programming, try an Implicit Association Test like this one:
 5. You all raise good points, but why get so angry about violence against women? Men are much more likely the targets of most nonsexual violence.
 And why is sexual violence so much worse than nonsexual? Most criminal codes treat murder as more severe than rape...but we have few games with rapist protagonists, whereas most protagonists engage in murder outside of, say, puzzle games. How many orcs did you kill in Pool of Radiance, 'clearing the block' of ethnic undesirables?
 6. What makes you think people wouldn't have an issue with Rance if he killed the women instead of sexually assaulting them? That sounds even more sociopathic, especially if the player was invited to enjoy the act of killing them!
 It's a problem whenever a message perpetuates negative attitudes.
 Generally speaking, computer games feature enemies that consist of 'willing participants'. They're bandits, invading soldiers, xenophobic cultists, predatory monsters etc etc. In these instances it doesn't appear to matter much whether the foes are man or woman.
 In the instances where the enemies aren't willing participants, it tends to receive commentary here - be it seemingly innocent royal guards, people in the wrong place at the wrong time or even prehistoric animals.
 If clearing the slums in Pool of Radiance was framed as removing ethnic undesirables, then it'd certainly be an issue. However, these 'ethnics' are warring tribes living in occupied territory - likely some of the very tribes that sacked the city 50 years prior. It's not like you're wiping out a group of orcs who are keeping to their own little village! When the PCs wander the slums, they are regularly attacked without warning - and if the player wishes, they can let the non-hostile groups flee.
 7. I tried the implicit association test for gender, and it said too many errors. Oh well.
 It's completely true that men are more likely to be targets of nonsexual violence, and that's something that our society likes to conveniently ignore, but that's not the core issue here. (I hope that anyone who finds Rance offensive would find it equally offensive if the genders were reversedreal sexual violence against men may not be as common as sexual violence against women, but that doesn't make it any less unacceptable.)
 The issue is the fact that sexual violence is (supposedly) being glorified, and the protagonist isn't in any way redeemed. (I would argue that only the fantasy of sexual violence is being glorified, but that goes back to my first post. And considering that there are many healthy outlets for this fantasy, including such pornography or a consenting partner, that's not a bad thing at all.)
 Would you say that Ultima III glorifies real theft because you can steal from innocent shopkeepers, and the game rewards the player with gold? How about the fact that an effective leveling tactic once you get a Wizard with 70 INT is to pick a fight with a bunch of guards, cast ROT (or whatever the 70 MP Wizard spell is, most of my experience with U3 is the NES version, which is mostly faithful but gives the spells English names) to reduce their HP to 1, and then let whomever needs the EXP pick them off for a total of over 200EXP, giving you two levels?
 Computer games do tend to feature enemies that are either willing participants, but we all know that reluctant or unwilling soldiers have been drafted to fight in real warshow we you know the enemy soldiers aren't similarly unwilling? And many Gold Box players have gleefully tossed Fireball spells into hordes of enemiesthe fact that the game encourages this glorifies a power fantasy.
 This is only anecdotal, but I would like to add that every single person I've known to enjoy these types of gamesnot only pornographic, but violently pornographic towards womenhas been female. Men I've known tended to like more raunchy games.
 8. I don't know where you live, but in Australia, alcohol-fueled street violence (of which the majority of victims are male) gets a lot of media coverage and political attention, arguably moreso than domestic violence (of which the majority of victims are female).
 You'll note that neither Chet nor I referred to 'glorification'. The contention is that media informs and reinforces cultural norms and mores - which in some ways, is the founding theorem of the field of social psychology.
 Whether something perpetuates negative stereotypes or not has as much to do with the presentation of the story, as it does the details of the story. Despite the fact that theft is mechanically rewarded in both Ultima 3 and GTA 3, it would be hard to argue that they are presented in the same light.
 As for the 'unwilling soldier', yes, there have been plenty of unwilling soldiers throughout history, but that's a bit of a red herring. The relevant detail is how the soldiers are presented by the game, and what attitudes the conflict with the soldiers are reinforcing. Interesting games, in my opinion, are those that are conscious of these questions and use them in the narrative: The BioWare/Black isle family regularly forces players to examine some of the ethically questionable RPG tropes.
 9. I live in the US, and never having so much as visited Australia know it may be different there. As long as we can accept that violence against men and violence against women aren't fundamentally different as problems (the problem is that it's violence against people) we should be on the same page about it.
 And neither of you referred to glorificationit sounds as though you're referring more so to what could be termed normalization. I still think, that to a mature enough player to understand fantasy (and one who can't shouldn't be playing CRPGs or video games at all, let alone pornographic ones,) works such as this only normalize the fantasy of violence. In real life, there are lots of well-adjusted people who daydream about, say, punching people they don't like. I think the thing about art, is that you can choose what to take away from it. And if a game leads to you taking away negative attitudes about women... again, you're not mature enough to be playing said game.
 Having spent a good amount of time with both U3 and GTA3, In Ultima 3 theft seems to be somewhere between a gameplay contrivance and a necessary evil. GTA 3 is in my opinion, a satire of overconsumerism (and to a lesser extent crime and the whole "gangster" life) plus an excuse to let you basically do whatever you feel like, with whatever you can find.
 Also, when playing RPGs that will let me get away with it, I do like to try to rob and kill innocent people because they're there. The reason is because I find the entire idea to be so ridiculous (stalking NPCs and killing them for 3 gold pieces and 2 experience pointsthat's crossing the line twice!) not because I'm living out anything I'd want to do in real life, even if it were consequence-free.
 Also, I do fully support the addict's decision not to play the rest of the Rance games if he finds them offensive. Just because this one is a CRPG, doesn't mean it's not pornographic, just as just because a film is pornographic, doesn't mean it's not a filmbut I think one attempting to chronicle film history can be forgiven for not wanting to be exposed to it, beyond than noting that it does, in fact, exist.
 10. Rance series is actually a very sad thing as the game world and gameplay do actually get really better in later entries to an incredible level considering how bad Hikari is. The world, were the supreme god ia a sadistic whale like thing which has created the world just to entartein himself and would destroy it if there is no war (cause world peace is boring), is actually pretty original and the lore strangely complex for an eroge game. Also the story in games likes rance 6 and sengoku is pretty good. But you have to put up with a main character who never grows behind being a total asshole and worse a rapist, who thinks that he can do anything he wants because "he is the hero". And worse still the girls usually fall in love with him after being raped.
 There is just one good japanese eroge rpg that I can think of that dosn't have rape in and has a very good story: it is kamidori alchemy meister, an hybrid shop management strategy rpg with three distinct paths and a lot to do. Sex scenes are sometimes a bit strong for my taste, but always consensual, as long I can rememember There is an english patch to it.
 37. Why delete my last comment, Don't like a dissenting opinion?
 Why get worked up and outraged over what happens to fictional characters made of pixels? They aren't real.
 1. I'm not "outraged." I was disturbed, and writing about my own reaction to the content. Notice that I didn't call for the content to be banned or advocate for any "solution" other than to not play such games myself.
 What happens to "fictional characters made out of pixels" isn't important. What is important--or at least interesting--is how art reflects societal attitudes and exposes things about us. If I Spit on Your Grave becomes a blockbuster and no one goes to


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One native bird in the area may soon be added to the endangered species list. And it could have a big impact on future wind farm development in the Panhandle.
There are only a few lesser prairie chickens left in Texas.
And because of huge wind farms proposed in the Panhandle, their population is in limbo.
Today at the Panhandle Wind and Wildlife Conference here in Amarillo, wildlife experts discussed the impact wind turbines and wind farms have on animals, both in the air and on the ground.
And they are anticipating problems to arise here in the Panhandle.
"I think a key issue is prairie chickens and habitat loss and disturbance and their may be certainly issues for water foul and birds in the playa lakes region," said Dr. Ed Arnett a conservation scientist with the Bats and Wind Energy Cooperative..
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service says the lesser prairie chicken is a candidate for listing on the endangered species list and they feel that wind farm construction will disrupt their habitat.
"Prairie chickens are sensitive to fragmentation. They kind of need wide open spaces and any time you introduce infrastructures they leave an area and their breeding success declines quite a bit," said John P. Hughes, a fish and wildlife biologist with the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Services.
Current habitats for the chicken range through Lipscomb, Hemphill, Wheeler, Gray, and Donley counties.
If the chicken is put on the endangered species list, it will affect future construction.
"It could effect the way people us their land. And could prevent wind farms from being sited," said hughes.
The heart of the lesser prairie chicken's habitat is right in the middle of the proposed T. Boone Pickens/Mesa Power wind farm.

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From existing to new
When we think of remodeling a space, we often think of completely changing the nature of space.
However, this is not always needed to create a different and totally new ambiance.
We can preserve elements that could be useful to create a contrasting effect in our space.
To do so, we can start by asking ourselves if there are some existing elements that we like. It could be a structural element like a wall, or finish material like a floor or tile, or a carpentry element, and start thinking to conserve it.
Sometimes, even if we don't appreciate an element or finish, we could think of emphasizing its nature in contrast with other materials or other elements of the same space.
You can discover an interesting element even by removing the final finish of your walls, floors, etc. To do so, it is necessary to make a survey of finishes and structural elements.
There are many options; it is just about identifying an element that could give a special touch to your new space.
In this way, you will find elements that in their current state may seem obsolete, but that in contrast to modern finishes can give a very special character to your new space.
Renovation and preservation are not necessarily opposed, they complement each other!
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Say someone purchased clothing on shabbat--knowing that it was a violation--can that clothing be worn?
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Since you say the purchaser knows his act was "a violation", I'll assume he's Jewish. For the same reason, I won't discuss here a case in which someone did a prohibited act without knowing that what he was doing was wrong. (The rules are somewhat different in such a case.) Thus, caveat lector: the below is about cases in which the Shabas-violator knew he was violating Shabas.
If something is cooked by a Jew on Shabas the cooked food cannot be eaten on that Shabas, and is forbidden to him forever. (Shulchan Aruch 318:1.) The commentators note that the same is true for other prohibitions, not just cooking.
But Beur Halacha ("אחת משאר מלאכות", quoting Chaye Adam) says that if a forbidden act done on an object did not physically change the object in any way (e.g. something was carried), then it's prohibited only until the close of Shabas, even for the violator. He (still quoting Chaye Adam) adds that if the forbidden act, though it didn't physically change the object, was a divine prohibition then one should not allow himself that lessening of the restrictions, but should consider the object prohibited as per the general rule above.
But buying clothes on Shabas is usually not a divine prohibition. (It can be in some circumstances.) So in most cases, you would not be allowed to use the garment on Shabas, but it would be permitted afterward. Even if a divine prohibition were violated, the garment would be permitted to everyone but the violator.
This is a general discussion based on Shulchan Aruch and others. If the question is relevant to you, consult your rabbi.
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Georg W&#228;chter
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Hello,
i'm wondering whether it is possible to "build" a long number from two int's. My aim is to make it platform independent, thus i can't use any shift operators. With them, i would do something like that:
long number = (long)myInt | (((long)myInt2) << 32);
Does anybody have an idea
georg
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mmix
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Combining two ints into a long is very much a platform dependent operation. You could potentially encapsulate this operation by first discovering the endianess of the platform (using BitConverter.IsLittleEndian) and then using appropriate shifting sequence.

mmix
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Actaully, the simplest solutions might actaully be the one. :) Instead of you worrying about endianess, let the JIT worry for you.
Keep the casting to avoid leading 1's from messing your end result:

 uint a1 = _PHONE_;
 uint a2 = _PHONE_;
 long x = (long)((ulong)a1 * (ulong)4294967296 + (ulong)a2);

Matthew Watson
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The "endian-ness" of the platform should be hidden by .Net, so as far as I know the simple solution using shifts should work...

mmix
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The "endian-ness" of the platform should be hidden by .Net, so as far as I know the simple solution using shifts should work...
At first I thought that you were wrong, but then I saw the err of my thinking. Their memory footprints are different, but the actual operation is math based, and is done in registers, and the storage mechanism doesnt affect the process at all as we are not operating over memory locations as we used to ages ago. So yes, I stand corrected, the below formula will work on both systems (cast is still needed to prevent negative i1 from messing up the result)
long l2 = (long)((ulong)i1 << 32 | i2);
That being said, what little-endian systems support .NET I havent heard of any yet...


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Crabtree Farms in Chattanooga, TN
By Alina Kodatt
Chattanooga, Tennessee, is nicknamed the Scenic City for a good reason. With breathtaking vistas of the Appalachian mountains and the Tennessee River flowing through it, the city is rich with outdoor beauty. To add to its resume, Forbes ranked Chattanooga as the eighth most affordable city in America in 2009. But Chattanooga hasn't always had such a gleaming reputation. In the early 20th century, the city was a bustling industrial, railroad, and manufacturing hub. After decades of industry, pollutants hung heavily in the air, shrouding those same beautiful mountains the area is known for. In 1969, the federal government deemed Chattanooga's air quality the dirtiest in the nation.
Chattanooga has come a long way from that dirty past, witnessing a slow and steady rebirth over the last few decades. It's now a city thriving with tourism, small businesses, art museums, a savvy food culture, and a growing movement towards green, sustainable living, Since 1998, one organization in particular has led the Chattanooga community towards more sustainable, local food practices. Championing their cause when the idea of sustainable agriculture was a little known concept, Crabtree Farms began educating and training local citizens. I spoke with Joel Houser, Executive Director of Crabtree Farms, and Melanie Mayo, Director of Education, about the ground-breaking work this organization has been doing and the community whose passion for local food has been ignited by Crabtree's efforts.
SOTRU: What is Crabtree Farms?
CF: Crabtree Farms is a project promoting research and education in the field of sustainable agriculture. We have a demonstration CSA farm that provides an excellent venue for various educational activities and events ranging from school tours and field trips to informational tours for established farmers. We have pick-your-own berry crops and offer many opportunities throughout the year for public involvement and participation. We offer classes ranging from the establishment of community gardens and natural gardening techniques to backyard composting and shiitake mushroom cultivation. We have robust intern and volunteer programs, and offer a workshare program where people work for their food.
SOTRU: When was it started?
CF: Crabtree was started in 1998 as a public-private nonprofit. The synergy of two local families produced the nonprofit organization. When Crabtree was started, the idea of local, sustainable agriculture was still relatively unheard of in Chattanooga. In the early days, we had a small garden and livestock, the farm managers lived on the property, and life was good. We had an on-site community garden and worked hard to involve the community in Chattanooga.
SOTRU: How does Crabtree Farms impact the Chattanooga community at large?
CF: Crabtree Farms educates and inspires the Chattanooga community to grow their own food sustainably. Throughout the years, we have cultivated a variety of partnerships from community-based organizations to government agencies in order to spread the message of sustainability and "growing your own." We teach over 400 volunteers on our farm each year about the hard work and rewards of growing food sustainably. This year, our work with an inner-city kids camp and at-risk teens has impacted the lives of children in our most disadvantaged communities, teaching them life-sustaining skills.
Our urban farm offers gardening resources and classes, and grows region-specific plant starts to enable more food gardening in our community. Many former Crabtree employees and volunteers have gone on to start farms or work on unique local food ventures!
Additionally, Crabtree produces TasteBuds Local Food Guide which inspires residents to connect with local food sources and celebrate our region's rich culinary bounty.
SOTRU: Where do you see Crabtree Farms in 5 years?
CF: As much as we've accomplished, we still have further to go. We plan on expanding our educational opportunities in response to what is needed by our community. Farmers as a group are getting older. Finding willing, young farmers is a new challenge. In the next 5 years, our property will continue to mature. As time passes, our perennial crops will mature and our farm and community will come into its own.
SOTRU: What would you say to individuals who live in parts of the country that don't have access to local food (i.e. few farms, no farmers' markets, shorter growing seasons, inhospitable climates)? How could they eat locally and sustainably?
CF: Grow your own! Growing your own food is empowering and easy. Most places in the country are suitable for growing food, whether you grow in pots or in the ground. It is surprising how much food you can grow in a limited area. If buying your food, look for a few key things: Buy local first, state second, regional third, and after that, buy domestic. Much produce is labeled according to the place of origin. Check for an organic label and others such as "Certified Naturally Grown" to how your food was grown and ensure a level of third-party rated environmental stewardship. In areas with short growing seasons (and even here in the southeast), canning and food preservation are important to making the harvest last.
SOTRU: How can individuals around the country promote local, sustainable farming, production, and consumption in their own town?
CF: The best way to help the local movement is to vote with your dollars. When you have the choice, help your neighbor and buy local. Ask your local grocers and food vendors to buy local produce, or at least label its place of origin. Shop at your farmers markets, and ask if the vendors grew the food that they are selling. The most local food, though, is food that someone grows in their backyard or neighborhood. There is vacant land in all of our cities- grow on it.
SOTRU: Anything else?
CF: Ask your farmer! Get to know your farmer. Certifications are good ways to have an idea of someone's growing practices if you cannot talk face to face, but the conversation and relationship is more important. We dropped our USDA Organic Certification because we are fortunate enough to know most of the people that eat our produce. If they are interested in our growing practices, we will talk about it or show them. Just because a farm is not certified organic or certified naturally grown does not mean that they are not using good practices.


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CDE Faculty Search Presentation: Dr. Laxmi Pant
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Presentation by Dr. Laxmi Pant, candidate for a faculty position in Capacity Development and Extension in the School of Environmental Design and Rural Development.
"Capacity Development for Agricultural and Rural Innovation: Rethinking Research, Teaching and Extension in a Changing World"
All are welcome and encouraged to attend.
About the candidate:
Laxmi Prasad Pant is Adjunct Professor with Associated Graduate Faculty Status at the University of Guelph. Laxmi's research focuses specifically on capacity development for agricultural and rural innovation. His research has appeared in the Journal of Agricultural Education and Extension, Journal of Rural Studies, Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Current Opinion in Environmental Sustainability, Regional Environmental Change, and Agroecology and Sustainable Food Systems.
Laxmi holds a PhD from the University of Guelph's Rural Studies program. He maintains his current affiliation with the University of Guelph while also working at different universities. He conducted postdoctoral research and collaborated on faculty projects at the University of Waterloo and Queen's University. Laxmi also collaborated with faculties at Arizona State University in the USA, the University of Manchester in the UK and the United Nations University in The Netherlands.
Laxmi has taught at the University of Guelph and the University of Waterloo for undergraduate and graduate courses, online, in-class and blended, in the following areas: rural extension, communication, capacity development, community development, international development, and research methods. Before coming to academia, he worked as an extension facilitator engaging smallholder farmers in participatory research and development, such as farmers' field schools, agroecosystem analysis, and on-farm trials. His first exposure to the public extension was listening to a popular farm radio show when he was growing up on a two-acre subsistence farm in the Himalayas.


buffing compound is used on a polishing wheel, and the process continues. Three grades of polishing compound are used during this stage (600, 800 and 1200 grit) to achieve a mirror finish. Depending on the size of the item in question, the average polishing time for a '50s bumper is between six and eight hours! The bumper is held to the machine, not the machine to the bumper — can you imagine holding up a 20kg bumper to a polishing machine for eight hours?
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The conductive copper wires, which were removed for the polishing stage, are now refitted, as are non-conductive weights to help keep the items from moving around in the solution due to tank agitation (bubbles).
To ensure all polishing compounds are removed, the items are once again dropped into a hot caustic bath for around 30 minutes. If any compound is still on the items, not only will it contaminate the baths used in the next stage, but it'll also cause visual imperfections in the chrome finish. A rinse and a thorough scrub precede the final check before the items are moved to the next bath.
Step nine
That next bath is a two-minute dip in a cold cyanide solution, in which the parts are electro-cleaned by having a reverse charge passed through them. Again, a fresh water rinse is performed prior to the next stage. The items must not dry out before being transferred to that next stage; if they do, blotching will occur, often the sign of a lack of care during the process. Thankfully, George and his team check the items at every stage, ensuring only the best-possible finish is supplied to the customer.
A cold bath of 10 per cent sulphuric acid is then used for two minutes to give the surface a key for the next step to etch to. This is essential to ensure that the cyanide-based alkali copper used next will adhere to the item as much as possible. Attached to the sides of the bath are baskets with blocks of pure copper (anodes). When dissolved in the solution, the particles are attracted to the positively charged item, and soon a thin coat of copper covers the whole thing. The copper is less than one micron thick, and acts as a primer-sealer to key-in the next layer of plating.
Again the item is rinsed, then dropped into a 10-per-cent acid etch for 10 seconds, followed by a further rinse.
Step 10
The item is next placed in a bath of blue phosphorus copper sulphate solution, which is used to cover the surface and fill any microscopic imperfections. The bath is kept at ambient temperature, and items are in it for 45 minutes, and emerge with a coating of around 30 microns' depth. Again, the copper (anode) is in baskets around the side of the bath, and looks almost like copper ball bearings.
After yet another rinse — that's eight rinses so far, if you've lost count — the items are back into the polishing shop, where a further 15 minutes of polishing with 800- and 1200-grit compounds will remove any residual defects.
Step 11
Again, the copper wires and weights are reattached after being removed for polishing due to the risk of being caught in the polishing wheels. The same soaking procedure used above is then done again.
Rather than water, an alkali rinse is completed before the items are dropped back into the cold cyanide at 12 volts for two minutes, and rinsed again in water.
Another two-minute dip in the acid etch and another quick rinse is all the items need before they can finally make their way to a 45-degree cyanide copper mix, in which they will sit for five minutes with 12 volts passing through them. During this time they'll form a smooth skin, which once again must be etched by a further two-minute dip in the acid etch, before another rinse.
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So far, the compounds used in the process are relatively low cost. But the nickel sulphate the items spend the next 60 minutes sitting in is notably more expensive, in fact, it's the dearest consumable of the whole procedure. After 60 minutes with a six-volt current, a 45-micron coating will be applied to the item. This is the most important part of the whole process, as it's the nickel that gives the finished product its shine. Often the difference between cheap chrome and good chrome is the amount of time the items sit in this bath for. The difference is noticeable to the naked eye by the depth of colour in the finished item.
A rinse then removes any excess residue and prepares the item for the chrome itself, which is a comparatively cheap and quick part of the whole procedure. Despite being orange, the chromic acid is what gives the bluish look, and after just four minutes in the bath with a 12-volt current, a three-micron coating will be fixed to the item. Again, the balls in the tank are there solely for insulation purposes. The tank itself is tested twice daily for correct chemical levels, brightness and condition, and is stirred throughout the day. After all, the chrome is a heavy metal, so it tends to sink to the bottom when left for long periods.
A full refill of all the tanks would set George back around $365,000, but thankfully they don't require complete replacement all that often.
Step 13
Once the items are removed from the tank, they're given another quick rinse, and the chrome look that we all know and love appears from underneath the orange liquid. After a total of 25 steps and around seven hours, the product is nearly ready to be handed back over to the customer, but not before the dedicated quality-control officer has had a good look over it to ensure that it's perfect, and it has had a polish by hand. The items are then checked against the job sheet, packaged, and are ready to be collected.
The time taken for the process varies according to the size, shape and complexity of the item, as does the amount of voltage used in various stages. Whether the job is a 1950s bumper or a safety pin, it still has to go through all the plating processes, there are no short cuts.
The only way to know how long each item requires is by having years of experience and practice. George himself has been in the game for 36 years, and some of his staff have been with him for almost as long, making them quite possibly part of the most knowledgeable team around.
With so many different processes — and so much attention to detail required, you can only imagine the reaction when customers walk in thinking they can wait while their parts are chromed (a daily occurrence according to Anita, the manager at APC). The reality is, the process is as involved, if not more so, than painting a vehicle. And likewise, you get what you pay for. A low-cost job most likely indicates steps are being missed along the way, or steps are being rushed through to cut cost.
Step 14 (stainless trim repair)
As stainless trim repair is often lumped under the umbrella of 'chroming' when vehicles are being built or restored, we thought it worth mentioning the process involved here, too. Like repairing steel bumpers, the process of fixing dented and scuffed trim is a time-consuming one, requiring a great amount of skill. Each individual dent is pressed out, and slowly the metal is massaged back into shape. The perfect example of what can be achieved is the trim on these wheel spats.
While almost anything is possible, for some trim it isn't financially feasible to repair it if it's seriously damaged — although if the parts are rare and irreplaceable, in the hands of an expert, it can be done. All the stainless trim on the 1956 Cadillac took around eight hours to straighten and repair; thankfully most of it was in good condition.
Once repaired, the items are polished using the same techniques as in the chroming process, with finer and finer compounds used towards the end of the process. The result is an almost mirror-like finish, which is as good as (if not better than) new.
Thanks to George and the team at Advanced Plating and Polishing Services for their help with this article. You can find out more, and view pictures and videos of the plating process, at plating.co.nz. We would also like to thank North City Platers, Upper Classics NZ Ltd, Progressive Polishers & Electroplaters, and Rigg Electroplating Ltd. For more information about them, check out their details below.
North City Platers Ltd
14B Parity Place, Hillcrest, North Shore City, Auckland
09 _PHONE_
northcityplater.co.nz
We have helped in the restoration process on many cars and motorcycles over the years. The chroming journey can show up unexpected issues from time to time, but we ain't been beaten yet!
Often a load of parts need to be replated. One car that comes to mind is a '32 two-door Ford Model 40. The bumpers, grille, headlights, hubcaps, and various interior trim parts were chromed. This car was rebuilt from top to bottom, no stone was left unturned. The chrome work was one piece of an interesting challenge.
Upper Classics NZ Ltd
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upperclassics.com
On a vintage or classic car, the chrome trim is usually one of its defining features. When you're having any


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Feeling stressed? A stress ball can help alleviate some of your tension and provide you with many emotional, physiological and psychological benefits.1
How to Use a Stress Ball2
Using a stress ball is easy! All you have to do is:
 1. Squeeze the ball in your left hand for 30 seconds.
 2. Pulse the stress ball for 30 seconds.
 3. Repeat with the right hand.
Emotional Benefits
 1. Stimulation of Nerves: Using a stress ball can stimulate the nerves that are in your hand. These nerves are connected to parts of your brain that are associated with your emotions. The stimulation works like acupressure where stimulation of one area affects other parts of your body.1
 2. Diversion of Attention: When using a stress ball, you can focus solely on it. This allows you to stop thinking about the source of your stress.1
 3. Mood Enhancement: You can boost your mood! The brain stimulation that is associated with stress ball use can also release endorphins which act as pain relievers and sedatives.1
 4. Tension Release: Squeezing a stress ball tightens the muscles in your hand and wrist. When you release the ball, your muscles relax and you release tension and stress.1
Physical Benefits
 1. Lower Risk of Stress Injuries: Regular use of a stress ball can strengthen finger and hand muscles. Some exercises that you can try:1
 2. To improve wrist strength, you can squeeze for a count of three and release. Repeat 20 times.1
 3. To improve finger strength, you can pinch the ball between your thumb and each finger one at a time.
 4. As a hand strengthening exercise, you can twist the stress ball in both hands. Alternate the direction of twisting to get the full benefit.1
 5. Treatment of Hand Conditions: A stress ball helps with conditions like arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis because it can exercise the fingers and hands. Also, they may prevent the development of these conditions.1
 6. Improve Circulation: Moving your finger and hand muscles enhance the blood flow to the hand and wrist area. This helps remove toxins and other waste products and strengthens function.1
Stress balls are inexpensive and have many benefits. If you are using a stress ball to help with a specific condition, discuss with your physician. Your physician may have information about your treatment regimen or whether you should be using a stress ball.1
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Career Clusters are broad occupational groupings...an organizing tool defining education for post-secondary education and careers using 16 broad clusters of occupations and 79 pathways with validated standards that ensure opportunities for all students regardless of their career goals and interests.
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Career Clusters are a tool for a seamless educational system that:
- blends rigorous academic/technical preparation
- provides career development
- offers options for students to experience all aspects of a business or industry
- facilitates/assists students and educators with ongoing transitions
- provide a framework for continuing contemporary, high-quality programs
- provide a framework for seamless education
- provide more career options for students
- provide a framework for organizing and reorganizing the delivery of career and technical education and needed 21st Century Skills
- provide understanding of knowledge and skill transfer and verification of qualification
Career Cluster Framework
The cluster/pathway framework supports ongoing efforts to move from vocational education to career and technical education.
- Cluster Core Level--Skills and knowledge all students need within the cluster
- Pathway Level--Skills and knowledge necessary to pursue a full range of career opportunities within a pathway
- Career Specialties--Represents the full range of career opportunities within each path
A career pathway is a coherent, articulated sequence of rigorous academic and career related courses, commencing in ninth grade and leading to an associate degree, and/or an industry-recognized certificate or licensure, and/or a baccalaureate and beyond. A career pathway...
- is developed, implemented and maintained in partnership among secondary and postsecondary education, business, and employers.
- is available to all students, including adult learners, and designed to lead to rewarding careers.
- training for specific jobs or occupations
- knowledge and skill statements for this level would be created by industry standards and verified by business and industry representatives
- Represents the full range of career opportunities within each path

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Ngai Tūhoe's tribal headquarters, Te Kura Whare, is New Zealand's first Living Building – and one of only 15 certified Living Buildings in the world.
A momentous and proud moment, the building's success was announced by the International Living Future Institute's (ILFI) CEO Amanda Sturgeon, at their annual conference in Seattle on Friday 19 May 2017.
Te Kura Whare is designed to the most challenging sustainable building criteria in the world. Generating its own electricity, harvesting rainwater, built from trees sourced from the forests around it, and containing no toxic chemicals – every element of the building from design and construction, to on-going operation, aims to minimise its impact on, and even restore, the natural ecosystem.
The benefit of this Certification is that it quantifies Te Kura Whare's environmental, social and economic benefit to the wider society. To become a Living Building, Te Kura Whare's performance has been audited over the last 12 months. The data demonstrates that the building is 'off the grid' (net zero) for energy, water, waste and toxicity. As well as this, the Criteria requires evidence of the building's broader impacts on equity, health and beauty.
The project contributed to local economy and tourism with 70% of budget spent within 100km radius of the site, trade packages were broken down to allow local businesses to tender for work competitively, and local Tūhoe people were employed, and in some cases upskilled, in construction and landscaping.
For Jasmax, a rich layer to Te Kura Whare's story is the people behind it. The design and construction team was an eclectic mix of professionals; Māori and non-Māori, Tūhoe and non-Tūhoe, aged 24-84, both immigrants and kiwis, born and raised in Aotearoa, New Zealand. Part of this team was lead architect, Ivan Mercep, Jasmax co-founder, Principal and kaumatua. Ivan worked on the project until he was 84, passing away shortly before completion. This was Ivan's final project, and one which he delivered alongside Ngāi Tῡhoe and Jasmax Architectural Graduate, Brendan Himona.
Certification celebrates the commitment, effort and dedication of every single project, consultant and contractor team member – congratulations to all!


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Storyboard Pro supports two types of fields for storing and breaking up your project's script:
- The Script field is a field in the Storyboard view in which you can type, or import, your entire project's script. A Storyboard Pro project has only one Script field.
- Caption fields are special text fields for storing information such as dialogue, actions, scene information, scrubbing information and any other type of relevant information for each of your storyboard's panels. Each panel in your project has its own caption fields, and each field is used for a different type of information. The types of caption fields used by your project can be customized.
You can write or import your project's script into the Script field of the Storyboard view, which is a single text field for your entire project:
Then, you can fill up the caption fields for each panel in your storyboard using the Panel view. The Panel view allows you to view and edit the content of the caption fields for the currently selected panel.

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Clover hay is a type of forage that is often used as animal feed. It is high in protein and nutrients, and its taste is generally palatable to most animals. Clover hay is also lower in fiber than many other types of hay which makes it easier for animals to digest. In addition, clover hay typically has a higher calcium content than other types of hay, which can be beneficial for animals that are pregnant or nursing. Clover hay is also relatively easy to grow, and it does not require as much fertilizer or water as other types of forage. As a result, it is a popular choice for farmers and ranchers who are looking to provide their animals with a nutritious diet.
Benefits Clover hay is a legume that is often used as a cover crop or animal fodder. It is fast-growing and can be used to improve soil health by adding nitrogen and organic matter. Clover also suppresses weeds, helps control erosion, and improves water infiltration. When used as animal fodder, it is high in protein and calcium and can be fed to both livestock and poultry. Clover hay is an excellent forage for honey bees and provides nectar for making honey. It is also a source of pollen, which is necessary for the development of bee larvae. In addition to its many benefits for agriculture, clover hay is also a beautiful addition to any landscape. Its deep green leaves and white flowers add color and interest to any garden or field.
Where to buy clover hay
If you are looking for where to buy clover hay, then look no further because lolahaysales.net is here to offer you the best at an affordable price. We are the best out here because we are always available to satisfy you. If you need help while browsing our website, get in touch with our customer service via live chat. You can also get to us through email or phone number by visiting the contact us page. Lolahaysales thank you for choosing us.


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Inspur Community Partnership Spotlight: Veggielution
As a part of Inspur's ongoing corporate social responsibility and community engagement initiatives, we have partnered this month with Veggielution, a six-acre community farm in East San Jose that serves to connect the neighborhood's residents through food and agriculture.
Veggielution began in 2008 when three San Jose State students started a garden at Emma Prusch Farm Park, named for the San Jose native who gifted the city 87 acres of land to use as a public space for recreation and agricultural education. Since then, Veggielution has expanded to now occupy six of those acres on which to grow fresh produce, pack food for distribution, and host various social programs. The farm provides access to fresh, organic produce for low-income, mostly immigrant households for whom healthy food options are often unaffordable. It is also a hub for education, advocacy and community-building. Managed by a small team of staff, various volunteer-driven efforts, and local sponsorships, the farm gives everyone who takes part a sense of ownership over the land and its uses.
Why we chose Veggielution
Before the tech boom that made the Silicon Valley, the Bay Area was known as "the Valley of Heart's Delight", a thriving agricultural community for over a century that boasted rich orchards and farmlands. Now, most of that land has given way to industrial complexes and tech campuses. Acknowledging the role that tech has had in shaping the Bay Area landscape, we believe stewardship of shared commons is an important and necessary responsibility to make these valuable resources – enjoyable public spaces, nutritional food, a healthy environment – accessible to all. Working with Veggielution also lets us experience a different way to learn from and connect with the community.
Volunteering with Veggielution
Our team of volunteers met with the Veggielution personnel on the farm to pack farm boxes for distribution to recipients on their food program. For two hours we assembled cardboard boxes and filled them with nutritious, organic fruits and vegetables like pears, plums, cabbage, broccoli, kale, tomatoes, and onions. We learned that while there is food grown on the farm, the produce for farm box distribution comes from local partner farms, specifically BIPOC owned ones, in places like Watsonville and Hollister. At the end of our session, we had packed over 260 boxes – as many households that would receive a variety of fresh, healthful produce to sustain their families. It was an accomplishment that felt palpable and meaningful to the volunteer team, who enjoyed this valuable opportunity to do hands-on work for good in a community space.
Click here to learn more about Veggielution's work, volunteer opportunities, and community programs.


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Photonic Crystal Structures with Tunable Structure Color as Colorimetric Sensors
AbstractColorimetric sensing, which transduces environmental changes into visible color changes, provides a simple yet powerful detection mechanism that is well-suited to the development of low-cost and low-power sensors. A new approach in colorimetric sensing exploits the structural color of photonic crystals (PCs) to create environmentally-influenced color-changeable materials. PCs are composed of periodic dielectrics or metallo-dielectric nanostructures that affect the propagation of electromagnetic waves (EM) by defining the allowed and forbidden photonic bands. Simultaneously, an amazing variety of naturally occurring biological systems exhibit iridescent color due to the presence of PC structures throughout multi-dimensional space. In particular, some kinds of the structural colors in living organisms can be reversibly changed in reaction to external stimuli. Based on the lessons learned from natural photonic structures, some specific examples of PCs-based colorimetric sensors are presented in detail to demonstrate their unprecedented potential in practical applications, such as the detections of temperature, pH, ionic species, solvents, vapor, humidity, pressure and biomolecules. The combination of the nanofabrication technique, useful design methodologies inspired by biological systems and colorimetric sensing will lead to substantial developments in low-cost, miniaturized and widely deployable optical sensors. View Full-Text
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Wang, H.; Zhang, K.-Q. Photonic Crystal Structures with Tunable Structure Color as Colorimetric Sensors. Sensors 2013, 13, 4192-4213.
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In Windows 10 build 18298, are a number of changes were made to the built-in console subsystem of the operating system. There is a new "terminal" tab in console option that allows adjusting several new options for the Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. One of them is the ability to change the cursor shape.
Windows Console subsystem is utilized by certain built-in apps of Windows 10, including the Command Prompt, PowerShell, and WSL. In Windows 10 Build 18298, which represents the upcoming version 19H1, also known as version 1903, you will find a set of experimental options of the console.
These settings are "experimental", because in certain scenarios, it's possible that they might not behave like you would expect them to, may not make it into the next OS release, and may change completely in the final version of the OS.
One of the is the shape of the cursor. It will be set for the specific shortcut you used to open a console instance. E.g. if you have multiple command prompt shortcuts, you can set the desired cursor shape for each of them individually. This way, PowerShell, WSL, and the command prompt may have their own independent settings.
Console Cursor Shapes
At the moment of this writing, Windows supports the following cursor shapes for the console.
Legacy Style - this one is the classic console cursor.
Here is how to switch between them.
To change the cursor shape in the console in Windows 10,
- Open a new command prompt window, elevated command prompt, PowerShell, or WSL.
- Right-click on the title bar of its window and select Properties from the context menu.
- Switch to the Terminal tab.
- Under Cursor Shape, set the desired cursor shape.
You are done!
Tip: With Windows 10, Microsoft added an ability to have a semi-transparent console window for cmd.exe, and PowerShell. It's a lesser known feature that you can change the transparency level on the fly for the current window with hotkeys. See
Articles of interest:
- Pin Admin Command Prompt to Taskbar or Start in Windows 10
- Use Ctrl + Mouse Wheel To Zoom Windows 10 Console
- Download Official Windows Command Reference For Over 250 Console Commands
- Download Color Schemes for Command Prompt in Windows 10
-... and more!


text: Copper Conductive Tape has a conductive acrylic adhesive for grounding and RFI/EMI (radio-frequency interference/electromagnetic interference) shielding applications. Also known as EMI shielding tape, it provides a very low rate of electrical resistance for good conductivity. These long-lasting tapes can eliminate the need for screws and mechanical fasteners – while providing for contact grounding and EMI Shielding in the bond line gap/slit. Single sided conductive copper tapes for SEM / FIB applications. Indispensable for making ground contacts between the sample surface and SEM stub or SEM sample holder. The tape is made with soft copper foil which is easily molded to follow the shape of the sample. Highly electrically conductive tape with conductive pressure sensitive acrylic adhesive. Resistance through adhesive < 1 Ohm and this tape has a high initial tack to provide good conductivity. Double sided conductive copper tape has a layer of conductive acrylic adhesive on both sides. Highly electrically conductive with a resistance through the adhesive < 1 Ohm. This double sided conductive copper tape has the same specifications as the 3M 1182 tape. Ideal for mounting samples directly on sample stubs whilst establishing a grounding path. Either to mount large samples on stubs or for smaller samples directly on the tape. Non-conductive samples surfaces should be coated to obtain best imaging results. Can be used for long term applications. Much better conductivity than carbon tape and carbon tabs. The soft copper tape can be easily cut to the required size.


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At first glance, there seems to be no obvious method of shifting your car in to "N" or neutral gear.
To make it simple, we coined terms like "Full-Pull" and "Half-Pull". Full-Pull is when you pull the right stalk all the way down to select "D" to drive or all the way up to select "R" to reverse. While doing that, you feet a slight "resistance". Half-Pull is when you don't pull all the way up or down, but stop at that resistance.
To put your car in "N" or neutral
- If you're in "D" or drive, do a half-pull in the upward direction and hold it there for 2 seconds. The gear indicator should change to "N" at this point.
- If you're in "P" or "R", do a half-pull in the downward direction and hold it there for 2 seconds. The gear indicator should change to "N" at this point.
Note: this is different than putting your Tesla in "P", which is the parking gear.
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Johnny Leach obituary
English table tennis champion with a huge influence on his sport
Johnny Leach.
Johnny Leach held sway during the 1950s and 60s when table tennis was one of Britain's most popular sports. Photograph: S&G and Barratts/Empics
For many years Johnny Leach, who has died aged 91, was synonymous with English table tennis. Both in his prime as a player, in the immediate postwar years, and subsequently as an ambassador, promoter, administrator, businessman and talent-spotter, his impact on the sport was immense. Leach held sway in an age when table tennis could claim to be the most popular participation sport in the UK. It was played everywhere: youth clubs and youth hostels, working men's clubs, works canteens, church halls and of course homes. If you could not afford the folding table from Woolworths, you simply bought the net and stretched it across the kitchen table.
Throughout the 1950s and 60s, the sport had a heady time of it. Chester Barnes, the controversial genius of the sport, and one of the players discovered by Leach's talent programme, recalled playing at the Wembley Arena in front of crowds of 10,000. "When Johnny was at his peak, they even had an act at the London Palladium. You couldn't imagine that now, could you?" said Barnes.
Born in Bow, in the East End of London, and brought up in Dagenham, Essex, Johnny was the son of Emma and her husband Jim, a manager at British Ropes, south of the Thames in Woolwich. Johnny played on the table in the works canteen there and set about pursuing junior titles, with his father's encouragement, at the age of 17, making him something of a late starter for the sport.
By that time, the second world war was under way, and he served with the Royal Air Force in Northern Ireland. With the serendipity that can shape a career, Leach discovered two international players, Jack Carrington and Ron Crayden, who were also stationed there, and they practised together. Leach maintained that he did not know how good he was until competition proper resumed after hostilities ceased.
The war had inadvertently bolstered English table tennis, with the arrival of the players Victor Barna and Richard Bergmann, from Hungary and Austria respectively. Both had been world champions in the 30s, and while in 1946 Barna was approaching the veteran stage, Bergmann, a brilliant defensive player, was at his peak. By 1947, Leach was in the mix too, reaching the semi-final of the world championships in Paris. The next four years were the halcyon days of English table tennis.
Bergmann won the world title at Wembley in 1948; Leach won the title in Stockholm the following year (to become only the second homegrown British world champion after Fred Perry in 1929); and then it was back to Bergmann in 1950, and Leach for his second title in 1951. Gaumont British News filmed Leach's arrival home from those championships in Stockholm, stepping down from a KLM Dakota with fellow world champions Diane and Rosalind Rowe, the twins who won the women's doubles. The scene was shown in cinemas across the country.
Though it seemed unlikely at the time, for Leach was only 28, that would be his last individual world title and the last by an English player. Twelve months later in Bombay, the Japanese player Hiroji Satoh opened his bat case and changed the sport forever. His thick sponge-covered bat used with a penholder grip imparted so much spin on the ball, and was so quiet, that the hard-bat players, with their pimpled rubber on wood, were no match. Satoh, in his first world championship, became Japan's first world champion in any sport.
Leach tried the new bats, but could not get on with them. Nevertheless, he had an illustrious swansong, winning the Swaythling Cup, the world team championship, in 1953 with Bergmann also in the team, and he would continue to compete internationally until 1959 and nationally until 1965, winning his last crown in the men's doubles at the national championships in 1964 with David Creamer.
Leach was not only a player. Involved with almost every aspect of the sport, he became a vice-president of the English Table Tennis Association, now Table Tennis England (1964), and then president (_PHONE_); he had a job with the table tennis manufacturers SW Hancock, a company he would later buy; and in the 1960s he established an ambitious talent-spotting programme with Butlins holiday camps, which discovered more than 50 international players.
He was appointed MBE in 1966, and his reputation preceded him everywhere he went. "He had respect all over the world. As soon as people knew that Johnny was coming with you, you had the best treatment, the best hotels,the best everything," said Barnes.
Leach married his wife, Daisy, in 1946. She died in 2009, as did a son, John, last year. He is survived by another son, Jeff, two granddaughters and two grandsons.
John Alfred Leach, table tennis player and entrepreneur, born 20 November 1922; died 5 June 2014


Question: Why Is Taking A Stand Better Than Winning?
What is more important than winning?
Participation is more important than just winning.
Which counts more taking a stand or winning essay?
In conclusion, taking a stand counts more than winning.
What does it mean to take a stand on an issue?
take a stand on (something) To hold, assume, or express a very strong or adamant position on some issue. It's time for Congress to finally take a stand on this issue!
Why is it important to stand up for what you believe in?
What does taking a stand mean?
What does standing up for what you believe in mean?
1. (stand up for someone/something) to defend someone or something that is being criticized or attacked. You've got to stand up for what you believe in. stand up for yourself: I learned how to stand up for myself early on in life.
How important is winning?
A win is an easy self-confidence boost, which is a big deal for many young athletes. Furthermore, winning is validation. A win says that the game has been played the right way and that practice paid off. … Also, winning connects good feelings with the sport, which can give your young athlete the drive to keep going.
Why is taking a stand Important?
The more you stand up for your beliefs, the more self-respect you will develop. … Doing the right thing or standing up for your beliefs may not be easy, but when you do, you know that you'll be able to look yourself in the mirror and feel good about yourself.
How do you stand up for your beliefs?
How To Stand Up For Your BeliefsStand by them no matter what.Be willing to make sacrifices.Write them down after you identify them.Figure out ways to make them work in your everyday life.Line up your goals with your beliefs.Don't let others walk all over you and your beliefs.Love yourself for the way you are.Never doubt yourself and your abilities.
Is it take a stand or take a stance?
"Make a stand" means "Hold firm against something or someone." "Take a stance" means "adopt a position," meaning a philosophical or political position. Someone who "makes a stand" is doing something a lot stronger and more active than someone who "takes a stance."
What does take a stab mean?
Definition of take/make a stab at : to try (doing something) She took/made a stab at solving the problem.
How do I stand up for what I value?
Do You Stand Up for What You Truly Value?Live their values.Hold themselves responsible and accountable to their values every day.Create a culture that reflects their values.Think bigger and better than they already do and differently than they have before.Welcome and actually listen to dissenting voices—not just the ones who affirm what you already believe.More items…•
What does standing up for your rights mean?
Description. Standing up for your rights starts with knowing that you have the same rights as everyone else. It then means responding to situations where those rights are being compromised. … Know that you can call upon others to help you defend your rights.
Is winning the most important thing in sports?
Is winning the only thing that is important?
Vince Lombardi's statement that "winning is the only thing that matters in sport", is one of the truths that are inherent in the world of sports. Lombardi's statement also affects coaches, owners, and managers. … They too place winning as their number one concern.


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CMA (Tacoma) Spring Science Classes
June 05, 2018
In June of 2018, associates CMA (Tacoma) volunteered to visit Elk Plain School of Choice to teach an experimental science class to 7th and 8th grade students. Over the course of two days, associates presented to five classes, totaling about 110 students.
Each class had a volunteer begin the presentation with a quick introduction of CMA and the other volunteers assisting during the classes. The presentation focused on environmental issues such as water shortages and possible solutions to these issues; a topic that the students had focused on throughout their time at the school. One solution to the water shortages presented to the students was a product made by Toray called the Ultrafiltration Membrane, as well as facilities that are used to process water for consumption. Students gathered into small groups as volunteers demonstrated the process using a UF Membrane by filtering clear sugar water from orange juice.
Afterwards, the lesson moved on Global Warming and introduced the students to carbon fiber and prepreg. Students were the process to make carbon fiber and prepreg, and the environmental benefits from it, such as reducing the amount of CO2 being released into the atmosphere. Concluding the lesson, students were able to see and discuss finished products made with carbon fiber and future career opportunities.
CMA is proud to discuss science and innovation with the local community, and looks forward to visiting more schools in the future.


for those born on the 13th. If you were born on the 13th day, Smoky Quartz will help keep you balanced, helping to bring out the most positive qualities of the first digit of your birthday and heal your weaknesses. Smoky Quarts helps you to be satisfied with yourself, always be positive and motivated.
Smoky Quartz is a crystal that can be extracted from Rock Crystal with a completely natural substances in the laboratory. Exactly the same way you can bring Amethyst from a Citrine on a completely natural way. Why is this done? For example, in the Earth's crust, Smoky Quartz is formed by Rock Crystal merging with other elements, so is Citrine formed. In laboratories, they also add other natural elements to the crystal to react.
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Summer Compass: COVID-Style
Updated: Jul 27, 2020
by Lindsay Kolquist
Because of COVID-19, Summer Compass looks different than it has in the past. We've traded in bussing and classrooms for walk groups and virtual challenges. Summer Compass 2020 was thoughtfully designed to meet specific goals by incorporating specific strategies.
Summer Compass 2020 Goals:
1. Social Interaction
In a time of social distancing and
video chatting, social engagement and support is crucial. We know that kids benefit from nurturing, supportive relationships, and constructive social engagement, which most of our kids experience at home. The benefits of having non-familial adults (Collaborative staff) in their lives are the additional promotion of high expectations, opportunity to build trust, and outside sources of encouragement. As cited by Mentor Duluth, positive adult role models were identified in a citywide Duluth needs assessment as high priority for our community at-large and we are proud to be part of that solution.
2. Healthy Habit Promotion
With limited meal services and stay-at-home recommendations, it's easy to fall into unhealthy habits. Kids do not learn and grow unless their basic needs are met. We are working to meet those needs and relay information about healthy habits to our students. This is one of the ways we provide integrated student supports, one of the four pillars of community schools, at Myers-Wilkins.
3. Engaging Curriculum
Kids have been physically away from school since mid-March. Even with top-notch teachers and well-planned distance learning, kids are falling behind academically. Summer Compass is the perfect opportunity to keep the learning ball rolling. Our creative, engaging mode of instruction: LEGOs.
Summer Compass 2020 Strategies:
1. Walk Groups
Working towards our social interaction goal, weekly walks serve as emotional check-ins and social engagement time. Walks groups are socially distanced and with small groups. Kids develop relationships and trust. Our second goal, to promote healthy habits, is also addressed. Walk groups expose children to sunlight, open air, and natural elements, all of which benefit their physical health. Kids' physiological needs are met when they receive healthy snacks and engage in physical activity. Being part of a walk group creates a sense of belonging. The third Summer Compass goal is to create engaging learning opportunities. Walks include hands-on (COVID style) activities and reflection.
1. Virtual Challenges
Virtual challenges allow peer-support and interaction, and they promote teamwork at home. They teach kids to ask for help when needed. All challenges are LEGO-based and all kids received a free box of LEGOs at the start of the summer. The virtual challenges also encourage kids to get outside and take care of their physical and emotional health through nature-based and self-reflective activities. Challenges teach stress-management, emotional regulation, and identity development. Summer Compass, as an extended learning opportunity, bridges two academic years using literacy, STEM, social-emotional, and art challenges.
In a survey done by the University of Minnesota Extension Center for Youth Development, both educators and out of school time leaders agreed that social emotional learning is critical to academic performance. Play promotes social competence, emotional resilience, creativity, and problem-solving skills. Through play, kids develop behavioral, social, and emotional flexibility and development.
This summer, we are working to deliver socially engaging, health-oriented, and academically engaging programming for our Summer Compass students. With walk groups and virtual challenges underway, we are on track to do so.
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Value and use value for the value being set.
Note: in the examples below, we use propertyType to specify the type of the fieldValue. This is needed because it is possible to capture the type automatically for the getter. Use nullablePropertyType to specify a nullable type.
val mock = spyk(MockCls(), recordPrivateCalls = true)
every { mock.property } answers { fieldValue + 6 }
every { mock.property = any() } propertyType Int::class answers { fieldValue += value }
every { mock getProperty "property" } propertyType Int::class answers { fieldValue + 6 }
every { mock setProperty "property" value any<Int>() } propertyType Int::class answers { fieldValue += value }
every {
 mock.property = any()
} propertyType Int::class answers {
 fieldValue = value + 1
} andThen {
 fieldValue = value - 1
}
Multiple interfaces
Adding additional behaviours via interfaces and stubbing them:
val spy = spyk(System.out, moreInterfaces = *arrayOf(Runnable::class))
spy.println(555)
every {
 (spy as Runnable).run()
} answers {
 (self as PrintStream).println("Run! Run! Run!")
}
val thread = Thread(spy as Runnable)
thread.start()
thread.join()
Mocking Nothing
Nothing special here. If you have a function returning Nothing:
fun quit(status: Int): Nothing {
 exitProcess(status)
}
Then you can for example throw an exception as behaviour:
every { quit(1) } throws Exception("this is a test")
Clearing vs Unmocking
Matcher extensibility
A very simple way to create new matchers is by attaching a function to MockKMatcherScope or MockKVerificationScope and using the match function:
 fun MockKMatcherScope.seqEq(seq: Sequence<String>) = match<Sequence<String>> {
 it.toList() == seq.toList()
 }
It's also possible to create more advanced matchers by implementing the Matcher interface.
Custom matchers
Example of a custom matcher that compares list without order:
@Test
fun test() {
 class MockCls {
 fun op(a: List<Int>) = a.reversed()
 }
 val mock = mockk<MockCls>()
 every { mock.op(any()) } returns listOf(5, 6, 9)
 println(mock.op(listOf(1, 2, 3)))
 verify { mock.op(matchListWithoutOrder(3, 2, 1)) }
}
data class ListWithoutOrderMatcher<T>(
 val expectedList: List<T>,
 val refEq: Boolean
) : Matcher<List<T>> {
 val map = buildCountsMap(expectedList, refEq)
 override fun match(arg: List<T>?): Boolean {
 if (arg == null) return false
 return buildCountsMap(arg, refEq) == map
 }
 private fun buildCountsMap(list: List<T>, ref: Boolean): Map<Any?, Int> {
 val map = mutableMapOf<Any?, Int>()
 for (item in list) {
 val key = when {
 item == null -> nullKey
 refEq -> InternalPlatform.ref(item)
 else -> item
 }
 map.compute(key, { _, value -> (value ?: 0) + 1 })
 }
 return map
 }
 override fun toString() = "matchListWithoutOrder($expectedList)"
 @Suppress("UNCHECKED_CAST")
 override fun substitute(map: Map<Any, Any>): Matcher<List<T>> {
 return copy(expectedList = expectedList.map { map.getOrDefault(it as Any?, it) } as List<T>)
 }
 companion object {
 val nullKey = Any()
 }
}
inline fun <reified T : List<E>, E : Any> MockKMatcherScope.matchListWithoutOrder(
 vararg items: E,
 refEq: Boolean = true
): T = match(ListWithoutOrderMatcher(listOf(*items), refEq))
Settings file
To adjust parameters globally, there are a few settings you can specify in a resource file.
How to use:
 1. Create a io/mockk/settings.properties file in src/main/resources.
 2. Put any of the following options:
 relaxed=true|false
 relaxUnitFun=true|false
 recordPrivateCalls=true|false
 stackTracesOnVerify=true|false
 stackTracesAlignment=left|center

stackTracesAlignment determines whether to align the stack traces to the center (default), or to the left (more consistent with usual JVM stackTraces).
DSL tables
Here are a few tables to help you master the DSL.
Top level functions
Function Description
mockk<T>(...) builds a regular mock
spyk<T>() builds a spy using the default constructor
spyk(obj) builds a spy by copying from obj
slot creates a capturing slot
every starts a stubbing block
coEvery starts a stubbing block for coroutines
verify starts a verification block
coVerify starts a verification block for coroutines
verifyAll starts a verification block that should include all calls
coVerifyAll starts a verification block that should include all calls for coroutines
verifyOrder starts a verification block that checks the order
coVerifyOrder starts a verification block that checks the order for coroutines
verifySequence starts a verification block that checks whether all calls were made in a specified sequence
coVerifySequence starts a verification block that checks whether all calls were made in a specified sequence for coroutines
excludeRecords exclude some calls from being recorded
confirmVerified confirms that all recorded calls were verified
clearMocks clears specified mocks
registerInstanceFactory allows you to redefine the way of instantiation for certain object
mockkClass builds a regular mock by passing the class as parameter
mockkObject turns an object into an object mock, or clears it if was already transformed
unmockkObject turns an object mock back into a regular object
mockkStatic makes a static mock out of a class, or clears it if it was already transformed
unmockkStatic turns a static mock back into a regular class
clearStaticMockk clears a static mock
mockkConstructor makes a constructor mock out of a class, or clears it if it was already transformed
unmockkConstructor turns a constructor mock back into a regular class
clearConstructorMockk clears the constructor mock
unmockkAll unmocks object, static and constructor mocks
clearAllMocks clears regular, object, static and constructor mocks
Matchers
By default, simple arguments are matched using eq()
Matcher Description
any() matches any argument
allAny() special matcher that uses any() instead of eq() for matchers that are provided as simple arguments
isNull() checks if the value is null
isNull(inverse=true) checks if the value is not null
ofType(type) checks if the value belongs to the type
match { it.startsWith("string") } matches via the passed predicate
coMatch { it.startsWith("string") } matches via the passed coroutine predicate
matchNullable { it?.startsWith("string") } matches nullable value via the passed predicate
coMatchNullable { it?.startsWith("string") } matches nullable value via the passed coroutine predicate
eq(value) matches if the value is equal to the provided value via the deepEquals function
eq(value, inverse=true) matches if the value is not equal to the provided value via the deepEquals function
neq(value) matches if the value is not equal to the provided value via the deepEquals function
refEq(value) matches if the value is equal to the provided value via reference comparison
refEq(value, inverse=true) matches if the value is not equal to the provided value via reference comparison
nrefEq(value) matches if the value is not equal to the provided value via reference comparison
cmpEq(value) matches if the value is equal to the provided value via the compareTo function
less(value) matches if the value is less than the provided value via the compareTo function
more(value) matches if the value is more than the provided value via the compareTo function
less(value, andEquals=true) matches if the value is less than or equal to the provided value via the compareTo function
more(value, andEquals=true) matches if the value is more than or equal to the provided value via the compareTo function
range(from, to, fromInclusive=true, toInclusive=true) matches if


text:
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- INTERNATIONAL STUDENT
- ABOUT AAPS
The Food Technology, Safety and Quality Diploma Program is designed to help students develop a hand-on approach to food safety and quality, while allowing them the opportunity to earn food safety certification. The program incorporates the specialized knowledge and skills required to implement the fundamental principles of quality assurance. Additionally, the program is designed to be equally useful for entry level or ongoing career development in the food and beverage industry
This program is equally beneficial to those who want to complement their pre-existing skills and knowledge by upgrading. The AAPS's integrated approach affords students with the foundation and knowledge to develop, implement, and maintain the food safety program using tools such as GMPs and HACCP to ensure that products comply with national and international safety and quality standards.
Diploma in Food Technology, Safety and Quality Courses Include:
Food safety certifications are necessary to work in many food and beverage related environments, including for food and beverage servers, people who work in food preparation and people who work in an institutional setting, as well as large scale food manufacturing. Many employers also have a preference for candidates who can meet a high caliber of skills and standards for food safety and quality. Additionally, possession of the right qualifications can also help a person with industry experience advance their career, including training others.
Students who are registered in the Food Technology, Safety and Quality Diploma Program are eligible to attend the training session "Food Handling Certificate" free of charge ($70 Value) and obtain the certificate issued by the City of Toronto.
AAPS graduates from the Food Safety and Quality Program pursue careers in


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What's the advantage of PVDF
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What's the advantage of PVDF
1. PVDF has excellent chemical resistance, excellent high temperature resistant color change and oxidation resistance.
2. PVDF has excellent wear resistance, flexibility, high tensile strength and impact strength.
3. PVDF has excellent UV resistance and high energy radiation.
4. PVDF is less hydrophilic.
5, can be injected and extruded fluorinated resin (commonly known as thermoplastic Teflon).
6, good heat resistance and high dielectric strength
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Q: Is it necessary to bloom curry, chile and other powders for cold foods such as salads and sandwiches, or does the acid in mayo do the trick? If blooming in hot fat is recommended, how do you advise doing it?
A: According to Michael Ruhlman's handy guide The Elements of Cooking, in the kitchen, the word bloom has several meanings.
Bloom can mean to hydrate gelatin in water before adding it to what you are thickening. Bloom can also refer to the chalky white coating that appears on improperly stored chocolate, where cocoa butter has separated out and set on the surface.
Soft cheeses such as Brie are said to be bloom ripened because of the light, white coating that forms on the rind as the cheese ages.
Bloom can also refer to the beneficial flora that grow on some vegetables and fruits, such as grapes.
Ruhlman says another meaning of the word is when chefs put spices or aromatics in oil so that they "bloom" and release their flavour into it.
Kate, of course, is looking for information on that definition.
The technique is most often used in hot preparations, such as an Indian curry, where spices are heated in oil to help develop and release their flavours.
The blooming of spices can be done separately in the oil or other fat, such as ghee (clarified butter). It can also be done when other ingredients are being cooked, such as sprinkling a ground spice in the pan when ingredients, such as onions and garlic, are frying.
According to Harold McGee's book On Food and Cooking: The Science and Lore of the Kitchen, heating a mix of spices in this way allows the different chemicals to react to each other so that the flavours become more integrated. I used the technique in today's spicerich lentil dal, a soup bursting with flavour.
When using ground spices or spice blends in cold preparations such as salads and sandwich fillings, in most cases I find there's no need to bloom them in hot oil before mixing them in.
Store-bought ground spices are finely ground and the moment they come in contact with a wet ingredient, such as mayonnaise or vinaigrette, their flavour begins to bloom. If you allow the spices in the dressing for that salad or sandwich filling to steep and develop a short while, they'll do a fine job flavouring your creation.
That's certainly how I felt after digging into today's recipe for curried shrimp-stuffed papaya. The mayonnaise-based shrimp filling chills and melds in the refrigerator an hour before being spooned into the papaya, giving it plenty of time to develop flavour.
However, in some salads that I'll serve right away, such as a Singapore noodle salad, I will "bloom" the curry powder used in oil first. I do this by pouring the required amount of oil in a small skillet and set it over medium-high heat.
When hot, I'll add the curry powder and stir and cook about 30 seconds. Once cooled, I'll toss into it the noodles with the other ingredients.
Kate, I have limited space to write about this subject here, so I highly suggest you pick up a copy of Harold McGee's book noted above, whether you buy it or get it from the library. There's an interesting chapter called the Chemistry and Qualities of Herbs and Spices that provides some great information on getting the maximum flavour out of them.
Curried Shrimp-Stuffed Papaya
This recipe is based on one that appears in my book Everyone Can Cook Midweek Meals. This dish will make a deluxe lunch you could serve with a simple green salad.
Preparation time: 10 minutes Cooking time: None Makes: 2 servings
1 cup small cooked salad shrimp, patted dry (about 150 grams)
3 Tbsp mayonnaise, or to taste
1/2 tsp mild curry powder
2 Tbsp finely chopped red bell pepper
2 Tbsp finely chopped celery
1-2 green onions, thinly sliced
to taste salt
1 small to medium ripe papaya, halved lengthwise, seeds removed
2 lime wedges
Combine all ingredients, except papaya and lime, in a small bowl. Cover and refrigerate mixture one hour to allow flavours to meld.
Trim a little from the bottom of each papaya half so they'll sit flat and then set, cavity side up, on plates.
Divide and mound the shrimp mixture into the cavity of each papaya half. Garnish with lime wedges and enjoy.
Lentil Dal with Yogurt and Cilantro
Make a light lunch or dinner of this Indian-style soup by serving it with warm slices of naan or pita bread. This soup freezes well. To do so, after preparing, cool to room temperature, pack in suitably sized containers, label, date and freeze.
Preparation time: 20 minutes
Cooking time: About 30 minutes
Makes: 4 to 6 servings
2 Tbsp vegetable oil
1 tsp yellow mustard seeds
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tsp ground coriander seed
1/2 tsp turmeric 1/8 tsp cayenne pepper
1 1/2 cups dried red lentils
1 small onion, finely chopped
1 small carrot, finely chopped
1-2 garlic cloves, minced
2 tsp fresh ginger, finely chopped
1 (14 oz/400 mL) can coconut milk 4 cups vegetable or chicken stock
and white pepper to taste salt
- thick yogurt and chopped fresh
cilantro to taste (see Note)
Place the oil in a tall, medium-sized pot set over medium heat. Add the mustard seeds and heat and stir until they begin to crackle slightly and some begin to pop. At that point, remove from the heat and carefully stir in the cumin, coriander, turmeric and cayenne pepper.
Let the mixture stand 5 minutes, and then stir in the lentils, onion, carrot, garlic and ginger. Set back over medium heat and cook and stir 4 minutes more.
Add the coconut milk and stock, bring to a simmer, and gently simmer 20 minutes, or until the lentils are tender.
Season the soup with salt and pepper. Ladle into bowls, top with a dollop of yogurt, sprinkle with cilantro and serve.
Note: If you don't care for cilantro, you could substitute chopped fresh parsley or mint in this recipe.
Eric Akis is the author of the bestselling Everyone Can Cook series of cookbooks.


How do I write not in PostgreSQL?
How do I write not in PostgreSQL?
The syntax for using NOT IN operator to return the matching values(except for the specified values) in contrast with the SELECT statement is as below: Syntax: value NOT IN (SELECT value FROM tbl_name);
Is not condition in PostgreSQL?
The PostgreSQL NOT condition (also called the NOT Operator) is used to negate a condition in a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement.
What is <> in Postgres?
<> is the standard SQL operator meaning "not equal". Many databases, including postgresql, supports != as a synonym for <> . They're exactly the same in postgresql.
How do you write not equal to in PostgreSQL?
Do not write expression = NULL because NULL is not "equal to" NULL….9.2. Comparison Operators.
Operator Description
<= less than or equal to
>= greater than or equal to
= equal
<> or != not equal
IS NOT NULL in Postgres?
Here is an example of how to use the PostgreSQL IS NOT NULL condition in a SELECT statement: SELECT * FROM employees WHERE first_name IS NOT NULL; This PostgreSQL IS NOT NULL example will return all records from the employees table where the first_name does not contain a null value.
Can I use with clause in PostgreSQL?
WITH provides a way to write auxiliary statements for use in a larger query. Each auxiliary statement in a WITH clause can be a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE; and the WITH clause itself is attached to a primary statement that can also be a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE. …
Is not true in PostgreSQL?
In standard SQL, a Boolean value can be TRUE , FALSE , or NULL . However, PostgreSQL is quite flexible when dealing with TRUE and FALSE values. The following table shows the valid literal values for TRUE and FALSE in PostgreSQL….Introduction to the PostgreSQL Boolean type.
True False
'y' 'n'
'yes' 'no'
'1' '0'
Is not distinct from?
Compares whether two expressions are equal (or not equal). The function is NULL-safe, meaning it treats NULLs as known values for comparing equality. Note that this is different from the EQUAL comparison operator ( = ), which treats NULLs as unknown values.
What is double colon in SQL?
In MS SQL Server 2000: For built-in user-defined functions that return a table, the function name must be specified with a leading double colon (::) to distinguish it from user-defined functions that are not built-in. It also must be specified as a one-part name with no database or owner qualifications.
Is NULL or empty Postgres?
Oracle reads empty strings as NULLs, while PostgreSQL treats them as empty. Concatenating NULL values with non-NULL characters results in that character in Oracle, but NULL in PostgreSQL. Oracle and PostgreSQL behave similarly in many cases, but one way they differ is in their treatment of NULLs and empty strings.
Can we use two with clause in SQL?
To have multiple WITH clauses, you do not need to specify WITH multiple times. Rather, after the first WITH clause is completed, add a comma, then you can specify the next clause by starting with followed by AS. There is no comma between the final WITH clause and the main SQL query.
Can we use CTE in PostgreSQL?
In PostgreSQL, the CTE(Common Table Expression) is used as a temporary result set that the user can reference within another SQL statement like SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE or DELETE. CTEs are temporary in the sense that they only exist during the execution of the query.
What is PostgreSQL in and not in?
PostgreSQL IN, Not IN with Examples What is PostgreSQL In? The IN operator is used in a WHERE clause that allows checking whether a value is present in a list of other values. In Operation helps to reduce the need for multiple OR conditions in SELECT, UPDATE, INSERT, or DELETE statements.
What is the difference between in and = operators in PostgreSQL?
It is equivalent to the query above: The query that uses the IN operator is shorter and more readable than the query that uses equal ( =) and OR operators. In addition, PostgreSQL executes the query with the IN operator much faster than the same query that uses a list of OR operators.
How do I use in in PostgreSQL?
PostgreSQL IN operator syntax. You use the IN operator in the WHERE clause to check if a value matches any value in a list of values. The syntax of the IN operator is as follows: value IN (value1,value2,…) The expression returns true if the value matches any value in the list i.e., value1 and value2.
How do I negate a condition in PostgreSQL?
The PostgreSQL NOT condition (also called the NOT Operator) is used to negate a condition in a SELECT, INSERT, UPDATE, or DELETE statement. The condition to negate.


text: The electrochemical characterization of sulfadiazine-cysteine (SD-CYS) adduct formation was performed in phosphate buffer (pH 7) on the basis of voltammetric current and peak potential measurements. Due to the association of cysteine with sulfadiazine, the reduction peak currents of mercuric and mercurous cysteine thiolates decreased and their peak potentials simultaneously shifted to less negative potentials. By using the current changes of mercurous cysteine thiolate, it was determined that cysteine and sulfadiazine are associated with a 1:1 stoichiometry with a conditional association constant of 1.99 x10(4) M-1. In addition to experimental studies, a computational approach was carried out to study the geometrical parameters, electron densities, and UV-Vis absorption spectra of sulfadiazine and SD-CYS adduct in water. Calculated (B3LYP/6-311++G(d,p) level) and experimental UV-Vis absorption spectra of the compounds were found to be in good agreement in water. The computational study suggests that cysteine bound to the C(5) on the pyrimidine ring via SH-group nucleophilic attack. Computational results reveal that sulfadiazine and its derivatives effectively bind cysteine and may lead to new molecules/drugs to target cysteine.


Format excel cells and border using VBA |
Format Cell VBA Excel
To format cells and format the text contained in the cells.
In this VBA Excel automation, we shall declare a range object and then we shall format the cells and format the text inside the cell.Here we have declared a range variable called "SampleRange" to showcase the use of range object.
Sub FormatExcelRange()
Dim SampleRange As Range
Set SampleRange = Range("A1: B10")
'Formatting the cell borders
With SampleRange.Borders
.Weight = xlMedium
.LineStyle = xlDash
.Color = RGB(0, 206, 255)
End With
'Formatting the cell interior colour
With SampleRange.Interior
.Color = RGB(128, 128, 128)
.TintAndShade = 0.8
End With
'Formatting the text inside cell
With SampleRange.Font
.Bold = True
.Italic = True
.Underline = True
End With
'Change Column Width and row height
With SampleRange
.ColumnWidth = 25
.RowHeight = 20
End With
End Sub
What this code does –
 - Created a range object for cell range A1:B10
 - Format the border line thickness, color, line style
 - Change the cell interior color and shade
 - Format the text inside the selected range as bold,italic and underlined
 - Change the column width and row height
Before executing the VBA code, for demonstration purpose we had created some sample data in cell A1:C10 as shown below.
Format Cell VBA Excel
Once the code is executed completely, cells and the text within cells is formatted.Border is also formatted.
There are multiple methods and properties which are associated with Range object, they can be used as per requirement, we can find them in the link provided in the reference section.
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