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A HYBRID GIS AND KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCES POTENTIAL ZONATION
Keywords:Groundwater potential mapping, Geospatial analysis, Multicriteria decision making, Spatial prediction
Assessing the potential zone of groundwater is extremely important in areas that are prone to climate-related hazards and have limited access to potable water supply such as Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia. The application of GIS and remote sensing allows for faster, cheaper, and more efficient groundwater management and exploration. In this work GIS and Knowledge-Driven approach are combined in an attempt to identify groundwater potential zones in Kuala Krai. The various thematic maps prepared for delineating groundwater potential zones are lineament, lithology, soil, land use, rainfall, slope, drainage density, and elevation. The knowledge-driven technique is used to assign weights for each factor and Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) approach is used to investigate several choice possibilities and evaluate suitability according to the associated weight of each factor. The results revealed that 31.64% and 15.10% of the area in Kuala Krai were categorized as high and very high groundwater potential zones which are mostly located in the central, western, and southern parts of Kuala Krai where interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale were the major geological unit. Furthermore, rainfall was also highly influential in determining groundwater potentiality. In terms of land use, forest, rubber, and oil palm were found to be suitable for high potential zones of groundwater. Moreover, the area located nearby the Kelantan River also exhibited high groundwater potentiality. The map can be used to develop and further expand groundwater utilization in Malaysia.


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Texas Physics Consortium
Texas Physics Consortium (TPC) is a group of Physics Departments that pool faculty expertise and institutional resources to provide access to quality upper-level undergraduate and graduate physics courses. The TPC use of pooled resources provides their students with the wide range of upper level physics courses usually available at only large institutions while maintaining the intimate student-faculty interaction of a small department. The TPC has submitted an application to the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board for all TPC institutions except Commerce to award a single Joint BS Physics Degree. If the proposal is approved, the TPC would become the third largest producer of B.S. Physics Graduates in Texas.
Instructional Delivery Methods
The Texas Physics Consortium uses multiple instructional methods to provide instruction to students in each course based upon course content and the location and needs of the student. Methods used include:
- Face-to-Face instruction - At a student's local campus
- Trans Texas Video Network - live interactive video to students on remote campus sites
- live Webcasts from Texas A&M System - non-interactive method for delivery to student's home or workplace using the Internet
- streaming archived video on Texas A&M System Media Matrix - non-interactive mode for students unable to make class
- interactive web conferencing and archived video using Saba Centra - for nuclear engineering courses out of Texas A&M
While interactive instruction is always best, for students with geographical, work or family conflicts, non-interactive live classroom instruction using a personal computer or anytime asynchronous instruction through streaming video or Saba Centra enables students to complete the degree without delay.
Unlike most undergraduate physics programs, the breadth of the Texas Physics Consortium enables students access to every required upper-level physics course in the Joint BS Degree on an annual rather than bi-annual rotation. This provides flexibility for course scheduling making it easier for students to complete the degree in less time than would otherwise be possible.

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CSAM Keyword Hub
In partnership with the Technology Coalition, Thorn has developed an API containing child sexual abuse material (CSAM) terms and phrases in multiple languages to improve your content moderation process.
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1 What can I do with the CSAM Keyword Hub?
Technology companies with a chat function who are seeking to protect children from online predation on their platforms can apply for cost-free use of the technique. Law enforcement and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) are also eligible to apply.
2 How should the CSAM Keyword Hub be used?
Instead of using the Keyword Hub for strictly blocking specific keywords that match the list, the strong preference is to use the list to kickstart the training of machine learning models. By doing so, we hope companies can proactively detect and remove CSAM.
3 What kind of terms can be added?
Terms must be relevant to the detection and elimination of online materials that involve sex trafficking, exploitation, or the endangerment of children. They should be able to help identify, prevent, or remove this online material. Terms may include the identifier of a known child abuse image or video (for example a filename, MD5 hash, or street name). PII included in CSAI terms (such as a series name) is allowed, but PII that includes user account information is not allowed. Once terms are added, they are intended to remain even if a company decides to no longer participate.
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Pronunciation: US [ˈrevənju] UK [ˈrevənjuː]
 - n.Income; revenues tax revenues
 - WebRevenue; sales; revenue
This page is created to explain what the meaning of revenue is. Here, you can find complete definitions of revenue in English and other 40 languages. First of all, you can listen to the pronunciations of revenue in American English and British English by clicking the audio icons. Next, we list the most popular web definitions of revenue. Though they may not be accurate, but represent the most up-to-date explanations in the Internet age. Furthermore, we list other words that have the same meanings as revenue. In addition to synonyms, major antonyms for revenue are also listed. For detailed word list, you can click tabs to switch between synonyms and antonyms. More importantly, you will see the tab of 'Definitions in English' where the dictionary provides the accurate meanings of revenue. Thirdly, we list other word forms of revenue: noun, adjective, verb, and adverb. Fourth, we are giving example sentences that contain revenue. These sentences show how you can use the English word of revenue in a real sentence. Fifth, to help you better understand the definitions of revenue, we also present three images to illustrate what revenue really means. Finally, we are listing English words that start with revenue, English words that contain revenue, and English words that end with revenue.


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Reduced posterior cingulate glutamate measured by magnetic resonance spectroscopy in hyperthyroidism.
OBJECTIVES: Patients with hyperthyroidism frequently have neuropsychiatric complaints such as lack of concentration, poor performance in memory, depression, anxiety and mania. These symptoms suggest the dysfunction of brain. However, the underlying process of this dysfunction is not well understood. At the same time, glutamatergic system has been considered important in neuropsychiatric process by recent studies. Thus, this study is to investigate the change of glutamate concentration in patients with hyperthyroidism using proton magnetic resonance spectroscopy.
METHODS: Fifteen untreated patients with hyperthyroidism and fifteen ageand gendermatched controls participated in the study. The region of the posterior cingulate cortex was examined by magnetic resonance spectroscopy with a technique referred as TE-averaged PRESS at 3T field strength. The concentrations of N-Acetylaspartate, creatine, choline and glutamate were assessed using jMRUI v4.0 software.
RESULTS: Hyperthyroid patients, compared with controls, showed a decrease of glutamate concentration (P<0.047) and glutamate/creatine ratios (P<0.009) in the posterior cingulate cortex. The decrease of choline concentration (P<0.004) and choline/creatine ratios (P<0.012) were also discovered. No significant difference was found in the concentrations of N-Acetylaspartate or creatine between patients and controls.
CONCLUSION: Concentration of glutamate decreased in the region of posterior cingulate cortex in patients with hyperthyroidism. This reduction indicated a possible involvement of glutamate in the brain dysfunction in hyperthyroidism....


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A trip to Mars could take years and cost billions of dollars. If NASA and the European Space Agency are going to commit to such an ambitious endeavor, they should try to get the most out of their investment. That's why, according to astronaut Buzz Aldrin, the first Mars pioneers should stay there permanently.
VerTerra just won the Natural Products Expo East's 2008 Best New Green, Environmentally-Friendly Product Award for its paper plates -- items that are generally considered wasteful! But see how not-wasteful VerTerra is and you will understand why it won this award!
Scientists have found that the everyday Scotch tape you use to tape paper and other household materials has another use: it produces X-rays.

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The Destructive Power of Water
Many of the features of the Earth's surface have been formed by the cutting and eroding action of moving water. When you think about how hard rock is compared to water, it's easy to believe that it must have taken hundreds of thousands or even millions of years for water to shape the land. This ignorance about how rapidly water cuts rock has cost people their lives.
In April 1987 a 300 foot section of the 540 foot long New York Thruway Bridge collapsed into the Choharie Creek. The moving waters of the creek had created turbulence around the bridge's pilings. Within a few years, this turbulence cut away the rock in which the pilings were anchored, and with nothing to hold it up, the bridge collapsed.
In June 1987 a section of the 2,800 foot long Clearwater Pass Bridge in Florida dropped 10 inches. Divers sent down to inspect the bridge pilings found that more than 10 feet of rock had been scoured away from the bridge's pilings. Similar instances of moving water cutting away solid rock in a short period of time can be found by dams.
When many of these structures were built, it was assumed that it took tens of thousands of years for water to erode solid rock. But experience has now shown us that water is able to do in a few years or even a few hours what scientists once thought took thousands or millions of years. Another lesson to be learned is that we don't need tens of thousands of years to form the water carved features of our Earth!


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(The). A possession which invariably brought ill luck with it. Hence the Latin proverb "Ille homo habet equum Seianum." Cneius Seius had an Argive horse, of the breed of Diomed, of a bay colour and surpassing beauty, but it was fatal to its possessor. Seius was put to death by Mark Antony. Its next owner, Cornelius Dolabella, who bought it for 100,000 sesterces, was killed in Syria during the civil wars. Caius Cassius, who next took possession of it, perished after the battle of Philippi by the very sword which stabbed Caesar. Antony had the horse next, and after the battle of Actium slew himself. Like the gold of Tolosa and Hermione's necklace, the Seian or Sejan horse was a fatal possession.
Source: Dictionary of Phrase and Fable, E. Cobham Brewer, 1894
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At least some content in this article is derived from information featured in Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (film). As such, spoilers will be present within the article.
|"Is this all real? Or has this been happening inside my head?"
The subject of this article is of a real-life person, place, group, company, product, or creative work that has been mentioned "in-universe" in a canon source. The Harry Potter Wiki is written from the perspective that all information presented in canon is true (e.g., Hogwarts really exists), and, as such, details contained in this article may differ from real world facts.
Behind the scenes
- The Lower East Side Tenement Museum, which the creative team for Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them visited to conceptualise what 1920s New York looked like, is located at 97 Orchard Street.


FAQ: Why Lalitha Devi Sits On Lord Shiva?
Who is Devi Lalita?
Tripura Sundari (Sanskrit: त्रिपुर सुन्दरी, IAST: Tripura Sundarī), also known as Sodashi and Lalita, is a Hindu goddess and is mainly venerated in Shaktism, the goddess-oriented sect of Hinduism. She is also a prominent Mahavidya.
What is the significance of Lalitha Sahasranamam?
Who wrote Lalitha Sahasranamam?
Who killed Bhandasura?
The Mother put out every firebrand sent by the demon her way, and destroyed his army with the Maha-Pashupatastra. She finally killed Bhandasura and destroyed Shonitapura with the Kameshwarastra.
When should we read Lalitha Sahasranamam?
It can be recited at any time during the day, but it is considered best to do it between 4 am and 7 am and in the evening. If you also want to achieve something big in your life, then definitely know about the benefits given under Lalita Sahasranama.
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Is Lalitha Devi Parvati?
Can ladies chant Lalitha Sahasranamam?
Lalita sahasranaam can be taken as Naama-japa (without nyasas). For that matter, any sahasranamam can be chanted by ladies including Sri Lalitha Sahasranama. One can get the maximum results by reciting Sri Lalitha Sahasranamam after knowing meaning of each nama.
Which Sahasranamam is best?
What is the meaning of Lalitha?
Advertisement. Name Lalitha or ( Lalitha ) means Elegant; beautiful. Person with name Lalitha are with loads of positive aspects in their lives. This name is considered to be the source of immense happiness. Thus, these people know how to have the taste of happiness.
Can we do Lalitha Sahasranamam during periods?
How many stanzas are there in Lalitha Sahasranamam?
There are 84 Shlokas ( verses ) in the Brahmanda Purana which speaks about the benefits of reciting Lalita Sahasranamam, as expounded by Lord Hayagriva.
Who is Shodashi?
As Shodashi, Tripurasundari is represented as a sixteen-year-old girl, and is believed to embody sixteen types of desire. The Tripura Sundari, along with other Goddesses, namely, Tara, Kali, Bhuvaneshvari, Chhinnamasta, Bhairavi, Bagalamukhi, Dhumavati, Kamalatmika and Matangi.
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How did Lord Shiva died?
Who is the supreme goddess in Hinduism?
Adi Parashakti (Sanskrit: आदि पराशक्ति, IAST: Ādi Parāśakti) is term which means primordial energy or primordial force, denoting the Supreme Goddess or Divine Mother in Hinduism.
Adi Parashakti
Adi Parashakti as the supreme goddess
Devanagari आदि पराशक्ति
Sanskrit transliteration Ādi Parāṣakti
Why is Ashok Sundari not Worshipped?
She is worshipped as Bāla Tripura Sundari, the daughter of the Mother Goddess Tripura Sundari and Lord Kameshwara(Lord Shiva). Actually all the children of Lord Shiva are his energies only. So maybe Goddess Ashoka Sundari takes different forms or names in different Kalpas. But it is not that she is not worshipped.
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Create a table showing the conversion of each of the following flow rate units into all the other units (for example, 1 gpd equals how many gpm?) show steps for each one.
1) gallons per day (gpd)
2) gallons per minute (gpm)
3) million gallons per day (mgd)
4) cubic feet per second (cfs)
5) liters per second (L/s)
6) cubic meters per day (m3/d)
7) cubic meters per second (m3/s)


2 cups white granulated sugar
2 Tablespoons water
Plastic Easter Eggs to use as molds
Big Needle or ice pick or similar stylus
Mix the sugar and water in a bowl until it "packs". It should feel like damp sand. Add more sugar or water to achieve this consistency.
Pack firmly into half of a plastic Easter Egg, using a teaspoon to tamp it solidly, a spoonful at a time, then gently tip and tap it out onto wax paper or foil covered cookie sheet. Let sit at least 24 to 36 hours until completely dried (If you live in a really humid place it make take even longer to dry). It must be entirely dry inside or it will simply fall apart during the next step.
Using needle or other sharp clean stylus, gently hollow out the egg halves by pressing the point into center of the flat side of the sugar egg-half, with a circular motion. The stylus should easily and gently shave the excess out (This scraped out sugar can be re-wetted and used to make more sugar eggs later). The thinner the walls of the egg shell the prettier it will be – and more fragile ' but try to make it as thin as you can. Place a small plastic creature or coin or any waterproof prize inside and join two halves with frosting.
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In the production process of large-scale power plants, there are a great amount of gypsum produced. In order to achieve scale-production, high quality and low cost, Zhengzhou Taida Group provides customized gypsum calcining process with consideration of practical situation of power plants.
1. Gypsum cement kiln
makes full use of advantages of power plants which are energy unit production units themselves. By taking advantage of exhaust heat and low-level energy, you can realize energy consumption aim while less advanced energy. in the working process of gypsum cement kiln, there will no need for extra energy and no extra pollution produced.
2. Taida gypsum cement kiln can adapt to the high moisture of desulfurized gypsum and various size.
3. If local condition permits, you can place the drying device near desulfurized vacuum dehydration belt, which can avoid repeated transportation of materials.
4. All matched equipment for gypsum cement kiln are automatically controlled.
5. The production site can totally meet energy-saving and environmental standards.
6. Considering the production feature of power plant production and various characteristics of various materials, Zhengzhou Taida can design reasonable structure for gypsum cement kiln in order to guarantee stable production.
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Tehničko-tehnološki tehničari/tehničko-tehnološke tehničarke d. n.
This unit group covers physical and engineering science technicians not classified elsewhere in Minor Group 311: Physical and Engineering Science Technicians. For instance, the unit group includes those who assist scientists and engineers engaged in developing procedures or conducting research on safety, biomedical, environmental or industrial and production engineering.
In such cases tasks would include -
(a) collecting data and providing technical assistance regarding: efficient, safe and economic utilization of personnel, material and equipment; methods of work and sequence of operations and supervision of their implementation; and efficient layout of plant or establishment;
(b) aiding in the identification of potential hazards and introducing safety procedures and devices;
(c) modifying and testing equipment and devices used in the prevention, control and remediation of environmental pollution, in site remediation and land reclamation;
(d) assisting in the development of environmental pollution remediation devices under the direction of an engineer;
(e) assisting engineers in testing and designing robotics equipment.
Examples of the occupations classified here:
- Engineering technician (production)
- Fire investigator
- Forensic science technician
- Quantity surveying technician
- Robotics technician
- Time and motion study technician
Some related occupations classified elsewhere:
- Production engineer - 2141
- Time and motion study engineer - 2141
- Quantity surveyor - 2149
- Aeronautics engineering technician - 3115


text: People came from everywhere, and despite the gray sky and the rain, which served as a backdrop, the parade marched on. The streets were filled and embellished with colorful traditional costumes. The traditional gold costumes illuminated the way. They revived old traditional tunes accompanied by drums, accordions, and joyous marching bands. As the Thousand Pollera Parade proceeded through the city of Las Tablas, more women dressed in traditional pollera costumes, came out of doorways and from balconies, and joined this majestic parade. There were so many polleras, and it is believed that there were approximately 10,000 in all. The polleras —montunas, ocueñas, and gala— shined during the sunset. They were welcomed with admiration by hundreds of journalist cameras. The polleras danced for the sole recompense of rescuing the Panamanian folkloric tradition, which revived with the rain that an admiring sky poured on them.


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Bálint BalassiArticle Free Pass
Bálint Balassi, Balassi also spelled Balassa (born Oct. 20, 1554, Zólyom, Hung.—died May 30, 1594, Esztergom), the outstanding Hungarian lyric poet of his time, remaining unrivaled in his native literature until the end of the 18th century.
Balassi was born into one of the richest Protestant families of the country and lived an adventurous life, fighting against the Turks and against his own relatives, who sought to despoil him of his heritage. At first his poetry was conventional, but his powerful personality soon found original expression. He wrote vividly about the beauties of the countryside and the rough pleasures of warfare. His love poems show genuine feeling. Balassi was the inventor of a stanza form that was copied by later poets. His conversion to Roman Catholicism led to a religious poetry in which he exhibited a strong spirituality. He died of wounds received during the siege of Esztergom.
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General tips and tricks
Interactively passing positional arguments
If you invoke tox like this:
tox -- -x tests/test_something.py
the arguments after the -- will be substituted everywhere where you specify {posargs} in your test commands, for example using pytest:
# in the testenv or testenv:NAME section of your tox.ini
commands = pytest {posargs}
or using nosetests:
commands = nosetests {posargs}
the above tox invocation will trigger the test runners to stop after the first failure and to only run a particular test file.
You can specify defaults for the positional arguments using this syntax:
commands = nosetests {posargs:--with-coverage}
Integrating "sphinx" documentation checks
In a testenv environment you can specify any command and thus you can easily integrate sphinx documentation integrity during a tox test run. Here is an example tox.ini configuration:
[testenv:docs]
changedir = doc
deps = sphinx
commands = sphinx-build -W -b html -d {envtmpdir}/doctrees . {envtmpdir}/html
This will create a dedicated docs virtual environment and install the sphinx dependency which itself will install the sphinx-build tool which you can then use as a test command. Note that sphinx output is redirected to the virtualenv environment temporary directory to prevent sphinx from caching results between runs.
You can now call:
tox
which will make the sphinx tests part of your test run.
Selecting one or more environments to run tests against
Using the -e ENV[,ENV36,...] option you explicitly list the environments where you want to run tests against. For example, given the previous sphinx example you may call:
tox -e docs
which will make tox only manage the docs environment and call its test commands. You may specify more than one environment like this:
tox -e py27,py36
which would run the commands of the py27 and py36 testenvironments respectively. The special value ALL selects all environments.
You can also specify an environment list in your tox.ini:
[tox]
envlist = py27,py36
or override it from the command line or from the environment variable TOXENV:
export TOXENV=py27,py36 # in bash style shells
Access package artifacts between multiple tox-runs
If you have multiple projects using tox you can make use of a distshare directory where tox will copy in sdist-packages so that another tox run can find the "latest" dependency. This feature allows to test a package against an unreleased development version or even an uncommitted version on your own machine.
By default, {homedir}/.tox/distshare will be used for copying in and copying out artifacts (i.e. Python packages).
For project two to depend on the one package you use the following entry:
# example two/tox.ini
[testenv]
deps = {distshare}/one-*.zip # install latest package from "one" project
That's all. tox running on project one will copy the sdist-package into the distshare directory after which a tox run on project two will grab it because deps contain an entry with the one-*.zip pattern. If there is more than one matching package the highest version will be taken. tox uses verlib to compare version strings which must be compliant with PEP 386.
If you want to use this with Jenkins, also checkout the Access package artifacts between Jenkins jobs.
basepython defaults, overriding
For any pyXY test environment name the underlying pythonX.Y executable will be searched in your system PATH. Similarly, for jython and pypy the respective jython and pypy-c names will be looked for. The executable must exist in order to successfully create virtualenv environments. On Windows a pythonX.Y named executable will be searched in typical default locations using the C:\PythonX.Y\python.exe pattern.
All other targets will use the system python instead. You can override any of the default settings by defining the basepython variable in a specific test environment section, for example:
[testenv:docs]
basepython = python2.7
Avoiding expensive sdist
Some projects are large enough that running an sdist, followed by an install every time can be prohibitively costly. To solve this, there are two different options you can add to the tox section. First, you can simply ask tox to please not make an sdist:
[tox]
skipsdist=True
If you do this, your local software package will not be installed into the virtualenv. You should probably be okay with that, or take steps to deal with it in your commands section:
[testenv]
commands = python setup.py develop
 pytest
Running setup.py develop is a common enough model that it has its own option:
[testenv]
usedevelop=True
And a corresponding command line option --develop, which will set skipsdist to True and then perform the setup.py develop step at the place where tox normally performs the installation of the sdist. Specifically, it actually runs pip install -e . behind the scenes, which itself calls setup.py develop.
There is an optimization coded in to not bother re-running the command if $projectname.egg-info is newer than setup.py or setup.cfg.
Understanding InvocationError exit codes
When a command (defined by commands = in tox.ini) fails, it has a non-zero exit code, and an InvocationError exception is raised by tox:
ERROR: InvocationError for command
 '<command defined in tox.ini>' (exited with code 1)
If the command starts with pytest or python setup.py test for instance, then the pytest exit codes are relevant.
On unix systems, there are some rather common exit codes. This is why for exit codes larger than 128, if a signal with number equal to <exit code> - 128 is found in the signal module, an additional hint is given:
ERROR: InvocationError for command
 '<command>' (exited with code 139)
Note: this might indicate a fatal error signal (139 - 128 = 11: SIGSEGV)
where <command> is the command defined in tox.ini, with quotes removed.
The signal numbers (e.g. 11 for a segmentation fault) can be found in the "Standard signals" section of the signal man page. Their meaning is described in POSIX signals.
Beware that programs may issue custom exit codes with any value, so their documentation should be consulted.
Sometimes, no exit code is given at all. An example may be found in pytest-qt issue #170, where Qt was calling abort() instead of exit().


- R18C is a new viable P2-like bacteriophage of rabbit origin infecting Citrobacter rodentium and Shigella sonnei strains.
 Sváb, Domonkos; Horváth, Balázs; Rohde, Manfred; Maróti, Gergely; Tóth, István; HZI,Helmholtz-Zentrum für Infektionsforschung GmbH, Inhoffenstr. 7,38124 Braunschweig, Germany. (Springer-Nature, 2019-10-23)
 Here, we report a novel virulent P2-like bacteriophage, R18C, isolated from rabbit faeces, which, in addition to Escherichia coli K-12 strains, was able to be propagated on Citrobacter rodentium strain ICC169 and a range of Shigella sonnei strains with high efficiency of plating (EOP). It represents the first lytic bacteriophage originating from rabbit and the first infectious P2-like phage of animal origin. In the three characteristic moron-containing regions of P2-like phages, R18C contains genes with unknown function that have so far only been found in cryptic P2-like prophages.


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May 2, 2011 / ENERGY GLOBE Award
Project presentation - "Autonomous McDonald's Franchise"
The energy efficiency McDonald's restaurant – unique worldwide – was opened in April 2009. The background for this project was the goal of testing new technologies and alternative, environmentally friendly energy forms under full restaurant operating conditions for their suitability in practice and thereby to use energy efficiently in the future.
Those technologies that are proven will be transferred to other franchises. In addition to solar energy, alternative forms such as heat pumps and wind energy will be used.
The goal of the project is to reduce CO2 emissions and energy consumption. The project will be accompanied by the Eco-Institute Freiburg e.V., which will compile an energy and climate balance after one year of measurements.
More information with detailed description here


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If you travel enough in Connecticut, you'll soon discover a plethora of brownstone buildings. Most of that brownstone came from quarries in Portland. First dug in the late 17th centuries, the quarries were increasingly used in the 19th century. Stone was shipped as far as Boston and New York - quite a distance for a fragile material. Production reached its peak in the late 1880s with over 1500 people working the property. By the early 1900s, brownstone was losing ground to concrete. The 1938 flood filled the quarries and ended production in Portland.
If you have a Polish or Italian ancestor who lived in the Middletown area, consider learning about the quarries. Many immigrants were recruited because of their stone carving skill and made a respectable living onsite. Their desire for community built many of the institutions in Portland and Middletown. A detailed history of the quarry is available at _URL_ The website wasn't functionally well for me, but the detail made it worth the wait.


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On April 24, 2012, The Maryland State Board of Education accepted the definition of STEM Education and STEM Standards of Practice presented by the Office of STEM Initiatives. The definition of STEM Education and the STEM Standards of Practice reflect the skills and knowledge students must master to be prepared to meet the increasing demand of the workplace where STEM skills are required.
STEM Education Defined:
STEM education is an approach to teaching and learning that integrates the content and skills of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. STEM Standards of Practice guide STEM instruction by defining the combination of behaviors, integrated with STEM content, which is expected of a proficient STEM student. These behaviors include engagement in inquiry, logical reasoning, collaboration, and investigation. The goal of STEM education is to prepare students for post-secondary study and the 21st century workforce.
STEM Standards of Practice:
The titles of the seven STEM Standards of Practice are:
Maryland STEM Brochure
STEM Standards of Practice
The STEM toolkit contains resources to support teachers in the classroom.
Maryland STEM: Innovation today to meet tomorrow's global challenges.


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Portuguese pronunciation may present some difficulties to people starting to learn Portuguese. The pronunciation rules in the Portuguese language are pretty complicated. There are a lot of Portuguese letters that can be pronounced in different ways.
This online translator allows you to convert Portuguese text to phonetic transcription using International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) symbols.
This tool will serve as a Portuguese pronunciation guide. It will help you save time during your first steps in Portuguese, while you are still learning the pronunciation rules. If you use the phonetic transcription regularly in combination with Portuguese audio and video recordings, your pronunciation and listening skills in the Portuguese language will improve.
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How to distinguish stirs of a fruit
How to distinguish stirs of a fruit
Future mummies think of the first pregnancy very much and look forward to its more obvious signs, than results of ultrasonography. In other words, both mothers, and fathers expect the first stirs and increase in a tummy. With growth of a stomach everything is clear, it difficultly not to notice, and here it is necessary to deal with stirs still.
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First of all, it is not necessary to force events. You still will manage to take pleasure in this phenomenon wholly. The first stirs of the woman usually start feeling on the 20th week, povtornorodyashchy – earlier, approximately on the 18th week. It is also worth noticing, as these data are very subjective as depend on a threshold of sensitivity of the woman. To full ladies fat prevents to feel stirs, but it only when the kid is not too strong and active.
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At the beginning you still can mix stirs with usual gases in a stomach, after all have no idea that to expect. However a little later will not be able to confuse with anything these long-awaited feelings any more.
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Stirs are similar to pushes from within. If to lay a hand to the right place, will feel an easy contact. Do not think that the child stays idle when you do not feel his activity. He swims all the time and somersaults in amniotic waters. Simply so far it has enough place, it not always hits placenta walls with such force that to you it was notable. Usually the greatest activity of pushes falls on time before going to bed and after meal. At some women, on the contrary, the kid is actively pushed, demanding I go when he is hungry.


domain name requested (RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST}).
The RewriteCond directive defines a rule condition. Precede a RewriteRule directive with one or more RewriteCond directives.
RewriteCond TestString CondPattern [Flag(s)
 - RewriteRule (test string) backreferences: These are back-references of the form $N(0 <= N <= 9) which provide access to the grouped parts (parenthesis!) of the pattern from the corresponding RewriteRule directive (the one following the current bunch of RewriteCond directives).RewriteCond backreferences: These are back-references of the form %N
 - (1 <= N <= 9) which provide access to the grouped parts (parentheses!) of the pattern from the last matched RewriteCond directive in the current bunch of conditions.RewriteMap expansions: These are expansions of the form ${mapname:key|default}
 - Server-Variables: These are variables of the form %{ NAME_OF_VARIABLE }
CondPattern is a standard Extended Regular Expression with some additions. You can prefix the pattern string with a '!' character (exclamation mark) to specify a non-matching pattern
More details on RewriteCond here.
Redirect Multiple Domains to a Single Domain
If you have multiple domains pointing to your site, it's possible you could take a hit in the search engines for having duplicate content. Use the following code to redirect visitors from two domains to just one:
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^_URL_$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^yourdomain.com$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^_URL_$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ _URL_ [R=301,L]
Block a Specific IP Address
If you want to block someone coming from a specific IP address from accessing your website, you can use the following code:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{REMOTE_ADDR} ^(A\.B\.C\.D)$
RewriteRule ^/* _URL_ [L]
</IfModule>
Replace the A\.B\.C\.D with the IP address you want to block (don't forget to leave the "\" before each dot, which escapes the character).
User Agent Redirect
To rewrite the Homepage of a site according to the User-Agent: header of the request, you can use the following:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Mozilla.*
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.max.html [L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} ^Lynx.*
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.min.html [L]
RewriteRule ^/$ /homepage.std.html [L]
</IfModule>
Block Specific User Agents
You can block specific User Agents by using the %{User Agent} server variable back-reference using this code. Just replace the "UserAgent" with the user agent you want to block ^Mozilla.* (not sure that is a good idea though but it can be used to keep the door closed for spambots, search engines etc.!).
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} UserAgent
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
[F,L] F, makes everything forbidden and throws a 403 server response. You can also block more than one at a time by using the [OR] flag. I have listed available Flags in the bottom of the article.:
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} UserAgent1 [OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_USER_AGENT} UserAgent2
RewriteRule .* - [F,L]
</IfModule>
Set up a Default Image
In case your site have a broken images a default image rewrite can make your site look more professional. Use the following code to redirect to a default image for any image whose file cannot be found.
RewriteCond %{REQUEST_FILENAME} !-f
RewriteRule ^images/.*\.jpg$ /images/imagereplaced.jpg [L]
-f' (is regular file). You need to change the "/images/imagereplaced.jpg" bit to the image file you're planning to use.
Prevent Hotlinking, Serve alternate content
The last thing most website owners want is other sites stealing their content or worse—hotlinking to their images and stealing their bandwidth. This code will help you protect all files of the types included in the last line against hotlinking (add more types as needed):
<IfModule mod_rewrite.c>
RewriteEngine on
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?yourdomain\.com/.*$ [NC]
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|jpg|pgn)$ _URL_ [R,NC,L]
</IfModule>
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^$
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?domain.com/ .*$ [NC]
RewriteRule \.(gif|jpg|swf|flv|png)$ /feed/ [R=302,L]
Make sure you change "yourdomain.com" to your own domain name and warning.jpg to the image you will show as alternate content. You may also decide to show an error page with this code.
# serve a standard 403 forbidden error page
RewriteRule .*\.(gif|jpg|pgn)$ - [F,L]
To grant linking permission to a site other than yours, insert this code block after the line containing the "yourdomain.com" string.
# allow linking from the following site
RewriteCond %{HTTP_REFERER} !^http://(www\.)?externaldomain\.com/.*$ [NC]
Strip Query Strings
If all the pages on your site other than your home page are formatted as follows, with query strings instead of page names:
_URL_
Those aren't very pretty, and on top of that, search engines will show a bunch of duplicated "home" pages. If you want to get rid of the query string in your page URLs, use the following code:
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} querystringparam=
RewriteRule (.*) _URL_ [R=301]
RewriteCond %{QUERY_STRING} example=
RewriteRule (.*) _URL_ [R=301]
This way you will get rid of the query string and the preceding question mark.
Rewrites and https
If you are using https, then you may need to make some changes to your .htaccess code. If you are doing rewrites that use the full URL (for example _URL_ and you will be switching between http and https, then you may do this by adding a RewriteCond to your code. You will need to test for https and code the full URL accordingly (using http or https). The following examples show how to test for https or the lack of https.
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} on
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
For example, if you want to force all requests to your site to use https, you could use the following:
RewriteEngine On
RewriteCond %{HTTPS} !=on
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ https://%{HTTP_HOST}/$1 [R,L]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^_URL_$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^domain.net$ [NC,OR]
RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} ^_URL_$ [NC]
RewriteRule ^(.*)$ _URL_ [R=301,L]
Flags:
[F] Forbidden: instructs the server to return a 403 Forbidden to the client.
[L] Last rule: instructs the server to stop rewriting after the preceding directive is processed.
[N] Next: instructs Apache to rerun the rewrite rule until all rewriting directives have been achieved.
[G] Gone: instructs the server to deliver Gone (no longer exists) status message.
[P] Proxy: instructs server to handle requests by mod_proxy
[C] Chain: instructs server to chain the current rule with the previous rule.
[R] Redirect: instructs Apache to issue a


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To be "stuck in ___" means that something is in a place and isn't coming out very easily. A person can be "stuck in" a room:
The door wouldn't open, and I was stuck in the bathroom for 20 minutes.
In this example:
Hey, um, you've got something stuck in your teeth.
...the speaker says "stuck in your teeth". Obviously, the food isn't inside of the actual teeth. Instead, this sentence means that the food is in between some of her teeth and isn't coming out.
Some other common places where things get stuck include:
I was stuck in traffic for over an hour.
There's something stuck in my throat.
Our car got stuck in the mud.


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Some sauces are more at risk to curdle than others. What exactly (ingredients, techniques, temperature...) causes this curdling? What can you do to have the curdling risk at minimum?
I'm not asking for ways to fix this, that's already asked here.
In most cases curdling occurs because proteins in the sauce are denatured and bind up with each other forming clumps.
In cooking proteins are denatured by excessive heat, acid, salt, or enzymes.
Heat and acid are the usual culprits for me. For example, when making a hollandaise saucethe egg yolks are slowly cooked to allow them to set. In most recipes the lemon juice is added later. If the sauce is heated to abruptly or to high then the egg proteins will curdle.
To prevent curdling you have a few optionsIt is difficult (but not impossible) to curdle the milk protein in cream based sauces with just heat because the high concentration of milk fat gets in the way. This is why reduction sauces can add cream to a very hot liquid and let it reduce. However, adding acid and heat can still be enough to curdle so be careful if your reduction sauce is very acidic.
Many otherwise fragile sauce recipes will call for a little bit of corn starch as an insurance policy. In the related question that you postedyogurt sauces are particularly susceptible to this because low-fat yogurt is very high in protein and low in fat, and starch.


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Research Question:
Previous studies into the relationship between eating carrots and let the risk of getting prostate cancer see inconsistent results. It was therefore carried out this review article.
Eating carrots lowers the chances of getting prostate cancer?
Study Design:
This overview article contained cohort studies.
There was no publication bias (Begg's funnel plot (p = 1,000) and Egger test (p = 0.804)).
Results and conclusions:
The researchers found that eating carrots significantly the chance of getting prostate cancer by 18% [OR = 0.82, 95% CI = 0.70-0.97] reduced.
The researchers found that eating 1 serving of carrots a week the chances of getting prostate cancer significantly with 5% [OR = 0.95, 95% CI = 0.90-0.99] reduced.
The researchers found that every 10 grams of carrots per day the chances of getting prostate cancer significantly with 4% [OR = 0.96, 95% CI = 0.94-0.99] reduced.
The researchers concluded eating carrots the chance of getting prostate cancer probably reduced. Probably because this overview article contained little cohort studies and there was substantial heterogeneity between the studies.
Original title:
Dietary carrot consumption and the risk of prostate cancer by Xu X, Cheng Y, [...], Xie L.
Link:
_URL_
Additional information about El Mondo:
Find here more studies on carotenoids.


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Differentiation often starts with marketing, but it comes alive in the selling process. Even if your agency's products and services are superior to all others, it means nothing if you can't convey that to your buyers.
Differentiation often starts with marketing, but it comes alive in the selling process. Even if your company's products and services are superior to all others, it means nothing if you can't convey that to your buyers.
Differentiating in sales is more than a good pitch—you need to differentiate in the right areas. Here are seven tips to differentiate in the selling process:
1) Differentiate in the right areas. Sales winners differentiate in four areas:
- Yourself: What's the value of working with you? How can you help a buyer achieve their goals?
- Your offerings: What makes your products and services stand out from others on the market?
- Your company: How reputable is your company and what kind of results have other buyers achieved?
- The buyer's results: What does success look like for your buyer? Does it mean less hassle for them? A good return on investment? Something else?
2) Create distinction and scarcity. Differentiation has two major components: overall distinction and the perception of scarcity. Ask a buyer why they chose one provider over another and there's usually a collection of distinctions that ultimately made one stand out. However, these reasons aren't always consciously known to the buyer.
The sellers who win are often the ones who help buyers see what's possible and bring new ideas to the table. When a buyer perceives that something is scarce, it stands out to them, and they tend to desire it more when it's difficult to find.
3) Ditch the unique selling proposition (USP). Many sellers are told they must build and practice perfect delivery of their USP. However, USPs don't account for the buyer's situation, and sellers can rely on them too much.
Often, USPs aren't very unique anyway; one sounds much like the next. Most importantly, they're often not the reason a buyer actually buys. It's far more important to understand your buyer's needs. If your USP helps you get a foot in the door, great, but you'll also need to do your research and craft a compelling solution based on your market position.
4) Proactively reach out to buyers. If you're not proactively looking for sales opportunities, you can guarantee that the buyers who reach out to you already have a solution in mind—and they've likely already made their own judgments and compared you to other organizations. The earlier in the buying process you can reach buyers the better.
5) Base conversations on the buyers' experiences. Early in the selling process, sellers get asked, "How are you different?" Often, the answers aren't great. When you answer, remember that differentiation implies comparison and it's up to the seller to ask, "In comparison to what?"
Do this and you'll create a conversation. The resulting conversation will be much richer than a rehearsed answer and will likely present additional areas in which you can separate yourself from your competition.
6) Practice what you preach. If a key point about your value and differentiation is responsiveness, be responsive. If you're responsive in the selling process and the other sellers aren't, the buyer will assign that value to your company. The other company's delivery teams may claim to be responsive too, but you'll create the perception that your company really is more responsive if you model the behavior.
7) Remember that you make a difference. Not only are you important in winning the sale, but you're also important for ongoing buyer loyalty. People are more willing to buy from people they like. Be genuinely helpful and reliable, and you'll find yourself winning more meetings—and more sales.
Mike Schultz is president of RAIN Group.


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OpenCV SURF implementation returns a sequence of 64/128 32 bit float values (descriptor) for each feature point found in the image. Is there a way to normalize this float values and take them to an integer scale (for example, [0, 255])?. That would save important space (1 or 2 bytes per value, instead of 4). Besides, the conversion should ensure that the descriptors remain meaningful for other uses, such as clustering.
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There are other feature extractors than SURF. The BRIEF extractor uses only 32 bytes per descriptor. It uses 32 unsigned bytes [0-255] as its elements. You can create one like this:
Ptr ptrExtractor = DescriptorExtractor::create("BRIEF");
Be aware that a lot of image processing routines in OpenCV need or assume that the data is stored as floating-point numbers.
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You can treat the float features as an ordinary image (Mat or cvmat) and then use cv::normalize(). Another option is using cv::norm() to find the range of descriptor values and then cv::convertTo() to convert to CV_8U. Look up the OpenCV documentation for these functions.
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Wishful Personality Traits: Unlocking the Power of Optimism, Positivity, and Confidence
Do you wish to lead a fulfilling and successful life? Are you eager to overcome challenges, achieve your goals, and cultivate meaningful relationships? If so, then it's time to explore the fascinating world of wishful personality traits.
In this article, we will delve into the meaning and importance of wishful personality traits, discuss common traits, explore how they impact life, provide practical tips on developing these traits, and address common questions. So, let's get started on this exciting journey towards unlocking the power of wishful personality traits!
Definition of wishful personality traits
Wishful personality traits are positive and empowering qualities that influence an individual's behavior, emotions, and attitudes towards life. They are characterized by an optimistic outlook, positive mindset, and resilient nature, enabling individuals to navigate challenges and setbacks with grace and determination. Wishful personality traits are not innate qualities but can be developed and nurtured over time with conscious effort and practice.
Importance of wishful personality traits
Wishful personality traits play a crucial role in shaping an individual's life. They have a significant impact on mental health, personal relationships, and overall success and achievement. Cultivating wishful personality traits can lead to increased happiness, improved well-being, enhanced social connections, and greater resilience in the face of adversities. Wishful personality traits are like the fuel that propels individuals towards their goals, helping them overcome obstacles and stay focused on their dreams.
II. Common Wishful Personality Traits
Optimism is a key wishful personality trait characterized by a positive outlook on life. Optimistic individuals tend to see the glass as half full, focusing on possibilities rather than limitations. They approach challenges as opportunities for growth and learning, and their positive mindset helps them maintain motivation and perseverance even in the face of setbacks.
Positivity is another essential wishful personality trait that influences an individual's thoughts, emotions, and behavior. Positive individuals exude an optimistic vibe, radiating warmth, and positivity in their interactions with others.
They have a positive attitude towards life and tend to see the good in people and situations. Positivity is contagious and can greatly impact personal relationships, creating a positive and supportive environment.
Confidence is a crucial wishful personality trait that empowers individuals to believe in themselves and their abilities. Confident individuals have a strong sense of self-worth and are not afraid to take risks and pursue their goals.
They exude self-assurance and are not easily deterred by failures or setbacks. Confidence is a key ingredient for success, as it enables individuals to step out of their comfort zones and seize opportunities.
Resilience is the ability to bounce back from failures and setbacks, and it is a vital wishful personality trait. Resilient individuals are not easily discouraged by obstacles, but rather view them as temporary challenges that can be overcome.
They possess the mental strength and emotional fortitude to persevere in the face of adversity, and they often emerge stronger and more determined.
Determination is a wishful personality trait that drives individuals to stay focused and committed to their goals. Determined individuals have a clear sense of purpose and are willing to put in the hard work and effort required to achieve their objectives. They possess a strong inner drive that keeps them motivated, even when faced with challenges or distractions.
III. How Wishful Personality Traits Impact Life
The impact of wishful personality traits extends to various aspects of life, including mental health, personal relationships, and overall success and achievement.
Positive effects on mental health
Cultivating wishful personality traits can have a positive impact on mental health. Optimism, positivity, confidence, resilience, and determination are associated with lower levels of stress, anxiety, and depression.
Having a positive mindset and resilient nature can help individuals cope better with challenges and adversities, leading to improved mental well-being.
Enhancing personal relationships
Wishful personality traits also play a crucial role in building and maintaining healthy personal relationships. Optimism and positivity can create a positive and uplifting atmosphere in relationships, fostering better communication, understanding, and connection with others.
Confidence and determination can also enhance relationships by promoting assertiveness, effective communication, and mutual respect.
Boosting success and achievement
Wishful personality traits are closely linked to success and achievement. Optimism, positivity, confidence, resilience, and determination provide individuals with the motivation, perseverance, and self-belief needed to pursue their goals and overcome obstacles. They help individuals stay focused, take calculated risks, and persist in the face of challenges, leading to increased success and accomplishment.
IV. Developing Wishful Personality Traits
The good news is that wishful personality traits are not fixed, but can be developed and nurtured with conscious effort and practice. Here are some practical tips for cultivating wishful personality traits:
Cultivating a growth mindset
Developing a growth mindset, which is the belief that abilities and intelligence can be developed through effort and learning, is fundamental to cultivating wishful personality traits.
Embracing a growth mindset allows individuals to view failures and setbacks as opportunities for learning and growth, rather than as limitations or failures. It promotes a positive and optimistic outlook, fosters resilience, and empowers individuals to take ownership of their personal development.
Self-reflection is an important practice for developing wishful personality traits. It involves introspection and self-awareness, which allows individuals to identify their strengths, weaknesses, and areas for improvement.
Self-reflection helps individuals understand their thoughts, emotions, and behaviors, and enables them to make positive changes to cultivate wishful personality traits. Journaling, meditation, and seeking feedback from trusted individuals are effective ways to practice self-reflection.
Setting and pursuing
Setting and pursuing personal goals is another effective way to develop wishful personality traits. Setting clear and achievable goals helps individuals stay focused, motivated, and determined.
It provides a sense of purpose and direction, and empowers individuals to take proactive steps towards their desired outcomes. Regularly reviewing and adjusting goals based on progress and feedback can further enhance determination, resilience, and confidence.
Practicing positive self-talk and affirmations
Positive self-talk and affirmations are powerful tools for cultivating optimism, positivity, and confidence. The way individuals talk to themselves can greatly impact their mindset and outlook. Practicing positive self-talk involves consciously replacing negative self-talk with positive and empowering thoughts. Affirmations are positive statements that individuals repeat to themselves, reinforcing their beliefs, strengths, and capabilities. Incorporating positive self-talk and affirmations in daily routines can boost wishful personality traits and foster a positive self-image.
Building a support system
Having a supportive network of family, friends, mentors, or coaches can greatly impact the development of wishful personality traits. Surrounding oneself with positive, like-minded individuals who believe in one's abilities and provide encouragement and support can boost confidence, resilience, and determination. Building a support system that offers guidance, feedback, and motivation can provide the necessary resources and accountability for cultivating wishful personality traits.
Taking care of one's physical, mental, and emotional well-being is crucial for developing wishful personality traits. Practicing self-care involves getting enough rest, eating well, engaging in regular exercise, and managing stress effectively. It also includes engaging in activities that bring joy, relaxation, and fulfillment. When individuals take care of their overall well-being, they are better equipped to cope with challenges, maintain a positive outlook, and cultivate wishful personality traits.
In conclusion, wishful personality traits such as optimism, positivity, confidence, resilience, and determination are essential for personal growth, success, and overall well-being.
Cultivating these traits through practices such as developing a growth mindset, self-reflection, goal-setting, positive self-talk and affirmations, building a support system, and practicing self-care can greatly impact an individual's life in a positive way.
By incorporating these practices into daily routines, individuals can develop a wishful mindset that empowers them to face challenges, pursue their goals, and live a fulfilling and successful life.


text: Background: Liver disease is associated with increased levels of hyaluronic acid (HA). Aim: To evaluate serum HA concentrations in children with cirrhosis and its relation with liver function tests and Child-Pugh score. Methods: Twenty-two children with biopsy-proven liver cirrhosis were studied. All were assessed for the presence of ascites or encephalopathy and liver function tests were performed. Patients were categorized according to Child-Pugh criteria. Serum HA was measured using microELISA (normal 0-100 ng/mL). Twenty-two children with chronic hepatitis B and no cirrhosis were studied as controls. Results: Serum HA level in the cirrhotic children was 85.2 (72.8) ng/mL; levels were high (166.0 [46.3] ng/mL; range 115-246) in 8 (36.4%) patients. Three of 11 (27.2%) Child-Pugh class A patients, 3 of 8 (37.5%) class B patients, and 2 of 3 (66.7%) class C patients had elevated serum HA values (p=ns). Serum HA levels correlated with direct bilirubin level. The control group had lower levels (4.8 [2.3] ng/mL; p<0.05), which were in the normal range. Conclusion: Serum HA level may be useful as a diagnostic tool in children with cirrhosis.


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Volume 15 (2017) Issue 8 Pages 397-406
This study presents a new bond model based on the deterioration mechanisms observed during uniaxial tensile tests of reinforced concrete prismatic specimens subjected to freeze-thaw cycles. The test results demonstrated that the bond stress reduced, even though the specimens were exposed only to temperature fluctuation without the damage in concrete cover. The proposed model considers the bond deterioration mechanism caused by the temperature fluctuation in addition to the damage in concrete cover. Finally, the proposed model shows good agreement with the test results regardless of the dominant deterioration mechanism.


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Old landfill sites promote biodiversity, study shows
Brownfield sites are often promoted as suitable locations for development on the perception that protecting the 'green belt' limits damage to biodiversity.
Yet a new study shows that such sites are in fact of great importance to wildlife, providing scarce and species-rich habitats with little or no disturbance.
The research, led by Callum Macgregor and colleagues at the University of Hull, UKCEH and Butterfly Conservation, investigated the species richness of birds, plants and insects in relation to historical landfill sites, combining data from three national-scale UK biological monitoring schemes, including the UK Butterfly Monitoring Scheme.
Brownfield land harbours a rich array of bird, insect and plant species, with its biodiversity often under-appreciated (Richard Croft / commons.wikimedia.org).
The results demonstrate that species richness is higher for all three groups in landscapes containing ex-landfill sites, with these figures increasing as the area of ex-landfill increases.
The team found that for birds and insects, the species richness declines over time once landfill sites have closed, while for plants species richness increases.
The research provides evidence that the repurposing or development of brownfield sites may have unintended negative consequences for biodiversity,and that this should only occur on smaller sites, or those in areas where a high density of such brownfield sites exists.
Macgregor C J, Bunting M J, Deutz P, Bourn N A, Roy D B & Mayes W M. 2022. Brownfield sites promote biodiversity at a landscape scale. Science of The Total Environment 804: 150162. DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2021.150162


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Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG) is a United States Army facility located near Aberdeen, Maryland, (in Harford County). Part of the facility is a census-designated place (CDP), which had a population of 3,116 at the 2000 census.
APG is the U.S. Army's oldest active proving ground, established on October 20, 1917, six months after the U.S. entered World War I. Its location allowed design and testing of ordnance materiel to take place near contemporary industrial and shipping centers. The proving ground was created as a successor to the Sandy Hook Proving Ground, which was too small for some of the larger weapons being tested. At the peak of World War II, APG had billeting space for 2,348 officers and 24,189 enlisted personnel.
Other parts of APG not attached to the main installation include the Churchville Test Area in Harford County, and the Carroll Island and Graces Quarters in Baltimore County, Maryland. The Churchville Test Area is a test track with hills that provide steep natural grades and tight turns to stress engines, drivetrains, and suspensions for army vehicles, including M1 Abrams tanks, Bradley Fighting Vehicles, and Humvees.
Edgewood Chemical Activity is a chemical-weapons depot located at APG. Elimination of the chemicals held here was put on an accelerated schedule after the September 11, 2001, attacks, and all chemical weapons were destroyed by February 2006.
APG is located at and occupies a land area of 72,962 acres (114.0 sq mi; 295.3 km2). Its northernmost point is near the mouth of the Susquehanna River, where the river enters the Chesapeake Bay, while on the south, it is bordered by the Gunpowder River. The installation lies on two peninsulas separated by the Bush River. The northeastern is known as the Aberdeen Area and the southwestern is called the Edgewood Area (formerly the Edgewood Arsenal).
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of 12.0 square miles (31.1 km2), of that, 11.4 square miles (29.5 km2) of it is land and 0.6 square miles (1.6 km2) of it (5.09%) is water.
As of the census of 2000, there were 3,116 people, 805 households, and 763 families residing in the CDP. The population density was 274.1 people per square mile (105.8/km²). There were 902 housing units at an average density of 79.3/sq mi (30.6/km²). The racial makeup of the CDP was 50.5% White, 34.6% African American, 0.6% Native American, 3.1% Asian, 1.3% Pacific Islander, 5.7% from other races, and 4.2% from two or more races; 11.2% of the population were Hispanic or Latino of any race.
There were 805 households out of which 78.0% have children under the age of 18 living with them, 84.1% were married couples living together, 8.0% had a female householder with no husband present, and 5.2% were non-families; 4.3% of all households were made up of individuals and none had someone living alone who was 65 years of age or older. The average household size was 3.52 and the average family size was 3.63.
In the CDP the population was spread out with 40.1% under the age of 18, 10.3% from 18 to 24, 44.9% from 25 to 44, 4.4% from 45 to 64, and 0.2% who were 65 years of age or older. The median age was 25 years. For every 100 females there were 113.9 males. For every 100 females age 18 and over, there were 117.6 males.
The median income for a household in the CDP was $38,875, and the median income for a family was $40,306. Males had a median income of $26,943 versus $26,194 for females. The per capita income for the CDP was $12,808. About 4.2% of families and 5.6% of the population were below the poverty line, including 6.4% of those under age 18 and none of those age 65 or over.
Under the Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) program, as announced in 2005, the APG is projected to lose the Ordnance School and associated R&D facilities with 3862 military and 290 civilian jobs moving to Fort Lee, Virginia. APG will gain 451 military and 5,661 civilian jobs from Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. There is a net loss of 3,411 military jobs under BRAC and a net gain of 5,371 civilian jobs.
In 2005, APG executed an Enhanced use lease (EUL) partnership with Opus East, L.L.C. (a subsidiary of Opus Corporation), a commercial real-estate development company. The EUL allows APG to ground lease "temporarily underutilized" land of the installation to a selected real estate developer. APG uses the proceeds from the ground lease for facility improvements and maintenance on the installation (i.e., new buildings, infrastructure improvements, deferred maintenance, road upgrades on post, etc.). In June 2009, Opus East assigned its EUL development rights to St. John Properties, Inc., a Baltimore-based commercial real estate development firm.
Under the EUL, St. John Properties has entered into a long-term ground lease of federally owned property for the development of commercial office space and research-and-development (R&D) space. The EUL development will provide new, high-quality buildings and facilities for the military/civilian tenants and their supporting government contractors who are relocating to APG because of the 2005 round of the BRAC process. The development of the EUL, known as The GATE Office and Technology Park or "The GATE" project, comprises 416 acres (1.68 km2), 11 land bays, and up to 3,000,000 square feet (300,000 m2) of development potential both inside and outside the secure perimeter of APG. St. John Properties is building new speculative office and R&D buildings for lease to both defense contractors and military/federal agencies.
In addition to office and R&D buildings, St. John Properties is developing an office and retail component just outside APG's security gate. The GATE is being developed to meet anti-terrorism and force-protection standards, and will include sustainable-design elements to achieve LEED Silver Certification. The GATE is strategically located to allow private military contractors (PMCs) doing work for various military commands on APG to be closer to their client. The first building at The GATE was delivered in 2008 to CACI, an information-technology security PMC. In October 2010, L-3 Communications took occupancy of a 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) building at The GATE, as did Raytheon Company, another 75,000 square feet (7,000 m2) building. In 2010, St. John Properties delivered three additional speculative buildings for lease. Complete development of The GATE project is expected to span five to 10 years.
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Lettris is a curious tetris-clone game where all the bricks have the same square shape but different content. Each square carries a letter. To make squares disappear and save space for other squares you have to assemble English words (left, right, up, down) from the falling squares.
Boggle gives you 3 minutes to find as many words (3 letters or more) as you can in a grid of 16 letters. You can also try the grid of 16 letters. Letters must be adjacent and longer words score better. See if you can get into the grid Hall of Fame!
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At the end of March, the average total height of the sugarcane was at 96 per cent, it is better compared to February when it was 81 per cent and January 64 per cent). The elongation of the sugarcane was noteworthy during March with an average of 60 cm of growth. This was stated by Jocelyn Kwok, secretary general of the Chamber of Agriculture.
"The accumulated rainfall since October 2010 now amounts to 1239 mm, that is 103 per cent of the long-term average, but still remains deficient compared to the same period of last year, when where it amounted to 1749 mm, that is 146 per cent of the long-term average," said Kwok. "Nevertheless, it is certain that the harvest of 2011 will not be the same size as that of 2010 but still from the beginning of year we have seen an improvement", he said.
Sugarcane growth is expected to continue throughout April with an improvement of 90 per cent as compared to 2010 if weather conditions remain favourable, stated Kwok. Thus sugarcane growth will continue throughout May until the end of the harvest in November.
The Chamber of Agriculture will regularly monitor the situation and again meet with the parties concerned at the end of May.
Like previous years, the first official estimate of the sugar harvest campaign 2011 will be determined around this date.
Conditions favorables aidant, les producteurs et planteurs de canne recevront un montant plus élevé par tonne de sucre produite durant la campagne sucrière de l'année dernière. La vente d'un plus important volume de sucres spéciaux y a également contribué.
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L'industrie sucrière ne peut être sujette à une réglementation différente des autres piliers économiques, fait ressortir un influent cadre du secteur. Au vu des défis tant sur le plan local qu'international, un réajustement est nécessaire.
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Metadata Exchange Endpoint
Metadata Exchange Endpoint
Exposing the metadata using HTTP-GET has a disadvantage, such that there is no guarantee that other platforms you interact will support it. There is other way of exposing the using special endpoint is called as Metadata Exchange Endpoint. You can have as many metadata exchange endpoints as you want.
It is basically Uri to identify the metadata. You can specify as address in the endpoint but append with "mex" keyword. For example "http://localhost:9090/MyCalulatorService/mex"
There are four types of bindings supported for metadata exchange. They are mexHttpBinding, mexHttpsBinding, mexNamedPipesBinding, mexTcpBinding.
IMetadataExchange is the contract used for MEX endpoint. WCF service host automatically provides the implementation for this IMetadataExcahnge while hosting the service.
You can create the Metadata Exchange Endpoint either Administrative (configuration file) or programmatically.
Administrative (Configuration file):
In the configuration file of the hosting application, you can add metadata exchange endpoint as shown below.

 binding="wsHttpBinding" contract="IMyService">

Programming Model:
In the following code I have mention about creating the Metadata Exchange Endpoint through coding. Steps to create the metadata endpoint are
 - Create the ServiceMetadataBehavior object and add to Service host description.
 - ServiceMetadataBehavior smb = new ServiceMetadataBehavior();
 - Create the metadata binding object using MetadataExchangeBinding
 - Binding mexBinding = MetadataExchangeBindings.CreateMexHttpBinding ();
 - 3. Add the endpoint to the service host with address, binding and contract.
 - host.AddServiceEndpoint(typeof(IMetadataExchange), mexBinding, "mex");
Complete code for hosting the service with metadata exchange endpoint is shown below.
//Create a URI to serve as the base address
 Uri httpUrl = new Uri("http://localhost:8090/MyService/SimpleCalculator");
 //Create ServiceHost
 ServiceHost host = new
 ServiceHost(typeof(MyCalculatorService.SimpleCalculator), httpUrl);
 //Add a service endpoint
 (typeof(MyCalculatorService.ISimpleCalculator), new WSHttpBinding(), "");
 //Enable metadata exchange
 ServiceMetadataBehavior smb = new ServiceMetadataBehavior();
 Binding mexBinding = MetadataExchangeBindings.CreateMexHttpBinding ();
 //Adding metadata exchange endpoint
 //Start the Service
 Console.WriteLine("Service is host at " + DateTime.Now.ToString());
 Console.WriteLine("Host is running... Press key to stop");
 - Change the instance mode to per call as default.


.power = 75
 c.direction = :forward
 c.duration = :unlimited

 b.start
 c.start
end
def turn
 b = Commands::Motor.new(@nxt)
 b.port = :b
 b.power = 25
 b.direction = :forward
 b.duration = :unlimited

 c = Commands::Motor.new(@nxt)
 c.port = :c
 c.power = 25
 c.direction = :backward
 c.duration = :unlimited

 b.start
 c.start
end
def shutdown
 b = Commands::Motor.new(@nxt)
 b.port = :b

 c = Commands::Motor.new(@nxt)
 c.port = :c

 b.stop
 c.stop
end
@nxt = NXTComm.new('/dev/tty.RikiBot-DevB-1')
@running = true
runloop = Thread.new {
 while @running do
 distance = do_sonar
 if (distance < 25)
 turn
 else
 forward
 end
 end

 shutdown
}
puts "Press the return key to stop."
gets
@running = false
runloop.join
@nxt.close
This code assumes that you loaded ruby-nxt using rubygems. If you loaded it manually, you may need to edit the require lines.
You can run this from the command line as shown below
ruby wander.rb
There are a couple of important points here. I could not use the synchronized move commands. Whenever the robot encountered an obstacle, it would turn away as expected. But, when it started to drive forward again, the synchronization always kicked in, and the robot snapped back around to face the blockade.
Instead, I gave each motor a separate command. Even at the best of times, the synchronized motors don't drive in a truly straight line. So, with the motors running separately, expect to see distinct list to one side.
Additionally, the Bluetooth delay sometimes causes trouble. Still, I recommend ruby-nxt (and it's soul-sister, iCommand) for any telerobotic project (that's just a fancy way of saying computer-based remote controls). I'll include a ruby-based remote in the sample code.
Most of this code was developed using old-fashioned trial and error while staring at the API. I tested several other approaches, but this was the only one that worked satisfactorily. Again, as the project matures, things might even out a bit.
iCommand
Similar in spirit to ruby-nxt, iCommand allows you to build and run Java programs on your computer. These programs also send low-level commands to the NXT brick over a Bluetooth connection.
As I am writing, iCommand only communicates with the original NXT firmware. However, future versions should also communicate with NXJ (see below).
Currently, iCommand excels at computer-to-brick communication. Telerobotic programming seems overly difficult at this point. A lot of the API does not work as advertised. I spent a lot of time massaging this simple sample into an acceptable shape. And, as you can see, the resulting source code is a bit on the verbose side.
Still, iCommand offers an intriguing set of very-high-level robotic commands. These could greatly simplify telerobotic programs, once the library matures.
Here's our sample program in Java:
iCommand sample code
This shows our sample program written in Java using iCommand 0.5. Just like the other samples, it turns to the right whenever the ultrasonic sensor detects an obstacle closer than 25 inches. Otherwise it drives straight.
import icommand.platform.nxt.*;
import icommand.nxtcomm.*;
import java.io.*;
public class Wander {

 private boolean running;

 public Wander(){

 System.out.println("Wandering...");

 running = true;
 NXTCommand.setVerify(true);

 Thread runloop = new Thread(){
 public void run(){

 Ultrasonic sensor = new Ultrasonic(Sensor.S4);
 int distance;

 while(isRunning()){
 distance = sensor.getDistance();
 // Manual conversion of distances
 // 63 cm is approximately 25 cm.
 if (distance < 63) {
 Motor.B.setSpeed(25);
 Motor.C.setSpeed(25);
 Motor.B.forward();
 Motor.C.backward();
 }
 else {
 Motor.B.setSpeed(75);
 Motor.C.setSpeed(75);
 Motor.B.forward();
 Motor.C.forward();
 }
 }
 }
 }; // end thread

 runloop.start();
 System.out.println("\nPress the return key to quit.");

 try{

 BufferedReader br =
 new BufferedReader(
 new InputStreamReader(System.in));

 br.readLine();

 } catch(Exception e){
 e.printStackTrace();
 }

 running = false;

 try{
 runloop.join();
 } catch(Exception e){
 e.printStackTrace();
 }

 stopRun();
 }

 public boolean isRunning(){
 return running;
 }

 public void stopRun(){
 System.out.println("Shutting Down!");
 Motor.B.stop();
 Motor.C.stop();
 NXTCommand.close();
 }

 public static void main(String[] args){

 new Wander();
 }
}
You compile iCommand programs just like a normal Java:
javac Wander.java
Then run it:
java Wander
Both iCommand and ruby-nxt make excellent prototype languages. Trust me, it's a lot easier to see data printed out on your computer screen, than try to spot messages on the NXT while it zips away at top speed.
Ruby-nxt and iCommand also provide the full power of a general-use programming language, with a large number of useful libraries at your fingertips. Imagine building your Robot on Rails, or crafting interesting Swing GUI for a telerobotic project. These tools let your imagination run wild. And the Bluetooth connection really opens doors--at least until your robot wanders out of range...
LeJOS NXJ
As far as I can tell, this is the first firmware replacement written for the NXT brick. NXJ allows you to run Java programs on the brick itself. As I am writing this, the LeJOS crew just released their initial 0.1 offering, and it's not quite ready for prime time. Currently, there's no sound, Bluetooth or ultrasonic sensor support, but like all the projects mentioned in this article, it's undergoing rapid development.
The LeJOS crew built an excellent firmware replacement for the old RIS 2.0 system, including a built-in robotics API for behavior-based development. Looking at the new API, they clearly plan to follow a similar approach here.
NXJ promises to be a powerful replacement for the default Lego firmware. I look forward to playing with it once it matures, but I'm going to wait a little while before I make that plunge.
Real Power
We are always faced with tough engineering decisions--even in hobby robotics. Sometimes I need the accurate motor control and fast reactions that I get by running my code on the brick itself. Other times I need access to more memory, to greater computational abilities or a nice GUI interface. The great thing is, with a Bluetooth wireless connection, you can have your cake and eat it too.
Part of the program can run on the brick. It can gather data, and then send that data back to your computer via the Bluetooth connection. Your computer then churns through this data, doing all the heavy computations. Once done, the computer sends new commands back to the brick, perhaps setting new goals or otherwise changing the robot's behavior.
This is where the real power lies. And I suspect, as the third-party tools mature, splitting a program between the computer and the brick will become easier and easier.
Summary
Well, that's the end of our lightning tour of the Mindstorm NXT. I was pleasantly surprised with the breadth of third-party tools currently available. Of course, our PC counterparts have a few additional choices, but not as many as you might guess.
All of these projects are still young and a bit rough around the edges. NXC seems to provide the solidest implementation, but the documentation remains rather light. Still, I highly recommend NXC as an NXT-G replacement.
Compared with the old Mindstorm kits, the NXT offers a much wider range of features and capabilities. There's more than enough to keep me busy for quite some time. And, as third-party tools and hardware mature, the possibilities will continue to grow.
I can hardly wait.
Rich Warren lives in Honolulu, Hawaii with his wife Mika and daughter Haruko. He is a freelance writer, full-time software engineer and part-time Graduate student at the University of Hawaii in Manoa. When not playing on the beach with his daughter, he can be found writing, studying, or doing research--all on his MacBook Pro. You can reach Rich at _EMAIL_.


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POWER UP - Female Pop Art
Rediscovering outstanding women Pop artists, POWER UP fulfills Dorothy Iannone's combative promise after fifty years. The show aims at the reinterpretation of an art movement that until today has primarily been associated with male protagonists. Plastic, loud colors, reduced forms, and graphic contours – the nine women artists' works on display resemble those of their male colleagues in many respects. Whereas their works appeal to the taste of the masses, these artists, as pioneers of Feminism, have remained belligerent and critical. They reveal the consumer culture's superficiality, exposing the commodity myth as an empty shell like Christa Dichgans, ironically transforming everyday objects to oversized kitsch objects like Jann Haworth, or exploring mass media clichés and superstar constructions like Rosalyn Drexler. Like Sister Corita, a committed peace activist, they took a clear stand on the sixties' social and political events such as the Vietnam
The exhibition pursues its political perspective in those instances where the era's current notions of what a woman is are revised by different views: Kiki Kogelnik and Marisol describe the corset in which the representation of women by themselves and by others is caught, while Evelyne Axell or Dorothy Iannone provocatively display the nude body, love, and sexuality, and, like Niki de Saint Phalle, attract the viewer's attention with sophisticated modes of self-presentation.


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Nested Object Form Support
Nested This allows forms to have arbitrarily complex nested forms that can build multiple related objects together. Let's take a simple example of a person with an address. Here are the related pseudo models:
class Person < ORM::Base has_many :addresses, :class_name => 'Address' accepts_nested_attributes_for :addresses, :allow_destroy => true end class Address < ORM::Base belongs_to :person end
The model declarations are dependent on your chosen ORM. Check the documentation to understand how to declare nested attributes in your given ORM component. Given those models and enabling nested attributes for the association, the following view will allow nested form creation:
= form_for _USER_, '/person/create' do |f| = f.text_field :name = f.text_field :favorite_color = f.fields_for :addresses do |address_form| = address_form.label :street = address_form.text_field :street = address_form.label :city = address_form.text_field :city - unless address_form.object.new_record? = address_form.check_box '_destroy' = address_form.label '_destroy', :caption => 'Remove' = submit_tag "Save"
This will present a form that allows the person's name and color to be set along with their first address. Using this functionality, the controller does not need to change whatsoever as the nested data will be passed in and instantiated as part of the parent model.
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Voted Scotland's most beautiful beach in 2010.
The sand dune system to the north and south of the Lunan water consists of mobile dunes backed by an established links area. In the northern section there is thick mantle of Marram Grass. Inland of the mobile dunes the habitat changes into a shorter dune pasture area.
The dune habitat also supports a number of invertebrate species, including grasshoppers, earwigs, many species of beetle, butterflies and moths. Cliff headlands bound Lunan Bay and fossil cliffs run along the back of the raised beach ranging from 250m-50m landward of the High Water Mark. The southern upper raised beach (15m OD) sits on the fossil cliffs and consists of rough pasture.
An extensive area of inter-tidal sand flats runs virtually uninterrupted for 3.5 km of Lunan Bay. There are also areas of estuarine Mud/ Sand Flats, Saltmarsh and Wet Grassland.
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Penn Law Oral History Project
Penn Law is quite proud of its alumni, and in order to honor them and their achievements, we present the Penn Law Oral History Project. View all Oral History videos on our YouTube channel
What is it?
Our goals for the Oral History Project are twofold:
- to record stories and recollections about Penn Law, its professors, and the experiences of students throughout the years;
- to highlight the impact of a Penn Law education through first-hand narrations of achievements, challenges, and relationships by the alumni who lived them.
What can I talk about?
You can discuss your memories of Penn Law, including your friends, classmates, professors, classroom experiences, etc. You can also talk about your experiences in Philadelphia, your career after graduation, and how you were affected by your time at Penn Law. We seek to create a thorough, multi-faceted record of Penn Law's history, so that we can tell our story to future generations of students.
How can I be interviewed?
If you would like to schedule an Oral History interview (preferably on video), please call Andy Maynard _PHONE_) to make arrangements.


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Homemade Cookie Cutters
Everyone loves homemade cookies, but have you ever thought about making your own cookie cutters from scratch? This activity is a great way to work on a whole host of skills, from fine motor development to shape recognition to good ol' artistic talent.
What You Need:
- Disposable aluminum 9 x 13 inch-size panmade of thin, flexible aluminum (available at most dollar shops and grocery stores)
- Scotch tape
- Cookie dough or soft white bread
What You Do:
- Get started by having your child think of shapes that he might want to see as a cookie: stars, hearts, and seasonal shapes like candy canes are popular, but what about something unusual, like sports equipment, animals or a favorite cartoon character?
- Have him draw the shape on white paper and cut it out.
- Help him cut straight rectangle strips (about ½ to 1 inch width, and length as long as you can cut them) from the aluminum pan. The aluminum edges can be sharp when cutting, so be careful—you might even want to wear gloves.
- Take the rectangle strips and shape them around the edge of the paper shape. He may need to use more than one strip to make it go all the way around his design, depending on the size. In this case, a second rectangle aluminum strip can be attached to the first with tape on the top edges of the rectangle strips.
- When the cookie cutters are finished, try them out with cookie dough! He can also use them to cut shapes in white bread. Press the cutter down into the dough or bread, and help him trim excess dough or bread around the edges of the cutter with a butter knife if needed.
- When you're done, think of more creative shape ideas for cookie cutters together and enjoy your new batch of creatively-shaped cookies!


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What is the meaning of group identity?
What is the meaning of group identity?
Group identity refers to a person's sense of belonging to a particular group. At its core, the concept describes social influence within a group. On the other hand, students can identify with a group created to conduct experiments in an animal learning laboratory course.
What are the four parts of a person's identity?
What gives a person their identity?
How does belonging shape our identity?
What does God say about identity?
What does God see when he looks at me?
Now when God sees you, He sees His righteousness (see Romans 3:21-22 and 2 Corinthians 5:21). Not because of our perfection; but because of His grace and willingness to call us out of sin and see us as "blameless".
How does the Lord speak to us?
What is God's greatest desire?
God's greatest desire is to know and save us.
What does the Bible say about I am that I am?
Its context is the encounter of the burning bush (Exodus 3:14): Moses asks what he is to say to the Israelites when they ask what God ['Elohiym] has sent him to them, and YHWH replies, "I am who I am", adding, "Say this to the people of Israel, 'I am has sent me to you.


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Prediction of the Standard Deviation of Wind Speed Turbulence
Turbulent wind speed is a vital component of wind speed, corresponding to the small-scale uncertainty of wind speed. The wind power output and aerodynamic loads are significantly influenced by turbulent wind speed. The present paper concentrates on the study of turbulent wind speed prediction, which is hardly addressed in previous studies and is a novel approach to understand turbulent wind speed in advance. In the present study, turbulent wind speed is measured by turbulence standard deviation. Although turbulent wind speed itself is unpredictable, the correlation analysis proves that the turbulence standard deviation is predictable within a proper time horizon. As a result, the turbulent wind speed can be understood ahead of time by predicting turbulence standard deviation. The 10-min ahead, 30-min ahead and 60-min ahead predictions of turbulence standard deviation are provided by Support Vector Regression and Kernel Ridge Regression. Furthermore, the average wind speed is fused into the forecasting model to improve the prediction accuracy of turbulence standard deviation.
Keywords: Wind speed, Turbulence, Uncertainty, Standard deviation, Predictability, Correlation analysis
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Definition of Jobless Recovery
What is a "jobless recovery"? What is the definition of the term "jobless recovery"?
A "jobless recovery" occurs when economic growth takes place in a country, but employment levels either drop or remain stable.
Jobless Recovery DefinitionAt the time that this definition was written (November 2010), the United States was experiencing a "jobless recovery", as economic growth was technically taking place, but the national unemployment rate was basically stuck in neutral.
It is generally expected that a growing economy will result in the creation of new jobs, but this isn't always the case.
Increased automation, for instance, can result in GDP growth accompanied with stable or dropping employment.
"Jobless recoveries" have been perplexing economists for decades. The big question - how do you spur employment growth in a country when the economy is already growing?
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Instructions on How to Use a Swanson Speed Square
Today, we're taking about the Swanson Speed Square. A speed square is an essential DIY tool for woodworking. Invented way back in 1930, the popularity of the Swanson speed square has grown substantially over time.
The speed square is a rafter square, miter square, try square, scribing guide, protractor and, perhaps most usefully, a good saw guide.
Instructions to use a speed square:
As a Saw Guide: You simply hold the speed square base against the lumber and align the guide rail on your circular saw (being sure to keep your hands clear of the blade) to make clean straight cross-cuts.
As a Protractor: Simply hold the base against a flat surface and find the desired angle marking.
To Find Rafter Angles: The primary use is to find the angle for rafters. Calculating the correct angles for a rise to run ratio is simple with trigonometry, but the speed square eliminates the need for a calculator. First, set the pivot at the edge of the board. Next, rotate the square around that point until the edge of the board aligns with the mark you want on the common scale. Mark a line along the ruled side of the square.
The speed square also makes quick work of hips and valley rafters– same method as for common rafters, but use the Hip-Val" scale.
To scribe parallel lines: An often overlooked feature is the scribe feature. The tool provides a set of notches 1/4 inch apart. Set a pencil in the desired notch and slide the square along the board to mark a parallel line.
Be sure to pick one up before your next DIY woodworking project.


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Do dogs bite more during a full moon?
The power of the moon is often used to explain a wide range of events - from human insanity to traffic accidents - but do animals feel more inclined to bite humans during the full moon than at other times? Two new studies have come up with different answers.
This week's British Medical Journal (BMJ) carries two studies - one from the UK which finds that you are more likely to be bitten by a dog when the moon is full, and a study from Australia which finds that you're not.
Chapman et al. (Pic: BMJ)A study by Professor Simon Chapan and Stehen Morrell of The University of Sydney showed no positive relation between the full moon and dog bites requiring hospital treatment. They compared dates of admission for dog bites to public hospitals throughout Australia with dates of the full moon, over a 12-month period.
Overall, full moon days were associated with slightly lower admissions (4.6 compared with 4.8 per day). Of 18 peak days (more than 10 admissions per day) the maximum peak centred on the New Year break. Full moons coincided with none of these peaks.
A study by a team in Bradford, UK on the other hand, has found that animals do have an increased propensity to bite humans during the full moon periods. During 1997 to 1999, they identified 1,621 patients attending the accident and emergency department at Bradford Royal Infirmary after being bitten by an animal.
The chance of being bitten was twice as high on or around full moon days, indicating that an association exists between the lunar cycles and changes in animal behaviour. However, the authors suggest that further experiments are needed to verify these results.
So why the difference between the UK and Australia? Are dogs in the UK more aggressive?
"The only explanation I have is that maybe because of a general drabness in England more people take pleasant walks under the full moon and are therefore more available to be bitten by dogs," speculates Professor Chapman who submitted his article to the BMJ without any idea that the other paper was being submitted.
He decided to do the study after a comment from a farmer on a randomised controlled trial he had done on the use of school programs to prevent dogs biting children.
"Don't you scientists know anything?," the farmer said to him. "You should be looking at why they bite - it's because of the full moon!"