5 Indian Division and saw active service in Sudan, Eritrea, Abyssinia and the Western Desert and was awarded the OBE and Mentioned in Dispatches thrice. In August 1944, he took over command of the 16 Light Cavalry, to become the first Indian Commanding Officer to lead an armoured Regiment into battle and won great renown for fighting in Central Burma. At the end of the Burma campaign, he saw service in French Indo-China with his regiment in Java.
3. In January 1946 he was appointed as Brigadier-in-Charge, Administration, Malaya Command, and was the third Indian to become a Brigadier in the Indian Army. A year later, he went to England to attend a course at the Imperial Defence College and on his return to India he became Brigadier (Plans) and later Director of Military Operations and Intelligence at Army HQ. In February 1948, he was promoted Major General and became officiating Chief of the General Staff. In May 1948, Gen Chaudhuri took over command of the 1 Armoured Division which played a major role in the Hyderabad Operations, and then was appointed Military Governor of the Hyderabad State for over a year. In January 1952, he became Adjutant General, Army HQ and in January 1953, he again took over as Chief of the General Staff.
4. Gen Chaudhuri served as the Chief of Army Staff of the Indian Army from 20th Nov 1962 to 7th Jun 1966 with great distinction. He passed away on 6th Apr 1983.


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Carbon Ink is typically used to create a protective contact surface for switches, sometimes few copper elements or patterns of the PCB board are used for keyboard contacts, LCD contacts and jumpers etc, to do this it's usable to print some conductive/resistive carbon ink over those copper part, which normally are SMD pads or fingers or other typical contact patterns.
Carbon Ink printing process is screen printing like silk screen process, the carbon ink is printed in the specified location of the PCB, after oven cured and tested, formed a carbon film which with certain resistance to instead of the original resistance components. The difference is that silkscreen is only played a welding role but carbon ink has conductive performance.
The typical thickness of carbon ink is 10-50um, because the carbon ink has good electrical conductivity, so the carbon printed on the finished PCB should have a certain gap to ensure that no short circuits, usually require the min 8mil gap for Hoz copper and min 12mil gap for 1-3oz copper, and the minimum carbon line width is 12mil.
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An ancient Italian town, which disappeared after its abandonment 1,500 years ago and now lies buried underground, has been mapped by researchers, revealing the location of its theatre, marketplace and other buildings.
Originally founded as a Roman colony in the 4th century BCE, the site of Interamna Lirenas lies in the Liri Valley in Southern Lazio, about 50 miles south of Rome itself. After it was abandoned around the year 500 CE, it was scavenged for building materials and, over time, its remains were completely lost from view. Today, the site is an uninterrupted stretch of farmland, with no recognisable archaeological features.
Now, researchers have successfully produced the first images of the ancient site, using geophysical methods that allowed them to look beneath the surface of the earth and map the layout of the entire settlement, which spans 25 hectares.
The resulting pictures have already thrown up a few surprises. Earlier scholars had previously imagined that the Roman town of Interamna Lirenas was something of a sleepy backwater, but the large marketplace and theatre instead suggest that, in fact, it was a bustling economic and social centre in its own right.
"Having the complete streetplan and being able to pick out individual details allows us to start zoning the settlement and examine how it worked and changed through time," Martin Millett, Laurence Professor of Classical Archaeology at the University of Cambridge and Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, said.
"It shows that this was a lively and busy place, even though most scholars have reckoned that it was marginal and stagnating. We have also carried out research in the surrounding countryside which adds to the picture because it shows that the nearby farmland was thriving as well."
The images are the result of a project which began in 2010 that aims to understand more about what happened in towns established by the Romans as colonies in Italy following her conquest. This research is led by Millett and Dr Alessandro Launaro (British Academy Postoctoral Fellow and Fellow of Darwin College) in collaboration with Dr Giovanna Rita Bellini (Director of the Archaeological Area of Interamna Lirenas, Italian State Archaeological Service), the British School at Rome and the Archaeological Prospection Services of Southampton University. It has been generously supported by the British Academy, the Faculty of Classics (University of Cambridge), the McDonald Institute of Archaeological Research (University of Cambridge) and the town of Pignataro Interamna.
Interamna Lirenas is an enticing case study because, in spite of its size, it did not expand significantly during the high point of Rome's Imperial age, meaning that it retained much of its original colonial shape and features.
Thanks to antiquarian research, archaeologists have long since known that a town existed on the site, but it has never been excavated. One reason is that until relatively recently, experts believed that all Roman colonial settlements followed the same template – something which the new pictures from Interamna Lirenas are now helping to question.
Knowing that a full-scale excavation of such a large area would be impractical, the research team decided to carry out a systematic geophysical analysis instead.
The main techniques they used were magnetometry and Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR). Magnetometry measures changes in the earth's magnetic field caused by different features beneath the surface, and allowed the researchers to identify the town's overall layout, many individual buildings and a wide open area in the settlement's centre – its forum or marketplace.
GPR sends electromagnetic radar waves through the soil to search for changes in its composition and the presence of structures. It does this by measuring the time in nanoseconds that elapses between a radar wave being sent and the reflected wave returning.
This technique was applied after the initial survey revealed the existence of a large building at the northern corner of the forum that the researchers could not make out. GPR analysis revealed that the building had several walls arranged in a radial pattern, creating a semicircular seating area. This conclusively proved that they were looking at the remains of a Roman theatre. Judging by its structure, it is believed to date from some time around the turn of the First Millennium.
Major public buildings of this type strongly suggest that, far from a backwater, Interamna Lirenas was in fact an important urban centre in its own right. In addition, the images add to growing evidence that Roman colonial settlements were more varied than some scholars have previously believed. As such sites are uncovered, it is becoming clear that even two colonial towns in close proximity to one another could often be quite different.
The site of Interamna Lirenas itself, for example, lies close to the remains of another settlement, Fregellae. Both were built astride the Via Latina, the principal road running south-east from Rome. Yet despite certain similarities, the new results from Interamna Lirenas reveal important differences, including the position and plan of its market-place which includes a dominant temple and adjacent theatre.
These features matter, Millett argues, because the traditional view was that each colonial settlement had a standard template so that Rome could project a certain image of itself for the benefit of a subject population. Yet the new pictures from Interamna Lirenas show how different towns were designed according to equally different ideas about how a colonial town should look, and what the community's priorities should be.
The Cambridge team is now about to embark on a five-year project which will try to confirm this conjecture, and answer other questions, using further geophysical analysis. The first proper archaeological excavation at Interamna Lirenas is now also being planned.
Further studies should also help to confirm how many people lived in the settlement at different times. "Part of our analysis involves trying to say which areas were used for housing and what types of houses they were," Millett said. "Until we have been able to do this it will be difficult to put a firm figure on the population. However, we are talking about a community of a few thousand people."
The original article has a little slide show of the work in progress and those maps that geophysical surveys provide …


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You would have to think about how to do the lookup, since there are two methods that the set needs,
The hash is a "loose part" that you can take away, but the
__eq__ is not a loose part that you can save; you have to have two strings for the comparison.
If you only need negative confirmation (this item is not part of the set), you could fill a Set collection you implemented yourself with your strings, then you "finalize" the set by removing all strings, except those with collisions (those are kept around for eq tests), and you promise not to add more objects to your Set. Now you have an exclusive test available.. you can tell if an object is not in your Set. You can't be certain if "obj in Set == True" is a false positive or not.
Edit: This is basically a bloom filter that was cleverly linked, but a bloom filter might use more than one hash per element which is really clever.
Edit2: This is my 3-minute bloom filter:
class BloomFilter (object):
Let's make a bloom filter
__contains__ has false positives, but never false negatives
def __init__(self, hashes=(hash, )):
self.hashes = hashes
self.data = set()
def __contains__(self, obj):
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def add(self, obj):
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The first known representation of Britannia as a female figure sitting on a globe, leaning with one arm on a shield, and grasping a spear in the other hand, is on a Roman coin of Antoninus Pius, who died A.D. 161. The figure reappeared on our copper coin in the reign of Charles II., 1665, and the model was Miss Stewart, afterwards created Duchess of Richmond. The engraver was Philip Roetier, 1665. In 1825 W. Wyon made a new design.
"The King's new medall, where, in little, there is Mrs. Stewart's face,... and a pretty thing it is, that he should choose her face to represent Britannia by," —Pepys' Diary (25 Feb.).
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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The term 'Risk Retention Group' (RRG) originated in the Federal Risk Retention Act of 1981, which was passed in response to a 'Products Liability Crisis' that arose from the rising costs and decreasing availability of products liability coverage from commercial insurers in the 1970s. This Act was written to help organizations in any industry to meet their products liability risk financing needs (for example, by forming their own captive insurance company). In response to the liability crisis in the mid 1980s, the Act was expanded in 1986 to include all types of liability insurance (except personal liability and workers compensation).
The Act provides for like businesses to join together to insure their common liability risks.
Under the Act, each insured is required to have an ownership interest in the insurance company.


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to those remarkable pioneers who lost their lives at the outset of the great South African gold saga. Here, on Cemetery Hill, they lie overlooking the beautiful Pilgrim's Rest valley.
THE JOUBERT BRIDGE
The Joubert Bridge was built in 1896 by an Italian engineer, Galetti. The bridge was officially opened to traffic on 5 May 1897 by the mine commissioner, Mr. J. S. Joubert, after whom it was named. In 1909 a section of the bridge was swept away by floods. A member of the local Italian community, G. Beretta, restored the structure, which has served Pilgrim's Rest to the present day.
The first coach robbery took place at the top of Pilgrim's Hill, now known as Robber's Pass, in 1899. Two masked highwaymen stopped the coach, threatened to shoot the driver and passengers, unhitched the mules and made their escape with gold to the value of 10 000 pounds. In 1912, the second coach robbery took place. Tommy Dennison, a well known character in Pilgrim's Rest, was badly in debt. His attempt at robbing the Mail Coach, a few metres from the spot where the first robbery took place, was however not so successful. Instead of gold sovereigns, Dennison found only a case of silver coins. He was arrested while trying to pay his debts with the stolen money. After a five year jail term, Tommy returned to Pilgrim's Rest where he opened The Highwayman's Garage.


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Magical Native American is a Trope common to fiction. This both a Character as Device Trope and a Characterization Trope in that it can sometimes be the character's primary role in a story, and other times it's just a lens to color his or her personality.
The Magical Native American character has Native American ancestry (though the trope is often also applied to Aborigines, African bushmen, and First Nations), and some sort of overt or implied magic, with a particularly native feel. The character probably has one or more spirit guides, or otherwise commune with Nature Spirits.
Similar in vein to the trope Magical Negro, although usually more explicitly magical. See also Noble Savage and Religion Is Magic. For a specific Western Character that frequently uses this trope, see Medicine Man.
In some ways the air of magical competence about an Amerindian Shaman can be regarded as analogous to the gloss placed on the Oriental Martial Arts (not to mention their swords) - it's not that Europeans never had such things, but more that they were forgotten (or at least marginalised) during the "Enlightenment" and the Industrial Revolution. From a systemic point of view, there is no reason to assume that a Medicine Man from the Plains would be any more powerful a worker than a Hermetic Magus imported from the Old World.
Game and Story Use
- As with many tropes archetype has a lot of power, and is readily grokked by most players very quickly. It won't take much hinting to get the players to connect the dots.
- As with any racially charged trope, some care should be taken not to fall into the stereotype of making all Native Americans use this trope.
- You could hint that someone is a Magical Native American, and let the players make the intuitive jump. Meanwhile, the NPC in question is actually a cyborg, alien, or some other unexpected subversion of the trope.
- Taking inspiration from the trope, Native American religion, medicine, and culture could make a very flavorful base for a campaigns magic system.
- Applying it to another setting or culture could subvert player expectations nicely.
- Of course if you create an ancient evil in the US it makes sense for the Amerindian population to have encountered it before and potentially retain some kind of lore about dealing with it. Likewise, when dealing with the powers of the land, an aboriginal native probably has an advantage. Of course, the problem being that the native populations of great chunks of the US were wiped out or relocated so far from home as to be untraceable … if you needed their wisdom to combat a primordial menace east of the Mississippi … too bad.
- Although tracing the shamen of a relocated tribe could be a very interesting job for the more academic PCs: hours of library time to find that an apparently different tribe on the far side of the US took them in and adsorbed their medicine way.


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I used to use a piece of 1/4" plate glass with not frame. In using Azo I found the printing time quite long. Just happened to switch to a vacuum frame which uses a piece of clear 1/8" glass, the printing times were significantly shorter with the same negatives. I asked a glass person why and he said that plate glass is inherently stronger than ordinary glass and actually has a light reducing effect, he simply asked if the sides of the glass were at all green, that is an indication of "plate" glass which reduces light transmission.
Also, Azo is largely sensitive to UV and glass tends to block UV - that's why UV lenses are made of quartz. I'd bet that if you were using ordinary enlarging paper, you wouldn't see nearly as much difference between the 2 pieces of glass.


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I'm trying to detect how well an input vector fits a given cluster centre. I can find the best match quite easily (the centre with the minimum euclidean distance to the input vector is the best), however, I now need to work how good a match that is.
To do this I need to find the spread (standard deviation?) of the vectors which build up the centroid, then see if the distance from my input vector to the centre is less than the spread. If it's more than the spread than I should be able to say that I have no clusters to fit it (given that the best doesn't fit the input vector well).
I'm not sure how to find the spread per cluster. I have all the centre vectors, and all the training vectors are labelled with their closest cluster, I just can't quite fathom exactly what I need to do to get the spread.
I hope that's clear? If not I'll try to reword it! TIA Ian
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Use the distance function and calculate the distance from your center point to each labeled point, then figure out the mean of those distances. That should give you the standard deviation.
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If you switch to using a different algorithm, such as Mixture of Gaussians, you get the spread (e.g., std. deviation) as part of the model (clustering result).
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Definition of romer in English:
romer
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Pronunciation: /ˈrəʊmə

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noun
A small piece of plastic or card bearing perpendicularly aligned scales or (if transparent) a grid, used to determine the precise reference of a point within the grid printed on a map.
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 - They can place a car on the surface plate (an accurately measured flat plane) and use what is called a romer arm to calculate the car's dimensions to exact specifications.
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The Bluest Eye
by Toni Morrison
The Bluest Eye: That Should Get You an Instant Promotion from the Third Reich True or False
1. What happened shortly before the start of this story? -> World War I
2. What does Pecola dislike about herself? -> Her name, which is an abbreviation for Pepsi-Cola
3. What does Pecola pray for? -> Blue eyes
4. What are the three women who live above Pecola's house? -> Prostitutes
5. What does Junior blame on Pecola? -> The death of a cat


text: The research project RP-1360 investigated the nature of dust collected on general ventilation air filters and how the filter performance changes over time due at least in part to the collection of that dust. A "Four-City Study" investigated the performance of in-situ filters over their lifetimes for pressure drop, dust weight gain, and changes in filtration efficiency. To investigate the nature of dust collected by filters for a large number of locations, a "Multi-City Study" was undertaken. This study focused solely on properties of the dust collected on filters and included the dust's elemental composition, organic and inorganic carbon content, particle morphology, the presence of fibers, and dust color. Filter efficiency as it changes over time is not well represented by the dust loading steps in the ASHRAE Standard 52.2 test. The Appendix J conditioning step was needed to bracket the minimum in-situ efficiency of the electret filter. Reporting values calculated from the minimum efficiency curve are much more relevant to in-situ performance than the use of average or final dust-loaded values.


Payer Address Verification
Address verification allows users to validate addresses against the United States Postal Services (USPS) directory in order to make corrections before claims or letters are sent to the patient. The system will automatically verify the address in real-time. Address Verification is managed in the Services section.
If Address Verification is not included in your price plan, your invoice will reflect a charge each time a verification was made.
This feature will only determine if the address is on file with the USPS. If the system is unable to validate the address with the USPS, you will be given an option to Ignore the address which will remove the invalid address message.
Follow the steps below to perform an address verification for a payer.
 1. Select Customer Setup > Payers.
 2. Click the New Payer button. Or use the Search field to search through your payers.
 3. Select the Payer.
 4. Click the Verify Address link.
 1. An invalid address will return as "This address is invalid" message, click on the "See Suggestion" link.
 2. Click Use Suggestion to apply the suggested address. Or Click Ignore to leave the address as is.
 3. If the suggestion is used, a green checkmark will appear with the message "This address was successfully verified."
 5. Click Save.