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A Question of Commitment
Children's Rights in Canada
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In 1991, the Government of Canada ratified the United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child, requiring governments at all levels to ensure that Canadian laws and practices safeguard the rights of children. A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada is the first book to assess the extent to which Canada has fulfilled this commitment.
The editors, R. Brian Howe and Katherine Covell, contend that Canada has wavered in its commitment to the rights of children and is ambivalent in the political culture about the principle of children's rights. A Question of Commitment expands the scope of the editors' earlier book, The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada, by including the voices of specialists in particular fields of children's rights and by incorporating recent developments.
About R. Brian Howe, and Katherine Covell
R. Brian Howe is a professor of political science and Katherine Covell is a professor of psychology at Cape Breton University. They are co-directors of the university's Children's Rights Centre and the authors of numerous articles on children's rights and human rights in Canada. Their books include The Challenge of Children's Rights for Canada (WLUP, 2001) and Empowering Children: Children's Rights Education as a Pathway to Citizenship (2005). Katherine Covell is the author of the UN report Violence against Children in North America (2005).
"This compilation is extremely well written, and covers many important areas in children's rights. The information provided is detailed and delivered in a manner easy to comprehend. Obviously, this issue is close to the hearts of teh editors and contributors; their remarks were compelling and their evidence was strong. For a person who is not conversant in this area but wishes to improve their knowledge, A Question of Commitment: Children's Rights in Canada will prove to be an excellent resource."
— Catherine Cotter, University of Windsor Law Library, Canadian Law Library Review
"A Question of Commitment attempts to evaluate Canada's progress via a series of essays in areas such as economics, social policy, education, health care, family and child care, child sex abuse prevention, and criminal justice. The breadth and depth of these essays is significant."
— Joan Whitman Hoff, Lock Haven University of PA, American Review of Canadian Studies
"Each chapter provides not only an evaluation of Canada's commitment but also an interpretation of how the standards articulated in the CRC [United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child] might be applied to particular areas of policy and practice.... It should be noted that the book contains a copy of the CRC, allowing for convenient consideration of the specific articles and wording referred to by chapter authors... [The book] demonstrates how rights-based policy and practice with children is complicated by issues of family privace, historical precedent, cultural differences, government organization, and economic conditions."
— Megan Nordquest Schwallie, University of Chicago, Ethics and Social Welfare
"Each chapter is well written and integrated into the overall focus of the volume, with links to specific sections of the CRC [UN Convention on the Rights of the Child] and evaluations of governmental initiatives. The editors provide a strong introduction and conclusion, outlining the history and details of the CRC and concluding that Canada's commitment to meeting its obligations has been wavering at best, in part due to a widespread lack of education about the CRC. This is a valuable source book on the current state of children's rights in Canada.... Highly recommended. All levels/libraries."
— R.C. Raby, Brock University, CHOICE
"A trenchant reminder of the need to ensure that all orders of government live up to their obligations for the provision of basic and essential social rights of citizenship.... All of the chapters are well written, adopt an advocacy standpoint, are based on extensive research set within a Canadian context, and provide a well-rounded bibliography."
— Timothy Wild, Alberta College of Social Workers, Canadian Social Work/Travail social canadien


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Final Thesis: Exploratory Data Analysis of Code Review Data
Abstract: The code review process is well established and an essential part during the development of open source software. To establish code reviews in open source projects, the process of code review is often supported and monitored by additional review tools like Gerrit. This thesis analyzed review data from Gerrit for some open source projects (i.e. Gromacs, Go and Typo3) with the main focus on the observation of the impact of highly active developers during the review process. Therefore, indicators to identify these active developers during the review process were introduced and used to prepare a selection of active developers. Based on this selection their impact during the review process was analyzed. By applying an appropriate threshold on the introduced indicators, the size of the selected highly active developers (top-k developers) can be customized. The final findings showed, that there is a small selection of top-k developers that have a strong impact on the review process of the open source project they participate in (e.g. 1% of the 2492 contributors in the Typo3 project provide about 70% of the measured review content). In addition to this analysis, the preparation of the review data from Gerrit and a short descriptive overview are presented.
Keywords: code review, network theory, social diffusion
PDFs: Bachelor Thesis
Reference: Jonas Zeuner. Exploratory Data Analysis of Code Review Data. Bachelor Thesis, Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg: 2019.

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Creation functions
Do I need teaching material about creating functions, what can be used for creation and how to use it?
I have already searched the sites of LibreOffice and OpenOffice, and found minimal material.
Anyone have any tips where to find it (site/book)?
Criação de funções
Necessito de material didático sobre a criação de funções, o que pode ser usado para criação e como usar?
Já procurei nos sites do LibreOffice e OpenOffice, e encontrei mínimo material.
Alguém tem alguma dica onde encontrar(site/livro)?
A function is simply a block of code which can accept information, do some processing and then return some information. This is programming. Functions are not necessarily specific to Calc. So in order to create functions, it is best to know how to program in Basic and use the UNO API.
There is a great deal of information spread around on these subjects. However, for the best single document, OpenOffice Macros Explained (OOME) by Andrew Pitonyak is available (click here) in PDF. It has a complete section on Calc as well as a great deal of other information.


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On July 23, 2009, in Biloxi, Mississippi, the Postal Service issued the 44-cent Gulf Coast Lighthouses commemorative stamps in five designs. The stamps feature the following subjects: Matagorda Island, Sabine Pass, Biloxi, Sand Island, and Fort Jefferson.
Howard E. Paine of Delaplane, Virginia, designed the stamps. These stamps continued the popular series of lighthouse stamps by Artist Howard Koslow. Each stamp features an original acrylic painting by Koslow based on recent photographs of the lighthouses. Koslow also painted the five Pacific Lighthouses stamps issued in 2007; Southeastern Lighthouses stamps issued in 2003; the Great Lakes Lighthouses stamps issued in 1995; and the five stamps in the 1990 lighthouses booklet.
The stamps were issued in a pressure-sensitive adhesive (PSA) pane of twenty stamps and a booklet of twenty stamped postal cards. Ashton Potter produced 100 million stamps using the offset process.
Reference: Postal Bulletin (June 18, 2009).

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A trainera is a traditional boat of the Cantabrian sea coast at the southern end of the Bay of Biscay, propelled by oars, and formerly sailing. It is a boat of fine lines with raised prow and rounded stern, to resist the waves of the Cantabrian sea. Traineras were originally used by fishermen to bring in the day's catch of anchovies and sardines from sea to market, usually competing to sell their caught fish before others came in. Today, this historical tradition has become a major sport of coastal boat racing.
Other languages and etymology
The name trainera (Spanish), traineru (also treineru, treñero or triñero in Basque), traînière (French) and traiñeira or traíña (Galician) is derived from the word traína, a closely woven net used in the fishing of sardines and anchovies, itself derived from Latin tragināre, from trahĕre "to pull, drag".
The historic trainera regattas, estropadak in Basque, are a popular sport held all along the Bay of Biscay, all the way through the coast of Basque Country, Cantabria, Asturias and Galicia between July and October. Numerous competitions are held each year such as the oldest regatta Bandera de Santander or the most famous Kontxako Bandera, and there are various trainera leagues such as the premier league Liga San Miguel or the second divisions Liga Asociación de Remo del Cantábrico and Liga Galega de Traiñeiras.
Boats and rules
Today the boats are manned by a crew of 13 oarsmen sitting in pairs (except for the thirteenth, who sits alone in the bows) and a cox standing up facing them in the stern. The bowman or bow-woman also has a 15th oar which is used for helping with the steering in tight turns. As is common in other such events, the cox is responsible for steering the boat and keeping up the morale of the team. Each boat flies a particular flag and wears a team strip and often the boat is painted in the team's colours as well.
Traditional materials were entirely cedar and beech wood, with the construction process taking at least a month or month and a half. The boats themselves are 12m long, 1.72m wide (at midship), 95 cm. bow, 75 cm stern and 60.5 cm in depth. The total weight of the boat including baton, bench, and hitters have to be 210–230 kg but may not weigh less than 200 kg (excluding oars and equipment). Nowadays, traineras are made of carbon fiber and kevlar with techniques similar to those in aeronautical construction (such as for Airbus wings. Boats are fitted amongst other things with GPS systems, creating better boats but also pushing up prices. The lifespan of a boat at a top club is usually two or three years. In the 1970s a trainera cost around 45,000 pesetas; 2008 prices start at around €25,000.
A race normally covers a distance of 5.5 km with either a single trip to a buoy and back or two return trips. Each boat has its own lane and may not cross into another boat's lane and the oars (and boats) of different boats may not touch. A race is normally restarted if something irregular happens within the first 20 seconds of a race. Apart from the prize money for each race, the winning team is awarded a bandera (flag) of the town or autonomous community. The winning team traditionally holds all oars vertically into the air, the so-called remos arriba or arraunak gora, "oars up".
Women and traineras
Although most rowing teams were male, evidence from the historical bertsos tells us that female rowers existed, referred to as batelerak in Basque. The name derives from batel, a name for a smaller type of boat with 4 rowers and a cox. Evidence can also be seen in the traditional batelera dantza (batelera dance) which is performed by women with oars.
More recently, female teams have also begun to take plains in the trainera regattas proper.
The origins of the various kinds of trainera regatta lie in fishing and whaling, both highly important sources of income in earlier periods. Traditionally, the first boat back at the quay got the best price for their fish. As the boat and all equipment was usually owned by the skipper and the crew hired by oral contract, the skipper would first deduct the boat and net share (25%) from the earnings, then deduct any further expenses for bait and provisions. Only then would the remained be shared in equal parts so it was in everybody's interest to get back as fast as possible to get the best price possible.
Similarly, when whaling was at its height in along the Bay of Biscay teams would race to be the first to reach a sighted whale.
- The trainera which has and elevated prow and rounded stern, ideally suited for navigating the choppy waters off the coast at speed needed to catch anchovy and sardines. The crew consists of 13 rowers and one cox. The rowers are divided into two rows of six, plus the bow rower, who is alone on his bench.
- The trainerilla (Spanish for 'little trainera') has a crew of 6 rowers and one cox, all sitting in a row.
- The batel is a smaller boat used close to the coast for a variety of fish, with 4 rowers and a cox.
The first documented regatta which was held as a sporting event was in 1859 in the Bay of Santander between the people of Castro Urdiales and some Biscayan crews. The Castro Urdiales team won the race and regattas have been held as sporting event ever since.
Much more important was the race held in Santander two years later, in 1861, in the presence of Queen Isabella II on official visit to the capital of Cantabria. The Cantabrians beat back to the Biscayans and the local press echoed the news and even a famous folk song known as the Jota del Regateo was composed. The Flag of Santander is still held today, making it the oldest rowing competition that is still celebrated in Spain.
The first documented estropada in Basque Country was twelve years later, in 1871, between the people of Hondarribia and Pasaia, involving a bet about who could reach San Sebastián first setting our from Hondarribia. The Pasaia team won the 13 mile race. Originally the teams would race from one particular seaside town to another but today most races are held locally.
In 1916 a man from Mutriku called Bizente Ormazabal built a new, sleek type of boat for a group from Getaria called Golondrina (Spanish for 'swallow'). At the same time motors were introduced to the fishing industry so the commercial use of rowing boats quickly disappeared and more and more were used for the estropadak. Over time the design changed, building more for speed than fishing, reducing the weight and the width.
As rowing turned from a profession into a sport, fewer and fewer fishermen competed and more and more teams were put together from non-seafaring backgrounds as they could train more regularly than fishermen.
The most famous of all trainera regattas today is the Kontxako Estropadak, Kontxako Bandera o Bandera de la Concha, Kontxako Badia / Bahía de la Concha being the name of the main bay of Donostia. It was first organised by the city's council in 1879 and is said to have drawn a crowd of some 12,000 spectators.
- Aita Mari Arraun Taldea (Zumaia), officially founded in 1975
- Arkote Arraun Taldea (Plentzia), officially founded in 1957
- Deustu Arraun Taldea (Deustu), officially founded in 1981
- Getariako Arraun Elkartea (Getaria), officially founded in 1976
- Hondarribia Arraun Elkartea (Hondarribia), going back to 1862
- Itsasoko Ama (Santurtzi), officially founded in 1967
- Isuntza Arraun Elkartea (Lekeitio), officially founded in 1977
- Kaiku Arraunaren Kirol Elkartea (Sestao), officially founded in 1923 with a traineru called Bizkaitarra
- Orio Arraun Elkartea (Orio), going back to 1879 and to date is the team which has won the Kontxako Bandera the most times
- Sanpedrotarra Arraun Elkartea (Pasaia), going back to 1880
- San Nicolás Arraun Taldea (Portugalete), officially founded in 1892
- Urdaibai Arraun (Urdaibai area), officially founded in 1992 by clubs from Bermeo, Elantxobe and Mundaka to promote the sport in the area
- Zarauzko Arraun Elkartea (Zarautz), officially founded in 1983
- Sociedad deportiva de remo Astillero (El Astillero), officially founded in 1966
- Club de remo Camargo (Maliaño), officially founded in 1979
- Sociedad deportiva de remo Castro-Urdiales (Castro-Urdiales), going back to 1879
- Club de remo Colindres (Colindres), officially founded in 1988
- Club de remo La


A Tale of Two Views
By Gene McCullagh
August 18, 2010
The Library module is a powerhouse of organization tools. You can view many images, a few, or one. Zoom in for fine details. Add star ratings. Add color labels. Change landscape to portrait and back again! The list goes on and on.
There is one small problem, however. Many new Lightroom users can be confused by Lightroom's reaction to some of their actions. Some seasoned users even get confused on occasion. Here's a typical question I get asked; "I select several images and press 4 to add a 4 star rating. Why does this sometimes add the rating to all the images selected and other times only to my active image?"
The answer lies in the difference between how the Grid view and the Loupe view treat these actions. Although they are both part of the Library module they serve very different purposes. You can think of the grid view like a lawn sprinkler, it gets everything wet. Loupe view is more like a water gun, you aim it at something and only it gets wet. (It's a weak analogy, I know. But hang in there.)
First, let's talk a little about terms. Take a look at this screenshot from the Library module.
This is the grid view. You can see that the border area around the images appears in different shades of gray. Dark gray indicates that the image is unselected. Light gray means the image is selected. When multiple images are selected then the active image is indicated by the lightest gray border. This same scheme is reflected in the filmstrip at the bottom of the window.
You can switch between grid and loupe by clicking on one of the first two icons on the toolbar. You can also use the keyboard shortcuts of G for grid and E for loupe. When you switch to loupe view it is the active image that will appear.
Back to the original question. So why does pressing 4 sometimes add a 4 star rating to all the selected images and at other times only to the active image? The answer lies in how these two views approach organizational tools. Grid works on the entire group while loupe plays favorites with the active image. This behavior applies to nearly everything you do in the Library module. So if I'm in grid view with several images selected and press 5 they ALL get 5 stars.
But in loupe view only the active image gets the rating.
This behavior is consistent with all of the organizational tools; keywords, color labels, flags, virtual copies, metadata, etc.. If you glance over at the metadata panel while in grid view you can see that Lightroom puts a placeholder in some fields that are different across the images selected.
So, for example, if the Rights Usage Terms are not the same for all the selected images you will see in that field. As soon as you switch to loupe view the panel changes to show only the metadata for the active image (no matter how many are in the selection).
Even the left and right arrow keys respond differently. While in loupe view the left and right arrow keys will cycle through the selected group and make each image in turn the active image. In grid view pressing the right arrow key will jump you to the first image AFTER the selected group.
The big exception to all of this is the develop tools found in the Library module. And this too makes sense since these tools aren't organizational by nature and are really part of the Develop module. They're in the Library module as a convenience.
So whether you are in grid or loupe view, increasing exposure will only effect the active image. Likewise, pressing V will only convert the active image to black & white.
Once you get this difference into your head then the confusion will be gone and you can zip through your shoots like an organizational superhero!
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Can Red-Eyed Tree Frogs Eat Mealworms?
Red-eyed tree frogs can eat mealworms as they contain fat, fiber, protein, and calcium. However, they should be fed infrequently and in small quantities as a supplement to your frog's diet; otherwise, their high chitin levels may cause impaction in the frog's gut.
Red-eyed tree frogs are carnivores and insectivores, and their primary diet in the wild would be moths, grasshoppers, flies, and even other frogs. The best food for your frog is crickets, supplemented with mealworms or wax worms now and then for variety.
Your mealworms should be raised in a sterile environment and should not be wild-caught, as they may carry pesticides, diseases, and parasites that are harmful to your frogs.
Is a Mealworm Nutritious?
Mealworms are a good source of nutrition to Red-eyed tree frogs and are safe for your frog to consume in moderation. Red-eyed tree frogs are not generally picky eaters and will eat anything that moves (including other frogs.) You should endeavor to vary your frog's diet to mimic their opportunistic feeding patterns in nature. A diet made up of only one item, such as crickets, may lead to health issues even when supplemented with calcium and vitamins.
Red-eyed tree frogs are not picky and will usually eat anything that moves (including other frogs). A varied diet is recommended, as a single item diet will be unbalanced and lead to health issues, even when adequately supplemented. Mealworms make a great addition to the variety of your red eyes diet and live mealworms provide high protein levels for amphibians.
Mealworms are not actually worms at all but are the larval form of the Tenebrio Molitor or Mealworm Beetle, a darkling beetle species. Newly hatched mealworms are often referred to as mini-mealworms by sellers, and the average mealworm nutritional information based on a controlled diet is:
Protein 20.27%
Calcium ratio 3.2%
Fat 13 %
Fiber 1.73.%
Ash 1.5%
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Why Can Mealworms Be Bad for My Red-Eyed Tree frog?
While being nutritious, mealworms can also be bad for your amphibians. Mealworms have a high level of chitin, which is a type of insect fiber. Chitlin in the mealworm cuticle is indigestible and may inhibit nutrients' absorption in the frog's gut. The mealworm's outer shell may not break down in your frog's gut and create compaction that can pose deadly for your Red eyes.
Typical mealworm pupa may have up to 13% chitin content, which is relatively high compared to the common field crickets, which only contain between 1.65% and 2.42% chitin levels. So, when feeding mealworms to your frogs, you should ensure that you limit the volume and frequency of mealworms in your frog's diet.
How Do I Feed My Red Eyed Tree Frog Mealworms?
Your mealworms provide the best nutrition if you 'gut load' them before feeding to your amphibians. Gut loading is a process whereby you feed your mealworms highly nutritious food that will be passed on to your frogs when they consume the worms. For example, by providing your worms with food high in vitamins, your frogs are ensured to absorb those nutrients along with their prey.
Because mealworms are high in fat and protein but lack many essential minerals and vitamins, they often need to be supplemented. You should feed your worms top-quality organic vegetables 12-24hrs before being fed to your Red eyes.
To ensure that your mealworms are ready to be consumed, you should place them in a tub with smooth sides with a quarter-inch of bran or cornmeal for food and substrate.they require moisture as well, and you should place thinly sliced vegetables on top of your bedding such as:
 - Potatoes
 - Apples
 - Lettuce
 - Carrots
 - Collard greens
 - Squash
If you intend to keep your mealworms longer for breeding purposes, you should ensure that you remove rotting fruit and vegetables from your mealworms to prevent mold. Always rotate your food items to expose them to various vitamins and minerals that make them more nutritious to your frogs.
Once they are loaded up with fresh fruit and vegetables, you should dust your mealworms with calcium/D3 and multivitamin supplements. When dusting your feeder insects, ensure that you provide a dusting of calcium three times a week and calcium plus D3 twice weekly. Multivitamins can be given to your frogs once a week.
When offering your frogs mealworms, ensure that the worms are not larger than the frog's head, and for young frogs no larger than a quarter-inch wide. You should feed your Juveniles every day, subadults every 2-3 days, and adults 2-3 times per week.
 Because Red-eyed tree frogs are nocturnal feeders, they are most active at night so feeding your mealworms at night means they will be more likely to be eaten straight away. This method ensures that your calcium/vitamin coatings are less likely to be eaten rather than rubbed off by the worm's movement in the substrate.
Mealworms are a great way to increase the variety of foodstuffs on your tree frog's menu, which is essential for your pets to thrive. However, care should be taken to only offer mealworms infrequently to avoid the hazards of chitin impaction. Wild-caught mealworms may be harmful, and you should purchase mealworms with a specialized diet or breed your own to ensure they are safe for your frogs to consume.
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Like D. picta this species usually lacks apothecia but has mounds of soredia on the thallus surface (pictures below). Soredia are naked tiny balls of the algae part of the lichen wrapped in the fungal component. The lobes of D. applanata are much more congested than in D. picta often overlapping. In addition, the lobes and lobe tips are generally strongly convex instead of concave.
Dirinaria applanata soredia. Dirinaria applanata thallus.


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This study was undertaken to introduce a fast, accurate, selective, simple and environment-friendly colorimetric method to determine iron (II) concentration in different lipstick brands imported or manufactured locally in Baghdad, Iraq. The samples were collected from 500-Iraqi dinars stores to establish routine tests using the spectrophotometric method and compared with a new microfluidic paper-based analytical device (µPAD) platform as an alternative to cost-effective conventional instrumentation such as Atomic Absorption Spectroscopy (AAS). This method depends on the reaction between iron (II) with iron(II) selective chelator 1, 10-phenanthroline(phen) in the presence of reducing agent hydroxylamine (HOA) and sodium acetate (NaOAc) buffer to yield a reddish/orange colour change proportional to the iron(II) concentration measured at λmax = 510 nm. Under optimum conditions, the calibration curve was linear in the range between (0.5-150) mg L-1 with a limit of detection of 0.09 mg L-1. Compared to a spectrophotometric detection method, µPAD measured colour intensity using captured images using Samsung mobile phone and image J program to give proof of concept that µPAD platform fulfils the purpose of accuracy and at the same time remaining cost-effective and simplistic to be used in both developing and developed countries gave same linear calibration curve with a limit of detection 0.12 mg L-1. ANOVA test was used to compare the proposed method results with conventional method results showing the method was accepted. The antimicrobial activity showed no significant effect from lipstick samples on tested microbes.
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Jwan A. Abdul-Sattar, A.-J. K. A., Sahar A. Kadhom, and Lubna F. Mohammed-Ali. Spectrophotometric Determination of Amoxicillin-Application to Capsules. Al- Mustansiriya J. Sci 20, 35-42 (2009).
Ahmed H.Ismail, Jwan A. Abdulsattar. A sensitive spectrophotometer method for the determination of 4-aminoantipyrine as a Schiff base complicated with Cr (III), Ni (II) &Cu (II) transition elements and its preparation. Journal of Research Diyala humanity, 46-56 (2008).
AbdulSattar, J. Exploiting the diazotization reaction of 4- minoacetophenone for Methyldopa determination. Baghdad Science Journal 11 (2014).
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Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe - Overview
By Keith McDonald
Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe ran from September 1990 on a weekly basis for two series. Over 100 episodes were made, and it is still fondly remembered by French viewers.
(Derived from the French production press pack.)
One of the four players becomes the 'Knight of the Labyrinth'. He or she is assisted in his quest by three friends as they navigate rooms of the castle.
With the help of the advisors and the Master, the knight must solve riddles, answer questions, avoid traps, cross narrow passages, and face strange creatures.
If the knight perishes, it is replaced by one of the advisors. If three knights are eliminated, the team loses the game.
To complete the game, the players must be attentive and record everything they hear. The knowledge they accumulate will allow them to reach the final stage and claim their prize.
Press cuttings
A team watches from the viewing balcony in Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe.
In the first series, quests began in the dice room, as in Knightmare Series 3. Many of the rooms, traps and hazards were familiar from the 1989 series.
Inside the labyrinth, the first principal goal was to reach Merlin's chamber. The knight crossed the void to summon Merlin by answering questions from Morganne la Fée.
Merlin assessed what the team had learnt during their quest (including answers they had not known in earlier rooms). Once he was satisfied, the knight sat on his throne and was transported to the treasure room for the final challenge.
The knight removes the helmet before solving a puzzle on the table (against the clock in the second series). If the knight succeeds, he/she is able to draw a sword from a stone, revealing the prizes.
Differences with Knightmare
A knight draws the sword in the Treasure Room in Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe.
The Labyrinth
Three locations were purpose-built: the castle antechamber, a balcony for the advisors, and the final treasure zone (salle du trésor).
Most of the gameplay rooms were based on David Rowe's artwork for Series 3 (1989), using chromakey and an Amiga 2000 for effects.
Some of David's illustrations were adapted slightly to introduce a different obstacle. By the second series, new and unseen rooms had been commissioned.
As teams had numerous 'lives', the average difficulty level was higher. Some rooms that featured often in Chevalier were rarely seen on Knightmare.
Knights were often made to attempt rooms in a different way to Knightmare. This emphasised the reuse of stock footage, such as goblin pursuits in the Stalactite Caves.
Inside the labyrinth
A knight finds a twisting pathway in Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe.
Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe had a much smaller cast then Knightmare (as few as five), and therefore a smaller range of characters. Most of the cast played several characters.
Some of these had clear parallels to Knightmare, such as Merlin (like-for-like), Velda (like-for-like), Bouffon (Motley), Mandragore (Mildred), and a talking raven, Tarok.
Others were more original, including Morgane la Fée (a fairy), and the underworld spectre of Tados, who inhabited the cave usually associated with Cedric the Mad Monk.
The actors are considered legends in France and are well-known through other roles in television and film. The 'Master of the Castle', Georges Beller, is particularly eminent in France as a host and entertainer.
About the characters
Merlin the Wizard, played by René Lafleur in Le Chevalier du Labyrinthe.
Sponsored by SEGA / Virgin Leisure
The show was initially sponsored by SEGA, the market leader in Europe for gaming consoles in 1990. Winners during the first series received a SEGA Master System. The production press pack explains:
Le Chavalier du Labyrinthe reflects young people's passion for adventures and video games. Like the show, the SEGA Master System transports games players into an imaginary world.
The SEGA Master System is a high-tech console for television. Priced at 690F, showing the calibre of the prize, the SEGA console has a catalogue of over 100 games.
SEGA also contributes to the generic tape announcements of Le Chavalier du Labyrinthe.
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Series 6 Quest 3
Series 6, Quest 3. Alan meets Haggatty the witch on the outskirts of WitchHaven (Level 2)
Team 3: Alan, Jim, Nick and Mark from St Albans.
Fortress of Doom
The Fortress of Doom, as shown in Series 4 (1990).
This heavily-guarded fortress contained the Level 1 wellway in the fourth series of Knightmare.
Abbey Undercroft
The Undercroft, as used in Series 6 and Series 7.
We didn't always see the tops of quest rooms. This vaulted ceiling was an exception.
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IAS 2 — Inventories
IAS 2 Inventories contains the requirements on how to account for most types of inventory. The standard requires inventories to be measured at the lower of cost and net realisable value (NRV) and outlines acceptable methods of determining cost, including specific identification (in some cases), first-in first-out (FIFO) and weighted average cost.
A revised version of IAS 2 was issued in December 2003 and applies to annual periods beginning on or after 1 January 2005.
History of IAS 2
|September 1974||Exposure Draft E2 Valuation and Presentation of Inventories in the Context of the Historical Cost System|
|October 1975||IAS 2, Valuation and Presentation of Inventories in the Context of the Historical Cost System|
|August 1991||Exposure Draft E38 Inventories|
|December 1993||IAS 2 (1993) Inventories (revised as part of the 'Comparability of Financial Statements' project)|
|1 January 1995||Effective date of IAS 2 (1993)|
|18 December 2003||Revised version of IAS 2 issued by the IASB|
|1 January 2005||Effective date of IAS 2 (Revised 2003)|
- IFRIC 20 Stripping Costs in the Production Phase of a Surface Mine
- SIC-1 Consistency - Different Cost Formulas for Inventories. SIC-1 was superseded by and incorporated into IAS 2 (Revised 2003).
Summary of IAS 2
Objective of IAS 2
The objective of IAS 2 is to prescribe the accounting treatment for inventories. It provides guidance for determining the cost of inventories and for subsequently recognising an expense, including any write-down to net realisable value. It also provides guidance on the cost formulas that are used to assign costs to inventories.
Inventories include assets held for sale in the ordinary course of business (finished goods), assets in the production process for sale in the ordinary course of business (work in process), and materials and supplies that are consumed in production (raw materials). [IAS 2.6]
However, IAS 2 excludes certain inventories from its scope: [IAS 2.2]
- work in process arising under construction contracts (see IAS 11 Construction Contracts)
- financial instruments (see IAS 39 Financial Instruments: Recognition and Measurement)
- biological assets related to agricultural activity and agricultural produce at the point of harvest (see IAS 41 Agriculture).
Also, while the following are within the scope of the standard, IAS 2 does not apply to the measurement of inventories held by: [IAS 2.3]
- producers of agricultural and forest products, agricultural produce after harvest, and minerals and mineral products, to the extent that they are measured at net realisable value (above or below cost) in accordance with well-established practices in those industries. When such inventories are measured at net realisable value, changes in that value are recognised in profit or loss in the period of the change.
- commodity brokers and dealers who measure their inventories at fair value less costs to sell. When such inventories are measured at fair value less costs to sell, changes in fair value less costs to sell are recognised in profit or loss in the period of the change.
Fundamental principle of IAS 2
Inventories are required to be stated at the lower of cost and net realisable value (NRV). [IAS 2.9]
Measurement of inventories
Cost should include all: [IAS 2.10]
- costs of purchase (including taxes, transport, and handling) net of trade discounts received
- costs of conversion (including fixed and variable manufacturing overheads) and
- other costs incurred in bringing the inventories to their present location and condition
IAS 23 Borrowing Costs identifies some limited circumstances where borrowing costs (interest) can be included in cost of inventories that meet the definition of a qualifying asset. [IAS 2.17 and IAS 23.4]
Inventory cost should not include: [IAS 2.16 and 2.18]
- abnormal waste
- storage costs
- administrative overheads unrelated to production
- selling costs
- foreign exchange differences arising directly on the recent acquisition of inventories invoiced in a foreign currency
- interest cost when inventories are purchased with deferred settlement terms.
The standard cost and retail methods may be used for the measurement of cost, provided that the results approximate actual cost. [IAS 2.21-22]
For inventory items that are not interchangeable, specific costs are attributed to the specific individual items of inventory. [IAS 2.23]
For items that are interchangeable, IAS 2 allows the FIFO or weighted average cost formulas. [IAS 2.25] The LIFO formula, which had been allowed prior to the 2003 revision of IAS 2, is no longer allowed.
The same cost formula should be used for all inventories with similar characteristics as to their nature and use to the entity. For groups of inventories that have different characteristics, different cost formulas may be justified. [IAS 2.25]
Write-down to net realisable value
NRV is the estimated selling price in the ordinary course of business, less the estimated cost of completion and the estimated costs necessary to make the sale. [IAS 2.6] Any write-down to NRV should be recognised as an expense in the period in which the write-down occurs. Any reversal should be recognised in the income statement in the period in which the reversal occurs. [IAS 2.34]
IAS 18 Revenue addresses revenue recognition for the sale of goods. When inventories are sold and revenue is recognised, the carrying amount of those inventories is recognised as an expense (often called cost-of-goods-sold). Any write-down to NRV and any inventory losses are also recognised as an expense when they occur. [IAS 2.34]
Required disclosures: [IAS 2.36]
- accounting policy for inventories
- carrying amount, generally classified as merchandise, supplies, materials, work in progress, and finished goods. The classifications depend on what is appropriate for the entity
- carrying amount of any inventories carried at fair value less costs to sell
- amount of any write-down of inventories recognised as an expense in the period
- amount of any reversal of a writedown to NRV and the circumstances that led to such reversal
- carrying amount of inventories pledged as security for liabilities
- cost of inventories recognised as expense (cost of goods sold). IAS 2 acknowledges that some enterprises classify income statement expenses by nature (materials, labour, and so on) rather than by function (cost of goods sold, selling expense, and so on). Accordingly, as an alternative to disclosing cost of goods sold expense, IAS 2 allows an entity to disclose operating costs recognised during the period by nature of the cost (raw materials and consumables, labour costs, other operating costs) and the amount of the net change in inventories for the period). [IAS 2.39] This is consistent with IAS 1 Presentation of Financial Statements, which allows presentation of expenses by function or nature.

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Policing the fake: Regulation, Xenophobia and the rise of 'fake-talk' in South Africa
I am an anthropologist of the state working on state sponsored violence and control in Africa. My research topic for this project is on policing the fake: regulation, xenophobia and the rise of fake talk in South Africa. This is important to study because the rise of xenophobia enhanced fake talk around foreign goods and people in South Africa. The way in which anti-counterfeit regulations reformat fake talk is visible in xenophobic sentiments around S.A where fakeness goes beyond describing goods to describing and defining foreigners. I will do this through looking at the history and ethnography of policing speaking to regulators, retailers, consumers and organizations in Johannesburg, South Africa. Engaging historically and ethnographically with the language around fakeness in the context of xenophobia enables this research to explore the persistence of fake talk and giving an understanding of 'who speaks fake-talk?' and 'what do they say?'
This research will take place mostly in Johannesburg, South Africa. Johannesburg is important because of the recent (2019) xenophobic violence and the raids on foreign nationals trading in 'counterfeit' goods by the metropolitan and national police. This raised interesting questions not only about fake talk, or what constitutes counterfeit goods but about policing strategies and how they both enhance and feed into fake talk.


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Values Unite Us! - Freedom of Expression
Ambassador Justin McKenzie Smith reading an extract from the article in newspaper "Glekhi" dating back to 1906 by renowned Georgian author and public opinion former Mikheil Javakhishvili, talking about the essence and the importance of free media. Davit Kvaratskhelia, actor citing Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights.
"This means that everyone is free to express, write or publish their opinions, beliefs. To this end, everyone is free to have a printing house and to print all sorts of books, booklets, magazines or newspapers, leaflets, et cetera. And acting so does not require any government permission whatsoever. In those booklets, magazines, newspapers and leaflets, everyone is free to commend or criticize actions of the government and public officials no matter how successful these officials are. Everyone is free to distribute and sell printed booklets, magazines, newspapers and leaflets."
Mikheil Javakhishvili
Article 10, European Convention on Human Rights


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The Windows Script Host Object Model has many useful properties and methods for dealing with files, folders, disks, etc. One common use is for searching for a file in one or more sub-folders. The example function below illustrates how to use the
FileSystemObject along with the
Files, and File objects to iterate through sub folders to find a particular file.
To use this example in your macros you must add a reference to the Windows Script Host Object Model library. To do this select Tools > References, then scroll toward the bottom of the list and select Windows Script Host Object Model.
' 'This function requires a reference to: 'Windows Script Host Object Model (C:\Windows\System32\wshom.ocx)"'Public Function FindFile(ByVal strFileName As String, _ ByVal strStartPath As String, ByRef strFoundPath) As Boolean Dim objFSO As FileSystemObject Dim objFiles As Files Dim objFile As File Dim objFolders As Folders Dim objFolder As Folder strFoundPath = "" 'Set new instance if File System Object Set objFSO = New FileSystemObject 'Get all sub folders in the starting folder Set objFolders = objFSO.GetFolder(strStartPath).SubFolders 'Iterate through all sub folders For Each objFolder In objFolders 'Get all of the files in this sub folder Set objFiles = objFolder.Files 'Iterate through files in this sub folder For Each objFile In objFiles 'If we find the file store the path name and exit If StrComp(strFileName, objFile.Name, vbTextCompare) = 0 Then strFoundPath = objFSO.BuildPath(strStartPath, objFolder.Name) FindFile = True Exit Function End If Next Next FindFile = False End Function


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Mon Nov 21 10:41:25 EST 1994
 A fast random cost algorithm for physical mapping
PROGRAM DESCRIPTION:
 This program is to assist in constructing a physical map
 of a whole chromosome or chromosome fragment from a
 binary clone/probe hybridization matrix.
 The theory for the physical mapping method can be
 found in
 Cuticchia, A.J., J. Arnold, and W.E. Timberlake (1992).
 The use of simulated annealing in chromosome reconstruction
 experiments based on binary scoring. Genetics 132: 591-601
 The input data is a binary clone/probe hybridization matrix (with
 a '1' indicating hybridization and a '0' indicating no hybridization)
 of n clones (rows) and m probes (columns). Each row of
 the clone/probe hybridization matrix is the digital 'call number'
 of a particular clone. When clones overlap, they tend
 to hybridize to the same probes, and their digital call numbers
 tend to be similar. Probes (columns) link together clones
 into contiguous blocks or contigs by their shared pattern
 of clonal hybridization. This program for ordering cloned DNA
 fragments into 'contig map' does so by permuting the rows
 of the clone/probe hybridization matrix so that clones
 with similar call numbers appear next to each other.
 DNA fragments with a high degree of overlap are expected
 to show a high degree of similarity in their profiles.
 A distance is defined between each clone by counting
 the number of differences in their digital call numbers.
 The ordering process is based on minimizing the sum of the linking
 distances between clones as a function of their ordering along the
 chromosome.
 The algorithm has been used to map the fourth chromosome of
 Aspergillus nidulans, the whole genome of Schizosaccharomyces
 pombe genome, and a region of human chromosome 9.
 This algorithm used here to minimize the total linking distance
 is a new one called random cost algorithm. It is detailed in
 Wang, Y., Prade, R. A., Griffith, J., Timberlake, W.E., and Arnold, J.
 (1994) A fast random cost algorithm for physical mapping. PNAS,
 91, 11094-11098
PROGRAM INPUT
 A typical batch file is given as follows:
 $set def [wang.cm.bootstrap]
 $run cost
 cost.dat
 probe.dat
 cost.map
 rec
 0
 The first line is to set the default directory.
 The second line is to run this program
 The third line is the input file name. In the input hybridization file,
 the first line should be the number of probes, clones and bootstrap
 run numbers. For all other lines, the first ten columns are reserved
 for the clone name, and the hybridization data should start at any
 column after 10th column. Total length of each
 line is defined by MAX_BUFFER in the program.
 The fourth line is the probe names file name. It contains the probe
 names in the same order across the columns as in the input file.
 The fifth line is the output file name. The finally reconstructed
 physical map, the statistical confidence statistics from the
 bootstrap run and other statistics are written to this file.
 The sixth line is the name of the file that stores the total linking
 distance for each bootstrap run. This is for tracing how the program
 is running.
 The seven line is the seed for random number generator.

PROGRAM INPUT LIMITATIONS:
 The number of clones must be between 1 and 600 for a DEC VAX
 station 4000.
 Filenames (with directory path, if specified) must be
 no longer than 40 characters.
 If the bootstrap run number is not given in the input binary
 hybridization data file, it will be set to the default number of 1000.
PROGRAM SPEED:
 The program assembled a physical map of 593 clones
 probed with 115 probes within less than 2 mins on a DEC
 VAX station 4000. Total time for 1000 bootstraps run will take
 30 CPU hours on this workstation.
OBTAINING THE SOFTWARE:
 The software is only distributed via
 Internet using EMAIL. Please send an EMAIL request to:
 ARNOLD at BSCR.UGA.EDU
 if you wish copies of the program. I will EMAIL you:
 1) a C program cost.c;
 2) this documentation file, cost.DOC;
 3) a test input file, cost.dat;
 4) a test probe name file, probe.dat
 4) an example output file, map.cost ; and
 5) a command file, cost.COM.
 This last file is what you would use to submit a batch job in
 the VAX/VMS operating system to generate cost.MAP.
SOFTWARE SUPPORT IN THE USE OF THE PROGRAMS:
 If you have questions about
 the programs, please contact Yuhong Wang currently located
 at University of Georgia:
 wang at bscr.uga.edu
 or myself.
HARDWARE LIMITATIONS:
 The programs have been run without modification on VAXstations,
 a DECstation 3100, a Silicon Graphics IRIS 4D70/GT workstation
 and IBM Risc 6000 workstation.
 . - - - - - - - - - - - Jonathan Arnold - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - .
 | Dept. of Genetics, |
 | University of Georgia |
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 | Phone: _PHONE_ |
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How do you compute the volume of a cat?
Dunking it in water doesn't work– you only get the volume of the rat-like creature that lives inside the cat; much like the feeble alien within a Dalek. (And, if your answer had anything to do with contour integrals, get real.)
Here is a low-tech method that works: Using successive approximation, determine the smallest box that the cat will fully enclose itself in, and measure the size of that box. Cats tend to leave a few appendages hanging out of the corners– you may need to assist with folding the cat into the box for the final stages of approximation.
This cat is approximately 648 cubic inches in volume.


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Vibrational Relaxation of O3(v2) by O(3P)
Journal of Physical Chemistry A
Laboratory measurements of the rate coefficient for quenching of O3(v2) by ground state atomic oxygen, kO(v2), at room temperature are presented. kO(v2) is currently not well-known and is necessary for appropriate non-local thermodynamic equilibrium modeling of the upper mesosphere and lower thermosphere. In this work, a 266-nm laser pulse photolyzes a small amount of O3 in a slow-flowing gas mixture of O3, Xe, and Ar. This process simultaneously produces atomic oxygen and increases the temperature of the gas mixture slightly, thereby increasing the population in the O3(v2) state. Transient diode laser absorption spectroscopy is used to monitor the populations of the O3(v2) and ground vibrational states as the system re-equilibrates. Relaxation rates are measured over a range of quencher concentrations to extract the rate coefficient of interest. The value of kO(v2) was determined to be (2.2 ± 0.5) x 10-12 cm3 s-1.
Castle, Karen. "Vibrational Relaxation of O3(v2) by O(3P)." Journal of Physical Chemistry A 118, no. 25 (2014) : 4548.
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نویسندگان [English]چکیده [English]
Soil temperature plays very important role in bio chemical processes, root water uptake and also evapotranspiration. This parameter is influenced by environmental factors such as soil moisture content. Recently water shortage has led to adopt intermittent irrigation in Sepidroud Irrigation network in Gilan province, north of Iran. In this method, different submergence depth is applied, which change the root zone (soil and water) temperature. The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of water depth on soil and water temperature in a paddy field. Paddy minis lysimeters, based on completely randomized block design with 5 treatments of constant level of water in the field, (5, 2.5, 0, -5 and -10 cm of the soil surface) in three repetitions. Measurements were including soil temperature at the depths of 5 and 10 cm from soil surface (T5 and T10) and water temperature in the morning and evening. The results showed that T5 was significantly more that T10 .In the morning, water temperature, at and below surface (non-submerged treatments) was lower than soil temperature at the same depth, while in the evening, water temperature was more than soil temperature at the same depth. In daily scale, the water temperature was more than soil temperature at the same depth. Soil temperature was decreased by reduction of soil water depth. In general, the presence of a thin layer of the water on soil surface had a cooling effect on soil but as the water reaches the soil surface, the soil environment becomes much warmer. The reduction of the submergence depth 10 cm below the surface significantly affected the made microclimate of the soil colder, by 1.5◦ Celsius in average.


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: of, relating to, or having the characteristics of an axis
a: situated around, in the direction of, on, or along an axis b: extending in a direction essentially perpendicular to the plane of a cyclic structure (as of cyclohexane) —compare equatorial
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Botanical expedition
Summary
A botanical expedition is a scientific journey or voyage designed to explore the flora of a particular region. The expedition could be specifically designed for exploring the flora, or this could have been a part of studying the natural history of the region. A naturalist or botanist was charged with drawing and describing the flora, collecting specimens of unknown plants in a plant press, and identifying potential economically important plants.[1] On botanical expeditions funded by governments, the plants were often collected by the person in the field, but described and named by a government sponsored scientists at botanical gardens and universities. For example, many of the species collected on the Lewis and Clark Expedition were described and named by Frederick Traugott Pursh.[2]
References
 1. ^ Visible Empire: Botanical Expeditions and Visual Culture in the Hispanic Enlightenment, Daniela Bleichmar, University of Chicago Press, 2012
 2. ^ "Frederick Traugott Pursh (_PHONE_)". Plantsystematics.org. Retrieved 2013-08-29.


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Australian Geographic Motorized Planetarium Star Map
Toys Science and Educational
Item Code: 187446
Australian Geographic Motorised Planetarium Star Globe features constellations from the Northern and Southern Hemisphere. Hear dreamy clestial sounds as you watch the stars and constellations go by.
Motorised rotation just like it does in the sky.
Transform a darkened room into an outer space light show.
Inspire the future astronomer to explore the mysteries of space with this motorised planetaium projector that lights up at night.
Inspire the future astronomer to explore the mysteries of space with this motorised planetarium projector that lights up at night. Includes an instruction manual with detailed diagrams of what your budding astronomer can see when they turn on the planetarium.


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The Du Page County bikeway plan published in December includes an interesting proposal to use an abandoned railroad right-of-way for both a water pipeline and a nature trail. The right-of-way passes through the central part of the county from Elmhurst to West Chicago. Once the main line of the Chicago Great Western Railway, it is being abandoned in stages by its current owner, the Chicago & North Western.
The Du Page County Water Commission has long considered the right-of-way as a site for a pipeline to distribute Lake Michigan water throughout the county. That pipeline will be underground.
There is no reason why the ground above it can't be developed into a trail similar to the Prairie Path.
Du Page pioneered the use of abandoned railroad rights-of-way as nature trails in the 1960s when it established the extensive Prairie Path system from Elmhurst through Wheaton to the northwest and southwest corners of the county. It now plans to link that trail with the extensive Fox River Valley system in Kane County. Those plans include the creation of another trail from the Pleasant Hill area north of Wheaton through West Chicago to Geneva.
Kane County has already developed an extensive section of the former Great Western right-of-way as a bikeway and nature trail from Sycamore to Geneva. The use of the Du Page section of the Great Western would be a welcome addition to the expanding system.
Studies have shown that the Prairie Path is probably the most utilized public facility in the county. A survey made 10 years ago showed it handled 240,000 bicycle trips a year. That does not include the hikers, joggers and equestrians who use the trail.
Du Page now has an estimated 244,000 bicyclists. Joint use of the Great Western right-of-way for water and recreation makes a lot of sense.


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A U.S. government official is blaming Filipino immigrants for a Northern California county's high incidence of tuberculosis cases.
Solano County's Vallejo, home to many Fil Ams, is one of the nation's top 20 hot spots for TB.
Ron Chapman, the county's public health officer, said to a newspaper that one of the chief reasons for Vallejo's high ranking is due to its large number of Filipino immigrants.
Per Contra Costa Times: "He noted that the Philippines has the sixth-highest number of TB cases in the world. He added that the Filipino government works closely with the local health department to identify arrivals who suffer from the illness."
Tuberculosis cases statewide dropped to their lowest point since 1985. But from 2005 to 2006, there were more cases in 20 counties.
California has 10 of the nation's top big cities with TB cases, including San Francisco, San Jose, San Diego, Los Angeles, Stockton, Oakland, Sacramento, Ventura and Fresno.
The number of TB cases in California is at an all-time low but some drug-resistant strains have health officials worried.
The falling national TB rates is alarming cities with high immigrant population because they fear funding cuts.


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To wince is to make a grimace or twist your face, often involuntary done in anticipation of pain.(verb)
An example of wince is the face you make just before you get a shot by the doctor.
See wince in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: ME wynsen < Anglo-Fr var. of OFr guenchir < Frank *wenkjan, akin to OHG wankon, to totter, turn: for IE base see winch
Origin: var. of winch
See wince in American Heritage Dictionary 4
intransitive verb winced winced, winc·ing, winc·es
Origin: Middle English wincen, to kick
Origin:, from Old North French *wencier
Origin:, variant of Old French guencir
Origin:, of Germanic origin.
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Jack Man Jack Man - 5 months ago 28
MySQL Question
Count by months in MySQL database?
How do you count the total number of entries by month?
id, date
01, 2010-09-28
02, 2010-03-28
03, 2010-09-28
04, 2010-03-28
For example. How could you pick only dates from September and have them count as an output of
Edit: Edited the dates to put them in the right format.
select month(date), count(*)
from yourtable
group by month(date)


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Singapore Changi Airport is a testament to efficiency and convenience, consistently ranked among the world's busiest and most streamlined airports.
With over 70 million passengers traversing its terminals annually, it has earned its reputation for seamless and rapid transfers. However, before you take that one-hour transit time for granted, several crucial considerations exist.
- 1 The One-Hour Mark: Minimum Transit Time
- 2 One-Hour Transit: Is It Enough for You?
- 3 Strategies for a Successful 1-Hour Transit
- 4 In Conclusion
- 5 FAQs
- 5.1 1. Is the minimum recommended transit time of 50 minutes inclusive of the time needed to clear security checks?
- 5.2 2. What should I do if my connecting flight is on a different airline?
- 5.3 3. Can I use the shuttle bus service to travel between terminals?
- 5.4 4. What if my first flight is delayed?
- 5.5 5. Are there any specific tips for travelers with limited mobility or special medical needs when attempting a one-hour transit?
The One-Hour Mark: Minimum Transit Time
Singapore Changi Airport's bare minimum transit time recommended is 50 minutes. This implies that if your connecting flight is scheduled within 50 minutes of arrival, your transition should go off without a hitch. Nevertheless, some nuances deserve your attention:
- Airline Consistency: The transition should be smooth if your connecting flight operates under the same airline. This eliminates the need for immigration and customs clearance, saving you an extra 30 to 60 minutes.
- Terminal Cohesion: Your connecting flight must depart from the same terminal. Differing terminals entail a shuttle bus journey between them, adding 10 to 15 minutes to your transit.
- Punctuality Matters: The punctuality of your arriving and departing flights cannot be emphasized enough. A delay in your first flight could jeopardize your chances of making the second.
One-Hour Transit: Is It Enough for You?
The adequacy of one-hour transit hinges on various factors:
- Travel Experience: A one-hour connection might be feasible for seasoned travelers familiar with the intricacies of transiting airports.
- Baggage Considerations: Travelers with checked baggage must allocate additional time for baggage claims and recheck their bags for the next flight.
- Health Considerations: Individuals with mobility constraints or medical issues should budget extra time to navigate the airport comfortably.
- Budget Constraints: Those on tight budgets might want to avoid prolonged stays at the airport, as additional time might incur costs for lounges or other amenities.
Strategies for a Successful 1-Hour Transit
If you're determined to navigate a one-hour transit in Singapore, consider the following strategies:
- Airline Alliance: Opt for flights within the same airline alliance to avoid the immigration and customs process.
- Flight Status Monitoring: Stay abreast of your connecting flight's status before departing. Preemptively rebooking the second leg could be a lifesaver if your initial flight is delayed.
- Early Arrival: Arrive at the airport beforehand to facilitate check-in, security procedures, and locating your gate.
- Enjoy Airport Facilities: Singapore Changi Airport boasts an array of lounges and dining establishments. Utilize these facilities to relax or grab a meal while awaiting your next flight.
- Anticipate Delays: Prudent planning involves considering the possibility of delays. If your flight faces unforeseen setbacks, promptly communicate with your airline to rebook your connecting flight.
For most travelers, a one-hour transit time at Singapore Changi Airport proves sufficient for making a connecting flight. Nevertheless, it's crucial to recognize that multiple factors can influence your transition time.
Heeding the insights above and implementing the suggested strategies heighten your likelihood of a seamless transition and an enjoyable stay in Singapore. Remember, while the airport is efficient, thoughtful preparation remains the key to a stress-free journey.
1. Is the minimum recommended transit time of 50 minutes inclusive of the time needed to clear security checks?
Yes, the 50-minute minimum transit time recommendation at Singapore Changi Airport encompasses the time required to go through security checks, passport control, and other necessary procedures. However, it's important to remember that this timeframe assumes all conditions are optimal and there are no unforeseen delays.
2. What should I do if my connecting flight is on a different airline?
If your connecting flight is on a different airline, you will likely need to go through immigration and customs clearance, which can take an additional 30 to 60 minutes. In this case, more than a one-hour transit time might be required. A more extended layover is advisable to account for these extra formalities and ensure you take advantage of your next flight.
3. Can I use the shuttle bus service to travel between terminals?
Yes, Singapore Changi Airport offers a shuttle bus service to travel between terminals. However, this service can add 10 to 15 minutes to your transit time. If your connecting flight departs from a different airport, it's crucial to factor in this additional time when considering a one-hour transit.
4. What if my first flight is delayed?
If your first flight is delayed, it can significantly impact your chances of making your connecting flight within a one-hour transit time. Delays are expected in air travel, and a delay in your arrival flight could leave you with minimal time to get to your connecting gate. It's recommended to keep track of your flight's status and communicate with airport staff if you foresee difficulties making your connection.
5. Are there any specific tips for travelers with limited mobility or special medical needs when attempting a one-hour transit?
One-hour transit is challenging for travelers with limited mobility or special medical needs. It's essential to allow extra time to move through the airport comfortably. Consider requesting assistance from airport personnel, such as using airport wheelchairs or getting help with transporting your luggage. To ensure a smooth journey, communicate your requirements to the airline, and they can provide the necessary support.


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A case of anterior iris cyst in an akbash dog
M. Saroglu, K. Altunatmaz, Y. Deveciogluhttps://doi.org/10.17221/5714-VETMEDCitation:Saroglu M., Altunatmaz K., Devecioglu Y. (2004): A case of anterior iris cyst in an akbash dog. Veterinarni Medicina, 49: 339-342.
In this case presentation, an uncomplicated anterior iris cyst encountered in an 8-year-old female Akbash dog has been discussed. While these structures may be congenital, they may also develop secondarily due to trauma or chronic inflammation. Following systemic examination, the iris cyst was diagnosed to be present in the 5–6 o'clock position and that it was attached to the pupillary margin on the anterior surface of the iris. There were no abnormalities in any of the intraocular structures. No intervention of treatment was made, since the anterior iris cyst in the patient did not cause either corneal opacity or an increase in intraocular pressure.Keywords:
iris cyst; uveal cyst; Anatolian Sheepdog; Akbash


My logo is composed only of vector lines. Its dimensions are 1051 x 194.
When I Layer > Transform > Scale the logo to a smaller size (eg 170 x 32), some of the lines disappear; in particular the vertical lines.
Why is this happening and how can I prevent it? Seems like such a basic thing that Sketch should be able to handle!
Billy Kerr was right. Vectors disappear if it's too small.
It's better to convert vector lines to vector shapes using "Layer -> Convert to Outlines" to gain more flexibility and understand what's happening with the shape.
Sketch app's minimum size to render vector shapes is 0.5 pixel. Sketch's vector shape's width/height must be greater than 0.5 to render in display canvas.
Sketch scale option doesn't show the error message if you reduce the size of a shape lower than 0.5 pixel since some people use it to hide shape. It shows error message only if you manually edit the width/height of a shape
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Vector images are still dependent on rendering on a screen for display purposes, and these screens are made of pixels.
If the lines are too thin when scaled (like much less than a pixel on a monitor/screen), then that's probably why they are disappearing. Try increasing the stroke width before rescaling, or redesign the logo so it looks good at small or large sizes.
The same thing happens in other vector software, and so it's not Sketch specific.
This animation shows what happens in Inkscape (another vector image editor), and how when zooming in the lines are still there.
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 As a point of note, even when looking at the animation above, the vector lines kind of remain until the image is way to small. That's down to anti-aliasing. Notice how the borders of the box change from the solid black through various shades of grey. Anti-aliasing depends on a number of factors (including your graphics card, drivers and software), and can be indirectly affected by other aspects of the kit you (or any other viewer) are using, such as the quality of the output medium (e.g. the monitor). – Paul Sep 13 '18 at 8:39
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 Thank you very much for your answer Billy Kerr, really appreciate you putting the effort in to answer it in a comprehensive manner. Thanks also _USER_ for clarification. I selected Suresh Murali's answer as his helped me to solve my problem, though thanks to all of you for your time in answering my question! – pho_pho Sep 13 '18 at 14:18
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California Yellowtail are found and caught commercially off California and Baja California, Mexico. They reach sexual maturity at an early age, but are relatively slow growing and known to form spawning aggregations, making them vulnerable to fishing pressure.
Catches of California Yellowtail have fluctuated greatly over the years, tending to be greater during El Nino events when waters are warmer and much less during cool, La Nina events.
Abundance levels of California Yellowtail populations are not known, but catches in recent years have been low. California Yellowtail are captured with both set and drift gillnets and hook-and-line. Drift gillnets and hook-and-line cause minimal habitat damage while set gillnets may cause moderate habitat damage. Bycatch in these fisheries is likely moderate.
Some management regulations are in place for the California fisheries, such as a minimum size limit and restricted fishing areas, but regulations are not in place for Mexico fisheries.


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go out • reciprocated • bring up
make out • get a room
 1. Teens like to at the movies.
 2. By boyfriend and I started to about a month ago.
 3. Be sure not to his weight. He is very sensitive about it.
 4. I gave my friend a gift and he by taking me to dinner.
 5. You two need to. You should not be so kissy and huggy in public.
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1003 Displays of Affection
Cheryl and Nick discuss showing affection to other people through hugs, kisses and holding hands.
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went out ( go out )
When we first went out....
Here, the phrase 'went out' means dating, not moving to a particular place. When two people are 'going out' that means they are a couple and dating each other. Notice the following:
 1. How long have you two been going out?
 2. We've gone out for two months now.
She reciprocated
When you reciprocate something, that means you do something in return for something someone did for you. For example, if someone gives you a gift, you can reciprocate by giving them a gift back. Here are some samples:
 1. In Asia, if someone bows to you, you should reciprocate and bow back.
 2. She cooked me dinner last week, so I reciprocated by buying her lunch.
bring something up
That's funny you bring that up.
When you bring something up, that means you mention or talk about something for discussion. Here are some examples:
 1. The boss brought up the topic of the recent policy change.
 2. I never bring up serious issues at the dinner table.
making out (make out)
I see couples making out in public.
When two people'make out' that means they kiss for a long time. When people make out they are often sitting down and only kissing each other and not talking. Making out is something only young people usually do. Notice the following:
 1. The two teens were making out in the park. It was embarrassing.
 2. Have you made out with your new boyfriend yet?
Why don't you get a room?
This phrase 'Why don't you get a room?' is used as a joke to let two people ( or lovers ) know that their affection is obvious to other people and people feel a little uncomfortable and that they should 'get a room' so they can have some privacy.


Over 200,000 Fish Found Dead in Argentine Lake
Environmental officials have several possible theories about what could have caused this, including insufficient oxygen in the water. That could have led to respiratory dysfunction or water contamination. Another possibility is that some sort of poisonous substance was dumped in the lake.
Because the lake supplies water to several nearby towns, the reservoir's water quality has been tested and the results will be announced in the upcoming days. Lake Ipizca, which attracts about 400 fishermen and water sports fans a week, will remain closed until this mystery has been solved.
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07 Feb 2017
Studio Pacific has started collaboration with Victoria University of Wellington students and staff on a design-led research project to develop climate change adaptation strategies for Māori coastal farming communities in the Horowhenua.
This project is unique in that each of the three students carrying out the work is trained in one of Studio Pacific's three key work types (architecture, landscape architecture and interior architecture). This approach promises an interesting multi-disciplinary dialogue, ideally situated to grapple with a number of complex and overlapping issues.
The project team aims to present the work in exhibition and publication, highlighting ways in which design can be used not only to promote dialogue about climate change adaptation strategies in New Zealand, but also as a tool to shift mindsets about important issues in the profession, community and academia.


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Reserving servers for specific functions
You can configure servers in a cluster to perform specific functions such as batch processing and Exchange synchronization. By isolating processes to specific servers, you can help to improve system stability and minimize impact to online users in the event that there is a performance issue with a process.
You reserve a server by specifying one or more node types for the server node. Each node type represents a set of functions that a server can perform. There are three default node types available:
batch
Specifies that the server node can participate in server side processes such as object queue processing.
exchange
Specifies that the server node can participate in Exchange synchronization processing.
web
Specifies that the server node can participate in HTTP session load balancing.
For example, in a server cluster with two nodes, if you specify the batch and web types for one node, and the exchange type for the other, Exchange synchronization work will be isolated to the second node. If an issue then occurs in the Exchange node, it will not affect batch and web processes in the other node. By default, every server in a cluster is configured with all three node types, meaning that all servers handle processes equally.
You can also create your own node types and specify what processes are associated with each type. To do this, you edit the Core.ntypes file to create your custom node types. Processes are grouped together into component, channel, metaclass files, which you can edit to specify which node type is associated with each set of processes.
For example, in the default configuration, session manager and HTTP channel processes are both associated with the web node type. If you want split the processes so that they can be run on separate servers, you can create a node type for each process, then edit their component and channel files to specify the new node types.
You configure a server's node types on the System page in NexJ Admin Console.
Specifying node types for servers
Specify a node type for a server in a cluster when you want to reserve the server for specific functions.
At minimum, the cluster must contain one server that you have configured with the batch node type. However, it is recommended that two servers have the batch node type in the event that one becomes unavailable.
To specify node types for a server:
 1. In NexJ Admin Console, navigate to the System page.
 2. In the Channel Administration area, select the server node that you want to configure.
 The current node types for the selected server are displayed in the Cluster Partitions area.
 3. In the list, add and remove node types to configure the server as desired.
 - To add a node type to the server, click the Select button. In the dialog that is displayed, select the desired node type in the left pane, then click Add to move it to the right pane. Click OK when you are finished.
 - To remove a node type from the list, select the desired node type and click the Delete button .
The server is reserved to handle processes for the specified node types.
Customizing node types
You can customize the list of node types that are available to use with servers. Customize node types when you want to associate processes with different node types than the default configuration offers.
You can create new node types, and rename or delete existing node types in order to fit the needs of your deployment.
To customize node types:
 1. In a text editor, open the Core.ntypes file.
 The contents should look similar to the following:
 <NodeTypes>
 <NodeType description="Allows a node to participate in HTTP session load
 balancing" name="web"/>
 <NodeType description="Allows a node to participate in server side processes
 e.g. object queues" name="batch"/>
 <NodeType description="Allows a node to participate in exchange sync
 processing" name="exchange"/>
 </NodeTypes>
 2. Add, edit, and delete <Node Type> tags to specify your desired node types.
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 Ensure that you include a name and description property in each tag.
 3. When you are finished, save your changes to the file.
The list of node types is customized.
Before you can use your modified node types, you must associate them with the desired processes by editing the relevant component files.
Associating processes with node types
You can associate a process with a node type by editing the corresponding file for the process. Associating a process with a node type allows you to control what kind of node handles the process by default.
You can specify a node type in the following components:
System.ObjectQueueDispatcher
Runs the object queue dispatcher on the specified node type. Default value is batch.
System.SessionManager
Redirects all requests to the specified node type. Default value is web.
HTTP channels
Redirects and processes messages sent to HTTP channels on the specified node type. Default value is web.
Object queues
Redirects and processes messages sent to object queue channels on the specified node type. Default value is System.ObjectQueueDispatcher.comp.nodeType, which is the node type from the System.ObjectQueueDispatcher component.
Batch jobs
Processes batch jobs on the specified node type. Default value is System.ObjectQueueDispatcher.comp.nodeType, which is the node type from the System.ObjectQueueDispatcher component.
The procedure to associate a process with a node type varies for each component.
Specifying a node type for System.ObjectQueueDispatcher
The System.ObjectQueueDispatcher component runs the object queue dispatcher on the specified node type.
Before starting this task, ensure that you have configured your desired node types in the Core.ntypes file.
To specify a node type for System.ObjectQueueDispatcher:
 1. In NexJ Studio, navigate to the Components tab in the Resources layer.
 2. Open the System.ObjectQueueDispatcher component.
 You might need to customize the component before you can edit it. To do this, right-click the component and select Customize Using → Base.
 3. In the Source tab, add or edit the <Property name="nodeType"><nodeTypeName></Property> tag, where <nodeTypeName> is the name of the desired node type from the Core.ntypes file.
 4. When you are finished, click the Save button to save your changes to the component.
The component's node type is modified.
Before the component's processes can be handled by servers associated with the specified node type, you must assign the node type to one or more servers on the System page in NexJ Admin Console.
Specifying a node type for System.SessionManager
The System.SessionManager component redirects all requests to the specified node type.
Before starting this task, ensure that you have configured your desired node types in the Core.ntypes file.
To specify a node type for System.SessionManager:
 1. In NexJ Studio, navigate to the Components tab in the Resources layer.
 2. Open the System.SessionManager component.
 You might need to customize the component before you can edit it. To do this, right-click the component and select Customize Using → Base.
 3. In the Source tab, add or edit the <Property name="defaultNodeType"><nodeTypeName></Property> tag, where <nodeTypeName> is the name of the desired node type from the Core.ntypes file.
 4. When you are finished, click the Save button to save your changes to the component.
The component's node type is modified.
Before the component's processes can be handled by servers associated with the specified node type, you must assign the node type to one or more servers on the System screen in NexJ Admin Console.
Specifying node types for HTTP channels
HTTP channels redirect and process messages sent to them on the specified node type.
Before starting this task, ensure that you have configured your desired node types in the Core.ntypes file.
To specify a node type for an HTTP channel:
 1. In NexJ Studio, navigate to the Channels tab in the Integration layer.
 2. Open the HTTP channel in which you want to specify a node type.
 You might need to customize the channel before you can edit it. To do this, right-click the channel and select Customize Using → Base.
 3. In the Source tab, locate the <HTTP> tag and add or edit the attribute nodeType="<nodeTypeName>", where <nodeTypeName> is the name of the desired node type from the Core.ntypes file.
 After you edit the tag, it should look similar to the following:
 <HTTP contentType="text/xml; charset=utf-8" get="true" nodeType="exchange">
 4. When you are finished, click the Save button to save your changes to the channel.
 The channel's node type is modified.
Before the channel's processes can be handled by servers associated with the specified node type, you must assign the node type to one or more servers on the System page in NexJ Admin Console.
Specifying node types for object queues
Object queue channels redirect and process messages sent to them on the specified node type.
Before starting this task, ensure that you have configured your desired node types in the Core


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Leaving a cell blank can have unexpected consequences. For instance, the value 0 and a blank cell might visually suggest the same thing - there's no valid entry - but many Excel functions will evaluate them differently. For example, Excel's AVERAGE() function will return 20 when evaluating three cells with the following values: 10, blank, and 30. If you enter a 0 into the blank cell, AVERAGE() returns 13.3. Excel totally ignores the blank cell, but evaluates the 0. For this reason, it's a good idea to use 0s instead of leaving cells blank (unless you have a specific reason for doing so - you might want Excel to ignore the blank cells) in a numeric data range.
Now, let's suppose a user is working with a sheet similar to the one shown below and he needs to fill all the blank cells with the value 0. (It could be any value, but let's stick with the zero example.) In a small sheet, entering all those 0s would be a quick task, but imagine a sheet with hundreds or thousands of blank cells! Can you help this user enter the value 0 into all those blank cells, without entering them one-by-one?


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As the key process to ensure the test accuracy and quality, the dynamic calibration of the GNSS attitude measuring instrument is often embarrassed by the lack of the rigid enough test platform and an accurate enough calibration reference. To solve the problems, a novel dynamic calibration method for GNSS attitude measurement based on altazimuth mount is put forward in this paper. The principle and implementation of this method are presented, and then the feasibility and usability of the method are analyzed in detail involving the applicability of the mount, calibrating precision, calibrating range, base line rigidity and the satellite signal involved factors. Furthermore, to verify and test the method, a confirmatory experiment is carried out with the survey ship GPS attitude measuring instrument, and the experimental results prove that it is a feasible way to the dynamic calibration for GNSS attitude measurement.
Time and Frequency Remote Calibration System (TFRCS) based on GPS common-view has been designed by National Time Service Center (NTSC), which is used to realize time and frequency calibration for remote users as well as the precise time traceable to UTC (NTSC) for the local reference time. The high precision PCI plug-in time interval counter is the critical measuring instrument of TFRCS, which is self developed to measure the time interval between two 1 PPS signals from GPS timing receiver and local reference time. The basic principle of time interval counter and the realization method of bottom driver based on PCI are reviewed. On this basis, the method and the measuring results of time interval data based on the driver program are then presented. An experiment has been designed to test the performance of the self developed time interval counter. Research on the technology of time-interval measurement has a very important significance for TFRCS. Furthermore, it also can be used in the field of high precision time-interval measurement.


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For Leak Detection and Testing Bearing Lubrication
GTILube Route-Based Ultrasound Lubrication
Under and over lubrication of bearings are major causes of bearing failure. GTILube is a simple app that uses UE Systems sensor technology to baseline and measure changes in the ultrasound signal to determine when a bearing needs lubrication. GTILube uses NASA standards for ultrasound measurement – an 8 dB increase signals a need for lubrication. A 12 dB increase indicates early bearing failure.
GTILube includes a calculator for determining an acceptable amount of lubrication for the bearing based on its geometry. This value is displayed on-screen when the measurement exceeds the Alert level. Users can also enter and display the type of grease for each bearing.
GTILube uses GTI Hierarchy technology for simple set up of routes and measurements. Bearing geometry is added during measurement set up. Users can accept the initial measurement as a baseline or enter a custom baseline value.
Ultrasonic Analyzer is a real-time spectrum,spectrogram, oscilloscope and octave RTA analyzer for your iPad. It provides a visual representation of many ultrasounds using a sampling rate up to 384kHz. The app can record, analyze and use slow down playback for sounds normally impossible to hear. The app can also analyze any imported audio file into a spectrogram context.
Ultrasonic is a great tool for doing bearing lubrication testing and detecting air leaks. The ultrasonic sensor plugs directly into the iPad's Lightning port. It is a highly directional sensor enabling very precise readings.
This application takes full advantage of the iPad's processor. For maximum resolution an iPad Air or Air 2 is required; the app utilizes the newer iPad's 64-bit processor.
- 250k sampling per second
- True 16 bits resolution
- Frequency range up to 100 KHz – 125 KHz
- MEMS high sensitivity surface mount wide-band ultrasonic acoustic sensor
- High quality and low noise analog amplification
- 32 bit 80 MHz integrated microcontroller
- Dimensions: 130 mm length x 20 mm diameter
- 8th order anti-aliasing low pass filter
- Filter out noise below 20kHz
Available for $699: includes sensor, cable and app


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Free English Dictionary
Definition of Gain
- [n.] - A square or beveled notch cut out of a girder, binding joist, or other timber which supports a floor beam, so as to receive the end of the floor beam.
- [a.] - Convenient; suitable; direct; near; handy; dexterous; easy; profitable; cheap; respectable.
- [v. t.] - That which is gained, obtained, or acquired, as increase, profit, advantage, or benefit; -- opposed to loss.
- [v. t.] - The obtaining or amassing of profit or valuable possessions; acquisition; accumulation.
- [n.] - To get, as profit or advantage; to obtain or acquire by effort or labor; as, to gain a good living.
- [n.] - To come off winner or victor in; to be successful in; to obtain by competition; as, to gain a battle; to gain a case at law; to gain a prize.
- [n.] - To draw into any interest or party; to win to one's side; to conciliate.
- [n.] - To reach; to attain to; to arrive at; as, to gain the top of a mountain; to gain a good harbor.
- [n.] - To get, incur, or receive, as loss, harm, or damage.
- [v. i.] - To have or receive advantage or profit; to acquire gain; to grow rich; to advance in interest, health, or happiness; to make progress; as, the sick man gains daily.


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"Hand claps are a relatively primitive conveyor of sonic information, yet they are widely applied for different purposes."
though they may be, given just a simple audio recording of a single
handclap, is it possible to determine the hand-configuration of the
clapper via a computer-assisted digital analysis of the sound?
Researchers Antti Jylhä and Cumhur Erkut at the Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing, Helsinki University of Technology, TKK, Espoo, Finland reveal that, yes, it is.
Their paper: INFERRING THE HAND CONFIGURATION FROM HAND CLAPPING SOUNDS (published in Proc. of the 11th Int. Conference on Digital Audio Effects (DAFx-08), Espoo, Finland, September 1-4, 2008) describes their experiments in detail.
Using a combination of FFT filtering and the Steiglitz-McBride algorithm on 40 recordings of claps (two clappers, 20 claps each), the team have discovered eight distinct classes of clap. Named as: P1, P2, P3, A1, A2, A3, A1+ and A1- The results showing too that "… it is possible to make inference of the hand configuration of a clapper given the resulting sound."
The paper also points to the possibility of more-advanced clap analysis techniques that may be of interest to security researchers – but which could perhaps be of concern to privacy-rights groups. Clapper Recognition. In the future, might it be possible to electronically identify the clap-signature of a particular individual embedded within a crowd of clappers? "The results also suggest that the claps of individual clappers may incorporate systematic differences from other people's claps …" say the research team.
SOFTWARE: The Helsinki University
of Technology Laboratory of Acoustics and Audio Signal Processing has
created a software package called ClaPD – one of the very few,
perhaps the only, cross-platform freeware fake-applause generation
A video describing the software can be viewed (and heard) here (.wmv format). And ClaPD can be downloaded here: (Windows, Linux and OSX 10.5)


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The 2DECOMP&FFT library is a software framework in Fortran to build large-scale parallel applications. It is designed for applications using three-dimensional structured mesh and spatially implicit numerical algorithms. At the foundation, it implements a general-purpose 2D pencil decomposition for data distribution on distributed-memory platforms. On top, it provides a highly scalable and efficient interface to perform three-dimensional distributed FFTs.
Elemental is a C++ framework for distributed-memory dense linear algebra that strives to be fast, portable, and programmable. It can be thought of as a generalization of PLAPACK to element-by-element distributions that also makes use of recent algorithmic advances from the FLAME project. Elemental usually outperforms both PLAPACK and ScaLAPACK, however, it heavily relies on MPI collectives so a good MPI implementation is crucial. Both pure MPI and hybrid OpenMP-MPI configurations are supported.


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Notes from Lecture 1: Kirk Woolford.
The Particle Man project, where the particles have a life of their own and react to the audience. They like stillness and gather together with lack of movement, but with sudden movements they scatter.
Motion capture. How people understand movement.
Étienne-Jules Marey - Chronophotography:
Popular at the time, for multiple moments to be combined in one image - such as photography (like Marey), paintings, digital images. Another example given was Balla:
and David Hockney's photographs:
This lecture was very useful as a starting point for showing movement in interactive installations and other areas of art forms.
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