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Filter child dashboards from a parent dashboard
You can embed child dashboards inside a parent dashboard, and filter them from the parent dashboard. For example, you have a dashboard and want to display it inside a parent dashboard. At the same time, you want to add a filter control on the parent dashboard that will allow users to filter data on the child dashboard.
3. Add a child dashboard
- Create a dashboard, or use an existing one.
- Add a viewParameter.
4. Add parent dashboard
- Create a new dashboard.
- Drag and drop the child dashboard to the dashboard canvas.
- Add a Member Filter. This will be used to filter the child dashboard.
- Setup the member filter and connect to the child dashboards' parameter.
If you used regular filters on the child dashboard, you can prevent them from displaying on the parent dashboard by ticking the Hide Parameter Controls checkbox.
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Difference Between Trade or Non-Trade Cement
What is Cement?
Cement is a binding material called binding agent. We know cement is a main ingredient of building materials.
Cement is a commonly used binding material in the construction. The cement is obtained by burning a mixture of calcarious (calcium) and argillaceous (clay) material at a very high temperature and then grinding the clinker so produced to a fine powder. It was first produced by a mason Joseph Aspdin in England in 1924. He patented it as Portland cement.
Cement Marketing are two types
 1. Trade Cement marketing
 2. Non-Trade Cement Marketing
What is Trade Cement?
Trade cement is sold by the manufacture to the dealers and distributors, who in turn sell to the consumers.
 - Cement dealer, buy directly from cement company and sell also do retail sale from his shop.The dealer is incentive's to sell the product.
 - Trade cement are costly than non trade cement. All taxes to be paid at the time of delivery while in non trade cement taxes can paid in any month of financial year.
 - Selling Price involves share of dealers, retailers etc.
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What is Non-trade Cement?
Cement sold to direct customer like a construction company for self consumption (their project use), not to be resold to a third party falls under NonTrade Category.
non-trade cement
on Non-Trade cement bag written (Not for retail sale)Its Mean this type of cement bags is coming direct from plant.
 - Non-trade cement is that which sell by the manufacturer directly to the consumer (Builder, Contractor or and Institution involve in any project, NGO or Government). The dealer bypass.
 - Non-trade cements do not have heavy overheads and are cheaper as compared to trade cements. Consumers such as realtors, contractors, etc., purchase in bulk from the manufacturer.
 - In non trade the company can directly dispatch material from its factory to the destination of buyer without any doubt of middle men meddling with the product.
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Designing Africa: Exploring Provenance and Materiality
A group show exploring provenance and materiality in contemporary African design
Designing Africa: Exploring Provenance and Materiality interrogates two particular areas of design - visual communication and material exploration.
In the past, African Design had struggled to define itself as modern with the overarching Western view situating it as 'proto-design' showcasing traditional craft, commercial or primitive wares, but never showing protean, prototypical or pioneering characteristics in its nature. Over the past half century following liberation and independence movements, African creatives like Demas Woko, Oumou Sy, Ousmane Sembene amongst many others have sought to shape and redefine their respective fields of architecture and design, fashion and film through the critical and engaging works they produced. This transition from the defined to the definer is still in progress as a contemporary phenomenon in African art and design. As George Braque famously said "Art is meant to disturb, science reassures", this exhibition builds upon contemporary African design's ongoing quest for disturbing established notions of identity by asserting the defining and navigating capacities of African design.
Designing Africa showcases the work of visual artists Momodou Ceesay, Clari Green, Pwavidon Mathias and Brian Omolo with origin as the underpinning theme. How do we define where we come from? By communicating their origins, present, future and imagined states they redefine the identity of Africa through printmaking, graphic design and illustration.
In the scope of materiality, Ada Umeofia pushes the perception of form by extruding materials and the spaces surrounding them in thoughtful yet playful approaches to process, fabrication and space. Designing Africa explores the continuous redefinition of post-colonial Africa by African artists and designers and how this translates across society and our sense of identity.
Participating artists and designers:
Momodou Ceesay, Printmaker & Painter (The Gambia)
Clari Green, Graphic Designer (Nigeria)
Pwavidon Mathias, Mixed media artist (Nigeria)
Brian Omolo, Graphic artist (Kenya)
Ada Umeofia, Architect & Designer (Nigeria)
Exhibition Dates:
AAF Gallery
54 Rayomond Njoku Street, Ikoyi, Lagos
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Objective: At present geriatrics has not been fully established as a speciality in India and Rajasthan. The problems associated with the ageing of the population are that of absence of facilities of medical treatment and providing economic and social support. Hence, information on morbidity profile of the population is essential for planning its health care facilities. Therefore, the present study was undertaken on the morbidity pattern among geriatric population in the field practice area of RHTC, Achrol. Material and method: The present study is a community based cross-sectional study. Study population included all the elderly persons of 60 years and above age group, residing in the field practice area of RHTC Achrol. Result: This study showed that almost half of the elderly i.e. 47.7% had normal gait & stability and out of them majority i.e. 85.3% belonged to 60 to 64 years of age group, while the proportion of elderly having normal but slow and limited physical activity was found to increase significantly (p<0.05) with age i.e. from 14.8% & 0.0% respectively in age group 60 to 64 years to 42.8% and 57.1% respectively in >80 age group. Conclusion: It was found that higher proportion of females i.e. 53.6% than males i.e. 51.4% had gait disturbances (p>0.05).
Key words: Geriatrics, Morbidity Pattern, IADL, ADL, India.

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Data allows us to see and quantify where things are happening. When creating maps about behaviors among the population, we tend to see patterns based on where most people live. Overcome this by showing the value as a percentage of the total. For example, this map shows us where people speak Spanish at home, based on data from the American Community Survey. To identify concentrations of Spanish speakers, use an Arcade expression, much like a Microsoft Excel formula.


Quick Answer: Does Gayatri Mantra Work?
Why is Gayatri mantra so powerful?
What is the best time to chant Gayatri Mantra?
Indonesian Hinduism. The Gayatri Mantra forms the first of seven sections of the Trisandhyā Puja (Sanskrit for "three divisions"), a prayer used by the Balinese Hindus and many Hindus in Indonesia. It is uttered three times each day: 6 am at morning, noon, and 6 pm at evening.
Can we chant Gayatri Mantra before sleeping?
– Gayatri Mantra can be chanted from two hours before sunrise to one hour before sunrise and sunset can be done till one hour later. – Do not chant this mantra at night.
How can I impress Lord Shiva by Mantra?
If you want peace of mind and if you want to please Shiva, you can chant the mantra. करचरणकृतं वाक् कायजं कर्मजं वा श्रवणनयनजं वा मानसंवापराधं । विहितं विहितं वा सर्व मेतत् क्षमस्व जय जय करुणाब्धे श्री महादेव शम्भो ॥ If you are looking to meditate upon Shiva, then Shiva Dhyaan Mantra is for you.
How do you pray to Shiva?
Does Gayatri mantra increase intelligence?
Which is most powerful mantra?
How do you chant Gayatri Mantra?
What are the 7 mantras?
What is the power of Gayatri Mantra?
The power of GAYATRI MANTRA was found to be the highest, making it the most potent Hymn of the world. The combination of sound waves at this particular frequency of the Mantra is claimed to capable of developing specific spiritual potentialities.
Can Lord Shiva fulfill our wishes?
Why Gayatri mantra is 108?
To recite a mantra 108 times is said to help bring in harmony with the vibrations of the universe. … Famous mathematicians of Vedic culture saw 108 as some of the completeness of presence.
Is Gayatri mantra cursed?
Originally Answered: Why is Gayatri Mantra locked? Yes It is true curses do exist. The rules are: Mantra should be taken as a deeksha from Siddha Guru.
Is Gayatri mantra really works?
Does Gayatri Mantra fulfill all wishes?
Can I chant Gayatri mantra at night?
Can a girl chant Gayatri Mantra?
Can women chant the Gayatri mantra? Yes. Nowhere is it said that women cannot chant. … The men thought that if ladies chant Gayatri mantra, it will bring them a lot of power; healing power and sankalpa Shakti.
Which mantra is powerful for money?
Lakshmi MantraLakshmi Mantra is synonymously also called Money Mantra. Neel N is the founder of Prophet666.com. These are powerful Hindu Mantras and Yantras for wealth, prosperity and abundance.
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Free Universal Construction Kit, A Great Addition to the STEM ClassroomBy Diana Wehrell-Grabowski on August 1, 2012 in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) Education, Teacher Training Workshops
During the majority of my science, technology, engineering, and math (STEM) teacher training workshops I introduce teachers to engineering concepts related to building, architecture, materials science and so forth. Teachers build 2 and 3-D shapes with readily and affordable materials such as bamboo skewers, toothpicks, craft sticks and more. In addition, I introduce teachers to numerous building kits from bamboo blocks to Lego's, K'Nex, Lincoln Logs, Tinkertoys, Zome and other similar building kits. Now wouldn't it be nice if Lincoln Logs, Tinker Toys, Zome and all these cool building kits could be used together? Well thanks to the efforts of Carnegie Mellon professor Golan Levin he has created a "Free Universal Construction Kit" which provides adapters between ten popular construction toys including: Lego, Duplo, Gear! Gears! Gears!, K'Nex, Zoob and others. Additionally, Levin released, for free a set of digital blueprints that a 3-D printer can use to create more than 45 plastic adapters. I encourage all teachers incorporating STEM concepts within their classrooms to incorporate building blocks and construction kits into their STEM curriculum. To learn more about the Free Universal Construction Kit and download the blueprints for free at the Free Art and Technology website check out their website here _URL_

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In the ordinary course of statutory interpretation researchers can usually rely on the plain meaning of the text in hand to identify the statute's intent. However, there are times when the text of a statute can be complicated and/or ambiguous. In that case, the legislative history of a statute can be relevant in determining the legislature's intent at enactment. The types of documents generated during the legislative process can include, inter alia, alternative bills, committee reports, committee hearings, committee prints, and debates. Locating those materials can be very time consuming – unless they have been previously compiled and published. A compiled legislative history, therefore, can save the researcher an enormous amount of time by pulling all the relevant materials together.
This research guide lists compiled legislative histories held by the Chastek Library in print form (check the Other Sources tab for microform and electronic compiled legislative histories).
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Watch funny GIFs all day, for science!
Does a GIF's emotional variance impact how it's received?
Researchers at MIT are analyzing animated GIFs in an attempt to catalog what they believe to be a unique, Internet-based emotional vocabulary.
An animated GIF—these days often presented in the form of a "reaction GIF"—can make us laugh, but it can also help convey various other complex emotions, including anger, contempt, guilt, or even empathy in an environment that is frequently dominated by text. The advantage of communicating with GIFs, claim the authors of this research, is they can quickly and easily add context in a subtle way that text or emoticons cannot.
"When you are sent a reaction GIF, it takes only a few seconds for you to 'get it'," explains Rich. "GIFs convey emotions quickly and powerfully. GIFs are sent around on e-mail chains, included in news articles, and are at the core of huge Internet cultures. They are used to express every range of experience, from the joy of the perfect burrito to the heartache of a devastating breakup. So long as we say that language is the meaningful communication of information, GIFs are the alphabet of Internet culture.
"Maybe most importantly, GIFs bring an enhanced ability to empathize. Empathy is deeply lacking in many Internet cultures (as evidenced by the existence of hideous YouTube comments, for instance). GIFs trigger those primal mirror neurons that remind us there is a human on the other side of the connection."
There are currently more than 1,024 GIFs on the website, which might seem like a small number, but according to their website, they would rather have "1,000 well-characterized GIFs than 1,000,000 GIFs with only a single vote each." More images will be added automatically once enough votes have been collected to accurately sort the existing GIFs.
GIFGIF relies on Giphy's API to source their images, but choosing the emotions was a greater challenge, which the researchers explain on their website: "Emotions are tricky—and by no means a trivial (or even possible) thing to quantify. We seek to use emoticons that represent a 'core' or 'basic' emotion so we can understand the atomistic elements of what a gif is conveying... these are by no means definitive, correct, or absolute, but our goal is to make a GIF website—not solve the open questions of universal human emotions."
But what to do with all this data? Some fun ideas include converting a piece of text to GIFs, mapping an image (say, from a webcam) into a GIF, or even automatically parsing the emotion state of movies over time. A teacher of ESL (English as a Second Language) has even been using GIFGIF to teach at an art university in the US. The students are currently learning vocabulary for emotions, and their website makes visualizing the emotions alongside the text a breeze.
"Our more neuroscience-oriented friends have expressed interest in using this data for applications such as autism detection," Hu told "For example, in a clinical setting, by detecting when a user's submission deviates strongly from a stabilized, well-agreed upon result, we may be able to infer their inability to properly read other social interactions." Who knew these often silly and poorly looped images could have the potential to do so much good.
This story originally appeared on Wired UK.
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 var win = new Ext.Window({
 title : 'RGIIT',
 width : 500,
 border : 'false',
 height : 100,
 id : 'win',
 name : 'win',
 bodyStyle : 'background-color:_TAG_;padding: 10px',
 autoScroll : true,
 items: [{
 items: [
 buttonAlign : 'right', // buttons aligned to the right
 buttons :[{
 text :'save',
 handler : getName
 text : 'Cancel'
To do this as soon as user request to retrieve the name we call the handler associated with the save button. The selected Enrollment Number is sent back to server side using AJAX request with the help of following code written in handler.
function getName (btn)
 url :'showStudentInfo.htm',
 method : 'POST',
 params: {
 rollNumber : rollNumbers.getValue()
 scope : this
To retrieve the selected Enrollment Number at the server side we will do something like this
String enrollmentNumber = request.getParameter("rollNumber");
Note that parameter in function getParameter is the value sent by AJAX request. Now only task remaining is to fetch value again from DB using MyBatis and send it back to client side. To do this we again call a function in defined in StudentInfoDAO name getName() which will look like
public String getName(String rollNumber) throws PersistenceException {
 SqlSession session = sf.openSession();
 try {
 ArrayList getName = (ArrayList)session.selectList("com.batch2k7.model.SimpleMappers.getName");
 if (getName == null) {
 return getName.get(0).getName();
 } finally {
We invoke this function like this:
if (rollNumber!= null) {
 StudentInfoDAO studDao = new StudentInfoDAO(sf);
 String name = studDao.getName(rollNumber);
Now we can again send name back to client side using the method I describe earlier in this tutorial and display it to user using a MessageBox
When user click on save button, an AJAX request is sent back to server as I described earlier, value is fetched from DB ans sent back to client side. To display it use the code in handler of save button
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Let $N$ be a normal $p$-subgroup of finite centerless group $G$ such that $G/N\cong A_{5}$. Is it possible $G/N\cong \leq $Aut$(Z(N))$?
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Background, origin of problem, ideas, insights, self work...? – DonAntonio Oct 22 '12 at 17:37
Is this really the question you want? Every finite group is a subgroup of Aut(Z(N)) for some p-group N. – Jack Schmidt Oct 22 '12 at 17:42
What does $\cong\le$ mean? – Derek Holt Oct 22 '12 at 18:00
_USER_ "isomorphic to a subgroup" perhaps? – Alexander Gruber Oct 22 '12 at 21:37
_USER_: Isomorphic to a subgroup. This question related to my former question. – Ros Oct 23 '12 at 2:54
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Let $p$ be a prime number and $Q$ be a finite group with no normal $p$-subgroups.
Define $N$ to be the direct sum of the simple $\mathbb{Z}/p\mathbb{Z}[Q]$-modules other than the trivial module. Then $Q$ acts faithfully on $N$, and no nonzero element of $N$ is centralized by all elements of $Q$. Notice $Z(N)=N$. Let $G$ be the semi-direct product of $Q$ acting on $N$.
Then $G$ is a finite centerless group with $G/N \cong Q$, and the map $gN \mapsto ( n \mapsto g^{-1} n g)$ is an injective homomorphism from $G/N$ into $\operatorname{Aut}(Z(N))$.
If $Q$ has normal $p$-subgroups, then $G$ is no-longer centerless, and we may need to choose a more complicated $N$ (still abelian, but possibly including the trivial module, and possibly not semi-simple) in order to embed $G/N$ in $\operatorname{Aut}(Z(N))$.
Of course for $A_5$ we need not worry about normal $p$-subgroups, and we can be pretty explicit about $N$. However, I don't understand what could motivate you to ask this question and suspect you meant to ask something else.
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A DMV fatality hearing occurs when a motorist is suspected of causing an accident that leads to someone's death or serious injury. The hearing is a legal proceeding to determine whether the DMV will suspend the driving privileges of the person at fault for the accident.
These administrative hearings take place at a DMV office and are conducted by a DMV hearing officer. During the hearing, the officer presents evidence that supports the suspension of a driver's license. The motorist then has the chance to support evidence that challenges suspension.
If the DMV decides to suspend a person's license, it can do so for one year or more.
A driver can request a DMV hearing to:
- challenge this decision, and
- get a driver's license revocation set aside.
Some of the best ways to prepare for a fatality hearing are to:
- seek the help of an experienced DMV hearing lawyer, and
- organize and review any evidence that rebuts license suspension.
Our California criminal defense attorneys will highlight the following in this article:
- 1. What is a DMV fatality hearing?
- 2. What happens if a driver does not attend a fatality hearing?
- 3. What happens during a DMV fatality hearing?
- 4. Can a person challenge a decision at these hearings?
- 5. How should a person prepare?
1. What is a DMV fatality hearing?
A fatality hearing is a legal proceeding conducted by the California Department of Motor Vehicles.
The DMV hearing takes place after the DMV labels a driver a negligent operator because:
- the driver caused or contributed to a traffic accident, and
- a person died or was seriously injured in that accident.1
The Department holds the hearing to determine if it should:
- suspend the motorist's driving privileges, and
- do so because of the accident.2
Both the DMV and the subject driver can introduce evidence during the hearing.
The Department presents evidence to support a license suspension. Some evidence that may show this includes:
- an accident report,
- medical reports of injured parties,
- the motorist's driving record, and
- witness testimony, such as by law enforcement.
The driver can then present evidence to challenge a suspension. Evidence of this nature includes:
- the motorist's driving record (to show a history of safe driving),
- the accident report (to show that the driver did not cause it),
- medical reports of injured parties (to show no death or serious injury), and
- witness testimony (to support any of the above claims).
Note that the DMV can subject a driver to a fatality hearing even if the motorist was not the sole cause of the accident. The Department can hold a hearing if a driver:
- caused the accident, or
- contributed to it in any way.
2. What happens if a driver does not attend a fatality hearing?
The DMV sends a driver a "Notice of Suspension" after labeling the person a negligent operator.
If a driver ignores this notice, or does not attend a hearing, the DMV will:
- suspend or revoke the motorist's driving privileges, and
- do so for one year.3
The one-year period may be even greater if the driver has a poor driving history.
After the suspension period is over, the motorist has to reinstate his or her license. This requires:
- paying fees, and
- filing an SR-22 Insurance Form.4
Note that the latter causes a substantial increase in the person's auto insurance.
3. What happens during a DMV fatality hearing?
A hearing takes place at a DMV Driver Safety Office. It is conducted by a DMV hearing officer.
An officer is a Department employee and is not:
- a lawyer, or
- a judge.
The hearing officer begins the hearing by introducing the Department's case. This means presenting evidence that supports license suspension.
The subject driver then has the chance to present evidence that challenges suspension. The motorist wants to show that:
- he or she did not contribute to or cause,
- a traffic collision that caused a death or serious injury.
Note that a driver has the right to an attorney throughout the hearing process to help accomplish this aim.
If the DMV decides to suspend a person's license, it can do so for one year or more.5
4. Can a person challenge a decision at these hearings?
A driver can request a DMV hearing to:
- challenge the Department's decision, and
- get a driver's license suspension set aside.6
A hearing officer may decide the following after a hearing:
- a license suspension gets set aside.
- the motorist gets placed on negligent operator probation. This means a suspension does not go into effect. It will though if the driver commits a violation or an accident.
- the driver gets a suspension but is granted a restricted license, or
- a license gets suspended.7
5. How should a person prepare?
A motorist can do many things to prepare for a fatality hearing. Some of the best are:
- contact an experienced DMV attorney for help at the hearing,
- collect, organize, and review any evidence that challenges a license suspension,
- contact persons who can testify at the hearing about safe driving history.
The subject driver should also contact the DMV and get a copy of his/her driving history. If it is clean, the motorist can use this as evidence. The history will show that:
- despite the accident in question,
- the driver is a skilled and safe driver and another car accident is not likely to occur.
For additional help…
Accused of causing a serious or fatal accident? To discuss your case with a criminal defense attorney, we invite you to contact us at Shouse Law Group.
- California DMV website – Negligent Operator Hearings, Guidelines and Actions.
- See same. See also California Vehicle Code 13800a VC.
- California DMV website – Financial Responsibility (Insurance) Requirements for Vehicle Registration (FFVR 18).
- California Vehicle Code 14100.
- California Vehicle Code 12813.


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Stepping up the intensity: Kangeiko winter training
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At numerous dojo in the Chicago area and around the world, Judo, Kendo, Karate, and Aikido practitioners are beginning an annual tradition that reaffirms their commitment to their art.
The annual event is called kangeiko, or literally "cold training". Kangeiko challenges both the minds and bodies of the participants through practice under adverse conditions, in unheated training halls or even outdoors. The tradition has its roots in the ascetic practices of Mahayana Buddhism, and was later adopted by the warrior class. Orginally, the intent was to strengthen commitment, fire up the fighting spirit, and exorcise the inner invertebrate.
Today, the practices vary among the different arts. Judoka, who follow the Kodokan tradition, train all day in an unheated dojo, beginning at 6 AM, for two consecutive days. Most Aikidoka practice for ten consecutive days, with some attempting to attend all the classes. Often, even in this modern age, dojo windows are sometimes thrown open to allow the Chicago winter to permeate the dojo.
Why do these practitioners do this? Some simply see it as a test to be overcome, a challenge to be met, and to find one's limits. Others use it as a mechanism by which they can renew their commitment to their chosen art, believing that a commitment made under adverse conditions creates a stronger bond.
There are also traditions of abstinence during this period, and some practitioners use this as an opportunity to cleanse or detoxify their bodies. Then, there are those who seek to create a new habit of frequent practice and build momentum for the new year. And then, there are the dojo rats, for whom this is business as usual.
Regardless of various reasons and practices, the sustained activity during this period will increase your level of fitnessHowever, there are a few precautions the you need to take, especially when practicing in the cold. Remember that you are renewing your commitment and not having one last fling with your art:
 - Warm up and stretch thoroughly to prevent injuries. The combination of low temperatures and constant muscle and joint strain will increase the possibility of injury.
 - Hydrate, even if you don't feel thirsty. Your body requires hydration during cold weather, but the thirst reflex may not be triggered.
 - Eat properly. Fuel up with complex carbohydrates and protein before classes, but also make sure that you eat properly afterwards to ensure recovery.
 - Eat moderately. A common mistake is to eat too much and wind up actually gaining weight during this period.
 - Pay attention to hygiene. Always wear a clean gi, clean supportive gear, and wash your hands frequently. The intensity of the training may suppress your immune system and make you more susceptible to everything from skin diseases to H1N1.
 - Be alert for symptoms of hypothermia in yourself and others. Symptoms include shivering, confusion, clumsiness, and more.
 - Pace yourself. Try to ignore the urge to go all out at every class.
 - Get adequate sleep to ensure proper recovery and healing.
Kangeiko, for those who make the commitment, builds camaraderie and a sense of joint accomplishment. Bonds amongst practitioners are strengthened while their ties to their art are strengthened. Kangeiko is an ordeal, but the rewards are great, the process can be fun, and the stories come will come in handy in your old age.


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- Zemlja: Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Lokacija: Stanari
- Godina: 2015.
- Investitor: EFT Group
- Status: Finished
Thermal Power Plant Stanari is the biggest individual investment and the first privately owned thermal power plant in BiH. Annual production of TPP Stanari amounts to 2 million MWh of electrical power, and its installed capacity amounts to 300 MWh.
Within the series of testing generators before test operation commission, there was need to perform high-voltage testing of winding for the stator generator by alternate voltage. This project ends final test phase, which had lasted for several months.
Elnos Group activities:
Elnos Group, with its partner Electrical Engineering Institute Nikola Tesla from Belgrade, completely realized high-risk project of high-voltage testing of windings for the stator generator by alternate generator.
During the project, standard testing methods were used and these were performed by modern equipment and complying with all current standards.
Testing proved all the requested performances and commercial production of electrical power started afterwards.

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 1. Establish consensus in the senior leadership team on the importance of all eligible employees voting in every election (federal, state, local, primaries, runoffs), and gain commitment to take action on a regular and consistent basis.
 3. VAC recommends that your organization remain neutral, non-partisan, and unbiased at all times. Your role is as a motivator, facilitator and information provider. Corporate positions or recommendations may be useful on bond issues or candidates that have a direct impact on your entity, but you can't be perceived as telling employees how to vote.
 5. Establish a "get out the vote" action group, with senior leadership oversight, comprised of a cross-section representative group of interested employees to take ownership for the initiative.
 6. Develop an internal communication strategy using meetings, videos, intranet, text messages, social media, bulletin boards, hallway and work room monitors — any and all applicable communications tools.
 8. Conduct sessions with employees for voter registration and impartial ballot review.
 10. Provide (_URL_ and others as needed) links to sample ballots, voting times and locations, candidate and issues information.
 11. Invite guest speakers and/or candidates to visit with employees during breakfast seminars or luncheon forums on select key ballot items.
 12. Encourage employees to vote during early voting, allow/encourage employees to vote anytime during the day that work demands will permit.
 14. On Election Day, have frequent reminders all day to encourage voting, provide access so that employees can find their precinct location if they do not already know, see relevant ideas in 12 and 13 above.
 15. Consider keeping score, report back after each election on what percentage of your team voted, and display running bar-chart comparisons to show trends.


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 - Have you seen a shag (cormorant) before? You might have seen one dive below the water then pop up again suddenly, perhaps you've seen one holding its wings out wide to dry. Did you know that there are several types of shag in New Zealand, in addition to the most commonly known pied shag?
 - What do you find noticeable or surprising about the pārekareka or spotted shag in the photos? Can you see any similarities between the shag's plumage and the guano-covered rocks?
 - Writing in her diary from her Noises Island bach, Marlene Neureuter described spotted shags as being "so elegant—like city gentlemen in their grey suits." Would you describe these birds as elegant? What other describing words or comparisons could fit them? What kind of personality do they look like they would have?
 - The article quotes from a book in which the author describes seeing fishermen sit and shoot at shags until hundreds lay dead in the water. He thinks the fishermen were just amusing themselves, or saw the shags as competition for fish. How does that story make you feel? Why do you think it was allowed to happen? What might have led the fisherman to be so casual about the shags?
 - Anchovies in the Hauraki Gulf are estimated by one fisherman to be down to 2 or 3% of their previous levels. Shags rely on fish like pilchards and anchovies so many shags are literally starving. Do you have any ideas about how we could boost pilchard and anchovy populations?
 - Another major challenge to the shag's food supply is sedimentation clouding up the water after it rains, making it harder for seabirds to catch fish. What are the causes of sedimentation in Auckland's marine environment?
Activity: Make a Damien Hirst—inspired spotted shag picture
Damien Hirst has often explored painting with masses of colourful spots. Check these out by using a search engine to look up "Damien Hirst dot art."
 1. Draw the outline of a spotted shag standing on a rock. Look at the photos in the article for inspiration. Notice any details as you draw, such as the tuft of feathers at the back of the head.
 2. Prepare a palette of bright coloured acrylic paints (or use another medium such as felt tip if you prefer.)
 3. Fill in the outline of the shag with a variety of coloured dots. You can make these even or more random, closely spaced or more spread out.
 4. If you want to, add in details such as the shag's green eye-patch and the splash of white on the back of the head.
 5. To create the look of guano in the background, paint a background of brown rock, then squirt white paint from the tube onto the brown rock. Drag it around with the prongs of a fork.
 6. Send us a picture of your Damien Hirst inspired spotted shag picture!


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The venerable Bishop Museum steps into the 21st century with its new Science Adventure Center. Go ahead–touch the exhibits.
It's the centerpiece of the museum's new Science Adventure Center, a $17-million educational playground full of hands-on exhibits and impressive displays designed to bring natural science studies to life. "It's totally interactive and immersive," says William Brown, Bishop Museum president. "You're either interacting with it, or you're stuck in the middle of it, experiencing it."
Sure enough, the volcano, modeled after Kilauea's Pu'u O'o vent, is actually hollow, and packed with things to do inside. Although it won't actually be spewing real magma (which is apparently something of a fire hazard), museum staff will really be melting rock into lava underneath it, using a furnace in the Hot Spot Theatre.
Elsewhere in the 16,500-square-foot center, kids can pilot a remote-controlled submersible through a 14-foot-deep ocean simulation tank, create their own mini volcanic eruption using hot wax and check out live native insects and other biological specimens in a simplified lab environment.
|The trippy Origins Tunnel art at the Bishop Museum's new Science Adventure Center was created by local students. |
photo: Olivier Koning
It's fun stuff, and adults will get just as much of a kick out of the custom-designed exhibits as the children. Everything is educational, as well, Brown says, "We want to excite and inspire, and to some degree convey basic information about science. We hope to get kids excited, so they want to study this some more."
In addition to working with local schools to coordinate the exhibits with fifthand eighth-grade curriculums, the Bishop Museum has even tapped students from Jarrett Middle School, Dole Middle School, Hakipu'u Learning Center, Halau Lokahi and 'Aiea Intermediate to create the papier-mâché plants and animals lining the Origins Tunnel.
The tunnel is actually one of the center's most memorable exhibits, even if it's less scientifically rigorous than some of the others. With day-glo paint everywhere, and illuminated solely by black light, the tunnel looks less like an underground lava tube than an underground rave, but piped-in nature sounds and chanting from the kumulipo (the Hawaiian creation chant) make it an impressive experience.
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INDIANAPOLIS — Wednesday is International Women's Day, and Indiana educators are celebrating with the announcement of plans for an all-girls STEM academy.
The kindergarten-through-eighth-grade school will open on the north side of Indianapolis next year.
"Today, being International Women's Day, we wanted to celebrate a very unique, first-of-its-kind educational opportunity that's going to be focused on girls in central Indiana K through 8," said Danielle Shockey, CEO of the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana.
Paramount Schools of Excellence announced Girls IN STEM Academy in partnership with the Girl Scouts of Central Indiana, Every Girl Can Stem and Purdue Polytechnic High School.
"This has been a 2019 seed of a dream," Shockey said.
"The school will be a free public school," Shockey said.
School officials said this will bridge the gender gap in STEM careers.
"When you look at STEM careers in the future, there is already an inequity in the number of females entering the STEM workforce," Shockey said. "Between now and 2030, the job opportunities in STEM are going to grow 10%, and that is more than all other occupations combined."
Shockey said girls form their STEM science and math identity by grade three.
"We know that now with all the growth and opportunities in the future, and the growth that exists, we need to give girls this unique, single-gender environment, to give them STEM role models, STEM instruction and a really beautiful way that prepares them for the future," Shockey said.
The curriculum will focus on robotics, math, engineering, science and technology. There is also a strong focus on diversity.
"Paramount and Polytechnic, both serve students that are 70% minority and socioeconomically challenged," Shockey said. "We hope to continue to achieve that because those inequities are even greater in STEM than gender inequity."
Girls IN STEM Academy will be located in midtown. A specific location will be announced in the coming months.


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SBOS740A May 2017 – May 2019 TMP116
The device temperature sampling distribution (without internal averaging) covers an area of approximately six neighboring codes. The noise area of the six codes remains the same at full supply and full temperature range with a standard deviation of approximately 1 LSB. The device provides an averaging tool for 8, 32, and 64 samples. As illustrated in Figure 7, even the 8-sample averaging reduces the internal noise distribution to a theoretical minimum of 2 LSB. This averaging means that if the system temperature slowly changes and the supply voltage is stable, then the 8-sample averaging can be enough to neutralize the device internal noise and provide stable temperature readings. However, if the system temperature is noisy (such as when measuring air flow temperatures) or noisy power supply line or intensive communication in the I2C line, then higher averaging numbers are recommended to be used.


Using Objects
Facebook lets you post rich, structured stories from your app using a strongly typed API consisting of objects and actions. Objects are the "nouns" or targets for actions taken by people in your app.
Objects are defined by Open Graph HTML markup on web pages.
Creating Objects
Objects are created by adding Open Graph meta tags to the page where your content is hosted.
These are the basic tags required for turning your page into an object. Add them to the <head> of your page's HTML.
<meta property="fb:app_id" content="_PHONE_" />
<meta property="og:type" content="article" />
<meta property="og:url" content="_URL_ />
<meta property="og:title" content="Introducing our New Site" />
<meta property="og:image" content="_URL_ />
<meta property="og:description" content="_URL_ />
In some hosting and development platforms where you create an object page and publish the object to Open Graph simultaneously, you may get an error saying that the object does not exist. This is due to a race condition that exists in some systems. We recommend that you either verify that the object page is created before you publish an action to Open Graph or introduce a small delay to account for replication lag (e.g, 15-30 seconds).
Testing
You can test your markup by passing a URL through the Sharing Debugger. This will show the tags the crawler scraped as well as any errors or warnings.
The Object Browser lets you view and edit objects for all your apps.
Updating Objects
The Facebook crawler will re-scrape (and therefore update) objects:
 - When the object URL is input in the Object Debugger
 - Every 30 days after the first scrape
 - When an app triggers a scrape using an API endpoint
This Graph API endpoint is simply a call to:
POST /?id={object-instance-id or object-url}&scrape=true
The response from this endpoint will be a JSON object that contains all the information about the object that was scraped (the same data returned when the Object ID is read from the Graph API).
The id parameter can be either the canonical URL of your object or the ID of the object instance in the graph.
You can always edit an object's properties, with two exceptions:
 - Title: Once 50 actions (likes, shares and comments) have been associated with an object, you won't be able to update its title
 - Type: An object's type can't be changed once it's been used in a story
If you want to update an image for an object, we strongly suggest that the URL to the image be different than the original image URL. Caching may prevent the image from being updated.
Page Migrations and Changing URLs
If you move a page to a new URL, you can use the old URL as the canonical source for the new URL, retaining likes, comments and shares for the object. Learn how in our guide to sharing for webmasters.


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Other Common Names
None. The name "yabby" is sometimes used to refer to any freshwater crayfish species in Australia.
To 70 mm carapace length, 160 mm total body length
Capable of living in virtually any body of fresh water including rivers and other streams, lakes, dams and even some temporary waters. Yabbies are active burrowers and are very hardy, able to withstand poor water quality and long periods of drought.
If a particular water course dries up, yabbies burrow deep into the bottom until they reach moist soil, where they presumably become very quiet. The scientific name destructor refers to the yabby's habit of burrowing into levee banks and dam walls where they can cause considerable damage.
Occurs in much of South Western Queensland, central and western New South Wales, the majority of Victoria and the eastern part of South Australia.
Detritus feeder and opportunistic carnivore especially of carrion.
A very common childhood pastime is to catch yabbies with a piece of meat tied to a length of string. Adults generally use nets of various designs, depending upon location and regulation in the particular area.
Restrictions on methods of gathering yabbies, especially the prohibition of "opera house" nets and other enclosed nets for the capture of yabbies and other freshwater crayfish in rivers and streams relate more to the protection of other wildlife, such as platypus and water rats, than to any attempt to restrict the take of yabbies.
In farm dams, yabbies are usually gathered using drag nets, and this can very quickly harvest a large number.
Yabbies themselves, in the smaller sizes, make excellent bait for the larger native fish, being an important part of the diet of many species.
On the table
Yabbies are excellent eating. They can be simply boiled for a few minutes in salted water or prepared in a variety of ways. They have a very sweet meat and the claws of larger specimens are particularly succulent. Compared to spiny freshwater crayfish, yabbies have much more meat for the size of the animal, although yabbies are much smaller than crays. A feed of yabbies is one of the most delicious meals you can try.


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Master of Arts (MA)
Faculty of Science
Nonconserving children were placed in a situation where they had to interact with either two conserving adults or two conserving children. Each triad (one nonconserver and two conservers) was asked to give judgments and explanations for conservation problems. The type of conserving explanations (invariant quantity, reversibility, and compensation) given by the conservers in the interaction were varied. Approximately one week after the interaction the nonconserving subjects were posttested and the results indicated that nonconservers increased in conservation score after interacting with conservers. Hearing different explanations did not differentially affect the scores of nonconservers. The results did indicate that invariant quantity explanations were used more often than either reversibility or compensation explanations by the subjects after the interaction. There were no differential effects when interacting with either adult or peer conservers. These results were discussed in terms of Piagetian Theory. The ramifications of these findings on our educational systems were discussed as were suggestions for future research.
Smith, Douglas Arthur, "The Effects of Interaction with Conserving Adults and Peers on the Acquisition of Conservation by Nonconservers" (1976). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). 1445.


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History & Region
Ceylon Orange Pekoe is a classic breakfast tea grown on the island of Sri Lanka. The name comes from the Dutch
Royal House of Orange - not from the fruit.
Situated just off the southern coast of India, Sri Lanka's climate is tropical,
with two distinct monsoon seasons allowing for yearlong tea production. Gorgeous
green tea bushes wrap the lush hills, and the narrow roads wind through the
Long ago, Europe found it
an ideal place for trading, and it became colonized for 450 years before
gaining independence in 1948. The Portuguese, Dutch and British have all left
their influence. The island is now home to almost 20 million people.
The Dutch were the first to experiment with planting tea,
but without success. When the British secured the island, they had more luck.
Planters came from England
spurred by courage and opportunity. They bought land and toiled in harsh
conditions, and by 1875, the tea industry was up and going. Sir Thomas Lipton is the most famous of the
Tea produced in Sri Lanka is still referred to as
is the world's third largest producer of tea in the world. Most estates are
also home to their own tea factories, processing thousands of tons of tea in
many instances. The majority of tea production is black, 'orthodox' and grown
in the following regions: Kandy, Nuwara Eliya,
Dimbula, Uva, Ratnapura and Galle.
The region of Nuwara Eliya is the highest growing region and is credited for
producing the finest teas.
'Orthodox' tea production is a
method of crushing tealeaves by rolling. The rolling process helps break down
and twist the leaves, allowing oxidization to begin. The tea is then fired, and
final grading is based on the quality of the leaf.
Glossary of Tea Grades
Pekoe: derived from
the Chinese word 'bai hao' meaning 'white hair.' It refers to the silvery white
down present on young tealeaves.
Flowery Orange Pekoe:
high quality whole or broken leaf tea with lots of tips
whole leaf tea with some tips
whole leaf tea with leaves rolled lengthwise
Pekoe: whole leaf
tea of medium quality
Broken Orange Pekoe:
smaller and broken leaves with lots of tips
broken, less quality tealeaves
Tasting Notes & Brewing
When making our teas from Ceylon, we like to pre-heat our
teapot or mug. Add 1 teaspoon per cup, add hot water (just as it comes to a
boil) and steep until desired strength. This tea is ideal for making in a
porcelain teapot with white cups that show off its clear amber color.


Lecture
Learning Agents: Exploration-Exploitation Tradeoff
Description
This lecture covers the implementation of reactive agents that learn from observations, focusing on the exploration-exploitation tradeoff in learning unknown effects of actions. It discusses scenarios where an adversary can influence the world and techniques to develop robust strategies. Topics include multi-armed bandits, Q-learning, contextual bandits, and strategies like epsilon-greedy, Thompson sampling, and regret matching. The lecture also explores the challenges of learning with state transitions and the use of deep Q-learning and experience replay to address them.
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From: Near-field TEC response to the main shock of the 2008 Wenchuan earthquake
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(a) Criterion function C(V) for the plane (solid line) and spherical (dotted line) wave front approximations. (b) 2D function C(α, V) for the plane wave front model; thin horizontal line mark cross section of C(α, V) corresponding to the dependence C(V) for the plane wave form shown in panel (a). Maximum value C(α, V)max of about 0.8 (marked by cross) corresponds the values of velocity V = 560 m/s and azimuth α = 160° of the wave front propagation.
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node package manager
chat
Chat
Pure Streaming Chat for Node. This is a simple library which implements the core concepts of chat (rooms and connections) without getting tying chat to any particular transport.
Getting Started
The first thing you are going to want to do is create a room:
var chat = require('chat'),
 room = chat.room();
Once you have a room, you can then start connecting clients to the room:
var client = chat.client(room);
At this point, we should probably start listening for messages in the room:
room.on('message', function(msg) {
 if (msg.data) {
 console.log(msg.data);
 }
});
The code above looks specifically for just the data messages that are captured by the room. In addition to the data messages, control messages are also sent which can be captured by examining the type property of the message.
At this point, it's probably worth attempting to communicate with the room. This is done using the write method of the client:
client.write('hello');
Strange, we didn't capture any output. This is because as far as the room is concerned, an unknown client is attempting to send messages and this isn't permitted. While the chat package doesn't perform any authentication it does assume that a package using chat (such as iceman) will. So at a base level, it requires identification:
client.identify({ nick: 'Bill' });
Calling identify on the client stream kicks off a handshake process with the room, and thus we should wait for the client to become ready before writing any messages:
client.once('ready', function(metadata) {
 client.write('hello');
});
For the full example, see examples/hello.js.
Transport Free
Obviously, this isn't the first chat implementation written in Node. It is, however, one of the first to be written that isn't tied to a specific transport implementation (usually WebSockets).
An example of a pure socket level chat server and client can be found in the examples directory.


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Waterways by Joanne Duffy
Original artwork by artist Joanne Duffy.
Artworkis finished in artist quality oil & acrylic paints on a Belgian linen canvas, stretched over a timber frame.
- "Waterways" was created in 2020 and has no prior owners.
- Full authenticity certificate will be provided to the new owner.
- Artwork signed front and back.
- Ready to hang.
- Suitable to frame.
"Waterways explores the ever changing profile of rural lands. The transformation of the landscape caused by the presence of wind and water. Its arrival and existence, and the lasting effects as it disappears again. The shifting of top soils, breaking down vegetation, erosion and rebuilding the terrain. "Waterways" explores these ever evolving profiles over time."
For Artwork Enquiries Contact Rochfort Gallery:
_EMAIL_ or 0438 700 712


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Is there a difference between E.Coli and fecal coliforms?
E. coli is a type of fecal coliform bacteria commonly found in the intestines of animals and humans. E. coli is short for Escherichia coli. The presence of E. coli (and fecal coliforms) in water is a strong indication of recent sewage or animal waste contamination. Sewage may contain many types of disease-causing organisms.
Additional information is available at _URL_
- Bottled Water
- Consumer Concerns
- Consumer Confidence Reports (CCRs)
- Contaminants and Standards
- Facts, Figures, and Databases
- Filters/Home Water Treatment Units (HWTUs)
- Household Wells
- Lead and Copper
- Local Drinking Water Quality
- LT2/Stage 2 Rule
- Public Notification (PN)
- Source Water Protection/UIC Program
- Tap Water Testing
- Water Utility (PWS) Compliance/Issues
- Topic #: 23002-19265
- Date Created: 10/31/2004
- Last Modified Since: 10/12/2010
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Gage Guards/Pressure Snubbers
Pressure snubbers protect pressure instruments from pressure surges. Gauge guards provide a protective barrier between the process fluid and the instrument. The adjustable pressure snubbers are fine thread adjustable valves that allow you to fine tune harmful harmonic vibration from the fluid systems.
- Series GG
- Protective Instrument from Process Fluids
Gage Guard provides a protective barrier between the process fluid and the instrument. Hermetically sealed uni-body protects from the possibility of leaking.
- Series PS
- Dampens surges, Protects Pressure Instrumentation
Pressure Snubber for use with gases, air, water and oils. Designed to protect pressure instrumentation by dampening surges and pulsations.


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Hoplostethus - Martina Di Paolo
Name and surname:
Martina Di Paolo
The silver roughy or Mediterranean slimehead (Hoplostethus mediterraneus) is a small deep-sea fish species belonging to the slimehead family (Trachichthyidae). It is found widely at depths of 100 to 1,175 m (328–3,855 ft) in the Atlantic, ranging from Iceland and Georges Bank in the north to South Africa and Brazil in the south, including the Mediterranean and Gulf of Mexico. It is also found in the Western Indian Ocean, including the Red Sea.
Mista: acrilico, matite
As the author of illustration I have given permission and consent to be loaded in Wikimedia Commons with Creative Commons Attribution Share Alike 3.0.


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Knowing there had to be a perfectly good, logical explanation why this circle of 'shrooms was there, I set out to uncover the toadstool ring's origin. But what I found was that the fantastical version is considerably more...entertaining.
Fairy rings, as they have long been called, have found a popular place in folklore for thousands of years.
Wikipedia says that a fairy ring, also known as a fairy circle, elf circle, elf ring or pixie ring, is a naturally occurring ring or arc of mushrooms.
European folklore believes that fairy rings are gateways into elfin kingdoms or places where elves gather and dance. According to the folklore, a fairy ring appears when a fairy, pixie or elf appears. It will disappear without a trace in less than five days, but if an observer waits for the elf to return to the ring, he or she may be able to capture it.
Now, for the scientific version, which is interestingly significant but less appealing.
Mushrooms, also sometimes called toadstools, tend to pop up through the soil in woods or on lawns after heavy rains (thank you, Hurricane Isaac).
The rings can grow to over 33 ft. in diameter, and they become stable over time as the fungus grows and seeks food underground.
Purdue University states that the presence of mushrooms usually indicates an organic source of nutrients, such as a buried tree stump or chopped down bush was or is nearby.
When you see a mushroom growing in a lawn, you are only seeing a small part of the fungus, Purdue says. The fungus also grows underground as a thread-like mass that is called mycelium. This mycelium tends to grow in all directions from a central point. Thus, an invisible circular pattern occurs. The fruiting bodies (mushrooms) then tend to appear in a circular pattern.
The term "fairy ring" comes from a superstition that the mushrooms growing in a circle represent the path of dancing fairies. Usually on the inside of the fairy ring, a dark green ring of grass will be evident. This is because extra nitrogen is available in that area where the fungal mycelium has died.
There is no good control for a fairy ring. Mushrooms can be temporarily removed by regular mowing or raking. Since they are most visible on low fertility conditions, you can mask the fairy rings by regular applications of low rates of nitrogen.
The fairy ring of fungus, photographed above, was discovered last Thursday, Sept. 6. However, as of Monday, Sept. 10, the lawn had been cut, removing with it a very, fairy tale.


Q connection with the validator. The event types specify which events are subscribed to. An optional filter attribute can be passed for each event when establishing the subscription. The Sawtooth Go SDK uses protobuf definitions for serializing messages exchanged between the client and the validator. The following four steps show the sample code snippets.
 1. Establish a ZMQ connection: To establish a ZMQ connection from a client as a DEALER. Detailed description can be found in ROUTER-DEALER mechanism in ZMQ. The Sawtooth SDK provides an API for establishing client connection with validator.
import (
"github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-sdk-go/messaging"
"_URL_"
)
zmq_context, err := zmq4.NewContext()
// Error creating a ZMQ context
if err != nil {
 return err
}
// Remember to replace <VALIDATOR-IP> with hostname
// or the IP where validator is listening on port 4004
zmq_connection, err := messaging.NewConnection(
 zmq_context,
 zmq4.DEALER,
 "tcp://<VALIDATOR-IP>:4004",
 //This specifies a server connection which needs
 //binding or client connection that needs to
 // establish a request to server
 false,
)
// ZMQ connection couldn't be established
if err != nil {
 return err
}
// Remember to close the connection when either done
// processing events processing or an error occursdefer zmq_connection.Close()
// -- snip ––
2. Construct EventFilter, EventSubscription and ClientEventsSubscribeRequest: The Event is said to be subscribed when both event_type and all the EventFilters in EventSubscription field match. EventFilters can be applied on attributes defined earlier. FilterType determines rules for comparing the match string.
import("github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-sdk-go/protobuf/events_pb2")
// Define filters over attributes to be triggered when
// a string matches a particular filter type
filters := []*events_pb2.EventFilter{&events_pb2.EventFilter{
 Key: "MyOwnKey",
 MatchString: "MyUniqueString",
 FilterType: events_pb2.EventFilter_REGEX_ANY,
}}
my_identifier_subscription := events_pb2.EventSubscription{
 EventType: "MyEventIdentifier",
 Filters: filters,
}
// -- snip --
// Construct subscription request for the validator
request := client_event_pb2.ClientEventsSubscribeRequest{
 Subscriptions: []*events_pb2.EventSubscription{
 &my_identifier_subscription,
 &my_another_identifier_subscription,
 },
}
// -- snip ––
3. Send request over ZMQ connection: The client's event subscription request can be sent through an established ZMQ connection. Note that a correlation id returned by SendMsg() can be used to know if the validator as a ROUTER has response messages. Many events can be subscribed to at once.
import (
 "errors"
"github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 "github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-sdk-go/protobuf/client_event_pb2"
 "github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-sdk-go/protobuf/validator_pb2"
)
// Get serialized request using protobuf libraries
serialized_subscribe_request, err :=
 proto.Marshal(&request)
if err != nil {
 return err
}
 // Send the subscription request, get a correlation id
// from the SDK
corrId, err := zmq_connection.SendNewMsg(
 validator_pb2.Message_CLIENT_EVENTS_SUBSCRIBE_REQUEST,
 serialized_subscribe_request,
)
// Error requesting validator, optionally based on
// error type may apply retry mechanism here
if err != nil { return err} // Wait for subscription status, wait for response of
// message with specific correlation id_, response, err :=zmq_connection.RecvMsgWithId(corrId)
if err != nil {
 return err
}
 // Deserialize received protobuf message as response
// for subscription requestevents_subscribe_response :=
 client_event_pb2.ClientEventsSubscribeResponse{}
err = proto.Unmarshal(
 response.Content,
 &events_subscribe_response)
if err != nil {
 return err
}
 // Client subscription is not successful, optional
// retries can be done later for subscription based on
// response cause
if events_subscribe_response.Status !=
 client_event_pb2.ClientEventsSubscribeResponse_OK {
 return errors.New("Client subscription failed")
}
 // Client event subscription is successful, remember to
// unsubscribe when either not required anymore or
// error occurs. Similar approach as followed for
// subscribing events can be used here.
defer func(){
 // Unsubscribe from events
 events_unsubscribe_request :=
 client_event_pb2.ClientEventsUnsubscribeRequest{}
 serialized_unsubscribe_request, err =
 proto.Marshal(&events_unsubscribe_request)
 if err != nil {
 return err
 }
 corrId, err = zmq_connection.SendNewMsg(
 validator_pb2.Message_CLIENT_EVENTS_UNSUBSCRIBE_REQUEST,
 Serialized_unsubscribe_request,
 )
 if err != nil {
 return err
 }
 // Wait for status
 _, unsubscribe_response, err :=
 zmq_connection.RecvMsgWithId(corrId)
 // Optional retries can be done depending on error
 // status
 if err != nil {
 return err
 }
 events_unsubscribe_response :=
 client_event_pb2.ClientEventsUnsubscribeResponse{}
 err =
 proto.Unmarshal(unsubscribe_response.Content,
 &events_unsubscribe_response)
 if err != nil {
 return err
 }
 // Optional retries can be done depending on error
 // status
 if events_unsubscribe_response.Status !=
 client_event_pb2.ClientEventsUnsubscribeResponse_OK {
 return errors.New("Client couldn't unsubscribe successfully")
 }
}()
// -- snip ––
4. Event handling: The established ZMQ connection will send protobuf messages corresponding to the subscribed events.
import (
 "errors"
 "fmt"
 "github.com/golang/protobuf/proto"
 "github.com/hyperledger/sawtooth-sdk-go/protobuf/validator_pb2"
)
// Listen for events in an infinite loop
fmt.Println("Listening to events.")
for {
 // Wait for a message on connection
 _, message, err := zmq_connection.RecvMsg()
 if err != nil {
 return err
 }
 // Check if received is a client event message
 if message.MessageType !=
 validator_pb2.Message_CLIENT_EVENTS {
 return errors.New("Received a message not
requested for")
 }
 event_list := events_pb2.EventList{}
 err = proto.Unmarshal(message.Content, &event_list)
 if err != nil {
 return err
 }
 // Received following events from validator
 for _, event := range event_list.Events {
 // handle event here
 fmt.Printf("Event received: %v\n", *event)
 }
}
// -- snip ––
Try it out!
References:
 1. Subscribing to Events, Using the Go SDK, from the Hyperledger Sawtooth website.
 2. Commits by arsulegai in sawtooth-cookiejar example.
 3. The Sawtooth Go SDK.
Chapter on Router-Dealer, ZMQ protocol.
Introduction to Sawtooth PBFT
By | 网志, Hyperledger Sawtooth
As of release 1.1, Hyperledger Sawtooth supports dynamic consensus through its consensus API and SDKs. These tools, which were covered in a previous blog post, are the building blocks that make it easy to


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Do you like to join a quiz? Well, if you like joining a quiz, Bing usually provides you a number of quizzes that you are able to try to answer. The theme of the quiz is various. If you want to answer the quiz, then you have to be ready for it. Let's say that the theme is about desert. Then, you need to know some information about it. Here, we will give you some examples of quiz questions about desert.
Desert Quiz Questions
Here, we have some examples of quiz questions about desert including the answers.
1. From the options below, what is the largest hot desert in the world?
a. Gobi Desert
b. Chihuahua Desert
d. The Sahara
The answer: d. The Sahara
2. You surely know that deserts are dry. However, how much rain falls there in a year?
a. Less than 250 mm
b. 9,300 mm
c. 1,060 mm
d. 2,300 mm
The answer: a. less than 250 mm
3. What coastal desert can be found in southern Africa?
a. Namib Desert
b. Sahara Desert
c. Arabian Desert
d. Gobi Desert
The answer: a. Namib Desert
4. How tall are the tallest sand dunes in the world?
a. 35 m (115 ft)
b. 8,848 m (29,028 ft)
c. 300 m (994 ft)
d. 1,200 m (4,000 ft)
The answer: d. 1,200 m (4,000 ft)
5. Which one of these options is not a hot desert?
a. Great Sandy Desert
b. Kalahari Desert
c. Gobi Desert
d. Thar Desert
The answer: c. Gobi Desert
6. What is the two-humped camel which lives in Asian desert?
The answer: a. Bactrian
7. How much of Earth's land surface is covered by desert?
The answer: a. 25%
8. What is the largest desert in North America?
a. Great Sandy desert?
b. Chihuahua Desert
c. Great Basin Desert
d. Atacama Desert
The answer: b. Chihuahua Desert
9. What shape are barchan sand dunes?
a. Long and narrow
c. Long with a wavy edge
The answer: b. crescent-shaped
10. Where do a lot of desert animals sleep during the day?
a. In burrows under the ground
b. On warm rocks to stay heated
c. In the shade of cactus plants
d. On the sand
The answer: a. In burrows under the ground
11. Where do camels store up fat so they are able to go without water for long periods of time?
a. In their trails
b. In their stomachs
c. In their hump
d. In their shoulders
e. Along their sides
The answer: c. In their hump
12. How have plants adapted to survive in the desert?
a. They save water in their leaves and trunks
b. They spread out from each other
c. They have root systems which are large enough to collect water
d. They have sharp spines that can be used to protect them from animals
e. All of the above
The answer: e. All of the above
13. From the options below, which of the Sahara Desert landforms consist of flat plains covered with sand and gravel?
a. Salt Flats
The answer: d. Regs
14. What language is the word 'sahara' from?
The answer: b. Arabic
15. What are long trains of camels used to transport goods?
The answer: c. Caravans
On Earth, deserts are the driest place. In the day time, deserts can be very hot, but at night, deserts can be freezing cold. Do you know that there are three primary types of desert? Those are hot deserts, cold deserts and coastal deserts. These three types of deserts have the same characteristics. Those characteristics are having very little rainfall, few plants and animals and also strong winds. Usually, people think that deserts are sand. Sand is a small particle of rocks and minerals. However, the fact is that there are only 20% of the deserts in the world which are covered in sand. Most deserts are made up of rocks or gravel. And the other deserts are icy.
In the cold deserts, there are no hot summers. However, they have very cold winters. You are able to find these kinds of deserts in high, flat areas called plateaus or mountainous areas in temperature regions of the world. Temperate regions are located between the polar regions and the tropics. It is like the other types of desert, cold deserts have very little rain or snow. One of the coldest deserts in the world is the Gobi Desert in Central Asia. When winter comes, the temperatures can drop to 40°C (-40°F). For your information, there are a lot of scientists who consider that Antarctica is a type of cold desert since it gets very little rain or snow.
How about a hot desert? Most hot deserts in the world lie just north and south of the equator. Equator is the imaginary line which stretches out around the middle of Earth. In the hot deserts, the rays of the sun are the strongest. During the day, hot deserts can be very hot. However, the temperature can fall to below freezing point around 0 degree Celsius or 32 degree Fahrenheit at night. Why can it happen? It is because in the desert sky there are no clouds which can keep the heat in at night. Do you know the largest hot desert in the world? It is The Sahara in Africa. There is a note that the hottest temperature recorded in the Sahara was 57°C (136°F) and it happened in 1922.
Coastal deserts can be found on coasts where the land meets the ocean. The winds over these deserts come from across the ocean. However, they do not carry rain, but they carry fog. For is a thick cloud of tiny water droplets that are too small to fall as rain. Over the desert, the fog rolls in. However, the heat of the sin in the day makes the fog disappear. Namib Desert in southwestern Africa and Atacama Desert in Chile are the coastal deserts. For your information, the Namib Desert averages less than 12mm of rain every year.


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A large percentage of Greeks have a negative view of immigrants, according to a study conducted by research centre "DiaNOesis".
The findings 62.1% of those polled attributed the economic crisis to internal failings, with only 9.7% responding the faults lies outside Greece. 76% responded that Greek society was at fault saying Greeks had become used to living beyond their means.
A very revealing, and somewhat strange finding, was the fact that 8 in 10 Greeks believed there were secret organisations that were "pulling the strings" behind the scenes.
Another striking finding is the 26.5% who believed planes were leaving chem-trails in the skies. 88.3% of the respondents agreed or partly agreed that the number of immigrants in Greece over the last 10 years was larger than should be, with 64.4% saying they believed immigrants contributed to a rise in crime.


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I am using StreamReader to read a File. With the code below I am able to read a whole line.
What I wonder is how it is possible to read a comma delimited file like these lines.
How will I put the delimiter ',' and also assign the values to the String^ and doubles ?
Mon,1,2,3
Tues,4,5,6
Wed,7,8,9
String^ line;
String^ Day;
double Number1, Number2, Number3;
 //Create an instance of StreamReader to read from a file.
StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( "C:\\File.txt" );

// Read and display lines from the file until the end of the file is reached.
while ( line = sr->ReadLine() )
 {

 }
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Found this using google: Example
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 2 private void ImportCountries()
 3 {
 4 string delimiter = ",";
 5 string fileName = @"c:\countrylist3.csv";
 6
 7 StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fileName);
 8
 9 try
 10 {
 11 while (sr.Peek() >= 0)
 12 {
 13 string r = sr.ReadLine();
 14 string[] items = r.Split(delimiter.ToCharArray());
 15 }
 16 }
 17 finally
 18 {
 19 sr.Close();
 20 }
 21 }
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As I red, Peek() >= 0 will check if the eof file is reached like this.
However I dont really understand how it works when the line, "Line" will be delimited by the "Delimiter".
What comes out of the line:
string[] items = r.Split(delimiter.ToCharArray());
I am not sure what happens here. I would like to split the line "r" by Commas and put the First to Day, second, third and fourth value to the double Numbers.
//Create an instance of StreamReader to read from a file.
StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( "C:\\File.txt" );
String^ r;
String^ Day;
String^ Delimiter = ",";
double Number1, Number2, Number3;
 while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 )
{
 r = sr->ReadLine();

}
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I belive it stores array of strings (all read froom same line, but separated with Delimiter), but am not sure. Try it
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Ok, I thought something like that too. I will use vectors to store the values I read with the delimiter. I am guessing out some code but are not sure if I am on the right track to do as I do.
What I have done is to declare some Managed vectors and also the elements for these(40).
Then I am using a countdown(x) to put values into the elements.
The compiler says that it cant convert parameneter 1 from String^to wchar_t regarding this line:
I am not very used to the managed classes. The ->Split seems to be used within arrays.
Wonder if there is a method to put it to these vectors instead.
Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString());
StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( "C:\\File.txt" );
String^ Delimiter = ",";
String^ Line;
String^ Day;
List<String^>^ Day= gcnew List<String^>(40);
List<double>^ Num1 = gcnew List<double>(40);
List<double>^ Num2 = gcnew List<double>(40);
List<double>^ Num3 = gcnew List<double>(40);
int x = 30;
// Read and display lines from the file

while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 && x > 2 )
{
 x = x - 1;
 Line = sr->ReadLine();
 Day[x] = Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString());
 Num1[x] = Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString());
 Num2[x] = Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString());
 Num3[x] = Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString());
}
I belive it stores array of strings (all read froom same line, but separated with Delimiter), but am not sure. Try it
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When reading a file I am trying to split the line and put the comma delimited values into vectors.
It should be something I am doing wrong with the splitting of the line. It seems that ->Split only is used for Arrays but are not sure ? The thing is that I want these values to be ->Add in the vectors.
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Tues,4,5,6
Wed,7,8,9
//Create an instance of StreamReader to read from a file.
StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( "C:\\File.txt" );
String^ Delimiter = ",";
String^ Line;
String^ Day;
List<String^>^ Day1 = gcnew List<String^>();
List<double>^ Num1 = gcnew List<double>();
List<double>^ Num2 = gcnew List<double>();
List<double>^ Num3 = gcnew List<double>();
// Read lines from the file
while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 )
{
 Line = sr->ReadLine();
 Day1->Add( Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString()) );
 Num1->Add( System::Convert::ToDouble(Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString()) );
 Num2->Add( System::Convert::ToDouble(Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString()) );
 Num3->Add( System::Convert::ToDouble(Line->Split(Delimiter->ToString()) );
}
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Found a solutions to 'Pos' Positions for the ',' to parse out the values like this. Suppose this could be a solution.
//Create an instance of StreamReader to read from a file.
StreamReader^ sr = gcnew StreamReader( "C:\\File.txt" );
String^ Delimiter = ",";
String^ Line;
String^ Day;
int Pos = 0;
List<String^>^ Day1 = gcnew List<String^>();
List<double>^ Num1 = gcnew List<double>();
List<double>^ Num2 = gcnew List<double>();
List<double>^ Num3 = gcnew List<double>();
while ( sr->Peek() >= 0 )
{
 Line = sr->ReadLine();
 Pos = 0;
Day1->Add( Line->Substring(Pos, Line->IndexOf(",")) ); Pos = Line->IndexOf(",", Pos)+1;
Num1->Add( System::Convert::ToDouble(Line->Substring(Pos, Line->IndexOf(",", Pos) - Pos)) ); Pos = Line->IndexOf(",", Pos)+1;
Num2->Add( System::Convert::ToDouble(Line->Substring(Pos, Line->IndexOf(",", Pos) - Pos)) ); Pos = Line->IndexOf(",", Pos)+1;
Num3->Add( System::Convert::ToDouble(Line->Substring(Pos, Line->IndexOf(",", Pos) - Pos)) ); Pos = Line->IndexOf(",", Pos)+1;
}
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Wireless optical networks could make vehicles lighter
COVENTRY, UK – LED-based wireless optical networks in vehicles could significantly cut the weight of wiring under the hood, not only saving on fuel, but also allowing passengers to tap into visible or infrared spectrum bands in overhead lighting to watch movies or play music.
Radio-frequency (RF) signals are used for smartphones, for hands-free headsets for the driver and passengers, and for multimedia-related applications such as tablet PCs, but RF communication suffers from a congested bandwidth. In contrast, wireless systems benefit from an unlimited and unregulated spectrum.
The University of Warwick's Roger Green is working to create LED-based optical wireless networks.
Although optical wireless has been explored for some time in aviation, scientists in the University of Warwick's engineering department are exploring its use in private vehicles. It can be used to communicate between parts inside a car's engine compartment, such as between temperature sensors and the engine management system, or between the brake and speed-control systems.
Optical wireless can simply use a basic LED, such as those used in flashlights, to send data. In situations where it is best for the beam to be invisible, infrared light can be used instead. It can be installed in the overhead lights for in-car entertainment.
The major advantage of optical wireless is the weight of wiring it can remove from cars, translating into significant fuel savings over the lifetime of a vehicle, the researchers say. But it also reduces manufacturing costs, as LED and infrared light sources are not expensive to make, and it cuts back on the expense of maintaining and repairing wires.
Combined, all these factors spell significant advantages over the current systems for in-car data, which, in the engine, are generally copper wire-based or carbon fiber.
"Optical wireless is relatively unknown at the moment. But it's not hard to imagine a day when passengers can watch TV streamed through a beam coming from their overhead light, or when parts of the engine can 'talk' to each other without wires," said UW professor Roger Green. "We believe that this technology is poised to come into its own."
Other benefits include its lack of electromagnetic interference, he said.
The engineers presented their work at the International Conference on Transparent Optical Networks this summer at the university.


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How to Train a Rottweiler in Five Simple Steps
Five Tips to Train Your RottweilerTraining the Rottweiler is very simple. It just takes a little dedication, patience together with five simple tactics and you'll train them successfully.
Here are 5 Super Suggestions for how to break in your Rottweiler with great results:
1. In order to prevent the Rottweiler from getting disoriented and in order that they will be able to learn to recognize instructions readily just one person should be responsible for training your Rottweiler initially. When too many people try to train your Rottweiler at once this can stop progress in its tracks.
2. Trainers should always take advantage of positive reinforcements and feedback. Once a Rottweiler obeys, you should reward this behavior so that he will understand that what he did was right. If a Rottweiler does not understand or follow instructions, don't punish him. Rottweilers aren't as intelligent as we are, they take longer to learn. What you have to accept is that they will not readily follow all your orders in only one training, it requires repeated actions to break in your Rottweiler successfully. Do not push the Rottweiler because he could develop anxiety which may retard his learning and ability to be taught. You may give them treats or food to praise the Rottweiler, but you do not want to overdue it.
3. Teach skills 1 at a time. Make sure to teach him 1 order after the next. In case he won't remember it, try to remain on that order only because trying other lessons might just confuse the Rottweiler. Stick to the basics.
4. When executing instructions, keep your inflection pleasant so your Rottweiler will happily obey the instructions. Rottweilers will respond to a low and confident tone. If you ever scream, he could get unresponsive and startled.
5. Train a Rottweiler in multiple locales. When you keep your Rottweiler in a particular place like your home, he might not be able to adjust to a new environment with new individuals. Take him to your park or throughout the neighborhood. This will help your Rottweiler get familiar with more breeds and people.
Conclusion: Rottweiler Training
Teaching a Rottweiler will often be hard, but it will always be worth it. The bottom line is, you'll be the beneficiary when your Rottweiler is taught. Who knows, he could even save your life in the future and pay back everything you taught him.
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Paso Robles, Santa Maria libraries keep their communities connected to academic, online, and local resources during the pandemic
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Two libraries in two distinct areas on the Central Coast have stepped up to carry on being a direct resource for all ages during a time when most facilities have had to limit or halt their services during this pandemic.
The doors of the Paso Robles City Library were temporarily closed for several months, but it never stopped providing services to the community, especially online access to digital material and ensuring students had library cards, according to librarian Angelica Fortin.
LIBRARY CONNECTIONS The Paso Robles and Santa Maria City Libraries have only heightened their resourceful natures by adapting to the pandemic and offering virtual services to their respected communities. - PHOTO COURTESY OF BRUCE COOK
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Since March, the library has had more than 30,000 visitors; 135,0000 items have circulated, and of that total 43,000 were via virtual use; and (when the library was opened) its two public computers were used 10,400 times for 20 minutes at a time. It's been able to provide 370 virtual programs with a total of more than 6,700 attendees. The city library has also given away more than 3,000 grab-and-go craft kits for children and adults.
One of the immediate actions the library took during the first stay-at-home order in March was to offer reference services via telephone. Patrons could access e-books, e-magazines, and homework resources virtually by using their library cards.
"We worked really hard to try and get library cards to all of the [ninth, 10th, and 11th] graders at the Paso Robles Unified School District," Fortin said.
The partnership was made possible by Melissa Bailey, the Paso City children's librarian; school district librarian Stephanie Lowe; and educational technology TOSA Ronalee Andersen, who collaborated on a memorandum of understanding to safely and efficiently provide the students with a card, said Jennifer Gaviola, deputy superintendent of Paso Unified.
Even before the pandemic, this partnership had been in the works. The team, she said, determined how the district could securely provide the city library with student district ID numbers, which would then be students' city library number.
Bailey and the city library staff printed library cards for all students who did not already have one. They placed the students' new library cards as well as flyers detailing how to access digital resources in envelopes with the students' names.
Gaviola said the plan was to distribute the cards during the students' tutorial class, but due to the pandemic it didn't happen.
"In August when students came to pick up textbooks and Chromebooks, Paso Robles High School library staff handed out envelopes to students and explained that they now had access to books, audiobooks, and even movies through the public library," she said. "The city library made the processes extremely easy for the school district, and we are thrilled that so many more students now have access to more resources to support their education and recreational reading."
The program made more than 1,800 library cards available to students.
Another successful program the library facilitated was access to internet hotspots.
"There are people in our community that still don't have access to the internet at home, and it's for a variety of reasons. At the end of April we extended our Wi-Fi network not only here at the library, but at our study center over on [36th and Oak Streets] on the north end of town," Fortin said.
Since March the city library had a total 4,475 connections to its Wi-Fi network, an average of about 500 connections a month.
Library volunteer Tammy Bourne, who's lent her time to the facility for six years, pulls book holds for the curbside and pickup service. She said it's been amazing to see the library staff work so hard to evolve and respond to new safety requirements in an effort to serve the Paso Robles community without missing a step.
"The saddest thing about this new environment is not seeing people really enjoy the library. But I know the public is using the library because I get the list of books that people have put on hold and they want us to pull for them. So I can tell you right there, the public is definitely still using the library for books," Bourne said.
In Northern Santa Barbary County, the city of Santa Maria Main Library's aisles were also barren of visitors, and its physical closure threatened its funding.
When cuts to the library were initially proposed, the community quickly sprung into action to oppose such a measure, and City Council members found a way to move some money around and make it work.
"COVID-19 had really highlighted the inequities that exist, especially with education," City Councilmember Gloria Soto told New Times. "Library services, whether that be on a virtual platform or through their bookmobile or curbside pickup, being able to keep our community members and our young people engaged, have never been more important."
Prior to the pandemic, "our public here in Santa Maria did enjoy using our physical space for a variety of reasons," said Santa Maria Librarian Dawn Jackson. "However, under our current restrictions... people have come to realize that libraries can adapt, and can do so much more than what patrons, or perhaps even librarians, thought that we could do."
For the Santa Maria Main Library, this looked like shifting programming to "a combination of virtual and take-home format."
The library also brings books, Wi-Fi, and laptops for checkout directly to residents through its bookmobile, which was unveiled earlier this year.
"That is going to eight locations around the city with regular stops," Jackson said. "They have a grab-and-go service, and they've been able to reach patrons that haven't been able, even prior to the pandemic, to visit the library."
Ana Libbon, administrator of programs and services for Boys & Girls Clubs of Mid Central Coast, told New Times that the library's bookmobile has made a big difference for the kids they serve.
"Every Wednesday from 3:30 to about 5:30, they park in our parking lot and kids are allowed to go through their bookmobile and check out books," Libbon said of the organization's Santa Maria location. "They help them all obtain library cards and answer their questions.... They've been absolutely amazing."
The success is evident in the numbers: Jackson said the library has had 1,278 views of its programs on YouTube since March, and circulation went up 20 percent over the past two months with its grab-and-go services.
The perception of libraries is changing, Paso Robles' librarian Fortin said, noting that in the past people viewed the library as "shushing environments."
"We do have a lot of rules, I get that, but a lot of that is just organization and making sure that we have the resources people need; that they come back to that somebody else can use them," she said. "It really comes from wanting to provide access." Δ
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If you are using the legacy VMware vSphere Client on Windows 10 you may have some issues with the VM console that display only a part of the screen and leave blank other parts.
You can use other clients (like the Web Client if you have vCenter or the Host UI if you have at least ESXi 6.0U2), but maybe you will have other issues (for example on ESXi 6.0 host UI console mouse may not work well or not at all).
But if you try to use the vSphere Client console you will have screen like this:
And does not depend by the guest OS or the guest video resolution, there are are just two black bands on the right and at the bottom of the console, making it quite unusable.
Funny, but the solusions is the same the solve the Mouse issues with VMware Workstation 10 and in Windows 8.1 and it's common from Windows 8: when you use a Windows 8-based or Windows 8.1-based computer that has a display that features many dots per inch (that is, a high-DPI display), some desktop applications may appear somewhat blurry when you compare them with other applications on the screen. Alternately, display problems may exist such as truncated text. This behavior occurs in such programs as Internet Explorer, Microsoft Office, Windows Photo Viewer, Windows Media Player, Windows Firewall, the Windows 8 Calendar app, and Windows Journal.
This because, in order to provide an optimal experience on high-DPI displays, desktop applications have to detect the DPI of the display that is being used and then scale their graphical elements, text, and screen layout appropriately. Some applications do not implement this. Therefore, they may not look as sharp. Other applications may attempt to implement this, but may not implement it correctly, causing problems such as truncated text or incorrectly sized graphical elements.
The solutions is change the properties of the vSphere Client icons and disable DPI virtualization for the application. To do this, right-click the application's shortcut and then click Properties. On the Compatibility tab, select Disable Display Scaling On High DPI Settings, and then click OK. This causes the text in the application to appear clearer. However, if the application does not correctly handle high DPI settings, this procedure may have adverse side effects such as truncated text and incorrectly sized graphical elements.
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Objectives Accurate and stable extrinsic parameter calibrations are the basis of fusing perception and positioning of cameras and light detection and ranging (LiDAR). To address the problems of the Dhall calibration method in constraint accuracy, stability, and convergence, this paper proposed a LiDAR and camera calibration method with joint point-line-plane constraints.
Methods First, line-line and plane-plane constraints were added, and the Kabsch method was used to obtain a closed-form solution, which reduced the influence of noise in the single corner constraint and improved the accuracy and stability of the calibration results. Then, multi-frame point clouds were superimposed to fit lines, and the fitting corners were averaged, which further reduced the influence of the point cloud noise, thus improving the convergence speed and stability of the calibration method.
Results Experimental results show that the proposed method can converge within 20 frames, and the reprojection error of the corner points was less than 2 cm.
Conclusions The proposed method has faster convergence speed and higher accuracy than the original method.


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Background: Increased longevity among people with learning disabilities is accompanied by an increase in morbidity. A possible explanation is that living in the community and a move to greater independence may bring higher health risks through obesity and smoking. The study aimed to see if rates of smoking have increased from earlier published rates and to ascertain the awareness of the risks of smoking among people with learning disabilities.
Methods: A total of 435 people attending four social services day centres in a large urban area were assisted to complete a questionnaire.
Results: Twenty-seven (6.2%) reported that they currently smoked. Those with mild disabilities were much more likely to smoke than those with more severe disabilities and they also reported smoking more heavily. For those with mild levels of learning disability, a higher than expected proportion living in hospital and staffed housing smoked, a lower proportion living with parents smoked but for those living independently the proportion who smoked was no higher than expected. Smokers were more knowledgeable about the risks than non-smokers even if the level of learning disability was controlled for. Only a third of smokers were concerned about the risks.
Conclusion: The study provides no evidence that rates of smoking are increasing among people with learning disabilities nor that those living independently were more likely to smoke. Knowledge of health risks is poor across the group, but higher among the smokers who were unlikely to express concern about the risks. This may indicate that more support may be needed along with health education in this group.


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A systematic review of qualitative studies capturing the subjective experiences of Gay and Lesbian individuals' of faith or religious affiliation.Individuals identifying as religious tend to report better health and happiness regardless of affiliation, work and family social support or financial status. Evidence suggests that cultural factors are intertwined with these concepts. Exploration of sexual minorities' experiences has been neglected in previous years. Recently, a body of evidence is developing concerning this population, with theoretical speculation for changes of 'stressors' for future generations and implications, particularly, on mental health outcomes. Lesbian and Gay individuals of faith (or spirituality), are susceptible to unique 'stressors', whilst others suggest religion can provide a support network providing protective health benefits. This review systematically explores the existing published evidence for the subjective experiences and accounts of LG people of faith. Sexual minority individuals who follow a religion or faith can experience good social support, reducing the risk of negative health outcomes, while for others, potentially serious, negative mental and physical health consequences are experienced (e.g., internalised homophobia, anxiety, rejection and suicidal ideation).


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From a 5k race for wounded warriors to dueling Declaration readings to hotdogs and fireworks, New Bern was a busy place on July Fourth, the 237th anniversary of the United States.
Early risers and running fans started the day with the New Bern Run For The Warriors 5k. Race director Mona Sims said that the organization raised about $30,000 for wounded veteran programs.
River Bend held its annual Fourth of July parade at 10:30 a.m. and featured a long line of classic and antique cars. The brief but popular parade was attended by about 120 residents and guests.
Tryon Palace Historic Sites and Gardens opened its grounds free to the public. In addition to strolls through carefully cultivated gardens, tourists were able to visit with a number of costumed interpreters who spoke of the year 1783 — shortly before the Peace of Paris was signed on September 3, 1783, when King George III officially granted nationhood to the United States.
A number of colonial games, including bowls and hoops, were offered to tourists, while the day culminated with the 11 a.m. reading of the Declaration of Independence.
Usually the Palace uses William Hooper, a Declaration signer from the Wilmington area, who died in Hillsborough in 1790. For its 1783 interpretation however, the Palace chose to have another sign, John Penn, greeted by North Carolina governor Alexander Martin. Following introductions at 11 a.m., Penn read the nation's founding declaration before some 200 viewers, eliciting both cheers and boos from them. His reading was followed by a performance of the Palace's Fife and Drum Corps.
The Poppes provided period music throughout the day.
The city of New Bern officially began its own celebration at 3 p.m. when inflatables and facing painting opened for children at Lawson's Creek Park. A misting tent was also provided as relief against the heat while food venders sold wares.
A concert by the 2d Marine Aircraft Wing band was scheduled to run from 6:30 to 9 p.m. along with fireworks after dark.


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About MacKenzie-Childs Pottery
Each piece created at the MacKenzie-Childs studio is a unique work of functional art, hand formed using traditional techniques, hand trimmed, fired, glazed, decorated and fired again, and sometimes, again. Although handmade pots require meticulous care during the production process, MacKenzie-Childs choose to utilize these methods to ensure that each piece has its own individuality and charm, as diverse as the wild flowers that grace landscape or frost patterns on a window pane – never to be repeated.
Organic materials that are integral to the sedimentary clay body used in the creation of our ceramics guarantee that surprises abound! These materials, when fired in the kilns, can take on a life of their own creating pin holes and white spots that add to the unique character of each piece.
The clay body, glaze, stains, decals and lustres are formulated to ensure that all of pottery collections are completely food safe. While Majolica lines can be used in the dishwasher, microwave and oven, please note that items including decals or metallic lustres require hand washing and should not be used in the microwave or oven to preserve the more delicate finishes used in production of these items.
Each piece of MacKenzie-Childs pottery carries the studio mark and date of manufacture, and each artisan who contributes to a piece stamps his or her initials, adding to its collectability.