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Bromeliad Sub-family 2 – Issues with Emotion | Middle Vibration
Cryptanthus ( crip-tan-thuss ) are known as 'the Earth Stars' in horticulture because of their starlike appearance. The leaves of the Cryptanthus can be a wide range of colors from greens, to reds to dark chocolate. The patterns on the leaves are spectacular with their silver, wave-like appearance. The name is derived from the Greek words 'cryptos' ( hidden ) and 'anthos' ( flower ). There are many species of Cryptanthus and all of them are native to Brazil.
Botanical Archetype – SELF REFLECTION, Contemplation, Introspection, 'Looking to Self for Answers'.
Root Issue – PROJECTION of consciousness, 'Looking to World for Blame'.
- Self sabotage caused by hidden thought patterns.
- Blaming others or the world outside for circumstances that you played a role in creating.
- Lack of responsibility for your circumstances because you give away ownership.
Primary Emotion / Emotional Symptom – BLAME, PROJECTION of ROOT CAUSE.
- + Reflect, Contemplate, Question, Deeper Questions to Be Asked, Hidden Answers, Introspection, Meditation, Revelation, Role, Look for Answers, Own, Owning Your Reality, Take Responsibility.
- – Blame, Projection, Self Sabotage, Subconscious Thought Pattern, Hidden Issue, Seeds of Circumstance.
Lesson – All of Reality is Linked to Your Consciousness is everything.
- Cryptanthus raise awareness around hidden issues that are buried within the subconscious mind.
- Cryptanthus highlight the role that you play within circumstances.
- Cryptanthus defuse 'sabotage patterns' or more simply, 'other thoughts that are contrary to your current desire'.
A 'Botanical Archetype' provides background information about a plant family and its effects on the mind / body system.
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Mandar Dewoolkar, associate professor of engineering, and his research team explain their work to the Burlington Free Press -- an effort to create a permeable concrete surface that helps prevent erosion and water pollution by absorbing rainwater. With a stretch of Trinity Campus parking lot as their lab, the team used an innovative, modular design of pre-cast and cured concrete slabs installed on a bed of gravel, with embedded gauges to monitor changes in the concrete's permeability, fluctuations in the water table and salinity. Read the story...

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C# Example using LINQ Query :
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PORT PERRY -- It might have been a single spark that started the blaze, 130 years ago now, that nearly destroyed Port Perry's entire downtown core.
More likely, it was the forgotten fire of a blacksmith, who absentmindedly walked away from his forge after a long day of work in a hotel stable.
The exact cause of the 1884 fire, which broke out in the early morning hours of July 3 and razed blocks of buildings, has never been confirmed. But the massive destruction, and subsequent rebuilding of the town's commercial core, certainly helped shape Port Perry for the century to come.
In the early 1800s, Port Perry was a small, vibrant town of about 1,500 people, with gristmills, sawmills and tanneries sitting along the Lake Scugog waterfront. A large industrial area had been built up in the section of town just north of Queen Street and east of Simcoe Street, which now houses the Scout Hall, municipal office and library.
"There was every kind of manufacturing industry you could imagine," says Peter Hvidsten, a well-known Scugog historian and author. "Port Perry was a pretty thriving community prior to the fires and industry played a really big part in its growth."
Downtown, along the dirt road that stretched from east to west, the jagged streetscape featured a mishmash of wooden buildings, some two stories tall and others three. Some structures practically sat on the street while others were set back a few steps from the roadway.
Inside, merchants of all types carried out their business as dry goods and grocery stores dotted the street, as well as a general store or two and a post office.
In July of 1884, life in Port Perry had just returned to somewhat normal after a fire the previous fall ripped through a stretch of downtown.
That big blaze, which occurred around midnight on Nov. 26, 1883, began somewhere near the rear of the Port Perry House hotel, located at the corner of Queen Street and Water Street and what is now the Port Perry CIBC branch. Fanned by powerful winds from the southeast, the blaze wiped out at least one-third of the businesses on the north side of Queen Street. In total, five buildings, housing dozens of businesses, were destroyed. The total value of the damage at that time was estimated at about $150,000.
It is thought the blaze was started by a furnace, hot ashes or a lamp.
The people of Port Perry, however, showed their resilience and within months tenders had been sent out and planning for the rebuilding of Port Perry had begun. By spring, work began on rebuilding the town and by the end of June, Port Perry was once again a thriving community.
At least until the early morning hours of July 3, 1884.
"It was one of those hot, muggy, summer July days," says Paul Arculus, another Scugog historian and author. "It was up in the 90s that day."
History says the blaze originated somewhere in the stables behind the Mansion House Hotel, which sat where the Port Perry post office is now located on Queen Street.
Like most hotels at that time, there was a stable at the back where the horses belonging to overnight guests were cared for.
"At night, the owner would check to see if the blacksmith's forge was out. They must have thought it was out that night, but obviously it wasn't," said Mr. Arculus.
"There was a bit of a breeze and the whole thing went up. The stable and the back of the hotel were ablaze before anyone knew what was going on," he said.
Encouraged by the brisk breeze, the flames spread rapidly along the south side of Queen Street, quickly tearing through the wooden buildings that lined the streetscape. Sparks drifted across Queen Street, to the north side, setting more buildings ablaze.
"It was a huge, huge, huge inferno," says Mr. Arculus. "It was an immense fire."
In total, the blaze destroyed almost every building in the downtown core on Queen Street, from John to Water streets. As well, most businesses and industries on the north side of Mary Street and the south side of North Street were razed.
It's estimated that as many as 70 buildings were destroyed.
"The 1884 fire was by far the worst of the fires; it literally wiped the town out," says Mr. Hvidsten, who documented the two major fires in his books Out Of The Ashes and Scugog Exposed.
Some building owners tried to save their businesses by pouring buckets of water on the dry timber structures. Others sent men onto the roof to sweep away sparks.
In an effort to save some of their wares, some merchants grabbed what they could from their stores and tried to stash the items in a safe place a short distance away. More often than not, the fast-spreading fire devoured the goods left on side streets.
Attempts to douse the flames with the village's lone horse-drawn pumper wagon were almost useless. The wagon, which was stored outside of the building now known as Town Hall 1873, had been left out in the snow and cold the previous winter. The frigid temperatures had frozen and then ruined the valves, leaving the pumper crippled.
"It worked very ineffectively," says Mr. Arculus. "They tried to get water going, but it was hopelessly inadequate."
The inferno lit up the night sky -- newspaper accounts say it was bright enough for Oshawa and Whitby residents to read a paper by -- and debris and other paperwork, carried by the high winds, were found as far away as Greenbank.
By morning, when the fire had burned itself out, Port Perry residents who slept through the blaze woke up to the smell of burnt wood and a smoky haze.
"It was over in a matter of hours. In a couple of hours the town was pretty much gone. Everything went and it went up very quickly," says Mr. Arculus. "When people woke up in the morning, Port Perry was just a smouldering scene."
Incredibly, no lives were lost in the fire, although a couple of the village's firefighters were injured.
The list of casualties could have been longer, points out Mr. Arculus, if the upper floors of the Queen Street buildings housed apartments like they do today instead of being used as sales space.
"That saved a lot of lives," speculates Mr. Arculus.
While stunned by the second major fire in less than a year that ravaged their downtown, the people of Port Perry once again were determined to rebuild.
It wasn't long before new supplies -- food and other necessary items -- began arriving on the train that ran along Port Perry's waterfront, in what is now Palmer Park. With goods in hand, the village's merchants started setting up tents and selling their wares while others built wooden shacks.
"They started the businesses up again very quickly," says Mr. Arculus.
By the end of July, just weeks after the massive fire, the village was buzzing with building activity -- and the arrival of insurance salesmen, who used the disaster to try and drum up business.
"They had a heyday," says Mr. Arculus.
Damage at the time was estimated to be about $800,000, which translates into about a $5-million loss in today's dollars, he adds.
In the weeks after the fire, with lessons learned from the two recent blazes, the village's civic leaders introduced some very tough and stringent building bylaws which outlawed the use of wood in the downtown for the construction of buildings. Bricks, they figured, would stop any future fires from spreading through the downtown core again. As well, it was mandated that the new buildings had to run in a straight, even line along Queen Street -- no more zig-zagging.
In the rush to rebuild, the demand for bricks went sky high and the local brickyard quickly ran out of stock. Builders then turned to the Fox brickyard in Lindsay, whose signature red bricks can be seen today in buildings that stretch through Port Perry's downtown.
"There were huge barge loads of bricks coming down Lake Scugog from Lindsay," says Mr. Arculus.
By September, the Port Perry of today started to take shape. The Blong Block, which now houses Tweed and Hickory and The Wee Tartan Shop, opened that month. A month later, the Thompson House, a hotel located where the CIBC branch now is, swung open its doors.
Slowly, over the six months that followed the fire, buildings sprung back up throughout the downtown core and Port Perry was reborn.
"All the buildings we see today, essentially, they were all completely rebuilt at the same time, all in six months," says Mr. Arculus. "Port Perry is very special in that it was completed so quickly and that gives us that architectural uniformity because everything was built at the same time.
"Almost all of the downtown was built using that one style and that makes the town quite unique."
That October, in the middle of the building boom, the village's councillors also made another key decision for the community -- they approved the purchase of a new, steam-powered fire engine for $6,000.
"The Port Perry we see today is like it is because of the 1884 fire," explains Mr. Hvidsten. "Port Perry is unique among small Ontario towns because all of the buildings are uniform and similar in style because the entire downtown was built within a year.
"People were very energetic about getting back to work and Port Perry was rebuilt in a reasonably short period of time... they virtually rebuilt the


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Frequently Asked Questions About Drama
What is the reading level for Drama?
The recommended reading level for Drama is 5th Grade through 8th Grade .
What is the Lexile score for Drama?
The Lexile score for Drama is 320
How long is Drama?
Drama is 233 pages long.
- Who wrote Drama?
Which awards has Drama won?
Drama won the following awards:
in 2012 Drama won the Cybils in category Graphic Novel/YA.
in 2013 Drama won the Capitol Choices: Noteworthy Books for Children and Teens in category Ten to Fourteen.
in 2013 Drama won the Stonewall Book Award in category Children/Young Adult.
in 2014 Drama won the Volunteer State Book Awards in category Middle School.
in 2014 Drama won the Rhode Island Teen Book Award in category Ages 12 & Up.
in 2015 Drama won the Grand Canyon Reader Award in category Tween.
in 2015 Drama won the Sequoyah Book Awards in category Intermediate.
in 2015 Drama won the Evergreen Young Adult Book Award in category Young Adult.
in 2015 Drama won the Young Reader's Choice Award in category Intermediate/Grades 7-9.
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Dr. Diane Davey, Chair of the Continuing Education Oversight Committee presents a webinar on writing, reviewing and approving effective Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs). The material presented may be used as a reference for presenters and Committee members involved in ASC Educational Activities. Most ASC educational activities offer SAM credits, including: Cyto-econferences, eJournal, Case Studies, Annual Scientific Meeting Workshops, Video Microscopy Tutorials, Panel Luncheons and MORE!
SAM Webinar objectives and rationale:
- ASC receives accreditation from ACCME for educational activities. ASC is approved to give Self-Assessment Modules (SAMs) by the American Board of Pathology for Maintenance of Certification. Keeping this accreditation and approval is critical as most cytologists have time-limited certificates.
- Audits of SAMs have shown variable question quality.
- Those subscribing to ASC activities in the future will prefer questions that mirror board-type questions.
- At the end of the SAM webinar, you will be able to write, review, and approve a well-constructed assessment question that is reliable and valid.

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SCADA System for Naval Education and Training Center Sewer Pump Stations
The Naval Education and Training Center (NETC) in Newport, Rhode Island is a naval complex consisting of a variety of training, waterfront, administrative, supply and storage, medical, recreation, and housing facilities. The Naval Underwater Systems Center (NUSC) is also located at NETC and includes research, development, and testing operations. Wastewater generated at the complex is collected through a system of gravity sewers, lift stations, and force mains, and is treated at the City of Newport Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). The system includes over 21 lift stations, a small WWTP at Fort Adams, and 150,000 feet of sewers and force mains. The wastewater collection system has experienced problems handling peak flows due to excessive infiltration and inflow (I/I) and mechanical failures. Average daily wastewater flows are 2 to 3 million gallons per day (mgd).
Under an initial contract, Weston & Sampson completed work on the upgrade of 18 sewer pump stations at the NETC. The project involved providing standby electric service generators for new sewer pump stations. Additional work included the installation of chlorination equipment, grease traps, tide gate valves, water service extensions, and miscellaneous site work.
Weston & Sampson worked with the NETC to develop a Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) system. The SCADA system included a remote terminal unit (RTU) at each of the sewer pump stations, two central processing units (CPUs) located in administrative buildings on base, and an average of 36 status monitoring and control points at each station.
Weston & Sampson also completed an additional contract for the design of significant mechanical improvements to 13 existing sewer pump stations and rehabilitation/replacement of approximately 32,400 feet of existing gravity sewers and force mains at the NETC. The work includes six new pump stations to replace existing stations, as well as rehabilitation of seven existing pump stations.
Included in the design of the six new pump stations is the provision of new RTUs, or relocation of the RTUs provided under the earlier contract. Additional status monitoring and control points will be added to the SCADA systems at each new pump station.


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Firefighters on the scene at the crash simulation
Firefighters on the scene at the crash simulation
Every 15 minutes is a program created to spread awareness to teens of underage drinking and driving. It offers a real-life experience without the real-life risks. Students were chosen to participate in a crash simulation to portray an actual car crash. On March 3, 2016 certain juniors and seniors who attended Cesar Chavez High School pretended to have died in a DUI accident. The crash simulation was open to the juniors and seniors to view.
"I feel that this experience did convey an actual collision caused by drunk driving. I also feel that it did effect many students greatly to see how it happens and what could happen," said Briana Perez.
The scenario was some students got a hold of alcohol for a party. They became intoxicated and later got in Elijah Torres' car. The crash simulation showed his car collided with a sober car. To make the scene even more realistic they had firefighters, police, and a helicopter.
"I enjoyed how realistic it was to have an actual car crash," Briana Perez, senior, said, "and what and how it happens when it was a drunk driver that caused the car crash and how they had all the actual police, ambulances, highway patrol, the car to take the dead people, and helicopter to transport severely injured people."
The purpose of the crash scene is to physically show and stress to students that the decision to consume alcohol can affect more people than just the one who drinks. Also that DUI accidents are serious and can have a big emotional effect on the people involved,their families,and even observers of the crash.
"I learned in this experience to be aware of my actions when driving and who I get in the car with. Also that alcohol and driving should never be mixed," Briana Perez, an interviewed spectator, said. "The crash did have an emotional impact on me because it can happen to anyone."


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Do Blue Cobra Guppies kill goldfish?
Unlikely to harm goldfish, but it's essential to monitor their interactions.
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Common causes include poor water quality, disease, and inadequate nutrition. Proper care and maintenance are vital.
How to take care of Blue Cobra Guppies?
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Google Earth HeroSource: Android Central
What you need to know
 - Google Earth turns 15 today.
 - To celebrate, Google has put together 15 of its favorite stories.
 - It includes responding to natural disasters, protecting cultures, reuniting families, and more.
Google Earth turns 15 today. To celebrate, Google has put together 15 of its favorite Google Earth stories from over the years.
Here's to you: 15 years of Google Earth stories
Google Earth was, and still is, a revolutionary tool that lets users explore our planet with ease, viewing the planet from space like an astronaut, or diving in for a closer look. Google says that Google earth is the world's biggest publicly accessible repository of geographic imagery, combining photography, satellite imagery, 3D topography, geographic data, and Street view.
Google says that Google Earth has democratized mapmaking, and to celebrate its 15th birthday, Google has compiled 15 stories that have inspired them.
Stories include how Google Earth was used to create updated imagery in the wake of Hurricane Katrina in 2005 to help first responders on the ground support rescue efforts and relief operations to help understand the hurricane's impact and coordinate the response. Or there's the English teacher who used Google Earth to create Lit Trips, tours of well-known characters in literature for use in the classroom.
Google Earth BirthdaySource: Google
Google also notes The HALO Trust, which has used Google Earth to identify and map areas containing landmines in 26 countries and territories around the world, and charities that used Google Earth and tracking devices to track elephants in real-time to help fight against poaching. There's also the story of a scientist who discovered an entirely new, untouched mountaintop rainforest in Mozambique and how, more recently, Google Earth let homesick natives in Japan return to their hometowns during Golden Week, something that wasn't possible physically because of COVID-19.
Google says it hopes that Google Earth will inspire curiosity and move people to care more about our planet and the people who live on it.
Happy Birthday, Google Earth.


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Mendalam, Putussibau – October 18 and 19, 2022 are historic days for Antonius of Padua Parish, profound because the Inauguration and Dedication were held on those two days. The inauguration was held on the 18th by the Governor of West Kalimantan, represented by Mr. Florentinus Anum, and attended by the Regent of Kauas Hulu, Mgr. Samuel Otton Sidin, OFM. Cap of the Bishop of Sintang Diocese, and Mgr. Agustinus Agus, Pr Bishop of the Archdiocese of Pontianak.
On October 19, 2022, the Dedication of the Parish Church of Antonius Padua, Mendalam was held. This dedication was carried out in a lively and solemn Eucharistic celebration led by Mgr. Samuel Otton Sidin, OFM. Cap and accompanied by Mgr. Agustinus Agus, Pr. In this Minutes of Dedication, Mgr. Samuel Otton Sidin, OFM. Cap declares and stipulates that:
- This church and its spiritual institutions have become a sacred place and object to be treated with due respect.
- This church should be used as a place for prayer and worship and other liturgical activities.
- This church is prohibited from being used for profane activities and things that are contrary to Catholic values, teachings, and morals.
- This church must be a means of growing faith and love, strengthening brotherhood (communion), cultivating holiness, strengthening service, and encouraging proclamation and witness.
At the end of the Eucharistic celebration, the committee gave time for several parties to give a speech, namely the Parish Priest, Mr. Kebing (Chairman of the DPRD of West Kalimantan Province) Mgr. Samuel Otton Sidin, OFM. Cap and accompanied by Mgr. Agustinus Agus, Pr. In his Address, Mr. Kebing reminded us that this new church should be put to good use by the people.
After the Eucharistic Celebration, everyone who took part in this celebration was invited to a joint meal that had been prepared by the committee and parishioners. Apart from eating together, the parishioners were also entertained by dances and songs performed by parishioners and guests.
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We use a number of large objects. Ideally, we'd like to make all of them permanently available to client code, but they don't fit in physical memory all at once. So when we approach memory limits, we'll need to destroy some of the objects in pool (probably, we'll destroy the least-recently-used object). (Using virtual memory on disk is tantamount to a complete system freeze.)
For concreteness, the memory per object varies between ~100MB and ~10GB; the total amount of RAM we have is 32GB.
Unfortunately, we don't know the memory used by each object until it's created. Therefore, we cannot predict if any given object would fit into the available physical memory.
A good solution would be to provide a callback function to Python memory allocator, and have memory allocator call it when sees that the amount of free physical memory is below a certain threshold. That callback function would simply destroy an object from the pool, and return. While in general, there's no guarantee that memory would become instantly available, it certainly would in CPython (which releases the memory the moment reference counter hits zero), which is probably as much as I can ask for.
Unfortunately, I'm not aware of any way to have Python memory allocator call a function provided to it when memory runs low. Is there anything else I can do?
I suppose I could have a separate thread running in the background, and checking available memory every second or so. If it sees less than 5GB physical memory available, it would start destroying objects from the pool. Assuming object destruction proceeds is on average at least as fast as object creation, the 5GB cushion won't get used up much, and we'll be fine. This seems pretty fragile; but any implementation ideas for this approach would still be great.
This has to work on Linux under Python 3.2, but would be nice if there was a (possibly different) solution for Windows too.
NOTE: Three tiers of memory allocation are at work: OS, malloc (C runtime), and Python object allocator.
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I'm not even aware of a reasonable answer to the same question in C on Linux. A Java-specific feature is SoftReference, which I think is what you would really need here. – Armin Rigo Jan 1 '13 at 10:29
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Each Java application running uses an independent JVM. You can have n number of application running on single machine/server box, and so as n number of JVM's. Launching multiple java processes will create JVM for you. In all you can have any number of JVM running in your machine, with even different JDK versions.
How do I know if Java is installed on Windows 10?
3.1. Windows 10
 1. In the Search bar, type Control Panel.
 2. Click Programs.
 3. If the Java icon present, then Java is installed.
 4. If not, click Programs and Features, and look for installed versions of Java in the J's.
What is Java control panel?
Java control panel is used to control Java applications that are embedded in browser. This control panel maintains the settings that manage Java application embedded in browser. In Java 9, control panel was rewritten as a JavaFX application and the storage location has changed.
How do I know if Java is installed on Linux?
Method 1: Check the Java Version On Linux
 1. Open a terminal window.
 2. Run the following command: java -version.
 3. The output should display the version of the Java package installed on your system. In the example below, OpenJDK version 11 is installed.
How do I install Java on Linux terminal?
Installing Java on Ubuntu
 1. Open the terminal (Ctrl+Alt+T) and update the package repository to ensure you download the latest software version: sudo apt update.
 2. Then, you can confidently install the latest Java Development Kit with the following command: sudo apt install default-jdk.
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Situated along the meandering Congaree River in central South Carolina, Congaree National Park is home to champion trees, primeval forest landscapes, and diverse plant and animal life. This 22,200-acre park protects the largest contiguous tract of old-growth bottomland hardwood forest remaining in the United States. Known for its giant hardwoods and towering pines, the parks floodplain forest includes one of the highest canopies in the world and some of the tallest trees in the eastern United States.
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Adding Push Notification
The Thing-IF SDK uses the push notification for receiving the response from the things. For iOS, Kii Cloud provides the push notification via Apple Push Notification service (APNs). You need to make some APNs-related configuration and prepare your build environment besides configuring Kii Cloud.
See Overview of the Push Technology for iOS for the technical overview of APNs.
Initialization of push notification is not required if your mobile app does not manage end nodes but only the gateway which interacts with Thing Interaction Framework.
By following the description in this page, you will be ready to receive push notifications from Kii Cloud.
Setting up
You need to complete various configurations in order to enable push notification with APNs. Kii recommends you to follow the instructions in the tutorial because such configurations and implementations of push notification are complicated.
First, in order to make push notification functional, follow the steps described in iOS Push Notification Tutorial to set up, implement, and test push notification. Skip the steps that you have already done such as integration of the Kii Cloud SDK into your development project. Choose Swift 2.3 in the tutorial because the Thing-IF SDK supports Swift 2.3 only.
After completing the above steps, go to Modification for Thing-IF.
The tutorial explains how to enable the feature in the development environment. You need to enable it in the production environment in a similar way before you release your mobile app. Also, note that the tutorial does not cover the instruction for integrating the Thing-IF SDK. You need to integrate the Thing-IF SDK to your project for the Thing-IF SDK features.
Modification for Thing-IF
Once you are done with the tutorial, we will remove lines that are unnecessary for mobile apps with the Thing-IF SDK. Replace the lines for device installation that use the Kii Cloud SDK API with those that use the Thing-IF SDK API. This is because the method for device installation is different between the two SDKs.
Remove the call of the KiiPushInstallation.installWithDeviceToken method from the application:didRegisterForRemoteNotificationsWithDeviceToken: method in the AppDelegate class. The code below reflects the removal.
 let username = "user1"
 let password = "123ABC"
 KiiUser.authenticate(username, withPassword: password) { (user: KiiUser?, error: NSError?) -> Void in
 if (error!= nil) {
 print("Failed to authenticate: \(error!.userInfo["description"])")
Leave the sample code as the above for now. We will insert the API call for Thing-IF later. See Installing a device in the Initializing and Onboarding topic for more information.
Also, according to the specification of your mobile app, rewrite the login processing that uses user1 for testing. The sample code in the Initializing and Onboarding topic uses a pseudo user as a thing owner. If you implement a login screen where an explicit owner user logs in, move the above login processing to the processing class of the login screen. Also, update the program structure so that you can use deviceToken that contains the device token from APNs after the owner logs in.
Customizing a push notification
Some of the APIs used in the initialization of push notification are iOS APIs. They do not depend on Kii Cloud.
You can also customize the way that push notification works by using the APNs features such as categories. For implementation, see Initializing APNs in the push notification topic for the Kii Cloud SDK.


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Wiki Section Extraction
We added a handy way to take a section of a wiki page, create a new task from it, and include this task where the section was. This is helpful to quickly decompose a requirements document stored in a wiki page or a task wiki into a series of tasks.
When you mouseover a section header "Extract" link appears on the right.
Click this link to open section extraction dialog very similar to task creation dialog.
Section header will automatically become task description and section contents will go into the task wiki field.
After you click save new task will be created and section will become task inclusion.


text: Our trees grow in the fertile soils located in the heart of the Hood River Valley, Oregon, at the base of beautiful Mt. Hood. We grow the colossal variety of chestnuts, which is a Japanese-European grafted hybrid. These chestnuts were not only developed for their superior size but also for their sweetness and ease of peeling. The nuts themselves are about 2 - 3 inches in diameter and will average 18-23 nuts to the pound. They are harvested in late September through October and kept in cold storage until they are sold. The first chestnut trees were planted in 1994. Additional acres were planted in 1995 across Neal Creek that separates our farm acreage.


Murdoch Stephens: NZers who welcome immigration should get off the fence
New Zealand is among the most welcoming nations on earth to immigrants and their cultures. Photo / Nick Reed
Last year saw plenty of opportunity to use the word "xenophobe" to describe people who are fearful of strangers and foreign people.
2016 was the year where the major English-speaking countries' voters turned inwards and away from the world. Brexit and Trump seemed synonymous with a fear and dislike of the foreigner.
The coming year will be different as we've already seen with international condemnation of Trump's ban on Muslim immigration. People can no longer sit on the fence. And so 2017 will become the year of the xenophile.
A xenophile is a person who has affection for, or is attracted to, foreign peoples, manners or cultures. Xenophiles like to explore the world and the people in it. They consciously put fears to the side because they know they would miss out on much of life if they avoided new experiences.
The difference between the xenophobe and the xenophile does not come down to the nation.
While most people associate xenophobia with nationalism and a dislike of foreigners, the prefix "xeno-" means stranger as well as foreigner. A xenophobe from Invercargill may have little time for Aucklanders.
There are all sorts of differences that trouble the xenophobe: skin colour, culture and religion are the obvious ones.
The fear at the heart of xenophobia is a fear of difference so you're likely to find a rural xenophobe disliking city people, or a sexist xenophobe fearing feminists.
Xenophiles are just as complex. Just because the xenophile is interested in other cultures it does not mean they don't love their own culture.
When we first hear of a kind of person who is the opposite of the xenophobe we might think of a person who fully adopts the culture of another country. But that sort of thinking has as much in common with the generalising of the xenophobe and is rarely sustained.
Xenophiles, by contrast, are happy in their own skin but are also attracted to the rest of the world.
It is the softer understanding of xenophile that will triumph in 2017: the love of other cultures for the languages, arts, foods and the refreshing new experiences that they provide.
It is at this point that an extreme xenophobe - or should we just call a racist a racist? - will point to the treatment of women in Saudi Arabia or of homosexuals in Iran.
Now aside from these xenophobes' genuine concern for feminist or queer rights - I don't doubt that for a second - the repugnant behaviours of one or two foreign countries will be generalised to argue that there exists an unbridgeable chasm between Islam and the Christian world, or the East and West, or just "us Kiwis" and "bloody foreigners".
In the "Double the Quota" refugee campaign, we sometimes witness the peculiar spectacle of xenophobes arguing against a fair increase in the quota based on other countries' treatment of women.
But our refugee intake privileges women-at-risk and families with children. Their fantasy of a refugee quota comprised of young Muslim men shows that these xenophobes know little about global refugee issues and are drawn to fear and hatred in direct opposition to the facts of the matter.
Is it a bit presumptuous to think that just a year after Trump and Brexit that 2017 would see the opposite focus on welcoming the stranger? Maybe. But those who think that the victory of Trump and Brexit indicate a generational movement of xenophobia and turning away from the world are missing an important point.
As with the anti-TPP protests in New Zealand, the antipathy towards globalism is more about economics than a dislike for foreign people.
Trump's win and Brexit both used xenophobic language, but the average voter seemed far more likely to point to the economy than immigration.
An Ipsos poll from September 2016 showed New Zealanders far more open to immigrants and refugees than 22 other countries. Part of this is because of the number of well-travelled New Zealanders, who were more favourable to being open to the world. We were the most likely country of all polled to agree that immigrants make the country a more interesting place to live.
The xenophile will triumph in 2017 for little reason more than New Zealanders have always been xenophiles. It's just that this year will be the first in some time that we will need an actual word to describe our openness to the stranger.
- Murdoch Stephens is a campaigner for New Zealand to enlarge its annual refugee intake.
- NZ Herald
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One of the world's most technologically advanced floating nautical survey platforms has been anchored off Birch Bay for the past few weeks collecting data to update national nautical charts.
The Rainier, one of the research ships in the Pacific fleet of the National Oceanic and Atmosphere Administration (NOAA), is in the middle of a mission collecting data to update NOAA's nautical charts for the Strait of Georgia. Its work will eventually take it up the coast of Alaska.
The data will provide more information on the shoals in the vicinity of Cherry Point, which is the largest tanker port in Washington. This information will be helpful to the Puget Sound pilots who steer large tankers through the sound and the Strait of Georgia. The area has seen changes in vessel traffic recently due to the increased capacity of the facilities at Cherry Point, according to the NOAA website for the ship.
The Rainier, originally launched in 1967, is 231 feet long and weighs about 1,500 tons. It can house a total of 25 crew members and stay at sea for 22 days at a time. For more information on the Rainier, visit the ship's website.

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- If you use an item without the owner's permission, and then return it, does this count as theft if they never find out?
- If so, does the rule of num 5;7 come into play, and what if this has occurred multiple times, would multiple repayments be required for each unauthorized use?
- Using someone else's item without permission is a form of theft, even if the person doesn't find out about it. We are commanded by G-d not to steal, and therefore the person would have to repent, because he didn't listen to G-d's commandment. In retrospect, if the item was already used, and he owner was not negatively affected by his using the item, (it wasn't ruined in any way, and the owner wasn't inconvenienced by it, then we would not have to ask the owner forgiveness, since he wasn't negatively affected).
- Regarding Numbers 5:7 that is referring to when a person stole money etc. and swore that he didn't take it, which is not applicable to regular stealing.
- Rambam Hilchos Gezeila 3-15, Shulchan Aruch Choshen Mishpat 359-5, 355-1.
- See Rashi Numbers 5-7.


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Definition of mistletoe in English:
A leathery-leaved parasitic plant which grows on apple, oak, and other broadleaf trees and bears white glutinous berries in winter.
- Several species in the family Viscaceae, in particular the Eurasian Viscum album and the North American Phoradendron flavescens
- Most dwarf mistletoes grow on conifers in the western United States.
- In Somerset and Herefordshire mistletoe grows on the apple trees from which cedar is produced.
- The Druids would cut the mistletoe that grew on the oak tree and give it as a blessing.
Words that rhyme with mistletoeditto • in flagrante delicto
Definition of mistletoe in:
- US English dictionary
What do you find interesting about this word or phrase?
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Swedish Institute (SI)
The Swedish Institute (SI) is a public agency that promotes interest and confidence in Sweden around the world. SI seeks to establish cooperation and lasting relations with other countries through strategic communication and exchange in the fields of culture, education, science and business. SI also supports Swedish language instruction at foreign universities. SI works closely with Swedish embassies and consulates around the world. Cultural diplomacy is considered an highly effective component in the Swedish approach to public diplomacy.
Few Swedish agencies have such a comprehensive range of activities in pursuit of Sweden's commitments in the world – and in promoting development both in Sweden and in its partner countries – as the Swedish Institute (SI). In 2010, SI undertook or helped finance exchanges in 124 countries, while also engaging in informational activities that reached more than 220 countries. To a great extent, therefore, SI regards itself as Sweden's globalization agency. Not least because SI:
 - promotes Sweden's international position and enhance its prospects by
 1. making the world more aware of our country and inspiring confidence and interest in us,
 2. establishing ties and networks with key figures in a wide range of fields,
 3. paving the way for new partnerships, exchanges and trade with the outside world,
 - fosters creativity, innovation and development both in Sweden and in partner countries by encouraging exchanges of knowledge and know-how, inspiration and talent,
 - facilitates cooperation, democracy and sustainable global development by
 1. encouraging progress towards human rights, freedom of expression and gender equality,
 2. raising awareness and boosting capacity in the fields of sustainability, climate and environment,
 3. supporting partner countries' economic, social and cultural development, as part of Sweden's development cooperation effort,
 - helps to reduce tension and the risk of conflict by encouraging knowledge-sharing, dialogue and understanding between people both in Sweden and in other countries.
The Swedish Institute runs its operations within the framework of public diplomacy – understanding, informing, influencing and developing relations with people in other countries. The intention is to increase awareness about Sweden and create a positive environment through strategic communication and relationship-building activities in order to achieve Swedish economic, political and cultural objectives.
The website provides information on the goals and objectives of the SI: details of funding and scholarships, current events and programmes, and language studies.
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First, here is a picture of some hot glue that dried in the shape of Squidward:
Now here is how to make diaper cupcakes:
- Unfold and refold diapers lengthwise.
- Roll up like a doobie (half of the diapers - save the other half)
- Other half - roll up straight edge to edge.
- Wrap a rubber band around.
- Stick the doobie inside the straight roll.
- Decorate with anything that will not affect the integrity of the diaper (no staples/pins/markers/etc).
For a cake, wrap them all up straight except for one, which will be the top layer. Put a bottle of wine or water or something the mommy and daddy like to drink in the middle of a platter. Place diaper wraps all around, making three layers. Secure each layer with a big rubber band. Wrap ribbon around, or cover each entire layer with a receiving blanket - the possibilities are endless!


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16 Jul SAE Technical Standards – J2450 scoring metric
Prior to the proposal of the J2450 scoring metric, created by the SAE Technical Standards, quality measurement of language translation in the automotive industry was subjective. In an industry where poor quality translation services could result in lower consumer confidence, additional warranty costs as well as injury and death, it was determined that a specified method for quality assurance was necessary. In response, the SAE developed the J2450 scoring metric to allow for tighter control of translation quality while also making sure that the source language, target language and method of translation did not bias the measure of quality.
More specifically, the actual metric consists of four elements, each of which further classify errors. The first element of the standard classifies errors into seven primary error categories, ranging from the use of the wrong term, grammatical errors as well miscellaneous errors. Secondly, errors are then classified as either serious or minor, as determined by the evaluator. Next, each error is given a numerical score, which is defined in the standard. The fourth and final element results in the normalized score which is computed by dividing the sum of the individual numeric weights by the total number of words in the source language text.
It is important to note that while the standard results in a normalized score, the SAE does not specify or suggest an acceptable threshold for the score.
For clients that require definite quality assurance measures to be part of their workflows, we are able to implement the J2450 scoring metric, among other procedures.


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When you plan a journey to United States and other countries around the world, Google Route Planner lets you calculate travel time, calculate travel distance (in miles and kilometers), and get turn by turn driving directions.
It also allows users to put in several destinations to plan a journey. You can choose traveling by foot, car, public transit or bicycle (in beta – If you find unmapped bike routes, the streets that aren't suited for bicycling, etc, just report to Google Maps team).
Google Route Planner Examples
How to drive from Fremont, CA to San Francisco, CA?
1. Go to Google Maps.
2. Click Get Directions link (see red rectangle in the screenshot)
3. In the first destination box: type Fremont**, CA, United States**
4. In the second destination box: type San Francisco**, CA, United States**
5. Click Get Directions button
6. Google Maps give you three suggested routes. To see the map, click each number of the suggestion route results:
- Click 1. I-880 N - 44 mins, 37.9 mi - 1 hours 10 mins in traffic (see red rectangle in the screenshot) and see the map. To zoom in the map click + (see pink rectangle in the screenshot)
- Click 2. I-880 N and I-580 W 48 mins, 42.2 minor - 1 hours 30 msins in traffic and so on
7. This route has tolls. To see the maps, click each number of the suggestion route results as above.
- Click No. 1. Fremont, CA. 1. Head northeast on Mowry Ave toward Fremont Blvd until No. 7. Turn right at Market St - 0.3 mi
How to drive from Baden, Mayrhofen to Salzburg - Austria (avoid toll and highways-routes)?
2. Click Get Directions link
3. In the first destination box : type Baden**, Austria**
4. In the second destination box: type Mayrhofen - Austria
5. Add the third destination box: click Add destination link (see pink rectangle in the screenshot) then type Salzburg - Austria
6. To avoid tolls, click Show options link (see red rectangle in the screenshot) then check avoid highways and avoid tolls options. To see the results in kilometers, click km link (miles is default).
7. Click Get Directions button
8. If you want to choose other transportation methods, such as walking, bicycling, public transit, or car (default), just click one of them (see blue rectangle in the screenshot).
9. To see the map, click each number of the suggestion route results as above example.
Setting Current Location
You can set your current location, if necessary:
1. Click "Set default location link" then type your current location such as "Fremont, CA.", click "Save" button.
2. Your current location will automatically show in the first destination box after you press F5 keyboard button or click Refresh button on your browser then click "Get Directions" link.
Sending the Suggested Route Results:
You can send the suggested route results to others:
a. Click Send link, click Email link.
b. Type From (your email) and To: (recipient's email) and click Send button. If you would like Google journey planner send information to your navigation system, click GPS or Car link then click Send button.
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period. Fields that cause problems are any fields that produce floating-point values, such as any Date type field in raw format (e.g. [date,0], [last played,0], [date modified,0], and [date imported,0]), or any textual field that contains floating-point values that will be used for various calculations (e.g. any of the Dynamic Range variants). Certain functions such as Now() and ConvertTime() also return localized floating-point values. Consider also that the expression parser uses comma as the argument separator. Any literal numeric values specified as a function argument must have any embedded commas escaped.
A Complex Expression Example
Here is a more complex expression example that illustrates the various rules discussed above regarding expressions:
The expression demonstrates that
- whitespace before and after commas or opening and closing parenthesis is ignored
- expressions can be safely split into multiple lines using the whitespace rules just mentioned
- function and field names are case insensitive
- forward slash is used and required to escape parenthesis (see inside the Delimit() function)
- whitespace does not require escapement when surrounded by other characters (see after the C in DISC)
- literal text is output unmodified (Disc number is empty)
- functions can be nested (Both IsEmpty() and Delimit() are nested within the If() function, and the Field() function is nested within Delimit()
When the expression is run, files that have no disc number will produce Disc number is empty, and files that have, say, a disc number value of 3 will produce DISC (3).
The output of an expression can be used to assign a value to a tag. This is accomplished by preceding the expression with an = character. The = character causes the tagging engine to invoke the expression evaluator first, and then to use its output as the value to assign to the field.
Without the prepended = character, the literal expression text itself and not its evaluated value would be stored in the tag. The expression can refer to the field's own value to modify itself, and this offers a convenient way to perform complex transformations on field values. For example, the assignment expression
entered into an edit cell for the name field would remove four characters from the left of the name field's current value. An assignment expression can be entered into the Tag Action Window, or by using inline editing in the file list or a pane entry. The image on the right shows inplace field assignment.
Note: Undo is supported, reverting each tag to its value prior to the assignment. Redo is also supported, reapplying the most recent Undo.
Expressions and Search
The expression language is fully available to the search query engine (Search, Set rules for file display, etc.). This allows creation of more complex search queries than would otherwise be possible. An expression-based search query is any valid expression that produces a zero or non-zero numeric output. The syntax of the query is:
where expression is any valid expression, and numval is the expected numeric output produced by the expression. The expression is evaluated against the current list of available files and the expression output numerically compared against numval. All files for which the comparison is true are returned as part of the file list produced by the query and all files that fail the comparison are winnowed from the file list.
The following example illustrates an expression-based search query:
The IsMissing() function is run using the file name argument [filename (path)] appended by \Folder.jpg, and returns a Boolean value 1 for files that are missing, and this 1 is compared against the value numval. All these files where there was a successful comparision are returned in the file list, and all those for which the expression produced 0 are filtered from the file list. By inverting the comparison and using a 0 numval, the set of files remaining in the file list would be those that did not match.
It was mentioned already that the Media Center expression language is primarily a textual language - it consumes and produces text. Nonetheless, certain areas of Media Center are influenced by the type of data used or presented, and sometimes it is useful or necessary to coerce expression output into one data type or another. Each Media Center field is defined to be of a certain data type, listed in the Field Data Types table. These types influence how values are output, sorted, and interpreted on input. And expressions always output data of type String. By coercing the data type of an expression, output formatting and sorting can be controlled in various ways.
Data types are forced by appending to an expression the string:
where type is one of the following values:
|list||A list of strings, separated by semicolons|
|string||Sorts as strings (with smart number handling)|
|number||Sorts values as numbers (decimal or integer)|
|integer||Sorts values as integers|
|path||Sorts using a smart filename compare style|
|month||Sorts string month names (i.e. January, February, etc.)|
Lists and Trees
The list of output in view categories and pane columns can be modified by forcing the data type to a List type. Two things happen when the data type is List: The values within a List type are split into their individual (semicolon-separated) list items The backslash character takes on a special meaning and becomes another form of separator that creates tree-like hierarchies, collapsable in panes columns and creates drill-down categories in any category view type (Standard View > Categories, Theater View, DLNA, Gizmo/WebGizmo). Forcing an expression's type to list causes this list item separation and hierarchy generation. Alternatively, forcing a List type to string defeats this. Add the cast:
to the end of an expression to force an expression's output to be considered as a List type. Conversely, a List type may be forced into a String type by ading the cast:
to the end of an expression.
Normally strings are sorted ASCII-betically with some smart numeric sorting. But this form of sort may not always be desired.
Sorting by Month
Generally it is more useful to see month names sorting such that January sorts before April, instead of alphabetically where April would sort before January. Forcing an expression's type to Month forces string month values to be treated instead as their equivalent numerical month numbers. For example, the first month January and the third month March sort before the fourth month April. Add the cast:
to the end of an expression to force an expression's output to be sorted by numberic month values.
Sorting by Path
Path data types sort using smart filename comparisons.
XXX complete this: Path sorting always seems to be used.
Add the cast:
to the end of an expression to force an expression's output to be smart-sorted by path components.
... and more to come...


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At Grain Farmers of Ontario our goal is to provide our farmer-members the information and resources needed to continue to be economically sustainable while operating in a manner that meets their commitment to the environment and society.
In order to meet this goal, Grain Farmers of Ontario has undertaken a number of sustainability initiatives to ensure we remain a strong competitor in the global marketplace.
Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI)
The SAI Platform is the main food and drink industry initiative supporting the development of sustainable agriculture worldwide. SAI is a global food industry initiative for sustainable agriculture that seeks involvement from all food chains stakeholders. The SAI Platform is based on four main pillars including sustainable farming practices, economy, social and environment. Through the SAI a Farm Sustainability Assessment (FSA) tool has been developed. The FSA is an easy-to-use tool that is a useful benchmark for comparing existing certification and company specific schemes. The FSA tool allows farmers to see their current sustainability performance and assess areas of improvement. Grain Farmers of Ontario is a current member of several of SAI's internal working committees.
Canadian Field Print Initiative (CFPI)
The CFPI represents a diverse group working collaboratively on a shared vision of sustainability-based performance measurement. Members include commodity associations, industry representatives and end use companies.
The CFPI is working to develop market-driven, science-based, and outcome-focused metrics which will examine key on farm indicators which help to tell a story of farm sustainability across Canada.
Initiatives under the CFPI include the Canadian Field Print Calculator.
The Canadian Field Print Calculator is an easy-to-use, farm-level measurement tool that allows growers to confidentially assess their environmental performance against national and regional benchmarks using their own field data.
4R Nutrient Stewardship Strategy
The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Strategy has been developed by the world's fertilizer industries and works to enhance environmental protection and improve sustainability for farmers. The 4R Nutrient Stewardship Strategy is based on 4 principles to nutrient application; the right source, at the right rate, at the right time and in the right place. The program can assist farmers in improving nutrient management on their operations and GHG emissions.


_USER_{jbp:/content/journals/10.1075/ijcl.11.1.02lab, author = "Labeau, Emmanuelle", title = "French Television Talk: What tenses for past time?", journal= "International Journal of Corpus Linguistics", year = "2006", volume = "11", number = "1", pages = "1-28", doi = "_URL_ url = "_URL_ publisher = "John Benjamins", issn = "_PHONE_", type = "Journal Article", keywords = "perfective aspect", keywords = "oral French", keywords = "French past tenses", abstract = "On the basis of a transcribed French television corpus made of two news bulletins, two chat shows and one literary programme recorded in February 2003, this paper explores the claim that passé simple (PS) may still be used in prepared oral discourse (Pfister 1974). The corpus does not provide support for that use on television, but it seems to suggest a shift from temporal to aspectual features in French television talk: a perfective presentation prevails on a past presentation. This trend would need to be confirmed by a larger television corpus, tested in other types of oral discourse and tested on written corpora.", }


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By now, you've probably heard about the new Hydraulic jack that was announced recently by the German manufacturer Taha.
The company has created a hydraulic power pack for hydraulic jack sockets in order to increase their efficiency and reduce the need for expensive equipment.
The new hydraulic power jack can operate in the 110 volt range, with a maximum output of 40 kilowatts.
Taha claims that the new hydraulic jack will be the most powerful jack on the market, as well as the most efficient.
While the company says that the power pack can handle up to 80% of the torque needed by the hydraulic jack socket, it also says that it will not only have better torque ratings than the existing jack, but also a much more efficient output of 100 kilowatt hours.
So the power supply for hydraulic sockets is now in the same position as it was a few years ago.
The key thing to remember is that hydraulic power is an inherently volatile, high-pressure, low-temperature product.
This means that the system is prone to thermal runaway and failure.
To prevent this, manufacturers have designed a way to seal the system against thermal runaway by having a "cooling sleeve" on the system that will keep the heat inside the system from escaping and creating a vacuum.
Tahas hydraulic power system consists of a series of "cushion" or "sleeve" devices that sit on top of the system, and are connected to a reservoir that will absorb the excess heat from the power system and dissipate it into the surrounding air.
The sleeve and the reservoir are both insulated and heated with the same heating elements.
While these systems have been in use for a while, the new design gives Taha the chance to introduce them into new markets.
The next major milestone in the development of the Taha hydraulic power supply is the introduction of the new Taha Power Pack.
The Power Pack is an integrated hydraulic power solution for hydraulic socket sockets.
While this is certainly a significant step forward in the evolution of hydraulic power, it still does not give Taha access to the full power of the hydraulic system.
While Taha says that they will be able to use the Power Pack to power their products for the next 20 years, the actual power supply of the Powerpack is not yet confirmed.
The manufacturer also says, however, that the Power Packs will be available to consumers starting in 2018.
What's even more exciting about this product is that Taha will be using it for the first time in their product lineup.
The power pack will not be available for purchase, but Taha does plan to sell the system through distributors.
This is a major step in the right direction for the hydraulic power industry.
The biggest question that remains is whether or not the new Power Pack will be suitable for everyday use, but with this new technology, Taha is in a very good position to finally make that transition.


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Africa, Oceania, Americas
From the Northern Plains, North
Before AD 1825
Moccasins of this type have raw hide soles and tanned skin uppers. The soles are often made of worn-out parfleches (storage bags), with the painted design placed inside. This pair is highly decorated with beads, particularly blue ones. They are a valuable type, known as 'pony' beads, made by blowing a thin cane of glass, breaking the cane and then rolling and polishing the finished product. Most beads in the early nineteenth century were made in Venice. At this time blue beads were considered 'like gold' by explorers such as Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, who crossed the continent in 1804-6.
Traditionally women would devote much of their lives to making moccasins. During one woman's life-time, she might make thousands of pairs. Moccasins were much traded, often unfinished so that they could be fitted to the purchaser's feet.
J.C.H. King, First peoples, first contacts: (London, The British Museum Press, 1999)


_USER_ {1851, title = {Latent Heat Loss of a Virtual Thermal Manikin for Evaluating the Thermal Performance of Bicycle Helmets}, booktitle = {Advances in Human Factors in Simulation and Modeling}, year = {2019}, pages = {66{\textendash}78}, publisher = {Springer International Publishing}, organization = {Springer International Publishing}, address = {Cham}, abstract = {Thermal performance of three bicycle helmets for latent heat loss was evaluated through a virtual testing methodology using Computational fluid dynamics (CFD) simulations. The virtual thermal manikin was prescribed with a constant sweat rate of 2~g/h and a constant sweat film thickness of 0.3~mm. The simulations were carried out at 6~m/s until convergence was achieved. The results from steady state simulations show heat loss of 158~W from manikin without helmet and approximately 135~W with helmets. However, the thermal performance of helmets with a sweating manikin has been reduced from 89{\textendash}93{\%} to 84{\textendash}87{\%}. These results imply that evaporative/latent heat loss plays a significant role in thermal performance of helmets. Therefore, thermal performance tests for helmets should also include testing of helmets for evaporative heat loss.}, isbn = {978-3-319-94223-0}, author = {Mukunthan, Shriram and Jochen Vleugels and Toon Huysmans and Guido De Bruyne}, editor = {Cassenti, Daniel N.} }


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Indiana's first African-American physician is being honored on Tuesday, more than a century after his death, with a commemorative grave marker.
The unmarked grave that is believed to belong to Dr. Samuel A. Elbert, a physician who faced racial barriers attaining his medical degree at the Medical College of Indiana, will finally be turned into a headstone at the Crown Hill Cemetery.
The Indianapolis Historical Society along with the Aesculapian Medical Society have been working together to push the installment of the marker recognizing Elbert's achievements as one of the first black medical pioneers.
Senior archivist from the Indianapolis Historical Society Wilma Moore said, "Grave markers always suggest legacy and legacy is important to let folks know that you were here. They also suggest what you did when you were here and that you will not be forgotten. Certainly in Dr. Elbert's case his legacy is great."
According to the Indianapolis Star, Elbert challenged the the Medical College of Indiana in 1871, after they refused to recognize him as a student or grant him a medical degree despite paying tuition and attending classes. He eventually won the case, making him the first licensed African-American physician in Indiana.
Elbert's prominence in the medical community grew from serving for one term as president of the Indianapolis Board of Health to being appointed by then-President Benjamin Harrison to serve as the local pension surgeon in the late 1800s. He ended up declining the appointment after receiving opposition from whites in the medical community.
Elbert's grave marker will be unveiled at the Crown Hill Cemetery in a formal ceremony at 5:30 p.m. Tuesday.
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I use ArcGIS 10.1 and I am dealing with viewshed and least cost path analysis. I would like to generate a path on the basis of a cost surface taking into account the viewshed data as indicated in the paper "On applying viewshed analysis for determining least-cost paths on Digital Elevation Models" by Stucky and Lee. In order to do that the authors say:
To support the computation of the various least-cost paths discussed in this paper, two grids of visibility information should be calculated. The first is a general viewgrid (VG) that records for each cell the number of cells visible. The second is a dominance viewgrid (VD) that holds for each cell the number of cells from which the cell is visible. Both grids are constructed by calculating intervisibility between grid cells using the LoS algorithm. Two matrices are not equal because the number of cells visible from a cell does not always equal the number of cells to which that cell is visible. Next, these two visibility grids are converted to friction surfaces. These surfaces are used as the input grids to the least-cost path procedure. To do this, a few adjustments must be made to create the friction surfaces suitable for calculating viewpaths that we wish to use. For this study, we have implemented a total of four viewpaths. Each of the four viewpaths requires different friction surfaces to be setup from viewgrids.
Does someone know how to create the viewgrids and covert them into friction surfaces?


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2014 Volume 13 Pages 79-87
This article documents a systematic bias in surface wind directions between the TAO buoy measurements at 0°, 170°W and the ECMWF analysis and forecasts. This bias was of the order 10° and persisted from November 2008 to January 2010, which was consistent with a post-recovery calibration drift in the anemometer vane. Unfortunately, the calibration drift was too time-variant to be used to correct the data so the quality flag for this deployment was adjusted to reflect low data quality. The primary purpose of this paper is to inform users in the modelling and remote-sensing community about this systematic, persistent wind directional bias, which will allow users to make an educated decision on using the data and be aware of its potential impact to their downstream product quality. The uncovering of this bias and its source demonstrates the importance of continuous scientific oversight and effective user-data provider communication in stewarding scientific data. It also suggests the need for improvement in the ability of buoy data quality control procedures of the TAO and ECMWF systems to detect future wind directional systematic biases such as the one described here.
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text: The proposed Union Pacific Red Rock Classification Yard will be predominantly placed on already developed land. In the map below you will notice that the vast majority of the proposed Classification Yard and industrial park area is in existing farm land. Farmland poses more hazards to desert wildlife through pesticides, fertilizers and run-off. Compared to the land's historical use as farmland, the Classification Yard will actually reduce chemical hazards to wildlife. The Classification Yard will not be displacing wildlife or introducing foreign chemicals into the environment in the same way agricultural fields would.


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So what's with the "a" in front of familiar words like beam, stern and aft?
Adding the "a-" prefix turns the noun into an adjective. Nouns, you'll recall, name things. They answer the What? or Who? in a sentence. Adverbs, on the other hand, modify a verb. They answer questions like When? Where? Why? and How?
Adding the "a" to parts of a boat tells us where something else is in relationship to our boat. This use of the a- prefix is from Old English use of a- to mean on, in, at.
- A + Beam = On our beam, or beside our boat.
- A + Stern = At our stern, or behind us.
- A + Baft = To the rear (baft is Old English for behind). "Abaft the beam" is a phrase commonly used when practicing the Quick Stop Crew Overboard procedure.
|Pete's class sneaks up astern of our class.|
|After my quick "paparazzi tack," Pete is abeam of our boat.|


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Integrated Transmission-and-Distribution System Modeling of Power Systems: State-of-the-Art and Future Research Directions
Bhatti, Bilal Ahmad
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Integrated transmission-and-distribution (T&D) modeling is a new and developing method for simulating power systems. Interest in integrated T&D modeling is driven by the changes taking place in power systems worldwide that are resulting in more decentralized power systems with increasingly high levels of distributed energy resources. Additionally, the increasing role of the hitherto passive energy consumer in the management and operation of power systems requires more capable and detailed integrated T&D modeling to understand the interactions between T&D systems. Although integrated T&D modeling has not yet found widespread commercial application, its potential for changing the decades-old power system modeling approaches has led to several research efforts in the last few years that tried to (i) develop algorithms and software for steady-state and dynamic modeling of power systems and (ii) demonstrate the advantages of this modeling approach compared with traditional, separated T&D system modeling. In this paper, we provide a review of integrated T&D modeling research efforts and the methods employed for steady-state and dynamic modeling of power systems. We also discuss our current research in integrated T&D modeling and the potential directions for future research. This paper should be useful for power systems researchers and industry members because it will provide them with a critical summary of current research efforts and the potential topics where research efforts are needed to further advance and demonstrate the utility of integrated T&D modeling.


How Did Colonial People Make Candles?
Colonia way of making dipped taper candles
Making candles for dark nights was a yearly chore in colonial households. While colonists often bought cotton wick, they typically made enough candles to last for the year.
How Colonial Candles Were Made
Candles were most commonly made by dipping during colonial times in households, especially during the early colonial period. However, candle makers, or chandlers, started using molds as well.
Dipped Method
The process for dipping candles was fairly straightforward:
 1. Colonists would melt waxy material, usually tallow, in a large kettle full of scalding hot water.
 2. Once the tallow was melted, they would skim off the tallow and put it in another pot for dipping. They might also have put the tallow through a sieve to get out more impurities.
 3. They would then take a long wick (either bought from the store or spun from flax or cotton) and tie it to the end of a stick. Usually they would tie several wicks to one stick so they could dip several candles at once.
 4. Once the wick was tied, they would begin dipping the wick into the melted tallow.
 5. Once the candle was large enough, the candle maker (or wives and children) would press the bottom so it was flat and then hang the candles out to dry.
The tallow had to be stirred regularly, and it took about 25 dippings for a whole candle. Because it was quite a process, colonists would set aside an entire day for this annual chore. This process was the same regardless of the wax being used.
colonial woman hand dipping candles
Candle Molds
Colonial households typically didn't use candle molds. Molds could only make six to eight candles at a time and so it was impractical to use molds for the annual candle making. Consequently, colonial households would buy molded candles if they had enough money. However, the process for making them was very similar:
 1. The chandler would melt the wax material and skim off impurities.
 2. He would transfer the melted wax into something with a spout for easier pouring.
 3. He would then pour wax into the molds and allow it to harden.
Below is a demonstration of a colonial candle kit used with this method:
What Candles Were Made Of
There were four materials that candles were primarily made from during colonial times.
Beef and Sheep Tallow
The vast majority of candles in colonial times were made from tallow, which is a hard, fatty animal substance. The best candles were rendered from half sheep and half beef tallow. While you can use any tallow, this combination smelled the least and burned the best without sputtering. Especially poor people might use pig tallow, but it was undesirable because of the smell.
Medieval candles on sale at local fair
Beeswax was another popular material for candle making during the latter part of the colonial period. Beeswax, like bayberry, was not as plentiful as tallow, but it made a pleasant-smelling candle. They could be made either by dipping or in a mold.
New Englanders discovered bayberries have a waxy substance and were great for candle making. Not only did bayberry candles smell better than tallow candles, but they also were naturally a lovely green, making them great for decorating. However, it took about a dozen pounds of bayberry to yield one pound of candle wax. Consequently, people tended to add bayberry to their tallow wax rather than just making candles exclusively out of bayberry.
The first uniform candles were made from spermaceti, although chandlers did make molded candles from other materials. Molded candles were uniform in shape, so they looked nicer; however, spermaceti candles burned brighter and were firmer so they tended not to lose their shape. Chandlers made spermaceti candles by taking crystallized sperm whale oil and pouring it into candle molds and allowing it to harden.
Colonists didn't necessarily have a lot to work with, so the equipment needed to make candles was kept to a bare minimum.
 - Large kettle for melting wax and scalding water
 - A wooden paddle for stirring
 - Cotton wick - usually purchased, but colonists could make homemade wicks by spinning cotton on a wheel
 - A drying rack had several racks to hold many candles
 - Long sticks or branches for dipping multiple candles at once to make the chore more productive
 - Molds - chandlers might use molds to make uniform-looking candles; they were made out of tin or wood
Colonial Candle Making
Candles were an absolute necessity during colonial times because they were a primary way to light a home. Candle making was a common household chore until the oil lamp was invented and became common in the latter part of the 18th century. Even after the oil lamp came on the scene, colonists continued to make candles simply because they found them to be beautiful.
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Compiled XAML = BAML not IL
May 25, 2007
Yesterday I lectured about XAML and the following question was asked: Why XAML is compiled into BAML and not directly into IL for better performance?
Before giving the correct answer, I want to explain what BAML is.
There are actually two ways for handling a XAML file: Loose or Compiled.
 - Loose XAML file should be parsed at runtime, and can be deployed as a simple XML file, locally, remotely or embedded into the assembly.
 - Compiled is a XAML file marked as "Page" in Visual Studio ( in MSBuild), deployed as a BAML (Binary Application Markup Language) file and embedded as an assembly resource.
A loose XAML file can't include the x:Class XAML keyword, also it can't embed a source code, nor it can emit code by all means. It is possible to load a loose XAML file by calling XamlReader.Load() method, casting the return value into the root element. The loose XAML version provides a dynamic way to load and change the view, but provides poor performance due to the fact that the XML file is parsed at runtime.
A compiled XAML file (BAML) can emit code, by using x:Class, or by registering events for example. It is possible to load an element from inside the BAML by calling the Application.LoadComponent(), casting the return value into the root element. The compiled XAML version provides better performance since it is pre-tokenized binary version of the XAML file, hence it is smaller and can be loaded faster, but it is not dynamic.
Once upon a time, there was CAML. CAML was the exact IL version of the compiled XAML file. Unfortunately, the WPF team has decided to eliminate it, and keep the BAML version for the following reasons:
1. BAML is compact hence it can be downloaded faster (good for XBAP applications)
2. BAML is less security threat than code execution (good for XBAP applications)
3. BAML can be localized after compilation
In the bottom line, BAML is a little slower than IL but has more advantages than CAML.
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 1. JigneshMay 5, 2010 ב 18:01
 Good one…..Really helpful…..
 2. Claude GlauserFebruary 24, 2011 ב 22:10
 Thanks a lot for good your explanation! It is much clearer now. One question left: Why is BAML less security thread?
 3. Tomer ShamamFebruary 24, 2011 ב 22:54
 Hi Claude,
 It is said that BAML is safer than IL, since it can't contain malicious code, it is only a binary stream of WPF objects, where IL can be anything.
 BAML is considered safer when dealing with XBAP applications.
 4. LakshmiMarch 2, 2011 ב 18:33
 Your explanation saved me alot instead of wasting one more day to load loose xaml.
 5. DavidFebruary 8, 2012 ב 18:01
 Great explanation
 6. AlexanderAugust 21, 2013 ב 21:03
 Good explanation, thx.


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Buffalo Bird Woman (ca. _PHONE_) was a Mandan Hidatsa who experienced the traditional life of her people in what is now the Fort Berthold Reservation in North Dakota. Her Hidatsa name was Maxidiwiac. She learned and practiced traditional Hidatsa skills such as gardening, the preparation of food, weaving and many others. Buffalo Bird Woman held to the traditional ways of her culture and generously shared them through her stories and teachings. Through oral tradition she described her own experience and the lives and work of women in Hidatsa culture. Edward Lone Fight is descended from her.
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Damp Testing Floors Course
This specialised course is designed for both domestic and commercial installers of carpets and vinyls
Health and safety induction
What is moisture and how does it affect the floorcovering
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European Standards
Types of moisture meters and how they work
Building construction and how this affects moisture levels
Types of sub-floor construction
Taking readings and analysing the results
Practical testing and analysis of readings
Discussion on solutions for floors with high moisture levels
Question and answer session


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Apparatus for Measuring Total Emissivity of Small, Low-Emissivity Samples
- Created: Saturday, 01 January 2011
The small chamber surrounding the sample is lined with black-painted aluminum honeycomb, which simplifies data analysis. This results in the sample viewing a very high-emissivity surface on all sides, an effect which would normally require a much larger chamber volume. The sample and chamber temperatures are individually controlled using off-the-shelf PID (proportional–integral–derivative) controllers, allowing flexibility in the test conditions. The chamber can be controlled at a higher temperature than the sample, allowing a direct absorptivity measurement.
The lightweight sample is suspended by its heater and thermometer leads from an isothermal bar external to the chamber. The wires run out of the chamber through small holes in its corners, and the wires do not contact the chamber itself. During a steady-state measurement, the thermometer and bar are individually controlled at the same temperature, so there is zero heat flow through the wires. Thus, all of sample-temperature-control heater power is radiated to the chamber.
Double-aluminized Kapton (DAK) emissivity was studied down to 10 K, which was about 25 K colder than any previously reported measurements. This verified a minimum in the emissivity at about 35 K and a rise as the temperature dropped to lower values.
This work was done by James Tuttle and Michael J. DiPirro of Goddard Space Flight Center. For further information, contact the Goddard Innovative Partnerships Office at _PHONE_. GSC-15697-1


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Infrared (IR) image simulation is an important data source for various target recognition systems. However, whether simulated IR images could be used as training data for classifiers depends on the features of fidelity and authenticity of simulated IR images. For evaluation of IR image features, a deep-representation-based algorithm is proposed. Being different from conventional methods, which usually adopt a priori knowledge or manually designed feature, the proposed method can extract essential features and quantitatively evaluate the utility of simulated IR images. First, for data preparation, we employ our IR image simulation system to generate large amounts of IR images. Then, we present the evaluation model of simulated IR image, for which an end-to-end IR feature extraction and target detection model based on deep convolutional neural network is designed. At last, the experiments illustrate that our proposed method outperforms other verification algorithms in evaluating simulated IR images. Cross-validation, variable proportion mixed data validation, and simulation process contrast experiments are carried out to evaluate the utility and objectivity of the images generated by our simulation system. The optimum mixing ratio between simulated and real data is 0.2≤γ≤0.3, which is an effective data augmentation method for real IR images.
Tank, as a vital ground weapon, plays an irreplaceable role in the war. The article did the research of infrared image of the tank. Firstly, the 3D model of tank was established. And then the infrared radiation model of the target was constructed by analysing the infrared characteristics of the tank's different parts.. Finally the infrared radiation value of the tank under different states was calculated and the simulation of infrared characteristics of the tank under different states was done, which will provide reference for the research on infrared characteristics of the army's battlefield target.
Template matching algorithm is one of the important image-based Automatic Target Recognition methods. Traditional normalized cross correlation (NCC) algorithm used in infrared image matching has a strong antinoise performance but low computing speed. Meanwhile, although sequential similarity detection algorithm (SSDA) performs a shorter time than NCC, it has lower accuracy. In order to solve the low target recognition rate and slow speed of infrared image recognition problems, a new matching algorithm based on infrared image is presented, which integrates the advantages of two methods. The fusion algorithm improves the matching speed and reduces the probability of matching error. The experimental results confirm that the proposed approach has higher efficiency and accuracy in infrared image matching than original algorithms. Comparing with NCC and SSDA, it shortens large recognition time and enhances the right matching ratio respectively. In addition, the improved algorithm is real-time and robust against noise. It is significant to the research and development of automatic target recognition technology for different kinds of real-time detection system.


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Meet Eileen Gray, the architect behind the monumental E-1027 and pioneer of the Modern Movement in architecture.
In 1924, work began in earnest on a small villa by the sea in the south of France. Nearly a century later, this structure has become a monument for modern design. However, like so many gifted female artists, Eileen Gray's story has been eclipsed by the men with whom she collaborated – this story puts the focus back on Gray and her mastery of design. Dzierżawska's exquisite visuals bring to life the tale of a young Irish designer whose dedication and desire to create came to flourish during the 'Années Folles' of early 20th century Paris.


Charlemagne receives an elephant from Harun al-Rashid
Artist's depiction from the 1970s (appearing in an issue of National Geographic) of the famous arrival of an elephant, named Abu Abbas, at Aachen in 802, when Charlemagne's embassy to Harun al-Rashid returned laden with gifts from the Caliph of Baghdad. Note the stereotyped Arabs and Nubians, and the thick Gallic mustache on Charlemagne's seated attendant, who seems to harbor designs on the emperor's pretty daughter. Abu Abbas, the elephant, lived until 810; its death is noted in the Royal Frankish Annals. There is a young-adult fantasy novel which features the elephant, appropriately called Charlemagne's Elephant. Query: where would the Caliph have got a Narwhal tusk?


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Earth, the mean radius is 6,371.009 km (≈3,958.761 mi; ≈3,440.069 nmi).
If the meridional mean and the mean of the two equatorial axes (which, for Earth, are equal) are averaged together, the mean radius approximation of the average great-circle circumference is found:
This is the equivalent great-circle radius of an ellipsoid, which for Earth is 6,372.797 km (≈3,959.873 mi; ≈3,441.035 nmi).
A closed-form solution exists for a spheroid:
where and is the surface area of the spheroid.
For Earth, the authalic radius is 6,_PHONE_ km (≈3,958.760 mi; ≈3,440.069 nmi).
For Earth, the volumetric radius equals 6,_PHONE_ km (≈3,958.760 mi; ≈3,440.069 nmi).
Another mean radius is the rectifying radius, giving a sphere with circumference equal to the perimeter of the ellipse described by any polar cross section of the ellipsoid. This requires an elliptic integral to find, given the polar and equatorial radii:
The rectifying radius is equivalent to the meridional mean, which is defined as the average value of M:
For integration limits of [0…π/2], the integrals for rectifying radius and mean radius evaluate to the same result, which, for Earth, amounts to 6,_PHONE_ km (≈3,956.545 mi; ≈3,438.147 nmi).
The meridional mean is well approximated by the semicubic mean of the two axes:
yielding, again, 6,_PHONE_ km; or less accurately by the quadratic mean of the two axes:
about 6,367.454 km; or even just the mean of the two axes:
about 6,367.445 km.