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A wilderness survival enthusiast, I enjoy practicing my skills and writing about my experiences and sharing my knowledge.
Not All Knives Are Created Equal
In a survival situation, your most valuable resource will be your knife.
For this reason, a good knife is of vital importance to increase your chances of survival. It can mean the difference between making it out alive or dying from exposure or hunger.
To be considered a survival knife, it should be capable of serving a variety of tasks. Some of which include:
- Aid in building shelter
- Processing game and cleaning fish
- Food preparation
- Processing firewood
- Improvised weapon(fixed to a sapling to form a spear)
- Building trap components
- Making tools
So what makes for a proper survival knife that you would trust your life to? There is no one knife that suits every situation, but there are a few critical features that must be included for it to be considered a survival knife:
1. Fixed Blade With Full Tang Made of High-Carbon Steel
The knife must be a fixed-blade design. A fixed-blade knife is far more durable than a folding knife. While a quality folding knife is great in your every-day-carry kits, it will not stand up to challenges a survival situation may present.
A hinge or joint of any kind presents a weakness in your most important survival item. Minimize the risk of losing your key survival resource by choosing a knife that stands up to the pounding, chopping, prying, and cutting demands that will be presented in a survival situation.
Not only should your knife have a fixed blade, but it should also be full tang. "Full tang" means the blade and handle are constructed from a single piece of solid steal.
High-carbon steel ensures a long lasting cutting edge and provides a redundant method for generating sparks to ignite a fire.
Sorry fellas, size DOES matter. But where it relates to your survival knife, bigger is not always better. Too big a blade and you sacrifice the ability to effectively use it for detailed tasks such as carving precision trap components or dressing smaller game.
While at the same time, a small blade does not meet the more rugged demands of tasks like harvesting saplings to build camp.
An ideal size for a good survival knife should be around 9-11 inches overall length.
3. Straight Edge With Flat Spine
When it comes to the actual style or cut of the blade, there are many different options. But for a quality survival knife, a straight edge is preferred for the following reasons:
- Straight edge blades are better when batoning and carving
- Straight edge blades can more easily be sharpened than serrated blades
- Straight edge blades are more versatile
The spine should be milled flat, and at a 90 degree angle to the cheeck of the blade. This allows for creating sparks by either stroking a ferrocerium rod or striking the spine of the blade with a piece of flint or quartz when making fire.
It also makes it easy to strip the inner bark off sticks for making medicine or fire tinder, and in a pinch you can use it to scrape a hide for processing fur and leather.
There are hundreds of survival knives that meet these survival features.
Use the three criteria above as a benchmark for choosing your survival knife. Beyond this, everything else comes down to personal preference.
This content is accurate and true to the best of the author's knowledge and is not meant to substitute for formal and individualized advice from a qualified professional.


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Yale in Payne County, Oklahoma — The American South (West South Central)
This cabin is the oldest known homestead in Payne County. Built in 1876 by Pawnee Rice and later occupied by the William Sherman Tecumseh Kerby family. It has been preserved and restored as a memorial to the pioneer spirit so richly portrayed by these two families.
As a further tribute, it will be used as a teaching facility to portray the early life of James Francis Thorpe, World's Greatest Athlete, and his personal contribution to the history of our State.
The restoration was made possible by the contributions of the Yale Historical Society, family members, and the Jim Thorpe Memorial Foundation.
Erected by Yale Historical Society.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Agriculture • Settlements & Settlers • Sports. A significant historical year for this entry is 1876.
Location. 36° 6.898′ N, 96° 41.447′ W. Marker is in Yale, Oklahoma, in Payne County. Marker is on East Boston Avenue, on the right when traveling east. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Yale OK 74085, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 7 other markers are within 12 miles of this marker, measured Harold V. "Tex" Brown (approx. ¼ mile away); The Camp of Washington Irving (approx. ¼ mile away); World Famous Athlete Jim Thorpe (approx. ¼ mile away); Turkey Track Ranch (approx. 9.1 miles away); U.S. Marshals Monument (approx. 10½ miles away); The Battle of Ingalls (approx. 10.6 miles away); Outlaw Battle (approx. 11.1 miles away).
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The Invention of the Eyewitness: Witnessing and Testimony in Early Modern France
In an examination of eyewitness travel writing in thirteenth- through sixteenth-century France, Andrea Frisch studies the figure of the witness at a historical juncture and in a cultural context in which that figure is generally thought to have begun to assume a recognizably modern form and function.
Whereas most accounts of early modern travel literature tend to read modern presuppositions about witnessing and testimony back into the material, Frisch approaches the early modern witness in terms of the cultural legacy of the Middle Ages. Through primary readings in law and theology, Frisch documents the tension between the ethical witness (the characteristic witness of premodernity) and the epistemic witness (the modern witness) and explores the impact of that tension on the figure of the witness in pre- and early modern French-language travel literature.
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DAX: Using Variables
Question: What is the following measure calculating?
 Measure1 =
 DIVIDE (
 SUMX (
 dtOrders,
 dtOrders[Unit Price] * dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 ) - SUMX (
 dtOrders, dtOrders[Unit Cost] * dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 ),
 SUMX (
 dtOrders, dtOrders[Unit Cost] * dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 )
 )

Tricky to figure it out. Isn't it?
How about this?
 Measure 2 =
 VAR _SalesAmt=
 SUMX(dtOrders,dtOrders[Unit Price] * dtOrders[Order Quantity])

 VAR _TotalCost =
 SUMX(dtOrders,dtOrders[Unit Cost] * dtOrders[Order Quantity])

 VAR _Margin =
 _SalesAmt - _TotalCost

 VAR _MarginPrcnt =
 DIVIDE(_Margin, _TotalCost)

 RETURN
 _MarginPrcnt

Both the formula is calculating precisely the same thing. The only difference is the later requiring less attention and hence is easier to read.
We have used variables in [Measure 2]. The common purpose or usage of variables is to divide the calculation of a complex formula into logical steps, by assigning the result of each step to a variable.
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Syntax
We use the keyword VAR to define the variable, followed by the RETURN, which defines the result
 Latest Orders =
 //returns the sum of orders on the latest date

 //finding latest date
 VAR _MaxDate =
 MAX(dtOrders[Order Date])

 //calculating sum of orders on the latest date
 VAR _SumLatest =
 CALCULATE(
 [Total Orders],
 dtOrders[Order Date] = _MaxDate
 )

 RETURN
 _SumLatest

As a standard writing convention, variables are usually defined at the beginning of a measure definition and then used throughout the code.
Pro tip: Use comments in your DAX codes to make it more readable
A variable can store either a scalar value or a table. In the previous example, we used VAR to store the maximum order date. In the following example, we are filtering the Orders table
 Furniture Sales =
 //filtering orders tbl for product category 'furniture'
 VAR _Filter =
 FILTER(
 dtOrders,
 dtOrders[Product Category] = "Furniture"
 )

 //calculate the sum of orders where product category = furniture

 VAR _SumOfOrders =
 SUMX(
 _Filter,
 dtOrders[Order Quantity]
 )

 RETURN
 _SumOfOrders

When using a variable as a table, one should access the columns of a table variable by using their original names.
In the above example, we defined a variable table _Filter. In the SUMX function, we used the original column name to get the total order quantity. And, we referred to the variable table _Filter in the table argument.
Things to Remember
· We do not get VAR as an IntelliSense suggestion.
All IntelliSense suggestions on VAR is for calculating variance.
 - The scope of a variable is from its declaration point to the end of the expression, following the RETURN statement. A variable is never available outside its VAR/RETURN block definition.
 - Referring to a variable in the measure follows a sequence. We can use the variables defined in the previous VAR statements, but not the variables defined in the following statement.
 - We cannot use the variables defined in a measure into another measure.
 - Despite its name, a DAX variable is a constant. It is evaluated once in the scope of the definition (VAR) and not when their value is used. For instance, the following measure returns 100% as a result
 % of Product Category =
 //calculate sales amount
 VAR _SalesAmt = SUMX(dtOrders,dtOrders[Order Quantity] * dtOrders[Unit Price])

 //calculate sales amount for all product category
 VAR _AllOrders =
 CALCULATE(
 _SalesAmt,
 ALL(dtOrders[Product Category])
 )

 //calculate % distribution
 VAR _PrctContribution =
 DIVIDE(_SalesAmt,_AllOrders)

 RETURN
 _PrctContribution

The following example, where we have used a measure instead of a variable:
 Sales Amount =
 SUMX(dtOrders,
 dtOrders[Order Quantity] * dtOrders[Unit Price]
 )

 % of Product Category2 =
 //calculate sales amount for all product category
 VAR _AllProduct =
 CALCULATE(
 [Sales Amount],
 ALL(dtOrders[Product Category])
 )

 //calculate % distribution
 VAR _PrcntCalc =
 DIVIDE(
 [Sales Amount], _AllProduct)

 RETURN
 _PrcntCalc

In this case, [Sales Amount] is evaluated twice; in two different filter contexts, returning two different results.
Refer to the following article on calculating a percentage using DAX
Best Practices Around Variable
 - Start the name of the variables with a special character: Underscore(_). It helps in reducing the IntelliSense suggestions for the variables. Just type _ while calling the variable, and it shows a smaller list
 - Use a single variable as an output for RETURN. For example, in the formula above, we could write the formula DIVIDE(_Margin, _TotalCost) after RETURN. However, as a best practice, perform all calculations before RETURN and use the single variable in the result. It is useful in inspecting the formula. In case, if we want to validate the values of _Margin or _TotalCost, we can replace the variable after RETURN (RETURN _Margin or RETURN _TotalCost) to get the output, without making any changes in the formula itself.
In conclusion, variables are useful as it enhances the readability, execution, and grace of the code. Instead of writing a lengthy and complicated code, use variables to break down and simplify.
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The Minimum Legal Age to Work in Nebraska
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If you're a Nebraska resident who's interested in earning income, you must first consider whether you meet the state's minimum legal age to work. If so, this is exciting news. It means you can start saving money for something you've been dreaming of—be it a first car, college expenses, or a trip to a place you've always wanted to visit when you finish high school.
Perhaps you live in a single-parent household and money is tight, or you have a parent who's unable to work for some reason, and you want to work to help your struggling family. Whatever the reason that's sparked your desire to enter the workforce, you need to find out what restrictions you face in the workplace. Although minors can work, they can't perform all jobs, and they might be limited to working just certain hours.
How Old You Have to Be to Work
With some exceptions, federal child labor laws state that the minimum age to work is 14, and the same is the case in Nebraska. Child labor laws in each state may also indicate the minimum age to work and which permits are needed, so if you relocate elsewhere, you may face different regulations. When there is a conflict between federal and state laws, the more restrictive law will apply. The good news is that state laws generally line up with federal law, as far as minimum legal working age is concerned.
If you're under 14 and want to earn some cash, there's still hope. Child labor laws generally don't forbid youth your age from babysitting, delivering newspapers, working as golf caddies, or doing yard work that doesn't require power-driven machines. Until you're of age, you might have to get by on this kind of work before you can serve in the variety of roles full-fledged teenagers can.
Child actors, models, or those who work in a family business or farm are also typically able to work before their 14th birthdays. That said, before children begin working jobs for kids, it is important to review the rules and restrictions surrounding minor labor laws.
Certificates Needed
Nebraska state law requires juveniles under age 16 to obtain a child employment certificate to work. Employment certificates are provided by the school or obtained online. Ask the administrative office how to get a certificate. Also, teens ages 16 and older will be provided with an age certificate by request from their school. However, it is not required under Nebraska state law.
How Many Hours Teens Can Work
Nebraska youth ages 14 and 15 years may not work more than eight hours a day or 48 hours a week. They're also prohibited from working before 6:00 a.m. or after 10:00 p.m.
Children younger than 16 years old may not be employed in dangerous jobs that may result in serious bodily injury or death or that adversely affect their health. They may also not work in jobs in which their morals may be deprived.


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1. Who's "Buddy"?
Barry Landau's friend
Betty Currie's cousin
Bill Clinton's dog
2. Which of the following is NOT true about Barry Landau?
He uses to work as a gardener for George W. Bush
He's a writer.
He has played with many presidential dogs
3. Who was the first president to have a dog in the White House?
John F. Kennedy
4. Where does Landau live?
Manhattan, New York City
5. According to Landau, why is it important for a president to have a dog?
It increases his chances of being reelected.
It humanizes the president, making him easier to relate to.
It shows that the president can care for an animal.
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Hebrew: sumphoniah
a musical instrument mentioned in Dan. 3:5, 15, along with other instruments there named, as sounded before the golden image
It was not a Jewish instrument.
In the margin of the Revised Version, it is styled the "bag-pipe." Luther translated it "lute," and Grotius the "crooked trumpet."
Some Rabbinical commentators render it by "organ," the well-known instrument composed of a series of pipes, others by "lyre." The most probable interpretation is that it was a bag-pipe similar to the zampagna of Southern Europe.


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Analysis of the Surgeons-Anaesthetists Communicative and Collaborative Relationship in the Operating Rooms (An Inside Perspective)
Introduction: Effective collaboration and communication among health care professionals are essential for efficient patient-care; however, collaboration can be challenging in a highly demanding, Operating Room (OR) environment, where different team members have a shared responsibility for a single patient.
The surgeon and anaesthetist are two physicians in charge of one patient, however with different focus and aspects of care, and thus their communication is importance to ensure patient safety, reduce medical errors and achieve the best outcome.
Purpose: The purpose of this research study was to understand the current collaborative relationship between surgeons and anaesthetists at a tertiary hospital, discussing different factors that might have contributed to this relationship and how that might impact, patients, practice, and healthcare trainees.
Design, setting and participants: The Study was conducted at a tertiary center university-based hospital on the east coast of Saudi Arabia, using a quantitative descriptive, cross-sectional survey design. The inclusion criteria included any anaesthetist or surgeon who had spent at least six months in the institution. The instrument used was "The Assessment of Inter-professional Team Collaboration Scale II" (AITCS II) in its online version.
Results: A total of 85 participants data were considered for analysis, the data analysis indicated a positive collaborative relationship.
Surgeons overall collaboration means were higher than the anaesthetists, but the difference was statistically insignificant between disciplines. Also the overall collaboration scores were higher among females but again statistically insignificant.
Conclusion: The survey demonstrated a positive Inter Professional Collaborative (IPC) relationship among surgeons and anaesthetists in the institution, with stronger collaboration seen amongst senior staff which alludes to the importance of the reinforcement of collaboration through role modelling and training especially in academic institutions, high lightening the need of involving program directors, educators, and policy makers, in the process towards a collaborative patient-centred care.
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What Is The Proper Height For a Cane?
The proper height of your walking cane is essential for comfort and support. Incorrect length can cause pain and discomfort.
Canes are usually height-adjustable, but if not, you can estimate the cane height by dividing your height by two, so 76-inch tall should order a 38-inch cane.
But let's take a closer look at the ins and outs of proper cane height.
Problems With an Incorrectly Sized Cane
A cane that has not been adjusted to your body may cause incidents:
 - If your cane is too long, you may find yourself placing it too far ahead to compensate for the extra length. It can cause unnecessary pain to your shoulder, and reaching out can cause the tip to slip.
 - If your cane is too short, it makes you hunch over or lean to one side, leading to loss of balance and falls. Short cane may result in back pains or even a lasting injury.
How to Properly Size a Cane
You will need the help of someone else to measure this:
 1. Stand straight and keep your arms by your side.
 2. Take the hand opposite to your weakest leg.
 3. Let your arm hang down loosely at your side.
 4. Measure the length from the inside of the wrist to the ground.
This is how long your cane is going to need to be, from handle to tip.
It is essential to wear shoes that you would regularly wear during the measurements.
When you actually use it, your elbow should then bend approximately 15-20 degrees.
Proper height for a cane: The top of your cane should align with your wrist joint when standing in your walking shoes.
Estimate Length of a Cane From Your Height
You can estimate the length by taking half of your height in inches.
 - For example, if you are 6'0″, i.e., 72 inches, you would need a cane that is 36 inches.
This method gives a length that is quite close to the proper length.
User's Height and Approximate Cane Size
User HeightApprox. Cane Size
5'– 5'3"30"- 31.5"
5'3– 5'6"31.5"- 33"
5'6– 5'933"- 34.5"
5'9"– 6'2"34.5"- 37"
6'2 – 6'5"37" – 38.5"
Benefits of Adjustable Cane
The benefit of ordering an adjustable design is that you don't have to worry about finding the right height before you buy it. This is great if you are buying online or if the device is designed as a gift.
Depending on the model, the maximum and minimum length will vary.
 - The range is typically somewhere around 30″ to 38″ (76 – 97 centimeters), suitable for users of 4'11″ – 6'5″ (150 – 195 centimeters). Some models start at 28″.
 - You can typically adjust the height with one-inch increments.
It's essential to check the adjustable range before ordering if you are on the shorter or longer side.
How to Adjust the Height of an Adjustable Aluminum Walking Cane?
There are typically several adjusting positions with one-inch increments in aluminum canes:
 1. Most adjustable canes have a locking nut. First, loosen the locking nut.
 2. Press in the security pin.
 3. Move the inner tube up or down until the pin engages with the next hole.
 4. The pin should click to the hole. If you cannot see the pin completely, the position is not secure.
 5. Lastly, don't forget to tighten the locking nut.
Shorten a Wooden Cane
You can make your wooden cane shorter by cutting off the right amount at the bottom.
Take off the rubber tip of the cane first. You may need to work with hot water and liquid soap or WD-40 if the rubber tip is too tight.
Use a miter saw, or cut-off saw to cut the cane. You should probably make the first cut a little longer than the estimated length so that you can check the measurement before making the final cut.
It would be best if you were cautious not to cut off too much. You can't make a wooden cane longer. Checking twice and cutting once is a good rule of thumb.
Solutions If You Are Tall or Short
With most canes, the lengths tend to be tailored to individuals between the 4'11″ and 6'5″ range. Now, this is quite a wide range, and in most instances, these can cater to most users.
Of course, every person is unique. While these heights might be considered average, many people fall below and above this range.
Now there are two different answers to these problems.
 1. The first is to get a custom-made cane. This way, you will ensure that you get a comfortable fit regardless of how tall or short you are.
 2. Fortunately, certain retailers have readymade models with specific sizes, specifically for those who are very petite. If you choose to take the second path, it is still essential to take your measurements.
Your assistive device must be of a length that is conducive to your height. This will help prevent numerous problems.
The Bottom Line
Choosing the best cane for walking and determining the proper height for that can be tricky due to individual preferences, so use these estimations as a guide only.
A cane's height is usually determined by the distance from the wrist to the ground. However, if you have weakness or limited flexibility in your shoulders, elbows, or hands, the shorter device might be enough.
If you have a condition that prevents you from standing straight, a shorter cane may be needed than your height would typically direct. Ask for help, and check the distance between the ground and your wrist as you walk with shoes on.
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 Definition: hyper and happy at the same time
 Example Sentence: She was hypap when she found out that she was going to meet her favorite band on her birthday!
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 1. Function: noun
 Definition: a place of black holes: potential hyper space
 Example Sentence: In the movie, they were obviously in hyparis because of the way the lines zoomed past.
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 1. Function: adjective
 Definition: making a weird sound while speaking: having a strange-sounding voice
 Example Sentence: The kid who imitates accents can get so hypdidarius.
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 1. Function: noun
 Definition: the act or instance of using very big word or overstating something
 Example Sentence: It's a hyperbole to say that the football field is the width of the moon.
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 1. Function: verb
 Definition: to let off energy in a loud way
 Word History: play on the word "hyperbole"
 Example Sentence: You need to hyperbowl this afternoon.
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The type specimen for Thalassocnus natans is a skull, lower jawbone (mandible) and partial skeleton. It was found in the Pisco Formation in sediments that dated to the Montehermosan age of the Miocene Epoch (~6 mya) (McDonald and de Muizon 2002)
- McDonald, H. G., and C. de Muizon. 2002. The cranial anatomy of Thalassocnus (Xenarthra, Mammalia), a derived nothrothere from the Neogene of the Pisco Formation (Peru). Journal of Vertebrate Paleontology 22:349-365.
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- A coil which produces a magnetic field utilized to focus an electron beam.
- A focusing coil (1) used in a CRT. The focusing is accomplished by varying the DC flowing through such a coil mounted on the neck of the tube.
- synonym focus coil
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SEMI F70 - Test Method for Determination of Particle Contribution of Gas Delivery System
This Standard was technically approved by the Gases Global Technical Committee. This edition was approved for publication by the global Audits and Reviews Subcommittee on December 8, 2016. Available at _URL_ and _URL_ in May 2017; originally published March 2002; previously published June 2011.
NOTICE: This Document was reapproved with minor editorial changes.
The purpose of this Document is to provide a standardized methodology and procedure for measuring the particle contribution performance of a gas delivery system in terms of number of particles added to gas flowing through the system. This standardized procedure is intended to be used commonly by the gas delivery system suppliers, equipment suppliers, and end-users.
This Test Method applies to surface mount and conventional gas delivery systems used in semiconductor manufacturing equipment.
Referenced SEMI Standards
SEMI C57 — Specification for Argon
SEMI C59 — Specification for Nitrogen


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Both Celsius and Fahrenheit units are supported to show the current temperature on Google Now. To change weather units Google Now, do as follows:
1. Open Google Now (Google application) on your device)
2. Find the Weather card, and tap exclamation icon on the top right
3. Select "Weather units"
4. Choose either Celsius or Fahrenheit
** If you search Weather in the Google search bar, then you just need to tap C or F, to toggle between Celsius Fahrenheit


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KEBBI STATE Governor: Usman Saidu Nasamu (PDP) Date Created: August 27, 1991 Capital: Birnin Kebbi Main Towns: Gwandu, Argungu, Yauri, Zuru a...
Governor: Usman Saidu Nasamu (PDP)
Date Created: August 27, 1991
Capital: Birnin Kebbi
Main Towns: Gwandu, Argungu, Yauri, Zuru and Birnin Kebbi.
The present Kebbi State comprising of four emirates of Gwandu, Argungu, Yauri and Zuru was carved out of the former Sokoto State.
Kebbi state derived its name from the 14th century "KEBBI KINGDOM" which was a province of the former Songhai Empire.
Kebbi state is divided into 22 local government areas. They are Birnin -Kebbi, Ngaski, Yauri, Sakaba, Wasugu, Danko, Zuru, Koko-Besse, Bagudo, Dandi, Suru, Maiyama, Jega, Bunza, Arewa, Gwandu, Argungu, Aliero, Augie, Fakai, Shanga and Kalgo. Kebbi state enjoys a tropical type climate which is generally characterized by two extremes of temperature - the hot and cold temperatures.
Rainfall begins about April and ends in October with the heaviest fall appearing in July and August. The extremely cold harmattan period usually accompanied by dust - laden winds and fog of alarming intensity, prevails in November, December and January.
Mean annual temperatures vary considerably but usually stand at 100°F or 70°C, while mean annual rainfall is about 500mm.
Kebbi state has one of the most agriculturally viable environment since it is endowed with high soil fertility, vast farm lands and economically viable rivers sheltered by fine tropical climate.
Owing to these factors, agriculture has remained the major source of revenue and indeed the backbone of the economy of the state.
Major food crops in the area are millet, guinea - corn, maize, cassava, potatoes, rice, beans, onions and vegetables, while cash crops including wheat, soya beans, ginger, sugarcane, groundnuts and tobacco are also produced in the state. Similarly, fruits such as mango, cashew, guava and pawpaw are produced under horticulture.
Kebbi state has Kebbi Agricultural Development Authority which is responsible for the implementation of its agricultural policies.
Kebbi state is endowed with economically viable rivers such as the Niger and the Rima for the development of fisheries activities. Fishing has always been one of the key occupation of the inhabitants of the state.
Also environmental factors as well as the largest concentration of cattle and other animals has made the state a basic raw materials source for diary-products industries.
Islam is the predominant religion. The state government recognizes that education is the basic ingredient for socio-economic and technological development. It is committed to ensuring that the people attain high standards in Education.
Nomadic Education is also encouraged to improve the level of understanding of the wandering nomads of the state.
Kebbi State has undergone tremendous industrial and commercial growth. The Government has over the years emphasized the development of industries with bias towards imports substitution and export oriented labour intensive industries.
Attention is also being paid to comprehensive health care services for all and sundry.
One of the occupational festivals is the Argungu Fishing and cultural festival. The Argungu festival was first celebrated as a big event in 1934, when it was staged to mark the visit of the Sultan of Sokoto, Mallam Hassan Dan Muazu to Argungu. Hitherto, it was an irregular get-together of local fihermen residing in the vicinity of the fishing site of Argungu. Today, it is celebrated with a lot of pomp attracting people from both inside and outside the country
The mineral resources in the state include limestone, salt, clay and gypsum


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spryte (plural sprytes)
- Alternative spelling of
- Archaic or pseudo-archaic spelling of spirit.
- (also Spryte) An off-road vehicle moving on tracks, which is used in amphibious and polar travel.
- (computer graphics, rare) Alternative spelling of (small image representing an entity in a video game)
1995, David L. Needle & Robert Nical, Method for controlling a spryte rendering processor, US Patent _PHONE_:
- A spryte can include scan-lines with no pixels in them, and particular pixels within a spryte can be designated as transparent.


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Elmer: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Elmer
Origin of the name Elmer:
Transferred use of the surname originating from the obsolete Old English Æthelmær, Æðelmær, a compound name composed of the elements æthel, æðel (noble) and mær (famous): hence, "noble and famous."
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Sister & Brother Names
Know an Elmer? What are his siblings named?
Contribute your knowledge to the name Elmer
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My Great Grandmother, Elmer Effie (Simpson) Tolley born about 1878 in Crittenden co ky to James Huey Simpson and Sarah Catherine (Greer) Simpson. We dont know why or how or where the Elmer came from and by the time it was questioned of us now in the search ancestors we still dont know how she came to be named ELMER. A lady she called Grandma NUNN and worked for on the lady's property who had large land holdings told her Elmer was a man's name and renamed her Elma. Elma later in 1902 marred Robert H Tolley who was clearing the lady Nunns forest. I have found no Elmer's in the family and the only family line I cant find is James Huey Simpson's mother was Louisa Lyzenby daughter of Orpha Marvel and Charles Lyzenby b. 1801 in Livingston co Ky. The Marvel's are traced and Louisa said to be part indian so I guess the Elmer came from either the maternal or paternal side of Charles Lyzenby. Sincerely Denise of Madison co Ill.
Robert Tolley family left Ky went via Tn to Kansas where my gpa was born then by 1920 they were in madison co ill.
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I know an Aylmer, which is a variation.
A Salvadoran couple selected this name for their baby boy because they could both pronounce and spell it.
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- Meanings and history of the name Elmer: | Edit
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Elmer Bernstein, Academy and Golden Globe winning film score composer.
Elmer Charles Bigelow, United States Navy sailor and a recipient of the Medal of Honor.
Elmer Davis, news reporter, the WWII Director of the United States Office of War Information and a Peabody Award Recipient.
Elmer E.Ellsworth, American Civil War hero.
Elmer Rice, Pulitzer Prize winning American playwright.
- Elmer in song, story & screen: | Edit
Elmer Fudd, of course!
Elmer the Bull, husband of Elsie the Cow (mascot of Borden Dairy Products), who gave his name to Elmer's Glue.
"Elmer the Patchwork Elephant," a children's picture book series by author David McKee.
"Elmer Gantry," a novel by Sinclair Lewis, which was made into a film starring Burt Lancaster.
Elmer Gantry's Velvet Opera, a British psychedelic rock band active in the late 1960s.

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Selected useful Mongodb queries
Group by date:
db.getCollection('images').aggregate(
 [
 {
 $group: {
 _id : { month: { $month: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, day: { $dayOfMonth: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, year: { $year: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" } },
 count: { $sum: 1 },
 latitude: { $avg: "$latitude"},
 longitude: { $avg: "$longitude"},
 }
 }
 ]
)
Creating a 2-D geospatial index on an Earth-spheroid.
db.images.createIndex({"location": "2dsphere"})
Finding documents near a point:
db.images.find({
 "location": {
 $near: {
 $geometry: {
 type: "Point",
 coordinates: [-_PHONE_, 37.201836]
 },
 $maxDistance: 100
 }
 }
})
Aggregating documents near a point with the computed distance:
db.images.aggregate([
 {
 $geoNear: {
 near: { type: "Point", coordinates: [-_PHONE_, 37.201836] },
 distanceField: "distance",
 maxDistance: 2000,
 includeLocs: "location",
 num: 5,
 spherical: true
 }
 }
])
The five images closest to a given point (within 200km) that were taken on distinct days.
db.images.aggregate([
 {
 $geoNear: {
 near: { type: "Point", coordinates: [-_PHONE_, 37.201836] },
 distanceField: "distance",
 maxDistance: 200000,
 includeLocs: "location",
 spherical: true
 }
 },
 {
 $group: {
 _id : { month: { $month: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, day: { $dayOfMonth: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" }, year: { $year: "$datetime.utc_timestamp" } },
 distance: {$min: "$distance"},
 image: {$first: "$$CURRENT"}
 }
 },
 {
 $sort: {"distance": 1}
 },
 {
 $limit: 5
 }
])
Find the images that look most similar to a given image fingerprint:
db.images.mapReduce(
 function() {
 var fingerprint_difference = 0;
 var comparison_fingerprint = [0.468555122613907,
 -0.353169769048691,
 0.14241087436676,
 -0.0821656882762909,
 -0.0524195097386837,
 -0.00935091450810432,
 0.184520080685616,
 0.164618194103241,
 -0.0220650248229504,
 0.0105008510872722,
 -0.423288017511368,
 0.207316115498543,
 0.0272494424134493,
 0.0,
 -0.157153755426407,
 0.149594604969025,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 -0.0281856469810009,
 -0.0578242465853691,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 -0.106666743755341,
 -0.285874038934708,
 0.0,
 0.00936079490929842,
 0.229413896799088,
 0.0659909546375275,
 0.0145512670278549,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0268315020948648,
 -0.0364695005118847,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.030316386371851,
 -0.26200807094574,
 0.103866763412952,
 0.03290805965662,
 0.0,
 -0.0890728309750557,
 0.0108723239973187,
 0.0231005717068911,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 -0.0207184460014105,
 0.0387163199484348,
 0.0,
 0.0,
 0.0147460391744971,
 0.191929057240486,
 -0.0658795014023781,
 -0.0100948391482234,
 0.0,
 -0.0628153160214424,
 0.0,
 0.0132519574835896
 ];

 for (var i = 0; i < this.syntactic_fingerprint.length; i++) {
 fingerprint_difference += Math.pow(this.syntactic_fingerprint[i] - comparison_fingerprint[i],2);
 }

 if (!(isNaN(fingerprint_difference))) {
 emit(this._id, Math.sqrt(fingerprint_difference));
 }
 },
 function(key, values) {
 return values;
 },
 {
 query: {},
 out: 'image_similarity'
 }
);

db.image_similarity.find({}).sort({'value': 1}).skip(1).limit(5);


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Another, small but significant, data donation secured from the BBC was a set of "BBC Thing" identifiers for news topics (for example, this one for Iran). Added to Wikidata using P1617 (BBC Things ID), they plug the relevant items more tightly into the web of semantic, linked, open data (here's the same ID's BBC linked data for Iran).
Coordinates on Russian Wikipedia now link to maps generated with the Kartographer extension. The map includes the location outline, if that object exists in OpenStreetMap (OSM) with a corresponding Wikidata ID (ways and relations only, not nodes). Example: w:ru:Зальцбург (click coordinates in the upper right corner, or in the infobox on the side). If you create a Wikidata item about a specific administrative area, building, or other physical individual object which appears on maps, then please add the Wikidata ID to the relevant object in OSM, using key:wikidata= (here's how to contribute to OSM). See also How to use objects from OpenStreetMap in Wikidata


(x => x.Do()).Return(1);
Stub A Property
Get functions of properties can be stubbed. The following syntax allows stubbing of a readonly property (get only).
var sut = MockRepository.GenerateStub();
sut.Stub(x => x.AReadonlyPropery).Return(1);
The following syntax allows stubbing of a get method of a property.
var sut = MockRepository.GenerateStub();
sut.AProperty = 2; // Stubs a Get_AProperty as 2
Assert.That(sut.AProperty.Equals(2));
It is not required to stub set methods. Any methods can be consumed automatically without stubbing them, only if we need a return value other than default(T) for value types and null for reference types do you need to stub the method. Set methods return void so stubbing this is not required.
Arguments
If our stubbed methods takes arguments then we need to provide for them.
Ignoring Arguments
In the simplest form we might not care what values the parameters take and can simply state that they can be anything. Allow the argument to be Anything.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.Anything)).Return(1);
Call IgnoreArguments() will make any constrained arguments parameters have their constraints ignored.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.Equal(1))).IgnoreArguments().Return(1);
Constrained Arguments
Constrained arguments allow us to return different data based upon the method parameter values which it is called upon. When all parameters are matched the return is made. If multiple stubs are matched then the first registered stub instance is used to determine the return value.
Is
Is constants provide predicates for literal and reference types. The following is a quick run through of the Is argument constraints. Equal and NotEqual for equality based comparison.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.Equal(1))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.NotEqual(1))).Return(10);
Comparison between two literals.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.GreaterThanOrEqual(10))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.GreaterThan(10))).Return(2);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.LessThanOrEqual(10))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.LessThan(10))).Return(2);
Comparison to null with Is.Null and Is.NotNull.
sut.Stub(x => x.DoIFoo(Arg.Is.Null)).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.DoIFoo(Arg.Is.NotNull)).Return(2);
IsTypeOf to determine if the type is of the required type. In this example Moo and Foo both implement IFoo Whig is the parameter type. Based upon whether Foo or Moo is passed in we can alter our return value.
sut.Stub(x => x.DoIFoo(Arg.Is.TypeOf)).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.DoIFoo(Arg.Is.TypeOf)).Return(2);
Identity comparison with Same and NotSame functions.
sut.Stub(x => x.DoIFoo(Arg.Is.Same(foo))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.DoIFoo(Arg.Is.NotSame(foo))).Return(2);
List
The List functions allow us to provide predicates upon elements which implement IEnumerable and IEnumerable. I aliased RIS as 'using RIS = Rhino.Mocks.Constraints.Is;' to make a distinction between NUnit and Rhino Mocks Is. The simplest form of List is the count which allows us to compare the element count against an Is constraint. Any of the Is constraints which predicate numbers can be used; Equal IsLessThan etc. Below we stub Do(IList t) twice once for when the parameter contains no elements and another for one element.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.Count(RIS.Equal(0)))).Return(0);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.Count(RIS.Equal(1)))).Return(1);
Element allows comparison of element at a position to an Is constraint. The first parameter is the element position and the second parameter is an Is constraint.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.Element(0, RIS.Equal(1)))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.Element(1, RIS.GreaterThanOrEqual(2)))).Return(2);
Equal allows comparison of a collection to another.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.Equal(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.Equal(new int[] { 4, 5, 6 }))).Return(2);
IsIn allow predicating if an element is contained within the collection.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.IsIn(1))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg>.List.IsIn(4))).Return(2);
OneOf allows predicate for any elements in both collections;
if one or more elements are found in both collections then the predicate is deemed as passed.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.List.OneOf(new int[] { 1, 2, 3 }))).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.List.OneOf(new int[] { 4, 5, 6 }))).Return(2);
Matches
When the predicate is more complex or the built in functionality is not sufficient the Matches function provides more scope by taking a Predicate delegate; if you can write it you can predicate it!
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Matches(y => y > 5))).Return(1);
Repeat
It is possible to set up the stubbing for x number of repetition; thus we can return different results dependant upon the call iteration. The methods Once(), Twice() and Times(int x) are provided.
mock = MockRepository.GenerateStub();
mock.Stub(x => x.Do()).Return(1).Repeat.Once();
mock.Stub(x => x.Do()).Return(2).Repeat.Twice();
mock.Stub(x => x.Do()).Return(3).Repeat.Times(3);
ByRef and Out Parameters
By Ref parameters can be implemented by utilising the ref keyword along with the Ref and Dummy methods.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.Equal(1), ref Arg.Ref(RIS.Equal(0), 10).Dummy)).Return(1);
Out parameters can be implemented by utilising the out keyword along with the Out and Dummy methods.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(Arg.Is.Equal(1), Arg.Is.Equal("Hello"), out Arg.Out(10).Dummy)).Return(1);
By Literal
Though highly discouraged stubbing by literals can also be utilised.
sut.Stub(x => x.Do(1).Return(1);
sut.Stub(x => x.Do("Foo").Return(2);
Mocks
A Mock is similar to a Stub, in fact it contains all the functionality mentioned above however mocks can record required behaviour and fail a unit test if the required behaviour is not called upon by the SUT. For example If we have a class A which requires to call two methods on class B with certain parameters we can ensure that all of this behaviour is called or fail the unit test. We can either place expectation calls on the mock prior to the unit test act or we can


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Definition of linden in English:
Another term for the lime tree (lime3), especially in North America.
- Lime trees (formerly also called the linden of romantic legend, or the lin - the Swedish naturalist Linnaeus is named for the lime tree at his family…
- Other mild sedative herbs are linden (lime flower) and lemon verbena.
Definition of linden in:
- US English dictionary


Where is the highest tide in the world?
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What is a tide? Mention its importance and also the geographical importance of the highest tide.
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The highest tides in the world can be found in Canada at the Bay of Fundy, which separates New Brunswick from Nova Scotia. At some times of the year the difference between high and low tide in this Bay is., taller than a three-story building.
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Wet winter weather increases icy road risk
13 November 2012
Hampshire road users are being reminded to take extra care this winter as the saturated ground means that water runoff from fields makes it more likely that rural roads will ice over during cold weather.
According to the Met Office, this summer has officially been the wettest in one hundred years and there appears to be no let up in rain as winter approaches. The Environment Agency has recently released a warning that, following further wet weather in September and October, rivers are full and the ground is saturated, with the result that current groundwater levels in some areas are extremely high and water is seeping onto Hampshire's roads. Roads that would normally dry quickly after precipitation are more likely to remain wet and ice over when the road surface temperature drops below zero.
Councillor Mel Kendal, Deputy Leader and Executive Member for Hampshire County Council said:
"Road users need to take extra care this winter because, due to the saturated ground, even a small amount of rain or snow means that roads are more likely to experience water running on to them which can easily ice over when the temperature freezes. We have recently experienced our first frosts of the winter and our salting teams have been out treating Hampshire's main routes but, although temperatures may rise slightly in the days to come, drivers still need to take care as some roads may be covered with deep puddles.
"Hampshire County Council takes road safety extremely seriously and invests heavily to maintain and improve the 5,000 plus miles of road in the county. Keeping Hampshire Moving is a priority of the Council - the road network is a vital support for our regional economy and people need to be safe when going about their day-to-day business, whatever the weather. We have a long-term strategic programme of road maintenance and enhancement, Operation Resilience, which aims to make our roads more resilient to the damaging effects of weather extremes and increasing traffic levels, as well as to improve the overall condition of the roads."


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Traditional incandescent string troubleshooting does not apply to LED strings. It can be frustrating and time consuming to locate a bad LED or socket without checking each one-by-one. One method to speed up the troubleshooting is to use a binary search reduction method. You will need a multimeter to perform this reduction test. Before proceeding be SURE TO UNPLUG THE LIGHTS FROM YOUR POWER SOURCE.
1) Find the segment break of the LED string (typically at 36th LED in a 70ct 120V string, but this is dependent on your LEDs, count and voltage) for the section that is unlit.
2) Remove the middle LED from the socket in the unlit segment (e.g. If the segment is 35 LEDs long, remove the 17th LED).
3) Remove the first LED in the unlit segment
4) Using your multimeter set to measure Ohms, place one probe in the first socket and the other in the middle socket. Look for resistance. If it is open, proceed. It it indicates resistance, one of the removed LEDs may be bad.
5) If the above test was open, continue to divide the string into halves for each segment, removing the middle LED and testing for resistance between the first socket and the newly removed LED socket, and the last socket and the newly removed LED socket.
6) Keep halving the section that has no resistance. You should be able to narrow down the bad LED or socket within a handful of testing attempts.
When testing your lighting, using your regular sequencing software is often not the best way to do it.
If you are using an ECG-DR4 or ECG-DMXRen8 E1.31 to DMX interface, it could be simpler to use a dedicated test utility like da_E131.
This allows you to send known E1.31 (streaming ACN) data to your hardware. At least then you'll know if it's a hardware or software problem you're having.
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The use of fritting for small nibbles probably comes from to fritter - to break into small pieces. But frit/fritting and fritter have completely different language roots.
That is an interesting theory. Generally frit is made by immersing hot glass in water. Rapid cooling and thermal shock causes the glass to harden and crumble.There are two ways this can be done.
1. Run molten glass from the furnace into a bucket of water.
2 Heat up broken glass (cullet) to about 500 degrees Celsius and drop into a bucket of water.
To a degree, Wrightoutlook is correct - this is a semantic argument. You can call these things whatever you like. Dealers and auctioneers are welcome to make up as many terms as they like. But they should not be misleading. For example, a fleabite is a very sensible term for a concoidal fracture. It can be instantly understood by anyone from a novice to an expert. This is because it conjures up a visual image and the term does not have any other meaning within glass making terminology.
To use the term "cullet" to describe a flaw in a paperweight, however, seems to me to be completely erroneous and I have never come across this. As stated clearly stated by others it has a completely different meaning in glass making terminology.
I'm 100% with my namesake, Adam D.
They're stones and at any given point most of us would dearly love to know whether they are formed from unmelted or devitrified batch, or whether they are part of the pot or in a tank furnace, the refractory bricks that have gradually been attacked by the corrosive properties of glass. The only way to tell is send them off to the lab to be analysed. Rather expensive.
You can hardly see the small ones when the glass is hot, but if you do, you can pull them out with tweezers and shears and melt in the shear marks. Easier said than done, specially with big pieces.


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Crops are technical blocks that grow on farmland, that can be harvested for plants and special crop items when fully grown. Advent of Ascension adds many crop-blocks to the game.
Overview[edit | edit source]
The player is not able to obtain the physical crop blocks into their inventory, no matter if the player has a tool enchanted with Silk Touch or not. The player can place crop blocks into the world by planting seeds on a farmland block. Once the player has planted the seeds, crop blocks behave just like regular crops in vanilla Minecraft; the player must wait for them to grow. Crops blocks will grow until they've reached their last stage, at this point the player can harvest the crop block. If harvested while in their last stage, crop blocks will drop an item unique to the crop block, and may even drop some seeds that the player used to plant the crop originally. Bonemeal and Fragmented Anima Stones can be used to speed up crop growth.
Drops[edit | edit source]
All crops below can be right-clicked to be replanted. This replants the crop, but decreases the seed (or crop item) drop count by 1 in order to make up for the planted crop.
Seeded crops[edit | edit source]
When an immature crop is broken only 1 seed item is dropped, and when a mature crop is broken 1 crop item is dropped, as well as 1-4 seed items. However, Heart Fruit and Magic Marang crops only drop 1-2 seed items.
Unseeded crops[edit | edit source]
List of crops[edit | edit source]
A list of crops can be found below, along with the seeds used to plant them, and the amount of growth stages they contain.
|Crop block||Name||Seeds||Item dropped||Number of growth stages|
|Bubble Berry Plant||Bubble Berry Seeds||Bubble Berries||5|
|Chilli Plant||Chilli Seeds||Chilli||5|
|Eye Bulb Plant||-||Eye Bulb||5|
|Floracles||Floracle Seeds||Floracle Sticks||5|
|Goldicaps||Goldicap Seeds||Goldicap Petals||5|
|Heart Fruit Plant||Heart Fruit Seeds||Heart Fruit||5|
|Lunacrike Plant||Lunacrike Seeds||Lunacrike||5|
|Lunalon Plant||Lunalon Seeds||Lunalons||5|
|Luna Globe Plant||Luna Globe Seeds||Luna Globe||5|
|Magic Marang Plant||Magic Marang Seeds||Magic Marang||5|
|Mystic Shroom Plant||-||Mystic Shrooms||5|
|Rosidon Plant||Rosidon Seeds||Rosidons||5|
|Tea Plant||Tea Seeds||Tea Shreddings||5|
|Thorny Plant||Thorny Plant Seeds||Thorny Petals||5|
|Trilliads||Trilliad Seeds||Trilliad Leaves||5|
History[edit | edit source]
|1.0||Added crops. The crops that existed at the time were Mystic Shroom Plant, Eye Ball Plant, and Holly Tops.|
|1.1||Added the following crops: Floracles, Goldicaps, Rosidon Plant, Lunalon Plant, Lunacrike Plant, Luna Globe Plant and Trilliads.|
|2.0||Added Chili Plant and Tea Plant.|
|2.2.5||Added Thorn Plant, Magic Marang Plant, Heart Fruit Plant, and Bubble Berry Plant.|
|3.0||The id of all crop blocks was changed.|
|3.2||Eye Bulb Plants and Mystic Shroom Plants no longer have seeds.|
|3.4||Removed the Holly Top Plants.|


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Definitions of textile
a. - Pertaining to weaving or to woven fabrics; as, textile arts; woven, capable of being woven; formed by weaving; as, textile fabrics. 2
n. - That which is, or may be, woven; a fabric made by weaving. 2
The word "textile" uses 7 letters: E E I L T T X.
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updateDefaultMergeGroup
A Graze API POST request that updates the default merge group in Moogsoft Enterprise.
Clustering algorithms, such as Cookbook and Tempus, use the default values in the default merge group unless you have set up custom merge groups with different values to merge Situations from these clustering algorithms. You can set up merge groups using the UI (see Merge Groups for details) or using the Graze API endpoint addMergeGroup.
Back to Graze API EndPoint Reference.
Request arguments
Endpoint updateDefaultMergeGroup takes the following request arguments:
Name
Type
Required
Description
alert_threshold
Integer
No
Minimum number of alerts that must be present in a cluster before it can become a Situation in the merge group. Must be greater than or equal to 1. Default value is 1.
situation_similarity_limit
Floating Point
No
Percentage of alerts two Situations must share before they are merged. A value between 0 and 1. Default value is 0.7.
Response
Endpoint updateDefaultMergeGroup returns the following response:
Examples
The following examples demonstrate typical use of endpoint updateDefaultMergeGroup:
Request example
Example cURL request to set the default merge group's alert_threshold to 2:
curl -X POST
-u graze:graze -
k -v "_URL_
-H "Content-Type: application/json; charset=UTF-8"
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 "alert_threshold":2
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|"All Creatures Great and Small"
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Millions of Indians still live directly off animal husbandry. Innovative application of
modern veterinary science can help improve the lives of both the animals and their owners.
Want to become Indias Herriot?
Most people will have had some contact with vets
either through the family pets, or on TV in the form of James Herriot, the pen name of
James Alfred Wight a British veterinary surgeon and writer.
The work they do helping sick creatures will tug at the heartstrings. While
these guys make it look easy, becoming a vet is seriously hard work. In fact, getting into
a veterinary career is harder than becoming a doctor! Until recently, vets have had to
struggle against indifference to their profession in the developing world. But these days,
the welfare of domestic animals is seen more positively as an essential part of rural
development and an indication of a modern progressiveoutlook.
The large majority of vets will end up working in private practice small
operations, of between one and four animal doctors where family pets will be the
mainstay of these businesses. Most veterinary doctors, develop a particular area of
expertise. As there are limited opportunities in areas of specialised research and
breeding of animals in India, a majority of veterinarians choose to work in urban areas,
where the work would mostly include the care and handling of domestic pets, or in the
government's animal husbandry departments. As with a doctor handling the medical ailments
of human beings, a veterinarian's work involves diagnosing the ailment of an animal,
through physical and clinical examination, and the administration of appropriate
medication. It also involves the timely administration of vaccines for preventing disease,
and advising on matters of nutrition


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Wuvulu Island (also known as Mary Island, Matty, Maty Island, Tiger Island, Tiger-Inseln and Wuwulu) is part of the Western Islands of the Bismarck Archipelago in the western Pacific Ocean, part of Manus Province, Papua New Guinea. It is the westernmost island of the thirteen island groups that make up island chain in the archipelago. It is an island of volcanic origin encircled by a coral reef with a maximum height of three meters (10 feet) above sea level.
The first sighting by Europeans of Wuvulu Island was by the Spanish navigator Iñigo Órtiz de Retes on 27 July 1545 when on board of the carrack San Juan tried to return from Tidore to New Spain. He charted this island together with the nearby islands, Aua and Manu, as La Barbada (the bearded island in Spanish).
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5G-assisted unmanned boat conducts water monitoring in Beijing park
BEIJING, May 21 (Xinhua) -- An unmanned boat with 5G wireless technology has been used to monitor water quality in a Beijing park, according to the Beijing Daily Thursday.
The unmanned boat shuttles in the waters of Beihai Park to collect data on water quality and the surrounding environment.
The 1.2-meter-long boat is equipped with high-definition cameras and a water quality sensor, which can transmit real-time data to a monitoring platform through the 5G network. The boat can be remotely controlled or travel along a preset route. It can automatically avoid obstacles by scanning through its radar.
After charging for two hours, the unmanned boat can travel in the waters for five to six hours. It can transmit several water quality parameters such as pH value and turbidity back to the monitoring platform and update the information every 15 seconds.
Water monitoring mainly relies on staff collecting water samples for testing in the lab. The unmanned boat has better monitoring capability in hard-to-reach areas and helps improve the monitoring efficiency.
Similar unmanned boats are expected to be used in more rivers and lakes in Beijing, according to the report. Enditem[ Editor: SRQ ]


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Emotional memory in bipolar disorder: Impact of multiple episodes and childhood trauma
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BACKGROUND: Emotional memory is a critical amygdala-dependent cognitive function characterized by enhanced memory for emotional events coupled with retrograde amnesia. Our study aims to assess the influence of bipolar disorder (BD), trauma, and the number of mood episodes on emotional memory. METHODS: 53 subjects (33 euthymic patients with BD and 20 healthy controls) answered a clinical assessment, childhood trauma questionnaire (CTQ), and an emotional memory test composed of lists of nouns, including neutral words, one emotional (E), one preceding (E-1) and one following word (E + 1). We assessed for the influence of type, position, diagnosis, trauma, and number of mood episodes in word recall using generalized estimating equations. RESULTS: Controlling for neutral words, BD had a higher recall for E-1 (p = 0.038) and a trend for a higher recall of E (p = 0.055). There was no difference between patients with and without trauma. Patients with BD who suffered multiple mood episodes had a higher recall of E compared to patients with fewer episodes (p = 0.016). LIMITATIONS: Cross-sectional design and small sample size. CONCLUSION: Our results indicate dysfunction in emotional memory in patients with BD, particularly after multiple mood episodes. While we expected an impaired emotional memory, patients with BD showed an increased recall for emotional stimuli and events preceding them. Childhood trauma does not seem to interfere with emotional memory changes in patients with BD. Emotional memory enhancement seems to be a promising marker of progression in BD.
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Building Family Resilience
COVID-19 has had a major impact on families including job loss, reduced incomes, and online schooling.
'Building Family Resilience' was the theme for this week's Wellness Wednesdays, an initiative of the Division of Health, Wellness and Family Development (DHWFD).
Earlier today, DHWFD staffers, Senior Social Worker Nicola Carrington and Business Development Officer Jason Nancis, spoke on Tobago Channel 5's Rise and Shine about the pandemic's impact on wellness including a lack of socialization and, for some, a lack of resources.
A lot of persons would have experienced a sense of isolation. What this has done is make a lot of people feel withdrawn, hopeless, and it basically changed the way we started viewing other persons. A lot of people had to return to living with their parents and that changes the structure and dynamic of the family," said Carrington.
Apart from social changes, the health representatives also highlighted the economic effect of the pandemic. Nancis indicated that families had to move towards making the necessary shifts.
We have got to change or adapt some of the things we're accustomed doing into what we can now do, and that includes our finances. So, persons who may have lost their job, may not be able to afford going to the grocery every Friday, or the lavish meals, or the frivolities, the pizzas and the fried foods. So we really need to examine now, how do we separate needs from wants," said Nancis.
According to Carrington, families that bounce back after a crisis such as job loss or death, are showing resilience. She encouraged parents to lead by example as children are well aware of family dynamics.


text: With the research background of the rotorcraft flying robot's integrated navigation system, an error calibration method for electric magnetic compass is proposed. Based on the analysis of the magnetic compass's measurement theory and error sources, 5 main factors which affect the heading angle calculation precision of the magnetic compass, are summarized. In response to the mentioned error factors, software and hardware solutions are proposed. Considering the specialties of rotorcraft flying robot, a simplified calibration method for magnetic compass is proposed to calibrate the hard magnetism errors and scale factor errors. The simplified magnetic compass calibration method can avoid sticking up the robot during calibration process, but its calibration precision is not decreased. The actual calibration test of the magnetic compass shows that the proposed calibration method can effectively correct the measurements' ellipsoidal distribution of the original magnetic field, and it also can improve the heading angle calculation precision of integrated navigation system. This method can simplify the calibration process and avoid to stick up the huge robot.


Designing a 3D printed tool for medical use
From reverse engineering to iterative design
Jennifer Glauche
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As part of a project to make medicine more accessible in disadvantaged communities, I am making usable 3D-printed copies of surgical tools. This talk will go through the process of turning an existing commercially available hemostat into a 3D-printable model. I will show how I started with a native 1:1 copy of the tool and went through several iterations to match the functional properties of the original. I'll show the problems with each iteration and how I went about solving them. In the end, I'll talk a bit about how these tools are going to be used and the impact they will have.


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Practitioners' perception of the impact of the vision of policy-makers on practice: The example of the recommendations of the Moser Commission
Ade-Ojo, Gordon O. (2011) Practitioners' perception of the impact of the vision of policy-makers on practice: The example of the recommendations of the Moser Commission. Research Papers in Education, 26 (1). pp. 53-77. ISSN 0267-1522 (Print), _PHONE_ (Online) (doi:10.1080/02671520903257997)Full text not available from this repository.
This paper presents the perception of practitioners of the impact of the Moser Committee recommendations and the Skills for Life agenda it generated. The paper further explores areas of convergence and divergence between practitioners' perceptions and the underpinning values of the Moser Committee recommendations. The study utilised a range of research tools including an online questionnaire, documentary analysis and elements of discourse analysis in the collection and analysis of data. It found that there is substantial divergence between the perception of practitioners and the values underpinning policy. It concludes by suggesting that a varying perception of what constitutes sustainable education and the lack of input from practitioners into policy might be responsible for this significant divergence of opinion and also raised a question on the perceived role of practitioners in the policy‐making process.
|Additional Information:|| Published online: 11 Nov 2009. Published in print: March 2011. Published as: Research Papers in Education, (2011), Vol. 26, (1), 53–77.|
|Uncontrolled Keywords:||policy, Moser committee, practitioners, skills for life, values, literacy paradigms, economic model|
|Subjects:||L Education > LB Theory and practice of education > LB2361 Curriculum|
L Education > LC Special aspects of education > LC5201 Education extension. Adult education. Continuing education
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Towards real-time and energy efficient Siamese tracking - a hardware-software approach
Siamese trackers have been among the state-of-the-art solutions in each Visual Object Tracking (VOT) challenge over the past few years. However, with great accuracy comes great computational complexity: to achieve real-time processing, these trackers have to be massively parallelised and are usually run on high-end GPUs. Easy to implement, this approach is energy consuming, and thus cannot be used in many low-power applications.
To overcome this, one can use energy-efficient embedded devices, such as heterogeneous platforms joining the ARM processor system with programmable logic (FPGA). In this work, we propose a hardware-software implementation of the well-known fully connected Siamese tracker (SiamFC). We have developed a quantised Siamese network for the FINN accelerator, using algorithm-accelerator co-design, and performed design space exploration to achieve the best efficiency-to-energy ratio (determined by FPS and used resources). For our network, running in the programmable logic part of the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC ZCU104, we achieved the processing of almost 50 frames-per-second with tracker accuracy on par with its floating point counterpart, as well as the original SiamFC network. The complete tracking system, implemented in ARM with the network accelerated on FPGA, achieves up to 17 fps. These results bring us towards bridging the gap between the highly accurate but energy-demanding algorithms and energy-efficient solutions ready to be used in low-power, edge systems.
National Science Centre project no. 2016/23/D/ST6/01389 entitled ''The development of computing resources organisation in latest generation of heterogeneous reconfigurable devices enabling real-time processing of UHD/4K video stream.
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Lotus Tips uses a REZZOU technology designed to protect laptop data, guaranteeing domino database that information is always accessible which is not shed. The RAID controller is a professional computer technology which you can use to spin data in the eventuality of a disc failure. This can be a great way to assure the uptime of a program.
One of the most significant features of Lotus Notes is the fact that that it works with several open up standard technologies. This enables developers to build work applications of any complexity and enables designers to create top-of-the-line applications.
Raid technology, as its term implies, is actually a combination of multiple hard disk drives. The benefit of this technology is that it provides solid file system with a excessive degree of consistency. It can be especially beneficial for businesses with a number of hard disks in their environment.
There are numerous advantages of employing Raid technology for That lotus Notes. This consists of the fact that it allows designers to improve features of their databases. Another advantage of the technology is their ability to furnish superior info integrity. In case there is a hard drive failure, the controller may rewrite data in the remaining hard disk drives.
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Joseph Rogers Underwood (October 24, 1791 - August 23, 1876) was a United States Representative and Senator from Kentucky.
Joseph Underwood was born in Goochland County, Virginia, the brother of Warner Lewis Underwood. He moved to Barren County, Kentucky in 1803 and lived with his uncle. He attended the common schools and graduated from Transylvania College in Lexington, Kentucky in 1811. He studied law in Lexington, but his studies were interrupted by the War of 1812, in which he served as a Lieutenant in the Thirteenth Regiment of the Kentucky Infantry. He was admitted to the bar in 1813 and commenced the practice of law in Glasgow, Kentucky.
Underwood served as town trustee and county auditor until 1823. He was a member of the Kentucky House of Representatives from 1816 to 1819. He moved to Bowling Green, Kentucky in 1823, and again was a member of the State House of Representatives from 1825 to 1826. He ran unsuccessfully for lieutenant governor of Kentucky in 1828, and served as a judge of the Court of Appeals from 1828 until 1835.
Underwood was elected as a Whig to the United States House of Representatives, serving Kentucky's District 3 from March 4, 1835 until March 3, 1843. There he was chairman of the U.S. House Committee on the District of Columbia. He declined to be a candidate for renomination in 1843, and resumed the practice of law. He was a presidential elector on the Whig ticket in 1844, and again joined the State House in 1846, where he served as speaker.
Underwood was next elected as a Whig to the United States Senate and served from March 4, 1847 to March 3, 1853, when he did not run for reelection. He was elected to the State House yet again, serving from 1861 to 1863. He died near Bowling Green and was interred in Fairview Cemetery. Joseph Underwood was the grandfather of Oscar Wilder Underwood.
Preceded by: Christopher Tompkins U.S. Representative (District 3) from Kentucky 1835 - 1843 Succeeded by: Henry Grider Preceded by: James T. Morehead U.S. Senator (Class 2) from Kentucky 1847 - 1853 Succeeded by: John Burton Thompson


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Pranab Mukherjee pays respect to 'unknown' Indian soldiers in Second World War
President Mukherjee paid homage to the soldiers, killed during World War-II and laid to rest at the Bomana cemetery in Papua New Guinea.
Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea: President Pranab Mukherjee on Friday paid homage to the soldiers, including many Indians, killed during World War-II, while fighting along with the British forces, and laid to rest at Bomana cemetery in Papua New Guinea.
Mukherjee, the supreme commander of Indian armed forces, walked up to a pillar erected in memory of the troops and placed a wreath there.
This was the second engagement of Mukherjee, who arrived here on Thursday, on the first ever state visit from India to this largest island in the Pacific.
Immediately after meeting with the Governor General of Papua New Guinea (PNG) Sir Michael Ogio, the president drove to the war cemetery, located 20 km from there.
As he placed the wreath, a Papua New Guinea Defence Force (PNGDF) band sounded the "Last Post," signifying the end of the troops' journey in life. A minutes' silence was observed in their memory after which Mukherjee went around the cemetery.
The cemetery contains 3,824 Commonwealth burials of the Second World War, out of which 699 of them are unidentified. Around 250 of the unidentified soldiers are from undivided India, who were fighting along with the British and allied forces.
Indian High Commissioner to PNG, Nagendra Kumar Saxena, has been extensively working on the role of Indians during the World War.
During the banquet hosted by the Ogio, in honour of the President last night, the Governor General also said the link between the two countries goes back to the Second World War in which Indian servicemen, some 615 brave sons who were part of the British Army and Allied Forces, fought and died in PNG.
"Their mortal remains lie buried in war cemeteries throughout the country," he said.
The troops were fighting the Japanese forces who had landed at Lae and Salamaua in March 1942 with Port Moresby as their chief objective.
India offered Papua New Guinea support to harness the country's abundant natural resources and establish mutually ventures.
Seventeen prisoners have been shot dead after a mass breakout at a jail in Papua New Guinea, reports said on Monday, with 57 still on the run
Papua New Guinea sits on the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, which is a hotspot for seismic activity due to friction between tectonic plates


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Hyperbole, rhetoric don't address compliance costs
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Hyperbole and rhetoric don't address compliance costs say Chartered Accountants
According to the Institute of Chartered Accountants, unions, business and government need to work together to reduce business compliance costs.
The Institute's director of government relations, David Pickens, said that the issue isn't as simple as a need for more or less regulation.
Pickens said no one in their right mind would moan about – for example – good quality industrial safety rules. But the real problem is the overall poor quality of the rules businesses have to work with.
"The CTU describing the compliance concerns of business as an "annual moan" simply demonstrates the need for a change of attitudes before progress can be made reducing the compliance burden," he said.
"Unnecessary and poor quality regulation makes it harder for business to generate income, create jobs, and provide consumer goods and services at reasonable costs."
"The Institute is concerned that small businesses in particular may be ignorant of, and therefore not complying with, many of the rules and regulations that apply to their businesses. They have simply reached regulation overload."
"Government must be more discerning in the obligations they put on business. And this isn't just about reducing compliance costs. It is also about achieving the government's own regulatory objectives."
"If voted to Select Committee, the Regulatory Responsibility Bill currently before Parliament will give everyone the opportunity to debate these issues. It is important that New Zealand takes the opportunity to move beyond short-term palliative compliance cost reviews and talk fests to find more enduring solutions, solutions the recent compliance cost survey so clearly demonstrates we need."
"The Institute hopes that unions, business groups and others take the opportunity to encourage Parliament to have the debate and fundamentally improve New Zealand's regulatory framework."


Talent ID
Remove the relative age effect by changing players' shirt numbers
The relative age effect is widespread across many sports. It refers to the consistent findings whereby junior sport teams (typically representative teams) are populated by players born earlier in the year, or soon after the cut-off date for a particular sport. In other words, coaches and selectors more often than not select older players to play in the best teams.
Why does this matter?
Well, imagine this scenario. A girl born in January is 11 months older than a competitor. Consequently, she is bigger and stronger, and dominates her age group. She gets a scholarship into an academy and is provided with the best coaching services available. Unbeknown to everyone, her competitor, the girl 11 months her junior, actually possesses the same level of skill. But due to the fact she is younger, she is less developed physically, and cannot dominate her age group during the younger years. As a result, she is overlooked for a scholarship.
Removing the relative age effect should therefore be a priority for sports authorities.
A novel strategy to remove the relative age effect
David Mann and Pleun van Ginneken tested three methods to reduce the relative age effect in junior soccer. Talent scouts were divided into three groups that varied in the information that they were provided about the soccer players who they watched:
 1. Provided with NO information about the players age
 2. Provided with the players' age
 3. Provided with knowledge that the players shirt number corresponded to their relative age (i.e., number 1 = oldest player)
 - The relative age effect was present regardless of whether the talent scout was told the player's age (i.e., Groups 1 and 2 above).
 - The relative age effect was eliminated when talent scouts were made aware that the players' shirt number corresponded with their relative age (i.e., Group 3 above).
Concluding message
Manipulating player's shirt numbers so that oldest players wear the lowest numbers is an effective strategy to make coaches and talent scouts aware of players' age. Indeed, simply telling a scout the age of a player was not enough to remove the relative age effect.
Mann, D. L., & van Ginneken, P. J. (2016). Age-ordered shirt numbering reduces the selection bias associated with the relative age effect. Journal of sports sciences, 1-7.
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How to create and enforce employee termination procedures
In this Ask the Expert Q&A, Shon Harris, our security management expert, reviews how the the security group, HR and management should work together to define and enforce employee termination policies, and reviews what should be done during each stage of employment.
The following are specific strategies for building a structure for dealing with employees even before they are hired.
Step 1: Before employment begins
Perform background checks on all personnel prior to hiring them. The degree of this should depend on the employee's position and the level of access to company resources the individual will have. For example, someone applying for an entry-level position at a paper mill will not require the same level of background check as someone applying for a position with the Secret Service. However, if the individual were applying for a position within the paper mill that has access to funds or other sensitive materials, a more thorough check would be in order.
Due to the sensitive nature of background checks, it's wise to consult with legal counsel, before conducting one, regardless of the intended depth. This can help you determine if there are any state/federal legal restrictions and obligations you must abide by, and help avoid any legal troubles.
Step 2: Hiring and orientation
The hiring and orientation process is your first direct chance to stress security's importance within the organization and to equip employees with proper security awareness training, as well as their position's security requirements. Your organization should require that new employees sign a non-disclosure agreement, promising to protect sensitive and confidential data. During the security awareness training, employees should also sign a document stating they have read and understand the company's security policies and the ramifications for non-compliance. These signed documents will protect the company in a legal capacity, if it needs to suspend, terminate or prosecute an employee for their actions.
Establishing a level of expectation from the beginning makes it easier to maintain during the course of their employment. The management team and supervisors should also work together to understand and enforce the messages the employees are exposed to during orientation.
Step 3: Employment
Security training doesn't end with orientation. It's an ongoing process that should continually evolve to meet the needs of the organization. Security requirements will change from one organization to another and, depending upon the security needs of the environment, some practices may be more appropriate than others. For instance, repeated background checks may be necessary to determine if an employee has become a security risk. Once again, if this were necessary, to avoid serious legal repercussions, having legal counsel present would be in your company's best interest. Also, if any actions are taken as a result of information gleaned from an investigation, it should be cleared with an attorney.
Throughout the duration of employment, every employee should have a supervisor who understands that they are not only responsible for this person's performance, but also for this person's lack of compliance. Therefore, supervisors must be aware of the expectations of their staff, follow up and ensure expectations are met, be told if an employee contributes to an incident and know how to deal with incidents properly. When dealing with governance and compliance, it is of utmost importance that senior and mid-level management understand these topics even more so than the employees, because they'll be the enforcers.
Step 4: After the employee termination
When an employee leaves, whether voluntarily or involuntarily, there is always a degree of risk involved. Therefore, it is vital that the process be as fluid as possible. Holding an exit interview reduces this risk as it is a good time to remind employees that they are legally bound to comply with the organization's security policies, as dictated by the non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements they signed. Additionally, it is important to retrieve physical items like keys and keycards, disable accounts, and deactivate the employee's access to areas and services that were once privilege. This will prevent them from remotely accessing services and information they should not be.
The team responsible for your organization's security polices should take these steps into account, because the greatest vulnerability can be the people that work for the organization. However, it's important to remember that while the security team helps create the policies and procedures for suspending a user's access, they should not be the ones to make the decision.
Unfortunately, employee termination is inevitable. To minimize the risks that a termination can create, it's important to plan accordingly for this situation. With that said, use this checklist, which highlights key factors to consider when developing employee termination procedures:
 - Always have at least one other individual present when informing any employee of their termination. For instance, have a meeting with the employee, their supervisor and a human resource manager. Do not fire them in a public manner -- that can be embarrassing and draw further attention to the situation.
 - Deactivate access to the network and vital services that the employee once had.
 - Retrieve all physical access devices such as IDs, keys and smart cards.
 - An exit interview should always be performed.
 - The employee must return any equipment that is the property of the organization, including any off-site devices.
 - Notify HR prior to terminating an employee, so they can prepare final paychecks (including vacation pay) and the exit interview. Also, discuss employee benefits (health insurance, stock options, retirement, life insurance, etc.) with human resources, so the proper steps are taken to either transfer or cease these benefits with the employee's knowledge and understanding.
 - Return any personal property from to the employee's work space. Inspect and examine any media or documentation that may contain confidential or proprietary data and information that is the legal property of the organization.
The most important thing to remember about a termination procedure is that without it, an organization may find security gaps and other security vulnerabilities that someone, the disgruntled employee per say, can take advantage of. While organizations don't like to terminate their employees, with the proper procedures they should be able to handle this unfortunate scenario.
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pmod function
Applies to: check marked yes Databricks SQL check marked yes Databricks Runtime
Returns the positive remainder after dividend / divisor.
Syntax
pmod(dividend, divisor)
Arguments
 - dividend: An expression that evaluates to a numeric.
 - divisor: An expression that evaluates to a numeric.
Returns
If both dividend and divisor are of DECIMAL the result matches the type of divisor. In all other cases a DOUBLE.
If divisor is 0 the function raises a DIVIDE_BY_ZERO error.
This function is equivalent to abs(mod(dividend, divisor)).
Examples
> SELECT pmod(10, 3);
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> SELECT pmod(-10, 3);
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> SELECT pmod(-10, 0);
 Error: DIVIDE_BY_ZERO


Create slash notation
Updated 6 years ago
If you want to write sheet music for a Jazz ensemble, Big Band, or other group performing improvisation, you may want to use "slash notation".
To do this, you can either perform the steps below or simply use the slash notation plugin. Only use the steps below if you really cant install the plugin (possibly because you aren't allowed to install the plugin or if installation fails).
This kind of notation is used to indicate when a solist is supposed to play a solo. It looks like this:
forward slashes show when to solo
As seen in the picture above, you can still add chord symbols and dynamics to the slashed bars.
In the current version of MuseScore, the process of creating slash notation is a bit complicated and involves the following steps:
 1. Fill a whole bar with quarter notes. They should be placed on the middle line of the stave. If your meter consists of an uneven number of eighth notes, use eighths instead.
 2. Select all those notes by selecting the whole bar. Then right click directly on one of the selected notes.
 In the resulting menu select the "Note Properties" entry.
 3. Now you will see something like this:
 4. You have to change some entries now.
 - Check the "stemless" checkbox on top to make the stem disappear.
 - Under "Note Properties", select "slash" as "Note Head Group".
 - Now you have to silence the note so it does not disturb playback. You can do this by selecting "user" as "velocity type" and "1" as velocity value. This step is optional, but highly recommended.
 (Note: setting the velocity to 1 makes the cursor treat it as a note. If value is 0, cursor just jumps over it during playback.)
 This is how your window should look now:
 5. Click "OK" and you are done!