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As natural predators of pest insects, woodland birds provide biological pest suppression in crop fields adjacent to woody edges. Although many birds using these habitats forage widely, earlier studies have found that most foraging activity occurs within 50 m of the woody edge. The goals of this study were to determine the primary area of use, or functional edge, for birds foraging in crop fields adjacent to woody edges, and to evaluate their foraging distance patterns. During the summers of 2005 and 2006, avian foraging behavior was observed at 12 research sites in east central Nebraska that contained either a shelterbelt or woody riparian edge. At each site, perches were provided at 10 m intervals out from the edge and insect larvae were placed in feeders at random locations to simulate a pest insect food resource. Birds were recorded foraging in five distance categories out from the edge (0–10, 10–20, 20–30, 30–40, and 40–50 m). Seven species foraged primarily within 20 m of the edge (72% all observations; 79% without perch or feeder observations). Ten species foraged throughout the plots but six of these generally foraged more often (45% and 49%) and four less often (30% and 30%) within 20 m of the edge. The 13 species that tended to forage more often within 20 m of the edge, with 56% of their foraging overall in this area, also tended to forage farther when perch and feeder observations were included, indicating willingness to forage farther when food resources were available. Based on a repeated measures analysis of variance, foraging distances appeared to be greater at sites with soybean as the planted crop, although this apparent trend was significant for only some species. There was no clear difference in foraging distances outward from shelterbelt versus riparian sites. These results indicate that conservation efforts within the 20 m functional edge offer potential to enhance the sustainability of both birds and crops in agricultural.


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Agricultural co-operation has long been recognised as an important institution in the development of Western Australia's agricultural sector. Charles Harper (1842 – 1912) has long been considered the founding father of agricultural co-operation in Western Australia. Harper was instrumental in founding the Western Australian Co-operative Producers' Union in 1902 which, among other things, eventually became Wesfarmers Ltd. Harper was also a long standing member of Parliament, a newspaperman, an explorer, a founder of schools, a philanthropist, and an agricultural experimentalist. He was also able to pass his legacy on to his son Walter who led the co-operative movement after Harper senior's death in 1912 and saw to its integration into the mainstream of Western Australian political and economic systems. In considering Harper's contribution to the economic and social development of Western Australia, it is difficult to determine the extent to which his economic thinking in relation to co-operation or other economic questions conformed to such socialistic ideas represented by Owenite Co-operation or Colonial Socialism. Harper was neither a protectionist nor a free trader. Indeed, in this paper, I will discuss Harper's position in relation to a number of economic questions – tariffs, dumping, fair trade, land alienation - with a view to showing that Harper was a pragmatist focused on economic development and determined to place all resources and apply all leavers, regardless of source and political niceties, toward that end.
Gilchrist, D. (2010). Antipodean Owenite or colonial socialist: Charles Harper's economic thought. Paper presented at the History of Economic Thought Society of Australia Conference. University of Sydney, NSW, 7-9 July.

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Сегодня родился Гиляровский Владимир Алексеевич
On December 8, 1855 Gilyarovsky Vladimir Alekseevich was born. This is a Russian writer, a journalist who was called "the king of reporters". He participated in the Russian-Turkish war, served in the Caucasus. Vladimir liked to do sketches and to write verses. His first verses were published in 1873. In 1881 Gilyarovsky arrived to Moscow where he started working at the theater. Later he started working as the reporter in a Moscow newspaper.

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How the PPSR Benefits Businesses in New Zealand
Being able to recover debt in the case of default is one of the major issues that face businesses in New Zealand and across the globe. Debt, being an integral part of everyday business transactions, cannot be avoided in any economy or market. The best anyone can do is to reduce the risks that come as a result of dealing in credit.
PPSR — what is it?
PPSR stands for 'Personal Property Securities Register.' The PPSR was established in accordance with the New Zealand Personal Property Securities Act 1999. The registry was operationalised in 2002 and is maintained by the New Zealand Companies Office — a branch of the Ministry of Business, Innovation and Employment.
The PPSR is an amalgamation of the Register of Company Charges, Motor Vehicle Securities Register and Chattels Register that preceded it.
So what is it, this PPSR? The PPSR is a public-accessible database that keeps record of legal claims on personal property that has been used as collateral for loans and credit in New Zealand. Basically, if a business or individual uses a particular property as collateral for a loan or credit, the debt obligation to this property is recorded in the PPSR.
This ensures that property that has already been used as collateral is not used again as collateral to gain new credit or on-sold before the debt is repaid.
Almost all types of property that has value can be used as collateral and hence be put in the registry. This includes motor vehicles, machinery, intellectual property and the likes. But it excludes buildings, land and ships that are greater than 24 metres in length.
How does the PPSR work?
The PPSR works in a pretty straightforward way. Once a person or an organisation uses a property as collateral for a loan or credit, the creditor or lender goes ahead and records their underlying interest on the property in the PPSR.
This record will remain at the PPSR until the debt is cleared and the lender can then go ahead and remove the property. This prevents other lenders and creditors from accepting the same property for collateral in subsequent borrowing and thus preventing conflicting interests in case the borrower fails to pay back their debt and the collateral has to be recovered.
Because the registry is open and searchable by the public, lenders and creditors can search through it to determine whether a property presented as collateral has already been borrowed against. It also indicates if ownership of a property presented for sale legally belongs to the person or entity that seeks to sell it.
The benefits of PPSR to New Zealand businesses
Being able to keep records of property that has been used as collateral and retrieve such information on demand gives businesses a bunch of advantages that make the lending scene a whole lot safer. These are the benefits of PPSR:
1. Insight on potential clients and customers. Regardless of the industry you're in, you'll often be necessitated to sell your products or services on credit with the expectation of later payment. It's therefore in your best interest that your customer poses the ability to pay you back when the debt is due.
Because things are not always as they seem, you'll need to dig around to find information that indicates the debtor can pay their debt. For gathering this kind of information, the PPSR is indispensable for Kiwi businesses.
From a single database, you can find out all the property a prospect customer has put up as collateral to secure their debts. With this data, you can determine whether a business or individual is having liquidity issues or is about to go into bankruptcy. If you find that the prospect is overleveraged, then you have the opportunity to reconsider the credit facility you're offering.
2. Establish the validity of collateral. Quite often collateral is required to secure a loan or a line of credit. Collateral provides a guarantee to the lender in that they can take possession of the collateral property to recover their dues in case the debtor defaults. If the property has already been used as collateral for previous debts, reusing it could result in conflict of interest between the different lenders who claim its ownership.
From the PPSR, businesses can search a centralised database to determine if a property presented as collateral has already been used to secure other debts. This prevents a scenario where a single piece of property is used to borrow multiple times from different lenders.
3. Protection when buying pre-owned property. When buying property such as second-hand vehicles and machinery, or even intellectual property; it's important to find out whether there are any debt responsibilities associated with it before you complete the transaction.
It's possible to buy property and then later discover that the previous owner had not paid for it in full or had taken credit with the property as collateral. In this case, the responsibility of clearing the debt might fall on your hands as the holder of the collateral, even if you weren't aware of the circumstances during the purchase.
Before buying a pre-owned property, businesses can search the PPSR to find out the credit and financing history of the property.
4. Ensuring your credit liabilities are cleared. The PPSR relies on data provided by creditors and lenders. Debtors cannot edit the information on the registry — otherwise they'd just delist their listed properties. If a lender fails to remove your property from the registry after you have cleared your debt, it could have a negative impact on your credit rating.
As such, businesses that have cleared previous debts can search the database to find out if the collateral property has been delisted accordingly. If the property is still listed as debt security, then appropriate channels can be followed to ensure the information is updated to free the property from debt claims.
For any situation where collateral is required to access credit, the PPSR can be relied upon to determine whether the property in question qualifies to secure debt. This plays a huge role in protecting New Zealand businesses from fraudulent transactions involving property listed as collateral.
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text: Being able to calculate the median is a fundamental concept that kids will need to learn in statistics. It can be easy for kids to confuse median with other probability concepts like mean and mode, so it's important for kids to practice calculating medians to completely master the skill. Turtle Diary's calculating the median game will test kids' median skills through fun and exciting word games. Our interactive median game uses real life examples to reinforce the concept of medians in a way that is easy for kids to retain. Kids will definitely be median experts upon completing our animated median game for kids.

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HTML5+JavaScript: Tiled background cache
Not much of informative demonstration, but is cross-platform and shows performance.
If you've noticed, multiple systems are better at drawing single large images than lots of small ones.
Same applies to HTML5, meaning that filling a 640x480 canvas with 40x40 images using two for() loops is not exactly a good thing to do each frame.
Common solution to this problem is to create a 'cache' image that would hold a tiled version of image to be drawn easily.
That means drawing image W*H times only once in a while.
However, actually you can do even better than this.
HTML5 specification states that canvas should support drawing parts to itself, to allow moving content around in it.
Along with other obvious uses, this means that you can 'double' contents of canvas by drawing it into itself on a offset.
This in turn allows to reduce number of draws required to fill canvas from (W * H) to (log2W * log2H).
A 'full' function to utilize this in filling canvas with tiled image would look like this:
function fillTiledImage(canvas, context, image) {
 var iw = image.width, ih = image.height,
 cw = canvas.width, ch = canvas.height;
 context.clearRect(0, 0, cw, ch);
 context.drawImage(image, 0, 0);
 while (iw < cw) { context.drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, iw, ih, iw, 0, iw, ih); iw *= 2; }
 while (ih < ch) { context.drawImage(canvas, 0, 0, cw, ih, 0, ih, cw, ih); ih *= 2; }
}
(added 'rectangle' restriction to keep browser from possibly trying to draw empty parts of canvas).
As an additional note, if image is entirely opaque, one can keep this without clearRect method, saving time needed to reset all pixels in canvas.
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Tinderbox Forum
How does one edit a Ziplink in a note?
I'm just learning how to use Ziplinks, but am running into a couple of frustrating problems:
 1. How do you edit a Ziplink that's in the text of a note?
 2. I'm trying to use "::" to append text to a new note created by a Ziplink, but when I open up the newly-created note, the $Text is empty.
Any help is greatly appreciated!
Option-click to put the insertion point inside a link. Or use the arrow keys. Clicking a link in the normal way follows a link.
[[foo::bar]] should make a note name foo with a text "bar". It does for me! If it doesn't for you, contact support _EMAIL_ with the details.
Just for clarity this is a once-only thing that only and option when creating a ziplink. The result of using the ziplink notation is a normal Tinderbox text link. At this point, i.e. after using a ziplink if you want to add target text, navigate to the note and add the $Text there.
IOW, ziplinks describes a notation for rapid note creation/configuration rather than the link it then creates.
Thanks for the assist Mark.
I guess my editing question is: how can I open up an existing (blue) Ziplink so that I can see the brackets and any other operators, etc.? Option-click seems to only put me within the blue word/words, but doesn't reveal the underlying information…
You can't. The ziplink isn't "wrapped up". It's a shortcut for making a textlink in the usual way.
I think we are describing different things. I wasn't referring to syntax used within a ziplink during creation but the fact a new user might assume that having used a ziplink that they could return to the note later and edit the (now-text) link there assuming it had special (ziplink) properties.
Mark, Paul -
My question is about the syntax used within a Ziplink and if it's possible to 're-access' that syntax after the Ziplink has been created…but my understanding is that's not possible.
Correct. I can see this ambiguity and have made a mental note to add this to the documentation.
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If I'm understanding correctly, let's say that I have a Ziplink [[foo::bar]] in the text of a note. I cannot edit that Ziplink to change it to [[foo|strong::bar]], rather as you point out, I would have to create a different/new Ziplink?
Thanks Mark. I really like Paul's post (in a different topic) about creating reading notes with Ziplinks. Really useful functionality. I'll keep at it.
Ignore my post; I deleted it. It's not relevant to this topic.
The idea of Ziplinks is that they're evaluated when you make them, and then they boom regular, first-class, normal Tinderbox links.
In this very specific case, where you want to change the anchor text for a correct link, you can make this change, but it doesn't have anything to do with ziplinks. To change the anchor text "foo" to "strong" you move the cursor to the blue link text "foo" and edit it like normal text to say "strong." This kind of editing of anchor text is possible for all Tinderbox links.
On a practical level, when I'm doing this, I usually start somewhere in the middle of the blue text, type what I want the new link anchor to be and then delete the extra text before and after what I've typed because I find it easier to manage. That's not necessary though. You can do it however makes sense for you.
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^^^ Yes, this is exactly my approach as there's no method/UI (lest people assume otherwise) for editing anchor text. If we select the whole link and then type we are assuming the app can tell we are editing the anchor rather than replacing the anchor and link with something else. Now we have ziplinks deleting and starting over is more of an option. But, if doing that do make sure beforehand that you know to where the original link was pointed.
I've added this paragraph to the existing aTbRef article on ziplinks:
Note that ziplinks are a keyboard-centric method, albeit enhanced, of creating normal text links with normal link anchor text. Once the link is generated, the link anchor is no different from any other text link anchor, i.e. ziplinks do not create a special type of anchor text.
I'm open to a better wording. I can see that if not told otherwise a new user may simply assume ziplinks create some special type of anchor allowing re-use of the enhanced facilities (because no one told them otherwise!). I hope the above addresses that false assumption.
That makes sense to me!
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Sunday, 28 February, 2010
An excerpt from CBC News "Old mice run faster with supplements" (with video),
Researchers at McMaster University in Hamilton have developed a cocktail of ingredients that forestalls major aspects of the aging process in mice.
Generally, aging diminishes the mind and compromises physical capacity.
David Rollo, a professor of biology at McMaster has found a cocktail of 30 dietary supplements such as B vitamins, vitamin D, ginseng and garlic counteracts symptoms of aging in mice.
The experiment was prompted by research that suggests single vitamin and antioxidant pills don't work. The researchers wondered if mixing the ingredients would.
Rollo said the results were profound, as not only were the mice twice as active, they also seemed to get smarter.
OK, so everything and the kitchen sink works in mice.
1) Will this translate well to human?
2) What things in "everything and the kitchen sink" work? And why?
Ref: David Rollo's research, McMaster University


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New trends in the field of strain gauges
May 8, 2023
The Saarbrücken based company, founded in 2017 and a specialist in customized sensor elements based on thin films, has been pushing new developments in its strain gauge section. The background is the new requirements in the context of the energy transition or renewable energies and the incorporation of AI into today's sensor systems. Accordingly, two fields are being served.
Applications in hydrogen gas
While proven thin-film systems prevent strain measurement in hydrogen atmospheres due to the effect of hydrogen, it has been possible to decimate this effect by changing the thin films used. This is done while retaining the usual added values of thin-film gauges, such as increased strain sensitivity and the usual compensation options.
Multifunctional gauges for AI applications
Thanks to the thin-film technology used as well as laser structuring, it has been possible to define not only strain sensitivity but also areas on the measuring element that convert other measured variables, such as temperature, into an electrically measurable signal.
In addition to the classic fields of application such as temperature adjustment, these elements are particularly suitable for AI-based signal analysis. Advantages result from the reduced installation effort as well as the greater informative value due to sensor layers that are spatially close together and identically coupled to the surface.


Migration Summary
Your segmentation inside FT CRM will be updated through real-time events. Once an event is sent, all segmentation which is based on that type of data will be instantly updated for that player. From the date the event stream is fully implemented, the integration will ensure that all segmentation is updated.
However, if you want to get segmentation capabilities of the player's activity before the live stream was implemented, the historical data needs to be migrated into FT CRM. Below you can find an explanation of the process to achieving a successful data migration.
Please make sure that the below points are correct with your data exports: - All timestamps have RFC 3339 format - There are no unicode glyphs or emojis in the files
Pre-Requisites
The following is needed prior to migration.
1. Real-time events
Events needs to be sent on a production environment and the data flow needs to be reconciled so it matches against your database. You can for instance take a few sample users which registered after the event stream was enabled and compare that the segmentation in FT CRM matches your database.
The most common causes for data discrepancies are setup issues with the events, certain events are not being sent, events getting lost or our segmentation mapping doesn't match the definition you expect.
2. SFTP
The operator needs to provide Fast Track access to an SFTP where the data files can be uploaded. The most common is an S3 Bucket on your AWS account.
3. Dry-run
Your Integrations Manager will provide you with a template CSV file which will be used for a dry-run exercise, this is done to prevent any issues with the real migration. We expect you to send us an extract of data in the exact same format as in the template, it's ideal that you include the full history of data.
The dry run will include two different types of data sets.
Data set Description
Data set
Description
Event Table
Individual transactions
Activity Table
Aggregated values
Once the file is received, Fast Track can plan a dry-run migration and provide you with the results. It's important that the results are properly reconciled before the actual migration takes place.
Migration
Once the pre-requisites are ready, you will need to schedule in a date and time to migrate the data into the Fast Track system, please contact your Integrations Manager to reserve a slot.
Process
 1. Fast Track will scale down the services on the agreed timestamp, this is done to avoid any new events being processed during the time of the migration.
 2. The operator will generate the migration files and upload it to the SFTP. It's important that the file uploaded follows the same format as the verified dry-run and that the extract is until the exact time when we scaled down the services.
 3. Fast Track will download the file, import the data into temporary tables, ready to be verified. We will then upload the results to your SFTP for reconciliation.
 4. The operator verifies the migration results and informs Fast Track once completed.
 5. Fast Track can run the import against the real database.
 6. Once completed, Fast Track will scale up the services and events will start getting processed again and the migration is completed.
Services will be scaled down during the migration process, no Activities based on real-time events will be able to fire during this period.


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One thing you need to do is determine how to space out the tiles and draw them. If this were a simple rectilinear grid of tiles, you could use the AutoCAD® ARRAY command to fill in the tiles. But for the garden path, you need to have each row of tiles offset from the previous row.
This row-offset pattern is a repeating pattern. Think of how you might go about laying the tiles if you were building the actual path. You would probably be inclined to start at one end and just keep laying down rows until there wasn't any more space left.
At the starting point of the path
Figure out the initial row offset from center (either centered on
the path or offset by one "tile space").
While the space of the boundary filled is less than the space to
Draw a row of tiles.
Reset the next start point (incremented by one "tile space").
Add the distance filled by the new row to the amount of space
Toggle the offset (if it is centered, set it up off-center, or
Go back to the start of the loop.


Leander Leander - 1 year ago 88
Scala Question
Specs2 + Scalacheck Generate Tuple with different Strings
I have to test an loop-free graph and always checking whether the Strings are different is not very usable (it throws an exception). There must be a better solution, but I am not able to come up with it, and i am kind of lost in the specs2 documentation.
This is an example of the code:
"BiDirectionalEdge" should {
"throw an Error for the wrong DirectedEdges" in prop {
(a :String, b :String, c :String, d :String) =>
val edge1 = createDirectedEdge(a, b, c)
val edge2 = createDirectedEdge(c, b, d)
new BiDirectionalEdge(edge1, edge2) must throwA[InvalidFormatException] or(a mustEqual d)
}
if a and c are the same, createDirectedEdge will throw an exception (i have different test for that behaviour).
Answer Source
Yep, there's a better way—this is precisely what conditional properties are for. Just add your condition followed by ==>:
"BiDirectionalEdge" should {
 "throw an Error for the wrong DirectedEdges" in prop {
 (a: String, b: String, c: String, d: String) => (a != c) ==>
 val edge1 = createDirectedEdge(a, b, c)
 val edge2 = createDirectedEdge(c, b, d)
 new BiDirectionalEdge(edge1, edge2) must
 throwA[InvalidFormatException] or(a mustEqual d)
 }
}
If the condition is likely to fail often, you should probably take a different approach (see the ScalaCheck guide for details), but in your case a conditional property is totally appropriate.
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One way to avoid the high radiation losses of microstrip at high frequencies is through the use of CBCPW transmission lines.
Fabrication costs for stripline are higher than those for microstrip or CBCPW transmission-line structures.
To derive the effective conductivity, one can calculate the distribution of current density in the cross section of CBCPW
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Coorg Coffee Plantation Tour
- Explore the lush green coffee estates of Madenadu Village in North Coorg or Chambebellur Village in South Coorg
- Gain in-depth knowledge of coffee cultivation and trace the process of the coffee bean from plantation to cup
- Interact with the locals and learn pruning techniques, picking, drying and other important information
- Learn about other popular plantations of the region, which grow pepper, cardamom and wild fruits
- Visit a local host's house and learn about various blends, and have a cup to taste the flavors of local coffee
What to expect
Learn how delicious, India-grown coffee is produced on this trip to a lush green coffee plantation in Coorg! Your friendly, English-speaking guide will be waiting for you at the meet up point and will take you to the coffee estates of Madenadu Village or Chambebellur Village on board a shared transfer. As soon as you arrive, you'll be able to explore the sprawling estate and discover how coffee plants are grown, how their fruit and seeds (coffee beans) are harvested and expertly processed through drying, and how the best of the beans are selected. You will learn a great deal from the staff who have descended from generations of coffee farmers as they share their knowldge about how a wonderful, aromatic cup of coffee is actually made. You will also get to know more about the produce grown in other plantations in the area such as wild fruit, pepper, and even the spices that India is famous for. You'll be able to taste just how good the coffee is as you're served a cup at the home of a local host by the end of the tour.


Monitoring Kafka activity in Streams Messaging Manager
You can use Streams Messaging Manager (SMM) to monitor Kafka activity. To do this, you run two SSH sessions, one for producing data to a Kafka topic and the other to consume the data from the Kafka topic. Then you go to the SMM UI from the Management Console to track the producer and consumer activity.
Now that you know how to configure a Kafka client to connect to the Kafka cluster in CDP, generate some activity and monitor it using SMM. To do this, you collect machine usage data from the broker host using the vmstat command and stream that data into the machine-data topic.
For detailed and comprehensive information about SMM, see Streams Messaging Manager.
 1. Start by opening two SSH connections to the same broker host.
 2. On the first session, run the following command.
 BROKER_HOST=$(hostname -f)
 vmstat 1 1000 | kafka-console-producer \
 --broker-list $BROKER_HOST:9093 \
 --producer.config \
 --topic machine-data
 This command runs vmstat and sends each line from its output as one message every second to the machine-data topic.
 This example assumes that you are using LDAP authentication but you can use the authentication method of your preference.
 Leave the session running.
 3. On the second SSH session, run the following command to consume the data:
 BROKER_HOST=$(hostname -f)
 kafka-console-consumer \
 --bootstrap-server $BROKER_HOST:9093 \
 --consumer.config \
 --topic machine-data \
 --group machine-data-$RANDOM \
 You see the data produced by the first session continuously appear on the screen as output.
 Leave the second session also running.
 6. Click Streams Messaging Manager on the services pane to open the SMM web UI.
 It may take a few minutes for the consumer or producer activity to start showing in the SMM UI. You may have to refresh your page a few times until the data starts to appear.
 Once it does, you see one active producer on the left-hand side of the page and at least one active consumer listed on the right-hand side of the page.
 You also see the LAG metrics listed besides each consumer. This metric indicates the number of messages the consumer is behind the latest message produced to the Kafka topic. You can use this to quickly identify slow consumers that are lagging behind producers.
 7. Click either on the producer or on the consumer, and SMM shows their activity, highlighting all the topics and partitions they are writing to or reading from, respectively.
 In this page you can identify metrics for the overall Kafka topic activity and partition-level. The In Sync Replica (ISR) set for each partition can be identified on the screen. The ID of the LEADER replica for each partition is shown on the left-hand side, while the FOLLOWER replicas are represented as teal-colored boxes on the right-hand side.
 8. Click on an empty part of the page to clear the consumer or producer selection, and then click the profile icon for the machine-data topic.
 This opens the Kafka topic details page where you can find all the topic-related metrics and utilization charts.
 9. Click the DATA EXPLORER tab.
 In the Data Explorer page you can sample the data that is flowing through the Kafka topic. Select different partitions and adjust the offset sliders to become familiar with those controls.


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Is there anything similar to R's findInterval (or cut) in SAS, specifically in IML?
I'm converting an R program of mine that does Monte Carlo simulations to IML, and it uses findInterval to convert the numbers from the random number generator to an output state. I can write something in IML to replace it, but it's terribly slow compared to the original. This is because findInterval takes advantage of compiled C code; is there anything similar that I can use in SAS?
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I should probably describe what it is that findInterval does! Given a value x and a vector of sorted cutpoints vec, it finds those cutpoints that x lies between, ie which interval x falls into. More precisely, if vec[i] < x < vec[i+1], then findInterval returns i. The argument x can also be a vector, in which case it returns a vector of intervals. – Hong Ooi Feb 9 '11 at 23:04
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Are your breaks uniform (equal probability) or not? For uniform breaks, you can use ceil(k*u) where u is the vector or random uniform numbers. For example, if you want 10 observations randomly assigned to the numbers 1-4 with equal probability, you can say
y = ceil(4*ranuni(j(10,1)));
or, if you want to use the newer random number generator,
u = j(10,1); /** allocate **/
call randgen(u, "uniform"); /** fill with U[0,1] **/
y = ceil(4*u);
For unequal probability, use the "table" distribution. For example,
p = {0.1 0.5 0.2 0.2}; /** four categories with given probabilities **/
y = j(10, 1);
call randgen(y, "Table", p); /** fills with 1-4 with probability p **/
You might be interested in using the SampleWithReplace module from Chapter 13 of my book, Statistical Programming with SAS/IML software. You can download the code and see an example of its use at _URL_
Both of these techniques eliminate the need for findInterval because they produce the categories directly. If you REALLY REALLY think you need to bin the random numbers, you can use the algorithm I describe here: _URL_
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Yes, that should do the trick. Thanks! – Hong Ooi Feb 23 '11 at 1:14
By the way, SAS 9.3 introduced the BIN function into the SAS/IML language. See blogs.sas.com/content/iml/2013/07/15/cut-pts-and-uneven-bins – Rick Jul 15 '13 at 17:24
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to press lots of buttons is the goal. (No one likes to have to do a long series of cut and paste operations to get the data in place).
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Datamartist lets you import data from Databases, excel files and text files, define data transformations that prepare and clean the data for visualization, and then export it to a location (very often a database, but potentially an Excel workbook or file) where it can be easily, automatically read by a visualization tool like Tableau server.
You can learn more about what Datamartist does here.
To give you an idea about what a batch file that first runs a datamartist canvas, (which loads data from multiple sources, transforms it and makes it ready for Tableau) then refreshes workbooks on a remote Tableau Server automatically, here is an example of a bit of simple batch file code:
The first line runs Datamartist- this runs a .DMC file that you have built with datamartist that can extract the data from multiple sources- databases, files, internal hard coded sets- then do joins, segmentations, filters, calculations etc. and export the data to the location that the Tableau server workbooks are connected to.
"C:\Program Files (x86)\nModal Solutions Inc\Datamartist\Datamartist.exe" RUN /f "C:\MyDataMartistFile.DMC" /l "C:\WhereIWantTheLogFiles\
Then, using a utility called tabcmd from Tableau, you can log into a tableau server, and refresh the workbook, thus updating all your tableau dashboards to do this, you use the following lines in the batch file:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tableau\Tableau Server\7.0\extras\Command Line Utility\tabcmd.exe" login -s MyServerURL -u MyUserName -p MyPassword -t MySite
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Tableau\Tableau Server\7.0\extras\Command Line Utility\tabcmd.exe" refreshextracts --project "MyProject" --workbook "MyWorkbook" --site MySite
You can find more information about tableau's tabcmd on their site.
Net result? You have full automation from data to visualization, Datamartist takes care of the data, Tableau creates fantastic dashboards.
If you build a batch file, and set it to run once a day, every morning when your users log into Tableau server, they'll see updated data, ready to go.
Try Datamartist- its a full function free trial. Find out easy it is to automate tableau server with sophisticated data extraction.
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There is an ongoing debate in Business intelligence and Analytics circles about what role spreadsheets have in data management.
At the extreme pro-spreadsheet side, Excel can fix all, be all, and IT departments should just be disbanded, because the world can run on workbooks and macros.
At the other end of the spectrum, all that is evil and wrong, all the corrupts data quality, all that is unholy in the realm of data management process and master data management can be traced back to renegade spreadsheets, the "culture of excel" and spreadsheet applications should be uninstalled from every desktop never to be seen again.
And of course, in the middle, in the real world, we all use excel constantly, every day, all the time for lots of things.
Some organisations do use it too much, others probably spend way to much money on their business intelligence solutions because they don't let their users use it enough (although fewer of these than the first sort is my guess).
What is my take on it? Excel is a fantastic scratchpad, and a powerful reporting tool. It is not, however, a data repository. The official version of the data needs to be in a database, managed by someone who knows data, data models, and master data management.
But if you are looking for a quick tool to create dashboards, reports, and give people easy access to data- don't discount Excel.
This is why we've recently greatly enhanced Datamartist's ability to read and (more importantly) generate Excel workbooks. The fact is that excel is an application that is installed on every machine, is familiar to many, and is an excellent way to deliver data. Not store it, but deliver it.
The challenge that many Datawarehouse projects have faced is that they are competing with all the excel spreadsheets that circulate through the typical organisation. The business intelligence team is hard pressed to deliver new reports as quickly as they are demanded- and as a result people bypass the system and create a web of spreadsheets that become the "real values".
How can you get data out of databases and into excel? How can you export from SQL Server to excel, or oracle to excel, quickly and easily? Datamartist provides a way to build reusable, automated queries and transformations from multiple databases and files and to generate excel workbooks with graphs and tables in an automated way.
You can run Datamartist as a scheduled job, generating the excel workbooks you need regularly, so users come to understand that while the spreadsheet is useful, it is ephemeral. The master copy of the data is in the datawarehouse. Excel workbooks are reports. But because they are available quickly, a hybrid solution of the core data warehouse and excel reports can deliver better data in a format users are comfortable with.
What are some of the things excel does particularly well?
 - Good graphs, flexible, easy to set up and format
 - Excellent pixel by pixel formating control- ability to just get what you want in terms of look and feel- add in images, tables, anything
 - Great integration with MS office (obviously) so going into Word or Power Point is easy
 - Great control of printing/formatting- ability to generate PDF by installing a print to PDF capability
 - Incredible adoption and broad compatibility- chances are, whoever you want to share with has excel.
So don't be an extremist on either end of the spectrum- don't think for a moment that "just spreadsheets" will solve your data management needs- on the other hand, don't be an excel bigot- excel has a roll to play, and in fact, can be a tool to drive adoption of your data warehouse and master data management process.
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Being able to pivot and transpose data is a key part of reporting and data analysis. With the recently released V1.6 of Datamartist, there is new functionality in the Pivot block that lets you turn a data set that looks like this:
Into one that looks like this:
The columns have been transposed to rows, and the former column name is now a value in each row.
Why would you want to do this? One very common reason is to prepare data for olap tools such as Tableau or Qlikview- Having each individual country as a column will not allow you to take advantage of their slice and dice capabilities, with Country as a column, and the country names stored in each row, you can take advantage of pivot tables and olap tools.
How its done in Datamartist
To do this in datamartist, we use a PIVOT block, and connect it to the data set we want to transpose:
Then we simply specify which columns are to be transposed, and provide a name for the the two new columns- one column will contain the former column names, the other column the values.
You can try this yourself with the free trial of datamartist- you will find you can import data from files, excel and databases, and using easy to use blocks, create powerful data transformations, making your data ready for use in great tools like Excel, Tableau and Qlikview.
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According to traditional Lao animist beliefs, the souls of a human being or animal normally occupy and vitalise specific areas of the body, but sometimes leave in times of strong emotion if tempted away by another being or an attractive place, or if captured by a malevolent spirit.
Their absence is likely to cause danger, disease, or even death. To avoid such disaster, the souk khouan ritual ('calling back the souls') is organised and family, friends and neighbours invited. A celebrant appeals across various different worlds, calling for the absent souls to return without delay. To attract them, delicacies are placed on a round plate below a pyramid of flowers: eggs, chicken, rice, cakes and so on.
After repeated calls, the souls are presumed to have returned to their host body and the celebrant ties white cotton threads to the patient's wrists (or ears or legs in the case of elephants and buffalo, the only animals that this ritual is held for).
The souk khouan rite is practised at times of disease, before departures, on arrivals, at marriages or professional promotions - in short, on any occasion likely to cause the souls to leave, and such events are numerous in Laos.


People & Life Ways
Early 20th Century
20th Century Mining Entrepreneurs
The expensive mining techniques of the 20th century often required a great deal of money to extract and process precious metals. Mining entrepreneurs were the individuals who gathered the money (capital) and formed the companies to back mining ventures. Some men who ventured into mining became fabulously wealthy and famous. Others lost everything and their names are forgotten in history. Some did both--became rich, then poor.
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Adding Back-end Actions: New and Edit
Add and Edit actions both redirect to same form. Edit can come from either the Edit button or by clicking the title. If the id is 0, it indicates Add action. If the id is greater than 0, it indicates Edit action.
The tasks for these actions are:
 - helloworld.edit
 - helloworld.add
Joomla will look in the subcontroller file: admin/controllers/helloworld.php
Step 1: Subcontroller File
These functions, add() and edit(), are already defined in the class JControllerForm, so you are not required to define them again. Just extend the Controller class with JControllerForm. The add() function sets the redirect to the editing form layout with the id = 0. The edit() gets the id and then sets the redirect to the editing form layout.
class HelloWorldControllerHelloWorld extends JControllerForm
{
}
Step 2: View File
Now, Joomla will look into admin/views/helloworld/view.html.php. It will get the data (form and item) from the model, check for errors, set the toolbar and display the form using template layout file in tmpl/edit.php.
public function display($tpl = null)
{
// Get the Data
$this->form = $this->get('Form');
$this->item = $this->get('Item');
// Check for errors.
if (count($errors = $this->get('Errors')))
{
JError::raiseError(500, implode('
', $errors));
return false;
}
// Set the toolbar
$this->addToolBar();
// Display the template
parent::display($tpl);
}
This file calls the functions getForm() and getItem() in the model file.
Step 3: Model File
The getItem() function gets the id of the record, then it gets the table and finally loads the record from the table. This function is already defined in the class JModelAdmin. So, you are not required to define it again. You need to extend the model class with JModelAdmin and write the function getTable().
The form is obtained in the model. You have to define the form in XML in the folder: admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml
Then, you have to write function getForm() in the Model class. This function will call another function loadForm(), that processes the XML to produce a JForm object. This method is defined in both the classes JModelAdmin and JModelForm.
public function getForm($data = array(), $loadData = true)
{
// Get the form.
$form = $this->loadForm('com_helloworld.helloworld', 'helloworld', array('control' => 'jform', 'load_data' => $loadData));
if (empty($form))
{
return false;
}
return $form;
}
Optionally, you can write loadFormData() to provide prefill data for the form.
protected function loadFormData()
{
// Check the session for previously entered form data.
$data = JFactory::getApplication()->getUserState('com_helloworld.edit.helloworld.data', array());
if (empty($data))
{
$data = $this->getItem();
}
return $data;
}
Step 4: XML Form
The model inherits from the JModelAdmin class and uses its loadForm method. This method searches for forms in the forms folder
The file is at: admin/models/forms/helloworld.xml
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
<form>
<fieldset>
<field
name="id"
type="hidden"
/>
<field
name="greeting"
type="text"
label="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_LABEL"
description="COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_GREETING_DESC"
size="40"
class="inputbox"
default=""
/>
</fieldset>
</form>
Step 5: Layout File
The file is at: admin/views/helloworld/tmpl/edit.php
<form action="<?php echo JRoute::_('index.php?option=com_helloworld&layout=edit&id=' . (int) $this->item->id); ?>"
method="post" name="adminForm" id="adminForm">

<fieldset class="adminform">
<legend><?php echo JText::_('COM_HELLOWORLD_HELLOWORLD_DETAILS'); ?></legend>

<?php foreach ($this->form->getFieldset() as $field): ?>

<?php echo $field->label; ?>

<?php echo $field->input; ?>

<?php endforeach; ?>

</fieldset>

<input type="hidden" name="task" value="helloworld.edit" />
<?php echo JHtml::_('form.token'); ?>
</form>
The form is sending data through post request to the same url (action attribute of the form) it came from. This is the reason you need to get the item in the view.
Step 6: Save and Cancel Request
When the form is submitted, the tasks are: helloworld.save or helloworld.cancel.
Joomla will look for save() and cancel() functions in the helloworld subcontroller file. The save() gets the POST data, gets the model, calls the save() of the model for saving the data to the database, sets the message and finally sets the redirect to the list of items. The cancel() sets the redirect to the list of items.
In the model, the save() gets table and then saves the record in the database. These two functions are already defined in the class JControllerForm. So, you do not need to define them again.
However, if you want to perform certain operations on the submitted data before saving it to the database, you can overwrite in the model file and then call the parent save function.
public function save($data)
{
$input = JFactory::getApplication()->input;
// Automatic handling of alias for empty fields
if (in_array($input->get('task'), array('apply', 'save', 'save2new')))
{
if ($data['alias'] == null)
{
if (JFactory::getConfig()->get('unicodeslugs') == 1)
{
$data['alias'] = JFilterOutput::stringURLUnicodeSlug($data['title']);
}
else
{
$data['alias'] = JFilterOutput::stringURLSafe($data['title']);
}
}
}
// Automatic handling of dates for empty fields
if (in_array($input->get('task'), array('apply', 'save', 'save2new')))
{
if ($data['created'] == null)
{
$date = JFactory::getDate();
$data['created'] = $date->toSql();
}
}
return parent::save($data);
}

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Model support equipment has an aerodynamic effect on the model. Several methods are available to correct the data for model support interference. These methods involve determining a strut/fork tare.
Standard fork tares
KWT has conducted tests with an image strut installed to determine the effects of all KWT forks on an NACA 0015 3D wing model. The tests produced standard tares based upon the lift of the wing so that they can be applied to an aircraft model.
KWT can install an image strut/fork, fairing, and pitch arm to mimic the model support in order to determine the actual aerodynamic effects (i.e. tare and interference) on the customer's model. The whole strut tare process is time consuming since it involves running the model through two more sets of configurations, inverted and inverted with an image strut, in order to evaluate the effects for the desired upright configurations.


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To read weight on a balance scale, slide the sliders on the number bar to the far left and then step on the scale. Balance weight evenly on both feet. Slide the first slider to the right on the bar with numbered increments of five until the bar balances evenly.Continue Reading
If the bar does not balance, move to the second bar with numbered increments of 50 to the right. When the bar is balanced, both ends of the bar are parallel to the floor with neither side dipping down. If you find a segment that is nearly balanced, but the bar doesn't stay parallel, slide the top bar to the right again until it balances. Add the numbers from the two bars together. For example, when the larger slider is pointing to 150 and the smaller slider is pointing to 10, the correct weight is 160 pounds.
To measure height, turn your back to the measuring rod on the back of the scale and ensure that both feet are flat. Pull the silver sliding rod up and rest the perpendicular arm on the top of the head. Hold the rod in place and step off of the scale. Check the bottom of the measuring rod for your height in inches. Divide that number by 12 to get the proper height in feet and inches; for example, if the chart reads 64 inches, the correct height is 5 foot 4 inches.Learn more about Fitness & Exercise


Strategic Direction V: Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion
The College of Pharmacy will build and promote a supportive, inclusive, and connected community through awareness and education, reflection and affirmation of individuals, and continuously improving organizational effectiveness through the lens of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Strategic Goal 1: Programs/Curriculum/Research
Design academic programs, research, and service initiatives that develop awareness of and competence in principles of diversity, equity, and inclusion.
Strategic Goal 2: Recruit, Retain, and Develop
Recruit, retain, and develop a college community that is culturally reflective of the community that UGA serves and displays a commitment to racial justice, gender equity, and the inclusion of all people regardless of identity, ability, or beliefs.
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NORWAY IS planning to extend its Breed Specific laws by banning a further three breeds of dog, following intense media agitation after a number of attacks on people attributed to bull terrier breeds.
The Norwegian Ministry of Justice is considering a ban on The American Staffordshire terrier, The Staffordshire Bull terrier and the Bull Terrier.
Norway introduced BSL in the mid 1990s, based on the UKs own flawed Dangerous Dogs Act, even going as far as banning the four breeds named in the DDA, named the American Pit Bull Terrier, the Japanese Tosa, the Fila Brasileiro and the Dogo Agentino.
This time around, the Norwegian Government is studying Germanys draconian Fighting Dogs laws, conveniently ignoring the fact that these have been shown to be unconstitutional, as well as deeply unfair and unjust. The Norwegians are considering an additional ban on any kind of Wolf Hybrid, which is said to include Irish Wolfhounds, Sarloos Wolfhond and the Czechoslovakian Wolfhound, although this may be a simple case of politicians failing to understand that the word wolf in the breeds name has nothing to do with the breeds ancestry.
Although no other breeds are listed in the extended BSL, the Ministry intends to frame the law in such a way to make it possible to ban any new breed comparable to fighting dogs according to its physical attributes, in much the same way as the German laws encompass many breeds purely on the basis of size.
The Norwegian Kennel Club is opposing the new legislation, saying that the Government should concentrate on punishing irresponsible dog owners whose digs cause a nuisance, rather than the wholesale banning of a breed. The term Punish the Deed, Not the Breed is being conveyed strongly to the Norwegian Ministry of Justice from anti-BSL campaigners across the world
Poul Poulsen, of the European Legislation Department of the Washington Animal Foundation, which is fighting BSL in the USA and Europe, urged dog owners to register their protests with the Norwegian Government, as well as Inge Lorange Backer at the Norwegian law department. "They must be made to see that BSL does not work," said Poulson.
Phil Buckley of the Kennel Club told OUR DOGS: "The Kennel Club is very dismayed to learn that Norway may now be following Germany's lead and example by attempting to proscribe against both the Bull Terrier and Staffordshire Bull Terrier, and it would appear that Norway are simply looking to copy Germany and are using the same arguments to do so.
"It continues to astound us that, without any scientific evidence or statistics, overseas Governments, time and time again, take it upon themselves to come to the conclusion that Staffords and Bull Terriers are inherently aggressive to humans, when we are well aware that this is simply not the case. In any event, there is scientific evidence that proves conclusively that Breed Specific Legislation is not the answer and does not work, so we would reiterate the Domino campaign message of 'Punish The Deed Not The Breed'!
"We have written to the Norwegian Kennel Club offering our assistance as we are led to believe that they will be protesting against this draconian anti-dog legislation, and both myself and Caroline Kisko, KC Secretary, are travelling to the European Parliament in Brussels on Tuesday the 1st October for the European Pet Night to discuss various EU canine issues, so we'll take the opportunity to discuss this matter further with the MEPs. Whilst Norway is not part of the EU, it may still be the case that pressure can be brought to bear. On our return from Brussels, the Kennel Club and other concerned dog lovers, under the banner of the Domino campaign - _URL_ - will be looking at ways to assist Norwegian dog lovers and request help from UK dog owners to bring pressure to bear."
To register your protest against the proposed Norwegian BSL, please fill out the comments form at: _URL_
E-mail Inge Lorange Backer at the Law Department: _EMAIL_ - or contact the Norwegian Ambassador, Mr Tarald O Brautaset at: The Norwegian Embassy, 25 Belgrave Square, London SW1X 8QD, tel: _PHONE_ 5500.


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From Thursday 10 to Sunday 13 January people from around the world will be gazing at the sky during the period of 100 hours.
This year, Korenica will also join the activities of the global project called "100 Hours of Astronomy". Each day, "Korenica Astronomical Association" will organize a public viewing at the Korenica Observatory starting at 7 pm.
During this era, people from around the globe will share the experience of observing the sky. For many, it'll be their 1st glimpse of the wonders of the heavens through a telescope. For others, it's the proper chance to impart their data and excitement, helping unveil the cosmos to fresh and eager eyes.
Join the 100-hour, round-the-clock, round-the-globe celebration composed of a broad range of activities aimed at involving the public!


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Author: Turpin, Chantal Laurene
Taphonomic changes in response to cold temperature exposure are not well characterized. Specific changes, both macroscopic (recovered animal skeletal material) and microscopic (lamb bone segments experimentally exposed to five different cold treatments), were assessed using thin sectioning and light microscopy. Macroscopic taphonomic changes could not be exclusively attributed to cold climate exposure. In contrast, two types of microstructural cracking damage, longitudinal and osteon cracks, were caused by exposure to cold. The type of cold exposure, such as freeze-drying versus just cold, could in certain instances, be distinguished based on the type and prevalence of the cracks. These findings demonstrate that microstructural cracking can be used as a taphonomic indicator of cold exposure. They also suggest that the type and prevalence of this damage could be used to distinguish between different types of cold exposure.
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Forearm forklift straps are pieces of nylon material that are worn over the forearms of a person who is going to move a heavy item. A portion of the straps are placed around or under the object to be moved and the wearer simply uses their forearms to lift the object and carry it. The forearm forklift straps utilize the laws of leverage to aid the wearer in lifting heavy objects. The arms work in the same manner as the forks on a forklift truck, allowing the lifter to balance the weight of the load more toward the core of the body.
By placing the weight of an object closer toward the body's center or core, the person is able to steadily lift and move objects much greater in weight than when lifting without the aid of the forearm forklift straps. When moving an oversize object such as a large chest of drawers, the forearm forklift straps are used at each end by two people. The object is easily picked up and moved by the duo, and the straps make the object feel much lighter than it actually is.
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The soft material of the straps prevents nicks and scrapes to the object being moved. There are no hard surfaces to rub against the furniture as opposed to moving carts and dollies. Perhaps best of all, when moving with a truck or trailer, there is no need to leave room for packing the moving equipment. The forearm forklift straps can simply be folded and tucked in between pieces of furniture or tossed on top of the load. The padded cuffs prevent injury to the arms and provide a comfortable fit to any size arm. Forearm forklift straps make moving a much less painful experience. By reducing the lifting effort by as much as 66 percent, the straps help eliminate the tired and aching muscles usually equated with a moving job.
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English Title: Manuals for video recorders: Selecting text on the basis of finite state automata theory
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Improvements in the design of manuals were up to now concerned primarily with features of layout. The present article tries to point out how to make a selection of content of the information to be given to a user. Starting with the theory of finite automata as a tool for describing how a device works, we then construct transition matrices which can be transformed into procedural text. For illustrating purposes we selected the task of timer programming of a video recorder. A total of 40 novice subjects were confronted with either the original manual or with the version for which we improved the content selection. After reading the manual subjects had to fulfill certain programming tasks. It shows up that there are advantages of the improved manual on measures of performance and knowledge. These advantages hold only for the initial learning phase, but this time period is a critical one for novices. So the proposed strategy of optimizing manuals seems promising especially if one adds further treatments which are mentioned in the final comment.
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Replacement shroud Bluelab Conductivity/Temperature Probes Meters.
The 'Shroud' (found at the probe) is very important for the accuracy and protection of the meter.
The shroud carries out three crucial functions:
- Protects the probe tip from damage
- Slows the movement of the solution to get a more accurate reading
- The slots allow an even flow of solution to pass through to avoid air bubbles on the probe surface
The shroud is removed prior to the cleaning process.
- Place your hand over the shroud for 30 seconds to help warm the plastic then gently pull away from the Truncheon body.
- ALWAYS replace after you have cleaned the probe face.


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Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017
Year 2017 is the year of ArtPlay.
aA Designs is hosting 12 ArtPlay Unedited classes over the course of 12 months providing 12 opportunities to elevate your artistry and ignite your creativity in year 2017.
- aA Studio View. You get to watch over my shoulder as I talk you through the design decisions I make, and share what I'm thinking, as the layout comes together
- Master Artsy. Insider view to achieving successful artsy design, as well as providing on-the-fly solutions to common digital artistry problems, from blank canvas to artsy composite.
- Sustain your Practice. Inspire your creativity, advance your skills in digital artistry/scrapbooking, keep you engaged in your art practice, and provide support through frustrating design challenges.
This is the Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017 session of this intimate aA educational experience.
In this Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017 session, you will:
- Create an artsy foundation using ArtsyTransfers.
- Build a design that moves the eye from one edge of the canvas to another.
- Mask a photo using a Layer Mask and brushes.
- Apply seamless watercolor edges to your blended images.
- Mask a hard-to-blend photo in which the focal point fills the frame.
- Create a sketch effect using Filters and Blending Modes.
- Add depth and visual interest to your layout/composite using ArtsyPaint brushes and Blending Modes.
- Color abstractly using brushes.
- Extend your photo imagery using brushes.
- Create multi-colored brush imprints.
- Learn how different background colors effect Blending Modes.
- Enhance alignment with UrbanStitchez.
- Use the Warp (Photoshop) and Perspective (Photoshop and Elements) tools.
- Learn 2 ways to recolor layers.
- Manipulate ArtsyTransfers.
- Modify WordART.
WHAT TO EXPECT FROM aA Year of ArtPLAY | May 2017
- 1 X 59 minute video divided into 3 parts (approx. 22, 21 and 16 mins each).
- FREE access to all digital supplies and .psd files created in each session.
- Conducted in Adobe Photoshop CC, but all content is suitable for Elements users – Any difference in process or workarounds are noted throughout the session.
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When I look through a lens the image of objects far away are inverted but when looking the the viewfinder on my camera they are not. Why is this?
I am having a hard time understanding why objects far away are inverted in the first place.
Could anyone provide an explanation or ray diagrams (Preferably using a point source on an object and including the lens in the human eye)?
EDIT: Thanks everyone I now understand why objects far away from a lens appear inverted. But can anyone now explain how the camera elements make far inverted objects appear right way up without also making close normal objects appear upside down?
EDIT 2: I can't provide an image right now because I am at school but you know how when you look through a magnifying glass and far objects will be inverted and blurry but close objects will be sharp and erect (normal)?
That is what is happening when I look through my camera lenses while they are not attached to the camera, but when they are attached to the camera and I look through the viewfinder (or at processed film) the objects in the image produced are all of the same orientation.
Does this mean that lens doesn't actually produce images like a magnifying glass would because the objects on the images produced on film are all of the same orientation? Or does this mean a magnifying glass doesn't actually produce objects with different orientations?? If a magnifying glass doesn't, then why does it look like it does and are the convex lens diagrams wrong (they show a virtual image upright for close objects and real upside-down images for far objects)? Isn't a magnifying glass just a convex lens?
It DOES look like a magnifying glass when I look through the lens. That's why I thought that then lens was producing objects with different orientations. This also goes with the convex lens diagrams below that show objects with different orientations.
So does the lens produce objects with different orientations or doesn't it??? If not why does it look like it does when I look through the lens, and also based on the convex lens diagrams it seems like it should. If it doesn't then how do the other lenses in a camera lens attachment correct the convex lens. And if it does then why does film and the viewfinder show objects with the same orientation?
Sorry for asking so much. This is just so confusing!
EDIT 3: This is how I thought a camera lens would work:
I forgot to mention in EDIT 2 that it seems that close objects shouldn't even appear on film based on the diagrams.
I still don't understand... =(
EDIT 4: So objects really close to the camera lens should not appear on film, correct?
So...Why do all objects in the viewfinder appear upright??? Since my eye is reviving both the light rays from close objects (virtual upright images) and far objects (real inverted images) shouldn't really close objects and objects farther away have different orientations? Just like looking through the lens directly? How does the viewfinder change anything?
EDIT 5: Thanks so much everyone. Thanks for the help.
"Anything close enough to form a virtual image is not focused onto the focusing screen"
So lets say I put a pen right in front of the lens and look through it directly. The image I see is upright so this means it is a virtual image. Now lets say I attach the lens to the camera and look through the viewfinder. I can still see the pen but it is blurry (because the focal length is longer, right?). The lens forms a virtual image of the pen but I can still see it in the viewfinder. Why is this? If the viewfinder shows me exactly what would be on the film it should not show the pen at all (based on the diagrams in the image above) should it?
EDIT 6: Maybe it should form a blurry image. Like a pin hole camera or something. In any case thanks for all the help everyone. I know it can be frustrating trying to teach me. I can be pretty dense sometimes.


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A bald barber is not today nonsense.
Being in a large city you can meet a bald barber.
You know that Bald – means the absence of hair. Sometimes Bald is the name of the place or animal associated with the meaning of the word bald. For example, the bald barber also has a connection with the word Bald.
Even among celebrities, one can meet a bald barber.
Bald what is it?
Modern medicine believes that Bald is due to several reasons. First, predisposition. Secondly, the lack of hormones.
If they start to get bald, they resort to various tricks: they transplant hair, drink hormones and wear wigs. Also, probably, a bald barber may stop being bald if he wants to do it. But these are just our assumptions.


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The decay of field-free rotational dynamics is experimentally studied in two complementary methods: laser-induced molecular alignment and terahertz-field-induced molecular orientation. Comparison between the decay rates of different molecular species at various gas pressures reveals that oriented molecular ensembles decay faster than aligned ensembles. The discrepancy in decay rates is attributed to the coherent radiation emitted by the transiently oriented ensembles and is absent from aligned molecules. The experimental results reveal the dramatic contribution of coherent radiative emission to the observed decay of rotational dynamics and underline a general phenomenon expected whenever field-free coherent dipole oscillations are induced.
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Dichromena Latifolia "Giant Star Grass"
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Plant Description Name: Dichromena Latifolia "Giant Star Grass"
White star shaped flowers sit atop the grass like foliage. Giant Star Grass is best when in large numbers to create a field of white flowers around edges of a water feature. Blooms all throughout the summer, It thrives in wet fields, bogs, stream banks and the edge of marshes. up 24" tall, Partial to full sun. Zone 6


text: I throw this up every year or so. You'll notice the influence of the two megathrusts under Lake Ontario. The gap between Hamilton and Cleveland is due to a huge Precambrian basin, shown in the reflection seismic. The Hamilton fault is strongly defined. These earthquakes continue to show a strong affinity to water, and are generally at a fraction of the rate of Oklahoma. The rare earthquake (1 in 500) is a 6+. The 'destructo' is an M7. This class of earthquake is strongly shown in the sediments.


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Waves propagate in solids in a very special way. The stiffness properties define the elastic properties in a specific crystal, either isotropic or anisotropic. Having each direction in the crystal differences in the stiffness constant with respect to others, they have also differences in the resistance or facility for flux energy passing. As a result of this the energy flux takes some preferred directions which are not always perpendicular to the source.
The slowness velocity graphs for crystals allows predict energy flux deviations and solve the wave reflection-refraction problems.
In order to generate these slowness velocity graphs, it is necessary to use the wave equations and the material properties of the crystals.
This project allows the user to generate the slowness surfaces in an excel application.
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Maths question - testing related datasets
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I have 3 sets of XY data. In each dataset as you advance in increasing X direction the Y values are scattered above and below the X axis in what appears to be a random fashion. When you plot the 3 datasets at once the scattering looks related. That is, at each X sample point the 3 Y values look to be similarly distributed. How do I test one dataset's relatedness to the next dataset? And how do I express that relatedness?
As the data in each set is sampled at the same X values as the others I had a mind to run a linear regression through a series of coordinates made of Y(set 1),Y(set 2), and then the other 2 combinations of Y values. My educational background only dealt with fitting trends to singular datasets, but not comparing one set of data to another. And I wouldn't know how to express relatedness.
Thanks for any replies


TY - JOUR AU - Suchita Sukul AU - Goldy Rathee AU - Parimal Anand AU - Sakshi Kataria AU - Pratibha Taneja PY - 2019/12/13 Y2 - 2020/09/21 TI - Incidences of Root Microcracks Caused by Hand and Rotary File System at Different Lengths JF - International Healthcare Research Journal JA - IHRJ VL - 3 IS - 9 SE - Original Research(s) DO - 10.26440/IHRJ/0309.12004 UR - _URL_ AB - OBJECTIVES: The present research was conducted to assess incidences of root microcracks caused by hand and rotary file system at different lengths MATERIAL AND METHODS: This in-vitro study was undertaken to assess incidence of root microcracks caused by hand and rotary file system at different lengths In total, 100 the mandibular premolar with straight roots determined with intact, fully formed apices were taken. Samples were randomly distributed into 5 groups based on the file system used: a) Group A: Control, b) Group B: Reciproc, c) Group C: WaveOne, d) Group D: One Shape and e) Group E: ProTaper. Pearson Chi-square test was used to determine the differences between groups. The dentinal defects were expressed as percentage of samples with microcracks in each group. Level of statistical significance was set at p-value less than 0.05. RESULTS: The chi square test was used to compare the Distribution of the number of teeth in which cracks were observed on the horizontal sections. It was found to be significant with group ProTaper showing maximum cracks at 3,6,9 mm level as compared to other file systemCONCLUSION: Nickel-titanium instruments causes cracks on the apical root surface or in the root canal wall. ProTaper causes maximum dentinal cracks as compared to other file systems ER -


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Using CyNoteCyber Laboratory Notebook for Biologists and Bioinformaticists
Creating Notebooks and Entries
CyNote users can create notebooks that consist of research records and entries. To create a notebook:
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1. From the main menu, select "Create New Notebook Entry". The following page appears.
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Jounce
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In physics, jounce or snap is the fourth derivative of the position vector with respect to time, with the first, second, and third derivatives being velocity, acceleration, and jerk, respectively; in other words, the jounce is the rate of change of the jerk with respect to time. Jounce is defined by any of the following equivalent expressions:
\vec s =\frac {d \vec j} {dt}=\frac {d^2 \vec a} {dt^2}=\frac {d^3 \vec v} {dt^3}=\frac {d^4 \vec r} {dt^4}
The following equations are used for constant jounce:
\vec j = \vec j_0 + \vec s \,t
\vec a = \vec a_0 + \vec j_0 \,t + \frac{1}{2} \vec s \,t^2
\vec v = \vec v_0 + \vec a_0 \,t + \frac{1}{2} \vec j_0 \,t^2 + \frac{1}{6} \vec s \,t^3
\vec r = \vec r_0 + \vec v_0 \,t + \frac{1}{2} \vec a_0 \,t^2 + \frac{1}{6} \vec j_0 \,t^3 + \frac{1}{24} \vec s \,t^4
where
\vec s : constant jounce,
\vec j_0 : initial jerk,
\vec j : final jerk,
\vec a_0 : initial acceleration,
\vec a : final acceleration,
\vec v_0 : initial velocity,
\vec v : final velocity,
\vec r_0 : initial position,
\vec r : final position,
t : time between initial and final states.
The notation \vec s (used in [1]) is not to be confused with the displacement vector commonly denoted similarly. Currently, there are no well-accepted designations for the derivatives of jounce. The fourth, fifth and sixth derivatives of position as a function of time are "sometimes somewhat facetiously"[1][2] referred to as Snap, Crackle and Pop respectively. Because higher-order derivatives are not commonly useful, there has been no consensus among physicists on the proper names for derivatives above jounce.[2] Despite this, physicists have proposed other names such as "Lock", "Drop", "Shot" and "Put" for higher-ordered derivatives.
The dimensions of jounce are distance per (time to the power of 4). In SI units, this is "metres per quartic second", "metres per second per second per second per second", m/s4, m · s−4, or 100 Gal per second squared in CGS units. This pattern continues for higher order derivatives, with the 5th being m/s5.
References[edit]
 1. ^ a b Visser, Matt (2004-07-24). "Jerk, Snap, and the Cosmological Equation of State". Classical and Quantum Gravity 21 (11): 2603–2616. arXiv:gr-qc/_PHONE_. Bibcode:2004CQGra..21.2603V. doi:10.1088/0264-9381/21/11/006.
 2. ^ a b Gragert, Stephanie (November 1998). "What is the term used for the third derivative of position?". Usenet Physics and Relativity FAQ. Math Dept., University of California, Riverside. Retrieved 2008-03-12.
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View Amendment Current Amendment: 521R002.JS.docx to Bill 521 Senator SCOTT proposed the following amendment (521R002.JS):
 Amend the committee amendment, as and if amended, by striking subsection (B) and inserting:
/ (B) The superintendent must have either:
 (1) earned a graduate degree from an accredited college or university in education, public policy, or a related discipline, and must possess a combined ten years of experience in:
 (a) the field of education, including but not limited to, service as a classroom teacher, principal, other school administrator, school district administrator, or higher education administrator, school district superintendent, or any combination thereof; or
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 (2) ten years of experience as a practicing attorney.
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LHZ Architecture for quantum computing
Quantum annealers are physical devices that aim at solving NP-complete optimization problems by exploiting quantum mechanics. The basic principle of quantum annealing is to encode the optimization problem in Ising interactions between quantum bits (qubits).
A fundamental challenge in building a fully programmable quantum annealer is the competing requirements of full controllable all-to-all connectivity and the quasi-locality of the interactions between physical qubits.
We present a scalable quantum architecture with full connectivity, which can be implemented with local interactions only. The input of the optimization problem is encoded in local fields acting on an extended set of physical qubits. The output is—in the spirit of topological quantum memories—redundantly encoded in the physical qubits, resulting in an intrinsic fault tolerance. Our model can be understood as a lattice gauge theory, where long-range interactions are mediated by gauge constraints.
The architecture can be realized on various platforms with local controllability, including superconducting qubits, NV-centers, quantum dots, and atomic systems.


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The town of Rathkeale is situated about 14 miles from Limerick City, on the N21 that runs from Limerick to Tralee. Together with the town of Newcastlewest, it is one of the two main centres in the west of the diocese. The importance of Rathkeale as a centre can be traced back to the foundation of an Augustinian priory in the town in 1289. Its location on the river Deel added to its influence in the area. The arrival of the Palatines also contributed to the development of Rathkeale.
The Palatines were Lutheran refugees who fled from the Rhenish Palatinate of Germany due to an invasion by the French. They came to the area in 1708-09 under the patronage of Lord Southwell. Approximately twelve hundred Palatines came to settle in the area and their new ideas in farming were a large contributing factor to the development of the town. Rathkeale was also a major market town for the area and held seven fairs throughout the year.
The name Rathkeale comes from the Irish 'Ráth Caola' and it is believed to be derived from Ráth gCaeli, which means "the fort of the Caeli" or "the Rath of Caola". The Caeli were a Celtic tribe who came from this area of Limerick. The parish of Rathkeale is made up of the old parishes of Rathnasaire and Kilcoleman.
The Earls of Desmond used Rathkeale as a base. Castle Matrix was the principal stronghold of the Desmonds in the area and was built in or around 1410 by the Fitzgeralds of Desmond. In October 1580, two famous visitors came to stay at Castle Matrix. They were the poets Edmund Spenser and Walter Raleigh.
Sir Nicholas Malby burned the town of Rathkeale in 1579 after he defeated the forces of John, Earl of Desmond. John and his forces fled to Rathkeale from Manister where Malby had earlier defeated the Irish.
Captain Walter Raleigh ambushed the Irish, who were about to plunder what was left of the English camp once the troops had left. He received the freedom of the town in 1580, as a reward. Raleigh also repaired the castles at Rathkeale (Desmond's) and Matrix. The lands of the Munster Geraldines were in the main divided up amongst Spenser, Raleigh and Edmund Southwell. Raleigh gave some 'Virginia Tubers' as a present to Southwell. Southwell planted the tubers in the land around Castle Matrix and, in 1610, the crop was distributed throughout the province of Munster.
In 1654 Cromwell fixed the town as the place for the election of the counties of Limerick, Cork and Kerry for his parliament. However, Cromwell changed his mind on this point when the town refused to supply his army with sufficient provisions of food.
In the past church appointments were sometimes challenged by the local gentry. In 1748 the parish priest Fr. James Moore died. Henry Southwell lead opposition to the appointment of a number of priests by Dr. Lacy and finally the position of parish priest was successfully held by David Bourke who lived in the parish until his death in 1762.
In 1846 a hoard of coin was discovered in Rathkeale. These
coins were minted during the reign of Edward III (_PHONE_). It is believed
that the coins may have been part of the spoils of the O'Briens victory at
Monasteranenagh in 1370.
The present church in the town is dedicated to St Mary. J.J. McCarthy of Dublin designed the church in a Gothic-revival style during James O'Shea's term as parish priest from 1864 to 1877. However, Fr O'Shea died in 1877 and did not get to see the spire. The tower and spire of the church were completed in 1881 by Archdeacon Halpin, who dedicated them to the memory of his predecessor James O'Shea. The church bell was installed in 1882. The architect of the church, J. J. McCarthy, was also the architect of the church of SS Peter and Paul in Kilmallock, which was built in 1878.
A large marble plaque by the right side door mentions all the donors and their donations to the church. The Magnor family donated the site of the church and the graveyard. Patrick Hartigan and his family donated the Stations of the Cross to the church in 1874.
There are three plaques in the church, one of which commemorates Dean Costello's 70 years as a priest, while the other two are in memory of two former parish priests of Rathkeale; William Molony who died on November 7th 1901 and Archdeacon Halpin who was parish priest from 1877 until his death in 1884, aged 74. At the back of the church on the right there is a mosaic of the Angel Gabriel that was given to the church by General and Mrs. Lloyd of Beechmount. The mosaic was given in memory of their only child T. H. Eyre who was a Captain of the Coldstream Guards. Eyre was killed at Brakeenlaagte; Transvaal, South Africa during the Boer War on October 31st 1901, aged 30.
Inside the church on the left there is a shrine to Jesus on the Cross. A three-sectioned stained glass window was erected in 1973 to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Rathkeale church. The three sections depict (from left to right) the keys of Heaven, the Holy Spirit and the Body and Bread.
The next stained glass window is also in three sections and depicts the Queen of Heaven, Jesus and an Apostle, and the dove of peace/the Holy Spirit. Underneath the window a plaque asks people to pray for Nora McMahon and her family.
Another stained glass window shows scenes from the Rosary, which shows the Assumption of Mary into Heaven and the Resurrection of Jesus from the tomb in the left panel. The middle panel depicts Jesus on the mountain with Elijah and Moses and Pentecost Sunday. The right panel shows Mary, Queen of Heaven and the Ascension into Heaven. The inscription under the window asks that people pray for Minnie Madigan and her relatives.
Over the Confessional on the left-hand side, there is a large stained glass window that was the gift of a number of families in the parish. Again the stained glass window is divided into three sections. The left section has three levels which depict (from the top) St Matthew and St Mark, St John the Baptist and St Augustine and St Ambrose. The middle section shows St Dominic, St Patrick and St Liguori while the right section depicts St Luke and St John, St Helen and St Jerome and St Gregory.
Near this stained glass window, there are two plaques. The first plaque tells us that Patrick Hartigan and family gave the Stations of the Cross in 1874. There is also a plaque to Dean Canon Costello PP who was a Dean from 1964 until 1989 when he resigned both titles. The plaque also states that Dean Canon Costello celebrated 70 years as a priest on June 20 1995. Dean Costello died on June 17 1996. Over the plaque there is a picture of the Sacred Heart.
There is an altar to Sacred Heart at the top left of the church. Over the altar of the Sacred Heart, there is a stained glass window of Mary, Jesus and Joseph. To the left of the altar there is a stained glass window of the Annunciation and the Sacred Heart appearing to St Margaret Mary.
At the top of the church on the right there is an altar to the Virgin Mary. Also in the church there is an Adoration chapel. At the back of this small chapel there is a stained glass window of the Lamb of God that is to the memory of Dean Thomas Costello PP.
The High Altar depicts the Angel Gabriel visiting Mary, the crowning of Mary and the Nativity. There are a number of stained glass windows in the apse which are (from left to right) St Paula, St Jeanne de Chantal, St Marcella, St Charles Borromeo, the Immaculate Conception, St Thomas Aquinas, St Winifred, St Francis Xavier and St Margaret. Viscount Southwell donated this window
Murals underneath these stained glass windows depict a number of saints: St James the Great, St Francis, St Philip Nero, St Maria of Pisa, St John, St Anne, St Catherine, the Lamb of God with a flag, St David, St Susanna, St Thomas, St Mary Magdalene, St Robert, St Elizabeth and St Charles Borroma. This mosaic work was at the bequest of W. J. Hayes.
There are small stained glass windows to the right of the altar. They depict the Virgin Mary, St James the Greater, St Munchin and St George. Fr James O'Shea PP of Rathkeale donated these windows. There is a small stained glass window of an angel on either side of the altar.
The stained glass windows above the choir gallery show Christ the King in the small centre window with underneath (from left to right) St Patrick, St Bridget, St Bertha the Abbess and St William the abbot. Lord Emly, William Maunsell, donated the window in 1873.
On the right hand side of the church there is a stained glass window showing three scenes from Moses