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SPRINGDALE, Washington County — Utah's most-visited park has a new designation.
The International Dark-Sky Association on Thursday announced that Zion National Park is its newest International Dark Sky Park. With the announcement, all five national parks in Utah now have received the status, which is given to the best parks in the world to view the night sky.
But receiving the dark sky status doesn't just mean that a park has a great view of the night sky, but work is actively being done to ensure that night sky views are preserved. Over the past 20 years, the International Dark-Sky Association awards dark sky park status to places around the globe that aim to preserve dark sky viewing and reduce light pollution. It argues that combatting light pollution has positive effects on wildlife and ecosystems.
Zion National Park worked with several different communities, agencies and organizations during the application process.
"We value the beauty of our night sky and understand the need to protect it in a collaborative effort," said Springdale Mayor Stanley Smith. "We applaud and wholeheartedly support Zion's efforts to preserve this ethereal gem."
Park officials said Thursday that they plan to celebrate by having all ranger-led programming focused on a night theme next week.
The designation of Zion National Park Thursday also adds to the growing number of parks and communities in Utah designated as dark sky places.
It becomes the 22nd national, state and local dark sky park in Utah. Earlier this year, the International Dark-Sky Association granted dark sky status to Fremont Indian State Park and Museum in Sevier County, Goosenecks State Park in San Juan County, Jordanelle State Park in Wasatch County, Kodachrome Basin State Park in Garfield County and Rockport State Park in Summit County.
It's also just the 15th U.S. national park to receive dark sky status — with Utah accounting for one-third of all U.S. national parks that have received dark sky recognition from the association.


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Gantry::Conf::FAQ - Frequently Asked Questions regarding Gantry::Conf
Why should I use Gantry::Conf at all?
There are many reasons why we feel Gantry::Conf is helpful both during development and after deployment. The next two entries should hopefully answer this question for you as they outline a few common scenarios programmers and system administrators often face.
How is Gantry::Conf helpful during development?
Easy separation of development configs from production configs
Often programmers have a separate development environment from their production environment. By using blocks and dev instances you can avoid spending any serious time setting up your application in the development environment. Take this configuration example:

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By separating out our production and dev database information into shared blocks we can essentially switch between our production and dev environments by simply changing the instance we are using. If you were working on a script this would be a simple matter of running:
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How is Gatnry::Conf helpful in production?
Gantry::Conf has several advantages in a production environment. First, it provides a single place for all config information, if you commit to it. Even if you don't commit to it for all apps, it still provides control to the installing admin over how and where conf information is stored. For instance, the admin could put the config information directly into /etc/gantry.conf, or into a separate file in /etc/gantry.d. She could even set up a secure web server where all boxes would go to get their conf.
The short answer is, Gantry::Conf is flexible and production environments benefit from flexibility.
How do I pass my instance information into my application?
There are many possible ways to do this a few of which are:
Command line arguments
If your application accepts arguments on the command line we suggest adding an --instance option to pass in the instance's name.
In a mod_perl environment you could use a PerlSetVar, possibly named GantryConfInstance, to pull in this value for your application.
Again in a mod_perl environment, another option would be to use ModPerl::ParamBuilder to pass the instance name.
Hard coded
We include this for the sake of completeness, but advise against it. You could always simply hard code your instance information into your application, but this will greatly reduce the flexibility you have.
How do I add a different provider for an existing ConfigVia method?
Place your provider module in the Gantry::Conf::Provider::Method::* namespace. Make sure your public API matches the existing providers which use the same method. For instance the flat file providers all implement a config method which is called as a class method and receives a file name.
How do I add to the ConfigVia methods?
If none of the existing provider methods will do, you need to work in Gantry::Conf. In particular, you need to augment the dispatch hash with the name of your provisioning method and a sub name which will handle it. Then you need to implement the method you put in %dispatch.
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The best way to advertise your yard sale is most surely the newspaper. But you don't want to write the wrong things and give people the wrong ideas! So what do you do... read this article and find out!
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It depends on the state. You are likley to receive compensation benefits if you are unable to work as a result of your workplace injury. 66 2/3% of your average weekly wage (AWW) is generally the wage benefits granted.
Paid to employees with severe workplace injuries that prohibit the employee from working again, either temporarily or permanently.
The benefits an injured worker receives depends on three things:
1. The state the injured employee lives
2. Whether the injured worker can return to work
3. Workplace injury severity

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Barbed Wire in a Tree, a picture puzzle
While hiking a wooded trail today, we came across a piece of barbed wire running right through a portion of the tree, about 4 feet above my head. Shot a picture of it, you can see above.
What is the most likely explanation for how it got there?
Answers can be submitted below, will unmask Wednesday!
More picture puzzles. Hidden Object games are very popular right now and while Smart-Kit is working on a custom hidden object game of its own, in the meantime you can check out our free hidden picture puzzles. Many if these hidden challenges come from antique hidden object cards, like Liebig. Or, if you are looking to play games online, Smart-Kit has a large number of excellent smart gamesgames that are great for kids and students looking for some educational entertainment. Parents can rest assured that all our games are kid friendly and good for the brain! Adults wanting some old fashioned fun can play our free daily jigsaw!
7 Comments to "Barbed Wire in a Tree, a picture puzzle"
 1. Mashplum | PUZZLE MASTER | Profile
 The wire was part of a fence and the tree grew around it. The fence was taken down but the piece of wire was left stuck there.
 2. Hex | PUZZLE MASTER | Profile
 This link should give an idea:
 3. cheddarmelt | Profile
 The wire was there first, and the tree grew around it.
 4. Shawn | PUZZLE GRANDMASTER | Profile
 Fruits & nuts grow on trees, but barbed wire grows IN trees, usually deciduous hardwoods. Your tree is a rare find, as most free-range wire-producing trees were harvested by the late 1800′s. Sadly, twisted-iron trees now exist only in captivity on large farms. With only ~50 square meters of living space per tree and no international protection groups, their natural nomadic longings go largely unfulfilled. Heartbreakingly, the very barbed wire that is harvested from the trees is used to secure their enclosure; a fence made from the soul of the fenced.
 Such a sad twist of irony.
 5. engjs1960 | Profile
 The tree grew around it.
 6. Falwan | Profile
 Could't see it very clearly..
 Maybe a branch that looks like a barbed wire!
 7. Bobo The Bear | PUZZLE MASTER | Profile
 Probably, several years back, the tree was part of a property line, and had the barbed wire either wrapped around it or nailed to it. As the tree grew, the tree also grew around, and eventually encased, the barbed wire, in addition to lifting it much higher off the ground.
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Lesson Worksheet: Unit Rate Mathematics • 6th Grade
In this worksheet, we will practice finding a unit rate and using it to solve problems in the real world.
Which of these is the correct definition for the rate?
 - AThe rate is the ratio between two quantities with different units.
 - BThe rate is the ratio between two quantities with the same unit.
Determine the unit rate for the following situation: Jacob earns $360 in 40 hours.
A student uses 42 sheets of cardboard to make 3 equal-sized cubes. How many sheets do they use for each cube?
Given that a factory produces 7,500 cans of juice in 5 hours, what is its average rate of production in cans per hour?
If Mia drinks 35 glasses of juice per week, then how many glasses of juice per day would that be, on average?
Given that a water tap leaks 36 liters of water in 5 hours, find the leakage rate per minute.
 - A325 L/min
 - B813 L/min
 - C180 L/min
 - D715 L/min
 - E536 L/min
Michael drove 244 km in 4 hours. Giving your answer correct to one decimal place, what is his average speed in km/h?
If a runner ran 13 miles in 2 hours at a constant rate, how many miles did she run per hour?
A car uses 10 liters of fuel to travel 50 km. What is the car's fuel consumption rate in liters per kilometer?
The parking fees of a parking lot are $5 for 25 hours and $10 for 50 hours. Determine, to the nearest cent, the cost per hour.
A car consumes 33 liters of gasoline to travel 858 km. How many liters will it consume at the same rate in traveling 1,300 km?
Noah was offered $4,035 annually for a lifeguard job on weekends. Determine his monthly rate of pay.
Express the following ratio as a unit rate, rounding to the nearest hundredth: 10 batteries in 6 months.
Determine the unit rate for a group of 990 people who went to the park between the hours of 9:00 and 11:00 am.
Elizabeth traveled 1,632 miles in 4 days. Determine the unit rate that represents the average miles she traveled per day during her trip.
Express, to the nearest hundredth, the following ratio as a unit rate: 1,210 gallons in 20 days.
Which of the following rates can be classified as a unit rate?
 - A$42 for 6 cards
 - B30 pages in 45 minutes
 - C$3.80 for 1 gallon of water
 - D$2.40 for 4 oranges
 - E90 miles per 30 hours
A family spends 560 LE in 2 days. If they spend the same amount each day, how much would they spend in 1 day?
True or False: A unit rate compares a certain quantity to one unit of another quantity.
 - ATrue
 - BFalse
Elizabeth is going on vacation. She has asked a friend to look after her cat during her absence, so she needs to buy cat food in advance. She has noticed that a 3-kilogram pack of food lasts about 2 months (60 days). How much does the cat eat per day?
A photographer charges $180 an hour. How much do they charge per minute?
 - A$3 per minute
 - B$2 per minute
 - C$7.50 per minute
 - D$4 per minute
 - E$6 per minute
A piece of 3 cm3 of wood weighs 2.4 g. Given that the mass of a piece of wood is proportional to its volume, what is the unit rate of this proportional relationship (i.e., the density of the wood)?
 - A8 g/cm3
 - B7.2 g/cm3
 - C0.8 g/cm3
 - D0.2 g/cm3
 - E1.25 g/cm3
Choose, from the following, three points of the graph of the mass of a piece of this type of wood against its volume.
 - A(0,0),(1,8),(3,24)
 - B(0,0),(1,7.2),(3,21.6)
 - C(0,0),(0.8,1),(2.4,3)
 - D(0,0),(1,0.2),(3,0.6)
 - E(0,0),(1,0.8),(3,2.4)
If four cups of coffee cost $10.80, how much of a cup of coffee could you buy with one dollar?
 - A1027 of a cup per dollar
 - B554 of a cup per dollar
 - C2710 cups per dollar
 - D545 of a cup per dollar
 - E1017 of a cup per dollar
Daniel buys 6 apples for $0.82. What is the cost of one apple?
A tunnel boring machine can excavate about 75 feet every 24 hours. Which expression represents its rate in feet per hour?
 - A75×24
 - B75÷24
 - C75÷2
 - D24÷75
 - E75×2


Complete Case Analysis
Complete case analysis (CCA), also known as case or listwise deletion (LD), is one of the oldest methods to handle missing data and consists in discarding any unit or case whose information is incomplete. Only the cases with observed values for all the variables under consideration are used in the analysis. For example, suppose we have a data set formed by \(i=1,\ldots,n\) individuals and that we want to fit a linear regression on some outcome variable \(y_i\) using some other variables \(x_{i1},\ldots,x_{ik}\) as covariates. CCA uses only the subset of cases with observed values on all the variables included in the analysis (completers).
CCA has been a quite popular approach to deal with missingness, mainly because it is very easy to implement (used by default in many statistical programs) and it allows the comparison of different univariate statistics in a straightforward way (calculated on a common set of cases). However, there are a number of potential disadvantages which threatens the validity of this method:
 1. Bias, when the missing data mechanism is not missing completely at random (MCAR) and the completers are not a random samples of all the cases
 2. Loss of efficiency, due to the potential loss of information in discarding the incomplete cases.
CCA may be justified when the loss of precision and bias are minimal, which is more likley to occur when the proportion of completers is high, although it is difficult to formulate rules that apply in general circumstances. Indeed, both the degree of loss of precision and bias depend not only on the fraction of completers and missingness patterns, but also on the extent to which complete and incomplete cases differ and the parameters of interest.
Let \(\hat{\theta}_{cc}\) be an estimate of a parameter of interest from the completers. One might measure the increase in variance of \(\hat{\theta}_{cc}\) with respect to the estimate \(\hat{\theta}\) that would be obtained in the absence of missing values. Using the notation of Little and Rubin (2019):
\[ \text{Var}(\hat{\theta}_{cc}) = \text{Var}(\hat{\theta})(1 + \Delta^{\star}_{cc}), \]
where \(\Delta^{\star}_{cc}\) is the proportional increase in variance from the loss of information. A more practical measure of the loss of inofrmation is \(\Delta_{cc}\), where
\[ \text{Var}(\hat{\theta}_{cc}) = \text{Var}(\hat{\theta}_{eff})(1 + \Delta_{cc}), \]
and \(\hat{\theta}_{eff}\) is an efficient estimate based on all the available data.
Example 1
Consider bivariate normal monotone data \(\bf y = (y_1,y_2)\), where \(n_{cc}\) out of \(n\) cases are complete and \(n - n_{cc}\) cases have observed values only on \(y_1\). Assume for simplicity that the missingness mechanism is MCAR and that the mean of \(y_j\) is estimated by the empirical mean from the complete cases \(\bar{y}^{cc}_j\). Then, the loss in sample size for estimating the mean of \(y_1\) is:
\[ \Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_1) = \frac{n - n_{cc}}{n_{cc}}, \]
so that if half the cases are missing, the variance is doubled. For the mean of \(y_2\), the loss of information alos depends on the squared correlation \(\rho^{2}\) between the variables: (Little and Rubin (2019))
\[ \Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_2) \approx \frac{(n - n_{cc})\rho^{2}}{n_{cc}(1 - \rho^{2}) + n_{cc}\rho^{2}}. \]
\(\Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_2)\) varies from zero (when \(\rho=0\)) to \(\Delta_{cc}(\bar{y}_1)\) as \(\rho^{2} \rightarrow 1\). However, for the regression coefficients of \(y_2\) on \(y_1\) we have that \(\Delta_{cc}=0\) since the incomplete observations of \(y_1\) provide no information for estimating the parameters of the regression of \(y_2\) on \(y_1\).
Example 2
For inference about the population mean \(\mu\), the bias of CCA depends on the proportion of the completers \(\pi_{cc}\) and the extent to which complete and incomplete cases differ on the variables of interest. Suppose a variable \(y\) is partially-observed and that we partition the data into the subset of the completers \(y_{cc}\) and incompleters \(y_{ic}\), with associated population means \(\mu_{cc}\) and \(\mu_{ic}\), respectively. The overall mean can be written as a weighted average of the means of the two subsets
\[ \mu = \pi_{cc}\mu_{cc} + (1 - \pi_{cc})\mu_{ic}. \]
The bias of CCA is then equal to the expected fraction of incomplete cases multiplied by the differences in the means for complete and incomplete cases
\[ \mu_{cc} - \mu = (1 - \pi_{cc})(\mu_{cc} - \mu_{ic}).
Under MCAR, we have that \(\mu_{cc} = \mu_{ic}\) and therefore the bias is zero.
Example 3
Consider the estimation of the regression of \(y\) on \(x_1,\ldots,x_K\) from data with potential missing values on all variables and with the regression function correctly specified. The bias of CCA for estimating the regression coefficients \(\beta_1,\ldots,\beta_K\) associated with the covariates is null if the probbaility of being a completer depends on the \(x\)s but not \(y\), since the analysis conditions on the values of the covariates (Glynn and Laird (1986), White and Carlin (2010)). This class of missing data mechanisms includes missing not at random (MNAR), where the probability that a covariate is missing depends on the value of that covariate. However, CCA is biased if the probability of being a completer depends on \(y\) after conditioning on the covariates. A nice example of this particular topic and its implications for the analysis has been provided by professor Bartlett using some nice slides
The main virtue of case deletion is simplicity. If a missing data problem can be resolved by discarding only a small part of the sample, then the method can be quite effective. However, even in that situation, one should explore the data (Schafer and Graham (2002)). The discarded information from incomplete cases can be used to study whether the complete cases are plausibly a random subsample of the original sample, that is, whether MCAR is a reasonable assumption. A simple procedure is to compare the distribution of a particular variable \(y\) based on complete cases with the distribution of \(y\) based on incomplete cases for which \(y\) is recorded. Significant differences indicate that the MCAR assumption is invalid, and the complete-case analysis yields potentially biased estimates. Such tests are useful but have limited power when the sample of incomplete cases is small. Also the tests can offer no direct evidence on the validity of the missing at random (MAR) assumption.
Glynn, RJ, and NM Laird. 1986. "Regression Estimates and Missing Data: Complete Case Analysis." Cambridge MA: Harvard School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics.
White, Ian R, and John B Carlin. 2010. "Bias and Efficiency of Multiple Imputation Compared with Complete-Case Analysis for Missing Covariate Values." Statistics in Medicine 29 (28): 2920–31.
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Lobster, California spiny
The California Spiny Lobster fishery is a small but locally important and largely sustainable fishery in southern California.
Abundance of Spiny Lobsters off California varies with broad-scale changes in environmental conditions caused by El Nino and La Nina.
State managers closely regulate commercial fishing for Spiny Lobster, but do not monitor recreational catches. Bycatch is low. Spiny Lobster traps generally allow undersize lobsters and other animals to escape.
This fish may have high levels of mercury that could pose a health risk to adults and children. More mercury info here.

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Can't Fight your feelings Thursday
Create a picture that represents how you are feeling today. You can use colours, textures, shading and images to give your picture meaning and representation. You can use any materials you choose such as pens, crayons, paints, collage, etc. You can choose whether to add the feeling word to your picture or leave the viewer guessing. Upload your learning to Seesaw or Tapestry when you have finsihed.


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Students who have been dismissed from the college for academic or progress reasons are dismissed from attending college for one semester. Those who have been dismissed more than once are dismissed for one full year (2 consecutive semesters). Students who are dismissed for the first time may be allowed to stay at COC on temporary probation and enroll in classes for the next semester if they choose to attend 4-hour Intensive Workshop.
The purpose of the Intensive Workshop is to actively involve students in:
Reviewing their academic record,
Learning effective decision making strategies,
Learning time management and study strategies,
Developing problem-solving skills,
Establishing an action plan to achieve sound educational goals,
Developing a support network.
There is no fee for this workshop.

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Date de publication : 01 juin, 2018
When the IFrame size that's allocated for an embedded object and the embedded object itself don't share the same aspect ratio, the result is gray margins on the sides (marked in red in the following figure).
Grey Shoulders
You can use the Custom Layout API to define how to fill the IFrame or set a fixed size for the object at any time. But that sometimes doesn't entirely fix the appearance of the gray margins.
You can now set the background color of the IFrame by making it transparent. By doing so, you'll give the IFrame the defined color of the DIV element that contains the IFrame. You have full control of what color/background layout will be seen in the margins, making the embedded object wrapped entirely by the application design.
Note that the default color is still gray, so you'll need to set a definition in the JavaScript code to get the transparency of the IFrame.
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How and why was New Amsterdam founded?
New Amsterdam was founded for the Dutch West India Company for the sole purpose of profit(thru trade) Answer The colony of New Amsterdam was founded by the Dutch West India Company, hoping to find as much profit as the Dutch East India Company did in the spice trade. The only trade item developed by the colony was furs from the indians. The company blundered in developing the colony for settlers so that populaton growth was very slow, resulting in little production of agricultural products or manufactured goods that could be shipped back to Holland. It was almost a mercy to have the place stolen away by the British after several decades of mismangangement.


Pat Martino: Martino Unstrung
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Pat MartinoA new documentary film about legendary guitarist Pat Martino, Martino Unstrung, focuses on his brain disease—AVM or arteriovenous malformation—emergency surgery, profound memory loss, and miraculous musical and personal recovery. It also presents intimate portraits of Martino, his music, his wife Ayako Akai, his friends across the decades, his family, and important locales in his life. It is only natural that one would want to know Martino's own reflections on a film which is not only about him but in which he actively participated both on and off screen.
Martino has been a big part of the jazz scene for so many years that it is easy to take for granted that he is one of the greatest jazz guitarists of all time. A virtuoso, his sound and technique on the instrument are impeccable. His musical range extends from deep and rich interpretations of ballads to fast-moving extended runs that are almost impossible to rival—from blues and standards to complex original compositions of his own and others. His mastery of the instrument and consummate teaching ability lead aspirants from around the world to study with him. Martino's understanding of guitar goes well beyond style and technique to include spiritual and theoretical insights.
Early recognized as a master, Martino has been performing and recording since the early 1960s. Unbeknownst to himself, he grew up with an abnormality of blood vessels in the brain called AVM, or arterioevenous malformation. According to medical experts, this condition worsened until, well into his career, he began to have serious mental complications which were improperly diagnosed. In the late 1970s, these symptoms proved to be caused by a brain aneurysm that required emergency surgery. As the now nearly legendary story in jazz circles goes, he woke up from the surgery with total amnesia for past events and persons. He did not even recognize the guitar or his record albums.
From that traumatic point, he gradually recovered his playing ability and resumed his career to where his accomplishments are even greater than before. He won the NARA Heroes Award for that achievement. Recently, the British film director, Ian Knox and his friend in England, neuropsychologist Paul Broks, collaborated with Martino on a film documentary about his memory loss and recovery, including an intimate portrayal of Martino and his wife, Ayako.
Martino Unstrung is one of the best documentaries about a jazz musician. Ian Knox is a terrific director. The film is spellbinding from beginning to end. It offers a moving, intimate portrayal of Martino as a person, a musical icon and someone who had undergone a traumatic loss of memory and made a miraculous recovery. It's a deeply personal testament. The following interview, conducted in person at his home studio, offers Martino's own reflections on the film and its personal meaning to him.
Chapter Index
 1. Agreeing to the Film
 2. Recovering from Surgery
 3. Examination of the Brain
 4. Martino's Life on Film
 5. Friends Les Paul and Joe Pesci
 6. Symptoms of Illness
 7. Healing
 8. Martino's Wife, Ayako Akai
Agreeing to the Film
All About Jazz: You are a high profile musician, and in a sense your music defines you, so what prompted you to participate in a film which is deeply personal and is focused on your memory loss and recovery as such rather than the music? What led you to get involved in such a project?
Pat Martino: That's a really interesting question in that normally what leads me to do anything that takes place prior to its fruition was the very thing that led me to want to interact with Ian Knox when I first saw his presence in the room I was sitting in at Ronnie Scott's in London. I was relaxing between shows, and in walked a very interesting individual whose hado, or aura, attracted attention. We turned and looked at each other, greeted each other's presence, and then sat down and talked. I asked him what he did, and his qualities were very magnetic and exciting. And it moved from there. And the film was no different from that moment.
To me, the outcome is what is left behind compared to the very moments of filming when it's been enjoyed as life itself. So, for me, each and every moment on the film is not what I see on the film, even though it's a replica. It has been captured, very much like a photograph of a loved one in a catalog. There's no life in it to me personally. I'm more interested in the enjoyment of my life, and that's what the film is all about. And that went from moment to moment to moment. Even now it still continues, and I enjoy what I'm doing.
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Impact Training is a year given over full time to God, to learn to think and live biblically. It is a mix of theological training, church based project work, personal discipleship and skills based training.
Spanning an academic year there are monthly training blocks in Bristol, and a residential week away in January. Projects are tailored to individuals, and are designed to stretch and develop students in their gifting.
The training block syllabus covers a wide range of topics including systematic theology and doctrine, working with the disadvantaged, kids and youth work, and building good foundations for the rest of your life. It is taught by church leaders from across Commission and further afield, in an interactive and informal style. There are a variety of assignments set after each training block to reinforce what has been taught. There is also a mission trip towards the end of the year, either in the UK or overseas, as part of the course.
There are also potential opportunities for undertaking an Impact year in India for those that would like to study in a cross cultural context and serve in a local church there. Please contact the Commission office if you would like to pursue this.
Impact is for anyone over the age of 18 (there's no upper age limit) who wants to take a year to serve the church, and see themselves grow and change in God.
If you've got any questions, please contact the Bristol Impact training base on
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May 25, 2011 Economic recessions are weaker, expansions are stronger, and economic recovery is faster in U.S. states where people are more optimistic says a new study from the University of Miami School of Business Administration. Further, the effects are stronger in states where people are older, less educated and less socially connected.
"Previous studies have shown that economic conditions affect mood -- people would expect this, it's more obvious," said Alok Kumar, the Gabelli Asset Management Professor of Finance at the University of Miami School of Business and one of the study's researchers. "Our study is unique in that it shows, for the first time, that mood and optimism can directly affect overall economic activity."
In order to determine the link between mood and economic conditions, Kumar, along with Vidhi Chhaochharia and George Korniotis, assistant professors of finance, used several factors to measure mood, optimism and pessimism not influenced by the economic environment. The factors are:
- Weather: Average temperature and cloud cover. Sunny weather triggers the release of serotonin in the brain that causes people to be more alert and cheerful. The opposite is true for bad weather because it releases melatonin that makes people feel tired and down.
- Political Affiliation and Climate: The level of optimism is greater in a region where the local population favors the political parties in power.
- Sports-Related Optimism: People are likely to be more optimistic if their local sports teams have performed well (e.g., wins the Super Bowl or World Series.)
With these factors in mind, the researchers then studied how mood in a U.S. state affects local economic activity. To measure local economic performance, they created a novel index based on state housing conditions, the difference between state unemployment and national unemployment, and income growth. Here are the key findings:
- Peoples' overall good mood and positive outlook can make the impact of a recession weaker, shorter in length and easier to get over.
- Moderate optimism induced by the weather is good for the local economy. A state that is 10 degrees warmer experiences increased economic activity that, on average, is 26 percent stronger. It also experiences recessions that are, on average, 33 percent weaker.
- Mood affects local economic activity in part because it leads to higher retail sales.
These results are surprising because they imply that the economy is affected by non-economic, psychological factors. In an ideal world, mood, would not affect economic activity and retail sales because consumers would only spend more when their income was on the rise versus because the weather is pleasant.
- The impact of mood on economic activity is greater in states where people are older, less educated, less socially connected and therefore more prone to the psychological effects of mood.
"One policy implication of our study is that the development of sports-related infrastructures, like new sports stadiums or other factors that could effect the performance of local sports teams, is certainly something to consider as a way to make a real impact on a local economy for a relatively low cost," said Kumar.
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A brief history Bison once roamed the plains in numbers so large that early explorers could not count them. Variously described as: "numbers-numberless," "the country was one black robe," and "the plains were black and appeared as if in motion."
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Blue Shale Lake
In North Texas, the value of any ranch (especially during the old days before electricity) was largely dependent on available water. Fortunately, the 10xXx Ranch is blessed with running creeks and a bedrock base to hold water in the creeks. After Joe Mitchell purchased the ranch, he noticed an area on the south part of the ranch where two small creeks converged together to form a larger creek. There seemed to be plenty of water running, but no area to impound the water. After discussing the situation with his contractors and trying to figure out how to make a lake from the naturally flowing water, they hatched an idea to "dynamite" the blue shale bedrock (which would fracture the shale rock over a large area). This fracturing of the blue shale base allowed the shale to be scooped up and hauled to other ponds which were leaking water (the shale would act as a liner to hold water in leaking ponds). This moving of the fractured shale created a huge hole which allowed the creek water to be impounded to form a lake. They then added a small concrete retaining wall type dam to create the small but gorgeous Blue Shale Lake. The lake is stocked with Black Bass and world class Bluegill. Many fly fisherman have honed their skills by preying on the monster Bluegill from Blue Shale Lake.


predicate succeeds when '?Sets' is the list of disjoint sets on the +UnionFind structure.
Example
Kruskal's algorithm is a minimum-spanning-tree algorithm which finds an edge of the least possible weight that connects any two trees in the forest. It is a greedy algorithm in graph theory as it finds a minimum spanning tree for a connected weighted graph adding increasing cost arcs at each step.
:- use_module(library(union_find_assoc)).
kruskal(g(Vertices-Edges), g(Vertices-Tree)) :-
 union_find_assoc(UF, Vertices),
 keysort(Edges, Sorted),
 kruskal(UF, Sorted, Tree).
kruskal(_, [], []).
kruskal(UF0, [Edge|Edges], [Edge|Tree]) :-
 Edge = _-(V1, V2),
 find_assoc(UF0, V1, R1, UF1),
 find_assoc(UF1, V2, R2, UF2),
 R1 \== R2, !,
 union_assoc(UF2, V1, V2, UF3),
 kruskal(UF3, Edges, Tree).
kruskal(UF, [_|Edges], Tree) :-
 kruskal(UF, Edges, Tree).
!Kruskal's algorithm
?- kruskal(g([a,b,c,d,e,f,g]-[7-(a,b), 5-(a,d), 8-(b,c), 7-(b,e), 9-(b,d), 5-(c,e), 15-(d,e), 6-(d,f), 8-(e,f), 9-(e,g), 11-(f,g)]), Tree).
% Tree = g([a,b,c,d,e,f,g]-[5-(a,d),5-(c,e),6-(d,f),7-(a,b),7-(b,e),9-(e,g)]).
License
Source code is released under the terms of the BSD 3-Clause License.
Contents of pack "union_find"
Pack contains 5 files holding a total of 18.3K bytes.


SPHN Federated Query System
Information retrieval systems enabling researchers to query for specific clinical information of patients have so far been limited to individual clinics or single hospitals. With the new Federated Query System (FQS), established in the realm of the Swiss Personalized Health Network (SPHN), it is now possible to search for fully anonymized clinical information across all five university hospitals, while allowing the hospitals to retain full control over their data.
The SPHN Federated Query System (FQS) allows queries on anonymized and nationally harmonized data coded in national or international terminologies. Researchers can assess whether and where patients or patient data potentially suitable for a specific research question exist at one or several of the Swiss University Hospitals (UHs). The system enables researchers to verify the feasibility of their project by running simple queries against a subset of clinical data of all UHs. Additionally, it allows designing and optimizing inclusion and exclusion criteria for study protocols without transferring any patient data.
These queries may include demographic information (age and gender), diagnosis (ICD-10), procedures (CHOP), medication (ATC) with substance amounts and lab test (LOINC) with lab results and units (according to UCUM). Overall, the system includes over 700 Mio data points from currently over 700 000 patients, who signed the general consent.
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Access Criteria
The FQS is accessible for authorized users through the BioMedIT portal (find instructions here).
Access requirements:
 - The user's institution has signed an agreement with SIB. Currently, the five Swiss university hospitals and the Universities of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, Lausanne, EPFL and ETH Zurich are part of the network. Additional institutions (e.g. further Swiss universities) have the possibility to join the consortium (contact the DCC for more details).
 - Users have a SWITCH edu-ID account with their employing institution linked in their profile (though SWITCHaai). USB users need to contact their local IT to manually set up the authentication through SWITCHaai via SWITCH edu-ID
 - Each user has individually agreed to abide by the FQS Acceptable Use Policy.
Software and Data Architecture
The FQS is a federated distributed query system based on a customized version of the Patient Network Explorer (PNEx) software product developed by Clinerion. The local implementation at the hospital side is taken care of by the FQS WG. The data follows the same semantic standards as the SPHN semantic interoperability framework, so feasibility studies for research projects and real-world data provision are aligned in terms of semantic data standards.
Regular Data Loads
New anonymized data are loaded into the FQS on a regular basis, which means that the number of eligible patients in a given query may change over time as the total number of data points increases. The new data is loaded on the first Tuesday and Wednesday after the first Monday of each month. During this time, the system will be offline.
Watch our demonstration of the system here.
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Why Is Does Your Tea Gets Cloudy? 3 Possible causes
Do you wonder why your tea gets cloudy or whether it is safe to drink? Read on for some possible explanations and tips for ensuring clear iced tea.
Why Does Your Tea Gets Cloudy
Learn the steps to prevent a cloudy tea
I once brewed a pitcher of sweet tea right after I moved across the country to a new place. It was summertime and I needed something cool and incredibly sweet to drink while unpacking in the heat.
I took it out of the fridge the next morning to pour a glass and was shocked to see the entire pitcher was filled with this odd-looking cloudy iced tea. I'd never had that happen before!
It confused and concerned me. I ended up throwing it out and brewing a whole new pitcher because I wasn't sure if it was safe to drink.
Eventually, I figured out what caused this and I was able to brew ice tea without it going cloudy. Now that I understand what happens when ice tea turns cloudy, I can take steps to prevent it.
Here are the most common culprits for tea cloudiness.
Possible Causes Of Clouding
There are several possible reasons why iced tea gets cloudy, and each one can be easily fixed.
1. Hard Water
This turned out to be what was wrong with the tea in my new place: My tap water came from a well instead of a public water system.
Straight from the tap, the cold water tasted great but was full of minerals like magnesium and calcium.
This type of water is also known as hard water and the minerals that make water hard may dissolve when hot but reform when it's cooled down, showing up the next morning in your pitcher.
Solution: If you have hard water and suspect the minerals are what's clouding up your tea, you have two options.
 - Install a water filtration system in your home. You'll want to call a plumber for this, but it can be worth it to have good quality water available from every tap in your house.
 - Use distilled water for brewing your tea. You can buy it by the gallon at your local grocery store.
2. Unclean Equipment
Another thing that can cause cloudiness in your tea is residue from a previous brewing left on your kitchen tools.
 - Limescale in your kettle can build up and then flake off into your water as it boils.
 - Particles from loose-leaf tea can remain inside an unrinsed teapot.
 - Oils from certain types of tea or coffee can remain on unwashed utensils.
These residues can not only cloud up your brew–they also alter the taste, diminishing flavor and leaving an unpleasant aftertaste.
Solution: If your tea is not only cloudy but the flavor seems off, check the cleanliness of your kitchen equipment. You may find that your electric kettle has developed limescale deposits that are breaking off into your hot water, or that your dishwasher is not cleaning thoroughly.
Always be sure to clean your tea equipment with hot soapy water. You don't want to be drinking from dirty dishes and you definitely don't want to be brewing contaminated tea!
3. Heat Shock
Some of the compounds in tea, especially polyphenols like tannins and theaflavins, oxidize when exposed to an extreme temperature shock such as refrigeration.
Once oxidized, they bond with the caffeine in tea to form particles. While the tea is hot, they are dissolved into the liquid, making them invisible.
The white particles floating in the tea appear once it has cooled down.
A close up of a drink
Let the tea cool to room temperature naturally before adding ice
Solution: If your tea brews nice and clear at first, but when chilled it clouds up, then heat shock is likely to be the culprit. Once you've finished steeping, let the tea cool to room temperature naturally before adding ice.
To clear up a pitcher of tea that has become cloudy after chilling:
 - Remove your container from the refrigerator and add one cup of boiling water per quart of tea. Stir with a long spoon. This will cause the particles to dissolve again, suspending them in the liquid and clearing your tea right up. Pour the tea over ice cubes and serve immediately.
 - Another method to keep heat shock from clouding iced tea is to cold-brew it. Place room temperature water and black tea bags into a glass container for 8 to 10 hours for cold brewing. It can either sit on a sunny porch, making sun tea, or it can be placed in the refrigerator overnight.
The Final Word on Why Your Tea Gets Cloudy
If you're still not sure what is causing your tea to cloud up, here is a recipe for making cloud-proof iced tea that you can't go wrong with.
 1. Boil one quart of distilled water in a very clean pot. If you want sweet tea, add 1 cup of sugar and boil until dissolved.
 2. Turn off the heat. Place 1/2 cup of loose tea leaves or 8 tea bags into the water and cover.
 3. Let it steep for 8 to 10 minutes.
 4. Remove the bags or leaves and recover the pot. Let it sit for a couple of hours until it comes to room temperature.
 5. Pour into glasses filled with ice and serve immediately.
This recipe can be made with both black and green teas and will turn out perfectly clear iced tea every single time. You should never be stuck serving cloudy tea to your guests!
FAQs on Why Your Tea Gets Cloudy
Why is my hot tea cloudy?
While cloudy hot tea isn't as common as iced, it can still happen. The most likely culprit is hard water. Try brewed tea made from distilled water and see if that clears it up.
Is cloudy tea safe to drink?
Yes. If your cloudiness has been caused by hard water or heat shock, it may look unattractive but it will taste just the same and it will be perfectly safe. However, if you notice that the flavor is off as well, this may be caused by equipment that's been improperly cleaned, and you should toss the tea out before cleaning your equipment and brewing a fresh batch.
 - A E Inman is a direct response copywriter and humor blogger. When she's not poking fun at her attempts to start a writing business, she can be found in the tea aisle of her local import store, arguing with strangers over the merits of rare tea varietals. She enjoys writing copy while consuming copious amounts of coffee and gunpowder tea.


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1. What is the best way to teach netta juniors how to shoot?
A fun netball drill to teach young ones how to shoot, involves using the popular B.E.E.F. acronym. Start by teaching the actions first without the ball and then, once they have mastered the steps add the ball.
B is for balance
Feet are shoulder width apart. You might like to use a visual aid on the ground to encourage players to spread their feet should width apart. And always ensure that the feet are pointing to the post – many will have pigeon toes pointing in or out.
E is for eyes
They should imagine there is a witches hat sitting above the ring and aim for the point of the hat so the ball DROPS through the ring.
E is for elbow
Ensure that the arm is extended close to the ear with the elbow facing the ring. When the ball is taken back before releasing the ball, the elbow must remain facing the ring and not move out to the side. This ensures accuracy of the shot always. You can use the analogy that the straight arm holding the ball is up against the ear to block out all the yelling.
F is for follow through
Encourage a small flick of the wrist to "say goodbye" to the ball or "knock the fairy."
2. How to teach netball positions to players who have never played before
Play a game that involves players running to different positions on the court when you call them out. After that, play a game that is "Find Your Position." Games like these will help them to learn the positions and areas of the court.
3. How to teach young players not to step
If you find that there are players who constantly step during a game, check their balance. It might be a sign that they haven't properly learnt how to ground their landing foot. Netball Drills which involve learning to catch the ball in the air, land, rebalance and then pass are worth doing and should be done slowly and methodically at first until the technique is firmly entrenched in their minds.
For younger players, the ICE-CREAM technique is fun and effective but first, start without the ball and get the kids to practice their feet.
Get your players to line up along the base line and ask them to run and when you blow the whistle, they have to give a low leaping jump (just as if they're leaping over a puddle) and land on one foot with knees slightly bent. The players must call out "ICE" when they land the grounded foot. Then, the kids must pivot on the grounded foot "ICE" and say "CREAM." This will help to reinforce that the first foot is the one to stay on the ground.
Do this a few times, then once this has been mastered, give the players a ball to practice with – have them gently throw it into the air and catch it – concentrating on what their feet were doing and saying "ICE CREAM" to match their feet.
4. How to teach basic pass and catch skills
Begin with small bean bags. Stand the players in a circle and pass a small bean bag to the player on their right hand side. Once that is done change directions, all the while encourage them to throw at chest height. Once they have mastered that introduce the ball and make sure the distance between the players when they pass isn't too big, get them to learn accuracy first to give them time to develop strength in their passing.
5. How to teach basic movement
Have all players stand on the base line. As coach, stand in the middle of the court facing the team. Call out instructions for what movement you want the players to do (e.g. run left, right, jump, forward, back or down – touch the ground).
6. How to stop over crowding
Young players like to run for the ball like sea gulls to hot chips so to avoid over crowding teach the team a "clear out" drill. When this is called, players need to look around and spread out (find their own space). Once they have space between them and the one with the ball, they need to take run in for the pass when their name is called by the one with the ball.
7. How to help prevent players passing to the other team
Young players have a lot to remember in their first few games of netball so be patient and encouraging.
For the Netta juniors, at training put half the team in bibs & other half not. One at a time get a team member to stand about 5 metres away from the team. They must be holding the ball ready to pass with their back to the rest of the team. Mean while the rest of the team is moving back and forth (left & right) about 5 metres away. The person with the ball turns (on a signal) to pass the ball to someone in a bib (or without, your call). This is repeated 5 times for each team member or those with the problem. Please note, no effort should be made by others to block the ball at this stage. Doing this at practice and then shortly before the game can help them remember.
You should also encourage some communication on court – ask that the players call each others names out before they pass.
8. How to teach netta players how to defend
Try the "shadow defending drill." This is where 2 players stand together facing each other, one player is to make the moves while the other player is to copy the movement. Once they have gotten used to this, change it up and have both players face the same direction.
The one in front will remain as the shadow while the one behind will be the mover. This builds defending skills for following their opposition players on court and to stay in a front as a defending position using their peripheral vision to follow opposition player.
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Medication management is the key to an electronic prescription system. Formularies are not booklets that can be flicked through occasionally, but crucial links in the clinical process with many national, regional and local implications.
Various existing formularies are accessible in Prescriptor, including NHG-formularium, Formularium Nijmegen, Groninger Formularium, and ETAS. These formularies are maintained regionally or locally and can be accessed by the prescribers using Prescriptor and a special license key. The advantage is that regional agreements in the clinical practice automatically appear on the 'desktop', which promotes compliance. This allows better coordination of regional and local (transmural) therapy guidelines for the purpose of efficiency and drug safety.


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text: This article reports a variety of sensory and perceptual consequences of eliminating, via a rigid fingertip sheath, the spatially distributed fingertip force information that is normally available during tactile and haptic sensing. Sensory measures included tactile spatial acuity, tactile force, and vibrotactile thresholds. Suprathreshold tasks included perception of roughness, perception of 2-D edge orientation, and detection of a simulated 3-D mass in simulated tissue via fingertip palpation. Of these performance measures, only vibrotactile thresholds and texture perception failed to show substantial impairment. The results are discussed in terms of their implications for the future design of haptic interfaces for teleoperator and virtual environment systems.


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Software design involves translating a set of task requirements into a structured description of a computer program that will perform the task. A software designer can use design schema, collaborative design knowledge, or can reuse design artifacts. Very little has been done to include reuse of design artifacts in the software development life cycle, despite tremendous promises of reuse. As a result, this technique has not seen widespread use, possibly due to a lack of cognitive understanding of the reuse process. This research explores the role of a specific cognitive aspect, opportunism, in demand-side software reuse. We propose a cognitive model based on opportunism that describes the software design process with reuse. Protocol analysis verifies that the software design with reuse is indeed opportunistic and reveals that some software designers employ certain tasks of the reuse process frequently. Based on these findings, we propose a reuse support system that incorporates blackboard technology and existing reuse library management system
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How are diamonds found in Africa?
In this south central region, diamonds are mined from kimberlite mines in South Africa, Angola and the DRC, and from alluvial dredging mining operations in Angola, Namibia and again, South Africa. West African diamond mining is mostly from altered kimberlite pipes and eluvial deposits.
Where are diamonds found in Africa?
Top five diamond mining countries of Africa profiled
 - Botswana. Botswana heads Africa's list of diamond miners, housing seven well-established mines including Jwaneng, the world's richest in terms of value, Orapa, the world's largest by area, along with Karowe and Letlhakane. …
 - Angola. …
 - Democratic Republic of Congo. …
 - South Africa. …
 - Namibia.
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Why are most diamonds found in Africa?
Diamonds in Africa were formed somewhere between 600 million and 3 billion years ago when titanic-force pressure and heat caused carbon 1,200 miles (1,931 km) below the Earth's surface to crystallize. As recently as a million years ago, erupting molten rock brought the diamonds closer to the Earth's surface.
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How do they mine diamonds in Africa?
The first diamonds discovered in South Africa were from alluvial deposits. Today, industrial alluvial mining involves building a large wall to collect the water in one area. Diamonds are often found in the gravel layer, which collects under layers of other material, such as mud, clay and underwater plant-life.
Are diamonds only found in Africa?
Diamonds are present in about 35 countries. South Africa, Russia and Botswana are the main producers of gem diamond while Australia produces most of the industrial diamond. They are also found in India, Russia, Siberia, Brazil, China, Canada and the United States.
Which Diamond is famous in Africa?
Cullinan Diamond
The rough diamond
Weight 3,106.75 carats (621.350 g)
Cut 105 stones of assorted cuts
Country of origin South Africa
Mine of origin Premier Mine
Which country in Africa has the highest diamond?
The Democratic Republic of Congo has the largest diamond reserves on the continent. However, in 2018, production was around 16.390 million carats of diamonds.
Are Diamonds cheap in Africa?
Many diamonds are mined in Africa but are only sold in bulk to diamond cutters. … Another reason you'll find diamonds are cheaper in other countries is the retail markup. Countries like India and China have a lower percentage of retail markups than we see in the US. This lower margin helps you to save even more money.
Who owns the diamond mines in Africa?
De Beers
Industry Mining and trading of diamonds
Products Diamonds
Services Diamond mining and marketing
Revenue US$6.08 billion (2018)
Owners Anglo American plc (85%) Government of Botswana (15%)
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Where do real diamonds come from?
Diamonds were first discovered and mined in India over 2,400 years ago. Over time, diamonds were found in many other areas around the world, including many in Africa. In today's trade, Africa, Russia, Australia, and Canada produce the most diamonds.
How much do African diamond miners get paid?
Diamond miners who work in small-scale mining – panning or digging for diamonds – produce about 15% of the world's diamonds. But their wages do not reflect the value of their work. An estimated one million diamond diggers in Africa earn less than a dollar a day. This unlivable wage is below the extreme poverty line.
What do people in Africa use diamonds for?
In particular, diamonds in West Africa have been used for the last 30 or so years to fund rebel groups and their desire to take control of their nations by violence and intimidation. In such conflicted regions of the world, diamonds lose their connotation of beauty and elegance and are in stead stained with blood.
Are there diamonds in Nigeria?
Are there diamonds in Katsina? The Nigerian government has recognised more than 30 mineral resources – excluding oil and gas – in states across the country. … Diamonds are not on the list. Nigeria is also not on the global Diamond Producers Association list of countries that together mine 99.8% of the world's diamonds.
Which country found diamond?
List of countries by diamond production
Rank Country/Region Diamond production (million carats) in 2016
1 Russia 40
2 Botswana 20.9
3 Australia 13.9
4 DR Congo 12.3
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How much are diamonds in Africa?
How much is a 1 carat diamond? A round brilliant cut, 1.00ct G colour, SI1 clarity, excellent cut GIA-certified diamond will cost approximately $6850 including VAT (~ R106,183). A princess cut, 1.01ct H colour, SI1 clarity, GIA-certified diamond will cost approximately $4584 including VAT (~ R71,049).
Does Africa have gold?
Ghana is Africa's largest producer of gold, beating out South Africa for the top spot in 2019, and is also known for its reserves of various industrial minerals. Industry majors such as AngloGold Ashanti and Gold Fields have shifted their focus from South Africa to Ghana where deposits are cheaper and easier to mine.
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The most important thing to remember when working with open pipes (what is here referred to as a pipe is any cylindrical solid, i.e. a tube, and "open" is defined as having no obstruction at either end) is that at the two ends are anti-nodes. Thus, unlike a closed pipe, the fundamental frequency and the subsequent overtones increase by one-half of a wavelength. This concept is very hard to understand without looking at the image below.
The most simple possibility is the "fundamental frequency" where there is one node in the center of the pipe. The wavelength is 1/2 lambda (λ). The next possibility is the "first overtone". Here, there are two nodes (therefore n=2) and the wavelength is 2/2, or 1λ. Then comes the second overtone, with three nodes, which is 3/2λ.
The equation for finding the length of an open pipe is
l=length of pipe n=nodes
This equation can easily be rearranged to solve for wavelength:
Let's use this equation with a practice problem: Find the fundamental frequency of an open pipe that is.5m long.
To solve this, we need to use two equations. First, solve for lambda:
= 2(.5m)/1 = 1m
Then, use substitute the 1m for lambda in the equation
= (330m/s)/1m = 330Hz, our final answer. Great job!


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The Roaring Twenties
learn everything there is to know about the 1920s.
Speakeasies were places where people whent to secretly drink during the prohibition. The prohibition was a law that made alcohol illegal.
In the twenties women became more independent and started to take risks. They began to dress less and drink more. They showed more skin and went out to more parties, these women were called flappers.
Ku Klux Klan
In the twenties America was segragated between blacks and whites. There was there was a horrible group of racists that when around hanging blacks and burning down there houses. They called themselves the KKK or the Ku Klux Klan.


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From the Indiana Department of Natural Resources:
Anglers can find fish habitat structure locations and more on DNR's new interactive reservoir habitat map.
Habitat structure, such as bundles of Christmas trees, rock piles and wooden platforms, improves aquatic habitat for fish by creating areas for cover, nesting, and more. The structure also attracts bait fish and provides other feeding opportunities.
The new interactive map includes project lakes, structure locations, structure types, and photos of structure types. As DNR completes habitat work in the future, information will be added to the interactive map.
The Reservoir Habitat Enhancement program, which started in 2016, improves and enhances aquatic habitat through the placement of structures, shoreline stabilization, and dredging. Thanks to the help of volunteers and local businesses, DNR has completed projects on multiple reservoirs across Indiana. Projects have ranged in size; one added more than 200 structures, with multiple structure types, to Patoka Lake in 2020. Another smaller project at Bryant Creek Lake in 2019 sank 50 Christmas trees in bundles around the lake.
In some reservoirs, existing aquatic habitat has deteriorated, making the addition of fish habitat structures necessary to improve the fishery. Other reservoirs may have never contained quality habitat. This could be due to water quality, water level fluctuations, land use before reservoir construction, or other issues.
Learn more about the program and access the new interactive map at _URL_.
Individuals interested in improving fish habitat in their own private ponds or lakes can visit our website for more information: wildlife.IN.gov/fishing/private-pond-and-lake-management.


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The default logging configuration for Azure Web Apps in an environment in DXP has the following setting:
- Application logging is enabled, and logs are stored in the BLOB storage with 90 days retention.
You can access application logs for environments from the DXP Management Portal, as a live stream or downloaded for offline analysis.
The configuration above is applied to environments during provisioning and you can change it for the Integration environment. Contact Optimizely to change any of the following for Preproduction or Production environments:
- Get access to web server logs.
- Temporarily change logging level.
- Temporarily enable detailed error messages.
- Temporarily enable failed request tracing.
See also: Troubleshooting DXP
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McAfee antivirus software includes a personal firewall and offers WebAdvisor tool. You only need to take one subscription of McAfee antivirus to use its services. This antivirus blocks viruses and malware, which can harm your personal data and device. To get protected from malicious software, download, install, and activate McAfee with product key at _URL_.
How to Sign Up a New McAfee Account ?
To sign-up a new McAfee account, follow these on-screen points mentioned below:
- Firstly, launch the browser on the device.
- After that, input '_URL_' in the address bar and hit the Enter key.
- Then hit the 'My Account' tab.
- You should reach the option of Sign-in and hit on it.
- To make a McAfee account, you will require to hit the 'Register Now' button.
- Thereafter, insert the needed credentials in the needed field.
- You have to press the 'I Agree' button after filling the form.
- Now, pursue the on-screen pop-up and steps to finish the procedure of making the fresh user account.
- Once you have done, click on the '_URL_' once again.
- Later, select the 'My Account' tab.
- You have to input the linked email address and password.
- Finally, sign in to the McAfee account.
Where to find 25 digit mcafee activation code?
When you purachase a subscription of McAfee antivirus, you will get a 25 Digit mcafee activation code. The code is a combination of 25 digit alphanumeric characters which look like: XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX-XXXXX. In case if you purchased the Mcafee antivirus from the retail store, then the product key will be on the backside of the cover. Or in case the user downloaded the Mcafee antivirus from the official site _URL_, then the product key will be on the page or your registered email id.
How to download mcafee antivirus?
Download your preferred McAfee product using these easy-to-follow guidelines.
- Click on _URL_.
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- Use your credentials to login into your account.
- Click on the Download button.
- Allow for the process to be completed.
- If your subscription is already redeemed, then click on the option 'Download the software.'
How to Install McAfee
- Find out the downloaded file.
- Right-click on the Downloads section to search for your file.
- Now, click on the Install option when prompted.
Activate Mcafee subscription with activation code
- Double-click on the Mcafee antivirus program.
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- Submit the 25 digit Mcafee Activate Code enter code to activate Mcafee Account.
- Press on the "Activate" button.
- Wait for a while for completion of activation process.


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Exchange Online restore fails with Server not reachable error for users provisioned from Azure to Druva using SCIM
Problem description
When performing a restore of Exchange Online backed-up data, the restore gets triggered but fails instantly with the following error.
Error: Server not reachable. (#100000011)
After further investigation with Support, we find the following error:
The primary SMTP address must be specified.
Cause
This issue has a series of steps as follows:
 1. On the Azure AD -> Enterprise Applications -> Druva's SCIM app -> Provisioning -> Attribute Mapping section, the following mapped:
Azure AD userPrincipalName was mapped with Druva UserName.
2. There is no mapping of the mail attribute from Azure to Druva.
3. The UPN and PrimarySMTPAddress in Microsoft 365 are different. For example:
UserPrincipalName in Microsoft 365 is set to "_EMAIL_" value. However, the Primary SMTP Address is set to "_EMAIL_" value.
4. On the inSync Management Console menu bar, click the Left_Navigation_Bar_Hamburger_Icon.png icon to access the global navigation panel.
5. Click SaaS Apps.
6. Click Microsoft 365
7. Click Overview
8. Click on the More icon on the top-right corner and click Settings.
9. The Access user account using dropdown is set to inSync Email ID.
This leads to the following workflow:
 1. With SCIM Provisioning, the user was added to Druva from Azure with the UserPrincipalName attribute under Druva's UserName attribute.
 1. In inSync, the UserName attribute translates to inSync Email ID
Hence, inSync Email ID is now _EMAIL_ whereas in Microsoft 365, the user's PrimarySMTPAddress is _EMAIL_

 1. inSync will send the _EMAIL_ to Exchange Online at the time of the restore job.
 2. Since there is a mismatch of the SMTP Address, Exchange Online will reject the request and Druva will get the error: The primary SMTP address must be specified.
 3. In the user's restore logs, we get the Server not reachable error.
Note: This setup does not impact backup operation as Exchange Online will match the inSync Email ID with either the SMTP, alias, or UserPrincipalName of the user and will allow Druva to read the data.
The issue only occurs when we are trying to write the data to Exchange Online when Microsoft specifically needs the proper SMTP address.
Download the user's logs using the following steps:
 1. Navigate to the inSync Management Console.
 2. Click Users.
 3. Click on the affected user's account.
 4. Click on the More icon next to the Restore button.
 5. Select Download Debug Logs.
Resolution
Step 1: Fix the attribute mappings in Azure AD - Druva SCIM App.
The following provision should be set via the SCIM App in Azure AD:
(source) Azure AD Attribute
(target) Druva Attribute
mail
userName
userPrincipalName
urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:Druva:2.0:User:userPrincipalName
Note: The Druva Attributes translates to:
userName = inSync Email Address
urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:Druva:2.0:User:userPrincipalName = userPrincipalName.
The userPrincipalName in Druva is not access on the inSync Management Console. It is updated on the backend in database.
Follow the below steps to achieve the above configuration:
To add a userPrincipalName attribute for Druva in the Attribute Mapping:
 1. Select Show advanced options.
 2. Click the Edit attribute list for the Druva link.
ShowAdvancedOptions.png
3. On the Edit Attribute List windows, set all values as follows:
 - Name: urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:Druva:2.0:User:userPrincipalName
 - Type: String
4. Click Save.
5. Navigate to Druva App Provisioning and click userPrincipalName attribute.
6. Change it to mail as follows.
Hence, the Azure AD mail attribute is now targeting Druva's userName attribute.
7. Click Add New Mapping.
8. Select Source attribute as userPrincipalName and Target attribute as urn:ietf:params:scim:schemas:extension:Druva:2.0:User:userPrincipalName.
AzureADAttribute.png
9. Click Save. The attribute appears in the Attribute Mappings.
10. Azure has a default auto-provisioning cycle of 40 minutes since the last provisioning cycle. You may wait until then or you may run the manual provisioning with the Provision on Demand option.
11. After the user provisioning is completed, you may attempt the restore once again.
Step 2: Change inSync's settings to access user account in Microsoft 365:
To ensure that both OneDrive and Exchange Online continue to get backed up successfully, implement the following changes:
 1. On the inSync Management Console menu bar, click the Left_Navigation_Bar_Hamburger_Icon.png icon to access the global navigation panel.
 2. Click SaaS Apps.
 3. Click Microsoft 365.
 4. Click Overview.
 5. Click on the More icon next to the Reconfigure button.
 6. Click Settings
7. Click on the Access user accounts using dropdown and set it to AD Attribute.
8. Click Save


Motifs in traditional African print designs often convey a metaphor and tell a story
Speed Bird
ALSO KNOWN AS Air Afrique | 'Rich today, poor tomorrow'.
With the bird being such an important symbol in many cultures, this fabric has gained a variety of meanings, often referring to change, prosperity, freedom and transition. In Ghana the pattern refers to the transience of riches: rich today, poor tomorrow, for money has wings and can fly away. But the pattern also symbolises asking for a favour, such as the hand of a young woman. In Togo the pattern is called ""Air Afrique"" because the fabric was also used in the uniform of the local airline company.In the Ebo region it is called Eneke, and it is said that if the hunters learn to shoot without missing, they have learned to fly without perching.
Theme: MONEY
ALSO KNOWN AS Le Cheque et le Choque
Theme: LOVE
ALSO KNOWN AS Change your life | Senchi Bridge | Aganmakpo | La Danse à la Mode
This pattern has many meanings. The names "Cha Cha Cha" and 'Change your Life' are derived from the rhythm of the pattern. 'Senchi Bridge' refers to a bridge over the Volta River in Ghana, a suspension bridge that sways violently when crossed. In Togo the pattern is called "Aganmakpo", which means the back of a chameleon, an animal that symbolises change. And in Ivory Coast this pattern was called "La Danse à la Mode" after the war in that country.
Theme: LIFE
ALSO KNOWN AS Tomato, Necklace
The name "Aklepan" refers to an instrument used in the "Oracle Fa-", a voodoo ritual. Perhaps it is the instrumental nature of this pattern that inspired the traders to name the fabric thereafter.
Theme: VODOO
ALSO KNOWN AS Wounded Heart | Cœur Blessé | Dynamite
In Togo this pattern has acquired a special meaning. The drawing depicts the state of mind of a woman who knows her husband is cheating on her and is leaving her with a "Cœur Blessé", a broken heart.
Theme: LOVE
ALSO KNOWN AS Guerre de Shaba
This popular fabric in DRCongo is called 'Village Molokai', as connecting the village of Molokai in DRCongo to the village depicted on the design. The pattern is also called "Guerre de Shaba", 'The War of Shaba', on account of the struggle for independence that broke out in Shaba, a province in the southern part of DRCongo, now known as Katanga.
Theme: WAR
The Hibiscus pattern is especially popular in Guinea and Ivory Coast. Twelve yards are regarded as essential to a bride's dowry: 'No Hibiscus, no Wedding.' The pattern is known by several other names, including "Topizo" in Togo and "Tohozin" in Benin (both meaning 'rush'), alluding to the day it first went on sale, when it was met by a rush of customers. In 1970, it was adopted by Air Zaire's flight attendants as their uniform.
ALSO KNOWN AS I run faster than my Rival
The names of many patterns identify with a woman's family and marital relationships. In Côte d'Ivoire, the classic Jumping Horse, also known as "Je Cours Plus Vite Que Ma Rivale" (I Run Faster than My Rival), expresses the rivalry between co-wives. In Nigeria, Igbo women favor this design for Aso-Ebi (uniform cloth) to express unity at their annual women's meeting, held every August.
What is Ankara?
The name Ankara is believed to have its origin from a girl called, well, Ankara. Many stories abound. Ankara, commonly known as "African prints" or "African wax prints", is a 100% cotton fabric with vibrant patterns that possesses great strength with its tight weaving. African wax print fabric is a defining metaphor of African design, fashion and expression; an immediately recognisable icon throughout the world. Quite simply, it just says, "Africa". Ankara was formerly known as "Dutch wax print". It was originally manufactured by the Dutch for the Indonesian textile market. But, by luck or by design, these prints garnered significantly more interest in West African countries such as Ghana, Nigeria and Senegal, than in Indonesia. Recognizing this opportunity, the Dutch decided to focus on West Africa. As African countries gained independence in the 20th century, they built their own textile mills and started creating designs reflecting traditional African culture.The prints have since then evolved to truly reflect African culture and lifestyle. At first, Ankara was reserved for special occasions. People felt that the fabric was too flowery and too colourful for everyday wear. There was even a time when Ankara textiles were thought of as the fabric of the poor. But today, it has undergone a transformation to become the fabric of choice for many. To the knowing eye, the design on a textile reveals a story, often meaningful to the wearer. The colours may also provide information about the wearer's tribal origin, social standing, age and marital status. Dress plays an important role in African society, and has even been used as a form of protest. Designs and the way they were worn often made quiet but effective commentary on the colonial establishment. Colours in African prints have an intimate association with tribes and regions. Sepia-ochre is generally accepted across Africa as the colour used to represent earth. Yellow is the colour of initiation in Nigeria, while the combination of yellow/red belongs to the Igbo tribe of southeastern Nigeria. African print designs fall into fours main categories: – Women's lives (family, love, housework) – Society and what it brings, good or bad (alphabet, television, money, power) – Nature (animals, flowers) – Rhythm (music, drums)
*All the info related to the fabrics are courtesy of VLISCO


Aemilia (moth)
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Scientific classification e
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Class: Insecta
Order: Lepidoptera
Superfamily: Noctuoidea
Family: Erebidae
Subfamily: Arctiinae
Tribe: Arctiini
Subtribe: Phaegopterina
Genus: Aemilia
Kirby, 1892
Type species
Ameles rubriplaga
Walker, 1855
Ameles Walker, 1855 (non Burmeister, 1838[verification needed]: preoccupied)
Aemilia is a genus of tiger moths in the Erebidae family. It was initially named Ameles, but this name properly refers to a praying mantis genus.[1]
A group of species closely related to the Red-banded Aemilia ("A." ambigua) was formerly placed in the genus (though only uneasily so). The species has recently been moved to the revalidated genus Pseudohemihyalea.[2]
Selected species[edit]
Species of Aemilia include:[3]
 1. ^ Pitkin & Jenkins (2004), and see references in Savela (2004)
 2. ^ Schmidt (2009)
 3. ^ Wikispecies (2010-DEC-05), and see references in Savela (2004)
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_TAG_ hidden vs. DebuggerNonUserCode attribute
I got this great question from the mailbag:
 "[W]hat is the relation between the "# line hidden" directive and the DebuggerNonUserCode attribute? Are these the same?"
Short Answer:
They're both markings that library authors can put in their source code to mark certain portions as "hidden" to the end-user while debugging. In both cases, the debugger must detect them and do additional work to respect them. Visual Studio respects both of these. MDbg only respects _TAG_ hidden. _TAG_ marks lines within a function as hidden whereas the DebuggerNonUserCode marks entire functions as hidden.
More comparisons:
 _TAG_ hidden DebuggerNonUserCode
What does it affect? single set of continuous lines within a function entire function or class
What does compiler do with it? (How could other languages besides C# use this) Changes PDB mappings. Instructs the line to be mapped to 0xFeeFee, which serves as special value to debuggers to instruct it that that line is hidden. Just a normal custom attribute, stored in the executable file.
More info on MSDN : wiki link wiki link
Example usage and more detail from my blog here here
Dependency on CLR None. Existed since .NET 1.0. Depends on Just-My-Code (JMC), which was added in.Net 2.0
What could debugger do with it? This is purely a contract between the compiler and the debugger communicated via the PDBs.
If debugger stops at a line that maps to '_TAG_ hidden' it can elect to keep executing. It may elect to forbid breakpoints to be placed at hidden points. It stepping would normally stop at a hidden line, it may choose to continue stepping.
This requires the debugger to use JMC support from the CLR debugging services.
Debugger must use Just-My-Code stepping and mark functions as non-user code. Debugger marks frames with the DebugNonUserCode attribute as non-user code.
Note that since these are both enforced by the debugger, the debugger has to do extra work to make these features available to the end-user. But this also lets the debugger decide exactly what sort of policy it wants to expose. For example, the debugger can decide how to handle a breakpoint set in a function marked as DebuggerNonUserCode. (eg, Forbid it, warn the user, stop anyways, etc)
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Almost everybody loves having plants in their house or office. Sadly, only a few of us know how to take care of them well. Most of us are really not equipped with the nuances of gardening and end up with dead or wilted plants because we haven't been able to pay enough attention to them and do not know how much water, nutrients or light they need. To take the guesswork out of gardening, Switzerland-based company Koubachi has created this amazing Wi-Fi Plant Sensor. The sensor is designed to measure the amount of light, temperature and moisture that your plants need and can give the user precise feedback on how to keep their plants healthy.
To use, the Koubachi Wi-Fi Plant Sensor needs to be placed in a plant for a fortnight to gather the necessary data. The system can then provide accurate instructions for all the plants placed in the area. Next, the system sends alarms and care instructions to the user's email or smartphone via Wi-Fi allowing users to respond to the plants' needs in real time.
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Factors Influencing Delay in Construction/Civil Engineering Projects in the Persian Gulf Countries
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A large number of projects around the world experience extensive delays; that is to say they go beyond initial time and cost estimates. There are various causes of delay in different countries including social, economical, political, environmental and religious issues. Severe weather conditions, heavy rains and floods are the most important causes of delay in road construction projects in Central Africa; on the other hand, in the Middle East, many delays are due to ineffective planning, shortage of labour and workmanship, whilst in West Central Asia many constructional delays are caused by changing orders and owners financial constraints. The work presented here discusses the extent to which geographical location and socio-economic variables affect construction delay generally, and examines in particular the main reasons of delay (and a means to address and mitigate such delay) in construction projects in the Persian Gulf. The work explores key factors of delay related to reliance of construction budget(s) upon oil price in locations where 85% of the national construction and infrastructure budget is derived from the oil income, and where fluctuations in dollar-per-barrel costs have a knock-on effect for construction project interim payments and final accounting to allow practical completion; discussion is made (in this early-stage research-project discussion paper) of an accurate means to predict and then allocate risk and fluctuation allowances into both the pre-contract feasibility stage as well as on-site activities directed and controlled by contractual arrangement.
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Discovery News announced yesterday that the spotted patterns on woodland species of wild cats are tied to the patterns of dappled light in their forest environments.
Cats in open ranges, such as lions, tend to have plain coloration. Tiger stripes, according to the University of Bristol researcher William Allen, are still something of a mystery.
Full article by Jennifer Viegas
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Whether you're a sister survivor, a caregiver, the loved one of a survivor, an advocate, or just in search of some truly inspirational reading, welcome!
As with everything else A2ndAct.org does, our blog's purpose is to support and celebrate women survivors as they give back to the greater good in their 2nd Acts. The voices here come from all over the world. Their stories will amaze you, and, we hope, inspire you to begin your own 2nd Act.
We've asked each writer the same six questions (listed below) and given them the option of sending it back as the spirit moves them: Q and A style, or narrative format.
1. What was the darkest moment in your cancer journey?
2. If you could go back and talk to your pre-cancer self, what would you say?
3. How has cancer changed you?
4. What motivated you to pursue your 2nd Act; how did you find the inspiration to do your 2nd Act?
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What happens to your tattoos and your skin when you gain or lose weight? Your body changes and the condition of your skin can change too. In this article we tell you what to take into account.
When you lose a significant amount of weight in a short period of time, this may influence an already existing tattoo. If the weight loss only entails a couple of kilo's, your tattoo will most likely look the same. However, when you lose 20 kilos for example, it is not unusual for your tattoo to be affected.
Certain body parts will be more susceptible than others. Tattoos on hands and feet will hardly show any changes but ink on the belly, arms and upper legs can look less attractive because weight loss can cause excess skin.
If there is weight gain, there's a chance your tattoo will stretch out along with your skin. This can cause colors and lines to fade. In this case a 'touch-up' can be a solution. This also depends on the size and location of your tattoo. A large portrait is more easily affected than say, a small modest letter or sign.
So make sure to think carefully before you decide to get a tattoo when you plan on losing or gaining (a significant amount of) weight. It is almost always advisable to get the tattoo when you've reached your ideal weight.


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When The Illusionist first appeared, it received mixed reviews. It was generally praised for the inventiveness of its supernatural elements and its lively portrayal of historical figures. Naysayers noted that it was talky and that the dialogue seemed artificial. Despite these critical misgivings, the work was a finalist for Englands prestigious Booker Prize, an achievement all the more remarkable because The Illusionist is Anita Masons second novel, and second novels are notoriously disappointing. It has some resemblance to her first novel, Bethany (1981), which concerned the power a modern-day mystic, also named Simon, wields over his followers.
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In The Illusionist, Mason works against certain traditions of fantasy. Fantasy fiction often delights in the physical reality of its invented worlds. Mason undercuts this characteristic of the genre by emphasizing that Simons magical accomplishments are all illusions. He can create a lush vision of the original Garden of Eden but cannot make anything real, such as food to feed himself when he is hungry. Some scholars also have seen the fantasy genre as a celebration of the...
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HDG Social Performance
The third aspect of sustainable development, social ramifications, is a bit harder to measure. However, there are some inherent positive social impacts for utilizing hot-dip galvanizing. The social aspect of sustainable development is woven within both the environmental and economic impact and is most easily measured by improvements to quality of life and social progress. In addition to characteristics already discussed, such as its maintenance-free durability and longevity, hot-dip galvanizing provides positive social impact in the area of safety. The purpose of utilizing hot-dip galvanizing is to minimize corrosion. Less corrosion of infrastructure, buildings, electricity grids, etc. translates to a healthier, safer world. As North Americas infrastructure continues to age and deteriorates faster than it can be maintained, the likelihood of a potential life-threatening disaster also rises.
Additionally, hot-dip galvanizing can help minimize the damage of natural disasters. Hot-dip galvanizing meets the new, stricter seismic standards, written to make structures more durable in earthquakes. History also shows hot-dip galvanized earth anchors minimize the damage to mobile homes during tornadoes and galvanized transmission and distribution poles maintain service during natural disasters such as hurricanes.
In addition to the many social benefits hot-dip galvanizing attributes to the built environment, the hot-dip galvanizing industry strives to improve our current social, economic, and environmental position. The industry adopted a Sustainable Development Charter in 2005 providing a commitment to responsibly manage all environmental and human health risks keeping employees, citizens, and the community safer. Furthermore, rather than rest confidently in our current position, the industry actively participates in research aimed at improving the sustainability and efficiency of the galvanizing process and hot-dip galvanized products.


When you do something avidly, you do it with enthusiasm and interest. You'll listen avidly to your grandfather's stories if he makes them vivid and enthralling.
People who participate avidly in a club or group are seriously involved, and if you avidly follow college basketball, you're a huge fan and watch as many games as you can. Doing things avidly means really throwing yourself into the spirit of things. Avidly comes from its related adjective, avid, or "having enthusiasm for something," from the Latin avidus, "longing, desirous, or greedy," from the root avere, "to desire eagerly."
Definitions of avidly
 1. adverb
 in an avid manner
 "whatever the flavor or color of your local paper, do remember that these are read avidly for local information"
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