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The results obtained in a previously reported study1 of the effect of irradiation of cod liver oil showed that the antirachitic value of the oil is not enhanced by irradiation with ultraviolet rays from a quartz mercury lamp. In the preliminary study, the irradiated cod liver oil was fed to experimental animals for a period of ten days in amounts not exceeding 3 mg. Since it was felt that the amount of irradiated oil fed, or the length of the experimental period, or both, may have been insufficient, a second study has been made in which 15 mg. of an irradiated cod liver oil was fed to the experimental animals for a period of six weeks. A comment on this study, together with the results obtained, forms the basis of the present communication.
NATURE OF OIL
The oil used in the earlier test was not available for the present
WYMAN ET, HOLMES AD, SMITH LW, STOCKBARGER DC, PIGOTT MG. DOES THE IRRADIATION OF COD LIVER OIL INCREASE ITS ANTIRACHITIC POTENCY? Am J Dis Child. 1927;34(5):753–764. doi:10.1001/archpedi.1927.04130230037005
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An examination of municipal efforts to manage brownfields redevelopment in Ontario, Canada
Keywords:Brownfield, Contamination, Municipal, Planning, Canada
Since the mid-1990s, the reuse of brownfield properties for urban intensification has emerged as a core strategy in government efforts to remediate pollution and support renewal, regeneration, and retrofitting. While upper levels of government in Canada engaged in early efforts to devise policies, programs, and funding strategies to support redevelopment, the job of overseeing it has fallen mainly to local governments. This paper investigates the role of municipalities
in Ontario, Canada's most populous and industrialized province, in managing and facilitating brownfields redevelopment. Survey data from 43 municipalities, coupled with information gathered from six site visitations and provincial information, reveal that despite common goals, tools, and approaches put forward by Ontario municipalities
in their Community Improvement Plans, the management of planning, funding, and redevelopment issues continues to be a challenge for many, resulting in some very proficient municipalities and numerous hopeful ones with limited capacity to address this demanding issue.
Copyright: Institute of Urban Studies

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Bishop McGuinness students, parents, and teachers travel annually to Peru for a service mission trip. The joy of their 2018 journey was captured in this video by former student Becca Ray. The BMCHS contingent began their trip with a tour of the capital Lima, including the church of St. Rose of Lima. Afterward they reached their home base, the Santisimo Sacramento Parish in Piura, home of Fr. Joe Uhen, Bishop McGuinness Class of 1976 alumnus.
On the trip students participate in a variety of activities throughout local villages. In past years, they have visited a girls orphanage for fun and fellowship, taught English classes, led a Bible study, helped distribute clothing and food, and built houses. Students make connections by playing with children, dancing at fiestas, holding babies, and praying with people. Through it all, they learn about teamwork, patience, and the importance of a good attitude and a smile. The goal is to let God work through them, to see the face of Christ in others, and to be the face of Christ for others.
For information about the June 2020 Peru trip click here, or email Ms. Kelly Allen _EMAIL_. Also, see pictures from the 2018 trip below!

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Indonesia has a vast forest area. The extent of Indonesia's forests is one of the natural resources are prone to damage due to human interests in meeting their needs. One of the damage that often occurs when current is forest fires. Forest destruction accounts for 20-25% of global CO2 emissions that contribute to climate change or global warming. Unspoiled forest with a diversity of plant species are long-lived and litter is a place to store a lot of carbon stocks (C) the highest. The aim of this study was to determine the diversity of plants and the amount of carbon stock above ground level in the forests of the Bukit Barisan of Padang, West Sumatra. Tree biomass was calculated on a plot of 20x20 m, 10x10 m pole, stake 5x5 m, for counting down plant biomass and litter on the plot with a size of 2x2 m (National Standardization Agency, 2011). Biomass calculated by the Ketterings et al. formula (2001). In Bukit Barisan Forest Area, West Sumatra, derived carbon content was 16.029,70 ton/ha. Diversity type was highest at tree level on Station 1, classified as very high diversty with diversity index (H') 3.10.
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Mobility, muscular strength and endurance in the cervical spine in Swedish air force pilots
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Author list: Alricsson, Marie;Schüldt, Kristina
Publication year: 2001
Start page: 336
End page: 342
Number of pages: 7
ISSN: 0095-6562
PURPOSE: Muscle strength, endurance and range of movement of the cervical spine in a group of Swedish Air Force jet pilots (AF) and in a reference group of conscripts doing their military service (RG) were compared. METHODS: We tested 30 (AF) 24-42 yr and 33 (RG) 19-22 yr. A questionnaire was used to document complaints. Maximum voluntary isometric muscle strength of the flexor and extensor muscles of the cervical spine and sub-maximum isometric endurance in the flexor and extensor muscles were measured. RESULTS: Eleven AF (37%) and four RG (12%) had experienced discomfort in the neck within the previous year. The pilots flexor and extensor muscle strength (47 Nm and 65 Nm) was superior to that of the conscripts (36 Nm and 59 Nm) (p = 0.0001, p = < 0.05, respectively). However, the RG group had greater isometric endurance in the flexor muscles than AF (p = < 0.05) and greater neck rotation (p = <0.005). There was no difference between the two groups in the other variables. CONCLUSION: Differences between the groups with regard to muscle strength and endurance might depend on variations in work-related physical muscle strain, and/or differences in fiber composition in the muscles, which might be reflected by pilot selection procedures.
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- Battle Honours: Laleali, Piequet 707, Shingo River Valley and Gutrain.
- Honours & Awards: 1 Param Vir Chakra, 10 Maha Vir Chakras, 34 Vir Chakras, 4 Shaurya Chakras and 56 Sena Medals.
- Comments: India's first Light Infantry was born out of the peoples' response in 1947, to the invasion of Kashmir by Pakistan. In the difficult days of the invasion, the population formed local defence groups. These were later organised into militias responsible for specific sectors, e.g., Leh, Nubra, Jammu, Punch, etc. Over a period, these were grouped into the Militia battalions. Two of these were later converted into the Ladakh Scouts. The militia battalions operated with skill on the Line of Control (LoC), and in the 1971 Indo-Pak War earned three battle honours.
In 1972, the militia battalions were brought on par with the army units, and in 1976 designated the Jammu & Kashmir Light Infantry. Since then, battalions of the Light Infantry have served with honour in different parts of the country, in Sri Lanka and as part of the United Nations Force in Somalia. The 8th JAK LI earned great honour by capturing a Pakistani post at 21,000 feet at the Siachen Glacier in 1987. Naib Subedar Bana Singh, 8th JAK LI, earned the Param Vir Chakra for the Regiment in this battle. He is the first and only recipient of the PVC for the Regiment.

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You need to:
1. dissolve the clogged surface of the grout with an acidic cleaner.
2. Then, if there's mildew growing in the grout, then apply bleach straight out of the jug.
Typically, people have trouble cleaning mildew off of grout because the bleach doesn't penetrate into the grout, and the reason for that is that the surface of the grout is all clogged up with dirt and soap scum.
Probably the best acidic cleaner for removing the soap scum is a phosphoric acid based toilet bowl cleaner (about 15 to 20 percent phosphoric acid). The reason why is that it's gelled to stick to the bowl better, and that also means that it'll stick to vertical surfaces better. Also, cuz it's gelled, it won't get wicked into the grout the way CLR would; it'll just sit on the surface of the grout.
So, the first step is to clean the surface of the grout and remove all the soap scum or dirt clogging up the surface.
Then, apply the bleach to remove mildew, if any.
Then, if there is mildew, but the bleach isn't removing it, you probably need to hit it again with the acid cuz the surface is still clogged.
Also, allow a full day to dry after cleaning before applying bleach. (at least a full day, that is)


CHOW points out that the process of baking the beans a few times causes a chemical reaction called pyrolysis, where the sugars and amino acids in the beans start to give off a rather unpleasant smell. They're still edible, they just wouldn't be fun to eat. Instead, line the bottom of the pie crust with parchment paper and pour in some rice. Bake your pie crust, and it'll still hold its shape, but some of the butter from the crust will seep through the paper and get into the rice.
You can then cook the toasted rice into a delicious, buttery rice pilaf, as opposed to pouring mildly smelly beans into a plastic bag for the next time you want to make a pie. Do you use beans for pie crusts, or just buy pre-made? Share your baking tips in the comments below. Photo by Kimberly Vardeman.
Can I Eat the Beans I Use for Pie Weights? | CHOW via The Kitchn


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MHR, Regular Distributions and Myerson's Lemma
Monotone Hazard Rate (MHR) distributions and its superclass regular distributions keep appearing in the Mechanism Design literature and this is due to a very good reason: they are the class of distributions for which Myerson's Optimal Auction is simple and natural. Let's brief discuss some properties of those distributions. First, two definitions:
- Hazard rate of a distribution :
- Myerson virtual value of a distribution :
We can interpret the hazard rate in the following way: think of as a random variable that indicates the time that a light bulb will take to extinguish. If we are in time and the light bulb hasn't extinguished so far, what is the probability it will extinguish in the next time:
We say that a distribution is monotone hazard rate, if is non-decreasing. This is very natural for light bulbs, for example. Many of the distributions that we are used to are MHR, for example, uniform, exponential and normal. The way that I like to think about MHR distributions is the following: if some distribution has hazard rate, then it means that. If we define, then, so:
From this characterization, it is simple to see that the extremal distributions for this class, i.e. the distributions that are in the edge of being MHR and non-MHR are constant hazard rate, which correspond to the exponential distribution for. They way I like to think about those distributions is that whenever you are able to prove something about the exponential distribution, then you can prove a similar statement about MHR distributions. Consider those three examples:
Example 1: for MHR distributions. This fact is straightforward for the exponential distribution. For the exponential distribution and therefore
but the proof for MHR is equally simple: Let, therefore.
Example 2: Given iid where is MHR and and, then. The proof for the exponential distribution is trivial, and in fact, this is tight for the exponential, the trick is to use the convexity of. We use that in the following way:
Since, we have that. This way, we get:
Example 3: For MHR distributions, there is a simple lemma that relates the virtual value and the real value and this lemma is quite useful in various settings: let, then for,. Again, this is tight for exponential distribution. The proof is quite trivial:
Now, MHR distributions are a subclass of regular distributions, which are the distributions for which Myerson's virtual value is a monotone function. I usually find harder to think about regular distributions than to think about MHR (in fact, I don't know so many examples that are regular, but not MHR. Here is one, though, called the equal-revenue-distribution. Consider distributed according to. The cumulative distribution is given by. The interesting thing of this distribution is that posted prices get the same revenue regardless of the price. For example, if we post any price, then a customer with valuations buys the item if by price, getting revenue is. This can be expressed by the fact that. I was a bit puzzled by this fact, because of Myerson's Lemma:
Myerson Lemma: If a mechanism sells to some player that has valuation with probability when he has value, then the revenue is.
And it seemed that the auctioneers was doomed to get zero revenue, since. For example, suppose we fix some price and we sell the item if by price. Then it seems that Myerson's Lemma should go through by a derivation like that (for this special case, although the general proof is quite similar):
but those don't seem to match, since one side is zero and the other is 1. The mistake we did above is classic, which is to calculate. We wrote:
but both are infinity! This made me realize that Myerson's Lemma needs the condition that, which is quite a natural a distribution over valuations of a good. So, one of the bugs of the the equal-revenue-distribution is that. A family that is close to this, but doesn't suffer this bug is: for, then. For we have, then we get.


Electric vehicle in Farming
In India, more than 60% of the total land is used for farming and nearly 70% of the household in rural areas are dependent primarily on income generated by farming. But the use of heavy machinery in India is quite limited to tractors and harvesters. This is a good place to explore the opportunity for Electric Vehicles in Farming. There is a huge market for Electric Powered Machinery in a Farming sector.
a mini electric tractor for plowing and harvesting crops with several attachments.
Organic farming has been rising steadily and its economic status is increasing day by day. In the last decade use of harmful Chemicals pesticides and fertilizers are being banned and heavily criticized in the food industry. while this is a good step but the same farming culture has seen Rise in the use of heavy machinery for farming. this machinery is so big that they require diesel engines for their operation. this diesel engine using fossil fuels for their operation thus creating pollution. the organic food Industries means for the healthy food we are supporting the dirty fossil fuel industry.
Robotic Lawnmower backwards bras and musics the cut glass as a fuel The Robot is guided by Google map and uses electric brakes to cut the grass and then search the grass from the ground and dries then making dry pallets which are used to generate power by burning them which technology can be used for harvesting and separation of crops autonomously this will reduce time in human effort required for the food processing industries are electric forward in can work without in human interface we can load and unload at the predicted time and location
Solar powered High ground clearance Vehicle (Modular Construction)
The concept of organic food is very good and we can use the solar power harvesting methods. Developing a solar-powered vehicle with a very low footprint the vehicle which can be used for various purposes in the agricultural sector. These electric vehicles are capable of carrying more than one ton of a load and can be organized and design for autonomous operation in near future. They would be relying on the sun on their powers source and will be using it for powering the hub electric motors.
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Rene LaRose, director of the the NATO Science and Coordination Office, visited ICT along with John Tangney from the Office of Naval Research and Paul Chatelier from the Naval Postgraduate School. The purpose of the visit was to learn about the institute's modeling, simulation and virtual reality work. The tour included demonstrations of ICT's virtual human prototypes INOTS, SimCoach, SimSensei and Gunslinger. The guests also visited the ICT Graphics Lab to see the group's advances in creating digital doubles and holographic projections.
ICT Hosts Visitors from NATO and ONR
Published: October 23, 2013


49.55. pg_transform
The catalog pg_transform stores information about transforms, which are a mechanism to adapt data types to procedural languages. See CREATE TRANSFORM for more information.
Table 49.55. pg_transform Columns
Column Type
Description
oid oid
Row identifier
trftype oid (references pg_type.oid)
OID of the data type this transform is for
trflang oid (references pg_language.oid)
OID of the language this transform is for
trffromsql regproc (references pg_proc.oid)
The OID of the function to use when converting the data type for input to the procedural language (e.g., function parameters). Zero is stored if this operation is not supported.
trftosql regproc (references pg_proc.oid)
The OID of the function to use when converting output from the procedural language (e.g., return values) to the data type. Zero is stored if this operation is not supported.


Pf7 API
This page provides documentation for functions in the malariagen_data Python package for accessing Plasmodium falciparum data.
Pf7()
malariagen_data.pf7.Pf7(data_config=None, **kwargs)
Provides access to data from the Pf7 release.
Parameters
urlstr, optional
Base path to data. Default uses Google Cloud Storage "gs://pf7_release/", or specify a local path on your file system if data have been downloaded.
data_configstr, optional
Path to config for structure of Pf7 data resource. Defaults to config included with the malariagen_data package.
**kwargs
Passed through to fsspec when setting up file system access.
Examples
Access data from Google Cloud Storage (default):
>>> import malariagen_data
>>> pf7 = malariagen_data.Pf7()
Access data downloaded to a local file system:
>>> pf7 = malariagen_data.Pf7("/local/path/to/pf7_release/")
sample_metadata()
Pf7.sample_metadata()
Access sample metadata and return as pandas dataframe. Returns ——- df : pandas.DataFrame
A dataframe of sample metadata on the samples that were sequenced as part of this resource. Includes the time and place of collection, quality metrics, and accesion numbers. One row per sample.
genome_sequence()
Pf7.genome_sequence(region='*', inline_array=True, chunks='native')
Access the reference genome sequence.
Parameters
region: str or list of str or Region or list of Region. Defaults to '*'
Chromosome (e.g., "Pf3D7_07_v3"), gene name (e.g., "PF3D7_0709000"), genomic region defined with coordinates (e.g., "Pf3D7_07_v3:1-500"). Multiple values can be provided as a list, in which case data will be concatenated, e.g., ["Pf3D7_07_v3:1-500","Pf3D7_02_v3:15-20","Pf3D7_03_v3:40-50"].
inline_arraybool, optional
Passed through to dask.array.from_array().
chunksstr, optional
If 'auto' let dask decide chunk size. If 'native' use native zarr chunks. Also, can be a target size, e.g., '200 MiB'.
Returns
ddask.array.Array
An array of nucleotides giving the reference genome sequence for the given region/gene/contig.
genome_features()
Pf7.genome_features(attributes=('ID', 'Parent', 'Name', 'alias'))
Access genome feature annotations.
Parameters
attributeslist of str, optional
Attribute keys to unpack into columns. Provide "*" to unpack all attributes.
Returns
dfpandas.DataFrame
variant_calls()
Pf7.variant_calls(extended=False, inline_array=True, chunks='native')
Access variant sites, site filters and genotype calls.
Parameters
extendedbool, optional
If False only the default variables are returned. If True all variables from the zarr are returned. Defaults to False.
inline_arraybool, optional
Passed through to dask.array.from_array(). Defaults to True.
chunksstr, optional
If 'auto' let dask decide chunk size. If 'native' use native zarr chunks. Also can be a target size, e.g., '200 MiB'. Defaults to "native".
Returns
dsxarray.Dataset
Dataset containing either default or extended variables from the variant calls Zarr.


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The rapid growth of population demands higher land use efficiency to ensure food security. The most appropriate way to reach this goal is to increase yield per unit area. In this regard, the assessment of soil fertility and productivity is a prerequisite for developing sustainable agriculture. Soil fertility indicates the soil capability to provide optimum conditions for plant growth. Assessing soil fertility is an essential need to identify environmental-friendly strategies leading to more sustainability in agricultural systems. Soil fertility directly and indirectly affects the yield and crop quality. In order for food security and increased food production to be achieved, the development of a useful method for assessing soil fertility and productivity is fundamental. Various modeling techniques have been proposed as a useful tool to determine soil fertility. An assessment of the soil fertility status by using a soil index could provide key information to improve strategies and effective techniques for the future to achieve sustainable agriculture. The present study was conducted: (1) to determine the soil fertility index (SFI) using two methods which are conceptually different from each other including: Fuzzy-AHP and parametric methods; (2) to identify the main soil limiting factors for tea production; and (3) to compare two methods of quantitative assessment of soil fertility in relation to tea yield in tea cultivation with different productivities in west Guilan province.
Materials and Methods Based on the mean annual tea yield, the selected tea cultivation were divided into low, medium, and high productivity. Sixty-six soil samples were collected from 0 to 30 cm depth. The green tea leaves were harvested at a 2 m2 plot at each site. In this research, clay, silt, and sand content, mean weight diameter of soil aggregates, bulk density, soil pH, electrical conductivity, soil organic carbon, total nitrogen, available phosphorus, available potassium, available copper, and zinc were measured by conventional methods. Then, the soil fertility indices of tea cultivation with different productivities were determined by fuzzy-analytical hierarchy process (SFI-Fuzzy AHP) and Parametric (SFI-Parametric) analyses. The Fuzzy analytical hierarchy process is a combination of factor weights of AHP with the fuzzy values of each parameter. The product of values generated from individual fuzzification of parameters with their corresponding factor weights. All soil parameters were tested using one-way analysis of variance and the differences among means were analyzed using Tukey's significant difference test at the probability level of 0.05.The coefficients of determination for the linear regression between the two SFI values and tea yields were conducted.
Results and Discussion Results indicated that the effect of pH, available potassium and copper, mean weight diameter, and bulk density on tea yield was significant (p <0.01). The highest of organic carbon, mean weight diameter, available potassium and copper were obtained in high productivity. The highest of soil pH and bulk density were related to low productivity. The main soil limiting factors for tea production were soil organic carbon, available potassium, and soil pH. The results showed that for both SFI-Fuzzy AHP and SFI-Parametric methods, the highest and lowest soil fertility indices were related to high and low productivity, respectively. The mean SFI- Fuzzy AHP of the high productivity tea were significantly higher than low productivity tea cultivation. It was found that SFI- Fuzzy AHP is superior to SFI-Parametric to evaluation of soil fertility for tea production .So that, the correlations between crop yields and SFI- Fuzzy AHP (R2= 0.63) is higher than SFI-Parametric (R2= 0.50).
Conclusion Understanding the soil fertility status is one of the important aspects of sustainable soil management in order to optimal crop production and prevent environmental degradation. Considering the importance of yield as an important indicator in the sustainable management of agricultural ecosystems, it is expected that there is great potential for increasing crop yield by improving soil fertility. The SFI- Fuzzy AHP of the high productivity tea were significantly higher than low productivity tea cultivation and created more differentiation between various soil fertility classes in tea cultivation. Therefore, determining the soil fertility index by Fuzzy-AHP method to evaluate the soil fertility of tea cultivation is superior to the parametric method. Based on the obtained results, it is suggested that for the optimal tea production, in addition to the application of potassium fertilizer, the exact amount of which should be estimated based on the soil test results, the organic matter application should also be considered.


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1 GeoCam Memo Web
1.1 About
The GeoCam Project helps people better understand and respond to disasters. GeoCam consists of a GPS-enabled camera (or cell phone) and a web app for sharing geotagged photos and other geospatial data.
GeoCam Memo is a scribing and note-taking application intended for use by search team members as they canvas the scene of a disaster. Notes can be recorded using text or audio and various forms of attachments (including but not limited to images) can be attached for transmission to a central server. All messages can be geotagged and categorized before saving to provide proper context when analyzing them via a web interface at a later time.
GeoCam Talk is a communication application intended to aid in communication during a search mission. Members can send text and audio messages to any subset of their team members while on the field from their mobile devices. All messages are sent through a central server which catalogs them for later analysis. Just as in Memo, all messages are geotagged to provide instant awareness of team member location.
This is the web application for both GeoCam Memo and GeoCam Talk
1.2 News
Visit and for updates.
1.3 Setup
The GeoCam Memo and Talk applications were built using the Django framework and run on top of Python.
1.3.1 Dependencies
 1. Once all dependencies have been installed, clone the GeoCamMemoWeb repository to the path of your choice:
 git clone
 2. CD into your./geocamMemoWeb/example path and run syncdb, creating an admin user if prompted:
 python syncdb
1.4 Running
To run a development server, navigate to your./geocamMemoWeb/example path and execute runserver:
python runserver
Pleast note that this must be done before the geocamTalkForAndroid and geocamTalkForMemo can be successfully run on your mobile device.
1.5 Testing
Testing can be initiated from your./geocamMemoWeb/example path using the test command:
python test geocamMemo geocamTalk
See the Django documentation for more information on using
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the count pointed to by nbufs_allocated will return a snapshot count of the number of buffers allocated to ep_handle but not yet completed.
Once a buffer has been allocated to an EP, it will be completed to the EP recv_evd if the EVD has not overflowed. When an EP does not use SRQ, a buffer is allocated as soon as it is posted to the EP. For EP that uses SRQ, a buffer is allocated to the EP when EP removes it from SRQ.
If bufs_alloc_span is not NULL, then the count to which bufs_alloc_span pointed will return the span of buffers allocated to the ep_handle. The span is the number of additional successful Recv completions that EP can generate if all the messages it is currently receiving will complete successfully.
If a message sequence number is assigned to all received messages, the buffer span is the difference between the latest message sequence number of an allocated buffer minus the latest message sequence number for which completion has been generated. This sequence number only counts Send messages of remote Endpoint of the connection.
The Message Sequence Number (MSN) represents the order that Send messages were submitted by the remote Consumer. The ordering of sends is intrinsic to the definition of a reliable service. Therefore every send message does have a MSN whether or not the native transport has a field with that name.
For both nbufs_allocated and bufs_alloc_span, the Provider can return the reserved value DAT_VALUE_UNKNOWN if it cannot obtain the requested count at a reasonable cost.
Return Values
DAT_SUCCESS
The operation was successful.
DAT_INVALID_PARAMETER
Invalid parameter.
DAT_INVALID_HANDLE
The DAT handle ep_handle is invalid.
DAT_MODEL_NOT_SUPPORTED
The requested Model was not supported by the Provider.
Usage
If the Provider cannot support the query for nbufs_allocated or bufs_alloc_span, the value returned for that attribute must be DAT_VALUE_UNKNOWN.
An implementation that processes incoming packets out of order and allocates from SRQs on an arrival basis can have gaps in the MSNs associated with buffers allocated to an Endpoint.
For example, suppose Endpoint X has received buffer fragments for MSNs 19, 22, and 23. With arrival ordering, the EP would have allocated three buffers from the SRQ for messages 19, 22, and 23. The number allocated would be 3, but the span would be 5. The difference of two represents the buffers that will have to be allocated for messages 20 and 21. They have not yet been allocated, but messages 22 and 23 will not be delivered until after messages 20 and 21 have not only had their buffers allocated but have also completed.
An implementation can choose to allocate 20 and 21 as soon as any higher buffer is allocated. This makes sense if you presume that this is a valid connection, because obviously 20 and 21 are in flight. However, it creates a greater vulnerability to Denial Of Service attacks. There are also other implementation tradeoffs, so the Consumer should accept that different RNICs for iWARP will employ different strategies on when to perform these allocations.
Each implementation will have some method of tracking the receive buffers already associated with an EP and knowing which buffer matches which incoming message, though those methods might vary. In particular, there are valid implementations such as linked lists, where a count of the outstanding buffers is not instantly available. Such implementations would have to scan the allocated list to determine both the number of buffers and their span. If such a scan is necessary, it is important that it be only a single scan. The set of buffers that was counted must be the same set of buffers for which the span is reported.
The implementation should not scan twice, once to count the buffers and then again to determine their span. Not only is it inefficient, but it might produce inconsistent results if buffers were completed or arrived between the two scans.
Other implementations can simply maintain counts of these values to easily filter invalid packets. If so, these status counters should be updated and referenced atomically.
The implementation must never report n buffers in a span that is less than n.
Attributes
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:
ATTRIBUTE TYPE
ATTRIBUTE VALUE
Interface Stability
Standard: uDAPL, 1.2
MT-Level
Unsafe
See Also
dat_ep_create(3DAT), dat_srq_create(3DAT), dat_srq_free(3DAT), dat_srq_query(3DAT), dat_ep_set_watermark(3DAT), libdat(3LIB), attributes(5)


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Historical Field Data
Over past decades, a large number of field-based measurements have been collected or acquired over mangroves throughout Australia but many remain outside the public domain and often there is no or limited knowledge of their existence. For this reason, TERN is encouraging these data to be identified, collated and presented in a common format (with appropriate metadata) for public release. Available datasets can be accessed below.
- Field data, Daintree National Park, Queensland
- Structural characteristics of mangrove forests: Compilation of LAI and other variables for experimental and survey sites
This component allows individuals to submit historical datasets including:
- Plot-based measurements of tree size (e.g., diameter, height, canopy cover), including by species type.
- Dead material
- Soil carbon
These data ideally should be submitted according to pre-established TERN protocols and, for further information, please contact Matt Paget.


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EXAMPLES FROM THE WEB FOR RURALS
The desertions from it multiplied at every sitting of the rurals.
Hundreds of "Bravos" answered from the galleries, overwhelming the rurals.
But here were the dear rurals not only escaping him but turning pitilessly against him.
One of the rurals, pointing to the representatives of Paris, cried, "They are stained with the blood of civil war!"
While they were thus bent upon resistance the rurals thought themselves betrayed.
We occupied Courbevoie, that commands the route to Versailles, which made the rurals very anxious.
I don't know the town either, but I think it was in the rurals somewhere.


31 March, 2009
EurekaLog's anti-freeze feature
As you know, EurekaLog is a great tool to catch exceptions in your application. Though there are some cases which you want to consider as "bugs", but there is no exception to catch it!
For example, consider your application is deadlocking. How about endless cycle which loads CPU core up to 100%? What about do not updating your UI for 10 minutes? Are those issues bugs or not?
Yes, all these cases are bugs in your application (*). But no exception is raised in such cases - your application simply stops working. Those cases can be very nasty and hard to diagnose, because your application doesn't show any error message and doesn't generate any log files.
So, how can you catch them?
Okay, if you look in the EurekaLog's project option - you can see something called "Anti-Freeze Options" on the "Advanced Options" tab:
"Advanced Options" tab in EurekaLog's options.
You can read the EL's documentation to find out that if you enable this option then EurekaLog will detect when your application became frozen. What does it mean exactly and how does it work? Some of you can say: "Whoa, that one is cool! Let's use it!", enable the option and then face the strange behavior. You should understand what are you doing before enabling it.
There is no clear definition what does "hung application" mean. Usually the "hung application" is either deadlocking or busy with some heavy processing/computations. However from the user's point of view, your application has stopped working - therefore it is a bug.
To detect such cases you can periodically check if your application is still responding.
Okay, back to EurekaLog. The EurekaLog uses the common technique by using the WM_NULL message. The WM_NULL is a special message that performs no operation. The application should process this message by simple ignoring it. You can use it in many situations. And you can use it to detect hung application too.
What does it mean that application is hung? Deadlock, endless cycle, not updating the UI have one thing in common: they do not process the window messages. In all those cases application is busy with some work and it doesn't call Peek/GetMessage. Therefore, you can send a WM_NULL message to application to see if it'll respond to it in specified time. If you don't get a reply within, say, 30 seconds interval - then the application is probably hung. Notice that "probably" word. Application may really perform some actual work (accessing network or perform complex computations, etc) and it'll come back to life later. Yes, technically this is not an error. But the end-user doesn't care about this stuff. His application has stopped responding - therefore it is a bug.
EurekaLog launches a helper thread (TFreezeThread) at application start up. This thread will constantly asks your main thread with the WM_NULL messages. If you are unable to answer in the specified amount of time then this helper thread starts consider you as "hung" and raises an EFrozenApplication exception. Since this is an exception - the exception can be handled by standard EurekaLog's hooking code. The EurekaLog will generate a full bug-report and send it to you. By default the application will not be terminated after processing the exception. Therefore the exception will be raised a few more times and then the "Restart application" check-box will appear in the exception dialog:
If you don't like this standard behavior - you can easily change it. For example, I personally prefer adding a new exception filter (there is a "Exceptions Filters" tab in the EL's project options) on EFrozenApplication class and changing it's action to "Restart" or "Terminate".
It is important to note that the exception itself is raised from the main thread (and not the helper thread) - therefore a call stack for the exception will contain the proper place where main thread was hung. And by analyzing this call stack, you can detect the source of the problem. Well, raising the exception in the another thread is certainly a dirty trick, involving direct manipulations with thread's context than in rare cases can lead to memory leaks (**) - therefore it can not be used in regular situations. But it is okay in such emergency case - it is better to have bug-report on hung application with (little possible) mem-leak than do not have bug-report at all.
BTW, there is run-time control too! So, if you want to do some heavy lifting in your Button3Click, you can disable anto-freeze checking before and restore it after. To do so, you can play with the CurrentEurekaLogOptions.FreezeActivate property. Setting it to False will abort monitoring helper thread and setting it to True will create a new monitor thread:
procedure TForm1.Button3Click(Sender: TObject);
 CurrentEurekaLogOptions.FreezeActivate := False;
 // <- here goes your actual code
 CurrentEurekaLogOptions.FreezeActivate := True;
Okay, what does it all means to us, if you'll enable this option?
First: your application will receive WM_NULLs (which is 0) periodically. That is how EurekaLog checks if you are alive or not. This should not care you, since you are not supposed to do any processing of WM_NULL message.
Second: you should design your application very carefully. If you write some "bad" code in your Button1Click (and by "bad" I mean code that performs long-time operation) - your application may encounter a "bug". If you have some code that can potentially takes a long time to complete (connection to DB, for example) - now it is a good time to unload such code in the helper thread (and do not forget to abort or kill it after some period of time if it doesn't complete his job).
Third: do not make check-timeout too short. Or you'll be flooded with false bug-reports - only for the reason that Button2Click takes a whopping two seconds to complete instead of half a second on your developer machine. A minute or two is usually a good estimate.
Fourth: the anti-freeze feature starts working only after your main form is created. The start up of more or less complex application usually takes a little time due which the application does not respond to the messages. It is normal behavior and therefore EL wait for application to start up.
Fifth: nothing is free and there is a certain overhead for using this feature. Specifically: a) there is a one more thread in your application and b) it is constantly pumping your message queue with WM_NULL messages. "Constantly" means few times per second here (of course EL do not want to eat 100% of your CPU just to check your activity :) ). From CPU point of view - the helper thread is napping almost always. Therefore those overheads are very low and I don't know why anyone should care about it - but I've mention it just in case.
Sixth: it is important not to mix EurekaLog anti-freeze feature with TIdAntiFreeze or similar Delphi component - those are entirely different things which have only similar name in common.
(*) Well, the last case (not updating UI) is not a bug for you, the developer - since after 10 minutes your application will suddenly come back to life. But this is certainly an error from the end-user's viewpoint.
(**) Consider, what happens with such (typical) code:
SomeObj := TSomeClass.Create();
 //...
What, if the EFrozenException will be raised right after your code exits constructor, but before assigning the object pointer to SomeObj variable? The try-finally block will be skipped, since exception was raised before try. But even if FreeAndNil will be executed - it has nothing to free: the SomeObj is empty. The object reference is forgotten - therefore it is a memory leak. Well, as I said: this is a very rare scenario. You can ignore it when using in such case as hung application - since hung application is already a bug, therefore you don't make the situation worse. But you surely shouldn't use such dangerous technique in the common code.


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Change disks in SQL Cluster.
Here are the general steps recommended for the migration of SQL Storage volumes, for instance:Ensure that there are Full backups of all databases in the system, when just prior to migration.
Stop all SQL Server services (Cluster Manager – Take Offline Services SQL only).
Assigning the new storage volumes and Drive Letter's temporary copies.
Full copy of all existing data, keeping the ACLs of existing volumes to new ones.
Removal of dependencies on the SQL Service of old records.
Removing the Drive Letter's of old records and assignment of these new discs to Drive Letters (attention has to be guaranteed that all drive Letters are kept for each volume replaced)
We recommend that prevented access by the operating system on both nodes to the old disk (disable the making of the Path, or another method which ensures that the OS does not access the old disk), but keeping the data intact in case you need to RollBack.
Allocation of new volumes in the SQL Cluster Group.
Making even the services of SQL "Offline" Move SQL group for each of the physical nodes in the cluster, must raise all funds, with the exception of SQL Services. With this step we ensure that the new volumes are correctly recognized by the OS of each physical node.
Assign dependencies removed in section 5 to the SQL Service, should be exactly the same as previously existing.
Making again the SQL Failover Group, even with the SQL services "Offline", among all physical nodes in the cluster.
Making the Bring Online Services and SQL Move Group from all physical nodes in the cluster to ensure that the SQL service is started successfully on all physical nodes in the cluster.
You can follow the following article concerning optimization of the discs to SQL Server 2008:
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Unleashing the Power of BizTalk Multipart Messages in BizTalk Server 2006/2006 R2/2009/2010
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Introduction
During all these years of interaction with several BizTalk developers, I have noticed that very few have the knowledge of BizTalk Multipart messages and how to correctly use them. In this article, I shall attempt to explain how and when to use Multipart Messages in BizTalk.
Environment
The concepts and code in this article apply to BizTalk Server 2006/2006 R2/2009/2010.
What is a BizTalk Multipart Message?
In BizTalk Server, a multipart message is one which has one or more parts, where each part can be either a XML Schema Definition (XSD) schemas or a .NET class.
When a multipart message is created in BizTalk, the first part would be the body part of the message. This means that the property 'Message Body Part' shall be 'true' for the first part. For all the subsequent parts in a multipart message, the property 'Message Body Part' shall be 'false'. Note that, the order of creation of a multipart message parts is vital, since it avoids compilation errors.
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Every BizTalk multipart message must have at most one message body part set to 'true', in order for it to be valid. In order words, there can be only one part, whose message body part is 'true'.
What are the Steps Required to Create a BizTalk Multipart Message within an Orchestration?
Step 1: In the Orchestration View window, expand the Types node and right-click 'Multi-part Message Types' and then click New Multi-part Message Type.
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Step 2: Select 'MultipartType_1' and then 'MessagePart_1', rename accordingly. Notice that for the part 'MessagePart_1', the property 'Message Body Part' shall be 'true' since it's the first part.
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Step 3: Select the 'Type' property for the part 'MessagePart_1' and associate it with a type which would be a schema.
What is the Message Type for a BizTalk Multipart Message?
The message type for a BizTalk message is identified with the BTS.MessageType property. For a multipart message, it would be the message part with the property 'Message Body Part' = 'true'.
What Happens when a BizTalk Orchestration Receives More Parts in a Multipart Message, Than Was Declared Originally?
If a BizTalk orchestration receives a multipart message which contains additional number of parts than what has been declared, then the orchestration engine maps the proper part types, for the parts that match the number of parts in the declared message type and then constructs XmlDocument parts for the remaining parts.
What are the Steps to Capture these Additional Parts?
Step 1: Declare two variables 'xLangMessage' and 'xLangPart' which are of type Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.XLANGMessage and Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.XLANGPart respectively. Note that you might have to reference the DLL 'Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes'.
Step 2: Assign the multipart message to the variable 'xLangMessage', declared in Step 1.
Step 3: Loop through the multipart message to retrieve one part at a time. Don't forget to increment the loop counter.
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Loop condition:
count < xLangMessage.Count
Extraction:
xLangPart = xLangMessage[count];
count = count + 1;
Is There a Way to Add Additional BizTalk Multipart Message Parts at Runtime within an Orchestration?
Yes, within an Orchestration, BizTalk Server provides the ability to add parts to a multipart message.
Step 1: Create a variable, name it as 'msgPart' of type Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.XLANGMessage, you would need to reference the DLL 'Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes'.
Step 2: Place an expression shape and add the following line:
//Microsoft.XLANGs.BaseTypes.XLANGMessage.AddPart
//(System.Object objectName, String.String partName);
msgPart.AddPart(objectName, partName);
where objectName would be xmlDocument instance and partName is the name of the Multipart message part.
When Do You Want to use a BizTalk Multi-part Message?
Scenario 1: Using a Multi-Part Message Type to wrap the underlying schema.
A BizTalk message is always tied to a schema. Provide a level of indirection by creating a multipart message and then associating the schema as one of its parts. Set the messageType for the message to this newly created Multipart message.
Note that changing a schema associated with a message, when not using multipart messages will require disconnecting all the Ports, Send, and Receive shapes within the Orchestration Designer, hence using multipart messages will avoid this step.
For more information, visit the link '8 Tips And Tricks For Better BizTalk Programming' in the references section in this article.
Scenario 2: Receiving a SOAP envelope (with a SOAP header and SOAP body) within an Orchestration, building a multipart message and sending it to the MessageBox. A PO envelope multipart message consumer orchestration consumes this message from the MessageBox.
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The idea is to create a multipart message using the SOAP envelope. The PO envelope multipart message would hold the header and the body as two separate parts.
Have a look at the orchestration below:
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Extract the SOAP headers using this line of code below:
soapHeader = POIn(WCF.InboundHeaders);
Creating the PO Envelope multipart message:
POEnv.Header_RoutingInfo = PORoutingInfo;
POEnv.Body_PO = POIn;
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Setting the SOAP headers for outbound messages.
xmlDocument = PORoutingInfo;
POOut(WCF.OutboundCustomHeaders) = "<headers>" + xmlDocument.OuterXml + "</headers>";
What is the Argument Around WCF Not Supporting BizTalk Multi-part Messages?
Consider a SOAP request arriving at a receive location in BizTalk server. This SOAP request consists of a SOAP header and a SOAP body. The SOAP header would contain a custom context defined by your application. The SOAP body would typically be the schema that was exposed by the orchestration. This ability of the SOAP adapter to split a SOAP request into a BizTalk Multipart message and then send it to Message Box is very useful feature and saves a lot of development effort.
The WCF adapter on the other hand does NOT really care about SOAP envelopes at all. If you have noticed correctly, the "BizTalk WCF Service Publishing Wizard" does NOT even support the addition of custom headers when you would like to expose an Orchestration as a web service.
There is a way to add custom headers to a WSDL generated by WCF adapter. This is beyond the scope of this article. For additional information, refer to the excellent post by Yossi Dahan in the references section.
Some Common Pitfalls
 1. Avoid defining an orchestration parameter as XLANGMessage or XLANGPart, use a variable instead.
 2. Avoid naming a BizTalk orchestration variable as a 'body', it does NOT compile as 'body' is a reserved word.
Common Compilation Errors While Using Multipart Messages
Error: Multi-part message has body part 'xxx', expected body part 'yyy'.
Why Does This Happen?
When a multipart message is first created in BizTalk Orchestration View, the first part created would automatically become the message body part, which means the part's property 'Message Body Part' shall be 'true'. Consider the case where you would change this property 'Message Body Part' to 'false' and associate a different schema to it and then create another message body part, with the property 'Message Body Part' set to true. Note that BizTalk remembers the order in which the parts which were created, where the first part would always have to be a message body part.
What is the Resolution?
When a BizTalk Multipart message is first created, associate the schema for the message body part first (which forms the MessageType for the multipart message). If they are created in the wrong order, then delete the multi-part message and recreate it again. Problem solved.
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Bottom Camera Position
Now that we know the offset from the top camera to the nozzle, we can use the nozzle to set our bottom camera position.
 1. Navigate to Machine Setup > Cameras > OpenPnpCaptureCamera Bottom. Select the bottom camera
 2. Click on the Position tab. Select the position tab
 3. Home your LumenPnP. Home the machine
 4. Select the Nozzle: N1 from the machine controls dropdown. Select nozzle from machine control dropdown
 5. Click the "Position tool over location" button to bring the left nozzle roughly above the bottom camera. Position the toolhead over the bottom camera
 6. Jog the toolhead until the left nozzle is directly in the center of the bottom camera's vision. Position the toolhead over the bottom camera precisely
 7. Click the "Capture Toolhead Location" button to calculate the correct position for the bottom camera. Make sure your Z height is at 31.5. If it isn't, manually enter 31.5 into the Z field. Store the camera location
 8. Click the Apply button to save the new camera position. Save the camera location
Next Steps
Next is Nozzle Tip Calibration.


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About the Debug URL
When you encounter an issue requiring support, you will be asked to provide a URL to access your solution and instance. The Debug URL will produce a URL that you can send to support that will allow them to access your solution without having to request access.
You can revoke access anytime under My Connections.
There are several ways to access the Debug URL link:
- In the Composer UI under Tools & Settings you will see the Debug URL option.
- A Debug URL link also appears in error messages.
- You can also copy the URL from the address bar of the browser after launching a Composer solution (recommended for Composer Release 7)
When you click, Conga Composer presents a prompt asking for access.
If you allow:
- The system will get a refresh token from Salesforce to allow access. (The Debug URL uses Salesforce OAuth security.)
- There are no time limits to how long support can access the solution for troubleshooting.
- Salesforce session timeout settings will not affect access.
- You do not have to remain logged into Salesforce in order for the URL session to remain accessible.
- You can revoke the access whenever you want via Connections under:
If you deny:
- The URL is generated using the session ID.
- The session will be revoked based on your Salesforce session timeout settings.
- Once you log out of that session the URL will cease to work.
- The URL is not as secure as using the Refresh token.
Generate a Debug URL (Composer Version 8)
In the Composer window, click, and then click.
Composer presents a prompt asking for access.
Click to generate a refresh token from Salesforce to allow access. This allows for troubleshooting without time limits. You can revoke this token after your support session.
Or Click to generate the URL using a session ID. This allows for troubleshooting until the current session expires or you log out.
Copy the contents of the Debug Url window.
This can then be pasted into the support form or emailed to your support representative.
Generate a Debug URL (Composer Version 7)
- Click the Launch button.
- The Conga Composer user interface will now display in a new browser tab.
Note: if you have enabled background mode (&DS7), you will need to disable it (&DS7=0) in order to reach the Composer user interface.
- Click on the browser URL, highlight the entire URL, and copy it.
The URL you copied from the Composer user interface is the debug URL; it should look something like this:


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H. E. Weekes; V. A. Vorontsov; I. P. Dolbnya; J. D. Plummer; F. Giuliani; T. B. Britton; D. Dye
Acta Materialia 92 (2015) 81-96
Deformation of hydrided Zircaloy-4 has been examined using in situ loading of hydrided micropillars in the scanning electron microscope and using synchrotron X-ray Laue microbeam diffraction. Results suggest that both the matrix and hydride can co-deform, with storage of deformation defects observed within the hydrides, which were twinned. Hydrides placed at the plane of maximum shear stress showed deformation within the hydride packet, whilst packets in other pillars arrested the propagation of shear bands. X-ray Laue peak broadening, prior to deformation, was associated with the precipitation of hydrides, and during deformation plastic rotation and broadening of both the matrix and hydride peaks were observed. Post-mortem TEM of the deformed pillars has indicated a greater density of dislocations associated with the precipitated hydride packets, while the observed broadening of the hydride electron diffraction spots further suggests that plastic strain gradients were induced in the hydrides by compression.


Question by Rajesh27 (20)
What do you feed to a baby rabbit?
Answer by cpxi (191)
A newborn baby rabbit should have its mother's milk. After weaning, it should have alfalfa and fresh produce such as kale.
Answer by cmunch (97)
Surprisingly enough, should be Kitten Milk or "Kitten Milk Replacer". You can get this at most every pet store or at veterinarian offices. Do not feed them any more than two times per day. Typically they should actually only be fed once per day, but the milk is just a replacement for the baby rabbit's mother's milk. So be careful.
Answer by tmstp6207 (43)
If the baby bunny is less than 4 weeks old, you can find kitten milk replacers at petstores or a vet. After 4 weeks old, they can be weaned.
Answer by cristiana (44)
give them milk powder MILUMIL 2, you prepare the recipe and give them a seringe (no needle of course) you take turns with his hands and put in his mouth the blunt plastic tip of the syringe and push the syringe plunger slightly and steadily Give them three times a day and gradually increase the ratio (milk to be warm)
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Boiled corn is sweetcorn that has been boiled in water up to a certain temperature in order to cook it.
Sweet corn is the result of a naturally occurring recessive mutation in the genes which control conversion of sugar to starch.
This is inside the endosperm of the corn kernel.
It is a popular food to eat and eaten either as part of a cob or as loose kernels.
Boiled corn is usually purchased from grocery stores as corn on the cob or indeed in canned varieties.
So can hamsters eat boiled corn?
Yes they can in small amounts in moderation. They will enjoy it.
However, it is quite acidic and so too much of it is not entirely good for them.


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About Benjamin Kubelsky
Jack Benny (born Benjamin Kubelsky, February 14, 1894 – December 26, 1974) was an American comedian, vaudevillian, radio, television, and film actor, and also a notable violinist. Widely recognized as one of the leading American entertainers of the 20th century, Benny played the role of the comic penny-pinching miser, insisting on remaining 39 years old on stage despite his actual age, and often playing the violin badly.
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Configuration Archiving
Problem
You want to automatically maintain an archive of router configuration files.
Solution
To create an archive of old configuration files, use the following set of commands:
Router1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router1(config)#archive
Router1(config-archive)#path slot0:/configs/$h
Router1(config-archive)#write-memory
Router1(config-archive)#time-period 1440
Router1(config-archive)#end
Router1#

Discussion
Starting with IOS Version 12.3(4)T, Cisco introduced the ability to archive IOS configuration files. Once the feature is enabled, the router's configuration is stored in the archive each time you issue a write memory or copy running-config startup-config. In our example, we chose to save the archive configuration files on the flash card in slot0; however, you can also store the configuration files remotely using such protocols as TFTP.
Before the router can store the files in the location we've configured, we first need to create the directory configs. You don't need to store the archive files within a directory, but it's a good idea to keep the archive files together and away from other files such as IOS images. To create a directory in flash, use the mkdir command:
Router1#cd slot0:
Router1#mkdir configs
Create directory filename [configs]?
Created dir slot0:/configs
Router1#
Once the directory is created, the router will begin to automatically store its router configuration files each time you save the configuration file to NVRAM. In addition, you will notice that we configured a periodic archive every 1,440 minutes, or once a day. This is purely optional, but is a nice feature to enableespecially if you're saving the router configuration files to a remote server.
To view the archive configuration, use the show archive command:
Router1#show archive
There are currently 5 archive configurations saved.
The next archive file will be named slot0:/configs/Router1-5
 Archive # Name
 0
 1 slot0:/configs/Router1-1
 2 slot0:/configs/Router1-2
 3 slot0:/configs/Router1-3
 4 slot0:/configs/Router1-4 <- Most Recent
 5
 6
 7
 8
 9
 10
 11
 12
 13
 14
Router1#
Notice that we already have five archived configurations saved. Also notice the name of each file begins with the hostname and has a suffix of "-" and a number. If you recall, we configured the path to include "$h", which automatically uses the hostname to name the archive files. You can choose to explicitly name the archive files yourself but this provides a nice easy way to name the files, especially if you're configuring a group or routers at once using a script. You can also choose to include a date/time stamp in the filename as well by including the "$t" variable in the filename:
Router1(config-archive)#path slot0:/configs/$h$t
The file numbering is automatically tagged on to the end of each filename to ensure uniqueness and allow you to determine the order of creation. By default, 14 archive files are stored; however, you can adjust the number of archive files by using the maximum command:
Router1#configure terminal
Enter configuration commands, one per line. End with CNTL/Z.
Router1(config)#archive
Router1(config-archive)#maximum 10
Router1(config-archive)#end
Router1#
The router automatically overwrites the oldest archive once the maximum number of archives is reached to ensure you always have the more recent archive files available.
Another useful feature of maintaining a configuration files archive is the ability to view the differences between archive files and the ability to perform a configuration rollback. For instance, to view the configuration differences between the current running configuration and a particular archive file, use the following command:
Router1#show archive config differences slot0:/configs/Router1-1
Contextual Config Diffs:
+ip cef
-no ip cef
Router1#
In this simple example, the only difference is that we've disabled ip cef. Notice that commands added to the configuration file are marked with a "+" sign and commands removed from the file are marked with a "-" sign.
Say you wish to resort back to a previous configuration archive file. We recommend that you first store the current running configuration file by using the archive config EXEC command, and then issue the configure replace command. In the next example we chose to roll back the configuration to the archive file named "Router1-1":
Router1#archive config
Router1#configure replace slot0:/configs/Router1-1
This will apply all necessary additions and deletions
to replace the current running configuration with the
contents of the specified configuration file, which is
assumed to be a complete configuration, not a partial
configuration. Enter Y if you are sure you want to proceed. ? [no]: y
Total number of passes: 1
Rollback Done
Router1#
This is a nice feature, since it provides an elegent method of rolling back the configuration file in case you make a mistake or a new feature didn't work as planned.
See Also
Recipe 1.18
Router Configuration and File Management
Router Management
User Access and Privilege Levels
TACACS+
IP Routing
RIP
EIGRP
OSPF
BGP
Frame Relay
Handling Queuing and Congestion
Tunnels and VPNs
Dial Backup
NTP and Time
DLSw
Router Interfaces and Media
Simple Network Management Protocol
Logging
Access-Lists
DHCP
NAT
First Hop Redundancy Protocols
IP Multicast
IP Mobility
IPv6
MPLS
Security
Appendix 1. External Software Packages
Appendix 2. IP Precedence, TOS, and DSCP Classifications
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 as possible. Some definite things to EXclude are memory
 managers (HIMEM, EMM386, QEMM, etc.) and network drivers
 (e.g. LSL, IPXODI). DOOM doesn't need the former, and the
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 recommend that you prepare an alternate configuration
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 Step 1: Set up the packet driver. If you do not
 already have a suitable packet driver installed on your
 machine, now is the time to install one. Start by
 determining your ethernet card's IRQ setting, it's base
 I/O port setting, and it's memory address setting (if
 any). You should be able to determine this by looking at
 the card itself and consulting the user manual. You'll
 need some if not all of this information, depending upon
 which packet driver you use and/or type of hardware you
 have (for example, some IBM computers with the
 MicroChannel bus can determine the settings on the card
 automatically without you having to supply them on the
 packet driver command line). Unzip the appropriate driver
 from Crynwr Packet Driver collection archive. In our
 example, the packet driver is called SMC_WD.COM. By
 looking at the jumpers on the card and consulting the
 is at segment d800h. For this example, I have chosen to
 use interrupt 60h for the packet driver. Packet drivers
 typically operate on an interrupt in the range of 60h to
 80h inclusive; since nothing else in my sample system
 happens to be using the first available interrupt (INT
 60h), I chose that. Thus, to load my packet driver, I use
 the command line
 SMC_WD 0x60 0x7 0x300 0xd800
 where 0x60 is the packet driver interrupt, 0x7 is the IRQ
 setting on the card, 0x300 is the I/O port base address,
 and 0xd800 is the memory base address (NOTE: all numbers
 are in C-style HEX notation). Don't worry if you don't
 understand what all this stuff means - as long as you use
 the correct numbers, your packet driver should work.
 NOTE: If your PC is currently part of a Novell network
 (e.g. Netware, Netware Lite, Personal Netware) the
 parameters you need can be found in a file called
 NET.CFG, usually located in your \NOVELL, \NWLITE or
 \NWCLIENT subdirectories (along with all the other
 drivers needed by Novell). Add the proper command line to
 the AUTOEXEC.BAT for your iFrag configuration so that the
 packet driver will be loaded automatically whenever you
 boot using the iFrag partition.
 When successfully loaded, the packet driver should
 give a sign on message and report the ethernet address of
 your NIC when you load it. Chances are that if your NIC
 has been functioning properly for other tasks (e.g. as a
 node on a Novell network) then you'll have no problems
 here. If not, or if there are any error or warning
 messages, something is wrong. One possibility is that one
 of the settings on your NIC is in conflict with those of
 another expansion card in your system. No two cards can
 have the same IRQ, I/O port, or memory address settings,
 nor can the memory areas of two cards overlap. Whatever
 the cause, you'll need to find and correct the problem
 before continuing.
 Step 2: Set up a new directory where iFrag and all
 its configuration files will be kept. You can name this
 directory anything you like (I suggest c:\iFrag). UnZIP
 the idoom20.zip file into this new directory, and make it
 the default (chdir to it). We will refer to this
 directory as the "iFrag directory."
 Step 3: Set up your WATTCP.CFG file. Your WATTCP.CFG
 file contains important parameters used by the WATTCP
 TCP/IP kernel built into iFrag. These values MUST be
 entered correctly if you wish to make a connection with
 another DOOM PC. In preparation for this, you'll need
 several bits of information. Contact the network
 administrator for your site and find out the IP address
 for your machine, the IP address for your gateway or
 router, the IP address of at least one Domain Name Server
 local to your site, and your netmask value. The three IP
 addresses will each consist of four groups of digits
 separated by periods. In our example, the machine's IP
 address is, the gateway is, the
 netmask is, and the nameserver address is NOTE: it is important to use the numeric
 have other Internet programs currently installed on your
 machine, such as a Gopher client or the Trumpet
 newsreader, you can probably find the information you
 need in the configuration files used for those programs.
 If the application is based on the Waterloo TCP package,
 it will have it's own WATTCP.CFG, in which case you can
 simply copy it over to your iFrag directory. When you
 have collected all this information, use your favorite
 ASCII text editor to edit the WATTCP.CFG file in your
 iFrag directory. Edit or add the lines beginning with
 my_ip=, gateway=, nameserver=, and netmask=. On our
 example machine, the WATTCP.CFG file looks like this:
 Save the changed file and exit back to DOS.
 Some sites run what is called a BOOTP server. If
 yours is such a site, you can put "BOOTP" on the "my_ip="
 line and leave the other lines out. iFrag can contact the
 BOOTP server and determine all the settings it needs to
 communicate with other machines on the Internet. If your
 site is not running a BOOTP server, then your task is a
 little more difficult (but not impossible!)
 If you know your machine's IP address, but you can't
 determine the other values, you can often get away with
 some educated guesswork. For instance, the gateway for a
 subnet usually has an IP address ending in.1, as is the
 case with our example. Thus, if your IP address is
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 xxx.yyy.zzz.1. As for the subnet mask, a common value for
 this parameter is In some cases, the
 gateway value can be something like xxx.yyy.1.1 with a
 corresponding netmask value of - if one
 doesn't work, it can't hurt to try the other. Finally, if
 you don't know your nameserver's IP address, you can
 probably get by without it for the purposes of DOOM
 playing. Since you'll be specifying IP addresses for all
 of your opponents' machines, a nameserver lookup won't be
 necessary to resolve their addresses.
 Step 4: Test your TCP/IP setup. Reboot your machine
 and select your new iFrag configuration. Next, use your
 network diagnostic programs to test the connection. For
 example, if you are using the WATTCP application suite
 mentioned earlier, unzip the TCPINFO and PING programs
 from the WATTCP apps archive into your iFrag directory.
 At the DOS prompt, type:
 and press the key. If your WATTCP.CFG values are
 set up correctly, and if your packet driver and net
 connection are functional, you'll see a couple of screens
 of information about your system, including your ethernet
 address and the parameters you specified in the
 WATTCP.CFG file.
 If everything looks OK, the next step is to use the
 PING program to attempt to establish contact with your
 subnet gateway. At the DOS prompt, type
 PING
 and press the key. After a brief delay, you
 should see a message telling you that the host is
 responding, as well as the round trip time for PING's
 test packets. If you see the "Timeout" error message,
 then something is wrong with your setup; if your PC is
 unable to reach your gateway, it will be unable to reach
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This week I had pleasure of meeting Vagif Abilov on Tomas Petricek and I's Advanced F# course at Skills Matter. Vagif mentioned a Ruby implementation of Conway's Game of Life being squeezed into 140 characters for tweeting and how that might look in F#.
Here's the 140 characters of Ruby:
And 127 characters of F#:
let f s g = g|>List.mapi(fun i x->match Seq.sumBy(fun o->
g.[abs((i+o)%(s*s))])[-1-s;-s;1-s;-1;1;-1+s;s;1+s]with 3->1|2->x|_->0)
Like the Ruby version, the F# implementation above takes a shortcut when computing points outside of the grid.
This is what the function looks like with added white space, variable names and comments:
let generate size grid =
 grid |> List.mapi (fun i value->
 /// Neighbours count
 let count =
 let s = size
 -1; 1;
 -1+s;s; 1+s]
 |> Seq.sumBy (fun o ->
 let offset = abs((i + o) % grid.Length)
 // Evaluate life
 match value, count with
 | _, 3 -> 1
 | n, 2 -> n
 | _, _ -> 0
The game grid can is expressed as a list:
let grid = [
Visualizing the grid on the console:
let show (size:int) (grid:int list) =
 for y=0 to (_URL_ do
 |> (fun x -> grid.[y * size + x].ToString())
 |> String.concat ""
 |> printfn "%s"
Or watch it running in your browser:
(I used Pit to compile the F# code to JavaScript)
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What makes a good step definition
Following on from last week's What makes a good feature file article, this week it's time to tackle what makes a good step definition. To automatically test that an application's behaviour matches that defined by the scenarios in a feature file, a mapping is required. Step definitions provide that mapping from the lines in a feature file to the code that implements the feature.
Starting with a Given:
Given I have entered 0.1134 into the calculator
Ruby step definition for use with Cucumber::
Given /I have entered (.*) into the calculator/ do |n|
 # Some Ruby code here
The code above specifies a regular expression used to match lines in the feature file and an anonymous function to execute.
C# attributed step definition compatible with both SpecFlow and TickSpec:
[Given(@"I have entered (.*) into the calculator")]
public void GivenIHaveEnteredNIntoTheCalculator(int n)
 // C# code here
Again a regular expression is specified, however this time the function is public and reflection is used for invocation.
F# attributed step definition compatible with TickSpec:
let [] ''I have entered (.*) into the calculator''(n:int) =
 // F# code here
F# allows white space and special charecters in method names enclosed with backticks. This removes the need for both an attribute and a function name.
TickSpec also supports anonymous functions as Ruby with Cucumber, i.e.:
Given "I have entered (.*) into the calculator" (fun [Int n] –>
 // F# code here
From a terseness point of view it looks like Ruby and F# the advantage for writing step definitions. But that's only part of the story…
By default in frameworks like Cucumber and SpecFlow step definitions are defined globally, so that they can be shared or reused. Global functions are usually fine for small programs, but for larger programs we usually group them into classes or modules for maintainability.
With SpecFlow and TickSpec it is possible to constrain the scope of a step definition or set of step definitions via a StepScope attribute:
public class AdditionSteps
 public void GivenIHaveEnteredNIntoTheCalculator(int n)
 // C# code here
Here the step definition methods in the AdditionSteps class are only matched against the Addition feature. This allows the wording in the feature file to evolve without affecting other feature files, and it allows the actions in the methods to vary too. It also means that it is easy to find the step definitions that map to a feature file in one place.
Using a class level step definition scope is quite similar conceptually to using a View Model within the MVVM pattern, where the View Model is responsible for mapping from view to model. It adds a layer of indirection over binding directly to the model, but allows the application to evolve more easily over time.
Note: TickSpec can apply scope to both Step bindings and Event bindings like BeforeScenario and AfterScenario. There is currently was an open bug on this in SpecFlow (since fixed).
Fluent interfaces
So far the step definition examples have included a "code here" comment. This is where we arrange, act and assert. In the Given steps the preconditions are arranged. The When steps execute the actions. Finally the Then steps assert the outcome. This is almost identical to the steps you'd take in TDD for a unit test, except the parts are spread across multiple methods.
Note: The state for a scenario can also be initialized in a method marked with BeforeScenario attribute
For the arrange and act steps, DSL approaches like fluent interfaces can be useful for making step definitions more readable and maintainable.
In the arrange steps using the builder pattern is useful to build up the initial state:
public void constructPizza()
In the act steps a fluent assertion API is useful, for example the FsUnit F# library:
1 |> should equal 1
anArray |> should haveLength 4
anObj |> should not (be Null)
Using fluent interfaces inside the step definition functions can make them more readable and maintainable. For larger projects constraining the scope of step definitions helps make them more maintainable. Finally step definitions can sometimes be written more concisely in languages like Ruby and F#.


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Context-driven testing explained
Often you need to consider the context in which software testing is done. Software testing expert Karen N. Johnson explains one of the principles of context-driven testing.
What does it mean to believe in the context-driven school of testing?
There are seven basic principles of the context-driven school. Let me describe my belief about the second principle. The second principle states that there are good practices in context, but no best practices. My view on the second principle is I don't view best practices as a sensible statement. There are many good practices, but there is not one set of best practices that make sense in all contexts.
What do I mean by that? The danger in prescribing to best practices is that testers and test managers might believe they need to apply best practices in all contexts. If the use of best practices inhibits additional testing ideas or prevents the pursuit of creating a new practice that makes sense for the project, then the use of best practices is counterproductive.
If you stop thinking of additional tests or believe you've addressed all the testing necessary because you've reviewed some set of best practices, then the term best practices could cause more harm than good. Consider best practices; apply what makes sense for the product and the project. Consider whether you need to develop other practices to best suit the project.
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The development of digitally recorded speech audiometry materials in Mandarin Chinese has been limited to date. High quality materials proliferate in the English language and have been developed for other languages such as Brazilian Portuguese, Spanish, Japanese, Korean, French, Italian, Polish, and Russian. The aims of this study were to develop, digitally record, evaluate, and equate words and word lists in Mandarin Chinese to use for speech reception threshold testing and for speech discrimination testing. The words that were evaluated were chosen from a Chinese frequency usage dictionary. One native male and one native female talker recorded the words onto a compact disc. These words were then evaluated on 20 normally-hearing subjects, all of whom were natives of mainland China. Following the tests, the words and word lists were analyzed using logistic regression. For speech reception threshold testing, 24 Mandarin Chinese trisyllabic words with steep psychometric function slopes were selected. Their intensities were adjusted to match the mean subject pure-tone average of 3.0 dB HL. The mean slopes for these selected male and female trisyllabic words were 11.3 %/dB and 12.1 %/dB, respectively. For the speech discrimination testing, the 200 bisyllabic words with the steepest logistic regression slopes were divided among four psychometrically equivalent lists of 50 words each and eight half-lists of 25 words each. The intensity of each word list was digitally adjusted so that the threshold of each list was equal to the midpoint between the mean thresholds of the male and female half-lists. All lists were homogeneous with respect to audibility and psychometric function slope. Digital recordings of the psychometrically equivalent word lists are included on a compact disc.
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Jennings, Lara-Jill, "Psychometrically Equivalent Digital Recordings for Speech Audiometry Testing in Mandarin Chinese: Standard Mandarin Dialect" (2005). All Theses and Dissertations. 713.
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