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Can Industrial Parks Be More Environmentally Friendly?
Although industrial parks are often considered major economic engines for the communities in which they reside, they can also consume environmental resources and produce significant pollution that can negatively affect human health and quality of life. A case study published in Environmental Engineering Science (_URL_ a peer-reviewed journal from Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. (_URL_), describes a systems-based approach to assess and reduce the negative societal and economic impact of industrial parks. The article on sustainability management for industrial parks (_URL_ ) is available on the Environmental Engineering Science website.
"The extent of sustainable economic development is critical to the quality of life that defines various communities," says Domenico Grasso, Ph.D, Editor-in-Chief and Vice President for Research, Dean of the Graduate College, University of Vermont (Burlington). "Industrial parks have long been a cornerstone of regional economic activity and prosperity. This paper by Ching-Ho Chen and colleagues does a wonderful job of helping policy and decision makers evaluate the environmental dimensions and consequences of these important developments."
A team of researchers from Taiwan studied the operation and management of a local industrial park. They measured air and water pollution, solid waste production, land use, and water and energy consumption and proposed a management model based on more sustainable practices. Ching-Ho Chen, National Taipei University of Education, Wei-Lin Liu, Ing-Jia Chiou, Nanya Institute of Technology, and Shu-Liang Liaw, National Central University, describe their work in the article, "Methodology and System of Total Quantity and Sustainability Management for Industrial Parks."
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Don't Wipe That Sweat Off Your Brow and You'll Cool Down Faster
As the temperatures get higher, a lot of us are starting to sweat more often. But, unless you're drenched, you're better off not wiping it off your head, since it can cool you off faster.
Brian Palmer over at Slate explains the science:
Don't wipe unless you're drenched. Sweat releases heat by evaporative cooling. As each gram of sweat transitions from liquid to gas phase, it absorbs 2,427 joules of energy from the body and dissipates the heat into the environment. But if you wipe away the perspiration before it evaporates, that process will get cut short, and you'll need to sweat more just to achieve the same degree of cooling. On the other hand, any sweat that drips to the ground before it can evaporate won't do you any good, so if you're really soaked you may as well reach for the towel.
So the next time you go to mop your brow, think twice—if you're really serious about cooling off, you may want to leave those sweat beads to evaporate on their own. Of course, you can always speed up the process by knowing your body's quick cooling spots, too.
Let Them See You Sweat | Slate
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Friday, January 1, 2010
Adaptive Spider Webs
Students rolled a marble around in a box that had their paper at the bottom and white paint. Next, the added the spider with black paint! :)
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 1. Great idea! Where was the paint located? Off to the side? If so, how did you keep the paint from running/dripping onto the paper?


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that is 1/2.
The evidence-adjustment factor
With our prior beliefs represented as probability equations, let's get back to computing that evidence adjustment.
(evidence adjustment) = P(H|S∧K) / P(H|K)
The numerator on the right-hand side we already know: P(H|S∧K) = 1.
The denominator, P(H|K), we do not. We must find some way to break it into terms that we do know.
The nice thing about propositions, like H, is that we can use Boolean logic to manipulate them. So, let's break H into pieces that are more likely to be useful:
H = H∧(S ∨ ¬S) = (H∧S) ∨ (H∧¬S).
What I did was split the proposition that the coin comes up heads into a disjunction of two mutually exclusive propositions: that the coin comes up heads and is special, or that the coin comes up heads and is not special. That first term of the disjunction, however, is redundant: if a coin is special, our prior knowledge already tells us that it must come up heads; therefore, we can simplify H∧S to S. Now we have,
H = S ∨ (H∧¬S), given K,
P(H|K) = P((S ∨ (H∧¬S))|K).
We can break up the disjunction on the right-hand side using the sum rule for probabilities, which is given as:
P(A∨B) = P(A) + P(B) – P(A∧B).
Since our disjunction is of mutually exclusive propositions, the final term of the sum-rule expansion drops out; therefore,
P(H|K) = P(S|K) + P(H∧¬S|K).
Now let's crack that new final term, P(H∧¬S|K). To do so, we'll use the product rule for probabilities:
P(A∧B) = P(A|B) P(B) = P(B|A) P(A).
P(H∧¬S|K) = P(H|¬S∧K) P(¬S|K).
And, already knowing that P(H|¬S∧K) = 1/2, we can simplify the right-hand side:
P(H∧¬S|K) = P(¬S|K)/2.
And substituting this reduction back into the equation for P(H|K) gives,
P(H|K) = P(S|K) + P(¬S|K)/2.
We can further simplify the equation by noting that P(S|K) + P(¬S|K) must equal 1 and, therefore, that the ¬S term can be rewritten in terms of S to give,
P(H|K) = P(S|K) + (1 - P(S|K))/2 = (1 + P(S|K)) / 2.
Now, to bring it all home, let's plug these values into our evidence-adjustment formula:
= P(H|S∧K) / P(H|K)
= 1 / P(H|K)
= 1 / [(1 + P(S|K)) / 2]
= 2 / (1 + P(S|K)).
And that's our evidence-adjustment factor. Now, what does it do?
Adjusting our beliefs in light of the new evidence
To better understand what the evidence adjustment does, let's recall the original belief-adjustment equation:
(new plausibility) = (old plausibility) × (evidence adjustment)
So the adjustment factor nudges our initial degree of belief, whatever it may be, one way or the other, depending on the evidence. To see the effect of this nudge for various initial degrees of belief, consider the following plot:
Looking at the plot, let's see if the nudge agrees with our intuition. First, if we were absolutely convinced that the coin is (or is not) special, no amount of evidence should sway our beliefs. Looking at the plot, we see that when our prior probability is 0 or 1, so is our adjusted (posterior) probability, exactly what we expected.
But what if our initial knowledge is complete ignorance about the coin being special? In that case, upon seeing the coin toss, our prior probability of 1/2 gets nudged to the posterior probability of 2/3 – toward the belief that the coin is indeed special. Again, it's what we would expect.
In fact, the evidence adjustment is always going to push us toward confirming the belief that the coin is special because the evidence supports that belief. The force of that push, however, depends on how surprising we find the evidence, that is, how much it challenges our prior beliefs. The following plot shows this relationship:
Note that the evidence provides the strongest push – a factor of 2 – when our prior knowledge makes us doubt most strongly that the coin is special. On the other extreme, when we are already convinced that the coin is special, observing that the coin comes up heads when tossed isn't surprising at all, and correspondingly the evidential push of that observation is nothing: an adjustment factor of unity.
Answering the original question
Finally, with our evidence adjustment well in hand, we can answer the original question: After seeing the outcome of this single coin toss, how much more should you believe my claim that the coin always comes up heads, compared to what you believed before the coin toss?
The answer, we reasoned earlier, is the evidence adjustment less one:
(relative plausibility increase)
= [evidence adjustment] – 1
= [2 / (1 + P(S|K))] – 1
= [2 / (1 + (prior plausibility))] – 1
= (1 – (prior plausibility)) / (1 + (prior plausibility))).
So, if we let p represent our prior degree of belief that the coin is a special, heads-always coin, we should be
100% × (1 – p) / (1 + p)
more confident in our belief after seeing the coin come up heads when tossed.
And that's the answer.
But there are other ways of arriving at it. One of the more convenient is to use odds instead of probabilities. But let's save that discussion for next time.
Update: Here's the promised discussion: Odds and the evidence of a single coin toss.

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Quick, clean, and to the point
Position of max value in list
Excel formula: Position of max value in list
Generic formula
To get the position of the maximum value in a range (i.e. a list, table, or row), you can use the MAX function together with the MATCH function.
In the example shown, the formula in I5 is:
Which returns the number 4, representing the position in this list of the the most expensive property.
In this case, that value is 849900.
With those arguments, MATCH locates finds the maximum value inside the range and returns the relative position of the value in that range.
In this case, the position corresponds to a relative row number, but in a horizontal range, the position would correspond to a relative column number.
Note: in case of duplicates (i.e. two or more max values that are the same) this formula will return the position of the first match, the default behavior of the MATCH function.
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Question 3: Is a collaboration contract a type of LC? What are the legal risks for Employers upon entering into a collaboration contract?
Is a collaboration contract a seasonal or specific job-based LC?
 1. Legal grounds for governing a collaboration contract
As a matter of law, a collaboration contract may be considered a type of service contract because of the existence of a relationship between the service provider and the service user. The concept of service contract is currently being governed by the two main sources of law, the Civil Code and the Commercial Law. The issue is in that which legislation, the Civil Code or the Commercial Law will be the governing source of law in this case? Considering the nature of a collaboration contract, it can be seen that this is an activity towards profits (by both the service user as enterprises and the service provider as individuals). Therefore, the governing source of law for the collaboration contract will be the Commercial Law pursuant to the principles of the governing scope of Articles 1.1 and 3.1 of the Commercial Law.
 1. May a collaboration contract be considered a type of LC?
Pursuant to the prevailing labour law, there are three types of LC which Employers may enter into with Employees: indefinite LC, definite LC and seasonal or specific job-based LC with a term of less than 12 months[1]. As a result, the collaboration contract is basically not a type of LC specified in the Labor Code. However, considering the content of an LC, the Labor Code defines an LC as follows: "An LC is an agreement between Employees and Employers on paid jobs, working conditions, rights and obligations of each party in the employment relationship"[2]. Specifically, an LC must contain some provisions related to Employees' rights, such as LC term (for seasonal LC, the maximum term is under 12 months), salary, salary payment time limit, salary allowances and other additions, salary raise regime, working time, rest breaks, overtime and etc.[3] Therefore, if a collaboration contract includes the same contents as an LC, the collaboration contract may be considered an LC, i.e. the labour relationship rather than the relationship of services supply established between the parties.
 - Legal risks for Employers upon entering into a collaboration contract instead of an LC
Firstly, for contracting entities, Article 2 of the Commercial Law states that commercial activities (including service provision) must be carried out by traders (namely, organisations and individuals that have registered for business registration), except for "individuals conducting commercial activities independently and regularly."[4] Individuals who conduct independent commercial activities on a regular basis and are not required to register for business are listed in detail in Decree 39/2007/NĐ-CP dated 16/03/2007, mainly performing retail services on a small scale such as shoe polishing, lottery ticket sale, lock repair, vehicle repair, wash and parking lot service, haircut, painting, photo taking and other services with or without any fixed location and these individuals will not be deemed as traders. Considering a relationship between individuals and enterprises (specifically the relationship of a collaboration contract), it is clear that enterprises do not hire individuals to regularly provide the said retail services, instead hire individuals who conduct activities related to some professional qualification and a certain level, and individuals who provide services (other than the said retail services) must register for business in accordance with the law to be eligible to carry out said services. Therefore, the fact that an enterprise signs a collaboration contract with an individual to perform services related to some professional qualification and a certain level may face a lot of potential risks because the service provider as individuals may not be legally recognised as "individuals falling out of the category of business registration in accordance with the Commercial Law" to be eligible to provide services to any trader as enterprises. On the other hand, as above analysed, a collaboration contract is not a type of LC that is regulated and governed by the Labor Code, but by nature the parties have established the labour relationship through collaboration contracts. As a result, there exist many risks for Employers. If a collaborator grasps the labour law and initiates a lawsuit with the court to protect his/her interests, enterprises may face a risk that the court will not recognise the legality of the relevant collaboration contract and enterprises will have to sign an LC with such collaborator to establish the labour relationship between the parties in accordance with the labour law. Then, in addition to having to sign LCs, enterprises might have to fulfil Employers' obligations to Employees for the period when they have worked for former enterprises under collaboration contracts (including benefits from compulsory insurance payments for Employees, overtime salary and etc.). Moreover, enterprises may be sanctioned with an administrative fine of up to VND 4,000,000 for failing to enter into the right type of LC with Employees[5]. From the said analyses, enterprises should consider signing seasonal LCs with their collaborators (i.e. they must comply with the labour law on seasonal contracts) instead of signing collaboration contracts in order to comply with the current labour law and limit any risk of such dispute. It should be noted that when signing a seasonal LC, enterprises will only be allowed to enter into seasonal LCs with a term of less than 12 months for non-recurring jobs (except for any case of temporary replacement of Employees on military service, maternity leave, due to their sickness, labour accident or other temporary absence. If the job is of a regular nature for 12 months or more, Employers must sign definite LCs with Employees as prescribed by the labour law.
[1] Article 22.1 Labor Code [2] Article 15 Labor Code [3] Article 23.1 Labor Code [4] Article 2 Commercial Law [5] Article 5 Decree 95/2013/NĐ-CP dated 22/08/2013 as amended and supplemented by Decree 88/2015/NĐ-CP dated 07/10/2015


7.2.1.1 Constant Propagation
A transformation takes place for expressions like this:
WHERE column1 = column2 AND column2 = 'x'
For such expressions, since it is known that, if A=B and B=C then A=C (the Transitivity Law), the transformed condition becomes:
WHERE column1='x' AND column2='x'
This transformation occurs for column1 <operator> column2 conditions if and only if <operator> is one of these operators:
=, <, >, <=, >=, <>, <=>, LIKE
That is, transitive transformations don't apply for BETWEEN. Probably they should not apply for LIKE either, but that's a story for another day.
Constant propagation happens in a loop, so the output from one propagation step can be input for the next step.
See: /sql/sql_select.cc, change_cond_ref_to_const(). Or See: /sql/sql_select.cc, propagate_cond_constants().


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Field-dependent NMR studies of bio-molecular systems using a sample shuttling hardware operating on a high-field NMR apparatus have provided valuable structural and dynamic information. We have recently published a design of a compact sample transportation device, called "field-cycler", which was installed in a commercial spectrometer and which provided highly precise positioning and stability during high speed shuttling. In this communication, we demonstrate the first use of a sample shuttling device on a commercial high field standard bore NMR spectrometer, equipped with a commercial triple resonance cryogenically cooled NMR probe. The performance and robustness of the hardware operating in 1D and 2D field cycling experiments, as well as the impact of the sample shuttling time on the signal intensity are discussed.
ASJC Scopus subject areas

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The Atmospheric discharge tests with current continuity are performed in the High Current Laboratory (AP1), located in the Adrianópolis Unit. They aim at verifying the behavior of low and high voltage equipment when subjected to atmospheric discharge simulation to improve its performance and the security of the electric system.
They are suitable for lightning arresters, and are prepared to test Optical Ground Wires (OPGW).
The main clients of these tests are: electricity utilities and equipment manufacturers.
- ABNT NBR 14074


Disparity filter algorithm of weighted network
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Disparity filter[1] is a network reduction algorithm to extract the backbone structure of undirected weighted network. Many real world networks such as citation networks, food web, airport networks display heavy tailed statistical distribution of nodes' weight and strength. Disparity filter can sufficiently reduce the network without destroying the multi-scale nature of the network. The algorithm is developed by M. Angeles Serrano, Marian Boguna and Alessandro Vespignani.
Overview of other network reduction algorithms and their limitations[edit]
k-core decomposition[edit]
k-core decomposition is an algorithm that reduces a graph into a maximal connected subgraph of vertices with at least degree k. This algorithm can only be applied to unweighted graphs.
Minimum spanning tree[edit]
A minimum spanning tree is a tree-like subgraph of a given graph G, in which it keeps all the nodes of graph G but minimizes the total weight of the subgraph. A minimum spanning tree is the least expensive way to maintain the size of a connected component. The significant limitation of this algorithm is that it overly simplifies the structure of the network (graph). The minimum spanning tree destroys local cycles, clustering coefficients which are usually present in real networks and are considered important in network measurement.
Global weight threshold[edit]
A weighted graph can be easily reduced to a subgraph in which any of the edges' weight is larger than a given threshold wc. This technique has been applied to study the resistance of food webs[2] and functional networks that connect correlated human brain sites.[3] The shortcoming of this method is that it disregards nodes with small strength. In real networks, both strength and weight distribution in general follow heavy tailed distributions which span several degrees of magnitude. Applying a simple cutoff on weight will remove all the information below the cut-off.
Disparity filter algorithm[edit]
The null model of normalized weight distribution[edit]
In network science, the strength notated as si of a node i is defined as si = Σjwij, where wij is the weight of the link between i and j.
In order to apply the disparity filter algorithm without overlooking nodes with low strength, a normalized weight pij is defined as pij = wij/si. In the null model, the normalized weights of a certain node with degree k is generated like this: k − 1 pins are randomly assigned between the interval 0 and 1. The interval is then divided into k subintervals. The length of the subinterval represents the normalized weight of each link in the null model.
Consecutively, and based on the null model, we can derive that the normalized weight distribution of a node with degree k follows .[1]
Disparity filter[edit]
The disparity filter algorithm is based on p-value[4] statistical significance test[5] of the null model: For a given normalized weight pij, the p-value αij of pij based on the null model is given by which reduces to . The meaning of αij is the probability of having normalized weight larger or equal to pij in the framework of the given null model. By setting a significance level α (between 0 and 1), for any link of normalized weight pij, if αij is larger than α, it will be filtered out. Changing α we can progressively remove irrelevant links thus effectively extracting the backbone structure of the weighted network.[1]
Generalizations[edit]
Pólya Filter[edit]
The disparity filter algorithm has been shown to be a particular case of the Pólya Filter[6] (built around the famous combinatorial scheme known as the Pólya Urn). The Pólya Filter is able to adapt the filtering procedure to the network's own heterogeneity by using a Maximum Likelihood procedure to set its free parameter , which represent the strength of the self reinforcing mechanism ruling the underlying urn scheme. Given a significance level , the Pólya Filter has been shown to produce backbones much more sparse than the disparity filter and yet able to retain the most salient[7] links of the system.
See also[edit]
External links[edit]
References[edit]
 1. ^ a b c Serrano, M.Angeles; Boguna, Marian; Vespignani, Alessandro (2009), "Extracting the multiscale backbone of complex weighted networks", Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 106 (16): 6483–6488, arXiv:0904.2389, Bibcode:2009PNAS..106.6483S, doi:10.1073/pnas._PHONE_, PMC _PHONE_, PMID _PHONE_.
 2. ^ Eguiluz, Victor M; Chialvo, Dante R; Cecchi, Guillermo A; Baliki, Marwan; Apkarian, A Vania (2005), "Scale-free brain functional networks", Physical Review Letters, 94 (1): 018102, arXiv:cond-mat/_PHONE_, Bibcode:2005PhRvL..94a8102E, doi:10.1103/PhysRevLett.94.018102, PMID _PHONE_.
 3. ^ Allesina, Stefano; Bodini, Antonio; Bondavalli, Cristina (2006), "Secondary extinctions in ecological networks: bottlenecks unveiled", Ecological Modelling, 194 (1): 150–161, doi:10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2005.10.016.
 4. ^ Goodman, SN (1999). "Toward Evidence-Based Medical Statistics. 1: The P Value Fallacy". Annals of Internal Medicine. 130 (12): 995–1004. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-130-12-199906150-00008. PMID _PHONE_.
 5. ^ R. A. Fisher (1925).Statistical Methods for Research Workers, Edinburgh: Oliver and Boyd, 1925, p. 43.
 6. ^ Marcaccioli, Riccardo; Livan, Giacomo (2019-02-14). "A Pólya urn approach to information filtering in complex networks". Nature Communications. 10 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1038/s41467-019-08667-3. ISSN 2041-1723. PMID 30765706.
 7. ^ Grady, Daniel; Thiemann, Christian; Brockmann, Dirk (2012-05-29). "Robust classification of salient links in complex networks". Nature Communications. 3 (1): 1–10. doi:10.1038/ncomms1847. ISSN 2041-1723.


Remanufacturing of transformers vs repairing
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Transformers are among the expensive assets used by industries in an electrical system. Usually replacement of transformer costs more than transformers repairing services. To compensate the cost, manufacturers bring the option of remanufacturing or restoring the transformers. Remanufacturing of transformers is the replacement of the faulty parts and equipments.
Repairing services offered by suppliers and manufacturers who are designing transformers for distinct customers are having resources, expert personnel, and equipment to instantly get the transformer unit back in service.
How manufacturers commence the process?
Transformer manufacturers start with the assessment of the transformer. They perform various tests and inspection to find all the defects in the unit. Once the defects are recognized, they start fixing them one by one.
They replace your transformer oil if it is very contaminated. They replace any broken part of the unit, and use genuine components made with quality materials. New windings and components are readily available at OEM's store for installation. You can source these components and install them once the unit is dismantled.
Companies operate the unit throughout their system regardless of the location. Remanufacturing of transformers avoids the failure impact prior its occurrence and expand the lifecycle of the transformer at low cost and time.
Remanufacturing is different from repairing. If you have a transformer and it is not working, you can take it to the manufacturer's facility. There experts will diagnose the entire unit and perform desired tests to avail the report of the unit. If you want to enhance any functionality, you can do it with the help of experts. This is remanufacturing.
If they just replace the damaged component and install the brand new or well-maintained used component to your unit, this process is known as repairing because they just installed the faulty part to your unit to make it functioning again.
Repairing of transformer includes working on its original electrical, mechanical, and thermal design. Whereas, restoration or remanufacturing is a different thing, you cannot take repairing as a light matter.
Repairing involves, but not limited to rewinding of coils, tap changer work, bushing replacement, re-gasket, install relays, etc.
Remanufacturing is a change to a unit's electrical, mechanical, and thermal design. It includes, but not limited to re-designing of the coils to enhance kV, MVA, core modifications, etc.
For more updates on transformers repairing and remanufacturing, you can ask the manufacturers and suppliers online. They will share extra information about the subject.
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Some quick facts about Tirupati Laddu
- Around 150,000 laddus are made daily.
- One laddu is given free to each devotee; the number of daily devotees that visit the temple is around 50,000.
- A devotee can buy extra two laddus – a small laddu costs 25 rupees and big laddu costs 100 rupees.
- The revenue from the sale of laddu annually is more than 11 million rupees.
- Each laddu weighs around 100gms and is huge when compared with the normal laddu found in shops.
- There is a super huge Tirupati Laddu known as Kalyana Laddu and it weighs around 500gms – ½ a kilogram.
- Single largest laddu made is said to have weighed 32 kg.
- The tradition of Tirupati Laddu is nearly 300 years old.
- It is prepared by special hereditary priests known as archakas in special temple kitchen known as 'potu'.
- Ingredients used in Tirupati Laddu are Besan flour (kadalai mavu), Sugar, Cashew nuts, Cardamom, Ghee, Oil, Sugar candy, Raisins and Almonds.
On a day around 5000 kg of Besan flour is used.
Sugar around 10000 kg.
Cashew nuts around 600 kg.
Cardamom 150 kg
Ghee 300 liters
Sugar candy 400 kg
Raisins 540 kg
- The ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTDs) the administrating body of the temple is planning to patent the Tirupati Laddu to stop counterfeits.

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Roland TR-505
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The Roland TR-505 Rhythm Composer contains a group of samples mixed from both the TR-707 and TR-727, and featured 16 drum tones, with 48 patterns and 6 songs of memory. Basic and affordable, it did not offer tone editing capabilities or individual drum outputs. It did host an extensive MIDI section, making it ideal alongside a computer or sequencer.
The TR-5050 is from the same family as the Roland TR-909, TR-808, TR-707, and TR-626. Released in 1986, the unit can be used to sequence short, punchy, 12-bit samples. The drum kit includes basic rock drum sounds similar to those of the 707, plus a complement of Latin-style drum sounds similar to those of the TR-727, which was similar to the TR-707, but it had Latin instruments instead of rock drums.
The TR-505 features five basic modes, including the following:
 - Track Play - plays whole tracks (arrangements of patterns to form songs).
 - Track Write - sequence patterns into tracks.
 - Step Write - sequence patterns by stepping through each position in the pattern.
 - Tap Write - sequence patterns by tapping drums sounds in real time.
 - Real time - play patterns in real time by tapping the pads.
Time signatures other than 4/4 can be programmed by changing the length of patterns and the scale, which actually refers to the signature ratio/swing.
Midi implementation:
The unit handles MIDI quite capably. Each instrument can be assigned a level/velocity from one to five, a MIDI channel, and a MIDI note number. Individual pads also transmit MIDI data when tapped, although these aren't velocity sensitive. An accent can be applied to any position in a pattern and will affect all instruments triggered at that position by increasing their volume. The memory in the TR-505 can store up to 48 patterns in 6 songs.


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Complete the sentences below using the given word so that the new sentence has the same meaning as the original sentence
Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given. Do not change the word given. You must use the number of words shown in parenthesis, including the word given.
It's not worth inviting her to the party
point (4 words)
There is no point in inviting her to the party


Field of Dreams is based on three colours, blue, white and black with a closely cropped horizon line, allowing the viewer to gaze over the abstract, somewhat mysterious bent corn stalks into a dreamy and luminous mid-summer sky. Some have likened the shapes of the stalks to cubist works or even many small Sidney Opera Houses, and I can see those comparisons. In addition, if one looks closely at the clouds and blue sky, it is possible to find nearly half of the alphabet's letters in these shapes and forms.
The abstract field, endless sky, and glowing clouds lull one into dreams, hopes, thoughts of the future, reflections on the past and indeed, evaluation of the present. As always, I hope these photographs provide viewers with a mirror into their inner thoughts, hopes, fears, joys, challenges, loves and much more.
Scott Mead


Annabella Movie Actress
July 14, 1907
Death Date:
September 18, 1996 (age 89)
Birth Sign:
Annabella was born on July 14, 1907 (died on September 18, 1996, annabella was 89 years old) as Suzanne Georgette Charpentier. Annabella nickname was Charpentier Suzanne Georgette.
Annabella was a French cinema actress who appeared in 46 films between 1927 and 1952 including some Hollywood films during the late 1930s and 1940s. Born Suzanne Georgette Charpentier in La Varenne Saint Hilaire Val-de-Marne France. Annabella's chance to enter films came when her father entertained a film producer who gave her a small part in Napoléon in 1927. read more
Is Annabella still alive?
No, annabella died on 09/18/1996, 24 years ago. Annabella was 89 years old when annabella died. Annabella died in Neuilly-sur-Seine
What was Annabella's zodiac sign?
Annabella zodiac sign was cancer.
When is Annabella's next birthday?
Annabella was born on the, which was a Sunday
Annabella real name:
Birth name of Annabella is Suzanne Georgette Charpentier


text: Use this worksheet for 2022 If your spouse1 is the sole beneficiary of your IRA and they're more than 10 years younger than you, use this worksheet to calculate this year's required withdrawal for your (non-inherited) traditional IRA. Deadline for receiving required minimum distribution: For the year you turn age 72 - by April 1 of the following year All subsequent years - by December 31 of that year IRA balance2 on December 31 of the previous year. Your age on your birthday this year Your spouse's age on their birthday this year Life expectancy from Table II at the intersection of your age and your spouse's age Divide line 1 by the number entered on line 4. This is your required minimum distribution for this year from this IRA. Repeat steps 1 through 5 for each of your IRAs. Once you determine a separate required minimum distribution from each of your traditional IRAs, you can total these minimum amounts and take them from any one or more of your traditional IRAs. For additional information, see: Publication 590-B, Distributions from Individual Retirement Arrangements (IRAs) Retirement Topics – Required Minimum Distributions 1 Generally, your marital status is determined as of January 1 of each year. If your spouse is the beneficiary of your IRA on January 1, they remain a beneficiary only for purposes of calculating the required minimum distribution for that IRA even if you get divorced or your spouse dies during the year. 2 You must increase your IRA balance by any outstanding rollovers from a qualified plan or another IRA that wasn't in any account on December 31 of the previous year. In addition, you must increase your IRA balance by any recharacterized Roth IRA conversions that were not in any traditional IRA on December 31 of the previous year.


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November 24, 2017
Expression (12 Dimensions of Culture #7)
Conceal vs. Reveal
Expression is the seventh of the 12 Dimensions of Culture that KnowledgeWorkx uses to map out the intercultural terrain. If you haven't already, you should read our article introducing the 12 Dimensions.
Have you ever been in an intercultural situation where you found someone else's behavior completely inappropriate? Or one where you simply couldn't read the other person, and found them cold? The Expression dimension is about how much emotion it is appropriate to show in a given context.
Whereas the Connecting dimension was all about how inclusive or exclusive your physical space is and how you share information, expression is all about how much you reveal or conceal your true emotions and the unspoken rules that govern that expression.
In a reveal-oriented culture you find people's true emotions easily reflected in their expressiveness, their use of their body in terms of hands and facial gesturing, and the language they use. In these cultures, it is okay to frequently reveal frustration, disappointment, anger, joy, excitement, approval, and so on. While they are quick to express emotion, people from these cultures might also be quicker to forget, let go, and move on after an emotion has been expressed.
In a conceal-oriented culture the expression of emotion is restrained.You are taught as a child to constrain yourself, to be disciplined, to not show your anger, frustration, disgust, and so on. When an emotion is shown, that emotion is taken very seriously, especially if it is a negative emotion.
When what's revealed isn't what's really going on
In some reveal-oriented cultures, the emotions that are expressed are not the emotions that the person feels, but rather, the appropriate emotion to express at a given time to accommodate a relationship or a specific situation. Emotions are revealed that aren't really there; acted; played; pretend. This may be more prevalent in Honor/Shame and Power/Fear worldviews, and can be seen as inconsistent, un-transparent, or even deceitful by people from a more Guilt/Innocence worldview.
Negotiations in the Arab world are a good example of where expression can be a theatre piece. To negotiate a deal you act, and play, to test the other party. You act sad, and see how the other party responds. Act disappointed and see how they respond. You crack a joke to deflate things, and then you put pressure on again… and see how they respond. You continually experiment with emotions in the negotiating process.
Learn how to measure emotion and ascertain the correct dosage in Email and Life
It's important to on the one hand learn how reveal cultures work: whether there are genuine emotions vs. theatrically enacted emotions, and on the other hand to learn how to measure emotion and use the right dosage and appropriate expression in a concealing environment:
The unspoken rules that govern revealing and concealing emotions face to face also extend to email. Of course, expression of emotion in email is a big challenge to begin with, but some cultures have more of a tendency to attempt it than other cultures.
In general, in an intercultural environment, positive emotions in emails are not a problem, but the best choice is to not display negative emotions in email at all. Negative emotions are better talked through face to face if possible, or, if not possible, at least over the phone.
When you're in an intercultural situation, keep a careful watch on how you reveal your emotions, and which emotions are appropriate to reveal in a given situation.
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Participatory Video created by members of various indigenous communities in Itogon, Philippines, tracking the impacts of large-scale mining and now climate change on their environment and culture.
This film was created by members of various indigenous communities in the Cordillera region of the Philippines, during a Participatory Video project facilitated by InsightShare. The participants were taught to use video cameras during an intensive 9-day PV workshop in the barangay of Garrison, in Itogon, and created this 24-minute film to communicate the devastating impacts of large-scale mining wrought on their communities by various companies over the years, and now the increasingly alarming impacts of climate change.
This project was part of Conversations with the Earth project. Launched in April 2009, Conversations with the Earth is a collective opportunity to build a global movement for an indigenous-controlled community media network. CWE works with a growing network of indigenous groups and communities living in critical ecosystems around the world, from the Atlantic Rainforest to Central Asia, from the Philippines to the Andes, from the Arctic to Ethiopia. Through CWE, these indigenous communities are able to share their story of climate change. Through the creation of sustainable autonomous indigenous media hubs in these regions, CWE fosters a long-term relationship with these communities, based on principles of local control and supporting indigenous media capacity.


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Paradoxical Motion of Interventricular Septum in Left Bundle Branch Block
Abnormal interventricular septal motion, with pre-ejection posterior motion and anterior motion away from the posterior left ventricular wall during ejection, was demonstrated by echocardiography in 14 out of 17 cases with complete left bundle branch block (LBBB). Two of 14 cases had intermittent LBBB and showed abnormal septal motion only during LBBB. Of the control group of 49 patients without LBBB but with cardiac disorders similar to the cases with LBBB, only two showed abnormal septal motion. However, pre-ejection motion was not seen in these two cases. During right ventricular pacing abnormal septal motion was observed in three out of ten cases. It is suggested that conduction abnormalities are responsible for abnormal septal motion in LBBB; normal septal motion in most cases with right ventricular pacing may be due to different conduction pathways not affecting the septum.
- Noninvasive technique
- Right ventricular volume overload
- Right ventricular pacing
- Received August 29, 1973.
- Accepted November 19, 1973.
- © 1974 American Heart Association, Inc.


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Uncompensated phase errors lead to quality degradation of SAR images what is especially critical for high-resolution systems. In the paper, a novel approach to the stripmap autofocus is proposed. The idea of the method is to estimate the local quadratic phase errors by processing small data blocks. The conventional map-drift autofocus (MDA) algorithm is used for such estimation. Then, by a double integration of the estimated quadratic errors, an arbitrary residual phase error for large data blocks is evaluated. The performance of the proposed method is demonstrated with data obtained with an X-band airborne SAR system.
Estimation of Phase Errors in SAR Data by Local-Quadratic Map-Drift Autofocus


Population ages 25-29, female (% of female population) in India was reported at 8.3926 % in 2019, according to the World Bank collection of development indicators, compiled from officially recognized sources. India - Population ages 25-29, female (% of female population) - actual values, historical data, forecasts and projections were sourced from the World Bank on November of 2020.
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OpenOffice::Wordlist - Read/write wordlists
This module allows reading and writing of wordlists (dictionaries).
For example:
 use OpenOffice::Wordlist;
 my $dict = OpenOffice::Wordlist->new;
 # Print all words.
 foreach my $word ( @{ $dict->words } ) {
 print $word, "\n";
 # Add some words.
 $dict->append( "openoffice", "great" );
 # Write a new dictionary.
When used as a program this module will read all dictionaries given on the command line and write the resultant list of words to standard output. For example,
 $ perl OpenOffice/ standard.dic
$dict = new( [ type => 'WDSWG6', language => 2057, neg => 0 ] )
Creates a new dict object.
Optional arguments:
type => 'WBSWG6' or 'WBSWG2' or 'WBSWG5'.
'WBSWG6' (default) indicates a UTF-8 encoded dictionary, the others indicate a ISO-8859.1 encoded dictionary.
language => code
The code for the language. I assume there's an extensive list of these codes somewhere. Some values determined experimentally:
 255 All
 1031 German (Germany)
 1036 French (France)
 1043 Dutch (Netherlands)
 2047 English UK
 2057 English USA
neg => 0 or 1
Whether the dictionary contains exceptions (neg = 1) or regular words (neg = 0).
If language and neg are not specified they are taken from the first file read, if any.
$dict->read( $file )
Reads the contents of the indicated file.
$dict->append( _USER_ )
Append a list of words to the dictionary. To avoid unpleasant surprises, the words must be encoded in Perl's internal encoding.
The arguments may be constant strings or references to lists of strings.
Returns a reference to the list of words in the dictionary,
The words are encoded in Perl's internal encoding.
$dict->write( $file [, $type ] )
Writes the contents of the object to a new dictionary.
Arguments: The name of the file to be written, and (optionally) the type of the file to be written (one of 'WBSWG6', 'WBSWG5', 'WBSWG2') overriding the type of the dictionary as establised at create time.
This example reads all dictionaries that are supplied on the command file, merges them, and writes a new dictionary.
 my $dict = OpenOffice::Wordlist->new( type => 'WBSWG6' );
 $dict->read( shift );
 foreach ( _USER_ ) {
 my $extra = OpenOffice::Wordlist->new->read($_);
 $dict->append( $extra->words );
Settings like the language and exceptions are copied from the file that is initially read.
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There's currently no checking done on dictionary types arguments.
Please report any bugs or feature requests to bug-openoffice-wordlist at, or through the web interface at I will be notified, and then you'll automatically be notified of progress on your bug as I make changes.
You can find documentation for this module with the perldoc command.
 perldoc OpenOffice::Wordlist
You can also look for information at:
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Project Description: Using Non-invasive Methods to Survey Small Carnivore Populations is a collaborative project between the Witt and Sucic Labs in the Biology Department. During 2019, field technicians will assist Dr.Witt and her graduate students in setting, baiting, and checking hair snares throughout State and Federal forests in the Northern Lower Peninsula of Michigan. DNA from hair samples collected in snares will be used to identify carnivore species and species' distributions throughout Lower Michigan. The field technician positions will require long hours driving and hiking through the woods while setting and checking snares and cameras. This position will run Spring – Fall 2019.
Student tasks and responsibilities: The biology student or students will be responsible for building, setting, baiting and checking snares; Collection and proper storage of hair samples; Using GPS and maps to navigate and drive on forest roads and trails; data collection and record keeping; Truck, camera, snare and equipment preparation and maintenance. Regular meetings and daily communication with Dr. Witt. Housing will be at the University of Michigan Biological Station during Spring and Summer 2019.
Minimum Student Qualifications: This position is for a UM-Flint undergraduate students in good standing with a strong background in biology. Biology students must have completed introductory Biology Coursework. Completion of upper level courses with a field work component, or can be waived with previous experience with field work or other experience with long hours in the outdoors. Experience using a GPS/maps is preferred. Must have a valid driver's license; ability to spend long hours in the field (7:00 AM – 6:00 PM). Positive can-do attitude, willingness to work as a team, and strong communication and organization skills.
The University of Michigan conducts background checks on all job candidates upon acceptance of a contingent offer and may use a third party administrator to conduct background checks. Background checks will be performed in compliance with the Fair Credit Reporting Act.
U-M EEO/AA Statement
The University of Michigan is an equal opportunity/affirmative action employer.


MTD Blade Removal Tool for a Riding Lawn Mower
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How to Use a Blade Removal Tool on a MTD Riding Lawn Mower
This video focuses on safely removing lawn mower blades on your MTD riding lawn mower. The blade removal tool helps to stabilize and remove the cutting blade so you can sharpen or replace it at the start of the season. Keeping your blades sharp increases fuel efficiency and leads to a much healthier lawn. It can also extend the life of your lawn mower. Maintenance on lawn mower blades should be done once a year for a lush, even, green lawn.
Step 1: Removing the lawn mower deck
Park your riding lawn mower on a flat surface, turn it off, remove the key and lock the brakes. You should also remove the spark plugs to avoid it accidentally turning on. Then remove the lawn mower deck as instructed in your operator's manual and place it upside-down on a piece of cardboard or blanket.
Step 2: Attaching the lawn mower blade removal tool
When working with the blades, make sure you have safety gloves on. Even lawn mower blades that are bent or need sharpening can cut you. Place the blade removal tool over one end of the lawn mower blade and adjacent side of mower deck.
Step 3: Tightening the blade removal tool
Tighten the clamping screw onto the mower deck unitl it's firmly in place and the blade is not moving.
Step 4: Loosening the blade nut and removing the lawn mower blade
Keeping hand away from the edges of the blade and using the proper sized socket, loosen the blade nut that connects the cutting blade to the spindle shaft. When removing the lawn mower blade, set the nuts and any other parts aside nearby. You should also pay attention to the orientation of the blade while removing it.
Step 5: Sharpening or replacing lawn mower blades
Check the condition of your lawn mower blades. If blades are not badly worn but have gotten dull, you may want to use a blade balancer and sharpener to get them ready for this season. However, if worn away, bent or damaged, replacing the lawn mower blades may be in order. Sharpen or replace the old blade, and secure it back on the blade shaft using the blade removal tool and the pieces you set aside before.
Step 6: Removing the lawn mower blade removal tool
Loosen clamping screw and detach the blade removal tool from the mower deck. right the mowing deck and reattach it to the riding lawn mower.
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Now that you know how to script a menu command, and you know how variables work, you are ready to combine the two.
Suppose you have selected a Sound in the object list. One of the commands available in the Query menu is Get power.... When you choose it, you will see the following settings window:
When you click OK, something like the following will appear in the Info window:
This is the mean power of the whole Sound.
In a script, you want to use the value of this power in the script itself, not in the Info window, perhaps because you want to do computations with it or because you want to report the value with a nice text around it. This is how you do the latter:
power = Get power: 0.0, 0.0
writeInfoLine: "The power of this sound is ", power, " Pascal-squared."
The first line of this script executes the menu command Get power..., but puts the value 0.1350605005239421 into the variable
power instead of into the Info window (the variable can have any name you like, as long as it starts with a lower-case letter and consists of letters and digits; see Scripting 5.1. Variables).
The second line then reports the value in the Info window, this time with a nice text around it:
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Nesaea pedicellata
Nesaea pedicellata
General information: This plant is often confused with Ammania species.
Cultivation notes : A tall cutting plant that can be used as a background or midground plant. It needs medium to high light and a fertile substrate. Soft warm water 25 to 30 deg C. Water quality, KH 70ppm, GH 60ppm and a pH around neutral.
Distribution : West Africa
Selling details : Sold as a bunch of cut stems.
Reference: Kasselmann ( 2003 ) "Aquarium Plants" Published by Krieger, Malabar, Florida


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The Correct spelling is: phenomenal
Common misspellings of the word phenomenal are:
How do you spell phenomenal?. It is not phenomenonal
phenomenally pheÂ·nom'eÂ·nalÂ·ly adv.
- Of, relating to, or constituting phenomena or a phenomenon.
- Extraordinary; outstanding: a phenomenal feat of memory.
- Philosophy. Known or derived through the senses rather than through the mind.


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Chatuge Reservoir, located on the Hiwassee River in western North Carolina, is 13 miles long and extends southeast from the dam into north Georgia. The reservoir is named after a nearby Cherokee settlement.
Sport fishing is popular at Chatuge, both in the reservoir and the Hiwassee River below the dam. A concrete weir has been installed below the dam to provide a steady flow of water in the riverbed and to increase oxygen levels for fish and other aquatic animals. Wade fishing for trout is popular here since fish are attracted to the weir, where food is abundant.
Chatuge is operated for many purposes, including flood damage reduction, power generation, and water flow augmentation for navigation downstream.
Chatuge: Facts & Figures
- Construction of Chatuge Dam began in 1941 and was completed in 1942.
- The dam is 150 feet high and stretches 3,336 feet across the Hiwassee River.
- Chatuge was originally built to store water to help reduce flood damage downstream. A single hydropower generating unit was added in 1954 with a summer net dependable capacity of 14 megawatts. Net dependable capacity is the amount of power a hydroelectric dam can produce on an average day minus the electricity used by the dam itself.
- In a year with normal rainfall, the water level in Chatuge Reservoir varies about 10 feet from summer to winter to provide seasonal flood storage.
- Chatuge has a flood-storage capacity of 62,600 acre-feet.


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Water is a precious and finite resource, and it's important to conserve it. In the Netherlands, where water is plentiful, it's easy to take it for granted. But even small changes can make a big difference in water savings. One such change is to take shorter showers. So how much water does the Netherlands save if everyone takes a minute less in the shower?
Water Savings in the Netherlands
The Netherlands is one of the most water-rich countries in Europe, with an abundance of rivers, canals, and groundwater. But even in the Netherlands, water savings are important. The Dutch government has set a goal of reducing water use by 20 percent by 2030.
If every person in the Netherlands took one minute less in the shower, the savings would be significant. According to the Dutch water authority, the average person uses about 65 liters of water per shower. By reducing shower time by just one minute, the average person would save about 13 liters of water per shower. That's about 780 liters of water per person per year.
Shorter Showers Make a Difference
Multiply that by the 17 million people in the Netherlands and the savings become even more impressive. That's over 13 billion liters of water saved every year. That's enough to fill over 5,000 Olympic-sized swimming pools.
It's not just water savings that can be achieved through shorter showers. Taking quicker showers also saves energy, since the hot water heater doesn't have to run as long. And since people are in the shower for less time, that means they're using less soap and shampoo, which is better for the environment.
Shorter showers can make a real difference in water savings in the Netherlands. Taking one minute less in the shower can save 780 liters of water per person per year. That adds up to over 13 billion liters of water saved each year for the entire country. So next time you take a shower, try to take it one minute shorter and do your part for water conservation.


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Sir John Soane memorial
John Flaxman
Just a few steps from the Soane memorial is the grave of the popular funerary sculptor John Flaxman (_PHONE_). Flaxman was a self-educated artist who worked as a modeller for Josiah Wedgwood pottery company before gaining fame as a sculptor of memorials. His work was known for its beautiful simplicity and depiction of domestic sentimentality. He was elected to the Royal Academy in 1800 and in 1810 the academy created a special 'Professor of Sculpture' post for him.
Burdett Coutts Memorial Sundial
The most impressive, eye-catching monument in the Garden is a huge sundial in the form of a stepped pyramid, erected in 1879 by Baroness Burdett Coutts as a memorial to those whose graves were disturbed by the railway line. Among those whose names appear on the memorial are the architect Sir John Soane, sculptor John Flaxman, Sir John Gurni and James Leon.
The memorial was designed by George Highton and is topped by a pinnacle of Portland limestone supporting a sundial. Four marble panels bear Biblical inscriptions and mosaic panels are set into the steps. The monument is surrounded by railings, on which is a plaque commemorating the composer Johann Christian Bach, who was buried in an unmarked pauper's grave in the churchyard.
One of the names listed on the monument is the Chevalier D'Eon (Charles-Genevieve-Louis-Auguste-Andre-Timothee d'Eon de Beaumont), a French diplomat, soldier, and spy who died in 1810. D'Eon was androgynous, and successfully infiltrated the court of Empress Elizabeth of Russia as a woman, acting as one of King Louis XV's network of spies known as the 'Secret du Roi' (the King's Secret). S/he spent the last 33 years of his/her life as a woman before dying in poverty. The Chevalier's grave was one of those lost when the graveyard was moved to make room for the railway to St Pancras station.
The Burdett Coutts memorial sundial
The Burdett Coutts memorial sundial
William Blake
Was St Pancras Old Church the inspiration for William Blake's poem 'And did those feet in ancient time' (often wrongly called 'Jerusalem' after Blake's poem was set to music in a hymn of that name by Sir Hubert Parry)? According to one tale, Blake knew of a legend that said Jesus had visited London with his uncle, a metal trader. A spiritual site was said to exist at the highest navigable point on the River Fleet, where St Pancras Old Church now stands, and Jesus was said to have visited the site.
Blake drew on the legend to create his famous poem. He certainly would have been acquainted with the church, for he had acted as an illustrator for Mary Wollstonecraft on several of her books, and he admired her work.
The Beatles Connection
Beatles fanatics will know the Old Church as the setting for a photo shoot for the band's Mad Day Out. John, Paul, George and Ringo used the courtyard and the church grounds for their shoot, with informal photos taken in the Gardens and formal shots incorporating the extravagantly carved west doorway arches. The musical legacy has continued in more recent years as the church has become a popular musical performance venue for the likes of Sinead O'Connor and Brian Eno.
Getting There
St Pancras Old Church is a delight, a slice of history in the heart of modern London. The church is easy to reach on foot from Kings Cross/St Pancras station. From the station exit turn west on Euston Road (A501), then right on Midland Road. Follow Midland Road north until it becomes Pancras Road. You will find the Old Church and Gardens on your right, through a set of elaborate wrought-iron gates. The church is usually open to visitors and was open when we visited.
About St Pancras Old Church
Address: Pancras Road, London, Greater London, England, NW1 1UL
Attraction Type: Historic Church
Location: On Pancras Road, north of St Pancras rail station
Website: St Pancras Old Church
Location map
OS: TQ297834
Photo Credit: David Ross and Britain Express
Nearest station: London underground station Mornington Crescent - 0.4 miles (straight line) - Zone: 2
British Library - 0.4 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
London Canal Museum - 0.4 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
Jewish Museum - 0.6 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
Foundling Museum - 0.8 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
Grant Museum of Zoology - 0.8 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
St Luke, Oseney Crescent - 0.9 miles (Historic Church) Heritage Rating
Fitzroy House - 0.9 miles (Historic House) Heritage Rating
Charles Dickens Museum - 1 miles (Museum) Heritage Rating
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4-H Animal Science Needs Assessment Priorities
The 4-H Youth Animal Science Livestock Team has established priorities base on a priority setting model that divides issues into Low Difficulty, High Difficulty, Low Impact, and High Impact. The team will focus for the next year on the High Impact, Low Difficulty programming issues that follow.
High Impact, Low Difficulty Programming:
- Basic Production Livestock Practices:
- Basic Education for first time families and leaders including an activity for parents and youth that address the issue that the market animal is going to be processed for meat and that the animal will die.
- Helping leaders focus on life skills
- Focus showmanship as a life skills activity taught by teens.
- Quality Assurance…simplified version.
- Ownership and knowledge of real life animal prices
- Youth leaning marketing skills (and life skills) though their livestock project.
- Finishing techniques and feeds and feeding
- Fact sheet for junior livestock auctions about market floor prices, meat processors, packing plants (wholesale), and animal finishing feed lots.
- Marketing the 4-H livestock program to councils, fair boards, and associations as a life skills and career building program. (There appears to be a disconnect between the 4-H livestock program and some agriculture groups.)
- Contact/resources list of judges and animal science faculty
- On line livestock records that can be filled out on line and printed.
- Disease outbreak updates for youth audiences
- Public safety…hand washing, signage
- Fair education, Schools for judges and superintendents…encourage judges to participate in the "300" Extension livestock courses at WSU. Provide the Fairs Association a list of topics as QA and biosecurity that Extension Faculty could provide at the superintendent workshops, annual association meeting, and in the fair's newsletter.
- More online educational modules
- Face to Face livestock education programs at forum, district meetings and Program days
Low Impact, Low Difficulty programming:
- Information about local and/or accepted feed substitutes in including the value of grass feed cattle
- Showing grass fed cattle in 4-H classes.
- USDA harvest units for small animals…goats, poultry, rabbits (Oregon and WSU small farm group is working on this issue…we need to work with these groups.)
High Difficulty, High Impact Programming;
- Point person in each district to support animal science,
- QA train the trainers, and Master livestock advisors
WSU Football is partnering with 4-H on September 19!
WSU vs. Southern Methodist, Martin Stadium
Special reduced priced game tickets are available through the "group Ticket Window" until August 30, 2009. Sideline reserved Seats $27, End Zone Reserved Seats $13. For a flyer with ordering information go to _URL_
4-H will be recognized at the game and have a reserved cheering section. 4-Hers can also participate in an exceptional outing called "Future Cougar Day".
Future Cougar Day is a great way to learn more about WSU's world-class academics, experience the campus atmosphere, and, of course, cheer for the Cougars at a home football game.
Come to Pullman and campus on September 19, 2009 and be a part of the Cougar family for the day.
- Visit with faculty at the academic fair.
- Take a tour of campus.
- Learn more about academic areas that interest you.
- Enjoy a pre-game barbeque.
- Join in the traditional "Go Cougs!" cheer at a WSU home football game.
I encourage you to support 4-H and WSU by buying your tickets today. I'll see you there!
4-H Council Meeting Deadline Approaches
The deadline for recommendations to the Washington State 4-H Council is September 1, 2009. C0985, WA State 4-H Council Recommendation Form, may be ordered from WSU Extension Publishing and Printing by calling _PHONE_; or the form is available online at: _URL_
Recommendations are an important way for 4-H volunteers to suggest changes and improvements to the 4-H program. Recommendations should go through a process at the local county level to refine and approve them before being signed by County Council Presidents and 4-H staff.
Mail your completed and signed recommendations to:
WSU 401 Hulbert Hall
PO Box 626248
Pullman WA 99164-6248
This year's State 4-H Council Meeting will be held Sunday, October 18 at the Great Wolf Lodge, Grand Mound, as part of the State 4-H Forum, October 16-18. Watch for registration information online at: _URL_
The Council meeting is a chance for 4-H youth and volunteers to discuss issues critical to 4-H, suggest changes in the Washington State 4-H Youth Development Program, and elect representatives to the State 4-H Advisory Board and State 4-H Fair Board. All youth and adults may participate in the committee meetings. Registration material for the Council meeting will be included with the State 4-H Forum registration brochure. A complete agenda and copies of submitted recommendations and applications will be sent to county offices prior to the Council meeting.
The State 4-H Council Meeting is made up of 3 parts: district caucuses, committee meetings, and a general council session. During the district caucuses representatives are elected to the State 4-H Advisory Board and State 4-H Fair Board of Trustees. County-designated voting delegates will elect representatives from their own district. This is also an opportunity to discuss and plan district programming for the future.
The committee meetings are a chance to discuss recommendations from the counties for improvements to the 4-H program. If a committee doesn't have many recommendations or finishes early, it is a great chance to discuss project issues and plan for the upcoming 4-H year.
At the general session each of the committee actions on recommendations are accepted or rejected. The accepted recommendations then go on to the State 4-H Fair Board, State 4-H Advisory Board, statewide committees, or State 4-H Staff for approval. The State 4-H Program Director has final approval of all recommendations. In general, approved recommendations will be implemented October 1 of the following 4-H year.
Outstanding County Volunteer Awards
Each county may submit an outstanding volunteer to be honored at this years' Forum. Counties are encouraged to send a poster or display about the volunteer. Please submit the Outstanding County Leader form and electronic picture of the volunteer no later than September 15, 2009 to Joy Faerber at _EMAIL_. Forms can be found on the 4-H website at: _URL_
Once again this year the State 4-H Forum will feature both live and silent auctions. The live auction will take place on Saturday evening, October 17, 2009.
Be sure to fill out the form completely and mail or email it to the Grays Harbor County Extension Office. DO NOT mail the auction item to Grays Harbor County - bring it with you to the Forum. The Auction Form can be found on the State Forum website: _URL_
The auction is a great way to make money for your county 4-H program. The profits from the auction are divided between the 4-H entity that donated it and the State 4-H Advisory Board. More details about this division are on the donation form. Be sure to mail in your donation forms by September 30, 2009, so that your items may be included in the auction catalog.
APHIS Factsheet on County and State Fairs
--Submitted by Pat BoyEs
This APHIS factsheet may be of assistance to you in approaching your county fair or perhaps planning for your 2010 fair.
MiTTNet Launch Successful!
--Submitted by Pat BoyEs
The Managing in Tough Times resource directory, MiTTNet, officially launched July 30, 2009. The directory can be accessed at: _URL_. It is fully searchable and nearly 900 resources can be found in individual and family, farm and ranch, community, and youth topic areas. A national web conference to announce MiTTNet, to demonstrate the site and highlight its contents was held on July 30. For those who could not attend, the web conference can be viewed at: _URL_
To learn more about Managing in Tough Times contact Lyla Houglum at _EMAIL_, Jane Schuchardt at _EMAIL_, or Tom Coon, ECOP Programs Sub-Committee and Michigan State University Extension Director, _EMAIL_.
Job Opportunity, Iowa State University
--Submitted by Pat BoyEs
Iowa State University, one of the nation's leading land-grant universities, invites applications for the associate dean of the College of Human Sciences Extension and Outreach to Families and 4-H Youth Development.
Just a Reminder!
When you have new Extension staff that will be working in some capacity with 4-H, please let Nancy in the State 4-H Office know. They will be added to mailing lists, added to the 4-H Talk list serve, sent a 4-H Welcome Packet, and be assigned a state 4-H staff person as a point of contact, as appropriate. 4-H News is sent via the 4-H Talk list serve each week. Archived copies of previous weeks "Tuesday 4-H News" are available on the 4-H web site: _URL_ Please send submissions by Friday of each


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Ok...so we all know that corn-derived fuels are a great alternative to fossil fuels but a recent study suggests that corn may really be turning on the heat in its own little war against carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Not only may corn someday replace traditional petroleum based fuels, scientists are actually using corn to detect the CO2 emissions that these fuels emit.
A recent study shows how corn leaves can be used to map local CO2 emissions over the course of an entire growing season. So, you ask...aren't there instruments that can do this? While gas-sniffing gadgetry can directly record CO2 emissions, the low cost and abundance of corn throughout North America can greatly facilitate the process of tracking where CO2 emissions are the worst. It's a clever and relatively inexpensive way to sample emissions region wide, without sending a bunch of lab coats into the field. Corn may be an even bigger player in the reduction of greenhouse gases than traditionally thought.
So, where are the CO2 hotspots in the US? Sampling from 67 sites in 2004, this method showed that southern and central California and the Ohio Valley are the major CO2 emitting regions.
In the fight against global warming - Round #2 goes to corn.


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Who knew that tetrahedra could fly? I know, pretty much anything can fly when you fill it with helium, but the movement of helium-filled tetrahedra called SmartInversion by Festo gives rise to an interesting and unusual propulsion method [source: gizmag]. Using inverse kinetics, Festo have developed what they call an "airborne geometrical band with inversion drive". The movement is difficult to describe but mesmerizing to watch:
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Excel: Help! Formula needed
Copper Contributor
Hi there,

I'm a biological research masters student and I have a large data set. I'm working with seals so it is difficult to identify individuals. I'm trying to create a spreadsheet ready for data collection and have come across two problems.

I have the following spreadsheet:Screenshot 2023-04-25 at 1.03.55 pm.png
Problem A:
The ID (identity) relates to which individual it is. At present they are named A-F. This is so that when they are identified, the ID that the individual is can be added in, as it may be the case that later in the videos the individual is identified. Is there a way for excel to change all related cells to the new number? For example, when the first "a" changes to "105", I want it to change all the "A's" in the rest of the data set to "105" for that date? There will be multiple different days and times featured on the data collection sheet. So if a formula is created that works for this, will it then change it for the rest even over different dates?

Problem B:
So far I haven't seen a solution for this yet. Is there a way for Excel to recognise the time patterns? I have tried the control+E method and Excel doesn't recognise the pattern, so I'm having to manually type each time in (which is every 30s over considerable hours). I have days of footage to do this with but limited time so wondering if there was a faster method of doing this? If not, well, long days it is!

Any help regarding this would be really appreciated!
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@SMcGivern
I'm working with seals so it is difficult to identify individuals. I'm trying to create a spreadsheet ready for data collection and have come across two problems.

So at least there are no concerns with violating their privacy here. 🙂 It might be helpful, since that worry doesn't apply, if you could post the actual spreadsheet rather than just an image. Use OneDrive or GoogleDrive and paste a link here that grants access.

That said, let's look at each of your questions:
Problem A: The ID (identity) relates to which individual it is. At present they are named A-F. This is so that when they are identified, the ID that the individual is can be added in, as it may be the case that later in the videos the individual is identified. Is there a way for excel to change all related cells to the new number? For example, when the first "a" changes to "105", I want it to change all the "A's" in the rest of the data set to "105" for that date? There will be multiple different days and times featured on the data collection sheet. So if a formula is created that works for this, will it then change it for the rest even over different dates?

Answer A: yes. That should be fairly easy.
 - To be on the safe side, I'd suggest adding a "helper column" to the right of the current ID column, header (perhaps) "Name" or some other heading that indicates "we've actually identified this individual."
 - "safer" in that doing it this way doesn't destroy the original ID, just in case there's "re-identification" later in the process. I believe in keeping history, in that sense.
 - Then create a table on a separate sheet in the same workbook where you can define the relationship between the temporary letters (your current ID) and the more verified "Name." (I've attached a sample workbook illustrating this, but as noted, if you could post your real one, then we can be fully on the same page.)
 - Then in the helper column, use a formula like this (see attached spreadsheet for how it works). This uses the LET function, so you'd need a new version of Excel or a subscription to Microsoft 365. I'm on a Mac myself, so that per se is not an issue.

=LET(known,INDEX(Table2[Name],MATCH([@ID],Table2[ID],0)),IF(known=0,"",known))

Problem B: So far I haven't seen a solution for this yet. Is there a way for Excel to recognise the time patterns? I have tried the control+E method and Excel doesn't recognise the pattern

Answer for the moment: What do you mean by time pattern in this case. What kind of pattern? What is the nature of the pattern you're wanting to recognize? Frequency? Intervals? ??? Duration? etc.

Finally: what version of Excel do you have? And, while we're at it, what Mac OS?
@mathetes Thank you for responding to me.

So for problem A:

With my individuals, there are seals moving in and out over time which is another complexity to my data - I have individuals being added and then removed during the data collection (N=40). But I see what you are saying. I have an idea as to what I'll do to solve that problem using your method. So thank you for that!!

Problem B:

So by time pattern I mean purely the pattern within my data so for example:

PoolDateTimeID
116/02/202303:57:05A
116/02/202303:57:05B
116/02/202303:57:05C
116/02/202303:57:05D
116/02/202303:57:05E
116/02/202303:57:35A
116/02/202303:57:35B
116/02/202303:57:35C
116/02/202303:57:35D
116/02/202303:57:35E
116/02/202303:58:05A
116/02/202303:58:05B
116/02/202303:58:05C
116/02/202303:58:05D
116/02/202303:58:05E
116/02/202303:58:35A
116/02/202303:58:35B
116/02/202303:58:35C
116/02/202303:58:35D
116/02/202303:58:35E
116/02/202303:59:05A
116/02/202303:59:05B
116/02/202303:59:05C
116/02/202303:59:05D
116/02/202303:59:05E

I'm using video time-lapsed data which is taking a snapshot every 30s from midnight to midnight (throughout the day). So as you can see in the section of table above, when there is 5 individuals (for example), there will be 5 copies of the same time which then going into the next "bunch" of cells will be 30s later and so forth. If I select all of the above in time to go down, it only repeats what is above it, which doesn't quite work as I have differing start and stop times (caused by issues with cameras).
I don't think this a "pattern" that excel will recognise or duplicate. Hence why I'm doing it manually.

I've attached the link (hopefully) so you should be able to see the document. There is no data inputted into it as of yet. If it doesn't work, let me know.
Data sheet for Cameras.xlsx

I also have the latest Microsoft Excel and I'm on a Ventura 13.1
@SMcGivern

by time pattern I mean purely the pattern within my data

Of course it's a pattern within the data.

So as you can see in the section of table above, when there is 5 individuals (for example), there will be 5 copies of the same time which then going into the next "bunch" of cells will be 30s later and so forth. If I select all of the above in time to go down, it only repeats what is above it, which doesn't quite work as I have differing start and stop times (caused by issues with cameras).
I don't think this a "pattern" that excel will recognise or duplicate. Hence why I'm doing it manually.

I apologize if I'm being dense, but although I get that there are five instances of the same time, and then another bunch, "and so forth," it's still not quite clear how you're defining what a pattern IS. (And maybe more to the point, what it ISN'T, which is a contrast question that sometimes makes definitions clearer). Where (when?) does a pattern begin and end? What makes it a "pattern" in your definition? Why would some combinations NOT be a pattern?

If we can get a clear definition (clarity being achieved by defining boundaries) of what constitutes a pattern, it is entirely possible that we could create a formula/function that will recognize same.

I was able to open your file on OneDrive. Thank you.
FWIW, my Ventura is 13.3.1 ... a slight update. I'm glad you have the new Excel versions, since that gives us access to some neat new features which might


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George Fisher Baker (March 27, 1840, in
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Baker, born in
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Ruby Question
How to handle exceptions in own method
How can I handle exceptions in its own method instead of this?
items.each do |item|
begin
url = item.url
page = Nokogiri::HTML(open(url).read)
rescue Exception => e
puts "Couldn't read \"#{ url }\": #{ e }"
else
title = get_title(page)
end
end
Something like:
def get_page(url)
begin
Nokogiri::HTML(open(url).read)
rescue Exception => e
puts "Couldn't read \"#{ url }\": #{ e }"
end
end
#and then call:
items.each do |item|
get_page(url)
title = get_title(page)
end
Where should I place the
else
clause?
Answer
To start, you almost never want to rescue from Exception. Instead rescue from StandardError (or the specific errors). Exception is an ancestor of StandardError and includes errors that are most likely not recoverable (out of memory error, syntax error, for example).
You can use
rescue => e
to rescue from standard error or
rescue StandardError => e
Any type of Nokogiri parsing error should inherit from StandardError. Net/HTTP is a little more problematic. See "What's the best way to handle exceptions from Net::HTTP?", but you can just rescue them individually.
Now to your question. You could return nil from your get_page method and check to see if the result of get_page is nil before getting the title:
def get_page(url)
 Nokogiri::HTML(open(url).read)
rescue => e
 puts "Couldn't read \"#{ url }\": #{ e }"
 nil
end
items.each do |item|
 url = item.url
 page = get_page(url)
 if page
 title = get_title(page)
 end
end
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Fri August 17, 2012
When Pronouncing A Case Is Harder Than 'Roe V. Wade'
Originally published on Fri August 17, 2012 4:03 pm
MELISSA BLOCK, HOST:
This is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED from NPR News. I'm Melissa Block. Now, a story about Supreme Court cases and how you pronounce their names. Some are easy enough, like Roe V. Wade, but others aren't so clear cut. Is it Bachy or Bachy, Padilla or Padilla? Many a case name has been mangled, so as we hear from NPR legal affairs correspondent Nina Totenberg, law professor Eugene Fidell set out to set the record straight.
NINA TOTENBERG, BYLINE: Fidell and his students at Yale Law School have published a pronunciation dictionary of Supreme Court cases. They've examined all of the case names going back to the beginning of the Republic and they've figured out - or tried to figure out - the correct pronunciations.
EUGENE FIDELL: It's been a marvelous sort of cook's tour of American legal history and also very reaffirming of the melting pot nature of our country because you see cases arise with American Indian names and every single ethnic group that's immigrated to our country.
TOTENBERG: In addition to Fidell, the project included six Yale law students and two linguistic experts. Their task combined all kinds of research skills. Take, for example, the 1916 case of Straus versus a company that spelled its name N-O-T-A-S-E-M-E. Notaseme, maybe? Italian? No. It was a hosiery company and the name was Notaseme, as in there are no seams in this hosiery.
Or how about N-O-F-I-R-E versus United States? No. It's not Spanish. It's Nofire versus United States. Mr. Nofire was a Cherokee Indian. The guiding principle for the Yale dictionary was the pronunciation used by the litigant if he or she were still alive. If not, in addition to other source material, the researchers would call up five people with the same name in the same region.
Take the name B-L-O-U-N-T. Was it Blount or Blount? Three pronounced it Blount, two Blount, so both pronunciations are listed. If the case was argued in the last half century, there's tape of the oral argument. The Supreme Court actually has forms that litigants are asked to fill out giving guidance as to how their name should be pronounced in court, but the forms are routinely destroyed and, in any event, the justices seemed to follow the guidance - shall we say - irregularly.
Here, for example, is Chief Justice Rehnquist introducing a major affirmative action case in 2003.
WILLIAM REHNQUIST: We'll hear argument now in number 02241, Barbara Grutter versus Lee Bollinger.
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