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Job Title:R&D Director
Create intermediate and high moisture pet food products that are stabilized with probiotic fermentation technology.
Create intermediate and high moisture pet food products that are manufactured with environmentally sustainable vegetable proteins (fabricated meat analogs), instead of using animal protein.
Create intermediate and high moisture pet food products that are manufactured with meat analogs and stabilized with probiotic fermentation technology.
Lead and train cross functional teams to ensure intermediate and high moisture pet food products that use fermentation technologies and meat analog technologies are:
Organoleptically similar to meat (as viewed by pet owners) and superior to competitor's meat-based products.
Parity or better in palatability versus competitor's meat-based products as measured in kennel and cattery testing. This is especially true to the cat products.
Parity or better shelf life to competitor meat (accelerated storage testing).
Efficacious for Felines and Canines (live probiotics and non-live metabolites sufficient).
Nutritionally complete and balanced for all life stages.
Lower cost without compromising product performance.
Suitable for export from the US to overseas markets in Asia and Europe.
Define, research and develop innovative intermediate and high moisture pet food products that utilize cultured meat analogs and fermentation technologies.
Develop strategy for performance improvement of existing intermediate and high moisture pet food products through nutritional upgrades and technical advancements.
Design product development and manufacturing process from concept to industrial scale, including product performance, quality, cost, safety, IP, and marketing requirements.
Create product brief in conjunction with the Nutritional and Marketing teams, and ensure all organoleptic for human/animal, and safety requirements are integrated into the product design and development steps.
Investigate, identify, research, and design new ingredients and new process controls for manufacturing.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE REQUIREMENT:Requires aBachelor's degree in Food Science and 8 years of experience in job offered or 8 years of experience in the Related Occupation.
Research and Development Manager or any other job title performing the following job duties:
Creating meat analogs that was highly palatable and nutritionally complete and balanced.
Developing strains of probiotics that achieve product shelf life stability for meat analog based products.
Supervising research and development activities of novel pet food products and also human food products.
Managing product development team for human food and pet food.
Developing and training employees and related departments for troubleshooting problems (quality control, food safety, etc.) in manufacturing human and pet food products.
Researching and surveying pet markets in other countries, and providing the operation, quality and export team with insights and knowledge of those markets in various parts of the world, including Asia and Europe using experience in product development, production and quality control of pet food export to global market such as Asia, Europe, America, South Africa, Middle East, etc.
Enhancing performance of existing products through nutritional upgrades and technical advancements.
Serving as the technical team leader for troubleshooting problems in manufacturing human food and pet food products. Performing project management involving customers and suppliers to address technical issues and provide guidance on development of human food and pet food products.
Executing product development from concept to industrial scale.
Developing human food and pet food formulations that are aligned to the product brief and meet cost and operational requirements.
Reviewing product briefs with the customer and ensure all organoleptic and consumer requirements are integrated into the product design and development steps.
Investigating, identifying, researching, and designing new ingredients and new process controls for manufacturing.
Establishing and implementing processes and product specifications, ingredient specifications and purchasing specifications.
Identifying new ingredients, packaging, and equipment to more efficiently and capably manufacture and test human and pet food products.
Reviewing and assuring new ingredients and new products to comply regulations and guidelines of food/Pet food with HACCP team.
Cooperating as an internal auditor and a team member for ISO 9000, ISO 17025, ISO 14000, HACCP, BRC, GMP, HACCP and food safety.
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Type of Cost in Economy :: SSC CGL & CHSL Economy
Type of Cost in Economy
Here are Important Study Material of SSC CGL/CHSL Economics. You will learn the art of identifying the study material associated with it and with the help of this article, You can develop your abilities & gain experience. This will be very helpful for those candidates who are preparing for SSC CGL exam.
Explicit Cost –
- is the money expenditure incurred on the resources used in the production of a commodity.
- These are also known as paid out costs, expenditure costs and also as outlay costs.
Implicit Cost –
- Is the costs of self-owned and self-employed resources, which if employed else-where were being paid.
- These include interest on capital employed by entrepreneur in his firm, rent of building owned by entrepreneur, reward for his managerial skills.
- These are non-expenditure costs also called as imputed cost.
- Opportunity cost is an example of imputed cost.
- The explicit and implicit costs together make the economic cost.
Social Cost –
These are the costs that arise due to the production of the firm but they are not borne by the firm but
They are borne by the society.
- This cost includes
– (i) the use of natural resources freely available, and
– (ii) The dis-utility created in the process of production.
– These cost together constitute social cost, also termed as external costs.
Example is the chemical factories discharging its waste in rivers, air pollution created by chimneys of the firm, etc.
Resources used are atmosphere, rivers, land etc.
Real Cost –
- Efforts, pains and exertions of labour along with wait and abstinence required by entrepreneur for saving the capital used in making a commodity.
- It is a subjective type of cost introduced by Marshall.
Incremental Cost –
- Increase in total cost on an increase in the level of operations is called the incremental cost.
- This cost is associated with the decisions to expand the output or to add a new variety of product or to replace worn out plant and machinery.
- It is also termed as differential cost and it does not apply to a new firm but applies to existing firm only.
Fixed Cost (FC) –
- Are costs incurred on production firm which is fixed in short-run irrespective of the volume of output level.
- These are incurred even if production comes tohault.
- These include office over heads, depreciation on machinery, building, maintenance of firm
- Fixed costs are also known as general costs, supplementary costs and indirect costs.
Variable Cost (VC) –
- Also known as prime costs or direct cost, it varies with the variation in the volume of total output.
- It includes cost of raw material, running cost of fixed capital, direct labour charges and costs of all other inputs that vary with output.
Total Cost (TC)
- It is the sum of fixed costs and variable cost. TC = FC + VC
- Total cost curve TC moves parallel to total variable cost curve (TVC) because difference between TC and TVC is FC which remains constant.
Average Variable Cost (AVC) –
- AVC declines at initial stage due to law of increasing returns.
- It becomes constant when firm attains its full capacity; AVC starts to increase due to application of law of diminishing returns.
- Thus, AVC gets "U" Shape in long-run.
- Same is applicable to Average Cost Curve.
- It is also U shaped.
Type of Cost Function-
Short-run Cost Functions
Relation between MC (Marginal Cost) and AC (Average Cost) Curve
- Both AC and MC are derived from total cost.
- So as far as AC falls, MC falls more sharply MC < AC
- MC curve cuts AC curve from below at the minimum. This is point of optimum capacity.
- When AC increases, MC also increases but at a more pace, i.e., MC > AC after intersection.
- MC reaches its minimum level sooner than AC.
- Thus, just before the point of inter section, MC must be rising while AC is falling but
- MC curve must be below the AC curve.
Long run Cost Curve
Long-run is a period characterized by changing factors of production, fixed as well as variable.
The firm plans to produce more by building a new large plant by changing the production technique.
Laws of return to scale applies
- Each plant capacity has its own Short-run Average Cost Curve (SAC).
- In long-run, there can be a large number of plants as well as their SACs.
- LAC curve is a U shaped curve enveloping all the SACs.
- LAC curve is flatter, smooth and is tangent to all the SAC at its minimum point.
- It is also called envelope curve
- Long-run Average Cost Curve (LAC) helps the firm to determine an optimum scale of operation which incurs least cost and maximum profit.
Margin of Safety (MoS) –
- It is the difference between actual sales and the breakeven point sales.
- It is the range of sales over and above the break even sales.
- If the difference is big, it implies that the firm can still make profits even after a serious drop in production.
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June 12, 2009
The role of the skin on our fingertips, palm and soles of the feet is to grip other objects, and they all have characteristic "friction" ridges. Nevertheless, very little research has been carried out about how well fingers perform, how friction is achieved and why we have soft fingerpads with fingerprints at all. Recent research carried out in the laboratory of the University of Manchester suggests that finger skin has frictional properties rather like rubber.
|Why do we have fingerprints?
The most likely possible answers are:
1) Fingerprints may increase friction on rough materials;
New British research indicates that the first option can be deleted from the list. Researcher Dr. Roland Ennos explains his findings below:
"I have been thinking about this for years and, having played around with it for a bit, realised that skin is rubbery so the ridges in fingerprints might actually reduce grip.
Our experiments – using a plastic cup, weights and strips of Perspex (acrylic glass) to develop a simple machine in the lab – proved me right.
The experiment was so simple, this discovery could have been made 100 years ago; but scientists make assumptions and tend to look at complicated things instead.
We are now testing that theory and two others, that fingerprints improve grip on rough surfaces and that they increase sensitivity.
There are potential spin-offs for this work. For example some people who suffer nerve damage that prevents sweating have slippery fingers and cannot grip: we could develop something to treat that."
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The study of rhythmic electrical activity in slice preparations has generated important insights into neural network function. While the synaptic mechanisms involved in the generation of in vitro network oscillations have been studied widely, little is known about the modulatory influence exerted on rhythmic activity in neuronal networks by neuropeptides and biogenic amines. Gamma oscillations play an important role in cognitive processes and are altered or disrupted in disorders such as Alzheimer's disease (AD) and schizophrenia. Given the importance of gamma oscillations for learning, memory and cognition processes as well as the recent interest in histamine H3 receptors in the development of pro-cognitive drugs to treat disorders such as AD and schizophrenia, it is relevant to study the impact of histaminergic mechanisms on network gamma oscillations. Here we show for the first time a modulation of gamma oscillation by histaminergic mechanisms. Selective activation of the H3 receptor by R-α-methylhistamine significantly reduces the power of kainate-induced gamma oscillations, but not carbachol-induced gamma oscillations, in the rat hippocampal slice preparation without affecting oscillation frequency. This effect is neither caused by a decrease in excitatory or inhibitory postsynaptic currents, nor a decrease in cellular excitability. Instead, we find that the decrease in oscillation power following H3 receptor activation results from a desynchronization of pyramidal neuron action potential firing with regard to the local field potential oscillation cycle. Our data provide a possible mechanism of action for histamine in regulating gamma oscillations in the hippocampal network.


Name of Activity NXT Alarm
Author STOMP
Keywords alarm, sensor, security, NXT, proximity, ultrasonic sensor
Subject NXTs
Time 1 Hour Total
Brief Description Build and program a security system using an NXT. The alarm should be triggered by the proximity (ultrasonic) sensor.
Lesson Objectives: – To learn about programming using the proximity sensor.
– To apply programming to real life problems.
Materials Needed: One NXT brick per group
One or more proximity sensor per group
Assortment of pieces to attach proximity sensor
Computers running MINDSTORMS NXT software
Preparation and Set Up: Set up computers running NXT Software.
Arrange students in groups of two.
Distribute necessary materials.
Necessary Background Programming is used in real life situations. Programming is used in a wide variety of devices to enhance our lives in terms of safety, ease, entertainment, transportation, etc. This activity is a good example of a way that programming can be used in the real world.
 1. Have student design an alarm box that will detect when a person approaches the box. If students want to use more than one proximity sensor or a different sensor as well they should be allowed to be creative.
 2. Allow students to decide how their security system will respond when someone approaches (display something on the screen, make a noise, drive away)
 3. Have students program the NXT to respond when someone approaches the proximity sensor and to stop responding when that person backs off.
 1. The entire program will need to be looped so that the NXT is always secure
 2. When the NXT is not being threated it should signal that it is alarmed by displaying "system alarmed" on the NXT screen.
 3. When the proximity sensor senses that an object is near it should respond (say by displaying back off! and playing a tone).
 4. The alarm should be looped until the proximity sensor no longer detects an object close to it.
 4. Students may use more than one sensor to trigger the alarm.
 5. Allow students to test and redesign their prototypes.
Extensions: Use multiple sensors to trigger the alarm. Have a different response for each
Build an NXT alarm clock or timer.
Attach the NXT alarm to a diary or box. Build something to keep people from opening the diary/box.
Program the NXT so that a user needs to enter a security code to turn off the alarm.
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 1. I did this activity with 8th grade students as an introduction to sensors and programming. The students did struggle with the programming (particularly debugging), but when pointed in the right direction, they seemed to understand the programming blocks and loops. However, they did require a lot of support. It would have been ideal if we had a large board or screen where we could do the programming part together. The students seemed to enjoy the activity. Especially the fact that their designs, when triggered, would give them sound feedback.
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Sending sensor data
Another focus of this project is to create electronical sensor for CO2 and other gases and register online data using Arduino.
One of the activities is to measure pollution with Arduino
Measurement of car pollutants using Arduino and MQ sensors
In the following videos you could see the students measuring pollutant emission in diesel and gasoline cars at different rpm using Arduino and MQ sensors


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Professor of School of Engineering, Design and Built Environment, Western Sydney University, Australia. His research interests cover Industry 4.0, Additive Manufacturing, Advanced Engineering Materials and Structures (Metals and Composites), Multi-scale Modelling of Materials and Structures, Metal Forming and Metal Surface Treatment.
Abstract—This study proposes a multi-objective linear programming model for solving the multi-product aggregate production planning (APP) decision problem for Topline Co., Ltd. in Thailand. The model attempts to minimise total production and work force costs and carrying inventory costs to bring a planning framework for the industrial resources management under complex information environment. The proposed model yields an efficient compromise solution and the overall levels of decision making satisfaction with the multiple objectives via the fuzzy programming using the elevator kinematics optimisation (EKO) algorithm including its hybridisations of harmony search and bee algorithms. The comparisons are made for two different levels of inventory. It can be concluded that the EKO is slightly more effective than the other hybrid approaches in terms of quality of solutions. However, there is no difference in required computation time. The basic idea is to produce reliable solution in search space with the random external command in escaping from local trap during searching for a better solution. Numerical results demonstrate the robustness and effectiveness of the developed EKO method.
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text: Samples of Mytilus edulis, together with samples of sediment and Fucus vesiculosus, were taken monthly from each of five shores on the south coast of the Shannon Estuary from March 1992 to December 1993 inclusive. Samples were digested individually and the levels of iron, zinc, manganese, cobalt, chromium and copper were determined using atomic absorption spectrophotometry. Levels of metals were lower than previously published values from Irish east coast estuaries, including Dublin, except for a few high levels in M. edulis, which did not persist in the tissues and were probably lost through excretion, spawning or detoxification. Of the metals analysed iron showed the highest levels. This was attributed in part to the background levels of iron in sediment. On some occasions high metal levels ill sediment did not lead to higher levels either in F. vesiculosus or in M. edulis, suggesting that metals in M. edulis may come from other sources, including anthropogenic inputs, in the estuary. On an international scale the levels in M. edulis of the six metals studied were relatively low in the Shannon Estuary. The longer-term monthly sampling regime followed in this Study is important since it shows that occasional high levels, which may be detected by once-off studies, are not always maintained.


Adjusting Java applications to screen resolution
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We are developing a Java application which we want to distribute.We want our application main Frame/window to occupy the entire screen. But at runtime how do we adjust the size of our screen tothe resolution at the clients machine. Is there a way in Java to rectifythis problem???ThanksSameer
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To obtain the current screen size requires interfacing with the nativewindow system. The Java AWT library allows this through the Toolkitclass. The Toolkit class creates the bindings between the AWT classesand their native peers. You can obtain the default Toolkit by using theToolkit.getDefaultToolkit() static method, or you can directly obtainthe Toolkit used by a java.awt.Component derived class by calling itsgetToolkit() method.The Toolkit class has a method called getScreenSize() which returns areference to a Dimension instance that contains the screen width andheight. You can use this information to resize your frame to fill theentire screen or adjust its size to some percentage of the screendimensions.
The following short example prints the screen width and height tostandard output:
import java.awt.*;public final class ScreenSize { public static final void main(String[] args) { Dimension size; size = Toolkit.getDefaultToolkit().getScreenSize(); System.out.println("Width: " + size.width + " Height: " + size.height); System.exit(0); }}
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Microbiota - Winner of the finals in the Spacelab 2021 Contest – Yitzhak Rabin Tichon Hadash High School, Tel Aviv
Tichon Hadash High School Tel Aviv, as part of the Ramon Foundation's Spacelab program with Prof. Kobi Moran-Gilad, Ben-Gurion University
The experiment will examine the effect of microgravity on the Microbiota in the gut. It will also examine the effect of antibiotics on the Microbiota in microgravity. In other words, we are going to examine the changes the bacteria will undergo, and from that we will conclude as to the functioning of the Microbiota in space vis-à-vis antibiotics, in an effort to streamline Microbiota transplants in Earth and in space.
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- Høgsteinen Lighthouse, Giske. Built in 1857 and inactive since 1905 Høgsteinen stands at the end of a stone mole marking the southeast point of Godøy island.
- The round brick tower with lantern and gallery stands 36 feet/11 meters tall. It is painted white with the lantern roof painted red. This is one of the few brick lighthouses ever built in Norway, and it is protected under the Cultural Heritage Act.
- Althought lighthouse is accessible by walking the mole, and the site is open, the tower is closed.
- The island of Godøy (or Godøy) is connected to Ålesund by a series of bridges and tunnels and is part of the Giske municipality, in Møre og Romsdal county, Norway.
- It lies north-northwest of the town of Ålesund in the Sunnmøre traditional district.
- The municipality is composed of four islands: Giske, which gives its name to the municipality because of its historical importance, Vigra, which is where Ålesund's airport is located, Valderøy, where the municipal administration is located, and Godøy. There are also many smaller islands within its boundaries. The islands are connected by a network of tunnels and the Giske Bridge. The Alnes Lighthouse and the Storholmen Lighthouse are both located on islands in the municipality.
- Giske is the site of Mjelthaugen, an ancient burial place dating from the Bronze Age. The site was the location of excavations in 1847, 1867 and 1878. Giske is also the place where, according to Snorre Sturlason, Harald Fairhair had his hair cut after uniting Norway. The historic Giske church is also located on the island of Giske.
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Folktale Unit: Paul Bunyan and the Big Blue Ox
Debbie Haren, Preschool Teacher
To learn about an old folktale and to learn new vocabulary.
Materials: Paul Bunyan
by Steven Kellogg
Shared Reading: Paul Bunyan
- Do we chop down trees the same way today as they did back then?
- What do we use use?
- Are there any big words in this book that you can tell me what they mean?
- How did the Ox help Paul?
- How did Paul and his friends get rid of the tree stumps?
- Who was Paul's male friend in the story?
- How did you feel about Paul chopping down all those trees?
- What is a pioneer?
We have read several different folk tales. I would like you to tell me which one is your favorite so far and why.
7 lessons for learning about folktales: What is a Fairy Tale or Folk Tale?, The Princess and the Golden Shoes, The Emperor and the Kite, Paul Bunyan, Pecos Bill, The True Story of the Three Little Pigs, and Johnny Appleseed.
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Position Summary...
To create and maintain a secure and effective work environment for all customers, associates, visitors and vendors while demonstrating positive and professional behavior at all times. Increase profitability and mitigate shrink caused by financial and Physical loss.
What you'll do...
1. Ensure store security by making daily patrols of the facility, validating doors and showcases are secure and functioning properly.
2. Make external arrests when necessary.
3. Investigate instances of financial and physical shrink and communicate findings to Store Leadership and in cases of an internal case matter communication to the Market Loss Prevention Manager first.
4. Support store evacuation procedures in case of fire or other emergency.
5. Participate in store task team responsibilities as required.
6. Conduct/Support investigations as assigned including, but not limited to, instances of internal theft and/or dishonesty, matters relating to external organized retail crime, and cases as assigned through Walmart Canada Global Ethics, in a timely and thorough manner and in accordance with Walmart Canada policies.
7. Required to communicate information from different sources and effectively clarify issues for others, often presenting different perspectives.
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The 1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions
The 1994 Oslo Protocol on Further Reduction of Sulphur Emissions entered into force on 5 August 1998. An effects-based approach, the critical load concept, best available technology, energy savings, the application of economic instruments and other considerations was applied in the preparation of the Protocol. This has led to a differentiation of emission reduction obligations of Parties to the Protocol. The effects-based approach, which aims at gradually attaining critical loads, sets long-term targets for reductions in sulphur emissions, although it has been recognized that critical loads will not be reached in one single step.
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The DOM Generation and Precise Radiometric Calibration of a UAV-Mounted Miniature Snapshot Hyperspectral Imager
Hyperspectral remote sensing is used in precision agriculture to remotely and quickly acquire crop phenotype information. This paper describes the generation of a digital orthophoto map (DOM) and radiometric calibration for images taken by a miniaturized snapshot hyperspectral camera mounted on a lightweight unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV). The snapshot camera is a relatively new type of hyperspectral sensor that can acquire an image cube with one spectral and two spatial dimensions at one
... e. The images acquired by the hyperspectral snapshot camera need to be mosaicked together to produce a DOM and radiometrically calibrated before analysis. However, the spatial resolution of hyperspectral cubes is too low to mosaic the images together. Furthermore, there are no systematic radiometric calibration methods or procedures for snapshot hyperspectral images acquired from low-altitude carrier platforms. In this study, we obtained hyperspectral imagery using a snapshot hyperspectral sensor mounted on a UAV. We quantitatively evaluated the radiometric response linearity (RRL) and radiometric response variation (RRV) and proposed a method to correct the RRV effect. We then introduced a method to interpolate position and orientation system (POS) information and generate a DOM with low spatial resolution and a digital elevation model (DEM) using a 3D mesh model built from panchromatic images with high spatial resolution. The relative horizontal geometric precision of the DOM was validated by comparison with a DOM generated from a digital RGB camera. A surface crop model (CSM) was produced from the DEM, and crop height for 48 sampling plots was extracted and compared with the corresponding field-measured crop height to verify the relative precision of the DEM. Finally, we applied two absolute radiometric calibration methods to the generated DOM and verified their accuracy via comparison with spectra measured with an ASD Field Spec Pro spectrometer (Analytical Spectral Devices, Boulder, CO, USA). The DOM had high relative horizontal accuracy, and compared with the digital camera-derived DOM, spatial differences were below 0.05 m (RMSE = 0.035). The determination coefficient for a regression between DEM-derived and field-measured crop height was 0.680. The radiometric precision was 5% for bands between 500 and 945 nm, and the reflectance curve in the infrared spectral region did not decrease as in previous research. The pixel and data sizes for the DOM corresponding to a field area of approximately 85 m × 34 m were small (0.67 m and approximately 13.1 megabytes, respectively), which is convenient for data transmission, preprocessing and analysis. The proposed Remote Sens. 2017, 9, 642; doi:10.3390/rs9070642 _URL_ Remote Sens. 2017, 9, 642 2 of 21 method for radiometric calibration and DOM generation from hyperspectral cubes can be used to yield hyperspectral imagery products for various applications, particularly precision agriculture.


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Yay! Let's play Bingo! Synonym Bingo makes teaching/reviewing intermediate synonyms FUN for students! What's unique about this Bingo set, is that the teacher calls out a word and students have to find the matching synonym on their Bingo board….so it's not a traditional "say and cover" Bingo. Students are really challenged to listen for, and think about synonyms!
You can use Synonym Bingo as a whole-class activity or as a small group literacy center. If you have a cluster of students in your class who need more of a challenge, see my store for the Synonym Bingo Level Three, which contains more challenging words! See the guide below for which Synonym Bingo Level is appropriate for your students, OR, you can buy all three levels in my SYNONYM BINGO BUNDLE for only $6.00!
Here are sample words from each Synonym Bingo Level (to help you find the level right for your students):
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-18 different Synonym Bingo Cards – You can photocopy a second set if you want to play as a whole-class activity.
-45 synonym calling cards –Cut the cards apart and use them to call out a synonym to the word that students need to cover on their Bingo board.
-A synonym calling card list – You can call out synonyms for the students to cover on their Bingo board if you don't want to use the calling cards. Just highlight, circle or cross off a word once it has been called out.
-Two blank Synonym Bingo templates – These are great if you want students to fill in their own synonyms from a particular lesson you are teaching, or from hunting through a text for words/synonyms prior to playing Bingo.
-One blank set of calling cards – If you have students use synonyms from a lesson, these calling cards can quickly be filled in to play.
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Mechanically, Variable is a combination of four imprints of a Rave Chart, the Design Sun/Earth; the Design North and South Nodes; the Personality North and South Nodes and the Personality Sun/Earth. Each imprint is synthesized based on its Tonal activation to differentiate the imprint through 'Leftness' or 'Rightness'. The resulting combination of these four elements is called a Variable. It is an awareness map that lays out the possibility for an awareness in this life.
There are 16 possible combinations that represent the 16 cognitive Families. Through the Variable Rave Property the four transformations that are the potential of all nine-centered beings is revealed.
To get a grasp about the importance of the meaning of the Variable, it can be compared with Type at another "octave". What Type is to the form principle, variable is to awareness. And Awareness is a physical practice of a mechanical process, just like Type is a mechanical principle to navigate correctly through life.
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For a general overview of how to insert data and functions into your worksheet, please refer to the topic Inserting Data and Functions.
CDXRouteBing is a right-click function available in Bing-compatible versions of CDXZipStream. Using the Bing Maps web service, the function automatically calculates the driving distance, driving time, and directions between two or more addresses. It can also perform route optimization for up to 100 locations at a time, with either a fixed or non-fixed end point. A Trip Summary feature lists key results and settings; it also embeds a route map in a single step.
CDXRouteBing can be employed as a right-click function as well as input directly into your worksheet as a custom function formula. (Please also refer to the help section on custom functions.) Direct insertion of a custom function works with all returned data except maps. However, we highly recommend that to speed up data retrieval and minimize the number of Bing data requests, you enable the AutoCopy option and set the returned data to text when obtaining data for lists of locations. Autcopy is discussed in more detail below.
Before using CDXRouteBing, you must enter a Bing Maps license key in CDXZipStream. Please see the Set Bing Maps Key topic for more information.
To use as a right-click function, right-click on any cell in a worksheet, select the Insert CDXRouteBing Function, and you will see the input box shown below:
The following inputs are required:
Address 1: The beginning point of the trip or the range containing all the stops in your trip. You may use the actual ZIP Code (such as "06830") or the worksheet cell location of the ZIP Code ("C4"), or the range of locations ("C4:C5") in Excel. An Excel named range can also be used here.
Address 2: The end point of the trip. This is only required when you only specify one address in the first address field. You may use the actual ZIP Code (such as "08033") or the worksheet cell location of the ZIP Code ("C5").
Route Option: Shortest Route (based on distance), Quickest Route (based on time), or Quickest with Traffic (considering traffic conditions)
Route Calculation: Choose Distance (in miles or kilometers), or Driving Time (in minutes, hours, or days) or any of the other available options. This is the resulting output that will display in the worksheet. You can also specify to embed a route map created by Bing into an Excel worksheet or create a Trip Summary report in miles or kilometers.
Travel Type: Select the travel type of interest: Driving, Walking, or Transit.
AutoCopy: By enabling AutoCopy, data will automatically be returned for an entire list of locations, starting at the specified worksheet cell and ending at the first occurence of an empty row. By using the "Set To Text" option, the data is returned as text instead of custom formulas. This allows for sorting, moving or other manipulation of the returned data while avoiding inadvertent data requests to Bing Maps. Route maps and Trip Summaries cannot be returned when using Autocopy.
Bing Maps Settings: Click on the "Bing Maps Settings" button to edit settings for Bing driving and routing calculations. Also use this interface to set the Bing Maps key required for using CDXRouteBing and CDXLocateBing functions, and to track the number of Bing data requests made for the current Excel session. Please see the topics Bing Maps Settings and Set Bing Maps Key for more information.
Acceptable address formats are:
Zip Code Example: 06830
Street Zip Code Example: 101 Field Point Road 06830
City Zip Code Example: Greenwich 06830
City State Example: Greenwich CT
Street, City Zip Code Example: 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich 06830
Street, City, State Example: 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT
Street, City, State Zip Code Example: 101 Field Point Road, Greenwich, CT 06830
Either the full state name or two-letter abbreviation can be used. If there is a major discrepency in the address information (the ZIP Code is incorrect for the city or state provided) an error will be returned for that address. If you are doing a multi-country analysis you should also add the country name as part of the address.
US addresses are shown here, but address formats vary by country. Use the standard address format for the country of interest.
Here is the map from the CDXRouteBing example above:
Here is an example where the CDXRouteBing function is applied to lists of addresses:
We are requesting that driving distance in miles be returned between two lists of addresses (ZIP Codes in this case) in columns B and C, starting in row 4. Alternatively, the range "B4:C4" could have been used as the Address 1 input, with Address 2 left emplty. AutoCopy is enabled to return data for the entire list, and the returned data is "Set to Text", which is recommended for long lists. The result is:
Note that the driving distance data in column D is returned as text and not formulas.
If there are more than two columns of addresses, i.e. each route has intermediate stops, the input for Address 1 can be a range, such as "B4:E4". Intermediate stops can only be applied to driving and walking routes.
To use CDXRouteBing function in a custom function formula, use the following format:
=CDXRouteBing(Route Option, Route Calculation, Travel type, Start Address, End Address)
Use the values below for the first three parameters:
Route maps cannot be returned through custom formulas or when using the AutoCopy option.
Here is an example using a custom function formula to return the "Quickest" "Distance in Kilometers" for the "Transit" travel type:
To specify the route in terms of multiple "waypoints" (where the route consist of a start point, destination, and one or more stops along the way) use this generalized formula:
=CDXRouteBing(Route Option, Route Calculation, Travel type, Waypoint1, Waypoint 2, Waypoint 3, ...)
You can also specify a range of waypoints:
=CDXRouteBing(Route Option, Route Calculation, Travel type, WayPoint Range)
The following is an example of calculating driving distance in miles for a route through New York City. The waypoints are addresses listed in cells B4 through B7:
Road preferences and other settings can be specified for route calculations by using the "Bing Maps Settings" button on the CDXRouteBing right-click dialog:
Please see the Bing Maps Settings help topic for more information.
You can use CDXRouteBing to optimize complex routes of up to 100 locations at a time, with either a fixed or non-fixed end point. The "Optimize Routes" option in the settings dialog must be checked, as shown above.
The Trip Summary feature is a convenient way to get access to all results in a single step. Reports can be created in miles or kilometers. The summary includes travel distance, duration, waypoint list and map:


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Possum Point Power Station
Powers 415,000 homes
- Net generating capacity is 1,661 megawatts (4 units).
- Units 3 & 4 are fired using natural gas (converted from coal in May 2003).
- Unit 5 is an oil-fired unit (#6 low sulfur oil).
- Unit 6 is fired by both natural gas and no. 2 oil.
- The station's two oldest units, Units 1 and 2, have been retired.
- The combined-cycle unit consists of two combustion turbines and a steam generator. Forced air, superheated by natural gas, turns a turbine to generate electricity. Exhaust from the combustion turbines is captured and used to produce steam to power another turbine.
- By recapturing the waste heat, combined-cycle units burn less fuel and produce fewer emissions than comparably sized conventional units.
- The station overlooks the Potomac River and the Quantico Creek.
- A new 14-mile pipeline was provided due to the natural gas requirements for the station.
- Approximately 85 percent of the pipeline is located within existing Dominion Energy overhead electric transmission rights-of-way or on other Dominion Energy property.


text: Fort Abraham Lincoln was built on the west bank of the Missouri River. Very nearby was the infantry post, Fort McKean. Fort Abraham Lincoln was commanded by Colonel George Armstrong Custer until his death in battle in June, 1876. Custer led important expeditions to support the Northern Pacific Railroad survey and to the Black Hills from Fort A. Lincoln. Fort Lincoln did not have a stockade fence around it. The original fort and buildings at Fort Abraham Lincoln were disassembled in 1894. A reconstruction of the Custer House was opened to the public in June 1989.


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I would like to know about the acceptability of ethephon for banana ripening. Is it commercially acceptable to use it for banana ripening and if so, are there are any specifications for its use? (M.A.)
Although ethephon is approved for preharvest application on processing tomatoes and table grapes with a maximum residue limit of 2 ppm, it is not approved for postharvest application (direct spray or dipping) on bananas and other fruits to enhance their ripening. However, it is possible to use ethylene gas liberated from ethephon to ripen fruits including bananas on a small scale if such a procedure is more economical than using ethylene gas from ethylene generators or gas cylinders with flow controls. In all cases, 100 ppm ethylene is the recommended concentration for stimulating faster and more uniform ripening of mature-green bananas. Also, optimal temperature (15-20 C) and relative humidity (90-95%) ranges must be provided regardless of the ethylene addition method.
To release ethylene from ethephon, calculate the quantity needed based on the fact that 200 ml of ethephon (active Ingredient) will release 27 liters of ethylene gas when 85 g of caustic soda (NaOH) pellets are added to neutralize the ethephon. CAUTION! CAUSTIC SODA AND ETHEPHON ARE CORROSIVE. WEAR SAFETY GLASSES AND RUBBER GLOVES.


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When you how to remove transitions on text imovie open iMovie, click on the Projects button how to remove transitions on text imovie – that's just between Media and Theater – at the top center of your screen – and then click Create New. &0183;&32;Text can be added into an iMovie in two different distinct visual ways. how to remove transitions on text imovie Here there are more than fifteen different variations.
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The Adorable Pudu: South America's Smallest and Cutest Deer
The Adorable Pudu: South America's Smallest and Cutest Deer
Allow me to tell you a story about the tiniest deer species known as Pudus. These delightful creatures can be found in South America and measure only 12 to 16 inches in height.
Pudus have a diverse diet that includes grass, seeds, vegetables, and fruits. They possess the remarkable ability to stand on their hind legs and even jump onto trees. Their agility and quick reflexes enable them to escape from predators when pursued.
These charming creatures have a lifespan of around eight to ten years. They give birth to one or two fawns during the spring season and spend their lives in dense forests.
Pudus are known for their high level of activity, excelling in jumping and climbing. Surprisingly, they are about the same size as domestic dogs.
There are two distinct types of pudus: the northern Pudus found in Ecuador, Colombia, Venezuela, and Peru, and the southern Pudus encountered in Chile and Argentina.
Feel free to share this enchanting story with your family members and friends.
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Golf courses host some of the only semi-natural aquatic habitats in urban areas. We assessed whether golf course wetlands could provide habitat refuges for freshwater turtles, which are threatened worldwide by wetland loss and degradation associated with urbanization. In 2009 and 2010 we examined populations of snapping turtles (Chelydra serpentina) and painted turtles (Chrysemys picta) and their habitats in 88 wetlands near Syracuse, New York, USA in golf courses, urban areas, and wildlife refuges. We tested two null hypotheses: (1) golf courses provide habitats comparable to nearby urban and protected areas, and (2) turtle populations in these contexts are comparable. Golf course wetlands were surrounded by low road density and were distinct from protected area wetlands only in that they were surrounded by less forest and grassland and had more homogenous aquatic plant communities. In terms of turtle populations, relative abundance was equivalent in protected area and golf course wetlands and female fraction was closer to parity in golf course wetlands. Painted turtles were of similar size across contexts and snapping turtles were smaller in urban and golf course contexts. Additionally, male turtles in golf courses were relatively heavier and both species had less severe indicators of poor health. Golf course wetlands apparently supported viable turtle populations similar to those observed in protected areas in the region. Nevertheless, turtle habitat on golf courses can be improved by increasing the area of wetlands, increasing their shape complexity, promoting vegetative diversity in and around wetlands, and increasing surrounding forest and grassland.
- Chelydra serpentina
- Chrysemys picta
- Road mortality
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Urban Studies
- Nature and Landscape Conservation
- Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law


A Brief History of Wood Floors
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Humans have been building homes for at least 400,000 years, but it was only in the 1600s that we got around to making floors out of wood. Prior to that, the floors of most houses were made of bare dirt or stone.
The first wood floors in Europe were simple. Just a few rough-hewn pine planks supported by joists, or even split logs set into the dirt with the cut side facing up. These early wooden floors were nothing like the elegant, polished interiors we associate with hardwood flooring today. They were unfinished, and smoothing was accomplished through years of regular foot traffic, not by sanding and polishing. Think of how many splinters you might have gotten in your feet after installing a wood floor in your home if you lived in the early 1600s!
Soon artisans began to refine wood flooring. By 1625, wealthy Europeans could pay to have intricate parquet floors installed in their homes. These floors were made by hand-cutting pieces of wood into small shapes that could be arranged together in repeating geometric patterns.
The abundance of timber in the New World made wood floors much more commonplace. But most American settlers and pioneers did not have much use for the impressive, artisan-crafted designs used in wealthy European homes. Early American plank floors were simply the most practical option in a country full of old-growth forests. The floors tended to be simple, with the boards cut at random widths and lengths and no stain or varnish applied.
The innovation of shiplap joinery made wood floors more durable and less prone to developing gaps, through which cold air, moisture, and small objects could pass.
In the 1700s, people began to apply painted designs to their wood floors. These could range in complexity from simple checkerboards to ornate vining or flowering patterns. Stain and varnish did not become common until the late 1800s.
During the Industrial Revolution, the process of making hardwood flooring became much less labor-intensive. Whereas before each plank would have to be sawn individually by no less than two men, now steam-powered lumber mills and woodworking machinery could process more boards in a day than two men could do in an hour. The technology meant wood floors could be produced more cheaply, and the finished product would be more uniform and attractive.
Still, the installation process was much more labor-intensive until the invention of the electric sander. Prior to that, floors had to be hand-scraped or have loose sand rubbed over them.
The 1940s and 50s saw a decline in the use of wood for flooring, as carpets and other flooring materials like linoleum grew in popularity. But nowadays, people are turning back to hardwood flooring for its simplicity, durability, and beauty.
Who knew the history of wood flooring could be so interesting? The history buffs at Five Step Carpet Care aren't just here to regale you with factoids, though. If you live in Western NC and are in need of professional wood floor cleaning services, give us a call at _PHONE_ or drop us a line today!


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In yesterday's ACTVAC handicap results I have included the AST% figures, and will do so in future, because they are an interesting way of comparing the times of each runner which takes their age into account.
What are AST percentages?
AST stands for "Age Standard Times". They are calculated against the actual age of each competitor in an event.
In 1989 the World Association of Veteran Athletes (WAVA) developed the first age-graded tables in one-year age increments and they have since been updated.
The tables are composed of world class standards as a function of both age and distance. That means that for every age starting at age 8 and going to age 100 there are standards for every long distance running event, for every common track & field event, and for race walking.
Using the data in the tables it is possible to determine an age graded time (as seen in the results of the Australian Masters Championships in Hobart) and the equivalent percentage (as provided yesterday and with most ACTVAC results.)
Here's an example of how the calculations are done for three masters men in a 10K race.
In the above example, the 64 year old man had the best performance, even though he had the slowest finishing time.
Rough "classifications" are recognised to be as follows:
100%= Approximate World Record Level
Over 90%= World Class
Over 80%= National Class
Over 70%= Regional Class
So when you see the AST% listed, you know that the higher scores are the better results. The scores give everyone a new incentive to improve their performances in a measurable way. And provide you with new rivals to challenge as you try and get a higher AST% than someone who has been ahead of you. Not to mention an extra reason to celebrate your birthday every year, not just every five years!
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Pasting multiple values to Writeback table with editable on row level setting enabled.
When trying to paste multiple values on a cell having editable if -setting on row level, Writeback table raises error "Pasting values in combination with Editable if on a row level is not supported". When developing a sales forecasting app in august pasting multiple values to multiple cells with the setting was still possible. Please make it possible to paste multiple values with the setting on possible again, as the preventation cripples apps depending on the setting.
Pasting multiple values should skip cells, that are not editable, for example, if Writeback table has columns a, b, c and d, with all columns using the editable if on row level enabled, with editing of column c being disabled on row 2, should pasting
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Temperatures and Altitudes of Isothermal Layers of Earth's, Titan's and Jupiter's Atmospheres in a Simultaneous Proportion of the Golden Ratio Constant, _PHONE_...
atmosphere, golden ratio, earth, titan, Jupiter
Proportion of altitudes and temperatures of tropopause, stratopause and mesopause in the Earth's atmosphere is estimated. A clear numerical coincidence is expressed in proportions of altitudes and temperatures of isothermal layers of Titan's atmosphere. A statistically significant simultaneous proportion of altitudes and temperatures of isothermal layers was established in the atmosphere of Jupiter. Proportion values of temperatures and altitudes of isothermal layers is equivalent to the golden ratio constant, of the irrational number _PHONE_. Results in this paper indicate the possible function of the golden ratio constant in numerical models of the atmosphere.
How to Cite
Copyright (c) 2019 Authors and Global Journals Private Limited
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.


Mini Succulent Garden DIY
I love miniature gardens and polymer clay – this little project has them both! One thing that makes this garden extra special is the container. When I saw this old metal ladle at a sort of yardsale my grandma was having, I thought, "This would be perfect for a fairy garden!"
And it was.
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Isn't it so cute? 🙂 I filled the ladle with dirt, added some moss, and stuck in the mushrooms and succulents I made from polymer clay.
I took some pictures while I was making the succulents so I could show you guys how to do it yourself. Let's start with a really easy succulent.
Step 1: Roll lots of little balls from green polymer clay. (More than it shows here.)
Step 2: Shape the balls into teardrops.
Step 3: Arrange the teardrops as the leaves of the succulent.
Step 4: Smush together layers of teardrop leaves. Start with small teardrops, then surround them with slightly large teardrops and so on and so forth until the desired shape is formed. Attach the teardrops together pointed side down.
Step 5: If you wish, paint a little red-brown artist's pastel onto the ends of the leaves.
Now let's try a harder succulent: (But this is definitely one of my favorites.)
Step 1: Roll a medium sized log of green polymer clay.
Step 2: Cut the log into many small chunks with a knife of some kind (if you don't have an exacto knife, a kitchen paring knife will work too.)
Step 3: Roll one end of each piece to a point so you have a forest of little clay trees.
Step 4: Pinch one of your trees between your thumb and forefinger, like so:Steallisonclay_succulents_mums_038
Step 5: Squish five of these deformed tree shapes into a star, like this: Add a tiny cone in the center.
Step 6: Keep adding layers of five around and around until you reach the desired shape. You can also dent the leaves with the end of a paintbrush or a toothpick.
Step 7: Paint the tip of each leaf with red-brown artist's pastel powder. (Rub some of the chalk onto paper, then brush it on with a small paintbrush.) This makes your succulent a lot more realistic.
There we go! Know you know how to make two kinds of succulents. Play around with different shaped leaves to make different kinds of succulents.
Do you like making miniature gardens? If so keep watching for another post about them soon!
Thanks for reading, guys! 🙂
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 1. Wow!! I have been wanting to find a way to make a garden that will stay alive for a long time! This is soooo cool!!
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 2. That was hysterical, I saw the picture at the top and seeing the title I assumed that they were real, because they LOOKED real! But then I read that it was all made out of polymer clay, and I was like "What?!" Ha-ha! I LOVE mini-gardens, so I'm looking forward to the next post! 😀
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Maurice and Jane O'Keeffe of Irish Life and Lore are pleased to announce the publication of the third and final part of the '_PHONE_: A Century of Change' oral history collection.
This significant and wide-ranging oral history project, comprising 287 recordings and conducted over three years, commemorates the centenary of the of the formation of the Irish Free State (Saorstát Eireann).
The interviewees include leaders in business and finance, in the arts and culture arenas, in media, agriculture, education, politics, engineering and architecture, health, the defence forces, and sport. These men and women, or their immediate family members, have all made a significant contribution to life in Ireland since the foundation of the state.
Hard Copy Illustrated Catalogue
The 135 page illustrated catalogue, detailing all of the recordings in parts 1, 2 and 3 the _PHONE_: A Century of Change can now be purchased for €60.
The catalogue is organised thematically and gives details of the 287 individual recordings as follows:
– Name, date of birth and image of the person recorded
– Date, Location and Length of the recording
– Key Words indicating content of the recording.


What we do
The Moss Troopers are storytellers, historians and performers who can help bring history to life at your venue for your audiences. We can provide a storyteller (or a whole gang of them!) to entertain audiences at your venue, and can also provide a whole host of displays and workshops illustrating the strange, grimy and grisly side of history from the Stone Age to the Victorians.
All of the Moss Troopers are experienced traditional storytellers, weaving tales of enchantment from around the world. The Moss Troopers tell traditional and original tales from around the world.
We provide costumed storytellers for all sorts of different historical periods, along with themed stories. We can also supply a huge number of different historical displays on daily life, crime and punishment, medicine and magic and the supernatural throughout history, bringing these to life with humour and plenty of audience interaction!
We provide a whole range of school workshops covering different periods of history and featuring exciting hands-on activities and storytelling. We can also provide storytelling performances or literacy workshops for schools on how to write and tell your own stories!
We can provide historical and fantasy themed street theatre or wandering storytellers for any number of events like festivals, local fairs, family fun days, weddings and more. Our raucous characters will interact with your audience, bringing laughter and fun to the event and bringing history to life.
"Lectures" sounds so dry! The Moss Troopers are keen historians and folklorists with access to a wealth of research, and a lively delivery style that can make the weirdest subjects into an entertaining ramble through the backstreets of history.
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What is a Push in Poker?
Push in poker is most commonly used when referring to an outcome in which two or more players are tied and split the pot. Additionally, it can also mean the action of going all-in, which can be called a shove in that case.
Push Poker Example:
You have a Qs Tc card, and two of your opponents have Qc Jc and Qd 9d hands, respectively. After the river card is revealed, the community board reads Ad Kh Jd Ts 5h. As all of you have a straight, the result is a push. Provided that you all put equal amounts in, each of you will receive exactly a third of the pot.


How does the Results API work? | Questionmark
How does the Results API work?
Applies to the following products:
Questionmark OnDemand
Questionmark Perception
Applies to the following Perception versions:
Perception 5.7
The Results API OData feeds are designed to return specific datum and granular subsets of data. When querying multiple data in a feed, querying multiple feeds simultaneously, or querying against the content in a variable that is not a key field for the feed, the Results API may timeout. Users are encouraged to design queries to use specific key values.
To introduce you to our Results API if you are unfamiliar with OData services, let's start off with an example—accessing the Participants feed and retrieving a list of participants.
Perception users would enter the following HTTP request in a browser:
https:///analyticsodata//odata/Participants
...where is the fully-qualified name (including the domain name) of the server where Perception is installed and is the name of the specific Perception repository are you trying to access the result data for.
OnDemand user would enter the following HTTP request in a browser:/odata/Participants
...where is the customer ID of the OnDemand account you want to access the result data for.
This example is for an OnDemand user, but a Perception user would follow the exact same steps using the Perception-specific URL format shown above. After authenticating (see the How can I access the Results API? section for details), this will retrieve a list of all the participants who have created results that have been ETLed into your Results Warehouse at the time you are accessing the Results API. If you have more than 500 participants in your Results Warehouse, at the bottom of the page you will see a link that looks similar to the following:
If you wanted to view participants 501 and on, you would enter the address from the href= part of the above entry to navigate to the second page of participants.
A list of participants from the Participants feed includes entries for each participant in the list. Here is an example entry for a single participant:
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href="Participants(804)/TopicScores" />
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Brother of Mario and Orin
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Each participant entry includes an ID, which is a URL that allows you to return to this particular entry at any time without having to retrieve the entire list of participants, which can be quite lengthy. The above example's ID, as you can see from the tag, is:
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SUSPENDED AND DISSOLVED SEDIMENT TRANSPORT DYNAMICS IN TWO AGRICULTURALLY DOMINATED WATERSHEDS, MCLEAN COUNTY, IL
Because of different watershed characteristics, the sub-watersheds responded differently to precipitation events throughout the study period as seen by the varying discharge, total suspended sediment loads and nutrient loads. During baseflow conditions, Six Mile Creek (SMC) transported more total suspended sediment per drainage area than Money Creek (MC). However, storm flow transported 99.75% of the suspended sediment on SMC and 92.56% of the sediment on MC. MC had a stream baseflow and storm discharge (Q) that was twice as high as SMC and had sediment loads that were one to four times larger than SMC because of the larger sub-watershed drainage area of MC. Total suspended sediment (TSS) loads were seen with increasing Q and peaked in the springtime on both streams during storm events. The TSS-Q relationships were dynamic on both streams and impacted by sediment availability, precipitation, and in-channel processes like lateral bank migration, streambank erosion, and external soil erosion. SMC transported almost twice the amount of nitrate as nitrogen and chloride load compared to MC. Nutrient transportation occurred entirely during storm events on both streams.


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I would definitely go with serial-over-USB for all cameras for this. You will need a USB hub that can power all the cameras, so that means it needs to have strong external power. For example, we use these with success here:
You want to make sure the hub has enough power for what you need. For example, the one above states it has a 12V/2.5A power supply so that is 30 Watts going in. Each camera could use up to 3.8 Watts, say 4 Watts to allow for some margin. Also we should derate the 30 Watts a bit to account for 12V to 5V conversion, so say 24 Watts available to the USB ports, enough for 6 JeVois cameras (should be ok with 7 as the derating used here is quite severe).
Then use USB cables with 24AWG or lower power lines (see _URL_ for details).
Finally, each camera will appear on the Pi as a USB-to-Serial adapter. This will create devices /dev/ttyACM0, /dev/ttyACM1, etc on your Pi.You should configure each camera to run in headless mode, see _URL_
You can open each device in your application code running on the Pi, and read the data from it. Something similar to this: _URL_ but you need to change the code so that it is non-blocking. That is, you just check if some new bytes are available on each port and accumulate the bytes into a buffer until you get a \n that indicates end of line. Once you have a complete line, you can parse that message. If you are programming in C++ see function readSome() here: _URL_
Note for completeness that by default each JeVois camera requests the full USB video bandwidth for video streaming. This is to optimize latency of video. Video bandwidth is separate from serial bandwidth, so this does not affect the serial-over-USB ports. But if you wanted to stream video from several cameras simultaneously (as opposed to just serial messages like you want here), see _URL_
Finally, the USB hub may enumerate the different cameras in random order. So you need a way to figure out which one is which. We have a parameter called "nickname" which you can set to a specific value on each camera, in your initscript.cfg, eg:
setpar nickname front
in the initscript.cfg of the microSD card that goes in your front camera.
Then your pi would first run a "getpar nickname" on each serial port to figure out which port is for the front camera vs rear camera, etc. Or you could also have this in your initscript.cfg:
setmapping2 .........(mode you need)
setpar serout USB
serout HELLO front
and on your Pi just look for messages that start with "HELLO". The serout command just sends its args to the serial output port.


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Did anyone do hair treatment (rebonding, keratin treatment etc) while breastfeeding?
In general, it should be safe for breastfeeding mothers to have a hair treatment done. While the fear is usually that chemicals from such treatment would be absorbed (through the skin) the mother's bloodstream and be passed on to the baby through her breast milk. While small amount may indeed be absorbed, it is unlikely that that trace amount will cause any permanent damage to the baby. Here are some points to keep in mind when contemplating a hair treatment: - ask about the chemicals used in the treatments. Resorcinol is one common chemical found in hair dyes and bleaching ingredient that is highly toxic and should be avoided. - after a hair treatment, there may be a more direct effect on the baby if he/she inhaled any lingering scent of ammonia or chemicals in the hair. - if possible, opt for organic products to help decrease the exposure to any potentially harmful chemicals For more information: _URL_ Do your research for safe products. At the end of the day, a hair treatment is supposed to make a mother feel happy and it would defeat its purpose if it causes excessive worry instead.Read more
Although no data is available on women receiving hair treatments while breastfeeding, it is known that little of the chemicals would actually be absorbed into the bloodstream. Therefore, the chance of them entering the milk and posing a risk to an infant would be unlikely. BUT if you are hesitant (very good reason to be), you can avoid treatments that involve the scalp because these can be absorbed into the bloodstream and in the long run, affect breastmilk. Consider alternatives like having highlights put in your hair because the dye is only placed on strands of your hair and does not touch the scalp. This way, the skin does not absorb the chemicals into the bloodstream. Another alternative is pure vegetable dyes including henna. You could also consider home made natural hair treatments. Here's a link that has some awesome ideas: _URL_ If you are still concerned about hair treatments and dyes, you may want to talk to your doctor just to be safe.Read more
I wasn't breastfeeding but I've had mummy friends who have gone for treatments while they are breastfeeding. My only concern would the smell that comes off from your hair that your baby might inhale while feeding. Perhaps it's okay for older babies. I wouldn't recommend newborns.


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 - PYGEOAPI_OPENAPI: the OpenAPI document autogenerated from the runtime configuration
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15 Things to Know About Brazilian Carnival
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Brazil is significantly known for the enticing festivals held yearly on its streets. Thousands of tourists, friends and relatives flock to enjoy the beauty bestowed by the carnival. It is a week long of pomp, color and you will be on your feet all week long, dancing to the rhythm. Not something you would want to miss. Curious about the holiday? Here are top most 15 things you need to know about the festival.
1. The Carnival
Source: nateClicks
The Carnival of Brazil, in particular, the Rio de Janiero Carnival, marks the beginning of Lent. Lent is a sacrifice period prior Easter that takes forty days. Thousands of people get to participate in the carnival. In 2011, over four million people attended the fair and among them, over 12% were foreigners. During the festivals, there are usually on an average of 2 million individuals on the streets daily.
2. The History
Caboclos de Lanca
Source: Prefeitura de Olinda
The ever first of these festivities dates from 1723. It is the world's largest celebrations held in Brazil with at least 200 different schools of samba participating. The dance of samba originated from the region of Baha with rhythms of Africa and came to Rio in 1920.The carnival is a national holiday in Brazil. Even though people flock the celebration, some people don't like to participate in the festival and hence leave for quieter places. At Sambadrome, the main carnival happens.
3. Sambadrome
At the Sambadrome
Source: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo
The Sambadrome is Rio's stadium of samba. Designed by the famous architecture of Brazil, Oscar Niemeyer has a parade route that is permanent and lined with concrete stands ideal for spectators. These positions can sit approximately 70000 individuals. The Sambadrome is the setting for the extravagant parades put by the many schools of samba. There is often a ticket needed for entrance, during the carnival, but the price varies with the location of the seats in the stands.
4. When are the Parades?
Carnival Parade
Source: Randal Sheppard
The parades held annually. The pecking order of the performances is that twelve of the top schools march on 16th of February and March 17th.The shows begin at 9 pm each night and goes on to the wee morning hours. The parade is not only a festival but also a competition between all the different schools each with only minutes between seventy and eighty to make along the route of the parade, their way.
5. More on the Parades
King of the Carnival
Source: Carnaval.com Studios
During the carnival, the parades are often opened by the King of the Carnival known as the King Momo. Each of the participating schools has to choose a particular theme. The theme should be inclusive of the details of the designs produced and directed by the carnival designer. At the street level, many musicians and dancers accompany the performers who man the elaborate floats. The head of each school's parade are the ones to look. The group is of minimum twelve to fifteen dancers who don't have to match the overall theme of the school but perform a vital routine. The Drummer groups are also the providers of the heartbeat of samba for each procession.
6. The magnificent Rio Carnival balls
Carnival Balls
Source: Ian Gampon
Carnival balls are a traditional part of the carnival and take place at various locations all over the City. The balls are a celebration of music, dance and not forgetting the holiday costumes that are colorful. Among the exotic shots are the Red and Blackball, Gay costume ball and the ball of the beer. For forty years, the balls have been the ideal mix of the Samba with the Brazilian music.
7. Listen to Street bands.
Source: Foto:Antônio Cruz/ABr
You may not want to participate in the festivities but would love to hear the street bands during the Carnival; the Avenida Rio Branco is the place to be. The Avenida is the coolest place. One may also see the procession of the street bands late in the afternoon as they make their way beautifully along the street. There is also a large number of dancing and drinking revelers enjoying the music by the street bands.
8. Samba Land
On Stage Competitions
Source: Carnaval.com Studios
Samba land is an open air celebration held in Praca Onze in Rio. There is a big stage that allows more of dancing and live music. Nearby there are also stalls that sell food and drink to party goers for the whole night ride. The events run from 7 pm to early morning 6 am. It is the ideal place to let you drown in live music and great drinks.
9. What of Lapa?
 In The Streets
Source: Marcelo Medeiros
In Lapa, a lot also happens during the carnival. Lapa, a very popular Rio neighborhood hosts most actions during the celebration. Every night from 8 pm till dawn, food, music, and drinks that are majorly of Brazilian descent, are part of the Lapa's observance during the Carnival. There is plenty of fun not forgetting barbecue stands, and you know what that means! You don't have to be in the Sambadrome; you can still have a good time wherever!
10. The Axe
Dancing to the Beat
Source: Prefeitura de Olinda
During the carnival, some towns play a different type of traditional music known as the axe. The Salvador in the Bahia is one of the cities. The people get to follow the trio electric which is a truck adapted that carries a band that plays for either seven or eight hours while moving on the street along a circuit. The bands are very traditional groups. You can have a taste of their exotic music.
11. Catuaba or Beer?
Source: Ian Gampon
The carnival is all about drinking, dancing and having fun. There are towns that people get to drink a lot and not just any beer; they prefer Catuaba. SauPaulo is the town where drinkers prefer Catuaba. Catuaba is an alleged herb with aphrodisiacal properties. Despite being loved by the people, the drink is cheap and as some might claim it makes one go crazy with fun and might even forget to go to the bathroom!
12. Platform of Bonds
Are you looking for new friends or are you a loner? The carnival is a place to go. The carnival is a great ground for forming great bonds with locals and visitors alike. From drinking buddies to friends forever. With all the music and dancing and drinking, you meet new people and from there stories are exchanged, walls broken with new bonds forming.
13. The Blocos
Blocos Afro
Source: Agência Brasil Fotografias
You may not have entered the Sambadrome, but the crowd that is often outside will make you regret nothing. The group tends to drink, sing and dance which is the purpose of the carnival. In Rio de Janeiro, the groups join in with the blocos. The blocos are bands of the festival that do street performances. Nothing to fear, take to the streets with the blocos!
14. Joining in the Parade
Portela Samba School
Source: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo
There is nothing as fun as joining to participate in the carnival. It is not just about watching, but feeling the thrill as one of the members of the procession. Locals and visitors usually are given an opportunity to participate in the parades. All that one needs to do is to contact the independent league of the Rio de Janiero or each school. Time to let loose and be in the parade!
15. What else during the Carnival?
Source: Prefeitura de Olinda
The Carnival gives way to various parties and celebrations all over the country. Some of them include street parties that often start at 5 pm up to 3 am and held every night of the Carnival. These celebrations could be orchestras, samba dances and also singers. With the music being more of the old school, the majority audiences of these parties are the slightly older. It is party time in Brazil. You can't afford to miss this! Take a trip to the land of festivities! You can always wish for more of that, now that you know what to expect!
Have a good trip and travel!
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Title:A remark on the group-completion theorem
Abstract: Suppose that $M$ is a topological monoid satisfying $\pi_0M=\mathbb{N}$ to which the McDuff-Segal group-completion theorem applies. This implies that a certain map $f: \mathbb{M}_{\infty}\rightarrow \Omega BM$ defined on an infinite mapping telescope is a homology equivalence with integer coefficients. In this short note we give an elementary proof of the result that if left- and right-stabilisation commute on $H_1(M)$, then the "McDuff-Segal comparison map" $f$ is acyclic. For example, this always holds if $\pi_0M$ lies in the centre of the Pontryagin ring $H_{\ast}(M)$. As an application we describe conditions on a commutative $\mathbb{I}$-monoid $X$ under which $\text{hocolim}_{\mathbb{I}}X$ can be identified with a Quillen plus-construction.
Comments: 9 pages
Subjects: Algebraic Topology (math.AT)
Cite as: arXiv:1709.02036 [math.AT]
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groundwatergreenspun.com : LUSENET : Introductory Geology, Oswego State : One Thread
Why does groundwater move from where it has higher energy to where it has lower energy? Why doesn't it flow to where it has higher energy from where it has lower energy? What causes this to happen?
-- Willette jenkins (_EMAIL_), November 07, 2002
I'm not quite sure of your question. But as far as I know, groundwater moves from where it has high energy to where it has low energy. This is because of Hydraulic head. It depends on the groundwater's elevation and pressure. Because the pressure and elevation are higher at a particular place it intends to move towards where it is low.
-- Philippa Brewu (_EMAIL_), November 09, 2002.


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How Large are the Social Returns to Education? Evidence from Compulsory Schooling Laws
Average schooling in US states is highly correlated with state wage levels, even after controlling for the direct effect of schooling on individual wages. We use an instrumental variables strategy to determine whether this relationship is driven by social returns to education. The instrumentals for average schooling are derived from information on the child labor laws and compulsory attendance laws that affected men in our Census samples, while quarter of birth is used as an instrument for individual schooling. This results in precisely estimated private returns to education of about seven percent, and small social returns, typically less than one percent, that are not significantly different from zero.
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Environmental emergency declared in Brazil as wildfires devastate over 1.4 million hectares of vegetation
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Brasilia: Brazil's southern state of Mato Grosso do Sul has declared a state of environmental emergency after raging wildfires destroyed 1.4 million hectares of vegetation since the beginning of the year.
Monday, state Governor Reinaldo Azambuja signed the decree during a meeting with the National Secretary for Civil Protection and Defense, Alexandre Lucas Alves, who travelled to Campo Grande, the state capital, a day earlier, reports Xinhhua news agency.
The 79 municipalities of the state are suffering from a severe drought affecting the central region of the country, and fires have also spread through the states of Mato Grosso and Tocantins.
The drought has been described as the worst in 47 years in the country.
However, the Mato Grosso do Sul state government also blamed man-made blazes for having "caused forest and urban fires in much of the state".
The fires have also surrounded the Encontro das Aguas park in the Pantanal, located at the Mato Grosso and Mato Grosso do Sul states' border, threatening both flora and fauna in the region.
Personnel from the Brazilian environment institutes and army troops have been fighting the fires in the region for months.
Forecasts indicate this week will again see no rains, with high temperatures hitting some places in the region, increasing the risk of wildfires.
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text: Abstract: Background and Objective: Natural food colorants are utilized by the food industry as a safe health enhancing substitute for synthetic dyes. This study was conducted to investigate the effects of natural black rice bran colorant powder (BCP) addition on the properties of yogurt during storage at 4°C for 28. Materials and Methods: Plain yogurt and yogurt containing different levels of BCP [0.0125, 0.025, 0.05, 0.10 and 0.20% (%w/v)] were analyzed for total anthocyanins and phenolic contents, physicochemical quality parameters, functional properties and sensory characteristics. Results: Results showed that bioactive compounds and functional properties of yogurts with added BCP were improved and sensory characteristics were acceptable to panelists over storage time, with optimal level of BCP addition determined as 0.05%. Yogurts prepared by adding BCP contained higher total anthocyanins and exhibited higher liking scores in both color and appearance. Conclusion: Yogurt fortification with natural colorant powder from black rice bran has potential to improve both quality and functional properties of yogurt.


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VOOPOO VFL Operating Instructions:
How To Fill Liquid into VOOPOO VFL:
1. Pull up the silicone plug then fill in the liquid (see picture a). 2. Put back the silicone plug.
How To Assemble:
1. Connect the filled liquid pod with
The pod and the nozzle
VOOPOO VFL Kit Basic Functions:
- Power Button on/off: Press the power button on/off five times continuously within 2s, all gear position lights will be on for 3s.
- Vaping trigger mode: MIC trigger smoking mode
- Preheating: Press the preheat button 3 times continuously within 2s to start preheating the current set voltage gear lamp flashing prompt. The preheat cycle time is 15s. If you want to stop preheating, press the preheat button once or keep to vaping.
- Voltage setting: Press this button continuously within 2 times to switch over: 2.5v/3.0v/3.5v cycles
- Low battery power prompt charge: 3 Voltage level indicator light from high to low lamp lit after all on 2s, after five cycles then close the tips.
- Protection function: output short circuit protection, low power protection, overcharge and over discharge protection and vaping overtime protection.
VOOPOO VFL Charging:
How to charge:
Twist the bottom 90 degrees to find the USB port. When charging is complete, twist it back to its original.
Micro USB charging: 5V – 500mA;
When USB plug in to charge the device, 3 voltage indicator light flashing from bottom to top during


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Polystyrene particles simulating bacteria flow down a micro-channel in the presence of potassium chloride solution. Depending on the ionic concentration or flow rates, portion of the particles are trapped on the glass substrate due to intrinsic surface forces. A novel quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) is built into the microfluidic device to track the real-time particle deposition by shift of the resonance frequency. The new technique is promising to quantify water filtration.
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B.C.'s Yucwmenlúcwu forestry operation passes audit
March 24, 2023 By Forest Practices Board
An audit of non-replaceable forest licence (NRFL) A89359, held by Yucwmenlúcwu (Caretakers of the Land) 2007 LLP, found Yucwmenlúcwu's planning and practices generally complied with British Columbia's forestry legislation.
The audit covered activities conducted between Sept. 1, 2020, and Sept. 22, 2022. Activities included forest stewardship and site planning, timber harvesting, wildfire protection, silviculture, and constructing, maintaining and deactivating roads and drainage structures. Auditors assessed these activities for compliance with the Forest and Range Practices Act (FRPA), the Wildfire Act, and applicable regulations and legal orders.
"Our audit found that Yucwmenlúcwu complied with most requirements of FRPA and the Wildfire Act," said Bruce Larson, vice-chair of the Forest Practices Board. "However, the audit identified some practices that need to be improved. Yucwmenlúcwu did not always conduct fire hazard assessments after harvesting or take precautions to prevent damage to nearby trees when burning slash piles."
The audit also found four of the cutblocks examined were not regenerated by the required date. Yucwmenlúcwu recognized this error prior to the audit and took steps to regenerate these cutblocks in 2023.
The NRFL permits Yucwmenlúcwu forestry operations in the North Okanagan Shuswap area within the territories of the Secwepemc and the Syilx Nations. Specific areas audited are near the communities of Salmon Arm, Enderby and Sicamous.
The Forest Practices Board is B.C.'s independent watchdog for sound forest and range practices, reporting its findings and recommendations directly to the public and government. The board audits forest and range practices on public lands and appropriateness of government enforcement. It can also make recommendations for improvement to practices and legislation.
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