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One of the largest natural zeolites deposits in Russia. 13,3% of all reserves of natural Zeolites of the Russian Federation are concentrated within the boundaries Tatar-Shatrashan deposits.
Tatar-Shatrashan deposit of zeolite containing rocks was discovered in 1990 during regional searching for agro –crude ore, which were carried out by order of RosKomNedra, by All Union Scientific Research Institute Geolnerud the Party of Geology of phosphatic raw material.
In the 90s were confirmed prospects of deposit and its reserves estimated by further works. The deposit is located in 1,5 km north of the village Tatar Shatrashans in valleys of Bolshaya Yakla river. Zeolite – containing rocks reserves are estimated, by various categories, on 450 ha area in number of more 100 million tons.
Zeolite – containing rocks of Tatar-Shatrashan deposit are like complex multicomponent system of variable composition. General rock – forming components of this system are clinoptilolite, opal – cristobalite – tridymite phase (OCT – phase), clay minerals (montmorillonites) , calcspar and quarts are 90-95% of rocks volume. OCT – phase and montmorillonite together with zeolites are natural sorbents and characterized by physicochemical properties (adsorptive and cation exchange), which are essentially complete and enlarge the spectrum of physicochemical parameters of rock, and ultimately, determine handling abilities, products quality of OJSC "Zeolites of the Volga Region " and its possible application areas.
Zeolite – containing rocks of Tatar-Shatrashan deposit are non-toxic, non – flammable, fire – and explosion proof. The effective activity of radionuclides : 226Ra, 232Th, 40K is 3,2-4,4 Bg/kg х 37, that according to the Raw material Accreditation Certificate allows zeolite – containing rocks to be classified as class I application, i.e. to concern it usable at all possible types of using


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Energy in Agriculture Resources
Energy in Agriculture Program - Food and Fiber Processing Technologies
Read about California food and fiber processing facilities participating in research, development, and demonstration projects to advance the adoption of energy and resource efficient technologies.
PROCESS ENERGY VIDEOS
Food Processing Video:Steam System Best Practices are used to optimize system performance. Basic management principles and maintenance proceedures are described that will enhance steam system efficiencies.
- California's Food Processing Industry Energy Efficiency Initiative: Adoption of Industrial Best Practices, January 2008, CEC Publication _TAG_-_PHONE_, posted: January 31, 2008. (PDF file, 35 pgs., 2.3 MB
RESEARCH AND DEMONSTRATION PROJECTS
- Fetzer Case Study # 1 - Heat Exchange System Improvement Saves Energy and Improves Production at a Winery.
- Fetzer Case Study # 2 - Controls Upgrade at a Winery Saves Energy and Increases Equipment Life.
Electricity Peak Load Reduction
- Pacific Coast Producers - tomato-processing company moves facility location to upgrade equipment, increase production, improve efficiency, and be closer to where the tomatoes are grown.
Pacific Coast Producers - Measurement and Verification Report, Energy Commission publication # CEC-_PHONE_, March 2003. (PDF file, 19 pages, 702 kilobytes)
- Campbell Soup Company - Waste Heat Driven Turbines
- Valley Fig Growers - Variable Speed Controlled Refrigeration System
Benchmarking, Power Quality & Market Studies
- Technology Roadmap: Energy Efficiency in California's Food Industry - The California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research formed a Food Industry Advisory Council of industry and technology experts. This group prioritized research that would help the industry meet their objectives, and developed a vision and plan for the future. Their findings, bolstered by input from public forums, are presented in this Roadmap, along with recommendations for the future.
- Dynamic Characterization of Process Power Quality for the California Food Processing Industry - In-line-monitoring systems were installed to collect real time performance data from plant equipment while the food production was in process. Using this monitoring data, plant process equipment schematics and historical plant process performance data, overall process sensitivities to different power quality disturbances were defined.
- California Institute of Food and Agricultural Research Survey on Energy Management in the Food Industry

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Konjac sponge with aloe vera: moisturizes and regenerates the skin so that it becomes radiant again.
The konjac sponge, made from the konjac root, has been used for centuries in beauty routines and in ancient medicinal rituals!
Push your washcloths aside and use one of our luxurious, refreshing konjac sponges instead! With every wash, your skin can feel exfoliated, smooth and cleaner than ever! Check out this unique sponge, three times the size when used under cold or warm water, to give your skin the ultimate cleansing it needs to feel healthy and youthful!
Unlike other exfoliators that are harmful to the environment, konjac is all-natural, vegan, non-toxic and biodegradable (no harmful plastic microbeads needed!) Better yet, the konjac sponge has enough innate cleansing properties that some people already have. have success using plain water.
Using a Konjac Sponge:
- When you first get your hands on a konjac sponge, you will notice that it is small and rather hard. Soak the sponge in warm water for 15 minutes before first use. Once you've used it once, you'll only need to let it soak for a minute or two before it softens and expands to about one and a half times its size.
- Gently squeeze out the excess water by pressing the konjac sponge between your palms. Apply a small amount of cleanser (such as soap, oil, or serum if desired), or simply use the sponge without anything.
- Rub the konjac sponge on the face in upward, circular motions. Concentrate on dry or blackhead-prone areas. It's a mild exfoliator, so you may have to scrub hard to get it to work, but you don't have to. These sponges remove dirt, sunscreen and even makeup.
- Afterwards, rinse the konjac sponge well with cold water and gently squeeze out the excess water by pressing the sponge between your palms. Do not twist, wring or pull.
- Hang it up to dry, or put it on a rack to dry there. Alternatively, you can store the sponge in a sealed container in your refrigerator. Keep it away from light and humidity. So right next to your steamy shower isn't the best option.
Suitable for every skin type.
Ingredients: Konjac Root, Aloe Vera

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How to design packaging tape (video tutorial)
Publicado por Hayden Aube
Designer, Hayden Aube, shows off his favorite techniques for creating a seamless packaging tape design in Adobe Illustrator.
When ordering from Sticker Mule, our artists will work with you to transform your design into a seamless pattern, but if you'd like to do it yourself, follow along.
Step 1: Create your document
Create a new document. The size of your artboard will determine the size of your pattern.
Step 2: Layout your tape
Using the Rectangle tool (M), create a rectangle that matches the size of your artboard.
Remove the stroke, and give it a fill with you desired background color.
Position the rectangle directly at the center of your artboard and lock it in place.
Step 3: Add design elements
Place any design elements you want to include in your pattern over the existing background.
Be sure to have some of the design overlapping the edge of the artboard. This will help to create the seamless pattern.
Step 4: Reposition overlapping elements
Duplicate each object that is overlapping the edge of the artboard (Copy, then Paste in Front).
Next, move each object to the opposite side of the artboard. Use Object > Transform > Move to move it exactly the same width or height of your artboard.
Step 5: Make your clipping mask
Using the Rectangle tool (M), create another rectangle that matches the size of your artboard, then align it to the center of your artboard.
With everything selected, right click, and select Make clipping mask.
Step 6 (optional): Add to Swatches
With everything selected (including the background), drag the artwork to your Swatches panel. This will create a pattern that you could then apply to any shape.
Once you have a pattern you're happy with, you can upload it to Sticker Mule for printing.
As with all of our orders, you'll receive a proof in 4 hours and our custom packaging tape ships in 4 days or less with free shipping. Samples of custom packaging tape featuring your design are just $4.
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This page lists all of the certificates that are currently available in ECo or through our faculty.
Arboriculture and Urban Forestry Certificate (Online)
Starting in Fall 2021, the Arboriculture program will offer a new 15-credit certificate, delivered fully online, through University Without Walls (UWW). The online Certificate in Arboriculture and Urban Forestry is a gateway for students eager for an introduction to the arboriculture and urban forestry fields. The certificate can be added to any UMass degree, and has a flexible course sequence, allowing students to begin in any fall, spring, or summer semester. The certificate program also provides continuing education for career professionals. To accommodate varied work schedules, the course sequence is flexible, allowing students to begin in any fall, spring, or summer semester. ISA Certified Arborists are eligible to earn Continuing Education Credits (CEUs) in several of the courses offered in the certificate program.
Geographic Information Science and Technology (GIST) Certificate
The undergraduate certificate in Geographic Information Science and Technology provides students with a background in the science, techniques, and application of geographical methods and techniques, enabling them to embark on public and private sector careers or to undertake further studies in geography and other fields. Through exposure to spatial analysis, remote sensing technologies, cartography, and other methods of interfacing with spatial data, students will gain knowledge, skills, and practices beneficial to whatever undergraduate degree they're pursuing.
Offshore Wind Professional Certificate
The Department of Environmental Conservation, in association with the Clean Energy Extension, is offering a graduate-level professional certificate in offshore wind to professionals and graduate students seeking to up-skill and broaden their knowledge to address the needs of the offshore wind industry. This certificate covers the broad range of disciplines involved in this industry, including technology and engineering, development and finance, environmental impact and stakeholder engagement, supply chain management and business logistics, law, and policy. The certificate provides 9 credits of coursework, and is designed to be completed in one year and through online courses.
Sustainable Building Construction Certificate
The BCT program is offering a graduate certificate in sustainable building construction to professionals seeking an opportunity to pursue in-depth studies in sustainability in building design and construction without needing to complete a full degree program. This certificate's topics are comprised of sustainable (green) building systems and materials, energy and conservation, building technologies, and construction management. 16 credits of coursework can be completed through a combination of in-person and online courses, with in-person courses offered in Amherst, Newton (on our Mount Ida campus) or both.


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Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man
The original text
First performed as a benefit for King on 2 February 1790 at the Theatres-Royal, Drury-Lane and Covent-Garden, and was published, inter alia by J. Roach, 1806, as "Lovers' Quarrels, or Like Master Like Man: an Interlude in One Act, Altered from The Mistake of Sir J.V. by T. King".
This is thus an adaptation of The Mistake by Sir John Vanbrugh (_PHONE_) and is in fact often also credited to Vanbrugh alone. Allardyce Nicoll (2009) also mentions two other adaptations of The Mistake under the same title, one by "D.L." (1816) and one by "Vic." (1864).
Performance history in South Africa
1824: Performed on 1 June in Cape Town by the Amateur Company in The Cape Theatre, with The Heir at Law (Colman Jr). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version and was billed simply as Lovers' Quarrels.
1832: Performed on 20 October in Cape Town by the All the World's a Stage in The Cape Theatre, with The Slave, or The Revolt of Surinam (Morton). According to Bosman (1928), this was the Thomas King version.
Translations and adaptations
Go to ESAT Bibliography
Return to PLAYS I: Original SA plays
Return to PLAYS II: Foreign plays
Return to PLAYS III: Collections
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How reliable is the Polar Fitness Test
Validity of a test means that the test measures what it is supposed to measure and not something else. The Polar Fitness Test was originally developed on 305 healthy Finnish men and women in a study, where VO2max prediction was developed using artificial neural network analysis. The correlation coefficient between the laboratory measured VO2max and the neural network prediction value was 0.97 and the mean error in the VO2max prediction was 6.5 % which is good compared to any other predictive tests of VO2max.
In further development of the test, 119 fitness measurements of healthy American men and women were included in the final development of the neural network, making a total of 424 subjects. Based on these results the artificial neural network was modified into Polar Fitness Test. The test was validated in a study on 52 healthy men, who didn't belong to the group on whom the test was developed. The mean deviation in the Polar Fitness Test prediction was less than 12 %. The validity of the Polar Fitness Test is considered to be good.
The reliability of a test is a measure of how consistent and reproducible the test results are on consecutive trials. The reliability of the Polar Fitness Test is good. When 11 subjects repeated the test in the morning, in the middle of the day and in the evening during eight days, in both sitting and laying positions, the average individual standard deviation of consecutive test results was less than 8 % from the individual mean value. The standard deviations calculated separately for each time of the day were all smaller than the standard deviation of all results. This indicates that the test can be conducted at any time of the day but it should always be repeated at about the same time.


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Stretching from Céadaoin an Spiaire to Máirt Chásca, there are enough special days surrounding Easter to give a specific Irish name for each day of the week. Since there are already several forms for each day, aside from Easter usage, let's look at them grouped together in a chart. That will enable us to focus on changes like initial mutation (séimhiú, urú), h-prefixation, and endings (an tuiseal ginideach)
Even for ordinary purposes, each day has at least two forms, one for the day as a subject or concept (like "An Luan," Monday, lit. "the" Monday) and one used to say when something is happening (like "Dé Luain," lit. "on the day of" Monday).
This chart has four columns, the first one giving forms that would rarely occur on their own. For these, I have followed the linguistic practice of putting a réiltín in front of them. It's not that these forms are completely hypothetical (as we might find in historical linguistic reconstruction), it's just that they would almost always be part of a two-word phrase, sometimes an even longer phrase. From this "root," we get the subject form (An Luan), and, by following genitive case rules, we get the preposition form (Dé Luain). Hmmm, you might ask, why genitive case (possessive) rules when using a preposition phrase? It's because "Dé," when preceding a day of the week, functions as a preposition but is really a noun. This "Dé" comes from the word "dia" (note lower-case), which is an alternate word for "day" in Irish, now somewhat archaic, or, we could say, fossilized. This process is much like what happens with "cois" in the phrase "cois na tine," where "cois" (from "cos," foot, leg) is really a noun but functions like a preposition, resulting in the meaning "by the fire" (lit. "at the foot of the fire").
Some of the words in the chart will also be changed if they're in a prepositional phrase starting with "ar an," as in "ar an gCéadaoin" (lit. on "the" Wednesday). Ulster Irish will have lenition in these cases (Chéadaoin).
Unlike "lá," which seems to be unique in the Indo-European panorama of languages (except for Scottish Gaelic "latha" and Manx "laa"), the word "dia"/"dé" is a cognate to other European words for "day," such as "dies," "dydd," "tag," and even "day" itself (plus, less directly, "jour" from Latin "diurnus"). So, somewhat unusually, the word "lá" isn't used in the names of the days of the week. But you probably noticed that already!
The "dia" form of "day" also shows up in the old spellings of the Irish words for "today" and "yesterday," which are "indiu" and "indé."
So here's the chart. Hope you find it helpful. There are additional notes for three of the terms below.
|"Root"||Subject Form||"Dé" Form (w "tuiseal ginideach" ending)||"ar an" Form||Easter Terms|
|*Domhnach||An Domhnach||Dé Domhnaigh||ar an Domhnach||Domhnach Cásca|
|*Luan||An Luan||Dé Luain||ar an Luan||Luan Cásca|
|*Máirt||An Mháirt||Dé Máirt||ar an Máirt, alt., ar an Mháirt (U)||Máirt Chásca (2)|
|*Céadaoin||An Chéadaoin||Dé Céadaoin, or alt., Dé Céadaoine (U)||ar an gCéadaoin, alt. ar an Chéadaoin (U)||Céadaoin an Spiaire, (? Céadaoin Naofa) (3)|
|*Déardaoin||An Déardaoin||Déardaoin (1)||ar an Déardaoin, ar Déardaoin||Déardaoin (na) Mandála|
|*Aoine||An Aoine||Dé hAoine (h-prefix)||ar an Aoine||Aoine an Chéasta|
|*Satharn||An Satharn||Dé Sathairn||ar an Satharn, alt. ar an tSatharn (U)||Satharn Cásca|
1) Although it's not often explicitly stated, "Dé" is not needed before "Déardaoin" because it's already built into the word. Having said that, a recent Google search brought up about 300 hits for "Déardaoin" with "Dé" in front of it! Either the usage is changing, or these are all just slip-ups. Bhur mbarúlacha, a léitheoirí?
2) I noted last year (_URL_ that I found no instances of "Máirt Chásca" being used online for "Easter Tuesday," but, interestingly, this year I found three hits. The three are duplicates (sigh!) and all refer to the founding of the Kilkenny branch of the Gaelic League in 1897. However else the phrase may be used or not used, it's interesting to note this designation as opposed to just saying "April 20th," which was the date of Easter Tuesday in 1897, if _URL_ serves me right. Go raibh maith agat, a Choinín Cásca! An ceann ponc com, that is!
Of course, there is a long-standing tradition in both Irish and British writing of dating certain events by referring to a holiday, instead of a date, as in the réamhráite of "An Fear Eagair," in Myles na gCopaleen's parody An Béal Bocht being written on "Lá an Ghátair" [Day of Distress] and "Lá an Luain" [Day of Doom]. Or, more straightforwardly, the preface to C. S. Lewis's That Hideous Strength, dated "Christmas Eve, 1943." It's not a practice I've seen used much in American literature.
As for the general significance of Easter Tuesday, as noted last year, I still see it listed as a public holiday in just one place, An Tasmáin. There it is described as a "restricted public holiday currently observed by certain awards/agreements and the State Public Service (_URL_ Suimiúil! A New Zealand site (_URL_ discusses Easter Tuesday as a potential holiday for employees of New Zealand Educational Institute, but they must have served 10 years and they must incorporate it into their annual leave. I don't quite get that last bit, but I guess it doesn't really matter. Suffice it to say that Easter Tuesday may have greater recognition elsewhere than seems apparent in 21st-century America. Many American school districts simply make their Spring Break surround Easter and avoid all discussion as to whether the break has anything to do with Easter at all.
3) There are plenty of references to the Wednesday before Easter being called "Céadaoin an Spiaire" (Wednesday of the Spy) in Irish, but for "Céadaoin Naofa" (the presumed form for "Holy Wednesday"), my search online turned up one questionable reference (in a very mixed-up hybrid site) and in dictionaries I found nothing. As I understand it, the term "Spy Wednesday" has been changed to "Holy Wednesday," but I simply don't find much evidence of this usage in Irish and I also can't find an exact year for the change. Vatican II? If it were that long ago, I'd expect to find more evidence of "Céadaoin Naofa" online. Maybe I'm just barking up the wrong tree, but between Google searches, online dictionaries and hard-copy dictionaries, I usually find some evidence of what I'm looking for, vocabulary-wise. Of course, I always try to build on what I've heard and read in everyday usage for years, but I do like to check these sources for more specific information. Btw, I also found nothing under the old spelling, which would be "Céadaoin Naomhtha," but of course, the formal date of the change, assuming there is one, might preclude that. Hmmm. Lenited and eclipsed versions of the above? Amas ar bith! (No hits) and no luck in dictionaries. Sin sin go dtí an bhliain seo chugainn, is dócha.
And, last but not least, a bit of Google-based trivia that some of you may find amusing as I did. When I tried searching for "Máirt Chásca" without comharthaí athfhriotail and without sínte fada, the first hit (of 7,360,000!) that came up was for the K-Mart in Chaska, Minnesota. Wonders never cease! On that bemused note


Monitor Parameters
Main parameters Tab: Monitor Parameters
All monitors have the same sections in the parameters editor; most of these sections are the same for all monitor types and only one section contains specific parameters such as port numbers, authentication data or validation levels that vary for different monitor types.
Monitor Properties
The following sections are defined for each single monitor:
Name and grouping
Name and grouping section contains the monitor name and lists its parent group objects: Agent, Group, Host, and possibly, Application, as clickable links. Also, it is possible to add/remove the monitor to/from Favorites View. This section is the same for all monitor types.
Monitor Definition
Monitor Definition section contains all the monitor-type specific parameters and allows to modify these parameters. For example, for PING monitor this section contains only one parameter: the ICMP packet size. For SMTP monitor this section allows to configure connection security type and configure an optional test message:
Main param tab 7
If a monitored resource requires authentication and authorization, the user credentials can be set in the next section.
Credentials
The Credentials section contains a named user credentials set that the monitoring service uses to access a resource if it requires authentication and authorization. By default, a monitor inherits its Credentials section from its parent (host or application), however, you can break inheritance and select any credentials set of the appropriate type via a drop-down menu. You can view and modify user credentials on the Settings -> User Credentials page. You can also edit an existing credentials set or create a new one from the monitor's Credentials section directly if the monitor does not inherit its credentials.
Main param tab 7
There exists a specific credentials set named <Empty credentials>. All its fields are empty strings: domain name, user name and password. The SNMP version is explicitly set to v1, since it can't be empty. If you select this set from the list of credentials, the empty values will be used as domain name, user name and password for this monitor.
Main param tab 7
Polling interval
Polling Interval parameter defines the frequency of monitor state checks (polls). A minimum interval is 15 seconds; more frequent polling can negatively influence your network (but you can poll a resource manually more frequently by pressing Poll now toolbar button). The default value for most monitors is set to 1 min. and can be changed:
Timeeditor
The available units are: seconds, minutes, hours, days, weeks and months.
Dependency settings
Dependency settings define another monitor the current monitor depends on. If that monitor changed its state to the selected state (Down or Up), the current monitor is stopped by dependency (is not polled) and does not generate alerts. For example, PING monitors on all hosts in a network segment can depend on PING on this segment router. If the router goes down, all the dependent monitors will change their state to Stopped by dependency and will not generate numerous alerts. Hence, you will receive one alert from the router PING monitor. By default a monitor inherits this parameter from its parent (host or application), and default value is to depend on PING monitor on the parent host.
The parameter can be changed:
Timeeditor
Select a monitor for the current monitor to depend on after clicking Select… button:
Dependency Editor
Select a dependency monitor state that will generate Stopped by dependency state for the current monitor:
Timeeditor
Regular reporting
Regular Reporting allows to send reports by email on regular basis (daily, weekly or monthly):
Timeeditor
By default Notes (in reports) field contains the monitor creation date, and can be modified.
Click Edit button to open the report schedule settings editor window:
Regular reporting


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WipeIn film editing, a wipe is a gradual spatial transition from one image to another. One image is replaced by another with a distinct edge that forms a shape. A simple edge, an expanding circle, or the turning of a page are all examples.
It is often aknowledged that using a wipe, rather than a simple cut or dissolve is a stylistic choice that inherently makes the audience more "aware" of the film as a film, rather than a story. For example, George Lucas is famous for the sweeping use of Wipes in his Star Wars films, which help evoke a kinship to old serialized pulp sci-fi novels and serials.


How (and why) to make mutable collections invariant in Scala
This is an excerpt from the Scala Cookbook (partially modified for the internet). This is Recipe 19.4, "How to make mutable collections invariant in Scala."
Problem
You want to create a collection whose elements can be mutated, and want to know how to specify the generic type parameter for its elements.
Solution
When creating a collection of elements that can be changed (mutated), its generic type parameter should be declared as [A], making it invariant.
For instance, elements in a Scala Array or ArrayBuffer can be mutated, and their signatures are declared like this:
class Array[A] ...
class ArrayBuffer[A] ...
Declaring a type as invariant has several effects. First, the container can hold both the specified types as well as its subtypes. For example, the following class hierarchy states that the Dog and SuperDog classes both extend the Animal trait:
trait Animal {
 def speak
}
class Dog(var name: String) extends Animal {
 def speak { println("woof") }
 override def toString = name
}
class SuperDog(name: String) extends Dog(name) {
 def useSuperPower { println("Using my superpower!") }
}
With these classes, you can create a Dog and a SuperDog:
val fido = new Dog("Fido")
val wonderDog = new SuperDog("Wonder Dog")
val shaggy = new SuperDog("Shaggy")
When you later declare an ArrayBuffer[Dog], you can add both Dog and SuperDog instances to it:
val dogs = ArrayBuffer[Dog]()
dogs += fido
dogs += wonderDog
So a collection with an invariant type parameter can contain elements of the base type, and subtypes of the base type.
The second effect of declaring an invariant type is the primary purpose of this recipe.
Given the same code, you can define a method as follows to accept an ArrayBuffer[Dog], and then have each Dog speak:
import collection.mutable.ArrayBuffer
def makeDogsSpeak(dogs: ArrayBuffer[Dog]) {
 dogs.foreach(_.speak)
}
Because of its definition, this works fine when you pass it an ArrayBuffer[Dog]:
val dogs = ArrayBuffer[Dog]()
dogs += fido
makeDogsSpeak(dogs)
However, the makeDogsSpeak call won't compile if you attempt to pass it an ArrayBuffer[SuperDog]:
val superDogs = ArrayBuffer[SuperDog]()
superDogs += shaggy
superDogs += wonderDog
makeDogsSpeak(superDogs) // ERROR: won't compile
This code won't compile because of the conflict built up in this situation:
 - Elements in an ArrayBuffer can be mutated.
 - makeDogsSpeak is defined to accept a parameter of type ArrayBuffer[Dog].
 - You're attempting to pass in superDogs, whose type is ArrayBuffer[SuperDog].
 - If the compiler allowed this, makeDogsSpeak could replace SuperDog elements in superDogs with plain old Dog elements. This can't be allowed.
As stated, one of the reasons this problem occurs is that ArrayBuffer elements can be mutated. If you want to write a method to make all Dog types and subtypes speak, define it to accept a collection of immutable elements, such as a List, Seq, or Vector.
Discussion
The elements of the Array, ArrayBuffer, and ListBuffer classes can be mutated, and they're all defined with invariant type parameters:
class Array[T]
class ArrayBuffer[A]
class ListBuffer[A]
Conversely, collections classes that are immutable identify their generic type parameters differently, with the + symbol, as shown here:
class List[+T]
class Vector[+A]
trait Seq[+A]
The + symbol used on the type parameters of the immutable collections defines their parameters to be covariant. Because their elements can't be mutated, adding this symbol makes them more flexible, as discussed in the next recipe.
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 - You can find the source code for Scala classes by following the "Source code" links in their Scaladoc. The source code for the ArrayBuffer class isn't too long, and it shows how the type parameter A ends up sprinkled throughout the class.


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by Leeann Murphy, South Metropolitan Public Health Unit, Western Australia;
Penny Kordyl, Cultural and Community Services, City of Fremantle, Western Australia;
Marie Thorne, Indigenous elder, Fremantle.
Issue addressed: This paper outlines the evaluation of the Indigenous Youth Arts and Culture Project using appreciative inquiry, an assets-based community development process that enhances positive potential in people and communities.
Methods: Twenty project participants, including six young people, seven family members and seven service providers, participated in a one-day appreciative inquiry workshop consisting of four phases: discover, dream, design and deliver. Appreciative inquiry is an empowering process that enables participants to collectively identify the very best of "what is" and allow for imagination and creativity to flow to determine "what should be".
Results and Conclusion: Using an appreciative inquiry approach to evaluate this project engaged participants and allowed them to identify project, personal and community strengths, assets and aspirations to design a way forward for the project and community. Appreciative inquiry added value to and consolidated the positive impact of the project on the well-being of the community. If sustained, the outcomes of the workshop could have a significant impact on the health and well-being of the individuals, families and community involved.
Key words: Appreciative inquiry, evaluation, Indigenous, youth, assets-based community development
Health Promotion Journal of Australia 2004;15:211-14


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Introduction to Equilibrium Thermodynamics: Salt Dissolution part of Cutting Edge:Courses:Geochemistry:Activities
Students dissolve simple salts, halite and sylvite, in water at different temperatures and explore the thermodynamics of this simple system to build a foundation for further studies.
Geochemistry all around us part of Cutting Edge:Geochemistry:Activities
We look at a variety of natural waters in and around Appleton over the course of the term. The goal is for students to recognize differences and how those play into the topics we have covered in the course.

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Psychology professor co-authors study on tennis grunting effectsUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Posted: Oct 1, 2010
You've heard them at tennis matches – a loud, emphatic grunt with each player's stroke. A University of Hawai'i at Mānoa researcher has studied the impact of these grunts and come up with some surprising findings.
Scott Sinnett, assistant psychology professor at the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa, has co-authored a study on the potential detrimental effect that noise has on shot perception during a tennis match.
Sinnett's work was published today in an online issue of Public Library of Science ONE. He co-authored the study with Alan Kingstone, psychology professor at the University of British Columbia, to determine if it is reasonable to conclude that a tennis grunt interferes with an opponent's performance.
As part of the study, thirty-three undergraduate students from the University of British Columbia viewed videos of a tennis player hitting a ball to either side of a tennis court; the shot either did or did not contain a brief sound that occurred at the same time as contact.
Participants were required to respond as quickly and accurately as possible, indicating the direction of the shot in each video clip on a keyboard. The extraneous sound resulted in significantly slower response times, and significantly more decision errors, confirming that both response time and accuracy are negatively affected.
"This is the first study to look at the issue of grunting in tennis. Our current work is also looking at how advanced and professional tennis players perform, to determine if they have developed any strategies to limit the negative effects of a grunting opponent," said Sinnett.
While these findings must still be validated on the tennis court, Sinnett and Kingstone noted that these consequences on faster tennis surfaces, such as the grass courts of Wimbledon or hard courts of the Australian and U.S. Open, are likely to be profound.
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Jesse Hale letter
Jesse Hale letter
Typescript of a signed letter dated March 30, 1845 and addressed to Emma Hale Smith, wife of Joseph Smith (_PHONE_). Hale comments on Joseph Smith's generosity to him.
- Extent: 1 item (3 p.)
- Creator: Hale, Jesse
- Call Number: MSS 1009
- Repository: L. Tom Perry Special Collections; 19th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; 1130 Harold B. Lee Library; Brigham Young University; Provo, Utah 84602; _URL_
- Access Restrictions: Open for public research.
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- It is the responsibility of the researcher to obtain any necessary copyright clearances. Permission to publish material from Jesse Hale letter must be obtained from the Supervisor of Reference Services and/or the L. Tom Perry Special Collections Board of Curators.
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- Initial citation: MSS 1009; Jesse Hale letter; 19th Century Western & Mormon Manuscripts; L. Tom Perry Special Collections, Harold B. Lee Library, Brigham Young University. Following citations: MSS 1009, LTPSC.
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- Smith, Emma Hale; Smith, Joseph, Jr., _PHONE_; Church Government; Mormonism (Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints); Religion; Mormon Church--Presidents--History--Sources; Mormon women--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--Sources; Mormons--Illinois--Nauvoo--History--Sources; Nauvoo (Ill.)--History--Sources
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Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 3372, the One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3372, the One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021:
"I am proud to support H.R. 3372, 'The One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021.'
"This bipartisan, bicameral legislation, which passed the Committee and the House last Congress, would authorize grants to community organizations to create centralized reentry intake and coordination centers.
"These centers would serve as the home base for individuals recently released from correctional facilities as they go through the difficult process of rejoining their communities.
"At one stop reentry centers, reentering individuals would be provided personalized, step-by-step assistance to access the resources—both public and private—that are needed to successfully integrate back into their communities.
"At the one stop center, reentering individuals would be given assistance at every step of the way—from the moment they are released until they have the capability to fully rejoin their communities.
"This important legislation recognizes that a comprehensive reentry approach is needed to improve reentry outcomes, which ultimately has the effect of improving public safety.
"The bill adopts a 'whole person' approach that would ensure that all elements of a returning individual's life are supported. This includes transportation to and from appointments, temporary housing, assistance applying for benefits, and job training.
"Additionally, for those who have formal reentry plans, the one stop community reentry centers proposed by this bill would also provide case management and wrap-around support.
"The challenges faced by individuals returning from prison are great, and they warrant the type of support the One Stop Community Reentry Program Act would authorize.
"Unfortunately, the reentry support services that many prisoners receive while incarcerated do not sufficiently prepare them for the transition back to their communities.
"Many incarcerated individuals also have preexisting conditions that make reentry even more difficult. Physical disabilities, mental health concerns, and substance abuse issues further complicate reentry plans and additional support, like those detailed in H.R. 3372, are needed to promote successful outcomes.
"Specialists employed at one stop centers can build relationships with providers, private groups, religious organizations, and public agencies to build networks of support that will help returning individuals get the care and support they need to succeed.
"Inadequate reentry support leads to recidivism and unnecessary financial strain on the community. Both the shortand long-term costs associated with incarceration pale in comparison against the minimal front-end costs associated with a successful reentry.
"Of the few studies that have assessed the effectiveness of reentry services, a number have found that more robust and comprehensive reentry services are better at reducing recidivism and promoting the long-term success of reentering individuals.
"This bill offers greater opportunities for success for individuals returning from prison, as well as their communities.
"I thank Representative Bass, Representative Reschenthaler, and their bipartisan cosponsors, for introducing this important legislation again, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the bill."
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Saturday, December 30, 2006
Deli @ Little Italy
Little Italy, as the name suggests, is a section of Lower Manhattan where Italian immigrants first settled after arriving in New York City at the turn of the century. Today, the neighborhood has diminished to about half its original size due to the ever expansion of Chinatown, as well as the decrease in the number of new Italian immigrants to the US. Most of the first and second generation Italians who grew up in the area have moved on to other parts of the city or to the suburbs.
What makes Lower Manhattan so interesting is the dynamics of its population over time. Prior to the arrival of Italian immigrants in the 1900s, this area was inhabited mostly by Irish immigrants who came here in the early 1800s. Now, Little Italy is slowly being engulfed by a newer immigrant population, ie. the Chinese.
This photo was taken inside an Italian deli and it shows a big wheel of Parmigiano Reggiano cheese being cut up into smaller pieces. The yellow cubes of cheese on the right are Pecorino Romano and you can see someone walking by with a tray of freshly made canolis.


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SOCOM Selects Pison for Neural AI Integration into Special Operations
Boston, Nov. 16, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SOCOM Selects Pison for Neural AI Integration into Special Operations
Boston, MA (November 16, 2023) – Pison, a leading pioneer in the use of electroneurography (ENG) to translate data generated by the body's natural physiological electricity into machine interpretable events, is pleased to announce the successful acquisition of a Phase III Small Business Innovation Research contract in partnership with the United States Special Operations Command (SOCOM). This contract will integrate Pison's neural biosensing and AI technology into special operations equipment.
This grant will focus on using neural-based gestures to improve SOCOM military operations. Neural-based gestures outperform the inertia-based accessibility features in typical smartwatches in military settings because neural-based gestures include more natural movements, are immune to movement and vibration, and have extremely low latency that makes them appropriate for environments requiring real-time interaction. In a military environment, Pison's gesture technology can enable precise control, heads-up operation, and silent communication in high-stress and high-pressure military situations.
For more information, visit _URL_
Pison is advancing the frontier of human potential with the world's first AI-infused, neural biosensing platform. Patented, non-invasive electroneurography (ENG) algorithms create life-changing applications in cognitive performance, disease diagnostics and management, and ongoing care. Pison began in 2016 with funding from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, National Science Foundation and the ALS Association to help patients with neurodegenerative disorders better navigate the world made smaller by their diseases. By harnessing the power of the mind in real-time, users gain access to better health and higher achievement in every domain while reaching peak mental and physical performance on the playing field, in the office, and behind the wheel of a car.
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Charge determination for specified shape Coulomb force virtual structures
Department of Mechanical Engineering-Engineering Mechanics
The focus of this paper is the generation of high Earth orbit (HEO) Coulomb force structures. These structures are characterized by a set of charge carrying nodes, but no interconnecting struts. By correctly setting the node charges, the inter-node Coulomb forces create a static, crystal-like structure. The uniqueness of the work is the examination of how to form specified shape structures using a subset of all available nodes. In addition, the plasma shielding effect is considered explicitly. An equilateral triangle structure example is given to illustrate the approach where 5 nodes are used in the structure, 3 of which are used to satisfy an equilateral triangle shape goal. The example also illustrates that practical Coulomb structures should have inter-node separation distances in the 10s of meters range or less. Copyright © 2006 by the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics, Inc.
Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference
King, L. B.,
Charge determination for specified shape Coulomb force virtual structures.
Collection of Technical Papers - AIAA/ASME/ASCE/AHS/ASC Structures, Structural Dynamics and Materials Conference,
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seed germination and fertilizer
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In article <3gm9hv$777 at newsbf02.news.aol.com> cheesenips at aol.com (CheeseNips) writes:
>hello! I am trying to help a student determine if there is any
>difference in seed germination when fertilizer is used. If anyone can
>help, it would be greatly appreciated. It is science project time.
Pepper (capsicum) seeds are alleged to have faster and better germination
if soaked briefly in a potassium nitrate solution. One idea is that wild
peppers are often eaten by birds and the seeds deposited in a bit of guano,
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Advanced Organic Chemistry: Mass spectrum of iodoethane SITEMAP * HOME PAGE * SEARCH * GCSE Level Chemistry age ~14-16 * Advanced Level Chemistry age ~16-19
Interpreting the mass spectrum of iodoethane (ethyl iodide)
Doc Brown's Chemistry Advanced Level Pre-University Chemistry Revision Study Notes for UK IB KS5 A/AS GCE advanced A level organic chemistry students US K12 grade 11 grade 12 organic chemistry courses involving molecular spectroscopy analysing mass spectra of iodoethane
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iodoethane, C2H5I, CH3CH2I, CH3-CH2-I
Interpreting the fragmentation pattern of the mass spectrum of iodoethane
[M]+ is the parent molecular ion peak (M) with an m/z of 156 corresponding to [C2H5I]+, the original iodoethane molecule minus an electron, [CH3CH2I]+.
The small M+1 peak at m/z 157, corresponds to an ionised iodoethane molecule with one 13C atom in it i.e. an ionised iodoethane molecule of formula [13C12CH5I]+
The most abundant ion of the molecule under mass spectrometry investigation (iodoethane) is usually given an arbitrary abundance value of 100, called the base ion peak, and all other abundances ('intensities') are measured against it.
Identifying the species giving the most prominent peaks (apart from M) in the fragmentation pattern of iodoethane.
Unless otherwise indicated, assume the carbon atoms in iodoethane are the 12C isotope.
Some of the possible positive ions, [molecular fragment]+, formed in the mass spectrometry of iodoethane.
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Everything you need to know about Inspections
If you submit an application to Thurston County government, county codes may require the county to inspect the property and the project.
How to know if you need county inspections
- A property gets county inspections if its mapped with regulated environments. Go to Look Up My Property to check.
- A project gets county inspection if it includes any construction, mechanical/plumbing, adding structures, septic work (add, replace, repair).
- Other, special property and project inspections & reports by independent experts that you hire may be needed to meet environmental, septic, stormwater, & well regulations.
What happens during an inspections
Staff visit in person for an on-property look at protected environmental areas, construction sites, septic, building placement, construction progress, stormwater & erosion control measures and other things required by code.
- Fee information is on the Fee Information page.
- The county accepts payment by check or credit card (transaction fees apply).
- Reinspection fees apply if inspectors can't access your property or project for a scheduled inspection, and if permits, plans aren't visible, and if requested corrections aren't complete.
List of permit-related inspections
- Regulated Environmental Areas (Critical Areas, Habitat Conservation Plan, Land Use, Shorelines)
- County staff typically schedule a site visit, or may ask for reports from environmental experts if your project is near certain protected areas, or if the project property has critical areas, habitat conservation plan species, shorelines, wetlands or any other regulated critical area, or land or water type.
- Many applicants complete these reports before applying for building or development permits.
- Start by looking up your property on a county map to see if critical areas and/or other protected environments are on site.
- Find more information on the Critical Areas and Regulated Lands web page.
- Septic, On-site Sewage & Well
- County staff do these inspections after you submit septic and well permits. They typically don't need to schedule with you.
- Flag the corners of your lot to prepare.
- Staff come on site to test soils, check site conditions or geography, examine existing wells or septic systems and other things related to your application.
- You may need to hire experts to prepare septic or well reports. If so, submit all reports before any ground-disturbing work begins.
- Find details at Septic, Well & Water, Sewer.
- Building & Construction Sites
- You schedule your own county inspections after you receive a permit and start work. Permit instructions and staff will guide you.
- Schedule 1-3 days before you want the inspection. If calling the day before, schedule before 4 p.m.
- There are multiple building and construction site inspections. They're done as project kicks off, during and after construction.
- Find details at Building & Construction Site Inspections.
- Driveway, Road Access, Clearing & Grading - These are called Development Review Inspections
- You schedule these inspections after your permit is approved.
- Find details about Development Review inspections on the Building & Construction Site Inspections webpage.
The County's Elected Officials Adopt All Codes & Authorize Staff Inspection Requirements
All County Codes, inspection requirements and procedures are reviewed or adopted by the County's elected officials, the Board of County Commissioners before being implemented.


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Release Notes for REST Assured 2.0.0
Highlights
 - Introducing support for Given-When-Then expressions! This means that assertions can be defined at the end of the expression. For example:
 get("/x").then().assertThat().body("x.y", equalTo("z"));
 or using the parameters etc:
 given().
 contentType(JSON).
 body(dto).
 when().
 post("/myresource").
 then().
 statusCode(200).
 header("headerName", not(nullValue())).
 body("x.y", equalTo("y")).
 body("x.z", equalTo("z"));
 - Added static method when to com.jayway.restassured.RestAssured that allows you to write specifications without the use of parameters, headers etc. For example:
 when().
 get("/x").
 then().
 body("x.y.z1", equalTo("Z1")).
 body("x.y.z2", equalTo("Z2"));
 - You can extract values from the response or return the response instance itself after you've done validating the response by using the extract method. This is useful for example if you want to use values from the response in sequent requests. For example given that a resource called title returns the following JSON:
 {
 "title" : "My Title",
 "_links": {
 "self": { "href": "/title" },
 "next": { "href": "/title?page=2" }
 }
 }
 and you want to validate that content type is equal to JSON and the title is equal to My Title but you also want to extract the link to the next title to use that in a subsequent request. This is how:
 String nextTitleLink =
 given().
 param("param_name", "param_value").
 when().
 get("/title").
 then().
 contentType(JSON).
 body("title", equalTo("My Title")).
 extract().
 path("_links.next.href");

 get(nextTitleLink). ..
Other notable changes
 - Fixed so that the path method in the Response can be invoked multiple times, for example:
 Response response = get("/jsonStore");
 float minPrice = response.path("store.book.price.min()");
 float maxPrice = response.path("store.book.price.max()");
 - Added support for performing requests with URI's and URL's, for example:
 URI myUri = new URI(..)
 Response response = get(myUri);
 - Added possibility to call request methods without any parameters. This is useful if you want to call the root resource. For example:
 RestAssured.baseURI = "http://localhost:8080/hello";
 String y = get().path("x.y");
Minor changes
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 - Fixed so that JsonPath and XmlPath and path expressions work after the "prettyPrint" and "print" methods have been called on a Response instance.
 - Fixed several regression bugs introduced in version 1.9.0.
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Time domain modeling for impulse source localization in urban environments
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The localization of acoustic sources with a network of distributed microphones is difficult in urban environments, due to the complex propagation effects such as reflexions and diffractions on buildings. The present study discusses our efforts toward localizing impulse sources using a Finite Difference Time Domain (FDTD) model. Our model is evaluated against theory and observations in presence of urban-type obstacles. The computational burden is made tractable on the basis of comprehensive physical considerations. Two approaches for localization are introduced. The first approach essentially relies on the time reversal of the microphones measurements with the FDTD model. In the second approach, the source is localized by matching the observed characteristics to a look-up table obtained from time-domain simulations for various source positions. The two approaches are tested and compared with impulse measurements in an urban area, and their respective sensitivities are discussed.
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What Is Direct and Indirect Employment?
Direct employment refers to employment directly related to the production of products or services or when a person is permanently employed in a firm. Indirect employment refers to when the business generates employment in other businesses to supply or produce goods and services or when a firm contracts some work to a person.
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Direct employment refers to the total number of persons employed in an organisation and belongs to a certain sector. Indirect employment is employment throughout the chain of production and it refers to people contracted by a firm to provide intermediate components or products or services to an organisation.
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Indirect employment is when you contract with a search firm to get you work. When you get a job on your own efforts, that is direct employment. Source(s) Former recruiter.
Discrimination occurs when an employer or other institution makes decisions about people based on sex, national origin, race, color, ethnicity, age, disability or religion. This is
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The Geological Survey of Norway (NGU) has carried out airborne geophysical surveys since 1958. After covering mainland Norway and parts of the continental shelf with fixed-wing magnetic measurements, a program for high-resolution helicopter geophysics was started in the early 1970s.
The present instrument package includes magnetic, electromagnetic and radiometric measurements. Normally the radiometric sensor is mounted underneath the helicopter, while the magnetic sensor is placed inside the EM instrument suspended 30 metres beneath the helicopter. Nominal flying height is 60 metres above the ground and the speed is usually 100 km/h (approx. 30 m/sec.). Instrumentation and survey design are adjusted to suit client requirements. The equipment has changed several times since the first test measurements in 1972.
- Magnetic methods
- Electromagnetic methods - Slingram
During the last 25 years NGU has carried out high resolution surveys for mineral exploration, bedrock mapping and environmental studies both in Norway and in neighbouring countries.
About 12 % of mainland Norway is covered with high resolution airborne geophysics. An overview of available data from NGU and a price list exist. For more details visit NGU's geophysical database (DRAGON)
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Mines other than anti-personnel mines (MOTAPM)
What are MOTAPM?
Mines other than anti-personnel mines (MOTAPM) refers to anti-vehicle mines. Unlike anti-personnel mines, this type of mine is activated by a vehicle driving over it, rather than a person stepping on it. MOTAPM includes anti-tank mines.
Background on MOTAPM within the CCW
The issue of MOTAPM prior and during the Second Review Conference
Humanitarian concerns related to MOTAPM had been raised during the negotiations of the Convention of Protocol II in the 1970s, but with limited consideration. MOTAPM were part of the negotiations on Amended Protocol II during the First CCW Review Conference in _PHONE_. At the time, efforts were focused on addressing the significant humanitarian impact of anti-personnel landmines. For this reason, Amended Protocol II includes specific restrictions on the employment of anti-personnel mines and only general provisions concerning restrictions on the use of all types of mines.
At the Preparatory Committee for the Second Review Conference in 2000-2001, Denmark and the United States of America tabled an official proposal for a new Protocol on MOTAPM. Due to persistent divergent views, the December 2001 Second Review Conference did not adopt a new Protocol on MOTAPM, and instead decided to create an open-ended Group of Governmental Experts (GGE) to address the issue.
Period between the Second and Third Review Conferences, 2001 to 2006
During this period, various international organizations and non-governmental organizations continued to emphasize the importance of agreeing on a legally binding instrument on MOTAPM. For example, a July 2002 report by the ICRC called for additional measures namely "requiring that all AV mines should be detectable and equipped with either self-destruct or self-neutralization features as well as requiring that remotely delivered AV mines contain self-destruct or self-neutralization features."
New ideas were brought forward for the development of more effective controls over MOTAPM, which included: MOTAPM with sensitive fuses; MOTAPM with anti-handling devices; MOTAPM laid outside marked and fenced areas; warnings to civilians; the use of MOTAPM by non-state actors; transfers; transparency and confidence-building measures; and international cooperation and assistance.
A new Protocol on MOTAPM incorporated all additional proposals and was co-sponsored by 31 states. However, despite efforts made by the GGE on MOTAPM between 2001 and 2006, it was not possible to eliminate differences, specifically with regard to issues of detectability and active life.
The Third Review Conference of the CCW could not agree on a new protocol containing legally binding rules with regard to MOTAPM. Rather, the States Parties decided to maintain the issue of MOTAPM on the agendas of annual Meetings of the States Parties to the CCW.
Due to the concerns regarding the humanitarian impact of MOTAPM, several CCW States Parties committed politically in a special declaration their intention to take the necessary steps to adopt as a matter of national policy the practices that were developed in the draft Protocol on MOTAPM. These states declared: "if circumstances change in the future, and it appears possible that consensus may be achieved on a protocol on anti-vehicle mines…they would join other governments in renewed efforts to adopt such a protocol, building on the work done on this subject over the last five years by the CCW coordinators."
Report of the 2012 Meeting of Experts on Mines Other Than Anti-Personnel Mines (MOTAPM)
The Fourth Review Conference High Contracting Parties decided:
To discuss further the implementation of international humanitarian law as it pertains to mines other than anti-personnel mines, and to submit a report to the 2012 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the Convention.
The 2012 Meeting of Experts discussed the following issues: current status of international humanitarian law on MOTAPM; measures taken by States and existing international humanitarian law (IHL); humanitarian impact of MOTAPM use; National policies on the use of MOTAPM; possible measures to address the humanitarian impact of MOTAPM use.
In past CCW discussions and during the 2012 Meeting of Experts, the requirement for MOTAPM to be detectable was a key issue. One of the major problems is that undetectable MOTAPM create considerable difficulties and costs for clearance operations, which in turn can drastically slow down or halt the delivery of humanitarian aid and movement in an area. However, the argument against detectability is that the financial costs of making MOTAPM detectable are prohibitive and the military utility of non-detectable MOTAPM much too valuable to forgo. Another crucial issue was reducing the active life of MOTAPM through self-destruct, self-neutralisation and self-deactivation devices. Other issues focused on the protection of civilians through perimeter marked areas; monitoring and security of minefields containing MOTAPM; addressing sensitive fuses and anti-handling devices; victim assistance; and cooperation and assistance.
The MOTAPM Meeting of Experts as required by its mandate submitted a report to the Meeting of High Contracting Parties to the CCW, which took place from 15 to 16 November 2012. Although the CCW Meeting "welcomed the Report of the Meeting of Experts on MOTAPM and expressed its appreciation for the work carried out by Colonel Jim Burke of Ireland for his role as Friend of the Chair on MOTAPM", the Experts were unable reach agreement on further work on this matter. Instead MOTAPM will be on the agenda for the 2013 Meeting of High Contracting Parties.
High level statements on MOTAPM
At the beginning of the 2012 Meeting of the High Contracting Parties to the CCW, the United Nations Secretary General, Mr. Ban Ki-moon stated:
"First, in my last report to the Security Council on the protection of civilians in armed conflict, I welcomed the work carried out on anti-vehicle mines this year under the aegis of the Convention. I strongly urge High Contracting Parties to continue to explore all possible avenues for ensuring that these weapons no longer harm civilians, impede the delivery of humanitarian aid or obstruct social and economic development. In doing so, I encourage Parties to consider the views and field experiences of United Nations entities."
The Report of the Secretary-General on the protection of civilians in armed conflict is attached here
is an article on MOTAPM by the Director-General of the United Nations Office at Geneva, Mr. Kassym-Jomart Takoyev.
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Exploring the stability of HEXACO-60 structure and the association of Gender, Age, and Social Position with personality traits across 18 countries (Wiley, 2021-07-23)Objectivess: The present paper tests the cross-national stability of the HEXACO-60 structure across 18 countries from four continents. Gender and age differences across countries will be examined. Finally, this is the first...


applied."""
 q = self.KIND.all()
 for prop, value in self.FILTERS:
 q.filter("%s =" % prop, value)
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 def run(self, batch_size=100):
 """Executes the map procedure over all matching entities."""
 q = self.get_query()
 entities = q.fetch(batch_size)
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 to_put = []
 to_delete = []
 for entity in entities:
 map_updates, map_deletes = self.map(entity)
 if to_put:
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 entities = q.fetch(batch_size)
Mapper is supposed to be just an abstract class that allows you to iterate over every entity of a given kind, be it to extract their data, or to modify them and store the updated entities back to the datastore.
Run with it!
Now, start your appengine interactive console:
$python appengine_console.py
That should start the interactive console. In it create a subclass of Model:
from utils import Mapper
# import your model class here
class MyModelDeleter(Mapper):
 KIND =
 def map(self, entity):
 return ([], [entity])
And, finally, run it (from you interactive console): mapper = MyModelDeleter() mapper.run()
That's it!
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You can do it using the web interface. Login into your account, navigate with links on the left hand side. In Data Store management you have options to modify and delete data. Use respective options.
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I've created an add-in panel that can be used with your deployed App Engine apps. It lists the kinds that are present in the datastore in a dropdown, and you can click a button to schedule "tasks" that delete all entities of a specific kind or simply everything. You can download it here:
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For Python, 1.3.8 includes an experimental admin built-in for this. They say: "enable the following builtin in your app.yaml file:"
- datastore_admin: on
"Datastore delete is currently available only with the Python runtime. Java applications, however, can still take advantage of this feature by creating a non-default Python application version that enables Datastore Admin in the app.yaml. Native support for Java will be included in an upcoming release."
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that's the currently easiest solution to bulk delete a specific entity – systempuntoout Jan 18 '11 at 22:59
Adding the configuration in app.yaml threw an error. Instead we can enable it from the 'Applications Setting' Page in 'Administration' section. There's a button to enable it – Sundeep Dec 29 '12 at 23:12
Open "Datastore Admin" for your application and enable Admin. Then all of your entities will be listed with check boxes. You can simply select the unwanted entites and delete them.
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This is what you're looking for...
Running a keys-only query is much faster than a full fetch, and your quota will take a smaller hit because keys-only queries are considered small ops.
Here's a link to an answer from Nick Johnson describing it further.
Below is an end-to-end REST API solution to truncating a table...
I setup a REST API to handle database transactions where routes are directly mapped through to the proper model/action. This can be called by entering the right url (example.com/inventory/truncate) and logging in.
Here's the route:
Route('/inventory/truncate', DataHandler, defaults={'_model':'Inventory', '_action':'truncate'})
Here's the handler:
class DataHandler(webapp2.RequestHandler):
 def delete(self, **defaults):
 model = defaults.get('_model')
 action = defaults.get('_action')
 module = __import__('api.models', fromlist=[model])
 model_instance = getattr(module, model)()
 result = getattr(model_instance, action)()
It starts by loading the model dynamically (ie Inventory found under api.models), then calls the correct method (Inventory.truncate()) as specified in the action parameter.
The _USER_ is a decorator/wrapper that provides authentication for sensitive operations (ie POST/DELETE). There's also an oAuth decorator available if you're concerned about security.
Finally, the action is called:
def truncate(self):
It looks like magic but it's actually very straightforward. The best part is, delete() can be re-used to handle deleting one-or-many results by adding another action to the model.
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If you have a lot of data, using the web interface could be time consuming. The App Engine Launcher utility lets you delete everything in one go with the 'Clear datastore on launch' checkbox. This utility is now available for both Windows and Mac (Python framework).
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For the development server, instead of running the server through the google app engine launcher, you can run it from the terminal like:
dev_appserver.py --port=[portnumber] --clear_datastore=yes [nameofapplication]
ex: my application "reader" runs on port 15080. After modify the code and restart the server, I just run "dev_appserver.py --port=15080 --clear_datastore=yes reader".
It's good for me.
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Adding answer about recent developments.
Google recently added datastore admin feature. You can backup, delete or copy your entities to another app using this console.
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PHP variation:
import com.google.appengine.api.datastore.Query;
import com.google.appengine.api.datastore.DatastoreServiceFactory;
define('DATASTORE_SERVICE', DatastoreServiceFactory::getDatastoreService());
function get_all($kind) {
 $query = new Query($kind);
 $prepared = DATASTORE_SERVICE->prepare($query);
 return $prepared->asIterable();
function delete_all($kind, $amount = 0) {
 if ($entities = get_all($kind)) {
 $r = $t = 0;
 $delete = array();
 foreach ($entities as $entity) {
 if ($r < 500) {
 $delete[] = $entity->getKey();
 } else {
 $delete = array();
 $r = -1;
 $r++; $t++;
 if ($amount && $amount < $t) break;
 if ($delete) {
Yes it will take time and 30 sec. is a limit. I'm thinking to put an ajax app sample to automate beyond 30 sec.
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WTF? None of that is necessary. – Evan Plaice Jun 1 '12 at 20:18
I often don't want to delete all the data store so I pull a clean copy of /war/WEB-INF/local_db.bin out source control. It may just be me but it seems even with the Dev Mode stopped I have to physically remove the file before pulling it. This is on Windows using the subversion plugin for Eclipse.
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I was so frustrated about existing solutions for deleting all data in the live datastore that I created a small GAE app that can delete quite some amount of data within its 30 seconds.
How to install etc: _URL_
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for amodel in db.Model.__subclasses__():
 print amodel
 m = amodel()
 mq = m.all()
 print mq.count()
 for mw in mq:
 #~ print len(dela)
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If you're using ndb, the method that worked for me for clearing the datastore:
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I don't think this will work. Appengine complains about Sorry, unexpected error: The kind "__Stat_Kind__" is reserved. This seems like appengine has some internal statistics entity that can be exposed by this method (possible bug on their end?) – disappearedng Jun 11 '14 at 7:55
For any datastore that's on app engine, rather than local, you can use the new Datastore API. Here's a primer for how to get started.
I wrote a script that deletes all non-built in entities. The API is changing pretty rapidly, so for reference, I cloned it at commit 990ab5c7f2063e8147bcc56ee222836fd3d6e15b
from gcloud import datastore
from gcloud.datastore import SCOPE
from gcloud.datastore.connection import Connection
from gcloud.datastore import query
from oauth2client import client
def get_connection():
 client_email = '_EMAIL_'
 private_key_string = open('/path/to/yourfile.p12', 'rb').read()
 svc_account_credentials = client.SignedJwtAssertionCredentials(
 return Connection(credentials=svc_account_credentials)
def connect_to_dataset(dataset_id):
 connection = get_connection()
if __name__ == "__main__":
 gae_entity_query = query.Query()
 for entity in gae_entity_query.fetch():
 if entity.kind[0]!= '_':
 print entity.kind
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You can Delete All Datastore by deleting all Kinds One by One. with google appengine dash board. Please follow these Steps.
1- Login to _URL_
2- Click Data Store admin in data section.(Enable data store admin if


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The retina contains two types of photoreceptors, rods and cones. The rods are more numerous, some 120 million, and are more sensitive than the cones. However, they are not sensitive to color. The 6 to 7 million cones provide the eye's color sensitivity and they are much more concentrated in the central yellow spot known as the macula. In the center of that region is the " fovea centralis ", a 0.3 mm diameter rod-free area with very thin, densely packed cones.Answered by jakir hussain, 04 Sep '12 08:26 pm
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How to score 1729 in the IA Tripos
Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos is marked in a rather interesting way. A naïve computation of the maximum score is 1120, although it is (in principle) possible to achieve absolutely any score (it need not even be a real number!). Firstly, let's have a look at the scoring system:
 - A long question carries 20 raw marks. A score of 15 or more results in an alpha being awarded; a score of between 10 and 14 results in a beta being awarded. A candidate can be scored on a maximum of twenty long questions.
 - A short question carries 10 raw marks. A score of 8 or more results in a beta being awarded.
The alphas and betas are subsequently converted into marks according to the following scheme (quoted from the schedules of the Mathematical Tripos):
The −120 is generally referred to as an alpha tax, and cannot hurt you if you score eight or more alphas. However, if you score seven or fewer alphas and still get a first, you are actually penalised by the alpha tax. Suppose Miranda scored the following marks in 2012 (when the threshold for a first was 670):
 - 10/10 on all sixteen short questions;
 - 20/20 on five long questions;
 - 14/20 on fifteen long questions.
Then, she would have a raw mark m = 470, together with 5 alphas and 31 betas. Now, each of the following two implications are perfectly valid:
 1. If Miranda achieves a 2.1 (any lower grade is impossible), then her total merit mark would be M = 470 + 15 × 5 + 5 × 31 = 700, which is sufficient for a first. Hence, Miranda achieves a first class degree.
 2. If Miranda achieves a first class degree, then the alpha tax would apply, and her total merit mark would be M = 470 + 30 × 5 + 5 × 31 – 120 = 655, which is insufficient for a first. Hence, Miranda achieves a 2.1.
In other words, we have a paradoxical inconsistency! Consequently, Miranda could then apply something called the Principle of Explosion, exploiting the fact that any valid proof is taken to be perfectly correct in the Tripos. Specifically, she makes the following sequence of deductions:
 - By the Law of Excluded Middle, either the alpha tax applies or it does not. Let α be the proposition that the alpha tax applies. We have already established the implications that α ⇒ ¬α, and ¬α ⇒ α. Hence, both ¬α and α are true statements. Let φ be the proposition that Miranda scores 1729 on the IA Tripos. Since the logical disjunction of a true statement and an arbitrary statement is true, we have φ ∨ α. However, since ¬α is true, α is false and therefore φ must be true. Consequently, Miranda scores 1729 on Part IA of the Mathematical Tripos, thereby beating anyone who scored full marks on all questions.
Essentially, the Principle of Explosion states that if a proposition and its negation are both true, then all propositions are true. This is why it is important that axioms of set theory are consistent, as a single inconsistency would destroy mathematics.
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5 Responses to How to score 1729 in the IA Tripos
 1. wojowu says:
 I always used another proof for Principle of Explosion: suppose p and ¬p are both true. From latter one p is false, so p is both true and false. Take any statement q and look at p⇒q. Since p is false, this implication is trivially true. But since p is true, this implication is true iff q is true. Because we know implication is true, q also is true, Q.E.D.
 Also, what would you do if ZFC turned out to be inconsistent? First thing that came to my mind is proving Riemann hypothesis, as it is definable in set theory (is it?)
 2. Andrew Carlotti says:
 I think this case is handled by the statement "The sufficient statement for each class is not prescriptive". Your second implication is thus not valid.
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News > Scientists reconstruct Red Sea parting
Researchers at the US National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) have produced a computer simulation that demonstrates how the parting of the Red Sea described in the Book of Exodus could have been caused by strong winds.
The study, which is part of a larger project looking into the impact of winds on water depths, was published in the open-access journal Plos One. In it, researchers produced a reconstruction of the likely geography of the Nile Delta during the Old Testament period, which has changed considerably over the intervening centuries. The researchers have identified a stretch of the Nile where a strong east wind could conceivably have pushed the river back at a bend, opening up a walkway across the exposed mud flats and allowing the Israelites to flee the approaching Egyptians.
"The simulations match fairly closely with the account in Exodus," Carl Drews of the NCAR told the BBC. "The parting of the waters can be understood through fluid dynamics. The wind moves the water in a way that's in accordance with physical laws, creating a safe passage with water on two sides and then abruptly allowing the water to rush back in."
With the burning bush also potentially linked to freak environmental conditions, it remains to be seen how much else of the bible story can be explained by meteorology.


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The City of Ember
The City of Ember
by Jeanne DuPrau
Power Theme
We've got two kinds of power going on in The City of Ember, and while they couldn't be more different on the surface, the more we dig, the more we realize they're intertwined. First, there's the power of energy—the river, the generator, and the electricity that lights the city. But that power is controlled by the people in power, mainly, the mayor. That gives him a whole lot of control over the citizens of Ember, since he's in charge of supplies and information. But while Lina and Doon may seem like just a pair of powerless kids, over the course of the novel, they learn that sometimes having power means taking matters into your own hands, no matter what The Powers That Be might do to you.
Questions About Power
 1. How might Lina and Doon have better addressed the power imbalance in Ember? What would you have done if you were in their shoes?
 2. Where does the power that runs the city's electricity come from? Do you think they'd have a chance to figure out how to make it work again?
 3. Who's more powerful, the mayor or Looper? What makes you say so?
 4. How do the guards figure into Ember's power structure?
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The mayor only has power because people agree to give it to him.
It was pretty stupid of the Builders to leave the population of Ember without any idea of how their city is powered. That just goes to show that more than anything, knowledge is power.
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Designing a metering system
From Electrical Installation Guide
This article intends to describe a method to design the energy measurement system of a commercial building.
The scope of this article covers all WAGES consumptions in "non critical" buildings. Critical buildings such as hospitals, data centers have specific requirements regarding power quality that are not covered here.
The method involves 2 steps :
The step Project Definition shall be realized with the future users of the system and lead to define what are the performance metrics that will be part of the users dashboards.
Step 2 : Design of the different components of the measurement system
The purpose of the measurement system design is to ensure that the data collected will correspond to the desired analysis and results. This will allow the operation managers to monitor & control the building according to their objectives.
This will help to avoid :
- insufficient data to enable building consumptions analysis
- Too much measured and collected data that are never used. However the investment cost to collect these data and the data storage cost is not negligible and could have been used for other energy efficiency actions.
This step is split in 2 parts :
- Define the points of measurement
Some examples of usual point of measurements for:
- Select the meters
- Select the electrical meters
- Select the gas meters
- Select the water meters
- Select the heat and cold meters
- Select the temperature sensors


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1878 - Born on the 2nd of January in Prague.
- After starting with architecture, Frankl studied art history in Munich.
1910 - He earned his Ph.D.
1921 - Became professor for art history in Halle.
1933 - His Jewish origin he was put on leave after the rise to power of Nazism.
1940 - He emigrated to the United States where he worked at the Institute for Advanced Study in Princeton.
- His most famous works are books on the architecture of Renaissance and Gothic.
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You can clean by yourself your butcher block table tops, of course it will be very important to do because it is helpful very much adding nicer look in your room. Monetarily fabricated butcher block was presented in the 1880s as a sterile option to the conventional utilization of blocks slice from trees on which to cut meats. Hard maple turned into a favored surface for its strength and tight wood grains. Modern butcher block table tops is solid and alright for nourishment readiness and is accessible in sizes from little slicing sheets to full-kitchen table tops.
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In today's competitive global market, it is necessary for regions to have a long-term economic development strategy that can serve as a roadmap to progress and prosperity. The Comprehensive Economic Development Strategy (CEDS) does just that.
The CEDS is a locally-based, regionally-driven economic development planning process and document that successfully engages community leaders, private sector partners, and other stakeholders in planning for our region's future.
The CEDS planning process creates the space for the region to identify its strengths and weaknesses and brings together a diverse set of partners to create good jobs, diversify the economy, and spur economic growth. The CEDS is a pre-requisite for federal designation as an Economic Development District (EDD) and must be updated at least every five years. An effective CEDS allows a region to maximize its economic development potential, as well as engage with the US Economic Development Administration (EDA) and other federal partners to receive infrastructure and technical assistance grants, such as EDA's Public Works and Economic Adjustment Assistance programs.
Overall, an effective CEDS planning process identifies locally-grown strategies that will guide regional economic development, encourage partnerships and collaboration, and improve economic outcomes and overall quality of life in our region.
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- The CEDS helps to build on the strengths of our region, as well as identify gaps in resources or expertise that need to be addressed
- The CEDS planning process can facilitate regional collaboration, expand supply chains, and grow and support new industry clusters
- With a CEDS in place, regions are more likely to attract federal funds and technical assistance by demonstrating resources are used efficiently and effectively
- The CEDS process can make our region more resilient and better positioned to plan for, respond to, and recover from natural disasters and economic shocks
- The CEDS can be much more than just a static document, but rather an engaging platform that generates region-wide discussions and serves as a call to action for economic development
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In the winter and spring of 2021, NEOEDD met with over 70 stakeholders who provided input on key needs, partnerships, challenges, strengths, and opportunities as part of NEOEDD's effort to understand the unique and shared economic and social impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic in the Baker, Union, Wallowa county region. The stakeholders identified the following key needs which are further defined in the Community Needs Assessment document.
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|Health, Food, & Social Services||Continue to explore innovative solutions to provide affordable, inclusive mental and physical health care|
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New and improved amenities to enhance liveability for Pulau Ubin's community
25 Jun 2022
- Species recovery and habitat enhancement efforts continue to show signs of success for birds on Pulau Ubin
The National Parks Board (NParks) announced today new and improved amenities, such as personal alert buttons for elderly villagers, more firefighting infrastructure and an upgraded micro-grid at Ubin Day. These enhancements help to address the needs of Pulau Ubin's community and raise the villagers' quality of life. NParks has also successfully recorded 21 nesting occurrences of the Blue-throated Bee-eater and the first breeding record of the Lesser Whistling Duck at Pulau Ubin, signaling that species recovery and habitat enhancement efforts can benefit birdlife on the island. These records underscore the importance of restoring and enhancing the diverse habitats of Pulau Ubin as well as implementing species recovery plans to ensure that it remains a haven for birds and one of Singapore's most ecologically important sites in our City in Nature. Together, these efforts will help to preserve the Ubin way of life, as well as its rich natural and cultural heritage.
To celebrate Ubin Day, Guest-of-Honour Minister for Culture, Community and Youth & Second Minister for Law Edwin Tong, who was hosted by Minister for National Development & Minister-in-Charge of Social Services Integration Desmond Lee, planted 50 trees today together with Friends of Ubin Network (FUN) and members of the community, as part of the OneMillionTrees movement.
New and improved amenities at Pulau Ubin
The Community Liaison Team (CLT), a group of NParks staff dedicated to support and address the needs of villagers, piloted a project with the Government Technology Agency (GovTech) to install personal alert buttons within the houses of elderly villagers who live alone. This will make it easier for the elderly to call for assistance during emergency situations, thus reducing the time needed for help to arrive.
As the island's central managing agency, NParks is also installing fire hydrants and hose reels at the Main Village, Kampong Sungei Durian and Ubin Living Lab to strengthen the island's fire management response. The aim is to provide both Community First Responders and firefighters with improved firefighting infrastructure, to allow for a continuous and controllable supply of water, as well as better coverage of buildings. These will be ready by 2023 and will complement the existing fire management response.
The Pulau Ubin Micro-Grid will also be improved with the installation of a Solar Green Roof connected to an advanced energy storage system, and extended to Kampong Sungei Durian to provide reliable and sustainable electricity supply to more users on the island, as requested by the villagers. This follows a successful test-bed launched in 2013 by Energy Market Authority where over 30 end-users benefited from the micro-grid. The improved micro-grid will use cleaner energy to meet the demand for electricity while reducing diesel usage, thus contributing to environmental sustainability efforts.
Pulau Ubin's birds and biodiversity conservation efforts
As part of NParks' Nature Conservation Masterplan, NParks, together with FUN members and the community, have been implementing species recovery and habitat enhancement projects to conserve and enhance the island's biodiversity. This included providing nesting mounds for the Blue-throated Bee-eater, one of the species under NParks' Species Recovery Programme, and enhancing Pekan Quarry with floating wetlands to provide more habitats for biodiversity, including birds such as herons, kingfishers and ducks. Combined with reforestation efforts under the OneMillionTrees movement, these efforts help to strengthen the ecological resilience of Pulau Ubin's habitats, thereby safeguarding their rich natural heritage and biodiversity. Through regular monitoring and surveys, we have observed that Pulau Ubin continues to support a diverse and unique biodiversity, particularly for rare fauna and birds. This includes increased sightings of several rare species of birds such as the Black-winged Flycatcher Shrike, Lesser Green Leafbird, Red Knot, Ruby-cheeked Sunbird and Scarlet-breasted Flowerpecker since April this year.
Ubin Day 2022
Ubin Day is a culmination of Pesta Ubin, a festival organised by NParks, FUN members and the community. First held in 2002, this is the eleventh time Ubin Day is being organised to celebrate the different facets of the island.
This year's Pesta Ubin and Ubin Day comes back with 21 activities, the most number of activities since the pandemic. During the three-week-long festival in June this year, members of public could learn more about Pulau Ubin's rich biodiversity and natural history through guided walks, talks and more. For more information on Pesta Ubin, please visit _URL_
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text: An easy, rapid and simple nonaqueous capillary electrophoresis (NACE) method was developed for the identification and determination of four basic nitrogenous compounds, i.e. pseudoephedrine (PE), dextromethorphan (DXM), diphenhydramine (DHM) and chlorpheniramine (CLP). The most suitable running buffer was composed of 40 mM ammonium acetate, 10% acetonitrile (ACN) in methanol with a fused-silica capillary column (47 cm x 75 microm i.d.), 25 kV applied voltage and 25 degrees C capillary temperature. The calibration curves revealed linear relationships between the peak area for each analyte and its concentration (correlation coefficients: 0.9993 for PE, 0.9971 for DXM, 0.9991 for DHM, and 0.9995 for CLP, respectively). The relative standard deviations of the migration time and peak area of the four compounds were 0.37, 3.90, 0.73 and 0.68, and 2.80, 3.50, 1.60 and 3.70%, respectively. The method was successfully applied to determine the four compounds in five cold medicines, the recoveries of the four constituents ranging between 91 and 109%.