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Vastu for Staircase
Most houses consist of multiple floors and require structures to bridge the vertical distance between them. Normally, the medium used are stairways available in plethora of shapes (such as round, straight, etc) and materials (concrete, wooden, etc).However, before choosing any character, size or direction you should make sure the blue print of your stairway confirms with vastu for staircase.
A staircase must always be built in the western or southern part of the house. Make sure it's not constructed in the northeast corner, as that could lead to financial losses for the owner. In fact, staircase in any corner except west or south brings losses.
Tips According To Vastu For Staircase
- An external staircase can be built in the southeast direction facing east, southwest direction facing west, northwest direction facing north, and southwest direction facing south.
- Always begin your stairs from north to south or east to west. A turn can also be taken to other sides, in case there is a lack of space.
- Stairs must always have an odd number and the number must never end with a zero.
- The vertical set of stairs should also have an odd number and when divided by three their remnant must be two.
- Never make circular staircases as they have the ability to cause bad health. Also, a staircase encircling the building can lead to severe calamites.
- The room which has a staircase in the southwest corner of a basement is not auspicious. As per vastu, people living in a room such as this experience high blood pressure, undiagnosed diseases, anemia and the like.
- Construct doors at the end and beginning of each staircase. Also, it's important to make sure the stairs don't touch the northern or eastern walls.
- Try constructing staircases in such a way that stairs are not openly visible to the visitors. Directly visible stairs are thought to be inauspicious.
- Broken stairs must be repaired instantly, as they may lead to tensions and accidents.
- Rooms such as bathroom, kitchen, or pooja room should never be built under a staircase. This area can only be used for creating a storage room.
- If a linear staircase is constructed, it must begin from north to south or east to west (inside or outside the house). Later, it can take any direction.
Colors According To Vastu For Staircase
Staircases must always be painted in light colors and shades such as red and black should be avoided completely.


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NASA Awards $72 Million to New Morgan/UMBC Partnership to Further Earth and Atmospheric Science Research
Morgan to Receive $28 Million GESTAR II Award Over the Next Three Years, Continuing Its Decade-Plus Relationship with Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research
BALTIMORE — NASA has announced a major award of $72 million over three years to a consortium of higher education institutions and other organizations for the new Goddard Earth Sciences Technology and Research (GESTAR) II center. The GESTAR II consortium, which is being led by UMBC in partnership with Morgan State University, will support 120 affiliated researchers, creating extensive opportunities for breakthroughs in Earth and atmospheric science research. The workshare for GESTAR II will be handled primarily by UMBC and Morgan, which will receive $38 million and $28 million, respectively. This partnership marks the first major collaboration of the two Maryland-based research universities.
Colorado State University, Arizona State University and Pennsylvania State University will also contribute as partners in the program, along with Northrop Grumman Corporation, Earth Resources Technology, Inc., and the nonprofit Southeastern Universities Research Association. Participants will carry out observational, experimental and theoretical research in support of strategic mission objectives of NASA Earth Science. The large scale of this work will also enable students at all levels to contribute to the research.
"The collaboration between Morgan and UMBC serves as a model for how two high-research universities, operating in a highly competitive space, can join in common purpose, pooling intellectual capital, resources and expertise for the greater advancement of science and technology," said David K. Wilson, president of Morgan State University. "We appreciate the opportunity to continue the important work we began with the GESTAR program and partner with an institution that shares our commitment to STEM research. A partnership of this consequence not only benefits both universities but delivers marked return on investment benefiting our state and nation."
"I am deeply grateful to everyone, especially our colleagues at Morgan State, who helped make this new partnership a reality," said Freeman Hrabowski, president of UMBC. "I am looking forward to seeing what breakthroughs in Earth science will come from the collaborative work of the scientists, engineers and students who participate in GESTAR II."
Like UMBC's Joint Center for Earth Systems Technology (JCET) and the original GESTAR, in which Morgan was a major partner, GESTAR II will create opportunities for undergraduate and graduate students to conduct research with and be mentored by NASA scientists and engineers. In addition, GESTAR II will partner with Goddard's Earth Sciences Division to advance Earth science and Goddard's leadership, by providing a competitive environment to hire and retain high-quality scientists who are on track to be leaders at NASA, in academia and in industry.
Bringing together students and researchers from UMBC, Morgan, NASA and other institutions creates the opportunity for innovation in Earth science. It also creates a career pipeline for students from a wide range of backgrounds who are prepared to pursue employment at NASA and elsewhere, using the skills they've gained by learning from and with NASA team members.
"Morgan brings more than a decade of experience working with NASA, and we look forward to partnering with UMBC and other collaborators in GESTAR II to produce cutting-edge, world-class Earth science in support of our national space program," said Willie E. May, Ph.D., vice president for Research and Economic Development at Morgan State University. "We are also very excited about what this partnership will mean for our students — more exposure, new educational pursuits and access to long-term employment opportunities."
Morgan is also creating a new minor in Earth and space science, and some of Morgan's GESTAR II researchers will have the opportunity to teach in the program.
Morgan has been a major partner in the original GESTAR center at Goddard since 2011 and will bring that experience to GESTAR II. Nearly 40 Morgan researchers, with expertise in various Earth and space sciences, will be part of the GESTAR II center when it launches. Morgan's GESTAR researchers have used NASA data to study the sea surface, snow cover on land, and the atmosphere, by modeling these complex systems and by other means.
"Morgan's 10 years of research and management experience with the original GESTAR program affords us a unique opportunity to contribute immediately to NASA's GESTAR II program, while also addressing the need for inclusiveness," said Daniel Laughlin, Ph.D., associate director for the GESTAR program at Morgan State University. "We look forward to our scientists' carrying out critical research to support NASA's strategic Earth Science mission objectives to improve NASA's ability to model and predict Earth system events and to benefit society."
Shown in header photo L-R: Willie E. May (Morgan), Daniel Laughlin (Morgan), David Wilson (Morgan), Margo Young (UMBC), Freeman Hrabowski (UMBC), Belay Demoz (UMBC) and Karl Steiner (UMBC)
Photo 2: President David K. Wilson of Morgan State and President Freeman A. Hrabowski of UMBC. Photo by Marlayna Demond for UMBC
Morgan State University, founded in 1867, is a Carnegie-classified high research (R2) institution offering nearly 140 academic programs leading to degrees from the baccalaureate to the doctorate. As Maryland's Preeminent Public Urban Research University, and the only university to have its entire campus designated as a National Treasure by the National Trust for Historic Preservation, Morgan serves a multiethnic and multiracial student body and seeks to ensure that the doors of higher education are opened as wide as possible to as many as possible. For more information about Morgan State University, visit _URL_.
Sarah Hansen, UMBC PR

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From Engineering on March 23, 2007 in Decks and Patios
Over 80% of the countrys decks are made from pressure treated wood, making it the most popular deck material in the US. Even if a deck is made of cedar or redwood, it will most likely have a pressure treated substructure, because it is economical and long-lasting. About 80% of pressure treated wood is southern yellow pine. Its initial greenish color eventually fades to gray and is available at nearly every lumber outlet. Pressure treated wood usually has a warranty against decay and gets its name from the process of forcing a chemical preservative into the wood under pressure. Preservatives can be toxic so dont burn the wood or breath-in the saw dustthough a new process was introduced in 2005, making the lumber safer to use. Though the preservatives in the wood help protect against insects and rot, it does not prevent against weathering. Pressure treated would can be stained or painted, but be sure the product you are using is compatible with the pressure treated material. Pressure treated lumber will shrink and some of the grain may rise or open up. These so-called splits and splinters are a natural occurrence with pressure treated lumber and may happen within a few days after being exposed to the sun. It is by far the least costly building material available in deck construction and comes in a variety of dimensions. Estimated Cost of Pressure Treated Wood: 35-50 cents/linear foot.

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SSD - Hosters Seminar
Location: AICES Seminar Room 115, 1st floor, Schinkelstr. 2, 52062 Aachen
Dr. Norbert Hosters - Spline-based Methods for Fluid-structure Interaction
Chair for Computational Analysis of Technical Systems, RWTH Aachen University
The introduction of isogeometric analysis (IGA), made it possible to directly exploit the
favorable geometric properties of NURBS for numerical analysis. The method has become
wide-spread in structural mechanics. However, parametrizing complex three-dimenional
domains — as needed for CFD — using closed volume splines can be challenging. NURBS-
enhanced finite elements (NEFEM) can be a viable alternative. Both methods together
lead to a geometrically compatible coupling interface for fluid-structure interaction (FSI). Within a partitioned FSI
method, the necessary projection methods simplify due to the matching geometry;
while at the same time increasing accuracy. But the spline-based description not only offers
advantages in linking the individual fields. The spline-based boundary description is also
beneficial for problems of FSI with additional complexities, e.g. free surfaces or contact.
In the talk the theoretical background of the applied spline-based FSI solver will be presented.
The numerical advantages of the presented combination of isogeometric analysis and the NURBS-enhanced
finite element method is demonstrated with simple stationary and transient test cases. With more
complex FSI test cases, additional advantages of spline-based methods are presented.


Rwanda's National AI Policy: Stakeholder Workshop
February 24, 2021
Kigali, Virtual
A National Artificial Intelligence Policy for the Republic of Rwanda
Second Collective Intelligence Workshop
Powered by Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT), Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA), GIZ FAIR Forward and The Future Society (TFS)
For the past six months, the Ministry of ICT and Innovation (MINICT) and the Rwanda Utilities Regulatory Agency (RURA), supported by GIZ FAIR Forward and The Future Society (TFS) have partaken in a multi-stakeholder process to develop National AI Policy framework and implementation plan for the Republic of Rwanda. The framework's mission is to accelerate AI adoption by enabling the rapid growth of Rwanda's AI ecosystem, foster the adoption of AI in high growth sectors, and scale public and private sector investment in AI. The ultimate goal is to promote and foster Rwanda's inclusive and sustainable socio-economic transformation.
The process for designing the framework launched with a collective intelligence workshop in September 2020, in which a diverse set of stakeholders gathered to identify and prioritize key AI opportunities, risks, and socio-ethical implications in the country. Since September, the team has continued to gather perspectives from government representatives, private sector leaders, academics, and members of the civil society in order to prepare a draft national AI policy.
This second collective intelligence workshop will discuss the key sections of the draft national AI policy, including seven concrete categories for policy intervention and implementation pathways plan for each. It will facilitate a conversation to gather participant input and to collectively fine-tune and polish the framework and implementation plan. While the workshop was originally intended to take place in Kigali, the COVID-19 pandemic necessitates the virtual format (Zoom).
Screenshot of Participants in Second Stakeholder Workshop for Rwanda's National AI Policy


text: Resin 3D printing is experiencing greater adoption in real-world fabrication settings for both prototyping and manufacturing. To optimize the speed of these fabrication methods, few techniques for predicting and visualizing such processes, and its variants, in real-time have been proposed and rigorously evaluated. In this work we outline and validate two complementary methods to monitoring resin 3D printing, specifically continuous liquid interface production (CLIP), in real-time for optimal print parameter selection. Namely, we use: (1) a load cell mounted on the build platform capable of measuring tensile forces during printing, and (2) our novel approach to optical coherence tomography scanning aligned with the printer resin vat. After describing our technical implementation of each of these strategies below, we assess the benefits of each in turn, and evaluate their relative limitations.


StartProjectVersion - Amazon Rekognition
StartProjectVersion
Note
This operation applies only to Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels.
Starts the running of the version of a model. Starting a model takes a while to complete. To check the current state of the model, use DescribeProjectVersions.
Once the model is running, you can detect custom labels in new images by calling DetectCustomLabels.
Note
You are charged for the amount of time that the model is running. To stop a running model, call StopProjectVersion.
For more information, see Running a trained Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels model.
This operation requires permissions to perform the rekognition:StartProjectVersion action.
Request Syntax
{ "MaxInferenceUnits": number, "MinInferenceUnits": number, "ProjectVersionArn": "string" }
Request Parameters
For information about the parameters that are common to all actions, see Common Parameters.
The request accepts the following data in JSON format.
MaxInferenceUnits
The maximum number of inference units to use for auto-scaling the model. If you don't specify a value, Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels doesn't auto-scale the model.
Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.
Required: No
MinInferenceUnits
The minimum number of inference units to use. A single inference unit represents 1 hour of processing.
For information about the number of transactions per second (TPS) that an inference unit can support, see Running a trained Amazon Rekognition Custom Labels model.
Use a higher number to increase the TPS throughput of your model. You are charged for the number of inference units that you use.
Type: Integer
Valid Range: Minimum value of 1.
Required: Yes
ProjectVersionArn
The Amazon Resource Name(ARN) of the model version that you want to start.
Type: String
Length Constraints: Minimum length of 20. Maximum length of 2048.
Pattern: (^arn:[a-z\d-]+:rekognition:[a-z\d-]+:\d{12}:project\/[a-zA-Z0-9_.\-]{1,255}\/version\/[a-zA-Z0-9_.\-]{1,255}\/[0-9]+$)
Required: Yes
Response Syntax
{ "Status": "string" }
Response Elements
If the action is successful, the service sends back an HTTP 200 response.
The following data is returned in JSON format by the service.
Status
The current running status of the model.
Type: String
Valid Values: TRAINING_IN_PROGRESS | TRAINING_COMPLETED | TRAINING_FAILED | STARTING | RUNNING | FAILED | STOPPING | STOPPED | DELETING | COPYING_IN_PROGRESS | COPYING_COMPLETED | COPYING_FAILED | DEPRECATED | EXPIRED
Errors
For information about the errors that are common to all actions, see Common Errors.
AccessDeniedException
You are not authorized to perform the action.
HTTP Status Code: 400
InternalServerError
Amazon Rekognition experienced a service issue. Try your call again.
HTTP Status Code: 500
InvalidParameterException
Input parameter violated a constraint. Validate your parameter before calling the API operation again.
HTTP Status Code: 400
LimitExceededException
An Amazon Rekognition service limit was exceeded. For example, if you start too many jobs concurrently, subsequent calls to start operations (ex: StartLabelDetection) will raise a LimitExceededException exception (HTTP status code: 400) until the number of concurrently running jobs is below the Amazon Rekognition service limit.
HTTP Status Code: 400
ProvisionedThroughputExceededException
The number of requests exceeded your throughput limit. If you want to increase this limit, contact Amazon Rekognition.
HTTP Status Code: 400
ResourceInUseException
The specified resource is already being used.
HTTP Status Code: 400
ResourceNotFoundException
The resource specified in the request cannot be found.
HTTP Status Code: 400
ThrottlingException
Amazon Rekognition is temporarily unable to process the request. Try your call again.
HTTP Status Code: 500
See Also
For more information about using this API in one of the language-specific AWS SDKs, see the following:


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So you saw a pink bird in Florida and are wondering which species it was? You are at the right place.
The Florida Ornithological Society Records Committee (FOSRC) estimates that there are approximately 500 species of birds in Florida, a state well-recognized for its nature. Among them, there are a few which are pink in color.
The American flamingo, roseate spoonbill, scarlet ibis, purple finch, and house finch are a few examples of pink birds found in Florida.
While some, like the roseate spoonbill, are year-round residents of the state, others, like the purple finch, only visit in the winter (nonbreeding season).
Here are some interesting information and photographs of them.
List of Pink Birds in Florida
1. Spoonbill Roseate
- Scientific name: Platalea ajaja
- Lifespan: 10 years
- Size: 24 inches
- Native to: southern Florida, coastal Texas, and southwestern Louisiana
- Beaks typically measure 4-6 inches (10-15 cm) in length.
These big Florida birds have a delicate pink tint that makes them seem beautiful from a distance but strange up close.
They are sometimes mistaken for American flamingos, but their long spoon-shaped beak, white necks, and pink plumage make them easy to spot.
Roseate spoonbills consume crustaceans and other aquatic invertebrates that are rich in the carotenoids that give these birds their pink hue and cause their feathers to change that color.
Along Southern Florida's coastline, from the southern islands of the Florida Keys, Florida Bay, and Everglades up to Tampa, roseate spoonbills may be observed all year round.
Visit the islands of Sandy Key, Tern Key, and Joe Key between November and March for the greatest chance to observe these pink birds in Florida Bay.
"Ding" Darling National Wildlife Refuge and Venice are two other well-known locations to observe roseate spoonbills in Florida.
If you decide to go looking for them, watch for flocks of pink birds, often with egrets and ibises nearby, feeding in the shallows of fresh and saltwater.
They are predators that consume tiny fish, frogs, newts, crustaceans, and aquatic insects.
In Southern Florida, breeding occurs from November to December; in Central Florida, it takes place around April. They will construct their nests in tall trees or mangroves and deposit two to five pale eggs with brown markings.
As they age, these birds will lose the feathers on the top of their heads, much as people do.
2. American Flamingo
- Scientific name: Phoeniconaias minor
- Length: 90 cm
- Wingspan: 1 m
- Weight: 2-3 Kg
- Beak length on average is 5-7 inches (12.7-17.8 cm).
The American flamingo is a large, pink bird with long legs and a neck. The primary and secondary flight feathers of these wading birds are black, and they have red wing coverts and pink plumage overall. They also have pink legs and pink beaks with black tips.
South Florida and the Florida Keys are home to American flamingos. Despite the fact that certain populations may remain in Florida Bay all year round, the best months to observe them there are from March to May.
The Everglades, Biscayne Bay, Hialeah, and the Florida Keys are among the greatest locations in Florida to watch American flamingos.
They may also be easily distinguished by their cry, which is similar to a goose honking.
American flamingos have a wingspan of up to 5 feet, a height of up to 5 feet, and a weight of up to 8 pounds.
They go by the moniker "rosy flamingos," because the food they consume gives them their pink tint.
The omnivorous American flamingo consumes brine, tiny seeds, aquatic invertebrates including fly larvae, shrimp, and mollusks, as well as algae and algae-like substances.
To flush out their food, they often wade through shallow waters while kicking up muck with their feet and bills.
American flamingos are very social birds and are often seen in flocks of a few couples to a few hundred or thousands. Although they are typically non-migratory, they may travel short distances if their habitat is disturbed or if they need to find additional food.
Florida previously had native American flamingos, but by the turn of the 20th century, they had vanished entirely from the state. Since that time, more and more of these flamingos have returned to the area they once called home and are populating it.
3. Scarlet ibis
- Scientific name: Eudocimus ruber
- Lifespan: 16 years
- Size: 22 to 30 inches
- Native to: Northern South America southward along the coast of Brazil
The scarlet ibis is a huge, distinctive bird with a long neck, long legs, and a long, thin, decurved beak. It has webbed pink legs, a vivid red-pink tint for its plumage, and black wing tips. In general, guys are a little bit bigger than females.
Since being brought to Florida, the scarlet ibis has become a common sight in Southern Florida's marshes, swamps, inland wetlands, lawns, and small ponds.
These birds are often seen wading in shallow water and using their long beaks to probe the mud and plants in search of food.
Scarlet ibises are excellent flyers, extremely migratory, and capable of traveling considerable distances while spending most of their time wading and strolling on the ground.
They may be seen flying in a traditional V formation in groups of thirty or more.
Because they are carnivores, scarlet ibises mostly eat fish, insects, frogs, crabs, mollusks, and tiny snakes.
Scarlet ibises are pink like the other Florida birds on our list because they consume crustaceans, which contain carotene.
Around mangrove woods, they create their colonies of nests using twigs and branches. Both mates will incubate the eggs and feed the chicks after the female lays a clutch of three to five smooth matte eggs.
The scarlet ibis is Trinidad & Tobago's national bird.
4. Purple finches
- Scientific name: Carpodacus
- Lifespan: 5 to 9 years
- Size: 15.2 cm
- Native to: Southern Canada, New England, and west coast regions of the United States
Purple finches are not, despite their name, purple. These little birds have brown wings and short, forked tails.
Male purple finches have striped backs, pink-red breasts, backs, and rumps. Females have a white line over the eye and are light brown above and white below.
Northwest Florida throughout the winter, from October to May, is home to purple finches. They are widespread in several settings with trees.
In northern Canadian coniferous woods, purple finches nest before migrating to the southern US for the winter.
They consume seeds, berries, and insects like omnivores.
They often congregate at bird feeders. Make sure to fill your feeder with thistle, millet, and sunflower seeds if you want to attract purple finches to your garden.
These rosy birds eat the foliage on the ground as well as in trees and shrubs. They construct their nests high in the vegetation of of twigs, weeds, grass, hair, and moss in lowland coniferous and mixed woods.
The female will lay 3-6 light greenish-blue eggs with black and brown markings.
The state bird of New Hampshire is the purple finch.
5. House Finch
- Scientific name: Haemorhous mexicanus
- Lifespan: 11 years
- Size: 14 cm
- Native to: Western North America
Widespread songbirds known as house finches have shallowly notched tails, small wings, and conical beaks.
The breasts, eyebrows, foreheads, and rumps of males are streaky pink-red, whereas those of females are brown above and streaked below; they lack pink.
House finches were brought to Florida and are now common, particularly in Northwestern Florida.
The fundamental distinction between house finches and purple finches is the smaller size, milder coloring, and wider range of the former.
Male house finches sing a lengthy, rambling warble made up of several brief notes. Their "cheep" is loud and distinct.
House finches sing with various "accents" and in a variety of durations with more or fewer syllables depending on where they are.
House finches are sociable and vocal birds that congregate in big groups in urban parks, suburban backyards, farms, and forest margins.
They consume a variety of foods, including seeds, buds, tiny fruits, berries, and small insects on occasion.
You could also witness flocks of house finches gathered around bird feeders during the non-breeding season. Don't forget to provide milo, millet, and black oil sunflower seeds if you want to draw one to your garden.
Females prefer to mate with males that have the brightest faces, which is why the pink-red hue of the males is caused by the berries and fruits they eat. They lay between 3 and 6 tiny, light blue eggs with black specks during their late winter and early spring breeding season.
Final Thoughts on Pinks Birds in Florida
Our list of pink birds in Florida comes to an end here.
There are several of them in the state, including purple finches, roseate spoonbills, and American flamingos.
You should be able to identify each of these birds the next time you see or hear them in person!
And in case you loved it, here are some of our other well-read pieces about birds: In Florida, there are 25 occurrences of songbirds and 15 instances of green-headed birds.
- Types of Blue Birds in Florida
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Embrace the Adventure: Murder Drones Stuffed Toys for Brave Hearts
The creators of the Murder Drones Cuddly Toy Collection have taken this into account and ensured that their products meet all necessary safety standards. They are made from child-friendly materials and undergo rigorous testing to ensure they pose no harm to users. While some may argue that introducing children to such concepts at an early age might be controversial, others believe it's a way of preparing them for the future. In a world where technology is advancing at an unprecedented pace, it's no surprise that even children's toys are becoming more sophisticated. Gone are the days of simple stuffed animals and action figures; now, we have murder drones stuffed toys designed specifically for brave hearts. These murder drone stuffed toys may sound like something out of a science fiction movie, but they are very much real.
Created by innovative toy manufacturers who understand the thrill-seeking nature of today's youth, these toys offer an exhilarating experience unlike any other. So what exactly are murder drone stuffed toys? Essentially, they are remote-controlled drones disguised as cuddly plush animals. From adorable teddy bears to fierce lions and everything in between, there is a wide range of options available to suit every child's taste. But don't let their cute appearance fool you – these toys pack quite a punch! Equipped with state-of-the-art technology and advanced weaponry systems, murder drone stuffed toys allow children to engage in thrilling aerial battles right from the comfort of their own homes or backyards. One might wonder why anyone would want to introduce such violent elements into children's playtime.
However, proponents argue that these toys provide an outlet for adventurous spirits while teaching valuable skills such as hand-eye coordination and strategic thinking. Moreover, murder drone stuffed toys encourage outdoor play and physical activity. Instead of spending hours glued to screens playing video games or watching TV shows, children can now take part in exciting adventures outside with their friends or family members. Safety is always a top priority when it comes to children's products. Rest assured that manufacturers have taken this into Murder Drones stuffed toy account during the design process. These drones come equipped with safety features such as propeller guards and automatic shut-off mechanisms if they detect any potential danger nearby. Additionally, parents need not worry about their little ones getting hurt during playtime since all interactions occur through remote control.


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A partial vocabulary of the Yinikurtira Aboriginal people
Petkovic, J. (2007) A partial vocabulary of the Yinikurtira Aboriginal people. IM: Interactive Media (3).
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The Yinikurtira people of the North West region of Australia are generally thought to have been a sub-group of the Talandji language speakers, although the exact nature of their connection is somewhat uncertain.1 The Talandji language is reasonably well documented and still has a few living speakers.2 In contrast, the Yinikurtiri language is classified as extinct. 3 Discovering early Yinikurtira wordlists could potentially give us a productive comparison with the known Talandji language as well as a window into the once vibrant Yinikurtira culture.
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something with the message
}
We only need to do minimal processing of the data for this application before sending it on to Honeycomb or Zipkin. As the messages contain nested objects, we need to flatten the object hierarchy for easier viewing in spans. So instead of this:
{
 "request": {
 "operation": "update",
 "namespace": { "id": "root" },
 "path": "sys/audit/socket",
 "data": {
 "local": false
 }
 }
}
We want to send this:
{
 "request.operation": "update",
 "request.namespace.id": "root",
 "request.path": "sys/audit/socket",
 "request.data.local": false
}
We also want to get a few strongly typed pieces of data out of the message, too, such as the type (request or response) and the request's id, which is in both messages and can be used to group the spans.
To save us from deserialising the json twice, we can do the following:
 1. deserialize into a map[string]interface{}
 2. create a flattened version of the event using the flatten library
 3. turn the map into a typed struct using the mapstructure library
// 1 deserialize
event := map[string]interface{}{}
if err := json.Unmarshal(message, &event); err != nil {
 return err
}
// 2 flatten
flat, err := flatten.Flatten(event, "", flatten.DotStyle)
if err != nil {
 return err
}
// 3 type
typed := Event{}
if err := mapstructure.Decode(event, &typed); err != nil {
 return err
}
Now that we have our flattened version and our typed version of the message, we can forward it to our span processors. There are two implementations (3 if you count stdout), so let's look at them one at a time.
Honeycomb
To send the spans to Honeycomb, I am using their lower-level library libhoney-go, rather than the more usual beeline as I don't need all the context propagation or automatic ID generation.
For the first version of this application, just sending the two events to Honeycomb linked together is enough; however, both spans will show 0ms durations. We'll fix this problem for both Honeycomb and OpenTelemetry later.
To link our spans together properly, I use the .Request.ID property from the event as the trace.trace_id; it's already a guid and is the same for both the request and response events. Then, for a request event, I make it the parent span by using the .Request.ID again, but this time as the trace.span_id. Finally, for the response event, I set the trace.parent_id to the .Request.ID, and generate a random value for the trace.span_id field.
Lastly, I loop through the flattened version of the event, adding each key-value pair to the event's attributes and finally send the event.
ev := libhoney.NewEvent()
ev.AddField("trace.trace_id", typed.Request.ID)
if typed.Type == "request" {
 ev.AddField("trace.span_id", typed.Request.ID)
} else {
 ev.AddField("trace.parent_id", typed.Request.ID)
 ev.AddField("trace.span_id", generateSpanID())
}
ev.AddField("service_name", "vault")
ev.AddField("name", typed.Type)
for key, val := range event {
 ev.AddField(key, val)
}
ev.Send()
Zipkin / OpenTelemetry
The process for sending via OpenTelemetry is reasonably similar; we start a new span, copy the flattened structure into the span's attributed and call End(), making the TracerProvider send the span to our configured backends (Zipkin in this case.)
id, _ := uuid.Parse(typed.Request.ID)
ctx := context.WithValue(context.Background(), "request_id", id)
tr := otel.GetTracerProvider().Tracer("main")
ctx, span := tr.Start(ctx, typed.Type, trace.WithSpanKind(trace.SpanKindServer))
for key, value := range event {
 span.SetAttributes(attribute.KeyValue{
 Key: attribute.Key(key),
 Value: attribute.StringValue(fmt.Sprintf("%v", value)),
 })
}
if typed.Error != "" {
 span.SetStatus(codes.Error, typed.Error)
}
span.End()
The hard part was figuring out how to feed the .Request.ID into the Tracer as the TraceID, which was achieved by configuring OpenTelemetry with a custom ID generator that would use the request_id property of the current context:
type Generator struct{}
func (g *Generator) NewIDs(ctx context.Context) (trace.TraceID, trace.SpanID) {
 val := ctx.Value("request_id").(uuid.UUID)
 tid := trace.TraceID{}
 req, _ := val.MarshalText()
 copy(tid[:], req)
 sid := trace.SpanID{}
 rand.Read(sid[:])
 return tid, sid
}
I am sure more copying and allocation is happening in this method than necessary, but it is good enough for now. Configuring it for use by OpenTelemetry is straightforward; it just needs adding to the NewTracerProvider call by wrapping it with trace.WithIDGenerator():
exporter, _ := zipkin.NewRawExporter(
 "http://localhost:9411/api/v2/spans",
 zipkin.WithSDKOptions(sdktrace.WithSampler(sdktrace.AlwaysSample())),
)
processor := sdktrace.NewSimpleSpanProcessor(exporter)
tp := sdktrace.NewTracerProvider(
 sdktrace.WithSpanProcessor(processor),
 sdktrace.WithResource(resource.NewWithAttributes(
 semconv.ServiceNameKey.String("vault-observe"),
 )),
 sdktrace.WithIDGenerator(&Generator{}),
)
otel.SetTracerProvider(tp)
Testing
To verify that it works, I have a single docker-compose.yml file which sets up a Vault instance in dev mode, and a Zipkin instance. It mounts the current working directory into the Vault container as /sockets to share the socket file between the host and the container.
version: "3.9"
services:
 vault:
 image: vault:latest
 cap_add:
 - IPC_LOCK
 volumes:
 - "./:/sockets:rw"
 ports:
 - "8200:8200"
 environment:
 VAULT_DEV_ROOT_TOKEN_ID: "vault"
 zipkin:
 image: openzipkin/zipkin-slim
 ports:
 - "9411:9411"
Running the application along with the docker container is now as follows:
go build
docker-compose up -d
./vault-observe --zipkin --socket-path observe.sock
In another terminal, you can now enable the new audit backend and send some requests so we can look at them in Zipkin:
export VAULT_ADDR="http://localhost:8200"
export VAULT_TOKEN="vault"
vault audit enable socket address=/sockets/observe.sock socket_type=unix
vault secrets enable -version=2 kv
vault kv put /secrets/test name=andy
vault kv get /secrets/test
Running in Production
There are a few things you should be aware of, running this in production:
 - This must not be your only audit backend: Vault will fail requests if they are not successfully written to at least one audit backend if any are enabled.
 - There is the possibility of losing data if the vault-observe process stops
Improvements
As I am using this for keeping an eye on request durations and patterns in behaviour, capturing the actual time it takes for Vault to handle a request would be pretty valuable. So instead of processing both events, I will keep just the timestamp from the request, and then when the response event comes in, look up the timestamp and calculate the duration.
As I don't want an ever-expanding list of timestamps in memory, I use an automatically expiring cache so keep them for around 10 seconds, as no request to Vault should be that slow!
requests := cache.New(10*time.Second, 1*time.Minute)
for {
 err


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NTRIP (Networked Transport of RTCM via Internet Protocol)
NTRIP is a protocol for streaming Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) data over the Internet. Based on the Hypertext Transfer Protocol HTTP/1.1. NTRIP began as an RTCM standard designed for disseminating differential correction data (e.g in the RTCM-104 format) or other kinds of GNSS streaming data to stationary or mobile users over the Internet, allowing simultaneous PC, Laptop, PDA, or receiver connections to a broadcasting host.
NTRIP is designed to be an open non-proprietary protocol and has gained wordwide recognition as a useful means of transporting GNSS data.
Wireless Internet services and Mobile IP Networks like GSM, GPRS, EDGE, or UMTS are all quite capable of carrying NTRIP streams.
Major characteristics of Ntrip's dissemination technique are:
- Based on the popular HTTP streaming standard; comparatively easy to implement when having limited client and server platform resources available.
- Application not limited to one particular plain or coded stream content; ability to distribute any kind of GNSS data.
- Potential to support mass usage; disseminating hundreds of streams simultaneously for up to thousand users possible when applying modified Internet Radio broadcasting software.
- Considering security needs; stream providers and users don't necessarily get into contact, streams often not blocked by firewalls or proxyservers protecting Local Area Networks.
- Enables streaming over any mobile IP network because of using TCP/IP.


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Our latest award winner is the book Making Sense of What Hasn't Made Sense. This book was authored by Ramona Roberts, Psy.D. Dr. Ramona Roberts is currently the Executive Director of Caron Outpatient Treatment Center in Wyomissing, Pa (formerly Supervisor of Trauma Services at Caron's residential campus) and a licensed Clinical Psychologist. She teaches for a number of colleges/universities and has several research publications in peer-reviewed journals. She is a level II Certified Clinical Trauma Professional. She has received numerous awards and has presented to audiences locally to intercontinentally. She has also been featured on a Parent-to-Parent podcast.
The book is written to help clients, beginning clinicians or even experienced clinicians that may be new to trauma, family members of people with trauma histories, and students in understanding the impact of trauma to be able to be more compassionate and make sense of what is happening. It is part of academic curriculum at West Chester University in the multicultural courses as it covers race related trauma as well, and is in the Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine courses of addiction and trauma. Making Sense of What Hasn't Made Sense is geared towards family members, friends, the trauma survivor, and any student or professional that may be involved. It will provide a foundational understanding of trauma without a need for formal education and training as it is relatable and easily digestible. It is Dr. Roberts' hope that by gaining an awareness about trauma, it will support and promote compassion, courage, and hope.
Thank you, Dr. Roberts, for this book!


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Daily 9x9 Nurikabe for 2013-08-20
Nurikabe is a binary determination puzzle. You must decide for each cell if it is white or black (by clicking on them) according to the following rules:
- All of the black cells must be connected.
- Each numbered cell must be part of a white island of connected white cells.
- Each island must have the same number of white cells as the number it contains (including the numbered cell).
- Two islands may not be connected.
- There cannot be any 2x2 blocks of black cells.
Read more about the history and methods behind nurikabe in the Wikipedia nurikabe article.


It's the new, hot trend in Latin America: Families with money are equipping their vehicles with bullet-proof windows so they can keep their families safe.
"In Latin American countries from Brazil to Mexico, the affluent are increasingly shielding their cars as a precaution against violence that has thrived due to weak police forces, easy access to guns and young, unemployed men on the lookout for lucrative targets," says a Fox Latino report.
Trying to improve their odds against crime, violence and kidnappings, the report says that Venezuela's wealthy have poured money into security. The number of bodyguards has grown an estimated 70 percent in the past five years, and it's common to see the children of wealthy businesspeople shuttled to school by armed chauffeurs, the report says.
Colombia was a pioneer in producing armored cars due to a long-running rebel conflict and drug violence, the report says, but now, Venezuela surpasses Colombia in the number of armored cars produced each year.
In Brazil, sales have risen from 3,045 vehicles in 2004 to 7,332 in 2010, according to the Brazilian Armoring Association. It says that about 85 percent of Brazilian clients are business executives and that fears of street crime are driving the increase.
In Mexico, says the report, an estimated 2,300 cars will be armored this year, compared to 1,200 in 2007.


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Historic Preservation Commission Awards Leaders in Historic Preservation
Contact: Natalie Feinberg Lopez, Historic Preservation Officer, City of Aspen Community Development Department, _PHONE_, _EMAIL_.
Aspen, CO – August 11, 2021 – The City of Aspen's Historic Preservation Commission presented its annual awards during the Aspen City Council meeting on the evening of Tuesday, August 10. Now a tradition for more than 25 years, the awards recognize projects that make an outstanding contribution to historic preservation in Aspen and to thank those responsible.
This year, the Historic Preservation Commission honored four projects and one individual.
"Three of the four projects awarded were at one point very close to demolition rather than preservation. So, the Historic Preservation Commission is particularly grateful and excited to applaud the hard work and community-minded efforts put forth by the individuals and firms being recognized by these awards", stated Natalie Feinberg Lopez, Historic Preservation Officer with the City of Aspen Community Development Department.
The four structures that were awarded the Historic Preservation Commission Project Awards include:
541 Race Alley: Built in 1964, this home is comprised of two log cabins and is landmark designated as an example of the type of modest housing developed in response to Aspen's post-World War II growth. Recognition for this project was given to: John Morton (Developer), Willis Pember Architects (Architecture, Interior Architecture), Rudd Construction (General Contractor), Lift Studio (Landscape Architecture), Kristin Dittmar Design (Interior Design), Evolve Structural Design (Structural Engineering), Woody Creek Engineering (Civil Engineering), Climate Control (Mechanical Engineering), and Bailey House Movers.
301 E. Hopkins: Built in 1890, this structure is one of a few miner's cottages in the commercial core that has been successfully preserved amid larger surrounding structures. It housed many businesses over the years and is now home to the Bear Den Café located on the corner of Hopkins and Monarch. Recognition for this project was given to: Alia Joonas and Bridger Smith (Owners), Jimmy Marcus, Ute City Advisors (Developer), CCY Architects (Architect), and Brikor Associates (General Contractor).
223 E. Hallam: This Queen Anne-style Victorian was built in the early 1890s and purchased by beloved Aspen photographer, Ferenc Berko, in 1957. Recognition for this project was given to: Kim Raymond Architecture + Interiors, Koru Limited (General Contractor), Suarez Masonry, LLC, Aspen Preservation Company, (Restoration), Bob Gilbert (Paint), Alexander Roofing (Cedar Roof Restoration), LOA Carpentry (Porch Restoration), and Grizzly Creek (Porch Restoration).
124 W. Hallam: This Queen Anne-style house was built in 1887. The current owner undertook extensive and heavily researched restoration using photos and physical evidence to accurately reconstruct missing elements, such as the front porch. Recognition for this project was given to: Stage Fine Homes (Developer), Ro | Rockett Design (Architect), Koru Limited (General Contractor), Elements, Inc. (Landscape Architect), and KL&A (Structural Engineer).
In addition to the Project Awards, the Elizabeth Paepcke Award was presented to a long-time preservation leader who demonstrates a commitment to historic preservation that has a clear impact on Aspen.
The 2021 Elizabeth Paepcke Award was presented to Ann Mullins who served two terms on City Council and was a member and chair of the Historic Preservation Commission for six years. She also developed a walking tour of the Aspen Institute that showcases the design history of the campus to hundreds of participants each summer.
Ann is the proud steward of her own landmark designated miner's cottage, affectionally known as "The Pink House," and received a Historic Preservation Commission Award in 2011 for the beautifully designed detached art studio she added to her property.
"During her tenure, Ann supported and improve dozens of important preservation projects by offering her significant professional expertise as a landscape architect," said Feinberg Lopez. "We are beyond grateful for her valuable leadership in preserving Aspen's history."
For more information about the Historic Preservation Commission Awards and recipients, visit _URL_


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- focuses on mentoring in ITE in primary and secondary schools in Wales
- examines the role of the mentor and what makes effective practice in mentoring
- explores the relationship between professional learning in school and effective mentoring in ITE
- looks at how student teachers develop the skills and attributes of career-long professional learning, and the role that effective mentoring plays in this process
- considers the roles played by higher education institutions (HEIs) and schools in developing effective mentoring practice
- The most effective mentoring takes place in schools where there is an established culture of learning. In these schools, there is a strong focus on developing effective teaching. These schools see themselves as 'learning schools' and that the practice of developing student teachers is part of the same process as developing practising teachers.
- In the most effective schools, mentoring has a high status. Headteachers identify mentors strategically. They ensure that mentors have the leadership skills to develop others. However, in many schools, even where there is an emphasis on developing and coaching teachers, mentors do not apply the skills they have learnt through whole-school professional development activities to their mentoring of student teachers.
- The mentor training currently provided by the centres of ITE places too much emphasis on completion of documentation rather than developing the skills, knowledge and understanding required to mentor successfully. As a result, ITE centres do not have robust enough processes to identify the strengths and weaknesses in mentoring, nor do they share best practice effectively enough.
- Mentors view their role mainly in terms of supporting students to meet the standards for QTS and assessing their progress towards this goal.
- The few most effective mentors have a good understanding of how to build students' knowledge and experience incrementally, starting with more structured and supported learning activities and developing students' independence, reflection and criticality as they become more experienced.
- These effective mentors are often actively engaged in professional learning activities, research, or higher-level study. In particular, their learning about interpersonal skills, team-building and developing others has helped them to develop the emotional awareness to provide feedback to students that is sensitive, encouraging and stimulating.
- Effective mentors provide accurate written feedback that captures students' progress fairly and holistically.
- Currently, there are too few links between the university-based and school-based aspects of ITE programmes and too few opportunities for students to connect educational theory to teaching practice.
- Very few students are able to identify the skills and behaviours that they need for career-long professional learning.
- A majority of students benefit from undertaking research projects that require them to reflect on teaching and learning and to connect this valuably to educational research.
- In the main, students do not reflect critically enough in the written evaluations of their teaching and progress against their targets. They do not present evidence of deeper thinking, such as making connections between other learning experiences, or draw upon research and wider reading.
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text: The present work introduces an extended particulate filter model focusing on capabilities to cover catalytic and surface storage reactions and to serve as a virtual multi-functional reactor/separator. The model can be classified as a transient, non-isothermal 1D+1D two-channel model. The applied modeling framework offers the required modeling depth to investigate arbitrary catalytic reaction schemes and it follows the computational requirement of running in real-time. The trade-off between model complexity and computational speed is scalable. The model is validated with the help of an analytically solved reference and the model parametrization is demonstrated by simulating experimentally given temperatures of a heat-up measurement. The detailed 1D+1D model is demonstrated in a concept study comparing the impact of different spatial washcoat distributions. The generic model is further used to describe a diesel particulate filter coated with functionalities for selective catalytic reduction of nitrogen oxide emissions (SDPF). This dedicated model, as a part of a full diesel exhaust line, is combined with a passenger car vehicle and thermodynamic engine model. The whole system model is assessed in office PC simulation regarding result plausibility and computational performance during the New European Drive Cycle and a randomly assembled drive cycle. The real-time capability of the full model is demonstrated by running it on the NI VeriStand real-time simulation environment. The presented type of system model contributes to answer upcoming questions in the context of real driving emissions (RDE) by means of simulation.


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If you use Facebook for the sole purpose of keeping in touch with your friends and don't intend to play games provided on the social network, then the game invites you constantly receive from your friends are not always appreciated. This tutorial explains how to block constant game invites from your friends and at the same time prevent the games updates from invading your news feed.
Disable Apps Notifications
Connect to your Facebook Account. Go to on Settings > Notifications:
Go to What You Get Notified About and click on the Edit button located next to App requests and activity:
All apps that have access to your Facebook account are listed in this section. To disable notifications from a particular app, click on the drop-down menu appearing next to it and select Off:
Disable Game request
To block game invites from a particular contact, simply go to the Blocking section > Block app invites. Enter the names of the users who are constantly sending the annoying game invites:
You can also prevent apps from contacting you or access your Facebook information by typing their names in the Block apps field:
If you ever change your mind about games invites, then you can unblock them via the same menu.


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Mushrooms grown on mulch made from bay and eucalyptus leaves experience changes in flavour and, to a small degree, in colour, while those grown on bay leaves are better in quality. These are the results of a study carried out by Argentinean researchers, some of whom are working for the Public University of Navarre (UPNA). The objective is to make use of waste generated by the essential oils industry.
"A panel of experts has confirmed that the mushrooms we grew on bay leaf and eucalyptus mulch were more brown in colour, had a more 'mushroomy' taste and were more spongy than those grown in traditional ways," says Alejandra Omarini, lead author of the study and a researcher who has recently joined the UPNA's Genetics and Microbiology Research Group.
The aim of the study, which has been published this month in the International Journal of Food Science & Technology, was to evaluate use of waste products from the essential oils industry in producing edible mushrooms. Through their study, the scientists showed that bay and eucalyptus mulch change the sensory qualities -- i.e. the smell, taste and texture -- of the mushrooms.
As there is almost no information available on evaluation of the sensory qualities of edible mushrooms, the team set up a panel of experts to define and compare the attributes of two species -- Pleurutus ostreatus (oyster mushrooms) the second most commonly cultivated and eaten mushroom worldwide, and Polyporus tenuiculus, a wild edible mushroom that could potentially be produced on a commercial basis.
This group of experts showed for the first time that the sensory attributes of these two species "clearly" set them apart from others, seven if they are grown using traditional mulch. The experts felt that Polyporus tenuiculus scored more highly than Pleurutus ostreatus in terms of the intensity of its "cereal" taste, colour, firmness, fibrousness and sponginess, while the oyster mushroom had a unique acidic flavour and tang, according to the scientists.
Adding bay and eucalyptus
The researchers grew the mushrooms on mulch made from the residues left after extracting the essential oils from bay and eucalyptus leaves, as well as farming waste (wheat straw).
The bay leaf waste proved the best, since there was not only a good crop yield, but the mushrooms produced were of better quality, according to the panel of experts.
The verdict of the "expert judges" was that the mushrooms grown on eucalyptus and bay had a more intense brown colour, as well as an increase in their acidity, their characteristic "mushroomy" flavour and their sponginess, although the intensity of bitterness and firmness was lower.
The study was carried out by the Biotechnology Research Institute at the General San Martín National University (Argentina).
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Jobtracker service within the Hadoop cluster to be used. For example, we assume that you have chosen a machine called machine1 as the JobTracker, then set its location as machine1:portnumber. A Jobtracker is the service that assigns Map/Reduce tasks to specific nodes in a Hadoop cluster. Note that the notion job in this term JobTracker does not designate a Talend Job, but rather a Hadoop job described as MR or MapReduce job in Apache's Hadoop documentation on _URL_.
If you use YARN in your Hadoop cluster such as Hortonworks Data Platform V2.0.0 or Cloudera CDH4.3 + (YARN mode), you need to specify the location of the Resource Manager instead of the Jobtracker. Then you can continue to set the following parameters depending on the configuration of the Hadoop cluster to be used (if you leave the check box of a parameter clear, then at runtime, the configuration about this parameter in the Hadoop cluster to be used will be ignored ):
 1. Select the Set resourcemanager scheduler address check box and enter the Scheduler address in the field that appears.
 2. Select the Set jobhistory address check box and enter the location of the JobHistory server of the Hadoop cluster to be used. This allows the metrics information of the current Job to be stored in that JobHistory server.
 3. Select the Set staging directory check box and enter this directory defined in your Hadoop cluster for temporary files created by running programs. Typically, this directory can be found under the yarn.app.mapreduce.am.staging-dir property in the configuration files such as yarn-site.xml or mapred-site.xml of your distribution.
 4. Allocate proper memory volumes to the Map and the Reduce computations and the ApplicationMaster of YARN by selecting the Set memory check box in the Advanced settings view.
 5. Select the Set Hadoop user check box and enter the user name under which you want to execute the Job. Since a file or a directory in Hadoop has its specific owner with appropriate read or write rights, this field allows you to execute the Job directly under the user name that has the appropriate rights to access the file or directory to be processed.
 6. Select the Use datanode hostname check box to allow the Job to access datanodes via their hostnames. This actually sets the dfs.client.use.datanode.hostname property to true. When connecting to a S3N filesystem, you must select this check box.
For further information about these parameters, see the documentation or contact the administrator of the Hadoop cluster to be used.
For further information about the Hadoop Map/Reduce framework, see the Map/Reduce tutorial in Apache's Hadoop documentation on _URL_.

Set NameNode URI
Select this check box to indicate the location of the NameNode of the Hadoop cluster to be used. The NameNode is the master node of a Hadoop cluster. For example, we assume that you have chosen a machine called masternode as the NameNode of an Apache Hadoop distribution, then the location is hdfs://masternode:portnumber.
For further information about the Hadoop Map/Reduce framework, see the Map/Reduce tutorial in Apache's Hadoop documentation on _URL_.
Microsoft HD Insight properties
WebHCat configuration
Enter the address and the authentication information of the WebHCat service of the Microsoft HD Insight cluster to be used. The Studio uses this service to submit the Job to the HD Insight cluster.
In the Job result folder field, enter the location in which you want to store the execution result of a Job in the Azure Storage to be used.

HDInsight configuration
Enter the authentication information of the HD Insight cluster to be used.

Windows Azure Storage configuration
Enter the address and the authentication information of the Azure Storage account to be used.
In the Container field, enter the name of the container to be used.
In the Deployment Blob field, enter the location in which you want to store the current Job and its dependent libraries in this Azure Storage account.

Load action
Select the action you need to carry for writing data into the specified destination.
 - When you select LOAD, you are moving or copying data from a directory you specify.
 - When you select INSERT, you are moving or copying data based on queries.

Execution engine
Select this check box and from the drop-down list, select the framework you need to use to perform the INSERT action.
This list is available only when you are using the Embedded mode for the Hive connection and the distribution you are working with is among the following ones:
 - Hortonworks: V2.1 and V2.2.
 - MapR: V4.0.1.
 - Custom: this option allows you connect to a distribution supporting Tez but not officially supported by Talend.
Before using Tez, ensure that the Hadoop cluster you are using supports Tez. You will need to configure the access to the relevant Tez libraries via the Advanced settings view of this component.
For further information about Hive on Tez, see Apache's related documentation in _URL_ Some examples are presented there to show how Tez can be used to gain performance over MapReduce.

Target type
This drop-down list appears only when you have selected INSERT from the Load action list.
Select from this list the type of the location you need to write data in.
 - If you select Table as destination, you can still choose to append data to or overwrite the contents in the specified table.
 - If you select Directory as destination, you are overwriting the contents in the specified directory

Table name
Enter the name of the Hive table you need to write data in.
Note that with the INSERT action, this field is available only when you have selected Table from the Target type list.

File path
Enter the directory you need to read data from or write data in, depending on the action you have selected from the Load action list.
 - If you have selected LOAD: this is the path to the data you want to copy or move into the specified Hive table.
 - If you have selected INSERT: this is the directory to which you want to export data from a Hive table. With this action, the File path field is available only when you have selected Directory from the Target type list.

The target table uses the Parquet format
If the table in which you need to write data is a Parquet table, select this check box.
Note that when the file format to be used is PARQUET, you might be prompted to find the specific Parquet jar file and install it into the Studio.
 - When the connection mode to Hive is Embedded, the Job is run in your local machine and calls this jar installed in the Studio.
 - When the connection mode to Hive is Standalone, the Job is run in the server hosting Hive and this jar file is sent to the HDFS system of the cluster you are connecting to. Therefore, ensure that you have properly defined the NameNode URI in the corresponding field of the Basic settings view.
This jar file can be downloaded from Apache's site. For further information about how to install an external jar file, see _URL_
Then from the Compression list that appears, select the compression mode you need to use to handle the Parquet file. The default mode is Uncompressed.

Action on file
Select the action to be carried out for writing data.
This list is available only when the target is a Hive table; if the target is a directory, the action to be used is automatically OVERWRITE.

Query
This field appears when you have selected INSERT from the Load action list.
Enter the appropriate query for selecting the data to be exported to the specified Hive table or directory.

Local
Select this check box to use the Hive LOCAL statement for accessing a local directory. Note that this local directory is actually in the machine in which the Job is run. Therefore, when the connection mode to Hive is Standalone, the Job is run in the machine where the Hive application is installed and thus this local directory is in that machine.
This statement is used along with the directory you have defined in the File path field. Therefore, this Local check box is available only when the File path field is available.
 - If you are using the LOAD action, tHiveLoad copies the local data to the target table.
 - If you are using the INSERT action, tHiveLoad copies data to a local directory.
 - If you leave this Local check box clear, the directory defined in the File path field is assumed to be in the HDFS system to be used and data will be moved to the target location.
For further information about this LOCAL statement, see Apache's documentation about Hive's Language.
 Set partitions
Select this check box to use the Hive Partition clause in loading or inserting data in a Hive table. You need to enter the partition keys and their values to be used in the field that appears.
For example, enter contry='US', state='CA'. This makes a partition clause reading Partition (contry='US', state='CA'), that is to say, a US and CA partition.
Also, it is recommended to select the Create partition if not exist check box that appears to ensure that you will not create a duplicate partition.

Die on error
Select this check box to kill the Job when an error occurs.
Advanced settings
Tez lib
Select how the Tez libraries are accessed:
 - Auto install: at runtime, the Job uploads and deploys the Tez libraries provided by the Studio into the directory


Thumba Village
Thumba Village, T/A Ngokwe, Machinga
Thumba itself has 32 families and immediately surrounded by 7 villages with 54 families.
We hope to be able to install a borehole. It would be expected to provide clean, safe and sustainable water to a total of 86 families of around 400 people. The nearest borehole is 3 km or 1.9 miles away.
We learned the following by interviewing Thumba residents:
 - They have a shallow pit as their current source of water. Of the 6 people we interviewed, 4 of them had diarrhea at that time.
 - So far, 15 people have suffered from diarrhea this year.
 - They share the water source with livestock and wild animals.
 - Students sometimes don't go to school due to lack of water or long wait at the water source.
 - Sometimes families miss meals due to lack of water which can expose the children to malnutrition.
 - Farming is also disturbed due to the same reasons above.
 - During the dry season, they wait at the water source for approximately 5 hours.
A new water well will bring clean water closer to the village and will be immediately accessible all day long.


Sunday, September 10, 2006
Game Review: "Panty Explosion"
Atarashii Games' Panty Explosion by Matt Schlotte and Jake Richmond is a "Psychic Schoolgirl Adventure Game." The book is 94 pages plus character sheet (designed like a student's permanent record), with front and back covers by co-designer Jake Richmond, who provides all of the game's art.
First thing's first. What's up with the title? "Panty Explosion" sounds at first like a distasteful joke. But what Richmond and Schlotte seem to have been going for is the weird phrasing and mis-translation that often happens back and forth between Japanese and English. It conveys a sense of self-awareness and pop-culture sensibility for the game, once it's clear that the title is about whacky for whacky's sake, and that it's not actually sketchy when you get to reading the book.
The layout gives lined paper background to the text, iconography in layout as well as other elements emphasizing the Japanese Schoolgirl aspect of the game, including little drawings of cats and scribbles like "Yumi <3 Toyo." Panty Explosion is designed to do one thing and one thing only—Psychic Japanese Schoolgirls. The amount to which you focus on the psychic element and how much that influences the story is left open, but most of the game's information and the game's construction is oriented towards the schoolgirl side.
In Panty Explosion, the players portray Japanese schoolgirls in junior high and high school, one or more of whom (but not all, the book recommends) are psychic, and therefore draw the attention of various demons, a catch-all term for supernatural and non-supernatural antagonists arrayed against the schoolgirls.
Student Creation and Dice Mechanics
Since Panty Explosion is very strongly character-focused, student creation takes great prominence in the book. When creating your student, cultural elements specific to Japanese schoolgirls inform the character's traits. Blood Type is regarded as a personality indicator in Japan, and therefore it will provide traits just as will your character's birth month, determining their Zodiac animal. Traits in Panty Explosion are prose traits, ex: "Tall for her age" or "Captain of the Kendo team"
The attributes known to many through Miyamoto Musashi's Book of Five Rings, the five elements (Fire, Water, Earth, Air, Void) referred to as the Godai throughout the book. The Godai are the primary attributes, each representing the student's capability in the area governed by the element. A student strong in Earth is more likely to have the ability to succeed when she is using her physical strength or stubbornness. Students choose 1 element as their strength and one as their weakness. The strength gets a rating of 5, the weakness gets a rating of one, and the other three fill in with 4, 3, and 2 dice in any order of the player's choosing.
These dice represent the pool the student can call upon in conflicts, and the degree to which the student can impact a situation through the different approaches. If a player uses all three of his student's Fire dice to kick a demon, that player will not be able to use Fire-type actions (attacking with force of words or physical might, straightforward aggressive action).
Traits are chosen in five areas: Blood Type, Zodiac, Godai, Friends and Family, and Hobbies. Traits come into play by increasing the die-type that the player rolls for the student. If a student that would normally roll d8s could bring in a trait, her roll would use d10s instead. (Panty Explosion uses 6, 8, 10 and 12-sided dice).
The size of dice a student normally uses in conflict is determined by her popularity. Players vote at the beginning of each session and each school day in the story, with one vote per player for most popular and least popular. The least popular girl rolls d6s, the most popular rolls d10s, and everyone else rolls d8s. Psychic girls, since they're weird and creepy cannot be the most popular. A die succeeds on 5 or more, so popularity ends up being very important in how easy it is for a student to succeed.
Each student also chooses a best friend and a rival. Character A can be Character B's Best friend, but Character B can consider Character A to be her rival. The rival is still a friend, but the student envies or dislikes them in some way which becomes explored in the game. In resolution, if an action is successful, it is described by the player of your student's Best Friend, if it fails, resolution is described by the Rival.
The students who are psychic have access to two powers, Levitation and Make Heads Explode. These are fairly broad in their application, based on the character's desires. Making Heads Explode is hard to control, but isn't always fatal. Each power can be used with three of the five Godai.
Each student has a personal agenda, which can be anything from 'prove to my class that I'm not as dumb as I seem' to 'keep my father at his dead-end job so I can stay in my school.' These agendas should be attainable but worth struggling for. They will help shape the story that the players tell in the game.
Running the Game
The player who provides the Demon, the school, and the non-player-student characters is called the Superintendent. Information on scene framing, demon creation, and storytelling is provided, with a major focus on helping the players explore the lives of Japanese schoolgirls in a demon-infested world. Scenes are described as being comprised of the five elements of the Godai, to break things down for ease of construction.
Superintendents are instructed to include student's personal agendas in the story that is constructed for the students, so that they are engaged on a personal level as well as the plot level.
The Demon of the story need not be an oni or other creature out of Japanese legend, it can just as easily be a government organization trying to get its clutches on the group's psychic(s), or an abusive teacher. The demon is the primary antagonist of the story. The demon gets more powerful as the psychic uses her powers, and is more powerful for each agenda left unresolved when the students confront it. The Superintendent is advised to split the demon's dice up between multiple encounters to provide several instances of conflict rather than just having the demon sweep in and kill all the students. Scenario construction is also broken down by element, as scene construction.
Examples of monster demons are given, and one third of the book is devoted to setting details to constructing a game for Japanese schoolgirls, with information about religion, hobbies, districts of Tokyo, cram schools, and more. Even if you don't use the system to play the game it's preparing you for, if you're looking to do a game set in school in Japan, this game provides invaluable information and advice for story construction.
Panty Explosion sets itself up to do one thing, and it seems like it would do it very very well. The book is focused like a laser, filled with suggestions on how to tell the stories of Japanese schoolgirls balancing between life and monster-fighting, the thematics supported from the setting description to the rules and back again.
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McDaniel College's Reading Specialist: Literacy Leadership master's degree program has partnered with Wilson Language Training to offer a new 10-credit dyslexia specialization, which includes Level I Certification in the Wilson Reading System® (WRS).
McDaniel is the first higher education institution in Maryland to partner with Wilson to offer this online certification. The Wilson Reading System is an intensive reading program for students in grades 2-12 and adults with a language-based learning disability, such as dyslexia. Based on the Orton-Gillingham approach to reading instruction, WRS is an explicit, multisensory structured literacy program that teaches the structure of the English language to systematically build strong literacy skills in struggling readers.
Wilson Language Training is accredited by the International Dyslexia Association (IDA). Its WRS Level I Certification has an Accreditation PLUS designation by IDA, which recognizes that the program aligns with IDA's Knowledge and Practice Standards for Teachers of Reading and produces educators who have engaged in intensive, supervised practicum experiences that promote applied mastery of the principles and practices of structured literacy.
McDaniel is currently accepting applications for the first cohort of this new specialization, which is scheduled to begin in August.
"Within this new certificate program, candidates develop an understanding of the characteristics of dyslexia and its impact on literacy acquisition, as well as learn techniques for multisensory structured language instruction," said Lisa Buckler, coordinator of the Reading Specialist program at McDaniel.
She added, "Researchers estimate one in five children has a language-based learning difficulties. Recent legislation in Maryland requires schools to screen and provide supplemental reading instruction for students determined to be at risk for reading disorders. This partnership with Wilson sets McDaniel apart in preparing literacy leaders to meet the needs of all students, as the Wilson Reading System is widely used in schools across the United States to help students with dyslexia and other language-based learning disabilities become fluent, independent readers."
Wilson President and Co-founder Barbara Wilson shared, "McDaniel College's longstanding Reading Specialist graduate program is known for creating literacy leaders in classrooms. We are excited to partner with this program to deliver our mission of providing professional learning that equips educators with the skills and tools they need to successfully teach individuals with language-based learning disabilities, including dyslexia."
For more information about this new opportunity, visit Reading Specialist: Literacy Leadership.


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We present a system based on high-throughput computing (HTC) in grid environment suitable for full-wave time-domain analysis of 3D electromagnetic structures. The network-based distributed system enables to solve complex electromagnetic problems using heterogeneous computer platforms and heterogeneous networks. To validate the system, the resonance frequencies of a circular cavity resonator are calculated and compared with the expected analytical frequencies. The power of the system is shown by analyzing the computational time of the cavity resonator. To illustrate the potential application of the system, an example of a calculation of waves scattered by a complex object is given.


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Religious offerings in our RIVERS
Hindus believe that water is sacred because it is the foundation for the growth of plant, animal and human life. The act of placing organic offerings in water after Pooja represents a return to origins. Hindu religious offerings are being found in local rivers in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA).
The religious offerings include: Flowers and leaves, coconuts, lemons, and other fruits, jewellery or coins, cloth or clothing
Credit Valley Conservation (CVC) and Toronto and Region Conservation (TRCA) know that religious offerings are important to many cultures. CVC and TRCA are working closely with the Hindu community to find other means to placing offerings in the river, while also exploring similar cultural and religious offering practices.
What does this mean to the ENVIRONMENT?
While religious offerings are not the largest source of water pollution, anything not found naturally in the river can harm water quality and the homes of wildlife.
When flowers, leaves, lemons, coconuts and other plant materials are put into the water, they immediately begin to break down and use up oxygen. Some plants and animals are very sensitive to the amount of oxygen in the water and cannot survive when there is not enough.
Coconuts, lemons and other fruits may cause health and disease problems if eaten by wildlife. This is because these fruits do not grow in Canada and are not the typical food that wildlife in this country would eat.
Clothing, jewellery, money, plastic bags, containers and wrappers may cause harm if wildlife get caught in them or eat them.
What can I do?
Flowers and leaves may be placed in local rivers, however only a small handful should be release a t one time. Extra flowers can be composted.
Fruits such as coconuts may be eaten, composted or buried with the permission of the landowner.
Offering such as clothing, jewellery or money should not be placed in or near rivers. These offering may be donated to your local temple.
Plastic bags or wrappers must be recycled or placed in the garbage.
Who do I contact for more information?


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Skip the mid-term in history: U of T students adopt 200 year old diets from Southeast Asia
November 30, 2016
In HIS346H Rice and Spice in Southeast Asia: a Regional Food History, Professor Nhung Tran teaches her undergraduate students through an experiential learning project. After choosing from a list of people living in different regions of Southeast Asia during the seventeenthand nineteenthcenturies (e.g. Javanese sugar factory worker), students then research and adopt the diet of that person for four days. To learn more about students' experiences on diets of rice, sweet potatoes and fish, read further here: Faculty of Arts & Science News.


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A community garden is not only a place to watch seeds grow into tomatoes or to try your first taste of basil; it can also be an entrypoint for conversation and action around politics, civic practice, and neighborhood stewardship. Join NeighborSpace Executive Director Ben Helphand and Assistant Director Robin Cline for a conversation with Pete Leki, Riverbank Neighbors of Lincoln Square; Angela Taylor, Fulton Street Flower and Vegetable Garden of East Garfield Park; and Jessica Fong, McKinley Community Play Garden of McKinley Park, to share stories about local stewardship.
The discussion will highlight the many ways that Chicago neighbors come together to problem solve, design spaces, raise money, welcome strangers, and celebrate. NeighborSpace, the only nonprofit urban land trust in Chicago, preserves and sustains over 120 gardens led by local community groups across the city. These gardens provide healthy food, opportunities for residents to engage with neighbors, and generate beauty, play, health, and safety for their neighborhoods.
NeighborSpace is the only nonprofit urban land trust in Chicago that preserves and sustains gardens on behalf of dedicated community groups. They shoulder the responsibilities of property ownership—such as providing basic insurance, access to water, and links to support networks—so that community groups can focus on gardening. NeighborSpace-protected gardens give young and old alike an opportunity to get their hands in the earth and enjoy nature, right in their own neighborhoods.


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London's Heathrow Airport has saved more than 130 million liters of water annually using General Electric's water treatment technologies, GE says, adding that its technologies also saved the UK's largest airport $310,000 in a year.
Thirty-nine cooling towers across four terminals at the airport were treated with GE's corrosion inhibitor, cooling and chemical treatment technologies. After 12 months, the airport saved the equivalent of 5 percent of total site water usage.
In recognition of its water usage reductions, GE awarded Heathrow Airport with an Ecomaginaton award, given to top industrial customers to recognize their environmental and economic performance.
In addition to helping Heathrow save money and water, GE's Ecomagination line of products and services drives profits for GE, representing about 30 percent of the company's total sales in 2014. Ecomagination products have generated more than $200 billion in revenues since GE started the program 10 years ago.
At Heathrow, the airport's cooling towers were monitored in real time, and the data was analyzed with GE's InSight knowledge management system and TrueSense for Cooling remote monitoring and diagnostics platforms. The Industrial Internet technologies enable the precise dosing of chemicals in the right quantity. They also allowed the airport to continuously monitor the system, thus ensuring system performance, cost optimization and improved efficiency.
Previously, the 39 cooling towers were treated with ozone, which restricted the cooling towers to only two cycles. After using GE's water treatment chemicals and technologis, Heathrow Airport was able to reduce make-up water demand by increasing cooling tower cycles from two to five, which led to a increase in water efficiency and clean water.
In March — on World Water Day — in the US, GE participated in a White House summit to discuss water saving strategies and technologies, at which major businesses pledged to invest more than $1 billion over the next decade to conduct research and development into new water management technologies. This includes $500 million from GE, focusing on advanced water, wastewater and reuse technologies.


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Occupational Safety and Health (Display Screen
This is a subsidiary regulation under the
Occupational Safety & Health Ordinance (OSHO) enacted on 24 April 2002 under the Occupational Safety and
Health Ordinance. There will be a one-year grace period
before this Regulation becomes fully effective (April 2003).
[Full Content of the
How will the University
be affected by this Regulation?
This Regulation is applicable to
the University's operations as it is enacted under the OSHO. The Regulation aims at
protecting the safety and health of employees who use display screen equipment
at work for prolonged periods of time almost every day.
"display screen equipment (DSE)" refers to any display screen which
shows letters, numbers, characters or graphics, regardless of the display
process involved. The most common type of DSE that can be found in the office
and laboratory environments is the personal computer.
to the Code of Practice published under the Regulation, the definition of "prolonged periods of time" means:
- Operation of display screen equipment continuously for at least 4 hours
during a day or cumulatively for at least 6 hours during a day; almost every
- Breaks not exceeding 10 minutes in an hour away from the display screen
equipment shall not be regarded as breaking the continuity of use of the display
Summary of Requirements
If any employee is required to work with a display
screen equipment (e.g. a computer) at a workstation for "prolonged periods of
time" almost every day, the person responsible for the workplace (office,
laboratory, workshop etc.) is required to:
||Ensure that the workstation is suitable having
regard to the safety, and health of the employee.
[Guidelines for setting up
and working at a
proper computer workstation]
||Perform a risk assessment of the workstation
in the workplace place before the workstation is first use by the
[Guidelines and checklist for
performing Risk Assessment]
||Take steps to reduce any risks identified in
the risk assessment.
||Make available to the employee a copy of the
relevant record documents, including:
the findings of the risk assessment; and
any action taken after the assessment.
||Ensure that the employee is provided with
necessary safety and health training in the use of the workstation.
do to comply with the Regulation?
published by Labour Department]


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Putting a brace under something in LaTeX
Here's a useful LaTeX command that I learned about recently: \underbrace.
It does what it sounds like it does. It puts a brace under its argument.
I used this a few days ago in the post on the new prime record when I wanted to show that the record prime is written in hexadecimal as a 1 followed by a long string of Fs.
1\underbrace{\mbox{FFF \ldots FFF}}_\mbox{{\normalsize 9,308.229 F's}}
The code that produced is
1\underbrace{\mbox{FFF \ldots FFF}}_\mbox{{\normalsize 9,308.229 F's}}
The sizing is a little confusing. Without \normalsize the text under the brace would be as large as the text above.
Why don't you simply use XeTeX?
From an FAQ post I wrote a few years ago:
This may seem like an odd question, but it's actually one I get very often. On my TeXtip twitter account, I include tips on how to create non-English characters such as using \AA to produce Å. Every time someone will ask "Why not use XeTeX and just enter these characters?"
If you can "just enter" non-English characters, then you don't need a tip. But a lot of people either don't know how to do this or don't have a convenient way to do so. Most English speakers only need to type foreign characters occasionally, and will find it easier, for example, to type \AA or \ss than to learn how to produce Å or ß from a keyboard. If you frequently need to enter Unicode characters, and know how to do so, then XeTeX is great.
One does not simply type Unicode characters.
More Unicode posts
Notes on HTML, XML, TeX, and Unicode
This week's resource post: some notes on typesetting, Unicode, etc.
See also blog posts tagged LaTeX, HTML, and Unicode.
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Have you already re-assigned your sub attribute names to better describe what is physically happening in your facility but you would like to run the new cannabis cultivation tracking functionality?
The New Cultivation Tracking requires several plant categories and sub inventory attributes to be in place in order to track each step of the cultivation process. Without them, it won't know where you want your information to show up. Maybe you have never assigned any sub attributes or categories? Maybe you have and the functions and names of those sub attribute don't match what is needed by Adilas's new Cultivation Tracking? Or maybe you like the names and functionality of the sub attributes you have in place and don't want them to change?
No Problem, we have you covered:
Our new Cultivation Settings Page can help!
Here's how you do it:
- From the Cultivation Homepage, Click the Start Button.
- Click the gear at the top left of the Plant Batch form.
- Here is the tool that will let you MAP your attributes.
- You will need a category for Vendors, Phases, and Harvests.
- You will also need Sub Inventory Attributes for Mother Id, Plant Origin, Plant Batch Number, Wet Weight, Bud/Flower Batch Number, and Leaf/Trim Batch Number. This tool will help you get them.
- If you have never mapped any attributes, click the "Start" Button.
- The software will now take you through each piece one by one.
- First assign the Vendor Category you want assigned from the pulldown menu. Once you have selected one, it will show your selection in green at the top of the page.
- Next Select Phase Categories and Harvest Categories from the menus when prompted. Your selections for each of those categories will be displayed as well.
- Now pick a category from the Plant Category menu. When a category is selected, the corresponding Sub Inventory Attributes will be displayed to the right if you have created any. If you have not, a link to the "Sub Inventory Template Homepage" with be displayed. You may select a different category, or create some new attributes for the selected category by noting if it requires a Numeric or Text Based Sub-Attribute and then clicking on the link to the "Sub Inventory Template Homepage" to create a new sub inventory attribute.
- A new tab will open so you won't lose your place. Next, select the category you would like to
assign new attributes to and click the edit button.
- Write in the name for your new attribute, pick the attribute type if it is a "Text" type attribute or enter a default value (usually zero) if it is a "Numeric" type, then click the "Update Template Settings" Button. NOTE: You will want at least two "Text" type attributes and two "Numeric" type attributes for the "Plant Category"
- Click the "Cannabis Defaults" Tab at the top of the screen to view the Mapping page and re-select the desired category. Now your new attributes will show up to be selected.
- The available sub attributes will be displayed one at a time to assign to the "Plant Mother Id", "Plant Origin", "Plant Batch Number" and "Plant Wet Weight".
- Once assigned, you will be prompted to choose a Bud/Flower Category and sub attribute, and lastly a Leaf/Trim Category and sub attribute.
Finally, click the "Submit" button to map your attributes. You will then be automatically directed back to the plant batch page to start using the new cultivation functionality.
If you have previously mapped sub inventory attributes but would like to swap them out:
- From the "Cannabis Defaults page", click the "Revise" button.
- All of your category and sub inventory attribute assignments will be displayed at the top of the page along with all of the available categories, and the sub inventory attributes will be displayed below. Select each category or sub attribute you would like to swap out and then click the "Submit button" when done.
At the end of the post there are a couple short videos that also explain how to set or edit the cultivation homepage settings.


Ancient forest found preserved under Gulf of Mexico waters
 | July 9, 2013 at 6:10 PM
MOBILE, Ala., July 9 (UPI) -- Scuba divers say they've discovered an ancient forest of Bald Cypress trees preserved underwater in the Gulf of Mexico off the coast of Alabama.
The forest, covered by ocean sediments and preserved in an oxygen-free environment for more than 50,000 years, was likely exposed by 2005's Hurricane Katrina, Ben Raines, one of the first divers to explore the forest, told The forest of well-preserved trees covers an area of a half square mile off the coast of Mobile, Ala., at a depth of about 60 feet.
The trees could contain thousands of years of climate history for the region in their growth rings and reveal secrets about the climate of the Gulf of Mexico thousands of years ago, during a period known as the Wisconsin Glacial period, when sea levels were much lower than they are today, Grant Harley at the University of Southern Mississippi said.
Bald Cypress trees can live 1,000 years, he said.
"These stumps are so big, they're upwards of two meters (6 feet) in diameter --- the size of trucks," Harley said. "They probably contain thousands of growth rings."
Now that it's been uncovered the forest will eventually be destroyed by wood-burrowing marine animals, making it impossible to perform radiocarbon dating, Harley said.
Since being uncovered the forest has attracted fish, crustaceans, sea anemones and other underwater life burrowing between the roots of dislodged stumps, researchers said.


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Death by Heidegger Name: Institution: Introduction Death is concept that presents a number of challenge most of which make its explanations unclear. Every living organism eventually dies a fact that increases the human curiosity on the concept. Among the most conspicuous philosophers who tried to understand the concept of death is Martin Heidegger…
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However, death is more complex since it allows no chance for experience. Every other explanation about death to him is therefore mere speculation. Additionally, he observes that everyone is conscious of their inevitable death and always portray fear of the concept but people live their days fully without any psychological disturbance implying that people accommodate the sense of death. Every living organism eventually dies, this is a knowledge that man have but the fact that man cannot always explain the concept of death, people cannot always prepare for it. Scientists in their explanation of death allege death is a state of lifelessness that every organism acquire because of exhaustion of the body tissues. This is a general and a more realistic explanation but its application is relative as different interests groups offer more explanations to the human life well past their deaths. People believe in the existence of God and the life after death, this increases man's curiosity on the topic of death. However, unlike every other human concept, it is impossible to have a practical study of death. The only people with adequate experience of death are the dead themselves who unfortunately do not ever come back to share their experience with the living....
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