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Bobblehead Dolls: A Brief History
A bobblehead doll is a collectible toy which is often referred to as a
nodder, wobbler, or bobbing head doll. The head of the bobblehead is often
larger than the rest of the body and connected with a hook or spring.
The spring or hook allows the head to bobble with just a light touch.
Bobblehead dolls are often constructed with a wide range of figures,
such as athletes. However, baseball players are the main types of
athletes who are utilized in the bobblehead designs. Bobblehead dolls
acquire their designs form breakfast cereal mascots, authors and
noble-prize winners. Sporting events sometimes hand out bobblehead
dolls as a promotion with the purchase of a ticket at the gate.
A Brief History of Bobblehead Dolls
The earliest bobblehead doll was thought to have been designed in the
year 1842 for the short story "The Overcoat". The neck of the main
character was referred to as "like the necks of plaster cats which wag
their heads." Modern day bobbleheads made their first appearance in the
1950s. By the 1960s, bobblehead dolls were being produced by major
league baseball organizations. Bobblehead dolls were created to
represent all baseball teams and were all designed with similar cherubic
That same year, the World Series brought specific baseball bobbleheads
like Mickey Mantel, Willie Mays, Roger Maris and Roberto Clemente.
However, all of the dolls were designed with the same face. The next
decade brought product material switching to ceramic instead of
papier-mache. The ceramic figures were than produced for all other
sports and cartoon created characters. The Beatles bobblehead dolls are
the most famous bobbling dolls of all time and were also created in
this era. The Beatles bobble-doll set is the most valuable collection on
the market today. Bobblehead dolls declined in the 1970s and it took
twenty years before bobbleheads would reappear back into society.
The main product material was changed once again to plastic instead of
ceramic. The material change provided manufactures the ability to lower
their processing costs, which made it possible to produce bobblehead
dolls in limited quantities for viable collectors. In 1999, the San
Francisco Giants were the first baseball team ever to distribute over
thirty-five thousand nodding dolls that resembled Willie Mays. Today
bobblehead dolls are iconic figures which are collected by children and
adults all across the nation.


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Noronic was the largest Canadian passenger steamship vessel on the Great Lakes. It was owned and operated by the Canada Steamship Lines Limited. On September 16, 1949, docked in the Toronto harbor, the ship burned in the middle of the night with more than 130 passengers losing their lives. The fire started in a linen closet. The design and construction of the 36-year-old ship were also found to be at fault. The interiors had been lined with oiled wood instead of fireproof material. Exits were only located on one deck instead of all five. None of the ships fire hoses were in working order. Damage suits for the Noronic were settled for just over $2 million. In 1911, the peak year, 80,000 passengers traveled to Lake Superior. After 1920, the number of passenger cruise ships diminished with the advent of "motor-cars." Very few cruise ships were still in service after World War II. The last of those, the South American, made its last visit to Duluth in the 1966 season.
~ Photo Credit: University of Minnesota Duluth, Kathryn A. Martin Library, Northeast Minnesota Historical Collections

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Floods of 1996 and 1997
Floods in Yosemite Valley aren't uncommon during spring runoff, when the Merced River swells with melted snow and overflows into meadows. The largest, least common floods occur during winter--most recently in January 1997. See what Yosemite Valley looked like during the floods of May 1996 and January 1997. (6 minutes)
You can also download a Quicktime version of this movie: [24 MB].
Did You Know?
Natural fires in Yosemite are often no more than a single burning snag (standing dead tree) or a slow moving, low intensity fire that cleans underbrush from the forest floor. These fires prevent unwanted fires by removing accumulating forest debris that can fuel a larger fire in hot, dry conditions.

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On April 30, 2021, archaeological excavations and historical research began into the walls of the Royal Crypt at Tihany Abbey. The project entitled Multidisciplinary Research into the Royal Crypt of Tihany, was initiated by the Eötvös Loránd Research Network (ELKH), which also funded the work. As part of the project, experts will carry out exploratory excavation and wall research under the coordination of the ELKH Research Centre for the Humanities (ELKH BTK) and the involvement of other institutions.
Partial archaeological and historical research in the Royal Crypt, also known as the 'Tihany Undercroft', also took place in 1953 and in the 1990s but left several important questions about the 11th-century building and the tombs of its founders unanswered. These include the form of the medieval church, the Royal Crypt and its architectural relationship to the medieval church, and the originality and possible subsequent modifications to the crypt vault. In addition to these questions, there are also doubts about the tombs of King Andrew I of Hungary and Prince David, and the dating and interpretation of other tombs previously excavated in the crypt. It is not clear which phase of the crypt burials the human remains buried under a tombstone in the middle of the square that was relocated 1953 represent: the researchers are looking to resolve this question using the carbon isotope dating method.
The excavation works are led by Ágoston Takács, lead archaeologist, and the project is led by Professor Kornél Szovák, a member of the College of Humanities and Social Sciences at the ELKH Scientific Council and leader of the ELKH BTK Gyula Moravcsik Institute. The professional work is assisted by an advisory board, whose members are preeminent experts in the fields of Hungarian archeological and art historical research. The chairman of the body is Balázs Balogh, the director general of ELKH BTK, and the honorary chairman is Jeromos Mihályi, the governor of the Benedictine abbey. Researchers from ELTE BTK, PPKE BTK, as well as researchers from the King Matthias Museum of the Hungarian National Museum in Visegrád and the staff of the Dezső Laczkó Museum in Veszprém will also contribute to the work. The research is carried out with the full support and active cooperation of the Benedictine Abbey of Tihany. The archaeological work will be planned by specialists for a period of one month, although the final restoration and related planning is expected to take much longer.
The researchers plan to report on the process of archeological excavation and the progress of the research every Friday, which can be followed in the form of a short film on the YouTube channel of the Benedictine Abbey of Tihany and on the websites of ELKH and BTK.
In early June, after the archaeological excavations have been completed, the press will have the opportunity to tour the site for the first time under the guidance of excavation specialists. Once the excavations are complete, the excavated Royal Crypt will be open to the public as part of the abbey museum tour.
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About the Royal Crypt of Tihany and its use to date
Andrew I of Hungary (1046–1060), the fourth Hungarian king, founded a Benedictine abbey named after the Virgin Mary and Bishop St. Ányos on a prominent point on the Tihany Peninsula in 1055 to serve as a burial place for himself and his family on the east side of the church. In 1060, the ruler was laid to rest here, and was later joined by his son, Prince David. The medieval church was demolished in the early 18th century. Using the identical building materials, the two-tower baroque church seen today was built between 1719 and 1754. The sanctuary was built over the 11th century intact royal crypt.
The Benedictine Abbey of Tihany was nationalized in 1950, when monastic orders were dissolved in Hungary. In September 1953, a rapid archaeological excavation was carried out in the Royal Crypt, then known as the 'catacomb' and later the 'undercroft'. The form of Tihany's undercroft we see today was shaped at that time, with an 11th-century limestone slab in the middle of the southern wall depicting a processional cross with a twisted handle, which presumably covers a royal tomb. Behind the tomb were placed the bone remains thought by the anthropologist Mihály Malán to belong to the oldest burials of the Royal Crypt.
About 150,000 people visit the ancient sanctuary and the abbey museum each year. A community of 12 monks hold monk prayer classes in the Royal Crypt during the Easter holidays, and also hold a mass for the spiritual salvation of the royal family on November 29 – the feast of St. Andrew the Apostle. Orthodox church organization following the Byzantine rite also regularly perform the Holy Liturgy in the Baroque (Upper) Church and the Royal Crypt. In the 11th century, Hungary lay at the meeting point of Eastern and Western Christianity, and King Andrew I grew up in the Grand Duchy of Kiev, where he married Anastasia, daughter of Grand Prince Yaroslav the Wise. In the summer, the Royal Crypt is the main venue for the Lights of Dawn and Sounds of Silence, two highly successful programs organized by the Budapest Long Stride walking group. Student groups, church school groups and Hungarian groups from outside the country's borders regularly surround the royal tomb, place a wreath and then sing the Hymn or the old national anthem beginning with Our Lady of the Blessed Virgin.
The charter of Tihany issued by King Andrew I is the first written memory of the Hungarian language. It is a fragmented relic, as the Latin text describing the estates belonging to the Benedictine Abbey of Tihany contains the first Hungarian words and the phrase "feheruuaru rea meneh hodu utu rea", which means "the path to war and Fehérvár"). The document is kept in the Archives of the Archabbey of Pannonhalma. Abbot Ágoston Lécs of Tihany (1740–1760) – the builder of the two-tower baroque church – was fond of declaring that the abbey church was built on a "supra firmam petram", i.e. "solid rock". This rock foundation will be exposed during the excavation.


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Life Expectancy for Protective Clothing
As the NFPA Technical Committee on firefighters protective clothing worked through the year 2008 revision of NFPA 1851, Standard on Selection, Care, and Maintenance of Protective Ensembles for Structural Fire Fighting and Proximity Fire Fighting, one of the most debated issues continued to be "What is the life expectancy of protective clothing?" Although the committee was not able to reach complete agreement on the answer to this question, there was consensus that structural ensemble elements should be retired ten years after the date of manufacture, and that proximity outer shells must be retired five years after the date of manufacture. However, the Annex does contain language explaining that this does not mean all ensemble elements will last or should remain in service for the full 5 or 10 years – just that five year old proximity outer shells and ten year old structural gear must be retired. The standard also provides additional criteria for inspection and retirement as well.
Having explained the mandatory requirements found in NFPA 1851, it is fairly well understood in the industry that the average life of a structural turnout suit is three to five years, and that proximity outer shells become worn out even sooner than that. It is important to remember, however, that average means some garments have lasted much longer and other garments not as long. Some segments of the fire service have even suggested that since the NFPA clothing standard is revised every five years, then five years should be the maximum time to leave garments in service. While this would ensure that as technology improves, garments would automatically be upgraded to meet new requirements and offer new levels of safety, it could leave the false impression that anything less than five years old is still perfectly compliant.
The reality is that the life span of any protective clothing is entirely dependent upon the type and amount of field use to which each separate garment has been exposed. Contributing factors to this include frequency of maintenance, storage conditions, exposures, and other issues that are beyond the garment manufacturer or material supplier's control. Facilities that specialize in care and cleaning will advise that they have seen clothing that is much older than five years and still in excellent shape; likewise, however, they have seen instances where the first time a garment was worn it was exposed to circumstances that totally destroyed the clothing. Since the purpose of firefighters clothing is to protect the wearer, if the gear has saved a life or prevented serious injury just once, then it has done its job.
It is also important to remember that protective clothing is a component system, not a single layer, and each component needs to be evaluated in its own right, with each layer routinely inspected for continued serviceability. For example, we have evaluated garments wherein the outer shell appears visually to be in excellent condition; however, closer inspection of the liner-moisture barrier will reveal rips or tears that would not be obvious in a cursory examination. Discoloration to any layer of the protective ensemble may be an indication that the garment is no longer able to provide the same level of protection as when it was new. Any discoloration should be carefully inspected.
The bottom line, regardless of when the clothing was produced, is that the safety officer or authority having jurisdiction must routinely perform an advanced inspection on all protective ensemble elements in order to assure that they are clean, maintained, and still safe. Just knowing the age of the gear cannot do that.


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The rugged west coast of Scotland
in the kingdom of Dalriada is the setting from which came the Eagleshaw name. The name derives from someone having lived in the old Barony of Eaglesham in the county of Renfrew
(now part of the Strathclyde region), Scotland
, which originated in the 13th century.
Early Origins of the Eagleshaw family
The surname Eagleshaw was first found in Renfrewshire
(Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù), a historic county of Scotland
, today encompassing the Council Areas of Renfrew
, East Renfrewshire
, and Iverclyde, in the Strathclyde region of southwestern Scotland, where they held a family seat
from very ancient times.
Early History of the Eagleshaw family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our Eagleshaw research.Another 357 words (26 lines of text) covering the years 1200, 1239, 1200, 1296, 1300, 1323, 1335, 1616 and 1616 are included under the topic Early Eagleshaw History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
Eagleshaw Spelling Variations
In various documents Eagleshaw has been spelled Since medieval scribes still spelled according to sound, records from that era contain an enormous number of spelling variations
. Eaglesham, Eagleson, Egglesham, Eglischane and others.
Early Notables of the Eagleshaw family (pre 1700)
More information is included under the topic Early Eagleshaw Notables in all our PDF Extended History products
and printed products wherever possible.
Migration of the Eagleshaw family to the New World and Oceana
Numerous Scottish settlers settled along the east coast of the colonies that would become the United States and Canada. Others traveled to the open country of the west. At the time of the American War of Independence
, some remained in the United States, while those who remained loyal to the crown went north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. The highland games and Clan
societies that sprang up across North America in the 20th century have helped many Scots to recover parts of their lost traditions. Research into passenger and immigration lists has revealed some of the very first Eagleshaws to arrive in North America: Mr. Eagleson landed in Boston Massachusetts in 1768.


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The Activity Analysis Dashboard provides you with insight and visibility into the activities that are being logged within Matrix. This will provide Managers with easy-to-read analytics regarding what their team is up to, and allow a salesperson a simple interface to view a breakdown of their activities.
You access the Activity Analysis Dashboard via Reports – Dashboards tab. This dashboard offers a quick view of the top Account Executives with the most Activities, the # of Activities by Day, and the detailed listing of this information.
Time-frame - defaults to the current month, but can be easily modified:
- Grouping - how to group the data in the dashboard
- Show By: Individual Salesperson, or Salesperson Group.
- Activity: Group by the Activity Group Name (Parent) or by the Activity Subtype Name (Child).
- Top 5 Most Active - The graph will list the top 5 Account Executives (or Account Executive Groups) with the most activities within the select time-frame.
- Activities by Day - The stacked bar graph that illustrates the # of activities on a given day of the week. This will quickly illustrate what day Account Executives are most active.
- List Details - The list will show the Activity Type selected above, as Columns.
Export Raw Data - This will send the above report details to a CSV file (as shown below). The export also includes additional data points by providing both the Advertiser and Agency associated with the activities.

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Japan's 1909 "Korean Fisheries Guide"
The following are some pages from Japan's 1909 "Korean Fisheries Guide," which were posted HERE by Mr. Tanaka Kunitaka. If I can get a translation of the Ulleungdo section, I will add it to the post.
Map of Ulleungdo (1909 Korean Fisheries Guide)
Uldo (Ulleungdo) County (1909 Korean Fisheries Guide)
Another Page Describing Ulleungdo
 1. The map is called 「鬱陵島全図」 and there are Jukdo(竹嶼)and Kwannundo(鼠頂島 Sokouto=観音島) on the map.
 On the first page, it clearly states that eastern limit of Ulleundo is 130°54′.
 And on p708-709, there are place name like 石門洞 (Sok-Mun) and 石亭浦(Chon-Sok-Po). You can see that the word 石 was pronounced as "Sok", not Tok or Dok on Ulleundo in those days.
 It also states that Japanese found many squids around the island and started Squid fishery in 1903. Korean on Ulleundo mainly used to do only farming and all they did was collecting seaweeds for marine product, but Koreans under middle class learned from Japanese and started fishing squids three years ago (1906?).
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 3. Thank you, Kaneganese. I had been wondering when squid fishing started on Ulleungdo. Also, notice that it said that Koreans did not start fishing for squid until 1906, three years after the Japanese started. Why did the Koreans wait so long? I think it was because Koreans on Ulleungdo at the time were not equipped to do that kind of fishing, or any kind of deep-sea fishing, which would explain why they were working on Japanese fishing boats, instead of their own, at the beginning of the 20th century.
 As other documents have shown, Koreans on Ulleungdo at the beginning of the 20th century were farmers, not fishermen, and, therefore, they had little reason and probably no means to travel beyond Ulleungdo to Liancourt Rocks (Dokdo/Takeshima). Even the Korean ships from the Cholla region, which visited Ulleungdo about once a year, apparently did not go there to fish. From what I have read, they went there to trade and to gather seaweed.
 Documents like Japan's fishing guides are a great source of clues for understanding the situation on Ulleungdo at the turn of the 20th century. By the way, the fact that Korea did not publish such fishing guides is another clue telling us that Koreans were not deep-sea fishermen at the turn of the 20th century.
 4. When one of my friends from kindergarten was a teacher of the school in coastal city of Hokkaido, she told me that she was very interested in the huge difference between the family of fishing industry and farming one. The family member who engage in fishing outer sea always prepare the worst every time their dads leave the house for work. If you are lucky, you could make a killing, but if you are not, you could lose everything, even their lives sometimes. It is always a gamble. On the other hand, farmers always have to plan what they are going to do next, or next year and so on. They are well-organized. Chosen dynasty disdained the fisheries because of the principle of basing a country's economy on agriculture by Confucianism. It is not surprising that Korean on Ulleundo didn't engage in "real" fishing since Chosen dynasty made them to immigrate from mainland to do farming, not fishing. Even in 1906 when they learned fishery from Japanese and finally started fishing squids around Ulleundo, but only "under the middle class" of them were engaged in fishing. Apparently, there must have been some sort of discrimination even among Korean residents on Ulleundo. Japanese fishermen testified that Japanese were hiring Korean women diver from Chejudo, not Ulleundo even in 1930's.
 5. I found some easy misleadings about the Korean website(I cannt find the original pages).
 韓国水産誌 江原道 島嶼
 第二章 江原道 (…) 本道の地は 北緯三十?度三十九分乃至三十九度十分, 東經百二十?度四十一分乃至百二十九度二十九分 間に位しで(…)東方一帶日本海に沿へり. (…)
 島嶼は 國島, 牛島, 猪島, 荒島, 松島, 竹島 ※, 無路島, 德山島, 卵島等ありで就中國島大なり. 竹島及無路島は箭竹の産地どしで名あり.｣
 This original text from 方輿総誌(_PHONE_ c.a.)
 also this is introduced in the 皇城新聞 1906.06.14 as old famous places.
 and this seven small island is on the 大東方輿圖(See:nearby 歙谷
 Map of 歙谷Hup-gok on 韓国水産誌 江原道's 歙谷郡


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Results Follow Up, UNAD 2017
The project "Digitalizing Uganda Sign Language" aims to make Uganda sign language accessible via digital platforms.
There is no digital resource available to learn Uganda sign language today.
Spider supports the implementation and research for the project "Digitalizing Uganda Sign Language". The project is based in Uganda and aims to make Uganda sign language accessible via digital platforms across the country. The Spider results follow up performed a baseline study at the beginning of the project to examine the level of ICT use and accessibility for sign language in Uganda's various regions. This will help UNAD understand stakeholders' experiences, expectations and the challenges in utilising Uganda's digital sign-language content.
The baseline study on use of ICTs for learning sign language in Uganda shows that mobile apps, social media networks and CDs are very helpful in learning sign language.
The baseline study on use of ICTs for learning sign language in Uganda shows that mobile apps, social media networks and CDs are very helpful in learning sign language. Findings show that there are low levels of ICT use and accessibility among sign language learners in the different regions of Uganda. Yet the attitude towards using ICTs to learn sign language is positive, among the deaf, their friends, sign language instructors, parents and community service providers (such as nurses, the police, teachers, business persons, etc.).
Social media groups, videos on WhatApps and Facebook, mobile apps and compact discs (CDs) were among some of the commonly used ICTs for learning sign language.
The baseline study found that challenges related to use of these ICTs include unaffordable costs for Internet especially when learners have to share and download videos and also acquiring the artefacts (smartphones, CDs, etc.).
The Channel 4 Documentary "Patrick Speaks" shows how 15 year Patrick Otema learns sign language and how this knowledge breaks the silence he has lived in so far.
Literacy among deaf persons was found to be low. A majority of them have only primary school education. Most schools offer no special education beyond primary level. Literacy challenges also make it difficult to use ICTs as well as other learning materials such as dictionaries and tutorials.
The baseline study highlights some of the interventions to address challenges faced by deaf people and sign language learners in Uganda. The Ugandan population has to be sensitised on how to communicate with the deaf rather than stereotyping them as social misfits. To achieve this, the study recommends creating awareness programmes and integrating sign language learning into national education programmes.
Literacy challenges also make it difficult to use ICTs as well as learning materials such as dictionaries and tutorials.
There is a need to borrow a leaf from universal sign language programmes but also to contextualise particular interventions, especially the curriculum and content developed. Some of the signs are not universal and for this reason the signs confuse learners. Therefore, learning materials should address content localisation issues.
When it comes to learning sign language using ICTs, the study found that there is a need to streamline strategies for digital sign language implementation. For example availing digital resources (content, devices, etc.) to the deaf and their helpers and empowering people and institutions which were found to be influential in supporting the deaf: that is, friends, religious institutions, family members and deaf instructors. These would scale the cause.


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Frequency Analysis of Flood Damage
Additional Document Info
Determination of flood damage frequencies constitutes a fundamental component of any comprehensive flood-risk methodology. A time series of flood damage may contain zero values. Therefore, the probability distribution of damage should be derived taking into consideration these zero values. This distribution was derived using the total probability theorem (in conjunction with gamma, log-normal and Weibull distributions), order statistics, kinematic diffusion (KD) model, and the Box-Cox transformation. Flood damage frequencies determined using these methods were compared with those determined empirically for Alabama, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Texas in the United States. For the four southern states studied, it is found that of all three different analysis methods, the method based on the total probability theorem gave the best results for the flood damage analysis containing zero-damage, and the KD model method is not suitable for the flood damage analysis. ASCE.


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TrainingBriefs® Responding to Change with Commitment
Committing to Change
New Micro-Learning! The commitment phase of the Change Response Strategy is all about exploring the consequences, making a choice you're comfortable with and then moving forward. During this course, you'll observe how a team leader uses an experience within her organization to explain the strategy to a friend.
Learning Path & Details
Suggested Industry Usage
- Creating a Collaborative Environment
- Facilitating Change
- Understand how to explore the consequences, making a choice you're comfortable with and then moving forward.
- Understand how to demonstrate the commitment to change with our actions.
- Audible Narration
- Integrated Video
- Interactions and Activities
Training Files (1)
The "commit" step in The Change Response Strategy helps you make a good faith effort to support a change based on the best available information.


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Posted on Monday, February 10th, 2014 by Will Hagle
Seattle's Space Needle has an interactive website that allows you to scroll up the structure while learning more about the city.
Seattle is having a successful year. The city's hometown rapper Macklemore swept the rap awards at the Grammys (causing a bit of controversy in the process), and then the Seahawks took home the Lombardi trophy at the NFL Super Bowl. To honor Seattle's recent success, check out the site dedicated to the structure that gained them notoriety in the first place — the Space Needle. The Space Needle was built in 1962 and quickly became an integral symbol of Seattle's skyline. The structure now also has an interactive online component that lets you explore the 605-foot structure from the comfort of your own home — no matter where you are in the world.
As you scroll your way up the Space Needle, a variety of interactive materials will appear on the screen. You can click on things to learn more about the history of the Space Needle, as well as other facts about Seattle. The site explains, for instance, that it has rained over 162 feet (49.3 meters) in the city since the Space Needle was constructed. Despite the massive amounts of rain that Seattle gets, the city is well known for its vibrant culture of music, nature-exploration, and coffee. The Space Needle site has facts about all of those things and more. As you get a virtual view of the city, you can click on buildings or other things in sight to learn more about them. If you're ever in the Seattle area, a visit to the Space Needle is worth it. If you can't make it there, try checking out the digital equivalent instead.


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Revista argentina de cardiología
versión On-line ISSN _PHONE_
BORRACCI, Raúl A; DOVAL, Hernán C; MANENTE, Diego y TAJER, Carlos D. Scientific Collaboration Networks in Argentine Cardiology Publications. Rev. argent. cardiol. [online]. 2009, vol.77, n.6, pp. 487-492. ISSN _PHONE_.
Background The structure of scientific collaboration networks has been recently studied in different disciplines. The analysis of large data bases using specialized software capable of connecting the different authors and coauthors in a large network of scientific collaboration has enabled the construction of collaboration graphs between investigators in several disciplines. The use of these networks is not new in the field of bibliometrics; however, attention has been recently focused on academic co-authorship networks which might be more representative of the structure of knowledge of an academic community. Objective To describe the structure of scientific collaboration networks in Argentina based on co-authorship network analysis of the articles published in the field of cardiology during 2007. Material and Methods We conducted a bibliographic search of Argentine papers published in the field of cardiology. Data was retrieved from Medline and from two local journals: Rev Argent Cardiol and Rev Fed Arg Cardiol. Collaboration networks between authors were constructed using the Kamada-Kawai algorithm included in the Pajek software. Results Mean papers per author ranged from 1.12 to 1.24, the exponent tau of productivity was 2.78 to 3.45, mean authors per paper from 3.60 to 6.51, and collaborators per author ranged between 2.60 and 4.88. The construction of collaboration networks showed that the size of the giant component was between 13.1% and 65.8%, the mean distance between authors was 1.5 to 8.5 and the maximum distance was 5-24. Conclusions The structures of different scientific collaboration networks based on co-authorship in Argentine papers published in local and international journals were studied. The productivity index followed Lotka's law with a value that was similar to the one reported in biomedical publications. The size of the collaboration network was smaller than expected, probably due to the short period of the study. The mean distance between authors was greater than we expected, indicating an inadequate structure of connections and collaboration between investigators.
Palabras llave : Bibliometrics; Cardiology; Argentina.


1/9 The Dark Knight Rises
This is a great beginner project for anyone new to model lighting. It demonstrates how a basic lighting system can transform a model into an eye-catching display piece.
This light kit is designed for use with the Crazy Toys 1/9 figure as shown, but could no doubt be incorporated for use in many of the Batman display models.
For this lighting project you will need:
1) The pre-wired set available from our store.
2) A 2mm and 5mm drill.
3) Three dot stickers (or equivalent markers).
4) One standard 9v battery.
Step 1
When you have assembled your Batman figure, place it on the display base provided with the kit. There is a small raised dot on the base where the fingers of the right hand should be positioned. From there we need to mark out the position of where each led needs to fit. The two ultra violets are positioned at either side of the model to give the blue-on-black effect. The warm white illuminates the figures face. Use your dot stickers to mark the positions of each led (see photos).
Step 2
When you are happy with each led position, ensure each marker sticker is firmly in place and remove the figure from the base. Although using stickers to mark the positions isn't essential, regular visitors to the site will know that this is my preferred way of doing this task. Firstly it provides an easy visual reference, and secondly - perhaps more importantly - helps provide a "key" for the drill bit.
To drill the holes, first pre-drill each hole with the 2mm drill. The final diameter for each hole needs to be 5mm, but don't attempt to drill this in one go using the 5mm drill - you risk splitting the plastic base. Take your time, and using the 2mm drill, pre-drill each hole using the weight of the drill itself as the downward force. When done, widen each hole to 5mm diameter.
Don't be afraid to connect the battery to the light kit, and position the leds underneath the model to experiment with the different lighting effects that you can get.
Remember, as with all the projects, this is your model build - and there isn't only one way of doing things.
Try your own ideas and experiment with different effects!
A great tip to make positioning the lights easy - ensure the model is in the correct place, and then use either a pencil or screwdriver to show where on the model each led light beam will hit. For example, the warm white led is to illuminate the figures face, so position the pencil in front of the figures face, running down to the base, to get the most accurate placement.
When the 5mm holes are drilled, insert the plastic led clips into each one, and push them fully into place.
Step 3
Turn the model base over, and loosely place each led in position in the fitting clip. Do not try to push the leds into place using the wires, as this risks breaking the connections. Instead, use a flat blade scewdriver to push each led firmly into their holders, placing the blade of the screwdriver between the led wires - see photo.
All done!
Add the 9v battery, turn the base over and re-fit the figure. As you can see, the lighting really enhances this particular model - and now you know how to get Batman "blues" as an effect for future projects :)


For the week of April 04, 2005
DNA Accountability – Part 1
By: Tom Bandy
Refine the DNA in every annual meeting or annual staff visioning retreat. Talk about it, and ask yourself the question: Who or what is left out? Who is at the "margin" of the congregation? If your heart breaks for people who are excluded, refine the DNA so that you can include them in your congregational life and mission.
It may seem contrary to common sense, but the best way to evaluate the clarity of your DNA is to study the "margins" of your congregational life and mission field.


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Composite railway bridge construction
Plymouth-based Pipex px, a supplier of composite and thermoplastic products for construction projects, has manufactured a Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) footbridge to replace its steel predecessor.
The footbridge, being installed at Dawlish railway station on the South Devon seafront, is reportedly the first FRP bridge to be installed 'in station' as well as the first Grade II listed FRP bridge.
Pipex px states safety concerns were raised after the existing steel footbridge structure at Dawlish station suffered severe corrosion damage due to its close proximity to the seafront and subsequent harsh marine environment. In addition to corrosion of the main girders and roof structure, the original timber decking had rotted and the protective paintwork had broken down.
Network Rail engineers considered a number of alternative solutions, including a complete refurbishment, but Pipex px states its FRP fabrication was concluded to be the ideal solution for the project.
Pipex px manufactured the Fibre Reinforced Polymer (FRP) footbridge for the Grade 2 listed rail station, with its design team able to successfully replicate the look of the original 1930s steel bridge.
Pipex px states the extreme durability and corrosion resistant properties of its FRP ensures that the new structure will require minimal maintenance once installed, significantly reducing overall expenditure during its design life. Significantly more lightweight than traditional steel, the Pipex px FRP bridge offers fast track installation, reducing disruption to services and customers.
Testing work has been carried out and it is hoped that the project will be fully completed by the end of November 2012.


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Although turning a console off is something usually pretty straight forward, it appears that the Switch isn't just as easy as pressing the power button to shut it down, as some users have found.
Pressing the power button on the tablet will put the console into a 'sleep mode' instead of turning it off, you'll need to bring up the power options menu to turn it off entirely.
Here's how it works:
- You'll need access to the console directly, the Switch cannot be turned off via controllers.
- Hold down the power button for at least five seconds.
- A menu will pop up that gives you the option to put the console in sleep mode or power options.
- Select power options.
- You'll then have the option to restart the console or turn it off. Select to power down.
You will then have fully powered down the Switch! Although it may seem simple, some may be surprised that there is no way to turn off the console via the joy-cons or any other controller used with the console.


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Test Sequence Basics
A test sequence consists of test steps arranged in a hierarchy. You can use a test sequence to define test inputs and to define how a test will progress in response to the simulation. A test step contains actions that execute at the beginning of the step. A test step can contain transitions that define when the step stops executing, and which test step executes next. Actions and transitions use MATLAB® as the action language. You create test sequences by using the Test Sequence block and the Test Sequence Editor. See Use Stateflow Chart for Test Harness Inputs and Scheduling.
Test Sequence Hierarchy
Test sequences defined in Test Sequence blocks can have parent steps and substeps. Substeps can activate only if the parent step is active. A group of steps in the same hierarchy level shares a common transition type. When you create a test step, the step becomes a transition option for other steps in the same group.
Test Sequence Scenarios
In a Test Sequence block, you can define multiple test sequences, which are called test sequence scenarios. By using scenarios, you can define distinct test sequences without having multiple Test Sequence blocks in your test harness. You can run test sequence scenarios in these ways:
 - Activate a single scenario from the Test Sequence Editor and run the model
 - Activate a single scenario using API commands and run the model
 - Control the active scenario with a workspace variable and run the model
 - Use a custom test script to loop through scenarios when running the model
 - Define iterations in the Test Manager to run more than one scenario in a single test case
For more information and examples of using test sequence scenarios, see Use Test Sequence Scenarios in the Test Sequence Editor and Test Manager and Programmatically Create and Run Test Sequence Scenarios.
Transition Types
Test sequences defined in Test Sequence blocks transition from one step to another in two ways:
 - Standard transition: You can define a sequence of actions that react to simulation conditions using a standard transition sequence. Standard transition sequences start with the first step and progress according to transition conditions and next steps. For a list of transitions, see Test Sequence and Assessment Syntax.
 This test sequence sets the value of Boolean outputs RedButtonIn and GreenButtonIn, with transitions happening after each step has been active for 1 sec.
 - When decomposition: When decomposition sequences are analogous to switch statements in programming. Your sequence can act based on specific conditions occurring in your model. In a When decomposition sequence, steps activate based on a condition that you define after the step name. Transitions are not used between steps.
 This When decomposition contains three verify statements. Each verify statement is active when the signal gear is equal to a different value. For more information, see Assess a Model by Using When Decomposition.
Create a Basic Test Sequence
In this example, you use a Test Sequence block to create a simple test sequence for a transmission shift logic controller.
 1. Open the model. At the command line, enter
 2. Right-click the shift_controller subsystem and select Test Harness > Create for 'shift_controller'.
 3. In the Create Test Harness dialog box, under Sources and Sinks:
 - Select Test Sequence from the source drop-down menu.
 - Select Add separate assessment block.
 - Select Open harness after creation.
 4. Click OK. The test harness for the shift_controller subsystem opens.
 5. Double-click the Test Sequence block. The Test Sequence Editor opens.
 6. Create the test sequence.
 1. Rename the first step Accelerate and add the step actions:
 speed = 10*ramp(et);
 throttle = 100;
 2. Right-click the Accelerate step and select Add step after. Rename this step Stop, and add the step actions:
 throttle = 0;
 speed = 0;
 3. Enter the transition condition for the Accelerate step. In this example, Accelerate transitions to Stop when the system is in fourth gear for 2 seconds. In the Transition column, enter:
 duration(gear == 4) >= Limit
 In the Next Step column, select Stop.
 4. Add a constant to define Limit. In the Symbols pane, hover over Constant and click the add data button. Enter Limit for the constant name.
 5. Hover over Limit and click the edit button. In the Constant value field, enter 2. Click OK.
Create Basic Test Assessments
 1. Continuing the example, in the test harness, double-click the Test Assessment block to open the editor. The editor displays a When decomposition sequence.
 2. Rename the first step Assessments.
 3. Add two steps to Assessments. Right-click the Assessments step and select Add sub-step. Do this a second time. There should be four steps under Assessments.
 4. Enter the names and actions for the four substeps.
 Check1st when gear == 1
 verify(speed < 45)
 Check2nd when gear == 2
 verify(speed < 75)
 Check3rd when gear == 3
 verify(speed < 105)
 The fourth step Else has no actions. Else handles simulation conditions outside of the preceding when conditions.
 5. Add a scope to the harness and connect the speed, throttle, and gear signals to the scope.
 6. Set the model simulation time to 15 seconds and simulate the test harness. View the signal data by opening the scope.
 7. View the results of the verify statements in the Simulation Data Inspector.
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Writing data from a matrix to a SAS data set
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In a previous post, I showed how to read data from a SAS data set into SAS/IML matrices or vectors. This article shows the converse: how to use the CREATE, APPEND, and CLOSE statements to create a SAS data set from data stored in a matrix or in vectors.
Creating a SAS Data Set from SAS/IML Vectors
You can use the CREATE and APPEND statements to write a SAS data set from SAS/IML vectors. The following statements create three different SAS/IML vectors. The data in those vectors are then written to a data set called MyData in the Work library:
proc iml;
/** create SAS data set from vectors **/
y = {1,0,3,2,0,3}; /** 6 x 1 vector **/
z = {8,7,6,5,6}; /** 5 x 1 vector **/
c = {A A A B B B}; /** 1 x 6 character vector **/

create MyData var {y z c}; /** create data set **/
append; /** write data in vectors **/
close MyData; /** close the data set **/
The CREATE statement opens Work.MyData for writing. The program creates the numerical vectors y and z, and the character vector c. The APPEND statement writes the values of the vectors listed on the VAR clause of the CREATE statement. The numeric vectors create numeric variables; the character vector creates a character variable, which in this case has length 1. The names of the variables in the data set are y, z, and c, which are the same names as the SAS/IML vectors.
The CLOSE statement closes the data set. It is a good programming practice to close data sets when you are finished writing the data.
Notice that it does not matter if a vector is a row vector or a column vector: each element of a vector is written to an observation in the data set. If the vectors do not contain the same number of elements, then the variables that result from the shorter vectors are padded with missing values. For example, the last observation for the z variable contains a missing value, as shown by the following call to PROC PRINT:
proc print data=MyData; run;
Creating a SAS Data Set from a SAS/IML Matrix
Use the FROM clause on the CREATE and APPEND statements to create a data set from a matrix. You can specify names for the data set variables by using the COLNAME= option to the FROM clause, as shown in the following example:
proc iml;
/** create SAS data set from a matrix **/
x = {1 2 3,
 4 5 6,
 7 8 9,
 3 2 1 }; /** 4 x 3 matrix **/
create MyData2 from x[colname={"q" "r" "s"}];
append from x;
close MyData2;
For this example, the names of the variables in the data set are q, r, and s. If you do not explicitly specify names for the data set variables, the variables are named COL1, COL2, and so forth.
proc print data=MyData2; run;
For more details on reading and writing data in the SAS/IML language, see Chapter 3 of Statistical Programming with SAS/IML Software.
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Rick Wicklin, PhD, is a distinguished researcher in computational statistics at SAS and is a principal developer of PROC IML and SAS/IML Studio. His areas of expertise include computational statistics, simulation, statistical graphics, and modern methods in statistical data analysis. Rick is author of the books Statistical Programming with SAS/IML Software and Simulating Data with SAS.
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 1. Hi Rick,
 Would you be able to give us an example of how you would use the create and append if a do loop
 where the data set name is different for each.
 For example:
 proc iml;
 /** create SAS data set from a matrix **/
 Do i = 1 to 5;
 x = {1 2 3, 4 5 6, 7 8 9, 3 2 1 }; /** 4 x 3 matrix **/
 p = x*i;
 create MyData_&i from x[colname={"q" "r" "s"}];
 append from p;
 close MyData_&i;
 So the resulting data sets would be:
 MyData_1
 MyData_2
 MyData_3
 MyData_4
 MyData_5
 Thanks,
 Scott
 2. Worked like a charm. Thanks Rick. Here's what I did in case others need it.
 Proc iml;
 PCOR = {1.00 0.40 0.40,
 0.40 1.00 0.40,
 0.40 0.40 1.00};
 dsNames = {A B C}; /* specify names of data sets */
 do i = 1 to ncol(dsNames);
 pvar = diag(vecdiag(pcor))*i;
 create(dsNames[i]) from pvar; /* create work.A, then work.B, and so on */
 append from pvar;
 close (dsNames[i]);
 end;
 3. Colwel
 I run above program but there are some errors pls guide me
 571 Proc iml;
 NOTE: IML Ready
 572 PCOR = {1.00 0.40 0.40,
 573 0.40 1.00 0.40,
 574 0.40 0.40 1.00};
 575 dsNames={A B C};
 575! /* specify names of data sets */
 576 do i = 1 to 5;
 577 pvar = diag(vecdiag(pcor))*i;
 578 create (dsNames[i]) from pvar;
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 ERROR 22-322: Expecting a name.
 ERROR 76-322: Syntax error, statement will be ignored.
 579 append from pvar;
 580 close (dsNames[i]);
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 ERROR 22-322: Syntax error, expecting one of the following: a name, ;.
 ERROR 200-322: The symbol is not recognized and will be ignored.
 581 end;
 - thanks for replying
 But my problem is related to earlier discussion on this page and I am running following program as mentioned by colwel
 But facing some error and not getting out put
 my sas version is 9.02
 kindly guide me
 thanks
 - I am using SAS 9.3 but still following program is not running
 Proc iml;
 PCOR = {1.00 0.40 0.40,
 0.40 1.00 0.40,
 0.40 0.40 1.00};
 dsNames = {A B C}; /* specify names of data sets */
 do i = 1 to ncol(dsNames);
 pvar = diag(vecdiag(pcor))*i;
 create(dsNames[i]) from pvar; /* create work.A, then work.B, and so on */
 append from pvar;
 close (dsNames[i]);
 end;
 Error:
 5078 create(dsNames[i]) from pvar;
 -
 22
 76
 ERROR 22-322: Expecting a name.
 4. Pingback: Generate uniform data in a simplex - The DO Loop
 5. Does IML allow for matrices to have different counts by row? That is, something like this:
 X = {1 2 3,
 2 4,
 3 4 5};
 Thanks in advance.
 Dave
 - Rick Wicklin
 No. SAS/IML follows the rules of linear algebra, which requires a rectangular array of numbers. You can use a zero cell or a missing value to indicate which column is omitted for the 2nd row of your example.
 6. Pingback: Write to a SAS data set from inside a SAS/IML loop - The DO Loop
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On Unix, the connection capture component performing the SFTP conversion is installed from a separate installation package
ssh-tectia-capture. For installation instructions, see Chapter 2.
On Unix, the FTP-SFTP conversion activation requires defining the filter rules for SFTP conversion in the Connection Broker configuration and then running the
The FTP-SFTP conversion settings are defined in the Connection Broker configuration file. The following example configuration converts any FTP connections to port 21 on any host to SFTP, and allows falling back to plain text transfer mode in case the secure connection cannot be established. The user name and the destination host name are taken from the application that initiates the connection.

With the above configuration, you can start an FTP session for example to host address
ftp.example.org with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled by running the following command:
$ ssh-capture ftp ftp.example.org
The SSH Tectia ConnectSecure has an option to allow plaintext FTP used if the secure SFTP connection cannot be established. You can enable fallback to plaintext FTP in the configuration file as shown above and then by adding option
--fallback to the command:
$ ssh-capture -F ftp ftp.example.org
When allowing fallback to plaintext with setting
fallback-to-plain="yes", always specify the port unambiquously in the configuration. Otherwise, the connection to a plaintext FTP server may fail in passive mode file transfer.
To start a bash shell session with FTP-SFTP conversion enabled for all commands, run the following command:
$ ssh-capture bash
Note that there are limitations on capturing suid applications. For more information, see the Note about capture restrictions.


text: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the effect of local melatonin application during surgery on bone implant connection (BIC) in rabbit tibiae. Six 0.8- to 1-year-old male New Zealand rabbits were divided into 3 groups: (1) a control group (CG) in which rabbits were not treated with additive materials and only implant integration was executed; (2) a melatonin dose 1 (MLT D-1) group in which rabbits were treated with 1.2 mg of melatonin locally before implant placement into the rabbits' tibiae; and (3) a melatonin dose 2 (MLT D-2) group in which rabbits were treated with 3 mg melatonin locally before implant placement into the rabbits' tibiae. Four weeks after the procedure, the rabbits were euthanized; their tibiae were dissected from muscles and soft tissues, fixed with formaldehyde, and later embedded in methacrylate. Histologic and histomorphometric analyses were then performed under light microscopy. Following this, BIC was detected histomorphometrically, and P<.05 was considered statistically significant. Results showed that the highest BIC percentage was detected in MLT D-2, with a mean value of 39.46% +/- 0.78, as compared with a mean value of 33.89% +/- 0.92 in group MLT D-1 and 27.42% +/- 0.89 in CG. Similarly, the mean BIC percentage of the MLT D-2 group was the highest among the three, with the mean BIC percentage of the MLT D-1 still registering as higher than CG. Within the limitations of this rabbit study, it appears that local melatonin application during implant surgery may improve BIC.


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An inhabited island has been wiped off the face of the Earth due to global warming, Britain's The Independent newspaper reported on Sunday.
Rising sea levels have swallowed the island whole, according to the report. It was once home to 10,000 people.
Lohachara's disappearance wasn't easy to discover. Satellites monitored it until it finally disappeared.
Two-thirds of a neighboring uninhabited island, Ghoramara, has also been claimed by water.
The disappearance of Lohachara Island comes eight years after uninhabited islands in the Pacific were overtaken. As a result of their going under, the people of low-lying islands in Vanuatu, also in the Pacific, have been evacuated.
Researchers at Calcutta's Jadavpur University studying the phenomenon for six years say there are now about a dozen "vanishing islands" in the region.


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The Fifth Year of Produce to Pantries Gives the Gift of Food
Produce to Pantries had another successful year of donating produce to local food pantries, benefiting over 3,500 families in Roxbury, Dorchester, and Mattapan. In total, Produce to Pantries contributed over 7,300 pounds of fresh produce to food pantries, a quantified cost of approximately $12,600. The four food pantries that received the donations were the Haitian-American Public Health Initiative (HAPHI), St. Mary's Episcopal Church, Boston Public Health Commission's Healthy Baby/Healthy Child food program and Boston Medical Center's Preventive Food Pantry.
Many thanks go to the roughly 50 volunteers who contributed a collective 1,200 hours of service to ensure that every pantry got a sufficient amount of fresh, healthy produce. Thank you to the gardeners at Southwest Corridor Community Farm, Nightingale Community Garden, Lamartine/Hubbard Streets Community Garden, West Springfield Community Garden, St. Rose Community Garden, Edward L. Cooper and Allan Crite Community Gardens, Clark Cooper Community Garden, Lenox/Kendall Streets Community Garden, and Minton Stable Community Garden. A shout out to all the youth who participated in the Youth Conservation Corps program, which helped in the growing and harvesting of produce for Produce to Pantries. Finally, special thanks to Powisset Farm, Brookwood Community Farm, and Weir River Farm for generously donating over half the produce that was distributed at the pantries.
Produce to Pantries Introduces New Cookbook
Produce to Pantries, initiated through the Boston Gardeners Council, is pleased to introduce to a new cookbook for pantry patrons this summer, featuring traditional global cuisines that incorporate locally grown produce. The 24-page cookbook highlights 37 common and not-so-common vegetables, offering readers simple ideas on how to prepare produce grown locally. In addition, readers can try 12 global recipes from countries represented in the food pantries served through the Produce to Pantries program for a taste of the world. Download your own copy of the Produce to Pantries Cookbook today. For more information on the cookbook or Produce to Pantries program, please contact Dana Staley at _EMAIL_.
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CHomP Text Data Formats
All the files used by the programs in the homology package (except for the BMP files) are text files which contain human-readable definitions of the data structures they represent. Binary data formats, however, are going to be implemented in the future for more efficient data storage. A suggestion of a format for storing cubical sets as bitmaps is currently under construction (any comments or suggestions are welcome).
In each input text file, the user can place his or her own comments. Every semicolon ';' marks the beginning of a comment - the remaining part of the line, including the semicolon, is ignored by the programs. Note that the programs themselves add some comments to the data they write to files. The user must be aware of this fact and ignore these comments or use them for their own purpose.
The so-called white characters (spaces, tabulators and end-of-lines) are treated as separators of words and are ignored wherever appropriate to allow for aesthetic formatting of the data with nice indents and superfluous empty lines.
In this page, a few specific examples are shown to illustrate the data file structures better than the abstract descriptions. For more complicated examples, the reader is kindly referred to the examples provided with the package.
Sets of cubes
Each n-dimensional (hyper)cube is assumed to have the edges of length 1 and vertices in the points whose all coordinates are integer. Each cube is represented by the vertex with minimal coordinates. In the text files, the coordinates must be enclosed in parentheses and separated with spaces or commas.
For backwards compatibility, in the output data all the programs from the Homology package precede the list of cubes with the word "dimension" followed by an integer number indicating the space dimension. However, in the input files every line beginning with the word "dimension" is ignored by the programs, because the space dimension is now determined directly from the number of coordinates appearing in the definition of each (hyper)cube.
For example, the set consisting of the five squares shown in the picture to the right can be encoded in the text form as follows:
 ; definition of the cubes
 ; illustrated in the picture
 dimension 2
Some of the programs in the package (currently probably only homcubes) are able to read the full cubical sets in which cubes are defined just by space-separated sequences of numbers, one cube per line. This feature was requested by some people using Matlab. The above-mentioned set of cubes would then be defined as the following text file:
 2 1
 1 2
 2 3
 3 3
 3 2
Numeric encoding of cubes is also possible, as illustrated in the example num. To save the space, one can use integer numbers in the input files to refer to (hyper)cubes defined earlier. These numbers begin with 1 and refer to the cubes in the order they were read by the program from the input files or created during the computations. Be careful not to use numbers which are out of range. In the example above, the cube defined by "(2,1)" is assigned the number 1, the cube "(1,2)" receives the number 2, and so on, as indicated in the picture. In order to distinguish from the format in which the cubes may be written without parentheses, in some situations one must either precede each number with the '#' character, or place each number in a separate line. See the example num for details.
The feature of numeric encoding is especially useful for the program homcubes and allows to decrease the size of the input text files, especially the file with the definition of a combinatorial multivalued map. Since the order in which the program reads input files is not 100% obvious and may change in the future, it is recommended to use the option -c filename to read through the given file in order to fix the order of cubes in a deterministic way.
Cubical sets
Cubical sets are sets that contain (hyper)cubes of dimension that is not necessarily maximal, embedded in the common space Rn. Such cubes are referred to in the Homology Package as cubical cells. Each of these cells can be defined in two ways, either by their opposite vertices, one with the minimal coordinates, and the other with the maximal ones, or as a carthesian product of intervals.
In the example illustration to the right, there are four elementary cubes: a 2-dimensional square, two 1-dimensional segments and one 0-dimensional point. Using the first discussed convention, they can be defined in the text file in the following way:
 [(1,1) (2,2)] ; the square
 [(3,2) (4,2)] ; the horizontal line segment
 [(2,3) (2,4)] ; the vertical line segment
 [(3,3) (3,3)] ; the point
Using the second convention, the same objects can be defined as follows:
 [1,2] x [1,2]
 [3,4] x [2]
 [2] x [3,4]
 [3] x [3]
Note that the intervals are closed and can be written also using parentheses (), braces {} or angular brackets <>. Each closed interval of length zero can be written either in the form of an interval, or by specifying only that point, e.g. "[3]" is equivalent "[3,3]", as shown above.
Combinatorial cubical multivalued maps
A combinatorial multivalued map is a multivalued map which assignes to each (hyper)cube in its domain a set of (hyper)cubes, possibly empty. Such a map can be defined in the Homology package in two ways. The first way, a more general one, defines each assignment in the form of a line containing the argument, then an immitation of an arrow consisting of a dash and the "greater than" sign, and finally the set assigned to the argument in braces {}. The elements in this set are separated by spaces or commas. Note that the braces must appear even if the set is empty.
For example, consider the combinatorial multivalued map depicted in the illustration to the right. Cube no. 1 is mapped to the pair of cubes, no. 1 and 2. Cube no. 2 is mapped to cube no. 2, cube no. 3 is mapped to the empty set, and cube no. 4 is mapped to the pair of cubes no. 3 and 4. This map can be defined in the text format as follows:
 (2,1) -> {(2,1) (1,2)}
 (1,2) -> {(1,2)}
 (2,3) -> {}
 (3,3) -> {(2,3),(3,3)}
Another way of defining a combinatorial multivalued map was introduced by M. Mazur and J. Szybowski in their program chmap which is now part of the Homology package. This way is more restrictive, contains an obligatory text header and allows to define only maps which assign a rectangular set (a convex set) to each cube in the domain. The file should begin with the line containing the phrase "Space Dimension:" followed by an integer indicating the space dimension. The next line should contain the phrase "Number Of Primitive Arguments:" followed by the number of elements in the domain of the map. The third line should contain the phrase "Map: AlmostPerfect". The next line should contain the phrase "Primitive Argument" followed by the word "Value". Then the map is defined by providing the domain cube written in the form of a cubical cell followed by its image (set of cubes) written in the same form as a cubical cell, that is, by providing the two opposite vertices of the rectangular set: the first vertex should contain the minimal coordinates of the set, and the other one---maximal. Finally, at the end of the file there should be the word "END". Note: All the programs except for chmap actually ignore the numeric information contained in the header, but this header must exist in order to distinguish the two data formats.
Unfortunately, the example map defined above cannot be written in the form discussed here, so let's consider another map, illustrated in the picture to the right. Here cube no. 1 on the left is mapped to the cubes no. 1, 2 and 3 on the right, cube no. 2 is mapped to the cubes 1, 4 and 6, and cube no. 3 is mapped to all the cubes except for 3. The actual text definition of this map would be as follows:
 Space Dimension: 2
 Number Of Primitive Arguments: 3
 Map: AlmostPerfect
 Primitive Argument Value
 [(1,2) (2,3)] [(1,1) (4,2)]
 [(2,2) (3,3)] [(1,1) (2,4)]
 [(3,3) (4,4)] [(1,1) (3,4)]
Note that this format can save some space if the images of single cubes are very large. Just for comparison, the definition of the same map in the former format is as follows:
 (1,2) -> {(1,1) (2,1) (3,1)}
 (2,2) -> {(1,1) (1,2) (1,3)}
 (3,3) -> {(1,1) (2,1) (1,2)


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Runtime Error 217 Fix
To fix runtime error 217, you should understand the concept of Runtime error 217 and identify the causes of it firstly. What is Runtime error 217?
What Causes Runtime Error 217
There are many causes of runtime error 217, some of which will be displayed below:
- One of the causes that makes the runtime error 217 appear is one or more DLL files fail to register when you install an application. Incorrect DLL's after a program has been installed is one of the most common causes of runtime error 217.
- Another cause is a file called Msvcrt.dll (a Microsoft Visual C++ file) is outdated
- Another cause of the runtime error 217 is incorrect regional settings.
- An outdated Stdole32.dll is one of the causes of runtime error 217.
- Viruses can also cause this error
- Incorrect registry entries and even damaged ones can cause the runtime error 217 to occur, also.
To get rid of runtime error 217, you need to have a registry cleaner. Go grab a Registry Cleaner before get thwarted with your computer.
What is a Registry Cleaner? How does it work? This is the best and effective way to remove and get rid run time error and get your personal computer run efficiently and smoothly again. Remember that a Registry Cleaner is not a solution to all problems to your computer but if you are solving registry problems, this is the perfect and ideal solution to your computer's function issues.
To solve runtime error 217,You need to follow the steps below:
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Some of the topics we will cover include four-wheel drive systems, proper gear selection, and vehicle preservation. In the field, driving one of our fleet vehicles, you will take what you learned in the classroom and apply it to some challenging terrain in northern Vermont.
The 4×4 Center training facility is located in the heart of the Green Mountains accessing over 3,000 acres of natural terrain with twenty miles of trail. We also feature twenty acres of man-made obstacles, including a paved skid pad; complete with sprinkler system to simulate all weather conditions. Our northern Vermont location allows for outstanding winter driving challenges from December through March.
All of our instructors have years if not decades of experience operating 4×4 vehicles. They are highly trained as drivers and mechanics with extensive practice in extreme vehicle operation, repair, and recovery.
Whether you're looking to enhance your professional driving resume, want to teach your employees some job-related driving skills, need to learn expedition related driving techniques, or just want to enjoy a fun day in the field, we promise training that is invaluable.
Our "Classroom" Vehicles
Try your hand at a wide variety of vehicles that are; gas or diesel powered, automatic or manual shift transmissions, left or right hand drive. Being able to experience: Land Rover Defenders, Range Rovers, Jeep Rubicons, Toyota 4Runners, HiLuxs, and RAV4s, etc allows you to develop the skills to operate any type of vehicle. Every off road vehicle is equipped with a winch, skid plates, rock sliders, heavy duty bumpers, recovery points, and recovery gear. Some school vehicles have open differentialss, true trac limited slip differentials, and others have selectable lockers which provides an educational experience for participants to see how different drivetrains operate in varied terrain.
Current Fleet of Vehicles:
Facilities & Terrain
The 4×4 Center driving school, located in Bolton, Vermont, encompasses over 3,000 acres of natural mountanous terrain including twenty miles of trails. We break all this down into four specific training areas — mountain trails, manmade obstacles which we design and build ourselves, a winter ice pad, and a paved skid pad complete with a sprinkler system to simulate wet or icy driving conditions.
Our on-site classroom comfortably accommodates up to twenty-five people and is equipped with computers, internet access, full food and beverage services, bathrooms and vehicle maintenance facilities. Larger meeting areas are available upon request.
In addition to our 3,000 acre facility, we can arrange for some government agencies to access the terrain at a local military base of 18,000 acres and can arrange for special events at other locations in North America based on our customers' needs.
The Michelin and BFGoodrich tire companies trust The 4×4 Center Driving School to provide their sales forces with firs thand experience of their products in the field. They trust The 4x4 Center to push these tires to the limit and demonstrate their full capabilities. You can learn more at that schools dedicated website TheTireExperience.com.
Onsite lodging, meals and meeting space is available from our partners at Bolton Valley Resort and The Essex.


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A pie graph is the best way to show portions, or parts of a whole. You're starting to pick up some real science smarts!
Pie graphs represent data in a visual, easy to read manner, which helps us to understand data more clearly.
Using this pie graph, we can see just what portion of all the trash each particular type of trash represents
(how big of a piece of cake each type of trash "eats"). It's as simple as that!
Even though graphs can look simple, there's a lot of information in a graph.
Let's test your ability to read
Q1: What type
of trash makes up the biggest portion of trash? (Hint: look
at the biggest piece of pie and then match its color with the type of trash
found in the legend on the right.)
Q2: Can we say
what makes up the heaviest piece of trash from the graph?
Yes: - cigarettes
No: - not enough information provided
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How are YOU going to celebrate National Peanut Day? Over here at Dish Trip we thought it was only appropriate to celebrate this famous in-flight food... in the air! So for our first ever "Food Flight," we staged a creative culinary competition for the unsuspecting passengers on a recent Southwest flight to Denver, CO.
Four courageous competitors were hand-picked by crew members (and by Southwest Airlines' own Brooks Thomas), and challenged to improvise their own in-flight culinary creation using peanuts — the featured ingredient — along with other food that would normally be found on a typical domestic flight. We also threw in some other bonus ingredients!
Check out the video below. Happy National Peanut Day to all of you who are Nuts about Southwest! And a special thanks to Nikki, Jeannie, and Adam for making this an amazing experience. And to Mandy, for being our muse!
Top-Ten Peanut Facts*
- The peanut is not a nut, but a legume related to beans and lentils.
- There are enough peanuts in one acre to make 30,000 peanut butter sandwiches.
- Two peanut farmers have been elected president of the US: Thomas Jefferson and Jimmy Carter.
- A peanut made it to the moon! Astronaut Allen B. Sheppard brought one with him in 1971.
- Peanuts contribute more than $4 billion to the US economy each year.
- There are four types of peanuts grown in the US: Runner, Virginia, Spanish and Valencia.
- The peanut plant originated in South America.
- A mature peanut plant produces about 40 pods that then grow into peanuts.
- Peanuts have a higher antioxidant capacity than grapes, green tea, tomatoes, spinach, broccoli, carrots and many other foods.
- Peanuts contain over 30 essential nutrients and are naturally cholesterol-free.
Ever wonder where the term "Peanut Gallery" comes from? The term became popular in the late 19th century and referred to the rear or uppermost seats in a theater, which were also the cheapest seats. People seated in such a gallery were able to throw peanuts, a common food at theaters, at those seated below them. It also applied to the first row of seats in a theater, for the occupants of those seats could throw peanuts at the stage, stating their displeasure with the performance.
* Peanut facts sourced from The National Peanut Board
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Southwest Airlines has procedures in place to assist our Customers with severe allergies to peanut dust. You can read about those procedures here.


Ogilby's Duiker
Ogilbys Duiker in the forest
Photo by: Julie Dewilde
Ogilby's Duiker, also known as the, White-legged Duiker, Cephalophus ogilbyi, is a little known small antelope found in the southeastern end of Nigeria, distinguished among other duikers by its paler coloration and long legs with powerful hindquarters. It weighs up to 20 kg and has a shoulder height of up to 56 cm. Head and body length is between 85- 115 cm. The animal's stocky body and arched back allows it to move easily through dense undergrowth. This diurnal duiker is likely to be found either alone or in pairs, just like other diver antelopes. No Ogilby's duikers are known to be kept in captivity.
The Ogilby's Duiker is a trim orange to mahogany-colured duiker with chunky hindquarter and a bold black dorsal stripe that tapers to a point just above the tail. Body colour extends down relatively long, slender body. The horns which occur in both sexes are short but peculiarly incurved and heavily corrugated. Tail tuft is very large. Skull is with an extreme inflation of the forehead behind the frontal structure of the nose., making a protruded frontal boss which is reduced laterally. Species found in the island have more extreme frontal boss than the one in neighboring Nigeria.
The C. o. ogilbyi subspecies, which has its stripes continuing into the tail as a thin line, occurs on Bioko Island, and then on the mainland in southeast Nigeria. Population remains high in the Cross Rivers National Park. However, it is the only Nigerian forest antelope on the 1994 IUCN Red list. This species has been reduced to relict populations in the Niger-delta.
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Closing the world's first commercial nuclear power station
 - 15 December 2010
 - From the section Business
Berkeley nuclear power station
Image caption Berkeley, seen here in 1963, has now been stripped of its equipment
The Magnox reactor buildings at the world's first commercial nuclear power station stand square, almost defiantly, against the brisk breeze from the River Severn.
Built in the late 1950s, the power station produced enough electricity during its heyday to supply a city the size of Bristol.
These days, devoid of life and stripped of its external pipework, the seven-storey buildings are little more than hollow shells.
"When they were operational they were full, jam packed with gear," says site director Sean Sargent as he surveys one of the large, dark rooms in Reactor 2, the beam from his powerful torch bouncing off the cold concrete floor and walls.
Locked up and sealed
Image caption Mr Sargent says 99% of the radioactive waste was sent to Sellafield 20 years ago
Inside the windowless structures, vast concrete chambers, stripped of monitoring and control equipment, surround a central cylinder that houses the old nuclear reactors.
But electricity production at the Berkeley site ceased in the late 1980s, marking the end of just over three decades of supplying the National Grid.
Since then, the reactors have taken on new lives.
These days, following two decades of dismantling and decommissioning, their function is to store the reactor's casing and core.
On Thursday, the buildings will be locked up and sealed for 64 years of nuclear waste storage - allowing the radiation in the reactors to degrade to levels low enough to make it both safe and economic to remove the waste that is still left within them before knocking them down.
"We'll be locking the doors and that'll be it," says Mr Sargent.
Nowhere to put it
Image caption Intermediate-level nuclear waste will be recovered from underground vaults and moved to a new site
In nuclear jargon, sealing the buildings is referred to as "entering Safestore"; the second stage in a lengthy process of nuclear power plant decommissioning.
Berkeley is the first of 10 Magnox nuclear power stations in the UK to reach this stage of decommissioning, though they will all follow suit over the years ahead.
Sara Johnston from the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) believes this is "demonstrating the progress made in decommissioning".
"This is a hugely significant achievement, not just for the site but for the UK nuclear industry as a whole," she says.
Sceptics, however, believe it highlights how slow the process of dealing with nuclear waste is, and point out that there is more than one reason why the reactor buildings at Berkeley will remain intact for three-quarters of a century after electricity production here came to an end.
One reason is that it is cheaper and just as efficient to leave the contaminated material where it is, rather than build a new storage facility on site.
The other reason is that the UK still has not constructed a geological disposal facility where it can put its radioactive waste.
Nuclear waste
Image caption Berkeley nuclear power station ceased producing electricity in 1989
At this point in time, it has not even been decided where the UK's underground nuclear waste repository will be constructed, though somewhere near Sellafield in Cumbria - where the vast bulk of the UK's high-level nuclear waste is currently stored - is generally deemed the most likely location.
This was where the foundations were laid for the construction of Berkeley and the UK's commercial nuclear power industry, when during the late 1950s Calder Hall at Sellafield branched out from nuclear for military purposes to also deliver power to the National Grid.
This is also where spent fuel rods from Berkeley were sent for reprocessing during _PHONE_, so all the active waste - some 99% of all the radioactivity that was here - has long since left the site in Gloucestershire.
But Berkeley has nevertheless been left with about 1,000 tonnes of intermediate-level radioactive waste from its research laboratories, and in the form of sludge from the treatment of the cooling water.
This waste is currently stored below ground in eight-metre deep vaults, each of them six metres wide and 14 metres long.
Like all the contaminated waste in the UK, Berkeley's intermediate-level waste will eventually end up in the planned underground repository, though in the meantime it will be stored on site.
A new storage facility will be created above ground, adjacent to the two reactor-buildings-cum-waste-stores.
"We talk of a three box solution," says Mr Sargent.
Problem for newbuild?
Regulators and local people alike seem satisfied that the storage solutions at Berkeley are safe for now.
But having radioactive waste temporarily stored at old Magnox nuclear power station sites, at a time when plans for the next generation of new nuclear power plants in the UK is being hammered out, could prove problematic for the industry.
Opponents to nuclear power will see it as visible proof that the mess from the past has not been sorted out, thus undermining assurances by the newbuild industry that its radioactive waste will be properly dealt with in the future.
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A tiff is a minor, relatively unimportant argument or fight. A tiff with your brother might start over the subject of whose turn it is to take out the trash.
It's no fun to have a tiff with someone, but it's usually resolved or forgotten easily. When you have a tiff with a friend, it's inevitably a squabble over some silly topic, and if you bicker with your boyfriend, you can call it a "lovers' tiff." In the 1700s, a tiff was an "outburst of temper," from an unknown source. Some word experts suggest the word echoes the sound of a "puff of air or gas."


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This The Prisoner of Carrot Castle app also includes:
Foster healthy eating habits by sending your learners to a magical land where castles are made out of carrots and trees are actually giant pieces of broccoli! Pupils can explore this interactive storybook and a world where vegetables are the answer.
The Prisoner of Carrot Castle is an engaging story about a boy named Aidan and his adventures with carrots and broccoli. Pupils can listen to or read the story as well as interact with the app to create various sounds and animations.
- Turn music on and off
- Turn narration on and off
- Pull the carrots at the sides of the page to go back and forth in the story
- Tap animals and characters for fun sounds and animations
- Tilt the tablet to move Aidan along a tunnel to see even more rooms in the carrot castle
- Dress up three different knights as a fun game before or after reading
How techie do I need to be?
- Pair this fun book with a unit on healthy eating foods
- If you have a set of tablets available to you, use this app at a station; kids can listen with headphones and tap on all the interactive features
- Suggest this app to parents of picky eaters
- Some kids may not connect the fact that all of the villagers are not healthy because they don't eat vegetables, so you may wish to discuss this aspect of the story
- See the materials for educational activities created by the publisher of the app to pair with The Prisoner of Carrot Castle
- The art and animation is charming and will captivate learners' interest
- The story has a positive message about eating vegetables


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What does MERLIN stand for?
What does MERLIN mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: MERLIN.
We've found a total of 6 definitions for MERLIN:
Multi Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network
Missouri Education And Research Libraries Information Network
Mail Evaluation Readability Lookup Instrument
Multi Element Radio Linked Interfometer Network
Madison Entrepreneur Resource Learning and Innovation Network
Motivation Engagement and Recovery Learning Initiative Network
What does MERLIN mean?
- (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor


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Australian Correspondence Schools: - Department of Conservation, Ecology and the Environment presenting the Pet Care Courses which is significant to pet owners, veterinary assistants, or people who work with animals (for e.g. on farms, zoos, pet shops, trainers, etc). In sympathetic Animal behavior, they enlarge their source for perceptive human activities, and as such, the course may also be precious for anyone studying general psychology.
Aims of Australian Correspondence Schools
Department of Conservation, Ecology and the Environment offers Pet Care Courses: -
1. Identify factors affecting animal behavior.
2. Describe the influence of genes on animal behavior.
3. Explain how animals perceive and how they respond to various stimuli.
4. Explain the influence of environment factors, such as circadian rhythms, on biological clocks, reproductive cycles, orientation and other animal behaviors.
5. Explain the social influences on animal aggression, play, sexual behavior, communication and other behaviors.
6. Describe different ways that animals learn (such as conditioning and habituation) and some effects of learning on behavior.
7. Discuss psychological implications of different handling techniques.
8. Identify abnormal animal behavior (eg. psychotic, neurotic behavior) and ways to reduce dependence on humans.
Please use the Contact form on the right for Pet Care Courses information and ordering.


How To: Automate Your Microsoft Azure Virtual Desktops with ControlUp
ControlUp v8.6.5 has an Azure Virtual Desktop (AVD) integration that provides some amazing metrics pulled directly from Azure. This can have a profound impact on the cost of your Microsoft Azure environment, especially if you have pay-as-you-go licensing. Let's go over what you can do with ControlUp Automate, Microsoft Azure, Azure Virtual Desktop, and the benefits of its combo knockout technological punch!
ControlUp Automate
ControlUp Automate is an expansive solution designed to automatically execute actions. The capabilities of Automate have grown over time; originally, its capabilities included triggering actions based on state changes. For instance, you could create a trigger to execute an action when the CPU of a machine went above 50 percent for at least three seconds. This triggering system was great because it meant actions would be executed in response to something that occurred in your environment.
ControlUp then expanded the capabilities of the state trigger system to include scheduled triggers. Unlike state change-based triggers, these operate on a schedule and perform simple metric checks to see if a specified value is over whatever threshold you've specified. This new trigger type is amazing because you can use it to level-set your environment or execute actions based on the properties of a monitored resource. Instead of relying on state changes we can just do simple logic. At 8:00 p.m., if the number of users equals zero, shut down the machine.
Let's Automate!
There are four things you need before you can set up Azure automation in ControlUp:
 1. An Azure Service principal object with rights to execute administrative actions
 2. A user or service account
 3. The user or service account user profile created on each ControlUp Monitor server
 4. An Azure credential file saved into the user profile of the user or service account on the ControlUp Monitor servers

Microsoft Azure Service Principal
The first thing we need to do is set up our script actions for automation. To execute automation against Azure, we need a service principal. The steps for creating a service principal can be found in our knowledge base: "Part 1 – Configure Azure App Registration and Service Principal Object for ControlUp Script Actions

Domain Service Account
Next is a user / service account. For the purposes of this article, I've created an account named "svc_controlup." This account needs to be added to the ControlUp Shared Credential Store. Select the "Settings" tab along the top of the ControlUp Real-Time Console and click on "Monitors."
Create Domain Service Account in Microsoft Azure

Inside the "Manage ControlUp Monitors" settings preference pane, click on "Monitors" in the Settings menu.

Manage ControlUp Monitors in Azure

Click on "Add Credentials Set"

Sites and monitors configuration wizard

Enter your username / password and check the "Share credentials with authorized users" box.

Add new credentials dialog in ControlUp

With your account selected, click "Validate."

Validate domain account in ControlUp
Confirmation of account validation

Set up a user profile on each ControlUp Monitor server
We need to set up each ControlUp Monitor server with the user account and Azure credential file. This needs to be done for each ControlUp Monitor Server, since the ControlUp Monitor Server that is currently load-balanced to monitor the Azure Cloud Connection will be the one executing the action.
For more information on the ControlUp Monitor Cluster, check out Benny Tritsch's deep dive into the subject. By default, the ControlUp Monitor cluster will distribute the monitored resources among themselves, so setting up the user profile and credential file on each monitor will ensure that the automation will run no matter which ControlUp Monitor Server is performing the action.
Setting up a user profile is simple enough. You simply either RDP to the machine using the service account credentials or logon to the machine via the Console. If you have any policies blocking local logon for service accounts, you may need to remove them so the profile can be created (the policy can be re-applied afterward).
ControlUp Monitor Cluster Sizing

Microsoft Azure Credential Store File
Once you've logged onto the ControlUp Monitor Server using your service account, we need to create the credential store file with the Azure credentials. Download the ControlUp "Store Credentials" script to the target machine to generate the Azure credential store.
With the prompt, I'll run the "Store Credentials" script and feed it the parameters for the Service Principal for creating the Azure credential store.

Microsoft Azure Store Credentials Script in ControlUp
. 'C:\Swinst\Store Credentials.ps1' -applicationId e150aaaa-6cc0-4f6f-8f40-331a5faf5461 -applicationSecret yxU3An9u43anqLJAC7nfs -credentialType Azure -tenantId 0e344a14-33fc-447d-a87b-ab12abc120002 -TenantIdInFileName

The script will tell you that it was successful in creating the credential object. The credential will be stored at C:\ProgramData\ControlUp\ScriptSupport.
With the credentials configured, it's time to edit the Script Actions and define the service account for them to use when they are run in automation.

Enable the Automation
Enabling the automation within ControlUp is easy! Simply go into the Trigger Settings dialog and check each box next to the Azure automation triggers (Prefixed AAC_AZ). You will get a prompt to download the associated Script Action for each and an agreement you need to accept.

Azure automation triggers in ControlUp

Set the service account for Script Action
Click on "Script Actions."

ControlUp Script Actions tab

With the scripts added to your organization, click on the "Organizational Scripts" tab, select one of the automation script actions, and click "Modify."

With the scripts added to your organization, click on the "Organizational Scripts" tab, select one of the automation script actions, and click "Modify"

In the dialog "Modify script action parameters," set the "Default shared credentials for automation" to the account you defined earlier.

Modify script action parameters in Microsoft Azure

Each script action will have the same edit applied. The following Script Actions need to be modified:
AZ Machine power action: Start Machine
AZ Machine power action: Stop and deallocate
AZ Change machine disk type: StandardLRS disk
AZ Change machine disk type: StandardSSD disk

Understanding When the Automation Will Execute
This automation is relying on two different trigger types: "scheduled" and "advanced."
An advanced trigger operates on state changes; for a deeper dive into advanced triggers, check out this video:

The scheduled trigger performs an evaluation of all resources against the filter and executes against machines that meet the filter criteria.
ControlUp offers a feature that can be assigned to a trigger called "Schedules" that defines when a trigger is active. When this comes to scheduled triggers, we can use the interval in the scheduled trigger and use schedules to define when its active interval.
If schedules are set to be active 24 / 7, then a scheduled trigger with a one-hour interval would fire 24 times in a day (once per hour).

Scheduled trigger, set at 60-minute intervals, 24/7

If we attached a schedule to the scheduled trigger and define it to only operates after-hours (say 8:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.) then the scheduled trigger would only fire in the white blocks and not the red blocks.

If we attached a schedule to the scheduled trigger and define it to only operates after-hours (say 8:00 p.m.–6:00 a.m.) then the scheduled trigger would only fire in the white blocks and not the red blocks.
Advanced triggers operate similarly in that the schedules you define for them dictate when it will evaluate state changes.
If the default schedule does not work for your organization, you can adjust the schedule in the trigger.

Define a New Schedule
To define a different schedule for when a trigger should be active, select the trigger and click "Edit"

To define a different schedule for when a trigger should be active, select the trigger and click "Edit"

In the "Edit Trigger" dialog, click "Next" until you reach the "Edit Incident Trigger" portion of the wizard. At the bottom of the dialog is a schedule drop-down box; click it and a list will appear of schedules you can select. If you want to add a new schedule, simply select "Add new schedule." If you want to edit an existing schedule, select "Manage schedules."

Edit incident trigger dialog

For the purposes of this tutorial, select "Add new schedule." Once you do this, the "Alert Event Schedule" dialog will appear. Here, you can give the schedule a friendly name and define when the trigger will be active.

Alert Event Schedule

To define when the trigger is active, select the areas in the grid where you want it to operate, then click "Record incident." The dark blue squares in the GIF below show when the trigger will be active and the white squares when it is not.
This is an example of setting a schedule to operate only during business hours, excluding weekends.

This is an example of setting a schedule to operate only during business hours, excluding weekends.

For Azure power management features, you may want triggers to be active outside of business hours (like our blue squares or the like). Once that is complete, edit each trigger and assign your desired schedule.
For the Azure automation triggers we are providing, there are two by


Instant fossils found trapped in asteroid impact glass
Life 24 April 2014
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(Image: Peter Schultz/Geology/GSA)
When asteroids strike Earth, it can mean death and destruction. But they can also be flashbulbs, capturing a freeze-frame record of life at the moment of impact.
Peter Schultz of Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island, and his colleagues examined two asteroid impact sites in the Chasicó and Mar del Plata regions in La Pampa, Argentina. They found the first examples of biological material locked in the glass that is instantly formed in the blast.
This animation of 3D electron microscope scans show plant fragments that were pulled out of the impact glass for detailed analysis. The material was preserved in incredible detail, including structures down to the cellular level.
Similar impact glass fossils, protected for eons under a blanket of Martian dust, could retain a record of ancient life on the Red Rlanet.
Journal reference: Geology, DOI: 10.1130/G35343.1


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The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection is asking residents to keep an eye out for special bobcat tracking collars outside.
Authorities said the request is part of a bobcat research project that aims to investigate bobcat habitat use across the state.
Fifty bobcats were trapped and fitted with the collars from November 2018 through March 2019. The collars have a GPS monitoring system so officials can track their movements, DEEP officials said.
The collars do not hurt the animals and DEEP said they are pre-programmed to fall off after being worn for 300 days. The last of the 2018-2019 monitoring collars are expected to fall off within the next month or so.
Once the collar falls off of the bobcat, they continue to transmit a signal before Wildlife Division staff recovers them.
If you find one in your yard or while walking in the woods, you're urged to contact the Wildlife Division at _PHONE_ or _EMAIL_.
Biologists said they plan to use the collar data to compare the bobcat populations in the state's rural and suburban areas.
According to officials, DEEP wants to look at how successful bobcats are at reproduction and survival in different environments.
Residents are urged to report any bobcat sightings, especially if they have been marked with yellow ear tags. You can make a report on DEEP's website, on the Connecticut Fish and Wildlife Facebook page, or by emailing _EMAIL_.