Common mistakes#
1. Creating cells without cell decorator#
The cell decorator names cells deterministically and uniquely based on the name of the functions and its parameters.
It also uses a caching mechanisms that improves performance and guards against duplicated names.
1.a naming cells manually#
Naming cells manually is susceptible to name colisions
in GDS you can't have two cells with the same name.
For example: this code will raise a duplicated cell name ValueError
import gdsfactory as gf
c1 = gf.Component('wg')
c1 << gf.components.straight(length = 5)
c2 = gf.Component('wg')
c2 << gf.components.straight(length = 50)
c3 = gf.Component('waveguides')
wg1 = c3 << c1
wg2 = c3 << c2
wg2.movey(10)
c3
Solution: Use the gf.cell decorator for automatic naming your components.
[1]:
import gdsfactory as gf
@gf.cell
def wg(length: float = 3):
 return gf.components.straight(length=length)
print(wg(length=5))
print(wg(length=50))
2022-06-28 17:03:04.898 | INFO | gdsfactory.config:<module>:52 - Load '/home/runner/work/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/gdsfactory' 5.11.4
wg_length5: uid 2, ports ['o1', 'o2'], aliases [], 4 polygons, 0 references
wg_length50: uid 5, ports ['o1', 'o2'], aliases [], 4 polygons, 0 references
1.b Not naming components with a unique and deterministic name#
In the case of not wrapping the function with cell you will get unique names thanks to the unique identifier uuid.
This name will be different and non-deterministic for different invocations of the script.
However it will be hard for you to know where that cell came from.
[2]:
c1 = gf.Component()
c2 = gf.Component()
print(c1.name)
print(c2.name)
Unnamed_4d9d9df2
Unnamed_47fb7d35
Notice how gdsfactory raises a Warning when you save this Unnamed Components
[3]:
c1.write_gds()
/home/runner/work/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/component.py:1054: UserWarning: Component 'Unnamed_4d9d9df2' contains 1 Unnamed cells
 warnings.warn(
2022-06-28 17:03:05.774 | INFO | gdsfactory.component:write_gds:1062 - Write GDS to '/tmp/tmp_adtai9k/gdsfactory/Unnamed_4d9d9df2.gds'
[3]:
PosixPath('/tmp/tmp_adtai9k/gdsfactory/Unnamed_4d9d9df2.gds')
1.c Intermediate Unnamed cells#
While creating a cell, you should not create intermediate cells, because they won't get a name.
[4]:
@gf.cell
def die_bad():
 """c1 is an intermediate Unnamed cell"""
 c1 = gf.Component()
 c1 << gf.components.straight(length=10)
 c2 = gf.components.die_bbox(c1, street_width=10)
 return c2
c = die_bad(cache=False)
print(c.references)
c
[ComponentReference (parent Component "Unnamed_1781a6ee", ports [], origin [-5. 0.], rotation 0, x_reflection False)]
/home/runner/work/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/gdsfactory/component.py:1054: UserWarning: Component 'die_bad' contains 1 Unnamed cells
 warnings.warn(
../_images/notebooks_common_mistakes_7_2.png
[4]:
die_bad: uid 12, ports [], aliases [], 4 polygons, 1 references
Solution1 Don't use intermediate cells
[5]:
@gf.cell
def die_good():
 c = gf.Component()
 c << gf.components.straight(length=10)
 c << gf.components.die_bbox_frame(c.bbox, street_width=10)
 return c
c = die_good(cache=False)
print(c.references)
c
[ComponentReference (parent Component "straight_length10", ports ['o1', 'o2'], origin (0, 0), rotation 0, x_reflection False), ComponentReference (parent Component "die_bbox_frame_d6368d3a", ports [], origin (0, 0), rotation 0, x_reflection False)]
../_images/notebooks_common_mistakes_9_1.png
[5]:
die_good: uid 13, ports [], aliases [], 0 polygons, 2 references
Solution2 You can flatten the cell, but you will lose the memory savings from cell references. Solution1 is more elegant.
[6]:
@gf.cell
def die_flat():
 """c will be an intermediate unnamed cell"""
 c = gf.Component()
 c << gf.components.straight(length=10)
 c2 = gf.components.die_bbox(c, street_width=10)
 c2 = c2.flatten()
 return c2
c = die_flat(cache=False)
print(c.references)
c
[]
../_images/notebooks_common_mistakes_11_1.png
[6]:
die_flat: uid 19, ports [], aliases [], 10 polygons, 0 references
[ ]:


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Hot water price of indian thermic boiler is one of the important equipment for the district to provide our real estate company, and two gas hot water provide the fast boiler boiler flotilla of environmental performance, in full compliance with state regulations after smoke was detected in the rear of the boiler. And boiler operation is safe, stable, we use the very at ease. --customer feedback
Use hot water price of indian thermic boiler and hot water boiler works mainly heating and bathing two purposes. Through the hot water circulation pump circulating the hot water tank insulation, the heating cycle hot water tank, may be achieved bath object; circulation pump for circulating water through the hot water heating conduit, through the heat sink (radiator) can live up to the requirements of heating ; hot water boiler and hot water circulating pump with heat exchanger can be achieved bathing and heating dual function. Natural circulation boiler water, into the water were taken over from the top of the drum, the water from the water distribution pipe guide and drop into the front side lower header pipe, through the waterwall tubes heating rise. The front drum, rear end plate is provided with impermeable boundary falling rising flow, only the lower half of the drum cross-impermeable partition plate. For the forced circulation, the water access to the front end of the lower header, the front drum increases to upper waterwall tubes (waterwall downcomer Cancellation time), and then transferred to the waterwall tubes downcomer side to side lower header, then into the side of the cloth water wall tube rose to the drum, and from the front row convection bank down to the next drum, and finally between the upper and lower drum and several circuitous flow of water from the rear end of the drum.
Now more popular heating methods are: heating and air conditioning, heat sink (radiator) heating and underfloor heating. Three methods have their own characteristics, equipment supply heat from the price of indian thermic boiler, the heating temperature difference between these three issues is an important way to generate precautions.
Corrosion is a serious hazard gas price of indian thermic boiler run time, the danger goes without saying that a lot of companies use gas-fired boiler units attach great importance to the boiler corrosion protection measures, and achieved some success. It should be emphasized that not only corrosion occurs during operation of the gas central heating boiler, if not take appropriate protective measures during boiler outage, will enter the oxygen in the gas boiler wet metal surface corrosion, this corrosion caused by damage to the gas boiler, much more often than in the serious corrosion in boiler operation, therefore, must draw our attention.

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Create a protective sphere
Hand gesture, fear, concentration
Orb Shield is the ability to create a sphere or barrier out of orbs in order to defend oneself or others. It is a form of Force Field which appears as translucent blue energy. This power is a highly focused advancement of Telekinetic Orbing, developed by Wyatt Halliwell and Paige Matthews.
Using this power, the possessor can:
- Shield against harm; most notably projectile attacks.
- Repel enemies and powers with the force of the shield.
- Project a shield around something in order to protect or contain it.
Wyatt Halliwell was the first shown user of this power. He was usually using it in a form of protective bubble, he used it in this form for the first time in the episode "Baby's First Demon", when he was attacked by a demon for the first time. Paige developed this power when being attacked by demons in the comic "Innocents Lost". While alerting Piper to a demon's approaching fire throwing power, Paige raised her arm, blocking the attack with an Orb Shield. She used this power at will for the first time in "Unnatural Resources", while protecting herself from falling debris and fireballs.
The Orb Shield can be manipulated by other powers. A demon was seen hitting the Orb Shield with a beam, which caused the bubble to fly away, along with everything inside of the bubble. In "It's a Bad, Bad, Bad, Bad World", Gideon was able to orb the protective bubble with Wyatt inside by channeling Electrokinesis into the bubble, establishing contact, and then orbing away with it. In "The Heavens Can Wait", Paige kept the shield around her sisters long enough for Phoebe to lift it with her Levitation and for Piper to move it across a battlefield with her Molecular Acceleration.
In "Sam, I Am", Wyatt created this shield over Piper's stomach while he was in her womb. This was the first time an Orb Shield was used, however, it had differed from the later usual spherical form. In "Prue Ya Gonna Call?", when Prue Halliwell acquires this power during the magical switch, she produces a small Orb Shield in front of her right arm, resembling the form Wyatt used from the womb in "Sam, I Am".
- So far, the Orb Shield was shown to protect four people at most.
- Although he used other powers from inside the womb, this was the first power Wyatt Halliwell used after he was born.
- This was the first new power gained in the Comics.

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text: Background: The present study investigated working memory capacity, lexical access, phonological skills and reading ability in 6 children with cochlear implants (CI), attending grades 1-3. For each test measure, the individual performance of the children was compared to a grade-matched comparison group of children with normal hearing. Performance was also studied in relation to demographic factors. Material/Methods: Cognitive skills were assessed in a computer-based test battery. Different aspects of each of the component skills were tapped in various subtests. Reading comprehension was measured by the Woodcock Reading Mastery Test and decoding was assessed in the Test of Word Reading (TOWRE). The children were also tested on orthographic learning. Results: These children with CI have specific difficulties in tasks of phonological skills and phonological working memory (WM) where nonwords are used as test stimuli. They do not seem to have problems with phonological processing of words for which they have a well defined phonological representation. They also experienced relatively more difficulties in tasks on lexical access without any contextual information. Conclusions: We suggest that children with CI are particularly efficient in using compensatory strategies in situations where their auditory perception does not provide sufficient information to correctly match the incoming speech signal to a corresponding representation in longterm phonological storage. The children with CI in this study were skilled readers, both for decoding of words and nonwords and for reading comprehension. They may use both orthographic and phonological reading strategies, although most of them seem to be dependent on phonological decoding to some extent.


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Fifteen balls that represent gas particles (atoms or molecules) move inside a box. All of the balls start out moving with the same speed in random directions. For example, the 700 m/s speed is appropriate for neon at 392 K = 119 °C. As the balls collide elastically with the walls and each other (so their total energy is conserved), the speeds of the balls change.
The color of each ball shows its speed, as shown on the bar graph on the right side of the screen. The bar graph shows the average percentage of balls in each speed range. This average is taken over the time since the balls started moving.
1. Use the drop-down menu to select the initial speed of the balls.
2. Press the Start button to start the animation.
3. Press the Pause button to stop the motion of the balls.
4. Press the Reset button to run the animation again. You may change the value of the initial speed after you press the Reset button.
Warning: Remember that for a head-on collision, the balls will trade speeds. In this case, the balls will trade colors, and it may appear that the balls pass through each other. This is just an illusion caused by trading colors.

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Pong sessions.
-scripting
Starts the Scripting service.
-sscachedirectory=directory
Sets the environment cache directory.
-sscachemaxentries=entries
Sets the maximum number of environment cache entries.
-sscachemaxsize=kibibytes
Sets the maximum size of the environment cache in kibibytes.
-sskeepaliveinterval=milliseconds
Sets the keep-alive interval in milliseconds.
-sskeepalivetimeout=milliseconds
Sets the keep-alive timeout in milliseconds.
-sskeeptempdirs
Turns on keeping all temporary files for debugging. Handle with care!
-ssmaxthreads=threads
Sets an upper limit for the number of simultaneous sessions.
-sstransmittimeout=milliseconds
Sets the transmission timeout in milliseconds.
ENVIRONMENT
server uses the environment variables CSP_SERVER and CSP_INTERVAL to define a CSP server to send reports to in the specified interval.
DIAGNOSTICS
If loglevel>0, log messages will be printed to stdout or into a specified log file.
SEE ALSO
For a detailed introduction to RSerPool, see: _URL_-duisburg- essen.de/servlets/DerivateServlet/Derivate-16326/Dre2006-final.pdf
Thomas Dreibholz's RSerPool Page: _URL_
AUTHORS
Dr. Thomas Dreibholz _URL_
mailto://_EMAIL_-due.de


Experiments Conducted in Support of Transport Flask Heat Transfer Assessments
 - E. Livesey
 - W. E. Swindlehurst
Abstract
Water filled and gas filled flasks are used to transport irradiated LWR fuel. A programme of experimental work has been conducted to provide data for thermal modelling. Operational, regulatory and extra regulatory conditions have been covered.
In some wet flask designs the fuel is carried with an inner container separated from the flask body by a narrow water filled annulus. Experiments have been conducted to correlate the heat transfer across the annulus. In dry flask designs however a significant temperature drop occurs between the fuel array and its surroundings and a series of tests on a simulated fuel element in a gas environment has been carried out. Fins are generally fitted to the outside of flasks carrying high heat output fuel in order to improve the convectional heat transfer to ambient. Design data have been derived from tests on large diameter finned sections with various combinations of pitch and fin height. Other work has included an experimental survey of flask emissivity data and thermal trials on a full size flask.
During a fire, heat is transferred to the flask surface by radiation and convection from the flames. To provide for heat input data, tests have been carried out to determine the heat flux to a full size finned section of a flask surface when subjected to a hydrocarbon pool fire. Although not a regulatory requirement, BNFL have also investigated the thermal response of a wet flask in the extremely unlikely event of loss of water. Tests have been conducted on a wet flask operated dry, containing simulated fuel elements. Transient tests were carried out over a range of fuel powers, filling gases, internal pressures and partial refill with water.
Keywords
Convection Total Heat Transportation Helium Hydrocarbon
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References
 1. Burgess, M.H., Spiller, G.T., Livesey, E. (1983). Thermal Trials on a Water Cooled LWR Flask. PATRAM 83 paper 19.Google Scholar
 2. Drake, S., Sibson, P., Livesey, E. (1988). Experimental Investigation of Natural Convection Heat Transfer in Narrow Water Filled Horizontal Annuli. Second UK National Heat Transfer Conference paper C361/221.Google Scholar
 3. Fry, C.J., Livesey, E., Spiller, G.T., MacGregor, B.R. (1983). Heat Transfer in a Dry Horizontal Spent LWR Fuel Assembly. PATRAM 83 paper 24.Google Scholar
 4. Middleton, J.E., Livesey, E. (1986). Full Scale Experiment to Determine the Thermal Response Following Loss of Coolant Water from a Flask Containing Irradiated LWR Fuel. PATRAM 86, IAEA-SM-286/86P.Google Scholar
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Authors and Affiliations
 - E. Livesey
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 - W. E. Swindlehurst
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 1. 1.British Nuclear Fuels plcRisley, Warrington, CheshireUK
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MAXINE HUNTE AND LEIGH-ANN WALDROPT BONAIR, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST INDIES, TRINIDAD AND TOBAGO
Abstract: Crime represents a substantial development challenge in the Caribbean region. In Trinidad and Tobago, crime is a high priority issue that consumes public and government attention. Consequently, the government is confronted with increasing pressure to implement effective policy to respond to the escalating crime. This paper attempts to explore the changing nature and trends in crime in Trinidad and Tobago. It particularly focuses on the upsurge in violent (serious) crimes, with special emphasis on homicides and its 'juvenisation'. The paper also discusses the implications of these demographic changes and proposes appropriate crime reduction strategies.
Keywords: Crime, homicide, youth, crime reduction strategies, Trinidad and Tobago


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The management model of the MEID project: tools for Sustainable Industrial Areas and opportunities for SMEs
An EU research project (Mediterranean Eco-Industrial Development, (MEID)) which involves different actors from Mediterranean and Western Balkans region, is concluded in May 2013.
An EU research project (Mediterranean Eco-Industrial Development, (MEID)) which involves different actors from Mediterranean and Western Balkans region, is currently in progress. Its general objective is to provide innovative management figures and a decision support tool (model) to plan, build and manage more competitive Sustainable Industrial Areas (SIA) in the involved region. In order to correspond to a coherent solution, an accurate research has been performed. The methodology implemented to detect the main issues under survey has been a SWOT analysis of several target IAs. Following its results, there have been defined the most relevant aspects aiming at sustainability of IAs in the area. The model introduces or encourages the continuous improvement of environmental performances of the Mediterranean industrial areas in the following fields: integrating production and dismissal of solid wastes, energy saving and use of renewable energies, reducing water consumption, better viability and avoid the deposit of dangerous material. Thanks to this 'green approach', SMEs will be the final beneficiaries, fostered to eco-innovation, competitiveness and transnational cooperation. This paper presents the general context and results of the MEID project.
Energy Efficiency, Industrial Builgings, Industrial Areas, Mediterranean


Keep Your PCP Informed
Keep Your PCP Informed
You can do your part in coordinating your care. If you have received care in any health care setting outside of your primary care physician's (PCP) office, there are a couple of things you can do to ensure a smooth and timely transition.
Ask for a Visit or Discharge Summary
First, ask your health care provider to send a discharge or visit summary to your PCP. The summary information includes a list of discharge medicines you were prescribed. It is important for your PCP to review any medicines you were prescribed. Your PCP can decide if any further medication changes are needed.
The summary also lets your PCP know the reason services were needed, what tests were done and what follow up is needed.
In 2020, we surveyed many of our PCPs and asked if they received a discharge summary and if they got it within 10 business days. Hospitals were the most likely to send the summaries (66 percent) and sent summaries the quickest. Retail clinics were the least likely to send the information (50 percent) and the slowest to send it.
So when you receive health care services outside of your PCP's office, be sure to ask for a summary of your visit to be sent to your PCP.
Follow Up with Your PCP
Second, make sure to schedule an appointment with your PCP. That way you can discuss the care you received, test results or medicine changes. It also helps make sure you get safe, timely follow-up care.
Doing these two things can help make sure your care is coordinated between your PCP and other providers.


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Dryad
Data from: Edaphic properties enable facilitative and competitive interactions resulting in fairy circle formation
Cite this dataset
Cramer, Michael D.; Barger, Nichole N.; Tschinkel, Walter R. (2016). Data from: Edaphic properties enable facilitative and competitive interactions resulting in fairy circle formation [Dataset]. Dryad. _URL_
Abstract
Millions of generally regularly spaced, roughly circular barren patches called fairy circles occur in a narrow band ca. 100 km inland of the south-west African coast. These generally have conspicuously taller peripheral grasses in a shorter grass matrix. The origins of these fairy circles are controversial, but one possibility is that they are self-organizing emergent vegetation patterns that are the consequence of interplay between positive (facilitative) and negative (competitive) interactions between grasses. We hypothesized that the coarse textured sand on which fairy circles occur creates a hydraulically and nutritionally connected landscape, in which neighbouring fairy circles competitively influence each other over several metres, while providing opportunity for focusing of resources around the peripheral grasses. To test our hypotheses we conducted three main groups of analyses: 1) We measured grass biomass to assess facilitative and competitive effects of the component grasses; 2) Across a region with fairy circles we measured the size and density of fairy circles and correlated that with water infiltration rates into soil; 3) We measured the capacity of soil to conduct water pulses and 15N tracers. We found evidence of facilitative interactions in the periphery of the fairy circles and competitive suppression of the matrix grass proximal to the periphery. Across the region, fairy circle size was positively correlated with soil infiltration rates and negatively with precipitation. This suggests that fairy circles emerge in soils with high capacity for water flux that enables landscape hydraulic connectivity. Water- and 15N-pulse experiments showed that edaphic resources were highly mobile, moving up to 7.5 metres over a period of 1–3 weeks. We concluded that the evidence is consistent with an emergent vegetation pattern explanation for the origins of fairy circles and that the circles are more closely associated with a highly connective edaphic environment, rather than with particular biota.
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To adjust the string height of the biscuit bridge, remove material from the top of the bridge saddle or insert. File the string notches, making sure they're not too deep. Typically, half of a wound string's diameter lies in it's slot, while the plain string's slots are the same depth as each string's diameter. On slide guitars, the tops of the strings should all be the same height above the fretboard, so the bar will move smoothly across the strings.
Before you attach the biscuit to the cone, be sure the cone is seated correctly in the soundwell, and that the soundwell is clean and level. The area of the cone that contacts the underside of the biscuit must be flat. Place a piece of 180-grit sandpaper on a flat surface and level the bottom of the biscuit. Once you have trued the cone, biscuit seat, and biscuit, attach the biscuit to the cone using the small wood screw. Some builders, attach the biscuit to the cone with a thin bead of glue. Elmer's white-glue works very well.


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Laser distance sensor
The laser distance sensor HG-C with a repeatability of 10 µm and a response time of 1.5 ms. The sensor is optimally suited for positioning robot arms, measuring the position of hoops, checking for the presence of very small objects or checking for the overlapping of even the thinnest types of material. Measuring can take place both stationary and dynamically. As there is both a digital and an analog output signal (0 – 5 V) available for integration into the process, it is possible to perform dynamic measurements or control loops or determine profiles and contours of many different components. The three models available in the HG-C series offer measurement ranges from 30 ±5 mm to 100 ±35 mm with a typical beam diameter of 10 μm to 70 μm. All models are equipped with a red semiconductor laser of class 2 in an aluminium die-cast housing and have a temperature drift of 0.03%.


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Every Office and Classroom:
- Can hear the fire alarm when sounded
- Can hear the other alarms when sounded
- Can push a button on their alarm keypad by their door that will signal the alarm company to call the police or the fire department
The Following Locations:
Main office, Business Office, Plumeria Classroom, Jacaranda Classroom, Monkeypod Classroom, Banyan Classroom and Koa Classroom
- Has a portable battery/crank radio with charged batteries – if needed, tune to one of the civil defense channels noted on the back of the radio.
- Classrooms/Offices with radios are responsible for keeping their neighboring classrooms informed if possible.
- Main Office informs Maintenance and Development
- Business Office informs Ohia Classroom, Art and Library
- Plumeria informs Kukui Classroom
- Jacaranda informs WiliWili Classroom
- Monkeypod informs Nara and Kamani Classroom
- Banyan informs Mamane and 'Iliahi Classroom
- Koa informs anybody in Root Family Center (RFC)
All employees will receive instructions from the Emergency Management Team (EMT) on how parents will be contacted and what they will be told when contacted in the event of an emergency. The MOMI Emergency Management Team will instruct employees as to what information is to be released to parents.
All communication with the
media will come from the Head of School or the President of the Board of Directors.


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Is Null
Available with Spatial Analyst license.
Available with Image Analyst license.
Summary
Determines which values from the input raster are NoData on a cell-by-cell basis.
Returns a value of 1 if the input value is NoData and 0 for cells that are not.
Illustration
Is Null illustration
OutRas = IsNull(InRas1)
Usage
Syntax
IsNull (in_raster)
ParameterExplanationData Type
in_raster
The input raster being tested to identify the cells that are NoData (null).
The input can be either integer or floating-point type.
Raster Layer
Return Value
NameExplanationData Type
out_raster
The output raster.
The output identifies with an integer value of 1 which cells in the input are NoData. If the input is any other value, the output is 0.
Raster
Code sample
IsNull example 1 (Python window)
This example identifies which cells in the input raster are NoData, and outputs the result as an IMG raster.
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"
outIsNull = IsNull("degs")
outIsNull.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/outisnull.img")
IsNull example 2 (stand-alone script)
This example identifies which cells in the input raster are NoData, and outputs the result as a Grid raster.
# Name: IsNull_Ex_02.py
# Description: Find which cell values of the input raster are NoData
# Requirements: Spatial Analyst Extension
# Import system modules
import arcpy
from arcpy import env
from arcpy.sa import *
# Set environment settings
env.workspace = "C:/sapyexamples/data"
# Set local variables
inRaster = "degs"
# Execute IsNull
outIsNull = IsNull(inRaster)
# Save the output
outIsNull.save("C:/sapyexamples/output/outisnull")
Licensing information
 - Basic: Requires Spatial Analyst or Image Analyst
 - Standard: Requires Spatial Analyst or Image Analyst
 - Advanced: Requires Spatial Analyst or Image Analyst
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The place is popular among tourists for its natural surroundings and unpolluted beauty. The unexplored region of Chamba, surrounded by deodar and pine trees, is a dream destination for nature lovers.
Scenic View of the Chamba Valley.
Photo Courtesy: Fulvio Spada
Gabbar Singh Negi Memorial is a popular tourist attraction of Chamba. It was built in 1925 in honour of Thakur Gabbar Singh, who served as a rifleman in the Garhwal Rifles in 1913.
During World War I, Singh and his battalion won the battle at Flanders in Germany. After his death, he was rewarded with the highest gallantry award, the Victory Cross. The Garhwal Regiment, on 21st April every year, pays tribute to this brave warrior.
Shri Bageshwar Mahadev Mandir is a renowned religious centre of Chamba, devoted to the Hindu Lord Shiva. The Shiva Lingam enshrined in the temple is believed to have appeared from the ground on its own.
During the popular Hindu festival Shivaratri, devotees visit the temple in large numbers.
How to Reach Chamba
By Air: Jolly Grant Airport in Dehradun is the nearest airport to Chamba and is located at a distance of around 80 km from the destination. This airport is connected to the Indira Gandhi International Airport in Delhi by regular flights.
By Rail: The railway station of Rishikesh is the closest railhead to Chamba, which is situated at a distance of about 60 km. This railway station is well connected to various important cities of the country.
By Road: Chamba is well connected to several nearby cities by buses and taxis. Numerous luxury and normal buses to Chamba are available from places like Dehradun, Rishikesh, Mussoorie, Devprayag, Tehri, Uttarkashi and Srinagar.


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Learn how to change the WFBS Scan Method from Conventional Scan to Smart Scan or vice-versa.
To select the scan method, do one of the following:
If WFBS was freshly installed
- Log on to the WFBS console.
- Click Security Settings.
- Click a Servers (Default) or Desktops(Default) group.
- Click Configure.
- Click Smart Scan or Conventional Scan.
- Click Save.
If WFBS was upgraded from lower versions
Conventional Scan is the default method. The Smart Scan and Conventional Scan buttons are also not present in the console. To activate Smart Scan, refer to this solution: Enabling or disabling the Smart Scan function in WFBS.


Uncertainty questions???
When I am finding an area of a square with an uncertainty it's obvious I do A=lw then Au=A[(lu/l)+(wu/w)). If I am doing the same with a cube, does the same logic apply? Vu=V[(lu/l)+(wu/w)+(hu/h)]. This is where lu is uncertainty of length, wu is uncertainty of width, and h is uncertainty of height. I'm thinking if the same applies with cube then rectangular prism should be straightforward.
Where I am stuck on is cylinder. Let's say the radius is 10.0cm and the height is 30cm. How exactly would I find the uncertainty of a cylinder?
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 1. The error formula comes from using differentials to estimate the error.
 For a rectangle:
 dA = l*dw + w * dl
 Factor out the lw
 dA = lw(dw/w + dl/l) = A(dw/w + dl/l)
 For a rectangular prism:
 V = lwh = l(wh)
 dV = l * d(wh) + wh*dl
 dV = l * (w*dh + h*dw) + wh*dl
 dV = lw*dh + lh*dw + wh*dl
 Factor out lwh and you are left with
 dV = lwh (dh/h + dw/w + dl/l) = dV = V (dh/h + dw/w + dl/l)
 For a cube:
 V = x^3
 dV = 3x^2 dx
 dV = V( 3dx/x)
 Which is the same formula as the prism when l = w = h.
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text: The Seafarer is an elegy, a poem of mourning based around both maritime traditions and Christian theology. The poem recounts a loss at sea, the death of the title character. The poem's last lines are heavily preoccupied with a relinquishment of earthly concerns and a bestowal of faith in God and His eternal kingdom. The poem further recommends the virtues of bravery, intelligence, and commitment to faith. Nautical traditions are also important in its symbolic systems.


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From: Backpackers South Africa
Why it's important to support local art
Supporting local talent is a great opportunity for cultures to connect, and for communities to grow together. There are so many reasons why you should support local work, and apart from it driving tourism and rewarding innovative minds for their beautiful talents, art has the ability to share common values and beliefs between different groups of people. This type of communication is important for society.
No matter the place or origin of the piece, what matters is skills used to showcase that beautiful social structure.
 It fuels the economy
In such tight economic conditions, artists struggle to sell their work and individuals struggle to support them because of the cost. With local art, it's affordable and it's easier to support because you're supporting content that resonates with you.
The art is original and different
The beauty of local art is that there are so many African art styles to choose from. Be it landscapes, portraits or wildlife, local artists always offer something original and unique. Most pieces are designed without the latest technologies to assist or speed up the process, therefore these handmade pieces are one-of-a-kind. When you buy something that is carefully crafted and different, it brings a sense of exclusivity into your purchase.
It's affordable for society
When you support and buy from local artists, most of them aren't well-known for their work, which is why it tends to be affordable in the beginning. That piece of art then becomes a long-term investment, because as the artist becomes more recognisable, the piece of art will rise in value.
 It creates a sense of culture
Art is a common denominator in almost every country's history. Creativity is a beautiful experience that brings people and communities together, regardless of race, gender, age or religion. Take African art for example, artists always express their feelings towards a specific topic which resonates with many people. That feeling then brings cultures together to celebrate our heritage.
It drives tourism
As mentioned, art is a universal language that people appreciate and respect. Over the years, people have lost hope in African creativity, but slowly it's becoming a refreshed tourist attraction for many travelling to S.A
It inspires young minds
Younger generations are delving into creative careers where they've started using their talents to earn money. In order to keep the trend going, our existing communities need to support local art to show children just how important and special it is.
Final words
Beyond the creative benefits that art has on society, art has a measurable impact on our economy, health and well-being, society and education. It allows people the opportunity to communicate across barriers of language and culture, where words cannot be used to express the same thoughts.
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Attach electrical tape to the conductors. They could cause a spark, which is unlikely to cause a fire, and if they short together, it could cause your phone to stop working.
Can telephone wire cause fire?
The electricity in a phone line does spike to around 90 volts when the phone rings, which can give a mild shock. Not only could they cause a spark (while unlikely to actually cause a fire there is no sense it taking a risk that is so easily dealt with), if they short together, it could cause your phone to stop working.
Is it safe to cut phone jack wires?
A: Cable and phone wires dont carry current, so its safe to remove them. However, its critical not to cut into a power line, as you know. Find it by doing a Web search for the words "Pepco equipment responsibility." The wire to your house is Pepcos responsibility; past the weather head, its yours.
Are phone wires dangerous?
It is true that the normal voltage in telephone wires, which provides the dial tone, is not dangerous. However, when the phone rings, a series of high voltage AC surges come through the lines, up to 100 volts, and this can be dangerous, especially to people with health conditions, pacemakers, etc.
Are phone jack wires live?
Unscrew the cover plate of the jack you want to remove, using a Phillips screwdriver. You dont have to worry about whether any of the wires are live; they cant seriously shock you.
What do you do with old phone jack wires?
Option 2: Get rid of it You can either take out the wires or wrap them up with electrical tape, however, be careful when you remove wires. If still have other landlines in the house, they could be daisy-chained and this might impact the entire system. If you have an alarm system, it may also use a phone line.
How many wires come from pole to house?
three wires A 240/120 V split-phase service drop providing power to a residence in USA. The three wires from the utility pole enter through a weatherhead (top) into a vertical conduit, which routes them to the electric meter (bottom). From there they pass through the wall of the house to the electric panel inside.


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Measurement of the atmospheric concentration of nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) pollutant was demonstrated by differential optical absorption spectroscopy (DOAS) using a visible acousto-optic tunable filter. In a traditional spectral scanning DOAS system for atmospheric concentration monitoring, a highly stable light source is required. When the light intensity fluctuates during scanning, the concentration retrieval will be inaccurate. In order to reduce the error due to intensity fluctuations, a modified DOAS system has been developed by introducing a broadband light intensity monitoring channel. Using the measured intensity of the broadband channel as the intensity of the light source, the spectrum can be de-biased and the residual intensity variation will primarily result from atmospheric extinction. In addition, by employing the lock-in detection technique, the background light interference is also removed in the modified DOAS system. The atmospheric NO2 concentration measurement was performed at the campus of City University of Hong Kong, and the results were compared with the concentration reported from a nearby monitoring station in Sham Shui Po, operated by the Hong Kong Environmental Protection Department.
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- Differential absorption spectroscopy
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How Long Have Humans Been Drinking Alcohol?
Old wine bottles kept in a cave.
For centuries alcohol has been a prime mover of human culture, fueling the development of art, language, and religion. But for how long have humans been drinking? Who came up with the idea of alcohol? These are fundamental questions that have often been asked. Several theories have emerged explaining the genesis of alcohol drinking. While some of the theories have scientific backing, the majority of the theories are linked to the cultural way of life of the early man.
Archaeological Record
Human ancestors may have discovered alcohol over ten million years ago, long before the modern booze brewing began. The chemical analysis of vessels discovered from the Neolithic village of Jiahu in northern China reveal traces of alcohol that may have been absorbed and stored by the jars. The chemical analysis indicated that the fermented substance was made out of grapes, honey, and berries and may have been produced between 7000 and 6650 BC. The Sumerian and Egyptian documents dating back to about 2100 BC mention medicinal uses of alcohol. The Hebrew Bible also recommends giving alcohol to the perishing. In classical Greek, the wine was an important part of breakfast, while Roman citizens included alcohol in their meals beginning in the first century. Documents from the Middle Age indicate that alcohol of low strength was an everyday drink in Europe.
Distilled Alcohol
The first evidence of distillation was obtained from a Greek alchemist in the 1st century AD. The Persian and Arab scientists used distillation in their alchemical experiments. The distillation of alcohol in China began around the 1st century during the Han Dynasty. However, the first certain and dated evidence of alcohol distillation dates back to 12th century, from the School of Salerno. In Medieval Europe, the consumption of alcoholic drinks was linked to poor public sanitation and was considered a way of avoiding water-borne diseases. The concept of distillation of alcohol was considered the cheapest and safest way of killing disease-causing microorganisms.
Scientific Discovery and Modern Consumption
To learn more about the ability of human ancestors to digest alcohol, scientists studied the genes found on a digestive enzyme known as ADH4. The enzymes were obtained from the intestines of primates. The results of the scientific research suggested that the early human beings had the ability to break down alcoholic substances. The first model of the evolution of alcohol drinking indicates that alcoholic substances entered the human body after human beings began storing food leading to the development of the fermentation of food about 10,000 years ago. The early modern church (15th to 19th century) considered alcohol a gift from God to be used moderately and for enjoyment, but not for drunkenness. The production and distribution of spirit spread slowly and only became popular in the 18th century. Sparkling champagne made its debut in the 17th century. The overabundance of corn, especially in America, led to hearty drinking tradition which was characterized by many types of alcohol and heavy drinking.
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How Spicy Beef Tripe Soup Became a Mexican-American Breakfast Staple
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How Spicy Beef Tripe Soup Became a Mexican-American Breakfast Staple
Picky Mexican-American Millennials call menudo a comfort breakfast food, especially after a night of drinking. And the reason why may lie in its working-class roots.
September 2, 2015, 8:22pm
Does a pot of boiling tripe that smells like manure sound like your kind of hangover cure? If you grew up on menudo—the Mexican breakfast soup notoriously made with odorous chunks of stomach lining, hominy, and spices—it's the next best thing to some hair of the dog.
Menudo is the essential weekend breakfast for many Mexican-Americans in California, Texas, Arizona, and New Mexico of any generation; specifically, it's the go-to dish after a night of drinking.
But how exactly does a soup made of differently textured stomach lining stay at the top of the breakfast list for Millennial Mexican-Americans, who most likely grew up on Pop-Tarts, school pizza, and fast food?
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"Menudo is a working-class sopa," says Enrique Ochoa, Professor of History and Latin American Studies at Cal State LA, respected historian, and published author on Latin American issues.
Ochoa notes that menudo did not become popular until around the 1930s and 1940s, when migrant workers settled in urban hubs like San Antonio and East Los Angeles looking for work and establishing communities. At the time, Sinaloans and Michoacans—people from different Mexican states who would otherwise never speak to each other back home—became neighbors. Thus, they started to swap recipes.
Spoonful of stomach
Think of menudo as one of the first Mexican fusion foods on the West Coast.
In American culture, surrogate tías (aunts) soon came into play, making menudo as American as eggs and bacon for their families. The stereotypical Mexican señora image depicted on the labels of Juanita's canned menudo reminded many of their own moms or half-dozen aunties. This convenient Americanization of tripe soup beget the common Mexican family ritual of eating menudo on Sunday mornings, as well as the BYO pot system at establishments that serve menudo. Commercialization glossed over the details of what exactly menudo was, instead focusing on the vibrant colors and spicy flavors, propelling the red, palate-friendly broth of menudo into the mainstream.
Most people who grew up eating menudo can tell you that their own grandmother or abuelita has the tendency to add a lot of dried red chilies. But other regions of Mexico don't serve that same firewater-style soup. Sinaloans prefer a clear broth with hominy and no chile at all. People from DF like pancita, which is menudo under a different name, with no hominy filler but still crimson in color. Some cooks add cabeza (cow head) and pata (pork feet). These cuts of meat require hours to break down into gelatin, thus creating a savory, thick broth. The smell of it cooking is potent, like a cartoon aroma that can slap someone around if they're not careful.
Jesus Raya, the menudo cook in a Mexican restaurant in Los Angeles
Menudo is also the official food of any celebration in a Mexican-American household that takes place in the morning or early afternoon. Baby shower? The mom-to-be better be craving beef stomach. Funeral? No one is ever too sad to eat some tripe.
During the research phase of this article, I wanted to dive into the ethnological view of menudo, so I contacted Chicano Latino Research Center director Catherine Sue Ramírez at UC Santa Cruz. Instead, she referred me to her mother.
"I don't like stinky meat," Edna Ramirez tells me before sharing her recipe over the phone.
Ramirez, an LA Times Best Home Cook awardee, cautions me to thoroughly wash all the meat used in menudo with lemon juice. Tripe—both the bristled and the honeycomb cuts—can give off sulfuric smells that only a grandma can love. Those same compounds can also contaminate the broth and make it literally taste like the food that it was digesting a few weeks ago.
Oregano, crushed dried red chilies, and chopped onion are the traditional toppings for menudo.
I think of menudo as the persistent family member who keeps in touch no matter how far you may go in life. To give but one example, I recently proposed to my girlfriend and we moved to northern California, some 600 miles away from Los Angeles (and my favorite Mexican bakery). Soon after the proposal, my future mother-in-law made the trek up from LA just to celebrate.
You can probably guess what we celebrated with.
That awful boiling stomach stew odor found me like some sort of fugitive, dragging me kicking and screaming to the kitchen table. It has been here longer than I have and will continue long after I'm gone. And I have a feeling that I am not the only one that feels this way. Love it or hate it, menudo is here to stay.


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name = fileName(fptr)
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name = fileName(fptr) returns the name of the FITS file associated with the file handle.
This function corresponds to the fits_file_name (ffflnm) function in the CFITSIO library C API.
Examples
import matlab.io.*
fptr = fits.openFile('tst0012.fits','READONLY');
name = fits.fileName(fptr);
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getUserInfo
A Graze API GET request that returns information about a specified user.
Back to Graze API EndPoint Reference.
Request arguments
Endpoint getUserInfo takes the following request arguments:
Name
Type
Required
Description
auth_token
String
Yes
A valid auth_token returned from the authenticate request. See the authenticate endpoint for more information.
user_id
Number
Yes
ID of the the user to return information about.
username
String
Yes
A valid username.
Response
Endpoint getUserInfo returns the following response:
Successful requests return a JSON object containing the following:
Name
Type
Description
user_id
Number
User ID.
full_name
String
Full name of the user.
Examples
The following examples demonstrate typical use of endpoint getUserInfo:
Request example
Example cURL request to return the information associated with user ID 57:
curl -G -u graze:graze -k -v "https://localhost/graze/v1/getUserInfo" --data-urlencode "user_id=57"
Response example
Example response returning the user information related to user ID 57:
{"full_name":"Lonnie Holmes","user_id":57}


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SCIENTIFIC NAME: Koelreuteria paniculata
COMMON NAME: panicled golden-rain tree, goldenraintree, varnish tree
FLOWERS: Big, yellow panicle (1' long) flowers in late May to early June.
LEAVES: Odd pinnately compound leaves with the coarsely serrated leaflet having a small wing near the petiole. Usually 7 to 15 leaflets/leaf.
FRUIT: Bladder-like to 2" long in summer. Seed nestled inside. At first purplish and then brown.
GROWTH HABIT: Grows 15' to 30' tall. Can be single or multi-trunked (severe renewal prune when young).
OTHER: A tough plant that can withstand heat and wind. Prefers full sun. Is a good tree for a small area, specimen tree, etc. Hardy from zones 5 to 9. Has a very lightweight, but strong wood. A member of the Sapindaceae family.


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The Missing is a 2003 American Revisionist Western thriller film directed by Ron Howard, based on Thomas Eidson's 1996 novel The Last Ride. The film is set in 1885 New Mexico Territory and is notable for the authentic use of the Apache language by various actors, some of whom spent long hours studying it. The film was produced by Revolution Studios, Imagine Entertainment, and Daniel Ostroff Productions and distributed by Columbia Pictures. Wikipedia
The Missing is a member of the following lists: American films, English-language films, Films based on Western (genre) novels, Columbia Pictures films, Films set in the 1880s, Films set in New Mexico, Films shot in New Mexico, Spanish-language films, Films directed by Ron Howard and 2003 films.
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Maggie: Why didn't you stay? Samuel: (long pause) There's an Apache story about a man that woke up one morning and saw a hawk on the wind. Walked outside and never returned. After he died he met his wife in the spirit world. She asked him why he never came home, he said "Well, the hawk kept flying". (pause) Samuel: There's always the next something, Maggie. And that will take a man away.


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Time Delays in Healthcare License Reporting to State Licensing Boards
Time Delays in Healthcare License Reporting to State Licensing Boards
The differences in reporting between the states:
Ideally, each state would release the disciplinary actions every month so healthcare organizations can then find the database or minutes and pull the information on the sanctioned individuals. But this is not always the case. In general, the majority of state's disciplinary boards release their minutes to the license board each month; however, in certain cases, it takes weeks, or even months, to type up and publish the actual documents. There are also plenty of states that do not update their lists on a monthly basis. Some release the minutes every quarter or even once every three months and some even take another month to get it up on the website.
To make things even more challenging, each state varies in how it releases the minutes. For example, Montana releases the minutes of the entire meeting, not just the names of the disciplined individuals, in audio files. And that takes up an unnecessary amount of time, as well a converting the audio to text.
These delays in releasing the minutes can make organizations 4-5 months behind in finding sanctioned employees. And by then, the facility could be racking up fines for employing a sanctioned individual who billed Medicare or Medicaid.
Common law legal implications:
Even though healthcare organizations are not required by federal law to verify licenses every month, they still need to know which of their employees have sanctions/disciplinary actions against them. Most states have legislation requiring that certain providers in healthcare verticals (long-term care, hospitals, dialysis, dental practices) check the status of an applicant's license upon pre-hire. Further, common law negligent hiring and retention cases demonstrate why the monitoring of licenses beyond a pre-hire background check (during employment) is best practice.
Who is liable for unlicensed care?
Both the employer who should have known and the licensed practitioner who practiced without a license. The actual licensed individual will receive the initial consequences from the license board because it is his/her license that is affected. Civil and possible criminal penalties can apply, depending on the actions and the authority of the Board. But, there is also a liability to the employer/facility for said fines.
The employer/facility can face separate penalties as well as the repercussion of a possible False Claims case. The Medicare or Medicaid payments billed by the sanctioned and/or unlicensed individual is money the organization needs to pay back as a false claim. The action centers on the fraudulent submission of a claim while unlicensed. This can turn into a serious financial hardship for an employer as care has been provided but will not be reimbursed by federal healthcare dollars.
So, yes, practicing without a healthcare license and then billing the government for reimbursement of federal healthcare dollars (Medicare, Medicaid, CHIPS, TriCare) is and can be pursued as fraud.
The evolution of an exclusion: (Did You Know?)
According to the OIG, 48 percent of OIG exclusions are a result of an action that stemmed from the loss of a license. A loss of a healthcare license or a sanction does not necessarily always lead to an OIG exclusion and vice versa. An individual can be excluded but still have an active license. The best way to visualize this is in a Venn diagram with licenses in the middle between sanctions and exclusions. Sanctions, license restrictions and exclusions are all related but separate.
A healthcare license is a privilege, not a right. It can be revoked, suspended, restricted or valid.
The license holder (practitioner) can be sanctioned as a result of actions/inactions while a license holder. Such disciplinary actions can lead to a license status change and, if applicable, even lead to an exclusion by a state Medicaid Agency and/or the OIG.
This is the last blog in our three-part blog series covering healthcare licenses. Read the other blogs here:
1. Primary source license verification: what, where & when
2. Three nuances in the license verification process
4. Healthcare license fraud is a realty – here's how to avoid it
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 1. Find the application you wish to make the icon for in the Applications Folder.
 2. Get the info for the application by going Command + I or selecting File > Get Info. Copy the icon in the top left corner (Command + C)
 3. Open Preview and select File > New from Clipboard (Command + N).
 4. The application icon should appear. Press Command + I to get the image size. Select the image that gives you 256 x 256 pixels and then select File > Save. Ensure that you are only saving the one image, not the entire collection that appears in the left-hand sidebar.
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Question: What Does Nocturne Mean?
Which is the best definition of a nocturne?
What are characteristics of a nocturne?
What is the opposite of Nocturne?
diurnalNocturnal means 'done, occurring, or active at night'. Its opposite is diurnal, though this term is not as common. There is also a zoological term to describe animals that are active in twilight: they are known as crepuscular.
How many nocturnes are there?
Eighteen nocturnes were published by the composer in the following opuses: 9, 15, 27, 32, 37, 48, 55 and 62. There are also two nocturnes not published by Chopin: a Nocturne in E minor (disputed date of composition) and a short Nocturne in C minor.
What's the difference between Nocturne and serenade?
As nouns the difference between serenade and nocturne is that serenade is a love song that is sung directly to one's love interest, especially one performed below the window of a loved one in the evening while nocturne is a work of art relating or dedicated to the night.
What genre is Nocturne?
A nocturne (from the French which meant nocturnal, from Latin nocturnus) is usually a musical composition that is inspired by, or evocative of, the night. Historically, nocturne is a very old term applied to night Offices and, since the Middle Ages, to divisions in the canonical hour of Matins.
What does no mean in music?
It's common for a set of similar pieces to be grouped together under a single opus number. In this case, they have a subsidiary "number" (no.). For instance, Beethoven's piano sonatas 1-3 are grouped together in Op 2, so are Op 2 No 1 etc.
What does Opus and number mean in music?
From Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Opus or the shortened form op. after the title of a piece of music means "work". It is followed by a number. When a composer writes their first piece of music it is followed by the term "opus 1".
Is Nocturne good lol?
Nocturne 10.25 Nocturne Build 10.25 ranks as an C-Tier pick for the Jungle role in Season 10. This champion currently has a Win Rate of 51.84% (Good), Pick Rate of 3.07% (High), and a Ban Rate of 0.51% (Low).
How do you make a nocturne?
Write or improvise a solo piano piece first (some composers like Claude Debussy expanded their nocturnes with orchestrations for larger ensembles) Take a simple melody or folk-based melody and embellish it with some chromatic notes as decoration. Write a bridge, or B section, and then return to the first melody.
What is the movie Nocturne about?
What does Nocturne mean in music?
What does the end of Nocturne mean?
Moira's Death & Ghost Explained When Nocturne begins, Moira is seen playing the violin. Inexplicably, she jumps from her practice room window to her death. … It is the ghosts way of telling Juliet that, if she continues following the magic, she will end up like her. This is an omen of what's to come.
What does K mean in music?
What does the word opus mean in music?
An opus number is the work number assigned for a composition, or a set of compositions, in the approximate order in which a composer wrote something. You will often see the word abbreviated to Op. or Opp. for more than one work.


TEFL.net : TEFL Articles : Teacher Technique : 15 Ways to SHUT UP
15 Ways to SHUT UP
Important and essential techniques to help your students speak more and you speak less.
Written by Thomas Topham for TEFL.net
"Well-timed silence hath more eloquence than speech."
Martin Fraquhar Tupper
As a teacher trainer, one of my ongoing issues in pre-service courses is with teacher-talking-time – how much is coming out of the teacher's mouth, the proportion of time the teacher is talking vs. the students, and how to get this ratio as high as possible in the students' favour.
Whether this is actually something worth striving for is a whole different debate. Let's just take it as a given that less teacher-talk is a good thing, and get on with the list:
1. Don't Echo
Here is a common classroom script:
S1: Bolivia.
S2: The Marshall Islands.
"But how do I work in open class, if I am not supposed to speak?" With the above scenario, the teacher needs to say exactly four words:
 - T writes on WB "Places to Go".
 - T holds WB pen, ready to transcribe. Waits. If nothing is forthcoming…
 - T asks "Where should we go?"… and waits for answers.
2. Wait
3. Don't Answer Right Away
Chances are one of the students knows the answer, if the teacher shuts up. Compare:
S1: Why is that?
S1: Why is that?
S2: I think because, is question…
4. Groupwork Is Better, Always
5. Ask Open-Ended Questions
They require more from the students, and therefore require less talk from you. Compare:
T: Is it a boy, or a girl?
Ss: Girl.
Ss: Yes.
Ss: Yes.
S1: A girl.
T: (continuing to shut up)
S2: She is schoolgirl.
6. Make Use Of Your Written Materials
That's it. OK, it isn't 15, so sue me.
Written by Thomas Topham for TEFL.net
June 2008 | Filed under Teacher Technique
Thomas Topham is a teacher trainer in Sofia, Bulgaria at The Modern Institute.


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National AIA Convention 2023 Immerses and Inspires Overlands' Young Professionals with Experiences and Resources to Design a Better World!
Last week, Overland Partners' own Allison Lerma, AIA, NCARB, Senior Architect and Sabrina Ortiz, Designer II, set their projects aside to participate in A'23, the AIA National Convention held in San Francisco. Centered around the theme "America By Design®," this year's convention brought together over 13,000 professionals from across the United States and around the world at the Moscone Center, the nation's First LEED Platinum Convention Center. The conference featured a wide range of engaging events, including daily keynotes, roundtable discussions, an expansive expo hall, as well as studio and project field tours. Reflecting on their experience, Allison and Sabrina have shared their key insights and takeaways from this exciting conference.
- The national convention for architects exceeded Allison's and Sabrina's expectations with its impressive scale, meaningful discussions, renowned speakers, diverse exhibits, and amazing studio and project tours. Highlights included enriching interactive opportunities with fellow architects, thought-provoking roundtable discussions on equity, diversity, and inclusion, tours of architectural studios and innovative projects that address climate change and the housing crisis.
- This year, the keynote speaker at the convention included a captivating presentation by Jacinda Ardern, the former Prime Minister of New Zealand, who began her tenure at the age of 37. She faced numerous formidable challenges during her time in office, including a live-streamed domestic terror attack on the Muslim community, a volcanic eruption, and the COVID-19 pandemic. Ms. Ardern's leadership, rooted in her values of people-centricity, kindness, and what she refers to as "pragmatic idealism," led New Zealand to achieve one of the lowest COVID-19 mortality rates among developed nations, saving countless lives. Her inspiring story highlighted the importance of embracing vulnerability while maintaining resilience and strength. These powerful messages were also echoed by AIA National, as the organization made history with women holding leadership positions in the organization for the first time ever.
- The Women's Leadership Luncheon emerged as an incredibly inspiring event during the convention with invaluable advice shared by women leaders. One key piece of wisdom emphasized the importance of building a network of champions, a notion that highlights the significance of cultivating relationships with individuals who believe in and support one's aspirations. Additionally, the luncheon underscored the significance of finding one's tribe, a supportive community that fosters personal and professional growth. Moreover, the role of a good leader was highlighted as being committed to securing the future, demonstrating the essential responsibility to mentor and empower the next generation. These messages left a lasting impression, encouraging Allison and Sabrina to approach their work with enthusiasm, collaboration, and a sense of purpose.
- An overarching message of this year's convention was the imperative of Equity + Justice. Attendees were deeply engaged in discussions and presentations that focused on the critical need to foster inclusivity, equality, and social justice within the field. The convention provided a platform to address systemic barriers, promote diversity in all its forms, and amplify the voices of underrepresented groups. They learned that a mere two percent of architects in the U.S. are Black (NCARB 2023.) This means that out of approximately 121,603 licensed architects practicing in the country, only 2,492 identify as Black. This concerning statistic highlights the need for greater diversity and inclusivity within the field of architecture.
- The convention brought attention to critical challenges, particularly the urgent housing crisis, which disproportionately affects individuals experiencing homelessness and is a pervasive issue across metropolitan areas in the U.S. During their visit, they had the opportunity to explore 1064 Mission Street, the city's largest supportive housing development. This pioneering project utilized a combination of site-built and factory-built modular housing, with the goal of setting a national example. It integrates numerous elements designed to support San Francisco's most vulnerable and chronically homeless community members in attaining housing stability, improving their health outcomes, and fostering greater independence in their lives.
- Climate change and sustainability took center stage during the convention, with a strong emphasis on these critical aspects of design. A noteworthy topic was the involvement in policy-making that directly impacts the climate, presenting attendees with a fresh and proactive approach to tackling this global issue. The convention served as a platform for exchanging ideas and fostering a collective commitment to creating a more sustainable and resilient future.
- The list of experiences was further enhanced by field tours of various studios and projects. Internationally acclaimed studios such as SOM, Foster+Partners, and the Autodesk Technology Center showcased the next frontier of architectural design, leaving a lasting impression on attendees. They also were able to learn more about Enscape's new energy modeling program.
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Toy spear throwers are deliberate in their design as they are meant to form part of the education of children. They give them the opportunity to practice spear throwing with games such as malu, a game where spears are thrown at moving pieces of bark. They are an important development process where the boys can improvise and make their own, or their father will make their sons miniature spears and a spear thrower, pre-initiation. They will continue to use this set until 12 to 16 years, when initiation has begun.
In the Rawlinson Range, Western Australia, decoration of spear throwers happens only after initiation, becoming more elaborate as knowledge increases.
Missions did encourage the manufacture of wood carvings, particularly of weaponry, for trade purposes. At Groote Eyelandt, the Northern Territory, Norman Tindale notice variations of form with a bigger body for decorative purposes and less handle space.
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Derlindati and Caziani • MIST NETS AND POINT COUNTS IN CHACO FOREST FIG. 1. Copo National Park study area, Santiago del Estero province, northwestern Argentina. METHODS Study area.—Copo National Park (114,000 ha, 160 m elevation) is located in Santiago del Estero Province, Argentina (25 55 S, 62 05 W). The area is considered a key preserve for threatened Neotropical birds (Wege and Long 1995). Extensive stands of old-growth forest persist in the northern and eastern portions of the park; the southwestern sector was selectively logged in the 1950s (Fig. 1). The climate is seasonal, with 80% of annual rainfall occurring October–March. Summer temperatures in the region are extreme (mean maximum 47 C; Prohaska 1959). The dominant vegetation is thorny, semideciduous forest dominated by quebracho colorado santiagueño (Schinopsis lorentzii), quebracho blanco (Aspidosperma quebrachoblanco), and mistol (Zizyphus mistol), and is interrupted by belts of natural grasslands associated with ancient river beds. The under- 93 story is a dense, shrubby layer (4 m mean height), dominated by sacha poroto (Capparis retusa; Protomastro 1988, Tálamo and Caziani 2003). Above this layer, mistol forms a sparse layer with both quebracho species, the tops of which attain a mean height of 12 m (López de Casenave et al. 1998). Sampling.—We conducted bird surveys during six periods in Copo National Park (December 1998, March 1999, August 1999, December 1999, April 2000, and September 2000) in two forest types: old-growth and second-growth (i.e., 50 years after selective logging). In each forest type, we established eight mist-net stations, 100 to 200 m apart, four in the understory (0–3 m above ground) and four in the canopy (5–8 m above the shrubby layer). At each station, we placed one mist net, 12.5 m long 2.8 m high (36-mm mesh). We operated nets for 3 days in each type of forest during each survey period (Ralph et al.
94 THE WILSON BULLETIN • Vol. 117, No. 1, March 2005 1996), except for the second-growth forest in December 1998, when only 1 day of sampling occurred; thus, we mist-netted for 18 days in old-growth and 16 days in second-growth. We opened nets before sunrise and operated them for 3–6 hr/day when possible, but we often had to close nets early due to temperature and weather conditions. Canopy nets were installed with a modification of the technique described by Humphrey et al. (1968), with trees supporting a system of pulleys and ropes. We added vertical aluminum poles for additional support. For each bird captured, we recorded species, forest type, layer, date, time, weight, standard morphological measurements, and sex. Each bird was banded with National Park Administration aluminum bands and released. Data were expressed as captures per 100 mist-net hr (MNH), including recaptures (Bibby et al. 1992). We established eight point-count stations, at least 400 m apart, in each of the two forest types. In each survey period, we twice visited all point-count stations to conduct 10-min unlimited-distance point counts on 2 consecutive days, reversing the order of visits to avoid time-of-day bias. Surveys began at sunrise and were completed within 3 hr (Bibby et al. 1992, Ralph et al. 1996, Gram and Faaborg 1997). During each point count, we recorded species and number of individuals detected by sight or sound, and the forest layer in which each individual was detected for the first time. Layers were defined as understory (0–4 m) and canopy (4 m). Every individual seen or heard was recorded only once, so that observations per layer were considered to be independent, and layers at a single station were treated as separate treatments in the analysis. Birds over-flying the canopy were not included. Results are expressed as number of detections per 10 min (Bibby et al. 1992). One observer (EJD) conducted all point counts. Guilds were defined according to previous studies in the area (Caziani 1996, López de Casenave et al. 1998) as follows: omnivores, carnivores, nectivores, terrestrial granivores, arboreal granivores, terrestrial insectivores, bark insectivores, foliage insectivores, shortflight insect hunters, long-flight insect hunters, frugivores, and undergrowth granivores. Statistical analyses.—We compared species richness using rarefaction curves, given that the number of individuals in a sample can influence the number of recorded species (James and Rathbun 1981). Rarefaction estimates the number of species expected from different samples, based on multiple random sampling of increasing abundance. Curves were built with 1,000 iterations for each abundance level using Program EcoSim (Gotelli and Entsminger 2002). The program calculates a 95% confidence interval for each mean species richness value. For each survey method, we compared total records, total records by guild, and records of the most common species. We employed a factorial design with forest type as the first factor (two levels: old-growth forest and second-growth forest, a 2) and layer as the second factor (two levels: understory and canopy, b 2). Replicates by treatment (forest layer) were the four mist-net stations (r 4) and the eight point-count stations (r 8), respectively. Seasonality was not considered; however, the six survey periods were included in the analysis as repeated measures, using a split-plot ANOVA (Von Ende 1993). Assumptions of ANOVA were satisfied by logarithmic transformation of the data. For the betweenfactor comparisons, error degrees of freedom were calculated as [a b (r 1)]; due to the collapse of three nets in one survey period (two canopy nets and one understory net), 3 degrees of freedom were subtracted from the error degrees of freedom. Detrended correspondence analysis.—To describe the association of bird species and guilds with treatments (forest layer), we applied Detrended Correspondence Analysis (DCA) to the matrices of total captures by net stations and total detections by point-count stations using Program PC-ORD (Gauch 1982, McCune and Mefford 1997). DCA is an ordination technique that groups species and stations in a two-dimensional scatterplot, where species lying close together show similar use of forest layers and forest types, and forest layers and types lying close together have similar avian communities. RESULTS We recorded 91 species, including 13 recorded only with mist nets and 43 only with point counts. An additional 17 species were observed either flying over the study area or


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Near-Field Ultrasound Imaging During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: Tissue Thickness and Epicardial Wall Visualization and Assessment of Radiofrequency Ablation Lesion Formation and Depth.
Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol
BACKGROUND: Safe and successful radiofrequency catheter ablation depends on creation of transmural lesions without collateral injury to contiguous structures. Near-field ultrasound (NFUS) imaging through transducers in the tip of an ablation catheter may provide important information about catheter contact, wall thickness, and ablation lesion formation.
METHODS AND RESULTS: NFUS imaging was performed using a specially designed open-irrigated radiofrequency ablation catheter incorporating 4 ultrasound transducers. Tissue/phantom thickness was measured in vitro with varying contact angles. In vivo testing was performed in 19 dogs with NFUS catheters positioned in 4 chambers. Wall thickness measurements were made at 222 sites (excluding the left ventricle) and compared with measurements from intracardiac echocardiography. Imaging was used to identify the epicardium with saline infusion into the pericardial space at 39 sites. In vitro, the measured exceeded actual tissue/phantom thickness by 13% to 20%. In vivo, NFUS reliably visualized electrode-tissue contact, but sensitivity of epicardial imaging was 92%. The chamber wall thickness measured by NFUS correlated well with intracardiac echocardiography (
CONCLUSIONS: NFUS catheter imaging reliably assesses electrode-tissue contact and wall thickness. Its use during radiofrequency catheter ablation may allow the operator to assess the depth of ablation required for transmural lesion formation to optimize power delivery.
Haines DE, Wright M, Harks E, Deladi S, Fokkenrood S, Brink R, Belt H, Kolen AF, Mihajlovic N, Zuo F, Rankin D, Stoffregen W, Cockayne D, Cefalu J. Near-Field Ultrasound Imaging During Radiofrequency Catheter Ablation: Tissue Thickness and Epicardial Wall Visualization and Assessment of Radiofrequency Ablation Lesion Formation and Depth. Circ Arrhythm Electrophysiol. 2017 Dec;10(12). doi: 10.1161/CIRCEP.117.005295. PubMed PMID: 29242236.


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As the climate change activists mobilize to increase awareness about the negative environmental impact of fossil fuels, Planet Aid attempts to combat climate change through recycling and increasing the efficient use of vital resources.
"The causes of environmental preservation and sustainability have always been central to Planet Aid's mission," said Ester Neltrup, President of Planet Aid. "Each year, Planet Aid collects and recycles 100 million pounds of unwanted clothing and shoes, which helps reduce CO2 and other gasses contributing to global warming. We hope that this documentary will inform and inspire more people to work together to address the environmental and social issues we face as a society."
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Going to need more context here. Where is asteroidParent being used that it isn't declared?
Yes and no.
For things you create arbitrarily, you are right—these could be greatly benefited by classes. I would probably have it that var would not be allowed to represent these classes, except possibly through the C# approach. There's no denying how extremely useful it would be to have object-oriented file, UI, and data structure code.
Instances, you are beginning to push the limit. It is useful to be able to say, at very least for the purpose of static analysis, that other is an obj_wall, or that instance_nearest(x, y, obj_missile) is an obj_missile. But do we really want to have you check inst instanceOf obj_missile, then cast? I'd hear an argument either way.
Resources, you have hit the limit. There is little reason to ever have spr_some_guy be anything but an integer. Let's choose a raw, gaping sore in GML as an example: sounds. Users have always been plagued by how large their audio resources end up being in GM. In the golden days, large audio files corrupted game files left and right, and even when they did not, insane save times kicked in. Pissed-off users would eventually be driven to store their sounds externally. We just recently got bitten in the ass by Round II of this issue as it became clear that optimizing sound storage for insert instead of access was the better move. This is wrong on so many levels.
The beauty of the resource tree is that your resources are managed for you—you don't need to know anything about where, when, or how sound0 was loaded. You just play it and it works. On your side, it's an integer; you can't get any simpler an opaque pointer than that. Behind the scenes, that sound may or may not be loaded, or actually even exist. We can replace this mechanism with some sort of weak reference class, but why would we? An integer serves the purpose fine.
I wouldn't argue against the use of, eg, typedef size_t sprite_t; to allow us to offer object-oriented features for these resources. But then, does spr.exists() really make any sense?
Just some considerations. I would be fine with a statically typed var of some sort, honestly.
General ENIGMA / Re: Fun with imge_single
« on: July 25, 2014, 08:36:29 PM »
As I said, accessing the caller's image_index is already an ugly operation. When it happens, usually the access is one add+dereference (which we're replacing with two and a conditional) followed by shitloads of additional data moves or comparisons that actually work with the image data. The loss from this overhead is negligible compared to what is done with the image data. I'd probably use an inline function to handle it (as opposed to an accessor).
The code you gave works in the current system; I'm going to assume that what you meant was this:
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image_index = 2;
image_single = 4;
show_message(stsring(image_index)); // Prints "4"
image_single = -1;
show_message(stsring(image_index)); // Prints "2"
In this case, you're right; the obvious solution is to give image_single a special accessor, but then, you're also right that I have no interest in pulling this into upstream ENIGMA. :P
Programming Help / Re: C++ short delay when using CIN
« on: July 23, 2014, 10:13:19 PM »
Write a custom terminal emulator that, upon printing a character, deletes the entire content of the terminal by filling it with spaces, then re-prints everything, including the new character. That might get it to be as slow. Probably not worth the effort, though.
Disclaimer: Not implying that's what Windows does. I can't conceive of why the Windows command prompt is that damn slow. Especially since it takes so many disgusting shortcuts.
Developing ENIGMA / Re: Android
« on: July 23, 2014, 10:11:42 PM »
So, the point of ENIGMA's multiple makefiles is just to let systems specify the source files they include and the libraries they depend on. They operate under two assumptions:
1. You will be compiling some C++ sources into object files in order to build the C++ engine.
2. You will be linking the objects you have compiled into a standalone executable when finished.
Presently, (2) also assumes that the binary you use for linking is the same one you use for compiling. That can be changed. You can also inject additional dependencies and provide targets for them in Android-specific makefiles.
The big issue is, from what we discussed, that Android seems to compile sources into object files, but then there's some nebulous form of magic used to link those objects into a shared object to be loaded by the operating system (namely, through JNI). Unfortunately, I can't make you any recommendations until I can figure out (or someone tells me) what the hell that operation is.
« on: July 23, 2014, 10:00:50 PM »
He's on Windows. The console is GOING to be terribly slow.
General ENIGMA / Re: Fun with imge_single
« on: July 23, 2014, 09:53:59 PM »
The behavior you describe is much simpler than you appear to be modeling it. It's a symptom of having two variables. Instead of using caller->image_index, and having image_single influence image_index directly, the following are happening:
Instead of if (image_single!= -1) image_index = image_single; else { /* image_speed logic... */ }, you would simply put if (image_single == -1) { /* image_speed logic... */ }, doing nothing otherwise.
Then in place of caller->image_index, you use caller->image_single == -1? caller->image_index : caller->image_single.
This method is a little slower, yes, but not by enough for anyone to ever really notice. Having functions use the caller's state is dirty, anyway. I wouldn't mind pulling such a patch.
General ENIGMA / Re: Indentation Styles
« on: July 20, 2014, 09:44:22 PM »
My aversion to tabs is that they have not been assigned a logical width. People individually choose how big they want their tabs. While that's great for personalization, it's bad for consistency. You can't align variables easily, or use half-indentations or double-indentations without explosion (my double is 4 spaces; some are 16). The biggest offender is when people try to line up variables after "int" or "var." It's not really my style, but it happens; exactly four spaces of indent are required to pad the next line so that all the identifiers line up. You can use spaces to do exclusively the non-indentation alignment, of course, assuming your editor lets you, but I've never seen anyone pull that off.
The lack of size agreement leads to more solid problems, in my case. GNU style seems to be two-space indent, but any leading eight spaces of indent are replaced with a single tab character. This means for me to correctly view anything GNU, I have to set my tab width to eight. My preferred tab width is two. When you send me a file and every fucking line is indented eight tabs, I flip shit. I find lately that I leave my tab widths both at two and manually replace "\t" with " " in GNU sources.
So yes, in a perfect world, everyone agrees, and we all use tabs. In this world, tabs are any multiple of 1 in size (even that's not playing it safe—some people don't use fixed-width editors, but no one cares what they think). Spaces, however, I have never noticed to be rendered as anything other than a single space of width, with or without special coloring or symbolage to denote that there's actually a character there. So I use two spaces, and my code looks the same whether it's loaded in emacs, in vim, in MS fucking Notepad, or in an actual code editor.
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Off-Topic / Re: Religious wars in the programming community
« on: July 20, 2014, 01:14:28 PM »
This whole topic is really TL;DR; am I supposed to be doing something about it? I don't see any 72-point type, so it's looking tame enough.
Off-Topic / Re: On a distant future
« on: July 20, 2014, 01:12:02 PM »
I was mostly teasing. But no, I don't particularly like Facebook.
Off-Topic / Re: On a distant future
« on: July 19, 2014, 05:13:34 PM »
Fuck no; Facebook bought Oculus. VR is poisoned forever. AR is the new VR.
Works in Progress / Re: Norse Adventures planing stage
« on: July 19, 2014, 11:41:23 AM »
I find the ability to draw assets for video games by hand breaks down at about the point you need small, animated sprites. :P
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create a count matrix based on overlap results from calculateOverlap
Usage
# S4 method for giotto
overlapToMatrix(
 x,
 name = "raw",
 poly_info = NULL,
 feat_info = NULL,
 type = c("point", "intensity"),
 count_info_column = NULL,
 aggr_function = "sum",
 return_gobject = TRUE,
 verbose = TRUE,
 ...
)
# S4 method for giottoPolygon
overlapToMatrix(
 x,
 feat_info = "rna",
 type = c("point", "intensity"),
 count_info_column = NULL,
 output = c("Matrix", "data.table"),
 ...
)
# S4 method for SpatVector
overlapToMatrix(
 x,
 col_names = NULL,
 row_names = NULL,
 count_info_column = NULL,
 output = c("Matrix", "data.table"),
 verbose = TRUE,
 ...
)
# S4 method for data.table
overlapToMatrix(x, aggr_function = "sum", output = c("Matrix", "data.table"))
Arguments
x
object containing overlaps info. Can be giotto object or SpatVector points or data.table of overlaps generated from calculateOverlap
name
name for the overlap count matrix
poly_info
character. Polygon information to use
feat_info
character. Feature information to use
type
character. Type of overlap data (either 'point' or 'intensity')
count_info_column
column with count information
aggr_function
function to aggregate image information (default = sum)
return_gobject
return giotto object (default: TRUE)
verbose
be verbose
...
additional params to pass to methods
output
data format/class to return the results as
col_names, row_names
character vector. (optional) Set of row and col names that are expected to exist. This fixes the dimensions of the matrix since the overlaps information does not directly report rows and cols where no values were detected.
Value
giotto object or count matrix


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10–14 January, 2016 New Orleans, LA | Ernest N. Morial Convention Center
Online — Visit HEITRONICS at the American Meteorological Society 96th Annual Meeting in New Orleans, 11-14 January 2016, Booth #911, please.
HEITRONICS will display its unique non-contact infrared thermometer technology used for decades by many of the world's science & research institutions devoted to atmospheric science, oceanography, climatology and meteorology.
Temperature measurement of Sea Surface, Polar Ice, Ground and Clouds has been made with HEITRONICS thermometers installed on a variety of land-based, marine and aircraft vehicles & platforms.
In addition to thermal infrared radiation thermometers designed for field deployment, HEITRONICS will also display high precision laboratory Calibration Equipment such as Transfer Radiation Thermometers and Blackbody Radiation Calibration Sources.
The AMS Annual Meeting is the world's largest yearly gathering for the weather, water, and climate community. It brings together great minds from a diverse set of scientific disciplines – helping attendees make career-long professional contact and life-long friends while learning from the very top people in the atmospheric sciences.
HEITRONICS and its experienced applications & calibration specialists look forward to seeing you and your colleagues in New Orleans.
HEITRONICS has ~50 years of experience providing infrared thermometers for non-contact temperature measurement of sea surface, polar ice, ground temperature and clouds. Calibration equipment to support the long term use of the instruments is also available. Temperature measuring ranges start as low as -100 °C. Calibration Uncertainty as low as 0.07 °C and Temperature Resolution as low as 0.03 °C are available. The available housing constructions are very rugged but are compact, allowing for the installation in a wide range of vehicles and ground based applications.
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There are few pleasures greater than eating pomegranate seeds fresh from the pod, and I'd say that even if the fruit weren't a favorite of my wife, Carrie, whom, incidentally, I married three years ago today after gobbling down many pomegranates together. Pomegranates are a symbol of fertility, you know.
Pomegranates are also a bitch to eat.
My Field Guide to Produce offers a painfully protracted, seven-step process to extract the seeds. It's a wonder anyone eats these things. Check it out:
- Cut off the crown.
- Gently scoop out some of the center white core with a spoon.
- Score just through the outer rind, marking the fruit into quarters.
- Place your thumb in the center of the core and gently pull apart the sections.
- Peel away the white pith and discard.
- Turn the skin inside out and pop out the seeds.
- To separate the seeds from any remaining white pith, place sections of pomegranate in a bowl of cold water and gently swish around. The white pieces should float to the top while the seeds sink.
Oh, they forgot Step 8: Die of hunger.
Sheesh, this Chow tip makes the process sooo much easier.
Bonus trivia: According to the Field Guide, "The French named their hand-tossed explosive after the seed-scattering properties of the fruit." (Incidentally, The French name for the fruit is grenade.)


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