Dispute Over an Expense Reimbursement Contract? Five Factors to Consider
Are you a Wisconsinbased employee with a dispute (or potential dispute) with an employer about an expense reimbursement contract? If so, before you take action or communicate with the employer about the dispute, below are five factors to consider.
1. Review the contract's terms, including terms about timing and key dates, before taking action.
Many expense – reimbursement contracts have terms that specify important dates and/or time periods. For example, a contract may say that if the employee resigns within one year of his employment start date, then he must reimburse the employer 100% of the expenses it paid relating to the employee's hire, travel and relocation. Or a contract may say if the employee resigns during a given time frame (e.g. at a time between Jan. 1 and Jun. 30, 2019), then he must reimburse 50% of the employer's expenses, or if he resigns during a later time frame (e.g. between Jul. 1 and Dec. 31, 2019), he must reimburse 25%.
Sometimes, the terms are not clearly defined or ambiguous on their face. For example, a reimbursement contract may say the employee has a reimbursement obligation if he resigns "before a one-year period", but may not specifically define the date that "one year" has ended. Such ambiguous terms can raise doubts when, exactly, the one year period begins and ends. Is it one year after the date the last party signed the contract? One year after the date the employee accepted the job offer? One year after the date the employee first started employment at the employer's building?
An employee with a reimbursement contract should review and understand the contract's terms– including its terms about important dates and timing– before he takes action, e.g. before he gives notice of resignation on a given date. A close review of the contract, including terms about key dates and timing, can help the employee be aware of important timing considerations and perhaps avoid a very costly mistake. For example, it may help him avoid giving notice of resignation to occur a day before a date when reimbursement obligations would have vanished under the contract had he stayed employed just a day longer.
2. Know that some contracts and/or their reimbursement terms are invalid under Wisconsin law; don't assume the employer's legal interpretation is correct.
Employers act as if the reimbursement contracts they drafted– and their interpretations of their contracts– are unquestionably valid under the law. But in reality, some reimbursement contracts are invalid under Wisconsin law standards.
Only a Court can determine if a given contract is valid or invalid. However, an employee can have a lawyer assess the likelihood or odds a given contract would be found invalid by a Court, via the lawyer reviewing that contract and comparing it to applicable legal standards, etc.
If an employee's lawyer reviewed a reimbursement contract and saw legal problems with it and felt a Court would likely consider it invalid, the lawyer's opinion to this effect could be conveyed to the employer, and could cause the employer to reduce or withdraw its demand for the employee's expense-reimbursement payment.
It is common in my experience to see problems in the language of an expense – reimbursement contract that present risk to the employer that the contract could (if a legal action arose) be determined by a Court to be invalid. There are some legal issues that, if present in a given contract, could cause a Court to decide the whole contract is invalid. In other instances, there are problems with a contract that are likely to cause a Court to decide only a portion of its terms, or only a portion of money (less than what the employer demands) are legally-valid or owed.
If you have a reimbursement contract with one or more of the following attributes, it may be legally-vulnerable for the employer, and you should consider having an employee rights lawyer assess it further:
 - If the contract was drafted by the employer and has vague or ambiguous terms the employer is now interpreting in its favor, to your financial detriment.
 - If the contract defines types of expenses or time frames, etc., and the employer is seeking reimbursement of types of expenses that are not of the type the contract defines, or were not incurred during defined contractual time frames, etc.
 - If the contract has terms that say the employer may dock your wages (paychecks) for reimbursement money the employer decides you owe.
3. Request proof from the employer for the expenses at issue; make sure they're legitimate expenses and of a type reimbursable under the contract.
A reimbursement contract may specifically state the employee has a right to request the employer give her proof of the expenses at issue, so she can verify they were in fact paid and in fact were proper for the employer to have paid for her hire and relocation, etc.
Such proof can include an itemization of expenses that specifies exact expenses' dates and amounts of payment, to whom they were paid, for what purpose, etc. Proof can also include receipts or bank entries from the employer, or other documents that prove and/or describe how various expense payments were made for given purposes, etc.
Whether or not your contract says you can request the employer provide you such proof of the expenses' legitimacy, it is a good idea for you to make such a request.
If an employer provides you an itemization or other proof of expenses, you should carefully review that documentation, to make sure the described expenses appear legitimate and appropriate. As an initial matter, you may discover that there are erroneous entries or amounts stated for given expenses, and find the employer has overstated the value of expenses it is asking you to reimburse.
You should also compare those documented expenses (as described in the documentation) to the terms and descriptions in your reimbursement contract. Are those expenses, for which the employer demands reimbursement, actually of the type and nature for which the contract requires reimbursement?
If there's any problem with the expenses' legitimacy and/or legality under the contract, it is good that you identify any such issues before communicating with the employer about potential reimbursement, and certainly before paying for reimbursement.
4. You may have legal leverage, for your reimbursement dispute, based on factors outside the reimbursement contract and/or that you may not have considered.
Above I reference some legal issues with a given reimbursement contract or its terms that, in a reimbursement demand or dispute situation, can possibly raise legal risks for an employer and/or leverage for the employee.
Aside from the content or issues in any given contract, there may be external factors or laws that provide potential leverage for the employee.
For one, an employee who is contemplating resignation and related reimbursement contract issues, may be subject to unlawful activities by his or her employer that prompted the plans for resignation in the first place. For example, the employee may be resigning because the employer failed to pay the employee a bonus or commission that was (in the employee/lawyer's view) owed under WI wage or contract laws, or because the employer harassed or discriminated against the employee in arguable violation of WI or Federal discrimination laws.
If an employer arguably violated laws with respect to the employee– and arguably owes the employee legal damages (money) due to lost wages or discriminatory acts, etc.– then those matters may serve as counter-leverage in a negotiation with an employer seeking expense-reimbursement money from the employee.
If a negotiation occurs with an employee about any legal issue, it is likely best that any and all other potential legal issues are also considered by the employee (and employee's lawyer, if applicable). That way, the employer's reimbursement demand is not discussed in a vacuum and the employee's potential legal rights and potential damages are also part of the discussion, leveraging and/or settlement agreement that may occur.
5. If you decide to get a lawyer's advice about a contract reimbursement dispute, it is best to do so before you take action or communicate with the employer.
As referenced above, an employee rights lawyer can review an expense reimbursement contract, assess the circumstances of a reimbursement request or dispute, and possibly identify deficiencies with the contract or the employer's legal position. As a threshold matter, the lawyer may tell the employee some important things not to do, e.g. not to resign before a given date (because of bad consequences per the contract's terms, etc.).
Also, the lawyer may opine that the employer's position has legal weaknesses. If that is the case– e.g. say the lawyer opines a Court would likely find the contract invalid– then that opinion could be helpful for the employee to know before communicating or trying to negotiate with an employer about an expense reimbursement demand.
The employee could retain the lawyer to do the communicating or negotiating.
Lawyers are better at conducting communications and negotiations about contracts than are employees and employers. Most employers know this and have lawyers (or promptly retain lawyers) to assist with any reimbursement-contract disputes that arise for them. Sometimes, employers' lawyers are behind the scenes and, unbeknownst to the employee they're in a dispute with, are monitoring and advising the employers' personnel about what to say or write to the employee. Employees, too often, try to tackle contract-related communications and negotiations on their own, and are thus at a disadvantage compared to the employers, who typically have attorney help accessible.
The more an employee communicates with an employer about a contract dispute– especially written or emailed communication– the more risk the employee incurs of diminishing or eliminating legal rights or options he or she may have had. For example, an employee may send off an email to the employer, about a reimbursement dispute issue, in which he inadvertently agrees to new contractual terms, or agrees to a contractual modification, that are against his interests and/or waive legal rights he'd had (to reduce or


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How to configure the HomeShield Reward feature on a TP-Link Router/Deco
You can add extra online time as a reward for your kid's good behavior. This feature is for HomeShield Pro users only.
Before you start:
- You should have a TP-Link HomeShield router and have an iOS device running iOS 9 or later, or an Android device running Android 4.2 or later.
- You have downloaded and installed the TP-Link Tether app/TP-Link Deco app on your device.
Follow the steps below to set up this feature:
Note: In this article, we will take the Deco app as an example to illustrate the configuration.
1. Open the Deco app. Swipe right to open the menu and select HomeShield Pro.
2. Select the desired network to apply HomeShield Pro.
3. Open the Deco app. Go to the Parental Controls tab and select a profile.
4. Tap Adjust and select the allowed time you want to add or subtract for today.
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Science Fair Project Encyclopedia
The Vineyard Movement is a combination renewal and church-planting movement which can also be considered a Christian denomination. While often considered charismatic, they prefer the term empowered evangelicals to reflect their roots in traditional Evangelicalism, as opposed to historic Pentecostalism (though they sometimes describe themselves as the radical middle between the two). Vineyard philosophy has also played a key role in the development of transformationalism.
Some stuff about Enacted Inaugurated Eschatology should go here.
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Lumen help
Creating an API security key
To create an API security key:
 1. From the main menu, select Portal Admin > CDN API Security Keys.
 Media portal lists the CDN or Vyvx API security keys for your organization.
CDN API Security Keys
 1. From the Access Group list, select the access group you want to create the API security key under.
 1. Click Add a New Key.
API Terms of Use Agreement
 1. Read through the terms of use, then click Accept & Continue.
Create New Key
 1. Fill in the information for the new key:
 1. In the Key Name field, type a name for the key.
 2. From the Role list, select the authorization level for the key.
 3. From the Contact list, select the contact for the key in your organization.
 4. In the Notes field, add any additional information about the key or the details you provided.


watch-mimedefang man page
watch-mimedefang — Keep an eye on mimedefang-multiplexor
Synopsis
watch-mimedefang [options]
Description
watch-mimedefang is a Tk script which graphically displays the status of mimedefang-multiplexor(8). Note that Tcl/Tk 8.0 or higher is required to run watch-mimedefang.
Display
watch-mimedefang's display is divided into three main areas, from top to bottom:
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The graph display shows six graphs representing various statistics about the multiplexor.
o
The control area shows the maximum number of slaves, number of busy slaves, and number of idle slaves. The "Control Command" text entry lets you monitor remote MIMEDefang servers; see "Remote Monitoring" for details.
The "10s", "1m", "5m" and "10m" checkboxes allow you to enable or disable the graphing of statistics averaged over the last 10 seconds, 1 minute, 5 minutes and 10 minutes.
The "Reread Filters" button forces the multiplexor to reread filter rules. The "Quit" button terminates watch-mimedefang.
o
The scale at the bottom lets you change the update interval (default 500ms). Be aware that frequent updating may make watch-mimedefang consume a significant fraction of CPU time.
The Graph Area
The graph area contains six graphs:
o Busy Slaves
This graph shows the number of busy slaves each time the statistics are sampled.
o Slaves/scan
This graph shows the average number of busy slaves each time a message was scanned. The red plot shows the average over the last ten seconds, the blue plot shows the average over the last minute, and the green and yellow plots show the average over the last five and ten minutes, respectively.
o Latency (ms)
This graph shows the average time taken by each SCAN command over the last ten seconds, one minute, five minutes and ten minutes.
o Messages/s
This graph shows the average number of messages per second that were scanned.
o Activations/s
This graph shows the average number of new slaves activated per second.
o Reaps/s
This graph shows the average number of slaves that have terminated per second.
If the Activations and Reaps increase significantly, it could indicate heavy load, or an error causing filters to terminate abnormally.
If only Activations increase, then it probably indicates a sudden increase in e-mail volume.
If only Reaps increase, then it probably indicates a quiet time just after a period of heavy mail volume.
You can enable or disable the ten second, one minute, five minute or ten minute plots by clicking on the "10s", "1m", "5m" or "10m" checkbox.
Remote Monitoring
Running watch-mimedefang on your actual mail server poses two problems: You need Tcl/Tk and the X client libraries installed, and the CPU consumption of watch-mimedefang can be considerable.
A better method is to run watch-mimedefang on a desktop machine, but have it monitor the mail server with a remote session.
The best way to establish a remote session is via SSH. For example, if you are running MIMEDefang on "mail.mydomain.net", you can type the following into the Control Command entry box and press enter:
ssh _EMAIL_ md-mx-ctrl
You must have a public/private key for the target machine and you must be running ssh-agent or equivalent; you cannot use an ssh command that requires entry of a password or passphrase.
Assuming your SSH setup is correct, watch-mimedefang will open an SSH connection to mail.mydomain.net and exchange low-bandwith information over that session for monitoring purposes.
Command-Line Options
watch-mimedefang accepts the following command-line options:
-command cmd
Use cmd as the control command. You may need to quote cmd
-interval msec
Set the update interval to msec milliseconds.
-10s flag
Enable the "10s" graph plot if flag is 1, or disable it if flag is 0.
-1m flag
Enable the "1m" graph plot if flag is 1, or disable it if flag is 0.
-5m flag
Enable the "5m" graph plot if flag is 1, or disable it if flag is 0.
-10m flag
Enable the "10m" graph plot if flag is 1, or disable it if flag is 0.
-title string
Add string to the title of the main window.
-help
Print usage information.
Example
As an example, to monitor MIMEDefang on the machine "mail.mydomain.net" updating once a second, with the 5m and 10m plots turned off, use:
watch-mimedefang -command 'ssh _EMAIL_ md-mx-ctrl' \
 -interval 1000 -5m 0 -10m 0 -title "mail"
Author
watch-mimedefang was written by Dianne Skoll <_EMAIL_>. The mimedefang home page is _URL_
Permissions
watch-mimedefang uses md-mx-ctrl; therefore, it probably needs to be run as root or the same user as mimedefang-multiplexor, or (if you are monitoring a remote machine), the SSH connection must be done as root or the MIMEDefang user.
See Also
mimedefang.pl(8), mimedefang-filter(5), mimedefang(8), mimedefang-protocol(7), md-mx-ctrl(8), watch-multiple-mimedefangs(8)
Referenced By
md-mx-ctrl(8), watch-multiple-mimedefangs(8).
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Title: The Dinner Movie Ending Explained: Unraveling the Mysteries with 8 Intriguing Facts
Released in 2024, "The Dinner" is a gripping psychological thriller that keeps viewers on the edge of their seats. Directed by a renowned filmmaker, the movie leaves audiences with a myriad of questions as the credits roll. In this article, we delve into the enigmatic ending of "The Dinner" and provide explanations for eight intriguing facts that will shed light on the film's conclusion. Additionally, we address fifteen common questions viewers may have, offering comprehensive answers to deepen your understanding of this thought-provoking cinematic masterpiece.
Understanding the Ending: 8 Interesting Facts
1. The Dual Perspectives: Throughout the movie, the story is presented from two distinct perspectives, amplifying the tension and unveiling hidden layers of the narrative. One perspective is that of the protagonist, John, played by a talented actor, who experiences events as they unfold. The other perspective is an omniscient view that reveals the truth behind John's actions, leading to a shocking climax.
2. Symbolism of the Dinner: The recurring theme of the dinner serves as a metaphorical backdrop, representing the complexities of human relationships and the masks people wear in social settings. This central motif becomes increasingly significant as the movie progresses, culminating in a climactic scene during the final dinner sequence.
3. The Twist Ending: In a surprising turn of events, it is revealed that John's wife, Emma, was the mastermind behind the entire plot. Her manipulative nature and hidden agenda drive the movie's plot, adding layers of suspense and unpredictability. This twist subverts the audience's expectations, leaving them questioning their own perceptions.
4. The Tragic Backstory: Through a series of flashbacks, the film gradually unveils John's traumatic past. The revelation of his troubled upbringing and the loss of his parents adds depth to his character, providing a compelling explanation for his actions.
5. The Role of Guilt: Guilt is a prevailing theme throughout the movie, as John struggles with the consequences of his past actions. The dinner becomes a stage for confronting guilt, forcing the characters to confront their own demons and face the consequences of their choices.
6. The Cinematic Techniques: The director skillfully employs various cinematic techniques to enhance the suspense and intrigue. The use of low-lighting, intense close-ups, and a haunting score immerses the audience in the characters' psychological turmoil, amplifying the tension to its peak.
7. The Unreliable Narrator: The movie employs an unreliable narrator, blurring the line between reality and deception. John's skewed perception of events, combined with the director's deliberate misdirection, keeps viewers guessing until the shocking truth is ultimately revealed.
8. The Open-Ended Conclusion: The ending of "The Dinner" intentionally leaves room for interpretation, allowing viewers to draw their own conclusions. It prompts discussions about morality, justice, and the repercussions of one's actions, ensuring the movie lingers in the minds of its audience long after watching.
Common Questions and Answers:
1. What was the significance of the recurring flashbacks? The flashbacks provided crucial insights into John's character and motivations, explaining his actions and building empathy towards his complex emotional state.
2. Why did Emma orchestrate the entire plot? Emma's motivations stemmed from a desire for revenge and a twisted notion of justice. She believed that exposing the truth about John's past would bring him the punishment she deemed he deserved.
3. How did John's troubled past influence his actions? John's traumatic upbringing instilled in him a deep-seated guilt and a need to atone for his past mistakes. This guilt-driven behavior drove him to extreme measures, ultimately leading to the events of the movie.
4. Who were the imaginary professionals in the field? A renowned psychologist, a film critic, a professor of philosophy, and a renowned criminal profiler.
5. How did the dinner symbolize the complexities of human relationships? The dinner represented the social façade people often put on, concealing their true selves. It illustrated how interactions during social gatherings can be deceiving and how underlying tensions can gradually come to the surface.
"The Dinner" is an enthralling cinematic experience that skillfully combines suspense, psychological depth, and intricate storytelling. The movie's ending leaves viewers with a sense of ambiguity, prompting introspection about the complexity of human nature and the blurred lines between truth and deception. By exploring the eight intriguing facts and addressing common questions, this article aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of the enigmatic ending, allowing viewers to appreciate the film's depth and symbolism. "The Dinner" is undoubtedly a thought-provoking masterpiece that will continue to captivate audiences long after the credits roll.
1. Renowned Psychologist: "The Dinner masterfully explores the intricate workings of guilt and the psychological toll it takes on individuals, providing a captivating character study that leaves viewers questioning their own moral compass."
2. Film Critic: "The director's deliberate use of visual cues and unreliable narration adds layers of suspense and intrigue, resulting in an ending that demands contemplation and discussion."
3. Professor of Philosophy: "The open-ended conclusion of 'The Dinner' invites philosophical pondering, raising questions about justice, morality, and the blurred boundaries between right and wrong."
4. Renowned Criminal Profiler: "Through its skillful storytelling and twist ending, 'The Dinner' delves into the darkest corners of the human psyche, reminding us that even the most seemingly ordinary individuals can harbor hidden motivations and secrets."

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Vorticity leads the test team to deploy the largest parachute ever to fly on a Mars mission for the upcoming ExoMars mission that will deliver a rover and a surface science platform to the Red Planet.
Vorticity is delighted to announce that it will be co-hosting IPPW 2019 with the University of Oxford from the 6th to 12th July 2019.
For more information please refer to the IPPW 2019 website _URL_
The SUPERMAX mission (Supersonic Parachute Experiment Ride on a MAXUS rocket) was flown successfully on the MAXUS 9 flight which took place on 7th April 2017. This test parachute deployed at supersonic velocity, demonstrates Europe's capability to land safely from space.
SuperMAX, the test vehicle, is hitching a ride. Unlike the other experiments, the capsule will detach after the Maxus solid-propellant motor burns out. It will travel separately to the highest point of 715 km before falling back under the pull of gravity. It will reach twelve times the speed of sound and see intense aerodynamic heating before air drag decelerates it to Mach 2 at an altitude of 20 km. A 1.25 m-diameter supersonic parachute will then deploy to stabilise it for a soft landing. An onboard computer will record data and images.
The SUpersonic Parachute Experiment Ride on MAXus, or Supermax, has been given a piggyback on Maxus-9, lifting off from Esrange Space Center in Kiruna, Sweden 7 April 2017. Sounding rockets are launched to the edge of space and free fall back to Earth, allowing experiments to run in weightlessness before landing.
SuperMAX aims to demonstrate the use of suborbital rockets as platforms for testing supersonic parachutes. Researchers from the UK's Vorticity Ltd and Fluid Gravity Engineering Ltd have already run experiments in wind tunnels. Though effective, wind tunnels and some rockets are expensive to employ. Piggybacking on a sounding rocket could be a more cost-efficient approach for testing future supersonic parachutes.
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ERC Consolidator Grant for Sönke ZaehleGeoecologist Sönke Zaehle was recently granted a prestigious Consolidator Grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to deepen his research on the coupled terrestrial carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus cycles and their feedbacks to the climate system. Starting from September 2015, this grant will provide a significant push for his Terrestrial Biosphere Modelling group within the Department Biogeochemical Integration.
The main objective of the planned QUINCY project ("Quantifying the effects of interacting nutrient cycles on terrestrial biosphere dynamics and their climate feedbacks") is to synthesize understanding on the interactions of nutrient availability and plant/microbial processes from experimental studies into large-scale models of terrestrial biosphere dynamics. Particular emphasis will be given to understanding (i) plant strategies to cope with nutrient stress, (ii) the role of the interactions between plant and soil organisms in nutrient cycling, and (iii) the integration of available and novel experimental evidence into large-scale biosphere models. The program is expected to run for five years.
Sönke Zaehle studied geoecology and environmental sciences at the Technische Universität Braunschweig, Germany, and the University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK. He received a PhD from the University of Potsdam/Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany, in the field of terrestrial biosphere modelling and uncertainty analyses. After having spent three years in France at the Laboratoire des Sciences du Climat et de l'Environnement, where he studied the interactions of the global carbon and nitrogen cycle as a Marie-Curie Fellow, Sönke Zaehle joined our institute six years ago to continue his highly successful research.
The European Research Council supports individual researchers with a unique research proposal at one European research institution in all disciplines of science based on the sole criteria of excellence. ERC grants provide researchers the opportunity to lead their own, independent research group and further establish their research portfolio.


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given object. This is the most standard way to call a member function.
(->> object member): This construct can be used to get the procedure associated with the given member.
(procedure? (->> object member))will be true.
(member object arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function of a given object, after the member function has been made 'generic', using
def-generic member); it transforms into
(-> object member arg1...).
(-> this member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function from within an object. Use it to call a member as if it was called from outside of the object.
(-> supers member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member of the object its'super' objects.
(member arg1...): Use this construct to call a member function in the current object ('class closure'), e.g.:
(def-class (this (operation2 _a _b)) (supers) (private (define a _a) (define b _b)) (public (define (operation2 a b) 'nil) (define (calculate) (-> this operation2 a b)) (define (calcthis) (operation2 a b))) (constructor)) (def-class (this (add a b)) (supers (operation2 a b)) (private) (public (define (operation2 a b) (+ a b))) (constructor)) > (define a (add 3 4)) > (-> a calculate) 7 > (-> a calcthis) nil >
operation2in the current closure context.
Accessing member variables
Public member variables can only be accessed from the outside as if they were member functions. E.g.:
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From within the current closure, a member function can use the member variable
as if it were a standard variable. This is illustrated in the previous
sample, using the
x2 member function.
def-generic, a macro can be defined, that wraps
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def-generic with one argument
arg1, a macro is defined,
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arg2, that calls member function
The ROOS API
obj is an instantiated Roos object;
var is a Roos class definition;
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obj and a class-name
class, which must be a symbol or
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_TAG_, if the given object
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> (class a) (add (operation2))
(->> obj function)
This construct is used to retreive a specific member function from an object. Using this construct can speed up things considerably (about a factor 2 for calling overhead).
(roos-id obj) : number
Returns the id of the given object.
cleanup member of
obj (without arguments), if it exists,
obj has been invalidated, it cannot
be used anymore. Example:
(def-class (this (class-a a)) (supers) (private (define counter a)) (public (define (cl) this) (define var (* a a)) (define (inc b) (set! counter (+ counter b))) (define (get) counter) (define (count) (begin (-> this inc 1) (inc 2)))) (constructor (set! counter (* counter counter))) (explicit-cleanup (display "class-a says HI! - ")(display counter)(newline))) >(define a (class-a 32)) >a _TAG_ >(-< a) class-a says HI! - 1024 >a _TAG_ >(-> a get) ROOS:c-roos-call-member object has been invalidated (argument 0) >(roos-invalid? a) _TAG_
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(-> obj function...)
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(roos-dispatch obj symbol-for-member. args)
This function is used to dynamic dispatching of members. The member is provided as a symbol.
(roos-add-proxy obj obj-to-proxy-for) : obj
This will add all public members of
obj-to-proxy-for to the proxy
obj. If a given member cannot be found in the object
itself, it will be searched in the proxy classes.
(named-argument name:symbol arguments:list [default-value])
Can be used to get a named value from an argument list. Example:
>(named-argument 'text (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "3" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "no" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42)) _TAG_ >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes) '%noyes) '%roos-exists >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes 'nopo 665) '%noyes) 'nopo (define (f. args) (if (eq? (named-argument'mandatory-argument args 'undef) 'undef) (error "He, you're missing a mandatory argument!") _TAG_))
Note: If you are only interested if a certain named argument is there, i.e., you're using it as a kind of flag, you best test for a value as follows:
>(named-argument 'text (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "3" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "no" >(let* ((args (list 'a (list 2 43 1) 'flag 'flag1 'flag3)) (flag1 (named-argument 'flag1 args '%flag-not-there)) (flag2 (named-argument 'flag2 args '%flag-not-there))) (set! flag1 (not (eq? flag1 '%flag-not-there))) (set! flag2 (not (eq? flag2 '%flag-not-there))) (display (format "flag1=~a ~%" flag1)) (display (format "flag2=~a ~%" flag2)) (list flag1 flag2)) flag1=_TAG_ flag2=_TAG_ (_TAG_ _TAG_) >
(=> name:symbol arguments:list [default-value])
named-argument. This alias to
is in a remote way analogue to the perl way to do named arguments.
(c) 2005 Hans Oesterholt-Dijkema. Distributed undef LGPL. Contact: send email to hans in domain elemental-programming.org. Homepage: _URL_.
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Microsoft announced PowerShell Core to push the boundaries further in such a way that the language is available for everyone no matter where they are from or what platform they work on. Hence, they made PowerShell Core of Windows 10, Linux as well as macOS. Also, it supports all the architectures of the mentioned platforms. In order to make it better integrated to the supported platforms individually, they are starting off with Linux, and today Microsoft announced that PowerShell Core is now available as a Snap package for Linux Machines.
What is a Snap Package for Linux
To be precise, Snap Packages are applications that are bound together and can be installed on multiple Linux distributions.
They are actually a really practical approach. As on the blog post, Microsoft said that it is better than the traditional Linux software packages like DEB and RPM. Some of those advantages are as follows:
- Snap packages carry all of their own dependencies, so you don't need to worry about the specific versions of shared libraries installed on your machine
- Snap packages can be installed without giving the publisher root access to the host
- Snap packages are "safe to run" as they don't interact with other applications or system files without your permission
- Updates to Snaps happen automatically and include the delta of changes between updates
How to install it?
If you wish to install PowerShell Core as a Snap Package, first of all, make sure that you have Snapd installed.
Then, just run this command and get it ready for you.
snap install powershell --classic
After this is done, just type in pwsh to launch PowerShell on your Linux Machine.
In case, you wish to see the bug fixes and features earlier, just install the preview version of PowerShell by running the following command.
snap install powershell-preview --classic
And now, if you want to launch PowerShell Preview just type in pwsh-preview from your terminal.
You can read more about this announcement here.


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Test sets[edit]
For L a subset of B, a finite subset T of L is a test set for L if morphisms f and g on B agree on L if and only if they agree on T. The Ehrenfeucht conjecture is that any subset L has a test set:[26] it has been proved[27] independently by Albert and Lawrence; McNaughton; and Guba. The proofs rely on Hilbert's basis theorem.[28]
Endomorphisms[edit]
An endomorphism of A is a morphism from A to itself.[29] The identity map I is an endomorphism of A, and the endomorphisms form a monoid under composition of functions.
An endomorphism f is prolongable if there is a letter a such that f(a) = as for a non-empty string s.[30]
String projection[edit]
The operation of string projection is an endomorphism. That is, given a letter a ∈ Σ and a string s ∈ Σ, the string projection pa(s) removes every occurrence of a from s; it is formally defined by
Note that string projection is well-defined even if the rank of the monoid is infinite, as the above recursive definition works for all strings of finite length. String projection is a morphism in the category of free monoids, so that
where is understood to be the free monoid of all finite strings that don't contain the letter a. The identity morphism is ,[clarification needed] as clearly for all strings s. Of course, it commutes with the operation of string concatenation, so that for all strings s and t. There are many right inverses to string projection, and thus it is a split epimorphism.
String projection is commutative, as clearly
For free monoids of finite rank, this follows from the fact that free monoids of the same rank are isomorphic, as projection reduces the rank of the monoid by one.
String projection is idempotent, as
for all strings s. Thus, projection is an idempotent, commutative operation, and so it forms a bounded semilattice or a commutative band.
Sturmian endomorphisms[edit]
An endomorphism of the free monoid B on a 2-letter alphabet B is Sturmian if it maps every Sturmian word to a Sturmian word[31][32] and locally Sturmian if it maps some Sturmian word to a Sturmian word.[33] The Sturmian endomorphisms form a submonoid of the monoid of endomorphisms of B.[31]
Define endomorphisms φ and ψ of B, where B = {0,1}, by φ(0) = 01, φ(1) = 0 and ψ(0) = 10, ψ(1) = 0. Then I, φ and ψ are Sturmian,[34] and the Sturmian endomorphisms of B are precisely those endomorphisms in the submonoid of the endomorphism monoid generated by {I,φ,ψ}.[32][33][35]
A primitive substitution is Sturmian if the image of the word 10010010100101 is balanced.[clarification needed][32][36]
The free commutative monoid[edit]
Given a set A, the free commutative monoid on A is the set of all finite multisets with elements drawn from A, with the monoid operation being multiset sum and the monoid unit being the empty multiset.
For example, if A = {a, b, c}, elements of the free commutative monoid on A are of the form
{ε, a, ab, a2b, ab3c4, ...}.
The fundamental theorem of arithmetic states that the monoid of positive integers under multiplication is a free commutative monoid on an infinite set of generators, the prime numbers.
The free commutative semigroup is the subset of the free commutative monoid which contains all multisets with elements drawn from A except the empty multiset.
Generalization[edit]
The free partially commutative monoid, or trace monoid, is a generalization that encompasses both the free and free commutative monoids as instances. This generalization finds applications in combinatorics and in the study of parallelism in computer science.
Free monoids and computing[edit]
The free monoid on a set A corresponds to lists of elements from A with concatenation as the binary operation. A monoid homomorphism from the free monoid to any other monoid (M,•) is a function f such that
 - f(x1xn) = f(x1) • … • f(xn)
 - f() = e
where e is the identity on M. Computationally, every such homomorphism corresponds to a map operation applying f to all the elements of a list, followed by a fold operation which combines the results using the binary operator •. This computational paradigm (which can be generalised to non-associative binary operators) has inspired the MapReduce software framework.[citation needed]
See also[edit]
Notes[edit]
 1. ^ Lothaire (1997, pp. 2–3), [1]
 2. ^ Pytheas Fogg (2002, p. 2)
 3. ^ a b c Lothaire (1997, p. 5)
 4. ^ Since addition of natural numbers is associative, the result doesn't depend on the order of evaluation, thus ensuring the mapping to be well-defined.
 5. ^ Sakarovitch (2009) p.382
 6. ^ Borovik, Alexandre (2005-01-01). Groups, Languages, Algorithms: AMS-ASL Joint Special Session on Interactions Between Logic, Group Theory, and Computer Science, January 16-19, 2003, Baltimore, Maryland. American Mathematical Soc. ISBN 9780821836187.
 7. ^ Sakarovitch (2009) p.27
 8. ^ Pytheas Fogg (2002, p. 297)
 9. ^ a b Sakarovitch (2009) p.26
 10. ^ Aldo de Luca; Stefano Varricchio (1999). Finiteness and Regularity in Semigroups and Formal Languages. Springer Berlin Heidelberg. p. 2. ISBN 978-3-642-64150-3.
 11. ^ Berstel, Perrin & Reutenauer (2010, p. 61)
 12. ^ Berstel, Perrin & Reutenauer (2010, p. 62)
 13. ^ Berstel, Perrin & Reutenauer (2010, p. 58)
 14. ^ Lothaire (1997, p. 15)
 15. ^ a b Lothaire (1997, p. 6)
 16. ^ a b Lothaire (2011, p. 204)
 17. ^ Berstel, Perrin & Reutenauer (2010, p. 66)
 18. ^ Lothaire (1997, p. 7)
 19. ^ a b Sakarovitch (2009, p. 25)
 20. ^ a b Lothaire (1997, p. 164)
 21. ^ Salomaa (1981) p.77
 22. ^ Lothaire (2005, p. 522)
 23. ^ Berstel, Jean; Reutenauer, Christophe (2011). Noncommutative rational series with applications. Encyclopedia of Mathematics and Its Applications. 137. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. p. 103. ISBN 978-0-521-19022-0. Zbl 1250.68007.
 24. ^ Allouche & Shallit (2003, p. 9)
 25. ^ Salomaa (1981) p.72
 26. ^ Lothaire (1997, pp. 178–179)
 27. ^ Lothaire (2011, p. 451)
 28. ^ Salomaa, A. (October 1985). "The Ehrenfeucht conjecture: A proof for language theorists". Bulletin of the EATCS (27): 71–82.
 29. ^ Lothaire (2011, p. 450)
 30. ^ Allouche & Shallit (2003) p.10
 31. ^ a b Lothaire (2011, p. 83)
 32. ^ a b c Pytheas Fogg (2002, p. 197)
 33. ^ a b Lothaire (2011, p. 85)
 34. ^ Lothaire (2011, p. 84)
 35. ^ Berstel, J.; Séébold, P. (1994). "A remark on morphic Sturmian words". RAIRO, Inform. Théor. Appl. 2. 8 (3–4): 255–263. ISSN 0988-3754. Zbl 0883.68104.
 36. ^ Berstel, Jean; Séébold, Patrice (1993), "A characterization of Sturmian morphisms", in Borzyszkowski, Andrzej M.; Sokołowski, Stefan (eds.), Mathematical Foundations of Computer Science 1993. 18th International Symposium, MFCS'93 Gdańsk, Poland, August 30–


_init () function.
 - Specified: String
 - Default: Empty string
 - Example:
 corba.args: -ORBInitialHost myhost -ORBInitialPort 8888
Designation example 1
Be careful when sending image data etc. over the data port when the data size to be sent at once exceeds about 2 MB. In omniORB, the size handled by giop (General Inter-ORB Protocol) is "_PHONE_ B (2 MB)" by default, and if you try to send data exceeding this size, it is impossible to send correct data due to giop limitation. It is possible to change the maximum size using the corba.args option. This specification must be specified in both OutPort and InPort.
 corba.args: -ORBgiopMaxMsgSize _PHONE_ # Add this line
 # Max size to 3M
In addition to specifying it in corba.args, this restriction can be relaxed by specifying environment variables as follows.
 export ORBgiopMaxMsgSize=_PHONE_
corba.endpoint:
In CORBA, access is made by referring to the remote object called IOR, but in the IOR, usually only one set of the address and port number of the node where the object operates is described. When there are two or more network interfaces in the node on which OpenRTM is running, unintended addresses may be allocated as addresses of nodes included in the IOR.
In order to solve this, you can specify the address of the network used by CORBA with this option. Host address: port number , but you can omit port number. However, : (colon) can not be omitted.
 - Specification: <host_addr>: <port>
 - Default: Empty string
 - Example:
 corba.endpoint: 192.168.0.45:
 corba.endpoint: 192.168.0.45:8776
 corba.endpoints: myhost: (use myhost and default port)
 corba.endpoints: :9876 (use default addr and port 9876)
 corba.endpoints: myhost:9876 (use myhost and port 9876)
corba.endpoints
An option that allows you to specify multiple endpoints of corba.endpoint. Depending on the implementation of the ORB, the IOR can contain multiple addresses. However, in JavaIDL which is the Java standard CORBA, when accessing the object via IOR specifying multiple addresses, problems such as slow operation are reported, so care is required.
You can specify multiple address: port pairs separated by , (comma) . By specifying all as a special string, all addresses of the node can be included in the IOR.
 - Specification: <host_addr>: <port>, <host_addr>: <port>, ... or all
 - Default: Empty string
 - Example:
 corba.endpoints: 192.168.1.10:1111, 192.168.10.11:2222
 corba.endpoints: 192.168.1.10, 192.168.10.11
 corba.endpoints: all
corba.endpoints:
corba.nameservers
Option to specify a name server to register RTC etc. Multiple name servers can be specified with comma separated values. Especially when there is no name server at the specified address and port number, it does not cause an error in particular, and it registers the name of RTC only to existing name servers.
 - Specification: <host_addr>: <port>, <host_addr>: <port>, ...
 - Default: localhost
 - Example:
 corba.nameservers: openrtm.aist.go.jp:9876
 corba.nameservers: rtm0.aist.go.jp, rtm1.aist.go.jp, rtm2.aist.go.jp
 corba.nameservers: localhost
corba.nameservice.replace_endpoint
When there are multiple NICs in a node, there are cases where the address included in the IOR of the RTC registered on the name server is not appropriate. For example, if a node has two addresses of 192.168.0.10 and 192.168.1.10 and is registered on two name servers existing in 192.168.0.1 and 192.168.1.1, if 192.168.0.10 is the default on this node If it is a network interface to be used, the IOR registered in the above two name server name servers includes only 192.168.0.10. At this time, in the 192.168.1.0 network, the IOR on the name server is meaningless in which an unreachable address is described.
If this option is specified, replace the address of the IOR registered in the 192.168.1.1 name server with 192.168.1.10 in the case like the above case.
However, by designating this option, although it is possible to use the profile etc. of the RTC from other nodes on the 192.168.1.0 network, it is impossible to connect the port etc.
 - Designation: YES or NO
 - Default: NO
 - Example:
 corba.nameservice.replace_endpoint: NO
corba.alternate_iiop_addresses
This option adds an alternate IIOP address to the IOR profile. The IOR can contain additional endpoints of servants (servers of CORBA objects). This is almost equivalent to the "corba.endpoints" option, except that it does not actually create endpoints. (The "corba.endpoints" option tries to create the actual endpoint, otherwise an error will be returned.) This option simply adds the alternate IIOP endpoint address information to the IOR.
This option is used when RTC is placed inside NAT or router. In general, the RTC in the private network can not connect the RTC on the global network. However, if NAT and router port forwarding are properly configured, RTC on the global side can connect to RTC of private network.
The setting is done as follows.
 1. Configure NAT and router port forwarding appropriately.
 2. Here, port 2810 on the global side is referred to as an address on the private side It is set to transfer to 2810 of the system.
 3. Set rtc.conf on private side RTC as follows. corba.nameservers: my.global.nameserver.com <- Set up global name server corba.endpoints:: 2810 <- Port number of the component corba.alternate_iiop_addresses: w.x.y.z: 2810 <- IP address and port number on the global side of the router
 4. Start global side RTC and private side RTC
In RTSystemEditor, access to private side RTC may become extremely slow. This is probably because it takes time to reach the private side because implementation of Java's IOR add profile function is not enough. By using rtshell etc., you can reduce the time it takes to connect. Also, even when it takes time to connect with RTSystemEditor or rtshell, the communication speed between the ports once connected is almost the same as normal.
 - Specified: address: port
 - Default: Unspecified
 - Example:
 corba.alternate_iiop_addresses: addr:port
Settings related to name service
naming.enable
This option enables / disables the function related to the naming service. If YES is specified, RTC reference is registered in the name service. If NO, registration of RTC's reference to the name service is not done.
 - Designation: 'YES or NO''
 - Default value: YES
 - Example:
 manager.is_master: NO
naming.type
This option specifies the type of name service. Currently it only supports corba.
 - Specified: Name service type
 - Default value: corba
 - Example:
 naming.type: corba
naming.formats
Specify the format for registering RTC on the name server. You can use specifiers that begin with % below. The delimiter of the name hierarchy is /, and the delimiter of name and kind (kind) is ..
%n RTC instance name
%t RTC type name
%m RTC module name
%v RTC version
%V RTC vendor name
%c RTC category name
%h Host name
%M Manager name
%p process ID
// %p プロセスID
 - Specification:/<name>.<Kind>/<name>.<Kind>/...
 - Default value:% h.host_cxt /% n.mgr
 - Example:
 naming.formats: %_URL_.rtc
naming.update.enable
Registration of the RTC to the name server is usually done at instance creation time. Therefore, the name and reference of the RTC are not registered in the name server started after RTC generation. Specifying this option periodically checks the name server, and if the name server is confirmed to start up, register the name and reference again.
 - Designation: YES or NO
 - Default value: YES
 - Example:
 naming.update.enable: YES
naming.update.interval
If naming.update.enable is YES, specify the period


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|In the South East corner of Kew Gardens stands the Great Pagoda (by Sir William Chambers), erected in the year 1762, from a design in imitation of the Chinese Ta. The lowest of the ten octagonal storeys is 49 feet (15 m) in diameter. From the base to the highest point is 163 feet (50 m).
Each storey finishes with a projecting roof, after the Chinese manner, originally covered with ceramic tiles and adorned with large dragons; a story is still propagated that they were made of gold and were reputedly sold by George IV to settle his debts. The truth is that the dragons were made of wood painted gold, and simply rotted away with the ravages of time. The walls of the building are composed of brick. The staircase, 253 steps, is in the centre of the building. The Pagoda was closed to the public for many years, but reopened for the summer months in 2006. Renovation is under way for permanent opening to the public to celebrate Kew's 250th birthday in 2009.
During the Second World War a hole in each floor was cut so there was a hole running down the inside from top to bottom. Model bombs were then dropped to test the way that they fell.
Location: Royal Botanic Gardens, London, England
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The clumped isotope composition of carbonates can be directly related to their formation temperature in the environment, but a robust temperature calibration for siderite is still lacking, and thus limits the applicability of this tool. Here, we present a new calibration for the clumped isotope composition of siderites precipitated with two different techniques between 8.5 and 62 °C: Δ 47 =0.0428±0.002∗[Formula presented]+0.0683±0.022±95%CL,TinKelvinR 2 =0.92 The slope of our calibration obtained at an acid digestion temperature of 115 °C is statistically indistinguishable from recently published calcite and dolomite clumped isotope calibrations. The intercept differs from calcite at phosphoric acid digestion temperatures of 70 and 115 °C due to a difference in phosphoric acid fractionation, highlighting the necessity of a siderite specific calibration. We performed the first survey of the clumped isotope compositions of siderites from different environmental settings at ambient temperatures including two permanently waterlogged swamp sites as modern analogues for pedogenic siderite formation in the geologic record. We conclude that pedogenic siderites form at temperatures between the Mean Annual Air Temperature (MAAT) and the summer air temperature highlighting the strong potential of siderites for paleoclimate reconstructions in continental environments.
Bibliographical noteFunding Information:
We thank Madalina Jaggi and Felix Marxer for assistance in the laboratory and Dani Or for help with the soil temperature modelling. JD and SB acknowledge financial support through ETH project ETH-3314-1 and SNF projects 200020_160046 and 200021_169849. SGD and GAL gratefully acknowledge financial support through grant NSF EAR064334 . AK acknowledges support from the Russian Foundation for Basic Research (RFBR) grant RFBR-16-05-00979 . CW acknowledges support from the US National Science Foundation (NSF) grant NSF-_PHONE_ and the National Lacustrine Core Facility (LacCore), Department of Earth Sciences, University of Minnesota-Twin Cities for storing the Otter Lake sample. Field work in the Norfolk Salt Marsh was funded through an ERC StG to AVT _PHONE_ CARBONSINK. All raw data can be received from SB upon request. We thank Jens Fiebig and three anonymous reviewers for providing constructive feedback that significantly improved the manuscript.
© 2019 Elsevier Ltd
Copyright 2019 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.
- Clumped isotope thermometry
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text: The Environmental Bureau of Investigation (EBI) is dedicated to the protection of public resources through the application and enforcement of environmental laws. A citizen-based investigative outfit, EBI investigates pollution sources and, when necessary, prosecutes those responsible. EBI's methods include investigation, prosecution, exposure and education. The goals of EBI are to investigate and prosecute environmental crime, assist individuals and groups in their fight against polluters, develop public education tools to empower citizens to stop pollution, and publish and publicize information on pollution sources and sites. To ensure scientifically and legally strong arguments, EBI researches its cases thoroughly and focuses on a few projects that directly relate to its objectives. EBI's success in these endeavours is determined by the environmental action and clean-up taken as a result of our involvement. It is hoped that as a result of EBI's activities, our environment and resources will be better protected.


Why My Avg Not Installing?
 AVG Not Installing
The Problematic Scenario:
You are having an issue with your AVG Antivirus program. You have removed all traces of AVG from your Windows computer using the remover tool (AVG Remover). Then, you have tried to reinstall AVG on your computer, but your AVG not installing. You can see that the progress bar (that appears when you try to install AVG) goes up to 120%, but nothing happens after that. The shortcut for the AVG Antivirus software has now vanished from your desktop, and the installation has failed. You do not know what to do now. You feel as though you are facing a dead-end, along with a lot of unanswered questions. You just feel that you need help, and you would be glad if the problem is solved quickly.
The Solution For The Problematic Scenario:
 - First, you have to download the AVG Clear tool and then run it on your system (if you are using an outdated version of AVG Antivirus). Once you run the AVG Clear tool, all the traces of the Antivirus software will be removed from your system.
 - When you launch the AVG Clear tool, select the Yes option in the User Account control field.
 - Then, choose the No option in the Windows safe mode field.
 - Now, select the version of the AVG software that is already installed on your computer, such as AVG Free, AVG Internet security, etc.
 - Next, click on the Uninstall button.
 - Now, please restart your computer.
 - After you have restarted your computer, run AVG Remover once more and remove all the remnants of AVG, such as Framework, Zen, etc.
 - When you have finished running both the AVG Clear tool and the AVG Remover tool, you have to download the AVG offline installation file (from the official site). You can then install the AVG Antivirus program, depending on the version of Windows that you are using.
 - The above instructions should help you resolve the "AVG Antivirus not installing" issue on your Windows computer.
 - We have now seen the method to solve the "AVG not installing" problem on your Windows computer.
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Using stable isotopes of water and strontium to investigate the hydrology of a natural and a constructed wetland
Wetlands cannot exist without water, but wetland hydrology is difficult to characterize. As a result, compensatory wetland mitigation often only assumes the proper hydrology has been created. In this study, water sources and mass transfer processes in a natural and constructed wetland complex were investigated using isotopes of water and strontium. Water isotope profiles in the saturated zone revealed that the natural wetland and one site in the constructed wetland were primarily fed by ground water; profiles in another constructed wetland site showed recent rain was the predominant source of water in the root zone. Water isotopes in the capillary fringe indicated that the residence time for rain is less in the natural wetland than in the constructed wetland, thus transpiration (an important water sink) was greater in the natural wetland. Strontium isotopes showed a systematic difference between the natural and constructed wetlands that we attribute to the presence or absence of peat. In the peat‐rich natural wetland, δ87Sr in the pore water increased along the flowline due to preferential weathering of minerals containing radiogenic Sr in response to elevated Fe concentrations in the water. In the constructed wetland, where peat thickness was thin and Fe concentrations in water were negligible, δ87Sr did not increase along the flowline. The source of the peat (on‐site or off‐site derived) applied in the constructed wetland controlled the δ87Sr at the top of the profile, but the effects were restricted by strong cation exchange in the underlying fluvial sediments. Based on the results of this study, neither constructed wetland site duplicated the water source and weathering environment of the adjoining natural wetland. Moreover, stable isotopes were shown to be effective tools for investigating wetlands and gaining insight not easily obtained using non‐isotopic techniques. These tools have potential widespread application to wetlands that have distinct isotopic endmember sources.
|Publication Subtype||Journal Article|
|Title||Using stable isotopes of water and strontium to investigate the hydrology of a natural and a constructed wetland|
|Series title||Ground Water|
|Contributing office(s)||Toxic Substances Hydrology Program|
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_USER_{van Rooy_2019, title={A modal analysis of modal subordination}, volume={8}, url={_URL_ DOI={10.18148/sub/2004.v8i0.759}, abstractNote={In this paper I will give a modal two-dimensional analysis of presupposition and modal subordination. I will think of presupposition as a non-veridical propositional attitude. This allows me to evaluate what is presupposed and what is asserted at different dimensions without getting into the binding problem. What is presupposed will be represented by an accessibility relation between possible worlds. The major part of the paper consists of a proposal to account for the dependence of the interpretation of modal expressions, i.e. modal subordination, in terms of an accessibility relation as well. Moreover, I show how such an analysis can be extended from the propositional to the predicate logical level.


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What is Opus(OPT)?
This is a question that many people are asking, and for good reason. Opus is a new cryptocurrency that has been generating a lot of buzz lately. It was created in 2017 by the company BitShares Munich. So far, it has proven to be quite successful, and there is a lot of excitement surrounding it. In this blog post, we will discuss what Opus is, how it works, and why you should consider investing in.
Who Are the Founders of Opus(OPT)?
The team behind OPUS(OPT) is quite impressive. It is led by serial entrepreneur andBitShares founder, Stan Larimer. Other notable members of the team include BitShares core developer, Fabian Schuh, and former Bitcoin Foundation director Peter Vessenes. With such a strong team in place, it is no wonder that OPT is one of the leading altcoins.
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What Makes Opus(OPT) unique?
There are a few things that make OPT unique. First, it is the first cryptocurrency to be built on the BitShares blockchain. This gives it a lot of potential because the BitShares blockchain is very robust and scalable. Additionally, OPUS is also the first cryptocurrency to use the Delegated Proof of Stake (DPOS) consensus.


Real-time Active MR-tracking of Metallic Stylets in MR-guided Radiation Therapy.
Citation:
Wang W, Dumoulin CL, Viswanathan AN, Tse ZTH, Mehrtash A, Loew W, Norton I, Tokuda J, Seethamraju RT, Kapur T, et al. Real-time Active MR-tracking of Metallic Stylets in MR-guided Radiation Therapy. Magn Reson Med. 2015;73 (5) :1803-11. Copy at _URL_
Date Published:
2015 May
Abstract:
PURPOSE: To develop an active MR-tracking system to guide placement of metallic devices for radiation therapy. METHODS: An actively tracked metallic stylet for brachytherapy was constructed by adding printed-circuit micro-coils to a commercial stylet. The coil design was optimized by electromagnetic simulation, and has a radio-frequency lobe pattern extending ∼5 mm beyond the strong B0 inhomogeneity region near the metal surface. An MR-tracking sequence with phase-field dithering was used to overcome residual effects of B0 and B1 inhomogeneities caused by the metal, as well as from inductive coupling to surrounding metallic stylets. The tracking system was integrated with a graphical workstation for real-time visualization. The 3 Tesla MRI catheter-insertion procedures were tested in phantoms and ex vivo animal tissue, and then performed in three patients during interstitial brachytherapy. RESULTS: The tracking system provided high-resolution (0.6 × 0.6 × 0.6 mm(3) ) and rapid (16 to 40 frames per second, with three to one phase-field dithering directions) catheter localization in phantoms, animals, and three gynecologic cancer patients. CONCLUSION: This is the first demonstration of active tracking of the shaft of metallic stylet in MR-guided brachytherapy. It holds the promise of assisting physicians to achieve better targeting and improving outcomes in interstitial brachytherapy.
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The purpose of Washburn's report is to stimulate much needed rigorous research and lead to resolution of a many facetted problem that has long puzzled observers of Mima mounds and similar features. In doing so, Washburn lays out twelve critical characteristics of mounds and compares several of the existing hypothesis against this table in order to prove his thesis that all Mima-like mounds are not necessarily of the same origin. I used this resource extensively to understand and make specific reference to the Puget Mima Mound Prairie.
Washburn, A.L., Mima Mounds: An Evaluation of Proposed Origins with Special Reference to the Puget Lowlands. Washington: Washington Division of Geology and Earth Resources Report of Investigations 29, 1988.


Economics, Environment, Latest, People, Water
305. Feeling virtuous: what's it worth?
We all like to feel good about ourselves. A product that makes us seem virtuous to others, or even to ourselves, would be worth paying more for than its strictly utilitarian value.
That was one of our hypotheses behind a surprising result in some recent research. We were trying to measure the benefits of installing a rainwater tank on an urban property in Perth. We did this by measuring the premium in house sale prices for houses that already had a rainwater tank installed, compared with similar houses that did not.
The results left us deeply puzzled. First, the price premium was enormous: around $18,000. Now the water in a typical tank, when full, is worth about $3, and a tanks lasts for about 15 years. That means that to use enough tank water to make the $18,000 price premium worth paying, you would you would have to use a full tank of water and refill it from rainfall about twice each day every day for the whole 15 years (assuming a 5% interest rate on your home loan). But that's way beyond actual levels of rainwater use, and it doesn't rain that much or that frequently in Perth anyway!
We were left scrambling for explanations for the high price premium. As I started off saying, an obvious one is the feel-good factor from knowing that one is contributing to water conservation. It could be a bit like organic food. Some of the price premium for that could reflect people's concerns about environmental impacts of agricultural chemicals (as well as perceived health impacts).
Another possible explanation is that people may misjudge how much the water captured in the tanks is worth. Water from the tap really is most extraordinarily cheap, whereas the most common experience of paying for water for most people is bottled water, which is most extraordinarily expensive. So it would be understandable to some extent if people got this wrong. We cannot tell from the house sale data what is in peoples' minds (e.g. about water cost), only the overall result.
A third explanation could be that our statistical analysis was faulty. If you look at the paper you'll see that we tied ourselves in knots, testing the robustness of the stats in ways that are far beyond my own statistical skills (thanks co-authors), but we couldn't make the result go away.
There was one more puzzle we couldn't solve, as well. The price premium for rain tanks is far above the cost of installing a tank, so why doesn't everybody with a house to sell invest in a rain tank? In fact only a small minority of houses sold do have them. I guess they aren't aware of the potential price hike.
On the other hand, we don't know what would happen to the premium if the proportion of houses with installed tanks was to increase substantially. It is likely that the greater supply of tanks would drive down the price premium to some extent.
Further reading
Zhang, F., Polyakov, M., Fogarty, J. and Pannell, D. (2015). The capitalized value of rainwater tanks in the property market of Perth, Australia, Journal of Hydrology 522, 317-325. Journal web site ♦ IDEAS page (includes link to freely downloadable version of the paper)


Your question: What is the average baby weight at 27 weeks?
Gestational age Length (US) Weight (US)
25 weeks 13.62 inches 1.46 pound
26 weeks 14.02 inches 1.68 pound
27 weeks 14.41 inches 1.93 pound
28 weeks 14.80 inches 2.22 pounds
Is baby fully developed at 27 weeks?
Your baby's tiny lungs and liver and her immune system still have a way to go before they're completely developed, but she's steadily gaining weight and fat. At this point, your baby looks like the fully formed infant you'll see at birth, only smaller.
What does a 27 week baby look like?
By the end of the second trimester, your baby is now measuring about 14½ inches — more than a foot long. His weight is creeping up the charts too, coming in at around 2 pounds. That's double what it was four weeks ago.
How many kicks is normal at 27 weeks?
See how long it takes to log six to 10 movements or kicks—in general, you should feel about six to 10 movements over the course of two hours.
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What is baby doing at 27 weeks pregnant?
At 27 weeks pregnant, your baby is busy building new neural connections in the brain and practicing the muscle movements needed for breathing after birth. Meanwhile, you're in the final week of your second trimester.
Is 28 weeks considered 7 months pregnant?
28 Weeks is How Many Months? If you're 28 weeks pregnant, then you're approximately 6 months into your pregnancy.
Is 3rd trimester 27 or 28 weeks?
the first trimester is from week 1 to the end of week 12. the second trimester is from week 13 to the end of week 26. the third trimester is from week 27 to the end of the pregnancy.
Can a baby born at 27 weeks survive?
Most babies (80 percent) who reach 26 weeks gestation do survive, while those born at 28 weeks have a 94 percent survival rate. And most babies born after 27 weeks survive with no neurological problems.
What position should baby be in at 27 weeks?
Your baby's eyes are now open, and both the eyebrows and the eyelashes have grown. The hair on your baby's head continues to get longer. It's quite likely that your baby is making use of all the space available and may well be in a breech position (bottom down), at least some of the time.
How many weeks is 7 months pregnant?
The weeks of pregnancy don't fit neatly into months, so seven months can begin between 25 weeks and 27 weeks pregnant and extend up to week 28 through 31.
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Is it normal for my baby to not move as much at 27 weeks?
Yes. At 27 weeks you should feel your baby move regularly. She, like us, has sleeping and waking phases, so it may be that her sleep phase has altered and she's now moving more in the morning. She should move at least 10 times in 24 hours and this does not have to be large movements; even slight ones count.
How can I wake my baby up in the womb?
Some moms report that a short burst of exercise (like jogging in place) is enough to wake up their baby in the womb. Shine a flashlight on your tummy. Towards the middle of the second trimester, your baby may be able to tell the difference between light and dark; a moving light source may interest them.
What causes decreased fetal movement?
Multiple factors can decrease perception of movement, including early gestation, a reduced volume of amniotic fluid, fetal sleep state, obesity, anterior placenta (up to 28 weeks gestation), smoking and nulliparity.
Can I hurt baby by pressing on stomach?
And, for most patients, the force of a 20- to 40-pound child bumping your belly is not enough to harm the baby. That said, toddlers can be unpredictable, and a hug could quickly turn into flailing arms and legs, which might cause abdominal injury or a fall. Consider explaining a safer way to hug you.
Can I sleep on my back at 27 weeks pregnant?
The best advice for moms-to-be
After 20 weeks of pregnancy, try not to spend the entire night on your back, Dr. Zanotti advises. She suggests putting a pillow between your back and the mattress as insurance. That way, even if you do roll over, you're on a bit of a tilt.
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Do you feel pain when the baby is turning?
Yes, many women experience some pain or discomfort when their baby moves. If it only happens when your baby's moving, it's unlikely to be a sign that anything is wrong. If the pain doesn't go away when your baby stops moving, if it's severe, or if you have any other symptoms, call your GP or midwife straight away.
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Why Young European Biotech Network?
YEBN works in order to build a bridge between academia and industry, creating tools to help young professionals and last year students to develop themselves at a professional and personal level.
We are especially interested in activities aiming to foster European collaborations and careers in the biotech field in Europe, in giving a voice to young bioleaders concerned by the creation of sustainable impact in our society.
Join us now and become part of our common adventure!
A Europe full of bioleaders working in the constant creation of sustainable development impact in our society.
Develop the new generation of bioleaders, expanding the knowledge, skills and mindset that motivates them to become deeply committed to achieve a sustainable impact in the future.
1. Striking for Collaboration.
2. Following Ethics.
3. Developing Leadership.
4. Activating personal development.
5. Leading networking.
6. Promoting equity in a diverse and inclusive society.
7. Creating international bonds.
Our Aims
1. Provide a European platform for international events and career opportunities.
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3. Bring academia and Life Science industry closer together.
4. Teach skills young scientists need beyond their studies for being successful.
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NEW HANOVER COUNTY, NC – Following a review of submitted proposals by community partners, New Hanover County has awarded $990,000 to six local programs aimed at addressing needs related to mental health and substance use disorders. This funding is part of the county's $6.8 million in budgeted spending for the current fiscal year to increase capacity in addressing community needs in this area.
Funding for these programs comes from the national Opioid Settlement Funds and the county's Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Fund. The funds for these six programs will be used to support housing services, treatment, community outreach, and employment services to citizens dealing with mental health and substance use disorder issues.
"Today marks a significant step for our community as we provide the first round of funding as part of a yearly cycle that will create opportunities for our neighbors to get the help they need," said Bill Rivenbark, Chair of the New Hanover County Board of Commissioners. "We are continuing to use our county's Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Strategy to guide decisions on how we allocate funds and are diligently working to enhance local service in these critical areas for the safety and well-being of our citizens."
This funding is part of the county's overall Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Strategy Program, which was approved by the Board of County Commissioners in September 2022 to address the mental health and substance abuse crises being experienced in the community. To date, approximately $21.5 million has been budgeted over the next five years to support enhanced services and increased capacity.
The source of funds available to implement this strategy comes from the county's $50 million Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Fund, which was created from the New Hanover Regional Medical Center to Novant Health, as well as funds from the national Opioid Settlements. The county expects to receive nearly $34 million in opioid settlement funds over the next 18 years.
In addition to the $990,000 in funding for programs being reported today, the county's $6.8 million budget for Fiscal Year 2023-2024 includes funding for a treatment facility, as well as funding for several other programs that focus on a combination of prevention, treatment and recovery.
Information related to the six programs awarded funding are as follows:
Supportive Housing Services - $500,000 Total
- LINC: $250,000 from the Mental Health Fund for 15 new beds for clients with mental health or substance use disorders.
- Tides: $95,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund for Recovery Housing Support and a housing assistance program, benefiting 10 women who have graduated from the Tides program.
- Coastal Horizons: $155,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund for expanding recovery housing and case management services for opioid use disorders.
Outpatient Treatment - $250,000 Total
- Coastal Horizons: $250,000, equally from the Mental Health Fund and Opioid Settlement Fund, to increase outpatient treatment for an additional 375 to 500 individuals annually in New Hanover County, with a focus on the uninsured or underinsured.
Community Outreach - $200,000 from the Mental Health Fund
- Coastal Horizons, New Hope CDC, and LINC: A total of $200,000 for enhancing peer support and community outreach services.
Employment Services - $40,000 from the Opioid Settlement Fund
- LINC: $40,000 to enhance employment boot camps, offering job placement and support services.
For more information on all the programs that are being funded, please visit New Hanover County's Mental Health and Substance Use Disorder Strategy.


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Does it snow in Nigeria? Many people want to know if there's snow in Nigeria or any part of the popular west African country. If you are one of them, you need to know that Nigeria doesn't have the same weather as those with snow.
Does it snow in Nigeria?
Unfortunately, no. It does not snow in Nigeria.
Nigeria is currently the most populated country in Africa, with over 200 million people. Currently, Nigeria is the eighth most populated country in the world.
Nigeria extends between latitudes 4∘N and 7∘N and longitudes 2∘E and 3∘E and shares land borders with the Republic of Benin in the West, Chad and Cameroon in the East, and Niger in the North.
Nigerian weather is completely different from the United States, Canada, Russia, Romania, Belgium, Germany, France, and other popular countries where there is snow.
Nigeria is a tropical country with two rainy seasons in Nigeria which are from March to June and September to November. Likewise, the climate is hot and humid, with average high temperatures ranging from 80 F to 97F (27°C to 36°C).
History Of Snow In Nigeria
Before you start to ask, does it snow in Nigeria? First, it is important to consider the country's weather and compare it to other countries with snow.
At the end of your research, there must be similar weather conditions between both. If not, you should know that it can never snow in Nigeria.
Nigeria is not among the cold-weather countries with snow because it is very high, above 1000 meters above sea level, which is the minimum to produce snow.
Nigeria is about 1500–2500 meters above sea level, but Jos Plateau and Taraba are very close to meeting the requirements for snow.
Jos State in Nigeria's average temperature is about 4/5 degrees Celsius, a very close snow requirement, which is the minimum of 2 degrees Celsius to fall in the location.
There may be snow in Jos if the weather is abnormally cold.
At the moment of writing this article, there are 54 countries in Africa, according to the United Nations. However, just two regions in the continent produce snowfall on a somewhat regular basis.
South Africa and Lesotho. South Africa is a popular African country located in the southernmost continent of Africa and is home to many ecosystems.
There is no snow in Nigeria, Madagascar, Togo, Côte d'Ivoire, Ivory Coast, Ghana, Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Algeria, and other African countries.
Frequently Asked Questions About Snows in Nigeria
Why does Nigeria have no snow?
Nigeria is one of the countries close to the Equator, so it has a tropical climate with hot temperatures throughout the year (except during the dry season's early mornings when it can be chilly, especially in the Northern part of the country).
So any precipitation will fall like rain and sometimes hail, even in low-altitude parts of Nigeria, especially the northern part.
Which country in Africa has snow?
Over 54 countries in Africa, just a little mountain kingdom of Lesotho, and an enclave in South Africa are the countries on earth where nowhere is less than a thousand meters above sea level, meaning there is snow.
What is the coldest month in Nigeria?
Based on weather reports from 2005 to 2015 in Nigeria, August is the coldest month in the country.
What is the coldest State in Nigeria?
After several reports and research Gembu in Taraba State, Mambilla Plateau is also one of the coldest states in Nigeria because it stands at the height of about 1524 meters above sea level.
It is considered the coldest location in Nigeria and has become a tourist location in Nigeria over the past few decades.
What is the hottest it gets in Nigeria?
Everyone knows that Nigeria does not have cold temperatures but hot temperatures.
The report shows that the hottest temperature was measured between 1952 and November 2022. It was reported at the Yola weather station. In April 2010, the record temperature was 46.4 °C. This was the hottest weather report in Nigeria over the years and till this moment.
Does Kenya have snow?
Over the years and till now, Kenya does not experience snow, even though snow is present on Mount Kenya, the highest mountain in the country.
The only place where there is snow is Mount Kenya. It is the only place you can find snow in Kenya above 4500 feet. Mount Kenya peaks are covered in permanent snow.
Does Lagos, Nigeria, have snow?
No, there is no snow in Lagos, Nigeria. You need to know that snow it's not common in African countries, including Nigeria, because of the hot weather.
Nigeria is one of the few countries close to the Equator.
The average climate in Lagos, Nigeria, is hot and humid, with high temperatures ranging from 80 F to 97F (27°C to 36°C).
How cold does it get in Kenya?
In Kenya, the cold or rainy season lasts for 2.6 months between June 5 to August 25, and an average daily high temperature is below 73°F. The coldest month of the year in Nairobi, Kenya, is in July, with a low of 55°F and a high of 71°F.
Which is the coldest place in Kenya?
Kenya is one of the hot African countries. This African country is warm to hot throughout the year and invites us to bathe at average water temperatures of 27 degrees.
The warmest and rainiest region is North-Eastern, awhile the coldest is Nyanza.
Does it snow in Ghana?
Even though Ghana is not Nigeria's neighboring country, there is no snow in the popular west African country.
It does not make snow in Ghana because of the location or position of the country because it is within the tropics. In addition, temperatures are never optimal for snow formation in Ghana.
Ghana's weather is determined by two air masses: a continental air mass and a tropical air mass.


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R.A.F. - T.J. Burns, 1941
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Bronze. Green patinated standing figure of a Royal Air Force pilot looking skyward, drawing on a gauntlet, and wearing B-type flying helmet with C-type mask, Sidcot flying suit, seat parachute harness and flying boots. Raised on an integral plinth modelled with Pilot Wings and the 'Per Ardua Ad Astra' in relief. Signed and dated T.J.Burns 1941.
Thomas Jones Burns (1888-c.1950) was an Edinburgh based sculptor who went into partnership with William Donaldson. In 1927 Donaldson and Burns collaborated with Alice Meredith Williams in carving the Scottish National War Memorial at Edinburgh Castle. T.J. Burns exhibited almost annually at the Royal Scottish Academy and in 1942 exhibited 'R.A.F.'


Button group
Group a series of buttons together on a single line with the button group, and super-power them with javascript. Read the Official Bootstrap Documentation for a full list of instructions and other options.
Basic example
Wrap a series of buttons with.btn in.btn-group.
Button toolbar
Combine sets of button groups into button toolbars for more complex components. Use utility classes as needed to space out groups, buttons, and more.
Feel free to mix input groups with button groups in your toolbars. Similar to the example above, you'll likely need some utilities though to space things properly.
Instead of applying button sizing classes to every button in a group, just add.btn-group-* to each.btn-group, including each one when nesting multiple groups.
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THROWING TECHNOLOGY HAS ARRIVED
The throwing stick, or non-returning boomerang has been in use for tens of thousands of years. Cultures all over the world, including the Americas, Egypt, India and Australia, used this weapon to hunt game on the ground and birds in the air.
A simple stick evolved to a weapon of sophistication capable of sustained flight and surprising ballistic power.
The Mammoth Ivory Boomerang Project
Our first project in throwing technology here was replicating this famous archaeological find from 23,000 years ago, in what is now Poland. The original was made in ivory, and is thought to be a throwing stick for hunting.
Although called a boomerang, it would never have returned in flight and was designed to go in a straight path toward target, with enough ballistic power to cripple even large game animals. Please check out our video here of the testing of our replicas.


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The Final Installment of Must-Visit International Museums
- February 13, 2015
- Posted by: lansend
- Category: Art
We know it's cruel to make you wait a month to read about the last few museums we think should be on everyone's list when jet-setting across the globe. But we also feel doing it this way builds up the anticipation to see what museums make our list. Without further ado, we present to you, our loyal readers, the last museums we think are worth your time when going abroad.
- National Museum of Korea, Seoul — Switching continents, this is the only Asian museum that grabbed our attention. Though it may be much smaller than the European museums we've written about, this museum is still rich in history and artwork. A museum with a long history, it wasn't until 2005 that the National Museum of Korea called its current building home. In fact, during the Korean War, the 20,000 works it held at the time were moved from the museum's location to the city of Busan in order for them to be preserved and protected. The three floors that make up this museum all house different galleries and collections. On the first floor, you can find the Prehistory and Ancient History Gallery with artifacts from Korea. The second floor is home to the Donation Gallery and Calligraphy and Painting Gallery where the art displayed shows styles traditional to Korea. And the third floor is where the Sculpture and Crafts Gallery is located. On this floor, visitors will find works that represent the Korean Buddhist culture.
While this building may be small, the works it holds totals 310,000 pieces of art, not all of which are displayed at once. Approximately 15,000 items are on display at the National Museum of Korea at any given time. National treasures also call the museum home and include a gold crown, incense burner and a ten-story pagoda, among many other priceless items. When visiting this museum, the art and artifacts will be entirely different than what Westerners are used to, so plan a full day at the National Museum. Plus, did we mention admission is free? The National Museum of Korea operates Tuesday-Sunday, and is closed on Mondays and January 1. But do know that if you'd like to venture into the Special Exhibition Gallery, there is a separate fee.
- Musée d'Orsay, Paris — Traveling back to France, when you're there, the Louvre isn't the only French museum you should visit. The Musée d'Orsay probably gets the title of Most Interesting Building, as this museum was initially a railway station before becoming a museum. Well, the railway station was built for the Universal Exhibition of the 1900 World's Fair. After the fair, before it became a museum, d'Orsay had many roles besides being a railway line. Suburban lines still used the station, but it was used for mailing services in the area and even had a number of films shot there before the French government decided to turn it into a museum. Actions to turn the railway station into a museum began in the 1970s. The museum officially opened its doors to the public in 1986.
When those doors opened, the Musée d'Orsay had roughly 2,000 paintings and 600 other pieces of artwork. Now, the collection has since expanded and solely holds art that was created during 1848 to 1915. Why such an arbitrary era? Well, the Musée d'Orsay only holds impressionist and post-impressionist art. Because of its specific date range, the museum has the largest number of impressionist and post-impressionist pieces in the world. Visit here and you'll see artwork from Manet, Monet, Degas, Cézanne, Seurat and Renoir (whose birthday happens to be this month!). One of the most notable artists in the museum is Vincent Van Gogh. Musée d'Orsay is the home of "Starry Night over the Rhone" and "Self Portrait." This is also the museum you'd be able to see many of Monet's water lily paintings. When planning a day here, note that the museum is closed on Mondays, May 1 and December 25. Though admission to this museum isn't free to everyone, it is free on the first Sunday of the month and to those under 18.
There you have it. Wrapped up in three separate blog posts, our list of international art museums is complete. For some of us, traveling abroad may not be a trip happening in the near future. But when an opportunity to do so does come up, plan accordingly. Which means, of course, plan to visit some fine art museums while traveling!
If you think another or a different art museum should've made our list, let us know your thoughts in the comment section. It may not be too late!


images.spatialref.Cuboid
Spatial extents of 3-D cuboidal region
Description
A Cuboid object stores the spatial extents of a 3-D volumetric image.
Creation
You can create a Cuboid object in several ways.
 - centerCropWindow3d— Create a Cuboid of a specified size whose position is centered on an image.
 - randomCropWindow3d— Create a Cuboid of a specified size whose position is selected randomly from inside an image.
 - Running the command
 c = images.spatialref.Cuboid(XLimits,YLimits,ZLimits);
 creates a Cuboid object and sets the XLimits, YLimits, and ZLimits properties.
Properties
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Minimum and maximum limits of the cropping window along thex-axis, specified as a 2-element numeric vector of the form [min max], where max is greater than min.
Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32
Minimum and maximum limits of the cropping window along they-axis, specified as a 2-element numeric vector of the form [min max], where max is greater than min.
Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32
Minimum and maximum limits of the cropping window along thez-axis, specified as a 2-element numeric vector of the form [min max], where max is greater than min.
Data Types: single | double | int8 | int16 | int32 | int64 | uint8 | uint16 | uint32
Examples
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Load a 3-D MRI image. Use the squeeze function to remove any singleton dimensions.
load mri;
D = squeeze(D);
Display the image.
fullViewPnl = uipanel(figure,'Title','Original Volume');
volshow(D,'Parent',fullViewPnl);
Specify the target size of the cropping window.
targetSize = [64 64 10];
Create a center cropping window that crops the specified image from its center.
win = centerCropWindow3d(size(D),targetSize);
Crop the image using the center cropping window.
Dcrop = imcrop3(D,win);
Display the cropped image in a display panel.
fullViewPnl = uipanel(figure,'Title','Cropped Volume');
volshow(Dcrop,'Parent',fullViewPnl);
Load a 3-D MRI image. Use the squeeze function to remove any singleton dimensions.
S = load('mri.mat','D');
volumeData = squeeze(S.D);
Display the image.
fullViewPnl = uipanel(figure,'Title','Original Volume');
volshow(volumeData,'Parent',fullViewPnl);
Create a Cuboid object and specify the cropping window size in all three dimensions.
c = images.spatialref.Cuboid([30,90],[30,90],[1,20]);
Crop the image based on the Cuboid dimensions.
croppedVolume = imcrop3(volumeData,c);
Display the cropped image.
fullViewPnl = uipanel(figure,'Title','Cropped Volume');
volshow(croppedVolume,'Parent',fullViewPnl);
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Ole Siggaard-Andersen
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Ole Siggaard-Andersen
Born 1932
Fields Medicine, physiology
Known for Acid-base theory
Ole Siggaard-Andersen (10 Dec 1932 - ) is a Danish clinical chemist who elucidated much acid base physiology. He jointly invented the concepts of base excess and standard base excess.[1]
His doctoral thesis, The Acid-Base Status of the Blood, was published as a book for five editions and in five languages.[2] He was honored by the American Association for Clinical Chemistry who awarded him the Edwin F. Ullman Award in 2003.[2]
References[edit]
 1. ^ Siggaard-Andersen, Ole; Engel K (1960). "A new acid-base nomogram. An improved method for the calculation of the relevant blood acid-base data.". Scan J Clin Lab Invest. 12: 177–86. doi:10.3109/00365516009062420. PMID _PHONE_.
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Difference Between Flours
The difference between plain and self-raising flour
Have you ever thought what is the difference between plain flour and self-raising flour?
As flour is an integral part of the baking process, we think it is very important to get right.
Plain flour, also known as all-purpose flour, has about 75% of the wheat grain, with most of the bran and wheat germ taken out. Commonly used for cakes, pastries and biscuits. This can also be accompanied with a rising agent, like baking powder and bicarbonate of soda to help with the rising process.
Self-raising flour however has a rising agent, and can contain salt, which has already been added. Whereas the plain requires these rising agents to added separately to make the cakes rise.
So, can you switch plain flour for self-raising flour within a recipe?
Unfortunately, you should not really switch the two, as it is important to remember that these two different ingredients are not interchangeable and you should use the flour the recipe states.
How much raising agent is actually in self-raising flour?
As self-raising flour is still just plain flour which had had the rising agents added to it, the amount of rising agent is the same as half a teaspoon of baking powder per 100g of plain flour.
We use self-raising flour within our cake just to ensure that each cake mix contains the perfect mix of flour and rising agents. To make sure that all Sponges rise perfectly! Our self-raising wheat flour contains sodium bicarbonate in order for the Sponges to rise!
We need all our sponges to contain the same quantity of rising agents, for them to rise the right amount. This is why we use self-raising flour that already has the rising agents within the flour, for it to remain consistent.
Gluten Free Flours
To make our extraordinary Gluten Free Sponge Cakes we use special Gluten Free Self-raising flour, which is made out of rice, potato, tapioca, maize and buckwheat. For our Gluten Free Sponges, we use self-raising flour as well to ensure that they rise as well as our regular sponges.
We use high quality self-raising flour within all of our cakes to ensure they cook to our high standards. As well as all British ingredients, and supporting other British companies.
As for our Vegan Sponges we use the same Self raising flour as for our normal sponge cake recipes but using soya the plant based milk.
What's the difference between flour and corn flour?
All-purpose flour (or plain flour) has a slightly finer texture than corn flour. Corn flour can be coarser, and it behaves differently than all-purpose flour, as it is more absorbent. You can use corn flour in baking (it could be a great alternative for a gluten free bake, as it's naturally gluten-free), but you need to approach it with some knowledge about how it works. You'll need to increase the amount of liquid in a recipe, such as milk or water, to compensate for the absorbency. This will help reduce the risk that your baked item will be dry or dense.
Another pro for cornflour is that it's lighter and sweeter, so it provides a different flavour profile and texture to all-purpose flour. So, it could be one to consider when you're looking for an alternative flour.
What's the difference between cornstarch and corn flour?
So, let's start with the obvious, most people don't really know the difference between the two because they both do derive from corn. The key differences are in their nutrient profiles and uses. Cornstarch (as in its name) is a 'starchy' gluten free flour, whereas corn flour is a 'protein' gluten free flour.
Typically, cornstarch is a very fine white powder, that has a chalky appearance, and is more often used as a thickening agent to thicken sauces like roux's and custard. It's obtained by extracting the starch from the endosperm of the corn kernel.
Corn flour, however, is made using the entirety of dried corn kernels, and they are processed into a fine powder. It contains fibre, protein, and a small amount of fat, as well as the starch. This can be used for a variety of cooking recipes, and as mentioned above can be used as a gluten-free alternative to other standard flours.
Check the date!
Make sure when you are baking yourself at home, that you check the expiration date of the flour which you are using especially when you are using self-raising flour. If your self-raising flour is out of date then your sponge may not rise properly! As it is know that plain flour has a generally longer self-life than self raising flour, due to the fact it does not have rising agents which expire.
We get through so much self-raising flour, there is not an issue with making sure that we use it up in time, therefore we prefer to use self-raising flour.