Video Smoke Detection - VISD

Video Image Smoke DetectionWhat is Video Image Smoke Detection?
Video image smoke and fire detection (VISD) consists of a digital video camera coupled with a computer running video analytic software which can recognize smoke and fire in the image. VISD systems can monitor large volumes to look for visible indications of a fire.

What Does the Fire Alarm Code Say About Using VISD?
 - NFPA 72 recognizes both video image smoke and flame detection.
 - System hardware and software components must be UL listed as a smoke detector.
 - It must be installed under a performance based design.
 - Refer to manufacturer's installation and performance information to achieve an engineered design based on the specific product being applied to the protected space.
 - Systems must be secured from unauthorized changes.

What are the Most Common Applications for VISD?
Using this technology makes the most sense in large volume spaces, typically with a minimum ceiling height of 15 feet. It's also typically applied when protecting high value assets, whether it's a process, a piece of equipment that's expensive or some sort of space that has a high value per square foot and must be monitored via video.

FM Global's loss prevention data sheet on automatic fire detection gives us places where video image smoke detectors are appropriate:

Outdoor Spaces
 - Oil Rigs
 - Oil Fields
 - Mining Operations
 - Forestry Service
Video Smoke Detection for Power Generation Applications
Indoor locations
 - Industrial Plants
 - Large Boilers & Other Pressure Vessel Protection
 - Power Plant Steam Turbines
 - Power Generation Facilities
 - Clean or Chemical Rooms
 - Warehouses
 - Freezer Warehouses
 - Testing Facilities
 - VISD can be used to protect testing equipment and processes like dynamometers where they can be programmed to release CO2 when smoke or fire is detected.
Special Applications
 - Special protective housings allow us to put these cameras in corrosive, chemical or explosive environments.
 - Heated camera housings can be used for very cold environments.

Also Read: Answers to the Eight Most Common Qestions About Video Smoke Detection.

How Does VISD Work?
Most of the systems available on the marketplace today use a central processor type arrangement where they use standard digital video cameras networked together in a group and bring their images into a computer (also known as a digital signal processor) with video analytic software. The digital images from the cameras come into the computer where it determines if the images have any visible indications of the fire. If the computers conclude the visual signature of smoke or fire is present, information is sent through a connection to the fire alarm system.

They utilize a volume detection technique as opposed to an area detection technique like what spot smoke detectors may use. Through the use of different types of lenses, these cameras are capable of monitoring vast spaces or be honed in to target specific areas.

These camera systems analyze each frame of video multiple times per second, which makes them very early warning detection devices with detection speeds rivaling air sampling. They constantly analyze the data coming in from the video camera system to detect smoke. The cameras look at each pixel in the image over time and as the image becomes less crisp and sections of pixels become fuzzy, it further processes the images to look for movement of those fuzzy pixels in a way it recognizes to be smoke.

How Does Video Smoke Detection VISD Work?
VISD systems are trained on thousands of fires at the manufacturer's testing facility before they are made availab
le to the marketplace. They're trained on fires, both smoky and flaming until they "understand" the pixel signature of smoke.

It's slightly different for fire. Again, the camera is analyzing those pixels for change over time and they're looking for pixels that become brighter or have a change in luminosity. Once the camera system sees pixels that become brighter, it starts to process further for the flicker rate. Since it's been trained on thousands of fires, it knows what the flicker rate of a fire looks like. When it sees pixels that get brighter and have the correct flicker rate over a certain amount of time, it identifies it as fire and locks in sending a latching alarm to our fire alarm panel.

What are the Advantages of Using a VISD System?
 - Monitor Large Volume Spaces
 - Very Fast Detection Method
 - Provides Situational Awareness
 - Continuous Video Recording Allows for Post Event Analysis
 - Differentiate Between Different Types of Fumes
 - Triangulate the Location of a Fire
 - Program machines to ignore specific areas to prevent nuisance alarms


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Effect of thin film stress on the elastic strain energy of coherent Cr thin film on substrate has been calculated by applying Eshelby's inclusion theory taking into account both the anisotropy and inhomogeneity. The elastic strain energy is more significantly influenced by the magnitude of coherent misfit than by the film orientation, which explains why the (200) Cr texture can develop on the (200) MgO seed layer. The application of compressive stress to a film showing a positive dilatational misfit with a constant magnitude has an effect to raise the elastic strain energy at all film orientations and causes for the (200)Cr orientation to have the smallest elastic strain energy at a sufficiently large compressive stress. This suggests a possibility that a coherent Cr thin film on substrate can exhibit a (200) texture due to a development of high thin film stress during an early period of sputter deposition. Concerning an incoherent Cr thin film on substrate, the elastic strain energy is mostly determined by that due to a thin film stress itself and is always the smallest at the (200) Cr orientation, unlikely from the coherent thin film. Although this energy is normally negligibly small compared with the elastic strain energy due to a coherent misfit, it can nevertheless attain a critical energy range for a texture change from the (110) to (200) Cr at thin film stresses more than several hundreds of MPa. This explains why the (200) Cr texture is promoted over the (110) on amorphous NiP coating on applying either a mechanical texturing or a bias of negative voltage during sputter deposition. All of these analyses strongly suggest that the thin film stress developed in thin film during an early period of sputter deposition plays an important role in determining its texture.
The texture and stress of sputtered Cr thin films on Si substrates have been investigated for various deposition conditions. The measurement of stress variation with Ar pressure indicates that a maximum tensile stress occurs at an intermediate pressure. As the substrate temperature and bias increase, the stress of Cr thin film decreases and the texture of Cr thin film changes from (110) to (200). This result is in good agreement with the prediction of our calculation.
Variation of surface undulation of thin film on substrate has been simulated using Discrete Atom Method(DAM) as a function of the magnitude of coherent misfit. The results are in accord with the thermodynamic critical wavelength suggested by Srolovitz considering the total energy of thin film as the sum of surface energy and elastic strain energy. The larger the misfit, the shorter the wavelength of surface undulation. The waves of surface undulation was observed when misfit is larger than a critical value. The observation of surface undulation of Cr thin film using Atomic Force Microscope(AFM) indicated that its wavelength became shorter with the increase of the thin film stress. This suggests that the misfit between Cr thin film and Si substrate is so small that thin film stress becomes a dominating factor in determining the elastic strain energy of Cr thin film. A new DAM program was developed so that it can handle the stress problem in addition to the misfit problem. The result showed that the thin film stress exerts a similar effect on the surface undulation as the misfit does. Further development of DAM program has been explored so that one can simulate a bi-layer thin film problem. The result showed that thin film stress on top layer plays a more important role in determining the surface undulation.

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Crystal Grids - Sacred Geometry
Crystal grids are an incredibly powerful energy tool to use when manifesting your desires, goals and intentions. You may be asking yourself, what is the difference between using individual stones versus a crystal grid? The power of a crystal grid comes from the union of energies created between the healing stones, sacred geometry and your intention. The combination of the power of crystals in a geometric pattern greatly strengthens your focused intention to manifest results much quicker.
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Kinetic Analysis of Thermoluminescence Glow Curve of Indian Sillimanite
In the present work thermoluminescence (TL) properties of natural sillimanite mineral has been studied after grounded it to powder form. Powder X-ray diffraction analysis shows the crystalline nature of the sample. TL measurement from the un-irradiate sample results no signal, but after 60 mGy X-ray dose irradiation a high intensity glow peak (at ~360 K) followed by a low intensity peak (at ~424 K) have been observed in the glow curve. After annealing the sample at 473 and 773 K for 30 minutes, some deformations in the peaks of the glow curve have been observed. The Glow Curve De-convolution analysis reveals that the glow curve of un-annealed sample is practically a combination of four closely spaced TL peaks located at around 330, 362, 388 and 424 K. However after annealing, the lowest temperature peak has not observed. Analysis shows that the lowest temperature peak in the un-annealed sample is due to a pressure induced surface trapping site developed during grinding and after annealing it disappears from the crystal.
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The Agilent HP 4145B is a stand-alone instrument capable of complete dc characterization of semiconductor devices and materials. It stimulates voltage and current sensitive devices, measures the resulting current and voltage response, and displays the results in a user-selectable format (graph, list, matrix or schmoo) on a built-in CRT Display.
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Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances
Clients who operate and maintain energy and transportation projects may benefit from participation in the Monarch Candidate Conservation Agreement with Assurances (Monarch CCAA).
CCAA partners receive incidental take authorization for the monarch butterfly on enrolled lands, if the monarch is federally listed. During routine general operations, vegetation management, and maintenance activities, CCAA partners maintain, enhance, or create habitat for monarchs. CCAA partners identify lands they would like to enroll during the application process. Partners must implement a subset of select conservation measures to maintain and enhance a proportion of their enrolled lands (adopted acres) as monarch habitat. These conservation measures mesh well with IVM efforts that clients may already be implementing. Each year, partners track implementation of conservation measures, conduct effectiveness monitoring, and provide a report to the CCAA coordinator.
Merjent assists energy and transportation clients with Monarch CCAA participation in the following ways:
- Liaising with the CCAA program coordinator;
- Conducting desktop assessment of rights-of-way and facilities;
- Preparing the application package;
- Proposing a plan for conservation measure implementation;
- Tracking conservation measures implemented annually;
- Monitoring habitat metrics on adopted acres through annual surveys of randomly selected plots;
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- Preparing and submitting annual reports to the CCAA program coordinator.
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Running Your Software: Load your software onto nodes and run commands on nodes
The goal of this exercise is to show you how to copy files from your local computer (e.g., laptop) to select nodes in the topology. We will also show you how to run commands on specified nodes in your topology. This is particularly useful if you want to quickly load your source code onto all (or some of) the nodes, compile it, and then run it.
Loading Files onto Nodes
Clicking on the launcher and selecting the File Upload module. This module will allow you to copy files to the GENI Desktop. From the GENI Desktop, the files can then be copied onto the nodes you select through the file upload window (see below).
File Sets
Users often find it useful to create a "file set" containing all their code and test data. Having created a file set, the user then wants to load the file set onto a set of nodes in the topology. Users often want to try their code on a variety of topologies. As a result, we enable users to copy files from their local machine to the GENI Desktop server which will store them in directories (and subdirectories), thereby allowing users to create file sets that can be quickly loaded onto any topology they create.
Copying File Sets to Nodes
To copy a file set to a node(s), select the node(s) in the topology view and then click "Set Selection". You can also select the destination directory on the nodes where you want the files to be placed. After selecting the destination nodes, destination directory, and file set to copy, you can click "Copy Portal Files to Nodes" to copy the files onto the nodes. A progress bar is displayed to show how much of the file set has been copied. (Follow the sequence of operations in the figure above)
Running Commands on Nodes
Again using the launcher, select the "Command" module which will open up a Run Command Window (see below). Select the nodes on which you want to run a command using the topology viewer. Type in the command you want to execute in the Run Command window and press the "Run Command" button in the window. This will open up a new tab with the output from the command.
Exercise Tasks
For the following exercise, if you do not have your own source code that you want to try, you can simply us the following HelloWorld.c program.
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 1. Task 1: Create a file set with your source code on the GENI Desktop.
 2. Task 2: Upload your source code to VM-0 and VM-1.
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How to make the 'Brick'
A tactic that has not been employed for a long time...
It's very easy to forget the past when you're always looking to the future for the next big (and new) thing. Many of the tips and tactics from yesteryear can provide a modern-day edge, simply because they have not been employed for so long. 'The Brick' is one very good example of that.
The process of forming The Brick is similar to that of making boilies, only on a different scale. Instead, a larger piece of boilie paste is formed into a brick-like shape and boiled, giving a variety of taste, texture and attraction levels throughout the cross-section and offering you a mass of presentation possibilities and applications. Here's how you make it…
What you need:
Base mix (we're using Urban Bait's Nutcracker)
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1. Break three eggs into a mixing bowl and add your flavours/liquids.
2. The dry ingredients go in next.
3. Slowly build up what will be a pliable paste – mixing with a fork and then by hand. The finished paste shouldn't be too wet and sticky, but also not too dry and crumbly.
4. Form a couple of compact 'bricks' and wrap in cling film.
5. Boil vigorously for ten minutes.
6. Once boiled, remove the bricks from the water, remove the cling film and place on a towel to dry.
6. The finished brick(s) will regain colour and harden on the outside but retain a softer inner texture. Cut up into squares and soak.


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Enticement is one way an adult could commit a sex crime against a child, and this involves luring or attempting to lure a child in order to commit a sexual act with them. This can be done in person or through an electronic means of communication, such as E-mail or a chat room, but the person committing the act must know that the person they are attempting to lure is under the age of legal consent. The Worcester criminal defense attorneys at Murphy & Rudolf, LLP are dedicated to diligent case preparation and can work hard to build a solid defense.
Luring in the state of Massachusetts can be done in various ways. Oftentimes, it involves a meet-up place, such as a car, building, hotel, home, or other location. The crimes related to luring cases may vary, but typically include sexual assault, rape, prostitution, child pornography, or other sexually related illegal activities that the adult wishes to participate in with the child they are attempting to lure.
Child Pornography Charges
In the state of Massachusetts, child pornography involves encouraging, hiring, or allowing a person under the age of 18 to pose nude or commit sexual acts that are being filmed or photographed. A person who films their underage significant other performing an intimate act may be charged the same way as a person who films sexual acts performed by young children. The Worcester criminal defense lawyers at Murphy & Rudolf, LLP have 50 years of combined experience to defend clients in cases of sex crimes against children.
Statutory Rape & Penalties
Statutory rape in Massachusetts is sex with someone who is under 16 years old. While statutory rape is sometimes consensual, the younger person is not legally allowed to give consent to the older individual. This means that a person who engages in sexual activity with a child under the age of 16 may face child rape charges.
Situations that typically carry harsher penalties include:
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Mancini sisters, family of Italian noblewomen noted for their great beauty. Nieces of Jules, Cardinal Mazarin, they moved to France at an early age. Laure Mancini (1636–57) married Louis de Vendôme, duke de Mercoeur and grandson of King Henry IV. Olympe Mancini, countess de Soissons (1639–1708), was a mistress of Louis XIV. She was involved with her sister Marie Anne in the notorious Affair of the Poisons and was also accused of poisoning her husband; she was the mother of Prince Eugene of Savoy. Marie Mancini, princess de Colonna (1640–1715), was also a mistress of Louis XIV; Mazarin intrigued to prevent their marriage, and she spent most of her life in Spain. Hortense Mancini, duchess de Mazarin (1646–99), married Armand Charles de la Porté, who assumed the Mazarin title. After leaving her husband, she became a famous beauty at the English court of Charles II. Marie Anne Mancini, duchess de Bouillon (1649–1714), was known for her literary salon but was banished in 1680 for the alleged poisoning of the sorceress La Voisin (Catherine Monvoisin).
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Does a woman's secretion nullify ablution and is it considered an impurity? – Ustadh Abdus Shakur Brooks
Answered by Ustadh Abdus Shakur Brooks
The maliki fiqh texts always talk about "the two passages" (sabeelayn) but in a woman's case, she has three passages. Also, if a woman is healthy, she is never dry. She constantly secretes vaginal fluid. If she did not, she would actually be suffering from vaginal atrophy. My question is this: Many scholars seem to say that such secretion would require her to make ablution again, but it seems maybe they are making an analogy with me because her situation is different because she secrets all the time. Some women more, some less, but the point is, it's a constant state, like saliva is for the mouth.
In Mukhtasar Khalil it mentions in the chapter of impurities that wetness of the vagina (which is what comes from secretion) is an impurity. This could be found in the commentaries of Khalil namely that of Shaykh Dardir (h.1201) and al-Hattab (h.954) both of which are two highly relied upon works in the Maliki mathab. Furthermore Al-Qadi Abd al-Wahab al-Baghdadi (h.422) mentions in his famous work al-Talqeen that everything that comes out of the vagina is an impurity. Researching the matter, I find that the scholars although they mention it as an impurity they never mention that it nullifies ablution. Furthermore, in the chapter concerning what nullifies ablution, wetness of the vagina is not one of those six things that come from a person's mid section that nullify ablution, therefore it is not to be assumed that it nullifies ablution unless we find the scholars explicitly stating such. Lastly there is another matter to consider, there are women who secret almost all the time as you mentioned which means that they will always be in need of washing the mid section before every prayer which is difficult. In the Maliki mathab there is a general rule concerning the removal of impurities and that is "impurities that are difficult to avoid are excusable". What that means is that a person is excused from having to remove it for the sake of prayer. This rule is mentioned in Mukhtasar Khalil briefly and its commentaries elaborate on the matter.
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Multiple-valued Kleenean functions that are models of a Kleene algebra and are logic functions expressed by logic formulas composed of variables, constants, and logic operations AND OR, and NOT are discussed. The set of Kleenean functions, is a model with the largest number of logic functions among existing models of a Kleene algebra, such as fuzzy logic functions, regular ternary logic functions, and B-ternary logic functions. Mainly, it is shown that any p-valued Kleenean function is derived from a monotonic ternary input functions and any p-valued unate function is derived from a unate binary input function. The mapping relations between them and the method to determine the logic formula of the Kleenean function and unate function from that of the monotonic ternary input function and unate binary input function, respectively, are classified. 7-or-less-valued Kleenean functions and unate functions of 3-or-fewer variables are enumerated. It is known that the number of p-valued Kleenean functions increases stepwise and that of unate functions increases smoothly as p becomes larger.

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multiple-valued Kleenean functions; logic formulas; Kleene algebra; logic functions; variables; constants; fuzzy logic functions; regular ternary logic functions; B-ternary logic functions; monotonic ternary input functions; p-valued unate function; mapping relations; fuzzy logic; many-valued logics.
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K. Yamato, K. Nakashima, Y. Hata, "Some Fundamental Properties of Multiple-Valued Kleenean Functions and Determination of Their Logic Formulas", IEEE Transactions on Computers, vol. 42, no. , pp. 950-961, August 1993, doi:10.1109/12.238485
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We Just Disagree - Billy Dean
So let's leave it alone,
As the song notes, sometimes "we just disagree". In economic life people often disagree about how resources should be used. Some may want to use a tract of land to build houses, another to farm, and still another may want to have the land used as a nature preserve. In his article, The Problem of Social Cost, Ronald Coase talks about the "reciprocal nature of the problem". What does Coase's insight tell us about how disagreements can be settled efficiently? What barriers exist to solving these problems efficiently in real life?
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Learn all about the tyre Michelin CrossClimate
The tyre CrossClimate is the latest innovation from Michelin. It's the first summer tyre certified for winter use (3PMSF)
The Michelin CrossClimate tyre key figures
- 7: the number of countries where the tyre has been tested (Germany, Canada, Spain, Finland, France, Poland and Sweden).
- 63: the number of month between the design and the presentation of the tyre Michelin CrossClimate 2nd mars 2015. The development of the tyre only took 3 years while normally it takes 4 years and 8 month (1,5 times faster).
- 70: the temperature range in Celsius degrees during the tests. The outdoor temperature range: -30° to +40°C.
- 150: the number of experts and engineers who have worked on the design, the tests, the industrialisation and the manufacturing.
- + than 1000: the number of laboratory tests conducted on materials, the tread and the design.
- 5 millions: the number of kilometers carried out during the dynamic tests, wear tests and endurance tests. This distance is equivalent to traveling around the earth 125 times.
The design strategy of the tyre Michelin CrossClimate
To design this innovative tyre and optimise the development of the CrossClimate, Michelin have sought to better understand driver behavior.
Unexpected weather changes, rain, snow and temperature drops are part of everyday life for motorists. Currently available solutions and motorist behaviors are not fully resolving the issue. Studies conducted or commissioned by Michelin have shown that:
- Between 3% in Germany and 7% in France of motorists use their winter tyres throughout the year which adversely affects both dry braking, especially in hot weather, and fuel consumption.
- Changing tyres with the seasons is an inconvenience for four in ten European motorists. They avoid doing so for as long as possible (Source: Ipsos 2014/2015 survey on tire purchasing behavior).
- 65% of European motorist keep their summer tyres all year round, thereby endanger the safety in cold weather, in the event of snow-covered or icy roads. 20 % in Germany where regulations require special equipment in winter conditions, and 76 % in France, where there are no regulatory requirements (Source: GfK European consumer survey)
The innovation of this new Michelin tyre enables to link the types of use and advanced technology. €640 millions are invested in its Research and Development program. Michelin conducts 75 000 tests with consumers around the world and surveys approximately 11 000 tyre buyers.

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These fragments of a child's riddle or conundrum-type alphabet plate were found in Structure 5. A complete example of this plate is seen at right. The riddle on this plate reads "WHY IS THIS GEOMETRICAL FISHING?" The answer is "BECAUSE IT IS A TRIANGLE." This plate was manufactured in England and most likely dates from the mid-19th century (Riley 1991: 82-83; Lindsay and Lindsay 1998: 136).
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In this paper, polyether polyol and MOCA were made into cross -linking agent, and isocyanate prepolymer was prepared by using toluene diisocyanate (TDI) and polyether polyol to prepare two-component solvent-free high-strength polyurethane waterproof coating. In this paper, the effects of the amount of prepolymer, the type of filler and the type of polyether, the ratio of polyether polyol, and the content of isocyanate (-NCO) on the mechanical properties of the coating were analyzed. The waterproof coating prepared by this method has a good effect and can meet the requirements of the waterproof layer of the concrete bridge of the high-speed railway line.
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Science has never been so cuddly! Introduce budding, young scientists to the basic organs and systems of the human body. Unbutton the doll's chest to explore the organs inside. Match the different organs to different body systems. Squeeze the heart, lungs and stomach to hear different sounds!
Includes: 1 doll 18" (46 cm) tall, 7 organs approximately 3½" (9 cm) and guide.
- Fun way to introduce students to the basic organs
- Students can connect sounds with different organs
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order to find duplicates. This process is commonly referred to as de-duplication.
Below screen shot shows an example Data Flow that performs several common transformations. Data is imported from Excel and transformed in a few steps. Right before the destination, a Fuzzy Grouping is added to the Data Flow.
When you edit the Fuzzy Grouping, you will find some similar settings to the Fuzzy Lookup. Note that on the Connection Manager tab, shown in below screen shot, the only property is the connection to SQL Server. This is because there is no reference table that the Fuzzy Grouping needs to join. It just needs the connection where it can store its temporary data.
Each column in the input has two settings that you can set. The first is the checkbox (below screen shot shows a few columns selected). This determines whether the Fuzzy Grouping will use this column to identify duplicates. The Pass Through column enables columns to appear downstream even when they are not used in the identification of duplicates.
Another thing that above screen shot highlights is that the Fuzzy Grouping Transformation provides the same capability as the Fuzzy Lookup to set a minimum similarity on a column-by-column basis.
On the Advanced tab, shown in below screen shot, you can fine-tune the Fuzzy Grouping to specify the overall Similarity threshold. If a potential matching row does not meet this threshold, it is not considered in the de-duplication. You can also set the output columns.
Just as in the Fuzzy Lookup, you can see the output by adding a Data Viewer to the output path from the Fuzzy Grouping. Below screen shot illustrates how the Fuzzy Grouping works. A _key_in column and a _key_out column are added to the Data Flow. When the Fuzzy Grouping identifies a potential match, it moves the row next to the potential match row. The first row key is shared in the _key_out column. The _key_in identifies where the rows originated.
As the example in Figure 10-20 shows, there are a couple of matches. LastName was misspelled in _key_in value of 6, but because the similarity _score is 95 percent, the engine determined it was a match (it was above the similarity threshold of 80 percent defined in Figure 10-19). In another couple of rows highlighted, the street address is slightly different.
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The key to the Fuzzy Grouping is the _score column. If you wanted to just go with the Fuzzy Grouping results and de-duplicate your source, you would add a Conditional Split Transformation to the Data Flow and allow only rows through the Condition Split whose _score == 1 (the double equals is the expression language Boolean logic match check). Alternately, you could define custom expression logic to choose an alternate row.
As the preceding two sections have demonstrated, both the Fuzzy Lookup and the Fuzzy Grouping provide very powerful data cleansing features that can be used in a variety of data scenarios.
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Enrique MOLINS-BALLESTE
Ref 07005 - French Art Deco "Young Lady with Fawn" Sculpture by Enrique MOLINS-BALLESTE 1925
Enrique (Henri) Molins-Balleste was born in Barcelona, a Spanish artist who later moved to Paris.
It would appear that Molins and Balleste are one and the same artist and he would use either Molins or Balleste to sign his pieces. Some same figures are signed Molins whilst the other is signed Balleste. Often signed his name as BAL.
Famous for his theatrical and genre groups and figural lighting. Also made many sculptures using wood as the medium.


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I've been giving some thought to how to protect GBAL files, and whilst I what I propose wont change the format of GBAL it would require a few mods to the IDE
In addition, it wont stop people trying to convert back to C - although it would help if the conversion to GBAL had the ability to crunch the resulting code (although a lot can be done by the original coder).
Therefore, what I propose is :
All GBAL's should be place in one place within the GLBasic directory, with each given a separate directory. This applies to both commercial and free ones as well,
Each directory would contain the GBAL file and a license information file (LIF) (the contents of which will be discussed later).
When the IDE starts it would scan the GBAL directory looking for new directories (and retrieving each LIF file as it goes along), and comparing this to a previous list.
Once this scanning has finished, and any new commercial GBAL's have been found, a window will display the list, and the user will be asked to authenticate them.
The authentication process could be done in several ways : When a user has entered a, say, serial code, this would communicate with another server which would note the number of users, GBAL serial code and GLBasic serial code. This would allow easy detection of invalid multiple uses etc etc
The other way would be to create an encryption file (or modify the LIF file) that would contain the above mentioned information, but, of course, in a non-readable (and hopefully annoyingly difficult to decode).
Then, just before compilation, a check is made on all GBAL files - if they are not registered or invalid then they are ignored from the linking phase, creating an error.
This wont get around anyone doing all the compiling from the command line, but if anyone is that desperate, then you can't do that much about it.
Kitty Hello
Certificates might be the right way to go. the problem is, when you are really evil, you could legally buy a library, then spend a day to find out how to get the C++ code of it by breaking the compiler. And then another week to convert the C++ back to GLBasic so you can use the library w/o the certificate.
The main problem is, that the GCC _must_ be fed with C++ source files.
Hemlos
Quote from: Kitty Hello on 2009-Oct-14
The main problem is, that the GCC _must_ be fed with C++ source files.
I had a thought :S
Maybe im off-base here, maybe not..i dont know gcc format well enough, but i will give the idea a voicing..
You know how you load an image into memory to be processed without an actual file, when you use GRABSPRITE?
Is this possible with c++ to force the gcc to process information stored in memory as opposed to an actual file???
If this were possible...you could encrypt the gbal, forward and backward to the memory, of course to protect the contents of the gbal.
Volume_of_Earth(km^3) = 4/3*3.14*POW(6371.392896,3)
MrTAToad
Would it be possible to create .lib (or possibly .o) files ?
Kitty Hello
.o/.lib files have no connection to the GLBasic interface then...
I just saw, that GCC can read from stdin files. That might be an option to consider!
Hemlos
Volume_of_Earth(km^3) = 4/3*3.14*POW(6371.392896,3)
MrTAToad
Quote.o/.lib files have no connection to the GLBasic interface then...
That should be no problem - if an easy way to add/remove .o/.lib files to the LNK section (so the user wont need to keep doing it), that could be a way.


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THE DOS AND DON'TS OF Tank-mixing herbicides and fertilizers
Applicators commonly mix nutrients with herbicides to increase efficiency when spraying turf areas. Unfortunately, the wrong combination can result in clogged nozzles, "scum" and precipitates in the tank, or even damaged turf. These are all indications of incompatibility among the materials being mixed. However, you can avoid this scenario if you follow a few basic guidelines.
Tank-mix incompatibility
Incompatibility occurs when one or more components of the mix chemically react, reducing the effectiveness of one or all of the pesticide components. In addition, you may see poor weed control, clogged spray nozzles and precipitates, surface scum, oily drops, gel, excessive foam or clumps in the tank. It is possible, however, that the only effect of the incompatibility will be lack of efficacy. Some materials are so reactive that even if they only come in contact with each other on the leaf surface, they still interact.
Incompatibility can also cause phytotoxicity to turf and ornamentals, which of course is even worse than mere lack of effectiveness.
Let's look at ways to prevent the "incompatibility factor."
The first consideration is the pH of your water source. Well water and city water often contain high amounts of calcium, iron and magnesium. This is commonly known as "hard water." It is not uncommon to see the pH range as high as from 9.6 to 10.4 in these water sources. This can reduce the effectiveness of emulsifiable concentrate (EC) herbicides, but will have minimal or no effect on aqueous herbicides. By contrast, low pH or acidic tank mixes will adversely affect aqueous herbicides.
Besides the water source, fertilizers also can affect the pH of your tank mix. Phosphate fertilizers tend to be acidic, while most commonly used nitrogen fertilizers, such as urea, are alkaline. When they dissolve, the solution can develop a pH of 8.0 to 8.5 and may become even more alkaline over time. Avoid letting tank mixes sit overnight because the pH can change and reduce the effectiveness of the spray mixture.
It is not difficult to check the pH of your tank mix. You can easily do this with pocket pH meters, pH test strips or water test kits that measure pH. A pH of 7.0 is neutral. Generally, anything close to this is acceptable. If pH is a major issue in product performance, it will be noted on the product label. There are several commercial products available that can be used to raise or lower the pH as necessary.
The jar test
The jar test is the most practical method to visually check for incompatibility of a specific herbicide and fertilizer mix. For this test, fill a quart jar with the correct ratio of the materials in the mix. To determine the correct ratio, you must first identify the spray volume per a set ground area (e.g. 1,000 square feet) and the correct rates of the fertilizer and pesticides for that area. Once you determine this information, proportion each material down to the volume of the jar, generally 1 quart.
For example, if the spray volume is 1 gallon per 1,000 square feet and you use a pint of test solution, you would divide the product rates for 1,000 square feet by eight, as there are 8 pints in a gallon. (See "Jar test instructions," above.)
Common sense suggestions
Chemical and fertilizer companies spend millions of dollars researching and developing their products. Detailed, specific information, including mixing instructions, is included on the label. The label in the photo on page 58 includes the following information:
 1. The herbicide is an emulsifiable concentrate (EC);
 2. Mixing instructions with water and agitation requirement;
 3. A Notice that the product may separate if allowed to sit for a prolonged period;
 4. A Notice concerning the use of tank additives that alter the pH; and
 5. Mixing instructions for liquid fertilizers and recommendations for a compatibility jar test.
Notice that the label contains information regarding additives. Sometimes additives are necessary to correct compatibility problems when mixing herbicides with other products. Additives such as surfactants, which reduce surface tension, are already found in many herbicides. For example, if a herbicide is an emulsifiable concentrate (EC), it contains emulsifiers that keep it suspended in water. Wettable powders (WP) and flowables (F) often contain surfactants that help prevent herbicide particles clumping together. However, indiscriminate use of additives can negatively affect the herbicide's performance, reducing weed control or injuring turf. Do not underestimate the importance of following the label instructions.
Also included on the label is a telephone number for technical support and safety concerns. As with any pesticide or fertilizer, it is extremely important that the applicator read the entire label and follow the instructions when mixing and spraying the product.
Spray tank considerations
Start with a clean tank. If you clean the tank properly after each spraying, this should not be a problem. However, if the tank is not clean, even the jar test won't help. Vigorously agitate the tank contents while mixing and applying the products. Spray tanks should be equipped with agitators that keep the contents in suspension. I don't usually recommend the "paddle-type" or bypass-line agitators because these can let suspensions settle out. "Jet-type" or "venturi" agitators mounted in the bottom of the tank are better. If you take a break, be sure to leave the agitator running.
Making the application
Even with proper agitation, never start the spray on the desired target. On golf courses, for instance, turn your sprayer on in the rough before spraying the greens. On home lawns, if using a hand-held spray gun, turn it on in the tank before spraying the lawn.
If you have not previously used a product or product mix, apply it to a small test area prior to broadcasting. Overlap your application in some places to determine the margin of safety. Signs of spray ineffectiveness or phytotoxicity should appear after a few days on the test area.
Some "dos and don'ts"
 1. Always follow the correct filling order for products, starting with 50 percent of the water in the tank prior to adding products.
 2. Avoid mixing concentrated products together before mixing in the tank.
 3. Don't mix non-chelated iron sulfate products with amine formulations of certain phenoxy herbicides. This could cause a cottage cheese like precipitate to form. Remember READ THE LABEL, which should make it clear if this is a potential problem.
 4. Don't mix strongly acid materials with strongly alkaline materials. Again, the label should mention it if this is a potential problem.
 5. You should pre-dissolve dry flowable herbicides that are packaged in water-soluble film packets in water prior to adding to fluid fertilizers or nitrogen — these materials can prevent the packet from completely dissolving.
 6. Don't mix potassium fertilizers or other fertilizers that have a high salt load (ionic strength) with emulsifiable concentrates and liquid flowables. This can cause compatibility problems and phytotoxicity.
 7. Ensure that when you apply herbicide/fluid-fertilizer mixtures, you're applying the correct herbicide rate. Sprayer output may not be the same using large quantities of fluid fertilizer as when using water as the carrier. You should recalibrate sprayers for the fertilizer carrier.
Avoiding tank mix problems is primarily a matter of using common sense and reading the label. These two things will help ensure effective applications and save you a lot of aggravation.
David W. Fearis, CGCS, is golf course products marketing consultant for PBI/Gordon Corp. (Kansas City, Mo.).
 1. Pour 1 pint of water into a 1-quart jar.
 2. Add the correct proportion of fertilizer and wetable powders to the water and ensure that the materials are uniformly mixed.
 3. Add aqueous components individually, again ensuring each is mixed uniformly.
 4. Add EC compounds last.
 5. Invert (don't shake) the jar 10 times to mix, and let stand for at least one hour. Inspect for unusual signs such as participates, clumping or layering in the mixture.
It is important to remember that a jar test will only show physical incompatibilities and not phytotoxic incompatibilities. To check for the latter, test by spraying an inconspicuous spot.
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In the UK the Waste Management sector is one of the most dangerous sectors for employees to work in. This is not only because of the immediate dangers present but because unlike other hazardous occupations within other industries, this sector has many additional problems associated with it which are not apparent until long past the time at which the problem started. In layman's terms illnesses associated with the waste management industry can take a lengthy time to surface due to the exposure of hazardous waste.
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The severity of the accidents occurring in the waste management sector is also much higher than in the other industries. However, most of the injuries are not permanent. NACE data shows that temporary absences account for a majority of these accidents (95.4%) followed by permanent incapacity to continue working (4.4%), while fatal accidents account for around0.3% of the total figures. While most of these accidents occur in the age group of 35-54, it is seen that most of them occur to the relatively lower age group as compared to the more experienced elder groups.
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As a child my Grandma Jones preserved peppers (hot peppers, red peppers, chipotle peppers, green peppers) through a concoction she called "Mississippi Mud." Ha! We will get to what "Mississippi Mud" is in a bit, but let's first talk about pepper preserves.
Pepper Preserves – 5 Tips for Preserving Peppers
Before we get started keep in mind that there are a lot of different pepper types you need to consider when preserving peppers. If your goal is to preserve hot peppers that's great, but there will be special considerations. On the other hand – if you simply want to preserve everyday peppers – like popular green or red peppers – you'll have additional options. (And scroll to the bottom or simply cclick here to purchase some preserves "Pepper Jam" by Grandma Jones.
(1) – Freeze Your Peppers
It's not rocket science (or maybe it is) that freezing just about anything is a great way to preserve it. That's right – freeze your peppers and you'll thank me later. When preserving peppers using a freezer method, either vacuum seal them or put the peppers in high quality "zipper" bags designed for the freezer. I recommend that you label and date each bag as you add it to the freezer.
(2) – Pickle Your Peppers
Pickling is a great way to preserve peppers and is an alternative to freezing. According to WikiPedia pickling is the process of preserving or expanding the lifespan of food by either anaerobic fermentation in brine or immersion in vinegar. The resulting food is called a pickle, or, to prevent ambiguity, prefaced with pickled.
(3) – Dry Your Peppers
Drying is not your best option for long term pepper preserves, but is a great solution for certain kinds of peppers. Popular peppers for drying include cayenne and thai, while be forewarned that jalapenos and other green chilis are not to be dried.
(4) – Turn Your Peppers Into Preserves (aka – Pepper Jam!)
So you want to know what "Mississippi Mud" is? Well – as a kid my Grandma Jones introduced my family to her cherished family recipe for pepper jelly. She didn't call it pepper jelly and quite honestly never even referenced it as such – she, instead called it Mississippi Mud which is what we called it until changing the name to Pepper Jam in 1999.
Pepper Jam is a pepper preserve jam. It's a recipe that includes sugar, vinegar, fresh green peppers, red pepper flakes, and pectin. We offer 9 different flavors (see Pepper Jam flavors here). And because you can make a lot of different flavors you can preserve peppers, such as chipotle, habanero, jalapeño, and more.
As you know – "jamming" is a great way to also preserve fruit! That's why Grandma Jones includes cranberries (great for Thanksgiving), mango, pomegranate, and more in her Pepper Jam's.
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Tech Decks are fingerboards. They are for tricks. Each one has it's own unique design. You need to be able to pull off some tricks to impress people and have fun.
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 The base position of finger-boarding is putting your index finger on the logo and the pointer finger on the tail, on the back bolts.
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 Try a shove-it. Put your fingers into the starting position and spin the board with your pointer finger on the tail. You don't need to apply too much pressure.
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 Learn the pop. Easier than the shove-it, this isn't really a trick, but you must be able to do a pop. Get your fingers onto the base position, and press down with your middle finger to launch the "nose" of the board into the air, while keeping the "tail" on the ground. This is a Pop.
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 Try ollie-ing. The main motto for ollie-ing, is to pop up, and push forward. This isn't entirely correct but it's partly true. Put your fingers onto the position, and pop the board up - now, immediately slide your index finger to the "nose" of the board to level the board out evenly, and bring the board a few inches to the air. Land the board onto the floor. This is a trick that you need to learn.
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Beginners Guide to Corda Development
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Corda Development
Corda is a powerful open-source Blockchain platform designed to solve business issues by facilitating individuals with interplay and interactivity within the given network of Blockchain. The platform is known for its efficiency, advanced contract technology, and highly secured privacy rules. Corda tutorial for beginners will help you gain in-depth knowledge of the technicalities involved in developing this platform.
The Corda contracts are usually written in Java, Rexx, Ruby, Python, and R. Its dApps are popularly termed as CorDapps. The platform uses P2P networking architecture for sequencing and validating the transactions. Its advanced system eliminates the need for marketing broadcasting on the peers that there connected with the network.
It also features the Flow framework required for communicating and negotiating with other participants. Follow the Corda Blockchain tutorial to learn about the platform's development process.
Corda Ledger Overview
Corda Ledger is different from the traditional ledger that is used in creating other Blockchain platforms. For this reason, beginners must gain a clear idea about its working. In the Corda Blockchain tutorial, you'll understand both data and functional perspectives of Corda Ledger. The Corda ledger is similar to a graph.
All its nodes are interlinked with each other directly or indirectly. Additionally, the nodes are capable of building communication as and when needed. The Corda tutorial for beginners will help you learn about graph use and develop a platform that ideal for broadcasting global transactions.
Corda Blockchain Tutorial — Identifying the Nodes
The nodes identify each other using a map of network. It's more or less like a telephone book. It includes the metadata of every node used for locating various services. As a result, the nodes discover their peers.
The consensus is one of the significant challenges faced by Blockchain network broadcasters, especially those who don't have a global presence. The nodes verify the data and discover their peers through the shared facts.
When the node overlapping takes place, the information of the shared facts is saved in the ledger system of the Corda, and this data can be used for verification of the facts. There are different sets in the Corda ledger. If you want to strengthen your roots in R3 Corda Blockchain Fundamentals, it's essential to gain in-depth knowledge of the ledger sets.
The nodes serve the function of a proxy in cases where things are not required to be verified. The information of every node is stored in a vault. Once the facts/info is stored in these vaults, the data becomes unchangeable.
R3 Corda Blockchain Fundamentals — Corda Blockchain States
Corda Blockchain's states are unchallengeable. They store node facts and details of contracts and transactions that took place at a particular time frame. There are different transaction types, including Updates, Exits, and Insurances.
Insurance is used to create new states, Exits are used to free the ledger from the states, and Updates helps change the state's properties. Know that it's not possible to divide or reduce the transactions. Also, it is essential to execute the transactions in the right order with the right parameters.
Corda Blockchain tutorial — Shared Fact
Let's understand this with the help of an example. Say, a Corda ledger is being used by two individuals, and the shared fact stands I Own You (it is used when the borrower owes due money to the lender). Both the individuals shared the same info through the shared fact, and the same is represented on the platform.
The platform allows the users to represent all kinds of information. Moreover, the platform can store use-cases info as well. The developers can use it for storing KYC data and other information related to finance and loans. Furthermore, it is also efficient in storing various attributes.
Corda Tutorial for Beginners — Evolvement and Immutability
States are immutable. It is to be noted that the immutability of the states pertains to time. For this reason, different states are presented at other times. Developers can easily create new states alongside the original states where further changes are required for a particular state.
In such cases, the original state is deemed to be historical. Say, for example — if a borrower clears off his debt and pays the due amount to the lender, a new state is needed for storing the information of debt clearance. However, IOU expires on completion of a form.
The essential tools required for Corda Blockchain Development include Oracle JDK 8 JVM — v8u171, IntelliJ IDEA, and Git. The process involves cloning the local repository, Corda transactions, Corda flows, Corda Contacts, and more.
Corda development is a test-driven process involving modern techniques and procedures. Also, the process is designed in a manner that it can eliminate bugs from the beginning of the process. The article covers all significant aspects of Corda Development. However, documentation of the facts is always recommended to get started with the learning process.
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Assigning individual Microphone GPIO in an IQ Console
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This document covers the assignment of GPIO for individual microphones to the physical GPIO ports on the back of the QOR console engines used for iQ Consoles.
If you are looking for the configuration of a generic "on-air" light for the QOR. Please see our document Setting up an On-Air light.
Description
Individual GPIO is used for both control and indication. Examples of use include:
 - Individual status lights usually found on each microphone stand.
 - A dedicated hardware "cough" button.
 - Remote buttons for on, off, and talkback.
 - Numerous others (use your imagination).
There are two types of GPIO on the QOR Engine:
 - Local sources - those connected to the physical inputs on the back of the QOR engine.
 - Livewire sources - those that originate elsewhere on the network.
No matter the origin, the Source Type defines the function of the individual GPIO pins. Click the links below for more information on each type.
When determining microphone types for GPIO and control, we'll use the following definitions:
Control Room - This is the room where the physical console is located. Microphones in this room mute the Control Room speakers when turned on.
Studio - This usually a dedicated talk studio that is separate from the room where the console is installed. Microphones in this room mute the Studio Monitors, but NOT the Control Room monitors.
GPIO for local sources
Use this setup when your sources are connected DIRECTLY to the QOR and are NOT Livewire sources. In this configuration, GPIO is applied only to LOCAL sources. You cannot assign remote GPIO to sources locally connected to the QOR Engine.
 1. Using a Web Browser, click on the GPIO link under the IO Manager heading.
 1. Assign a friendly Name. GPIO 1 is Operator Mic, GPIO 2 is Studio Mic 1, and GPIO 3 is Studio Mic 2. These names are for ease of identification only.
 2. Assign Logic For. Pick "Logic for" based on the physical port on the back of the QOR where you plugged in your device. In our example, the Operator Microphone is connected to Microphone input 1 on the back of the QOR. Studio Mic 1 is physically connected to Microphone Input 2. Etc.
 3. Leave the Livewire Channel set to 0.
 1. Click Apply
GPIO is automatically applied and is active no matter what fader of the console is used. This configuration allows the flexibility to assign Microphone 1 to any fader, and the GPIO will automatically follow.
GPIO for Livewire Sources
Use this setup when your sources originate via Livewire and are NOT connected to a local port on the QOR Engine.
 1. Using a Web Browser, click on the GPIO link under the IO Manager heading.
 1. Assign a friendly Name. In our example, GPIO 1 is Operator Mic, GPIO 2 is Studio Mic 1, and GPIO 3 is Studio Mic 2. These names are for ease of identification only.
 2. Assign Logic For. Select Livewire from the drop-down list. In our example, the Operator Microphone is Livewire channel 1001. Studio Mic 1 is Livewire channel 1002. Etc.
These Livewire channels are the same channel numbers assigned when creating the Source Profiles.
 1. Enter the Livewire Channel. Enter the Livewire channel for each device where GPIO is required.
PRO TIP - If you know the Livewire channel, you can manually type the number. You do not need to browse for each source.
 1. Click Apply.
As in our local source GPIO, the GPIO is applied when you click apply and it makes no difference where this source is loaded. Unlike the local GPIO above, Livewire GPIO is applied system-wide. The source for the GPIO is not required to be loaded on the same console where the GPIO is configured.
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From: Correlating enzyme annotations with a large set of microbial growth temperatures reveals metabolic adaptations to growth at diverse temperatures
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Many enzyme functions correlate with temperature. a A sensitivity plot showing the number of significant EC numbers (corrected p-value < 0.01) obtained at different cutoffs for minimum number of UniProt entries per organism. The gray dashed line indicates the selected cutoff. b Enzyme annotations as a proportion of the proteome. Each point represents the mean for all organisms growing at a given temperature. The means for archaea and bacteria were calculated separately. c Heat-maps showing how the occurrence of significant EC numbers change with growth temperatures in archaea. Each row represents a different EC number and each column a different growth temperature. All included EC numbers are statistically correlated (corrected p-value < 0.01) either positively (red) or negatively (blue) with growth temperature and a minimum phylogenetic distance score of six (see Methods for details). For each reported growth temperature, the ratio of organisms containing each specific EC annotation is shown by the intensity of the color. Gray indicates temperatures for which no growth temperatures are available in the dataset. d Analysis and color scale as in c, but performed with data from bacteria. r indicates Spearman's correlation coefficient
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Stuart Johnson, Deseret News
Utah had a problem in 1903.
The St. Louis World's Fair had invited the state to participate in a parade of states. The parade was only few months away, and Utah was unprepared: It had no state flag.
Utah's first governor, Heber M. Wells, needed a flag fast, so he asked for help from Julia P.M. Farnsworth, regent of the Utah State Society of the Daughters of the Revolution.
The Daughters of the Revolution — a who's who of turn-of-the-19th-century Utah women — raised money by $1 donations and contracted with the ZCMI art department to make the flag. Agnes Teudt Fernelius, an immigrant from Goteborg, Sweden, embroidered the state seal with white thread on blue homespun Utah silk.
On May 1, 1903, in St. Louis, the delegation from the Union's youngest state marched proudly with the flag in the parade of states. The delegation, which included President Joseph F. Smith of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Sen. Reed Smoot, Gov. Wells and others, had met earlier where the World's Fair, officially known as the Louisiana Purchase Exposition, would take place the next year. A photograph was taken of the delegation standing around the flag where the Utah pavilion would be built.
More than a century later, in 2008, Ronald Fox found the photograph of the flag. Fox is a history buff and an indefatigable artifact hunter. Like a pit bull, he latched onto the idea of finding the flag.
The Utah State History department didn't have a record of the flag. Fox looked everywhere: The Daughters of Utah Pioneers, the LDS Church's collections, Fort Douglas Museum and the museum at the former state Capitol in Fillmore.
As Fox researched, he learned that it wasn't until March 9, 1911 — 99 years ago Tuesday — that the 1903 flag was declared by the Legislature as the official state flag of Utah.
Fox met flag expert John Hartvigsen in December 2009. Hartvigsen remembered seeing a beautifully embroidered 1922 Utah flag in the Utah State Historical Society Museum's collection. Fox knew that the 1922 flag wasn't listed in the museum's index of cataloged items. "That led me to believe that (the 1903) flag was there," Fox said.
Fox decided to go back to the beginning of his search and called Philip F. Notarianni, Utah State history director. Notarianni agreed to make a thorough search.
A few days later, in early February, Fox received a call from Michele Elnicky, a curator at the museum. Her team had found the flag. It had been inside a box that had been placed inside another box long before their cataloging system had been implemented.
The 1903 blue-and-white flag's reign as Utah's official flag was short-lived. After President Theodore Roosevelt announced plans for the USS Utah, a full-color flag was created for the battleship. That design, with minor changes, became the new Utah state flag by legislative decree in 1913.
The 1903 flag continued to be used as a "governor's flag" for about a decade. It was eventually retired to a box in the state archives, donated to the historical society, misplaced inside another box and lost to memory.
When Fox ended his two-year search, he could see that the flag's blue homespun Utah silk was torn in many places and in need of conservation and restoration work. Agnes Teudt Fernelius' intricate 107-year-old embroidery, however, was still in perfect condition.
Utah's first flag will be shown to the public for the first time in decades today from 1 to 3 p.m. at the state Capitol during the announcement of an exhibit titled "Utah in the Union: The Story of the 45th State."
Utah state flag facts:
1896: State seal designed by Harry E. Edmunds and C. M. Jackson.
1903: First Utah flag is embroidered with white thread on Utah homespun blue silk.
1913: Wm. H. Horstmann Co. makes a Utah flag for the USS Utah battleship — and adds, without instructions, a gold circle around the state seal.
1922: Emma W. "Dolly" McMonegal creates beautiful multicolored embroidered flag of Utah. She forgets to put the year 1847 on the flag and has to add it later below the shield. All current Utah flags are based on this version of the flag — even though state law requires 1847 to be on the shield, not below it.
2010: Paul Swenson of Colonial Flag donates funds to have the 1903 Utah flag conserved and restored.
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Step 4: Make The Insulating Spacers
The Three conductive sheets are held apart by insulating spacers. Pushing between the spacers creates a conductive path. The insulating spacers are the white dots that are made by screeding Oogoo in the holes in the stencils. The stencils are made by drilling 1/4" holes in 1/16" plastic sheet. The holes are drilled 1" apart with the holes in the second stencil drilled in between the holes in the first.
Screed the Spacers
Step 4 pic shows a small mix of Oogoo (2 silicone caulk to 1 corn starch by volume) being screeded on one layer of Oogoo II.


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Map of flight path and driving directions from Boise to Lebanon.
Shortest flight path between Boise Airport (BOI) and Lebanon Municipal Airport (New Hampshire) (LEB).
How far is Lebanon from Boise?
There are several ways to calculate distances between Boise and Lebanon. Here are two common methods:Vincenty's formula (applied above)
- 2177.279 miles
- 3503.992 kilometers
- 1892.004 nautical miles
Vincenty's formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points on the earth's surface, using an ellipsoidal model of the earth.Haversine formula
- 2171.385 miles
- 3494.505 kilometers
- 1886.882 nautical miles
The haversine formula calculates the distance between latitude/longitude points assuming a spherical earth (great-circle distance – the shortest distance between two points).
Time difference and current local times
The time difference between Boise and Lebanon is 2 hours. Lebanon is 2 hours ahead of Boise.
Carbon dioxide emissions
Estimated CO2 emissions per passenger is 238 kg (524 pounds).
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15 Foods To Try in Yucatan, Mexico
Yucatan is the most visited part of Mexico, mostly because of its unbelievably beautiful sandy beaches and turquoise waters, fascinating nature and marine life. The Yucatan Peninsula however has even more to offer beyond the famous resorts of Cancun and Tulum: its unique culture and history. And what can be a better way to experience it rather than through food? Heavily influenced by Mayan and European cultures, the traditional foods prepared in this region are full of flavor and unique ingredients. Take a look at our list of 15 foods that you must try in the Yucatan Peninsula!
1) Sopa de Lima
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Sopa de Lima is considered the chicken noodle soup of the Yucatan Peninsula. This chicken soup has a tangy kick of sour lima, or Citrus Limetta – if you want to get technical – which is grown everywhere in the region, that leaves you feeling refreshed and full.
2) Cochinita Pibil
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This is by far one of the most popular dishes of the Yucatan Peninsula. Cochinita Pibil is pork, baby pig to be exact, that is marinated overnight in bitter orange juices, seasoned with achiote paste and other spices, wrapped in fresh banana leaves then cooked in an earthen pit, or pib. Pollo Pibil is another variation of this dish where pork is replaced with chicken.
3) Huevos Motuleños
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A typical breakfast served in the small city of Motul located in the North-West of the Yucatan Peninsula is Huevos Motuleños. This dish originated from Motul, hence the name, and is made up of a combination of ingredients and flavors. Eggs, tortillas, black beans, cheese and other various foods can be added to this delicious breakfast.
4) Pavo en Relleno Negro
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Pavo en Relleno Negro may not be an eye catcher, but it's a book that shouldn't be judged by its cover. This stew like dish consists of perfectly seasoned turkey in a relleno negro sauce. This sauce is what makes this dish so tasty with its numerous ingredients. The key ingredient to the sauce is burnt chiles de arbol, which give the sauce its black color.
5) Queso Relleno
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Normally prepared on special occasions, but so delicious you should eat it whenever you want! Queso Relleno is a clash of flavors and cultures all in one. Its signature ingredient is Edam cheese, a famous Dutch brand, which is stuffed with beef, onions, tomatoes and raisins (there are different variations available).
6) Salbutes
Taken in Mérida, Yucatán, México
 Image source: Brent Miller
Salbutes are basically the Yucatan version of Tostados. They're made of a puffed deep fried tortilla then smothered with pulled chicken or turkey, avocado, cabbage and pickled red onion and jalapeño. You can usually find them in Panucherias; fast food type restaurants.
7) Panuchos
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Panuchos are like a cousin to Salbutes. They are made exactly the same way except that Panuchos have tortillas filled with refried black beans.
8) Pescado Tikin-xic
Pescado en Tikin-Xic just out of the oven.
Image Source: Artist-at-Large
In Yucatan Mayan the word Tikin-xic means "dry fish". Pescado Tikin-xic is a whole fish prepared and marinated with the classic achiote paste, adobo and bitter oranges. To cook, its wrapped in banana leaves and put in an earthen oven.
9) Pan de Cazón
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Pan de Cazón is another dish you must try even though you might be afraid of one of the surprises inside! This casserole like delicacy is prepared the same way you would make lasagna, but with different ingredients. Tortillas, black beans, refried beans, and the main ingredient… shark!
10) Tamales
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In the Yucatan Peninsula they put a spin on their Tamales. Normally Tamales consist of corn-based dough stuffed with meats, cheeses, vegetables or fruits and then wrapped in dried corn husks. Now, what makes the ones in the Yucatan Peninsula so different is that they are wrapped in banana leaves, not corn husks, which produce a different end result.
11) Papadzules
Taken in Mérida, Yucatán, México
 Image Source: Brent Miller
Papadzules can be compared to enchiladas since both dishes look quite similar. However Papadzules are corn tortillas dipped in a pumpkin-seed sauce and filled with chopped hard-boiled eggs. A great option if you want to try a lighter plate.
12) Kibis
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Adapted from Lebanese culture, Kibis are a football shaped fried food. They are typically made of rough ground wheat which is then filled with different meats and cheeses. To finish it off, it is deep fried and topped with shredded cabbage, pickled red onion and jalapeño.
13) Arroz con Pulpo
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Another light and refreshing food to try in the Yucatan Peninsula is Arroz con Pulpo. This warm salad consists of rice, chopped octopus, red peppers, onions, herbs and sweet fruits like mango or papaya.
14) Chilaquiles
Image Source: Wikimedia
Chilaquiles are another dish that has received their own special touch from the Yucatan Peninsula. Baked tortilla chips with salsa (verde or rojo), onions, cheese, sour cream, eggs and sometimes beans are all ingredients in this dish. In the Yucatan Peninsula, Chilaquiles have a unique taste by including local spices and flavors.
15) Marquesitas
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Marquesitas are one of the most beloved desserts in Yucatan and you will see it being sold everywhere from the street stalls. It is basically a crispy wafer, which is made right in front of you and filled with delicious fillings like cheese or nutella.
Do you have other favourite foods in Yucatan which you think we missed out? Let us know in the comments, and we will gladly add them!
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Eigen 3.4.90 (git rev a4098ac676528a83cfb73d4d26ce1b42ec05f47c)
Extending MatrixBase (and other classes)
In this section we will see how to add custom methods to MatrixBase. Since all expressions and matrix types inherit MatrixBase, adding a method to MatrixBase make it immediately available to all expressions ! A typical use case is, for instance, to make Eigen compatible with another API.
You certainly know that in C++ it is not possible to add methods to an existing class. So how that's possible ? Here the trick is to include in the declaration of MatrixBase a file defined by the preprocessor token EIGEN_MATRIXBASE_PLUGIN:
class MatrixBase {
// ...
#ifdef EIGEN_MATRIXBASE_PLUGIN
#include EIGEN_MATRIXBASE_PLUGIN
#endif
};
Base class for all dense matrices, vectors, and expressions.
Definition: MatrixBase.h:52
Therefore to extend MatrixBase with your own methods you just have to create a file with your method declaration and define EIGEN_MATRIXBASE_PLUGIN before you include any Eigen's header file.
You can extend many of the other classes used in Eigen by defining similarly named preprocessor symbols. For instance, define EIGEN_ARRAYBASE_PLUGIN if you want to extend the ArrayBase class. A full list of classes that can be extended in this way and the corresponding preprocessor symbols can be found on our page Preprocessor directives.
Here is an example of an extension file for adding methods to MatrixBase:
MatrixBaseAddons.h
inline Scalar at(uint i, uint j) const { return this->operator()(i,j); }
inline Scalar& at(uint i, uint j) { return this->operator()(i,j); }
inline Scalar at(uint i) const { return this->operator[](i); }
inline Scalar& at(uint i) { return this->operator[](i); }
inline RealScalar squaredLength() const { return squaredNorm(); }
inline RealScalar length() const { return norm(); }
inline RealScalar invLength(void) const { return fast_inv_sqrt(squaredNorm()); }
template<typename OtherDerived>
inline Scalar squaredDistanceTo(const MatrixBase<OtherDerived>& other) const
{ return (derived() - other.derived()).squaredNorm(); }
template<typename OtherDerived>
inline RealScalar distanceTo(const MatrixBase<OtherDerived>& other) const
{ return internal::sqrt(derived().squaredDistanceTo(other)); }
inline void scaleTo(RealScalar l) { RealScalar vl = norm(); if (vl>1e-9) derived() *= (l/vl); }
inline Transpose<Derived> transposed() {return this->transpose();}
inline const Transpose<Derived> transposed() const {return this->transpose();}
inline uint minComponentId(void) const { int i; this->minCoeff(&i); return i; }
inline uint maxComponentId(void) const { int i; this->maxCoeff(&i); return i; }
template<typename OtherDerived>
void makeFloor(const MatrixBase<OtherDerived>& other) { derived() = derived().cwiseMin(other.derived()); }
template<typename OtherDerived>
void makeCeil(const MatrixBase<OtherDerived>& other) { derived() = derived().cwiseMax(other.derived()); }
const CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_sum_op<Scalar>, const Derived, const ConstantReturnType>
operator+(const Scalar& scalar) const
{ return CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_sum_op<Scalar>, const Derived, const ConstantReturnType>(derived(), Constant(rows(),cols(),scalar)); }
friend const CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_sum_op<Scalar>, const ConstantReturnType, Derived>
operator+(const Scalar& scalar, const MatrixBase<Derived>& mat)
{ return CwiseBinaryOp<internal::scalar_sum_op<Scalar>, const ConstantReturnType, Derived>(Constant(rows(),cols(),scalar), mat.derived()); }
Then one can the following declaration in the config.h or whatever prerequisites header file of his project:
#define EIGEN_MATRIXBASE_PLUGIN "MatrixBaseAddons.h"


This paper presents the direct three-dimensional (3D) fabrication of polymer scaffolds with sub-10 µm structures using electrohydrodynamic jet (EHD-jet) plotting of melted thermoplastic polymers. Traditional extrusion-based fabrication approaches of 3D periodic porous structures are very limited in their resolution, due to the excessive pressure requirement for extruding highly viscous thermoplastic polymers. EHD-jet printing has become a high-resolution alternative to other forms of nozzle deposition-based fabrication approaches by generating micro-scale liquid droplets or a fine jet through the application of a large electrical voltage between the nozzle and the substrate. In this study, we successfully apply EHD-jet plotting technology with melted biodegradable polymer (polycaprolactone, or PCL) for the fabrication of 2D patterns and 3D periodic porous scaffold structures in potential tissue engineering applications. Process conditions (e.g. electrical voltage, pressure, plotting speed) have been thoroughly investigated to achieve reliable jet printing of fine filaments. We have demonstrated for the first time that the EHD-jet plotting process is capable of the fabrication of 3D periodic structures with sub-10 µm resolution, which has great potential in advanced biomedical applications, such as cell alignment and guidance.


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Women Who Inspire Change: Mesoamerican Healers
Anna Hamling, Guest Contributor
"This book is about the intellectual traditions of Mesoamerican women," explains Paloma Martinez-Cruz in the opening lines of Women and Knowledge in Mesoamerica: From East L.A. To Anahuac. A young Chicana college professor, Martinez-Cruz has written a captivating personal narrative that intertwines with the historical account of the ways Mesoamerican women healers played a role during childbirth and helped cure the sick. The resulting story is an engaging read for those intrigued by indigenous healing practices, medicine, and spirituality.
According to Martinez-Cruz's research, women healers were not simply physicians; they were defenders of a feminine knowledge about how to maintain wellness. At a time when elite women weren't permitted to obtain higher education, women who were healers possessed the power of medical specialists and, therefore, enjoyed a dignified status in society.
Inspiring examples of courageous women were abundant. Determined to become educated and not be governed by a husband, the famous nun, Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz—who is often referred to as Mexico's first feminist—made the choice to enter a convent rather than live in "a prison of marriage." Two hundred years after Sor Juana's death, her determination to heal the sick was carried forward by Matilde Montoya, Mexico's first female physician.
By Montoya time, women had access to formal education and convent life had lost its lustre. In spite of the professionalization of medicine, indigenous healing practices survive today and are widely used in Mesoamerican communities to repair those who are unwell.
Women and Knowledge in Mesoamerica enriches our understanding of the alternative healing practices that Mesoamerican women have been performing for centuries. The book serves as a reminder that holistic approaches to treating patients have a history in both women's role in nurturing communities and their empowerment.
Anna Hamling is a senior teaching associate in the Culture and Language Studies department at University of New Brunswick. Her current research is on women artists from around the globe, Latin American dance and cinema, and feminist issues.


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Android developers are expert on creating several advanced applications and Speech Input is one of the amazing apps. Android being an open program one can use any speech input program that is available in the marketplace.
Since the mobile phones have been introduced a great number of users are attracted towards it and are using it since then. Almost every individual around the world uses a mobile phone. The use of a mobile phone is not just making or getting a contact. It has a lot more uses which is why these mobile phones were released. Smartphones as the name indicates are really sensible enabling you to do a lot of things with your handheld device.
The advantages of the smartphones have attracted several people to use these advanced devices. The widely used platform for most of the smartphones is Android and this has increased in the need for Android application development. The team of delegate Android developers acknowledges the tremendous prospective that this foundation provides and therefore there are great number of developers who are developing and creating a variety of programs. Android OS allows the person to multiple processes which indicates they can use a lot of programs in their device as well within a few moments. It also offers a number of benefits to the users as well as developers. One such benefits that we are going to study about in the following paragraphs is the conversation feedback development that has been created by the Android developers.
The primary reason why an individual has a mobile phone is that they can contact anyone and everyone wherever they are. Keep in contact does not mean they have to discuss, they can textual content or also discussion or keep in contact through any of the sites. The Android edition 2.1 which is created by the developers has made interaction mush simpler by establishing the speech permitted key pad. All that needs to do is to determine to the phone and it will type the concept by itself. The Android application development is unique and awesome.
How does the speech input work?
One has to select the text messaging web page. You will find a microphone option on the keyboard. One has to just tap on that and start to determine the concept that they need to deliver. As and when you determine the phrase will get entered in the display. Once the whole textual content id determined the concept can be sent. One can use this choice anywhere and at any time. This is the latest feature that has completely provided a unique experience to the users. This speech input application can be easily downloaded from the Android market, if it is not available in the device. One can deliver an SMS very easily using this option. Android SDK allows incorporating the conversation feedback features.
If you are also planning to create any such app you can contact to the Android developers from any well-known app development company.
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