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De-Mystifying Bubble Tea
The tea beverage known as "bubble tea" has its roots in Taiwan. Who invented this variety of tea and when are still up for debate. But this beverage is said to have been invented by Mrs. Liu Han-Chieh of the Chun Shui Tang tea business in Taichung, Taiwan. 1 In any event, this beverage is becoming more and more well-liked all over the globe.
A foundation of tea is frequently used to make bubble tea. Black tea, green tea, and oolong tea, commonly referred to as blue tea, are common types of tea. The beverages are then flavored with milk or fruit (i.e. mango, lychee, grapefruit, etc.). Then, for example, add-ins like pearls, aloe vera, chia seeds, or egg pudding are added. The beverage is also referred to as tapioca tea and pearl tea.
What Are the Bubbles?
Tapioca flour, water, and brown sugar are used to create the bubbles (starch). In contrast to wheat flour, tapioca is made entirely of starch. It is a refined starch produced from the starchy root of the cassava plant, much to malanga. It is challenging because of this. Large quantities of sticky glucose make up the starch particles (a kind of sugar). These particles will scatter and float when mixed with cold water.
The moment you add anything spicy, the true magic begins. The starch granules will expand and degrade in a warm atmosphere. A sticky, water-retentive material will result from smaller pieces. The term for this procedure is starch gelatinization (similar to the process of making gelatin).
Types of Bubble Tea
Although there are many different kinds of bubble teas, we decided to simplify things by breaking them down. The most traditional are listed below:
- Zhen zhunai cha, or milk bubble tea: This is a milk tea, sometimes referred to as "bubble tea" in the West. Originally, this sort of milk tea was distinguished from others by the size of the tapioca balls. The majority of bubble tea establishments utilize pearls, which are 1/4″ tapioca balls. 4 This bubble tea with milk uses black tea as its tea basis. If you're wondering "Is bubble tea Halal or Haram?" you'll find that this particular flavor, aka the original is definitely halal!
- Bubble Green Tea: This drink is similar to the one above but uses green tea as its foundation.
- Green or black tea prepared in a bubble: Tea makers will first produce the drinks without adding any sugar, but as they are making them, they will add syrup to sweeten the tea.
The Basic of Bubble Tea
Black, green, or oolong tea are the most common teas used to make bubble tea. Another favorite is green tea, especially jasmine green tea, which has a more energizing flowery flavor for the warmer months. Nowadays, matcha (powdered green tea) is frequently substituted for green tea.
Another well-liked beverage among those who enjoy bubble tea is oolong tea. Bubble tea has a strong flavor because this kind of tea has a deeper, more bitter flavor.
Other varieties of bubble tea have been produced as its popularity has increased. Some locations exclude tea and instead opt to make the beverage into a juice. Even slushies are made in bubble tea businesses with the recognisable bubbles added.
High Sugar Content
Despite the fact that many of us adore bubble tea, it is quite sugary. According to several studies, the high sugar content of bubble milk tea is to blame for Asians' high rates of obesity and type 2 diabetes. 5 Frequently, tapioca pearls are merely starch that has been dusted with sugar. High fructose corn syrup and other sweet fruit concentrates are present in the beverage itself. 6 A 473 ml cup of milk-and-bubble-tea can contain up to 38 g of total sugar and 263 kcal of calories. 7 The amount of sugar is equivalent to that in a can of soda.
However, you can always reduce the sugar content of the drinks (I typically request half a sugar cube) and limit your intake of pearls. Aloe vera and grass jelly are two alternatives with less sugar. Simply altering one's purchasing habits, such as selecting products with less sugar or avoiding foods with the highest sugar content, can have a significant impact.
Make Your Own Bubble Tea
Ingredients (serves 4) –
- Black tea
- Milk (any kind)
For the tapioca pearls:
- 140g tapioca flour or starch
- 1 tbsp of defatted cocoa
- 60g brown sugar
- 80g water
- 1/4 glass of water
- 80g brown sugar
- Combine 140g of tapioca flour and 1 tablespoon of chocolate in a bowl (for darker color). Put this dish aside.
- Next, add 1/2 cup of the flour and cocoa mixture that we just created to a saucepan along with 60g of brown sugar, roughly 80mL of water, and 1/2 cup. Stir well, heat the saucepan over medium heat, and wait for the mixture to thicken while continuously stirring.
- Add the remaining flour and cocoa mixture that you had set aside once it has somewhat thickened. Once a fairly dense mass has formed in the pot and can no longer be mixed much further, stir it well.
- At this point, roll out the dough as though you were making bread or pizza dough by placing it on the counter or a small table.
- Divide the dough into 4 equal pieces once it has been well compressed, and use each piece to form a long churro with a diameter of about 1 cm. Cut each churro you have into pieces that are approximately half a centimeter long.
- Giving each of these tiny pieces a round shape is one of the most tedious (or relaxing, depending on how you look at it) steps of this recipe.
- If you've chosen to make balls, add a little more tapioca flour on top once you've finished making them so the tapioca pearls are more viscous and absorb more sauce.
- Cook the tapioca balls in a large amount of boiling water for 20 minutes.
- After 20 minutes, remove the pot from the heat, cover it with a lid, and allow the pearls to cool for about 30 minutes. After that, run cold water over the pearls to halt the frying.
- 80g of brown sugar and 1/4 glass of water should be added to a saucepan. As you can see, whisk this constantly over medium-high heat until it somewhat thickens.
- The tapioca pearls should be added to the sauce once it has thickened and should be thoroughly mixed in.
- Simply prepare some tea now by following the directions for the type of tea you want to use (I used English tea bags because I like the taste of it). You can taste-test adding sugar to the tea if you like sweeter beverages.
- To build the bubble tea, layer the tapioca pearls, ice, milk (cow or vegetable), and tea in a glass from bottom to top. This will make the bubble tea seem much more aesthetically pleasing when served.


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Benoit Boure
Understanding the DynamoDB Sort Key Order
Learn what the UTF-8 order is and how to use it to your advantage
Understanding the DynamoDB Sort Key Order
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If you have been working with DynamoDB, you are probably quite familiar with the notion of Partition Keys and Sort Keys (aka PK and SK). You also know that Sort Keys are... well, sorted in ascending order by default. If your SK is of type Number the items will be sorted in numeric order (1, 3, 10, 50, 400), while if it's of type String they are sorted in "order of UTF-8 bytes". But what does that even mean and how does it affect the order of the items? Let's find out.
What is is
As per Wikipedia,
UTF-8 is a variable-width character encoding used for electronic communication [...] UTF-8 is capable of encoding all 1,112,064 valid character code points in Unicode using one to four one-byte (8-bit) code units.
What it means is that each and every character is assigned a specific byte, or code point, which have a numerical value.
It's that numerical value that DynamoDB uses to determine the order of your Sort Key.
If you want to know what character comes after which, a good start is to remember the order of the most common characters:
 1. numbers
 2. uppercase letters
 3. lowercase letters
Notice that letters are "grouped" by case (first the capital letters, and after that lowercase), which means that Zoey will come before alligator. This is really important to know if you want to avoid surprises later.
For a complete list of UTF-8 characters, including special ones, sorted by their bytes order, refer to this page.
How to use it to your advantage
Once you know how strings are being sorted, you can use that knowledge to your advantage. A very common practice with DynamoDB and single table design is to pre-join data by placing them into the same partition.
Depending on your access pattern, you might either want your parent item to be at the beginning, or at the end of the partition.
For example, if you have Orders (SK prefixed with ORDER#) and Order Items (SK prefixed with ITEM#), you will perhaps want the ORDER# item at the beginning of the partition, and the ITEM# items sorted by number, in ascending order after it. However, O comes after I, which means that ORDER# will be placed at the end of the partition.
You could scan the index backwards, sure, but then your items would be sorted in reversed order, breaking the access pattern.
How to fix that?
Use the UTF-8 sorting mechanism to your advantage! You need ORDER# to start with a character that comes before I to make sure it comes before ITEMS#. For that, you can use any character that comes before I. Any letter from A to H would work, but it might not be user friendly (for debugging and inspecting the data later) and could change the meaning of your prefix. Instead, it is usually most common to use special characters that come before A: for example #, $ or %. Let's use $ and rename ORDER# to $ORDER#.
Now the Order item is at the top of the partition and all items are sorted as expected. 🎉
Note that you can use the same trick in order to sort items in reversed order if necessary.
In the above example, you might want to scan the index in reverse order and get the latest vouchers at the top, in descending order. You can force the USER# item to be at the end of the partition by prefixing it with a character that is higher in the UTF-8 ranking. | or ~ are good examples.
Now, ~USER# is at the end of the partition and you can scan the index backwards.
In this article, you learned what is the UTF-8 bytes order, and how you can use it to your advantage in order to force the order of items in your DynamoDB partitions.
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text: Approaching Carbine manipulation fundamentals from the stand point of human biomechanics, ergonomics and mental processing, the D5 Carbine program is as much about understanding the carbine as it is about understanding yourself and the principles that make you who you are. Developed for beginner, intermediate and advanced shooters, Disruptive Science™ Carbine is designed to give students a template for increasing; mental acuity, focus, dexterity, balance and spatial awareness while performing skill based Carbine manipulations. These same skills have direct application in your daily life and your interactions with the people around you. The D5 Carbine program will not just make you a better shooter. It will help you find performance and understanding in all aspects of your life.

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Native Peoples Law Lawyers In Colcord Oklahoma
Colcord is a small farming town in southern Delaware County, Oklahoma, United States. The community lies in the northeastern part of the state in a region known as Green Country. At the 2000 census, the population was 819.
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G Collingridge and WC Piguenit, 'Arthur Range', 1888, (Tasmaniana Library, SLT)
Although not the highest mountain in Tasmania, Federation Peak (1224m) is a difficult climb that for decades resisted every challenger. Despite many attempts, this jagged fang of quartzite at the eastern end of the Arthur Ranges was not climbed until 1949.
Sprent referred to it as 'The Obelisk' when he viewed it from Mt Picton. Paintings of the peak by Piguenit on his way to Port Davey spread its fame further. TB Moore applied its name in 1901, honouring the Federation of the Australian States. In 1905, Richard Geeves penetrated as far as Lake Geeves under the southern cliffs of Federation Peak. Several unsuccessful attempts in the 1920s followed.
Persistent summer exploratory work after the Second World War paved the way for attempts on the final summit block in the late 1940s. Four members of a larger party from the Geelong College Exploration Society, led by John Bechervaise, climbed the peak in January 1949. Bechervaise acknowledged advice given by members of the Hobart Walking Club, who had done so much of the exploratory work. His party used ropes to climb the gully explored two years earlier by Leo Luckman, Bill Jackson and Nancy Shaw when severe weather had turned them back 60 metres from the summit.
Further reading: K Collins, South-west Tasmania, Hobart, 1990; J Chapman, South west Tasmania, Melbourne, 1978; C Binks, Explorers of western Tasmania, Launceston, 1980.

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VDOT Response To Citizen Complaints Concerning Traffic Situation at Main Street and Curtis Drive and Graham Park Road and Fraley Blvd.
This email is in response to your comments with regards to the recent operational improvements at the Route 1 (Jefferson Davis Highway/Main Street) & Route 1107 (Graham Park Road)/NIS (Curtis Drive) intersection.
This intersection, along with the northbound Route 1 & Graham Park Road intersection, were recently studied as part of a pedestrian improvement project. The analysis included a review of the existing intersection volumes, lane assignment and operations for minimally evasive and cost effective improvements. Based on the current vehicular traffic volumes and turning movement counts, modifications were made between these two intersections to help improve the overall operations and minimize delay and congestion. These improvements are expected to be an interim measure prior to the Town's upcoming widening and improvement project adjacent to this intersection.
As a result of the study, It was decided that rather than provide for short back to back left turn lanes on Graham Park Road between the Route 1 approaches, analysis showed that converting to a full two lane eastbound approach would help ease congestion and delays within the intersection and eliminate the often seen lane usage concerns expressed by the town.
The modification altered westbound Graham Park Road reducing the approach from a shared through/left turn lane and a dedicated right turn only lane to a single shared left turn/through/right turn lane. As with other intersections, turn restrictions are not present for this approach, therefore pavement markings depicting the lane usage is not necessary. However, a new lane use sign has been placed overhead on the mast arm.
Furthermore, left turns from Graham Park Road to southbound Route 1 are permitted from this lane as is through traffic to Curtis Drive and right turns to northbound Route 1 Main Street. Additionally, left turns movements to and from the Triangle Shopping Plaza continue to be permitted.

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MSMEs call for export subsidy
Solar panel manufactures have been told to make India self-reliant under the "Make in India" product programmes and help reduce imports of energy efficient panels.
The call was made by MSME Minister Nitin Gadkari via video conferencing on 23 May 2020 with the members of Maha Solar Sangathan to understand the opportunities in the solar energy sector.
He emphasized on the need of export enhancement along with import substitution to replace foreign imports with domestic production.
Gadkari highlighted the importance of solar energy and the industry's potential to help reduce the electricity cost significantly.
The Minister listed energy extensive sectors such as agriculture, warehousing among that must use proper commercial solar energy such as solar water pump for irrigation and solar electricity for cold storage which can contribute towards reducing power cost.
Gadkari also sought industry feedback on some new, innovative and economically viable business model which can be implemented in various sector such as agriculture, warehousing to provide low cost sustainable energy.
He called on the industry to focus more on innovation, entrepreneurship, science and technology, research skill and experiences to convert the knowledge into wealth.
The Industry responded with questions and suggestions. The representatives sought addition of Solar PV in the list of technology under CLCSS scheme, revision of turnover limit in the new MSME definition, subsidy on export for MSME to encourage the manufacturing and reduce import etc. fiinews.com


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Creating Sustainable Solutions in Central America
RISD students have been traveling to Earth U's La Flor campus in Costa Rica to explore sustainable solutions to global problems.
For many children who grow up in developing countries in Central America, their classrooms are little more than cement buildings. Indoor plumbing doesn't exist, clean drinking water is scarce during the dry season and on sunny days, schoolhouses can turn into sweltering sweatboxes due to poor ventilation. Given these conditions, it's common for students to become distracted – even dizzy – while attempting to concentrate.
To help tackle this ongoing problem, RISD students enrolled in the interdisciplinary Innovation Studio: A High-Tech, Low-Tech School, a studio that's offered by the Industrial Design and Landscape Architecture departments, have developed a prototype off-the-grid schoolhouse for rural Costa Rica in collaboration with Earth University – the world's foremost research institute for sustainable agriculture. Since 2008 RISD students have been traveling to Earth U's La Flor campus in Costa Rica's Guanacaste Province to explore sustainable solutions to complex global problems such as poverty, food production and waste management.
"As the world becomes more connected, problems that affect human life become more complicated," notes Associate Professor Charlie Cannon, who taught the fall 2012 studio and has been involved in RISD's ongoing collaborations with Earth University. "It was incredibly valuable for students to learn how to develop comprehensive solutions to critical issues. I believe these challenges will truly define the 21st century."
As part of their preliminary research, students were introduced to the local environment through a brief trip to Earth University's tropical campus, which is situated in the midst of a banana plantation. During their visit in October, they started work on theoretical projects for potential incorporation into the prototype design. Students explored eco-progressive concepts for rooftop gardens, tree latrines and clever plumbing configurations, among other ideas hatched in the design studio.
Mickey Rockafellar MLA 13 quickly focused on the issue of water. "There isn't a problem with water availability during the rainy season," he explains. "But it becomes scarce during the dry months." So, after returning to RISD, the landscape architect designed an ingenious water collection system that makes use of discarded water bottles, which are both cheap and easy to find in Costa Rica. The design also includes a sand filtration system that rids water of bacteria. He envisions that the structure can be attached to a schoolhouse – or any other type of building – in order to provide clean drinking water.
"It's efficient and cost effective," Rockafellar notes. "Plus, community members can easily build this themselves."
This month, during Wintersession, Professor Colgate Searle BLA 71 is leading a small team of adventuresome students who are building a prototype of the schoolhouse in Costa Rica – using a blueprint developed from selected student designs proposed during the fall studio which was funded by the Fund for Sustainable Education. It will be unveiled at an international climate change conference Earth University is hosting in April.
The project is a noble one. According to Searle, the participating students are part of a larger philanthropic effort lead by Earth University that attempts to radically improve academic facilities throughout Costa Rica. The hope, says Searle, is that the prototype will inspire local populations to build their own low-cost schoolhouses to support active learning.
"Students actually have the potential to change a community's standard of living," notes Searle, adding: "Now that's a real reason to design."
Among the key features of the prototype is a roof designed to collect rainwater that will be processed by an on-site filtration system. The rainwater collected will be used for hand washing and to flush indoor toilets. And to make sure students aren't sweating at their desks during the warm months, the building will offer an open ventilation system.
Sturdy materials that are indigenous to the area – including teak and bamboo – are being used for the building's frame and roof. "We want to make sure that the community is able to replicate this building using the resources available to them," Searle explains.
Abigail Foster 13 ID, one of the students helping to build the prototype in Costa Rica, was asked to photograph the process. The materials will then be added to a book she's creating with Rawan Alsaffar MArch 13 that chronicles the students' final projects and offers instruction in sustainable design. The publication will eventually be turned into an online document available to everyone.
"The book is a means of communication," Foster explains. "We want the knowledge we cultivated in the Innovation Studio can be shared with people in many different locations. It's about making connections and then building from there" –Abigail Crocker
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Press freedom leads to happiness and environmental quality
Freedom of the press is viewed by many as a cornerstone of democracy. But can it actually help improve people's lives and make them happy? Researchers at the University of Missouri have found that citizens of countries with press freedom tend to be much happier than citizens of countries without free presses. Edson Tandoc, Jr., a doctoral student in the MU School of Journalism, says that press freedom directly predicts life satisfaction across the world.
"We already know that having reliable, objective news sources can benefit democracy, but in this study, we found that press freedom also benefits communities by helping improve the overall quality of life of citizens and, in the process, by also making them happier," Tandoc said. "People enjoy having an element of choice about where they get their news. Citizens of countries without a free press are forced to rely on the government for information, when what people really want is diversity in content where they are free to get the information they want from the source of their choosing."
Tandoc and his co-author, Bruno Takahashi from Michigan State University, analyzed data from 161 countries using a 2010 Gallup Poll evaluating happiness levels around the world. Tandoc and Takahashi compared those happiness levels with Freedom House's press freedom index which rates the level of each country's press freedom. They also examined human development statistics gathered by the United Nations as well as the Environmental Performance Index created by researchers at Yale Center for Environmental Law & Policy. Tandoc found that the more press freedom a country enjoyed, the higher the levels of life satisfaction, or happiness, of its citizens tended to be.
"The road to happiness isn't direct; it is a complex path or web that includes many different influences and interrelationships," Tandoc said. "Things like improving the economy alone are insufficient for increasing happiness. Protecting press freedom is also an important component of the happiness web."
Tandoc also found that countries with higher levels of press freedom enjoyed better environmental quality and higher levels of human development, both of which also contribute to life satisfaction. He credits this to the watchdog function of the press, which helps expose corruption of all levels in a community.
"A country with a free press is expected to be more open about what is wrong in their societies and with their environments," Tandoc said. "A free press is likely to report about poor human conditions and environmental degradation, bringing problems to the attention of decision-makers. It should not come as a surprise, therefore, that press freedom is positively related to both environmental quality and human development."
This study was published in the Social Indicators Research journal and presented at the International Communication Association 2012 conference in Phoenix.


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Height: 85.000 cm
Bear or Goose house
From: Kayang, British Columbia (Haida)
Date: AD 1890s
The Haida people live on the Northwest coast of North America. They used to build wooden houses for their whole clan (extended family) to live in during the wet winter months. Totem poles, memorials to important chiefs, would be raised outside many houses. These can still be seen today, carved with stories about the clan of the owner.
This is a model of one of these houses, belonging to either the Bear or the Goose clan. The pole tells the story of a man who proved that he could hunt by catching a whale. You can see the man and the whale near the bottom of the pole.


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| < April >
|Normal Max/ High Temperature
|Min/ Low Temperature
|Average Daylight per day
|Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day.
- The average temperature in Nida in April is cool at 4.9 °C (40.82 °F).
- Afternoons can be a little cool with average high temperatures reaching 8.4 °C (47.1 °F).
- Overnight temperatures are generally very cool with an average low of 2.3 °C (36.1 °F).
- The variation/ range of diurnal mean temperatures in April is 6.1 °C (11 °F).
- The weather in April is dry. A mere 33mm (1.3in) of fluid falls.
- The shortest day is 13:02 long and the longest day is 15:12 long with an average length of 14:08.
Check the distance to and compare the Nida April averages with somewhere beginning with:
A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z | All
Weather Trend Graph for April in Nida, Lithuania
Navigate to April Weather in Locations Surrounding Nida:
- Riga, Latvia - 257.4 kms (159.9 miles) NE
- Liepaja, Latvia - 130.4 kms (81.1 miles) N
- Birzai, Lithuania - 255.7 kms (158.9 miles) ENE
- Telsiai, Lithuania - 109.6 kms (68.1 miles) NE
- Siauliai, Lithuania - 162.3 kms (100.9 miles) ENE
- Klaipeda, Lithuania - 48 kms (29.8 miles) N
- Laukuva, Lithuania - 84.9 kms (52.7 miles) ENE
- Raseiniai, Lithuania - 134.7 kms (83.7 miles) E
- Silute, Lithuania - 28.4 kms (17.6 miles) ENE
- Ukmerge, Lithuania - 237.7 kms (147.7 miles) E
- Kaunas, Lithuania - 185.9 kms (115.5 miles) ESE
- Kybartai, Lithuania - 135.6 kms (84.3 miles) ESE
- Varena, Lithuania - 255.7 kms (158.9 miles) ESE
- Suwalki, Poland - 180.3 kms (112.1 miles) SE


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Les Fleurs du mal
Les Fleurs du mal (English: The Flowers of Evil) is a volume of French poetry by Charles Baudelaire. First published in 1857 (see 1857 in poetry), it was important in the symbolist and modernist movements. The subject matter of these poems deals with themes relating to decadence and eroticism.
The initial publication of the book was arranged in six thematically segregated sections:
- Spleen et Idéal (Spleen and Ideal)
- Tableaux parisiens (Parisian Scenes)
- Le Vin (Wine)
- Fleurs du mal (Flowers of Evil)
- Révolte (Revolt)
- La Mort (Death)
Si le viol, le poison, le poignard, l'incendie,
N'ont pas encore brodé de leurs plaisants dessins
Le canevas banal de nos piteux destins,
C'est que notre âme, hélas! n'est pas assez hardie.
- If rape and poison, dagger and burning,
- Have still not embroidered their pleasant designs
- On the banal canvas of our pitiable destinies,
- It's because our souls, alas, are not bold enough!
The preface concludes with the following malediction:
C'est l'Ennui! —l'œil chargé d'un pleur involontaire,
Il rêve d'échafauds en fumant son houka.
Tu le connais, lecteur, ce monstre délicat,
—Hypocrite lecteur,—mon semblable,—mon frère!
- It's Ennui! — his eye brimming with spontaneous tear
- He dreams of the gallows in the haze of his hookah.
- You know him, reader, this delicate monster,
- Hypocritical reader, my likeness, my brother!
Tableau Parisiens (Parisian Scenes)
Baudelaire's section Tableau Parisiens is considered one of the most formidable criticisms of 19th-century French modernity. This section contains 18 poems, most of which were written during the Haussmann's renovation of Paris. Together, the poems in Tableau Parisiens act as 24 hour cycle of Paris, starting with the second poem Le Soleil (The Sun) and ending with the second to last poem Le Crépuscule du Matin (Morning Crepuscule). The poems featured in this cycle of Paris all deal with the feelings of anonymity and estrangement from a newly modernized city. Baudelaire is critical of the clean and geometric streets of Paris which alienate the unsung anti-heroes of Paris who serve as inspiration for the poet: the beggars, the blind, the industrial worker, the gambler, the prostitute, the old and the victim of imperialism. These characters whom Baudelaire once praised as the backbone of Paris are now eulogized in his nostalgic poems. For Baudelaire, the city has been transformed into an anthill of identical bourgeois that reflect the new identical structures that litter a Paris he once called home but can now no longer recognize.
Literary significance and criticism
The author and the publisher were prosecuted under the regime of the Second Empire as an outrage aux bonnes mœurs (trans. "an insult to public decency"). As a consequence of this prosecution, Baudelaire was fined 300 francs. Six poems from the work were suppressed and the ban on their publication was not lifted in France until 1949. These poems were "Lesbos", "Femmes damnés (À la pâle clarté)" (or "Women Doomed (In the pale glimmer...)"), "Le Léthé" (or "Lethe"), "À celle qui est trop gaie" (or "To Her Who Is Too Gay"), "Les Bijoux" (or "The Jewels"), and " Les "Métamorphoses du Vampire" (or "The Vampire's Metamorphoses"). These were later published in Brussels in a small volume entitled Les Épaves (Jetsam).
On the other hand, upon reading "The Swan" or "Le Cygne" from Les Fleurs du mal, Victor Hugo announced that Baudelaire had created "un nouveau frisson" (a new shudder, a new thrill) in literature.
In the wake of the prosecution a second edition was issued in 1861 which added 32 new poems, removed the six suppressed poems and added a new section entitled Tableaux Parisiens.
A posthumous third edition with a preface by Théophile Gautier and including 14 previously unpublished poems was issued in 1868.
In popular culture
The 2009 manga/2013 anime Aku no Hana was based on Les Fleurs du mal set in modern Japanese society. The main character, Takao Kasuga, steals the gym clothes of his crush, Nanako Saeki, after being inspired by an excerpt from the aforementioned work.
Marilyn Manson released a song entitled "The Flowers of Evil" from his 2012 album Born Villain.
- Chambers, Ross. The Writing of Melancholy: Modes of Opposition in Early French Modernism. Chicago: University of Chicago, 1993. Print.
- Thompson, William J. Understanding Les Fleurs Du Mal: Critical Readings. Nashville: Vanderbilt UP, 1997. Print.
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- Les Fleurs du mal (in French) at Project Gutenberg
- Fleursdumal.org, a collection of the various French editions and accompanying translations in English.


noise cancellation is enabled by default. Still, it's a good idea to check whether noise cancellation is enabled on your iPhone.
Step 1: If you have iOS 12 or earlier, go to Settings -> Basic -> Universal Access.
If you have iOS 13, then go to Settings -> Universal Access -> Audio Visual Material.
Step 2: Scroll down and find.
Step 3: Activate it.
After activation, you can proceed to the test – call a friend or relative and ask him to evaluate the sound quality. As numerous experiments show it increases.
Problems with iPhone Microphone not Working
Clean the microphone grill
Microphone holes are tiny, so clean them with special care. You should use any soft brush (it can be a toothbrush) to thoroughly clean the grills.
Where Is the Microphone on iPhone 12 - Full Guide for Users
When doing so, hold the iPhone so that gravity does its job. For example, if you are cleaning the bottom microphone, try to hold the phone vertically so that the dirt can easily fall off.
After that, take a few minutes to thoroughly clean the 3.5mm headphone jack or Lightning port.
It's also very important to make sure that you're not using a case or screen protector that partially or completely covers the microphone holes. If so, get rid of them.
Reboot iPhone 12
In the above solutions, we talked about the hardware side of things. But what if the microphones aren't working because of a temporary software glitch!
The first fix is to reboot the iPhone . Yes! An action as simple as turning the device off and then turning it back on can solve a few minor problems! Here is how to turn off iphone 12 pro max.
Give the app access to the microphone location
To gain access to your iPhone's microphones, apps need your consent. Usually when you open an app for the first time or perform an action in an app that requires a microphone, you'll see a pop-up window asking for your permission.
Where Is the Microphone on iPhone 12 - Full Guide for Users
If you select "Do Not Allow," here's how to override that decision.
 1. Open the "Settings" app and click "Privacy" .
 2. Tap on the microphone.
 3. Turn on the switch of the desired app to allow it access to microphones.
Additional method: you can scroll down to the bottom of the "Settings" app, click on the name of the app and perform the above action.
Then forcibly close the application and restart it.
Conclusion
In this article, you learned where the microphone location on Apple iPhone 12 Models (iPhone 12, iPhone Pro, iPhone mini, iPhone Pro Max) is. There are three different microphones with multiple locations: one is on the bottom of the device, the other mic is located on the top, and the third one, the camera mic, is a tiny hole on the back.
They have different purposes, f.e. phone calls, facetime calls, Siri. The mics perform camera related functions or record sound.

How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone 12 Permanently – Detailed Manual
Although the new iPhone 12 series has the best iPhone features, Apple has made changes to some of the phone's most basic features. This new update from Apple is certainly very annoying, as constantly checking the battery level is a habit for many. While the battery status can be seen, it is not the same as the percentage. Changing the settings in this case does not help. There are several alternatives to this problem. But just to warn you, the battery percentage cannot be displayed in the status bar. Instead, you can resort to other options how to show battery percentage on iPhone 12 permanently.
Is it Possible to Turn on the Battery Level in Percent on the iPhone
All iPhone models, both old and new, allow you to know how much battery has. The difference is that Apple smartphones X, XR, XS, XS Max will not be able to show the data all the time. For the sake of ergonomics, in order not to clutter the space on the screen, the information was "hidden" in the control center curtain. In the new models, you can get the data only from there.
How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone 12 Permanently -User's Guide
The user will have to call an additional menu through the control center, which disappears after use. In the settings, it was enough to turn on the function "Active percentage".
The ability to see the charge level as a percentage has a psychological effect. As soon as the number becomes less than 50, the desire to find an outlet and charger increases significantly. After all, it means that the smartphone has only a few hours left. According to recent tests, 49% means about 5 hours of operation of the mobile device.
Keep in mind that we are talking about a new phone with a battery that has not been damaged by careless use.
Via Batteries Widget on the Home Screen
If you want to know your battery percentage as soon as you open your iPhone, your best bet is to add a batteries widget to your home screen. Also with the new iOS 14 update, you can choose between 3 widget sizes according to your preference. If you don't like the huge batteries widget taking up the entire home screen, you can choose a smaller battery icon. These options were not available before the iOS 14 update.
How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone 12 Permanently
The battery widget is very simple and shows the battery percentage indicator of your iPhone and other connected devices. You can add a battery widget by following a few simple steps.
Steps to Add Battery Widget to Home Screen
 1. Go to the Home screen and tap and hold any app or blank space.
 2. When apps are in an editable state, you can see the option to remove the app.
 3. You may see a + sign in the upper left corner. Click on that to add any widget.
 4. The widget menu will now open. Scroll down to find the battery widget.
 5. Once you select a widget, a preview of the widget will be shown, and you can choose any size widget you want.
 6. Once you have selected a widget in one of the three sizes, you can add it to the Home screen.
How to Show Battery Percentage on iPhone 12 Permanently
The battery percentage indicator will appear on the Home screen every time you open your iPhone. But you may find it unaesthetic to add the widget to the Home screen. If you don't want to fill the Home screen with a battery indicator, you can add it to the Today view column. You can add it:
 1. Swipe to the left to open the "Today's View" menu.
 2. Long press and hold anywhere blank.
 3. When the menu becomes editable, click the + icon in the upper left corner.
 4. You can now add a battery widget to the Today View.
You can move the widget around the Home screen to adjust it wherever you want. But you cannot change the size of the widget to your liking, except for the three available options. There are certain external apps that you can use to display your battery percentage, other than the settings on your phone. These apps are available in the App Store.
Ask Siri for Help
Siri, your virtual assistant can help you instantly. Set the "Listen, hello, Siri" option in the settings menu if you don't want to press the side button every time you talk to Siri. So, the steps to ask Siri to check your remaining battery percentage:
 - Say "Hello, Siri" to activate Siri and check the battery percentage.
As simple and easy as this option may seem, it is not suitable for all situations. Activating Siri every time you want to know the time is not the best option.
Steps to Check the Battery via the Control Center
The easiest way to check your remaining battery power without returning to the Home screen is through Control Center. For people who constantly check their phone's battery, opening Control Center is the best option.
 1. Swipe down from the upper-right corner of your iPhone.
 2. When Control Center opens, you can see the battery percentage in the upper right corner along with other icons.
 3. If you want to make access to Control Center even bigger, easier, or you want to scroll down every time you need to check the time, complicated, you can add a gesture to the settings menu so that Control Center opens with a simple gesture.
 4. Go to the settings menu, scroll down to the "Accessibility" section and select the "Touch" option.
 5. At the bottom, there is an option to "Go back to the top." Click on that.
 6. Now you can set the gesture as either "Double Tap" or "Triple Tap."
 7. Choose the option you want.
Once you set the new gesture, you can open the Double Tap Control Center when you want to check your battery percentage or anything else. You don't need to access this gesture just from the home screen. Every time you double-tap, the Control Center appears.
Conclusion
The iPhone 12 is one of the best cell phones compared to its previous models and other phones on the market. Of course, the new battery status update will cause quite a bit of trouble. But there are a few options mentioned above that you can use as an alternative.
Also, when you plug your phone into the charger, the battery percentage will be displayed. There is no other way to check the battery. However, if you notice that your battery is faulty, it's best to contact a professional who can diagnose your gadget. In case you need


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Definitions for gonzoˈgɒn zoʊ
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
fiercely advocative or partial without regard for balance or objectivity.
Category: Common Vocabulary, Journalism
Origin of gonzo:
1970–75, Amer.; appar. first used by U.S. journalist Hunter S. Thompson (b. 1939); perh. < It: simpleton
A wild or crazy person
Using an unconventional, exaggerated and highly subjective style, often when the reporter is part of the story.
The New Hacker's Dictionary
[from Hunter S. Thompson] 1. With total commitment, total concentration, and a mad sort of panache. (Thompson's original sense.) 2. More loosely: Overwhelming; outrageous; over the top; very large, esp. used of collections of source code, source files, or individual functions. Has some of the connotations of moby and hairy, but without the implication of obscurity or complexity.


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Pioneering research and development on the TruScreen system for real-time cervical tissue differentiation has involved close collaboration with leading clinicians and hospitals across the world.
TruScreen's development began in the late 1980s under the guidance of leading medical academics from Sydney University who sought to establish objective technology that could improve on the conventional Pap test. They believed that it should be possible to distinguish between normal and abnormal tissue by measuring changes in physical properties, such as electrical potential.
After almost 20 years in the R&D phase TruScreen was developed using the 'Opto Electrical' Technology for the detection of cancerous cells on cervix. TruScreen contains a sophisticated algorithm framework that has been developed in collaboration with the Australian Government's applied research division, CSIRO.
TruScreen has been honoured with a range of technology and engineering awards, such as the Australian Design Awards in 2002 for engineering design and a further award for software electronics design. TruScreen was also highlighted in the 2004 Australian Government publication 'Imagination – 100 Years of Bright Ideas in Australia'.
The TruScreen system has a strong range of patents across many countries for its real-time tissue classification from signal inputs using proprietary algorithms.


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Uncovering the past in Mississippi
For eight weeks last summer, Brandeis students were immersed in the legacy of the civil rights struggle
For Civil Rights and Racial Justice in Mississippi, one of the Justice Brandeis Semester (JBS) programs, Professor David Cunningham, 11 Brandeis undergraduates, and two teaching assistants spent eight weeks in Mississippi combining academic learning with investigative research.
Teamed with a handful of students from Jackson State University (JSU) and the University of Mississippi, they studied the legacy of the civil rights movement by collecting educational and government records as well as firsthand accounts through interviews.
"We're doing research that is academically sound and rigorous and often uncovering new findings and new insights," says Cunningham, an associate professor of sociology.
Working in small groups in four locations across the state, students collaborated with JSU's Margaret Walker Center and the University of Mississippi's William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation to support the Mississippi Truth Project by conducting an inquiry of the state's unjust and segregated past. Returning to Jackson each week to debrief, they shared insights on how to gain access to county courthouse documents, how best to sift through stacks of arrest logs or school board minutes, and ways to create an open atmosphere for individuals to share their often harrowing personal stories.
"This program takes advantage of all the things JBS provides in terms of opportunities for students," says Cunningham. "For one thing, we're able to leave campus and do something in a sustained way. We spend some of our time in class but the majority is spent working with community members gathering original and primary data. And there's also a social justice component."
At the conclusion of the program, students had created a repository of information that will be organized for and accessible to researchers, historians and communities.
Learn more about opportunities to gain college credit and real world experience through the Justice Brandeis Semester.


Application advantages of automatic sandblasting machine in the paint fading of propeller parts
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due toAutomatic sandblasting machineThe surface of the workpiece can be cleaned, so that the surface of the workpiece can obtain a certain degree of cleanliness and roughness. Therefore, this equipment can also be applied to the parts of aircraft propellers for paint removal operations. At the same time, this is also what must be completed in a certain aircraft propeller maintenance manual. Compared with the traditional chemical paint fading, the automatic sandblasting machine also has the following advantages when performing paint fading operations:
1. Little damage to parts. Because the paint bleaching operation of the automatic sandblasting machine is a physical process, it relies on the abrasive driven by the high-speed airflow to remove the paint layer on the surface of the part by hitting. As long as the selected abrasive is suitable, the surface of the part can be prevented from being hit by the abrasive. Injury, you can get a better fade effect. However, traditional chemical paint removal methods are not only easy to produce chemical residues and cause surface corrosion of parts, but some also contain toxic substances, which are easy to cause harm to the air and operators.
2. Good fading effect. Because the shape of the parts of the aircraft propeller is irregular and more complicated,If you use copper wire brushes, scrapers and other tools to clean it, not only the effect of paint fading is relatively poor, butAnd it is easy to cause surface damage of parts. However, with the automatic sandblasting machine for sand blasting and bleaching, because the diameter of the abrasive is small, the surface of irregular partsThe paint layer was cleaned up.
3. Fast fading speed. The traditional chemical paint fading process is cumbersome and complicated. Generally, it takes at least 1 hour to complete a complete set of paint fading operations. However, it only takes 10 minutes to perform sand blasting and fading with a fully automatic sandblasting machine. The speed is very fast, which can effectively improve the paint fading efficiency of the entire part and save paint fading time.


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GSOA Hopes to Drive Space Sustainability With New Code of Conduct
The Global Satellite Operators Association (GSOA) hopes to play a key role and drive better behaviors in the area of space sustainability. GSOA released a Code of Conduct on Space Sustainability on Nov. 13 — calling on operators to implement responsible practices that mitigate the risk of in-orbit collision, minimize the threat of non-trackable debris, protect humans in space and limit effects on optical astronomy. It is a major new initiative.
As the only CEO-driven satellite association in the world, GSOA – a global industry organization representing over 70 members, with satellite operators in all orbits, launchers, suppliers and partners – aims to take the lead in addressing global challenges, seizing opportunities, and providing a unified voice for the satellite industry. Satellite connectivity can significantly help reduce today's digital divide, as the number of satellite broadband users is set to double to at least 500 million people by 2030, according to GSOA.
"Satellites in all orbits deliver vital satellite connectivity and high throughput broadband services. While they offer great promises in bridging the digital divide, they must be launched, deployed, operated and disposed of in a responsible manner," Isabelle Mauro, the director general of GSOA, said in a statement.


The Cove Forest
Cove forests are unique ecosystems found exclusively in North America, in the southern Appalachian Mountains of the United States. They are a special type of forest known as mixed decidous, meaning that forest's trees lose their leaves in fall. Cove forests are restricted to mountain "coves," which are bowl-shaped valleys with very rich, fertile, damp soil. Many cove forests have streams wandering through part of the forest. The cove forests of the South exhibit the greatest plant and tree diversity of any forests in the United States.
The cove forests of South Carolina are restricted to the northwest portion of the state, extending from the north of Westminster to north of Greenville, Jones Gap State Park, Table Rock State Park, Oconee State Park, and Caesars Head State Park all contain cove forest communities. For more information, view the credits.
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#!/usr/bin/perl -w use strict; # # Find an approximate value for Pi using the Pythagorean theorem # # # Start with circle inscribed in polygon # my @circle_in_gon_pi; sub b_from_a ($) { my ($a) = @_; my $b = sqrt((1.0/($a*$a))+1.0) - (1.0/$a); return $b; } print "**************** Circle inscribed in polygon ****************\n"; my $start_b = 1.0; my $sides = 4; my $b = $start_b; foreach my $i (1..20) { my $pi_approx = $b * $sides; push @circle_in_gon_pi, $pi_approx; print "Sides: $sides; side length/2: $b; pi: $pi_approx\n"; $b = b_from_a ($b); $sides *= 2; } print "**************** Polygon inscribed in circle ****************\n"; my @gon_in_circle_pi; sub b_from_a_inside ($) { my ($a) = @_; my $b = sqrt((1.0 - sqrt(1.0 - ($a*$a)))/2.0); return $b; } $start_b = sqrt(2.0)/2.0; $sides = 4; $b = $start_b; foreach my $i (1..20) { my $pi_approx = $b * $sides; push @gon_in_circle_pi, $pi_approx; print "Sides: $sides; side length/2: $b; pi: $pi_approx\n"; $b = b_from_a_inside ($b); $sides *= 2; } print "**************** Averages and bounds at each step ****************\n"; print "Format: sides, interior estimate, exterior estimate, average of them\n"; print "Each entry is formatted as a table line.\n"; my $low = 0.0; my $high = 5.0; my $best = 0; $sides = 4; foreach my $i (0..20) { my $new_high = $circle_in_gon_pi[$i]; my $new_low = $gon_in_circle_pi[$i]; my $out_of_range = 0; if ($new_low < $low || $new_low > $high) { print "Low value for step $i out of range: $new_low\n"; $out_of_range = 1; } if ($new_high < $low || $new_high > $high) { print "High value for step $i out of range: $new_high\n"; $out_of_range = 1; } my $average = ($new_low + $new_high) / 2.0; print "\n"; print "$sides $new_low $new_high $average\n"; print "\n"; ##print "Step: $i; Sides: $sides; Low: $new_low; High: $new_high; Average: $average\n"; if ($out_of_range) { last; } $best = $average; $low = $new_low; $high = $new_high; $sides *= 2; } my $pi = 4.0 * atan2(1,1); print "pi, by taking 4*arctan(1): $pi\n"; my $error = $best - $pi; if ($error < 0) { $error *= -1.0; } print " Error: $error\n";


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Cages to use in inland and coastal waters and open sea are made of sections and installed in required size on site.
The size and amount of floating pipes are dependent on the size of the cage and the conditions of the surroundings. For the harsh open sea conditions the cages can be made of even 3 floating rings, which increase the floating capacity and endurance.
kassi2Normally the cages are made with 2 floating rings. The modules between the floating pipes include footboard for the maintenance. One of the floating pipes is normally filled with styrofoam to ensure the fluctuation in case of any damages.


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Georgiana Cavendish – Duchess of Devonshire
Below is the detailed biography of Georgiana Cavendish, the Duchess of Devonshire in the Regency Era. She was a known style icon, political organizer and author. She was born into the Spencer family of English nobility. She was the most talked about Duchess of England with regards to her many love affairs and gambling habits.
Early Life of Georgiana Cavendish
A portrait of Georgiana Cavendish – Duchess of Devonshire
Georgiana Spencer, as was her birth name was born on the 7th of June in the year 1757 to John Spencer, a British peer, and politician and his wife Georgiana who later came to be known as Countess Georgiana. She was born in Althorp, Northamptonshire. Georgiana had two younger sisters. The family lived in St James, London.
Georgiana was the closest and dearest to her mother as compared to the other two children. In 1765, her father became Earl Spencer.
Adult Life and Marriage of Georgiana Cavendish
A portrait of William Cavendish – 5th Duke of Devonshire
Georgiana was only 17 years old when she married the most eligible bachelor of the Regency Era – William Cavendish who was 25 years old. He was a British nobleman, a politician, an aristocrat. He was also one of the most powerful men in England along with being wealthy which made them a good match.
However, these two had very little in common and were hardly ever seen together on social occasions. He was known to have various affairs outside the marriage and was unable to have Georgiana produce a child. The Duke had a former illegitimate daughter before his marriage. He also had a former partner Lady Elizabeth Foster who later became a close friend of Georgiana Cavendish.
A portrait of Lady Elizabeth Foster
Even after the Duke and Lady Foster had separated, they were known to have shared certain sexual relations. Later, they had two illegitimate children.
Duchess Cavendish was absolutely unhappy with this marriage. According to the customs in Regency England, a woman could not take a lover until she had produced an heir. She had two daughters – Georgiana Dorothy and Harriet Elizabeth. In 1790, she gave birth to a baby boy – William George Spencer Cavendish who grew up to be a bachelor duke all his life.
Georgiana Cavendish and Charles Grey
A portrait of Charles Grey, also known as the 2nd Earl Grey
It is believed that Duchess Cavendish, after the birth of her son was involved in a love affair with Charles Grey. Charles Grey, who was later known as the 2nd Earl Grey. He was the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1830 to 1834. He was a noble and famous man in London. While there is no concrete evidence that Earl Grey and Duchess Cavendish were involved in a 'love affair', she became pregnant by him in 1791.
She was sent off to France for her childbirth. Her health was extremely poor and everyone believed that she would die during childbirth. However, the child was well born and was called Eliza Courtney and she belonged to the Grey family.
While in France, she lived in complete isolation and was usually depressed as she was separated from her other children and family members. In the end, she denied her love for Charles Grey and went back to England to her husband and children.
Georgiana Cavendish as an Activist
Georgiana's family was a supporter of the Whig party. She lived during times when there was a realization of woman suffrage and empowerment. She was an influential woman and the first woman to come out as a political activist in her time.
She inspired women to promote the Whig party.
Georgiana Cavendish in Literature
She was a writer and poet during her time. Some of her works were published anonymously. Her very first published writing was 'Emma; Or, The Unfortunate Attachment: A Sentimental Novel' which came out in 1773. In 1778, she published 'The Sylph' anonymously. In the last years of her life, she published 'The Passage of the Mountain of Saint Gothard'.
Georgiana Cavendish in Gambling
After returning to England from France, she was much involved in taking care of her husband who suffered from gout. In 1796, she suffered from illness in her eyes, the operation of which resulted in her scarring face. Rapidly, her health began to decline and debt began to increase.
During her decline in health, she became addicted to gambling. She was in her forties back then. It is also said that once she begged her mother for 100 pounds and told her that she was suffering from jaundice.
Later, it was found out that she was genuinely sick and suffering from a liver disorder.
Later Life and Death of Georgiana Cavendish
She spent her last years in sickness. She died at a young age of 48 on March 30th, 1806. She was surrounded by her children, her mother, and her husband. She was buried at the family vault in All Saints Parish Church.
Her life was an example of the life of a noblewoman of England, a roller coaster of emotions and outburst and a result of various decisions.
There were many film portrayals on her life like the 'The Divine Lady' in 1929 and 'Berkeley Square' in 1933.
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Crimping is a jewelry making basic. In this Beading Lesson, we'll cover all of the tools, materials and techniques you'll need to make a perfect crimp every time.
Crimp beads are round like seed beads, while crimp tubes are cylindrical. Crimp beads are great for illusion designs or other projects where the crimp needs to be as small and unnoticeable as possible. Crimp tubes make more surface contact with the wire, so they're great for attaching a clasp or making a continuous necklace.
Crimp beads and tubes come in different sizes, which you choose based on the diameter of the wire you're using and the number of times the wire must pass through the crimp. Refer to the packaging for direction. They also come in a variety of metallic finishes.
Crimp covers are c-shaped beads that fit over crimp beads and crimp tubes to give your designs a more finished look.
There are different tools for use with the different sizes of crimps. Most people start with a standard crimping tool and then acquire the other tools as they get more serious about using crimps in their designs.
The Micro Crimper secures Beadalon #1 Crimp Tubes and sizes #0 and #1 Crimp Beads. The jaw grooves are comparably smaller to make a dependable closure on smaller crimp findings.
The Standard Crimper works with the mid-range crimp beads and tubes, like Beadalon #1 and #2 Crimp Beads or #2 Crimp Tubes. The Pocket Crimper has the same size jaws as the Standard Crimper with short, pocket-sized handles.
The Dual Crimper incorporates two medium crimping cavities to fit all of the crimp tubes and beads within the medium range. Each cavity is slightly larger (or smaller) than the other to give the user the ability to tighten the crimp properly.
Use the Mighty Crimper to secure larger Beadalon #3 Crimp Beads or #3, #4 Crimp Tubes. You can also use it to close crimp covers.
Place a crimp bead or tube onto the beading wire. Use the outer jaws to form an oval shape, then move the crimp to the inner jaws. Squeeze hard to make a crease in the crimp bead or tube. Move the crimp to the outer jaws and fold it in half. Use the tool to gently round the crimp bead or tube.


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The role of coated steel in solar panel manufacturing
Steel is used in solar panels primarily in the support structures known as racking systems. These systems hold the solar panels in place, whether installed on a roof or in an open area. When panels are placed on the ground, the racking systems are made from steel, which is galvanised (IS 277:2018 GP) or galvalume (IS 15961:2012 YS550) to protect against rust. Galvalume, being corrosion resistant, is coated with a layer of protective material that is 40 microns thick. This coating ensures that the steel has high durability and strength, with a yield strength of 550 MPa. Moreover, the material can last up to 25 years, making it a highly cost-effective option. For roofs, the type of racking used depends on the roof's structure. Flat roofs, like those on significant buildings, typically use fixed-tilt steel racking attached to heavy blocks. On pitched residential roofs, the racking is designed to securely attach to the roof's rafters, keeping the panels a few inches above the surface. This setup allows air to flow beneath the panels, keeping them cooler and improving efficiency.
Role of coated steel in solar panels A. Structural support: Coated steel plays a crucial role in providing structural support in the frame of solar panels. The frame holds the solar cells, protects them from external elements, and ensures the panel's durability. The frame often uses coated steel due to its excellent strength-to-weight ratio and corrosion resistance properties. This allows the frame to withstand various environmental conditions such as wind, snow, and rain while maintaining structural integrity over the panel's lifespan. Coated steel frames are also lightweight, simplifying transportation, installation, and maintenance processes. B. Backsheets: The back sheet of a solar panel serves as a protective layer on the backside of the solar cells, shielding them from moisture, dust, and other contaminants. Coated steel is utilised in the back sheet to enhance its durability and resistance to degradation over time. The coated steel back sheet provides mechanical strength, prevents moisture ingress, and helps maintain the structural integrity of the solar panel. Furthermore, using coated steel in the back sheet enhances the panel's performance by reducing the risk of delamination and prolonging its operational lifespan. C. Frames and mounting structures: Coated steel finds extensive applications in solar panels' frames and mounting structures. These components are essential for securely positioning the solar panels in various installations such as rooftop arrays, ground-mounted systems, and solar farms. Coated steel is preferred for frames and mounting structures due to its high strength, corrosion resistance, and lightweight nature. Using coated steel ensures the stability and longevity of the solar panel system, even in harsh environmental conditions. Additionally, coated steel frames and mounting structures offer versatility in design, enabling easy integration with different types of solar panels and installation setups.
Galvanised and galvalume-coated steel are significant in manufacturing solar panels, particularly in constructing support structures and frames. Here's how: Durability: solar panels are typically installed outdoors and are exposed to various weather conditions such as rain, snow, and UV radiation. Galvanised and galvalume coatings provide excellent protection against corrosion, ensuring the longevity and durability of the support structures. Corrosion resistance: galvanised steel is coated with a layer of zinc, while galvalume steel is coated with a combination of zinc and aluminium. Both coatings offer superior corrosion resistance compared to untreated steel, crucial for outdoor applications like solar panel installations. Strength: galvanised and galvalume-coated steel provides strength and rigidity to the support structures of solar panels. This is important for maintaining the structural integrity of the panels, especially in areas prone to high winds or other environmental stresses.
Cost-effectiveness: galvanised and galvalume-coated steel is relatively affordable compared to alternative materials such as aluminium or stainless steel. This makes it a cost-effective choice for manufacturers looking to keep production costs down without sacrificing quality and durability. Ease of fabrication: steel coated with galvanised or galvalume coatings is easy to fabricate, allowing manufacturers to customise support structures according to specific design requirements. This flexibility in fabrication helps optimise the performance and efficiency of solar panel installations. Coated steel boasts superior heat conductivity. While untreated steel doesn't excel in heat conduction, treated variants like galvalume and galvanised steel rank among the top metals in facilitating heat transfer. Efficient heat conduction through the mounting materials is crucial for the optimal performance of solar panels. Galvanised steel ensures uniform heat transfer generated by the sun's rays, preventing heat accumulation in any particular area, thus averting potential issues. Moreover, it can enhance the amount of heat reaching the panels compared to materials with lower heat conductivity, optimising their efficiency.
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CPP invests in for-profit US prisons
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The Canada Pension Plan controls over $366 Billion dollars on behalf of 20 million Canadians. They're investing our monthly contributions to make sure we have money at retirement. Naturally, everyone wants them to play it safe when investing that money.
But have you considered exactly what are they investing in?
The Guardian quoted a CPPIB spokesman, saying, "CPPIB's objective is to seek a maximum rate of return without undue risk of loss. This singular goal means CPPIB does not screen out individual investments based on social, religious, economic or political criteria."
When I read that I hear warning bells. Do they really mean they will take any lucrative investment, even if it's an ethical quagmire?
The CPPIB's own ethics statement is clear:
Source: _URL_
tldr; only dollars matter; no screening of company ethics, only operations.
What drew my eye is their statement about about "private engagement." This is the term used for conversations concerning ethical or moral issues with a company they are, or are considering, investing, in. The Board has decided they will never make these conversations public. Nor even acknowledge the conversations even occurred. They are also clear they refuse to bow to public pressure when deciding who and when to engage.
Let's be real here — the practical effect is that these conversations do not occur. That they could choose to invest into such a morally repugnant enterprise as a for-profit prison says all we need to know about the usefulness of "private engagement."
So to sum it up, all of the pension monies of millions of Canadians is being invested with absolutely no ethical considerations about how that money will be used.
Are we okay with this?
Can we develop a mechanism to trigger automatic, and public, engagement?


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text: Large-area electronics (LAE) enables the formation of a large number of sensors capable of spanning dimensions on the order of square meters. An example is X-ray imagers, which have been scaling both in dimension and number of sensors, today reaching millions of pixels. However, processing of the sensor data requires interfacing thousands of signals to CMOS ICs, because implementation of complex functions in LAE has proven unviable due to the low electrical performance and inherent variability of the active devices available, namely amorphous silicon (a-Si) thin-film transistors (TFTs) on glass. Envisioning applications that perform sensing on even greater scales, this work presents an approach whereby high-quality image detection is performed directly in the LAE domain using TFTs. The high variability and number of process defects affecting both the TFTs and sensors are overcome using a machine-learning algorithm known as Adaptive Boosting (AdaBoost) to form an embedded classifier. Through AdaBoost, we show that high-dimensional sensor data can be reduced to a small number of weak-classifier decisions, which can then be combined in the CMOS domain to generate a strong-classifier decision.


How to find acronyms in a Word document
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Lots of documents are full of acronyms; some are defined, some aren't. If you need to review acronyms for any reason, here are three approaches.
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Enterprise users have it made when searching for acronyms and their definitions because Microsoft Word's newish Editor has that functionality built in. The rest of us have to work a bit harder to find acronyms, and fortunately there's more than one way.
SEE: 83 Excel tips every user should master (TechRepublic)
An acronym is a series of initials used to represent a longer phrase. For instance, URL isn't a word on its own, it's an acronym for Uniform or Universal Resource Locator. In this article, I'll show you three ways to highlight them in a document.
I'm using Microsoft 365 on a Windows 10 64-bit system, but you can use earlier versions. This article isn't supported by Word Online. You can enter your own content, but if you download the demonstration.docm,.doc and.cls files, you'll have quick access to the code reviewed in this article.
1. How to use the Acronym pane in Word
The enterprise version of Microsoft 365 has a feature that lists acronyms for you in the desktop and online versions. To see a list of defined acronyms, click the References tab. The Acronyms pane will show a list of your defined acronyms. By defined, I mean the phrase the acronym represents. Again, for URL, the pane would also display Uniform or Universal Resource Locator. If you select an acronym in the text, this feature will add the definition for you! If you don't find a definition, you can wait a few days to see if the feature updates accordingly, or you can define it yourself. This feature is available only with an enterprise license.
2. How to use Find in Word
If you don't have an enterprise license, you can use the Find feature to highlight all the acronyms in a document. It's important to note that this method isn't as smart as you might think because it will highlight any instance of two or more uppercase letters. That means the results might highlight something other than a true acronym. Now, let's look at a search string that you can use:
 1. Click Ctrl + F or click the Editing dropdown on the Home tab to open the Navigation pane. From the dropdown (to the right), choose Advanced Find.
 2. Click More and then check the Use Wildcards option.
 3. Check the No Formatting option at the bottom if not dimmed. The Find feature remembers the last Find task and if it includes formatting, you might not get the expected results. It's a good idea to always check this option when starting a new Find task.
 4. In the Find What control, enter <[A-Z]{2,}> (Figure A).
 5. Click Reading Highlight and then click Highlight All.
 6. Click Close to see the highlights shown in Figure B.
Figure A
 Complete the Find options.
Figure B
 Highlight all instances of two or more uppercase characters.
This method has two flaws:
 - It highlights MD. While you might consider it an acronym of sorts, you probably won't want to highlight it in this type of search. If you correct it to M.D. (with periods), the Find task will ignore it.
 - All the highlights disappear as soon as you click something.
This method can be more frustrating than helpful because the highlights aren't permanent. Now, let's look at a VBA procedure that has a more permanent outcome.
3. How to use a VBA procedure in Word
A quick highlight might be all you need, but most of the time, you'll want something more permanent. The procedure in Listing A does the same thing that the Find string in the last section does. The only difference is that it's permanent until you remove it. You can use this same code to remove the highlights by changing.Replacement.Highlight to False.
Listing A
Sub HighlightAcronyms()
'This procedure highlights all instances of two or more
'uppercase letters.
 With Selection.Find
 .Text = "<[A-Z]{2,}"
 .Forward = True
 .Wrap = wdFindContinue
 .MatchWildcards = True
 .Replacement.Text = ""
 .Replacement.Highlight = True 'False to remove highlights.
 .Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
 End With
End Sub
This code does exactly the same thing as you did manually in the last section. It uses a search string to find all instances of two or more consecutive uppercase letters. As earlier, sometimes the procedure will highlight something that's not a true acronym.
If you're using a ribbon version, be sure to save the workbook as a macro-enabled file or the procedure won't run. If you're using a menu version, you can skip this step. To add the procedure, press Alt + F11 to open the Visual Basic Editor. In the Project Explorer to the left, select ThisWorkbook so you can run the procedure in any sheet. You can enter the code manually or import the downloadable.cls file. In addition, the macro is in the downloadable.docm and.doc files. If you enter the code manually, don't paste from this web page. Instead, copy the code into a text editor and then paste that code into the ThisWorkbook module. Doing so will remove any phantom web characters that might otherwise cause errors.
After entering the procedure, you can use it as follows:
 1. Click the Developers tab.
 2. Click Macros in the Code group.
 3. In the resulting dialog, choose HighlightAcronyms() as shown in Figure C and click Run.
Figure C
 Run the procedure.
As you can see in Figure D, the acronyms are permanently highlighted. To remove them, run Sub HighlightAcronymsRemove(), which is in the demonstration files. I didn't include it in the article text, because only one statement changes. Depending on how you're calling the procedure, you could use one procedure and pass the True/False value as a Boolean.
Figure D
This highlight will stay until you remove it.
It's unlikely that you'll want to work through all those steps every time you want to run the procedure. Instead, add the macro to the Quick Access Toolbar. To do so, read How to add Office macros to the QAT toolbar for quick access.
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Keenan and Lower Richland High Schools Salad Bar Kick-Off!!
Student Nutrition Services will kick-off Salad Bars at both Keenan and Lower Richland High Schools kick-off on Monday, February 17th. Both schools are the recipients of the salad bars donated to the Richland One School District by Whole Foods. This program is part of the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools national campaign that connects donors and schools with the goal of giving away free salad bars. All schools-both public and private-that participate in the National School Lunch Program are eligible.
Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools is a comprehensive grassroots public health effort to mobilize and engage stakeholders at the local, state and national level to support salad bars in schools. Their vision is to significantly increase salad bars in schools across the country until every child has the choice of healthy fruits and vegetables every day at school. Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools is an initiative of the Food Family Farming Association Foundation, National Fruit and Vegetable Alliance, United Fresh Produce Association Foundation and Whole Foods Marketto support First Lady Michelle Obama's Let's Move! initiative. The goal of the Let's Move Salad Bars to Schools program is to fund and award 6000 salad bars over the next three years.
Why salad bars?
· Kids eat more fruits and vegetables when they have choices. Since most children are not eating enough fruits and vegetables on a given day, salad bars are a great opportunity to help them meet their nutritional needs.
· Kids who eat a balance and nutritious diet are better learners.
· Kids learn to make decisions that carry over outside of school, providing a platform a lifetime of healthy snack and meal choices.
· Salad bars are a perfect place to showcase fresh foods from your local farmer, which is good for the farmer and good for the local economy
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text: The Lotus Diagram Ground Rules Classroom Mission created by students Statements Quality tools and PDSA used regularly Classroom Meetings facilitated by students The Continuous Improvement Classroom Student-led conferences Classroom and Student Measurable Goals Classroom Data Centers Student Data Folders Lotus Diagram Overview • A lotus diagram is an analytical, organizational tool for breaking broad topics into components, which can then be further organized, analyzed or prioritized. • It is a picture of the separate components of a topic. It provides a common understanding of the components of the topic. What is a Lotus Diagram • A visual of the components of a whole • Organizational tool for: foster thinking, analyzing, prioritizing, categorizing When? • Teams or individuals need a process for organizing and prioritizing components of a larger whole • Examine complex systems • Organize thoughts • Organize brainstorming around a theme or topic Why? • Defines the topic being studied • Fosters thinking skills • Organize ideas • Identify relationships Quality Tools Lotus Diagram Brainstorming Affinity Diagram Pareto Diagram Quality tools Nominal Group Technique Cause & Effect Fishbone Flow Chart Run Chart Student Project Example Topic: Civil War • creative thought and critical analysis as students explore new ideas. • lotus allows students to examine a variety of related areas, enriching a class's understanding of the war in the context of its time. Some of the outcomes of the war Lotus as a Planning Tool The lotus was used to gather information for a research project. It was colored coded to differentiate between topics. Lotus in a Kindergarten Classroom Other Uses of the Lotus Diagram? Uses of the Lotus Diagram?


Refreshing registration keys on the coordination points for server-based fencing
Replacing keys on a coordination point (CP server) when the Veritas Cluster Server (VCS) cluster is online involves refreshing that coordination point's registrations. You can perform a planned refresh of registrations on a CP server without incurring application downtime on the VCS cluster. You must refresh registrations on a CP server if the CP server agent issues an alert on the loss of such registrations on the CP server database.
The following procedure describes how to refresh the coordination point registrations.
To refresh the registration keys on the coordination points for server-based fencing
 1. Ensure that the VCS cluster nodes and users have been added to the new CP server(s). Run the following commands:
 # cpsadm -s cp_server -a list_nodes
 # cpsadm -s cp_server -a list_users
 If the VCS cluster nodes are not present here, prepare the new CP server(s) for use by the VCS cluster.
 See the Veritas Cluster Server Installation Guide for instructions.
 2. Ensure that fencing is running on the cluster in customized mode using the coordination points mentioned in the /etc/vxfenmode file.
 If the /etc/vxfenmode.test file exists, ensure that the information in it and the /etc/vxfenmode file are the same. Otherwise, vxfenswap utility uses information listed in /etc/vxfenmode.test file.
 For example, enter the following command:
 # vxfenadm -d
 Fencing Protocol Version: 201
 Fencing Mode: CUSTOMIZED
 Cluster Members:
 * 0 (galaxy)
 1 (nebula)
 RFSM State Information:
 node 0 in state 8 (running)
 node 1 in state 8 (running)
 3. List the coordination points currently used by I/O fencing :
 # vxfenconfig -l
 4. Copy the /etc/vxfenmode file to the /etc/vxfenmode.test file.
 This ensures that the configuration details of both the files are the same.
 5. Run the vxfenswap utility from one of the nodes of the cluster.
 The vxfenswap utility requires a secure ssh connection to all the cluster nodes. Use -n to use rsh instead of default ssh.
 For example:
 # vxfenswap [-n]
 The command returns:
 VERITAS vxfenswap version
 The logfile generated for vxfenswap is
 Please Wait...
 VXFEN vxfenconfig NOTICE Driver will use customized fencing
 - mechanism cps
 Validation of coordination points change has succeeded on
 all nodes.
 You may commit the changes now.
 WARNING: This may cause the whole cluster to panic
 if a node leaves membership before the change is complete.
 6. You are then prompted to commit the change. Enter y for yes.
 The command returns a confirmation of successful coordination point replacement.
 7. Confirm the successful execution of the vxfenswap utility. If CP agent is configured, it should report ONLINE as it succeeds to find the registrations on coordination points. The registrations on the CP server and coordinator disks can be viewed using the cpsadm and vxfenadm utilities respectively.
 Note that a running online coordination point refreshment operation can be canceled at any time using the command:
 # vxfenswap -a cancel


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Fund Custody and Administration presents an total standpoint of funding cash with out restricting its research to express fund constructions, as different books do. Since governance and oversight of funding cash at the moment are significant regulatory requisites, directors and custodians needs to position better emphasis at the custody and safekeeping of fund resources, at the self sustaining and powerful valuation of the resources, and on collateral administration. through concentrating on either the asset transactions made via the funding supervisor for the portfolio and at the transactions within the stocks or devices of the fund itself, it supplies readers insights concerning the crucial components of funding fund administration and management, despite their geographical backgrounds.
- Explores the main levels within the funding strategy, from constructing a fund via its release and operation
- Explains the jobs of individuals in addition to the methods legislation impacts the fund and its operation
- Describes the paintings circulate linked to custody and management approaches and processes
- Defines the function of compliance and chance administration within the context of the fund and in addition how compliance necessities observe to custodians and administrators


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I have long wanted to figure out how to model the post-World War II automobile cars that SP built, 50-foot double-door cars of classes A-50-15, -17, and -18. There is no commercial model particularly close to any of the three. Ironically, the third one, A-50-18, is not as hard a modeling challenge, but because it was built during 1954–1955, which is after the time I model, my interest is focused only on the first two.
The cars of Class A-50-15 were built by General American in late 1946, while the other two classes were assembled at Sacramento Shops using commercial components such as sides, ends, roofs, and doors. Southern Pacific, through its SP Equipment Company, built quite a few cars for the railroad in the decade or so after World War II, and liked to publicize the fact with photos like this one, showing automobile cars on the assembly line at Car Shop No. 9 (it's an SP photo).
To choose between classes A-50-15 and -17, the -15 class comprised 750 cars built in late 1946, and is a tough modeling challenge, because it had Improved Dreadnaught ends. straight-panel roofs, and the early postwar welded doors, 8 feet wide, with wide seams. This would require some kitbashing to combine all these elements.
Kit modification is also necessary for Class A-50-17, as I will show, though to a definitely lesser degree, and since this class comprised 1500 cars, it would be more commonly seen. It too had Improved Dreadnaught ends, but a diagonal-panel roof, and conventional-seam postwar doors. There is a Branchline (now Atlas) kit which has these ends, roof and doors, but the sides for this class (and for the A-50-15 cars also) pose a problem, about which, more in a moment.
Here is what car 190000 looked like, the first of the class. SP
eventually built 500 cars numbered 190000–190499, all with Evans Type F
auto loaders, and 1000 additional cars, numbered 192000–192999, of which
only 100 had the Evans loaders. So overall, there were 900 plain cars
and 600 cars with loaders. The photo below, taken from the A end, shows
the door stripe indicating loaders.
photo was taken by Southern Pacific at Sacramento Shops in August 1950,
and is provided here courtesy of the SP Mechanical Department collection at Stanford
The problem I alluded to with car sides is that SP had introduced a new kind of side post in the prewar automobile cars of Class A-50-14, a hat-section post with the "legs" flanged so they could both be riveted to side sheets. This gave rise to double rivet rows at each seam, with the "outer leg" of the post (relative to the seam) riveted with double-spaced rivets. This segment of a drawing of the sides shows what I mean. Note that all panels are the same width, 3 feet, 6-13/32 inches, and that the wider rivet row is exactly double the spacing of the inner row. You can click to enlarge the image.
Here is a detail of a photo from the builder, General American, showing this rivet arrangement (on a car of Class A-50-15). Perspective may make the rivet rows not look aligned at double spacing, but the drawing proves that they are.
Only some commercial models of automobile cars have included this kind of rivet pattern. The fine Proto2000 model (now Walthers) of the SP's Class A-50-14 prewar car does have these rivets, but has the wrong roof, ends and doors, not easy to replace, compared to rivets. The Branchline car has single-row rivets at the side sheet seams, and also has the wrong panel arrangement, with five panels to the left of the door opening and eight to the right, whereas the SP cars had four to the left, six to the right. So the project is to remove the Branchline rivets, and replace with the right number of panels, and double rivet rows.
In past years, applying large numbers of rivets would have been an almost impossibly tedious task, but today, with the excellent products of Archer Fine Transfers, it need not be a hard job at all. Because I wanted to model the SP Class A-50-17 cars, I provided the prototype data (taken from the drawing above) to Archer, and they produced their set AR88108, which is exactly this kind of double rivet row. This particular set is shown below; for more, you can visit their web page at: _URL_ .
This rivet set is the last barrier to a practical project to model SP Class A-50-17, starting with the Branchline (Atlas) car and simply replacing the rivets.
So I have in fact gone ahead with a model of one of these cars, and have submitted the modeling part of the story to the Southern Pacific Historical & Technical Society magazine Trainline. I expect it to appear soon. I will probably also post a summary here.


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Wood-mosaic has a long history in the Levant, and it is of particular significance to artisans in Damascus. It is often created using a number of different woods, such as walnut, olive, eucalyptus, cherry, lemon, and rose woods. Mother-of-pearl can also be used. The woods are cut into strips and fitted together to create a design, forming long trunks stored by artisans for future pieces. The artisan will select the trunk to use and slice it, and this slice will then be inlaid into wood to create a geometric design. Detailed and intricate wood-mosaic has now all but disappeared as artisans produce less complex designs. In Jordan, a small community of wood-mosaic artisans are practising and preserving the craft by passing their knowledge to a new generation of apprentices.


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At present the Changjiang river water supply projects are widely distributed and their types are different. The current situation brings much inconvenience to the management of water resources. In order to improve the supervision and management of the water intake permission work efficiency, we set up The Changjiang Water Resource Commission's Water intake Remote Monitoring and controlling System to the Changjiang river water resources scientifically. This paper mainly introduces the framework and main functions of the System including the water intake information collection subsystem, the GPRS information transmission subsystem, the information storage subsystem and the information application subsystem based on ArcGIS Server technology. Through building the Changjiang River's water intake remote monitoring network, we monitor the water intake effectively, control the water intake dynamically in real time, and improve the reasonable allocation of water, scheduling and scientific management level.
Date of Conference: 19-21 Oct. 2012


Christianity in the Comoros
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Christianity in the Comoros is a minority religion. Roman Catholics in the Comoros are about 4,300 (0.5% of the population). Protestants are about 1,678 persons (0.25% of the population). In 2006 four persons were detained in the town of Moroni in the Comoros. The constitution guarantees religious liberty. Christians are not allowed to witness publicly. They are subject to the denial of many civil rights. Christians are subject to societal disadvantage. There are foreign religious groups, that give humanitarian action. They do not engage in prozeliytizing however. Religious groups do not have the duty to register.
A law states that who preaches another religion to Muslims, is subject to both a prison sentence and a fine. On Ngazidja Christian liberty is greater than in other parts of the Comoros. There is a Roman Catholic church in Moroni, on the island of Ngazidja. Another Roman Catholic church is in Mutsamudu. There is a Protestant church in Moroni. According to the World Christian Encyclopedia (2nd edition), Volume 1, p. 208 there is at least one congregation of both Seventh Day Adventists and the reformed Eglise de Jésus Christ aux Comores.[verification needed]
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Real Men Read volunteers provide a positive male role model to 2nd and 3rd grade students by making five visits to the classroom throughout the school year. On each visit, the volunteer will read a single picture book to his class to engage the students' interest in reading.
Up until third grade, students are still learning to read. After third grade, they start reading to learn. This makes the years before fourth grade crucial to developing a child's love for reading and basic literacy skills! Real Men Readers engage students by asking fun questions about each book (provided to volunteers!) and enforces the importance of reading.
Right now, it's more important than ever before to foster a love of reading. In 2021, only 24.9% of Fort Wayne Community Schools students tested as proficient in the ILEARN English and Language Arts test. Problems with literacy will follow a child for his entire life. Statistics from the National Institute for Literacy, National Center for Adult Literacy, The Literacy Company, and the U.S. Census Bureau show that 85% of juvenile offenders have trouble reading, with only one-third of America's fourth graders reaching basic proficiency levels.
Real Men Read is designed to combat that problem by giving children a special, interactive experience that makes reading fun — without the stress of grading or testing attached. 89% of teachers agree that Real Men Read is a valuable program to help students develop literacy skills. In the process of RMR, Big Brothers Big Sisters provides its readers with five picture books and a set of fun, engaging questions to ask the class. At the end of each session, the classrooms receive their own copy of the book so children can reread it whenever they want.
This year's Real Men Read dates are:
Volunteers must submit to a background check and provide Big Brothers Big Sisters with a copy of their driver's license. To apply, fill out the application today!