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[out-n-ou-ter, -nd-ou-] /ˌaʊt nˈaʊ tər, -ndˈaʊ-/
a person who does things with excessive thoroughness; extremist.
a thoroughgoing or perfect example of a kind.
a thorough or thoroughgoing person or thing
a person or thing that is excellent of its kind
/ˌaʊtəˈsaɪt/ adjective, interjection (slang) 1. another term for far-out Related Terms out of sight
[out-ahr-gyoo] /ˌaʊtˈɑr gyu/ verb (used with object), outargued, outarguing. 1. to outdo or defeat in : That man could outargue the devil himself.
[out-uh-sahyt] /ˈaʊt əˈsaɪt/ adjective, Pronunciation Spelling. 1..
[eet] /it/ verb (used with object), ate [eyt; especially British et] /eɪt; especially British ɛt/ (Show IPA) or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/ (Show IPA), eaten or (Archaic) eat [et, eet] /ɛt, it/ (Show IPA), eating. 1. to take into the mouth and swallow for nourishment; chew and swallow (food). 2. to consume by […]


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MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS
Donka Shopova, Igor Niagolov
Pages: 404-412 Published: 28 May 2015
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Abstract: This paper explores the performance of the water resource systems located in the Tundja River basin, Bulgaria. It includes multiple water intakes and two large reservoirs with complex purpose. The reservoir cascade "Koprinka" -"Jrebchevo" is used to regulate the water in the basin of the Tundja River and contribute to the increasing complexity of water allocation and implementation of rational use of water resources. The goal of this paper is to test the impact of various transferred water amounts to the Stara Zagora irrigation fields on the satisfaction of water consumers with irrigation water from the reservoir "Jrebchevo". Summarized research of the influence of water amounts supplied through HPP "Stara Zagora" on irrigation from reservoir "Jrebchevo".
Keywords: complex water resource systems, water resource management, decision support system
Cite this article: Donka Shopova, Igor Niagolov. MANAGEMENT AND DEVELOPMENT OF WATER RESOURCE SYSTEMS. Journal of International Scientific Publications: Ecology & Safety 9, 404-412 (2015). _URL_

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Learning Resources | News
Gale Adds More National Geographic Content to Virtual Library
- By Dian Schaffhauser
Instructors, librarians, students, and researchers will have access to a new collection of books, articles, videos, maps, and other resources culled from the collection of National Geographic. Education publisher Gale, which is part of Cengage Learning, has launched National Geographic: People, Animals, and the World. The content includes:
- Books on travel, science, technology, history, environment, animals, photography, and world cultures;
- The full text of National Geographic Traveler magazine from 2010 to the present;
- 325 videos on multiple topics from animals to travel;
- 655 color maps and atlases; and
- 600 downloadable images.
The latest collection is the third National Geographic offering included in Gale's portfolio. The company previously published digital editions of National Geographic Magazine Archive, _PHONE_ and National Geographic Magazine Archive, 1995-Current.
"These resources challenge all users to think about the world from multiple perspectives, such as comparing first-hand accounts with contemporary news coverage, while multimedia helps keep them engaged and enlivens learning and understanding," said Jim Draper, vice president of product strategy and content development for Gale.
Dian Schaffhauser is a writer who covers technology and business for a number of publications. Contact her at _EMAIL_.

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It is well known that the rate of production of solar neutrinos is very sensitive to small variations in the radiative opacity of the solar interior. In this paper we show that the reduction in frequency resulting from scattering and density inhomogeneity influences the radiative transport of energy and thus the solar opacity.
|Number of pages||8|
|Journal||Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer|
|Publication status||Published - Jul 1997|


Question: What wines are low in histamines?
Try drinking dry whites like Sauvignon Blanc or sparkling wines like Cava or Prosecco as they are lower in histamines than red wines.
Which wines have histamines?
Red wines typically have the highest histamine levels when compared to white wines and champagnes. The levels are typically between 60 to 3800 micrograms per liter (mcg/L). Red wines normally need the longest aging time to "soften" and fully develop their desired flavor.
Which alcohol has least histamine?
When it comes to spirits, stick to tequila, vodka and gin.
They're lower in histamine than other liquors. For vodka, stick to the plain types, as flavored vodkas can have higher histamine levels.
Which wine has less sulfites red or white?
Fact: Red wines typically contain less sulfites than white wine. Why do red wines have less sulfites? They contain tannin, which is a stabilizing agent, and almost all red wines go through malolactic fermentation. Therefore, less sulfur dioxide is needed to protect the wine during winemaking and maturation.
What alcohol contains histamines?
Wine and beer have a lot of histamines in them, which is a substance your body produces naturally. Histamines develop over time, mostly in aged beverages or foods, like wine and aged cheese.
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Does B12 increase histamine?
Folic acid (with vitamin B12) can help to raise the histamine level.
Is Turmeric high in histamine?
5. Turmeric is a spice that can prevent the release of histamine from mast cells and can even inhibit anaphylactic reactions. It can be used in cooking or can be made into a tea.
Does Coca Cola contain histamine?
The problem is that histamine is not only produced by cells in our immune system, it can also occur naturally in some foods such as champagne, wine, beer, sauerkraut, vinegar, pickles, mayonnaise, tofu cheese, sausages, processed meats, mushrooms, prepared salads, tinned vegetables, dried fruits, seeds, nuts, yeast, …
Is Pinot Noir high in histamines?
Most of the wines had similar amine levels except for Pinot noir and St. … For example, when wines from 2004 and 2005 were compared, it was found that levels of histamine, putrescine and tyramine were higher in 2004 (a vintage with very good red wines) than in 2005 (a year delivering average red wine) [4].
What fish is low in histamine?
Histamine levels of fish
Fish product Histamine level
Fresh fish (e.g. salmon, saithe, redfish, cod, hake, hoki, plaice, trout, zander) low-histamine
Frozen Fish (also fish fingers) low-histamine
Fish oil capsules low-histamine
Canned fish (e.g. tuna, anchovies, sardines, mackerels, herring, rollmops) histamine-rich
Which wines have less sulfites?
Wines with more color (i.e., red wines) tend to need less sulfites than clear wines (i.e., white wines). A typical dry white wine may have around 100 mg/L whereas a typical dry red wine will have around 50–75 mg/L.
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What brands of wine are sulfite-free?
Here's what you need to know about these compounds, plus a few of our favorite low-sulfite wines to add to your cart like, now.
 - 2019 Ace in the Hole Cabernet Sauvignon. …
 - Frey Agriculturist Organic Blanc. …
 - 2018 Bruno Dubois Saumur Rococo. …
 - 2018 Trés Chic Rosé …
 - 2019 Wonderful Wine Co.
18 нояб. 2020 г.
What wine has the least amount of sulfites?
Frey Vineyards Natural Red NV, California ($9)
A pioneer of organic and biodynamic wines, Frey also prides itself on adding no sulfites to its wines. Their basic red blend is comprised of Carignan, Zinfandel, and Syrah – fruity and easy drinking.
Does coffee contain histamine?
Coffee is high in histamine which can set off what looks like an allergic reaction but it doesn't occur through the typical allergy mechanism. Instead, the histamine from the coffee causes an inflammatory reaction that can be quite severe in some people.
Is wine high in histamine?
"Red wine migraines" are often histamine intolerance headaches, and red wine is indeed high in histamine. All alcoholic beverages can be problematic for people with histamine intolerance because alcohol can make DAO, one of the enzymes your body uses to process histamine, less effective.
Does alcohol contain histamine?
Beer, wine and liquor contain histamine, produced by yeast and bacteria during the fermentation process. Histamine, of course, is the chemical that sets off allergy symptoms. Wine and beer also contain sulfites, another group of compounds known to provoke asthma and other allergy-like symptoms.
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text: An autonomous guidance,navigation and control(GNC)scheme based on multi-information fusion is proposed for Mars pinpoint landing mission. Before entering the Mars atmosphere,an autonomous navigation scheme fusing X-Ray pulsars and Mars landmark images is employed to satisfy the requirement of high precision navigation. Then,during Mars entry,descent and landing(EDL)phase,a multi-information fusion navigation scheme is constructed for absolute and relative navigation with high precision, which consists of Mars landmark images, inertial measurement unit (IMU) and ranging and velocity sensors. With the demands of pinpoint landing, a guidance and control algorithm is also designed for Mars atmosphere entry phase and powered descent phase. Finally,numerical simulation is performed,which indicates that the landing accuracy is better than 100 m and the hazard avoidance accuracy is around 0.5 m when adopting the proposed GNC scheme.


Expressive Activity on Campus
What is Texas Senate Bill 18?
The 86th Texas Legislature (2019) passed Senate Bill 18, codified in Education Code § 51.9315, Protected
Expression on Campus.
The law defines terms; discusses the importance of freedom of speech and expression on campus; and
provides that reasonable time, place, and manner restrictions are still authorized, including but not limited
to, a faculty member's ability to maintain safety and order in a classroom.
Read Texas Senate Bill 18
What Does This Law Require?
The law requires each institution of higher education to adopt a policy detailing student's rights
and responsibilities regarding expressive activities at the college. The policy MUST ALLOW:
 1. "Any person" to engage in expressive activity on campus.
 2. Student organizations and faculty to invite speakers.
 3. A method for filing complaints about non-compliance with the law and disciplinary procedures for individuals (students and employees) violating this law.
 4. The Board of Trustees to approve the new policy before it takes effect.
How Does Senate Bill 18 Benefit Students?
 1. Colleges may not take action against student organizations based on their viewpoints and the expressive activities for which they engage.
 2. Colleges can only consider four factors when determining whether to permit a speaker on campus and the appropriate security fee-venue and size of the crowd, need for security, necessary accommodations, and history of rule compliance by the group or individual inviting the speaker—but not the anticipated controversy related to the appearance.
Expressive Activity on Campus
Read Blinn College's Administrative Regulation regarding Expressive Activities on Campus by Students and Employees.
Read Blinn College's Board Policies regarding Expressive Activities on Campus by Students and Employees:


UK: Impacts of a Deposit Refund System for One-way Beverage Packaging on Local Authority Waste Services
A UK study designed to answer the question: 'What would be the impacts of the introduction of a deposit refund system for oneway beverage packaging on local authority waste services in England?' shows councils would benefit from the introduction of a deposit return scheme (DRS). It finds that, while it is true that some valuable materials may be removed from existing recycling services, far from leading to additional costs, a DRS would be likely to yield net savings, overall, once other factors such as the likely impact on residual waste arisings are taken into account. Overall, it is estimated UK councils would save around £35m per year. Similar savings could be expected from a NZ scheme if introduced.
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Introduction to MPLS LDP Graceful Restart
MPLS LDP graceful restart preserves data plane forwarding along LDP LSPs in the presence of temporary LDP control plane disruption. The disruption might be an LDP control plane restart caused by a supervisor switchover or process restart or a TCP or UDP event that disrupts control plane communication between two LDP control planes, even if neither restarts.
The following example describes how MPLS LDP graceful restart operates in the presence of an LDP control plane restart. Note that this interaction has two different roles: the router with the restarting LDP control plane and the neighbor router that detects a loss and recovery of its LDP session to the restarting router. Each carries out MPLS LDP graceful restart procedures appropriate to its role.
The topology shown in Figure 10-1 has the following elements:
All three routers are running MPLS LDP, all with graceful restart enabled.
An LDP session exists between R2 and R1, and another LDP session exists between R2 and R3.
LDP LSPs have been established, including LSPs that connect R1 and R3 and are carrying data traffic. In a network with more routers, multiple LSPs might traverse R1-R2-R3 in both directions.
Figure 10-1 Example of a Network Using LDP Graceful Restart
The following sequence shows how the three routers cooperate to provide NSF and avoid a disruption to data traffic:
1. At session establishment, each router reports to its neighbors that it supports graceful restart. Each session endpoint knows that both ends of the session support graceful restart.
2. R2 begins a supervisor switchover. R2's LDP control plane and all of its LDP TCP connections and LDP UDP hello adjacencies stop operating. R2's data plane marks all of its label entries as stale but continues to use those entries for forwarding MPLS data traffic.
3. R1 notices a loss of communication with R2. (In this sequence, R3 performs the same actions as R1.) R1 marks all of its label bindings from R2 as stale but continues to use those entries for forwarding data traffic.
4. R1 and R2 reestablish an LDP session. On R1, entering the
show mpls ldp neighbor graceful-restart
command displays information about the recovering session.
5. R2 reacquires its local label binding information. R2's data plane typically provides R2's control plane with the same local label for each prefix that was used prior to the restart.
6. Both routers readvertise their label binding information. If R1 relearns a label from R2, R1 marks the binding as no longer stale. If R2 learns a label from R1 and submits that label to its data plane, the data plane marks the entry as no longer stale.
7. After a certain amount of time has passed, R1's LDP control plane cleans up all entries that are still marked as stale. Similarly, R2's data plane removes all entries that are still marked as stale.
Typically, if no other network disruption occurs during this graceful restart operation, all bindings are relearned from the neighbor with the same label values as before the session restart. In this scenario, all saved bindings are marked as not stale during recovery, and no entries need to be cleaned up.
Another scenario of interest is a TCP or UDP communication failure without an LDP control plane restart. In this case, the two LDP control planes at either end of the session detect the communication failure. Each LDP control plane applies the same procedures as R1 used above, and NSF is achieved. R1 carries out the same MPLS LDP graceful restart procedures whether the communication failure with R2 was caused by a restart of R2's control plane or by a networking issue without a restart of R2's control plane.
You can set various timers to limit how long the routers wait for an LDP session to be reestablished before restarting the router.
What Happens if a Router Does Not Have MPLS LDP Graceful Restart Enabled
When a router that does not support MPLS LDP graceful restart undergoes a control plane restart, its data plane MPLS forwarding entries are freed.
A neighbor of such a router, detecting a loss of communication, frees all bindings from the restarting router. This behavior occurs whether the neighbor supports MPLS LDP graceful restart or not. A neighbor that supports MPLS LDP graceful restart learns at session establishment that the restarting router is not supporting MPLS LDP graceful restart. The neighbor does not run graceful restart procedures when detecting a loss of communication to the restarting router.
The cleanup actions of both the restarting router and its neighbor cause any data traffic on the old LSPs to be dropped until recovery activities have addressed the situation. Recovery activities include traffic reroute or the reestablishment of MPLS LDP LSPs or both.
How a Router Advertises that it Supports MPLS LDP Graceful Restart
A router that supports MPLS LDP graceful restart announces its capabilities to its neighbors in the fault tolerant (FT) type-length-value (TLV) in the LDP initialization message. The router sends the LDP initialization message to a neighbor as part of establishing an LDP session.
The FT session TLV includes the following information:
The Learn from Network (L) flag is set to 1, which indicates that the router is configured to perform MPLS LDP graceful restart.
The Reconnect Timeout field shows the time (in milliseconds) that the neighbor should wait for a reconnection if the LDP session is lost. If the timer is set to 0 and the local router fails, its peers do not wait for it to recover.
The Recovery Time field shows the time (in milliseconds) that the neighbor should retain the MPLS forwarding state during a recovery currently in progress. For example, if a neighbor restarted and did not preserve the MPLS forwarding state across the restart, the neighbor should set its recovery time to 0.
Note The reconnect time applies to the next communication loss while the recovery time applies to the recovery from the preceding communication loss.

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The Xilinx Virtex-5QV is a field programmable gate array (FPGA) designed for use in space applications
The Xilinx Virtex-5QV is a field programmable gate array (FPGA) designed for use in space applications. Despite radiation hardening of this particular FPGA, single-event upsets still occasionally corrupt the configuration memory of the device, requiring the use of a "scrubber" to correct these upset bits. Though scrubbing has historically required a separate external device, Sandia Labs developed a "self-scrubber" that scrubs the configuration memory of the same device in which it is implemented. This eliminates the need for a separate external device, significantly reducing the cost and complexity of programs that utilize Xilinx Virtex-5QV FPGAs.
The "self-scrubber" is a module written in VHDL that is intended to be integrated into a larger FPGA design. The self-scrubber module accesses the FPGA configuration memory through the internal ICAP configuration port and continually reads through the memory contents looking for errors. The self-scrubber corrects single-bit errors as they are discovered and is capable of reliably detecting double-bit errors in each frame. For frames with two or more bits in error, the errors are corrected by reloading the frame in error from an external memory.
The "self-scrubber" is an extremely cost effective, power conservative, and reliable alternative to external scrubbing when mitigating errors in the configuration memory of the Virtex-5QV FPGA.
- Eliminates the use of expensive external devices to mitigate radiation damage
- Easily programmable onto the device
- Continuous error correction in the configuration profile
Applications and Industries
- Space-based computing platforms that utilize Xilinx Virtex-5QV FPGA parts
|Patent Title||Patent Number||Grant Date|
|Processing device with self-scrubbing logic||9,792,184||10/17/2017


FAKE SERVO CAMERA
Introduction: FAKE SERVO CAMERA
We made a fake(real-looking) camera using arduino uno, servo motor and LEDs.
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Step 1: Fake CCTV Camera
What is it ?
It is a real-looking camera that can be installed to intimidate people.
Why to use it ?
it can be use to scare away people(or animals) that enter your house.
Step 2: Requirements
cardboard - 1
jumper wires - as required
LED - 4
micro servo - 9g
arduino uno - 1
power supply - 2 x 9v battery
Step 3: Procedure
connections
1. connect the (+) pin of the battery to Vin and (-) pin to Gnd.
2. connect the (-) pin of servo to Gnd, (+) pin to 5V and Out pin to pin 9 on arduino.
3. make a series of 4 led's using 1 battery.
camera using cardboard
1. Cut a rectangular piece of a cardboard. Then fold it into a cylinder. Make 4 holes on one of the circular faces of the cylinder.
2. Make a cuboid using the cardboard by folding it.
Step 4: Code for the Camera
#include
int potPosition;
int servoPosition;
Servo myservo;
void setup() {
myservo.attach(9);
}
void loop() {
potPosition = analogRead (A0);
servoPosition = map(potPosition, 0,1023,20,160);
myservo.write(servoPosition);
}
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coaches' professional and leadership development. I examined how the gender composition of head coach and assistant coach mentorship moderates the relationship between the quality of mentorship and assistant coaches' leadership skills. The participants were 239 pairs of assistant and head coaches in U.S. college sports. The assistant coaches assessed the quality of mentorship with their head coaches, while the head coaches assessed their assistant coaches' leadership skills. Mentorship quality was generally related to assistant coaches' leadership skills, yet the relationships were positive and significant for dyads that involve female head coaches and not significant for dyads that involve male head coaches. The results indicate that gender composition may need to be considered in increasing the effectiveness of coaches' mentorship. The findings inform the current practices in the implementation of mentoring for coaches' leader development.
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Myles C. Dennis, Paul S.R. Goods, Martyn J. Binnie, Olivier Girard, Karen E. Wallman, Brian T. Dawson, and Peter Peeling
Purpose: This study aimed to assess the influence of graded air temperatures during repeated-sprint training in hypoxia (RSH) on performance and physiological responses. Methods: Ten well-trained athletes completed one familiarization and 4 experimental sessions at a simulated altitude of 3000 m (0.144 FIO2) above sea level. Air temperatures utilized across the 4 experimental sessions were 20°C, 25°C, 30°C, and 35°C (all 50% relative humidity). The participants performed 3 sets of 5 × 10 seconds "all-out" cycle sprints, with 20 seconds of active recovery between sprints and 5 minutes of active recovery between sets (recovery intensity = 120 W). Core temperature, skin temperature, pulse oxygen saturation, heart rate, rating of perceived exertion, and thermal sensation were collected. Results: There were no differences between conditions for peak power, mean power, and total work in each set (P > .05). There were no condition × time interaction effects for any variables tested. The peak core temperature was highest at 30°C (38.06°C [0.31°C]). Overall, the pulse oxygen saturation was higher at 35°C than at 20°C (P < .001; d < 0.8), 25°C (P < .001; d = 1.12 ± 0.54, large), and 30°C (P < .001; d = 0.84 ± 0.53, large). Conclusion: Manipulating air temperature between 20°C and 35°C had no effect on performance or core temperature during a typical RSH session. However, the pulse oxygen saturation was preserved at 35°C, which may not be a desirable outcome for RSH interventions. The application of increased levels of ambient heat may require a different approach if augmenting the RSH stimulus is the desired outcome.
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Valentin Bottollier, Matt R. Cross, Nicolas Coulmy, Loïc Le Quellec, and Jacques Prioux
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the test–retest reliability of the 80s-slide-test in well-trained alpine ski racers. Methods: The sample consisted of 8 well-trained alpine ski racers (age = 17.8 [0.7] y old; height = 1.80 [0.09] m; body mass = 72.1 [9.5] kg) who performed a lab-based maximal graded test on cycle ergometer and three 80s-slide-tests in 4 separate sessions. The 80s-slide-test consisting of maximal push-offs performed for 80s on a 8-ft slide board. Oxygen uptake (V˙O2) and heart rate (HR) were recorded continuously. Blood lactate ([La]b) was determined immediately prerun, followed by 3 minutes postrun. Three minutes after the completion of the session, the subjects were asked to indicate their rate of perceived exertion using Borg scale ranging from 6 to 20. Total and every 10s mean push-offs number were assessed by camera. Typical errors of measurement, intraclass correlation coefficients, and smallest worthwhile change were calculated. Results: The 80s-slide-test showed strong reliability for total push-offs number, V˙O2peak, V˙O2mean, HRpeak, and HRmean. Δ[La]b, fatigue index, and the rate of perceived exertion were moderately reliable. Conclusion: The 80s-slide-test is a reliable test for well-trained alpine ski racers and can be used easily by trainers.
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Lee Baldock, Brendan Cropley, Rich Neil, and Stephen D. Mellalieu
The stress experiences and their impact upon the daily lives and mental well-being of English Premier League professional (soccer) football coaches were explored using an in-depth qualitative design. Eight participants were interviewed using a semi-structured approach with thematic and causal network analysis revealing that (a) a range of contextually dependent demands were experienced and interpreted in relation to their situational properties; (b) many demands were appraised and emotionally responded to in a negative manner; (c) a range of coping strategies were adopted to cope with stress experiences, with many reported as ineffective; and (d) stress experiences often led to negative implications for their daily lives and eudaimonic and hedonic well-being. Positive adaptations to some demands experienced were reported and augmented perceptions of mental well-being. The findings of this study make a novel and significant contribution to understanding the interrelationships between the principal components of the stress process and the prospective links between stress and mental well-being.
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Lewis King, Sarah Jane Cullen, Jean McArdle, Adrian McGoldrick, Jennifer Pugh, Giles Warrington, and Ciara Losty
The purpose of this study was to explore the sources of stress reported by professional jockeys. In total, 15 jockeys participated in semistructured interviews that included apprentice, conditional, and senior jockeys. Reflexive thematic analysis was used to analyze qualitative data that included inductive and deductive approaches. Jockeys reported a wide range of stress sources. Four core themes were identified and categorized as competitive (current form or being in a slump, pressure, horse, injury, opponents, tactical, and race day), racing industry (weight, workload, travel demands, injury concerns, suspension, and facilities), interpersonal (trainer, other jockeys, expectations of others, support networks, and communication), and career stressors (career uncertainty, career opportunities, and transitions). The findings highlight unique stressors to the jockey population, as well as stressors common with other athlete groups. Practical applied recommendations and future research directions are provided.


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Verb: stretch strech
Noun: stretch strech
- Occupy a large, elongated area
"The park stretched beneath the train line";
- stretch along
- Extend one's limbs or muscles, or the entire body
"Stretch your legs!";
- Make longer or of full length; remove folds by pulling
"stretch out that piece of cloth";
- unfold, stretch out, extend
- Become longer by being stretched and pulled
"The fabric stretches"
- Make long or longer by pulling and stretching
"stretch the fabric";
- Lie down comfortably
"To enjoy the picnic, we stretched out on the grass";
- stretch out
- Pull in opposite directions
"During the Inquisition, the torturers would stretch their victims on a rack"
- Extend the scope or meaning of; often unduly
"Stretch the limits"; "stretch my patience"; "stretch the imagination"
- Corrupt, debase, or make impure by adding a foreign or inferior substance; often by replacing valuable ingredients with inferior ones
- load, adulterate, dilute, debase
- Increase in quantity or bulk by adding a cheaper substance
"stretch the soup by adding some more cream";
- Extend one's body or limbs
"Let's stretch for a minute--we've been sitting here for over 3 hours";
- stretch out
Adjective: stretch strech
- A large and unbroken expanse or distance
"a stretch of highway"; "a stretch of clear water"
- The act of physically reaching or thrusting out
- reach, reaching
- (racing) a straightaway section of a racetrack
- Exercise designed to extend the limbs and muscles to their full extent
- Extension to or beyond the ordinary limit
"running at full stretch"; "by no stretch of the imagination"; "beyond any stretch of his understanding"
- An unbroken period of time during which you do something
"there were stretches of boredom"; "he did a stretch in the federal penitentiary";
- The capacity for being stretched
- stretchiness, stretchability
- Having an elongated seating area
"a stretch limousine"
- Easily stretched
Derived forms: stretching, stretched, stretches
See also: elastic, long
Type of: be, broaden, change form, change shape, continuance, corrupt, deform, draw, duration, elasticity, exercise, exercising, expanse, extend, extension, force, grow, increase, lengthen, lie, lie down, motility, motion, move, movement, physical exercise, physical exertion, pull, snap, spoil, straight, straightaway, strain, tense, tense up, widen, workout
Part of: racecourse, racetrack, raceway, track


I'm looking for a solution for a certain problem. I have two sets of vertically evenly-spaced circles with equal gaps between circles in each column. I would like to know a way to find a point to achieve a perfect snap of both columns, so that they form an "interlocking" pattern.
I have a feeling it has to do with tangents, but the best I can do is to run a script that builds tangents between two circles. I tried it and I can't see a way for it to be helpful. I also tried googling for a solution, but none of the keywords that I used yielded a helpful result.
I tried drawing an equidistant line between two vertical circles, snapping another circle (1) to the bottom circle (2), and rotating it (1) so that its centre snaps with said line, but it's far from elegant. The cursor floats and I can only get a snap if I do that 15 times, checking how far the center point is from the line.
Reference image attached (right element is snapped manually and not in a perfect way): enter image description here
Many thanks!
Draw the circles one on top of each other then use the rotate tool (r. Yes rotate tool not selection tool), move the pivot to center of each successive circle and rotate.
Alternate approach use numeric input in linetool and draw a zig zag with length of 2 times radius (or sum of different radiuses). Then move circles to snap centers to zigzag corners.
If you have trouble figuring angle to use darw a circle at first position with double the radius and find intersection with horizontal line.
Thats mathematics for you.
 - PS sorry no computer at hand so no pictures – joojaa Oct 4 '20 at 12:42
 - Thanks! All it took was drawing two circles with 2x radius, aligning them with two vertical circles and the point of intersection is what I'm looking for. Thanks! – Jerry Oct 4 '20 at 13:48
 - _USER_ you should consider accepting the answer if it solved the problem. Otherwise the webpage stops working correctly. But no hurry. – joojaa Oct 4 '20 at 15:58
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Nahariya beachgoers treated to rare sight
Nature and Parks Authority removes body of dead shark, warns people not to approach the species.
Arutz Sheva Staff,
Sandbar shark
Sandbar shark
A dead sandbar shark was found washed up on the shore of a Nahariya beach on Saturday.
Nature and Parks Authority supervisors called to the scene took the shark, which measured 1.6 meters (5'3") in length, for evaluation.
"Marine Unit supervisors...were called to the scene and transferred the [shark] for autopsy, in order to determine the cause of its death," the Nature and Parks Authority said in a statement.
"The sandpaper shark found in the Mediterranean Sea consumes fish and invertebrates, and is not known to be dangerous to people."
However, the Authority urged people not to approach the sharks, since "the sharks are defined as a protected species, and it is forbidden to harm them or disturb them."
"It is wise to keep a distance, as a cautionary measure," they added.


So what do coding and climbing have in common?
Well, aside from a good head for heights, reaching the top of the climbing wall involves planning an effective route, much trial and error and adapting your strategy as you go along (and up!). A bit like coding, in fact.
To design and implement the code for a computer programme, it takes an understanding of the problem to be solved, finding a sequence of instructions to complete specific tasks, and a whole lot of testing and adapting to reach the final solution.
Computational thinking
Computational thinking is the term used to describe this way of solving problems and designing strategies and systems; the same concepts that are used in computer science. It can be applied in many different contexts to help children understand the world around them.
With the introduction of coding and programming into the curriculum, many schools are understanding the benefits of computational thinking, and its application in a wider context – even in the great outdoors!
Students on a PGL adventure camp for example, demonstrate computational thinking techniques every day, without even realising it.
Yr 7 orientation camp will test their ability to perform a series of tasks, using initiative and resourcefulness as they use the materials provided by the rainforest to cook meals and build shelter.
Building a raft to successfully race across the lake at PGL Campaspe Downs will also involve planning, testing and adapting their approach to avoid falling in!
Developing innovative thinkers
Many of the activities at a PGL activity camp will encourage children to find their own creative solutions to problems, build their confidence, and with trial and error, develop the resilience to not be afraid of failing.
So whether children want to navigate a climbing wall with ease or develop a really useful computer programme, using computational thinking in the great outdoors is a great way to develop innovative thinkers, who are better able to understand the world around them and better equipped to succeed inside the classroom and out.
Initiative exercises develop computational thinking
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locus of attention
or focus of attention; the single source or location of sensory input that a person attends to at a given time, such as the point in space that they're looking at and able to devote mental resources to interpreting. In some cases, expertise can reduce the need for attentional resources, leading to the effect of being able to attend to multiple sources.


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There is no agreement on the origin of the name Bahrs Scrub. It is quite possible that the area got its name from German settler Carl Wilhelm Bahr, born in 1840, or his son Wilhelm, born in 1860. The name may originate from Jimmy-bark Scrub, as reported by a correspondent for The Queenslander newspaper in 1866, who documented his journey through the Albert and Logan districts. The area is called Barr's Scrub in a letter to the editor of a local paper dated 21 February 1874. The hill between Bethania and Holmview has always been locally known as Bark Hill, so perhaps the name evolved from this.
Windaroo Creek rises in Bahrs Scrub and flows eastwards into the Albert River. In 1993, approval was given for the construction of a state high school to called Bahrs Scrub State High School. When it opened, it became known as Windaroo Valley High School, with the name taken from the housing estate being marketed at the time. Formerly in Albert Shire, then Gold Coast, Bahrs Scrub was made part of Logan City in 2008.


Clearing cookies from a QML WebView
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Capabilities: NetworkServices
Keywords: WebView, QNetworkAccessManager, QNetworkCookieJar, QmlApplicationViewer
Created: ajakl (19 Jan 2012)
Last edited: hamishwillee (31 May 2013)
In some cases, you need to clear the cookies (or the cache) from a (QML) WebView. In general, the WebView doesn't have persistent storage for cookies after the session ended, that is when you quit the application (a solution to implement persistent cookies is described in QTBUG-16449). However, it can be useful to clear cookies while the application is running, for example if you need to do Facebook authentication in a WebView.
In Qt C++, cookies and the cache are controlled by the QNetworkAccessManager used by the QWebView. This network access manager doesn't have its direct representation in QML; however, it's possible to get a pointer to the instance of the access manager that QML is using to access the Internet. Through this instance, you can then replace the cookie jar of the access manager with a newly constructed (= empty) object, which essentially cleans out all the cookies. If you want to have more control and only delete specific cookies, you would need to provide your own QNetworkCookieJar subclass; but this is not the focus of this article.
To trigger the replacement of the cookie jar from QML, you need to glue it to C++. This can be done in the standard way how to call a C++ method from QML. In short: create a QObject instance, mark the C++ method as Q_INVOKABLE and set your class instance as a context property to the declarative engine. Then, you can directly call your cookie-jar-replacement-method from within QML.
Example Application
The small example app is based on the standard Qt Quick Application wizard template from Qt Creator and demonstrates the whole process:
 - Start the app and wait for the web page to load (by default a 3rd party cookie test page).
 - In the web page, click the "Set Test Cookie" button and wait for the page to reload, listing the cookie as set.
 - Now, click the red banner at the top of the page to clear the cookies and to reload the page.
 - Note that the cookie is gone.
Download the example app: File:WebviewCookies.zip
This class is set up in a way so that it can be triggered from QML, and has a method called clearCookies() that replaces the cookie jar from the network access manager used by the web view with a new and empty one, essentially clearing all cookies. The ownership of the new QNetworkCookieJar is transferred to the QNetworkAccessManager.
Header file:
class NetworkAccessManagerInteractor : public QObject
explicit NetworkAccessManagerInteractor(QDeclarativeEngine *declarativeEngine, QObject *parent = 0);
public slots:
Q_INVOKABLE void clearCookies();
QDeclarativeEngine* m_declarativeEngine;
NetworkAccessManagerInteractor::NetworkAccessManagerInteractor(QDeclarativeEngine *declarativeEngine, QObject *parent) :
void NetworkAccessManagerInteractor::clearCookies()
QNetworkAccessManager * nam = m_declarativeEngine->networkAccessManager();
if (nam) {
QNetworkCookieJar * emptyCookieJar = new QNetworkCookieJar();
// QNetworkAccessManager takes ownership of the cookieJar object.
qDebug() << "Replaced cookie jar";
} else {
qDebug() << "Unable to retrieve Network Access Manager from declarative engine";
Registering the class with the declarative engine
The new class needs to be registered with the declarative engine at application startup, so that the clearCookies() method can be called from the QML environment.
QmlApplicationViewer viewer;
NetworkAccessManagerInteractor* nami = new NetworkAccessManagerInteractor(viewer.engine(), &viewer);
viewer.rootContext()->setContextProperty("nami", nami);
return app->exec();
Triggering the clear cookies method from QML
The simple QML file contains a webview and a self-made red button; when clicked, it triggers the C++ method to clear the cookies and reloads the page in the webview.
import QtQuick 1.1
import QtWebKit 1.0
Rectangle {
id: rectangle2
width: 360
height: 360
Rectangle {
id: myButton
height: 60
color: "_TAG_"
anchors.right: parent.right
anchors.left: parent.left
anchors.top: parent.top
z: 1
MouseArea {
id: mouse_area1
anchors.fill: parent
onClicked: {
Text {
id: myButtonText
color: "_TAG_"
text: qsTr("Clear Coookies and Reload")
font.bold: true
anchors.fill: parent
verticalAlignment: Text.AlignVCenter
horizontalAlignment: Text.AlignHCenter
font.pixelSize: 16
WebView {
id: webView
url: "_URL_
anchors.fill: parent
Download the example app: File:WebviewCookies.zip
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ideal weight for 152 cm female in kg
How much should a 152 cm female weigh?
The ideal weight for 152 cm female is between 44 and 50 kg.
Our calculations give you an idea of your perfect weight. You can also use the BMI calculator (Body Mass Index). Find here the BMI chart for females in India.
 - Underweight: Below 43 kg
 - Healthy Weight: 43 to 58 kg
 - Overweight: 58 to 69 kg
 - Obese: 69 to 81 kg
 - Severely Obese: 81 to 92 kg
 - Morbidly Obese: Above 92 kg
Figuring out how much you should weigh for your height and age can be a complicated process. A BMI calculator will give you an estimate.
However, there are many factors that can affect this number such as an individual's age, muscle mass and fat percentage. The best way to find out what your optimal weight should be is to consult with a doctor or dietitian.
What is an unhealthy weight for 152 cm female?
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BMI formula:
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Bangor Law School's research into the work of the Administrative Court and the regional market for legal services in public law has challenged the orthodox view that public law is the preserve of London. It has; 1. Provided evidence that regional Administrative Courts are at least equal to the Royal Courts of Justice in terms of their service to users. 2. Influenced the National Assembly for Wales in assessing the case for establishing a separate legal jurisdiction. 3. Influenced solicitors' instruction patterns in the English regions and Wales, leading to the direction of more work to regional courts and more local solicitors instructing local counsel. 4. Informed national debate about the constitutional role of judicial review. 5. Influenced the Administrative Court/ Public Law Project in developing training opportunities outside London.
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What Are the Benefits of Tenants in Common?
There are several ways to hold title to real estate.
When two or more people hold title to one property together, a form of co-ownership must be selected.
"Tenants in common" (TIC) is just one form of co-ownership available.
It offers distinct benefits over other options, such as joint tenancy. It is important to carefully consider all available options and to consult with an attorney before making a final decision regarding title, as each form carries different legal and tax obligations.
Equal or Unequal Interests
Tenancy in common allows two or more owners to hold a title to property with unequal or equal interests. For example, one owner may have one-third, one-fourth or one-half interest in the property.
In addition, if five people own the property, they may each own one-fifth or some other fraction. It is important to note that it is only the interest in the property, and not the property itself, that is divided in this way.
Unity of Ownership
The tenants in common co-owners have "unity of possession." This means that all owners, despite their unequal or equal interests, are entitled to possess, or enjoy, the whole property and not just a fraction of it.
Transfer of Interest
Co-owners have separate rights to the property and may sell, convey or transfer their own share of the interest as they desire. Such action does not require the consent of the other owners. A co-owner's interest is passed on to heirs upon death, as specified by a will, if any.


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Gaining Visual Basic OLE super-powers
Visual Basic [1] in its various incarnations and off-springs has super-powers when it comes to OLE Automation [2], aka late-bound COM [3] through IDispatch.
Where do they come from?
Super Powers?
For instance, when doing MS Word [4] OLE automation, you can in VBS and VBA write things like
WordApp.Documents[1].Name
which in Delphi (and many others) has to be written as
WordApp.Documents.Item(1).Name
and it can also call some methods like
set v1 = WordApp.CentimetersToPoints(2.5)
set v2 = WordApp.InchesToPoints(2.5)
which Delphi, FreePascal, PowerBasic, Python, C++'s CComPtr and others are unable to call, and which instead result in an "unspecified error" without further description.
While trying to solve the above riddle, I found posts about it for various languages and frameworks, dating back to the beginning of the millennium with no solutions, just specific workarounds.
Until today that is, bit thanks to David Heffernan [5] and Hans Passant [6], two StackOverflow super-stars.
The reason is that some "methods" like CentimetersToPoints aren't methods, they're really indexed properties that you can't call as indexed properties (ie. WordApp.CentimetersToPoints[2.5] will fail in Delphi as well).
The Magic Potion
If you want to get the same super-power, the fix is basically to not follow the spec when calling IDispatch.Invoke, and instead of using DISPATCH_METHOD, use DISPATCH_METHOD or DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET.
In Delphi's ComObjDispatchInvoke function that means the
end else
 if (InvKind = DISPATCH_METHOD) and (ArgCount = 0) and (Result <> nil) then
 InvKind := DISPATCH_METHOD or DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET;
should be changed to just
end else
 if (InvKind = DISPATCH_METHOD) then
 InvKind := DISPATCH_METHOD or DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET;
And the call will now go through. So all the previously mentioned languages and environment that follow the spec are doomed to fail.
Similarly, investigations have showed that for some OLE automation properties "get" to pass, you need to use DISPATCH_METHOD or DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET, and using just DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET will fail.
Speculations
There is a suspicious bit in the MSDN documentation for Getting and Setting properties [7]:
 Properties are accessed in the same way as methods, except you specify DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET or DISPATCH_PROPERTYPUT instead of DISPATCH_METHOD. Some languages cannot distinguish between retrieving a property and calling a method. In this case, you should set the flags DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET or DISPATCH_METHOD.
Do you know a language that can't distinguish between properties and methods? Visual Basic.
Given that Visual Basic was a primary user of OLE Automation, it's likely using DISPATCH_PROPERTYGET or DISPATCH_METHOD all the time indiscriminately, so I'll speculate that at some point, using both dispatch flags became the effective spec. I suppose Raymond Chen [8] might be able to provide some further insight?
Bottom Line
DWScript COM Connector now has the same OLE Automation super-powers, and it'll work without modifying the ComObj unit.
The COM connector uses its own IDispatch.Invoke wrapper, distinct from Delphi, which is incidentally also capable of working with Single precision floats (requires a workaround in Delphi [9]).


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The LIWC Drinking Water Symposium brought together water quality experts, environmentalists, industry representatives and public officials including commissioners and superintendents from seventeen NSWCA member districts.
The Symposium focused on the evolution of treating for contaminants, the systems being implemented to treat for emerging and unregulated contaminants, and the impact of wastewater and on Long Island's groundwater.
Chuck Savinetti, Chairman of the LI Water Conference and Superintendent of the Locust Valley Water District, provided opening remarks. Carrie Meek Gallagher, Region 1 Director, NYS DEC, provided the keynote address with her usual professionalism and grace.
The first panel discussion on "Evolution of Water Treatment: Meeting the Challenges Presented by Emerging Contaminants in Long Island's Groundwater," was moderated by Tyrand Fuller C.P.G, Lead Hydrologist for SCWA and 2nd Vice Chairman of the LIWC. The panel included Scott Meyerdierks, Lead Civil Engineer SCWA and James E. Neri, P.E., VP Water Division Director, H2M Architects & Engineers.
The ensuing panel was moderated by Rich Passariello, Superintendent of Roslyn Water District and 2nd Vice Chairman, LIWC on the topic "Wastewater and Its Impact on Groundwater: Treating Wastewater for Emerging Contaminants". Panel experts included Peter Scully Suffolk County Deputy County Executive; Karen Gomez, Regional Engineer for Water and Remediation, NYS DEC; and Irene Fisher Hydrologist, US Geological Survey.
Former NSWCA President and Plainview Water Commissioner Andrew N. Bader provided incisive closing remarks.


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Examples of Barrier in a sentence
Barrier Event: Applicable, for the purposes of the definition of "Barrier Event" in the Payout Conditions, Barrier Reference Value less than the Barrier Level is applicable.
The focus of this project on marine pollution control is intended to complement the World Bank/GEF/CCAD Project for the Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Mesoamerican Barrier Reef System (MBRS) as well as the on-going UNDP/GEF Conservation and Sustainable Use of the Barrier Reef Complex in Belize.
Marine and coastal protected areas can be only a few hectares in size or encompass hundreds of thousands of square kilometres (e.g. the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park).
Flashing Beacons associated with the detour shall flash when the Exit 1 Detour Barrier Gate is ascending, descending, and in the down position.
At least five governing entities or initiatives (the Bahamas,the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force, the Galapagos Islands, the Great Barrier Reef and Guam) have set targets of 20% for the primary network.


DOT (graph description language)
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DOT is a plain text graph description language. It is a simple way of describing graphs that both humans and computer programs can use. DOT graphs are typically files that end with the .gv (or .dot) extension. The .gv extension is preferred in cases where there could be confusion with the .dot file extension used by early (pre-2007) versions of Microsoft Word.[1]
Various programs can process DOT files. Some, like OmniGraffle, dot, neato, twopi, circo, fdp, and sfdp, will read a DOT file and render it in graphical form. Others, like gvpr, gc, acyclic, ccomps, sccmap, and tred, will read a DOT file and perform calculations on the represented graph. Finally, others, like lefty, dotty, and grappa, provide an interactive interface. There exists also a GVedit tool which combines a text editor with noninteractive image viewer. Most programs are part of the Graphviz package or use it internally.
Syntax[edit]
Graph types[edit]
Undirected graphs[edit]
An undirected graph
At its simplest, DOT can be used to describe an undirected graph. An undirected graph shows simple relations between objects, such as friendship between people. The graph keyword is used to begin a new graph, and nodes are described within curly braces. A double-hyphen (--) is used to show relations between the nodes.

 // The graph name and the semicolons are optional
 graph graphname {
 a -- b -- c;
 b -- d;
 }
Directed graphs[edit]
A directed graph
Similar to undirected graphs, DOT can describe directed graphs, such as flowcharts and dependency trees. The syntax is the same as for undirected graphs, except the digraph keyword is used to begin the graph, and an arrow (->) is used to show relationships between nodes.
 digraph graphname {
 a -> b -> c;
 b -> d;
 }
Attributes[edit]
A graph with attributes
Various attributes can be applied to graphs, nodes and edges in DOT files.[2] These attributes can control aspects such as color, shape, and line styles. For nodes and edges, one or more attribute-value pairs are placed in square brackets ([]) after a statement and before the semicolon (which is optional). Graph attributes are specified as direct attribute-value pairs under the graph element. Multiple attributes are separated by a comma or using multiple sets of square brackets. Node attributes are placed after a statement containing only the name of the node, and no relations.
 graph graphname {
 // This attribute applies to the graph itself
 size="1,1";
 // The label attribute can be used to change the label of a node
 a [label="Foo"];
 // Here, the node shape is changed.
 b [shape=box];
 // These edges both have different line properties
 a -- b -- c [color=blue];
 b -- d [style=dotted];
 }
HTML-like labels are only available on versions of Graphviz that are newer than mid-November 2003. In particular, they are not part of release 1.10.[3]
Comments[edit]
Dot supports C and C++ style single line and multiple line comments. In addition, it ignores lines with a number sign symbol (#) as their first character.
 // This is a single line comment.
 /* This is a
 multiple line
 comment. */
 # Lines like this are also ignored.
A simple example[edit]
A rendering of the example script using the tool dotty
Following is an example script that describes the bonding structure of an ethane molecule. This is an undirected graph and contains node attributes as explained above.
 graph ethane {
 C_0 -- H_0 [type=s];
 C_0 -- H_1 [type=s];
 C_0 -- H_2 [type=s];
 C_0 -- C_1 [type=s];
 C_1 -- H_3 [type=s];
 C_1 -- H_4 [type=s];
 C_1 -- H_5 [type=s];
 }
Layout programs[edit]
Binary tree generated in Graphviz from a DOT description by an online Huffman Tree generator
The DOT language defines a graph, but does not provide facilities for rendering the graph. There are several programs that can be used to render, view, and manipulate graphs in the DOT language:
 - Graphviz - A collection of libraries and utilities to manipulate and render graphs
 - Canviz - a JavaScript library for rendering dot files.
 - Viz.js - A simple Graphviz JavaScript client
 - Grappa - A Java wrapper for using the Graphviz libraries.[4][5]
 - Beluging - A Python & Google Cloud based viewer of DOT and Beluga extensions. [1]
 - Tulip can import dot files for analysis
 - OmniGraffle can import a subset of DOT, producing an editable document. (The result cannot be exported back to DOT, however.)
 - ZGRViewer, a GraphViz/DOT Viewer link
 - VizierFX, A Flex graph rendering library link
 - Gephi - an interactive visualization and exploration platform for all kinds of networks and complex systems, dynamic and hierarchical graphs
Limitations[edit]
An image that seems improperly rendered
It is possible to specify layout details with DOT, although not all tools that implement the DOT language pay attention to the position attributes. Thus, depending on the tools used, users must rely on automated layout algorithms (potentially resulting in unexpected output) or tediously hand-positioned nodes.
For example:
digraph g {
 node [shape=plaintext];
 A1 -> B1;
 A2 -> B2;
 A3 -> B3;

 A1 -> A2 [label=f];
 A2 -> A3 [label=g];
 B2 -> B3 [label="g'"];
 B1 -> B3 [label="(g o f)'" tailport=s headport=s];
 { rank=same; A1 A2 A3 }
 { rank=same; B1 B2 B3 }
}
After moving labels and arrows a bit, and changing font size of subscripts, the image looks correct.
There are two problems in the image above. The square on the right is not a perfect square and the label "(g o f)'" is in the wrong place.
This can be fixed with Inkscape or other SVG editors. In some cases, this can also be fixed by using the pos attribute to specify a position.
Other graph file formats[edit]
 - Trivial Graph Format, simple text-based format
 - GML is another widely used graph exchange format. -- GML
 - GraphML, a graph exchange format based on XML -- GraphML
 - GXL, graph exchange format based on XML -- GXL
 - XGMML an XML-based graph markup language closely related to GML -- XGMML
 - DGML, Directed Graph Markup Language from Microsoft
 - DotML - an XML syntax equivalent to Dot -- DOTML
 - GEXF - an XML-based markup language for complex networks, initially developed by the Gephi project -- GEXF
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Notes[edit]
External links[edit]


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Fri, Sep 29|
Cape Cod Museum of Art
Luminous Encaustic Painting for Beginner/Intermediate Artists with Alla Zbinovsky
(4) Fridays, 9/29-10/20, 10-12:30 pm. This workshop will provide an opportunity to explore the art of painting with molten beeswax and pure pigments. Participants will learn the exciting, ancient process of creating luminous paintings with instructor Alla Zbinovsky.
Time & Location
Sep 29, 10:00 AM
Cape Cod Museum of Art, 60 Hope Ln, Dennis, MA 02638, USA
The Museum School at the Cape Cod Museum of Art presents:
Introduction to Encaustic Painting with Alla Zbinovsky
Four Fridays, September 29 - October 20, from 10:00 – 12:30 PM.
Member $210 / Non-Member $240; includes $50 materials fee
This workshop will provide an opportunity to explore the art of painting with molten beeswax and pure pigments, for beginners and those with some experience. Participants will learn the exciting, ancient process of creating luminous paintings! We will cover the basics of working with beeswax, color, and a heat gun, using the materials safely and efficiently. Students with more experience with this medium will be able to continue experimenting with individualized instruction. Techniques explored will be fusing, layering, incising, photo embedding, and collaging.
Instructor demos and examples, as well as lots of student painting time, allow for hands-on learning. Students should come to class with 7-8 cradled wood or Masonite panels, preferably smaller sizes like 8x8, 10x10, or 12x12. Students will be working on two panels during each class.
Cover image encaustic on wood panel by Alla Zbinovsky.
Alla Zbinovsky is an artist based in Cape Cod and New York who paints in encaustic, oil, and egg tempera. She received classical training in art while living and working in Moscow in the 1990s, and has taught art and art history to children and adults. Alla's paintings embody intuitive, coloristic responses to the natural world. She is an artist-in-residence at the Harwich Cultural Center. Her work can be seen at Cross Rip Gallery and at AllaZbinovskyArt.com.
The Cape Cod Museum of Art is committed to making Art accessible to everyone in the Cape Cod Community. The Museum School Scholarship Fund provides tuition assistance to qualified, year-round Cape Cod residents ages 6 and up. Click here to apply.
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Origin of codeinefrom Classical Greek k?deia, poppy head + -ine
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TITLE: Recreational Area Guards and Patrollers
DEFINITION: Monitor recreational areas, such as pools, beaches, or ski slopes to provide assistance and protection to participants. Include lifeguards and ski patrollers.
1. Patrols or monitors recreational areas, such as trails, slopes, and swimming areas, on foot, in vehicle, or from tower.
2. Cautions recreational participant regarding inclement weather, unsafe areas, or illegal conduct.
3. Rescues distressed persons, using rescue techniques and equipment.
4. Observes activities in assigned area with binoculars to detect hazards, disturbances, or safety infractions.
5. Contacts emergency medical services in case of serious injury.
6. Examines injured persons and administers first aid or cardiopulmonary resuscitation, utilizing training and medical supplies and equipment.
7. Inspects facilities for cleanliness and maintains order in recreational areas.
8. Inspects recreational equipment, such as rope tows, T-bar, J-bar, and chair lifts, for safety hazards and damage or wear.
9. Maintains information on emergency medical treatment and weather and beach conditions, using report forms.
10. Instructs participants in skiing, swimming, or other recreational activity.
11. Participates in recreational demonstrations to entertain resort guests.
Knowledge elements are ranked by importance.
80 Public Safety and Security
Knowledge of weaponry, public safety, and security operations, rules, regulations, precautions, prevention, and the protection of people, data, and property
75 Medicine and Dentistry
Knowledge of the information and techniques needed to diagnose and treat injuries, diseases, and deformities. This includes symptoms, treatment alternatives, drug properties and interactions, and preventive health-care measures
Knowledge of machines and tools, including their designs, uses, benefits, repair, and maintenance
55 Customer and Personal Service
Knowledge of principles and processes for providing customer and personal services including needs assessment techniques, quality service standards, alternative delivery systems, and customer satisfaction evaluation techniques
50 Education and Training
Knowledge of instructional methods and training techniques including curriculum design principles, learning theory, group and individual teaching techniques, design of individual development plans, and test design principles
45 Engineering and Technology
Knowledge of equipment, tools, mechanical devices, and their uses to produce motion, light, power, technology, and other applications
45 English Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of the English language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition, and grammar
45 Therapy and Counseling
Knowledge of information and techniques needed to rehabilitate physical and mental ailments and to provide career guidance including alternative treatments, rehabilitation equipment and its proper use, and methods to evaluate treatment effects
Knowledge of transmission, broadcasting, switching, control, and operation of telecommunications systems
Knowledge of human behavior and performance, mental processes, psychological research methods, and the assessment and treatment of behavioral and affective disorders
Knowledge of administrative and clerical procedures and systems such as word processing systems, filing and records management systems, stenography and transcription, forms design principles, and other office procedures and terminology
30 Communications and Media
Knowledge of media production, communication, and dissemination techniques and methods including alternative ways to inform and entertain via written, oral, and visual media
Knowledge and prediction of physical principles, laws, and applications including air, water, material dynamics, light, atomic principles, heat, electric theory, earth formations, and meteorological and related natural phenomena
25 Law, Government and Jurisprudence
Knowledge of laws, legal codes, court procedures, precedents, government regulations, executive orders, agency rules, and the democratic political process
Knowledge of principles and methods for moving people or goods by air, rail, sea, or road, including their relative costs, advantages, and limitations
20 Foreign Language
Knowledge of the structure and content of a foreign (non-English) language including the meaning and spelling of words, rules of composition and grammar, and pronunciation
20 Computers and Electronics
Knowledge of electric circuit boards, processors, chips, and computer hardware and software, including applications and programming
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Knowledge of economic and accounting principles and practices, the financial markets, banking, and the analysis and reporting of financial data
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Knowledge of past historical events and their causes, indicators, and impact on particular civilizations and cultures
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Teaching others how to do something
92 Service Orientation
Actively looking for ways to help people
88 Judgment and Decision Making
Weighing the relative costs and benefits of a potential action
88 Problem Identification
Identifying the nature of problems
83 Social Perceptiveness
Being aware of others' reactions and understanding why they react the way they do
79 Product Inspection
Inspecting and evaluating the quality of products
79 Critical Thinking
Using logic and analysis to identify the strengths and weaknesses of different approaches
Talking to others to effectively convey information
75 Identification of Key Causes
Identifying the things that must be changed to achieve a goal
71 Active Learning
Working with new material or information to grasp its implications
Persuading others to approach things differently
71 Reading Comprehension
Understanding written sentences and paragraphs in work related documents
71 Equipment Selection
Determining the kind of tools and equipment needed to do a job
67 Active Listening
Listening to what other people are saying and asking questions as appropriate
67 Information Gathering
Knowing how to find information and identifying essential information
Adjusting actions in relation to others' actions
Assessing how well one is doing when learning or doing something
63 Identifying Downstream Consequences
Determining the long-term outcomes of a change in operations
63 Systems Perception
Determining when important changes have occurred in a system or are likely to occur
63 Learning Strategies
Using multiple approaches when learning or teaching new things
Communicating effectively with others in writing as indicated by the needs of the audience
58 Equipment Maintenance
Performing routine maintenance and determining when and what kind of maintenance is needed
54 Implementation Planning
Developing approaches for implementing an idea
54 Idea Evaluation
Evaluating the likely success of an idea in relation to the demands of the situation
50 Technology Design
Generating or adapting equipment and technology to serve user needs
50 Solution Appraisal
Observing and evaluating the outcomes of a problem solution to identify lessons learned or redirect efforts
Developing an image of how a system should work under ideal conditions
Using scientific methods to solve problems
46 Information Organization
Finding ways to structure or classify multiple pieces of information
42 Time Management
Managing one's own time and the time of others
Using mathematics to solve problems
42 Idea Generation
Generating a number of different approaches to problems
Conducting tests to determine whether equipment, software, or procedures are operating as expected
33 Management of Material Resources
Obtaining and seeing to the appropriate use of equipment, facilities, and materials needed to do certain work
Bringing others together and trying to reconcile differences
Determining what is causing an operating error and deciding what to do about it
29 Systems Evaluation
Looking at many indicators of system performance, taking into account their accuracy
25 Operation and Control
Controlling operations of equipment or systems
25 Operation Monitoring
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21 Management of Personnel Resources
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Repairing machines or systems using the needed tools
13 Operations Analysis
Analyzing needs and product requirements to create a design
Installing equipment, machines, wiring, or programs to meet specifications
Reorganizing information to get a better approach to problems or tasks
4 Management of Financial Resources
Determining how money will be spent to get the work done, and accounting for these expenditures.
Abilities elements are ranked by importance.
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The ability to communicate information and ideas in speaking so others will understand
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Location: Milky WayKrogan DMZNith System First planet
Prerequisite: Priority: Sur'Kesh (Mass Effect 3)
The class-B blue giant Nith was once the most strategically valuable system within krogan territory. Though far too hot for habitation, Nith emits thousands of times the energy of a main sequence star like Earth's Sol. With help from salarian uplift teams, the krogan constructed a chain of solar power collector stations in orbit around Nith. These vast arrays beamed power to particle accelerators on the surface of Mantun, which manufactured antiproton fuel for warship thrusters. In the Krogan Rebellions the Spectre agents managed to get a virus into the computers of the solar power arrays; every fifth array suddenly applied braking thrusters. The arrays behind them "piled up", and all were reduced to wreckage. This has since dispersed into a relatively stable ring system. The krogan never had the resources to rebuild the solar arrays, depriving them of their fleet's main fuel supply for the remainder of the war. The particle accelerators still exist on Mantun but have not been used in thousands of years.
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The ST_length() function returns the length of a linestring but not in meters.
Is there a function like ST_Length() but in meters?.
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St_Length() returns the length in the units of its Spatial Reference System. If you want to get meters, you will need to transform your feature to a different SRS that uses meters as units. This can be done on-the-fly, so don't worry about writing out another data set.
SELECT ST_AsText(ST_Transform(the_geom,26915)) from my_table;
In this example, SRID 26915 is UTM Zone 15 N, NAD83.
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Or simply add your own field and manage the calculation yourself. NOTE you have to write your own trigger or recalculate it on changes in your lengths. – Brad Nesom Oct 11 '12 at 4:12
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Examples of SQL request: how-to-calculate-length-of-polyline-geometry-for-several-tables-in-postgis
SQL request (length in km (/1000 -delete for meters)):
sum(ST_Length_Spheroid(the_geom,'SPHEROID["WGS 84",_PHONE_,298.257223563]'))/1000 AS km_roads
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The Canada Fund for Local Initiatives – Lesotho (2023)
Current status of the call for proposals: Closed
We thank you for your interest. The deadline for submitting a proposal has now passed.
The High Commission of Canada in South Africa is pleased to launch its annual call for proposals for the Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI).
The CFLI is a program designed to support small-scale, high-impact projects in developing countries, which align with Global Affairs Canada's thematic priority areas for engagement. The program is directed at projects conceived and designed predominantly by local partners. Projects are selected and approved by the relevant Canadian embassy or high commission. The CFLI also serves to support positive bilateral relations between Canada and recipient countries and their civil societies, by deepening contacts and supporting local endeavours.
The purpose of this process is to select approximately 4-5 projects to be implemented between September 2023 and February 2024. All project activities must normally be completed by February 28, 2024. Projects spanning two fiscal years may be considered on an exceptional basis, depending on the project's objectives and complexity.
The average CFLI contribution is $30,000 to $40,000 Canadian Dollars. Consult the currency converter for local currency equivalents. Please note that all contributions are made in Canadian dollars and then converted to the local currency.
How to apply
- Stage 1: Expressions of Interest are due by April 20, 2023 at 16:00 (GMT+2).
- Failure to submit an Expression of Interest form by this deadline will result in your application not being considered.
- To obtain an Expression of Interest form, please contact the CFLI Coordinator by email at _EMAIL_ no later than April 19, 2023 at 23:59 (GMT+2).
- Stage 2: Shortlisted candidates will be notified by email by May 12, 2023, and will be invited to submit a more detailed Project Proposal.
- The Project Proposal form can be accessed here: Canada Fund for Local Initiatives (CFLI) Project Application for Funding Form (.pdf, 249.15 KB)
- Please do not send us a full Project Proposal unless or until you have been invited to do so.
- Expressions of Interest and Project Proposals must be completed in English or French.
- Expressions of Interest and Project Proposals must explicitly answer all questions on the forms provided by the CFLI team, including the required gender-based analysis. The proposed project budget should summarize the proposed activities and associated costs.
- Expressions of Interest and Project Proposals will be evaluated on the basis of:
- Concision and clarity
- Alignment with CFLI priorities.
- Preference will be given to applicants who have not received CFLI funding in the last two years.
- Each organization is limited to the submission of one Expression of Interest and one Project Proposal.
- Due to the large number of applicants, only the successful candidates will be contacted.
Organizations eligible to apply for CFLI funding
Eligible recipients include:
- Local non-governmental, community and not-for-profit organizations,
- Local academic institutions working on local projects,
- International non-governmental organizations working on local development activities,
- Intergovernmental, multilateral and regional institutions, organizations and agencies working on local development activities,
- Municipal, regional or national government institutions or agencies of the recipient country working on local projects, and
- Canadian non-governmental and not-for-profit organizations that are working on local development activities.
The majority of CFLI funding is to be directed toward local civil society organizations (including non-governmental organizations) and other institutions working at the local level. Other entities, such as international, intergovernmental, multilateral and regional organizations may be eligible for funding, provided they are working with local partners and on local projects that are consistent with the objectives of the CFLI. Similarly, municipal, regional and national government institutions may receive funding, provided that their projects are essentially local in nature. The CFLI is always looking to fund innovative projects that deliver measurable results.
All projects must align with at least one of the following CFLI thematic priorities:
- Inclusive governance, including diversity, democracy, human rights and the rule of law.
- Growth that works for everyone, including women's economic rights, decent jobs and entrepreneurship, investing in the poorest and most vulnerable, and safeguarding economic gains.
- Gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls.
- Human dignity, covering health, education and nutrition.
Within these thematic areas, the High Commission of Canada in South Africa will prioritize projects with a specific focus on one or more of the following:
- Lowering the incidence of gender-based violence.
- Improving access to food, water, and healthcare for vulnerable populations.
- Enabling greater participation in digital and low-carbon economies.
In 2017, Canada adopted its Feminist International Assistance Policy to advance gender equality and the empowerment of women and girls as the most effective way to reduce poverty and build a more inclusive, peaceful and prosperous world. In alignment with this policy, the CFLI project application process now requires a gender-based analysis (GBA). The purpose of this change is to enhance the gender equality outcomes of the CFLI program.
A GBA will require applicants to:
- consider how women, girls, men, and boys are affected differently by the problem their project is aiming to address, ensuring, at the same time, that the project does not cause harm
- consult women and/or girls in the development of their project proposal
- ensure that the views of those women and/or girls inform the project's design
Note that consultations can include, but are not limited to, speaking to women and girls from the local community, women and other individuals who work for civil society organizations that have worked in the local community and female and male decision and change makers who have knowledge of the local community.
Inadequate completion of a GBA may affect the consideration of your proposal.
The following project costs are eligible for CFLI funding:
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- advocacy and lobbying related costs
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- website development and related costs
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- assistance to military or paramilitary organizations,
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Tobin-Tax and its Relevance for Financial Markets. Modelling a Scenario including the Transaction Tax in Financial Markets
Master's Thesis, 2017
39 Pages, Grade: 1,7
Table of Contents
2.3.1.lmplication and resulting Dynamics ofa Transaction Tax in Market 1
2.3.2.lmplication and resulting Dynamics ofa Transaction Tax in two relevant Markets
2.4. BRIEF Outline of Market Liquidity and Comparison of both Markets regarding their Liquidity
2.4.1. Market 1 showing a high Level of Market Liguidity before a Tax Imposition
2.4.2. Market 2 showing a low Level of Market Liguidity before a Tax Imposition
2.4.3. Comparison of both Markets after a Tax Imposition
2.4.4. The Enforcement ofa Financial Transaction Tax in Reality
1. Definition and Explanation ofthe Tobin-Tax and its Relevance for Financial Markets
„Finanzakteure müssen durch die Finanztransaktionssteuer zur Verantwortung gezogen werden" (Financial agents must be held accountable by the financial transaction tax) Referring to this quote by Angela Merkel (Neuhaus, 2014), and connecting it to the severe financial shocks the world economy had to recover from several times in the past 40 years, it becomes clear that financial agents sometimes might be responsible for economic disasters that potentiallycould have been prevented by stricterfinancial regulations.
The most recent occurrence of such a disaster was the world financial crisis that began in 2007 in the United States of America as a mortgage crisis and, by destabilizing financial markets all over the world, evolved into a debt crisis. The massive aftermaths can still be seen in countries such as Greece and Portugal (Ozturk, 2014). One thing economic analysts agree on is that there are various reasons that, in combination, created this economic mess. In fact, the financial meltdown was not inevitable contrary to the position of Ben Bernanke [former president of the Federal Reserve], who claimed the crisis as a chain reaction of unfortunate events and unpredictable events (Mildner, 2012). It was rather caused by human actions as well as by grave failures of the government and financial supervision (Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 2011). Besides, large capital inflows from countries like China allowed American banks to irresponsibly grant loans in an extraordinary manner. The focus also shifts to the authorities overseeing the deregulation of financial markets and therefore fuelling the already existing housing bubble (Mildner, 2012). Another contribution to the financial crisis was the possibility that companies could choose their regulation institution regarding their level of supervision which predominantly ended with the one having the weakest regulations (Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 2011). These poor regulations stress the trading process (sale/ purchase) of each financial product (credit default swaps - CDS - in that case) for many financial institutions without any boundaries regarding the speed of trading. The extensive system of CDSs will not be elucidated in the following due to the limited scope of this thesis, instead focus will be laid on the trading speed of financial products (Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission, 2011). According to Westerhoff (2004), short-term trading (speculative behaviour) destabilizes financial markets and effort should be made to shift incentives from mentioned high-frequency trading to long-run investments that supposedly have stabilizing effects on financial markets. One solution to mitigate this destabilizing behaviour of financial agents and a principle which has been under debate for several years is the introduction of a transaction tax (Effenberger, 2001). The basic concept of transaction taxes goes back to the American economist James Tobin who, in 1978, proposed a taxation of financial transactions particularly in foreign exchange markets (Menkhoff, 1995). Tobin's reason behind a tax burden on trading currencies was to alleviate the enormous volatility [V] generated by speculating on currency exchange rates. Thus, by taxing every currency exchange with 0.1 percent of the amount traded, the incentives of short-run currency trades should be eliminated (The Telegraph, 2009). Even though, the Tobin tax was supposed to reduce speculation regarding currency trades, it can potentially be applied to every kind of financial trade such as on stocks and derivatives. In this case, one refers to it as a financial transaction tax (Haq et al., 1996; Spiegel Online, 2016). Based on the concept of Tobin, the tax will be imposed on every kind of trade and also to every kind of trader. Not only short-term oriented traders will be affected by the introduction of a transaction tax but also long-term oriented traders. In general, short-run oriented, destabilizing traders will be pushed out ofthe markets due to increased costs of trading on a high-frequent level and a fiscal revenue will be gained in addition (Westerhoff, 2003a). This particular effect will be scrutinized in the course of the following thesis. Furthermore, it comes to mind that taxation affects trade in a negative way and that the price building process usually should not be interfered with externally. Defenders of the transaction tax however state that if the percentage with which trades should be taxed is chosen correctly, stability in the relevant market will be improved (Westerhoff, 2003a). Regarding the external interference into the price building process, it can be assumed that if one compares it [the transaction tax] to other financial reform proposals connected to this topic, the level of interfering is by far not as high as one might expect (Menkhoff, 1995). So far, the introduction of a transaction tax might sound reasonable to governments and financial supervisors, but its implementation is a complex process. One factor that hinders the agreement on a transaction tax is the fear of losing national or international competitiveness. Another one is represented by the difficulties in technical execution. (Spiegel Online, 2016; Spahn, 1996). After this brief introduction it becomes clear that the realization of a financial transaction tax would predominantly serve the goal of preventing future financial crises by reducing instability in financial markets (high volatility).
In the following thesis, the author will first set up a model displaying a financial market with two heterogeneous agents to explain to what extent their trading behaviours have an impact on the stability of the relevant market.
In a second step, the model will be extended to two relevant markets the agents can choose to trade in and the effects of an application of a transaction tax will be depicted. Due to the fact that the reaction of financial markets to a tax introduction depends on various factors the main goal of this work will be to test to what extent the market liquidity in combination with an imposed transaction tax has an impact on the price adjustment process across several periods. For this reason, the set-up model will be programmed in'mathematica' where after the output will be interpreted. Furthermore, a possible influence of upcoming political events will be elucidated briefly before the results of the main question are stated and discussed. To represent a succinct perspective there will be a brief analysis about the odds of a tax introduction and a mentioning of possible further research.
2. Modelling a Scenario including theTransaction Tax in Financial Markets
In the upcoming section, the basic financial market model will be set up and explained in detail. The overall aim of the model is to show a set of stylized facts that are common to financial markets and therefore, a suitable tool to represent financial markets in a realistic way. According to Schmitt/Westerhoff (2013), excess volatility, returns that are not normally distributed (i.e. fat tails), bubbles and crashes, uncorrelated returns and volatility clustering can be understood as these stylized facts. The model aims to present the interaction of two types of traders - Chartists and Fundamentalists - whose strategies will be depicted later on. After explicating the dynamics of the basic model, a transaction tax will be introduced into the setup followed by a detailed analysis of its effects on market dynamics. The impact of a possible tax introduction on market liquidity and the resulting price adjustment processes will be exemplified afterwards.
2.1. Introduction of the Model including two heterogeneous Agents
For reasons of simplicity, the following model will first deal with a hypothetical financial market in which agents (also named traders) are able to freely perform speculative actions regarding their price development expectations (Westerhoff, 2003a). According to a study by Menkhoff (1997), there are two types of professional traders following two different set of rules regarding their trading strategies. Both kind of traders are considered to be bounded rational. Following Simon (1955), the available information is incomplete and agents in general are not capable of processing it perfectly. This can be further applied to financial agents as well. On the one hand, there are Chartists who give their orders following a technical analysis [named positive feedback trading (Westerhoff, 2003a)], meaning that they form their orders by relying on price trends from the past. More precisely, they [Chartists] expect prices to reflect all information needed to predict future price trends (Murphy, 1999). In general, technical traders expect the price of an asset to follow a certain trend and try to extrapolate future price developments from past trends. In other words, agents following technical trading rules buy the asset if the price has been increasing in the past because they expect a further rise. Vice versa they [Chartists] sell the


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The Kelly Creek Dam was originally built in the late 1940s (exact date unknown) to provide water service to the Village of Fruitvale. Upgrades to the dam were undertaken in 1982 to remediate degradation that had previously occurred to the concrete from freeze/thaw action and to increase the reservoir storage capacity.
The Kelly Creek Dam has an intake structure which allows operators to control water supply from Kelly Creek, which flows from the upland slopes of Mount Kelly, Stott Peak and several un-named ridges. The watershed is primarily private managed forestland that is subject to the Private Managed Forest Land Act.
The Kelly Creek intake discharges into the reservoir which feeds the water treatment plant (WTP) intake structure. The intake structure, reservoir, WTP intake, dam and WTP are located within the same secured (fenced) facility.
Kelly Creek Dam is a concrete gravity dam and has a "Significant" Consequence Classification rating under the Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations, Water Management Branch File No. D350120-00 dam failure consequences classification criteria.
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