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Insurance of construction and installation risks is divided into two large segments, which have been historically considered together:
There are some key processes, which take place in the enterprise and are better to be insured:
The insurance of construction and installation objects – what can be insured:
The risks, which are also insured under the rules of insurance of construction and installation risks, are the risks of loss or damage of:
THE INSURANCE AMOUNT AND ITS SETTLEMENT
The insurance of construction and installation risks implies that the insurance amount of the results of construction and installation works is the full price at the time of completion of the works. It is settled in accordance with the design estimates for the construction of the facility or, in the absence of the latter, for analogue projects (estimated cost).
The value of the objects of capital construction in case of new construction changes from zero cost – at the beginning – to its actual value - at the completion of construction and installation works.
In the case of post-guarantee insurance, the insurance value / insurance amount is set at no more than the estimated amount of unforeseen expenses that the Insured would incur in the event of an insured event.
When insuring an existing property, the insurance amount is established by agreement of the parties, but not more than the actual value of this property, on the basis of documents confirming their value.
The insurance amount for the equipment of the construction site is established in the amount of funds intended for their construction, according to the consolidated estimate for construction or in the amount of the actual cost of the equipment of the construction site, on the basis of documents confirming its value.
The insurance amount for the construction machinery is established in the amount of the actual value of the specified machines, mechanisms, equipment and items, at the time of conclusion of the insurance contract at the location of this property, on the basis of documents confirming their value.


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This article is about the Japanese lands. For the town in South Sudan, see Ezo, South Sudan. For the heavy metal band, see Ezo (band).
Ezo (蝦夷?, also spelled Yezo or Yeso)[1] is a Japanese name which historically referred to the lands to the north of Japan. It was used in various senses, sometimes meaning the northern Japanese island of Hokkaido,[2] and sometimes meaning lands and waters further north in the Sea of Okhotsk, like Sakhalin and the Kuril Islands. The word Ezo could also refer to the peoples that the Japanese encountered in these lands, referred to in modern times as the Ainu people.
The spelling Ezo reflects the pronunciation in Modern Standard Japanese. The spelling Yezo reflects its pronunciation circa 1600 AD, when Europeans first came in contact with Japan. It is this historical spelling that is reflected in the scientific Latin term yezoensis, as in Fragaria yezoensis and Porphyra yezoensis.
The first published description of Ezo in the West was brought to Europe by Isaac Titsingh in 1796. His small library of Japanese books included Sangoku Tsūran Zusetsu (三国通覧図説 An Illustrated Description of Three Countries?) by Hayashi Shihei.[3] This book, which was published in Japan in 1785, described the Ezo region and people.[4]
In 1832, the Oriental Translation Fund of Great Britain and Ireland supported the posthumous abridged publication of Titsingh's French translation of Sankoku Tsūran Zusetsu.[5] Julius Klaproth was the editor, completing the task which was left incomplete by the death of the book's initial editor, Jean-Pierre Abel-Rémusat.
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Most importantly, "There is no Frigate like a Book" is a celebration of the power of reading. Reading is great! Reading is fun! Reading is the best way to escape your dull, humdrum life, and go out and "see" the world! In fact, the poem even slyly suggests that reading might be better than actual travel – after all, it immediately announces that "There is no Frigate like a Book" (line 1), suggesting that a book even tops a real ship. This poem ecstatically shows us just how amazing books are, and reminds us that we shouldn't take reading for granted, even though it's just a simple, everyday activity. After all, whether you're just seeking a little escapist vacay, or longing to transport your soul to a distant, mystical realm, books are the only way to get there.
In "There is no Frigate like a Book," Dickinson mainly addresses literature from the perspective of readers, and does not address the role of writers. In doing so, she suggests that it is ultimately the reader who makes a book what it is.
In some ways, Dickinson is making fun of the act of reading.

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The south coast of Oregon is a wonderful place to watch birds. Given our wide variety of habitats-- from ocean waves, offshore rocks, beaches, and headlands, to rivers and marshes, forests and mountains--we have a wide variety of birds. Birders have identified 396 species in Curry County alone.
Many songbirds and waterbirds come here to winter, and during spring and fall migrations thousands of shorebirds, enormous flocks of geese, and other species of birds pass through.
Our distinctive offshore rocks, all protected in the Oregon Islands National Wildlife Refuge, also provide unique breeding habitat for over 700,000 sea birds--a significant percentage of seabird nesting habitat for the entire west coast.
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 The forewings and hind wings on each side are coupled together in various ways. In primitive moths a fingerlike lobe on the forewing overlaps the base of the hind wing. In most moths a strong bristle or cluster of bristles (frenulum) near the base of the hind wing engages a catch (retinaculum) on the forewing. In some moths and in the skippers and butterflies, the frenulum mechanism has been...


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This report, Understanding Certifications, is intended as a primer to help policymakers and practitioners navigate the complex and little understood "wild west" of certifications. Awarded by industry groups, professional associations, and companies, certifications have the potential to be useful tools in addressing re-employment, re-deployment, and re-education challenges that workers face in the current labor market.


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Exciting Ways to Use your Pegboard
Written by Aisha Abimbola
A pegboard is a versatile tool that is needed in many settings. You could use it in your kitchen, office, closet, bathroom, and other spaces. The primary purpose is to help you organize your items without losing them. Although pegboard is widely available, not every user gets it right. It would help if you learned how to use pegboard to enjoy its performance. Read this article further to discover exciting and helpful tips.
Using a Pegboard in your Kitchen
Do you know your pegboard can serve as a backsplash in your kitchen? Being able to achieve this will create more storage space in your kitchen. This particularly applies to people who lack a closet or drawer in their kitchen. You can hang your frequently used items on the pegboard for easy access. Interestingly, using a peg board for wall has become much easier, with several available information online. You can read up on the DIY recommendations.
Using a Pegboard in the Office
It could be messy seeing your stationeries lay helplessly in your office. You can upgrade to an easy-to-use alternative that allows you to access your crafts. To ensure proper documentation, use the pegboard to organize desk supplies. Meanwhile, a drawer is a traditional form of office storage.
Using a Pegboard in your Closet
Knowing how to use pegboard extends to other storage materials. Even though you have a closet, you can make your items appear neater and more orderly with a pegboard. It also helps when there is not enough storage in your closet. You can fix the peg board for wall, serving as a medicinal holder.
Using a Pegboard in your Bedroom
There is no limit to how much fun you can have with a pegboard in your bedroom, especially with the square pegboard organizer. The bedroom is often personal, so you want to customize the pegboard appearance to your taste. You can achieve a decorative space while the pegboard serves its purpose. It could help hold clocks, plants, or art.
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Fortunately, pegboards are not hard to store, primarily when you use the pegboard organizer. If you are an art lover, you should pay more attention to complementary accessories. Hence, store these accessories properly as you hold the pegboard in its organizer. The metal mail organizer is ideal for keeping your pegboard, especially in office spaces. In most cases, it determines the outcome of your interior arrangement.
A perfect example of valuable accessories is the modern hook hanger. This hook hanger can be used to hang your books and essential files. This makes your items more accessible, giving you extra space to store other items. It does not create excessive extra space, and you can quickly move it around.
Since you know how to use pegboard, you will make the best buying decision. Your buying decision is strong enough to influence how you enjoy using your pegboard. Hence, you need a durable and highly reliable material. The products from Greenliving are easy to install and versatile. They are beautifully designed to improve the space's aesthetics. When you check the brand online, you can access other information you may need and how to place an order.

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In a symplectic manifold $(X^{2n},\omega)$, a hypersurface $Y\subset X$ has contact-type if there is a contact form $\lambda$ such that $d\lambda=\omega|_Y$. Recall that a contact form is a 1-form with $\lambda\wedge(d\lambda)^{n-1}>0$, i.e. the opposite of a foliation. For example, a starshaped hypersurface has contact-type in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$, or more generally an $Y\subset\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ transverse to a Liouville vector field defined in a neighborhood of $Y$. In particular, any contact manifold $Y$ is a contact-type hypersurface in a symplectic manifold (the symplectization $\mathbb{R}\times Y$).
Now it's nice and useful to consider symplectic manifolds where its boundary has contact-type. And this can usually be done given a compact symplectic manifold (cobordism between contact manifolds).
This leads to the question of whether or not you can always build such a space. In other words:
Given a random hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$, is it of contact-type? How do you tell when it's not of contact-type?
Edit: In light of the posted responses, I think it would be appropriate to tweak one of the questions above. In particular, it was essentially pointed out twice that in the "set of hypersurfaces" there are open neighborhoods which contain no contact-type ones. But, are "most" hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ of contact-type? i.e. Should I expect my hypersurface to be of contact-type?
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Not all hypersurfaces in $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ are of contact type.
Weinstein, in the paper: "On the hypothesis of Rabinowitz' periodic orbit theorems", where he defined the concept of contact type, gives a criterion. If $H^1(\Sigma)=0$, and $\Sigma$ is of contact type, then the characteristic line bundle comes with a distinguished orientation, determined by those vectors $\xi$ such that $\alpha(\xi)>0$ for all contact forms $\alpha$. This is independent of the contact form. For periodic orbits this induces a positivity criterion. In the same paper he also constructs an hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^4$ which is not of contact type, by showing that the criterion is violated.
Many hypersurfaces are of contact type, as you remarked. Another nice example are mechanical hypersurfaces. These are hypersurfaces arising as level sets from hamiltonians $H=T+V$, where $T$ is the kinetic energy term $T=\frac{1}{2}\vert p\vert^2$, and $V$ is a potential depending only on $q$. This works in general cotangent bundles.
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I haven't read Weinstein's paper, so this example may be essentially the same, but Hofer and Zehnder give an example of a wine bottle $S^3$ in $\mathbb{R}^4$ in their book (at the end of section 4.3). – Sam Lisi Aug 24 '12 at 9:09
Also, to emphasize something implicit in the examples of Weinstein and Hofer-Zehnder is that a small perturbation won't allow you to make them contact. (This is discussed somewhat in Hofer-Zehnder, if I am not mistaken.) This tells you that being of contact-type is not generic for a hypersurface in $\mathbb{R}^4$. – Sam Lisi Aug 24 '12 at 9:26
Here is an example of a surface which cannot be made of contact type even after isotopy. The elliptic surface $E(1)$ is obtained by blowing up $\mathbb{C}\mathbb{P}^1$ nine times. It is a symplectic four-manifold with fibre of genus 1 and 12 singular fibres. If we make a fibred connected sum between two copies of E(1) we obtain the elliptic surface $E(2)$, which is a symplectic four-manifold with fibre of genus 1 and 24 singular fibres.
Then $E(2)$ is separated by a torus $T^3$ into two pieces which are diffeomorphic to the complement of a regular fibre in $E(1)$. This shows that the separating torus cannot be made of contact type because, by a result of Chris Wendl, all strong fillings of $T^3$ are diffeomorphic to a blow up of $T^*T^2$.
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There are also examples that are characterized dynamically. By Viterbo, every contact-type hypersurface of $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ carries a closed Reeb orbit, i.e. a closed leaf of the characteristic line bundle. (Actually, Hofer and Zehnder show this is true for any stable hypersurface.) There are examples of autonomous Hamiltonians on $\mathbb{R}^{2n}$ that fail to have any closed orbits on a specific level set, thus providing examples of hypersurfaces that fail to be stable. These are due to Ginzburg and Gurel.
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The condition is clearly quite restricting however it is obvious that no effective proceedure could exist to determine if a hypersurface is or is not of contact type.
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Join Studio Playground at Moses Brown School for our summer performance camp! Studio Playground teaches classes based in clown and physical acting. Students explore the benefits of laughter through movement, collaboration, and playful improvisation. In this 3-week camp, students work together to create an original show under the guidance of Artistic Directors, Matthew Bretschneider and Stefanie Resnick. The first week includes ensemble development and theater games to build performance skills. In the second week, students determine the theme for our play, create their own characters, and begin rehearsals. The third week focuses on building the production as students are immersed in the rehearsal process. Camp occurs Monday-Friday, 8:30am-3:30pm. Performances take place the evenings of Friday, July 26 on Moses Brown campus and Saturday, July 27 at a venue to be determined. Please note there will be an additional rehearsal prior to the performance on Saturday, July 27.


text: A general-purpose, object oriented software system has been developed for the simulation and dosimetric analysis of brachytherapy applications. The flexible object-oriented design makes this system very versatile, offering the possibility to configure it for different types of brachytherapy techniques (such as I-125 or Ir-192, for instance). The dosimetric system is based on the Geant4 Simulation Toolkit, allowing accurate geometry and material description and precise particle transport, down to low energies. These characteristics allow to simulate accurately effects such as the source anisotropy, and to calculate accurate dose distributions. The Geant4 Toolkit also gives access to various visualization systems, accessible through a variety of drivers, and, thanks to the object-oriented technology, allows an easy interface to powerful modern analysis system for dosimetric calculations. The accuracy of this Monte Carlo based dosimetric system has been verified through comparison with experimental data, concerning various brachytherapic sources and applicators: a selection of experimental validation results is presented. The dosimetric system is parallelized, to achieve fast computational results (dose distributions, isodose curves etc.), suitable to usage in clinical practice. The advanced technique adopted for parallelization allows transparent access either to a local computing farm, or to a geographically distributed computing GRID.


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Q: At the company where I work, the project managers use the phrase "speak to" like this: "Would you be able to speak to this question?" Is that usage correct? Or is it just another "office-ism"?
A: People use the expression "speak to," meaning to address an issue, in two different ways.
The first usage, as in the example "increased crime speaks to the need for vigilance," goes back to the 17th century, according to the Oxford English Dictionary. In this sense, "speak to" means to influence or to constitute evidence of something.
The second usage, as in "let me speak to that," also goes back at least as far as the 17th century. The OED cites several published examples of "speak to" in the sense of to deal with or discuss or comment on. The first citation is from 1610: "I desire them therefore to speake to these foure points."
So both usages are well-established. But these days they're also much overused, especially in muddy or imprecise writing. I find the second one the most annoying. When I hear people say, "Let me speak to that," I expect them to speak around a point without really addressing it. In other words, here comes a half-baked comment.
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Suppose we want to write a function f that takes an integer as its argument and returns 0 if that integer is a multiple of 3, and 1 otherwise. One idea how to code this could be the following: given an integer n, n modulo 3 must be equal to one of - 1, 1, or 0. In any case, abs(n mod 3) should do what we want:
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What is SoapUI?
SoapUI is an open-source web service testing application for service-oriented architectures (SOA) and representational state transfers (REST). Its functionality covers web service inspection, invoking, development, simulation and mocking, functional testing, load and compliance testing.
Basic kick off with SoapUI:
Once you get SoapUI installed, it will have the dashboard as shown below:
To add sample test, we need to select between SOAP or REST:
We will select URL as we want to test REST API. Once URL is selected, we need to provide the URL we need to test. For example I am using StackOverflow public API to get the users:
Once we click on Next, it will create one new project and in that project it will create a TestSuite where all your test will reside:
Once we run the test, it will show green or Red color whether the test is passed or failed:
If the test is passed, it will show the response in JSON which we have got with REST GET request:
Now as it is mentioned in very first image, if we perform some security tests then it will ask about the things we need to add in security test as shown below:
Once we click on Finish, it will show the result as below:
We can get detailed report as well:
I created one sample Web API on my machine which returns 2 values and I published the API project. When I gave localhost URL in ReadyAPI, It created one new project in ReadyApi and it gave the result as shown below:
So if the API would be installed on IIS then also APIs can be tested using Ready Api.
As it works with GET, it can work with POST\PUT\DELETE as well:
SoapUI provides a feature called Virt in which we can create a virtual service, so if testers want to mock the service without calling the actual REST API, it is possible with SoapUI. We need to create a new Virt as below:
This Virt can behave as GET\POST etc as per your need and Once the Virt is created, we can even host that Virt on localhost by applying some settings.
To conclude this, if we want to test the scenario of a user account creation, we will create one project and in that there would be a test suite named "Test account creation" and in that suite we can add different test cases as shown below:
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JOINT BASE SAN ANTONIO-Randolph, Texas –
Air Force active-duty, Reserve and Air National Guard members all wear the same uniform, salute the same flag and support the same mission. Improving this collaboration is the Total Force Integration team.
TFI officials visited Joint Base San Antonio-Randolph to learn from the successes and improve the challenges of JBSA-Randolph Airmen Feb. 4-6.
"We're here at Randolph to understand the unique organization with training units, the Reserve and the active-duty flying training squadrons, and how they interact and produce combat-ready pilots for the Air Force in a TFI structure," said Brig. Gen. Thomas Grabowski, special assistant to the director, Air National Guard for Total Force Integration.
The TFI directorate, under Headquarters Air Force, was congressionally mandated in 2014 to integrate active duty, Reserve and Air National Guard and assess association effectiveness, conduct analysis and better connect the Air Force.
"We want to improve total force integration through our lines of effort by driving the policy and resourcing changes necessary to really break those barriers to integration," said Col. Robin Bowman, TFI director, in her opening statement to 12th Flying Training Wing.
Through focus groups, data collection and meetings with leadership, TFI collects information on total force associations. Associations are agreements between two or more organizations that share resources and perform a common mission.
"We are truly here as facilitators, to explore and gather the data that works and doesn't work so that that information can be shared abroad," said Brig. Gen. Scheid Hodges, special assistant to commander, Air Force Reserve Command for Total Force Integration.
Since JBSA-Randolph plays a critical role in training and development of Airmen, which resonates through their whole career, assessing how Randolph functions as an association is valuable to TFI.
"Right now, JBSA-Randolph is trailblazing for what total force is going to look like in the future," Grabowski said. "We're excited about being here for the next couple of days to learn from total force partners and figure out what we can do to bottle the magic that happens here at Randolph, and replicate that in other areas of the Air Force portfolio."


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There are various ways on how you can tell if your celery has gone bad, and we will discuss the most common ones below:
What happens if I eat bad celery?
The repercussions of eating lousy celery are apparently dangerous. It can turn to a severe food poisoning to severe stomach aches and vomiting.
How long does celery last in the refrigerator?
Answer: For the best results, keep celery heads whole, wrap them up tightly in aluminum foil, and then keep them in the refrigerator crisper drawer as usual. When stored this way, celery stalks can maintain their freshness anywhere from two to four weeks.
Is soggy celery bad?
Limp celery is fine to eat as long as it's not showing other sings of spoilage, such as whitened color or foul smell. It's sensitive to cold and can go limp if stored in too cold of temperatures, like in the bottom drawer of the fridge that's closest to the freezer. Limp celery will have lost its crispy crunch.
Is limp celery still good?
This is because celery is known to be quite sensitive to the cold. When exposed to low temperatures, celery can go limp. This tends to happen most frequently when you store celery in the drawer closet to the freezer. So while celery might lose its crunch and go limp, it's still actually still good to eat.
Why is my celery brown inside?
Rotting stalks in celery are often a sign of infection with the fungus Rhizoctonia solani. Stalk rot, also called crater rot or basal stalk rot, develops most frequently when the weather is warm and wet.
What are black spots on celery?
Late blight, Septoria apii. Late blight is a common fungus disease of celery in Connecticut which appears as small, circular, tan leaf and stem spots. Usually there are small, black dots scattered across the tan spots. Gelatinous threads of spores are exuded from these dots during wet weather.
Can you use limp celery in cooking?
Douse it in a smooth fennel sauce and bake for an unexpected gratin. Use the leaves in an updated chicken salad, with grapes, of course. Let it bring crunchiness to an all-season tabouli. For the truest of celery lovers, purée it into a juice and turn it into a granita.
How do you freshen celery limp?
All you have to do to revive celery is "soak a limp vegetable in water for a few hours and its cells will absorb water and reinflate. Crispness can also be enhanced by making sure that the vegetable is icy cold."
Why is my celery soft?
Limp celery is not really bad, it's just a bit dehydrated, and some other vegetables, it can be brought re-crisped. The procedure is simple. But wait.
What causes Hollow celery stalks?
Heat and drought are its two worst enemies, leaving it with hollow stalks and a stringy texture. Drought-stressed celery may even start to go to seed, leading to a bitter taste.
Does celery have a bad smell?
It may still be green or feel crisp but white and have a weak crunch. While it may still smell OK, it might be hard to detect if it has gone wrong. This is because rotten celery will have no odour. In addition, it might also be too soft to be edible.
Can celery be toxic?
Celery isn't likely to have any toxic effects as long as you take common-sense precautions such as washing your hands or any area of skin that touched the juice from celery, especially the green leafy leaves. Farmers and grocers are at particularly high risk for photosensitivity reactions from psoralens.
Do you need to refrigerate celery?
Refrigeration helps celery stay fresh longer, but celery does not have to be kept refrigerated for food safety. As long as the celery still looks and smells fresh, it should still be good to eat. Make sure to wash the celery carefully before eating it.
What does celery do for the female body?
Keeps your kidney and urinary bladder healthy: Celery is antiseptic in nature and can eliminate bladder disorders, kidney problems, and urinary tract infections in women. Helps in keeping cancer at bay: Celery contains phthalides, flavonoids, and polyacetylenes, which are considered cancer-fighting components.
How long can celery sit out?
Celery wilts within one to two days at room temperature and within two weeks if stored in the fridge. What is this? A whole head of celery wrapped in aluminum foil can last up to one week at room temperature and up to three or four weeks if stored in the crisper drawer.
Is raw celery good for you?
Celery is rich in vitamins and minerals with a low glycemic index. You'll enjoy vitamins A, K, and C, plus minerals like potassium and folate when you eat celery. It's also low in sodium. Plus, it's low on the glycemic index, meaning it has a slow, steady effect on your blood sugar.
Can u freeze celery stalks?
You can freeze celery, but it may lose some of its flavor and crispness. If frozen raw, this veggie lasts up to 2 months, while if you blanch it first, it retains more flavor and lasts 12–18 months.
Why is my celery going yellow?
If your celery has yellow leaves, the plant may have a nitrogen deficiency. The symptom of yellowing leaves begins in the oldest leaves, first gradually affecting all foliage and resulting in stunted plants. Feed the celery with a fertilizer high in nitrogen to correct the imbalance.
Why is celery so gross?
For something so empty that it actually burns calories to eat, celery has a strong taste. It just so happens that this taste is one of the most vile a tongue can experience.


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Title: A Sweet Smell of Roses
Author: Angela Johnson
Illustrator: Eric Velasquez
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication Date: 2005
Audience: The intended audience is agest 5 – 8. However, the theme of this book, the illustrations and the storyline makes this book suitable and attractive to people of all ages. It functions very well as a book to be used to read to young children; it can operate as a challenge for newer readers because of the vocabulary used and it works well as both a conversation starter or lesson for adolescents through adults. The audience will broaden still when you look to expanding the audience beyond age. With a theme centered on the Civil Rights Movement, any and all nationalities could benefit. It can be used to help inspire the young and old to find and use their voice and/or stand up for right. It can be used to challenge and resolve conflict.
Summary: A Sweet Smell of Roses is the story of two young sisters who sneak out of the house in order to be part of a civil rights march in their town. The two young girls get to witness amazing things, like getting to see and hear Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to clap and sing with the crowd they march with, and to be carried on the shoulders of some members of the crowd as they travel through the streets. They also get to experience the negative aspects of the march, in the form of words of hate that are yelled at the group along the way. By the end of the book, they make their way back home to an anxious mother who is very happy to see them. Throughout the book, we hear about the sweet smell of roses that is constantly in the air.
Central literary elements at work in the book: The book is told from a first person perspective which seems to be that of the eldest sister. We never learn her name, but learn her younger sister is named Minnie. The wonderful illustrations are done in an antique style of black and white with each pairing of pages containing a little splash of red. These splashes of red show up are in the little ribbon around Minnie's bear's neck and in the red of the flag as it appears on several pages and in the red of the roses that are mentioned throughout. I think, although red is so often connected to blood and love, I see the use of the red ribbon on Minnie's bear, for example, presented a symbol of innocence. When red appears on the flag, it can be seen as a symbol of pride in a country that is shared, even with some who hate. There is a page where both the bear and the flag are illustrated, however, only the bear is represented by the red ribbon. Could it be that innocence outweighs pride? It is in this same scene where the crowd is pictured shouting at the marchers "You are not right. Equality can't be yours." Innocence immediately comes to mind, especially when viewing the girl's faces, which show confused sadness, rather than the anger that clearly reflects on many of the faces of the marchers. Even the sweet smell of the roses seems to stand as a testament to innocence.
How does the book present gender, race, culture, etc.: The book, which is dealing with the theme of the civil rights movement, paints a picture of inclusion. While there are pictures of people whom the reader is not sure of their ethnicity, such as the milkman, the mailman and the men in the market; its author is intentional in showing men, women and many people of different races in the group of marchers.
Theological Conversation Partners: Themes that could be made part of a theological discussion around A Sweet Smell of Roses would include the verses that discuss loving your neighbor as yourself. Taking into account that the book is written from the perspective of a child, part of a theological discussion could include the role and responsibilities that children can and should take, not only in their religious life, but that they can play a role in the much larger aspects of our world. Along this theme, Psalms 129:2 would be an excellent partner.
Faith Talk Questions:
- Why do you think the children had to sneak out of the house? What danger do you think they could have faced? Would those dangers be different for our children today? Why or why not?
- Once they reach the crowd and the marchers, the children are swept into the excitement of the march. Imagine yourself experiencing this scene through the eyes of a child. What may have stood out to you? How do you think the children felt about those people yelling at the marchers?
- What was the role of the "sweet smell of roses" that was mentioned throughout the book?
- The mother was happy, not angry, when the children returned home. Why do you think this is?
- What role, if any, do you think God fills in this book?
This review was written by Union Presbyterian Seminary student LaDonna Harrison.


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The ancient Egyptian tomb evolved rapidly over a period of about 2,500 years, from a simple backfilled pit to an enormous stone pyramid with complex security arrangements. Much of this development was arguably driven by the ever-present threat of tomb robbery, which compelled tomb builders to introduce special architectural measures to prevent it. However, until now most scholarly Egyptological discussions of tomb security have tended to be brief and usually included only as part of a larger work, the topic instead being the subject of lurid speculation and fantasy in novels, the popular press, and cinema.
In Securing Eternity, Reg Clark traces in detail the development of the Egyptian royal and private tombs from the Predynastic Period to the early Fourth Dynasty. In doing so, he demonstrates that many of the familiar architectural elements of the Egyptian tomb that we take for granted today in fact originated from security features to protect the tomb, rather than from monumental or religious considerations. Richly illustrated with more than 150 photographs and tomb plans, this unique study will be of interest to students, specialists, and general readers alike.
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About the Author
Reg Clark initially trained as a graphic designer at the West Surrey College of Art and Design before studying Egyptian Archaeology at Swansea University, where he received his BA in 2008, and his PhD in 2014.
Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Abbreviations and Conventions
1. The Purpose and Context of the Egyptian Tomb and the Need for It to Be Secure
2. Securing the Early Tomb: Prehistory to the End of the Predynastic Period
3. Defending the Pit Tomb: From Egyptís Unification to the Mid First Dynasty
4. Portals, Passages, and Portcullises: The Second Half of the First Dynasty
5. Subterranean Sepulchers: New Security Developments in the Second Dynasty
6. A Parting of the Ways: Step Pyramids and Mastabas in the Third Dynasty
7. Pyramids and Plug-Stones: Security Innovations in the Early Fourth Dynasty


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Noun: nitrate 'nI,treyt
 1. Any compound containing the nitrate group (such as a salt or ester of nitric acid)
Verb: nitrate 'nI,treyt
 1. (chemistry) treat with nitric acid, so as to change an organic compound into a nitrate
 "nitroglycerin is obtained by nitrating glycerol"
Derived forms: nitrated, nitrates, nitrating
Type of: chemical compound, compound, process, treat
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Hi all,
I am in the process of building a Plane that has segments that I am changing their vertice height based on a height map.
Everything is technically working but my results do not represent exactly what I have in my change map.
NOTE: The height map image is a grayscale 100x100 PNG.
I would love if someone could help understand what line segments I should be using and based off that, what the size of my heightmap should be.
Here is the basic code below…
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function generatePlane() {
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Think I may of figured it out… The line segments needs to be planeSize - 1 and the height map needs to be the same size as the planeSize, so 100x100.
If anyone can verify or clarify or dispute this, please do so :slight_smile:


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Taste evaluation is not solely based on the objectivity of food, such as the biological and innate preferences for special flavors etc. Individual and cultural differences in food preferences illuminate the role of subjectivity in taste evaluation.
According to the self-congruity theory, consumers pick products that are congruent with their self-concepts, i.e. a collection of beliefs about themselves. They do so because they strive for consistency in beliefs and behaviors (read more about self-verification).
Products and self-concepts may influence each other reciprocally. This means that products have the potential to change self-concepts through a process of self-reflexivity. Self-reflexivity is influenced by cultural values, i.e. the values that the product symbolizes.
Taste evaluation will depend on how much you can identify yourself with the value that the products symbolizes. If your values are congruent with the values of the product, then the taste evaluation is likely to be positive, and as a result, one is more likely to purchase the product.
A study by Allen and colleagues (2008) examined the role of self-concepts in the taste evaluation of food and beverage. Here are two examples of how self-concepts influence taste evaluation:
"Participants preferred the taste of Perrier over Old Fashioned Seltzer when the two options were labeled; when the products were offered without labels, participants did not show a preference" (p. 294).
"Participants who supported the values symbolized by Pepsi (exciting life, enjoying life, social power, and social recognition) had a more favorable taste evaluation, attitude, and purchase intention when told they had tasted Pepsi than when they thought they had tasted the low price Woolworth cola." (p. 302).


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Robin Givens biography
Robin Givens is an American actress, model, and advocate, known for her work in film and television. Here are some key points about her:
- Early Life: Robin Simone Givens was born on November 27, 1964, in New York City, USA. She grew up in a middle-class family.
- Education: Givens attended the Sarah Lawrence College, where she studied pre-med. However, her interest in acting led her to pursue a career in the entertainment industry.
- Breakthrough Role: Givens rose to fame in the late 1980s for her role as Darlene Merriman in the TV sitcom "Head of the Class," which brought her widespread recognition.
- Marriage to Mike Tyson: In 1988, Givens married heavyweight boxer Mike Tyson. The tumultuous marriage gained significant media attention, and they divorced in 1989.
- Acting Career: Givens has appeared in various films and television shows. Some of her notable works include "Boomerang" (1992), "A Rage in Harlem" (1991), and "The Women of Brewster Place" (1989).
- Advocacy Work: Robin Givens is an advocate for issues such as domestic violence awareness. Her personal experiences have led her to speak out on topics related to domestic abuse.
- Author: Givens has authored a book titled "Grace Will Lead Me Home," where she shares her experiences and insights on life, love, and overcoming challenges.
- Stage Career: In addition to her work in film and television, Givens has also ventured into stage acting, participating in productions like "Chicago" on Broadway.
- Television and Film Producer: Givens has been involved in producing various projects in both television and film.
- Personal Life: Apart from her high-profile marriage to Mike Tyson, Givens has had other relationships and marriages. She is a mother to two sons.
Robin Givens has navigated the challenges of fame and personal life, and her career has seen a diverse range of roles in different entertainment mediums. Is there a specific aspect of her life or career you're interested in?
Trivia of Robin Givens
Certainly! Let's explore some interesting trivia about Robin Givens:
- Pageant Winner: Before her acting career took off, Robin Givens won the 1984 Miss New York State competition.
- Family Connection: Robin Givens is the sister of Stephanie Givens and the niece of Curtis Givens, both of whom have had careers in the entertainment industry.
- Early Acting Roles: Givens made her acting debut in the TV series "The Cosby Show" in 1985, but it was her role in "Head of the Class" that brought her widespread attention.
- Boxing Connection: Her brief marriage to Mike Tyson, a renowned boxer, drew significant media attention. The relationship was a subject of intense scrutiny and speculation during its duration.
- Modeling Career: In addition to her acting career, Givens has worked as a model and has been featured in several magazines.
- Legal Studies: While studying pre-med at Sarah Lawrence College, Givens also studied law. However, her passion for acting led her to pursue a different career path.
- Film Producer: Givens has been involved in producing films, including being an executive producer for the TV movie "Marry Me for Christmas."
- Advocacy for Domestic Violence Awareness: Givens has been an outspoken advocate for domestic violence awareness, drawing from her personal experiences to raise awareness about the issue.
- Stage Performances: She has showcased her talent on the stage, participating in theatrical productions such as the Broadway musical "Chicago."
- Mixed Martial Arts Involvement: Givens has been associated with mixed martial arts and has attended events, showing her interest and support for the sport.
Robin Givens has had a multifaceted career, and her experiences both in and outside the entertainment industry have shaped her into a prominent figure. Anything specific you find particularly intriguing?


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Career Direct is a comprehensive career assessment system that combines biblical principles with cutting-edge career guidance technology and statistics. With more than 20 years of development, Career Direct has undergone rigorous testing and validation.
What makes Career Direct unique?
Career Direct is one of the few assessment tools to approach career guidance from a biblical perspective. Unlike other career guidance assessments that explore one or two facets of a person's identity, Career Direct examines four essential components of career selection: personality, interests, skills, and values. As a result, Career Direct is one of the most comprehensive guidance systems on the market today.
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National League Park- The Baker Bowl
Image showing the infamous Lifebuoy Ad (Image: Ball Parks of Baseball)
Image showcasing the awkward dimensions of the Baker Bowl (Image: Clem's Baseball Blog)
Backstory and Context
The park was opened on April 30, 1887, costing Phillies owner Al Reach around 100,000 dollars. The initial stadium was able to comfortably accommodate over 12,000 fans (double the number of the previous home of the Phillies). However, the first of a number of disasters to occur happened when a fire broke out in 1894, burning much of the wooden structure of the park to the ground, leaving only the brick exterior intact.
The newly built National Park built in 1895 is considered one of the first "modern" ballparks. This new version held even more fans than the initial design, close to 20,000. The new park consisted mostly of steel and brick, ideally protecting it from the fire that destroyed the first variant. However, while fire may not have been an issue again (or at least not until much later in the parks life), other disasters struck nonetheless.
In spite of the supposed "state of the art" construction techniques and materials used in the Baker Bowl, the material proved too weak and collapsed not once, but twice. In both 1903 and 1927, seating areas collapsed under the weight of patrons. Twelve people died in the first instance, with one death in the second, and numerous injuries. Such notable instances have marred the park's history as an architectural death trap.
Poor construction quality is not the only architectural standout. Of more immediate note is the shape of the park. The right field wall is the main culprit. Left field was around 340 ft from home plate, with the center 480 ft. Meanwhile, the right field is only 280 ft from home plate, resulting in the odd design that spawned the name "Cigar Box". This design made the park perfect for left handed batters. One such batter was the Phillies own Chuck Klein. In 1930 he had an incredible .386 batting average. He also hit the farthest home run in the Baker Bowl.
Another name commonly used was "The Hump". This was in reference to the center field of the park. "The center field gap was affected as well (by railroad tracks beneath the ground), slanting upward several feet above the rest of the field's plain as a result of the underground egress, which ran diagonally beneath the northeast edge of the ballpark grounds." (thisgreatgame)
While it may have periodically been referred to by other names, the name that stuck was "Baker Bowl". This is in reference to William F. Baker, the owner of the Phillies from 1913 until his death in 1930. Ironically, Baker was generally derided by many for his poor management of the team. The team dropped greatly in stature under his reign. He was generally focused on the finances of the team, and happily traded away good players for cash. His insatiable penny pinching made him go so far as to use sheep to keep the grass low, rather than pay for lawn mowers.
Almost as important as the stadium itself is the team it is connected to. The Baker Bowl was the home of the Philadelphia Phillies from 1887–1938. They moved to the Baker Bowl from the old Recreation Park. The team's time in Baker Bowl is not the most celebrated of times. Of course, they may be lauded for the period due to their appearance in the 1915 World Series. However, their luck would run out after this period. The team notably had only one winning season from _PHONE_. A sign of their poor performance during their time at the Baker Bowl is an ad that was painted along the parks right field wall. The ad was for Life Buoy soap, reading "The Phillies use Lifebuoy." This ad lead to a humorous joke, with some saying "and yet they still stink!" Not only was it stated, a vandal even once painted the statement onto the ad itself.
The most notable event for the park and the Phillies during this time was the 1915 World Series. Several of the matches of the world series took place in the Baker Bowl. This World Series was especially important, as then President Woodrow Wilson was the first President to attend a World Series. Not only did he attend, he even threw a pitch. Additionally, the event was an early appearance of famous ball player Babe Ruth. Ruth was with the Red Sox at the time, and it marked his very first (but certainly not the last) appearance at a World Series. In spite of the larger historical significance, the series was of little note for the Phillies, who were only able to win a single match. Ultimately, they lost the only World Series they participated in during the Baker Bowl era. Due to the poor financial situation of the team (heavily reflective of their generally poor performance), the Phillies were forced to abandon the Baker Bowl in 1938. They would go on to share Shibe park with the Philadelphia Athletics.
While the park may be best known for its home baseball team, many other events took place at the Baker Bowl. Many Negro League baseball games took place at the park between 1920 and 1930, with the Hilldaises team renting out the park when the Phillies were away. Furthermore, the Negro Leagues World Series would take place in the Baker Bowl from _PHONE_.
The park was even used for sports outside of baseball, with the local Philadelphia Eagles using the field to play football. The owner of the Eagles, Bert Bell, had hoped to use the larger Shibe Park, but could not work out a deal. In the end, the Eagles ended up playing in the Baker Bowl from _PHONE_. In respect to the Eagles, the Baker Bowl is notable as where they began, with their very first game taking place on October 3, 1933. However, their stay at the then deteriorating Baker Bowl was short lived. In 1936, they moved to the substantially larger Philadelphia Municipal Stadium.The Baker Bowl does have a rather regrettable history. Between various disasters and poor management, the park has a number of reasons to be poorly remembered. However, one should not forget that much joy was brought by this park. Win or lose, sports fans are there to enjoy the game, whether it be baseball, football, or any other game.
"Baker Bowl - History, Photos And More Of The Philadelphia Phillies Former Ballpark". 2017. Ballparks Of Baseball - Your Guide To Major League Baseball Stadiums. _URL_
"Baker Bowl, First Home Of The Phillies, Partially Collapses; 12 Killed". 2013. Philly.Com. _URL_
"Baker Bowl/National League Park Historical Marker". 2011. Explorepahistory.Com. _URL_
Clem, Andrew. 2017. "Clem's Baseball ~ Introduction / Navigation Page". Andrewclem.Com. _URL_
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Abstract: The following study attempts to analyse an almost unknown aspect of Czechoslovakian-German relations during the so called "Second Republic" (October 1938 – March 1939), namely the railway traffic between the two countries. It is necessary to realize that railway traffic was the most common means of transport for both people and goods at this time and that it was in both countries' interests to keep it functioning. This paper focuses on the situations and problems that everyday passengers faced. Their experiences were the main factor on which public opinion of the railways was based. The contributory role of freight transport is also analysed in short because of its importance to the functioning of the economy. An important question, which this study attempts to answer as well, is the nature of relations between Czechoslovakian railway employees and their German counterparts. Did these relations copy those in "high politics" at the time? Or, could the professionals on both sides of the new borders cooperate to keep the traffic flowing? With the use of several examples, descriptions are given of experiences with colleagues on the other side of the border that were often positive and whereby both sides understood that it was necessary to keep the traffic flowing. Unfortunately, these efforts were on occasion disrupted by the decisions of political or military leaders.
Authors: Martin Liška
Keywords: railway traffic, Munich Agreement, Second Czechoslovak Republic, CzechGerman relations


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Summary: Purpose: To measure the neural antioxidant function in the hippocampus of rats with epileptogenesis induced by microinjection of FeCl3 into the amygdala using the decay rate of the nitroxide radical as estimated by L-band electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy.
Materials and Methods: Region-selected intensity determination (RSID) was used for the estimation of the nitroxide decay ratio. It is possible to estimate the in vivo hippocampal antioxidant ability using the half-life of the EPR signal of the blood–brain barrier-permeable nitroxide radical. Rats were microinjected with aqueous FeCl3 into the right amygdaloid body. Recording from chronically implanted depth electrodes showed the development of spike discharges with recurrent seizures arising from amygdalar regions with propagation into both hippocampi. Rats with unilateral aqueous FeCl3 lesions were injected systemically with the nitroxide radical and then had EPR for RSID estimation at 5, 15, and 30 days after the iron salt injection.
Results: The in vivo antioxidant ability of the dorsal hippocampus was significantly decreased bilaterally in animals with FeCl3-induced seizures when compared to the control.
Conclusion: Neural antioxidant function in the hippocampi of rats with chronic seizures induced by amygdalar FeCl3was decreased early and both ipsilaterally and bilaterally.


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Global Aircraft Ignition Systems Market - 2019-2026
Global Aircraft Ignition System Market Overview
Aircraft ignition systems generates a spark to ignite a fuel-air mixture in combustion chambers. An ignition system provides appropriate burning of the fuel mixture within the engine.
In the last decade, high energy electronic ignition systems for reciprocating aircraft engines, particularly in experimental aircraft, have been developed into the off-the-shelf, and bolt-on products. Although its popularity is increasing, the extensive use of electronic ignition systems in aviation has been limited by concerns regarding battery dependency, reliability and the safety of using ignition timing advanced beyond that specified on certificated engines.
Most of the current generation aircraft engines use internal combustion type, as the combustion process takes place inside the engine. Reciprocating and gas turbine-based engines also have subdivisions based on the type of cylinder arrangement (piston) and speed range (gas turbine). Modern airplane engines include dual ignition systems for improved safety and enhanced engine performance.
Global aircraft ignition system market was worth USD XX Million and is expected to reach USD XX Million by 2026, at a CAGR of XX% during the forecasted period 2019-2026.
Global Aircraft Ignition System Market Dynamics
Factors contributing to the growth of the aircraft ignition system market is increasing adoption of electronic ignition systems and new technological advancements happening in the aircraft ignition systems.
In addition, the growing demand for aircraft ignition system in the UAVs vehicle segment will further drive the market growth over the coming years.
However, increasing environmental norms related to emissions is leading to a declining in the acceptance of the conventional ignition system in comparison with new electronic ignition systems which is restraining the growth of the aircraft ignition system market.
Global Aircraft Ignition System Market Segmentation
The aircraft ignition systems market has been segmented based on system type, component, and engine type. Based on the system type, aircraft ignition system market has been segmented into electronic and magneto ignition types. The magneto type ignition system is used on most reciprocating aircraft engines. The electronic ignition segment is anticipated to lead the aircraft ignition system market during the forecasted period owing to advancement in technological innovations and more focus towards reducing carbon emissions. Electric ignition systems are more reliable, and have a longer lifespan as compared to conventional ignition systems used in aircraft such as, Lycoming Piston Engine Solid State Ignition System, CH42PR20A.
Based on the component type, the aircraft ignition market is segmented into igniters, ignition leads, exciters, spark plug and others. The spark plugs segment is anticipated to dominate the market during the forecasted period owing to factors such as superior insulation properties, high flexibility, and high heat-resistance. The market for ignition leads is also projected to grow at a significant CAGR due to its low resistance value, which allows superior conductivity, advanced insulating material, and exceptional long-life durability among others.
Based on the region, the aircraft ignition system market is segmented into North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, and Rest of the World. North America is anticipated to hold the highest market share for aircraft ignition systems during the forecast period. Presence of several leading aircraft ignition system manufacturers such as Woodward, Unison, TransDigm, Air Power Inc., and Electroair in the North America region are driving the market for the aircraft ignition systems in recent years. Increasing air traffic in the region and increasing number of aircraft deliveries are also supporting the growth.
The market in the Asia Pacific region is anticipated to be the fastest growing throughout the forecast period. The growth can be attributed to increase in urbanization, growing middle-class population, and increasing disposable income especially in India and China leading to a spike in air traffic which demand for new aircrafts. Thus, increasing aircrafts in the region focusing on fuel efficiency will drive the growth in advanced ignition systems in the coming years.
Global aircraft ignition systems market is highly fragmented due to the presence of a considerable number of big and small industry players. Some of the key players include Aero Inc., Woodward, Transdigm, Meggitt, Unison, Electroair, Surefly, Sky Dynamics, and Air Power among others.
Kelly Aerospace, one of the prominent players in the global aircraft ignition system market, is enhancing its market competitiveness through new acquisitions. For instance, in March 2018, Kelly Aerospace acquired 100% stake of Aerokool Aviation Corporation, an MRO and manufacturing centre.
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Complete spatial randomness
Complete spatial randomness (CSR) describes a point process whereby point events occur within a given study area in a completely random fashion. It is synonymous with a homogeneous spatial Poisson process.[1] Such a process is modeled using only one parameter \rho, i.e. the density of points within the defined area. The term complete spatial randomness is commonly used in Applied Statistics in the context of examining certain point patterns, whereas in most other statistical contexts it is referred to the concept of a spatial Poisson process.[1]
Model
Data in the form of a set of points, irregularly distributed within a region of space, arise in many different contexts; examples include locations of trees in a forest, of nests of birds, of nuclei in tissue, of ill people in a population at risk. We call any such data-set a spatial point pattern and refer to the locations as events, to distinguish these from arbitrary points of the region in question. The hypothesis of complete spatial randomness for a spatial point pattern asserts that the number of events in any region follows a Poisson distribution with given mean count per uniform subdivision. The events of a pattern are independently and uniformly distributed over space; in other words, the events are equally likely to occur anywhere and do not interact with each other.
"Uniform" is used in the sense of following a uniform probability distribution across the study region, not in the sense of "evenly" dispersed across the study region.[2] There are no interactions amongst the events, as the intensity of events does not vary over the plane. For example, the independence assumption would be violated if the existence of one event either encouraged or inhibited the occurrence of other events in the neighborhood.
Distribution
The probability of finding exactly k points within the area V with event density \rho is therefore:
P(k,\rho,V) = \frac{(V\rho)^k e^{-(V\rho) }}{k!} . \,\!
The first moment of which, the average number of points in the area, is simply \rho V. This value is intuitive as it is the Poisson rate parameter.
The probability of locating the N^{\mathrm{th}} neighbor of any given point, at some radial distance r is:
P_N(r) = \frac{D}{(N-1)!} {\lambda}^N r^{DN-1} e^{- \lambda r^D} ,
where D is the number of dimensions, \lambda is a density dependent parameter given by \lambda = \frac{\rho \pi ^{\frac{D}{2}}}{\Gamma (\frac{D}{2} +1)} and \Gamma is the gamma function, which when its argument is integral, is simply the factorial function.
The expected value of P_N(r) can be derived via the use of the gamma function using statistical moments. The first moment is the mean distance between randomly distributed particles in D dimensions.
Applications
The study of CSR is essential for the comparison of measured point data from experimental sources. As a statistical testing method, the test for CSR has many applications in the social sciences and in astronomical examinations.[3] CSR is often the standard against which data sets are tested. Roughly described one approach to test the CSR hypothesis is the following:[4]
 1. Use statistics that are a function of the distance from every event to the next nearest event.
 2. Firstly focus on a specific event and formulate a method for testing whether the event and the next nearest event are significantly close (or distant).
 3. Next consider all events and formulate a method for testing whether the average distance from every event to the next nearest event is significantly short (or long).
In cases where computing test statistics analytically is difficult, numerical methods, such as the Monte Carlo method simulation are employed, by simulating a stochastic process a large number of times.[4]
References
 1. ^ a b O. Maimon, L. Rokach, Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery Handbook , Second Edition, Springer 2010, pages 851-852
 2. ^ L. A. Waller, C. A. Gotway, Applied Spatial Statistics for Public Health Data, volume 1 Wiley Chichester, 2004, pages 119–121, 123–127, 137, 139–141, 146–148, 150–151, 157, 203.
 3. ^ "Statistics on Venus: Craters and Catastrophes".
 4. ^ a b A. Okabe, K. Sugihara, "Spatial Analysis along Networks- Statistical and Computational Methods", volume 1 Wiley Chichester, 2012, pages 135-136
Further reading
 - Diggle, P. J. (2003). Statistical Analysis of Spatial Point Patterns (2nd ed.). New York: Academic Press.
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 - Improvement of Inter-event Distance Tests of Randomness in Spatial Point Processes
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an ambassador is to represent the voice of MLOps across the BAA team with the intent to ensure that the AI R&D is leveraging MLOps and spreading awareness across the team.
Roles and responsibilities of the MLOps Ambassador Team
Figure 1: Roles and responsibilities of the MLOps Ambassador Team
Building out a proof of concept to gain hands-on experience with Kubeflow and TFX
We previously wrote about our experience applying TensorFlow to an already-published project in Image Classification of Race Cars. Our next step was to build a proof of concept from the ground-up, leveraging the power of MLOps through an end-to-end Kubeflow-based ML pipeline.
The aim was to build a POC that would serve as a more powerful search tool on the WWT homepage, taking in natural language inputs to output the relevant articles and content for customers and employees navigating the website. As an additional challenge, we decided to leverage Google's language model, BERT-Small (Bidirectional Encoder Representations from Transformers), which has over 110,000 training parameters. This complex combination of Kubeflow on AWS with a BERT-Small model stretched our team's thinking allowed us to deeply understand the pros and cons of this novel environment.
The visual below goes into how MLOps played a role in the entire process, offering increased modularity and a decreased in the amount of compute required, especially during the ingest and data processing step of the pipeline.
building an MLOps pipeline
Figure 2: Kubeflow allowed us to traverse a smooth pipeline from start-to-end
Building out an accessible and comprehensive MLOps training platform
While our role as an AI R&D team is to expand our current day capabilities by stretching the limits of what new tools and technology we operate with, we were aware that a lot of these learnings can dissipate without regularly maintained and updated training resources for the rest of our team to leverage.
Moving to new methods of operation and learning can be significant sources of friction for any data science team and increasingly more so for those with a higher number of operational models and teams. Therefore, we decided that integrating foundational organizational change management (OCM) components to this broader rollout of MLOps within our team would ensure that our gradual shift to these processes would be as streamlined as possible.
The creation of such a training platform and pathway for our data science team was a key push of the MLOps Ambassador group, especially with the organic interest we received from the broader BAA group as we showcased our POC.
Instead of boiling the ocean to collate a set of randomized training material, our process involved creating four personas that we defined as the primary interactors with MLOps tools in any organization.
Four primary personas for training
Figure 3: Four primary personas for training
We then sought to create a set of expected skills and capabilities for each of these personas and mapped each one either to an existing or home-grown training resource, with a lot of learnings extracted from our development of the POC mentioned earlier in this article.
The data science team has been getting to "touch and feel" Kubeflow, KALE and MiniKF to try and get exposure to a variety of tools so that we are prepared as we start to develop a formalized offering.
Our current training platform consists of a Wiki, as well as a resource center available to all members across the BAA team, with relevant links to resources and a recording of all the learning curves, road bumps and learnings our data science team come across as they get hands-on learning with a variety of MLOps platforms. Below is a description of our data-science team's current training efforts, which we hope to continually build and mature.
different training groups and their respective efforts
Figure 4: The different training groups and their respective efforts so far
Considering our development of internal MLOps capabilities, we have been engaged in some exciting business development opportunities with interested clients. This is evidence of the maturing market and our readiness to get ahead of the curve to respond aptly.
Our efforts are to continually develop a formalized MLOps offering to supplement our current analytics and AI offerings, offering the degree of scale that more technologically mature organizations seek.
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Project focus during our time on the AI R&D Ops rotation
Novel application of reinforcement learning
The R&D Operations team collaborates closely with WWT data scientists who are always welcome to work on R&D projects but who, when on rotation, work in pairs on a project chosen by the PSP.
During the past few months, multiple data scientist rotations tackled the same novel project, an exciting new application of reinforcement learning (RL) in the data center networking space. We were particularly excited about the research because of the way this project brings together different areas of WWT expertise, from core IT infrastructure to advanced analytics. The data scientist rotations made excellent progress, iterating through several different RL algorithms and reward matrices to find the most effective combination.
Now the problems to solve are more network engineeringand development-oriented, so the next data scientists on rotation will move on to experiment with different data sets and objectives. But there is more to come on this application of RL, so keep an eye out for future updates.
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On top of the major project for of the R&D Program over the last three months, the data scientists involved with the program also completed and documented two additional projects from the certified backlog. Their efforts represent the benefit of opening up the slate of projects deemed interesting by the PSP, allowing the data scientists additional opportunity to learn and get a head start on experimenting outside of their project work.
The resulting papers were the first to work through the newly formalized peer review process and are also indicative of the increasing breadth of the R&D community across WWT, as more groups and areas of the company become interested to be involved in the exciting R&D work.
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Another highlight of the past few months has been the number of new and exciting technologies coming to market, even in the midst of COVID-19. The R&D team would like to highlight the following technology in particular for its applicability to WWT and our partners.
It's time to admit something. This article was not really written by a person...
It was, in fact, written by several people! Though we are very excited though about the possibility of custom-prompted and artificially generated prose that is indistinguishable from real human-created text, this article truly was written by the authors. As is clear from some lighthearted examples of fake content generated by OpenAI's new language model GPT-3 (here and here), we are closer than ever before to being able to speak to computers and have them answer.
This last and even more advanced model, described in a recently released paper, builds off OpenAI's 2019 success using scale to create a production-ready generalized pretrained text (GPT) response generator. OpenAI's engineers again leveraged an astronomically sized training data set and millions more parameters for the latest edition, and the organization has opened an API access point to their GPT-3 model for experimentation by academic, commercial and individual collaborators.
The AI R&D Program has a surfeit of ideas and use cases ready to tackle with GPT-3's help, so stay tuned for future articles once we have hopefully been granted beta API access!
In the future, the R&D Team will continue to encourage new ideas and experimentation as we solidify the MLOps capability, push forward different RL applications and experiment with new technologies. We are excited to continue bringing more people from across WWT into the program and to establish and expand our external partnerships. The R&D Operations Team will continue developing processes and operations to enable data scientists and engineers to realize and publicize their ideas and ongoing efforts.
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Can you close a script?
There's lua_openscript myscript.lua but is there a close function or is it file:close?
You seem to have a misunderstanding of what lua_openscript does. It opens the file and reads it, and then automatically closes it. It takes the resulting string and runs it through the compiler. The compiler turns this into bytecode, which is then loaded into the runtime environment, and stays there until the environment is shut down(client disconnecting or map switch, for example ).
What do you mean by close?
lua_openscript is a command to load the script file and run it once the script is done executing (by reaching the end of the file) that's it. There's nothing to "close".
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(client disconnecting or map switch, for example ). is there a way I can for close it?
Again, you misunderstand. At the most simple level, this is what the game is doing:
RunString( file.Read( "filename.lua", "LUA" ) )
file.Read automatically closes the file after reading it.
What are you trying to accomplish? I can most likely help you solve whatever problem you have in a different way.
he probably means undoing whatever the script did, like removing hooks and timers.


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Robert Dodd McConnell, known as Bertie McConnell (born 1921) is a former Army officer and politician in Northern Ireland.
McConnell was born in Bangor, County Down, and served in the British Army in World War II. During the war, he lost his sight.[1]
In 1958, McConnell was elected to Bangor Borough Council, serving until 1973. He was elected at the Northern Ireland general election, 1969, as an independent Unionist Member of Parliament for Bangor. Despite being an independent, he was a supporter of Ulster Unionist Party Prime Minister Terence O'Neill.[1]
McConnell joined the Alliance Party of Northern Ireland alongside Phelim O'Neill and Tom Gormley in early 1972. He was elected to North Down Borough Council in 1973, and to the Northern Ireland Assembly for North Down. He held this seat on the Northern Ireland Constitutional Convention in 1975, and served as the President of the Alliance Party in 1976.[1]
McConnell stood down from his council seat in 1981[2] and took no further role in active politics.
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This paper reports a method for measuring the heat capacity of as-grown carbon nanotubes (CNTs) using a microcalorimeter. The microcalorimeter consists of a double-layer suspended silicon dioxide microstructure and two silicon resistors sandwiched in-between the silicon dioxide layers. CNTs for heat capacity measurement are locally synthesized on the surface of the microstructure using laser-assisted chemical vapor deposition. The CNTs and the microcalorimeter are heated to a high temperature with a silicon resistor, and the temperature of the microcalorimeter with CNTs is measured with using the other silicon resistor. The heat capacity of the CNTs is obtained by dividing the measured effective heating power by the rate of temperature increase. The suspended configuration and the low thermal conductivity of silicon dioxide achieve low thermal dissipation, which together with the minute thermal capacity enable significant temperature changes. Using this sensitive microcalorimeter, the heat capacity of as-grown CNTs, 6-14 nJ/K from 340 to 440 K, is measured in-situ without the need of CNT transfer and pretreatment, avoiding damage to the CNT samples. This microcalorimeter is also applicable to in-situ measurement of structure-related thermal properties of porous materials.


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This file documents the use of Parrot's profiling runcore.
Summary
This file provides an introduction on how to profile code written in a Parrot-hosted language. Parrot includes profiling as a built-in runcore which outputs a textual line-based format. This file will generally need to be post-processed, either by a custom script or by tools/dev/pprof2cg.pl, which is installed under lib/3.6.0-devel/tools/dev/pprof2cg.pl in a standard installation.
The profiling runcore can record any annotations added by HLL compilers, though annotations are ignored by pprof2cg.pl and are not recorded by default. This and various other aspects of profiling can be controlled through environment variables, as described below.
Running Code Under the Profiler
In Parrot, profiling capability is provided in the form of a built-in runcore and is available with any installed version of Parrot. The only condition is that you be able to run your code as a series of arguments passed directly to the parrot executable, rather than a "fakecutable" (a native executable that runs built-in hard-coded Parrot bytecode). If you usually run your code via a fakecutable such as perl6, you'll need to run perl6.pbc directly instead. For example, if you run ./perl6 foo.p6, instead run parrot perl6.pbc foo.p6. If your code can run normally when passed to the parrot executable directly, you can easily profile it.
To profile, add -Rprofiling to the command-line invocation of parrot before any .pbc files are added, e.g. ./parrot -Rprofiling perl6.pbc foo.p6. Your program will run more slowly and will end with a message such as
 PROFILING RUNCORE: wrote profile to parrot.pprof.4251
Use tools/dev/pprof2cg.pl to generate Callgrind-compatible output from this file.
You now have a raw profile of your code.
Profile Post-processing Tools
The profiling runcore spits out a line-oriented plain-text file which contains the timing information for each executed instruction and a description of each context change. This data should be sufficient to determine any information about the timing of instructions and subs. The format is intended to be straightforward and amenable to processing by external tools. tools/dev/pprof2cg.pl is included with Parrot and attempts to read a profile generated by the profiling runcore and produce a profile which callgrind-compatible tools (e.g. kcachegrind) can understand.
Bugs and Surprises
In theory the output of pprof2cg.pl should be compatible with kcachegrind. In practice, it isn't. If you have a use case that reliably produces non-sensical results, talk to cotto on #parrot or file a ticket.
Environment Variables
Generally Useful Variables
This section includes environment variables which are likely to be of interest to developers wishing to profile HLL code.
PARROT_PROFILING_FILENAME
This determines the full name of the file where the output will be written, if any. Parrot does not check if the filename exists before opening it for writing and will happily truncate and overwrite any existing files, including previous profiles.
If no value is specified, Parrot will write to a file named parrot.pprof.X, where X is the PID of the Parrot process. When the profiling runcore exits, it will print a message announcing where the profile was written.
This variable can also have the special values stdout and stderr. When either of these values are detected (case-insensitively), Parrot will print its profiling output to STDOUT or STDERR.
PARROT_PROFILING_ANNOTATIONS
This determines whether PIR annotations will be recorded as part of the profile. Annotations are necessary when profiling HLL code, but will cause the profiling runcore to run more slowly. By default, they are disabled. Set this value to enable them.
PARROT_PROFILING_OUTPUT
This determines the type of output which will contain the profile. Current options are pprof and none. pprof is the default and is a ascii-based human-readable format. It can be post-processed into a Callgrind-compatible format by tools/dev/pprof2cg.pl. none writes nothing to the output file. It is most useful for testing and optimizing the profiling runcore itself. It is expected to be of little interest to users wishing to profile PIR and HLL code.
Debugging-Related Variables
These variables are intended primarly for testing of the profiling code itself. You can play with them if you want, but they probably won't help you get any useful work done.
PARROT_PROFILING_CANONICAL_OUPUT
When this is set, the profiling runcore will record all addresses as a single constant value and all times as 1. This option is useful primarily for testing, where it's helpful to have a way to ensure that a given chunk of code will always produce exactly the same profile. If you want this feature enabled, you also probably want to pass a fixed hash seed to Parrot via --hash-seed 1324 to avoid any non-deterministic behavior that hash seed randomization may cause.
This variable is not useful apart from testing the profiling runcore and will most certainly not help you find hotspots in your code.
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The MARKUS text analysis and reading platform is a multi-faceted tool that allows users to access a range of online reference tools while reading texts in literary Chinese, and/or to tag and extract any kind of information of interest to them. In addition to names already present in China Biographical Databate and China Historical GIS, users can tag words or expressions by uploading their own lists or by using the keyword help tools.
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