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Do you remember Illuminasia? It was a larger than life attraction of Chinese lantern craft, indoors in the Olympia Exhibition Hall at Blackpool Winter Gardens.
It included illuminated sights from around the world. Huge creatures and flowers, fish, things from space and more. The walk-through attraction blended the tradition of Chinese lantern craft with modern technology to create incredible larger-than-life exhibits.
The photos on this page are copyright to Visit Fylde Coast
Illuminasia was presented in seven zones:
- Mysteries of China
- Dragon Emperor
- Land of the Dinosaurs
- Land of the Giants secret garden
- The Deep, with sharks, sea creatures and sunken treasure ships
- Wonders of the World
- The Planet zone
How Illuminasia Came About
The huge 45,000 sq ft Olympia Arena on the back corner of the Winter Gardens was the site for this major new attraction. It was an investment in the region of £3m.
The glass roof of the Olympia was dimmed with a new, blacked-out suspended ceiling. The different areas inside used to create five worlds. A huge 45′ tall illuminated Blackpool Tower stood in the centre, paying homage to our own unique landmark.
The upstairs balcony areas, the dog legged L shape and the whole of the hall became home to the Ancient Wonders of China, the Land of the Giants, an Undersea World, and a Planetarium in the dome on the corner opposite New Look. The main feature was the Wonders of the World Square where, along with Blackpool Tower, was Tower Bridge, the Statue of Liberty and other world landmarks.
The man behind Illuminasia
Jon Conway was the driver at the back of the project. He'd produced shows in Blackpool until about 2006.
His passion and enthusiasm for Blackpool is openly evident and one comment at the project launch event could be a new slogan for the town!
'YOU'VE NO IDEA HOW GOOD WHAT YOU HAVE IS'
Jon's produced over 400 pantos, and had been working on cruise ships and projects abroad. That's where he met International Special Attractions (ISA), the company based in Shanghai and Los Angeles who for 20 years have been creating Luminasia. They're the fantastic illuminated luminary shows that had never been seen before in Europe. The Blackpool display was their largest indoor project.
Tradition and technology
The tradition of celebrating with lights in China goes back 3000 years. Illuminasia brought the tradition to the modern world with modern lantern technology – but still built and created by Chinese artisans. It fuses the best of Chinese culture with our very own, hundred years old, Blackpool Illuminations.
Visit Fylde Coast managed a few peeks into the building site that was to become this bright, new, colourful world.
It was a great view across the construction site from the mezzanine balcony at the entrance to Olympia. The smell of welding was the first thing to hit you. And a misty fog in the air, created by the dozens of Chinese craftsmen, all immersed in their work to build, weld and craft the exhibits.
Even more incredibly, there were no tape measures to be seen on site! These craftsmen are SOOO skilled that they can look at the drawings provided by the designer, sketch them out on the floor at full size, and then start building.
First a metal framework emerges, which is covered with coloured silks and finally painted.
Throughout construction you could see the true scale and proportion of the world they created. Without the scenery and backdrop it really was fascinating.
Perfect replicas of the front end of the biggest puppy you've ever seen stood near a perfect Statue of Liberty and a Sphinx. Plus a Goldfinch so big you've got to wonder what kind of bird seed he'd eaten!
Illuminasia opened on 18 April 2014
The £3m all-new, indoor attraction covering a space of over 4100 square metres was the first new attraction to open in Blackpool for over twenty years.
An imaginative and interactive attraction for all ages, it featured over 35,000 lights in a blend of traditional Chinese lantern crafts with the latest in lighting technology.
Always designed to be a short-term attraction with a limited lifespan, it finally closed its doors in autumn 2017.
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generic object that handles the lazy loading behavior and appears in place of the object's data fields.When the user needs to access it, they simply ask the value holder for its value by calling the GetValue method. At that time (and only then), the value gets loaded from a database or from a service.(this is not always needed).
// Java function to illustrate
// Lazy Initialization in
// Lazy Loading Design Pattern
public class ValueHolder<T> {
 private T value;
 private readonly Func<object, T> valueRetrieval;

 // Constructor
 public ValueHolder(Func<object, T> valueRetrieval)
 {
 valueRetrieval = this.valueRetrieval;
 }

 // We'll use the signature "GetValue" for convention
 public T GetValue(object parameter)
 {
 if (value == null)
 value = valueRetrieval(parameter);
 return value;
 }
}
Note : The main drawback of this approach is that the user has to know that a value holder is expected.
Ghost
A ghost is the object that is to be loaded in a partial state. It corresponds to the real object but not in its full state. It may be empty or it may contain just some fields (such as the ID). When the user tries to access some fields that haven't been loaded yet, the ghost object fully initializes itself (this is not always needed).
For example, Let's consider that a developer what add an online form so that any user can request content via that online form. At the time of creation all we know is that content will be accessed but what action or content is unknown to the user.
$userData = array(
 "UID" = > uniqid(),
 "requestTime" = > microtime(true),
 "dataType" = > "",
 "request" = > "");

if (isset($_POST['data']) && $userData) {
 //...
}
In the above PHP example, the content from the online form can be accessed to the user in the form of text file or any source.
 - UID is the unique id for the every particular user.
 - requestTime is the time when user requested the content from the online form.
 - dataType is the type of data. Mostly it is text but depends on the form.
 - request is the boolean function to notify the user about the request being completed or not.
Advantages
 - This approach is a faster application start-up time as it is not required to created and load all of the application objects.
Disadvantages
 - The code becomes complicated as we need to check if loading is needed or not. So this may cause slower in the performance.
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The Use of Negative Pressure in Medicine
Pressure is considered negative if it is below the standard atmospheric pressure, i.e. one atmosphere (1 atm). Negative pressure could occur naturally in few occasions such as out space, but it also could be deliberately inducted for the use of human. One of these uses is for medical purposes. The history of negative pressure use in health and disease management draws back to the establishment of the Chinese traditional medicine and continued to develop till the contemporary medical advances. In this review, the author aimed to elaborate the history and advancement in the usage of negative pressure in health aspects and classify the different modalities of negative pressure incorporated in treatment management and clinical trials.

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Lavinia Fisher
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Lavinia Fisher
Born 1793
Charleston, South Carolina[citation needed]
Died February 18, 1820(1820-02-18)
Old City Jail, Charleston, South Carolina
Cause of death Execution
Criminal penalty Death by hanging
Victims Dave Ross (escaped), John Peeples (escaped), unidentified other murder victims
Country United States
Lavinia Fisher (1793 – February 18, 1820) is reported by some legends to have been the first female serial killer in the United States of America.[1] Her origins are unknown[citation needed]; however, Fisher resided in the United States for much of her life. She was married to John Fisher, and both were convicted of highway robbery—a capital offense at the time—not murder. Historians have begun to question the veracity of the traditional legend and some assert that Lavinia Fisher never killed anyone. Some, however, believe she would kill her victims by crushing their heads between her legs.[citation needed] She was however an active member of a large gang of highwaymen who operated out of two houses in the backcountry near Charleston, the Five Mile House and the Six Mile House. It is not clear whether the Six Mile House was a hotel,[citation needed] but it did serve as a hideout for a number of outlaws.
It is often claimed[citation needed] that Mary Surratt was the first woman to be hanged in the United States, but Lavinia was hanged 40 years earlier.
Fisher and her husband resided in Charleston, South Carolina for most of their lives. Together, they owned an inn, the Six Mile Wayfarer House,[2] which they managed in the early 19th century. The hotel was located six miles north of Charleston, South Carolina, hence the name. During their time there, reports were made to the local sheriff about guests disappearing. Due to lack of evidence, and the popularity of the couple with many locals, these complaints came to nothing.
Alleged crimes[edit]
Lavinia Fisher would invite lone travelers into the Six Mile Wayfarer House to dinner and ask them questions about their occupations, trying to determine if they had money. She would send them up to their rooms with a cup of poisoned tea. Once the men drank their tea and went to bed, her husband would go to the room to make sure they were dead by stabbing them.
Another version of the legend was that the tea would only put the men to sleep for a few hours. Then, when they were almost asleep, Lavinia would pull a lever and the bed would collapse and drop the victim into a pit.[2] Some believed that there were spikes waiting at the bottom of the pit.
Much of what actually occurred in the alleged murders at the hands of John and Lavinia Fisher has become wildly exaggerated through time, so factual details are hard to find. However, contemporary news accounts in the Charleston Post and Courier, claimed that a vigilante gang went to the Fishers' neighborhood in February 1819 to stop the purported 'gang activities' that were occurring there. Satisfied that they had accomplished their task, the group returned to Charleston, but left a young man by the name of David Ross to stand watch in the area.
Early the next day, Ross was attacked by two men and dragged before the gang that had terrorized the region. Among them was Lavinia Fisher, to whom he looked for help. However, rather than help him, she choked him and then smashed his head through a window. Ross managed to escape and immediately alerted authorities.[3]
Immediately following this incident, another traveler named John Peeples asked if there were any vacancies; Lavinia replied that there was unfortunately no room, but he was welcome to come inside and rest and have some tea. John happened to hate tea, and not wanting to seem rude, he dumped it when she wasn't looking. She interrogated him for hours and eventually said she discovered that in fact, they did have a room. He then went to bed. He had felt suspicious about the interrogation and was worried about being robbed, so he decided to sleep in the wooden chair by the door. In the middle of the night, he awoke to the loud sound of the bed collapsing and discovered the Fishers' plan. He jumped out the window and rode to Charleston to alert the authorities.
Based on these two accounts, the assailants were finally identified by name, something that law enforcement had previously lacked. Police were immediately dispatched to the location and during the ensuing investigation Lavinia and John were located, along with two other gang members. John Fisher surrendered the group in an effort to protect his wife and shield her from possible gunfire. Later, during interrogation, he again attempted to protect Lavinia by giving the identities of all involved in the gang.
Trial and execution[edit]
Nearly a full year elapsed between the time of their arrest and their execution. At their arraignment the Fishers pleaded not guilty but were ordered to be held in jail until their trial, which would take place in May, while their co-conspirators were released on bail. At their trial the jury rejected their pleas of innocence and found them guilty of highway robbery, a capital offense. However, the judge allowed an appeal and they were given a reprieve until the January session of the court.
During this time the Fishers occupied themselves with plans to escape, as they were housed together at the Charleston, South Carolina jail (the "Old City Jail")[4] in a 6x8 cell and not heavily guarded. On September 13 they put their plans into action and began their escape. Things did not go as planned as the rope they had made from prison linens broke, leaving Lavinia trapped in the cell and John set free. He was unwilling to continue the escape plan and was recaptured. The two were then kept under much tighter security.
The Constitutional court rejected their appeals and on February 4, 1820 both were sentenced to be hanged.[5] Awaiting execution, John accepted the counsel of the Reverend Richard Furman, a local minister, but Lavinia became even more vitriolic. She also argued to the judge that they could not hang a married woman, so they hanged John the day before her execution.
On the gallows in front of the Old City Jail before John Fisher's execution, Rev. Furman read aloud a letter John had composed, which stated that since he had become a Christian he could not be executed with a lie held to his account. Therefore he insisted on his innocence and asked mercy on those who had done him wrong in the judicial process. After the minister read the letter, Fisher then began to plead his case before the gathered crowd of some 2,000. He then seemingly contradicted himself by asking for their forgiveness.
The next day, Lavinia Fisher was hanged. According to locals, moments before her execution she addressed the crowd, saying, "If any of you have a message for the devil, tell me now—for I will be seeing him soon," or "If any of you have a message for the devil, say it now for I shall see him in a moment," and then she jumped off the stage and hanged herself.[2]
Lavinia was buried in a Potter's Field near the Old City Jail. Claims of her burial at 150 Meeting Street (The Circular Congregational Church) or at 4 Archdale Street (The Unitarian Church) appear to have been fictions promoted by tour guides.
 1. ^ Petro, Pamela (2002). Sitting Up With the Dead: A Storied Journey Through the American South. New York, New York: Arcade Books. p. 205. ISBN 1-55970-612-0.
 2. ^ a b c Mendoza, Patrick (1999). Extraordinary people in extraordinary times: heroes, sheroes, and villains. Libraries Unlimited. pp. 93–96. ISBN 1-56308-611-5.
 3. ^ Hendrix, Pat (2006). Murder and Mayhem in the Holy City. Charleston, South Carolina: The History Press. p. 29. ISBN 1-59629-162-1.
 4. ^ Hendrix, Pat; Hendrix, Toni; Spires, Heather; Corbett, Judy (2006). Murder and Mayhem in the Holy City. The History Press. p. 27. ISBN 1-59629-162-1.
 5. ^ Phillips, G. (January 17, 2002). "Charlestons Past". The Post and Courier (Charleston, SC). p. 2ZB. Retrieved 2011-03-06.


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sldv.test
Test objective function for Stateflow charts and MATLAB Function blocks
Description
example
sldv.test(expr) specifies that expr is true when generating tests. Use any valid Boolean expression for expr.
This function has no output and no impact on its parenting function, other than any indirect side effects of evaluating expr. If you issue this function from the MATLAB® command line, the function has no effect.
Intersperse sldv.test test objectives within code or separate the objectives into a verification script.
The Test objectives option in the Test generation pane applies to test objectives represented by the sldv.test function and by the Test Objective block.
Examples
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Add a test objective and test conditions by using the MATLAB Function block.
Open the sldvdemo_cruise_control model and save it as ex_sldvdemo_cruise_control.
Remove the Test Condition block from the speed signal. Instead of the Test Condition block, this example uses sldv.test and sldv.condition.
From the User-Defined Functions library, add a MATLAB Function block.
 - Name the block tests.
 - Open the block and add this code:
 function define_tests(speed, target)
 %#codegen

 sldv.condition(speed >= 0 && speed <= 100);
 sldv.test(speed > 60 && target > 40 && target < 50);
 sldv.test(speed < 20 && target > 50);
 - Save the model and return to the top model.
 - Connect the block to the signals for the speed block and for the target block.
Save the changes to the ex_sldvdemo_cruise_control model.
To generate test cases, on the Design Verifier tab, click Generate Tests.
Input Arguments
collapse all
Expression for the tests, specified as a Boolean expression. For example, x > 0.
Alternatives
Instead of using the sldv.test function, you can insert a Test Objective block in your model. To learn about the differences between Test Objective blocks and sldv.test, see What Is Test Case Generation?.
Version History
Introduced in R2009b


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Wednesday, 21 March 2018
HSBC report reveals Estonia is one of five countries least vulnerable to climate change
Estonia is one of five countries considered the least vulnerable to climate change, according to a new study by HSBC.
The bank assessed 67 developed, emerging and frontier markets on vulnerability to the physical impacts of climate change, sensitivity to extreme weather events, exposure to energy transition risks and ability to respond to climate change.
According to the report released on Monday, India is the most vulnerable country to climate change, followed by Pakistan, the Philippines and Bangladesh. The five countries considered the least vulnerable to climate change risk are Estonia, Finland, Sweden, Norway, and New Zealand.
The 67 nations represent almost a third of the world's nation states, 80 percent of the global population and 94 percent of global gross domestic product.
Of the four nations assessed by the bank to be most vulnerable, India has said climate change could cut agricultural incomes, particularly unirrigated areas that would be hit hardest by rising temperatures and declines in rainfall.
Pakistan, Bangladesh and the Philippines are susceptible to extreme weather events, such as storms and flooding. Pakistan was ranked by HSBC among nations least well-equipped to respond to climate risks.
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A Road to the Grothendieck Spectral Sequence:Derived Functors II
In the previous post, I gave a little glimpse into derived functors and somewhat motivated their construction. In this post, we'll get our hands dirty with homological algebra to continue setting up the required machinery and go through many proofs.
In the previous post, I promised to continue the proof of a lemma which establishes a long exact sequence. Before giving the proof, let me mention a few facts which will be useful.
If we're given a short exact sequence 0 \to I \to A \to B \to 0 in an abelian category where I is an injective object. From the map I \to I and the monomorphism I \hookrightarrow A, we can extend to a map A \to I such that the composition is the identity. Using the Splitting Lemma, one obtains a non-canonical splitting A \simeq I \oplus B. Applying F,
0 \to F(A) \to F(I) \oplus F(B) \to F(B).
The identity map B \to B factors through the projection map \pi:A \to B, the same holds true after applying F, in particular, the last map is surjective!
0 \to F(A) \to F(I) \oplus F(B) \to F(B) \to 0.
Proof of Lemma 1:
Step 1:A morphism between objects with injective resolution induces a chain map between the resolutions
Let \phi:A \to B be a morphism between two objects with injective resolutions A_{\bullet},B_{\bullet}. In the figure below, the map \phi_{0} is constructed from the fact that d_{0}:A \to I_{0} is a monomorphism and there is a map A \to B \to I'_{0} from A to an injective object.
Now, there is a monomorphism I_{0}/ker(d_{1})=I_{0}/Im(d_{0})=Coker(A \to I_{0}) \hookrightarrow I_{1}. Next, note that by the commutativity of the square already defined, \phi_{0} takes Im(d_{0})=Ker(d_{1}) to Ker(d'_{1})=Im(d'_{0}) by the fact that d'{1}d'_{0}=0 by exactness of the lower sequence. This means that the map \phi_{0} induces a morphism h_{0}: Coker(A \to I_{0}) \to Coker(B \to I'_{0}) and by exactness, we can compose this with B/Ker(d'_{1}) to get a map Coker(A \to I_{0}) \to I'_{1}. Since I'_{1}, we get the required map \phi_{1}. Inductively continue this process to get the entire chain map. Note that all the maps defined from the injective object property are not unique.
Step 2:Proving that any two such extensions are chain-homotopic
Let f_{n},g_{n} be two chain maps from A \to I_{\bullet} to B \to I'_{\bullet}.
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Monkeys can point to objects they do not report seeing
Are monkeys, like humans, able to ascertain where objects are located without much more than a sideways glance? Quite likely, says Lau Andersen of the Aarhus University in Denmark, lead author of a study conducted at the Yerkes National Primate Research Center of Emory University, published in Springer's journal Animal Cognition. The study finds that monkeys are able to localize stimuli they do not perceive.
Humans are able to locate, and even side-step, objects in their peripheral vision, sometimes before they perceive the object even being present. Andersen and colleagues therefore wanted to find out if visually guided action and visual perception also occurred independently in other primates.
The researchers trained five adult male rhesus monkeys (Macaca mulatta) to perform a short-latency, highly stereotyped localization task. Using a touchscreen computer, the animals learned to touch one of four locations where an object was briefly presented. The monkeys also learned to perform a detection task using identical stimuli, in which they had to report the presence or absence of an object by pressing one of two buttons. These techniques are similar to those used to test normal humans, and therefore make an especially direct comparison between humans and monkeys possible. A method called "visual masking" was used to systematically reduce how easily a visual target was processed.
Andersen and his colleagues found that the monkeys were still able to locate targets that they could not detect. The animals performed the tasks very accurately when the stimuli were unmasked, and their performance dropped when visual masking was employed. But monkeys could still locate targets at masking levels for which they reported that no target had been presented. While these results cannot establish the existence of phenomenal vision in monkeys, the discrepancy between visually guided action and detection parallels the dissociation of conscious and unconscious vision seen in humans.
"Knowing whether similar independent brain systems are present in humans and nonverbal species is critical to our understanding of comparative psychology and the evolution of brains," explains Andersen.


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A dull market can also be referred to as a flat market or in other words a market at rest. An example would be seeing the market end at or near the same price as when it opened for an extended period of time. During a dull market investors feel that once the market awakens the market is generally set to rise. Any moves after a dull market tend to be larger moves due to the lack of activity. The globalization of the financial industry has reduced the time a market remains dull.
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US alone. Worst case statistics show approximately 12 ferret attacks ever recorded in the US. Dr. Bruce Williams, DVM, adds: I can say from personal experience that there are many, many more bite incidents with the household dog or cat, and that either of these species tend to do a lot more damage. I have seen children require over a hundred facial stitches from getting between the dog and its food, but never anything like this with a ferret. But I've also been nailed by my share of ferrets too. Personally, I don't recommend ferrets for people with children under 6 or 7 - either the child or the ferret ends up getting hurt.
Subject: (3.9) What are the different ferret colors? Ferrets often change colors with the seasons, lighter in the winter than in the summer, and many of them lighten as they age, too. Different ferret organizations recognize different colors and patterns, but unless you're planning to enter your ferret in a show, the exact label isn't particularly important. Some of the more commonly accepted colors are described in general terms below, adapted from summaries written by William and Diane Killian of Zen and the Art of Ferrets and Pam Troutman of STAR*Ferrets. The albino is white with red eyes and a pink nose. A dark-eyed white can have very light eyes and can possibly be confused with an albino. These can actually range from white to cream colored with the whiter the color the better. A dark-eyed white (often called a black-eyed white) is a ferret with white guard hairs but eyes darker than the red of an albino. The sable has rich dark brown guard hairs with golden highlights, with a white to golden undercoat. A black sable has blue-black guard hairs with no golden or brownish cast, with a white to cream undercoat. The chocolate is described as warm dark to milk chocolate brown with a white to golden or amber undercoat and highlights. A cinnamon is a rich light reddish brown with a golden to white undercoat. This can also be used to describe a ferret with light, tan guard hairs with pinkish or reddish highlights. Straight tan is a champagne. A silver starts out grey, or white with a few black hairs. The ferret may or may not have a mask. There is a tendency for the guard hair to lighten to white evenly over the body. As a ferret ages each progressive coat change has a higher percentage of white rather than dark guard hairs. Eventually the ferret could be all white. White patches on the throat might be called throat stars, throat stripes, or bibs; white toes, mitts (sometimes called silver mitts), or stockings go progressively further up the legs. A blaze or badger has a white stripe on the top of the head, and a panda has a fully white head. A siamese has an even darker color on the legs and tail than usual and a V-shaped mask; and a self is nearly solid in color.
Subject: (3.10) What do you call a ferret male/female/baby/group? A male is called a hob, and a female is a jill. To some people, neutered males are gibs and neutered females are sprites, but these are new terms and aren't as commonly used. A baby ferret of either sex is a kit. The most commonly accepted phrase for a group is "a business of ferrets". Some people spell it "busyness" instead. Another possibility, "fastening" or "fesnyng," is thought to be due to a misreading of "bysnys" long ago.
Subject: (3.11) How can I help the ferret community? There are lots of ways you can help the ferret community at large. If your ferrets are very trustworthy and have had their vaccinations, [9.2] take them with you to the park or pet store and show people what wonderful pets they are, to counteract all the false rumors. (Be very careful, though: if your ferret should nip or scratch someone, even by accident, some states will kill him for rabies testing, even if he's been vaccinated. You may want to only let people pet his back.) Give good ferret information, perhaps a copy of this general FAQ and the Medical FAQs [1.1], to your vet. Adopt, foster, or sponsor a ferret from a local shelter, or donate old towels, shirts, food, litter, cages, money, or time. Many shelters could use help with construction projects, computer setup and use, recordkeeping, etc., as well as day-to-day ferret care, cage cleaning, and trips to the vet. (However, shelter directors are very busy people, and may have established routines they'd rather not have disrupted, so don't be offended if your offer of help is refused. Ask if there's something else you could do instead.) To find a shelter near you, see the STAR*Ferrets list of clubs, shelters, etc. [1.2] or contact a local ferret club. Participate in the "Support Our Shelters" coupon book program, in which you send $25 and receive a book of grocery store coupons of YOUR choice worth at least $200. More information is available by sending the command SEND COUPON ORDER FERRET in the body of email to . == End of Part 1 == -- - Pamela Greene Ferret Central: _URL_ Clan Lord (online game) FAQ: _URL_ This sentence would be seven words long if it were six words shorter.
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Chapter 8: Communications
The Fileshare Client(s) and Fileshare Server(s) communicate using the Common Communications Interface (CCI).
8.1 Overview
A Fileshare Server can use several communication protocols concurrently, enabling it to communicate with a number of Fileshare Clients that do not all use the same protocol.
When you invoke a Fileshare Server, you need to specify the communications protocols it supports, using the /cm option in the Fileshare configuration file. Valid values for /cm are:
When running the Fileshare Server and Fileshare Client on the same UNIX machine, use the Named Pipes protocol for UNIX (CCINAMPU) as this provides significantly better performance than CCITCP.
8.2 Using CCITCP
Fileshare defaults to the TCP/IP (CCITCP) protocol. When using CCITCP, you can use either CCITCP Direct or the following process:
For details of TCP/IP, please refer to:
For details of CCITCP Direct, please refer to your online book:
8.3 CCI Trace
CCI Trace enables all the messages sent by CCI to be logged to a file. This can help in tracking down and debugging problems related to communications. To activate CCI Trace, add the following to the Fileshare Server configuration file:
/tr cci
To prevent unauthorized access to the CCI Trace information, you are prompted for the supervisor password when you invoke a Fileshare Server with CCI Trace enabled. If the password is accepted, CCI Trace is enabled and a second prompt asks if CCI Trace should be activated immediately or not.
Note: The supervisor password is that specified for the user-ID FSVIEW in the password file, so you must specify the appropriate password file when you start the Fileshare Server.
CCI Trace can be toggled on and off using the F3 key.
The CCI trace options are specified via the CCITRACE environment variable.
8.4 CCI Timeout
By default, CCI waits 120 seconds for a network request to complete before it times it out and returns an error. If a network request has not completed in a period much shorter than this, it can usually be assumed that it is unnecessary to wait any longer. For example, if a Fileshare Server with the correct server-name is not active when a Fileshare Client attempts its first open, the application appears to hang for 120 seconds before a 9/124 status is returned because the server cannot be contacted. See the section Communications Errors in the chapter Error Handling for more details.
You can configure the Fileshare Client to use a shorter timeout period by using the /ct option in the client configuration file, fhredir.cfg. The timeout period is specified in 1/10th seconds.
For example:
/ct 300
This instructs the Fileshare Client to specify that CCI waits for 30 seconds for network requests to complete. After this time it returns a 9/124 status to the application program.
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Purpose: In dynamic multileaf collimator (MLC) motion tracking with complex intensity-modulated radiation therapy (IMRT) fields, target motion perpendicular to the MLC leaf travel direction can cause beam holds, which increase beam delivery time by up to a factor of 4. As a means to balance delivery efficiency and accuracy, a moving average algorithm was incorporated into a dynamic MLC motion tracking system (i.e., moving average tracking) to account for target motion perpendicular to the MLC leaf travel direction. The experimental investigation of the moving average algorithm compared with real-time tracking and no compensation beam delivery is described.Methods: The properties of the moving average algorithm were measured and compared with those of real-time tracking (dynamic MLC motion tracking accounting for both target motion parallel and perpendicular to the leaf travel direction) and no compensation beam delivery. The algorithm was investigated using a synthetic motion trace with a baseline drift and four patient-measured 3D tumor motion traces representing regular and irregular motions with varying baseline drifts. Each motion trace was reproduced by a moving platform. The delivery efficiency, geometric accuracy, and dosimetric accuracy were evaluated for conformal, step-and-shoot IMRT, and dynamic sliding window IMRT treatment plans using the synthetic and patient motion traces. The dosimetric accuracy was quantified via a γ-test with a 3%/3 mm criterion.Results: The delivery efficiency ranged from 89 to 100% for moving average tracking, 26%-100% for real-time tracking, and 100% (by definition) for no compensation. The root-mean-square geometric error ranged from 3.2 to 4.0 mm for moving average tracking, 0.7-1.1 mm for real-time tracking, and 3.7-7.2 mm for no compensation. The percentage of dosimetric points failing the γ-test ranged from 4 to 30% for moving average tracking, 0%-23% for real-time tracking, and 10%-47% for no compensation.Conclusions: The delivery efficiency of moving average tracking was up to four times higher than that of real-time tracking and approached the efficiency of no compensation for all cases. The geometric accuracy and dosimetric accuracy of the moving average algorithm was between real-time tracking and no compensation, approximately half the percentage of dosimetric points failing the γ-test compared with no compensation.
- MLC tracking
- moving average
- tumor motion
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Radiology Nuclear Medicine and imaging


Tanks and Burst Disks
There is a myth that leaving a SCUBA tank in the trunk of a car places the tank in serious danger of blowing a burst disk. This is not likely, especially with new equipment. This would only happen if the disk is fatigued, and well out-of-spec on the low end of its rating. The purpose of the burst disk is not to protect the tank from solar heat in a trunk of a car. Its purpose is to protect the tank if left unattended while filling it from a running compressor, and possibly protecting the compressor, though most have their own pressure relief valve. They are designed to burst at well above the tank rating - often around 40% above nominal. For an aluminum 80, that would be:
3000 PSI x 1.4 = 4200 PSI.
Charles' Law states that: (Pressure x Volume)/Temperature is constant, meaning that pressure rises with temperature to keep their ratio a constant if the volume remains the same. This can be expressed as:
P1/T1 = P2/T2
Many people believe that a 140 degree F trunk vs. a 100 degree F fill temperature would yield a 40 percent increase in tank pressure:
3000/100 = P2/140, or P2 = (3000/100) x 140 = 4200 PSI
BUT!!!..... It doesn't work that way because the pressures are relative to "absolute zero" temperature (-460 degrees F). Degrees Rankine are Fahrenheit degrees in size, but measured relative to absolute zero. Since the equation for Charles' Law is based on degrees Rankine, the example above is correctly calculated as follows:
3000/(460+100) = P2/(460+140)
3000/560 =P2/600
P2= (3000/560) x 600 = 3215 PSI,
which is well below burst disk concerns. The burst pressure is rated at nearly 1000 PSI above the expected 215 PSI rise in a 140 degree Texas trunk in the 100 degree summer day (assumed temperature for rated pressure in the summer).
If you fill the tank in an 80 degree room/water tank, the rise would be greater relative to the filling pressure, but still well under 4200 in the example.
3000/(460+80) = P2/(460+140)
3000/540 =P2/600
P2= (3000/540) x 600 = 3333 PSI,
which is still only about 11% over rating, and within tank safety margins.
A tank tip - Store your tank with very low pressure (100 PSI) to keep water out and material stress low. If that isn't practical, store it full. In a house fire, the burst disk may blow from heat combined with pressure if the storage pressure is high. If the aluminum tank is half full, the tank will likely give way before the burst disk because aluminum is severely weakened by extreme heat, and the pressure rise might never reach the the rated burst temperature before catastrophic failure of the tank.
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Copyright © 1998 Randall C. Allen
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- What does a discretionary tip mean?
- Can I get help with service charges?
- Can I refuse to pay service charge property?
- Why do restaurants charge a service charge?
- Should service charge be paid?
- Can my landlord increase my service charge?
- Is discretionary optional?
- Can you remove service charge?
- What does a flat service charge include?
- How do you calculate service charge?
- What does discretionary mean?
- Who pays ground rent landlord or tenant?
- Can you refuse to pay a discretionary service charge?
- Is the service charge the same as a tip?
- Why do we pay service charge?
- Do I have to pay service charge UK?
- Is service charge optional in London?
What does a discretionary tip mean?
Discretionary means optional so if you're not happy with the service or think the tip is more than you'd like to pay, you don't have to pay it.
The easiest way of avoiding a scene is to hand over your card or cash and inform the waiting staff how much you are paying..
Can I get help with service charges?
A leaseholder may be able get help with paying certain service charges if s/he is claiming income support, income-based jobseeker's allowance, income-related employment support allowance, pension credit or universal credit.
Can I refuse to pay service charge property?
If you can't pay your service charge, or you've fallen into arrears, you should contact the landlord or management company of your property to discuss your options for repaying the arrears. If you don't take steps to deal with the arrears, the freeholder could take court action and you could lose your home.
Why do restaurants charge a service charge?
Most hotels and restaurants in the U.S. charge a service fee that's a percentage of the total bill, often in lieu of tipping. The delivery fee charged for ordering room service at a hotel or a gratuity applied to the bill for a large group dining at a restaurant are examples of service charges.
Should service charge be paid?
"The government has approved guidelines on service charge. As per the guidelines, service charge is totally voluntary and not mandatory now," Paswan said in a tweet. … "If there is mandatory levy of service charge, customers can file a complaint in the Consumer Court," a senior Consumer Affairs Ministry official told.
Can my landlord increase my service charge?
If it is variable it can go up or down and so your landlord can increase your service charge. However, such increase should be reasonable and the law gives leaseholders the right to challenge the increase if this is not reasonable. More information you might find useful: Service Charges and other issues.
Is discretionary optional?
The difference between Discretionary and Optional When used as adjectives, discretionary means available at one's discretion, whereas optional means not compulsory. Optional is also noun with the meaning: something that is not compulsory, especially part of an academic course.
Can you remove service charge?
It is automatically added, but should be shown on your bill as a separate item. You can decide to have it removed and tip the amount you feel is appropriate, or not tip at all.
What does a flat service charge include?
Service charges are payments by the leaseholder to the landlord for all the services the landlord provides. These will include maintenance and repairs, insurance of the building and, in some cases, provision of central heating, lifts, porterage, estate staff, lighting and cleaning of common areas etc.
How do you calculate service charge?
For example, if you're paying $100 per head and invited 150 people to your wedding, you'd multiply to get $15,000 as the total cost. Next, take the percentage of the service charge and convert it into a decimal. For example, a 20- percent service charge would be . 20.
What does discretionary mean?
adjective. subject or left to one's own discretion. for any use or purpose one chooses; not earmarked for a particular purpose: discretionary income; a discretionary fund.
Who pays ground rent landlord or tenant?
Who pays the service charge on my apartment while it's rented out?LandlordTenantsInventory CreationElectricity & Gas BillsGround RentsCouncil Tax & Water RatesService ChargesTV LicenseAnnual Safety ChecksContents Insurance5 more rows
Can you refuse to pay a discretionary service charge?
Service charges are imposed on food bills, either as a "discretionary" or "compulsory" fee. … The customer can only refuse to pay it if the service was poor. Discretionary service charge: Can be added to the bill receipt at the end of the meal, but the customer can decide not to pay it in any case.
Is the service charge the same as a tip?
Tips must also be given freely (without coercion) and the customer giving the tip must be able to determine who receives the payment. Service charges, on the other hand, are any extra fees or predetermined charges added to a customer's bill.
Why do we pay service charge?
Service charges allow a freeholder to recover the costs of providing services such as maintenance under the lease. Individual leaseholders pay a share of the total cost. … Service charges usually cover things like: repairs, maintenance and improvements to communal areas or the building structure.
Do I have to pay service charge UK?
If you are told about a compulsory service charge, you must pay it, unless the service was particularly poor. If you don't get an acceptable level of service, the restaurant could be in breach of contract. Under the Consumer Rights Act it is legally required to use reasonable care and skill when providing its service.
Is service charge optional in London?
No, there's no obligation to tip or to pay an optional service charge.


Putting curing lights in the spotlight
May 9, 2019
Terri Lively
Curing lights are often considered the supporting cast for restorative materials, but learn why they're a vital component of a restoration's success.
Light curing units (LCU) are essential for the successful polymerization of direct composite restorations. However, they're rarely in the spotlight and, many times, considered supporting cast for the features and benefits of the material itself.
Let's take a closer look at why LCUs are vital for a direct composite restoration's success, the types of curing lights available, and what you can do to get the most out of your LCU and keep it optimized for proper curing.
Polymerization is crucial for composite materials. When polymerization isn't sufficient, it reduces the strength of the restoration. Insufficient polymerization also results in water absorption, increased solubility of the composite and reduced hardness of the cured material.1
Related reading: Is your curing light 'bright' enough?
The curing light used has a vital role in polymerization. Per the Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry, some ways the light affects the polymerization process include:2
 - The duration of radiation
 - Where the tip of the curing light is pointed in relation to the composite and how far it is from it
 - The wavelength and bandwidth of the light's output
 - The intensity for the light
 - The irradiation time
Your LCU works with the photoinitiator in the material to activate the polymerization process. According to Spear Education, there are three types of photoinitiators: camphorquinone (CPQ), phenyl-propanedione (PPD), and trimethylbenzoyl-diphenyl-phosphine oxide (TPO).3
Most composite materials use CPQ as the light-sensitive component.4 The activation and performance of CPQ require the LCU to have the proper intensity with the highest assimilation wavelength range of CPQ. If your LCU falls short on either intensity or wavelength, you can compromise the strength and longevity of your direct composite restoration.5
The ISO 4049 Standard is the International Organization for Standardization's recommendation for the intensity and wavelength of curing lights. These standards are:6
 - An intensity of 300 mW/cm2
 - A wavelength bandwidth of 400-515 nm (on the tip of the device)
 - A depth of cure minimum of 1.5 mm
 - Five generations of curing lights
An LCU is a significant factor in the success of a direct composite restoration. Over the years, LCUs have changed a lot, improving power, reducing size and increasing efficiency.
Per the IOSR Journal of Dental and Medical Sciences, there have been five generations of curing lights since the 1970s, including:7
 - Ultraviolet light (no longer available)
 - Visible light curing units: quartz-tungsten halogen (QTH) lights fall into this category
 - Plasma arc curing units (PAC)
 - Light-emitting diodes (LED)
 - Argon lasers
The first curing lights were ultraviolet lights. However, these weren't effective enough for curing composite because of the short wavelength that put limitations on the depth of cure. Moreover, they used ultraviolet light, which has other hazards to the patient.8
The second generation of curing lights appearing in the early 1980s were the visible light curing units. These replaced the ultraviolet lights and led to a few developments over the next 20 years, such as using blue light to initiate polymerization, developing the quartz-tungsten halogen bulb (QTH) and increasing the intensity of the light to ensure a greater depth of cure.9
More from the author: 5 mistakes you might be making with composites
The late '90s presented the third generation of curing lights with the plasma arc curing light (PAC), which used a fluorescent bulb that contained plasma. PACs were fast, curing the composite material in three to five seconds.10
Light-emitting diodes (LED) emerged in the 2000s and were the fourth generation of curing lights. LEDs have long lifetimes and require no filters to produce the blue light. They also have a more concentrated bandwidth than their predecessors.11
Finally, the fifth generation of curing lights are argon lasers. First introduced into dentistry in the early 1990s, dental professionals began using argon lasers to cure composite because the wavelength enhances the thorough cure and physical properties of the material when compared with the polymerization and physical properties produced by other types of curing lights.12
Dr. John Flucke, technology editor for Dental Products Report, explains that curing lights had significant advances in the 2000s. LCUs decreased in size and changed to "toothbrush-style" units, which Dr. Flucke says make it easier to access challenging areas in the oral cavity, particularly in the posterior.13
Dr. Flucke prefers the LED lights over all the others for a few reasons. First of all, their wavelength is efficient for CPQ photoinitiator. Second, they're energy-efficient, and they use less electricity, which means they don't need AC. These battery-powered units take up less space in the operatory, and they're also cordless and environmentally friendly. In addition, many of the LED lights allow you to change the wavelength of the curing light, which means you can change the wavelength if you have a different photoinitiator than CPQ.
Tips for getting the most out of your LCU
LED lights are smaller and located on the curing head, making them optimal LCUs for curing direct restorations at the proper distance. Dr. Flucke recommends keeping the light as close and parallel to the direct restoration as possible. Even moving it a few millimeters away from the composite decreases the efficiency the LCU, which can result in inadequate curing for the restoration.
Dr. Gary DeWood, a Spear Education faculty member, recommends when using an LED light to cure a direct composite restoration to move it continuously during the cure.14 LED lights don't have a homogenous spread from the tip, which affects the cure pattern of the composite. Moving it ensures that the material will cure appropriately. However, since it changes the distance of the tip from the material, Dr. DeWood says it also means you should add additional time to the process to allow for an adequate cure.
Dr. Ed Kusek, a private practice dentist in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, encourages doctors to take care of their curing light. He also suggests putting a shield over it when in use.
Trending article: Dental care in paradise
"We always put a shield over the top of it. If we're putting it close to the mouth or the restoration, they don't get any bonding agent on the lamp portion," Dr. Kusek says.
Dr. Kusek also advises that if the assistant has the light, the doctor should ensure he or she gets in the right spot. If the light is shaking or too far away, the LCU can't do a good job of curing.
For Class II restorations, Dr. Kusek says you need to cure it on the buccal and lingual molar side to ensure the cure is adequate. When the cure isn't suitable, you begin to have problems with your restoration.
"It will start breaking down much faster. If the inner portion doesn't cure as it should, the margins will break away, and then you have recurrent decay, and the restoration will fail," Dr. Kusek explains.
To avoid failure, Dr. Kusek thinks the bond is essential. He always puts two layers of the bonding agent. He says he was lucky enough to do some studies with bonding and although there are plenty of decent options available, the study proved to him that Peak™ Universal Bond (Ultradent) is the best bonding agent.
"Peak has a filler agent to it. The bond strengths are one of the highest on the market, so it will take the pounding in posterior areas or the anterior," he says.
Because of the strength requirements, Dr. Kusek says he puts two layers on and then a thin layer of flowable to reduce the shrinkage value. Finally, he either uses a bulk fill composite or layered composite.
Maintenance is crucial
Today, LEDs and QTH lights are the most common types of curing lights in an operatory. When you have either a QTH or an LED, light intensity decreases with the age of the light itself.15
The intensity of the LCU is also affected by many factors, including:16
 - Poor or reduced performance of the lamp or filter
 - Broken or dirty device tip
 - Blurred bulb
 - Electrical failure
 - Fiber defects
You might not know you have these problems with your curing light. You can't see when there's a fiber defect affecting the wavelength or if the lamp isn't "bright enough" to cure the material properly anymore. Feeling the composite after curing isn't going to work either; the surface can be hard even if the material deeper in the preparation suffers from inadequate curing.
Related reading: Covering a larger area in one cure
Regular maintenance will lower the risks of an inadequate cure resulting from a loss of intensity. In Canada, the CDSPI, a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing insurance and investment solutions, says curing light maintenance is essential to protect against malpractice claims.17
The Canadian Dental Association (CDA) also suggests testing the LCU output regularly and always ensuring that the LCU is in good working order before using it.18 The Journal of Clinical and Experimental Dentistry suggests using a digital radiometer to measure the intensity of the LCU, especially


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Stymied by persistent rain, the authorities in Texas searched in vain for three children swept away by floods during weekend storms that killed 14 people.
Flooding hit nearly a fourth of the state, or 60 counties, the authorities said. Thousands of people were forced to evacuate their homes. The worst damage occurred along a hilly, 90-mile stretch of Central Texas. As officials prepared disaster-relief requests for the Federal Government, the continuing rain hampered efforts to assess its cost. Article, page A16.Continue reading the main story


((r) => value < r[0]);
 return range[matchIndex][1];
 }
You'll notice this is performing the same trick that I've been describing so far in this article - moving logic into data. I've come up with a simple semantic model - a table of breakpoints and return values, together with some behavior that executes that model.
As with many logic to data changes, I wouldn't do this all the time. The simple conditional logic is easy to read, especially if formatted neatly to emphasize its tabular aspect. However if the breakpoints are open to frequent change, then representing them as data often makes it easier to update. In this case representing this logic through a range picker fits better with my overarching need to represent the logic as data.
Replacing conditionals with a Range Picker
So my first moves in refactoring this next batch of code will be to replace the minimum duration tests in the imperative code with a range picker. I'll start with the summer case.
recommender.es6…
 export default function (spec) {
 let result = [];
 result = result.concat(executeModel(spec, getModel()));
 const summerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [350, 'white lightening'],
 [570, 'little master'],
 [Infinity, 'wall']
 ];
 if (spec.minDuration >= 150) {
 if (seasonIncludes(spec, "summer")) {
 result.push(pickFromRange(summerPicks, spec.minDuration));
 }
 else {
 if (spec.minDuration < 450) result.push("white lightening");
 else result.push("little master");
 }
 }
 return _.uniq(result);
 }
One of the ways this section of code is awkward is that the first band of the range of minimum durations is excluded by the outer conditional. I'll want to remove that, keeping its logic within the range picker, which means I'll need a value for no recommendation. Null seems the natural choice for this, although I always wince a bit when using nulls in this situation.
Next I'll do the other case
recommender.es6…
 export default function (spec) {
 let result = [];
 result = result.concat(executeModel(spec, getModel()));
 const summerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [350, 'white lightening'],
 [570, 'little master'],
 [Infinity, 'wall']
 ];
 const nonSummerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [450, 'white lightening'],
 [Infinity, 'little master']
 ];
 if (spec.minDuration >= 150) {
 if (seasonIncludes(spec, "summer")) {
 result.push(pickFromRange(summerPicks, spec.minDuration));
 }
 else {
 result.push(pickFromRange(nonSummerPicks, spec.minDuration));
 }
 }
 return _.uniq(result);
 }
Removing the outer conditional
With those done, I now want to get rid of the outer conditional.
recommender.es6…
 export default function (spec) {
 let result = [];
 result = result.concat(executeModel(spec, getModel()));
 const summerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [350, 'white lightening'],
 [570, 'little master'],
 [Infinity, 'wall']
 ];
 const nonSummerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [450, 'white lightening'],
 [Infinity, 'little master']
 ];
 if (spec.minDuration >= 150) {
 if (seasonIncludes(spec, "summer")) {
 result.push(pickFromRange(summerPicks, spec.minDuration));
 }
 else {
 result.push(pickFromRange(nonSummerPicks, spec.minDuration));
 }
 }
 return _.uniq(result);
 }
But if I do this, the tests fail. There's a couple of problems here, firstly the conditional isn't just checking that the minDuration isn't less than 150, it's also checking that it's there at all - such is the annoyingly forgiving nature of many javascript operations. This implies I need to check for this value before I call the range picker function.
recommender.es6…
 export default function (spec) {
 let result = [];
 result = result.concat(executeModel(spec, getModel()));
 const summerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [350, 'white lightening'],
 [570, 'little master'],
 [Infinity, 'wall']
 ];
 const nonSummerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [450, 'white lightening'],
 [Infinity, 'little master']
 ];
 if (spec.minDuration >= 150) {
 if (seasonIncludes(spec, "summer")) {
 if (spec.minDuration)
 result.push(pickFromRange(summerPicks, spec.minDuration));
 }
 else {
 if (spec.minDuration)
 result.push(pickFromRange(nonSummerPicks, spec.minDuration));
 }
 }
 return _.uniq(result);
 }
That's duplication, so I apply Extract Method.
recommender.es6…
 export default function (spec) {
 let result = [];
 result = result.concat(executeModel(spec, getModel()));
 const summerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [350, 'white lightening'],
 [570, 'little master'],
 [Infinity, 'wall']
 ];
 const nonSummerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [450, 'white lightening'],
 [Infinity, 'little master']
 ];
 if (seasonIncludes(spec, "summer")) {
 result.push(pickMinDuration(spec, summerPicks))
 }
 else {
 result.push(pickMinDuration(spec, nonSummerPicks));
 }
 return _.uniq(result);
 }
 function pickMinDuration(spec, range) {
 if (spec.minDuration) {
 return pickFromRange(range, spec.minDuration);
 }
 }
Dealing with ranges without a recommendation
However I still have a couple of tests failing, because I return a null which sits in the result set. One way to fix this is to guard the result.
recommender.es6…
 export default function (spec) {
 let result = [];
 result = result.concat(executeModel(spec, getModel()));
 const summerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [350, 'white lightening'],
 [570, 'little master'],
 [Infinity, 'wall']
 ];
 const nonSummerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [450, 'white lightening'],
 [Infinity, 'little master']
 ];
 if (seasonIncludes(spec, "summer")) {
 if (pickMinDuration(spec, summerPicks))
 result.push(pickMinDuration(spec, summerPicks))
 }
 else {
 if (pickMinDuration(spec, nonSummerPicks))
 result.push(pickMinDuration(spec, nonSummerPicks));
 }
 return _.uniq(result);
 }
I could argue that this would then be part of the condition for the production rule, but I don't think it really fits with the semantics of the domain to do that.
Another choice is to filter out the nulls at the end
recommender.es6…
 export default function (spec) {
 let result = [];
 result = result.concat(executeModel(spec, getModel()));
 const summerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [350, 'white lightening'],
 [570, 'little master'],
 [Infinity, 'wall']
 ];
 const nonSummerPicks = [
 [150, null],
 [450, 'white lightening'],
 [Infinity, 'little master']
 ];
 if (seasonIncludes(spec, "summer")) {
 result.push(pickMinDuration(spec, summerPicks))
 }
 else {
 result.push(pickMinDuration(spec, nonSummerPicks));
 }
 return _.uniq(result).filter((v) => null != v );
 }
I use "!=" to catch both nulls and the undefined value that's returned by pickMinDuration when there isn't a minDuration property
While both of these work, I'm not keen on slinging nulls around like this. If there's nothing to return, I'd rather return nothing than some signal for nothing. There's a classic way to deal with this problem - rather than return a single


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Direct Measurements of Plasma Response in TCV
Experiments have recently been performed on the TCV tokamak to measure the plasma response to variations of the poloidal field control coil voltages. This technique uses multiple sinusoidal perturbation of these voltages, during normal plasma operation, with all of the feedback control loops functional. A new analysis technique allows us to extract from the data a direct measurement of the open loop plasma response, in spite of the feedback loop being operational. This original approach thereby provides a complete description of the reaction of any given plasma parameters to all of the 18 poloidal field coil voltage inputs.
Bibliographic Reference: Article: Proceedings Vol II of 1998 International Congress on Plasma Physics 25th EPS Conference on Controlled Fusion and Plasma Physics, (1998)
Record Number: 199910914 / Last updated on: 1999-07-05
Original language: en
Available languages: en


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Silene cucubalus Wibel
Silene vulgaris, or bladder campion is a plant species of the genus Silene of the Pink Family (Caryophyllaceae). It is native to Europe, where in some parts it is eaten, but is widespread in North America where it is considered a weed.
The young shoots and the leaves may be used as food. The tender leaves may be eaten raw in salads. The older leaves are usually eaten boiled or fried, sauteed with garlic as well as in omelettes and risotto in Italy. The plant is used as a food in Spain and in Italy, where it is known as sculpit, stridolo, or by the obsolete scientific name Silene inflata.
Formerly in La Mancha region of Spain, where Silene vulgaris leaves are valued as a green vegetable, there were people known as "collejeros" who picked these plants and sold them. Leaves are small and narrow, so it takes many plants to obtain a sizeable amount.
In La Mancha the Silene vulgaris leaves, locally known as "collejas", were mainly used to prepare a dish called gazpacho viudo (widower gazpacho). The ingredients were flatbread known as tortas de gazpacho and a stew prepared with Silene vulgaris leaves. The reference to a widower originated in the fact that this dish was only eaten when meat was scarce and the leaves were emergency or lean-times food, a substitute for an essential ingredient. Other dishes prepared with these leaves in Spain include "potaje de garbanzos y collejas", "huevos revueltos con collejas" and "arroz con collejas".
In Crete it is called Agriopapoula (Αγριοπάπουλα) and the locals eat its leaves and tender shoots browned in olive oil. Common names in Italy are Sciopentin (Veneto) and Venkuz (Friulano).
In Cyprus it is eaten very widely,so much so it has now for some years come back into being cultivated and sold in shops in bunches. Two of the common Cypriot names are Tsakrostoukkia and Strouthouthkia (στρουθούθκια).
- Bladder Campion, Prov. of Ontario
- Bladder Campion, Prov. of Alberta
- Bladder Campion, Prov. of Manitoba
- Fernald, Merritt Lyndon; Alfred Charles Kinsey and Reed C. Rollins (1996). "Bladder-Campion, Maiden's Tears, Snappery, Silene Cububalis (or latifolia)". Edible Wild Plants of Eastern North America. New York City: Dover Publications. pp. 193–194. ISBN 0-486-29104-9. OCLC 33666218. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- Gazpacho viudo recipe
- Kleonikos G. Stavridakis, Κλεόνικος Γ. Σταυριδάκης (2006). Wild edible plants of Crete - Η Άγρια βρώσιμη χλωρίδα της Κρήτης. Rethymnon Crete. ISBN 960-631-179-1.


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Source Global's mission is to perfect drinking water for every person, every place.
Source Global was founded in 2014 by Cody Friesen. The company is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona, with operations in more than 50 countries.
SOURCE Global's patented Hydropanel technology – the world's first truly renewable drinking water platform – uniquely serves the significant, fast-growing demand for clean, sustainable drinking water delivered through climate-resilient solutions at scale.
SOURCE® Hydropanels use the sun to draw pure, constantly replenished water vapor out of the air and transform it into fresh, perfectly mineralized drinking water even in remote, low-humidity locations.
The SOURCE Hydropanel works entirely off the grid, requires no outside source of electricity or piped water infrastructure, and produces high-quality drinking water on site and in a variety of climates and conditions.
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- For Teachers
Consider the two sentences:
a) Make a habit of not to think of her.
b) Make a habit of not thinking of her.
Which one is the correct sentence? Please explain.
Got it. Thank you both of you.
Other contexts require a different response, but for the same reason.
For example 'It's important to think of her' -> 'It's important not to think of her' (not 'It's important not thinking of her.')
And other words can take either: 'It's silly not to think of her' and 'It's silly not thinking of her'.' (To my ear, the second version sounds slightly more informal - especially in the positive version: 'It's silly thinking of her.'
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Events in Warbstow, Cornwall, UK - Find out whats going on tonight in the Cornwall area for "Events" of Warbstow. Featuring event, events, hotel, venue and Events in Warbstow, Lewannick, Lezant, Linkinhorne, Liskeard, Little Petherick, and includes local tweets, a map and local events in Warbstow. Are you #in2nite or #out2nite in Warbstow for Events
Warbstow (Cornish: Lannwarburgh) is a village and civil parish in Cornwall, England, United Kingdom. The parish has a population of 439 according to the 2001 census, increasing to 520 at the 2011 census.The parish is one of the few left in England to still have an exclave. The main body of the parish includes the villages of Warbstow, Warbstow Cross and Trelash and a number of hamlets, whereas the exclave (from which the main part is separated by about 150m) includes the hamlet of Canworthy Water.
Both the neighbouring parish of Treneglos and Warbstow belonged in the 12th century to the Lords of Cardinham who donated them to the priory of Tywardreath. Warbstow was then a chapelry to Treneglos and the two benefices were later united as a vicarage. According to Charles Henderson, writing in 1925, "The presence ... of St Werburga ... is not easily accounted for (though the parish is famous for geese which figure in her legend)".
At Youlstone an Iron Age bronze bowl was discovered in 1925. At Lower Youlton farm is a Cornish cross in use as a footbridge; it has undergone much wear from foot passengers and its original location is unknown.
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4. Modify the Response
Applies to ReadyAPI 3.7, last modified on April 19, 2021
Previously, we recorded a request to the database and a response from it. You can continue recording, or modify the transactions you already have. This step explains how you change the recorded responses.
1. Modify the virtual response
 1. Stop the virtual service:
 JDBC service virtualization and database testing: Stop the virtual service
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 2. You cannot edit the virtual service while routing is enabled. Disable routing before editing the recorded response:
 JDBC service virtualization and database testing: Disable routing
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 3. Select the response. The editor on the right will display the data you received form the database. Double-click a cell and change the value in it. Press Enter to confirm your changes. To open the table in a separate window, click .
 Tip: To add more rows to the table, right-click somewhere within it and select Clone Row or Add Empty Row. You can also delete all selected rows by selecting Remove Rows.
 JDBC service virtualization and database testing: Edit the response
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 4. Restart the virtual service.
2. Get the modified response
Open the JDBC Request test step again and send another request to the virtual service without changing the query. The service will return modified data:
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Jenlogix is pleased to announce the availability of the new generation of crystal-based seismometers, the Palert220. This new type of device is more sensitive than traditional MEMS based sensors and is comparable with many high end/high priced/high maintenance traditional force balance units.
When monitoring large structures for wind effects, as well as the effect of nearby construction, demolition or even heavy traffic, high sensitivity is required to ensure correct assessment. The Palert 220 can provide this level of sensitivity at an affordable price.
Like other Palert devices, the unit can also be used for structural health monitoring, seismic measurements, vibration control and motion analysis. Also, as with other Palert devices, the Palert 220 is calibrated in an international test lab. The benefit is that it does not need re-calibration, saving on the regular need to use expensive calibration engineers.
As one of the new generation of accelerometers using crystal technology, the Palert 220 provides a simple solution to sensitive monitoring. The Palert 220 is also an ideal unit for seismic research, since being a crystal sensor, it requires no ongoing calibration yet has the sensitivity required for detailed analysis. Tall buildings require this extra sensitivity of a Palert 220 to ensure that the wind vibration does not cause any issue with occupants.
Data is also sent directly to the cloud for analysis and allows for engineers to see remotely the issues so they can provide a plan of action accordingly. Onsite benefits include immediate vibration warning, real time value display on LCD, connecting to a Signal Tower to show warning and maintaining a safe working and living environment. Offsite benefits include reporting via web browser of details, Palert 220 push messages from the unit and enabling the engineer to alter work accordingly.
Unlike an earthquake which transmits the vibrations from the ground up, the Palert 220 can effectively monitor the effect of even the smallest of breezes on a building. This information in turn can assist in providing a comfortable environment for the occupants.
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Termination of Assistance FAQs
Please click on a question below to view the answer. For answers to more frequently asked questions about the Housing Choice Voucher Program, please link to specific topics from the Housing Choice Voucher FAQs menu.
Can I lose my rental assistance?
There are a number of ways families can lose their rental assistance. Here is a partial list of typical reasons that are usually sufficient to cause HADC to stop rental assistance to a family:
 1. Not complying with the terms of the Housing Choice Voucher Program family obligations.
 2. If any member has been evicted from public housing
 3. Any member commits fraud, bribery or any other corrupt or criminal act in connection with any federal housing program
 4. Vacating the housing unit without proper notice
 5. Allowing unauthorized persons to live in the housing unit.
 6. Failing to report or under reporting changes in income or to provide information required by the Housing Authority for recertification of the family's continued eligibility for rental assistance.
 7. Owing money to any Public Housing Authority (PHA).
 8. If any family member residing in the unit is involved in drug-related or criminal activities.
 9. Serious or repeated lease violations.
What is considered drug related or violent criminal activity?
Drug related crime and violent crime are problems everywhere across the country. Federal regulations provide for termination of assistance to those who participate in these activities. Be sure that you and members of your family residing in your unit are not involved. Note that the regulations also state that a person does not have to be arrested or convicted in order for their assistance to terminate.


Double A-Frame Monkey Bridge
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Adjusting knots and lashings after the first test crossing.
The well-known, time-tested, traditional Monkey Bridge is perhaps the most familiar of all Scout pioneering projects. It's frequently featured at Scout Expos, Camporees, Scout Camps, and is often a central attraction at public gatherings where Scouting is represented.
The following instructions and guidelines are provided by Adolph Peschke, taken from the 1993 edition of the Pioneering Merit Badge Pamphlet:
Link to: Older Pamphlet InfoUsing a double A-frame to build a monkey bridge is a departure from the usual X-frame that supports the foot rope and hand ropes. This new method has two distinct advantages over the X- frame version. First, the double A-frame provides a wider base making it less likely to tip over. The second advantage is that the positions of the A-frames can be adjusted so the span between the hand ropes can be narrowed for better balance as you make the crossing.
Building the A-frames. The first step in building the monkey bridge is to build four A-frames using the 8-foot spars for the two legs, and 6-foot spars for the ledger. Lay out the first set of three spars (two legs and one ledger) on the ground in position for lashing. Before lashing, drive three stakes, as follows, to help you make all four A-frames the same size: Drive a stake at the top to mark where the leg spars cross. Then drive stakes to mark the positions of where the bottom ledger crosses the legs. This will also indicate how far the legs are spread apart. Now you can lash the four A-frames together, laying them out one at a time using the stakes. Remember that all three lashings on the A-frames are square lashings, even though the spars cross at less than 90˚ angle.
Schematic of A-frame alignment
Double A-frame. When you have four A-frames, you can lash two of them together to form a double A-frame. (see figure 140). Lay one A-frame on the ground and then put another on top of it so that the bottom ledgers overlap one-half their length (approximately 3 feet). The first step in lashing the A-frames together is to go up where the two legs cross (the X formed by one leg from each A-frame). Then with a good tight square lashing, lash the two legs together.
Note: The point where these two legs are lashed together is where the foot rope will rest. You can adjust the overlap of the two A-frames to adjust how high the foot rope will be off the ground. Also note where the tops of the A-frames are, because this is where the hand ropes will be. To complete the double A-frame, stand it up so the butt ends of all four legs rest solidly on level ground. Lash the two bottom ledgers together where they overlap with three strop lashings. Now repeat the entire process to build the second double A-frame.
Laying out the distance between A-frames and anchors
Site preparation. Before you can erect the double A-frames, you need to prepare the site. Begin by stretching a length of binder twine along the center line of where the monkey bridge is to be built. Working from the center, measure 10 feet toward each end to mark where the A-frames are to be placed. They should be 20 feet apart. Then mark out another 10′ from each A-frame to where the anchors are to be built.
Note: These dimensions are for building a bridge with a 20-foot span. This is the maximum span for a bridge using a 50-foot rope. The extra 30 feet of rope is needed to have 15 feet of rope at each end for the proper distance from the A-frames to the anchors (10 feet) and for the knots at the anchors (5 feet).
Build the anchors. The foot rope will be attached to anchors at both ends. Before erecting the double A-frames, build a 3-2-1 anchor, or a log and stake anchor, 10 feet from where the A-frames will be erected (see figure 141).
Rope grommet. After the anchors are built, attach a rope grommet with a ring or shackle in it. (You can make the rope grommet with a 10-foot length of 1/2-inch diameter polypropylene rope. Tie the ends together using a carrick bend, and permanently secure the ends with some strong twine).
Position the A-frames. Prepare to erect the monkey bridge by moving the A-frames into position no more than 20 feet apart. Lay them down on the binder twine that marks the center line of the bridge.
Hand and foot ropes. Now you can prepare the foot and hand ropes for the monkey bridge. Lay the foot rope in a straight line off to the side of where the A-frames are laying. Then lay the two hand ropes on the ground next to each other so they're parallel to the foot rope and 42 inches away.
Stringer ropes. Now you can add the stringer ropes that will go from the foot rope to the hand ropes. Start by tying the center of an 8-foot long stringer rope (use 1/4-inch manila rope) at the center of the foot rope, using a clove hitch. The stringer rope is tied around the foot rope so that both ends are 4 feet long. Add two more stringer ropes on both sides of the center stringer rope (so there are five stringer ropes in all), tying them about 4 feet apart. Tie one end of each stringer rope to one of the hand ropes, again using a clove hitch. Then do the same with the other ends of the stringer ropes, attaching them to the other hand rope.
Assemble the bridge. You're just about ready to assemble the bridge. First place a piece of heavy canvas (called a "saddle") in the V formed by both double A-frames. This will protect the foot rope and allow it to slide a little in the V without interfering with the lashing rope.
Schematic of foot, hand ropes and anchors
Now get the crew together to erect the bridge. You will need a safety officer to watch for any problems that might occur, and a signal caller to tell the crew members what to do. You will need two Scouts to lift and hold each double A-frame in place, two more Scouts to lift the foot rope into the V of the double A-frames, and two more Scouts to lift the two hand ropes into place at the tops of the A-frames. Lift everything into place. Then, holding the A-frames steady, temporarily tie the hand and foot ropes into the rings of the grommets using a roundturn and two half hitches (see figure 142).
Tighten the foot rope. Now you can put a strain on the foot rope. It's not necessary to use block and tackle since this will put too much strain on the lashings, anchors, and the foot rope itself when there is a load on the bridge.* Whatever strain three or four Scouts can put on the foot rope by pulling it by hand will be enough. As soon as the bridge is used a few times, there will be a sag in the rope. This is fine because it means that you are working with reduced strain on the foot rope as a safety measure.
Tighten the hand ropes. Next, tie the hand ropes to the top ends of the A-frames. First, loosen one end at a time from the anchors. Then, use a clove hitch to tie the hand rope to the top end of the leg of the double A-frame. As you're tying these clove hitches, adjust the strain on the sections of the hand ropes between the double A-frames to match the sag of the foot rope. Also, adjust the length of the stringer ropes so there is even strain between the foot rope and both hand ropes. After the hand ropes are tied to the tops of the A-frames, move down and retie the ends of the hand ropes to the rings in the grommets using a roundturn and two half hitches.
Final testing. With caution, one crew member can get on the bridge as all lashings, anchors, and knots are observed by the safety officer and all other crew members. Make adjustments as required. Then secure the running ends of the hand ropes and foot rope with a piece of cord. Safe operation calls for only one Scout to be on the foot rope of the monkey bridge at a time.
 - eight 4-inch x 8-foot A-frame legs
 - four 3-inch x 6-foot ledgers
 - fourteen 1/4-inch x 15-foot lashing ropes for Square Lashings
 - one 1/2-inch or 3/4-inch x 50-foot rope
 - two 1/2-inch x 50-foot hand ropes
 - five 1/4-inch x 8-foot stringer ropes
 - six 1/4-inch x 10-foot lashing ropes for Strop Lashings
 - six pioneering stakes for each 3-2-1 anchor
 - eight pioneering stakes for each log-and-st


text: This study highlights the corporate governance potential of debt maturity structure for Turkish firms through investigating its association with ownership and control structure. We model leverage and debt maturity as jointly endogenous under simultaneous equations framework. Firstly, we find that both concentrated ownership structure and presence of a large shareholder is directly but moderately related to corporate debt maturity. We also document that it is important for Turkish firms to match maturity of their assets with maturity of their liabilities. Our findings lend considerable support to the prediction that as firms get financially strong or have more growth opportunities they shorten their corporate debt maturity structure. Moreover, despite having a controlling large shareholder or a concentrated ownership structure, firms with growth opportunities still prefer shorter maturities in order to solve the underinvestment problems. Finally, firm size is positively associated with long-term debt and our empirical analysis provides no evidence that taxes affect debt maturity structure.


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R Question
Representing numbers as 8-bit objects
I have a big multidimensional array and I want it to occupy as little memory as possible. In python, this occupies 66 Mb.
m = np.zeros([1000, 70, 1, 1000], dtype='bool')
size = sys.getsizeof(m)/1024/1024
print("Size: %s MB" % size)
However, in R, the same array occupies 4 times more memory (267Mb).
m <- array(FALSE, dim = c(1000, 70, 1, 1000))
format(object.size(m), units = "auto")
Any idea on how to reduce the array size in R?
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This array will be used as the X input in an external API. This function takes as argument an array or an internal iterator called
mx.io.arrayiter
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Your assertion that these arrays are the same is clearly wrong. If they were the same arrays, then you would need the same memory allocation in R than in any other language.
From the help for ?as.integer:
Note that current implementations of R use 32-bit integers for integer vectors
So clearly the 4x memory usage is because you are using 32-bit objects in R, whereas you are using 8-bit objects in Python.
To use 8-bit objects in R, you can use raw vectors. From the help for ?as.raw:
The raw type is intended to hold raw bytes
Try this:
m3 <- array(raw(0), dim = c(1000, 70, 1, 1000))
format(object.size(m3), units = "auto")
[1] "66.8 Mb"
This is identical to the value you report that Python uses.


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Luke Swank
Luke Swank, who is regarded as one of the major American photographers of the 20th century, only became interested in photography when he was 40 years old.
Self-taught, Swank made images from the mid-1920s through his early death in 1944. His photographs reveal a unique appreciation for bold composition, geometric elements, and creative use of intense highlight and shadow while simultaneously capturing familiar people and daily scenes from the steel industry, the visiting circus, and more. Beginning in 1935, he was the official photographer for the University of Pittsburgh. In his lifetime, his five-part mural "Steel Plant" was included in Murals by American Painters and Photographers at the Museum of Modern Art in New York City, the first exhibition at that institution to include photography. Also in New York, he joined the ranks of Salvador Dalí, Man Ray, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Walker Evans, and others who were championed by the influential Julien Levy Gallery. Little known at the time of his death, his work has since been recognized through recent scholarship, which led to a major exhibition at Carnegie Museum of Art in 2005, Luke Swank: Modernist Photographer. Carnegie Museum of Art ownsover 300 works by this signature American artist.


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Blue Crab is a versatile program that you use to copy the contents of a web site to your computer, in whole or in part.
- Conduct fast offline browsing and searching without an internet connection.
- Perform batch downloads of URL's
- Create a snapshot of a website for historical archiving.
- Collect specific types of resources such as images or email addresses.
- Search current content more thoroughly than a search engine right on your own computer.
- Check a site for broken links, or generate an HTML sitemap
- Create full page images of URL's (JPEG, BMP, TIFF, PNG, PSD, etc.)
With Blue Crab you can download all the content including HTML, PDF, graphics, video, file archives, etc., or use selective filtering to restrict downloads to specific kinds of files. For example, you can choose to save only the JPEG images Blue Crab finds, or just the PDF's.
Blue Crab is always gentle on the server, processing only one URL at a time. (You can even make it pause between successive downloads so as to not overwhelm the server.)
The demo version you download now is fully functionaly and runs for about ten days.
What's new in this version:
- Fixed registration bug.


June 8, 2016
What is the Japan Central Authority?
The Hague Convention on International Child Abduction mandates that member countries establish or designate a Central Authority to handle cases brought under the Hague Convention. As the actual work of enforcing the Hague Convention falls on the staff of each country's Central Authority, these offices play an important role in ensuring the smooth and efficient cooperation between countries according to the rules of the Hague Convention. In Japan, the Central Authority has been established in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
June 6, 2016
What happens after someone is detained by an immigration officer in Japan?
A Japanese immigration control officer can temporarily detain a foreign national if he or she reasonably believes that the foreign national has committed a deportable offence such as overstaying a visa or committing a crime. However, this temporary detention is only allowed in situations that require urgent action and once the foreigner has been safely detained, the immigration officer must deliver the foreigner and any evidence relating to the offense to an immigration inspector within 48 hours from the start of the detention.
June 3, 2016
Is it possible to sell rights under a contract to a third party?
In Japan, most contract rights are assignable to third parties. This general rule is limited to rights that are of an assignable nature (such as collecting payment) and to contracts that do not explicitly prevent assignments. This means that a party to a contract may assign his right to collect ten million yen over the course of a year, to a third party in exchange for nine million yen immediately. This rule favoring assignment allows parties to freely contract to suit their needs and ideally should promote the best possible economic outcome for all parties.
June 1, 2016
What is a Company Seal and how is it registered?
Registering a company in Japan requires creating a company seal. The company seal is a stamp that is usually a little larger than a normal personal seal. It also usually has the company's name or logo on it. The company seal is used on documents and contracts as the company's official seal of approval. However, in order to act as the company's official seal, a stamp must be registered with the Japanese government. After registration, the Legal Affairs Bureau can provide a company with their seal registration certificate, which, as the name suggests, is a document that certifies that the company seal […]


Discover the Lost
There are 5.8 million lost people in North Carolina.
We've identified the top 100 areas of lostness in North Carolina. Of these 100, 97 are located within the top eight population centers of the state. Population centers include the cities and surrounding areas of Charlotte, the Research Triangle (Raleigh, Durham, Chapel Hill), the Triad (Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point), Fayetteville, Wilmington, Hickory, Asheville and Greenville.
Moreover, the unreached peoples of the world have come to our own communities. In reaching these people, contextual strategies based on ethnic and/or cultural contexts have proven to be the most effective approaches to impacting lostness.
How can I discover the lost?
 1. Local
 Start by prayerwalking or prayerdriving your community or neighborhood and observe the needs that exist.
 2. State
 Use the pockets of lostness map to identify how close your church is to a pocket. Contact a coordinator in your region to begin the process of discovery.
 3. World
 Discover how the world has begun to be displayed in your town. Then, find a people group on this map to learn more about them.
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knell •\ˈnel\• noun and verb
noun: the sound of a bell rung slowly to announce a death or a funeral or the end of something
verb: ring as in announcing death
verb: make (bells) ring, often for the purposes of musical edification
The word knell has appeared in 144 New York Times articles in the past year, including on May 19 in "American Accents Being Heard on the Malecón" by Victoria Burnett:
Across the bay, the sea-crossing theme continues at a wide-ranging Cuban show at the 18th-century fortress of San Carlos de la Cabaña. Hanging in a room are life-size sharks in human clothing, and the detritus of a shipwreck. It is the work of Alexis Leyva Machado, known as Kcho (pronounced catch-oh), whose small bronze bird pounds its beak against a propeller hanging from a rope, ringing an endless knell, next door.
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Cohabitation Definition and Legal Meaning
On this page, you'll find the legal definition and meaning of Cohabitation, written in plain English, along with examples of how it is used.
What is Cohabitation?
A man and a woman (or in some cases the same sex people) staying together in the same house or at same address for certain long period of time, as if they were married, though not, is known as Cohabitation. The court assumes that they are having a sexual relationship as well as a married couple would. There are certain rights and regulations given by the court to such unmarried couples. There may be several reasons for these couples to stay as a single yet living together as if married to one another. Some states do not allow such relationship and term it as criminal offence under adultery law.


ONTAP 9.14.1 commands
redo
Execute a previous command
Availability: This command is available to cluster and Vserver administrators at the admin privilege level.
Description
The redo command re-executes a command that has been executed previously in the current CLI session. Specify a previously run command using:
 - A string that matches part of a previous command. For example, if the only volume command you have run is volume show , enter redo''vol to re-execute the command.
 - The numeric ID of a previous command, as listed by the history command. For example, enter redo''4 to re-execute the fourth command in the history list.
 - A negative offset from the end of the history list. For example, enter redo'-2' to re-execute the command that you ran two commands ago.
Parameters
[<text>] - String, Event Number, or Negative Offset
Use this parameter to specify a string, a numeric ID from the command history, or a negative number that identifies the command to be re-executed.
Examples
The following example re-executes command number 10 in the command history:
cluster1::> redo 10
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gives an image in which each pixel represents a sum of all pixels below and to the left of that pixel in image.
- ImageAccumulate[image] pads the image with one row of zeros at the bottom and one column of zeros on the left of the image after accumulating the pixels and returns an image whose dimensions are 1+ImageDimensions[image].
- ImageAccumulate operates separately on each channel in an image.
- ImageAccumulate gives an image of a real type.
- ImageAccumulate[image,Method->"CompensatedSummation"] uses compensated summation to reduce numerical error in the result.
- ImageAccumulate also works with Image3D objects.
Introduced in 2012
(9.0)| Updated in 2014