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You have a crjewelryeautiful piece of jewellery with transparent resin, but you're worried that it might turn yellow over time.
How can you prevent that? This is a question I'm asked a lot by people who are starting out in resin jewelry making, so I'll answer it here in detail.
Here's everything you need to know about keeping your clear epoxy from turning yellow and looking like old cheese:
How do you keep transparent resin from turning yellow?
- Wash your hands, the resin container, and all tools with soap and warm water before you begin. A clean workspace is a great way to start.
- Cure the resin under UV light to clear it as soon as possible after pouring.
Does transparent resin yellow?
The answer is yes and no. It depends on what type of resin you're using and whether or not you use a UV light when curing it.
- If the clear resin you're using has a blue colorant in it, then no matter what, it'll turn yellow over time. This is because the yellowing occurs as a result of exposure to sunlight (both natural sunlight and artificial UV lights).
How do you clean transparent resin?
- Use a toothbrush and soap.
- Use a toothbrush and baking soda.
- Use a toothbrush and vinegar.
- Use a toothbrush and lemon juice.
- Use a toothbrush and hydrogen peroxide (3% solution).
- Use a toothbrush and rubbing alcohol (isopropyl or 70% solution).
- You can also use: water, salt, baking powder or baking soda, and dishwashing liquid with bleach added (1 part bleach to 4 parts dishwashing liquid)
Can you print clear resin?
Yes, you can print with clear resin.
There are three main types of 3D printers that can be used to print in clear resin: SLA printers, DLP printers, and resin printers. Each type has its own pros and cons but they all work similarly enough to be explained in one article!
What resin does not turn yellow?
You can prevent yellowing in resins that have a low viscosity and are exposed to UV light. This includes polyester, epoxy, and polyurethane resins.
Polyester resin is a common clear resin with good clarity and impact strength that doesn't yellow when exposed to direct sunlight; however, it will yellow over time in indirect sunlight (think of the sun through clouds).
Epoxy resin is another common clear resin with good clarity, but it's more expensive than polyester resins and also yellowed when exposed to direct sunlight (and indirect).
Polyurethane is another type of clear resin that doesn't turn yellow when exposed directly or indirectly
Why is my epoxy turning yellow?
If your epoxy is turning yellow, it's not because of the resin. If it were, the whole batch would be affected, and that's not usually the case. Here are some of the most common reasons why epoxies turn yellow:
- Your vinyl has a UV inhibitor in it, so when exposed to sunlight or even fluorescent bulbs (which emit UV radiation), your resin will turn yellow over time as a result of this pigment. If you see this happening in just one area of your project, then it may be that only that particular piece was laminated with a vinyl-containing inhibitor. In most cases though, if there's anything at all on hand that can prevent this from happening then use it!
- You used a base coat for your project rather than just dipping into a clear coat or brushing on clear paint alone because… well… why would you do that? Anyway – back up! You've got yourself an entire "tinting" issue going here which can easily be solved by switching out colors again to something more appropriate like black instead of blue or red instead of orange etcetera…
How long before resin turns yellow?
It depends on a few things:
- The resin itself. Some resins are more yellowing than others. If you're using a particularly yellowing resin, it will probably turn a more golden color faster than other types of resin would.
- The cure time and temperature of your curing process. If you're using an oven or heat gun to cure your resin, the higher the temperature and longer the exposure time (i.e., how long it takes to get from room temperature to full cure), the greater chance that any impurities in your clear resin will start reacting with one another as they come together during the thermal bonding process, which can result in discoloration over time (this also applies when drying out too slowly). This is why it's so important to use quality materials when making jewelry pieces!
- Whether or not there are any impurities present inside your mix before its cured state comes about; if so then this would mean that these particles will actually cause direct damage to them once they reach their hardened state through thermal bonding processes during curing times for example when using an oven or heat gun technique methodologies like those listed above."
How do you polish resin by hand?
- Use microfiber cloths. Microfiber cloths are very effective at removing fingerprints and dust from resin, particularly if they're dampened with water first.
- Use polishing compounds. Compounds are used to help remove stubborn dirt or stains from resin items that have been stained by food or drink spills in the past, as well as other substances such as ink and grease. They can be applied using a buffing wheel on your electric drill if you want to go all out; otherwise, it can also work well with a soft rag or cloth by hand (but make sure not to get any residue on any part of your body).
- Use buffing pads when needed for hard-to-remove stains like lipstick marks or grease stains from cooking utensils like spatulas (they won't work for everything). These can be found at most hardware stores such as Home Depot—they look like dish scrubbers with loops of metal wire sticking out between each loop instead of foam padding—and sometimes come included with kits sold specifically targeted toward cleaning up after working with acrylic paints so keep an eye out!
In conclusion, keeping transparent resin from yellowing is a bit of a balancing act. If you want to maintain the integrity of your work and prevent it from becoming discolored over time, then follow these simple tips: don't let your resin sit for too long in direct sunlight or leave it out in extreme temperatures (like heat/cold).


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French - Napoleonic
The Bardin Regulation uniform was introduced at the beginning of 1812 with its distinctive short tailed jacket and 'plastron' lapels which extended to the waist, covering the previously exposed waist coat. The issuing of the new uniform was inevitably subject to delays and many battalions were still wearing the old uniform when they marched off to Russia later that year, but the Bardin uniform prevailed among the reformed regiments of 1813, and was universally worn by 1814.
Our range should therefore interest anyone contemplating battles such as Leipzig, Dresden, or especially Waterloo, and are designed to be compatible in size (18mm) and style with the splendid AB Figures 18mm Napoleonic range.
These figures will of course go beautifully with our existing range of post 1812 Napoleonic British infantry, wearing the distinctive Belgic shako.
- sculpted by Alan Marsh

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IISc and TalentSprint offer deep expertise in Computational Data Science to shape the workforce of the future
Wed, Oct 7, 2020
Hyderabad, October 7, 2020: The Indian Institute of Science (IISc) and TalentSprint today announced the launch of an Advanced Program in Computational Data Science. The 10-month executive program will equip current and aspiring data engineers, data analysts, data architects and data scientists with the latest expertise to lead the workforce of the future. Several leading faculty and experts from an interdisciplinary background will teach live and interactive online classes and mentor participants to solve data science problems. The program is novel in that it will allow participants to build a personal portfolio of data stories to showcase on their career profiles, and get plugged into TalentSprint's network of deeptech professionals from around the world. The first cohort of the program will start in January 2021 and is open to 50 professionals from India, APAC and Middle East. (Visit _URL_ for details).
Data is a vital asset to research and industry and data science is transforming business and society at an unprecedented pace. IDC predicts that worldwide data, which is at 33ZB in 2020, will grow to 175ZB by 2025, an explosion which has disrupted every business and industry, especially over the last two years. The ability to collect, clean, manage and analyze complex data sets and then design, build and deploy solutions that offer valuable insights and enable data driven business decisions are becoming critical for professionals who want to thrive in today's hyper digital economy. Moreover, according to a WEF report, data scientists and analysts will be the top emerging jobs in the world by 2022.
Announcing the program, Dr. Sashikumaar Ganesan, Chair of the Department of Computational and Data Sciences (CDS) at IISc and Program Dean, said: "CDS at IISc is a first-of-its-kind interdisciplinary department to focus on research at the intersection of computer science and data science. Over the last five years, our PhD and M.Tech programs have attracted the best students from around the world. We are very pleased to partner with TalentSprint and jointly offer this executive program to working professionals who wish to capitalize on the data science wave sweeping through the industry. Participants will practice on a variety of industry case studies and capstones, including the opportunity to bring their own projects and get mentored to solve them. Data stories, another unique feature of our program, will help them demonstrate their expertise on their career profiles, for the benefit of current and future employers."
Speaking on the partnership, Dr. Santanu Paul, Co-Founder and CEO, TalentSprint said: "At TalentSprint, we build unique executive education programs to solve the most challenging and pertinent problems. All our programs in collaboration with top-tier academia have consistently reported extremely high participant satisfaction. We are delighted that the Advanced Program in Computational Data Science, our newest program with IISc, the #1 NIRF ranked academic institution in the nation, has been carefully designed to help industry professionals re-orient and reboot their careers in tune with the opportunities in a post-pandemic, hyper-digital economy. In that sense, this is the first data science program in the country to be explicitly designed to enable, equip and empower the workforce of the future."
The Advanced Program in Computational Data Science is open for applications for the first cohort, which starts in January 2021. Please apply at _URL_
Established in 1909, IISc is India's leading university (NIRF Number 1 rank) in advanced education and research in the sciences and in engineering. From its beginnings, IISc has laid equal emphasis on fundamental investigations and the solution of practical problems in such a setting. IISc's reputation and preeminence ensures that it attracts the best of young faculty members and students from across the world. IISc aims to be among the world's foremost academic institutions through the pursuit of excellence in research and promotion of innovation by offering world-class education to train future leaders in science and technology and by applying science and technology breakthroughs for India's wealth creation and social welfare.https://www.iisc.ac.in/
TalentSprint brings transformational high-end and deep-tech learning programs to young and experienced professionals. The company's digital platform ipearl.ai offers a hybrid onsite/online experience to seekers of deep technology expertise. TalentSprint partners with top academic institutions and global corporations to create and deliver world class programs, certifications, and outcomes. It is a leading Innovation Partner for the National Skill Development Corporation, an arm of the Ministry of Skill Development and Entrepreneurship, Government of India.www.talentsprint.com
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Debjani Mukherji, Senior Director, Strategic Alliances, TalentSprint


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Book Buddies Program
Ms. Jeanette Rosenberg
Book Buddies is a research-based one-on-one tutorial program that supports reading instruction in the classroom. It enlists trained community volunteers to provide instruction to first and second grade students who need extra support in literacy acquisition. The program is in its 18th year of operation in the school division. There are approximately 120 tutor-student pairs who are supervised by eight reading specialists at five elementary schools.
Volunteers are trained to become effective tutors in a two-hour group session in September and a follow-up building-level session in January. They receive additional support throughout the year by the reading specialists at each school. A published manual is made available to the new tutors.
The reading coordinators write individualized lesson plans for each tutoring session. They assess the students three times a year, participate in scheduling, and maintain communication with the students' classroom teachers.
Research data shows that students are achieving, as evidenced by increases on measures of alphabet and word recognition. The Book Buddies Program has attracted widespread national attention at reading conferences and in national and international professional journals. It has been replicated throughout Virginia and around the nation. The Book Buddies Program is the recipient of the Virginia State Reading Association's 1997 Literacy Award.
Persons who are interested in volunteering in the Book Buddies Program may obtain additional information by calling _PHONE_.

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Jayanta Hazarika (Assamese: জয়ন্ত হাজৰিকা) was arguably the most melodious singer and composer in the world of Assamese music In His short life span of 34 years he performed playback singing for numerous Assamese films and made a number of vinyl records and audio cassettes. He is the first Assamese singer that targeted the urban youth with his music.
Jayanta Hazarika was pioneer in introducing several western instruments in his songs and till date his songs mesmerise Assamese society with melody and soulful lyrics which typically sets the mood for that eastern state.
Jayanta, popularly known as Rana, was born to a family which produced several gifted musicians/ artists of Assamese music. He was youngest of six children of Nilakanta Hazarika & Smt. Shantipriya Hazarika,the eldest among them is Dr. Bhupen Hazarika.
He was married to Manisha Sengupta in 4th aug, 1969; a singer, born and raised in a respectable Bengali family in Kolkata, had a musical background. Mayukh Hazarika their only son, born on 13 January 1971 in kolkata is also a renowned singer /composer of Assamese modern music.
Assamese singer-composer Jayanta Hazarika is perhaps a classic example Jayanta Hazarika recording songs for the Assamese film Faguni. Also seen are singer Malabika Bora, Pulak Gogoi, director Siva Thakur and music director Dr Upen Kakati.of these famous words by the erstwhile President of the United States of America. His evanescent lifetime was marked by his superior musical gifts, unprecedented success and popularity.


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Table of Contents
The purpose of packetforge-ng is to create encrypted packets that can subsequently be used for injection. You may create various types of packets such as arp requests, UDP, ICMP and custom packets. The most common use is to create ARP requests for subsequent injection.
To create an encrypted packet, you must have a PRGA (pseudo random genration algorithm) file. This is used to encrypt the packet you create. This is typically obtained from aireplay-ng chopchop or fragmentation attacks.
Usage: packetforge-ng <mode> <options>
- -p <fctrl> : set frame control word (hex)
- -a <bssid> : set Access Point MAC address
- -c <dmac> : set Destination MAC address
- -h <smac> : set Source MAC address
- -j : set FromDS bit
- -o : clear ToDS bit
- -e : disables WEP encryption
- -k <ip[:port]> : set Destination IP [Port]
- -l <ip[:port]> : set Source IP [Port] (Dash lowercase letter L)
- -t ttl : set Time To Live
- -w <file> : write packet to this pcap file
- -r <file> : read packet from this raw file
- -y <file> : read PRGA from this file
-arp : forge an ARP packet (-0)
-udp : forge an UDP packet (-1)
-icmp : forge an ICMP packet (-2)
-null : build a null packet (-3)
-custom : build a custom packet (-9)
Generating an arp request packet
Here is an example of how to generate an arp request packet.
First, obtain a xor file (PRGA) with either the aireplay-ng chopchop or fragmentation method.
Then use the following command:
packetforge-ng -0 -a 00:14:6C:7E:40:80 -h 00:0F:B5:AB:CB:9D -k 192.168.1.100 -l 192.168.1.1 -y fragment-0124-161129.xor -w arp-request
- -0 indicates you want a arp request packet generated
- -a 00:14:6C:7E:40:80 is the Access Point MAC address
- -h 00:0F:B5:AB:CB:9D is the source MAC address you wish to use
- -k 192.168.1.100 is the destination IP. IE In an arp it is the "Who has this IP"
- -l 192.168.1.1 is the source IP. IE In an arp it is the "Tell this IP"
- -y fragment-0124-161129.xor
- -w arp-packet
Assuming you are experimenting with your own access point, arp request packet generated above can be decrypted with your own key. So to see that packet we just created can be decrypted:
Enter "airdecap-ng -w <access point encryption key> arp-request"
The results look like this:
Total number of packets read 1 Total number of WEP data packets 1 Total number of WPA data packets 0 Number of plaintext data packets 0 Number of decrypted WEP packets 1 Number of decrypted WPA packets 0
To view the packet that was just decrypted, enter "tcpdump -n -vvv -e -s0 -r arp-request-dec"
The results look like this:
reading from file arp-request-dec, link-type EN10MB (Ethernet) 18:09:27.743303 00:0f:b5:ab:cb:9d > Broadcast, ethertype ARP (0x0806), length 42: arp who-has 192.168.1.100 tell 192.168.1.1
Which is exactly what we expected. Now you can inject this arp request packet as follows "aireplay-ng -2 -r arp-request ath0".
The program will respond as follows:
Size: 68, FromDS: 0, ToDS: 1 (WEP) BSSID = 00:14:6C:7E:40:80 Dest. MAC = FF:FF:FF:FF:FF:FF Source MAC = 00:0F:B5:AB:CB:9D 0x0000: 0841 0201 0014 6c7e 4080 000f b5ab cb9d .A....l~@....... 0x0010: ffff ffff ffff 8001 6c48 0000 0999 881a ........lH...... 0x0020: 49fc 21ff 781a dc42 2f96 8fcc 9430 144d I.!.x..B/....0.M 0x0030: 3ab2 cff5 d4d1 6743 8056 24ec 9192 c1e1 :.....gC.V$..... 0x0040: d64f b709 .O.. Use this packet ? y Saving chosen packet in replay_src-0124-163529.cap You should also start airodump-ng to capture replies. End of file.
By entering "y" above, the packet you created with packetforge-ng is then injected.
Generating a null packet
This option allows you to generate LLC null packets. These are the smallest possible packets and contain no data. The switch "-s" is used to manually set the size of the packet. This a simple way to generate small packets for injection.
Remember that the size value (-s) defines the absolute size of an unencrypted packet, so you need to add 8 bytes to get its final length after encrypting it (4 bytes for iv+idx and 4 bytes for icv). This value also includes the 802.11 header with a length of 24bytes.
The command is:
packetforge-ng --null -s 42 -a BSSID -h SMAC -w short-packet.cap -y fragment.xor
- –null means generate a LLC null packet (requires double dash).
- -s 42 specifies the packet length to be generated.
- -a BSSID is the MAC address of the access point.
- -h SMAC is the source MAC address of the packet to be generated.
- -w short-packet.cap is the name of the output file.
- -y fragment.xor is the name of the file containing the PRGA.
Generating a custom packet
If you want to generate a customer packet, first create a packet with the tool of your choice. This could be a specialized tool, a hex editor or even from a previous capture. Then save it as a pcap file. Following this, run the command:
packetforge-ng -9 -r input.cap -y keystream.xor -w output.cap
- -9 means generate a custom packet.
- -r input.cap is the input file.
- -y keystream.xor is the file containing the PRGA.
- -w output.cap is the output file.
When it runs, packetforge-ng will ask you which packet to use and then output the file.
Most access points really don't care what IPs are used for the arp request. So as a result you can use 255.255.255.255 for source and destination IPs.
So the packetforge-ng command becomes:
packetforge-ng -0 -a 00:14:6C:7E:40:80 -h 00:0F:B5:AB:CB:9D -k 255.255.255.255 -l 255.255.255.255 -y fragment-0124-161129.xor -w arp-request
Including both -j and -o flags
A common mistake people make is to include either or both -j and -o flags and create invalid packets. These flags adjust the FromDS and ToDS flages in the packet generated. Unless you are doing something special and really know what you are doing, don't use them. In general, they are not needed.
Error message "Mode already specified"
This is commonly caused by using the number one (-1) instead of dash lowercase L (-l) in the command.
packetforge-ng -0 -a 00:14:6C:7E:40:80 -h 00:09:5B:EC:EE:F2 -k 255.255.255.255 -1 255.255.255.255 -y 00:14:6C:7E:40:80-03-00-14-6C-7E-40-80.xor -w arp-request
Mode already specified. "packetforge-ng --help" for help.
This because -1 (number one) was used instead of the correct -l (the letter ell). So simply use "-l".


What is DMP?
The data can be offline data which is uploaded to the DMP or could be from an online source which is imported in real time.
Once user data is stored within the DMP, the data can be used for analysis ie categorize by demographics or interests.
Popular DMPs include;
Adobe Audience Manager
Google Audience Center
Neustar PlatformOne
Nielsen DMP (Exelate)
Oracle (Blue Kai)
Salesforce DMP
Xaxis Turbine


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A new study has shown that healthy boreal forests are important for a healthy and thriving fish population in lakes.
One of the study's authors was Michael Arts (PhD), an expert on using lipid-based biochemical tracers (e.g., fatty acids) to assess how organisms respond to stress and also to reveal how food webs function.
He is a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biology at Ryerson University in Toronto, OntarioListen
The research was published this month in Nature Communications.
Using carbon tracing, the team was able to establish a clear link between the size and condition of fish and the degree of forestation around the lake and it's watershed.
They found that water runoff from forested areas cantained nutrients that were deposited around the point where streams entered a lake. Those nutrients fed bacteria, which fed zooplankton which continued up the food chain to fish.
They found the more heavily forested an area was, the healthier the fish and fish population. In fact, using the carbon tracing, they found in heavily forested areas that up to 66% of some fishes biomass could be traced back to origins on the land, and not from their aquatic environment.
Professor Arts says this study shows that in order to protect freshwater ecosystems, one must also take into account the activities on land around that water system.
He points out freshwater fishing is vital in many areas of the world, and that preservation of surrounding forest areas will enable that fish resource to be viable and sustainable.

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Have you ever played with Baby Alive? Perhaps you have one and you have ran out of food for the doll. The Baby Alive food is quite expensive. This how-to will save a lot of your money and most ingredients can be found in your kitchen.
- 3 tbsp baking soda
- 3 tbsp water
- 3 drops food coloring
1First, get out a mixing bowl. Then, add three tablespoons of baking soda in the bowl, making sure you don't add too much or too little.
2After the baking soda has been added into the bowl, pour in three tablespoons of water.
3Once you have poured the baking soda and water into the mixing bowl, you should have a delicious mixture for your Baby Alive. To give the mixture some color, add three drops of food coloring into the bowl.
4Using a spoon, stir the mixture until the contents are completely blended in. While being careful not to spill it and make a mess, serve the food to your Baby Alive doll.
- To make the Baby Alive juice, mix water with food coloring of any color. Pour it into an empty water bottle. After capping the bottle, shake it well and give it to your Baby Alive doll.
- If you don't have food coloring, mix the baking soda and water together.
- To preserve the food, add three teaspoons of salt and place the bowl of food in a refrigerator. Use when desired.
- You can also use sorbitol - a sugar substitute found in health food stores - for the Baby Alive doll's food.
- If you don't have baking soda, mix water and food coloring together.
- Choose warm or hot water to prevent the doll from getting clogged up.
- If you clog your baby alive because you used to much baking soda... Use Apple cider vinegar! Give your baby a rinse with water and then go to the poo hole lol. It will looked very clogged with baking soda. That's okay though! All you need to do is grab a sharp enough object the get all of the baking soda out. after that process rinse with water
- Do not use too much baking soda or it will clog the doll.
- Do not feed your Baby Alive doll with real baby food because this will make your doll smell bad. Also, it might attract insects and small creatures.
- Make sure the mixture is smooth and creamy. If it isn't, it won't work and the doll will get clogged.
Things You'll Need
- Baby Alive bowl or regular bowl
- Baby Alive spoon or any small spoon
- Baby Alive doll
Categories: Playing with Dolls
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If you have information about this name, share it in the comments area below!
Numerology information Ivaz:
Name Number: 4 Meaning: Stability, Sameness, Regular, Rules, Condition, Responsibility, Routine, Frame, Detail, Order
Books about Ivaz:
Bursa Ivaz Pasa Kulliyesi (Turkish Edition) by Salih Pay (1996)
Wiki information Ivaz:
Ivaz Mehmed Pasha, also known as Hacı Ivaz Mehmed Pasha or Hacı Ivazzade Mehmed Pasha, was an 18th-century Ottoman grand vizier and provincial governor.
Ivazzade Halil Pasha was an Ottoman statesman who served as grand vizier in 1769. He was the son of grand vizier Ivaz Mehmed Pasha. He took part in Russian Wars under the title of Serdar-i Ekrem. After he had been excused from military service, he...


Turning Points in Australian History
edited by Martin Crotty, David Roberts
Paperback | Oct 2008 | UNSW Press | 9781921410567 | 320pp | 234x153mm | GEN | AUD$34.95, NZD$39.99
'If only', 'what if' and 'why didn't we' are phrases that often come to mind when we look back to the past. This exciting and stimulating book looks back at turning points and crucial moments in Australian history. Rather than arguing that there have been forks on a pre-determined road, the book challenges us to think about other paths or better paths that might have led to different outcomes. It shows that a decisive event often becomes so only in retrospect and that what seemed like a major turning point at the time often had no real impact at all.


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Direct Measurement of Fluid Mechanical Properties in Micro Space; Liquid Crystal Orientation under ShearPolymer Science Faculty Research
AbstractThe shear-induced molecular orientation of a nematic liquidcrystal, 5CB (4-pentyl-4'-cyanobiphenyl) was studied in anewly-developed apparatus in which the liquid crystal was confinedbetween optical windows at a film thickness that is continuouslyvariable. The molecular orientation was measured in situduring shear in the presence and absence of DC electrical bias betweenthe two surfaces. In this preliminary study we present findings for aspacing of 10 µm, which is comparable to the spacing ofactual liquid crystal display technology. Fourier transform infraredtime resolved spectroscopy (FTIR-TRS) synchronized with the shearmotion provided the molecular orientation as a function of time duringthe shear cycle. Only a slight orientation along the shear directionwas found in the isotropic state but, in the homeotropic state, themolecular orientations in response to shear reflected a competitionprocess between orientation in orthogonal directions. Shear promotedorientation parallel to the confining plates, and a DC bias voltagepromoted orientation perpendicular to the confining plates.
Citation InformationAli Dhinojwala. "Direct Measurement of Fluid Mechanical Properties in Micro Space; Liquid Crystal Orientation under Shear" Vol. 38 (1999) p. 6118 - 6122
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The Canary Islands are in the oil industry's crosshairs, and that spells danger for the area's marine habitats and wildlife.
In a new report, Oceana has denounced oil prospecting plans in the Canary Islands, highlighting the dangerous impact of these activities on cold-water coral reefs, deep sponge fields, hydrothermal vents, and nearly 100 protected species.
Spanish oil company Repsol is planning to prospect in the Canary Islands Channel, located off the northwest coast of Africa. The channel contains gas-based habitats that are protected under the Habitats Directive. These habitats support coral and sponge communities that would be destroyed by oil prospecting activity.
A total of 25 protected areas and 82 endangered species would be threatened by Repsol's prospecting activities. These include sea turtles, short finned pilot whales, angel sharks, bottlenose dolphins, and a variety of fish.
The International Maritime Organization has declared the Canary Islands a Particularly Sensitive Area for its biological wealth and its economic dependence. This status affords the islands' strict protection in terms of waste and pollution.
The Canary Islands is an archipelago supported by fishing and tourism. Both of these industries rely on the islands' high biodiversity—more than 600 species and 350 communities and habitats. Oil prospecting would interfere with fishing and tourism, and reduce the biodiversity of the area.
We'll be sure to keep you posted!


text: A new microscopy method for multi diffraction-limited spot illumination is based on extraordinary light transmission through a periodic metal grid (typical period of 600 nm) of sub-wavelength holes (150 nm). Multiple spots illuminate a fluorescently labeled sample and the emission is collected by far-field optics. Theoretical comparison with a confocal microscope reveals equivalent spot sizes and a scanning method with the advantage of multiple illumination spots. The system is used to measure the actual transmitted field with a fluorescent sample in far-field. The obtained results are consistent with the theoretical prediction and provide a proof of concept of the midfield microscope.


Do 529 Distributions Count as Income?
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When you follow the rules and guidelines on how to use your 529 plan, money in the account does not count as income on your taxes. You do not report the distributions as income. However, if you accidentally use the funds on ineligible expenses or make a withdrawal, the 529 distribution may be subject to a penalty fee and taxes.
The following are cases in which your distribution may be counted as income.
The Distribution is Spent on Ineligible Expenses
Tuition, books, computers, printers, internet, necessary school equipment, and room and board are considered qualified expenses for the 529 plan. Purchases that are not considered eligible expenses include sports and club memberships, insurance, transportation, and mobile phone fees. For example, let's say that your membership in an intramural sports team is listed among the fees and expenses on your tuition bill. If a portion of your distribution is used to pay for the sports membership, it's an ineligible expense and that amount is considered taxable income.
You Withdraw Money and it is Not Contributed to a Qualifying 529 Plan Within 60 days
If you wish to rollover a 529 account or close your account and open a new plan, you can withdraw the funds and send a check for that amount to the new plan. However, if the money is not deposited into a 529 plan within 60 days, the amount will be regarded as taxable income.
You Exceed Qualified Higher Education Expenses (QHEE)
Perhaps the most innocent way that a distribution would qualify as income is by exceeding your Qualified Higher Education Expenses (QHEE). Each year your college estimates the cost of attendance, which includes tuition and fees and estimates for room and board. Two ways that account holders inadvertently exceed this expense:
 - The 529 plan is used to purchase off-campus housing that exceeds the university's estimate for room and board. 529 plans can be used for off-campus housing, but the cost must not exceed university estimates.
 - Tax-free aid such as grants and scholarships are not deducted from expenses. After calculating expenses based on tuition and fees, room and board, and other qualifying costs, you must deduct the amount of any grants, such as the Federal Pell Grant or scholarships. The remaining amount can be paid with the 529 plan.
In this case, the beneficiary of the 529 plan would receive an IRS Form 1099-Q and would be responsible for paying the taxes on the amount that exceeds the QHEE. In most cases, the beneficiary will have a lower tax bracket than the account holder, so the tax is not substantial.
You Take too Many Credits
In addition to using the 529 plan, you may take the Lifetime Learning Credit or the American Opportunity Tax Credit (AOTC) for qualifying educational expenses. However, taking either credit can lead to a surplus that exceeds your QHEE. If you exceed the qualified expenses, the money withdrawn from the 529 plan may be subject to income tax.
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Integration tests with maven
Implementing unit tests with maven is something ordinary and most of us are familiar with the project structure and where the unit tests reside.
However Integration tests are a different case and most of times they have pretty different requirements.
For example it is ok to have your unit tests operate on a h2 in memory database but when it comes to integration tests and complex queries, it is best for them to be executed against an actual relational database like the one used in production.
Considering the above example, chances are that our integration tests might have different configurations and dependencies.
So our goals for our integration tests is to keep them separate from other tests and to execute them separately.
Regarding our maven structure within the source directory we have the main 'folder' and test 'folder'.
In the same fashion we will add an extra directory called 'it'.
The 'it' directory will contain a java directory for our java sources and a resources directory. Same structure with the test directory.
Then we should give instruction to maven on building our code and adding it to our test sources.
By using the build helper maven plugin we can instruct maven to add extra test source directories to our our build.
The next step is to instruct maven to run our unit tests. To do so we will use the maven failsafe plugin.
The Failsafe Plugin is designed to run integration tests while the Surefire Plugin is designed to run unit tests. The name (failsafe) was chosen both because it is a synonym of surefire and because it implies that when it fails, it does so in a safe way.
Then to execute the integration tests we should issue.
mvn verify
As expected our integration tests run separately.
To sum up, we want to have integration tests separated from our unit tests. Also we want them to run separately. This can be achieved by utilizing the maven failsafe plugin.
You can find an example project on github.
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In 2003, the Fraternity welcomed Eta Lambda Chapter with members who are students at Santa Clara University. The University, founded in 1851 as Santa Clara College, is California's oldest institution of higher learning, established on the site of an original California mission located near San Francisco Bay. In 1961 women were accepted, and Santa Clara became the first coeducational Catholic university in California.
From the very beginning, Theta alumnae have distinguished themselves in their careers and their volunteer endeavors. In fact, some are so well-known that they're household names, and many have the distinction of being the first women in their professional fields. The archives takes this opportunity to recognize some of our more notable sisters.
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The difference between manual VMS and automatic VMS
Video measuring systems is a qualitative leap based on the measuring projector. It has upgraded the industrial measurement method from the traditional optical projection alignment to the computer screen measurement based on the era of digital imaging. It is worth mentioning that there is a transitional product on the market that has both a digital display and a computer. Strictly speaking, this kind of equipment that only uses a computer as an aiming tool is not an image measuring instrument, but can only be called an "image measuring projector" or an "image alignment projector". In other words: video measuring systems relies on the computer screen measurement technology and powerful spatial geometry calculation software. Video measuring systems are divided into digital image measuring instruments (also known as CNC vms) and hand-cranked image measuring instruments. The differences between them are mainly manifested in the following aspects:
Digital technology has achieved a little bit:
The operation of the hand-cranked image measuring instrument to measure the distance between points A and B is: first shake the handle in the X and Y directions to align with point A, then lock the platform, change hands to operate the computer and click the mouse to confirm; then open the platform, Crank your hand to point B, repeat the above actions to confirm point B. Each click of the mouse is to read the optical scale displacement value of the point into the computer, and the calculation function can only be operated after all the points have been read in.... This kind of elementary equipment is like a technical "building block platter", all functions and operations are carried out separately; once shake the handle, and then click the mouse...; you need to pay attention to the evenness and lightness and slowness of the hand, without turning; Generally, it takes a few minutes for a skilled operator to perform a simple distance measurement.
The digital image measuring instrument is different. It is based on micron-level numerical control hardware and humanized operating software, and integrates various functions to become a truly modern precision instrument. It has basic abilities such as stepless speed change, soft motion, point walking, electronic lock, synchronized reading; after the mouse moves to find the two points A and B you want to measure, the computer will help you calculate the measurement result and display the graph for Calibration, image and shadow synchronization, even for beginners to measure the distance between two points only a few seconds.
Digital technology realizes the free placement of workpieces:
When the hand-cranked image measuring instrument performs reference measurement, it is necessary to rotate the index plate on the loading platform to adjust the reference edge of the part to a coordinate axis parallel to the platform, because its primary software cannot support extremely complex spaces. Geometric conversion. The digital image measuring instrument can use software technology to complete the complex conversion between spatial coordinate system rotation and multiple coordinate systems. The measured workpiece can be placed at will, the coordinate origin and reference direction can be established at will, and the measured value can be obtained. At the same time, a mark is displayed on the screen., The coordinate direction and measuring point can be seen intuitively, making the common reference distance measurement very simple and intuitive. Since then, the product of the mechanical era of the indexing plate has become history together with the crank.
Digital technology realizes real-time correction of errors:
In the process of finding the target point to complete the measurement displacement of the hand-cranked image measuring instrument, due to the manual operation, a certain offset will occur between the main and auxiliary guide rails of the mobile platform, and the continuous back and forth movement will also produce a return gap. When measuring at the micron level, it will directly affect the measurement accuracy. The digital image measuring instrument has the ability to lock in motion and adopts the technology of no backlash in the design, thereby eliminating these errors and improving the smoothness of motion and measurement accuracy.
The longer the measurement distance, the greater the error, and the measurement accuracy decreases with the length. The hand-cranked image measuring instrument does not have the non-linear real-time correction function, and cannot eliminate the non-linear error caused by environmental factors such as temperature and vibration. The digital image measuring instrument has a very good error correction ability, which is corrected by software calculation and real-time control based on a strict mathematical model, so that the nonlinear error is reduced to a small amount, the measurement accuracy is improved, and the technical bottleneck of speed and accuracy is broken.
Digital technology can carry out CNC rapid measurement:
When the hand-cranked image measuring instrument performs batch measurement of the same workpiece, it needs to be manually moved one by one. Sometimes it has to shake tens of thousands of laps, but it can still only complete limited measurement of dozens of complex workpieces. Work efficiency low.
The digital image measuring instrument can establish CNC coordinate data through sample measurement, drawing calculation, CNC data import, etc., and the instrument will automatically move to the target point one by one to complete various measurement operations, thereby saving manpower and improving efficiency. With dozens of times the working capacity of a hand-cranked image measuring instrument, the operator is relaxed and efficient.
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I was given 77-86F as a general range for acceptable temperatures for growing. Also, as I continue to do research on different strains, some do mention that they like warmer temperatures without stating a range. Is 80-85 a good range for growing, or is it too hot?
Also, there should be a difference in temp of the over all tent and the canopy level due to the light. So what do these ranges refer too? Clearly the canopy will be hotter as it'll be the closest to the light.


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The Gateworks Ventana Family of Single Board Computers is well suited for multimedia applications. The Freescale i.MX6 processor has hardware encoding and decoding making for very little processor overhead. To take advantage of this hardware decoding it is important to always use the 'vpuenc' and 'vpudec' gstreamer pipeline elements.
- vpuenc – VPU (Video Processing Unit) encoder
- vpudec – VPU (Video Processing Unit) decoder
It is also important to use a high compression video format such as H.264 which uses significantly less network bandwidth while retaining good quality. To use this, we encode by using the following pipeline element:
- vpuenc codec=avc
When streaming over the network, TCP is a reliable protocol but often too stringentfor video applications. UDP is often preferred so that even if packets are lost, the stream will continue without waiting for the lost packet. To use UDP, we use the udpsrc and udpsink pipeline elements.
Here is an example pipeline to stream live video over the network using two Ventana Single Board Computers. Be sure the two single board computers are on the same network and can ping each other. Both should also be running OpenEmbedded Yocto operating system. An analog video camera is connected to the video input on a Ventana board. Another Ventana board is connected to a HDMI monitor.
Start the server board pipeline first: (board with HDMI monitor connected)
root@ventana:~# gst-launch udpsrc port=9001! h264parse! queue max-size-time=0 max-size-buffers=0! vpudec low-latency=true frame-plus=1 framedrop=false! mfw_v4lsink sync=false async=false
Then start the client pipeline (board with analog video camera connected)
root@ventana:~# gst-launch tvsrc device=/dev/video0! vpuenc codec=avc! udpsink host=192.168.1.2 port=9001sync=false async=false
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Kids cartoon magnetic dress up educational toy, help kids learn six occupations, understand its correlation, develop hand and eye coordination, fine motor, counting, and sorting skills.
Drawing design, the front side with the iron sheet, small wooden block with the back of magnetic patch design, easy to operate, storage box adopts pine wood material without paint, solid, eco-friendly and healthy.
- Classification: Magnetic
- Consists of 6 different sets of occupational uniforms and outfits
- Material: Wood with Magnet
- Package Size: 15 x 12.5 x 5 cm
- Suitable Age: 3 Years Above


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- 95999989's digits sum to 67. In 0.0013% of 8-digit numbers, the digits sum to at least 67.
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data? Are there 2 threads running at once? If i kill the thread in the copy, is it really killing the origonal one?
 I guess what i dont understand is what happens when i allow the compiler to define how it is copied. When i copy what exactly is copied, just the data members and not the instructions being executed by another thread? At what point if any are constructors and destructors called?
 I dont suppose there is a prety diagram or flow chart somebody could provide so i can know whats going to happen to my poor defenceless objects. I have other objects that behave similarly and have never really thought about what happens if somebody were to assign them with just an = operator, as i never intended it to happen like that until now.
 If i executed the STD::Copy function would it have the same effect as the = operator? Are there other things that copy or assign that i should be aware of?
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 Thank you for your input cat, I respect your opinion alot.
 Are you saying that when it copys the object, the destructor of the old object that is no longer owned by a variable name isnt called?
 The "old object" (the lefthand side) gets the data of the "new object" (right hand side); afterward, they are still 2 separate objects which contain the same data. The "old object" is not destroyed, the destructor is never called. The thread continues to execute, but next time it does, it will see the new data in place of the old.
 Essentially, all the copy does is the following:
 lhs.exeYear = rhs.exeYear;
 lhs.exeMonth = rhs.exeMonth;
 // Etc. for every variable
 Is the old thread processing the new data? Are there 2 threads running at once?
 Yes to both, assuming both of the alarms were running threads to begin with. The default operators will neither create nor destroy your threads.
 If i kill the thread in the copy, is it really killing the origonal one?
 No. After the copy, you have two identical alarms (so the event would be done twice, once by each alarm). You can start or stop one copy without affecting the other.
 Now, this does get a little trickier. This:
 Alarm temp;
 temp = alarm;
 would use the operator= for Alarm. In this case, because the original thread in temp was never started, the thread still is not started when the operator= happens.
 This:
 Alarm temp = alarm;
 does *not* use operator=. It uses the copy constructor, and is exactly the same as:
 Alarm temp(alarm);
 This uses the default generated copy constructor, which has the same effect as the default assignment operator. In both cases, temp does not have an executing thread, because it was never started for either.
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How to Check the Quality of Wood?
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Being able to judge the quality of wood is very important when durability and sustainability are more important than ever. Knowing what makes high-quality wood different can help you avoid wasting time, money, or irritation when doing DIY projects around the house or when hiring a carpenter to source materials.
Understanding Wood Grading:
Wood grading systems vary depending on the region and the type of wood being assessed. still, they generally classify wood grounded on its appearance and structural integrity. The most common grading systems include
These grades assess the visual characteristics of wood, similar as knots, color variations, and grain patterns. Grades like Select, Clear, and Common are frequently used for softwoods like pine and cedar, while FAS( Firsts and Seconds) and select grades are common for hardwoods like oak and maple.
These grades estimate the strength and stability of the wood. Grades similar as Stud, Construction, and Utility are generally used for structural purposes, indicating the wood's load-bearing capacity and suitability for different applications..
Understanding the grading system applicable to your region and the specific design conditions is essential for selecting the right and high quality of wood.
Assessing Wood Characteristics:
Beyond grading, several crucial characteristics can help you determine the quality of wood
High humidity content in wood can lead to screwing, shrinking, and decay over time. Use a humidity meter to ensure the wood's humidity content is within the correct range for your design.
Thick wood is generally stronger and further durable than lower thick kinds. You can assess density by examining the weight of the wood or conducting a simple density test, similar as the nail test, which involves driving a nail into the wood to see how fluently it penetrates.
The direction and pattern of the grain can affect the wood's strength and appearance. Straight, tight grains are generally preferred for structural stability, while interesting grain patterns can enhance the aesthetic appeal of the wood.
Knots and Defects
While some knots can add character to wood, others may weaken its structure. check the wood for large knots, cracks, splits, and other defect that could compromise its quality or applicability for your design.
Color and Texture
The color and texture of the wood can vary significantly depending on the species and the part of the tree from which it was gathered. Choose wood with harmonious color and texture for a invariant appearance in your design.
Testing Wood Quality
In addition to visual examination, there are several tests you can perform to assess the quality of wood
Apply pressure to a sample of wood to test its inflexibility and adaptability. High- quality wood should bend without breaking.
A musty or moldy odor may indicate decay or fungal growth within the wood. Fresh, clean- smelling wood is generally a sign of good quality.
Tap the wood with a hammer or your knuckles and hear to the sound it produces. thick, high-quality wood will produce a clear, resonant sound, while low- quality wood may sound dull or flat.
Run your hand along the face of the wood to check for smoothness and thickness. Rough or uneven shells may indicate poor quality or indecorous milling.
Choosing high quality wood is essential for achieving successful and long-lasting woodworking systems. By understanding wood grading systems, assessing crucial characteristics, and performing quality tests, you can confidently choose the right wood for your requirements. Whether you are building cabinetwork, constructing a sundeck, or bearing any other woodworking, testing in quality wood will ensure superior results and satisfaction for times to come.


The first few things one may have in mind when thinking about Zakat are money, silver, gold and the zakat or sadaqah of fitr after Ramadan.
Nevertheless we find that zakat must also be paid from some kinds of cereals and some kinds of cattle etc. while it is excluding others for example I couldn't find any statement saying that we must pay zakat from horses while Allah says:
were almost all these things are mentioned and all these things are not only enjoyment of worldly life, but also considered as wealth.
For example having a stable full of horses or having a garage full of cars looks like a big wealth on which zakat would be a profit for many poor Muslims. But it seems paying zakat from horses is explicitly rejected in the sunnah and a qiyas (analogy) on cars wouldn't therefore make sense.
Is there any explanation for the concept of what makes an item due to zakat and what not?
Certainly most of these things are predefined in the sunnah and some in the Qur'an. But why for example is there no application of qiyas in cases such as platinum or diamonds which both are also considered as wealth and some may even consider platinum as the new "gold".
I know that for a person who is earning from selling these would need to pay zakat so these kinds of examples should be excluded as indirect Zakat on these items.
Maybe a better formulation of my question is:
Why some kinds of wealth are due for zakat while others are not? And to what extent can some become a due via analogy (qiyas)?
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Determining Profiler Coverage
When you run the Profiler on a file, some code might not run, such as a block containing an if statement.
To determine how much of a file ran when you profiled it, run the Coverage Report:
 1. In the Command Window, type profile viewer.
 2. Profile a MATLAB® code file in the Profiler.
 For detailed instructions, see Profiling for Improving Performance.
 3. Ensure the Profiler is not currently profiling.
 The Profiler displays a Start Profiling button when the Profiler is not running. If the Profiler is running, then do one of the following:
 - Wait for it to stop profiling before proceeding to step 4.
 - Click Stop Profiling.
 The Stop Profiling button is available only when the Profiler is running.
 4. Use the Current Folder browser to navigate to the folder containing the file for which you ran the Profiler.
 5. On the Current Folder browser, click, and then select Reports > Coverage Report.
 The Profiler Coverage Report appears, providing a summary of coverage for the file you profiled. In the image that follows, the profiled file is lengthofline2.m.
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Propagation in Cylindrical Inset Dielectric Guide Structures
The inset dielectric guide (IDG) is just a rectangular groove filled with dielectric, which retains many of the advantages of dielectric guides, without fabrication and loss problems. Quasi-planar IDGs are attractive for applications in microwave and millimeter-wave frequency ranges, as they can be used as low loss and low cost transmission lines, directional couplers, nonreciprocal phase shifters, antennas and other devices. In this paper we address circular IDG-type structures, investigating hybrid wave propagation in single microslot lines loaded with semi-circular dielectric cylinders. The analysis is based on systems of singular integral-integrodifferential equations of the first kind. The proposed algorithms are rapidly convergent, yielding very accurate results for the propagation constants and for the modal equivalent magnetic currents of the principal as well as the higher-order modes.
KeywordsPropagation Constant High Order Mode Magnetic Current Perfect Electric Conductor Moment Method Basis
This work is co-funded by the European Social Fund (ΕΚΤ) with 75% and National Resources (Greek Ministry of National Education and Religious Affairs) with 25% under the ΕΠΕΑΕΚ project "Archimedes – Support of Research Groups in TEI of Crete – 2.2.-7 – Smart antenna study and design using techniques of computational electromagnetics and pilot development and operation of a digital audio broadcasting station at Chania (SMART-DAB)".
Also, the author would like to thank Prof. John L. Tsalamengas and Ass. Prof. George Fikioris, of the National Technical University of Athens, for their helpful discussions and insightful comments.
- 7.Vardiambasis IO, Tsalamengas JL, Fikioris JG (1998) Hybrid wave propagation in microslot lines loaded with dielectric semi-cylinders. In: 1998 URSI International Symposium on Electromagnetic Theory Proceedings 1:163–165Google Scholar


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text: In this research article, a novel and green deep eutectic solvent-based microextraction (DES-ME) procedure based on chemometric-assisted (CA) optimization was developed for the extraction of caffeine in foods and beverages prior to its spectrophotometric determination. Ultrasound was used to accelerate the extraction of caffeine. Deep eutectic solvents (DES), prepared in an ultrasonic bath at 20-60 min for 60-80 degrees C, were used as extraction solvents. The important experimental variables (pH, DES amount, temperature, sonication time and metal concentration) were modelled and optimized using response surface methodology (RSM) based on central composite design (CCD). Under the optimum conditions, the proposed method allowed the determination of caffeine with limits of detection (LOD, 3s(blank)/m) and quantification (LOQ, 3s(blank)/m) of 7.5 and 25.0 mu g L-1, respectively. For 40 mu g L-1 and 100 mu g L-1 of caffeine (n = 5), relative standard deviations (RSDs%) and recoveries% were 1.2-1.6% and 96.7-98.2%, respectively. Validation studies (accuracy, precision, trueness, reliability and selectivity) of the method were performed before the analysis of real samples. The results showed that the combination of the CCD with the DES-ME can be considered as a new perspective for the extraction and determination of caffeine in foods and beverages.


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In 1968, the district constructed a pumping plant on the Crooked River near Smith Rocks for additional water supplies. Natural flow from the Crooked River is pumped 120 feet up the Crooked River canyon where it discharges into the main canal. The water then crosses the Crooked River in a 520 foot long concrete flume.
The pumping plant consists of nine vertical shaft pumps with a total capacity of 200 cubic feet per second. Each pump is powered by a 450-horsepower motor that pumps the water into a 60-inch steel-pipe discharge line.


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Nathaniel Jenks Gilman
- Born: 10 Apr 1819, North Yarmouth ME
- Died: 5 Mar 1867, Portland ME
Silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker
Events in his life were:
- He worked circa 1840 as a silversmith, jeweler, and watchmaker in Portland ME
- He was a partner in _PHONE_ with Robert Follansbee in Portland ME as GILMAN & FOLLANSBEE from a shop at Old No. 128 Middle Street "at the corner of Union Street." In addition to watches and jewelry, their wares included "silver spoons, spectacles, gold and silver pencil cases, and diamond pointed gold pens. Silver and Britannia ware, butter knives, thimbles, purses, cutlery, combs, brushes, feather dusters, carpet bags, card receivers, together with a prime assortment of useful and fancy articles."
- He worked circa 1850 as a jeweler in Portland ME
Listed in the city directory at 128 Middle Street.
- Advertised in the The Portland Reference Book and City Directory (Portland ME), 1850,
- He appeared on the 1850 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a jeweler.
- He appeared on the 1860 census taken at Portland ME, listed as a jeweler.


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Professor Lorena Barba, from GW, has announced an open online course on computing for engineers: Get Data Off The Ground with Python on the GW Engineering platform –built by IBL on the Open edX software. This is the first in a series of course modules on computation for engineering students.
The first module in Engineering Computations creates a foundation for Python programming. "You learn to handle core data types (strings, lists) and also n-dimensional arrays. The first three lessons have essentially no mathematics, to focus on the programming patterns. The fourth lesson deals with creating and operating on arrays. The final lesson is a worked example of linear regression with real data. The target audience is first-year engineering students, but the course would be equally useful to students in any science or technology field," explained Professor Barba.
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Uniform Mixing and Association Schemes
Chris Godsil, Natalie Mullin, Aidan Roy
Abstract
We consider continuous-time quantum walks on distance-regular graphs. Using results about the existence of complex Hadamard matrices in association schemes, we determine which of these graphs have quantum walks that admit uniform mixing.
First we apply a result due to Chan to show that the only strongly regular graphs that admit instantaneous uniform mixing are the Paley graph of order nine and certain graphs corresponding to regular symmetric Hadamard matrices with constant diagonal. Next we prove that if uniform mixing occurs on a bipartite graph $X$ with $n$ vertices, then $n$ is divisible by four. We also prove that if $X$ is bipartite and regular, then $n$ is the sum of two integer squares. Our work on bipartite graphs implies that uniform mixing does not occur on $C_{2m}$ for $m \geq 3$. Using a result of Haagerup, we show that uniform mixing does not occur on $C_p$ for any prime $p$ such that $p \geq 5$. In contrast to this result, we see that $\epsilon$-uniform mixing occurs on $C_p$ for all primes $p$.
Keywords
Quantum walks, Uniform mixing, Association schemes
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Founded in 1824, the Pathological Museum of the University of Florence features wax figures sculpted by some of the great anatomical artists of the 19th century.
This small, but important collection of early medical wax moulages of pathologies features several pieces created by artists from the famed Florence wax studio, including Luigi Calamai, Giuseppe Ricci, and Egisto Tortori. These moulages were invaluable teaching tools in medical schools, where living examples, cadavers, and other visual aids of many pathologies were often scarce. One of the most famous pieces in the museum is the 1851 "leper" model by artist Luigi Calamai. This affecting moulage depicts a man horribly suffering from skin lesions. Though he is known as "the leper," the man was actually suffering from Norwegian scabies.
The museum also has a collection of preserved tissue samples, plaster casts and skeletal remains, many of which are the same specimens depicted in the wax models. Perhaps the most touching pieces in the collection are the skeletal remains of a child with severe hydrocephaly and a wax model which brings the tortured child to life. The collection also includes registers of autopsies and case studies from the 19th century.
The museum is open to the public by appointment only. It is a reminder that science and artistry often go creepy wax hand in creepy wax hand.


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Kudu example applications
Several example applications are provided in the examples
directory of the Apache Kudu git repository. Each example includes a
that shows how to compile and run it. The following list includes some of the examples that are
available today. Check the repository itself in case this list goes out of date.
A simple C++ application which connects to a Kudu instance, creates a table, writes data to it, then drops the table.
A simple Java application which connects to a Kudu instance, creates a table, writes data to it, then drops the table.
A small Java application which listens on a TCP socket for time series data corresponding to the Collectl wire protocol. The commonly-available collectl tool can be used to send example data to the server.
A Java application that generates random insert load.
An example program that shows how to use the Kudu Python API to load data into a new / existing Kudu table generated by an external program,
dstatin this case.
An example plugin for using graphite-web with Kudu as a backend.
These examples should serve as helpful starting points for your own Kudu applications and integrations.


Rudolf Schuster
Name: Rudolf Schuster
Occupation: World Leader
Gender: Male
Birth Day: January 4, 1934
Age: 86
Country: Slovakia
Zodiac Sign: Capricorn
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Rudolf Schuster was born on January 4, 1934 in Slovakia (86 years old). Rudolf Schuster is a World Leader, zodiac sign: Capricorn. Nationality: Slovakia. Approx. Net Worth: Undisclosed.
He and Ukrainian President Viktor Yuschenko were two of the most unpopular candidates to seek re-election in the history of their respective countries. In his 2004 re-election campaign, Schuster received just over seven percent of the total vote; Yuschenko earned an even lower percentage following his own campaign.
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Early in his political career, he served as Mayor of the Slovakian city of Košice.
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Schuster's father's family is of Carpathian German origin, while his mother's family is of Hungarian origin. Rudolf Schuster was married in 1961 to Irena Trojáková (died 2008) and he has two children (son Peter and daughter Ingrid) and two granddaughters. In his private life, he is a sports fan, a traveller and a writer. He is also a camera fan.
In 1998 he founded the centre-left Party of Civic Understanding (SOP – Strana občianskeho porozumenia).
In 1999 he received honorary citizenship from Miskolc, as recognition of the good cooperation between the city and Košice during his mayorship.
In 2004, Schuster sought re-election in the 2004 presidential election and received 7.4% of the votes.
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Quick Answer: What Does A Unicorn With A Rainbow Mean?
What is a unicorn baby?
Unicorn usually just means perfect.
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And rainbow baby means a baby after a previous loss, as far as I know..
What does the Unicorn emoji mean sexually?
What does a unicorn symbolize?
What does the 🦄 emoji mean?
What is a 🦄?
A 🦄 unicorn is something magical/ unique, you will rarely find one. However, the symbol is kind of taken over, where every milinial thinks he/she is unique, just like everyone else.
What do unicorns mean on Snapchat?
magicalGenerally the unicorn emoji means magical or mystical. As if someone were to say they're special in a positive type dynamic. It can also be used when someone is trying desperate to convince you that something that is fake is actually real. … Generally the unicorn emoji means magical or mystical.
How do I get the unicorns of my Emojis?
Tap the … next to the unicorns and make your Memoji, then you'll see those instead of the unicorns. the directions when you update tell you how to setup a "memoji" which is an emoji that looks like you. When YOU skipped these directions, it defaults to a unicorn.
What is the meaning of 100 emoji?
What do rainbows and unicorns represent?
The phrase "rainbows and unicorns" or "rainbows, butterflies, and unicorns" is a sarcastic way of describing a situation that has turned sour. Of course, you can also use it earnestly when your new relationship makes you feel like you're walking on clouds.


Hon'ble Minister for Women and Child Development, Smt Maneka Sanjay Gandhi laid a foundation of Sakhi Suraksha Advanced DNA Forensic Laboratory in the campus of Central Forensic Science Lab, Chandigarh today. Speaking at the event, the Minister said that forensic analysis plays a critical role in criminal investigation and the Advanced Lab will contribute to addressing the gap in forensic DNA analysis of pending sexual assault cases in the country. The Minister added that the lab is being set up as a model forensic lab and would be replicated in other parts of the country.
In sexual assault cases, the ideal time frame to complete the examination and submission of the report is 90 days. Furthermore, it is important that the biological crime exhibit is stored and preserved in a scientific manner so as to make any examination/reporting meaningful. However, presently such a storage/preservation capacity is around 200 cases in CFSL, Chandigarh.
Sexual Assault and Homicide Unit
Paternity Unit
Human Identification Unit
Mitochondrial Unit
Background: Forensic science plays a vital role in the criminal justice delivery system by providing investigators with scientifically based information through the analysis of physical evidence. With increasing reports of crime against women such as sexual assault, foeticide, homicide etc. there is an increasing demand for better scientific analysis of physical evidence. Scrutiny by Hon'ble courts demands more admissible, accurate and powerful forensic proof for human individualization.
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What are the connections on the NBF-3?
The NBF-3 has nine connection pairs:
- One power input pair for powering the NBF-3.
- One power output pair for powering the NMEA Talker device.
- One Listener / Input port pair to receive data from the NMEA Talker device.
- Six Talker / Output port pairs to distribute data to the NMEA Listener devices.
- Each connection pair is made with a pluggable screw terminal connector for easy installation.


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How the UN is using Google technology to increase awareness of refugee camps
The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) has teamed up with Google to give anyone with Web access a chance to see what life and conditions are like in a refugee camp. The initial iteration centers on Chad, Iraq, Colombia and Darfur.
Web surfers can explore camps through the visual, textual, audio and video information that's layered on top of the bigger picture. Pop-up windows throughout the images of the camps tell you what's going on, and what's needed. You can also move in close enough to examine the infrastructure, including schools and other facilities.


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DiffBind sets the minimum read count for consensus peaks to 1. Basically, this avoids divide-by-zero checking etc. One-read differences shouldn't make a difference in meaningful results (although it does skew the read distribution).
bFullLibrarySize option determines the total read count used for normalization. If
bFullLibrarySize=FALSE, the number of reads that overlap consensus peaks is used for each sample (basically, the sum of all the counts). This is the best option for cases where most of the peaks are not expected to change their binding affinity significantly. For the more conservative default,
bFullLibrarySize=TRUE, the total number of aligned reads in the.bam file is used (basically the sequencing depth). This is more appropriate in cases where you expect dramatic shifts in binding affinities, or if you are not sure what to expect.
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The Abacus and the Numeral Frame - The Japanese Abacus
Most recent Japanese abaci (soroban) have one counter above and four below. Some older Japanese instruments have five counters in the lower section. The right-most column represents units, the next tens, the next hundreds, etc. For numbers with digits to the right of the decimal point, the first column is for the smallest decimal term. In multiplication, some columns are used for the number being multiplied and some for the product. In part for this reason, there are more columns on most abaci than are usually used in addition. In any calculation, the counters that represent numbers are those moved against the crossbar.
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- This wooden instrument has an open frame and is stored in an open wooden box. The frame (which lifts out of the box) has a cross bar and holds 21 parallel bamboo rods. Each rod holds one bead above the cross bar and five below. The beads have a similar shape to those of other Japanese abaci. All the columns of the abacus except the center one are labeled with Japanese characters on the cross bar.
- According to the donor,writing found on the back of the cross bar indicates that the abacus was made by Oh Tani (or Oh Ya) in Hiroshima and owned by Yoshizaemon Muraoka of Sakata-ken (a city in northern Japan, which was known by that name from 1871 until 1933, when it became Sakata-shi).
- Currently not on view
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- ca 1900
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- National Museum of American History, Kenneth E. Behring Center


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A Christmas Carol Living Book History Mini Course
1 Victorian Christmas Recipe
2 Victorian Christmas Games
2 Victorian Christmas games
1 Victorian Christmas recipe
Learn the history behind Christmas traditions
You will learn how Christmas became what we think of it today and the role Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol played in that.
Evaluate historical interpretations
You will also evaluate two historical interpretations of Charles Dickens' influence on Christmas. At the end of the course, you will decide which one you found more convincing.
Meet the instructor
As an English Language and Literature graduate from Oxford University who went straight into a career in teaching, Samantha knows just how influential a great book can be on a young mind.
How it can open you up to exciting new worlds and ideas.
How it can transform and shape your thinking.
And so she's excited to share the passion a love of books kindled in her, whilst also exploring the power one book had on how people in the Victorian period ... and us today ... celebrate Christmas.


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Batumi Municipality, together with Batumi Water LLC, has started the construction of a new Batumi sewage network in 2007 under a project funded by the German Bank for Reconstruction.
Batumi Water LLC operates twelve sewage pumping stations: A and B stations (located in Batumi), Pump stations in Akhalisopeli, Kvariati, sarpi and four pumping stations in Gonio, P/S on Gogebashvili street and two new stations in BNZ and Bartskhana settlements. Reconstruction of the A and B sewage pumps was carried out in 2009 as part of the project, while the rest of the pumps were started in 2011 and completed in 2012. The purpose of sewage pumps is to collect sewage and pump it into the Adlia Wastewater Treatment Plant.
Construction of one of the most complex and large-scale facilities, the WWTP, began in 2010. The project was created by the Austrian company Posch & Partner Hydro Ingenieure, while the German Bank for Reconstruction funded 17 million euros. The WWTP was completed in 2012. It is difficult to find an analogue in the region from an ecological point of view.
- During primary mechanical cleaning, the wastewater is removed from the sand, grease, and debris, and then the sludge is collected and stabilized.
- During secondary mechanical cleaning, the water will be removed from the secondary sludge in the final ponds
Daily monitoring of purified water is carried out by Adlia Wastewater Treatment Plant Laboratory, in accordance with EU standard - sea level purified water standards.


Yabba Dabba Don't: California Owner Of The "Flintstone House" Charged With Public Nuisance
A San Francisco Bay Area town is suing the owner of the so called "Flintstone House", alleging that it is a public nuisance after she added dinosaurs in her backyard to go with the iconic structure designed by architect William Nicholson in 1976. Nicholson built the 2700 square foot living space with new materials in a structure promptly declared the Flintstone House by supporters and detractors alike. The action raises troubling questions in the use of a claim of aesthetic nuisance.
The town of Hillsborough filed a complaint and declared the house a "highly visible eyesore" and "out of keeping with community standards." Hillsborough is specifically demanding the removal of the dinosaurs.
As we have previously discussed, such charges are usually rejected. The Vermont Supreme Court put it well in a recent opinion (citing California cases):
An unattractive sight—without more—is not a substantial interference as a matter of law because the mere appearance of the property of another does not affect a citizen's ability to use and enjoy his or her neighboring land.... A substantial interference requires some showing that a plaintiff has suffered harm to "the actual present use of land" or to "interests in having the present use of the land unimpaired by changes in its physical condition." Restatement (Second) Torts § 821D cmt. b (emphasis added). A landowner's interest "in freedom from annoyance and discomfort in the use of land is to be distinguished from the interest in freedom from emotional distress. The latter is purely an interest of personality and receives limited legal protection," since emotional distress is not an interference with the use or enjoyment of land. Id.For example, there is a difference between, on the one hand, a complaint that solar panels are casting reflections and thereby interfering with a neighbor's ability to sleep or watch television and, on the other hand, the landowners' complaint in this case—that the solar panels are unattractive. The former involves a potential interference with the use or enjoyment of property, while the latter involves emotional distress.
Additionally, a complaint based solely on aesthetic disapproval cannot be measured using the unreasonableness standard that underpins nuisance law. This is because unlike traditional bases for nuisance claims—noise, light, vibration, odor—which can be quantified, the propriety of one neighbor's aesthetic preferences cannot be quantified because those preferences are inherently subjective. Cf. Naegele Outdoor Ad. Co. of Minn.. v. Vill. of Minnetonka, 162 N.W.2d 206, 212 (Minn. 1968)(observing "primary objection" to aesthetic-based regulation is "its subjective nature, for what may be attractive to one man may be an abomination to another"). The appellants [**7] find the solar panels unsightly, but other equally reasonable people may find them attractive. And while the landowners may be frustrated by the appearance of solar arrays adjacent to their property, "they surely can see the converse mischief (and infringement) on a homeowner's property rights if homeowners could prevent their neighbors from construction deemed unattractive." Oliver, 76 Cal. App. 4th at 536; see also Rankin v. FPL Energy, LLC, 266 S.W.3d 506, 512 (Tex. App. 2008) (observing that recognizing aesthetic nuisance would give neighbors "in effect, the right to zone the surrounding property").
Likewise, recognizing aesthetic nuisance would transform nuisance law "into a license to the courts to set neighborhood aesthetic standards." Oliver, 76 Cal. App. 4th at 525. "In our populous society, the courts cannot be available to enjoin an activity solely because it causes some aesthetic discomfort or annoyance. Given our myriad and disparate tastes, life styles, mores, and attitudes, the availability of a judicial remedy for such complaints would cause inexorable confusion." Green v. Castle Concrete Co., 509 P.2d 588, 591 (Colo. 1973) (en banc). The judicial branch is ill-suited to be an arbiter of style or taste, and given the subjectivity of aesthetic preferences, they must remain the province of legislative decision-making in the form of zoning laws and, in specific instances, restrictive covenants that the courts are competent to interpret and apply.
=What is interesting is that the actual Hillsborough code expressly cites "aesthetic nuisances" as actionable:
Nuisance conditions means any nuisance as defined by law; or any attractive nuisance which may be detrimental to the health or safety of children whether in a building, on the premises of a building, or upon an unoccupied lot." This includes "physical conditions."
You can make your own judgment on whether these dinosaurs are an eyesore but the nuisance question goes to free speech and the right of property owners to decorate their property as they see fit. This strikes me as outside of recognized parameters for nuisance actions.
17 thoughts on "Yabba Dabba Don't: California Owner Of The "Flintstone House" Charged With Public Nuisance"
 1. "Aesthetic nuisance" is too subjective. It could be used, for example, to preferentially target conservatives with political yard signs, or Christians.
 If you live in a community with CC&Rs, they are usually explicit as to what is allowed, sometimes right down to the exact paint colors with which you may repaint your house.
 If the neighborhood does not come with explicit CC&Rs, then I am inclined to believe that people should be free on their property. I acknowledge that there are sometimes eye sores, like cars parked on grass, that bring down neighboring property values. I can understand why some are opposed to such a unique property. But does that give them the right to dictate what someone does with the land they bought?
 The Flintstone House is not to my personal taste. However, it is definitely interesting and quirky. The owner seems nice in the video. She would make a killing renting it out as an Air BnB or a Bed and Breakfast, or even giving tours. There are many such eccentric properties throughout the united states. The Winchester House is one of them. It can be argued that they should be preserved, as a piece of history or art.
 Mind you, the very people in the Bay Area up in arms about the Flintstone House might also support wildly inappropriate art installations like "My Bed", or the cross in urine.
 Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
 Perhaps San Francisco should turn its considerable money towards more pressing problems, such as the infectious human waste littering the streets due to their enabling the homeless to live in Medieval squalor. Or perhaps they could loosen up their draconian restrictions on new building.
 2. a look at inside and outside the house ( it's a little bit more than metal dinosaurs). A fantastical place conjured up by an interesting lady:
 1. Thanks for the video. There is a lot to love about this house, inside and out! And it still has a lot of green shielding it from stuffy, aesthetically neutered neighbors.
 3. One of our neighbors had a photo of Hillary posted on a front fence. It was ugly. Some kids in the neighborhood put a photo of a donkey next to it. That eased the pain.
 4. In years past there was a similar dinosaur structure complete with hatchlings from eggs at south end of Merritt Island, FL.
 5. Since the house existed in its particular artistic style since the 1970s, it would seem compliant with that style in adding the dinosaurs.
 6. The house has been there almost 50 years. It's a historical building encapsulating the
 non-conformity of the early '70s. I love what they've done with their back yard. The Town of Hillsborough needs to take a chill pill.
 7. This is part of what is wrong with our country today. Many people choose to be adversarial when something is not to their beliefs, upbringing, or in this case, taste. Can't we all just get along?
 1. Yes and the neighbors don't see the house. If it was painted green it would disappear. Well maybe not the new additions;-)
 8. I think it's cool. The house itself is odd, and she paid $2.8 million for it. The town had no objection to the odd house, presumably because it benefits from the considerable property taxes, but then wants to micro-manage her yard art. I hope she doesn't back down and mounts a galactic court fight. I'm sure the local kids love it, and the people whizzing by on Highway 280 couldn't care less. Unless they're stuck in traffic, in which case they likely find it a stress-reducer.
 9. This seems really weird to me. The house is so incredibly strange, but the complaints are about the dinosaur sculptures in the back yard? If the house itself isn't considered an eyesore then there is no such thing as an eyesore.
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Also known as: The 100-Point Method
Cumulative Voting (CV) Prioritization is a ratio-scale prioritization technique in which the stakeholders taking part in the prioritization process are given a fixed number of prioritization
units which they then
vote (aka distribute) among the items being prioritized (requirements, objectives, goals, stakeholders, features, functions, etc.). The items with the most units assigned to them by the various stakeholders are the highest priority.
Another feature of Cumulative Voting is the option to
weight the votes of some stakeholders by applying a multiplier of some sort. So if you had three primary stakeholders, you could weight the votes of the most important stakeholder (perhaps the one paying for the effort) at a full weight (multiply by 1), weight the votes of the second most important stakeholder a bit less (multiply by.75), and weight the votes of the least important stakeholder even less (multiply by.5).
Cumulative Voting is normally done against ALL items of same level of abstraction at the same time (for example, the entire set of detailed requirements). This means the standard CV process does not scale well as you add more items to be prioritized. To address this issue, the Hierarchical Cumulative Voting (HCV) variant (see separate wiki page) was developed for situations when there are a large number of items to be prioritized.
Hierarchical Cumulative Voting (HCV) - See the separate Hierarchical Cumulative Voting wiki page
See the Prioritization wiki page for a discussion of why to prioritize.
This assumes you have evaluated your prioritization needs and decided that Cumulative Voting is the technique you will use.
Define the exact set of items that will be prioritized and gather them together in a form that allows them to be easily reviewed. All items should be at the same level of abstraction and described sufficiently so that any stakeholder can reasonably understand what it is.
Decide how and where each stakeholders
vote will be recorded? The process selected should allow for each stakeholders
vote to be recorded separately and without visibility into the
votes other stakeholders may make.
Given the number of items being prioritized, decide upon an appropriate number of units to provide each stakeholder to assign with their
votes. It is also a good idea to assign the units a form that has meaning to the stakeholders, such a dollars, man-hours of work,
points, or similar forms.
The amount provided to the stakeholder should be of a sufficient level to allow them to assign a small to moderate amount to most of the items while heavily favoring a few select items. But you also don't want to provide so much that scale becomes meaningless.
For example, if evaluating 25 items, you might provide
$500 dollars of units for stakeholder assignment. This allows for a breakdown such as 5 high-priority items assigned $50 each (for $250 total), 5 medium-priority items at around $30 each ($150 total), and 10 low-priority items at $10 each (the last $100 remaining), 5 items getting no value assigned at all.
Each stakeholder who will be
voting should be taken aside (or otherwise engaged away from other prioritizing stakeholders) and asked to assign all of the units they have been provided to the items being prioritized in such a way as to reflect the way they value each item to relation to all of the others.
Each stakeholder should only be allowed to prioritize each set of items ONCE! And they should do so without knowledge of how others have prioritized the items. Allowing stakeholders to vote more than once on the same items or to know how other stakeholders have voted opens up the opportunity to try and
game the process by adjusting their votes based on the actions of other stakeholders rather than reflecting their own priority.
Once all the stakeholders have
voted, apply any weighting factors that might be needed. Then sum up the votes each item got from all stakeholders. The items with the highest number of adjusted votes are your highest-priority items.
So if you were using CV to prioritize the 3 high-level items above, with 3 stakeholders (Bob, Jane, and Joe) with different priority weights (1.0,.75, and.50), the results may be summed up like this.
|Bob||Jane||Joe||Bob (Adj.)||Jane (Adj.)||Joe (Adj.)||Total|
Taking the weightings into account, HLR2 is the highest priority and is 17.5 more important than HLR1, which is the #2 priority, which is 17.5 more important than HLR3 which is the #3 priority.
The results of a Cumulative Voting process provide a ratio-scale result. Not only do you know which items are the highest priority (they have the most votes), you also know how much more important any one item is than any other by looking at the number of total votes between them.
votesin such a way as to more heavily prioritize particular items of priority; or even cast nearly all of their votes on one or two favorite items, trusting that others will provide a more balanced vote and thus still provide support for items of common interest. This is especially easy if the stakeholder knows the preferences of other stakeholders.
unitsso that stakeholders can provide meaningful votes. If there are 25 items being processed and each stakeholder only gets 100 units, the stakeholders may feel that they cannot really indicate their preferences properly.
votescan be assigned. Put the total number of units they have at the top. Then use a simple Excel function to sum up the votes cast, subtract them from the total assigned, and show how many are left. If you assigned $1000 to vote with on cells B2 through B15, the function would look like: =1000-SUM(B2:B15)&" dollars remaining!"