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If you're planning any sort of commercial demolition or renovation project within the state of Wisconsin, state law requires you to follow four steps to protect the public from asbestos exposure: inspection, notification, removal, and disposal. Permit exemption review and compliance inspection fees range from $135 to $1,350 and are calculated mainly depending on the size of the project.
The owner or operator must use a licensed inspector to thoroughly inspect the affected area or part of the area where demolition/renovation will occur, to check for the presence of asbestos.
Any demolition project that contains any material that contains asbestos, regardless of how small the amount, is subject to state regulations outlined in Chapter NR 447, Wisconsin Administrative Code.
Under the state regulations, you must:
Provide written notice of intent to demolish or renovate, either through the U.S. Postal Service, a commercial delivery service, or by hand. The notice must be delivered at least 10 working days before any removal work begins, and at least 10 working days before the end of the calendar year preceding the year for which notice is being given. It should be given as early as possible, but no later than the following day if the operation is an emergency demolition.
The notice must include the following information:
- Whether the notice is an original or a revised notification
- The name, address, and phone number for the owner and the removal contractor owner
- Whether it's a demolition or renovation
- Description of the facility or the affected part of the facility, including the square footage, number of floors, age, and present use
- Procedures and analytical methods to detect the asbestos.
The facility must be subject to federal asbestos NESHAP regulations, as well.
Examples of these facilities include, but are not limited to:
- Multi-family units with four or fewer dwellings created as part of a Wisconsin Department of Transportation road project
- Indoor malls
- Amusement Parks
- Parking garages
A single, isolated residential structure with four or fewer dwellings is exempt, unless the project involves more than one single structure, or where the structure is part of a larger planned demolition project.
You must need to remove at least:
- 260 linear feet of pipe insulation;
- 160 square feet, or 5,580 square feet of total area, of asphalt roofing removed with a roofing saw; or
- 35 cubic feet off of facility components (you should only use this measurement if you are unable to determine how much asbestos is on a component, such as the floor, ceiling, or pipes.)
Contractors are required to wet the asbestos-containing material to prevent visible emissions of fibers. Simply not seeing fibers is not enough to determine the material is wet enough. If wetting the material would substantially damage equipment, this is not required, so long as the owner can provide a sufficient explanation. In situations where wetting is not possible, an exhaust/ventilation and collection system will be required to collect the particulate, and should not show any visible emissions. Written approval from the state must be obtained before the contractor begins the project.
All asbestos containing material must remain wet enough while it is collected, contained, and treated for disposal and transported. It must be stored in air-tight containers to prevent leakage. Any materials too large to fit in a container without breaking it down further can be wrapped in an air-tight wrap.
As soon as possible after collection, the material should be taken to a state-approved waste disposal site. Any materials that contain at least 1% asbestos, regardless of size or original source are subject to this requirement.
Disposal within the city of Milwaukee, depending on the amount, may also require a city permit.
Failure to comply with these regulations represents a public health hazard, and places the owner at risk for citations. Citations can range from $500 to $5,000 per violation. Repeat offenses within five years are grounds for double penalties.
If you have any questions or you'd like to avoid the asbestos hassle all-together, contact Wing Three asbestos removal services. We handle any size residential or commercial asbestos removal job.


What Is Higher Values?
Higher Values helps people discover online colleges that align with your core values. We list colleges that offer accredited, online degree programs. We also list Technology based schools that focus on preparing students with critical skills that technology companies like Apple, Google, and Facebook want. Some examples of critical skills that are in high demand withing the Tech world would be: Computer Science, Software Engineering, Cyber Security, UX/UI Design, Data Science, iOS/Android Development, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, Autonomous Vehicle Engineering, etc.
What is a Core Value?
Core Values are the fundamental beliefs of a person or organization. These guiding principles dictate behavior. Higher values are something you believe in and feel passionate about. We map our Higher Values to align with a schools committed Core Vales and or Mission Statement.
Why Did You Build It?
Hi there! My name is Jason Valenti and I am the creator of Higher Values. We built this platform to help students and parents understand how a college or learning institution aligns with the values and ideas they identify with.
We believe that access to quality education should not be limited to location, which is why we have decided to list colleges and learning institutions that believe: learning can happen from anywhere!


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Malena is one of the youngest researchers to be offered a position as assistant professor at Yale. Her contributions have brought the field closer to confirming the existence of unseen distant planets and smaller objects.
Malena Rice is a 51 Pegasi b Postdoctoral Fellow at the MIT Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research, as well as an incoming Assistant Professor in the Yale Astronomy Department. She received her PhD in Astronomy from Yale in 2022 and was offered a position as an Assistant Professor at Yale at the age of 26.
Malena is excited about the study of the outer solar system because it is such a nearby yet evasive and mysterious frontier. She applies theory, observation, and computational techniques in her investigations of the outer solar system and its vast potential for astronomical discovery, including Planet Nine, an icy world thought to be hiding beyond Neptune. Her contributions have brought the field closer to confirming the existence of unseen distant planets and smaller objects - building blocks that could hold the secrets to planetary system beginnings.
Unlike some of her colleagues, Malena wanted to become a doctor her entire life. But she was the type of person who kept asking "why" and was really drawn towards the very fundamental questions of understanding why various aspects of our Universe look and behave the way that they do. Outside the office, you will likely find her visiting an art gallery or reading about art while sipping her favourite cup of coffee.

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Who was Ray Charles father?
Where did Ray Charles money go?
When he died in 2004, Charles left most of his estate to the Ray Charles Foundation, a charity that supports the vision- or hearing-impaired.
What are 3 interesting facts about Ray Charles?
By India Today Web Desk: Legendary American singer-composer Ray Charles was born on September 23 in the year 1930. Charles pioneered the genre of 'soul music' in the 1950s by combining rhythm, blues, jazz and gospels. He died on June 10, 2004 due to acute liver disease.
How much money did Ray Charles give his children?
Charles reportedly left $500,000 to each of his 12 children, and gave the rest of his estimated $75 million estate, and licensing rights to his music, to Ray Charles Enterprises. The foundation absorbed Ray Charles Enterprises after Charles' death.


text: How should we positively interact with others from all types of backgrounds in ways that acknowledge God's diversity in the world? What are effective ways to engage in cross-cultural collaboration endeavors that honor and respect the culture of those involved with our efforts? The principles of cultural humility, beginning with intentional relationship building, provide a framework that can guide our cross-cultural interactions and partnerships with others both locally and globally, in ways that respect both the culture and backgrounds of others. In this book, Eloise Hockett and John Muhanji share their unique experiences of cross-cultural collaboration using the principles of cultural humility, primarily in Kenya. From Mt. Elgon, to a village in rural Kenya, to working with teachers in schools, John and Eloise describe each project through the lens and perspective of an American and a Kenyan. Within these narratives, Eloise and John also share their journey of how they learned to engage and work with one another and learn from each other. John and Eloise believe their collaborative efforts incorporating the themes of cultural humility fully demonstrate how God can work through each person regardless of their cultural background, in order to carry out His plan in the world. ""At the heart of this book is a deep commitment by the authors to recognize and honor each other's cultures. The examples in this book are both encouraging and useful in themselves, but they also set principles that can be applied to other cross-cultural efforts. At a time when we think communication is becoming very easy, this book provides help when technology is not enough."" --David Brandt, President Emeritus, George Fox University Eloise Hockett has been involved in all areas of education for many years, most recently as a Professor of Education at George Fox University. Eloise is passionate and committed to justice and education for girls and women throughout the world. John Muhanj is the Director of the Africa Ministries Office of Friends United Meeting based in Kisumu, Kenya. John is committed to supporting leadership training and spiritual renewal in the Friends Churches throughout East Africa.

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It is well known that in a given $\delta$-hyperbolic group there are only finitely many conjugacy classes of finite subgroups. This is clearly false for relatively hyperbolic groups since we have no control over the parabolic subgroups. Fix a relatively hyperbolic group $\Gamma$ with parabolic subgroups $P_i$. Are there only finitely many conjugacy classes of finite subgroups $F<\Gamma$ with the property that $F$ is contained in a two-ended subgroup $H<\Gamma$ which is not conjugate into any $P_i$? Perhaps weaker: are there only finitely many isomorphism types of two-ended subgroups which are not conjugate into any parabolic? Weaker still: Is there an upper bound to the orders of elements in such subgroups $F$?
(Motivation: I am trying to find a law obeyed by non-parabolic two-ended subgroups of relatively hyperbolic groups, or at least a partition of them into finitely many families, each of which obeys a law.)


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Several scientific studies show that respiratory problems of urban citizens have a high correlation with the presence or absence of certain species of lichens in the cities. The last Global Burden of Desease (GDB) shows that at least 15,000 deaths a year are attributable to air pollution.
During the workshop we will:
- Show how to identify the most common lichen species in the city of Barcelona.
- Explain the relationship between the presence of each species and the air pollution level.
- Show how to use a citizen science platform to monitor the presence and abundance of lichen species in your city.
- Conduct a field trip to practice with the platform Natusfera before planning your future activities with students.
The event takes place at Centre Cultural Casa Orlandai, Barcelona.
Natusfera is a citizen science platform created to record, organise and share naturalistic observations. Natusfera want to foster participation of nature enthusiasts, knowledge of the natural world and its exploration.
The workshop is organised and facilitated by CREAF (Ecological and Forestry Application Research Centre), an ECSA member based in Barcelona (Spain).
"Training the trainers" workshops aim to build capacity in biodiversity monitoring to facilitate youth participation in citizen science activities.


Milan Escape Room
Milan Escape for Students
A teaching escape room in Milan for school trips (primary, lower and upper secondary)
Offering play rooms suitable for children of all ages, Trap Milano is a great venue for city trips or extra-curricular activities for pupils from primary through to high school.
 If you are organizing a school trip to Milan or want more information, please write to us at or click the button below.
Escape room in Milan for schools and students: why should you try it?
Escape rooms are popular with adults and also children from primary through lower and upper secondary school who love playing at detectives, explorers and investigators.
 An escape room is an ideal activity for school trips and outings: it's a team game that requires cooperation, communication and collaboration, as well as observation skills and quick-thinking.
 It's not only fun, it's also constructive, helping to train the mind and hone logical-deductive reasoning.
Children enjoy the group side of it, in an "all for one" spirit. Participants have to work together to decipher clues, solve puzzles and find a way out of the secret room.
 Trap Milano's secret rooms are studied in detail to create unique and fascinating settings: the labyrinthine interiors of an Egyptian pyramid, a ghost pirate ship, a mysterious house in the woods, a remote scientific base at the edge of the world… players have to work together to complete the narrative plot and spend an alternative and constructive afternoon, learning through play!
Discover the Escape Rooms in Milan to organize a school outing with one or more classes, or contact us for more information!
Escape Room for children of all ages, how does it work?
Solve a mystery, hunt for clues and figure out how to use the information collected to overcome a challenge: to do so, students are required to use their intuition, logic, time management and problem solving skills to achieve a common goal: escape.
Participants have the help of a Game Master, the rooms require no physical effort, just comfortable clothing and a willingness to put yourself to the test.
 The game is designed to give everyone the chance to be an active part of the plot, no one excluded.
The maximum number of participants varies from room to room, from a minimum of 7 to a maximum of 13 in "Pirate Cave", one of the most popular rooms, along with "The Pyramid".
 For large groups we can run multiple game sessions at the same time:
 Trap Milano can host a maximum of 48 players at the same time across both venues (and up to 26 players at a single venue).
Contact us to organize an escape room for your school: we have the expertise to design something really special and turn your school trip into a memorable event!
Why is the Escape Room a learning experience?
It encourages collaboration and listening skills.
It hones reasoning and problem solving skills.
It forges cooperation and communication between students.
Fun guaranteed for all students!
Do you want to organize a school outing to Escape Room in Milan?
Contact us


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SAS Macros and Functions
LOGTEST Macro
The %LOGTEST macro tests whether a logarithmic transformation is appropriate for modeling and forecasting a time series. The logarithmic transformation is often used for time series that show exponential growth or variability proportional to the level of the series.
The %LOGTEST macro fits an autoregressive model to a series and fits the same model to the log of the series. Both models are estimated by the maximum-likelihood method, and the maximum log-likelihood values for both autoregressive models are computed. These log-likelihood values are then expressed in terms of the original data and compared.
You can control the order of the autoregressive models. You can also difference the series and the log-transformed series before the autoregressive model is fit.
You can print the log-likelihood values and related statistics (AIC, SBC, and MSE) for the autoregressive models for the series and the log-transformed series. You can also output these statistics to a SAS data set.
Syntax
The %LOGTEST macro has the following form:
%LOGTEST ( SAS-data-set, variable, < options > ) ;
The first argument, SAS-data-set, specifies the name of the SAS data set that contains the time series variable to be analyzed. The second argument, variable, specifies the time series variable name to be analyzed.
The first two arguments are required. The following options can be used with the %LOGTEST macro. Options must follow the required arguments and are separated by commas.
AR=n
specifies the order of the autoregressive model fit to the series and the log-transformed series. The default is AR=5.
CONST=value
specifies a constant to be added to the series before transformation. Use the CONST= option when some values of the series are 0 or negative. The series analyzed must be greater than the negative of the CONST= value. The default is CONST=0.
DIF=( differencing-list )
specifies the degrees of differencing applied to the original and log-transformed series before fitting the autoregressive model. The differencing-list is a list of positive integers separated by commas and enclosed in parentheses. For example, DIF=(1,12) specifies that the transformed series be differenced once at lag 1 and once at lag 12. For more details, see the section IDENTIFY Statement in Chapter 7, The ARIMA Procedure.
OUT=SAS-data-set
writes the results to an output data set. The output data set includes a variable TRANS that identifies the transformation (LOG or NONE), the log-likelihood value (LOGLIK), residual mean squared error (RMSE), Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), and Schwarz's Bayesian Criterion (SBC) for the log-transformed and untransformed cases.
PRINT=YES | NO
specifies whether the results are printed. The default is PRINT=NO. The printed output shows the log-likelihood value, residual mean squared error, Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), and Schwarz's Bayesian Criterion (SBC) for the log-transformed and untransformed cases.
Results
The result of the test is returned in the macro variable &LOGTEST. The value of the &LOGTEST variable is 'LOG' if the model fit to the log-transformed data has a larger log likelihood than the model fit to the untransformed series. The value of the &LOGTEST variable is 'NONE' if the model fit to the untransformed data has a larger log likelihood. The variable &LOGTEST is set to 'ERROR' if the %LOGTEST macro is unable to compute the test due to errors.
Results are printed when the PRINT=YES option is specified. Results are stored in SAS data sets when the OUT= option is specified.
Details
Assume that a time series is a stationary pth order autoregressive process with normally distributed white noise innovations. That is,

where is the mean of .
The log likelihood function of is

where n is the number of observations, 1 is the n-dimensional column vector of 1s, is the variance of the white noise, , and is the covariance matrix of .
On the other hand, if the log-transformed time series is a stationary pth order autoregressive process, the log-likelihood function of is

where is the mean of , , and is the covariance matrix of .
The %LOGTEST macro compares the maximum values of and and determines which is larger.
The %LOGTEST macro also computes the Akaike Information Criterion (AIC), Schwarz's Bayesian Criterion (SBC), and residual mean squared error based on the maximum likelihood estimator for the autoregressive model. For the mean squared error, retransformation of forecasts is based on Pankratz (1983, pp. 256–258).
After differencing as specified by the DIF= option, the process is assumed to be a stationary autoregressive process. You might want to check for stationarity of the series using the %DFTEST macro. If the process is not stationary, differencing with the DIF= option is recommended. For a process with moving average terms, a large value for the AR= option might be appropriate.
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Planting of bamboo and indigenous trees will promote sustainable supply of water to Elgeyo Marakwet's Sh63 billion mega dams, an expert has said.
Christopher Saina urges the state to plant bamboo and local indigenous trees around the sites of the proposed dams, saying the giant grass and trees will maintain a constant flow of water to the dams.
The state plans to start construction of the Sh35 billion Arror Dam in Marakwet and Sh28 billion Kimwarer Dam in Keiyo South before the end of the year.
Saina says there is a risk of low levels of water in such dams during dry seasons if proper measures are not put in place to increase volumes of water in streams and rivers that feed the dams.
In April, the 70 million cubic metre Ndakaini Dam near the Aberdares recorded low levels, despite heavy rains. The area was at the time receiving 100mm of rain, which was enough to fill the aquifers and the dam.
"Low water levels can be avoided when we research on the ideal indigenous trees and bamboo to be planted in areas adjacent to dams. We also need to relook into the water towers policy," Saina says.
The Kerio Valley Development Authority, which is building the Elgeyo Marakwet dams, has announced plans to establish zones around the multipurpose projects.
Chief executive David Kimosop said trees are being planted in the zone in a wider scheme to conserve the environment around the dams and stop soil erosion.
Kimosop said at least 800 families will be resettled starting November to pave way for the two dams.
The MD said the dams will generate 60 megawatts of hydroelectric power and irrigate 10,000 acres on the drier areas of Kerio Valley.


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Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) is used to estimate allocative and technical inefficiency in the cultivation of wheat on 300 farms in the Indian Punjab for the periods 1981-82 and 1982-83. These measures of efficiency as well as farm yield are related to farm size. The paper appears to be the first to measure technical and allocative efficiency in agriculture jointly. It is discovered that, on the whole, large farms are technically and allocatively more efficient than small farms for both years. At the disaggregated level a broadly similar result obtains. Policy implications, particularly for land reforms, are discussed.
|Applied Economics Letters
|Published - 2000


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Doctors have found that Ebola can linger in some male survivors for up to nine months but aren't sure if that means they might still be infectious, according to new research. In a study of 93 men in Sierra Leone, scientists found the Ebola virus in semen samples from about half of them. The risk seemed to decline over time. Ebola was detected in all nine men tested at two to three months after their illness began but in only 11 of the 43 survivors tested at seven to nine months.
Researchers aren't sure why Ebola remains in semen as opposed to other bodily fluids and don't know if the lingering virus might sicken others. More


What are Therms, CCF, and MCF?
They are all units of measure used by natural gas companies to determine how much gas you used, and therefore how much to bill you. Different markets have different default units, so you may need to convert them to get an apples-to-apples comparison. Therms are a measure of heating units, while CCF and MCF are units of volume.
Terminology
 - Btu: (British Thermal Unit) is the amount of heat it takes to raise 1 pound of water from about 39°F to 40°F
 - Therm: 1 therm equals 100,000 Btu
 - CCF: Exactly 100 cubic feet of natural gas
 - MCF: Exactly 1,000 cubic feet of natural gas, or 10 CCF
How do I convert one unit to another?
 - Therms to Btu:therms × 100,000 = Btu
 - Therms to CCF:therms × 1.037 = CCF
 - Therms to MCF:therms × 10.37 = MCF
 - CCF to Btu:CCF × 103,700 = Btu
 - CCF to Therms:CCF ÷ 1.037 = Therms
 - CCF to MCF:CCF × 10 = MCF
 - MCF to Btu:MCF × 1,037,000 = Btu
 - MCF to Therms:MCF ÷ 10.37 = Therms
 - MCF to CCF:MCF ÷ 10 = CCF
You can use our natural gas unit calculator to quickly convert any unit into another:
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The 1997 Chrysler Town and Country Speed Control System is electronically controlled and vacuum operated. The electronic control is integrated into the powertrain control module, located next to battery. The controls are located on the steering wheel and consist of the ON/OFF, SET, RESUME/ACCEL, CANCEL and DECEL buttons.
Archives for Chrysler
Below schematic shows the 2002 Chrysler PT Cruiser Radio Circuit and Wiring Diagram. Herein you will find detailed description of each parts of the radio components system wiring interconnection.
The 2004 Chrysler Pasifica consists of parts such as integrated power module, body control module, power liftgate module, and liftgate pinch sensor. The following schematic illustrates the 2004 Chrysler Pasifica Liftgate Release Circuit and Wiring.
The 2004 Chrysler Pasifica 2004 Chrysler Pacifica AC Circuit and Wiring System consists of Integrated Power Module, AC Compressor Clutch, AC Pressure Transducer, Engine Coolant Temperature Sensor, Powertrain Control Module.
The following link provides detailed schematic of the 2001 Chrysler Voyager Wiring Diagram (engine performance circuit). The wiring diagram depicts the interconnection between electrical parts and components of the engine (e.g. ignition switch, intelligent power module, front control module, fuel pump relay, generator.
The following schematic shows the 2006 Chrysler 300 Instrument Panel Wiring Harness (click image to enlarge). It consists of: 1. Instrument Panel Wiring; 2. Radio Wiring.
The following schematic shows the 2000 Chrysler Sebring Spark Plugs Cables and Coil Diagram. 1. Cable Package, Ignition 2. Ignition Cable #1 – #6 3. Wiring Clip 4. Spark Plug
A voltage regulator is an electrical regulator designed to automatically maintain a constant voltage level. Below picture shows a Chrysler | Force Voltage Regulator Wire Harness. This device has a force engines with 16 amp – 20 amp and charging system model years 1993 – present.
The 1997 Chrysler Town and Country Starting System consists of ignition switch, starter relay, powertrain control module (PCM) double start override, neutral starting and back up switch with automatic transmission only, wiring harness, battery, starter motor with integral solenoid, positive temperature coefficient (which is the circuit protection for the ignition feed to the starter relay coil. The PTC is located in the Junction Block).


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How can the DLCA be used for planning new development?20 June 2016
New development needs to take full account of its relationship with the landscape. Understanding the landscape context of development is an essential first step of the design process. The DLCA helps developers to understand the characteristics of different areas of landscape and of the impacts of potential development. This helps in the identification of sites that are suitable for different types of development. When a development site has been identified, the key characteristics of the landscape can inform the design and layout of new development.


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Harmonic growth on groups and stationary random graphs
Ariel Yadin, Ben Gurion University
13/05/2012 - 17:00
We study the structure of harmonic functions on certain homogeneous graphs: Cayley graphs, and stationary random graphs which are homogeneous "on average". Harmonic functions have been used to understand the geometry of these objects. Two notable examples are: Kleiner's proof of Gromov's theorem regarding polynomial volume growth groups, and the invariance principle (CLT) for super-critical percolation clusters on Z^d.
We consider the following question: What is the minimal growth of a non-constant harmonic function on a graph G (as above)?
This question is of course closely related to the Liouville property and Poisson-Furstenberg boundary; a non-Liouville graph just means that there exist _bounded_ non-constant harmonic functions. A classical result of Kaimanovich & Vershik relates the Liouville property on groups to sublinear entropy of the random walk.
We show a simple but very useful inequality regarding harmonic functions and entropy on a group. This inequality allows us to deduce many results rather simply, among them:
1. A quantified version of one direction of Kaimanovich & Vershik
2. Groups (and stationary graphs) of polynomial growth have no sub-linear non-constant harmonic functions.
3. Uniqueness of the "corrector" for super-critical percolation on Z^d.
All notions will be defined during the talk.
תאריך עדכון אחרון : 08/05/2012


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An aerial view shows the 1992 lava dome of Bogoslof Island, the summit of a largely submarine stratovolcano located in the Bering Sea 50 km behind the main Aleutian arc. The 1992 lava dome grew to a height of 100 m in July at the northern tip of Bogoslof Island. The island is about 1.5 x 0.6 km wide, and due to its frequent eruptive activity and energetic wave action, has changed shape dramatically since first mapped in the late 1700's.
Type/Process: Lava Dome
Volcanic Status: Historical
Image Number: 053-082
Photographer: Tom Miller (U.S. Geological Survey)
Summit Elevation: 150 meters
Latitude/Longitude: 53.93 N / 168.03 W
Timeframe: Last known eruption 1964 or later

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text: Background Approximately 50% of older individuals perceive themselves as being forgetful. Objective The objective of this review is to get an overview of previous research on the relation between perceived forgetfulness (in the absence of objective memory deficit) and quality of life in older individuals. Findings in previous research might be a starting point for further research and possible future interventions. Methods Scientific papers that investigated the relation between subjective memory complaints and quality of life were searched. Two independent raters scored the articles on their methodology. The methodological quality was taken into account when conclusions were drawn. Results The literature search resulted in 682 articles, of which five studies met the inclusion criteria. Although the five studies differed in their methodology, the findings of the methodologically adequate studies show a relation between memory complaints and a diminished quality of life in the elderly. Conclusions The negative impact that subjective memory complaints can have on quality of life makes it important to acknowledge forgetfulness as a serious issue in the life of older individuals. However, more research is needed to explore the relationship between subjective memory complaints and quality of life, also with regard to the influence of depression and objective memory performance.


Receiving data from Dotdigital Omnichannel using Python
This tutorial will show you how to receive data using Dotdigital Omnichannel's webhooks and Python. Click the "Start" button below to start the tutorial.
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Receiving data from Dotdigital Omnichannel using Python
This tutorial will show you how to receive data using Dotdigital Omnichannel's webhooks and Python. It covers off the basics for receiving and validating that the data has come from Dotdigital Omnichannel and has not been tampered with.
The tutorial's navigation controls are located above this text. Use to move to the next step of the tutorial. Use to move to the previous step of the tutorial (if there is one). Use to see an overview of all the steps in the tutorial.
To begin with you will need the following prerequisites installed:
Setup and configure the example web site
This tutorial solution is a simple web site created using Python's Flask framework that provides a POST URL for Dotdigital Omnichannel to forward events to via it's webhooks. The website also supports a GET request to allow for easy testing to ensure the web site is available.
To setup this project do the following:
 - Clone the Github repo for the tutorial
 - Change directory in the repo to the folder: OneAPI\Python\Webhook
 - Run the command pip install Flask-API to install Flask
Next we will configure the web site for your webhook registration in your Dotdigital Omnichannel API Space
Setup your shared secret
When you setup a webhook registration with Dotdigital Omnichannel you will need to specify a secret which is a phrase or password used as the key when creating a HMAC SHA-1 hash for your forwarded notifications.
You need to update the code where it has >>>YOUR SECRET<<< to match the secret you want to use in your webhook registration, so that the receiving page can validate any data received by comaring the hash it generates with that Dotdigital Omnichannel set and stored in the X-Comapi-Signature HTTP header.
If the HMAC hash does not match then the data should not be trusted and rejected with a HTTP 401 - Unauthorized response.
Hosting your webhook page
You must now deploy the webhook website to a server and ensure it is publicly accessible.
Good options for this are:
 - ngrok, allows you to run locally for development and open a publicly accessible tunnel with SSL support to that local site
 - Azure, as trial accounts are free
 - Heroku, allows easy creation of web containers with hosting and SSL support
Test by browsing to the webhook page which should return a basic web page, and make a note of your URL so it can be configured as a webhook URL.
Locally the webhook page will be: http://localhost:port/webhook , note change the port in the URL to your local hosts port number.
We will use Heroku for the tutorial, as accounts are free and you can spin up a Java Spring framework project in minutes, see below for instructions.
Hosting in Heroku
To setup the webhook quick start in Heroku for free follow these instructions:
 - Sign-up for a free account with Heroku
 - Download and install Heroku
 - Open a CLI console
 - Ensure Heroku has your credentials by running the following command and entering them:
heroku login
 - Clone the following Github repo:
git clone _URL_
 - Change directory to your cloned repo folder
 - Change directory to the sub folder OneAPI/Python/Webhook
 - Create a Heroku app by running:
git init
heroku create
 - Update the file webhook.py where it has >>>YOUR SECRET<<< to match the secret you want to use in your webhook registration
 - Publish the code to Heroku with these commands:
git add .
git commit -m "Updated secret"
git push heroku master
 - Now test the deployment worked by running:
heroku open
 - If you have issues you can see the logs by running:
heroku logs
Running locally
You can run the project locally by following these steps:
 - Open the project in your IDE
 - Build to install dependencies
 - Click the run button in the IDE
If all has worked you can browse to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ and the test page for the webhook will be served.
Alternatively you can run in Heroku by running:
heroku local
Again if all has worked you can browse to http://127.0.0.1:3000/ and the test page for the webhook will be served.
All done
Configuring your SSL certificates (Optional)
Dotdigital Omnichannel will forward data to both HTTP and HTTPS URLs. The tutorial is configured to use HTTP but for production HTTPS is recommended. You can use a 3rd party host such as Heroku who will do SSL offloading for you.
Any SSL certificates used need to be valid for the URL your webhook site is hosted at, and issued by a public certificate authority such as Verisign.
Registering your webhook
To register or modify a webhook registration you will need to call our Webhook service. We detail how to do this here and to make this easier we recommend using Postman which is a great tool for exploring web APIs.
When registering your webhook for this tutorial we will be subscribing to the message events so you can receive receipts and inbound messages via the webhooks. An example request to register a webhook with the message events is as follows:
 {
 "name": "test-webhook",
 "url": "_URL_",
 "secret": "a strong secret",
 "subscriptions": [
 {
 "type": "message.sent",
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 "type": "message.delivered",
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 "type": "message.read",
 "filters": []
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 "type": "message.expired",
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Testing the webhook
For this test please ensure you have ticked the message.sent event on your webhook subscription.
We need to send a message via the Omnichannel API to trigger a message.sent event to be sent to our webhook. To do this you can either use a tool such as Postman and our API docs or follow our simple SMS sending tutorial.
Once you have sent your message check the console output on your server hosting your webhook page; you should see the event data similar to the image below. If you used Heroku then you can do this by running:
heroku logs --tail
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Understanding the code
Exposing the raw body data
In order to calculate the HMAC SHA-1 hash to compare with one passed in the x-comapi-signature header we need to have access to the raw HTTP body data. To do this we read the body stream to a string, whilst UTF-8 decoding it.
The highlighted code perfroms this task.
Adding a GET handler
Officially Dotdigital Omnichannel only requires your web page to handle HTTP POSTs, but to make it easier to test whether your webhook page is available we have added a basic HTTP GET handler that just returns a basic static web page.
Adding a POST handler
This is the web method that is used to receive the forwarded events from Dotdigital Omnichannel in JSON format. It job is:
 - Validate that the data is from Dotdigital Omnichannel and hasn't been tampered with using the HMAC validation
 - Store the received event for processing ayschronously to ensure the fastest response possible
 - Acknowledge the data receipt within 10 seconds, otherwise Dotdigital Omnichannel will assume a timeout
Note: We strongly advise doing any data processing of events asynchronously to ensure that the data can be passed to your systems as fast a possible. Suitable technologies to use for passing the received data into system are queues and distributed caches such as RabbitMQ, MSMQ and Redis.
HMAC Validation
Dotdigital Omnichannel uses HMAC SHA-1 validation to ensure you can tell that data has come from Dotdigital Omnichannel and hasn't been tampered with. This is achieved by Dotdigital Omnichannel creating a hash value using the HMAC SHA-1 algorithm using a secret password or phrase as the encryption key. This secret key can be anything you like and must be configured against your webhook registration.
The highlighted code takes the hash values from the HTTP header x-comapi-signature and then calculates an equivalent hash using the HMAC SHA-1 algorithm with the raw body data and the same secret key you entered in the webhook registration. The two hash values will be identical if the data


Fill-in-the-Blank Reward System
This class-wide motivation tool provides constructive feedback to the entire class and allows opportunities for the class to earn a reward for positive behaviors. A word or phrase is indicated by "blanks" and displayed in the classroom. Each time the class meets a set expectation, they earn a letter or word to fill in one of the blank spaces. When all the blanks are filled in and the word or phrase is complete, the class receives a reward.
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ExampleFill-In-The-Blank Reward System
Teachers Shown
Demery Bader-Saye
3rd grade Elementary teacher.
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Middle School Math teacher.
Austin ISD, Texas


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What is Teletherapy?
Teletherapy describes psychotherapy where the patient meets the therapist via an online video visit.
Teletherapy is equivalent to traditional therapy. As a patient, you receive the same mental health care as with traditional therapy, but there is no need to commute anywhere. You can see your therapist online, via a Zoom call or similar.
What does teletherapy involve?
Teletherapy, just like psychotherapy in general, involves guided discussion between the patient and psychotherapist.
A common therapeutic approach is called cognitive-behavioral therapy, or CBT.
In CBT the therapist and patient work together to identify and challenge unproductive thought patterns.
What to expect from a teletherapist?
Teletherapy sessions rely heavily on conversation between the patient and the teletherapist. To enable this, the teletherapist should aim for an individualized, non-judgmental, and empathic approach to build trust between them and the patient.
What does teletherapy treat?
Teletherapy sessions will focus on changing thought patterns, healing from psychological trauma, understanding past and present relationships, controlling unwanted behaviors, or solving other problems faced by the client.
Additionally, your teletherapist can teach you coping methods to handle triggering situations, controlling difficult emotions and successfully approaching problem-solving.
Psychotherapy may last for only a few sessions or may go on for months or even years, depending on the patient. The goal of all forms of psychotherapy is helping patients reduce or eliminate disturbing thought patterns, behaviors, and emotional states so that the patients can live as happily and productively as possible.
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A wind chime is a decoration which is made up of hollow metal tubes arranged in a circular or cubical pattern with a slightly longer stick at the center of the arrangement which strikes the tubes to make a low pitch sound. The ornament has been used since Roman times and was placed outside houses to ward off evil spirits. In South East Asia, wind chimes have been used for centuries and are hung in gardens, verandas and courtyards normally and as their name suggest, are operated by gusts of wind.
Wind Chimes are made in hundreds of different materials, shapes, arrangements, colors and sizes. These properties depend on where they are hung and other factors which include the pattern and color of the articles in their whereabouts. Most commonly, metallic wind chimes are made these days which are preferably of Aluminum because of the metal being hollow, light and making faint, low pitched sounds. The tubes of the chimes are colored depending on their material of construction with wood normally being colored brown and metal being shaded silvery.
Like mentioned above, wind chimes are made in a variety of sizes. The dimensions of the decoration depend on where it is going to be hung and on some other factors like the material of construction. Larger wind chimes are affordable as long as the material of construction is Aluminum because of it being light weight but smaller chimes are made in case of wood and steel. If they are to be hung in a wide open place, wind chimes are made bigger so as to benefit from a bigger amount of wind and create more sound. On the contrary, smaller ones are used in tight porches and terraces so that they look good and not out of place.
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Several Advantages Of Using A Medical Call Answering Service
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Many medical professionals might be new to the idea of hiring a medical call answering service. Any medical doctor will tell you that their office is constantly bombarded by phone calls from patients after office hours. These phone calls are usually answered by an answering machine or from a voicemail service. This means that the patient has to deal with an automated service that can be difficult and frustrating to use. More importantly, their needs are put on hold until the office opens back up again. This can cause patients a lot of stress and anxiety. By hiring a medical call center, you can provide a higher level of healthcare for your patients than ever before.
There are tons of reasons why hiring a medical call answering service can better your practice. When you hire a company to take these types of calls, you are providing your patients with around the clock care that they will not be able to get anywhere else. Patients will have their calls taken by real people who are in most cases trained in the medical field and can provide them with the type of care they need. Patients will feel as if you truly have their health as a top priority, and this encourages the individual to trust you more as their physician.
Another advantage of hiring a medical call answering service is that you can cut back on wasted time. Many hours of the day in a medical practice are spent answering phone calls and messages left over the weekend or during the night. This will preoccupy your assistants and other staff, meaning you will not have their services at your disposal when you need help examining or treating a patient. You can save all of this time by having a call center deal with the individuals as they call so that your messages are not back logged.
As stated earlier, many of the individuals who are employed by medical call answering service companies are medically trained nurses and other types of professionals. This means that when your patients have questions regarding their health or the treatments they are on, these professionals can give them a medically sound answer without taxing your staff. Patients can also get the information they need any time of the day or night, providing quality care when your patients need it the most. These professionals are often put through HIPPA training to help prevent confidential patient information from being leaked during phone calls.
Prenatal Vitamins Are By No Means A Substitute For Healthy Eating
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For pregnant women and all those who'd like to get pregnant, prenatal vitamins are highly important to support the formation of a new life. Vitamins and mineral supplements are necessary both before and during the pregnancy as such: thus, the folic acid intake should be twice larger than usual in the first trimester. Moreover, women who are planning to get pregnant should also administrate it in combination with calcium, iron and special prenatal vitamins recommended by the doctor. Though it is generally assumed that a woman will take all the vital elements from food, supplementation is often necessary particularly during the second and the third stages of pregnancy.
The administration of prenatal vitamins is crucial and almost compulsory in the case of multiple pregnancies since the woman's body makes strenuous effort to supply not just for one but for two or three babies. Blood tests are the best way to determine what type of prenatal vitamins are required, and we should probably mention here that vitamins are always used in combination with minerals. As a matter of fact, there is a close connection between the action of both types of substances. Calcium and phosphorus processing depends on vitamin C and D3, iron is related to the B complex and the examples could go on.
In case you are taking other medications, you should tell the doctor before actually starting to take the prenatal vitamins since you may be exposed to some negative interactions. Furthermore, several blood tests will be required during various pregnancy stages to monitor the calcium, iron and vitamins level. However, taking prenatal vitamins is not always the guarantee that you will be getting enough essential substances to support your pregnancy. Hence, it is very important that you continue to take great care and develop a well-balanced diet.
Prenatal vitamins are by no means a substitute for healthy eating: cheese, milk, vegetables, eggs and so on, should remain the most important source of nutrients for any pregnant woman. Make sure that you follow not only the doctor's instructions but also the ones included on the prenatal vitamins package. Hence, you should know when to take the supplements: during meals, in between meals and so on, and the directions on the label will most certainly help you. Mention should be made that taken carelessly, prenatal vitamins can be harmful, which is why the doctor's recommendation and constant monitoring is often a must.
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David Wayne Fish- A Synonym for Superior Medical Equipment
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When we take a look at the medical industry, we often amaze ourselves at the efficiency of the employees of the medical centers. However, most of us fail to realize that a major chunk of the credit for this competence goes to the persons responsible for the production of superior quality medical equipment's which in turn make the medically related work simple and flawless.
One man who has known far and wide in this respect of producing and providing quality medical equipment is David Wayne Fish. The man is an impeccable blend of medical expertise as well as marketing genius, which explains his consistently firm grip on the market. It is not just the hospitals and other medical centers that have benefitted from his novel products; the equipment is being used extensively used in homes of the disabled and as a means of personal care by the health conscious.
His expertise and experience in the medical field has also earned him the repute of being a health guru and a professional trainer with people flocking him for advice related to workouts and health in general. He claims that regular exercise affects not only the body but also the mind and the psychology of a person. A person can get rid of his negativity, stress and tension. Also, contrary to popular belief, a good workout is a good way of dealing with exhaustion. By exercising, the energy levels of a person boost up and he becomes more active. The other benefits of exercise would be getting better sleep, anger-management, building focus, higher confidence and an improved social life. In simple words, regularly working out brings out the best in an individual.
While promoting workouts, David W. Fish also makes it a point to lay emphasis on the importance of a moderate workout. Just when other trainers are busy pushing their clients to the level of exhaustion, this man maintains that irrespective of the current health conditions of the person, in the beginning phase, workouts must be undertaken not more than five days a week for 30 minutes session each. Henceforth, the amount of time spent working out will depend on the goal that the person is intending to achieve through the fitness program. Another important piece of advice to people working on their fitness levels is that they should increase the intensity or duration of their workout at their own pace. Comparing one's workout with others and forcing the body to do more than it can handle can lead to serious injury.
Yoga – Contraindications For Inversions
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As we practice yoga poses we want to do also inversions. Most common inversions are the Headstand and the Shoulderstand. But there are not only those two poses which are the inverted asanas.
Any posture in which the head is below the heart is called an inversion. Whether you stand on your head, bend forward or bend back, if your head is below your heart, you are performing an inversion.
This also means that Downward Facing Dog, Standing Forward Bend and Fish pose are also inversions; although those poses are mild in comparison to a Headstand. The Camel pose can also be an inversion if you bend back far enough.
Remember – inversions are not for everyone!
Your intentions should be clear when you perform any yoga posture. If the risks may outweigh the benefits there is no logical reason why you should practice any pose which can harm you.
Contraindications for practicing inversions:
If you have any of the following conditions, please omit inversions or work with a qualified and experienced teacher who will never put you at risk and tried to modify your practice.
Anyone who has high blood pressure, heart related problems, eye issues, neck problems, epilepsy, previous stroke or sinus problems should never practice Headstand or Shoulderstand, and omit other mild inversions or be adjusted by the yoga teacher.
During any stage of pregnancy yoga should be practiced in a prenatal yoga classes specifically designed for that purpose or privately with a qualified pregnancy yoga teacher.
During menstruation Headstand and Shoulderstand preferably should be omitted and other milder inversions should not be hold for long, but because of the controversy about the inversions during menstruation it is your personal choice. Let your body guide you.
If you are a yoga teacher explain to your students why the inversions can be dangerous for them if they have any of the condition mentioned earlier.
Why not stand on your head when you have pain in your neck or neck injury? What first thing will come to your mind as you there? Ouch … my neck! Can my small neck carry my whole weight as I am inverted?
Most students put lots of weight on their head and neck instead of shoulders. Use your common sense and listen to your body


BU versus Proof
At the show this weekend, we had a gentleman looking for a XXVI Olympiad Tennis Commemorative Dollar. When asked which he wanted, BU or Proof, he was not sure and wanted to know the difference.
First, let's talk about the difference between BU and Proof. BU is short for uncirculated (brilliant uncirculated) coins.
One might ask, well, commemoratives are not released to the public so why aren't they all uncirculated?
That's true. Even though commemoratives are legal tender, they do not get circulated. Their value is much higher for their collectability rather than their worth as spendable coinage.
But, the difference in uncirculated and proof – at least in the 1995/1996 timeframes when these coins were minted – shows in how the mint struck the coins. Uncirculated coins in that timeframe were minted and treated like the coins for circulation, but they were packaged in protective coin holders before being sold. Thus, they were "uncirculated" meaning they weren't bagged with other coins with the associated nicks and scrapes from the coins rubbing together. Plus, they did not get the fingerprints and handling that circulated coins would have.
On the other hand, the US Mint explains, "United States proof coins are produced from carefully selected planchets, or coin blanks, that have been burnished to a high luster. The polished blanks, which are carefully handled to minimize scratches and abrasions, are struck on specially adapted coining presses. Each coin is struck at least twice to bring forth the most minute detail with remarkable clarity."
Thus, the proof coins are "prettier" in that they have a mirror-like shine for the background and a very detailed design. Though, the uncirculated coins are nice, they don't have the clarity of the proof.
OK, that helps, but why is the Tennis BU – which you say is less attractive – much more expensive than the proof Tennis coin?
The short answer is supply and demand. Let's look at the population charts for the XXVI Olympiad commemorative coins. The population numbers are to the nearest 500.
XXVI Olympiad Commemortive Coin Populations
Now, let's look at the coins' values as of early April. These values are no longer current but are sufficient for illustration purposes.
XXVI Olympiad Commemortive Coin Values
Isn't it interesting that the high bars in the population chart are almost always the low bars in the values chart? That's called supply and demand. When supply is sufficient to meet (and/or exceed) all of the demand, then the values are lower.
If the mintages are lower such that supply cannot satisfy all of the demand, then the values per coin go up. And, since the Mint does not make these coins any more, the supply does not increase to meet the demand.
But, you will also notice that some of the large population variations between the Unc and Proof coins do not equate to such a large difference in their values (for example, 1995 Baseball Half and 1995 Gymnastics Dollar).
In some cases the collectors' interests impact the market value. If people are not looking for those specific coins, the demand does not exceed the supply and the market rate does not go up as dramatically.
Of course, this multivariate equation includes the metal content of the coins as well. Sometimes the metal impacts more than others such as when silver climbs.
To many, they're happy just to collect, but if you are a collector also looking at longer term value think about their beauty, their grade, the way they're made, their population numbers and their metal content.
But, most of all, have fun!


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The Gorgeted Wood-Quail is endemic to Colombia and highly Endangered. Feral dogs, that were attacking this species frequently, have been controlled and now the population is showing signs of recovery in the Reinita Cielo Azul Reserve. View the first ever photograph of a couple with their five young at one of our feeders.
With the aim of documenting aspects of their behavior and capture evidence of any feral dogs or hunters in the reserve, two camera traps were installed in the Reinita Cielo Azul Bird Reserve. They have been able to capture unique images of the Gorgeted Wood-Quail about which little is known.
In the picture we can see a family of seven individuals, with both adult female and male plus five chicks. This gives us hope that conservation actions to trap and control feral dogs and educate hunters has been successful.
The Gorgeted Wood-Quail (Odontophorus strophium) (EN) continues at serious risk due to factors affecting the reduction of its population, such as hunting and habitat loss due to deforestation for the establishment of grassland and farmland. This is why ProAves continues to perform specific actions for conservation and environmental education in the community and in schools where the children get to know the species and learn to take care of it sharing their knowledge with their families.
This project is been conducted by ProAves and Proyecto YARE, which is supported by the Conservation Leadership Program and American Bird Conservancy.
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Qt for Python & fbs
fbs provides a powerful environment for packaging, creating installers, and signing your application. It also lets you manage updates to your application. Since fbs is based on PyInstaller, it supports Linux, macOS, and Windows.
For more details, see the fbs tutorial and the fbs manual.
Installing fbs (>= 0.7.6) is done via pip:
pip install fbs
If you're using a virtual environment, remember to activate it before installing fbs.
After the installation, you can use the fbs executable.
Starting a new project
fbs provides useful features for you to create a base project structure with the following command:
fbs startproject
This command prompts you to answer a few questions to configure the details of your project, like:
 - Application name
 - Author name
 - Qt bindings (PySide2 or PyQt5)
 - Bundle indentified (for macOS)
Afterwards, you have a src/ directory that contains the following structure:
└── src
 ├── build
 │ └── settings
 └── main
 ├── icons
 │ ├── base
 │ ├── linux
 │ └── mac
 └── python
Inside the settings directory, there are a few JSON files that can be edited to include more information about your project.
The main file is in the python directory, and its default content is:
from fbs_runtime.application_context import ApplicationContext
from PySide2.QtWidgets import QMainWindow
import sys
if __name__ == '__main__':
 appctxt = ApplicationContext() # 1. Instantiate ApplicationContext
 window = QMainWindow()
 window.resize(250, 150)
 exit_code = appctxt.app.exec_() # 2. Invoke appctxt.app.exec_()
This example shows an empty QMainWindow. You can run it using the following command:
fbs run
Freezing the application
Once you've verified that the application is working properly, you can continue with the freezing process using the following command:
fbs freeze
After the process completes, you see a message stating the location of your executable. For example:
Done. You can now run 'target/MyApp/MyApp'. If that doesn't work, see
Now, you can try to run the application. The result is the same window as the one you saw with the fbs run command:
cd target/MyApp/
This is the case for Linux. For other platforms like macOS, you need to enter the directory: target/MyApp.app/Contents/macOS. For Windows, you need to find the MyApp.exe executable.


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 The difference between patch cables and network cables is: 1. Different definitions Patch cables are actually metal cables connecting the two demand points of the circuit board (PCB). Due to different product designs, the materials and thickness of t...
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Pupils at The Avenue School got into the spirit of the World Cup for a day of activities in support of the 1GOAL education for all initiative.
The campaign seizes the power of football to ensure that education for all children – regardless of economic or social situation – is a lasting impact of the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
1GOAL brings together footballers, fans, charities, corporations and individuals to lobby and achieve the ambition to see all children having access to a good education.
For its part, children at The Avenue School, in Conwy Close, Tilehurst, were allowed to wear football kits to school and took part in a Shoot for Goal competition, a football speed cage, fancy dress competition, Find the Flag competition, Sport the Ball, and table football.
Reading FC's reserve goalkeeper Ben Hamer also visited, signing lots of autographs for loyal fans.
A screening of an official film from the 1GOAL organisers showed why education is so valuable to all the world's children, and each pupil coloured parts of an enormous football scarf which was sent to Downing Street as part of the UK children's hopes that the government provide whatever they can to enable children throughout the world to receive education.


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In San Jose, California, stands an unlived-in mansion, a Victorian pile with 160 rooms, 40 staircases, 467 doors, and 10,000 windows. The house's eccentric chambers, tortuous hallways, and stairways to nowhere today stand as testament to the damaged, bereaved psyche of the lonely widow who designed it. Built on the tragic fortune of "the gun that won the West," this is the Winchester Mystery House, the inspiration and setting for Jeremy Blake's Winchester film trilogy. Melding Blake's signature digital abstractions with footage of the mansion, the work interrogates traditional cinematic modes of storytelling; cultural mythologies surrounding guns, violence, and the American West; and the relationship between physical and simulated reality in the digital age.
In this publication, curator Benjamin Weil considers the Winchester trilogy in the context of the artist's career, and architecture critic Mitchell Schwarzer examines the San Jose mansion and its surroundings as a peculiar convergence of three built environments: the Winchester house, the aging Century Theatres complex across the street, and the Mediterranean-style Santana Row commercial development. Lush plates presenting sequences from all three works are accompanied by artist statements that provide insight into Blake's myriad motivations and rich symbolic vocabulary.


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Last Months Weather Reno
|Barometric Pressure In Inches
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|Wind Run In Miles
|Wind Chill (F)
|Heat Index (F)
|Rainfall In Inches For The Last Month
|Dew Point (F)
Last months weather Reno page has 11 Graphs of weather variables. These weather variables consist of temperature, barometric pressure, wind direction, high wind speed, wind run, humidity, dew-point temperature and total rainfall for the day. Another asset to the station is it provides data on how the temperature really feels when wind speed and humidity are accounted. These useful calculations that the station provides are wind chill, heat index and temperature humidity wind chill index. Please enjoy this free weather data at your fingertips at your convenience.
Wind run is a measurement of how much wind has passed a given point in a period of time. A wind blowing at three miles per hour for an entire hour would give a wind run of three miles.
Additional weather information from this Weather Station can soon be obtained by going to whetherlink.com or downloading the weather link app and looking on the map and drop-down menu for the Reno Weather Station 3. WeatherLink has a Network of hundreds of weather stations across Nevada and California.


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Baa-Baa Black Sheep, Have You any (Waste) Wool?
October 6, 2011
KINGSTON, R.I. — Rhody Fresh, the cooperative that put locally produced milk and cream in supermarkets all over the state, started folks in Rhode Island's agriculture industry thinking about collaboration as a viable business plan. The collaborative model is a great way to promote and sell local products, and since the creation of Rhody Fresh, quite a few other local businesses have begun to pool their resources to boost sales and public awareness, such as Rhody Warm Wool Blankets, Rhody Livestock, Rhody Native Plants and now Rhody Mulch.
It seems that Rhody Warm Wool Blankets, the project that produces fine wool blankets from the Ocean State's sheep stock, also produces a reuseable waste product — wool that is too dirty, too matted or too unsuitable for manufacturing into high-quality blankets.
To deal with the byproduct of the sheep shearing process, state conservation officials have come up with a potential solution: using waste wool as a mulch that can keep down weeds and help irrigate potted plants.
According to Gerard Bertrand, executive director of the Rhode Island Rural Development Council (RIRDC), an organization whose role is to support small-business development in agriculture and other similar endeavors, the idea started when some surplus wool — not suitable for the blanket project — was given to the Southside Community Land Trust. The land trust is a highly successful Providence-based nonprofit that educates people in the metro area about urban agriculture and operates and facilitates a network of 13 community gardens in and around the capital city. Urban farmers spread the wool in their vegetable beds to keep weeds down.
Chris Modisette, U.S. Department of Agriculture-Natural Resource Conservation Service representative and coordinator of the Rhode Island Resource Conservation and Development Area, heard about it and suggested to Bertrand that the waste wool might have the potential to be upcycled, and that a grant might help get just such a project started. The Rhode Island Sheep Cooperative agreed, and the Resource Conservation and Development Area applied for and received a USDA rural development grant for the project.
Susan Charlwood, a member of the sheep cooperative who heads this "secondary wool project," was chatting with Bertrand one day over who could step forward to take on a feasibility grant. Charlwood's son-in-law, Thomas Soucar, a math teacher at St. Raphael Academy in Pawtucket, heard about it and, "saw it as a great way to get students involved in a real world assignment and so I committed St. Raphael Academy to complete the research."
The grant allowed participants to explore two avenues for the possible distribution of the waste wool: the development of wool mulch in the residential realm — i.e. community gardens — and in the commercial area — i.e. garden centers, greenhouses and farms.
In the process, 125 Rhode Island sheep owners were identified who could potentially be involved in the program, as well as the University of Rhode Island's Peckham Farm, which is also home to a flock of sheep that could supply secondary wool. That's when Fred Launer, a URI College of Environmental and Life Sciences lecturer, and Chantelle Marechaux, a URI senior majoring in animal science, became involved.
Soucar enlisted St. Rapael Academy students Gregory Perreira, Ethan Sneesby and Mike Badzmierowski in the project, all seniors at the time who have since graduated. Sneesby and Badzmierowski are currently attending URI and Perreira is now a freshman at Providence College.
They devised a trial method of using two nested 5-gallon pails with the inner one having a hole in the bottom. The wool mulch was placed at the bottom of the outer pail. Tomato plants were planted in the inner pails — in a soil mixture of potting mix and fertilizer — enabling it to draw moisture from the wool. The tomatoes were then grown in a manner much like the as-seen-on-TV Topsy. The students devised four different trial configurations of pails, including differing types and placements of wool within the pails and, of course, a control group of more traditionally planted tomatoes. The pails were put outside on the school grounds and drew quite a few stares from passersby.
The students reported that the plants in the special pails with the mulch seem to need less water than the controls. They also noted that water beaded up on the wool and was not absorbed, making it readily available to the plants. This was explained by the fact that, by using an organic soap to clean the wool, lanolin — the natural oil in wool — was left largely intact.
The Rhode Island Nursery and Landscape Association (RINLA), headquartered at URI's East Farm, also got involved by enlisting the participation of a few growers in the South County area — Stewart Nursery, Schartner Farms, Clark Farms and The Farmer's Daughter — in the trial. RINLA Executive Director Shannon Brawley said the potential for using the wool in the commercial area will probably be in containers and greenhouses rather than in the fields. She added that eventually there will be demonstrations at the commercial sites.
While the wool project is still in its infancy, indications are that this waste product will emerge as a viable conservation option for the horticultural industry in Rhode Island and perhaps beyond.
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Daytime Running Lights (DRL) can make it easier for others to see the front of your vehicle during the day. DRL can be helpful in many different driving conditions, and it is especially helpful after dawn and before sunset.
The DRL system turns OFF when:
1. The headlight are ON.
2. The parking brake is applied.
3. Engine stops.
Input Speed Sensor 2 > Description and Operation
Description The input shaft speed sensor is important in that it detects the input shaft RPM and sends this information to the TCM. It provides important input information for electric contr ...
CVVT Oil Control Valve (OCV). Schematic Diagrams
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CAUTION To prevent damage to the conductors bonded to the inside surface of the rear window, never use sharp instruments or window cleaners containing abrasives to clean the window. ✽ NOT ...


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According to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT in Oberhausen, vehicle tire wear is the world's largest source of microplastic. On average, a car tire weighs 1 to 1.5 kg less at the end of its life than at the beginning. This difference is largely released into the environment as microplastic particles.
In order to answer the question of the whereabouts of microplastic particles from tire abrasion, new analysis methods are urgently needed to reliably detect and count these particles. We have carried out a pilot study to explore the possibilities of automatic SEM-EDX analysis when quantifying tire abrasion in environmental samples.
Our project partner provided us with a sample taken from a real street. We prepared a portion of this particulate sample by means of vacuum filtration on a membrane.
In order to find the tire abrasion particles in the sample, we first took reference particles from real tires and analyzed them by SEM-EDX. The following shows a microscopic image and an element spectrum of a tire rubber particle on a silver membrane from the reference sample.
A comparison of the abrasion of different brands has shown that tire rubber contains not only carbon (C), oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N), but also sulfur (S). Depending on the manufacturer, mineral and metallic fillers (Si, Ca, Al, Fe, Zn) are also added to define the hardness of the rubber. This chemical "fingerprint" is unique and allows the precise differentiation of tire wear from other inorganic and organic components that occur in street sweepings.
With this knowledge, we successfully identified and quantified the portion of tire wear in the sample by automated SEM-EDX particle analysis. In the following table we show exemplary results of the sample, the analysis shows all particles larger than 5 µm.


A few years ago, I posted about how to extract the contents of an MSI file without having to go through the process of installing it. The tool used to do this was called Less MSIerables. This tool does do the job, but the UI is a bit clunky to use, it has a few bugs, and occasionally fails to extract the contents of a file. On top of this, it looks like this tool is not actively developed (it was last updated in 2005), so I recently started to look for an alternative.
It turns out that Microsoft provide this functionality as part of MSIExec that comes as part of the Windows installer. To extract the contents of any MSI file, simply run the following:
msiexec.exe /a installer.msi /qb TARGETDIR=C:\temp
This will extract the complete contents of the MSI file to the specified directory.
msi


text: This accessory is designed for training and presentation purposes and for providing rough estimates of resistance measurement accuracy. The results obtained from the measurements with the simulator shall be treated as estimated values, and not as calibration results. CS-1 cable simulator is designed to simulate the insulation resistance of power cables. The adapter is equipped with banana sockets with a diameter of 4 mm. This allows user to perform resistance measurements with majority of meters designed for this purpose and offered by Sonel SA. The user of the cable simulator is able to check the correctness of measuring results provided by devices of MIC series (insulation resistance meters). Other devices compatible with CS-1 include multifunctional electrical installation meters, with the function of insulation resistance measurement. Please note that the results presented in the display of the meters are approximate, and that presented value is within the basic error range of the meter itself and the cable simulator. The resistance value provided by the simulator may for a long time remain under constant external voltage, up to 1000 V. The housing is highly resistant to mechanical damage. The device allows user to perform a simulation of measurements for four resistance values.


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Why Vacuum Seal?
Vacuum Sealing is a great way to preserve your food up to 5 times longer compared to regular storage. This technique sucks the air out to keep food fresh, since air is one of the leading causes of food contamination and spoilage.
FreshWorld's Vacuum Sealer works best with our other food preservation products like the vacuum bags, rolls, canisters, and accessories so you can:
- Preserve food and extend shelf life up to 5 times longer
Compared to food stored in plastic bags or containers, enjoy your food for long when it is vacuum sealed. Meat will taste as rich and tender as it did when it was originally sealed. Pre-packed meals and leftovers can last for weeks instead of just days. For optimal results, track your food by putting the date when you vacuum seal.
- Save money and stop food waste
No more throwing away leftovers or watching expiration dates roll by. No more freezer burn or bland, oxidized meats. Save on what you previously would have had to throw to the bin.
- Prevent freezer burn and dehydration
Lock moisture in when you vacuum seal food, especially meat. When water sublimates inside your food, freezer burn happens. The ice crystals inside become into water vapor and get drawn up to the surface of your food, where they either freeze again and or escapes into the surrounding air. Freezer burn isn't dangerous, but it ruins the taste and texture of your food
- Save on storage space
Neatly pack items in our BPA-Free Vacuum Bags to save storage space in your fridge or pantry. No more bulky and cumbersome containers needed.
It's a convenient and economical way for households and businesses to preserve, protect, and store food.


DocumentTimeline and is transformed at each stage to produce some progress fraction that can be used to apply the effects of the animations.
For example:
// Page was loaded at 2:00:00PM, the time is currently 2:00:10PM.
// document.timeline.currentTime is currently 10000 (10 seconds).
let animation = element.animate([
 {transform: 'none'},
 {transform: 'rotate(200deg)'},
 ], {
 duration: 20000, // 20 seconds
 });
animation.startTime = 6000; // 6 seconds
 - DocumentTimeline notifies that the time is 10 seconds.
 - Animation computes that its currentTime is 4 seconds due to its startTime being at 6 seconds.
 - AnimationEffect has a duration of 20 seconds and computes that it has a progress of 20% from the parent animation being 4 seconds into the animation.
 The effect is animating an element from transform: none to transform: rotate(200deg) so it computes the current effect to be transfrom: rotate(40deg).
Lifecycle of an Animation
 1. An Animation is created via CSS1 or element.animate().
 2. At the start of the next frame the Animation and its AnimationEffect are updated with the currentTime of the DocumentTimeline.
 3. The AnimationEffect gets sampled with its computed localTime, pushes a SampledEffect into its target element's EffectStack and marks the elements style as dirty to ensure it gets updated later in the document lifecycle.
 4. During the next style resolve on the target element all the SampledEffects in its EffectStack are incorporated into building the element's ComputedStyle.
One key takeaway here is to note that timing updates are done in a separate phase to effect application. Effect application must occur during style resolution which is a highly complex process with a well defined place in the document lifecycle. Updates to animation timing will request style updates rather than invoke them directly.
1 CSS animations and transitions are actually created/destroyed during style resolve (step 4). There is special logic for forcing these animations to have their timing updated and their effects included in the same style resolve. An unfortunate side effect of this is that style resolution can cause style to get dirtied, this is currently a code health bug.
KeyframeEffect
Currently all animations use KeyframeEffect for their AnimationEffect. The generic AnimationEffect from which it inherits is an extention point in Web Animations where other kinds of animation effects can be defined later by other specs (for example Javascript callback based effects).
Structure of a KeyframeEffect
 - KeyframeEffect represents the effect an animation has (without any details of when it started or whether it's playing) and is comprised of three things:
 - Some Timing information (inherited from AnimationEffect).
 Example:
 {
 duration: 4000,
 easing: 'ease-in-out',
 iterations: 8,
 direction: 'alternate',
 }

 This is used to compute the percentage progress of the effect given the duration of time that the animation has been playing for.
 - The DOM Element that is being animated.
 - A KeyframeEffectModel that holds a sequence of keyframes to specify the properties being animated and what values they pass through.
 Example:
 [
 {backgroundColor: 'red', transform: 'rotate(0deg)'},
 {backgroundColor: 'yellow'},
 {backgroundColor: 'lime'},
 {backgroundColor: 'blue'},
 {backgroundColor: 'red', transform: 'rotate(360deg)'},
 ]

 These keyframes are used to compute:
 - A PropertySpecificKeyframe map that simply breaks up the input multi-property keyframes into per-property keyframe lists.
 - An InterpolationEffect which holds a set of Interpolations, each one representing the animated values between adjacent pairs of PropertySpecificKeyframes, and where in the percentage progress they are active.
 In the example keyframes above the [Interpolations][] generated would include, among the 5 different property specific keyframe pairs, one for backgroundColor: 'red' to backgroundColor: 'yellow' that applied from 0% to 25% and one for transform: 'rotate(0deg)' to transform: 'rotate(360deg)' that applied from 0% to 100%.
Lifecycle of an Interpolation
Interpolation is the data structure that style resolution uses to resolve what animated value to apply to an animated element's ComputedStyle.
 1. Interpolations are lazily instantiated prior to sampling.
 2. KeyframeEffectModels are sampled every frame (or as necessary) for a stack of Interpolations to apply to the associated Element and stashed away in the Element's ElementAnimationsEffectStack's SampledEffects.
 3. During style resolution on the target Element all the Interpolations are collected and organised by category according to whether it's a transition or not (transitions in Blink are suppressed in the presence of non-transition animations on the same property) and whether it affects custom properties or not (animated custom properties are animation-tainted and affect the processing of animation properties.
 4. TODO(alancutter): Describe what happens in processing a stack of interpolations.
Testing pointers
Test new animation features using end to end web-platform-tests to ensure cross-browser interoperability. Use unit testing when access to chrome internals is required. Test chrome specific features such as compositing of animation using web tests or unit tests.
End to end testing
Features in the Web Animations spec are tested in web-animations. Writing web platform tests has pointers for how to get started. If Chrome does not correctly implement the spec, add a corresponding -expected.txt file with your test listing the expected failure in Chrome.
Web tests are located in third_party/blink/web_tests. These should be written when needing end to end testing but either when testing chrome specific features (i.e. non-standardized) such as compositing or when the test requires access to chrome internal features not easily tested by web-platform-tests.
Unit testing
Unit testing of animations can range from extending Test when you will manually construct an instance of your object to extending RenderingTest where you can load HTML, enable compositing if necessary, and run assertions about the state.
Ongoing work
Properties And Values API
TODO: Summarize properties and values API.
Web Animations API
TODO: Summarize Web Animations API.
Animation Worklet
AnimationWorklet is a new primitive for creating high performance procedural animations on the web. It is being incubated as part of the CSS Houdini task force, and if successful will be transferred to that task force for full standardization.
A WorkletAnimation behaves and exposes the same animation interface as other web animation but it allows the animation itself to be highly customized in Javascript by providing an animate callback. These animations run inside an isolated worklet global scope.


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What Is A Martingale And When Is One Needed?
by Caleb Jackson
If you are training a horse or your horse is at risk of throwing their head back, then you may want to consider using a martingale. Martingales are a common tool often used with English tack, but western riders also have purpose for them. They can be a critical safety tool under certain circumstances. Here is more about martingales, whether you need one, and how to use them.
What Is A Martingale?
A martingale is a device to control how high your horse can raise their head. It consists of a strap made of leather or synthetic material that either connects the bit or the nose to a neck strap. Another piece connects the neck strap to the cinch to keep the martingale in place. There are three common types of martingale, and each has its pros and cons.
Why Use a Martingale?
Some horses throw their heads up during certain activities, or out of nervousness or defiance. For example, if your horse likes to evade the bit by raising their head, then a martingale will help prevent that. It's also used as a training aid to teach the horse how to carry its head and body properly.
What Are the Types of Martingales?
Most people use one of the three martingale types listed below. Each works differently. Which one you use should be based on your horse and your own safety.
Running Martingale
Running martingales work directly with the reins and bit to control the horse's head. If the head is lifted too high, then the horse will feel pressure in the mouth. Running martingales are said to be safer than other martingales and offer a horse the most freedom of movement.
Standing Martingale
Instead of using the bit to help control the head, this martingale uses nose pressure. This physically prevents the horse from moving their head too high. However, if fitted too tight, it could cause balance problems for the horse. Some horses also get into the habit of leaning on it for balance which could be a problem if you ride without it.
German Martingale
The German martingale, also known as the Market Harborough, is similar to the running martingale. However, unlike the running martingale, it relies entirely on the horse to self-correct instead of the rider and the reins. These martingales are generally used in training and not in regular riding or competition.
Martingales are a tool for both training and safety while riding with English tack. Whether you need one depends on your horse, your riding level, and the activities you do. Even if you choose to use one, you won't need it for every activity. If you are interested in martingales, then contact an English tack seller for more information.


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Red Bay is named for the reddish cliffs found along the local shoreline. Between 1550 and 1600, Red Bay was the site of Buttes, a major Basque whaling station. A whaling ship, the San Juan, lost in 1567 in Red Bay Harbour, is the oldest shipwreck north of the Caribbean and one of the best preserved. After 1600, the whaling station was abandoned mainly due to the reduction of the whale stocks.
In the 18th century, Red Bay was a Canadian fur trading post. Red Bay became a Newfoundland fishing station in the 1800s. The first census was in 1856, and it showed 72 people settled in Red Bay; it increased to 152 by 1891. Dr. Wilfred Grenfell helped to establish the first co-operative at Red Bay in 1896.
In the 1950s and 1960s, many families moved to Red Bay from outlying fishing stations, and in the 1960s the first road was constructed. By the 1970s, archaeological work began and this led to Red Bay becoming an historical site and making tourism an important industry for the town. Red Bay was incorporated as a town in 1973.


3 引文 斯高帕斯（Scopus）
Objective: We studied the risk of dementia in patients with primary Sjögren's syndrome (pSS) using a nationwide, population-based cohort in Taiwan. Methods: Our study analyzed the medical data of the Taiwanese population from 2000 to 2014. We identified 17,072 patients with pSS and 68,270 controls. Dementia risk was analyzed using a Cox proportional hazards regression model stratified by sex, age, and comorbidities. Results: A higher incidence of dementia development in the pSS group during the observation period (P = 0.0001). In multivariate analysis adjusted by age groups, gender, and the comorbidities, the adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) of developing dementia was 1.246 (95% CI 1.123–1.384) times greater in the pSS group than in the non-pSS group. When stratified by sex, age, and comorbidities, the patients with pSS less than 60 years (aHR 1.67, 95% CI 1.16–2.41), and without any comorbidity (aHR 2.27, 95% CI 1.76–2.93) were particularly associated with a higher risk of dementia. Furthermore, the patients with pSS combined with any other comorbidity had an additionally higher risk of dementia (aHR: 3.978, 95% CI 3.309–4.782), also suggesting that pSS was an independent risk factor for the development of dementia. Interpretation: Primary Sjogren's syndrome is associated with increased dementia risk and further study is needed to understand why and what the specific dementia phenotypes are.
頁（從 - 到）633-641
期刊Annals of Clinical and Translational Neurology
出版狀態已發佈 - 四月 1 2019
ASJC Scopus subject areas
 - Neuroscience(all)
 - Clinical Neurology
指紋 深入研究「Higher risk of dementia in primary Sjogren's syndrome」主題。共同形成了獨特的指紋。


I have seen often that characters in One Piece have their weird (read: at times irritating) signatures. Is there any specific reason for them?
For example, in the picture below, Vito has rorero as his signature. These suffixes sometimes kill the entire feel of the scene, which is why I was wondering why were they so important to have in the first place.
In One Piece, many characters are known to laugh in unusual ways by either adding to the typical "haha" or using different syllables entirely. These laughter patterns are often unique to individuals and may be based on their personalities or appearances. Some of the especially weird laughs are different in translated versions; for example, Caesar's "shurororo" becomes "shuhohoho" in the English manga. It should be noted that laughing style of "Fufufufu" or "Ufufufufu" is a common Japanese laughing style used for mature women in anime and manga. In addition, the common phrase "Arara" is not a laugh, but rather the Japanese version of "Oh my, oh my, oh my".
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 - While this link may answer the question, it is better to include the essential parts of the answer here and provide the link for reference. Link-only answers can become invalid if the linked page changes. - From Review – Happy Face Jan 25 '17 at 12:02
 - done _USER_ – rahul Jan 25 '17 at 12:15
One Piece does quite a bit across the long franchise to ensure that every plot character is remembered in a different way. In addition to being drawn differently having different suffixes or having a different laugh serves as a tool to help establish that character as a unique identity.
Caesar, Doflamingo,Gekko Moria and numerous others in the show, the manga and the movies all make use of this.
In addition to suffixes and laughs there is also gestures, like Brook asking to see your panties or chopper hiding the wrong way that are also unique to add differentiation to each character.
In summation, the above are all tropes commonly used in anime to add individuality to each character.
I could ask you a similar question. Why do so many characters in One Piece have weird laughter styles?
Well, that's because it's a characteristic of the series. Characters laugh in specific ways (gabababa, dereshishishi, horohorohoeo etc), as well as have certain catchphrases that they repeat, like the zipper-mouth guy of CP9 - Fukuro, as well as many other characters.
It's just how the universe of One Piece operates. You shouldn't question this if you want to keep your sanity intact.
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 This is not an answer to this question – Bálint Jan 19 '17 at 7:59
 - Yes it is. You clearly didn't read the answer you (most likely) downvoted. I advise checking the answer again. It explains the quirks of One Piece -- the catchprases that characters have as well as their laughter styles. It all ties in together. – a25bedc5-3d09-41b8-82fb-ea6c353d75ae Jan 19 '17 at 23:28
 - I didn't downvote – Bálint Jan 20 '17 at 6:23
 - You're speaking about laughter, the question asks about suffixes. They aren't the same. – Bálint Jan 20 '17 at 6:24
 - _USER_ but I mentioned both... I compared thee two (the catch-phrases and laughter styles), as these are both characteristics of the show... – a25bedc5-3d09-41b8-82fb-ea6c353d75ae Jan 20 '17 at 17:40
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