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Seppuku (stomach-cutting) is a form of Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment. Seppuku was originally reserved only for Samurai. Part of the samurai honor code, seppuku was used voluntarily by samurai to die with honor rather than fall into the hands of their enemies, as a form of capital punishment for samurai who have committed serious offenses, and for reasons that shamed them. Seppuku is performed by plunging a sword into the abdomen and moving the sword left to right in a slicing motion.
Seppuku was a key part of bushido, the code of the samurai warriors; it was used by warriors to avoid falling into enemy hands, and to attenuate shame and avoid possible torture. Samurai could also be ordered by their daimyo (feudal lords) to commit seppuku. Later, disgraced warriors were sometimes allowed to commit seppuku rather than be executed in the normal manner. The most common form of seppuku for men was composed of the cutting of the abdomen, and when the samurai was finished, he stretched out his neck for an assistant to decapitate him. Since the main point of the act was to restore or protect one's honor as a warrior, those who did not belong to the samurai caste were never ordered or expected to commit seppuku. Samurai generally could commit the act only with permission.
Sometimes a daimyo was called upon to perform seppuku as the basis of a peace agreement. This would weaken the defeated clan so that resistance would effectively cease. Toyotomi Hideyoshi used an enemy's suicide in this way on several occasions, the most dramatic of which effectively ended a dynasty of daimyo forever, when the Hōjō were defeated at Odawara in 1590. Hideyoshi insisted on the suicide of the retired daimyo Hōjō Ujimasa, and the exile of his son Ujinao. With this act of suicide, the most powerful daimyo family in eastern Japan was put to an end.
In time, committing seppuku came to involve a detailed ritual. This was usually performed in front of spectators if it was a planned seppuku, not one performed on a battlefield. A samurai was bathed, dressed in white robes, and fed his favorite meal. When he was finished, his instrument was placed on his plate. Dressed ceremonially, with his sword placed in front of him and sometimes seated on special cloths, the warrior would prepare for death by writing a death poem.
With his selected attendant (kaishakunin, his second) standing by, he would open his kimono (robe), take up his tanto (knife) or wakizashi (short sword)—which the samurai held by the blade with a portion of cloth wrapped around so that it would not cut his hand and cause him to lose his grip—and plunge it into his abdomen, making a left-to-right cut. The kaishaku would then perform dakikubi, a cut in which the warrior was all but decapitated. The maneuver is done such that a slight band of flesh is left attaching the head to the body. Because of the precision necessary for such a maneuver, the second was a skilled swordsman. The principal agreed in advance when the kaishakunin was to make his cut. Usually dakikubi would occur as soon as the dagger was plunged into the abdomen. The process became so highly ritualised that as soon as the samurai reached for his blade the kaishakunin would strike. Eventually even the blade became unnecessary and the samurai could reach for something symbolic like a fan and this would trigger the killing stroke from his second. The fan was likely used when the samurai was too old to use the blade, or in situations where it was too dangerous to give him a weapon in such circumstances.
This elaborate ritual evolved after seppuku had ceased being mainly a battlefield or wartime practice and become a para-judicial institution (see next section).
The second was usually, but not always, a friend. If a defeated warrior had fought honorably and well, an opponent who wanted to salute his bravery would volunteer to act as his second.
In the Hagakure, Yamamoto Tsunetomo wrote:
|"||From ages past it has been considered an ill-omen by samurai to be requested as kaishaku. The reason for this is that one gains no fame even if the job is well done. Further, if one should blunder, it becomes a lifetime disgrace.
In the practice of past times, there were instances when the head flew off. It was said that it was best to cut leaving a little skin remaining so that it did not fly off in the direction of the verifying officials.
A specialized form of seppuku in feudal times was known as kanshi (death of understanding), in which a retainer would commit suicide in protest of a lord's decision. The retainer would make one deep, horizontal cut into his stomach, then quickly bandage the wound. After this, the person would then appear before his lord, give a speech in which he announced the protest of the lord's action, then reveal his mortal wound. This is not to be confused with funshi (indignation death), which is any suicide made to state dissatisfaction or protest. A fictional variation of kanshi was the act of kagebara (陰腹, "shadow stomach") in Japanese theater, in which the protagonist, at the end of the play, would announce to the audience that he had committed an act similar to kanshi, a predetermined slash to the stomach followed by a tight field dressing, and then perish, bringing about a dramatic end.
Some samurai chose to perform a considerably more taxing form of seppuku known as jūmonji giri (cross-shaped cut), in which there is no kaishakunin to put a quick end to the samurai's suffering. It involves a second and more painful vertical cut on the belly. A samurai performing jumonji giri was expected to bear his suffering quietly until perishing from loss of blood, passing away with his hands over his face.


integrated The SELECT statement functions without any problem, even if the user does not have the appropriate authorization for the read process. To protect data from unwanted access, an authorization check must be implemented in the program. An authorization check must always be implemented in the program.
Which ABAP statement is used to implement an authorization check and where is the check result to be found? AUTHORITY-CHECK / SY-SUBRC AUTHORITY-OBJECT / SY-TCODE CREATE AUTHORITY-OBJECT / SY-MANDT.
Which of the following statements concerning authorization and authorization checks are correct? An authorization object has fields and field values. An authorization is a real characteristic of an authorization object - that is, an authorization object with field values. There are authorization objects in the user master record. There are authorizations in the user master record.
TAW10_2 ABAP Workbench Fundamentals.
When you create a screen, you must: a. Design the screen layout in the layout editor. b. Set the general screen attributes on the attribute screen. c. Write the flow logic in the flow logic editor. d. Set the field attributes in the field list. Select the correct order: Choose the correct answer(s). a, b, c, d c, d, b, a b, a, d, c d, b, a, c.
After the processing of ___________, the data is transferred to the screen and displayed. PAI PBO TOP INCLUDE AT THE SCREEN SELECT.
To allow you to set the attributes of all screen elements, the Screen Painter contains an element list with four views. False True.
To interrupt processing of the current screen and branch to a new screen, or sequence of screens, you use the following statement: CALL SCREEN <nnnn> SET SCREEN <nnnn> LEAVE SCREEN LEAVE TO SCREEN <nnnn>.
You must program your screen modifications in a module that is processed during the_____________________________________________processing block. PROCESS AFTER INPUT PROCESS BEFORE OUTPUT INIZIALITATION AT SELECTION SCREEN AT SELECTIO-SCREEN OUTPUT.
The function keys that contain proposals, which comply with the SAP system's ergonomic standards are: Reserved Recommended Freely All of the above.
There are three ways to create a title. Which one are? from the object list in the Object Navigator from the transcation SE11 from the Menu Painter by forward navigation from the ABAP Editor set a title use the statment SET TITLEBAR WITH <&1> ... <&9>.
The content of the Icontext attribute appears in the status bar of the screen when the user chooses the function. True False.
You can initialize the command field only at PAI. True False.
If your text consists of more than one word, use the following character as separators: Underscore Comma Question mark Space.
The group box text cannot be changed dynamically. True False.
These are the attributes of a status icon can be changed dynamically. Visible length Intensified Invisible Input field Bright Two dimensional Start position.
The following message appears when the processing is interrupted and the user can correct the entries: E Error W Warning I Information X Exit.
The ________________ of the field determines the width of the field, including the button, and the selection list. visible length Invisible Icon display Dialog behavior.
The Back function differs from Cancel in its dialog behavior. True False.
Oreder the steps required to create a pushbutton: a. Enter a function code for the pushbutton in the Function code attribute. This is placed in the OK_CODE field automatically when the user chooses the pushbutton on the screen. b. Choose the pushbutton object from the Screen Painter element list. c. Place it on the screen, and assign a name to it. You can enter a static text in the Text attribute. a, b, c c, b, a b, c, a a, c, b.
The __________________________ statement tells the system to execute the PBO and PAI processing blocks for the subscreen as components of the PBO and PAI of the main screen. CALL SUBSCREEN <subarea> SET TITLEBAR AT SELECTION SCREEN SET SCREEN <nnnn>.
When using an encapsulated subscreen, the subscreen call must occur before the function module call. True False.
To program a tabstrip control to scroll locally at the frontend, you must call all subscreens from the flow logic. True False.
TAW12 Object-Oriented Programming, Enhancement.
The object-oriented programming model was developed considerably later than the procedural one. It offers more options for solving problems that previously could not be solved with purely procedural programming languages. True False.
What does multiple instantiation mean? The ability to create and manage any number of runtime instances for each program context A public static component could then make the reference to the class available to an external user. Defines the implementation relationships between classes Is when instances of different classes respond differently to the same messages.
What does encapsulation mean? Gathering data and functions into reusable units from which users can only call certain functions and cannot access the data directly. The ability to create and manage any number of runtime instances for each program context It can contain attribute and method definitions and can generally also contain the implementations of methods. Defines the implementation relationships between classes.
In ABAP Objects, what is meant by the term class? Is the technical description of identical objects. It can contain attribute and method definitions and can generally also contain the implementations of methods. The ability to create and manage any number of runtime instances for each program context A public static component could then make the reference to the class available to an external user. The ability to create and manage any number of runtime instances for each program context.
In ABAP Objects, what is meant by the term constructor? It is normally only called by the runtime system, whenever an object of this class is created using CREATE OBJECT An object that requires the services of another object sends a message to the object providing the services. Is a system routine that is automatically started whenever the runtime system does not have more important tasks to carry out. Is internal procedures in classes that determine the behavior of the objects.
You are defining a class. Must you always also define a constructor? True False.
What is the ABAP syntax required to make a local subclass inherit from a superclass? the INHERITING FROM addition to the CLASS-DEFINITION statement. the REDEFINITION addition to the METHODS statement.
What is the ABAP syntax required to redefine an inherited method in a local class? the INHERITING FROM addition to the CLASS-DEFINITION statement. the REDEFINITION addition to the METHODS statement.
Suppose you are copying a subclass reference to a reference variable that is typed to the superclass (up-cast). What components can you access with this reference variable? Redefined components of the superclass Newly defined components of the subclass Inherited components of the superclass Redefined components of the subclass.
Assume that a reference variable typed on a superclass contains a subclass reference and you copy this to a reference variable that is typed on the class (down-cast). Which of the following components can you access with this reference variable? Redefined components of the superclass Newly defined components of the subclass Inherited components of the superclass Redefined components of the subclass.
Suppose that you copy an instance reference of a class that implements an interface to a reference variable that is typed on the interface (up-cast). What components can you access with this reference variable? The components of the interface The components of the class that are not defined in the interface All components of the class The components of the interface for which alias names have been defined.
Suppose that a reference variable that is typed on an interface contains an instance reference of a class that implements this interface and you copy this to a reference variable that is typed on the class (down cast). Which of the following components can you access with this reference variable? The components of the interface The components from the class that are not defined on the interface All components of the class The components of the interface for which alias names have been defined.
What is the statement for defining events?.
What is the statement for triggering events?.
With which statement would you define a handler method M_H for event E of class C?.
With which statement would you register handler method M_H of the reacting instance REF_H with the triggering instance REF_R?.
Can events be defined in interfaces? True False.
Can events be triggered in interfaces? True False.
The porpouse for Inheritance is how generalization/specialization relationships between classes are implemented in a program? True False.
Does an interface have an implementation part? True False.
Which of the following statements are correct? You can create function modules using the Class Builder. A global class can contain a local class A global interface can contain a local interface A global class can contain a local interface Nested definition of classes is when a local class is within a global class UsingtheClass Builder, a local class can be converted into a global class. A local class can be copied using the Class Builder. The copy is then a global class. You can use the Refactoring Assistant to move the methods to a different class within an inheritance hierarchy. You can


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MODELLING AND VISUALIZING URBAN GROWTH TRAJECTORY IN ABU DHABI USING TIME SERIES SATELLITE IMAGERY
Keywords: LULC, Change Analysis, Remote Sensing, Urbanization, Landsat, SDGs
Abstract. Anthropogenic activities are leading to massive changes in the natural environment. An assessment of these changes is crucial for sustainable development. The present study aims to characterize and geo-visualize the spatial and temporal changes in the capital city of Abu Dhabi (AD) in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and to assess and identify the driving forces behind this process. The temporal assessment of urban growth in AD was carried out using eight Landsat images for the period between 1990 and 2022. Initially the images were classified into seven land use land cover (LULC) classes namely: Urban, Sparse vegetation, Dense vegetation, Shallow water, Deep Water, Sand, and Sabkha. The 7 classes were then collapsed and merged to create a binary mask showing urban/non-urban areas. The post-classification approach was implemented to track the dynamic changes and to quantify the urbanization process of the capital city during the study period. The study showed a rise of 21.4% in urban area at the expense of a significant fall in the sand and sabkha classes. It was also found that, unlike most world urban centers, AD city is not developing at the cost of green areas. To the contrary, vegetated areas (sparse and dense vegetation classes) of AD have doubled more than 60 times over the years 1972 to 2021. We concluded that urbanization in the UAE is supporting the sustainable environmental development in the region and is responding positively to the United Nations (UN)' Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

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By adopting the most advanced irrigation system to cut water consumption dramatically for irrigating plants, trees, and landscapes, the Ministry of Municipality and Environment (MME), represented by the Department of Public Parks, is achieving the nation's green drive goals.
"The modern irrigation technique helped greatly in reducing consumption of water. We conducted many experiments using advanced water-efficient irrigation techniques for example in the parks water consumption decreased to one fourth compared to the traditional method," said the Director of Public Parks Department Eng. Muhammad Ali Al Khouri. During a recent interview on Qatar TV, he explained that experiments are still ongoing to improve the efficiency of the irrigation system and to add some soil conditioners to further reduce water consumption.
"These experiments are being conducted by experts and agricultural engineers of irrigation programme to support the green drive of the country. The irrigation system consists of a central control unit located in the Public Parks Department. This unit creates irrigation programmes and sends them to all sites without the need to go to the site through a long-range radio communication system," said Al Khouri.
"A text message is sent to the mobile of the responsible engineer to warn that there is a problem in one of the sites and daily reports are issued on water flow and pressure values. We are keen to use the rationalisation programme in the consumption of irrigation water in parks using flow sensors, through which more than 60% of the sites have been rationalised," he said
He said that the system collects data from all places, analyses it, and then takes the appropriate actions. To reduce carbon dioxide emissions from vehicles, industries, and other sources, a large number of trees are being planted around the country.
"We targeted to plant a million trees under 'Plant Million Tree' initiative of MME. The drive focused on planting local trees such as Sidr, Al Ghaf, Al Samur, Al Awsaj, as they are available in the country and grow with seasonal rain and consume less water," said Al Khouri. Sidr, he added, has the largest number of trees being planted across the country as part of the green drive.


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18.03.2020 | Original Research | Ausgabe 3/2021
A mobile terminal application program was used for endotracheal tube cuff pressure measurement
Journal of Clinical Monitoring and Computing
- Wei-Zhong Wang, Yao-Ying Zhou, Zhi-Juan Wang, Mei-Li Zhu, Xiao-Yan Yao, Jian-Di Yu, Yan-Hong Lin, Fei-Yun Yu, Chun-Yan Wu, Hui-Hui Zhang, Dan Lou, Yue-Hong Hu
We studied the application of a mobile terminal application program in endotracheal tube (ETT) cuff pressure measurement to improve the implementation rate of scientific ETT cuff pressure measurement and to ensure that the pressure falls within the recommended range. A pre-post controlled study lasting for 18 months was undertaken in a 40-bed general intensive care unit (GICU). This included a 6-month baseline period (baseline group) and a 6-month intervention period (intervention group). The mobile terminal application program was applied to monitor the cuff pressure of endotracheal intubation as an intervention measure during the intervention period. ETT pressure was the main outcome measure, while gender, age, causes for ICU admission, sedation score, duration of prior intubation, size of ETT, and number of VAP patients were secondary outcomes. ETT cuff pressure was monitored 742 times in both the baseline group and the intervention group. A total of 56.9% of the cuff pressure measurements in the baseline group were within the recommended range, while 78.4% of measurements in the intervention group were within the recommended range, reflecting a statistically significant difference (P < 0.05). The application of the mobile terminal application program used for ETT cuff pressure measurement could improve the percentage of ETT cuff pressure measurements falling within the recommended range.


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Near Miss - Stay Alert - Supervisor's Safety Script
Topic Focus: What is a Near Miss and Reporting Every Incident
Stay Alert to Stay Safe. Report Near Misses to Prevent Future Accidents.
An unsafe condition crops up or someone commits an unsafe act. If everyone takes responsibility for reporting every near miss, it's as if we are seeing into the future and being given a chance to prevent bad things from happening.
Hold a safety meeting on the current topic of the month with the accompanying Supervisor's Safety Script. Each script covers the key safety points of the particular topic. There's also space on the reverse side to add your own notes.

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Ethopia – (Ethos / Utopia)
Developing a string of Eco villages in the Mures Valley between Lipova and Savarsin.
Being developed by an American with 21 years experience in Romania and a life time of experience
in American communities.
Each community, i.e. eco village is being developed with the goal becoming self reliant and be developed within an existing rural village. Ethopia works with the villagers to develop produce and products, create marketing for the products, and establishing commercial businesses to provide a wider economic base.
The Ethopia village network will provide a wider base to provide enough production to develop a brand and make logistics more efficient. The creation of a model in each village will provide examples for the villagers to incorporate.
A Community Supported Agricultural Initiative is being developed in Arad to provide a market for Ethopia production and village production in general.
Each Ethopia village community begins with a house, garden and land with an extended family of 4 to 10 persons depending on the size of the house.
Membership & Visitors
- Current members: 3


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Dispersion and radiation properties of the conductor-backed coplanar waveguide (CPW) with finite ground planes are analyzed and modeled. A frequency-domain finite-difference method using the perfectly matched layer absorbing boundary condition is used as reference. Based on these results, a closed-form description is derived and implemented into an existing quasi-static CPW model. This leads to a comprehensive and efficient CPW description accounting for all relevant effects from conductor loss to high-frequency dispersion. Additionally, design rules to avoid parasitic radiation effects are given.


Tamra or Tamera. I always thought Mara would be a good nickname.
-- pksteph 3/31/2011
Spelled "Tamora," she is the villainous Queen of the Goths in Shakespeare's tragedy, "Titus Andronicus."
-- mothwing 6/27/2011
Also a popular Ukrainian name. [noted -ed]
-- Lesia 2/22/2012
The name Tamara was given to 201 baby girls born in the US in 2012.
-- Oohvintage 7/17/2013
"Tam-ruh" is the most common (and, in my opinion, the proper) pronunciation of this name in North America. Why isn't that pronunciation listed?
Tamara's my aunt's name, and that's how she pronounces it. I've never met a Tamara who pronounced it any other way.
-- harry_sent_me 8/13/2013
A classy, beautiful name. :-)
-- justsomegirl 4/7/2014
Tamara does not mean'spice' but 'tin', in Sanskrit.
There is another word, Tāmara (long a), listed in the Monier-Williams dictionary as meaning 'water' or 'ghee', but it is from a very in-credible source (it only shows up on one document which collects rare or unusual words).
However, Tāmara (again, long a) is also a word in the Dravidian languages of South Indian, where it has the more poetic meaning of 'lotus'.
-- skolaidhe 1/21/2015
I once had a classmate named Tamara, who pronounced it "tuh-MARE-uh." I feel so sorry for her, because our substitute teachers never pronounced her name correctly! Most substitute teachers thought it was "TAM-er-uh," though one teacher thought it was "tuh-MAR-uh." The teacher would always say Tamara incorrectly, and then the entire class would say, "tuh-MARE-uh!" It seemed hilarious at the time.
-- Anonymous User 2/2/2015
I've known lots of Tamara's. It reminds me of "tomato".
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Bulk and interfacial properties of decane in the presence of carbon dioxide, methane, and their mixture.
Nilesh Choudhary, Arun Kumar Narayanan Nair, Mohd Fuad Anwari Che Ruslan, Shuyu Sun
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Molecular dynamics simulations were performed to study the bulk and interfacial properties of methane + n-decane, carbon dioxide + n-decane, and methane + carbon dioxide + n-decane systems under geological conditions. In addition, theoretical calculations using the predictive Peng-Robinson equation of state and density gradient theory are carried out to compare with the simulation data. A key finding is the preferential dissolution in the decane-rich phase and adsorption at the interface for carbon dioxide from the methane/carbon dioxide mixture. In general, both the gas solubility and the swelling factor increase with increasing pressure and decreasing temperature. Interestingly, the methane solubility and the swelling of the methane + n-decane system are not strongly influenced by temperature. Our results also show that the presence of methane increases the interfacial tension (IFT) of the carbon dioxide + n-decane system. Typically, the IFT of the studied systems decreases with increasing pressure and temperature. The relatively higher surface excess of the carbon dioxide + n-decane system results in a steeper decrease in its IFT as a function of pressure. Such systematic investigations may help to understand the behavior of the carbon dioxide-oil system in the presence of impurities such as methane for the design and operation of carbon capture and storage and enhanced oil recovery processes.
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JournalScientific reports
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Microsoft has partnered with The Open Space Agency (OSA) to build the very first 3D printed telescope or automated robotic observatory, called an Ultrascope that is powered by an Arduino shield and a Lumia 1020 smartphone.
Th team is now on the search for beta testers around the world to test out the new 3D printer telescope and provide feedback on how the telescope can be improved. Watch the video after the jump to learn more about the3D printed Ultrascope project.
The Ultrascope 3D printer telescope has been possible thanks to the development of low-cost 3D printers and laser-cutting, which has been combined with the Arduino platform micro-controller and camera from a Nokia Lumia 1020 smartphone.
"For the ULTRASCOPE project we asked ourselves if it was possible to develop a kit-set telescope that would 'reduce the cost of pro-level astronomy by an order of magnitude' – to coin a phrase from the space business. In other words, a robot telescope – or ARO – Automated Robotic Observatory, that would allow amateur astronomers to contribute to citizen science projects for a radically reduced cost.
We're still refining the performance of our first "EXPLORER SERIES" Ultrascope – a 3.5 Inch mirror ARO that is able do conduct celestial photography and photometry. We are currently looking for Beta Testers around the world to test the current scope design and suggest improvements. "
For more information on the new 3D printed telescope Ultrascope project jump over to the Open Space Agency website for details and the ability to build your very own.
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Thursday Throwing Tips –How to Throw a Curve Ball
The debate whether throwing curve balls is bad for the young arm or not will rage forever, I assume. Regardless, at some point kids need to learn how to throw a curve ball correctly. Additionally, it is important for most position players to stay on top with their throws. This does not mean that throwing with a three quarter delivery is not OK, but it is important for kids that throw sidearm to learn to get on top more, at least for position players.
how to throw a curve ball.
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Baseball Drill for How to Throw a Curve Ball
I have players bring an empty, plastic water bottle to practice. Players pair off and begin throwing their bottles to each other at the same time. This way they are getting more reps and there is no danger if the bottles collide. The object is to have the bottles thrown to where they spin head over head in a twelve to six rotation. This should be practice with the regular fastball grip with twelve-six rotation and with a curve ball hand action with the same spin. Once players get the feel of spinning the bottle correctly with both the fastball (hand behind) action and the curve ball (Hand on side like throwing a football), players try the same with a regular baseball, but with only one thrown at a time.
Coaches can also have players count the number of twelve six rotations they can get with the empty bottles. This how to throw a curve ball drill helps players understand the pitch, too, a good first step to perfecting the pitch.
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With below request you can get list of Dialler campaigns by simply entering the address in your browsers address bar:
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NOTE:
Make sure to always replace YOUR.IP.ADDRESS and YOUR.API.KEY with values specific for your system.
Response should look like this:
{
"1": "test1",
"4": "test2",
"5": "test3",
"6": "agentcom"
}
Now when you have ID of your campaign, you can list CSV files per campaign:
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In above example we are using id=6 to list files for campaign "agentcom".
Response should be like this:
{
"23": {
"name": "dial_test.csv",
"campid": "6",
"form_fields": "number,name,address"
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}
To add a number to the CSV file:
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This one is probably most complicated. In previous response you got; "form_fields": "number,name,address" So your "csv" field value should look like
"your_number,your_name,your_address"
for example:
"38763925947,John,Chicago"
and in "numberfield" you should set column with number, just like when uploading CSV file: in this case it's 1.


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SALIVA CAN TRANSFER BACTERIA
New Zealand outbreaks include group A in 1985/86 in Auckland. The most recent group C outbreak was in Northland during 2012. During _PHONE_, a New Zealand-only strain of group B caused an epidemic, mainly affecting infants and under-5-year-olds.
In New Zealand, infants and children aged under 5 years and adolescents aged 15–19 years have an increased risk of meningococcal disease. Ma¯ori, particularly infants aged under 1 year, and Pacific peoples, have a higher risk than other ethnic groups.
The bacteria are commonly carried in the nose and throat and carriage rates are highest in older teenagers and young adults. The bacteria can be transferred from person to person through contact with saliva, such as intimate kissing. The underlying reasons for why the invasion of life-threatening bacteria occurs in some individuals are not well understood.


Bits of Pancake _URL_ Tue, 25 Mar 2014 10:00:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 _URL_ Dual spaces, transposes, and adjoints _URL_ _URL_ Fri, 07 Mar 2014 21:18:31 +0000 _URL_ Continue reading ]]> What's the dual space of a vector space?
Let $V$ be an $n$-dimensional vector space, with basis
$$ B = \{ v_1, \ldots, v_n \}. $$
Now consider an arbitrary linear function $f$ that takes a vector $v \in V$ and maps it to a scalar in, for example, $\mathbb{R}$. Then express $v$ as a linear combination of the basis vectors:
$$ \begin{align*}
f(v)
&= f(c_1v_1 + \cdots + c_nv_n) \\
&= c_1 f(v_1) + \cdots + c_n f(v_n).
\end{align*} $$
This means that if we specify $f(v_1)$ through $f(v_n)$, we've completely characterized $f$. In other words, if you tell me what $f(v_1)$ through $f(v_n)$ equal, I know what $f(v)$ equals for any vector $v$.
So we can specify any linear function that maps from $V$ to $\mathbb{R}$ (called a "linear functional") as a list of $n$ scalars. This makes it clear that a linear functional is an $n$-dimensional vector itself, and so linear functions form a $n$-dimensional vector space as well:
$$V^* = \{ f_{[a_1, \ldots, a_n]} \mid a_1, \ldots, a_n \in \mathbb{R} \}.$$ This is the dual space of $V$, where I've used $f_{[a_1, \ldots, a_n]}$ to denote the linear functional such that $f(v_1) = a_1$, etc.
Since $V$ and its dual space $V^*$ have the same dimension, each element in $V$ has a corresponding element in $V^*$. Consider that
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f_{[a_1, \ldots, a_n]} = a_1(c_1v_1) + \cdots + a_n(c_nv_n).
$$Look at the right-hand side — if the vectors we're dealing with are Euclidean vectors, then we could write $\vecb{a} = (a_1, \ldots, a_n)$ and express any functional as a dot product:
$$
f_{\vecb{a}}(\vecb{v}) = \vecb{a} \cdot \vecb{v}.
$$ We can extend this idea to any inner product space. If $V$ has an inner product, then we can very naturally associate a vector $w \in V$ with its corresponding functional in $V^*$, defined as $$f(v) = \langle v, w \rangle.$$
Now let's throw linear transformations into the mix. Let $T$ be a linear transformation from $U$ to $W$, and let $f \in W^*$ be a linear functional on $W$.
Then if $u \in U$, observe that $f(T(u))$ gives us a scalar. Since $f$ composed with $T$ maps an element in $U$ to a scalar, the composition $f \circ T$ is a linear functional itself, an element of $U^*$!
In this way, given a functional in $W^*$ and a transformation $T$, we can generate functionals in $U^*$. So we can define another linear transformation from $W^*$ to $U^*$ that gives us this functional: $$ T^\intercal(f) = f \circ T.$$
$T^\intercal$ is called the transpose of $T$, and it's not a coincidence that the matrix of $T^\intercal$ is the transpose of the matrix of $T$ in certain bases.
Finally, let's talk about inner product spaces again. If we have inner products for $U$ and $W$, we can, like above, associate vectors $u \in U$ and $w \in W$ with functionals in $U^*$ and $W^*$ respectively:
$$\begin{align*}
u \quad&\longleftrightarrow\quad f_u(v) = \langle v, u \rangle \\
w \quad&\longleftrightarrow\quad f_w(v) = \langle v, w \rangle.
\end{align*}$$
Recall that $T^\intercal$ takes a functional in $W^*$ and returns a functional in $U^*$. It'd be nice if we could deal with vectors in $W$ and $U$ instead of functionals in $W^*$ and $U^*$. Can we replace the transpose with another transformation that takes a vector in $W$, transforms it into its corresponding functional in $W^*$, apply $T^\intercal$ to it to get a functional in $U^*$, and finally transform it back into its corresponding vector in $U$?
It turns out we can: it's called the adjoint of $T$, denoted $T^*$.
Dual spaces
To see how $T^*$ must be defined, let's take the definition of the transpose and substitute $f \in W^*$ with its inner product equivalent, $\langle v, w\rangle$, where $w$ is the vector in $W$ associated with $f$, and $v$ is the functional's argument:
$$\begin{align*}
T^\intercal(f)
&= T^\intercal(\langle v, w\rangle) \\
&= (\langle v, w\rangle) \circ T \\
&= \langle T(v), w\rangle.
\end{align*}$$
Then asking what vector in $U$ corresponds to this functional amounts to asking what vector satisfies
$$ \langle T(v), w\rangle = \langle v, ?\rangle. $$
Thus, $T^*$ is the linear transformation that is defined to be the one that makes the following equality true:
$$ \langle T(v), w\rangle = \langle v, T^*(w)\rangle. $$
Once we do that, we can go on to define important operators like normal, unitary, and Hermitian operators!
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$$f(y) \dod{y}{x} = g(x)$$
Separation of variables says that we can simply "split" the derivative $\dod{y}{x}$ and write
$$f(y) \dif{y} = g(x) \dif{x}$$
Then, we can integrate both sides: $$\begin{gather*}
\int f(y) \dif{y} = \int g(x) \dif{x} \\
F(y) = G(x) + C
\end{gather*}$$ where $F(y)$ and $G(x)$ are antiderivatives of $f(y)$ and $g(x)$ respectively. And voila, we can use algebra to solve the differential equation.
But the "splitting" part always bugged me. Now my professor has explained why this is okay to do. Consider the antiderivative of $f(y)$, and differentiate it with respect to $x$.
We know that
$$\begin{align*}
\dod{}{x}F(y) &= \dod{}{y}F(y) \cdot \dod{y}{x} \text{ by the chain rule} \\
&= f(y) \dod{y}{x}
\end{align*}$$because $F(y)$ is the antiderivative of $f(y)$, so the derivative of $F(y)$ must be the function $f(y)$ itself.
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Best Practices for Surgical Wound Care After Common Plastic Surgery Procedures
As the number of plastic surgery procedures continues to rise, it is important for clinicians to understand best practices for post-operative care to prevent wound dehiscence, surgical site infection, abnormal scarring, fluid buildup, and other incision site complications. Selecting appropriate wound dressings and securements can help avert complications and lead to optimal outcomes for patients.
This informative white paper, sponsored by Hy-Tape medical adhesive, describes several popular plastic surgery procedures, their possible post-operative wound complications, and post-operative protocols to prevent these complications. Versatile Hy-Tape medical adhesive is appropriate to use on skin around surgical wounds. It minimizes scarring, keeps dressings and drains securely in place, and is safe for fragile skin.
This useful and well-referenced guide is a practical resource for wound care professionals whose patients undergo plastic surgery procedures.
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(peculiar star with metallicity only with lighter elements)
A Lambda Boötis star (λ Boo) is a chemically peculiar star, apparently a Population I star, generally A-type. with carbon, oxygen, and nitrogen metallicity much like the Sun, but with much less iron and heavier elements. Lambda Boötis (λ Boötis) is the prototype. On the order of 50-100 are known, and not explained: theories include attributes of the star-forming region, or accretion of less-iron-rich gas after formation.
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What Is an Amphipathic Molecule?
What Is an Amphipathic Molecule?
Amphipathic molecules are molecules having both polar and non-polar portions in their structure. The chemical compounds that feature these molecules are essential to a host of biological and industrial processes.
Soaps, detergents and lipoproteins are examples of amphipathic molecules. The non-polar portion of an amphipathic molecule is hydrophobic, meaning that it is repelled from water molecules. This non-polar portion is also lipophilic, meaning that it is attracted to other organic molecules. The non-polar part is usually a long-chain hydrocarbon.
The polar portion of the molecule may be composed of different radical groups including carboxylates, sulfates, phosphates and sulfonates. This polar portion behaves in a way that is almost opposite to the non-polar part, as it is attracted to water and repelled by polar molecules.
Amphipathic compounds often have several lipophilic and several hydrophilic parts attached to a central carbon backbone. Phospholipids are a class of amphipathic molecule that is essential to life. These molecules are the main component of biological membranes. The specific amphipathic behavior of phospholipid molecules is determined by how they combine. Other important biosynthesized amphipathic molecules are cholesterol and glycolipids.
Artificial amphipathic molecules can be tailored to attract and exfoliate unwanted organic species, enabling them to function as surfactants.


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Before you go shopping for a freezer, decide whether a chest freezer or an upright freezer would better meet your needs. Then choose a model based on size, capacity, and energy efficiency.
Placing your model
If you plan to keep the freezer in a living area, consider how noisy it is. Most manufacturers say that their freezers can operate in a room where the temperature is from 32 degree to 110 degrees Fahrenheit, though they also indicate that spaces colder than 32 degrees F will not affect freezer operation. If you plan to house the freezer in an unheated area, such as a garage, adhere to the manufacturer's specified operating range.
Sizing your model
Freezers, whether chest or upright, come in four basic sizes: compact (5 cubic feet), small (6 to 9 cubic feet), medium (12 to 18 cubic feet), and large (more than 18 cubic feet). Your choice should depend on available space and family needs.
Weigh blackout performance
Most manufacturers say that their freezers can keep food adequately frozen for 24 hours with the power off, as long as the freezer remains unopened. But our tests simulating a prolonged power failure revealed significant differences. Some uprights allowed a relatively large increase in temperature after only nine hours.
Keeping food from spoiling
Most of the chests and self-defrosting uprights we tested delivered impressive temperature performance, maintaining 0 degrees F quite evenly throughout their interior. But all of the manual-defrost upright models had trouble keeping their door shelves as cool as the rest of the interior.
Any frozen food that has reached temperatures above 40 degrees for more than two hours should be discarded. For guidelines on frozen-food safety, read the freezing and food safety guidelines from the Department of Agriculture and our advice on freezing foods.
Don't expect your new freezer to be quite as energy efficient as its yellow EnergyGuide label implies. On average, our latest tested models used 17 percent more energy. That's because our tests are tougher-and, we believe, more like real-world conditions-than those specified by the U.S. Department of Energy. We fill the freezers to capacity, whereas they're only 75 percent full in the DOE test. And we test for energy use with the center of the freezer actually at 0 degrees, the optimum temperature for storing frozen food, while manufacturers are allowed to extrapolate energy use at 0 degrees from test results above and below zero. Except for Energy Star products, the information on the labels relies on manufacturers' test data.
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Louis from Dogtopia Bloomfield
What's in a name? For our four-legged friends, a name can mean a lot. Is the name easy for them to understand? Is it memorable for others? Does it fit with their personality? Here are 5 things to consider before permanently assigning your new dog their lifelong moniker.
Best Sounds for Dogs
The key to naming your dog is making it as simple for your pet to understand when they are being called. You will want the name to start with a letter that has a sharp, distinct sound. A name that starts with a D, T or K sound will be easy for your dog to pick up. A name that starts with an S or F, which has a softer beginning, could be a little more confusing for them.
A dog's name will also work best if it ends with a sharp "a" or long "e" sound. Again, this will be more distinctive to their ears and easy for them to differentiate from other words.
Size Matters
As most dog owners know, the bulk of commands are either one or two syllables to make them as easy as possible for your pup to understand. The same logic can be applied to what you name your dog. Any name you give them that is longer than two syllables could get lost in translation from their ears to their brain.
If brevity is not your thing and you would like to give your dog a really long name, you should work out the appropriate shortened version of the name because that's what he will end up being called within a week or two. The name Sir Barksalot of Smithville might be really cute but the shortened version of it would probably end up being "Sir," which is not a distinctive word for dogs to easily recognize when you are calling for them.
Avoid Command Words
You will also want to avoid any names that sound similar or rhyme with the most common dog commands. Names that sound like "sit," "stay," "heel," "no," and "come" could be easily confused by your pup. Imagine how tough it would be to get your dog to stay if they are named "Fay" or how difficult it would be to get them to sit if their name was "Mitt".
For Public Consumption
One of the most frequent times that you are going to call out to your pup is at dog parks. Because of this, you may want to ensure your pup's name is something that you would be willing to yell out publicly. Your favourite band might be called the Doom Shackles but is that really something you want to be heard yelling out in the middle of a public space?
Breed Heritage
Need inspiration for a dog name? Take a look at their breed's heritage. Is your pup a Corgi? Perhaps a Welsh name after the country that made the breed famous. Is your dog a Weimaraner? How about a name reflecting their German background?
In the end, these are all just suggestions for the naming of your pup. Let your imagination flow and pick a name the whole family will love. Just be sure to make the name as easy for your pup to learn as possible. It can be one of the keys to setting up the best communication possible between you and your dog.


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High capacity variant of DLT tapes.
Super DLT (Super Digital Linear Tape)
The SDLT is an evolution of DLT tapes originally developed by Quantum.
The management of the reading heads is done by a laser beam (LGMR). Both sides of the tape are used. One for storing data, and the other for storing tracking and positioning information. This second side that is used by the laser beam.
Thanks to the use of lasers, the accuracy of head positioning is increased, as the storage capacity.
The DLT and SDLT cartridges are the same size, measuring 105.7 mm wide x 105.4 mm long x 25.4 mm high. Tape lengths vary from 557 to 630 meters, tape width is the same for both, 12.7 mm.


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I have two questions:
1. My character is of Polish descent, but his grandfather became a german citizen through naturalization. My question is, since his grandfather was a naturalized citizen, would my character be automatically considered a german citizen? He also served in the army during WWI, would that be enough to grant him citizenship if he wasn't before?
2. Second question, would it be plausible for this character to serve as a representative of that party in the Reichstag? My understanding of elections during this time is that the party chose the candidates and the proportion of the vote they received in the region determined how many of those candidates served in the Reichstag.
I've tried Wikipedia. And I've found a couple chapters on google books about citizenship, but it doesn't cover Naturalization. I've also been unsuccessful trying to find a book or articles on restrictions for participation in the Reichstag or how elections were conducted during the 1920s, early 30s.


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TIMOTHY ACKER AND DRAKE BRANNON PERFORM WATER QUALITY TESTS.
Students in James Galvin's Agriculture classes are getting hands on education in Fresh Water Shrimp production. Yes, that's right fresh water shrimp.
The students are involved with the production with five hundred fresh water shrimp. The shrimp that the students are working with are close relatives of the shrimp that swim in the ocean, but these shrimp live in a fresh water environment. ACHS students are raising their shrimp in a closed recycling tank system. When working with this type of system students are taught that water quality is critical.
Each day students must test the water for oxygen content, pH, ammonia, nitrate and nitrite levels. The students have discovered that the temperature of the water must be maintained at 80 degrees. Students learned that when the water temperature falls below 75 degrees that the shrimp will live, but will not consume feed and grow. Students working with the shrimp can clearly see and understand how chemistry, math and biology principles effect and play into everyday life. Technology plays a very large role in helping students test the water and maintain the environment for proper water quality and balance.
Students have developed a strong interest in the shrimp project and look forward to continuing on with its development. The students would like to thank Mr. Starr for his continued support and enthusiasm for the project. The fresh water shrimp project has partnered with White Water Aqua Farms and they have been providing tremendous amount of technical advice, knowledge and experience to enhance this project.
KALEB WRIGHT PREPARES THE FEED FOR FRESH WATER SHRIMP.


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Menu driven interfaces are a huge hit among the users and it actually is a old technology technique, but it well suites around the era and it continuously have to exist, if we go by many windows application and web application, there are many different types of menu driven interfaces are present and those interfaces not only help to provide the sufficient information but also help the user to act on it and perform any actions, it would also be a good idea not just to take action based on these interface but also learn the points mentioned in the menu driven interfaces.
The menu selection strategy of dialogue design presents a list of alternatives or options to the user. The system user selects the desired alternative or option by keying in the number or letter that is associated with that option. (SOE)
More sophisticated technology allows menu selection by touching the screen, or selecting menu options with a pen, mouse, cursor keys, or other pointing devices. (SOE)
The dialogue strategies used by menu driven interfaces are as follows:
1. Open Dialog
2. Pop Up Dialog
3. Vertical Dialog
4. Horizontal Dialog
5. Cross Dialog
The above strategies imply the best use of dialog strategies among the user interface design structure and it actually contains the maximum possible information. It would be a good idea not to just drive the menu culture ahead but to give him sufficient information on this topic.
So, when a user wants to open some file, we can show him Open Dialogue to get the file and select it, we can have several option with this such as user can open single or multiple files. This way user has easy access to his machine to open and save files even, otherwise he have to go back to machine from software and do the action, which never seems to be a good option. This is why the dialogue option provides us with good opportunities and helps us to drive the interface design with the help of menu driven interfaces.
The advantages associated with menu driven interfaces are as follows:
1. Extremely easy to use. Someone who has never seen the interface before can work out what to do. (Teach ICT)
2. There are no commands to learn or remember. (Teach ICT)
3. Step-by-step options are given so that the user doesn't have to remember anything. (Teach ICT)
4. Even if you don't know what to do, you can usually guess your way round the options.
5. Menu interfaces don't have to be visual, they can be spoken - good for telephones or for visually impaired people.
6. They don't need huge amounts of processing power or memory. (Teach ICT)
7. It is fairly easy for the software programmer to create the same menus in different languages. (Teach ICT)
As, we can see there are lots of advantages on the menu driven system interface design, and it helps the users in many terms whether it is the easy selection from the group of list, for some menu or the selection or search of some activity on the menu interface design.
Still, there are many disadvantages for the system design as well, which I also want you to focus on, which will not only help you understand more about on this topic but also let you gather the best possible information on the topic.
The disadvantages of menu driven interfaces are as follows:
1. A poorly designed menu interface may be slow to use. (Teach ICT)
2. It can be irritating if there are too many menu screens to work through - users get annoyed or bored if it takes too long. (Teach ICT)
3. You often can't go to the exact place you want right at the start. You have to work your way through the menu screens even if you know where you want to get to. (Teach ICT)
4. The menu can take up a large part of the screen so you have to keep flicking back and forwards between applications. (Teach ICT)
5. If the menu is poorly designed it might be hard to read e.g. writing is too small for people with poor sight, colors might clash and be difficult to read, font style might be hard to read. (Teach ICT)
So, you can easily see, the choice of menu interfaces derives the strength of applications in the market, and it will continuously being increases because of the advancement in new designs which are much more interactive to the users.
Three strategies which will help menu driven interfaces more appealing are as follows:
1. Always provides search options, to search any menu present in the group of menu, it would help the user if there is any sub menu which he is not able to fine, he can easily search down and then find it, such as present under MS Visio.
2. Always provide help under menu sections, which user can take to get the information quickly which he is missing while looking into the menus, user might not be able to figure out everything in one go but as soon as he learns the system he can start with the activities. (Teach ICT)
3. Put smart and interactive icons before the menu options which will help recognize the activity being done by the menu, and it may also help to recognize the people who will not be able to see properly, the can easily recognize the image.
This way the menu driven interfaces are very popular and can easily help the users from different world with different aspects of looking into the system with best of their knowledge.
As with every option we will have different options available as such for its alternatives, which helps us to figure out the best from those alternatives and select them, it would not only help them to achieve the best results based on the comparison but also helps them to create more and more awareness among the users. There are many alternatives present to the menu driven options such as,
1. Vertical list of displaying information and making them hyperlinks.
2. Creating a list of values and putting links over them to navigate from one option to another.
3. On Web, it would be easy navigation menu instead of menu driven menus.
4. Navigation menus have a list of ways to do it, in which it would be a vertical navigation menu or a horizontal navigation menu. (Jeff)
Some vendors have also started providing menu driven interfaces and help the customers to do their activities fast and quick, as part of a bid to make their services more attractive to end-users, vendors have started to offer menu-driven interfaces as an alternative to the complex command protocols. Designed explicitly with the novice in mind, the menus guide the end-user with prompts through the process of selecting a database and defining the terms of a search. While command-language systems confront users with a blank screen awaiting an input, menus simplify the whole procedure by making it highly interactive.


text: At the Western Institute of Technical and Further Education (WITAFE) in New South Wales (NSW), vocational education and training (VET) courses are being delivered to students in isolated homesteads and remote Aboriginal communities by Interactive Distance eLearning (IDL). IDL provides satellite-supported two-way broadband voice, oneway video and Internet access for school-age and adult distance education. Adults commonly access VET courses offered by WITAFE using the equipment provided to their children who are students of a 'School of the Air' or through community facilities in remote Aboriginal communities. By providing lessons via satellite to isolated students TAFENSW is helping to counter long-standing inequities in distance and rural education by decreasing the digital divide and assisting with rural renewal. Through a case study, this paper examines the influence of the provision of IDL and Internet access for adult students in isolated homesteads in NSW and also the benefits and challenges of teaching and learning with IDL.


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PillAt Avonmouth, on the Severn Estuary near Pill, the difference between high and low tide can be as much as 40 feet (12.3 metres) – the second highest tidal range in the world. With each rising tide, enormous volumes of water push into the mouth of the river from the Bristol Channel, only to flow out again a few hours later.
The Pill Pilots
The village of Pill was famous for the skill of its pilots, who used their knowledge of the tides and currents of the Bristol Channel to guide ships safely to the mouth of the Avon. But the journey up the river to Bristol was no less arduous. Ships had to be towed upriver on the rising tide and safely moored before the ebb. At low tide ships had to rest on the river bed. The journey for a ship being towed from Pill to Bristol could take a week.
The Pill Hobblers
The cargoes of some larger ships were transferred to smaller craft to make the journey up to Bristol. The big ships were moored at Pill's Hung Road and the Pill Hobblers hauled the smaller boats upriver using the towpath and sometimes horses. The hobblers also towed ships into Bristol with rowboats. Steam tugs eventually took over, but Pill still has its Hobblers who do the same job they have done for centuries. Find out more about the modern day Hobblers here.
Visit Pill & Easton-in-Gordano History Society's website to find out more about what's going in the Pill area.


A Day in the Life
We received a suggestion to write a post about what a typical day looks like for Zack and me.So what does our typical day look like? Honestly, our schedule varies every day. Some days we find ourselves buried in language learning activities, others meeting friends and local partners in the city, and others doing practical office type work. But most days include a blend of a lot of different things.
So here is a glimpse at what a typical weekday might look like while we are not taking language classes (maybe I'll do another post once we're back in language school)…
6:25: Jenn wakes up, packs the boys' lunches, gets breakfast going
7:00: Zack and the boys get up, get dressed
7:20: breakfast, devotions, prayer
8:00: boys walk to the bus station
8:00: watch the news (great language practice!)
9:00: work out
9:30: emails, office work
10:30: clean up, language learning time
12:00: this can vary: lunch, time in the city, appointments, errands, work stuff
2:50: leave to pick up the boys from school
3:15: back home, snacks, homework
From here, it can go a lot of different directions. Sometimes we have to eat dinner at 4:00 or 4:30 because of football practice, appointments in the city, or house church. Sometimes we relax a little, eat dinner later, and then do something as a family (play cards, read a chapter from a book, play Wii, watch a TV show, etc). The boys typically go to bed at 8:00 (Daniel) and 9:00 (William).
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How To Make Rice Wine Without Yeast
Ingredients you will need:
The minimal amount of ingredients you will be needing are simple and readily available
1. Sticky or muggy rice (2 cups)
2. One wine ball (mold)
Directions for the process:
Step 1
The first thing you need to do is to wash and clean the rice. For this purpose, fill the computing cup with cups of water and wash them thoroughly under the tap water in a sink basin. Wash them until the water runs clear. Prefer to use the muggy water as it generates delicious taste as compared to the plain rice.
Step 2
After you are done cleaning and washing the rice, keep them in boiling water for about an hour. The muggy rice you chose, cooks better after it has been flooded with water. When you are done keeping the rice in water for solid one hour, take them out using a strainer or a filter to get rid of the excess water.
Step 3
Take a steamer and boil 2 cups of water at its base, if do not possess a steamer then it is also okay as you can see use a pan (preferably an average size) to boil water.
Step 4
Give steam to the rice.
Step 5
When you notice that the water is starting to bubble, place the rice at the top section of the steamer and let it thoroughly fog for 25 to 30 minutes. If you are not using a steamer then you can set a strainer full of rice over the boiling hot water in the pan. However, you need to make sure one thing the rice do not feel the boiling, hot water. Place the lid of the pan and let the rice fog for about 25 minutes as explained above.
Step 6
After you done waiting for the steaming of the rice for approx. 25 mins. Remove the lid of the steamer and view the rice. If you still find them a little a crispy or solid, spin them over with the help of heatproof utensil, let the rice vapor a little more, and check every five minutes to see if the process is completed. Remove the rice from warmth when you are done having them steamed properly. Increase the rice on the cooking piece. When the rice has end baking, spoon the rice out on the cooking piece and let them cool properly. Before beginning the fermentation process, it is necessary to cool the properly and disperse the rice to displace the warmth properly among the rice.
Step 7
The fermentation process will take plenty of time so it needs patience but it will be worth the wait. As the rice wine can be decorated in different ways you can choose the one the suits you. You can select the same design and style bowls in which you processed the rice and then swirl it on a dish, you will achieve the for you will desire. In addition to, you can for the balls in various shapes, such as rabbit shape and soft bear toys and lots of different designs and styles.
Step 8
You can be creative and think of other unique and innovative ways to make your food more aesthetically pleasing such using chilies, coriander, cucumber and lots of different things.


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To clean the blue protective film off new tires, use a rubber cleaner or mild soap with a brush or cloth. Gently scrub the surface until the blue residue lifts away.
New tires often come with a noticeable blue coating, a manufacturing byproduct that protects the rubber. This distinctive hue is actually a release agent or preservative applied during production to keep the tires in pristine condition until they reach the consumer.
As an expert in SEO content creation, this guide is tailored to answer one of the common questions tire buyers have: "How do I remove the bluish protective layer from my new tires? " This concise introduction provides a clear step-by-step assistance while optimizing for search engines, ensuring that tire enthusiasts and car owners find the information they need efficiently and without hassle. With the correct tire cleaning method, your wheels will be ready to hit the road with a clean, fresh appearance.
Introduction To Tire Blooming
Tire blooming, a term unfamiliar to many, refers to a common phenomenon owners notice with new tires. This process is not merely cosmetic; it holds significance for maintaining the tires' integrity. Understanding and addressing tire blooming is crucial for both the appearance and longevity of your new tires.
Defining Tire Blooming And Its Causes
Tire blooming occurs when tires start to look dull and lose their black, glossy appearance. This is often mistaken for dirt or wear, but in reality, it's a reaction that takes place on the tire's surface. There are specific causes behind this blooming:
- Antiozonants Reaction: Tires contain protective compounds that migrate to the surface and react with ozone in the air.
- UV Light Exposure: Ultraviolet light from the sun accelerates the degradation of tire compounds.
- Manufacturing Process: The use of certain mold release agents can contribute to the blooming effect.
Why It's Important To Remove The Blue Film On New Tires
When tires leave the factory, they often have a blue protective film that guards against oxidation. This layer is essential to tire preservation before they are sold. However, once you have the tires mounted, it's crucial to remove this blue film for several reasons:
- Ensures Peak Performance: Proper tire traction is crucial, and having a clean tire surface is part of it.
- Maintains Appearance: Clean, bloom-free tires enhance the look of your vehicle.
- Avoids Long-term Damage: Leaving the film on could shorten tire lifespan by trapping heat and moisture.
Preparing To Clean New Tires
Welcome to the essential guide on making your new tires shine! When you purchase new tires, they often come with a blue protective film. This film prevents damage during storage and shipment. But it's not the best look for hitting the road. We'll take you through each step to ensure your tires are spotless and ready to roll.Gathering the Necessary Supplies
Gathering The Necessary Supplies
Effective cleaning starts with having the right tools. Here's what you'll need:
- Tire cleaner – A cleaner designed for tire care.
- Soft-bristled brush – To scrub without harming your tires' surface.
- Microfiber cloth – For a smooth finish.
- Bucket – To mix water and cleaner if necessary.
- Gloves – To protect your hands during cleaning.
Safety Precautions Before Starting The Cleaning Process
Safety is paramount. Before you start, take these steps:
- Ensure the cleaning area is well-ventilated.
- Wear gloves to protect your skin from cleaners.
- Keep cleaners away from children and pets.
- Follow the cleaner's instructions carefully.
Step-by-step Guide To Cleaning The Blue Off New Tires
Welcome to the ultimate guide for making your new tires shine! New tires come with a blue protective film that keeps them fresh. But before you hit the road, let's get them looking their best by removing the blue coating. This step-by-step process will ensure a thorough clean without damaging your tires.
Initial Rinsing: Removing Loose Dirt And Debris
Begin with a gentle rinse. It's vital to remove any loose dirt that could scratch the rubber during cleaning. Use a garden hose with moderate pressure, making sure you get around the entire tire surface.
Applying The Cleaning Solution: What Products To Use
Select a mild soap or tire cleaner. Harsh chemicals can damage the tires. Mix with warm water in a bucket. Look for cleaners that state "safe for all tires" to ensure compatibility.
Scrubbing Techniques: How To Effectively Remove The Blue Film
Use a soft-bristle brush to apply the cleaning solution. Brush in a circular motion, focusing on areas with the blue film. Gentle strokes are key – aim to remove the film without being rough on the tire.
Final Rinsing And Drying: Ensuring No Residue Is Left Behind
After scrubbing, rinse the tires thoroughly. Ensure all cleaner is washed off to prevent residue. To dry, use a microfiber towel or chamois to absorb water without scratching. Leave them spotless and dry before you drive.
Preventive Measures And Tire Maintenance
Brand-new tires gleam with a distinctive blue coating, a factory-applied protective layer. But keeping tires clean post-purchase involves more than a simple wash. Good habits and preventive care ensure tires not only look fresh but also perform better and last longer. Start protecting and maintaining tires right from day one with these useful tips.
Protective Products To Keep New Tires Looking Clean
Dress your tires in the right attire. The right products keep tires looking their best. Tire protectants play a vital role. They create a barrier against road grime and UV rays.
- Water-based protectants: Ideal for a natural look and rubber nourishment.
- Silicone-based protectants: Offers a glossy finish and extra durability.
Always apply protectants as instructed. Let them dry completely. This avoids attracting dirt or debris.
Routine Maintenance Tips To Prevent Tire Blooming
|Gentle wash with mild soap and water
|Apply tire protectant
|Professional tire inspection
Following a consistent cleaning regimen keeps tires in pristine condition. Avoid harsh chemicals which can cause rubber degradation, leading to tire blooming – a brown discoloration.
Common Mistakes To Avoid In Tire Care
Remember, tire care is straightforward if you know the pitfalls. Here's what not to do:
- Using harsh cleaners: They strip away natural oils and lead to cracking.
- Spraying protectant on tread: This can reduce grip and affect safety.
- Ignoring tire pressure: Too high or low pressure wears tires out unevenly.
Stick to manufacturer recommendations. Regularly check pressure levels. This ensures optimal tire health and performance.
Conclusion: The Importance Of Regular Tire Maintenance
Keeping tires clean is not just about aesthetics. It's a vital aspect of vehicle care that extends tire life and ensures safety. Dirt, grime, and manufacturing residues can affect tire performance. Regular maintenance leads to improved fuel efficiency and better handling. This post provided simple steps to remove the blue protective film from new tires.
Recap Of Steps For Cleaning New Tires
- Identify the blue substance on the tire surface.
- Use a mild tire cleaner or soap and water mixture.
- Apply with a soft brush and scrub gently.
- Rinse thoroughly with clean water.
- Dry the tires with a clean microfiber towel.
- Repeat if necessary, ensuring all blue is gone.
- Apply a tire protectant for a shiny finish.
The Beneficial Impact Of Clean Tires On Performance And Longevity
Clean tires mean better traction and reduced wear. Without dirt and debris, they can perform as designed. This leads to optimized braking and cornering. Regular cleaning prevents premature aging and cracking. It also allows for easier detection of issues such as punctures or uneven wear.
Maintain this routine to safeguard performance and longevity. Your commitment pays off in enhanced safety and economy. Remember, well-maintained tires are the foundation of a reliable ride.
Frequently Asked Questions For How To Clean The Blue Off New Tires
How Do You Get Blue Off New Tires?
To remove the blue protective film on new tires, gently scrub it off with warm, soapy water and a soft brush. Rinse thoroughly and dry afterward.
What Is The Blue Stuff On My Tires?
The blue stuff on your tires is likely the protective wax coating applied during manufacturing. It preserves the tire's surface during storage and transit before you use them.
How Do You Clean The Blue Off Of White Wall Tires?
To clean the blue coating off white wall tires, gently scrub with a mixture of mild soap and water using a soft brush. Rinse thoroughly and dry to prevent residue.
Why Did My White Wall Tires Come Blue?
White wall tires often come with a blue protective coating. This layer shields the white rubber from damage and discoloration during storage and shipment.
Keeping your new tires clean not only enhances their aesthetic but also contributes to their longevity. With these easy steps, you'll remove the blue protective film effectively, making your tires look fresh off the shelf. Embrace these tips and enjoy the ride on gleaming wheels every time you hit the road.
Safe travels and pristine wheels await!


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Understanding the Impact of the Software and Hardware Components that Drive Your Digital Press
Ian Bolton, Product Manager, Global Graphics Software
As digital printers advance to become faster, wider and higher resolution, supporting an extended gamut of colorants and growing range of drop sizes, the data rates required to drive them at full-rated line speed can increase significantly. Workflows that use intermediate files on disk have already hit this data rate barrier, but, even without that bottleneck, printer manufacturers require the right combination of software and PC hardware to rise to this challenge whilst keeping their total bill of materials down.
In this paper, we will discuss the complexities of selecting the software and hardware components at the heart of a workflow designed to process PDF jobs in real-time to stream data to directly to the printhead electronics. We will look at aspects such as clock speed, number of cores, number of physical CPUs, memory speed and capacity, and how they all interact to determine the line speeds that can achieved for varying inputs.
Finally, we will share why we felt it was important to develop a tool to facilitate the collection of data to understand this challenge further.


text: When refugees flee war and persecution, protection and assistance are usually provided by United Nations organisations and their NGO implementing partners. In parallel is a largely neglected story: refugees themselves frequently mobilise to provide protection and assistance to other refugees. At a global level, there has been a shift in international policy rhetoric towards 'localisation' and inclusion of refugees, which potentially provides an opportunity to engage with refugee-led community organisations (RLOs). However, RLOs rarely receive access to international recognition or funding despite often being regarded by refugees as an important source of assistance. In this paper we draw upon ethnographic research on the interactions between international institutions and RLOs in Kampala, Uganda, to explore how 'localisation' unfolds in practice within humanitarian governance. In the absence of a clear policy framework for localisation at the global level, national level representatives have considerable discretion in whether and how they partner with RLOs, leading largely to their exclusion – and the development of alternative support strategies by RLOs. We suggest that an effective localisation agenda will require much more attention to the role of power and interests at the local level if RLOs are to be engaged as meaningful actors in humanitarian assistance.


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While the frequency is low, this is not ultra sonic.It's ultrasonic,
The frequency is ultrasonic, which was the point - that it's not VHF.While the frequency is low, this is not ultra sonic.
Sonic implies a pressure wave, like sound.
This is low frequency RF, ie an electromagnetic wave.
I read it as 'ferrite rod', and it's not too far off the bottom end of LW - if you put two LW coils on the same ferrite rod you should easily be able to tune down as low as 58KHz. Even adding extra capacitance to a single long wave coil should get it down there.However, I suspect that the OP is not going to transmit very far past the end of his workbench using a "ferrite core antenna" at 58kHz.
What is a ferrite core antenna?
Is that a ferrite rod antenna, or as I believe it is referred to in the USA a "loopstick" antenna.
As you well know, RF begins where ever you want to start using it (even audio type frequencies, or sub-audio) - the use of 'ultrasonic' was simply to signify easily where abouts in the spectrum it is.Can you explain at what frequency ultrasonic ends and radio begins?
The quick answer is yes.Will it change the properties depending on the wire diameter? and diameter of ferrite rod?
That is copper plumbing pipe!I have 10mm diameter copper wire


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Chaya is healthy tree spinach that can grow in very dry environments. Here is a list of benefits of the plant. We specialize in drying Chaya in various ways, such as sun drying, freeze drying, and spray drying. In this way the health benefits of Chaya will be more available, so more humans can benefit from this nutritional and medical plant.
- Helps nourish the body with antioxidants.
- Prevents cancer (Chaya Herbal Food Inc).
- Extremely high in vitamin C and high in vitamin A (Chaya – High Nutrition Perennial).
- Helps to nourish the blood and gives good blood circulation.
- Lowers cholesterol in the blood.
- Adds iron to the blood (Chaya – High Nutrition Perennial and The nutritive value of chaya, one of the most productive green vegetables).
- Keeps blood sugar on healthy levels.
- Reduces inflammation in the blood.
- Helps to relieve rheumatoid arthritis (Nature's Solution to Malnutrition).
- Nourishes the digestive system.
- Improves digestion (Chaya uses and facts).
- Helps to relieve hemorrhoids (Chaya uses and facts).
- Improves and nourishes eyesight (Chaya uses and facts).
- Nourishes bones by increasing calcium blood levels (Chaya – High Nutrition Perennial). Can be used for osteoporosis treatment.
- Nourishes the brain and helps the brain to work efficiently.
- Prevents headache.
- High in protein (Chaya – High Nutrition Perennial). The spray dried chaya powder can be used for as a protein powder for bodybuilders and other athletes.
- Nourishes the respiratory system. Can be used for asthma treatment.
- Prevents cough (Chaya uses and facts).
- Reduces lung infections, and improves lung functionality.
- Helps to lose weight.
- Balances the metabolism.
- Nourishes the liver, and helps with liver detoxification.
- Possible antidiabetic effect (Potential Nutritional and Health Benefits of Tree Spinach and Pubmed articles).
Also you might want to look into ECHO development notes article: The nutritive value of chaya, one of the most productive green vegetables.
And the ECHO technical note: CHAYA By Dawn Berkelaar.


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This paper compared a high-dynamic range (HDR) micro-light-emitting diode (Micro LED) display with an LCD (Liquid Crystal Display) with a relatively low luminance range to determine the relationship between HDR and its factors and the effect of quality factors on the final image quality evaluation. The experimental subjects were general consumers, who evaluated images displayed on a Micro LED 4 K (110 in.) and an LCD 8 K (85 in.). The image-quality characteristics of the Micro LED reinforced texture analysis of the surface and clear image quality especially for the microscopic image group. Vividness perceptions have shown to affect all items, indicating that the increase in vividness due to the color gamut extension of Micro LED has a significant impact on the analytical evaluation of the details of an image. This study revealed that HDR is an important factor for image contrast that is comparable to the high resolution of the 8 K display. Among the currently commercialized displays, the Micro LED has the widest HDR, and clear, high-quality images are expected using this new display.
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- Image quality
- Micro LED


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SSRS percentage rounding problem in an expression
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I am using the following expression to calculate percentage in SSRS,
=Format(Fields!_URL_,"0%")
however, sometime the calculated values aren't equal to 100% they are 99, so the rounding is not working correctly.
Can someone please help? Thanks.
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use =ROUND rather than format
=ROUND(Fields!_URL_,0)
Format only truncates
Using rounding is correct, as David suggested.
However, if you have several values that should add up to 100%, and each value is rounded, you may still end up with a sum that is different from 100%. That is unavoidable when you are rounding values.
Say for example that you have three values that each represent a third of the total, or 33.333333333333%. When you round them, each will be rounded down to 33%, and the total is 99%.
If you want the values to add up to 100%, you can use the largest reminder method:
1. Round all the values down (but keep the original values also, for now).
2. Calculate how much you have from the sum of the rounded values up to 100%.
3. Distribute that difference by adding one to values, in descending order of the decimal part.
Ref: Wikipedia: Largest remainder method
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Residents in the suburbs of Shanghai will soon no longer depend on deep wells for water as the city tries to cut the use of underground water and enhance the water quality in outlying areas, the Shanghai Water Authority announced Thursday.
The authority will push to improve water supply to Baoshan District, where the pumping of underground water accounts for about 30 percent of the city's total consumption.
"The move is to counter the land subsidence, enhance the water quality and maintain sufficient supply in the suburban areas," said Zhang Jiayi, the authority's director.
The city's current consumption of underground water is 97 million cubic meters each year. The government aims to cut that figure to 25 million cubic meters in 2010. Each year millions of tons of tap water is pumped back to counter the subsidence.
Residents in the suburbs had to use tap water produced at the small water plants dependent on deep wells in the past, as the water distribution pipeline in the downtown area did not reach there.
To solve the problem, the Shanghai Waterworks Shibei Co, signed a contract with the Baoshan government yesterday, promising to supply water to the district.
"We will take over the small water plants there and upgrade the water treatment technology," said Li Chunhui, a spokesman for the company.
The project also calls for construction of new pipelines and water plants, as well as renovation of the supply facilities at a cost of 1.6 billion yuan (US$193 million).
(eastday.com August 5, 2004)


Dynamical topology: Slovak spaces and dynamical compactness
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Institute of Mathematics National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Kiev
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The area of dynamical systems where one investigates dynamical properties that can be described in topological terms is called "Topological Dynamics". Investigating the topological properties of spaces and maps that can be described in dynamical terms is in a sense the opposite idea. This area is called "Dynamical Topology".
For (discrete) dynamical systems given by compact metric spaces and continuous (surjective) self-maps, I will mostly be talking about two new notions: "Slovak Space" and "Dynamical Compactness". Slovak Space is a dynamical analogue of the rigid space: a nontrivial compact metric space whose homeomorphism group is cyclic and generated by a minimal homeomorphism.
Dynamical Compactness is a new concept of chaotic dynamics. The ω-limit set of a point is a basic notion in theory of dynamical systems and means the collection of states which "attract" this point while going forward in time. It is always nonempty when the phase space is compact. By changing the time we introduced the notion of the ω-limit set of a point with respect to a Furstenberg family. A dynamical system is called dynamically compact (with respect to a Furstenberg family) if for any point of the phase space this ω-limit set is nonempty. A nice property of dynamical compactness:
all dynamical systems are dynamically compact with respect to a Furstenberg family if and only if this family has the finite intersection property.
Based on a work by Tomasz Downarowicz, Lubomir Snoha and Dariusz Tywoniuk, and joint works with Wen Huang, Danylo Khilko, Alfred Peris, Julia Semikina and Guohua Zhang.
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Hilbert's Building Blocks
Investigating space curves to construct 3-D forms
I have been interested in the area of computer generated forms, mostly
from the architectural viewpoint, for a long time. Most recently I have
been investigating fractals as a way of generating 3-D forms. Not having
a lot of luck in getting results that could suggest reasonable 3-D forms,
I moved back to some earlier work I did in 2-D with Hilbert curves, spirolaterals,
space filling curves, and recursive designs.
The image above on the left is the space filling curve designed by the
German mathematician David Hilbert. The adjacent image shows the three
line segment "generator" for the Hilbert curve. The generator is connected
to another generator by a connecting line segment. By definition, this
type of curve will always remain in a two dimensional plane.
If you break the generator into forward moves and turns, and then modify
the angle of the turn, the lines segments will cross each other. This crossing
enables the curve to trigger a move to another "level". This enables the
determination of the curve height.
Variations can be developed by using a turning angle other than 90 degrees.
Two such variations are shown below.
The second part of the this investigation is the interpretation of the
curve once it is generated. Each of the line segments and their vertices
can be interpreted in three dimensional, architectural terms:
Select one the above variations to view these interpretations individually
and in combination.
walls, each line segment is constructed as a vertical plane
floors, for each set of line segments, the minimum and maximum extends
are found and constructed into a horizontal plane
floor blocks, the horizontal floor plane is constructed into a volume
extended walls, walls are constructed from the bottom and the top,
starting at their beginning level, extending either to the bottom or top
columns, volumes are constructed at the vertices of the line segments
and the floor blocks
beams, volumes are constructed along each line segment at the wall
The more I worked with these variations and their interpretations, the
more sculptural the forms became, further studies will continue in both
the sculptural and architectural form possibilities.
The next set of forms will use spirolaterals and more generalized recursive
curves for the initial form generation.
The forms currently only exist in this digital studio. My next goal
is to generate STL files of the forms to send to a rapid prototyping system.
Another possible direction would be to rewrite the generation software
in AutoLisp for use within AutoCAD R13. This would also allow for the automation
of the rendering of each variation.
The entire idea of generating forms from specifications, have software
develop alternative interpretative forms, then going to physical models
is very intriguing; these concepts will continue to be the general direction
of this investigation.
A program written in MicroSoft QuickBASIC is used to generate all of the
three dimensional components required for a particular variation in a 3D
DXF format. The DXF file is then imported into AutoDesk 3D Studio for rendering.
No manual modeling is required.
These Web pages were constructed for use with Netscape 1.1.
The initial programs which I wrote for the two dimensional versions and
interpretations were upgraded to handle three dimensions by Amy Ferguson,
a Teaching Assistant in the College of Architecture. She also did some
exhaustive studies of the variations possible and some of the studies leading
to the renderings produced here.
For further information or comment contact: Robert
Last update: Friday, December 29, 1995
Copyright 1995 Robert J. Krawczyk All Rights Reserved


text: ARID1A is a recently identified tumor suppressor that functions in chromatin remodeling. Inactivating mutations of ARID1A and loss of its expression most frequently occur in ovarian clear cell carcinoma, ovarian endometrioid carcinoma, and uterine endometrioid carcinoma. In this study, we performed a detailed immunostaining analysis of ARID1A in 246 cases including benign endometrium and endometrioid carcinoma at different stages of progression. Special attention was paid to recording intratumoral heterogeneity of clonal loss of ARID1A immunoreactivity. All normal endometria (n=51) and endometrial polyps (n=14) retained ARID1A expression. Among complex atypical hyperplasias (n=38), 16% exhibited clonal loss of ARID1A, but none showed complete loss. Among low-grade endometrioid carcinomas (n=88), 25% exhibited complete loss and 24% exhibited clonal loss. In contrast, 44% of high-grade endometrioid carcinomas (n=55) showed complete loss of ARID1A, and 9% exhibited clonal loss. We found that 19 high-grade carcinomas also contained concurrent low-grade carcinomas. In the high-grade areas, 63% exhibited complete loss and 11% exhibited clonal loss, whereas in the low-grade areas, 37% exhibited complete loss and 42% clonal loss. In 5 of these 19 cases, progressive loss of ARID1A from retention or clonal loss to complete loss was observed between the low-grade and high-grade areas. Overall, the percentage of complete ARID1A loss increased from 0% in complex atypical hyperplasia, to 25% in low-grade endometrioid carcinoma, to 44% in high-grade endometrioid carcinoma. These findings suggest that loss of ARID1A expression, presumably due to mutation, plays an important role in tumor progression of uterine endometrioid carcinoma.


The differences between the code for the emulator and the code for a real device
The Android developers can use Sensor Simulator to test their applications, in particular when they use sensors such as accelerometer or compass.
In this post I explain the differences in the code for an activity that runs on the emulator or a real device, and I don't discuss how to install or launch the emulator, for those topics you can refer to Sensor Simulator.
Switching from the emulator to the real device and vice versa you need to make some code changes and these changes can be divided into 4 points.
 1. different imports
 2. connection to the simulator in the onCreate method (this part is missing in the current code for the device)
 3. different listeners in the onResume method
 4. different ways to get the type of sensor in the onSensorChanged method
Here below I write the code with which you can connect to the emulator, to switch to the code for the real device comment the lines between
/ / **********
and uncomment the lines between
If you don't want to use AsyncTask to connect to emulator, you can replace
To get other info you can see this post.
The line
may also be necessary for the emulator, for example because you have to get the rotation matrix (getOrientationMatrix method) or spatial orientation (method getOrientation).
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text: Korean: there are four Chinese characters used for the Yang surname, but only two are common enough to consider here; they have between them eight clans. The founding ancestor of the Ch'ŏngju Yang clan was Chinese and stayed in Korea after escorting Koryŏ, King Kongmin's future queen to Korea. The first historical ancestor of the Cheju Yang clan was a Shilla figure named Yang T'ang, but according to legend, his distant ancestor was one of three men who ascended from a cave on the north side of Cheju Island's Halla Mountain. These three men were the founders of the Yang, Pu, and Ko clans. The legendary founder of the Yang clan was named Yang Ŭl-la. Some days after their emergence, a box washed up on the shore of the island. In the box were three women, horses, cows, and agricultural seed. From these beginnings, the three established Cheju's T'amnaguk kingdom and ruled peacefully for 900 years. Later, descendants of the three men settled throughout Korea, although 40 percent of the Yang clan still live on Cheju island and in Chŏlla province.