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Grouped Items
Data items in the SelectBox's drop-down list can be organized in groups.
If the data source contains ungrouped data items, use the DataSource's group property to specify the data field to group by. This case is illustrated in this demo's first and third SelectBoxes.
The SelectBox can also work with initially grouped data items. In this case, the data array should contain objects with the key and items fields:
let dataSource = [{
 key: "Group 1", // Group caption
 items: [ // Items in Group 1
 { /* ... */ },
 { /* ... */ }
 ]
}, {
 key: "Group 2",
 items: [
 { /* ... */ },
 { /* ... */ }
 ]
}];
If data objects are grouped but use other field names, implement the DataSource's map function to create key and items field mappings as in this demo's second SelectBox.
NOTE
Only one-level grouping is supported.
Regardless of the data source structure, enable the grouped property.
If the data source contains objects, specify the following SelectBox properties:
 - valueExpr
 A data field that contains unique values used to identify items.
 - displayExpr
 A data field whose values should be displayed in the drop-down list.
If you need to specify a custom template for group captions, use the groupTemplate property. In this demo, each caption contains an icon and a text string.
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const ungroupedData = [{ ID: 1, Name: 'HD Video Player', Category: 'Video Players', }, { ID: 2, Name: 'SuperHD Player', Category: 'Video Players', }, { ID: 3, Name: 'SuperPlasma 50', Category: 'Televisions', }, { ID: 4, Name: 'SuperLED 50', Category: 'Televisions', }, { ID: 5, Name: 'SuperLED 42', Category: 'Televisions', }, { ID: 6, Name: 'SuperLCD 55', Category: 'Televisions', }, { ID: 7, Name: 'SuperLCD 42', Category: 'Televisions', }, { ID: 8, Name: 'SuperPlasma 65', Category: 'Televisions', }, { ID: 9, Name: 'SuperLCD 70', Category: 'Televisions', }, { ID: 10, Name: 'DesktopLED 21', Category: 'Monitors', }, { ID: 11, Name: 'DesktopLED 19', Category: 'Monitors', }, { ID: 12, Name: 'DesktopLCD 21', Category: 'Monitors', }, { ID: 13, Name: 'DesktopLCD 19', Category: 'Monitors', }, { ID: 14, Name: 'Projector Plus', Category: 'Projectors', }, { ID: 15, Name: 'Projector PlusHD', Category: 'Projectors', }, { ID: 16, Name: 'Projector PlusHT', Category: 'Projectors', }, { ID: 17, Name: 'ExcelRemote IR', Category: 'Automation', }, { ID: 18, Name: 'ExcelRemote BT', Category: 'Automation', }, { ID: 19, Name: 'ExcelRemote IP', Category: 'Automation', }]; const pregroupedData = [{ Category: 'Video Players', Products: [{ ID: 1, Name: 'HD Video Player', }, { ID: 2, Name: 'SuperHD Player', }], }, { Category: 'Televisions', Products: [{ ID: 3, Name: 'SuperPlasma 50', }, { ID: 4, Name: 'SuperLED 50', }, { ID: 5, Name: 'SuperLED 42', }, { ID: 6, Name: 'SuperLCD 55', }, { ID: 7, Name: 'SuperLCD 42', }, { ID: 8, Name: 'SuperPlasma 65', }, { ID: 9, Name: 'SuperLCD 70', }], }, { Category: 'Monitors', Products:


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The segment-indicating muscle refers in subjects of anatomy and neurology to a muscle which is innvervated by only one segment of the spinal cord. A deficiency of this muscle permits a distinct conclusion of the localization of the neural lesion. The majority of muscles is supplied by nerve fibres originated from several segments of the spinal cord. It is important to distinguish the concept of the segment-indicating muscle from the concept of the leading muscle.
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The musculus brachioradialis (radioperiosteal reflex) is a segment-indicating muscle of the sement C6.
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South African Children's Hospital Closed Under Apartheid To Reopen
Originally published on Tue September 25, 2012 9:08 am
A large children's hospital in Durban, South Africa, is being rebuilt two decades after it closed owing to apartheid. It opened in 1931 as a facility for all races, but racial tensions in the 1980s forced its closure.
Now with Durban and the surrounding province of KwaZulu-Natal extremely hard hit by AIDS and tuberculosis, local leaders are hopeful they can begin reopening the hospital early in 2013.
If the rehabilitation project is successful, it could restore one woman's dream from almost a century ago of having a multiracial hospital in Durban by the sea.
While child mortality rates almost everywhere else in the world have been falling, this part of South Africa has seen the rate rise. At some maternity clinics in the region, 50 percent of pregnant women are testing positive for HIV.
"HIV contributes to almost 50 to 60 percent of deaths in children under the age of 5 [in South Africa]," Mohern Archary, a pediatrician at the King Edward VIII Hospital in Durban, says.
This is why Arthi Ramkissoon, a public health director at the University of the Witwatersrand, is pushing to restore the boarded-up Children's Hospital in Durban.
"Children are a neglected part of the health system," she says, and a hospital dedicated exclusively to the needs of kids could help reduce the province's rising infant mortality.
The Durban Children's Hospital was the first facility in all of Africa dedicated exclusively to kids. It was built in 1928 by then-Durban Mayor Mary Siedle, who wanted to take a child of color for medical treatment but could not find a place.
The hospital had a mandate to serve kids of all races, but it sat on a prime, beachfront lot in a white neighborhood. Amid rising tension about the hospital attracting nonwhites into a white neighborhood, the apartheid regime shut it down in the 1980s.
Now the hospital's seven buildings have fallen into deep disrepair. Windows are shattered. Roofs have collapsed, and pigeons have taken up residence in the gutters.
Ramkissoon, who works with KwaZulu-Natal Children's Hospital Trust, is still trying to raise money to restore six of the seven buildings on the 3 1/2-acre site. The first building to be rebuilt is expected to open early in 2013. It will house a center for HIV-positive teenagers.
The focus of the new children's hospital, she says, will be broader than just HIV. There will be general pediatric medicine, psychological services and inpatient wards.
Ramkissoon hopes to take full advantage of the facility's prime location next to the Indian Ocean. "My vision is for children to have physical therapy on the beach," she says. "I'd like the wheelchairs and beds to be wheeled out there. I'm going to try to have a ramp or something out to the sand."
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Let's go next to South Africa, to the city of Durban, where efforts are underway to rebuild a historic children's hospital that was shut down in the later days of white minority rule in South Africa. This hospital originally opened in 1931 with a mandate to serve children of all races, but it was hard to keep it open during apartheid times because of its location. It was sitting on a prime beachfront lot in a white neighborhood. Now, with local hospitals strained by the AIDS epidemic, city leaders are trying to reopen the children's facility. NPR's Jason Beaubien reports.
JASON BEAUBIEN, BYLINE: The Durban Children's Hospital was designed in the 1920s with stately porches and huge windows facing the Indian Ocean. But now the porches are crumbling, the glass is shattered, and red clay tiles of the roof have slipped out of place or fallen away completely.
ARTHI RAMKISSOON: And down here you can see original stained glass from the 1920s, which was put in at child height.
BEAUBIEN: Arthi Ramkissoon with the KwaZulu Natal Children's Hospital Trust is one of the people pushing to restore this institution to its former glory.
RAMKISSOON: There's one more here which is a bit damaged. We'll have to fix that.
BEAUBIEN: This project is more than just the restoration of a cool old building. It's a project entwined with apartheid, the historical inequities of South Africa, and AIDS.
RAMKISSOON: This was formerly known as the Addington Children's Hospital, built in 1928 by a woman who wanted to take a child of color for medical treatment and could not find a place.
BEAUBIEN: That woman was Mary Siedle, a white philanthropist from a prominent mercantile family. In the 1980s, amidst rising tension over the hospital attracting non-whites in to a white neighborhood, the apartheid regime shut down the Durban Children's Hospital. If the rehabilitation project is successful, it could restore one woman's dream from almost a century ago of having a multi-racial hospital in Durban by the sea.
Now, as South Africa grapples with AIDS instead of apartheid, this province has the highest rate of HIV in the country. At some maternity clinics in KwaZulu Natal, nearly half the women are HIV positive. AIDS has put significant new strains on the public health care system in South Africa and Ramkissoon says the medical needs of young people have often been pushed to the back burner.
RAMKISSOON: We have a population who almost half of which are under 24 years of age. We also have an increasing under five mortality. So together with the burden of HIV, children are a neglected part of the health system.
BEAUBIEN: On the other side of town, Dr. Mohern Archary a pediatric infectious disease specialist at the King Edward the Eighth Hospital, says HIV is also affecting kids directly.
DR. MOHERN ARCHARY: HIV contributes to almost 50 to 60 percent of deaths in children under the age of five.
BEAUBIEN: That's across all of South Africa, and he says the problem is even worse here in KwaZulu Natal. The new provincially-run hospital won't focus exclusively on HIV, but also offer general medicine as well as psychological and social services for children. That's the goal, anyway. Arthi Ramkissoon is still trying to raise money to restore the other six buildings on the three-and-a-half-acre site.
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BEAUBIEN: Amidst the bustle of construction workers working in one corner of the compound, Ramkissoon says she can already picture the finished ocean front hospital.
RAMKISSOON: We are going to have rehabilitation here as well as everything else, and my vision is for children to have their physiotherapy and other therapy on the beach. I would like the wheelchairs and the beds to be wheeled out there, so I'm going to try and have some sort of ramp or other access to the sand.
BEAUBIEN: The first building on the complex is scheduled to re-open early next year. It will house a center for HIV positive teenagers who've been on AIDS treatment since birth. Jason Beaubien, NPR News. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright National Public Radio.

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Static electricity can build up on devices like your earbuds or phone. It causes what feels like a small electric shock.
Help prevent static
- Wear natural fabrics, like cotton. Keep your devices from rubbing against synthetic fabrics, like nylon or polyester.
- If you're indoors, use a humidifier.
- Moisturize dry skin.
What causes static
Static can build up and cause a shock when:
- The environment is dry, windy, or cold
- Your earbuds or phone rub against certain materials
Static electricity is normal. It doesn't mean there's anything wrong with your devices or accessories.

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April 2014 - CamRanger is now capable of controlling StackShot!
Sound Activated Triggering
By connecting a microphone to StopShot you can trigger on anything that makes noise. StopShot has a gain control on it to allow the microphone sensitivity to be adjusted. Some examples of pictures that were triggered by sound are shown below. After the trigger is first sensed you can program StopShot to fire the flash or shutter with virtually any delay you wish.
Using StopShot with a microphone is very easy. Simply plug the microphone into the microphone jack and plug the camera or flash into trigger 1. Using the UP button adjust the delay for trigger 1 according to your setup. You can see a diagram below of what the StopShot display will look like. In this case StopShot is programmed to wait 5mS before it fires the camera or flash. 5mS is 5/1000 of a second or 0.005s. This would be a good starting point for capturing a balloon in the middle of popping. Start with the gain in the middle position and adjust it clockwise if you need the microphone to be more sensitive or counterclockwise if you need it to be less sensitive.
Microphone for Sound Activated Pictures
== StopShot==
Trigger 1: 5.0 mS
Trigger 2: off
Trigger 3: off
Shutter lag can be a huge factor when using sound as a trigger. The shutter lag of a high end DSLR is around 50 mS. This is way too much lag to capture many noisy events. Balloons popping, bulbs smashing and cork popping are all examples of events that will be over by the time the camera gets around to actually taking the image. The fix for this it to shoot in a darkened room and have StopShot fire the flash instead of the camera. You will have to hold the shutter of the camera open when creating the event.
Another thing to keep in mind when using sound as a trigger is that sound moves slow... really slow in terms of high speed events. Consider a balloon popping, it takes around 10mS to completely deflate. Sound moves at about 340m/s. If you take your first shot with the microphone at 0.5m and then move the microphone to 1.5m for the next shot you just added 3.4mS of delay to when the flash fires. Your balloon shot goes form being mid pop to completely over by the time the flash fires.
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Fire routing output
Fault routing output
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The auxiliary relay function configures a
relay in the panel, which provides
changeover contacts for external use. The
relay can be configured to operate with fire
event (factory default setting), fault event or
disablement, or its function can be internally
The fire routing output function configures
the output facility that provides the signals to
operate equipment, such as an auto dialler
to call out the fire fighting organisation in the
event of a fire. The output can be manually
activated or de-activated.
The display also shows the settings of fire
routing delay time and its current operating
state (enabled or disabled).
The fault routing output function
configures the output facility that provides
the signals to operate equipment to call for
maintenance on the system. The output can
be manually activated.
The display also shows if the output is
enabled or disabled.
The maintenance reminder function
configures the triggering of a custom
message to appear when maintenance is
due on the system. The message may be a
phone number to call the servicing
organisation for system maintenance. The
day of the month can be configured here
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Selecting The Right Tool: The Process to Re-Open Continues on The Chips Fir
Incident: Chips Wildfire
Suppression repair efforts to open roads, remove fire weakened trees, and related activities are underway on the Chips Fire.
Of interest, firefighters dropped two trees across the North Fork of the Feather River below the Belden Forebay so that they could battle the fire in the early stages. These trees were interfering with water flow for hydroelectric operations. Per the request of Plumas National Forest and Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E), the trees would need to be removed. The question was how.
One unique piece of equipment is the Yoder. It is a combination of a timber Yarder and a Loader/Grappler. The Yoder is effective at moving large, heavy timber along steep slopes via cable and pulley system. PG&E assisted in slowing river flow by closing gates at Belden Forebay. This reduced river flow from its typical 165 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 115 cfs for safer access.
A local from Westwood provided the Yoder. Once it was unloaded from the trailer, it took a mere 10 minutes for the cable to be set and the tree to be drug out of the river. This allowed the Yoder crew members access to the tree to secure it with the yarding cable. The trees were slowly pulled by the Yoder from the river and left on the bank for crews to stabilize it. The entire repair operation was overseen by staff that ensured that natural resources concerns and safety concerns were considered.


text: To compare the differences in water resource consumption among hydropower projects in the Lancang-Mekong River basin, we chose 37 hydropower plants as examples. Based on an analysis of remote sensing data, the water footprints of these hydropower plants in 2015 were analyzed using the improved water footprint method. The results revealed that the hydropower plants in Lancang River basin, which have the smallest water footprint of hydropower plants in China, indicating a high efficiency of electricity production. In contrast, the hydropower plants in the Mekong River basin located in Laos and Thailand had a larger water footprint, suggesting a low efficiency of electricity production and high consumption of water resources. Therefore, from the perspective of power generation efficiency and water resources consumption, the upstream section in China is more suitable for hydropower development, and the influence of water resources consumption in hydropower should be appropriately considered in downstream countries.


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When it comes to installing a concrete pool, one of the most important factors to consider is the cost. The cost of a concrete pool can vary depending on several factors, including the size of the pool, the depth, and the features included. However, another important cost consideration is the maintenance required for a concrete pool. This is where concretes refinishing comes into play.
Concretes refinishing is the process of restoring and resurfacing a pool to its original state. This can include a range of services, from simple repairs to complete overhauls. One common type of concrete refinishing is concrete floor refinishing, which involves smoothing and sealing the surface of the pool to make it more durable and long-lasting. Refinishing concrete can also involve adding new finishes or designs to the pool, such as tiles or mosaics, to give it a fresh new look.
Overall, the cost of concretes refinishing can depend on the type of services required and the size of the pool. However, it is important to note that investing in concrete can actually save money in the long run by reducing the need for frequent repairs and maintenance. So, if you're considering a pool, be sure to factor in the cost of concrete refinishing as part of your budget. With the right services, you can ensure that your concrete pool remains a beautiful and functional feature of your property for years to come.
Best Concrete Coatings In USA?
Concrete is a popular building material due to its strength and durability. However, over time, concrete surfaces can become damaged or stained, requiring refinishing to restore their appearance and protect them from further wear and tear. In this blog, we will discuss the best concrete coatings available in the USA for refinishing concrete surfaces.
One of the most popular options for concrete refinishing is concrete floor refinishing. This involves applying a coating to the surface of the concrete to give it a fresh, new look. Epoxy coatings are a popular choice for this application due to their durability and resistance to chemicals and abrasions.
Another option for refinishing concrete is to use a decorative concrete overlay. This involves applying a thin layer of decorative concrete over the existing surface, creating a new and unique design. This method is particularly popular for outdoor patios and pool decks.
If you are looking for a more natural look, you may want to consider acid staining or water-based staining for your refinished concrete. These methods penetrate the surface of the concrete, creating a variegated and unique look that is perfect for indoor flooring.
In conclusion, when it comes to refinishing concrete, there are many options available in the USA. Whether you choose epoxy coatings, decorative overlays, or staining methods, a refinished concrete surface can enhance the look and durability of your home or business.
Can Pressure Treated Wood Sit on Concrete?
When it comes to building structures or furniture, pressure-treated wood is a popular choice due to its durability and resistance to rot and insects. However, many people wonder whether pressure-treated wood can be placed directly on concrete surfaces. The short answer is yes, pressure-treated wood can sit on concrete, but there are a few things to keep in mind to ensure longevity.
Firstly, it is important to note that concrete is a porous material and can absorb moisture, which can lead to rot and decay in the pressure-treated wood. To avoid this, it is recommended to use a moisture barrier between the concrete and the wood. This can be in the form of a plastic sheet or a layer of foam insulation.
Another consideration is concrete refinishing or concrete floor refinishing. If you plan on refinishing concrete or refinished concrete, it is important to protect the pressure-treated wood from any chemicals or materials used in the process. It is recommended to cover the wood with a protective layer or remove it from the area until the refinishing process is complete.
In summary, pressure-treated wood can sit on concrete with proper precautions. A moisture barrier should be used to prevent moisture absorption, and protection should be provided during concretes refinishing or concrete floor refinishing. By following these guidelines, pressure-treated wood and concrete can coexist in a safe and long-lasting manner.
Do Deck Stairs Have To Land On Concrete?
Deck stairs are an essential component of any deck, and many homeowners wonder whether they have to land on concrete or not. The answer is no, deck stairs do not have to land on concrete. However, it is essential to consider the durability and stability of the landing material to ensure the safety of anyone using the stairs.
One alternative to landing on concrete is to use refinished concrete. Refinishing concrete is a process that involves resurfacing an existing concrete surface to restore its appearance and durability. Refinished concrete can be an excellent landing material for deck stairs as it is durable, slip-resistant, and can withstand outdoor conditions.
Concrete is a cost-effective solution to repair and improve the appearance of existing surfaces. It involves the application of a concrete overlay or coating to enhance the look and functionality of the concrete. Cconcrete is an excellent option for deck stairs landing because it is long-lasting, easy to maintain, and comes in a wide range of colors and textures.
In conclusion, deck stairs do not have to land on concrete. Refinished concrete is a great alternative that can enhance the look and durability of the landing material. Consider concrete floor refinishing for your deck stairs to ensure they are safe, durable, and aesthetically pleasing.


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In a first, the Finance Commission, which recommends how much money states should get out of the taxes collected by the central government, will define what a populist measure is and recommend incentives for states that do not resort to them.
The NK Singh-led 15th Finance Commission has many firsts to do in the nearly six-decade-old history of the constitutionally mandated body.
Commission will decide what a populist policy is: Singh
"The Commission has been asked to look at monitorable performance criteria on things like progress made on ease of doing business, demography management, and whether or not a state is deliberately pursuing a populist policy," Commission Chairman NK Singh said.
Commission to propose incentives for states, too
The Commission was asked to propose measurable performance-based incentives for states that made efforts to expand and deepen the tax net, slowed population growth, promoted the ease-of-doing-business, and saved money by adopting Direct Benefit Transfer where government dole is paid via users' bank accounts.
It was also asked to recommend incentives for states that could control or eliminate incurring expenditure on populist measures.
14th Commission gave 10% weightage for 2011 population data
For the purpose of devolution of funds, the 14th Finance Commission has been asked to take census of 2011 as the basis for population data instead of 1971 census which was the basis of recommendations till the 13th Finance Commission, drawing some criticism from southern states where the population was comparatively slower.
The previous commission gave a 10% weightage for Census 2011 data.
14th Commission recommended 42% tax revenue share to states
The previous 14th Finance Commission had recommended that states should get a record 42% of the tax revenues collected by the Centre. Recommendations of all the previous Finance Commissions have been accepted by the central government.
But, 15th Commission provides incentives to states with controlled population-growth
Chairman NK Singh reasoned that the Terms of Reference of the 15th Finance Commission provide for incentives to states that have seen controlled population growth and so it balances out the concerns.
The Commission was also asked to submit its report by the end of October 2019. Its recommendations would be valid for a five-year period beginning 1 April 2020.
Commission to hold consultations with all states, stakeholders
NK Singh said that the panel would hold wide-ranging consultations with all stakeholders and would tour all the states beginning with Arunachal Pradesh in April, followed by a trip to Jammu and Kashmir and Kerala.
It intends to complete the consultations with the states within 2018.
Multilateral agencies like OECD, IMF, World Bank, and EU would also make presentations.
First Commission after abolition of Planning Commission and GST rollout
The NK Singh-headed 15th Finance Commission is the first after the abolition of the Planning Commission as well as doing away of the distinction of plan and non-plan expenditure.
Also, it will be the first one after the rollout of the Goods and Services Tax (GST), which has subsumed 17 indirect taxes of Centre and state including excise duty, service tax, and VAT.
Panel has no say in fixing ToRs
The Commission has no say in fixing the Terms of Reference and it's expected to adhere to the guidelines given by the government. "We have no say in fixing of Terms of Reference but we are expected to adhere to the ToRs," an official said.


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Before each Auburn football game, an eagle is set free to circle the stadium and land in the center of the field while the crowd screams "War Eagle!" The most popular story of how the university got such a dramatic tradition starts back in 1892, when Auburn was playing Georgia.
An aging Civil War veteran in the crowd had brought his pet eagle, which he'd found while a soldier on a battlefield. He'd nursed the injured bird back to health and it lived as his companion. During the football game, the eagle suddenly propelled itself from the man's solider and soared above the field. Below the flying eagle, Auburn took control of the game and as the team made a touchdown drive the students chanted "War Eagle!" while the bird continued to fly. At the end of the game, Auburn had won and the eagle then plummeted dead to the field.
Over 100 years later, the War Eagle and its majestic pre-game flight are icons of Auburn football. Auburn fans greet each other by saying "War Eagle" (an exchange of this phrase is known as a "War Eagle Moment"). The war eagles are all housed and cared for by the College of Veterinary Medicine's Southeastern Raptor Center, which treats and rehabilitates injured raptors.
Currently serving is War Eagle VII, a golden eagle named Nova. A rehabilitated bald eagle named Spirit also makes flights on special occasions. The retired War Eagle VI, a golden eagle named Tiger who was rescued from an illegal breeding operation, is still used by the Raptor Center to promote conservation.

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Fault diagnosis plays a crucial role in ensuring the safe and stable operation of complex industrial systems. Among various existing methods, graph convolutional network (GCN)-based methods can handle graph-structured data commonly found in industrial systems, due to their capability to capture complex relationships within datasets through association graphs. However, conventional GCN models exclusively consider positive association relationship between data, but do not account for the negative one, resulting in embedding vectors that exhibit clustering tendencies and the over-smoothing issue. To address these challenges, a positive–negative GCN-based fault diagnosis method is proposed in this paper. In the method, the conventional association graph is treated as a positive graph, and a corresponding negative one is constructed to capture negative relationships within the dataset. Furthermore, a graph-level data aggregation strategy is introduced to aggregate the information from both association graphs, and incorporate them into the forward propagation process. Fault diagnosis is achieved using a iteratively trained GCN model. Experimental results on two cases demonstrate that the proposed method outperforms existing fault diagnosis methods in terms of diagnostic performance.
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In a new book about Babylonian laborers of the 14th and 13th centuries, B.C., assistant professor Jonathan Tenney asserts that whether they were slaves or not, they lived in nuclear families.
They got married, had children, made beer. Although they lived 3,500 years ago in Nippur, Babylonia, in many ways they seem like us. Whether they were also slaves is a hotly contested question which Jonathan Tenney, assistant professor of ancient Near Eastern studies, addresses in the newly released "Life at the Bottom of Babylonian Society: Servile Laborers at Nippur in the 14th and 13th Centuries, B.C." (Brill).
The book is based on Tenney's dissertation at the University of Chicago, for which he received the 2010 Dissertation of the Year Award by the American Academic Research Institute in Iraq.
Some previous scholars identified the 8,000-strong group of government workers as temple employees. "But the problem is the records included food for little babies, which didn't make much sense," says Tenney, who joined the Cornell faculty this past fall. "And sometimes the workers ran away, and when they were captured they were put in prison."


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The LIFE CRAFT team will hold a seminar, 'GHG assessment in agriculture, forestry and other land use', via Zoom on 28 October.
- greenhouse gas
- torsdag 28. oktober 2021, 09:00 - 13:30 (CEST)
This online event will look at existing methods of greenhouse gas accounting in agriculture, forestry and other land use and assess the possibilities for Earth observation data to support the monitoring.
It will gather specialists from the fields of monitoring and research as well as from the Copernicus programme and the European Commission.
Registration is open until 25 October.
About LIFE CRAFT
The LIFE CRAFT project will test no-till farming, biochar incorporation into soil and controlled drainage. The team's goal is to reduce CO2 and other GHG emissions, present their methods to Latvian farmers and compile practical recommendations for their application.


text: Because switched system with nonlinear subsystems shows great difficulties in controller design by conventional methodologies, the fuzzy logic theory, which has been proven to be a practical and effective way to deal with the analysis and synthesis problems for complex nonlinear systems, is applied to design a class of hybrid fuzzy controller for switched discrete-time fuzzy system in this paper. On a basis of one step prediction of switching signal, a hybrid parallel distributed compensation (PDC) control strategy is proposed, which includes two necessary parts: the state feedback controllers for subsystems and the update feedback controllers for switching instants. In both arbitrary and dwell-time switching cases investigated, it is proved that the hybrid PDC controller contains less conservativeness than conventional switched PDC controller. Numerical examples are given to illustrate the effectiveness and advantages of the proposed approach. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.


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China has used Nuclear Reactors as their main source of energy since the GLA war, and this tradition continues in present time. Known for its instability and for providing more power than most of other factions' power plants, Nuclear Reactors and the smoke coming out of them are a common sight wherever a Chinese base is present.
In recent years, a more advanced version known as the Breeder Reactor has also been developed.
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Overcharges the Nuclear Reactor, increasing its power output by 50% but gradually damages it by 3% of its hit points per second while active.
Automatically stopped when the Nuclear Reactor is at 33% hit points remaining.
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Lays a minefield around the building that explodes when an enemy steps on it, causing 100 to 50 LAND_MINE damage over a radius of 5 to 10. Triggered mines are replaced after 20 seconds.
Costs $400 and takes 12 seconds to complete.
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The Nuclear Reactor is the main power plant used by the Chinese. It provides more power than Russian and American power plants, but when destroyed, it explodes violently, showering the area with radiation. As such, protecting Reactors is extremely important.
However, if a Chinese base is suffering from an energy crisis, it is possible to order the Reactor's technicians to overload the reactor. This doubles its power output at the cost of the integrity of the reactor itself. However, updated security protocols meant that the overloading is automatically stopped once the Reactor sustains too much damage, preventing it from being destroyed.
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Wire Color Conundrum
Honda offers a tip regarding wiring color identification.
Have you ever been under the dash with your droplight while troubleshooting a circuit, and the service information says the wire is light green, but you swear it looks light blue? The wire may look that way for several reasons:
- The wire color has faded due to age or heat.
- The wire color looks slightly different because of the light you're using.
- There's a minor color variation between some wire colors in some late-model vehicles. In 2005, many new vehicles started using wiring made with non-halogen insulation, which is better for the environment than regular PVC insulation when it's recycled or disposed of. Currently, the new wiring comes in 13 different solid colors (blue, light blue, green, light green, orange, red, pink, white, black, purple, brown, gray and yellow), and the manufacturing process doesn't allow for a tracer or stripe.
To make sure the wire you're checking is the correct one, check the wire colors in adjacent cavities. If those wires match the service information, and the original wire is a similar color to what is listed in the service information, you can rest assured that the wire color is correct.
In other words, welcome to the nightmare.


Explanation of Boat Excise Tax
Pursuant to Chapter 60B of the Massachusetts General Laws, every watercraft, including documented boats and ships, used or capable of being used as a means of transportation on water is subject to an excise tax unless expressly exempted. Excise is assessed for the "privilege of using the waterways."
The amount of excise due on a vessel in any registration year is calculated by multiplying the value of the vessel by the boats, ships and vessels excise rate. The rate is currently $10.00 per thousand dollars of value. The value of a vessel for the purpose of excise includes all equipment, including the mode of power and furnishings that are normally required aboard the vessel. The value is determined by the length and year of the vessel.
Excise tax will be assessed in the City or Town where the owner has the vessel habitually moored or docked for the summer season.
Excise for vessels are assessed on a fiscal year (July through June). If, during any fiscal year, the ownership of a vessel is transferred by sale or otherwise, the excise bill may be reduced by filing an abatement application (PDF).
The due date for boat excise tax is within 60 days of issue.


Configuring Individual File Encoding
There are two modes of dealing with file encoding:
PyCharm suggests the following major ways to change encoding:
PyCharm also supports configuring encoding for properties files.
To configure encoding for a directory or file without embedded encoding information
 1. In Settings, select File Encodings.
 2. The File/Directory column shows the tree view of your project. The Default Encoding column shows encoding for directories or files. Click the Default encoding column for a directory or file you want to define encoding for, and then choose the desired encoding from the drop-down list:
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To change encoding of a file that contains explicit encoding
 1. Open the desired file in the editor.
 2. Change explicit encoding information. Use error highlighting to recognize wrong encoding and press Ctrl+Space to have a list of available encodings displayed:
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To change encoding of a single file that doesnt contain explicit encoding
 1. Open the desired file for editing.
 2. Do one of the following:
 - On the main menu, point to File | File encoding .
 - Click file encoding on the Status bar.
 3. Select the desired encoding from the pop-up window.
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 4. If the selected encoding will change the file contents, PyCharm shows a dialog box, where you can choose to Reload file from disk, or Convert it to a different encoding.
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In 1812 William Hedley, was commissioned by Christopher Blackett, the owner of Wylam Colliery, to produce a steam locomotive. Hedley was helped in his task by two talented craftsman, Jonathan Forster, an enginewright, and Timothy Hackworth, a blacksmith. By 1814 Hedley produced a locomotive that had two vertical cylinders outside the boiler. Piston rods extended upwards to pivotted beams, which were in turn connected by rods to a crankshaft beneath the frames, from which gears drove and also coupled the wheels. Originally carried on four wheels, the 8 ton locomotives were two heavy for the plate rails, and so to spread the weight on the templates, they were redesigned with eight wheels. Two of these locomotives were still working at Wylam Colliery in 1860. This included Puffing Billy and Wylam Dilly.
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Season One
"The Shepherd"
 - Prince James duels a man called "Behemoth", a creature from the Bible.
 - David Nolan, the cursed identity of Prince Charming, a former shepherd, shares his name with King David of the Bible, himself a former shepherd.
 - Prince Charming's mother is named Ruth. Ruth is the name of King David's great-grandmother.
 - Prince Charming is betrothed to Princess Abigail. King David's third wife was named Abigail.
 - A cross can be seen on a shield dropped by a fallen soldier outside the dragon's cave.[3]
"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter"
 - The Storybrooke counterparts of fairies are reviewed to be nuns. They seems to be similar to Roman Catholic Religious Sisters, which is evident such as: doing community service, refers by others and themselves as "Sister" and also have a Mother Superior who is in charge of them.
 - The nun convent logo on the "Miner's Day" banner[5] is a Budded Cross, which is characterized by three scalloped shapes at the end of each arm, which symbolize the Holy Trinity.[6] The logo reads as "Sisters of Saint Meissa Dona Nobis Pacem MMDCXLVIII". Dona nobis pacem (Latin for "Grant us peace") is a phrase in the Agnus Dei section of the Roman Catholic mass.
"The Return"
"An Apple Red as Blood"
Season Two
"We Are Both"
 - Dr. Whale asks David whether or not nuns can date as the Dark Curse was broken, referring the oath Roman Catholic nuns made when joining the community.
"Lady of the Lake"
"The Doctor"
"The Outsider"
"In the Name of the Brother"
"The Queen Is Dead"
"Welcome to Storybrooke"
"Selfless, Brave and True"
"The Evil Queen"
 - At the marketplace, an angel with a halo is pictured on the tapestry behind the carny.[19]
"Second Star to the Right"
 - Tamara remarks that magic is unholy.
Season Three
"Quite a Common Fairy"
 - Noticing that Regina Mills is reluctant to meet Tinker Bell, Emma assumes that Regina did something to the fairy when they first met, including the possibility that Regina stole Tinker Bell's halo.
"Going Home"
"Snow Drifts"
 - When Hook is pondering where and when in the past Enchanted Forest he and Emma have landed, he briefly mentions the belly of a whale; referencing the biblical story of Jonah.
Season Four
"Family Business"
 - While Belle is looking up information on how to get her memories back, a cross can be seen on the cover of one of the books.[23]
"Smash the Mirror"
"Shattered Sight"
"Heroes and Villains"
 - An angry Hook promises Mr. Gold that Mr. Gold's next life won't be so pleasant for him. Reincarnation is a shared element of various religious, spiritual and philosophical communities.
 - Still, Mr. Gold believes he doesn't need to care about Hook's promise, telling the pirate, "Given my immortality, you'll have quite the wait amongst the fire and brimstone". "Fire and brimstone" is a figurative expression of signs of God's wrath in the Bible.
"Darkness on the Edge of Town"
 - Rumplestiltskin tells the Queens of Darkness that he offers the answer to all their prayers. Cruella is not convinced, and remarks, "I'm not exactly the religious sort."
"Best Laid Plans"
"Heart of Gold"
"Operation Mongoose Part 1"
"Operation Mongoose Part 2"
Season Five
"The Dark Swan"
"Siege Perilous"
 - The Unquenchable Flame, used by Arthur and David in Brocéliande, is said to be a part of the burning bush itself.
"The Broken Kingdom"
"The Bear and the Bow"
"Swan Song"
"Our Decay"
 - According to Hades, people are always confusing him with the Devil.
 - Zelena tells Hades to go back to his brimstone. "Fire and brimstone" is a figurative expression of signs of God's wrath in the Bible. "Brimstone" is the archaic name for sulfur, and evokes the acrid odor of volcanic activity.
"Ruby Slippers"
"Last Rites"
"Only You"
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"Bad Blood"
 - When Edwin is about to eat, he says recites part of the catholic meal prayer: "Bless us, O Lord, and these, Thy gifts, which we are about to receive from Thy bounty." He also says that his God hears every prayer, and that he prays for his daughter. Alice later says that every meal she's ever had with her father could not begin without saying grace.
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Currently, the most common types of mechanical hydrogen compressors are oil-based and oil-free. However, there are also a number of other compression technologies which can be used for the production and storage of hydrogen including cryogenic, adsorption, and metal hydride compressors.
When selecting the best compressor for the project, it is important to take into account both technical and economic factors. A key consideration is the amount of maintenance work that is required, as well as the life expectancy of replacement parts. The higher the operating speed, the more frequently replacement parts need to be replaced and this can increase the total cost of ownership.
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While Running Ruby on Rails projects in development mode, many of you might have came across slow development process. Now, there is one easy way to speed up Rails Development Environment mode.
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Command to install 'active_reload' gem on your machine,
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This painting reflects upon current environmental crises, particularly in relation to Tasmania's lost natural habitats and its extinct or threatened plants and animals. It borrows the format of Tasmania's 1917 coat of arms and refers to the motto inscribed beneath, Ubertas et Fidelitas (Fertility and Faithfulness).
The two Tasmanian Tigers display, in place of the coat of arm's original symbols of industry and agriculture, an art historical symbol of fertility – Gustave Courbet's L'Origine du monde (The origin of the world, 1866). Set against a brown landscape decimated after decades of exploitation by the agricultural and forestry industries, the painting heralds a land stripped of life. The optimistic "fertility and faithfulness" of a hundred years ago has here been replaced by a barren landscape governed by avarice and neglect.
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This course provides an overview of the strategies, processes and methods used in inventory management and distribution, customer service metrics, and inventory valuation. This course is also available as part of the CMRP bundle.
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- Describe types of inventory.
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|Beyond Awareness Raising: Community Lessons about Improving Responses to HIV/AIDS|
AUTHOR: International HIV/AIDS Alliance
"Community Lessons, Global Learning" is a partnership between the International HIV/AIDS Alliance and Glaxo Wellcome's Positive Action programme. This first report shares lessons about responding to HIV/AIDS between communities, countries and continents. Although the primary focus of the document is on community responses to HIV/AIDS, Section 5 of the report discusses gender, sexuality and sexual health. The "Community Lessons, Global Learning" programme - and, therefore, this report - draws lessons from the Alliance's experience in supporting HIV/AIDS prevention and care strategies which deals with the provision of information and raising awareness about the epidemic.
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Human trafficking resource for high schools
Our human trafficking resource has been created specifically for high school students in New Zealand. The resource provides an overview of human rights, human trafficking and modern day slavery. It has been designed to comply with level five curriculum requirements for social sciences in New Zealand, including the following achievement objectives:
- Understand how cultural interaction impacts on cultures and societies.
- Understand that people move between places and how this has consequences for the people and the places.
- Understand how people define and seek human rights.
The goal is to have this resource taught at all schools in New Zealand. We encourage people to learn about human trafficking, download a human trafficking resource, meet with the school principal or a dean of social sciences at a school in their community and advocate for this resource being taught in year 9 and 10 social science classes.
What to do with the high school resource on human trafficking
- Download and print the resource from our website
- Organise a meeting with the principal of head of department ("HOD") for social sciences in a school you are connected to or that is in your community
- At the meeting, give the principal/HOD the resource and tell him/her WHY it is essential that human trafficking is taught in schools
- Organise a follow-up meeting with the principal/HOD two weeks later to see whether the resource is being implemented
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A certificate authority (CA) is an authority in a network that issues and manages security credentials and public keys for message encryption. As part of a public key infrastructure (PKI), a CA checks with a registration authority (RA) to verify information provided by the requestor of a digital certificate. If the RA verifies the requestor's information, the CA can then issue a certificate.
Depending on the public key infrastructure implementation, the certificate includes the owner's public key, the expiration date of the certificate, the owner's name, and other information about the public key owner.


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Bill would make Cahokia Mounds a national park
CAHOKIA, Ill. (KFVS) - A bill introduced on Monday, April 19 would establish Cahokia Mounds State Historic Site as a national park.
The Cahokia Mounds and Mississippian Culture National Historic Park would include mounds in Madison, St. Clair and Monroe Counties, as well as Sugarloaf Mound in St. Louis.
The park would be jointly managed between the park service and local stakeholders.
"Southern Illinois is home to one of American history's greatest civilizations," said U.S. Representative Mike Bost. "Cahokia was the largest city and center of the ancient Mississippian people. Cahokia and the associated mounds sites in the region are a critical part of our history and incorporating them into our national park system will help us preserve this history for generations to come. I appreciate the dedication of HeartLands Conservancy and all of our state and local leaders who have been working tirelessly to make this effort a reality."
Cahokia, "America's First City," was built about 1,000 years ago by the Mississippians.
The region was home to 10,000-20,000 people at its peak around 1200 A.D.
Currently, the Cahokia Mounds is a 2,200 acre state historic site made up of more than 70 mounds.
Cahokia Mounds is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
The site is currently administered by the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. In 2018, the department announced support for national park status, and in May of 2019, the Illinois House of Representatives backed a resolution supporting the statute.
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DELETE
Indicates that the data set is no longer needed if this step terminates normally.
For a DASD data set, DELETE means that the space occupied by that data set is available for use by other data sets. The system will physically erase the data set itself only if the erase option of a security product, such as RACF®, is in effect for this data set. If the erase option is not in effect, the data will remain on the DASD until overwritten by another data set. For information on how to set the erase option, see the documentation for the security product.
For a tape data set, DELETE does not physically erase the data from the tape volume. The data will remain on the tape until overwritten by another data set. If the tape volume is a public volume, specifying DELETE allows the system to reuse the tape volume for other data sets that require a public volume; the system may overwrite the data set.
Note: Start of change DELETE requests are always treated as requiring exclusive serialization, preventing other jobs using the data set until it is deleted. This occurs even when DISP=(SHR,DELETE) is coded. As such, data sets with DISP=(SHR,DELETE) will not have its control changed, even when DSENQSHR=ALLOW is specified on the JOB card or in the JOBCLASS. End of change
Existing data sets:
 - If you set a retention period on the DD RETPD parameter, an existing data set is deleted only if its retention period is passed; otherwise the data set is kept.
 - If you set an expiration date on the DD EXPDT parameter, an existing data set is deleted if the expiration date has passed.
 If the storage administrator specified OVRD_EXPDT(YES) in the IGDSMSxx member of SYS1.PARMLIB, you can override the expiration date or retention period for SMS-managed data sets by specifying DELETE on the DD DISP parameter. In that case, the data set will be deleted whether or not the expiration date or the retention period has passed. See z/OS MVS Initialization and Tuning Reference for information on the IGDSMSxx parmlib member.
New data sets:
A new data set is deleted at the end of the step even though a retention period or expiration date is also specified. See the DD EXPDT or RETPD parameters.
If the system retrieves volume information from the catalog because the DD statement does not specify VOLUME=SER or VOLUME=REF, then DELETE implies UNCATLG: the system deletes the data set and removes its catalog entry.
KEEP
Indicates that the data set is to be kept on the volume if this step terminates normally.
Without SMS, only KEEP is valid for VSAM data sets. VSAM data sets should not be passed, cataloged, uncataloged, or deleted.
With SMS, all dispositions are valid for VSAM data sets; however, UNCATLG is ignored.
For new SMS-managed data sets, KEEP implies CATLG.
PASS
Indicates that the data set is to be passed for use by a subsequent step in the same job.
With SMS, the system replaces PASS with KEEP for existing VSAM data sets. When you refer to the data set later in the job, the system obtains data set information from the catalog.
Note:
 1. A data set can be passed only within a job.
 2. If you specify DISP=(NEW,PASS) but, at the end of the job, one or more data sets were not received by any job step, then the maximum number of DD statements you can specify decreases by one. (The size of the TIOT controls how many DD statements are allowed per job step.) For example, if the current limit is 1635 DD statements, you can specify DISP=(NEW,PASS), and up to 1634 DD statements.
 3. Coding PASS does not ensure that the operator will not unload the volume or that the system will not demount it to accommodate another job step allocation. Either can occur when the device on which the volume is mounted is not allocated to the job step that specified PASS or, for unlabeled tapes, when the volume requires verification. If the system does demount a volume for which RETAIN was requested, it will do so by issuing message IEF234E R (retain) for that volume. When the system reaches the next step requiring that volume, it will request the operator to remount the volume on an available device of the appropriate type.
CATLG
Indicates that, if the step terminates normally, the system is to place an entry pointing to the data set in the catalog. Note that the data set is kept.
An unopened tape data set is cataloged, unless the volume request is nonspecific or unless the data set is allocated to a dual-density tape drive but no density is specified. A nonspecific volume request is a DD statement for a new data set that can be assigned to any volume or volumes.
For information about the rules for cataloged data set names, see z/OS DFSMS Access Method Services Commands.
UNCATLG
Indicates that, if the step terminates normally, the system is to delete (1) the entry pointing to the data set in the catalog and (2) unneeded indexes, except for the highest level entry. Note that the data set is kept.
With SMS, UNCATLG is ignored for SMS-managed data sets and VSAM data sets (KEEP is implied).
By default, if the system retrieves volume information from the catalog, UNCATLG is processed. If not, the UNCATLG request is rejected and UNCATLG is treated as KEEP. Volume information is not retrieved from the catalog when VOLUME=REF or VOLUME=SER is specified on the DD statement, or for new data sets. However, if the ALLOCxx Parmlib setting for SYSTEM VERIFY_UNCAT is TRACK, MSGTRACK, or LOGTRACK, the UNCATLG request is honored and the data set is uncataloged regardless of whether or not the volume information in the catalog matches the volume information that is used for the dataset.
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Sunday, February 12, 2012
The Physics Of Ponytails
I kid you not! They even came up with something called the "Rapunzel Number"!
It turns out that there is an important-enough research being done on the physics of ponytails that it warrants a publication in the Physical Review Letters, no less!
He and two other physicists have been trying to determine whether the shape of a ponytail can be deduced from the properties of a single hair. After all, a head with 100,000 strands is a complex physical system, as anyone with a copious coiffure can attest.
And it turns out that there is a simple theory. The crucial characteristics are elasticity, density and curliness, which essentially tell how springy a piece of hair is, plus the length of the ponytail. The researchers came up with a simple formula that describes the ponytail shape when the hair is bundled together.
They called it the Rapunzel number. "We couldn't resist," Dr. Goldstein said.
Oh dear!
I'll try to find the exact reference to this one when it appears and post it here. I wish they explain why this is important and what other implications this involved. Maybe it's written in the actual paper. The only thing I can find in the news article is the sentence "... Dr. Goldstein said the findings could also be applied to bundles of other long filaments, including fiberglass and wool...", which doesn't say much.
Another news report on this story mention quite a bit more, but it is still unclear what properties actually that is so important.
So maybe this won't be nominated for an Ig Nobel after all! :)
Edit: the Ponytail physics is getting a Synopsis coverage! Click that link for the exact reference.
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How to: Navigate in the Object Browser
The Object Browser displays hierarchical structures within the current browsing scope in the Objects pane. You can expand structures in the Objects pane to reveal ordered lists of their members. Expanding an object also displays additional information about it, such as base classes, implemented interfaces, and available overrides.
Properties, methods, events, variables, constants, and other contained items are listed in the Members pane. Details on the item selected in the Members pane appear in the Description pane. As you select objects and members, they are added to the Object Browser's history list. For more information on the elements of the Object Browser and how they work, see.
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Select the symbol in the Objects or Members pane.
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In the Description pane, click the link to the desired symbol.
The Object Browser displays the related symbol, and this symbol is added to the history list.
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Use the Keyboard pane in the Options dialog box to assign shortcut keys to the commands View.Forward and View.Backward. You can then use these commands to navigate quickly to the next or previous item. For more information, see.
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Right-click on the symbol node or on the Description pane.
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orientate (third-person singular simple present orientates, present participle orientating, simple past and past participle orientated)
 1. (Britain, intransitive) To face (a given direction).
 2. (Britain, reflexive) To determine one's position relative to the surroundings; to orient (oneself).
 - John le Carré
 He…stood for a moment, orientating himself exactly in the light of his knowledge.
 He came out of the station and took some time to orientate himself.
 3. To arrange in order; to dispose or place (a body) so as to show its relation to other bodies, or the relation of its parts among themselves.
 - E. S. Dana
 A crystal is orientated when placed in its proper position so as to exhibit its symmetry.
 4. (Britain, transitive) To position (something), to align relative to a given position.
 Try to orientate your students towards the science subjects.
 5. (archaic) To move or turn toward the east; to veer from the north or south toward the east.
Usage notes[edit]
 1. ^ orientate, in Common Errors in English Usage, by Paul Brians
 1. second-person plural present indicative of orientare
 2. second-person plural imperative of orientare
 3. feminine plural of orientato


ERU submitted to the RootChain contract. When URB submitted, the operator must execute the **Rebase** process and submit NRB whose parent block is the submitted URB.![](_URL_ *Fig 7 : UAF diagram 1* Block#1 is currently in finalized state, and the root chain is submitted up to NRB#5. Suppose that NRB#3 is in the withheld state by the operator and DA problem has occurred. Users can then safely exit the child chain by submitting URB#2 and generating a fork until NRB#3 is finalized. The parent block of the submitted URB must be Block#1, which is the last finalized block as shown in *Fig 7*. In this process, the user submitting the URB should reflect requests contained in previously submitted ORBs. However, newly submitted EROs should not be included in the URB. ![](_URL_ *Fig 8 : UAF diagram 2* When a URB is submitted and a fork occurs, the operator must execute the **Rebase** process to continue the chain. As shown in *Fig 8*, the operator must submit NRB#3'and NRB#4' with the same $transactionRoot$ as NRB#3 and NRB#5 submitted previously. That is, all transactions that were included in the previous NRB should be included in the new NRB'. In addition, NRB#3' and NRB#4' should be on the basis of URB#2. ### Mass URB To submit URB, 'prepareToSubmitURB' function should be called in the RootChain contract. However, if DA problem occurs, users may call 'prepareToSubmitURB' function concurrently to submit URB. In this case, the first user to send a transaction calling 'prepareToSubmitURB' is entitled to submit the URB. Since URB to be submitted is a block containing ERUs submitted to the RootChain contract, the transactions to be included have already been determined before submission. Therefore, this decision for submission right for URB does not matter because the exit request being processed is the same as which user is entitled. ### Extension of chain head Submission of URB does not always create a fork. If a URB is submitted before a previous URB has been finalized, submission of the URB is considered to extend the chain head, not the fork. Therefore, subsequent URB must be a child block of the previous URB. In this case, of course, the operator must also execute rebase process based on the newly extended chain head. if URB is submitted after a previously submitted URB has been finalized, subsequent URBs are considered as the fork rather than extension of the chain head. Therefore, the parent block of the submitted URB shall be of the last finalized block. After submission of the corresponding URB, the operator must execute rebase process. ![](_URL_ *Fig 9 : Extension of chain head* Let's take a closer look at the case of extending the chain head in *Fig 9*. URB#3 was submitted sequentially after submission of URB#2. In this case, the state of URB#3 must be calculated based on URB#2. Therefore, although URB is newly submitted, it does not create the fork based on Block#1, but extends the head of the blockchain containing URB#2. The operator must rebase all existing blocks based on the newly extended URB#3. ### Invalid URB![](_URL_ *Fig 10 : Invalid URB* *Fig 10* shows the process when stateRoot of the submitted URB is not valid so the request has challenged. In the figure, URB#3 is submitted by another user based on URB#2 and NRB#3' and NRB#4' in which the operator rebased are submitted. In this situation, the challenge to URB#2 succeeded. This means that all descendant blocks including URB#2 and having URB#2 as an ancestor block are no longer valid. In the case of a penalty for a challenge, the submitters who submitted the URB#2 and another URB with an invalid URB as an ancestor block will be penalized. Operators are not penalized even if they rebase based on invalid URBs. When submitting a computation challenge for a URB, the challenger must submit a new stateRoot, transactionRoot, and receiptRoot for the URB and its descendant URBs. Also, as with the rebase process, the new transactionRoot must be the same as the transactionRoot of the URB being challenged. In other words, the challenger challenges URB#2 and submits URB#2'and URB#3' at the same time. After the challenge, the operator must rebase the existing NRBs following URB#3'. ### Data availability of URB URB cannot be the target of Data withholding attack. The reason is as follows: Since the parent block of the URB is always a finalized block and the transactions included in the URB are exposed to the RootChain contract, anyone can know about the correct stateRoot of the URB. ## Cost mechanism against Infinite fork attack ### Infinite fork attack In the case of DA problem, user-activated fork method can make anyone exit safely by submitting URB based on last finalized block. But there is a fatal weakness here, the Infinite fork attack using the rebase process. A malicious user can endlessly block the finalization of a block by continuously submitting URBs, regardless of the DA problem. This is because, at the moment when the URB is submitted, the existing unfinalized NRBs must be rebased, which requires placing a new challenge period in the corresponding blocks. ### Dynamic cost mechanism We have introduced a dynamic cost mechanism for user-activated fork to prevent such attacks. The design objectives of the cost mechanism are as follows. **1. If the submission of URB is close to the probability that it is an attack by malicious users, the cost should be high. And if it is close to the probability that it is an escape from a problem, the cost should be set low. 2. The number of URB commits that generate Rebase should be minimized.** DA problem is hard to tackle because it is very difficult to determine whether DA problem actually occurred in the child chain. Therefore, in Plasma EVM, we need to approach the DA problem in terms of probabilities, as described in the first principle. There is also a possibility that there was still no real DA problem, even if there were a lot of users who thought that the URB should be commited because of DA problem. Therefore, as specified in the second principle, URB commits should be minimized in all circumstances to ensure sustainable operation of child chain. ### DA probability The first principle is a very valid rule in itself, but there is a limit that we can apply it only if we know the probability. In other words, how accurate the probability can be is the key point in this cost mechanism design. What is the best material for calculating the probability? We said earlier that we leave the judgment of the DA to the individual users. If an independent individual makes one's own judgment on DA matters, it is the individual's judgment that is most relevant to the probability of DA problems. That is, the greater the number of users who believe that there is the DA problem, the greater the likelihood of DA occurrence. On the contrary, if there are fewer users who believe there is DA problem, chances are high that there were no problems with the Child Chain. Therefore, we will design a model that estimates the probability of a DA issue and adjusts the costs for the URB and ERU accordingly through user's judgments about DA problems, i.e. **the number of ERUs**. Of course, the assumption that all of the accounts submitted the ERU would be independent is very naive. Because of that, an additional cost should be charged for the ERU as well. If an attacker is to make a favorable condition for submission of URB using a number of accounts, one must also pay a full cost for ERUs. There will be of no use to do this attack. ### Cost function Let's discuss what types of cost functions should be derived to meet the principles outlined above as much as possible. To satisfy the first principle, the higher the number of ERUs in the URB, the lower the URB's submission costs and the cost of the ERB. In addition, to meet the second principle, it would be desirable to increase the extent of the decreasing cost as the number of ERUs increases. **$C_{URB}$ : Cost for submitting URB $C_{ERU}$ : Cost for Exit by ERU $N_{ERU}$ : The number of ERUs in URB** As defined above, a cost function meeting the above conditions may be like below. ![](_URL_ *Fig 11 : Cost function of submitting URB* The costs of submitting the URB are as shown above. As $N_{ERU}$(the number of ERUs in the URB


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Measure your delayed work. Evaluate the accuracy of your predictions. Calculate your on-time delivery ratio.
The Due Date Performance Chart for Azure DevOps enables you to measure your due date performance by comparing the time between the start date and due date of a work item, with the actual time it took to deliver your work. Each dot on the graph represents a completed work item on your Azure board, with its cycle time plotted against the horizontal axis and its predicted time displayed on the vertical axis.
Your due-date performance is a measure of reliability. Furthermore, it determines the quality of your initial forecast. The accuracy of your forecasts strongly depends on the stability of your system - the more stable your system is, the more dependable your forecasts will be.
With the Due Date Performance chart for Azure DevOps, you can filter your completed work by 'On-time work items' and 'Overdue work items' in order to perform a root cause analysis of the reasons behind your delays.
Your predicted time is calculated as the difference between the moment a work item first entered your workflow and the due date of the work item, while your completion time is the difference between the same starting point and the work item's actual completion date.
By clicking on each dot, you can access further details of the work item. This includes its total cycle time, its predicted time, a direct link to the card on your Azure board as well as the cycle times your work has spent in each process state.
Analyze your overdue work items individually and pay special attention to the states with the longest cycle times to locate the bottleneck impeding your system.
The line plotted across the chart is called a regression line. It flows roughly through the middle of all your completed work items. The slope of the regression line exposes the difference between your predicted time and the actual time needed to deliver your work.
The due date regression line helps you evaluate the accuracy of your predictions and gauge the efficiency of the system you are maintaining.
The 'On-Time Delivery' widget displays the percentage of times that you managed to deliver before your due date arrived. It also visualizes how your due date performance trends have moved over time.
The fundamental element of a due date performance analysis is assessing whether your work has been delivered on time. If the percentage is quite low, this denotes that your initial predictions are unrealistic. If that's the case, consider forecasting your work items using your past performance data with the Cycle Time Scatterplot for Azure DevOps.


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Dennis Drabelle: "The Great American Railroad War"
The Central Pacific Railroad, America's first Transcontinental Railroad, revolutionized the way Americans traveled, communicated and did business. But it was also a hotbed of corruption and greed. A new book tells the story of two American writers who took on the Central Pacific with the power of the pen. Journalist Ambrose Bierce, nicknamed "Bitter Bierce," exposed the railroad's corruption using satire and wit. And Frank Norris, a novelist, wrote of the warring relationship between California wheat farmers and the railroad trust. Together, they revealed the dark side of this American powerhouse. Diane talks with the author about this nineteenth century monopoly and two writers who challenged it.
author and contributing editor and mysteries editor for The Washington Post Book World.
Read An Excerpt
Excerpt from "The Great American Railroad War" by Dennis Drabelle. Copyright 2012 by Dennis Drabelle. Reprinted here by permission of St. Martin's Press. All rights reserved.


Windows 10 Tips! Set Low Battery Warnings
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How to Set Low Battery Warnings on Windows 10 Laptops
In this article we will teach you how to Set Low Battery Warnings on Windows 10 Laptops. There are two warning levels in Laptop which are as follows: (Set Low Battery Warnings)
1. Low Battery and
2. Critical Battery.
Set Low Battery Warnings
Step by Step Guide to Set Low Battery Warnings on Windows 10 Laptops
Step 1:
Open the Control Panel.
Step 2:
Press the Win+X keyboard shortcut and choose the Control Panel item from the super secret menu.
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Choose Hardware and Sound.
Step 4:
Choose Power Options.
Step 5:
You see the laptop's power plans. The battery warning levels are set for a specific plan.
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Next to the active power plan, click the link Change Plan Settings.
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In the Edit Plan Settings window, click the Change Advanced Power Settings link.
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Finally, the Power Options dialog box shows up. It's the happening place for all things having to do with power management in Windows.
Step 9: (Set Low Battery Warnings)
Scroll the list, and locate the item labeled Battery.
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As you would expect, it's the last item in the list.
Step 11:
Click the plus sign (+) by Battery to display various battery notification and action options.
Each item has two subitems — one for settings when the laptop is on battery power and a second for when the laptop is plugged in.
Step 12:
Set the battery-level warnings. In chronological order, here are the items you can set:
* Low-battery notification:
Sets a warning for a low battery level, before the situation becomes critical. Values are set to On to set the low warning and Off to ignore it.
* Low battery level:
Determines the battery percentage for the low-battery-level warning. This value should be generous, well above the critical level.
* Low battery action:
Directs the laptop in what to do when the battery charge reaches the low-battery level. Other options are Sleep, Hibernate, and Shut Down.
* Critical battery level:
Sets the battery power level (percentage) for the crucial battery-level action.
* Critical battery action:
Directs the laptop to sleep, hibernate, or shut down when the critical battery level is reached.
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Click OK to confirm the settings. You can close any remaining dialog boxes and windows. (Set Low Battery Warnings)


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Appear releases a solution dedicated for digital satellite news gathering (DSNG)
Appear has recently announced the launching a solution dedicated to Digital Satellite News Gathering. It is known as X10 DSNG.
DSNG vans are often needed in conjunction with outside broadcast (OB) vans to support live production for large events. While fibre connectivity has become more widespread, or associated with live event broadcast, there are still many venues that do not have high capacity fibre connectivity, or require satellite transmission as a backup for fibre.
The X10 DSNG includes a switch module, with built-in satellite reception and ASI IO ports that supports encoding and satellite uplink in a single 1 rack unit (RU) chassis. Supporting both fibre and satellite delivery, the solution provides all the functionality DSNG operators need for contribution, including encoding/decoding and satellite uplink/downlink, as well as integrated reception and monitoring of uplinked signals. It has powe to support 1G to 10G of traffic and also features one encoder module, a satellite modulator module and a decoder module.
The X10 offers flexibility to allow operators to define the number of channels to be encoded and decoded, plus the number of satellite modulated outputs needed. It can support encoding of 32 HD or 16 UHD channels with 4 HD or 2 UHD channels of decoding (for monitoring), while uplinking to one or two satellite transponders. The solution can support 250 streams, supports common compression technologies and video protocols and additional compression standards can be supported through adding JPEG XS and JPEG2000 features.
In addition, the X10 DSNG can operate against internal failure thanks to its redundant construction. Also it has a high-capacity firewall feature that can monitor and regenerate traffic as required.
"Over the past 18 months we've seen more remote productions and large-scale events take place, which has thrust OB and DSNG into the spotlight, and put more demands on operators. DSNG has an important role to play, and we're delighted to bring a new solution to market that addresses their specific needs," says Thomas Bostrøm Jørgensen, Chief Executive Officer at Appear. "The X10 DSNG not only supports fibre and satellite, but with built-in security, redundancy and support for an array of compression technologies and protocols, it is a solution that not only meets operators needs today, but will continue to support them for years to come. It is a comprehensive, powerful solution, and we're excited to see how it fulfils its huge potential in this market."


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Improve what shows for you on Google News
You can have Google News show more of the kinds of stories you want and fewer of those you don't. Personalization can help you see content that interests you more easily and quickly.
You can teach Google News what you want to read by using it. More use helps "For you" get better. You can also directly tell Google News what you like.
Note: This feature is only available if you're signed in to your Google Account.
- Under a story you like, tap More.
- To see more stories like it, tap More stories like this.
- Find a topic, place, or publication you like. Either:
- At the top, tap Search. Enter your interest or tap a listed interest.
- At the bottom, tap Newsstand Popular. Scroll down and tap a listed interest.
- Tap Follow.
- Under a story you don't like, tap More.
- To see fewer stories like it, tap Fewer stories like this.
- To see no more stories from that source, tap Hide all.
Change your interests
To stop following an interest, open it and tap Following. Or at the bottom, tap Following View all and manage More Stop following.
Adjust what shows based on past activity
You can see your searches and other activity saved to your Google Account in My Activity. Google News can personalize based on some of those activities.
Find what you want on Google News
You can find different kinds of coverage on Google News, including:
- Subjects with the same coverage for readers
- Stories picked based on your settings and activity


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funken (series of 13)
- lambda-print on alumiumdibond behind acrylic glass
- 1-2 150 x 120 cm
- 3-14 100 x 80 cm
The photographs of funken (sparks) investigate the movement patterns of sparks. These appear like graphics showing traces of light. For better observatory purposes, the photographs of the sparks have been inverted to result in a highly graphical image in negative. The yellow of the sparks becomes blue, the black of the surrounding darkness turns pure white. The photographic inquiry focuses on random angles emerging according to how the sparks divide in the air forming tree-like structures that reveal their geometric properties. This work continues the analysis of mathematical patterns expressed in earlier works such as milch and snow noise.


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The next generation of automated probes offer advanced in-process inspection for integration and infrastructure at minimal costs.
The FARO Factory Array Imager is a scanner with extremely high accuracy for contactless measurements which, with its blue-light technology measurement, within seconds computes several million 3D coordinates on component surfaces – regardless of colour, texture, reflectance or ambient light.
Structured light and stereo recordings open up new possibilities in 3D measurement & inspection and reverse engineering. The new optical 3D measurement system by FARO, the FARO Factory Array Imager, combines the two processes and complements them with high-performance 3D processing.
The combination of flexibility, portability, speed and accuracy makes the compact and light FARO Factory Array Imager an ideal but cost-effective solution for 3D data capture or reverse engineering of components or modules in many different industries, such as automotive, aviation and space flight, and mechanical and plant engineering.


As the number of dead pig carcasses in the Shanghai Huangpu River continues to rise, another Chinese river has found itself with a similar problem.
A thousand dead ducks were found floating in the Nanhe river, which runs through the southern Chinese province of Sichuan, on Tuesday. Liang Weidong, a local official in Sichuan, told the state-run Xinhua News Agency that the dead birds were found inside roughly 50 woven plastic bags. Officials removed the birds from the bags and properly sanitized and disposed of the carcasses. Thankfully, the Nanhe river isn't a drinking water source for the area, which officials believe will prevent any threat to local citizens.
Meanwhile, local government officials are seeking to calm the nerves of the most vocal segment of population, the netizens. Many concerned citizens on China's Twitter-like microblogging site, Weibo, are alarmed about what seems to be a bizarre trend of the dying or dead animals being dumped in rivers.
"How can you tell they are harmless when you don't know how the ducks died?" one user posted on Weibo, according to the Financial Times.
Earlier this month, officials were removing thousands of dead pigs from the Huangpu River, which happens to be one of Shanghai's main drinking water sources. Shanghai officials ensured its residents that the dead pigs had no effect on the quality of drinking water, despite the fact that almost 16,000 of the animals were found and removed. According to state news, the pigs had died from a common virus, the porcine circovirus, which isn't harmful to humans.
The pigs were eventually determined to have come from a farming village outside of Shanghai called Jiangxi. Farmers whose pigs had died resorted to illegal river-dumping because of a recent crackdown on the illegal purchase of dead and sick pigs.
Local newspaper Tianfu Morning News reported that tests are being conducted to ensure that the water has no toxins harmful to humans and to determine the cause of death.
Other cases of dead pigs were also discovered in the Xiangjiang River in Hunan province. According to, the Xiaoxiang Morning Herald reported last week, roughly 50 pigs were found on a shoal in the Xiangjiang river and were fished out and buried nearby.


Where Is Onion Skin In Photoshop?
What keyboard key will play the timeline?
What the Keyboard Shortcuts DoSpacebar: This key controls both playing and stopping video in the timeline.
Left & Right Arrows: Pressing either one of these keys will allow you to progress or regress through the timeline, frame by frame.More items…•.
What are onion skins?
How do you go to the next frame in Photoshop?
Left Arrow or Page Up moves to the previous frame, Right Arrow or Page Down moves to the next frame. Add the Shift key to move 10 frames at a time. Shift + Up Arrow moves back in time 1 second, Shift + Down Arrow moves forward 1 second in time.
What is onion skin in animation?
How do you animate in Photoshop 2020?
How to make an animated GIF in PhotoshopStep 1: Set up the dimensions and resolution of your Photoshop document. … Step 2: Import your image files into Photoshop. … Step 3: Open the timeline window. … Step 4: Convert your layers into frames. … Step 5: Duplicate frames to create your animation. … Step 6: Set the delay time of each frame.More items…
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What is onion skin called?
How does Onion change skin color?
In the Drawing tab, in the Onion Skin section, click on the colour swatch of the onion skin display you want to change. In the Colour Picker window, select the colour. 6. Click OK to confirm the colour.
What is a keyframe in animation?
A key frame (or keyframe) in animation and filmmaking is a drawing or shot that defines the starting and ending points of any smooth transition. These are called frames because their position in time is measured in frames on a strip of film or on a digital video editing timeline.
What is tweening in animation?
Inbetweening or tweening is a key process in all types of animation, including computer animation. It is the process of generating intermediate frames between two images, called key frames, to give the appearance that the first image evolves smoothly into the second image.
Is there onion skin in Photoshop?
Paint or add content to the layer. (Optional) In the Timeline panel, choose Enable Onion Skins from the panel menu to enable the onion skin mode. … You can add a blank video frame, duplicate a frame, or delete a frame from the blank video layer by choosing Layer > Video Layers and then choosing the appropriate command.
How do you turn onion skin on?
The onion skin tool lets you preview the previous and next drawings. There is a few ways you can turn the onion skin on. From the top menu, select View > Onion Skin > Show Onion Skin. You can also go to the Timeline View, click on the Onion Skin button next to the layer.
Can I animate with Photoshop?
In Photoshop, you use the Timeline panel to create animation frames. Each frame represents a configuration of layers. … You can also create animations using a timeline and keyframes. See Creating timeline animations.


New Davis-Stirling Act & Reserve Funding — Updated Law Amounts to New Set of Civil Code References for Reserve Funding Matters
By Robert Nordlund, Association Reserves and David Swedelson, SwedelsonGottlieb
Reserve%20article.pngThe body of statutory law (as opposed to case law) governing California Community Associations, known as the Davis-Stirling Common Interest Development Act, went into effect on January 1, 1986. As the industry developed and matured over the last 27 years, approximately 50 changes and amendments were made to the Act. While those adjustments were well-intended, the net effect yielded a disorganized and confusing body of law. To address this problem, a multi-year effort was launched to rewrite the Davis-Stirling Act. This "new" Davis-Stirling Act, signed into law in 2012, becomes the guiding law for California residential community associations on January 1, 2014. So you are probably asking what are the major changes and how does the re-write affect reserve funding issues? The answer is no major changes have been made regarding reserve funding. For the most part, the new updated law amounts to new set of Civil Code references for reserve funding matters. Fortunately, the majority of the changes are just re-organization and renumbering. But there have been changes made to the Act as it applies to reserves.
To read the article prepared by David Swedelson and Robert Nordlund, follow this link.
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A New Innovative Low Cost Manufacturing Process to Produce Titanium
All titanium is produced by the Kroll process, which is a batch process for the magnesium (Mg) reduction of titanium tetrachloride (TiCl4). Separate operations are required to produce the toxic and very corrosive TiCl4, which must be stored and transported. Magnesium also is produced separately in liquid form via the electrolysis of magnesium chloride (MgCl2), which requires storage and transport of liquid Mg as well as handling the chloride gas produced. The Kroll-produced titanium sponge is a 50-year-old mature process that is expensive, thus limiting the utilization of titanium in spite of its most desirable properties of light weight, corrosion resistance, and high mechanical properties. A wholly new process is proposed to produce titanium powder that utilizes the basic proven Kroll-type chemistry but is performed in situ, which eliminates the need for external sources of Mg and TiCl4. Because no separately produced Mg or TiCl4 is required, the environmental issues with producing Mg and TiCl4 are eliminated. The new one-step processing that does not require external feeds of Mg and TiCl4 offers the potential to produce titanium powder at one-half or less than the cost of a Kroll-produced sponge.
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