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Natrol White Kidney Bean Carb Intercept is a dietary supplement that features Phase2 Carb Controller Complex - a unique combination of White Kidney Bean Extract and Foodbound® Chromium. Each serving provides 1,000mg of Phase 2 Carb Controller Complex, a clinically tested ingredient that may reduce the enzymatic digestion of dietary starches and help metabolize fats and proteins for energy.
- Helps Control Carbs
- Helps Metabolize Fat
- Assists in Weight Control
How do I take it?
Take 2 capsules right before eating your starch containing meal. Do not exceed 4 capsules per day.
How does Phase 2 White Kidney Bean Extract work?
When taken with a starch-containing meal, it inhibits the breakdown of starch into glucose and other simple sugars that can be absorbed by the intestine into the body.
Where are the White Kidney Beans grown?
United States of America, specifically Nebraska


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Create SQLite database tables automatically from data
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# DatatoTable Datatotable converts data into SQLites tables automatically. The package is most useful when the name and number of columns in a table are large or unknown ahead of time as SQLalchemy's Object Relational mapper (ORM) requires manual generation of tables and their columns. Datatotable automates this process. Yet, it still allows manual additions of constraints, foreign keys, and other properties as desired.
## Quick Start The minimal use case of datatotable creates a table from a data source, and then inserts the data. This example walks through this process. Datatotable functions through two classes Database, which provides access to the database, and DataOperator, which interprets data for use with SQLalchemy. First, import these classes. Next, import a SQLalchemy Session class for inserts and tempfile to create a temporary directory.
'python from datatotable.database import Database from import DataOperator from sqlalchemy.orm import Session import tempfile ' To connect to or create a database, specify the name and directory of the database on Database's instantiation. Then, connect a session to the database via Database's engine property. 'python temp_dir = tempfile.TemporaryDirectory() db = database.Database(name="sample", session = Session(db.engine) '
Next, pass data to DataOperator. The DataOperator's column property reads the data and returns a dictionary with column names as keys and lists of column attributes as values. 'python raw_data = {"col1": [1,2,3,4], "col2": ["hello", "world", "from", "computer"], "col3": [10.1, 13.5, 23.2, 98.4]} data = columns = data.columns print(columns) >>> {'col1': [], 'col2': [], 'col3': []} '
Pass the columns to Database's map_table() function to create a mapped SQLalchemy Base class. After the table is mapped, call the create_tables() function to create the table in the database. 'python db.map_table(tbl_name="example_tbl", column_types=columns) db.create_tables() '
With the table created, access the table via the Database.table_mappings property. The table mapping can be used for queries or mapping data for inserts. The row property of DataOperator returns a list of dictionaries where each dictionary is a row in the database. Use ** notation to unpack each dictionary into a table object. A list comprehension, as used here, can create a list of table objects. Add these objects using Session.add_all(). 'python example_tbl = db.table_mappings["example_tbl"] example_rows = [example_tbl(**row) for row in data.rows] session.add_all(example_rows) session.commit() '
Now, check if the data is in the database. 'python print(session.query(example_tbl).count()) >>> 4 '
## Version 0.3 This version is the first valid version uploaded to PyPi. It provides access to a database, automatically creates tables, and coerces data into a format that can be inserted into a table. It passes all tests in the test suite, but the test suite will need to be fleshed out as users come across problems not anticipated currently.
## Future Development ### Documentation 1. Use Sphinx to create API documentation on Read the Docs 2. A thorough tutorial to explain how constraints and relationships are established ### Functionality 1. Add functionality to relate SQLalchemy ORM objects when tables are created with foreign keys. This is a manual process currently. 2. Allow simultaneous creation of multiple tables. Tables must be created one by one currently.
## Author Spencer Weston
## License MIT
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OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to describe the normative development of the electrophysiological response to auditory and visual novelty in children living in rural Kenya. METHODS: We examined event-related potentials (ERPs) elicited by novel auditory and visual stimuli in 178 normally-developing children aged 4-12 years (86 boys, mean 6.7 years, SD 1.8 years and 92 girls, mean 6.6 years, SD 1.5 years) who were living in rural Kenya. RESULTS: The latency of early components (auditory P1 and visual N170) decreased with age and their amplitudes also tended to decrease with age. The changes in longer-latency components (Auditory N2, P3a and visual Nc, P3a) were more modality-specific; the N2 amplitude to novel stimuli decreased with age and the auditory P3a increased in both latency and amplitude with age. The Nc amplitude decreased with age while visual P3a amplitude tended to increase, though not linearly. CONCLUSIONS: The changes in the timing and magnitude of early-latency ERPs likely reflect brain maturational processes. The age-related changes to auditory stimuli generally occurred later than those to visual stimuli suggesting that visual processing matures faster than auditory processing. SIGNIFICANCE: ERPs may be used to assess children's cognitive development in rural areas of Africa.
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Acoustic Stimulation, Age Factors, Brain Mapping, Child, Child Development, Child, Preschool, Electroencephalography, Evoked Potentials, Auditory, Evoked Potentials, Visual, Female, Humans, Kenya, Male, Photic Stimulation, Reaction Time


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MONTCLAIR, NJ – Rosedale cemetery is celebrating 175 years of service to the community this year. Sitting on 96 acres of land in Montclair, West Orange and Orange, the non-profit, non-sectarian Cemetery recently hosted a gathering of local community leaders and those serving the community in the memorial business.
Founded in 1840, Steve Marshall, President of the Rosedale board of directors, expressed that the facility remains dedicated to preserving the same character that its original founders had envisioned over a century and a half ago. Upon entrance into the park-like setting, there are significant landscaping upgrades evident throughout the property. Marshall maintained that through careful planning and maintenance Rosedale is committed to making continuous improvements to the grounds and service, as new technological advancements occur.
Marshall said, "We are here to serve the community." He added that webcasting has been added to allow loved ones who cannot attend memorial services, to be able to do so remotely. Marshall also expressed that Rosedale now has a scattering area preserved for those who want to scatter the remains of their loved ones. He added that the landscaping and technological upgrades are part of the plan they have "to invest in the future of the cemetery because we know how important it is for the families."
In the early 1800s, the "Oranges" in Essex County were not yet formed and about 4,000 people was spread out over an area five miles long and three miles wide known as the "Mountain Society." Until 1840, all burials took place in the "Old Burying Ground" located at the First Presbyterian Church of Orange, at Main Street and Scotland Road. After one hundred and forty years of burials, the local population began facing the issue of lack of burial space and began looking to acquire ground for a new cemetery elsewhere in the area.
On November 9, 1840, the Council of the New Jersey State Legislature received a petition from the citizens of Orange for an act to incorporate a Cemetery Company that resulted in the Council of the House of Assembly passing the bill unanimously. According to the Rosedale Cemetery officials, "The Proprietors of the Orange Cemetery" were granted the power "to take and hold in fee, the tract of land situated in the township of Orange, near the residence of Caleb Williams, containing about ten acres, late the property of John Quimby, deceased, for such Cemetery, and such other tract of land which the said Corporation may hereafter add thereto for the purpose aforesaid…."
On November 17, 1840, the Proprietors and others assembled on the grounds dedicate the Cemetery. At the conclusion of the prayer and public address, 59 lots were sold to those who were present.
With the incorporation of the Orange Cemetery, now Rosedale, many families relinquished their lots in the Old Burying Ground and began re-interments in the Orange Cemetery as early as December 1840. The last record of re-interment occurred in 1859. Among those removed to the new cemetery were persons who had passed on as far back as 1804-5, even before the incorporation of Orange as a township, Rosedale officials state.
In 1843, the cemetery began to expand and others from surrounding communities were also being buried there. Because of this, Rosedale officials maintain that proprietors felt the name "Orange Cemetery" was no longer appropriate. "Rosedale Cemetery" name was adopted on March 8, 1844 by legislative enactment.
In December 1869, Rosedale then expanded into West Orange and Montclair, adding the new entrance onto Orange Road, which is now Rosedale's only entrance.
Marshall added, "The cemetery is actually in three towns. Orange, West Orange and Montclair." Adding that the trees and park-like surroundings within the cemetery "gives it character."
Rosedale later decided to relocate the office from the former, small white structure on Washington Street in Orange, to a new building near the Montclair entrance on Orange Road. The office building includes a full size chapel, state of the art crematorium and new modern columbariums, with Rosedale setting a precedent as becoming the first crematory in the area.
Rosedale Cemetery officials state that they will continue to work to maintain the same level of beauty the original Founders envisioned back in 1840.
Robert Gist, General Manager of the property, said, "Part of our plan is keeping Rosedale what it was when it first opened." He added that the board of directors for Rosedale are considering the addition of mausoleums in the near future.

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Why does Git have tags? (instead of just branches)
They seem to be second-class citizens, or at least "different." They aren't pushed unless you specify that explicitly. Deletions of remote tags doesn't cause deletion in downstream repos.
This last point was a problem recently, as someone pushed a bunch of garbage tags with tons of commits from another repo. We could delete them upstream and gc the commits, but that wouldn't propogate, and the next time someone pushed a tag with
git push --tags, they'd repush those garbage tags and commits. So we had to make sure everyone deleted them.
When and why would I use a tag instead of a branch?

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As a follow-up to a post about sugar, here's a quick reference guide about veganism and sugar…
Why is some sugar not vegan?
Some sugar is refined through a process that uses dead animal parts: bones (bone char). The dead animal parts aren't in the final sugar product, but using dead animals to make something makes that something nonvegan.
Why do some vegans eat sugar?
Many vegans try to avoid nonvegan sugar, but they will use vegan sugar.
Other vegans don't worry about sugar at all. They simply avoid eating the obvious animal products like meat, cow's milk, and eggs.
What is vegan sugar?
Vegan sugar is sugar that has not been made through the use of animal products.
Labels that indicate sugar is vegan:
- unrefined cane sugar
- evaporated cane juice
- beet sugar
- raw sugar
Why do some vegans avoid sugar?
Some vegans will omit sugar entirely because it's easier than reading labels.
Other vegans avoid sugar because a diet without sugar is healthier.
- agave nectar
- maple syrup
- rice syrup
- fruit juice

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It may not have felt like it but winter in the ACT was warmer than average, and the driest since 1982, according to the Bureau of Meteorology.
The lack of rain contributed to cold, frosty mornings, with a couple of fronts also bringing snow to higher parts of the ACT, notably on the weekend of 13 and 14 July when there were snow flurries in elevated suburbs and on 10 and 11 August when snow settled in many areas.
There were 45 nights below 0°C, which was close to the long-term average.
Mean minimum temperatures were generally below the winter average, particularly in June and August but the days were generally warmer, with mean maximum temperatures about a degree above average, with 65 days (out of 92) with above-average maximums.
The mean daily minimum temperature for Canberra Airport was 0.2 °C, which is 0.3 °C below the long-term average, while the mean daily maximum temperature was 14.0 °C, 1.6 °C above the long-term average. For Tuggeranong, its 13.8°C mean daily maximum temperature equalled its highest on record from 2011.
The warmest day was 18.9 °C at the Airport on 18 August, and the coolest day was on 14 July when the temperature only reached 8.6 °C.
The warmest morning was on 22 August when the temperature did not drop below 9.0 °C, but the coldest morning was the next day with a 14 degree turnaround when it fell to -5.2 °C.
It was a parched winter for the ACT, as drought tightened its grip on many parts of Australia. It rained on just 28 days, four below the winter average, and total rainfall for Canberra Airport was only 40.8 mm, less than one-third of the long-term average.
For some sites with short records, such as Torrens (46.6mm) and Tuggeranong (43.4mm) this was the driest winter on record, beating last year's records of 60.6mm and 54.6mm respectively.
For Aranda (50.8 mm) and Bruce (50.2 mm) one has to go back to 1982 to find a drier year with 38.4mm and 34mm respectively.
Mt Ginini in the all-important catchment area recorded 156.4mm, just 59 per cent of the winter average of 265.6mm.
Senior Climatologist Blair Trewin said the longest dry spell was 11 days, which was not particularly noteworthy, but the rainfall total for winter (40.8mm) was the third lowest on record and the lowest since 1982.
He said daytime maximum temperatures in winter were definitely warming, by 1.0 to 1.5 degrees since 1960.
"Minimum temperatures in the broader region have warmed by about a degree since 1960, but at Canberra Airport itself this is disguised by the fact that the site moved to a colder location, away from a car park it used to be close to, in 2010," he said.
Winter rainfall had also declined, as it had over much of south-east Australia, but with a lot of year-to-year variation.
Mr Trewin said the Indian Ocean off WA was cooler than average at the moment resulting in less moisture moving across the continent.
"We've actually had that set-up for the last couple of winters," he said. "The drying trend is driven by the fact that the fronts are tending to be further south than they once were."
There was also a marked warming in the atmosphere over the Antarctic, which is increasing the chances of hot and dry conditions in the ACT, NSW and Queensland.
Mr Trewin said the longer term trend was for a higher proportion of rainfall happening in summer instead of winter, increasing the likelihood of frosts in ACT winters despite warmer days overall.
He said that the drying trend had see the frequency of frosts level out or even increase over the last 20 or 30 years.


The AxesOff Command
Command Summary
Disables the X- and Y- axes on the graph screen.
Command Syntax
Menu Location
 1. 2nd FORMAT to access the format menu.
 2. Use arrows and ENTER to select AxesOff.
Calculator Compatibility
Token Size
2 bytes
The AxesOff command disables the X and Y axes on the graph screen, so that they aren't drawn. They can be enabled again with the AxesOn command.
(the y=x line that is drawn when both Seq and Web modes are enabled is also controlled by this command)
Generally, the AxesOff command should be used at the beginning of the program to disable the axes if the program is going to use the graph screen, since the axes get in the way. However, you should consider using StoreGDB and RecallGDB to save this setting if that's the case.
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How Do You Use Tea Tree Oil To Kill Mites?
Does tree oil kill mites?
Natural Remedies for Scabies The principal antimicrobial in a wide range of pharmaceuticals sold in Australia, with the main active component being oxygenated terpenoids, tea tree oil is highly effective in vitro, demonstrating rapid killing times of the mites as compared to permethrin and ivermectin..
Will Lysol spray kill scabies?
Lysol is a powerful disinfectant and will kill scabies on surfaces. Ultimately permethrin spray is my top recommendation for cleaning surfaces. But I recommend Lysol as well.
What can kill mites?
Steam cleaning or washing items in hot water is a sure-fire way to kill and eliminate mites of all types. Use a steam cleaner to heat treat your carpeting, furniture and bedding. Wash the bed spreads and your clothing and other such fabrics in hot water and dry clean them at a high temperature.
What can be mistaken for scabies?
The differential diagnosis may include:Atopic dermatitis / Eczema.Contact dermatitis.Drug reaction.Impetigo.Pitaryiasis Rosea.Seborrheic dermatitis.Pediculosis.Urticaria/ Papular urticaria.
How do you use tea tree oil to kill Demodex mites?
At high concentrations, tea tree oil is a potent killer of Demodex mites. The problem is that solutions of 100% tea oil, or other high concentrations, are very irritating to the eye. So one approach is to thoroughly wipe the eyelashes and eyebrows with a diluted solution of tea tree oil, from 5% to 50%.
Does peroxide kill mites?
Borax and Peroxide Treatment Using a mixture of borax and hydrogen peroxide is a home remedy for treating mange in animals that is followed worldwide. However, mites that burrow deep into the skin are not cleansed with a simple borax treatment.
Does coconut oil kill mites?
Can hot water kill scabies on skin?
How long does it take for scabies bumps to go away?
This is to make sure the infection has fully gone away. Medicines work quickly to kill the mites, but the itchy rash may last for several weeks after treatment. Marks on the skin from scabies usually go away in 1 to 2 weeks, but sometimes take a few months to go away.
How long does it take tea tree oil to kill mites?
One study tested tea tree oil and found that, at varying concentrations, it can kill head lice within an hour and eggs within five days. While lice are different from scabies mites, the results suggest that tea tree oil may be an effective treatment for other parasitic infections, including scabies.
What essential oils kill mites?
Results. Using contact bioassays, 1% clove and palmarosa oil killed all the mites within 20 and 50min, respectively. The oils efficacy order was: clove > palmarosa > geranium > tea tree > lavender > manuka > bitter orange > eucalyptus > Japanese cedar.
Can white vinegar kill mites?
Mix equal amounts of white vinegar and water thoroughly in a bowl. Use a cotton ball to apply the solution on the affected skin and leave it on for a few minutes. … White vinegar has an acidic nature which helps to change the pH levels of skin and the changes in pH levels cause mites to die.
How do you get rid of demodex?
Can peppermint oil kill mites?
Peppermint oil killed Demodex mites less effectively compared to salvia oil. This shows that the efficacy of essential oils from different plant species is not equal. Salvia essential oil shows promising effects and requires further investigations to prove its usefulness in demodicosis treatment.
What kills mites naturally?
Does tea tree oil kill mold mites?
Tea Tree Oil. This oil is amazing! … Tea tree oil is a volatile compound, which means it even kills bacteria just when sprayed in the air! You'll want to use it all over your kitchen! I created my Bye-Bye Mites & Mold spray and I now spray it on my soft furnishing to keep dust mites away.
Does rubbing alcohol kill scabies on skin?
What can I spray on my mattress to kill scabies?
Tea tree oil is an effective topical treatment for scabies since it relieves itching and heals the rash on the skin, but it doesn't work as well on the eggs deeper in the skin. You can also add a few drops of tea tree oil to a squirt bottle, and spray it on your bedding.
Can you get scabies from someone sitting on your couch?
Because the scabies mite can live outside a human body for up to 72 hours, a person also can pick up the mite from infested bed linens, towels, clothing, furniture, and even carpeting. That's why scabies treatment includes thoroughly laundering linens and clothing in hot water, plus vacuuming rugs and furniture.


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If you have ever performed generator relay testing, you know that there are many different elements with different operating characteristics. This can be a hard code to crack, even for experienced relay testers. But once you've learned how to solve the puzzle, you can confidently test any generator relay.
Understanding how a generator relay operates in the real world is the key to easy and effective generator relay testing. Testing elements inside a generator relay becomes much easier when you apply realistic conditions with your test-set.
The Relay Testing Handbook: Principles and Practice:
This book explains the most important fundamentals and shows you how to apply them when testing any generator relay with any test-set, with sections like:
Once you understand generator and relay testing theory, this book will show you universal, step-by-step test procedures for these elements using modern, dynamic testing techniques:
Whether you're just getting started with generator relay testing or have been frustrated by puzzling through the different elements and operating characteristics, this book will help you take your relay testing skills to the next level.
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It's possible to type in the Tifinagh alphabet without installing any additional software. This alphabet is used for several languages, and the layout is the same for all of them.
This virtual keyboard layout emulates a layout developed by the Moroccan Royal Institute of the Amazigh Culture (IRCAM, ⴰⵙⵉⵏⴰⴳ ⴰⴳⴻⵍⴷⴰⵏ ⵏ ⵜⵓⵙⵙⵏⴰ ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ).
To make this layout work, follow these instructions:
- Click the search box at the top of the page.
- Click the little keyboard icon that appears near the search box.
- If the little keyboard icon doesn't appear, do the following: Click the gear icon near the "Languages" list in the sidebar, click "Input", click "Enable input tools", and click "Apply settings".
- If the name of your language appears at the top of the list, select "Tifinagh".
- If the name of your language doesn't appear at the top of the list, do the following:
- Click "..." at the bottom of the list. A panel will appear.
- Find your language in the panel and click it. The currently supported languages for this keyboard are (if you want to add a language, please contact the developers):
- Tamaziɣt / ⵜⴰⵎⴰⵣⵉⵖⵜ (Central Atlas Tamazight, tzm)
- Taqbaylit / ⵜⴰⵇⴱⴰⵢⵍⵉⵜ (Kabyle, kab)
- Tarifit / ⵜⴰⵔⵉⴼⵉⵜ (Rifian, rif)
- Taclḥiyt / ⵜⴰⵛⵍⵃⵉⵢⵜ (Shilha, shi)
- Click the little keyboard icon again, and select "Tifinagh".
To disable this special keyboard and go back to type usually, click the little keyboard icon and then click "Use native keyboard", or press Ctrl-M. To re-enable the keyboard, press Ctrl-M, or repeat the steps above.
The full list of keys and characters:
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LCDProc
XBMC LCDProc add-on
LCD.xml
The LCD.xml file is used for customizing the output to an LCD (or VFD) display. The current default LCD.xml file may be found here (LCD.xml.defaults). If you save this file as LCD.xml to the userdata folder you can make changes, as described on this page.
Time was LCD displays where supported from the Kodi core and it used this file as part of that configuration. Now this functionality has been dropped from the core in preference of Add-on:XBMC LCDproc. It is now this add-on that makes use off the file instead. Ensure that you install and configure Add-on:XBMC LCDproc as part of your LCD or VFD setup.
The file contains several sections representing each functions:
 - 'navigation' (Used for Navigation in menus)
 - 'music' (Used when listening to music)
 - 'video' (Used when watching videos)
 - 'tvshow' (Used when watching videos classified as TV shows - Please note this is new and is not yet in the default file)
 - 'general' (General Display, when no activity)
Each section describes how the LCD Display will look, when listening to Music, watching Videos, navigating through the menus, after launching a Game or Application and for general display.
Each section can contain several 'line' objects representing each line on the LCD Display. If there are more line objects that can fit on the LCD the additional lines will not show on the display.
In addition to the layout information, we also have some settings for the LCD in LCD.xml. In particular, <disableonplay> is used to turn the LCD off during playback of video, music or both. Specify <disableonplay>video,music</disableonplay> to turn them both off, or just video or music if only one type of media should result in the LCD being disabled.
<syntaxhighlight lang="xml" enclose="div">
<Music>
 <line>$INFO[[LCD.PlayIcon]] $INFO[[Player.Time]]/$INFO[[Player.Duration]]</line>
 <line>$INFO[[MusicPlayer.Title]]</line>
 <line>$INFO[[MusicPlayer.Artist]]</line>
 <line>$INFO[[MusicPlayer.Album]] ($INFO[[MusicPlayer.Year]])</line>
</Music>
</syntaxhighlight>
The Output on the LCD Display for the above example will look like this:
> 00:42/3:20
Gold Digger
Kanye West feat. Jamie Foxx
Late Registration (2005)
Each line can contain any text and any Infolabels used for skinning. If the output line on the LCD Display contains more than 20 characters (for a standard 4×20 LCD Display) then the complete line gets automatically scrolled through the Display. There is more information on how Kodi parses the <line> tags here.
; Variable $INFOInfoLabel : See InfoLabels for a complete list of InfoLabels which you can use for LCD Output.
; Variable $LOCALIZEID : You can also use the variable $LOCALIZEID which does a lookup in the language file strings.po for the ID and displays the corresponding text on the LCD Display.
In addition to the normal InfoLabels, you can use special LCD InfoLabels, which are displaying only the corresponding values without additional text. This is very helpful to display more information in one line at the same time and to avoid scrolling of the specified line.
LCD Infolabel Function
LCD.PlayIcon Displays the Play / Stop / Pause / FF / REW Icon
LCD.ProgressBar Displays a progress bar of the currently played item
LCD.CPUTemperature Displays only the value for CPU Temperature with no additional text
LCD.GPUTemperature Displays only the value for GPU Temperature with no additional text
LCD.HDDTemperature Displays only the value for HDD Temperature with no additional text
LCD.FanSpeed Displays only the value for Fan Speed with no additional text
LCD.Date Displays only the current Date with no additional text
LCD.FreeSpace(Drive) Displays only the value for remaining free space on the Drive (C, E, F, G) with no additional text
LCD.Time21
LCD.Time22 Displays the time in 2×1 sized characters
LCD.TimeWide21
LCD.TimeWide22 Displays the time in 2×2 sized characters
LCD.Time41
LCD.Time42
LCD.Time43
LCD.Time44 Displays the time in 4×3 sized characters
Note: The LCD.Time InfoLabels are currently only in effect when Kodi is in screensaver mode. This is also the case if the visualization is started by the screensaver. In all other cases, the play and progress icons will be rendered, which give unexpected results.
When there is no value available in Kodi for a specific Infolabel when playing back music/videos/etc.., then the line on the LCD Display would be empty.
 In this case the next line will be displayed instead of the previous line. This avoids displaying empty lines on the LCD Display.
The LCD.xml file is used for customizing the output of the LCD Display, see:
The "XBMC LCDproc" addon as is now part of the official kodi.tv Addon repository and is installable and receives updates if installed.
LCDproc addon is GPLv2 licensed and implemented in Python. The addon handles communication to LCDd more cleanly (reacts properly on any responses and only sends update when really needed, without spamming the socket) and improves on many other things (e.g. no more character translation table for any display type required, special chars handled via native LCDproc widgets etc.). While the addon runs very stable at least for me and can fully replace the code currently present in Kodi's core, it definitely requires testing by more users (different platforms, different displays, different LCD.xml configurations and so on). So I'd like to kindly ask anyone using a LCD or VFD driven by LCDproc to test this Smile


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Want to know where your fellow zombie survivalists are?
Oxford Internet Institute researchers Mark Graham (of Floating Sheep's fame), Taylor Shelton, Matthew Zook, and Monica Stephens mapped the world's zombie "outbreaks":
- Using a keyword search for "zombies," the following map visualizes the absolute concentrations of references within the Google Maps database. The map reveals two important spatial patterns. First, much of the world lacks any content mentioning "zombies" whatsoever. Second, and related, the highest concentration of zombies in the Geoweb are located in the Anglophone world, especially in large cities. The results either provide a rough proxy for the amount of English-language content indexed over our planet, or offer an early warning into the geographies of the impending zombie apocalypse.


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What You Get
This is an advanced class in the application of acrylic 3D nail art focusing on creating human features broken down into easy to learn step by step instructions.
Students will get to learn different facial features and techniques that are relevant and fast to create a human face on a small canvas and this skill can be elevated into creating future works with fantasy nail art in competition artworks.
Mastering 3D Acrylic Nail Art Series comes in 4 classes which can be taken individually as required :
Class 1 – Foundation of Flowers
Class 2 – Cute Characters
Class 3 – Animal Kingdom
Class 4 – Human Features
Design 1 – Learn how to draw outline and create the structure of the face from frontal view and positioning of the facial features and how to create fringe and short hair
Design 2 – Learn how to visualize the face on the nail tip and creating the structure of a pouting child face
Design 3 – Learn how to sculpt a female face with eyes closed and how to create wavy long hair
1) Ability to work and control the product well in your application
2) Able to work with colors well and ability to use acrylic colored powders to do shading and contouring and detailing
3) Able to compose a balanced facial feature
How to Earn a Certificate
Hey there ! I'm Catherine Wong, a Singapore based educator and online course developer with a passion for nail art technology and entrepreneurship.
I am super excited to share with you my 18 years of experience and knowledge in education for the nail industry. I have worked with global brands as master educator for Ezflow, NfuOh, Akzentz and Odyssey Nail Systems. I have collaborated with Australian Champion Viv Simmonds to teach internationally under VivCat Design. I trained with industry's icons Tom Holcomb, Danny Haile, Alisha Rimando, Tom Bachik, Trang Nguyen, Enfu Oh, Lilija Michalikova and count many nail champions amongst my peers.
Through my journey as an entrepreneur, award winning competitor, international competition judge, professional nail educator, product and course developer and a published nail artist, I am confident that my skills and experience can empower you to achieve results. I look forward to seeing you in my class.
How It Works
- Once you've enrolled, find your class in your class library
- Watch on any device, any time, for a period of 1 year
- Recreate and post your work in your Facebook Beauty Tutor Educator Group


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What is the purpose of the report?
As with all members of society, our life experiences can affect our mental health, and the armed forces community is no exception to this. British military personnel face unique occupational risks and some require specific mental health services tailored to their needs.
Armed forces charities play an important role in providing mental health support to the armed forces community. Yet, prior to DSC's research, little data had been gathered on these charities. This report provides the first comprehensive overview of the subsector of armed forces charities providing mental health support.
As part of the Focus On series, this report provides more specific analysis of the work of armed forces charities across the UK – in this case, armed forces charities providing mental health support.
In this report, we examine provision made across three areas of mental health: post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), depression and anxiety, and substance misuse. It is acknowledged that other mental health issues exist; however, the above topics were chosen according to the prevalence of charities reporting on supporting these common areas.
The report aims to provide the reader with:
- Exploration of mental health support offered by charities
- Insights into the beneficiary population
- Assessment of expenditure on mental health provision
- Collaboration, evaluation and standards of practice
In addition, the report includes several case studies to demonstrate the work undertaken to provide mental health support.
This is a unique resource for charities, practitioners, government, policymakers and researchers to understand what armed forces charities do to support members of the armed forces community with mental health.
- This research identified 76 armed forces charities in the UK which clearly provide mental health.
- The most common provision is for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) with over three-quarters (75%) of charities providing such support.
- Counselling services were the most commonly provided service.
- Less than one-fifth (18.4%) of charities provide a clinical service (services administered by a registered healthcare professional).
- Armed forces charities providing mental health support currently serve in the region of 7,000-10,000 beneficiaries per year.
- Relatively few charities which deliver mental health services themselves report implementing or working towards common guidelines or standards.
Ray Lock CBE, Chief Executive Forces in Mind Trust: 'It is only right that we invest in credible, independent evidence, such as this report, so that our efforts and resources are deployed where they are most needed, and where they can have the greatest positive effect.'
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PLD Space Plans to Build a Satellites Plant with European Space Agency's Support5th Feb 2021
PLD Space, a Spanish aerospace company, plans to create a satellites manufacturing plant with the support of the European Space Agency. The project will require an investment of €74 million and should provide additional opportunities for the European space sector development. The plant will be located in Elche, Spain and will produce telecommunication satellites.
PLD Space & European Space Agency Plans for Satellites Plant
PLD Space and European Space Agency are planning to manufacture satellites that would be targeted at companies, aerospace operators, or state agencies looking to put them into orbit. The optical communication technology is an innovative system with which the company seeks to improve the data transmission capacity from small satellites to terrestrial users. In fact, the company closed a round of financing from Venture Capital last November. They received €2 million for the development of small satellite platforms with optical communication links.
Further on, PLD Space will be in charge of launching these satellites into space with the company's own rocket. The rest of the companies working on this project will act as technology and component parts suppliers, ensuring fine-tuned production chain. DAS Photonics takes care of optoelectronics materials, searching for a way to augment electronics and improve their speed and performance; Comet Engineering is responsible for the mechanical parts and antennas, Ienai Space – for propulsion systems, Fentiss – for onboard software, and AISTech Space is interested in implementing constellations to provide communication services.
Another reason why PLD Space and ESA are interested in building this plant is for the economy. The development of the project, which would take three years, will create more than 50 jobs in the process. The construction should start at some point in 2022. The warehouse should be built in the first two years, and the third year is about implementing the production chain. Once completed, the idea is to create at least one satellite per week, so PLD Space and European Space Agency should be able to manufacture about 50 devices per year.
José Antonio Carrasco, CEO of Emxys, a company that has requested funds for the satellites plant, explains that right now, optoelectronic technology and electronics are the future of satellite production, as this technology allows an improved data transmission rate at a much lower cost. Emxys, which is part of PLD Space, have already requested €19 million of the total €74 million investment and hopes ESA will assist with the satellites manufacture grant.


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Pronunciation: fræn-jê-bêl • Hear it!
Part of Speech: Adjective
Meaning: Breakable, capable of being broken.
Notes: Frangible objects are breakable though not necessarily fragile, which implies delicacy and fineness. The difference between breakable and frangible is one of context: ordinary things tend to be breakable (breakable toys) while museum pieces tend to be frangible. The noun for this word is frangibility. Anything that is unbreakable is infrangible.
In Play: It always helps in avoiding chores to impress your parents with your vocabulary. Try this sometime: "Dad, I said I'd clean the garage if I had time Saturday; I didn't sign an infrangible contract." I would have happily cleaned the garage in exchange for knowing that my teenage son had mastered infrangible. However, today's Good Word is not just for joking; it can be used sternly, too: "Lionel, be careful; that vase is sturdy but still quite frangible."
Word History: Today's Good Word first appeared in 1391, a borrowing from Latin frangibilis "breakable" from frangere "to break". The root of this word is a piece of PIE: bhre(n)g- "break" with our old friend, the Fickle N, which comes and goes as it pleases. It doesn't show up in English break or Lithuanian brasketi "crash, crack". Fickle N came and went in Latin, for the past participle of frangere is fractus, the origin of English fraction. (Initial PIE [bh] became [f] in Latin; compare English burn with Latin borrowing furnace.) Sassafras, a plant whose root provides the flavor of root beer, comes from the same root (word root, that is). Sassafras is a reduction of Latin saxifragus "rock-breaking", a name it earned from its ability to grow in the cracks of rocks. (Rather than break our tradition of recognizing those who suggest our Good Words, let's thank Chris Berry for sending in this one.)


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This article describes a dataset of synthetic images representing biological scenery as captured by a Fourier Lightfield Microscope (FLMic). It includes 22,416 images related to eight scenes composed of 3D models of objects typical for biological samples, such as red blood cells and bacteria, and categorized into Cells and Filaments groups. For each scene, two types of image data structures are provided: 51 × 51 Elemental Images (EIs) representing Densely Sampled Light Fields (DSLF) and 201 images composing Z-Scans of the scenes. Auxiliary data also includes information about camera intrinsic and extrinsic calibration parameters, object descriptions, and MATLAB scripts for camera pose compensation. The images have been generated using Blender. The dataset can be used to develop and assess methods for volumetric reconstruction from Light Field (LF) images captured by a FLMic.
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How to Care for Cantera Stone Fountains
The word "cantera" refers to a form of volcanic stone quarried throughout Central America and Mexico. Cantera is widely regarded for its texture, color and durability. Those attributes and its relative softness make it ideal for carving, shaping and adding aesthetic appeal to home and garden accoutrements, such as decorative tile, fireplaces and fountains. Although the elements of your environment, such as hard water and organic debris, may make caring for a cantera fountain a perpetual endeavor, the methods required for its care are simple.
Check the cantera fountain every day for debris, and remove the debris with a handheld skimmer. You can reserve organic matter, such as brown leaves, and add them to your compost.
Drain your fountain monthly by first turning it off and unplugging it. Open the fountain's drain valve, collect the draining water in a bucket and discard that water. Spray the fountain basin with a water hose while the drain valve is open to remove loose debris, allowing the water to collect in the bucket for disposal.
Turn off and unplug the fountain's water pump. Remove the pump, and open its air pressure valve to release air in the lines. Connect the water hose to the pump's air-flow valve port, and set the filter to "Backwash." Turn on the water running to the hose so that it runs at the highest level, turn on the filter and allow it to run four to five minutes. Turn the water off, remove the hose, close the air pressure valve and turn off the filter. Set the filter from "Backwash" to "Filter."
Mix together 1 tablespoon of mild dish detergent with 1 quart of tepid water in a clean bucket. Lather the basin with that detergent-water mixture using a soft-bristled nylon brush, making sure the lather enters the cantera stone's crevices and pores. Use a circular motion to scrub the fountain's basin and exterior with the nylon brush. Rinse the basin and exterior with cool water from the water hose.
Mix 3 cups of tepid water and 1 cup of distilled vinegar in a plastic food-storage container to create an algae inhibitor. Saturate a sponge in the solution, and apply it to the basin's interior. Allow the solution to dry in the basin.
Saturate paper towels with commercial limescale remover or undiluted distilled vinegar, and use the paper towels to apply the limescale remover or vinegar to water deposits in the basin. Allow them to sit on the deposits for five minutes, and then wipe the deposits with a moist sponge. Fill the fountain to its fill line, and put the water pump back in place.
Drain the water, dry the fountain and cover it with a vinyl cover prior to periods of frost.


Vampires versus Mathematicians
I just compared two searches on Google Trends:
 - How to become a vampire is in blue.
 - How to become a mathematician is in red.
Vampires versus Mathematicians
 1. swiety:
 Nice compared ;D
 2. alvarezp:
 Priceless! It really gives us a clue on the sad reality of what interests most people: what is real versus what's not. Or am I exaggerating? Maybe it just tells us that it is easier to dream than to study.
 3. majorana:
 alvarezp, it's not a sad reality. Only very few people are mentally wired to like math, or find it exciting. For the vast majority of the population, math is difficult and boring, and no amount of persuasion will ever make math easy or interesting for them. Besides, it's not fair to compare being a mathematician to being an immortal, almost indestructible, and exceedingly powerful uber-human.
 4. Karthik:
 Yes, but Ulam, Erdos, Hardy, and Ramanujan will be remembered for a long, long time. The chick who wrote Twilight? Not so much.
 But I think it is also important to distinguish between the ability to be good at math versus liking math. I just love math in every form, but I am not very good at it. I chose a rather applied route – engineering and computer science. It was entirely career driven, and looking back, if I had chosen what I was passionate about, I'd perhaps be a mathematician (but probably not a very good one). I embarked down a PhD in quantum computing before I realized if I ever did a PhD, it would be in math. I did not want to waste a decade doing something that I wasn't passionate about (albeit, enjoyable nevertheless).
 I think there are more people (like me) who enjoy math than is believed, but not being great at it puts them off. Perhaps not intentionally, but rather as a resignation of their math-less careers.
 5. Hari Parameswaran:
 While it's an interesting chart, it's probably not a fair comparison. Let's just consider teenagers – the few of them who want to become mathematician don't really need to search the web on how to become one. They are already interested in the subject, and have read books, and talked to teachers on how to go about it.
 On the other hand, the ones who are entranced by idiotic notions unfortunately have no other avenue of search except google (not very many books out there on the subject, nor are teachers likely to entertain such questions).
 So using google as a tool for comparison is biasing it towards the latter.
 6. Tanya Khovanova:
 I agree with you. I am glad that you noticed that.
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text: This paper is organized as follows. Section 1 explains the rational for splitting the upstream scheduling between the core and the RPD with a remote RPD US scheduler. Section 2 defines the DOCSIS upstream service model and the remote upstream scheduler service categories. Section 3 examines the split upstream scheduling impact on R-UEPI, and Section 4 examines the impact on R-DEPI. Section 5 discusses the remote US scheduler APIs using the data modeling approach. Section 6 explains how scheduling locality optimization may be applied to improve latency and efficiency for a R-PHY system as a whole. Finally, the paper will be concluded by summarizing the study highlights.


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Use this guide to replace an aging battery. If your battery is swollen, take appropriate precautions.
 1. Remove the following ten screws securing the lower case to the upper case:
 - Remove the following ten screws securing the lower case to the upper case:
 - Seven 3 mm Phillips screws.
 - Three 13.5 mm Phillips screws.
 2. Using both hands, lift the lower case near the vent to pop it off two clips securing it to the upper case. Remove the lower case and set it aside.
 - Using both hands, lift the lower case near the vent to pop it off two clips securing it to the upper case.
 - Remove the lower case and set it aside.
 - Remove the two 5-Point Pentalobe screws along the top edge of the battery.
 - You do not necessarily have to follow steps 3-6 to remove the battery in order to replace the hard drive. However it is recommended to remove all power sources from electronics before working on them.
 3. Use the tip of a spudger to bend back the finger of the "Warning: Do not remove the battery" sticker while you remove third five-point Pentalobe screw hidden underneath.
 - Use the tip of a spudger to bend back the finger of the "Warning: Do not remove the battery" sticker while you remove third five-point Pentalobe screw hidden underneath.
 4. Lift the battery by its plastic pull tab and slide it away from the long edge of the upper case. Do not try to completely remove the battery just yet.
 - Lift the battery by its plastic pull tab and slide it away from the long edge of the upper case.
 - Do not try to completely remove the battery just yet.
 5. Tilt the battery back enough to access the battery cable connector.
 - Tilt the battery back enough to access the battery cable connector.
 - Pull the battery cable connector away from its socket on the logic board and remove the battery from the upper case.
 - If you're installing a new battery, you should calibrate it after installation.
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To reassemble your device, follow these instructions in reverse order.
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Just installed a new battery from Anker. This tutorial was very helpful to me. iFixit was out of stock on the battery I needed, or I would have ordered from you.
Anker did include the special 5 prong tiny screwdriver needed.
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I bought and installed the ifixit.com battery for my Mid 2009 15 inch MacBook Pro and it was easy and is working great. Much better than the dying battery it had. It was very easy. I did purchase the required tools which made it simple. Thanks.
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Ordered the battery from iFixit, forgot to order the Pentalobe screwdriver. Nevermind, if you only do that stuff once (as I expect after 6 years with one battery) - don't spend the money on special equipment that cannot be used for anything else :)
Opening the macbook is easy (I have done that before to exchange the superdrive with a larger harddisk and the original HD with an SSD drive, and a couple of times to clean the fans), but the 3 screws on the battery are a pain.
What did the job for me: an old mini-flathead-screwdriver (approx. 2mm? - just slightly larger than the pentalobe) and a file. As none of my other screwdrivers would work with the ....pentalobes, i filed down the flathead (-)screwdriver so that it could get hold in 2 of the lobes - which did let me open and close these screws without a problem. My screws were not closed very tight though - if they are there is probably no way around the right tool.
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Hello , I just replaced the battery on my macbook pro 15 inch 2009. Original battery was dead, would not even start without being plugged in.
I replaced the battery myself with one from amazon. Lizone is the brand. Laptop powers on now without being plugged in but after I enter my password it turns off, right after the login screen. Doesnt matter if its plugged in or not. I can access the login screen and thats it. When I removed the battery the laptop starts normal and I can get past the login screen and into el capitan.
I reseted SMC and PRAM multiple times. Is it a faulty battery ? What can I try?
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Just finished using this guide to replace my mid 2009 MacBook Pro battery. Used a NUPOWER battery from OWC. Change went smoothly and I'll come back in a few days to update how it's working
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High Performance Leadership of the Elephant
High Performance Leadership of the matriarch is all-important. High Performance Leadership means that the matriarch, the oldest and most experienced elephant, indicates direction, 'coaches' the herd towards a new goal, monitors the solidarity of the herd and leads strongly by example.
What are the characteristics of this High Performance Leadership behavior?
The matriarch always acts in the interest of the group, is in the lead to protect the herd, is result-oriented, decisive and establishes a clear framework. For instance, the matriarch indicates when and where the herd will stop to drink or sleep, and when they will continue walking. This is HPO (High Performance Organization) behavior that serves to protect the next generation.
In short: A successful High Performance leader builds relationships of trust by combining honest and coaching leadership with strong role-model behavior, fast decision-making (also regarding non-performers) and result orientation, all of which is based on a long-term vision.
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The automation is a central process in i-score.
It is a curve that represents the variation of the value of an address in time, bounded between a minimum and a maximum, with an optional unit.
It also allows tweening : instead of starting from a fixed point, it will query the current value of its address and adapt its first segment to start smoothly from this point.
This is useful for transitions and will be explained in detail afterwards.
Automations can have multiple break-points.
Between each break-point, in green, there are curve segments, in red.
New break-points can be added by pressing ⌘ (Mac) / Ctrl (Lin/Win) and clicking on the curve :
By default, the curvature of a segment can be modified by clicking on it, pressing Shift and moving the mouse vertically :
For now, this is only possible for the « Power » curve segment type ; this is the default type of a segment.
Other curve segments are available, including the common easing functions :
One can remove points of the automation :
Finally, there are multiple edition modes :
- The default mode locks the moved point between its two closest points.
- Another mode (« unlocked ») allows overwriting them :
- It is also possible to just move the point without overwriting the adjacent points :
When clicking on the parent constraint of an automation (in the previous examples drop0lead33),
its inspector should become visible :
The fields are as follows :
- Address : the address on which the automation will send messages.
Nodes of the device explorer can be dragged here.
It can be of the form :
- aDevice:/anAddress : simple address
- aDevice:/anAddress : if the address is an array, will access the *second* value of the array (e.g. for [27, 12, 5], it will be 12)
- aDevice:/anAddress[angle.radian] : if the address has an unit, will send the value in this unit. The value will be converted back to the address's original unit upon sending.
- aDevice:/anAddress[color.rgb.r] : same as before, but for a specific component of an unit.
- Tween : when checked, the automation will tween from the current value of the address.
The first curve segment will become dashed :
When playing, if the value of the address when the automation is reached is 50, then the first segment will interpolate from 50 to the value of the second point.
- Min / max : the values between which the automation evolves.
The min is the value that will be sent if a point is at the bottom in the curve.
The max is the value that will be sent if a point is at the top in the curve.
The automation tries to send values that are graphically as close as possible as the shown curve.
For the case where the address has no unit :
- If the address is integer or floating point, the behavior is as expected.
- If the address is a fixed-width array, then :
- If there is no array accessor (such as an:/address), all the values of the array are set to the value of the automation ([1, 1], [2, 2], [3, 3], etc.).
- If there is an array accessor, only the accessed value will be set : [1, 1], [1, 2], [1, 3], etc…
For the case where the address has an unit, the value will be converted to the correct unit afterwards.
An interesting case is the cascading of units.
For instance, given this case :
First, the current value of aDevice:/light will be fetched, converted to the hue-saturation-value color space and its value will be set according to the first curve.
Then, in the red-green-blue color-space, the red component will be increased.
The result will be applied.
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Tissue functionality is determined by the characteristics of tissue-resident cells and their interactions within their microenvironment. Imaging Mass Cytometry offers the opportunity to distinguish cell types with high precision and link them to their spatial location in intact tissues at sub-cellular resolution. This technology produces large amounts of spatially-resolved high-dimensional data, which constitutes a serious challenge for the data analysis. We present an interactive visual analysis workflow for the end-to-end analysis of Imaging Mass Cytometry data that was developed in close collaboration with domain expert partners. We implemented the presented workflow in an interactive visual analysis tool; ImaCytE. Our workflow is designed to allow the user to discriminate cell types according to their protein expression profiles and analyze their cellular microenvironments, aiding in the formulation or verification of hypotheses on tissue architecture and function. Finally, we show the effectiveness of our workflow and ImaCytE through a case study performed by a collaborating specialist.
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|Journal||IEEE Transactions on Visualization and Computer Graphics|
|Publication status||Published - 1 Jan 2021|
- Visual analytics
- high-dimensional images
- imaging mass cytometry
- spatial omics data


U.S. Department of Transportation
Federal Highway Administration
1200 New Jersey Avenue, SE
Washington, DC 20590
Bridges & Structures
Highway & Rail Transit Tunnel Maintenance & Rehabilitation Manual
2005 Edition
Appendix A: Life-Cycle Cost Methodology
To properly plan for future repairs or scheduled maintenance in a tunnel, it is beneficial to perform a life-cycle cost analysis of the different options involved for each anticipated major repair to ensure the greatest cost efficiency over the life of the tunnel. This process involves evaluating the alternatives over a given duration or economic life to determine specific costs involved for each option and then equating them through a series of mathematical formulas that enable the costs of each option to be compared at a common point in time. The life-cycle costs of a given alternative include all associated costs over the expected life of the option. In general these costs may include:
 - Initial costs - Engineering or design costs, price of equipment, construction costs, etc.
 - Operating/energy costs - Annualized amount to operate (e.g. cost of electricity to run mechanical equipment).
 - Maintenance costs - Annualized costs to maintain equipment or repair minor defects.
 - Rehabilitation costs - Future expense for known procedure at specified time (e.g. certain type of light bulbs may need to be replaced every five years).
 - User costs - Costs associated with impact on the functioning of tunnel (e.g. tunnel may need shut down for repair; therefore, impact to traffic can be shown by applying an annualized cost to each hour tunnel is closed).
 - Salvage value - Sale value of equipment at end of expected life (e.g. mechanical fan or railroad tie may be of some value to others even after it has served its purpose in the tunnel).
There are two main methods for performing a life-cycle cost analysis, namely, the present worth and the annualized methods.
 - 1. Present Worth Method
 As the name implies, this method attempts to bring all of the present and future costs of a given option to present day values. This process should be completed for each major repair/rehabilitation and subsequently the options could be compared. Determining the present worth of a future expense is done by taking into account inflation of the dollar and therefore discounting the amount by a predetermined rate over the period between the future expense and the present time. The present worth of the future expense is also the amount that could be invested today with reinvested interest over the duration to equal the amount of the future expense. An example of a future expense would be the rehabilitation costs mentioned above. The general form of the equation for determining the present worth of a future expense is:
 P = F 1
 ( 1 + i )n
 P = Present worth
 F = Future one-time expense
 n = Number of years
 i = Discount rate
 Future expenses can also be uniform, in that the same expense occurs at the end of each year. An example of this would be the annualized maintenance costs described previously. The general form of the equation for determining the present worth of an end-of-year expense is:
 P = A [ ( 1 + i)n - 1 ]
 [ i ( 1 + i )n ]
 P = Present worth
 A = End-of-year payments
 n = Number of years
 i = Discount rate
 - 2. Annualized Method
 The annualized method is used to transform present and future costs into a uniform annual expense. This annual expense can be compared to the annual expenses of the other repair/rehabilitation alternatives to determine which one is most cost effective. Converting all future expenses into a present value as before and then using the equation below to convert that value into an annual expense will provide a uniform annual cost.
 A = P [ i ( 1 + i )n ]
 [ (1 + i )n - 1 ]
 A = End-of-year payments
 P = Present worth
 n = Number of years
 i = Discount rate
 The above two methods can also be performed without using the actual equations given. Standard economic tables have been developed that give factors that are based on the discount rate and the economic life under consideration. These factors are also unique to the desired result. The procedure for using standard economic tables is as follows:
 - Determine the discount rate (i) and economic life (n) to be used for the analysis. It is important to choose an economic life that is equal for the given alternatives if the present worth method is to be used. Otherwise, the annualized method must be used.
 - Develop a cash flow diagram for each option, which shows all relevant costs described above on a timeline of years in the economic life.
 - Take individual costs, whether uniform or one-time, and insert them in the proper formula given below along with the factor from the appropriate economic table.
 - (P/F,i%,n) - or present worth (P) given future expense (F) at discount rate (i) for number of years (n).
 - (P/A,i%,n) - or present worth (P) given end-of-year payments (A) at discount rate (i) for number of years (n).
 - (A/P,i%,n) - or end-of-year payments (A) given present worth (P) at discount rate (i) for number of years (n).
 Caution must be used in determining the appropriate discount rate. Because of the power of compounded interest, a difference in discount rate can actually change the final outcome of the analysis if the repair/rehabilitation options being considered have different arrangements of uniform and onetime costs. According to Peter Kleskovic who wrote A Discussion of Discount Rates for Economic Analysis of Pavements, a draft report for FHWA:
 "The discount rate can affect the outcome of a life-cycle cost analysis in that certain alternatives may be favored by higher or lower discount rates. High discount rates favor alternatives that stretch out costs over a period of time, since the future costs are discounted in relation to the initial cost. A low discount rate favors high initial cost alternatives since future costs are added in at almost face value. In the case of a discount rate equal to 0, all costs are treated equally regardless of when they occur. Where alternative strategies have similar maintenance, rehabilitation, and operating costs, the discount rate will have a minor effect on the analysis and initial costs will have a larger effect."
 The above procedures will allow the most economical repair/rehabilitation alternative to be identified, but as can be expected, the least costly is not always the best. Therefore further comparison can sometimes be utilized to take into account the "human factors" of the alternatives. In his book entitled Value Engineering: Practical Applications... for Design, Construction, Maintenance & Operations, Alphonse Dell'Isola, P.E., has developed a procedure for weighted evaluation of human factors such as comfort, appearance, performance, and safety along with the economic costs. It is suggested that his procedure or something similar be used if the effects of the human factors are of concern during the economic life of the alternatives.
 - 3. Example
 The following example uses completely arbitrary costs to properly show the benefits of a life-cycle cost analysis.
 Consider a transit tunnel in which the track support system is in need of replacement. Currently the system is ballasted track and can either be replaced with direct fixation slab track or a new, ballasted track system. Costs given to the different options are shown below for every 150 m (500 ft) of track.
 - a) Direct Fixation Slab Track:
 Initial Construction Costs$500,000
 Joint/Crack Sealing (years 10, 20, 30 and 40)$20,000
 Annual Maintenance$1,000
 Estimated Life50 years
 Direct Fixation Slab Track
 - b) Ballasted Track:
 Initial Construction Costs$250,000
 Replacement Ties (years 12 and 24)$200,000
 Annual Maintenance$20,000
 Estimated Life35 years
 Ballasted Track
 - c) Factors from Standard Economic Table (assume 7 percent discount rate)
 - d) Alternate 1 - Direct Fixation Slab Track
 - (1) Present Worth Method
 P =$500,000 + $1,000(P/A,7%,50) + $20,000(P/F,7%,10) + $20,000(P/F,7%,20) + $20,000(P/F,7%,30) + $20,000(P/F,7%,40) - $100,000(P/F,7%,50)
 P =$500,000 + $1,000(13.8007) + $20,000(0.5083) + $20,000(0.2584) + $20,000(0.1314) + $20,000(0.0668) - $100,000(0.0339)
 P =$529,709
 - (2) Annualized Method
 A =$500,000(A/P,7%,50) + $1,000 + $20,000(P/F,7%,10)(A/P,7%,50) + $20,000(P/F,7%,20)(A/P,7%,50) + $20,000(P/F,7%,30)(A/P,7%,50) + $20,000(P/F,7%,40)(A/P,7%,50) - $100,000(P/F,7%,50)(A/P


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a geological formation not formed in the region where found and moved to its present location by tectonic forces.Compare autochthon (def. 3).
QUIZ YOURSELF ON PARENTHESES AND BRACKETS APLENTY!
Set some time apart to test your bracket symbol knowledge, and see if you can keep your parentheses, squares, curlies, and angles all straight!
Question 1 of 7
Let's start with some etymology: What are the origins of the typographical word "bracket"?
First appeared around 1750, and is related to the French word "braguette" for the name of codpiece armor.
First appeared in 1610, based on the French word "baguette" for the long loaf of bread.
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How to find a specific text in DOCX document using C# and .NET
 1. Add SautinSoft.Document from Nuget.
 2. Load a DOCX document.
 3. Find a specific text.
 4. Count all matches.
How to count how many times a specific text 'Tom' appears in the document.
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using System;
using System.IO;
using System.Linq;
using SautinSoft.Document;
namespace Example
{
 class Program
 {
 static void Main(string[] args)
 {
 // Get your free 30-day key here:
 // _URL_
 FindText();
 }
 /// <summary>
 /// Find a specific text in DOCX document.
 /// </summary>
 /// <remarks>
 /// Details: _URL_
 /// </remarks>
 static void FindText()
 {
 string filePath = @"..\..\..\example.docx";
 DocumentCore dc = DocumentCore.Load(filePath);
 string searchText = "document";
 int count = dc.Content.Find(searchText).Count();
 Console.WriteLine("The text: \"" + searchText + "\" - was found " + count.ToString() + " time(s).");
 Console.ReadKey();
 }
 }
}
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Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Linq
Imports SautinSoft.Document
Module Sample
 Sub Main()
 FindText()
 End Sub
 ''' Get your free 30-day key here:
 ''' _URL_
 ''' <summary>
 ''' Find a specific text in DOCX document.
 ''' </summary>
 ''' <remarks>
 ''' Details: _URL_
 ''' </remarks>
 Sub FindText()
 Dim filePath As String = "..\..\..\example.docx"
 Dim dc As DocumentCore = DocumentCore.Load(filePath)
 Dim searchText As String = "document"
 Dim count As Integer = dc.Content.Find(searchText).Count()
 Console.WriteLine("The text: """ & searchText & """ - was found " & count.ToString() & " time(s).")
 Console.ReadKey()
 End Sub
End Module
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Did you know in 2015, Airbnb had close to $1 billion dollars in revenue? Currently, there are over 100 million users actively using Airbnb and making reservations. Over 640,000 are hosts. There are over 2.3 million Listings on Airbnb. On average, there are 500,000 stays every single night, in over 57,000 cities and 191 countries! What that means is millions of transactions happen, resulting in millions of dollars in sales per day worldwide!
Take the course "How to Create an Empire on Airbnb without Owning a Home" to learn the exact strategies and techniques the instructors use to build their empire on Airbnb. You'll learn how to setup a proper listing on Airbnb and optimize the correct settings, the core concepts of Hosting, how to build a team/outsource your work, how to scale up your business … and much more!
How to Create an Empire on Airbnb without Owning a Home Course Content
This course will enable you to:
- Understand the core concepts of creating a Business on Airbnb;
- Learn exact formulas and techniques to increasing profit;
- Create systems for self-sustainability;
- How to turn a property and rent within 48 hours;
- Earn money from your new skills;
- How to effectively build a team/Outsource certain tasks.
The course comprises 65 lectures organized into the following eleven sections:
- Section 1: The Prep Up!
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, AO, DoF etc) but we can probably get away with skipping the Albedo, Emissive parts. However you twist and turn it, you will end up with less memory bandwidth and thus better performance. We can also skip ping-ponging when doing bloom and blurs, because we can use a pixel-local cache to save a horizontal blur result when doing a vertical blur, and vice versa.
To enable this in Nebula, we need to add it to the design of a frame shader. A frame shader (perhaps they should have a renderer-specific implementation?) should need a SuperPass tag which can hold many ordinary Pass tags. A would be the Vulkan equivalent of a RenderPass, and an ordinary would be a SubPass. This would allow us to pass 'framebuffers' as input attachments within the and when the ends, we explain what will actually become resolved.
Nebula also needs (with the help of AnyFX) to enable sampler objects in the shader code. In GLSL there are two texture types, sampler1D -> samplerCubeArray and image1D -> imageCubeArray. Samplers would have a sampler attached to it from the application, and images would only be readable through texel fetches. However, in the Vulkan GLSL language there is a new type of texture called, well, texture, and it follows the same range from texture1D -> textureCubeArray. To sample such a texture, we do texture(sampler(AlbedoMap, PointSampler), UV); which is very similar to the DX11 way, which is AlbedoMap.Sample(PointSampler, UV); In the Vulkan GLSL language, we can create a sampler couple when sampling from a texture, which allows the exampled AlbedoMap to be texture sampled using many different samplers without having to exist more than once. However, Vulkan also supports pre-coupled sampler and images, so for the time being, we will stick to that syntax.


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English Riviera Geopark English Riviera Geopark
The English Riviera Geopark – the worlds first urban Geopark
In September 2007 Torbay received international recognition for it rich geological and cultural heritage, it became one of just 57 areas around the world to be endorsed by UNESCO and welcomed into the network of Global Geoparks. Geoparks aims to protect geo-diversity and to promote geological, historical and cultural heritage to the general public as well as to support sustainable economic development. The status pulls together all of our wonderful heritage and celebrates it on an international stage.
Torbay's past is hidden within its beautiful landscape and coastline. The Bay's striking limestone headlands were formed around 400 million years ago when the whole area would have been under warm tropical seas where corals thrived and trilobites scuttled across the sea floor, a time when Torbay was in fact south of the equator! Explore the end of Hopes Nose and you'll find fossils of the corals that lived all those years ago. Over the next 100 million years these rocks were folded and fractured, under enormous pressures, as they were crumpled and pushed northwards by plate tectonic process. By 280 million years ago Torbay was at approximately the same latitude as the Sahara desert today, this is when the rocks now exposed around the inner areas of the Bay were formed. Look closely at the red sandstones around Roundham head and the patterns you see are evidence of ancient sand dunes, whilst the jumble of rocks and stones at the eastern end of Goodrington beach are evidence of flash floods that followed dramatic storms in distant mountains.
From a cultural perspective Torbay provides an amazing example of how geology influences both the history and development of an area; from the Bay's earliest residents at Kents Cavern, through to the development of Torre Abbey and Cockington. Plus of course its use as a safe anchorage during the Napoleonic Wars and the construction of the forts at Berry Head to Agatha Christie, the most published author of all time.
If you are local, then you're probably thinking "shame we're no longer enjoying that tropical sunshine" but on your way to work or school look at the environment around you with fresh eyes and when you have a chance explore, this rich heritage forms part of who you are. You are the Geopark and the Geopark is you. Enjoy!
If you are not local then welcome to the worlds first urban Geopark!
To discover the amazing stories for yourself visit the English Riviera Geopark website, follow the English Riviera Geopark Trail or take a Geopark Cruise out into the Bay and discover how 400 million years of our dynamic planets history can be unravelled right here, stories of tropical seas and scorching deserts, raised beaches and drowned forests, hippopotami and sabre-toothed tiger, cave bear and earliest man.
For more information about the English Riviera Geopark or the European and Global Geopark Networks visit _URL_
Please remember the geology of Torbay is special so take only memories, all sites are protected by law.
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The report of the two UNESCO evaluators that visited the Geopark back in June recently went before the European Geoparks Network Coordination Committe...
The stunning natural heritage of Torquay, Paignton and Brixham has taken a starring role in a short film about the English Riviera Geopark. The 'We Lo...
A 10 year old schoolgirl is to star in a new film beaming the delights of Torbay's natural beauty around the world. Torbay's got Talent finalist Mill...
The third annual English Riviera Geopark Festival is shaping up with more than two dozen events already on the calendar. The festival is staged to ce...
The power of the internet is to be harnessed to help promote Torbay's natural attractions. A new film is being produced which highlights the delights...
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Suppose $f$ is a $C^\infty$ function from the reals to the reals that is never negative. Does it have a $C^\infty$ square root? Clearly the only problem points are those at which $f$ vanishes.
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A natural extension of the question is whether every non-negative smooth function is the sum of finitely many squares of smooth functions. The standard anwser from the literature seems to be "there is an unpublished counterexample by S.Cohen and D.Epstein". Does anybody know what this counterexample look like? – Guillaume Aubrun Aug 27 '12 at 15:11
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The answer is "no". This is covered in great detail here:
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There is a famous open problem, whose solution is attributed to Paul Cohen, but no published paper seems to be available: there exists $f\in C^\infty(\mathbb R,\mathbb R_+)$ such that $f$ is not a finite sum of squares of smooth functions. That could be a relevant question for MO. – Bazin Aug 31 '12 at 20:18
The function $$f(x) = \begin{cases} \sin^2 \left(\frac{1}{x} \right) e^{-1/x} + e^{-2/x} & \text{if $x > 0$,}\\ 0 & \text{if $x \leq 0$,} \end{cases}$$ is $C^\infty$ but has no $C^2$ square root. I found this example in the paper Choosing roots of polynomials smoothly by Alekseevsky, Kriegl, Losik, and Michor (available freely here). This example appears to have come from Frank Warner's (unpublished) 1963 dissertation.
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Yes, and functions of this type are discussed in section 2 of the reference I gave in my answer. – Dick Palais Aug 25 '12 at 4:17
Both answers were helpful. It appears that the answer is yes if you add the additional assumption that $f^3$ has a square root. Of course, a square root of $f$ is a square root of $f^3$ divided by $f$, but while you can easily show such a function is continuous, it is not so easy to show it $C^\infty$. But thanks to both of you. I wish I could check both. – Michael Barr Aug 25 '12 at 11:15
See also the follow-up mat.univie.ac.at/~michor/roots2.pdf – Andres Caicedo May 20 '13 at 3:47
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Lesson 7Using the Oracle Net Assistant, part 2
ObjectiveUse the Oracle Net Assistant to choose naming methods.
Net Assistant Choosing Naming Methods
Network - Profile, Service Names, Listeners, Oracle Names Servers
To use the Oracle Net Assistant to choose naming methods, you must first select Profile from the menu hierarchy on the left side of the Assistant interface. The first tab under Profile is the Naming tab, where you can choose the naming methods. By default, Oracle Net will attempt to resolve a service name to a network address using the following three naming methods in the order in which they appear:
 1. Local naming (specified in the Oracle Oracle Net Assistant as TNSNAMES)
 2. Centralized naming using Oracle Names (specified in the Oracle Oracle Net Assistant as ONAMES)
 3. Host naming (specified in the Oracle Oracle Net Assistant as HOSTNAME)
In the next lesson, you will have the opportunity to simulate the procedure for defining trace levels for the listener.


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Resource Smart Schools
What is Resource Smart Schools?
"Resource Smart Schools is a free program offered by Sustainability Victoria that supports Victorian schools to embed sustainability across the school facilities, community and curriculum, while saving resources and money for the school."
What Does this mean for our school?
The Resource Smart Schools program offers access to sustainability experts to support our ongoing mission to become a more sustainable school. We are working towards Sustainability Certification by measuring and tracking our use of resources, such as electricity, water, waste, and documenting the biodiversity on school grounds. With this information, we are learning to operate more sustainably, reducing costs to save on electricity, water and waste bills – and greenhouse gas emissions to minimise their impact on the environment.
The school is creating an environmental management system tailored to our needs which will benefit both student learning and our planet.
How does it work?
Schools must accomplish a set number of actions to complete a Module to receive a certificate valid for four years. Completion of the Core Module is the first step as it serves to develop a whole-school environmental management plan. The other four Modules include a minimum number of actions for completion, which once achieved, are submitted for verification. For each module verified, we will be awarded a star, and we are well on our way to achieving 5-star status


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With Lochinvar on the cusp of a major housing boom, residents have expressed a number of concerns about the effects more development will have on flooding in their suburb.
They have voiced their opinions in the Draft Lochinvar Creek Flood Study - a comprehensive technical investigation of flood behaviour for the Lochinvar Creek catchment.
While the document is now on public exhibition and open for community scrutiny, some residents have already weighed in with their concerns.
The draft document reports that some home occupiers have called for improved drainage systems and better creek maintenance - something they believe could lessen the effects of flooding.
They are also concerned about additional development in the area and blamed the increased rate of rise in flood waters to be as a result of increasing residential development in surrounding areas - specifically upstream of Lochinvar.
April 2015 in particular resulted in significant flood damages, with several homes flooded above floor levelDraft Lochinvar Creek Flood Study
They are concerned that this will be dangerous to new residents and stretch the resources of community and emergency services during flood events.
A total of 254 properties are identified within the study area.
"There is a history of significant flooding over the entire catchment," the study said.
"Recent local storm events that caused flood damage and loss included February 1990, June 2007 (the "Pasha Bulker" storm), April 2015 and January 2016.
"April 2015 in particular resulted in significant flood damages, with several homes flooded above floor level," the draft study said.
The draft flood study will be on exhibition from April 1 to May 3 and can be viewed at Council's: Website maitland.nsw.gov.au, Citizen Service Centre 285-287 High Street, Maitland and city libraries.
A community drop-in session will be held on Tuesday, April 16 between 1pm and 5pm at Maitland Town Hall.
The session presents an opportunity for property owners and residents in the Lochinvar Creek catchment to speak directly with consultants and council staff about the study.


What Is Per Unit Price?
In retail, unit price is the price for a single unit of measure of a product sold in more or less than the single unit.
The "unit price" tells you the cost per pound, quart, or other unit of weight or volume of a food package.
What is cost per unit?
The cost per unit is commonly derived when a company produces a large number of identical products. The cost per unit is derived from the variable costs and fixed costs incurred by a production process, divided by the number of units produced.
What does per unit mean?
Per unit is a way of expressing the value of a quantity in terms of a reference or base quantity. In a per unit system each system variable or quantity is normalized with respect to its own base value. Calculations are simplified because quantities expressed as per unit are the same regardless of the voltage level.
How much is a unit in sales?
Using Sales to Determine Price Per Unit
To find price per unit from the income statement, divide sales by the number of units or quantity sold to determine the price per unit. For example, given sales of $500,000 for the year and 40,000 units sold, the price per unit is $12.50 ($500,000 divided by 40,000).
What is unit list price?
Each price list line in a price list associates a product with a list price. The unit price is the calculated price of an item after a percentage adjustment or an absolute adjustment has been applied to the list price. The line price is the price for a given line item.


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The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48:
Pattern matching \Pat"tern match"ing\, n. [See pattern.] (Computers) A technique in automated data analysis, usually performed on a computer, by which a group of characteristic properties of an unknown object is compared with the comparable groups of characteristics of a set of known objects, to discover the idenity or proper classification of the unknown object. Note: There are two major types of pattern matching, statistical pattern matching and syntactic pattern matching. In statistical pattern matching, the criteria used to recognize identity or class membership vary, but in general some combination of the differences in the groups of characteristics of known and unknown objects are considered to be a measure of the difference ("distance") between them, and the closest known object or objects are viewed as presenting the most likely identity or class for the unknown object. In syntactic pattern matching, a set of known patterns, e.g. as in the possible order of parts of speech in a language, is defined, and the unknown pattern is compared to find that known pattern or patterns which matches the unknown exactly. In general, statistical pattern matching is used where properties of objects with continuous values are being compared, and syntactic pattern matching where a complex arrangement of at least two different objects may be built by application of a set of rules (a "grammar") for combining the objects in a specified order. Examples of the latter are natural and formal languages. [PJC]


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The Psychological Meaning of Words: LIWC and Computerized Text Analysis Methods
We are in the midst of a technological revolution whereby, for the first time, researchers can link daily word use to a broad array of real-world behaviors. This article reviews several computerized text analysis methods and describes how Linguistic Inquiry and Word Count (LIWC) was created and validated. LIWC is a transparent text analysis program that counts words in psychologically meaningful categories. Empirical results using LIWC demonstrate its ability to detect meaning in a wide variety of experimental settings, including to show attentional focus, emotionality, social relationships, thinking styles, and individual differences.


text: Lactation curves are one of the basic tools in animal breeding. Therefore, modeling lactation curves with appropriate and precise equations are of great importance for obtaining estimates. Lactation curves have different tendencies in different breeds. To examine the tendencies and differences Jersey (J), Brown Swiss (BS) and Holstein Friesian (HF) breeds which are commonly raised in Turkey were used in this study. This study aimed to statistically determine the optimal position and number of knots in cubic spline regression used for modeling lactation curves. Knots were taken as 60, 90, 120 and 150 days and combinations of them for every breed. To compare the Mean Square Errors (MSE) of the models, the autocorrelation values of Durbin Watson (DW), the information criteria of Akaike (AIC) and the coefficient of determination (R2) were used as comparison criteria. Kruskal Wallis H test was used to compare comparison criteria in different models. The Mann Whitney U test was used to compare the groups in pairs. Results showed that four knots was sufficient for J breed MSE: 0.640 ± 0.0652, DW: 2.272 ± 0.0232, AIC: 16.927 ± 1.0649, R2: 0.982 ± 0.0020) and BS breed (MSE: 0.131 ± 0.0156, DW: 2.326 ± 0.1093, AIC: 3.567 ± 0.9193, R2: 0,985 ± 0.0008), but three knot was sufficient for HF breed (MSE: 1.600 ± 0.132, DW: 2.114 ± 0.020, AIC: 22.596 ± 0.783, R2: 0.972 ± 0.002). As a general result of the study show that four knots (60, 90, 120 and 150 days) for J and BS breeds and three knots (90, 120 and 150 days) for HF breed were sufficient to estimate lactation curve by cubic spline regression model.


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This test is not as easy as it appears. Some of these questions can be really tricky! See how quickly you can find the odd out in each of the five puzzles and see if you're able to take your place among the world's fastest!
1. Can you spot the odd one?
2. Can you spot the odd one?
3. Can you spot the odd one?
How fast can you do it? Prove that you are a puzzle master and pass the test without making a single mistake! This could be tougher than you expected but we bet you can do this! Give it a go!
4. Can you spot the odd one?
5. Can you spot the odd one?
Your brain works faster than the average human population when it comes to identifying objects, colors, and faces. Your eyes and brain have an amazingly fast connection and you comprehend and analyze situations with almost super-human speed.


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Review Article of American Journal of Transportation and Logistics
Agricultural Aviation a Strategy for Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria – Lessons from Brazil
ADENIRAN Adetayo Olaniyia and AKANBI Olawale Mojeedb
aDepartment of Transport Management Technology, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria;
bDepartment of Animal Production and Health, Federal University of Technology Akure, Nigeria
This paper presents a sweeping comparison of Nigeria and Brazil on their agricultural development performances with emphasis on agricultural aviation. Brazil is the fifth largest country in the world with 207.7 million people (2017 estimate); whereas Nigeria is the most populous country in Africa with 188.7 million people (2017 estimate). Both countries were known to have good soil which enhances agriculture but at different level of tilling. However, Brazil has outperformed Nigeria most especially in agricultural development with the approach of agricultural aviation, and has earned world status; while Nigeria still struggles with low agricultural productivity with old technological involvement. Brazil has large land mass with over 31% of land used in tilling. This study examines the use of aviation in agriculture which increases the productivity of farm produce in Brazil, and with a view to identifying the lessons for the improvement of agricultural development in Nigeria. This comparative study finds out lessons Nigeria can derive from Brazil in pursuing a sustainable agricultural development through suggestions regarding agricultural aviation.
Keywords: Agriculture; Aviation; Development; Brazil; Nigeria
How to cite this article:
ADENIRAN Adetayo Olaniyia and AKANBI Olawale Mojeedb. Agricultural Aviation a Strategy for Sustainable Food Production in Nigeria – Lessons from Brazil. American Journal of Transportation and Logistics, 2019,2:11.
1. Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia (2005). The Need for Aerial Agriculture.
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2. Agronautas. (2014). Retrieved from _URL_.
3. Alkali, R. A. (1997). The World Bank and Nigeria: Cornucopia or Pandora Box? Kaduna: Baraka Press.
4. Antuniassi, U. R. (2015). Evolution of Agricultural Aviation in Brazil. Outlook on Pest Management, Pp.12-15
5. Ehimore, O. M. (2009). Pre-Colonial Nigerian Economy: Dynamic or Stagnant. Retrieved from http://www .articlesbase. com/authors/o.mehinmore/161024.htm
6. FAO (1984). Tillage Systems for Soil and Water Conservation. FAO Soils Bulletin 54. Rome.
7. Fasinmirin, J. T., and Braga, F. (2009). Agriculture for Sustainable Food, Energy and Industrial Development in the Sub-Saharan Africa: The case of Nigeria. African Journal of Food Science, 3(13), 429-433
8. Lawal, A. A. (1997). The Economy and the State from the Pre-colonial Times to the Present in Osuntokun, A. and Olukoju, A. (eds.) Nigerian Peoples and Cultures. Ibadan: Davidson.
9. Ogen, O. (2007). The Agricultural Sector and Nigeria's Development: Comparative Perspectives from the Brazilian Agro-Industrial Economy, _PHONE_. Nebula, Pp. 184-194.
10. Quantick, H. R. (1985). Handbook for Agricultural Pilots, 4th ed., Collins Professional and Technical Book.
11. Wong, K. C. (2001). Survey of Regional Developments: Civil Applications. School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, University of Sydney, 2001
This work and its PDF file(s) are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International License.


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Case 1: Workers has different rates
Work rate × Time to finish the job = 1 job done
Work rate = (1 job done) / (Time to finish the job)
Time of doing the job = (1 job done) / (Work rate)
Albert can finish a job in A days
Bryan can finish the same job in B days
Carlo can undo the job in C days
1/A = rate of Albert
1/B = rate of Bryan
1/C = rate of Carlo
Albert and Bryan work together until the job is done: (1/A + 1/B)t = 1
Albert is doing the job while Carlo is undoing it until the job is done: (1/A - 1/C)t = 1
Lejon can finish a job in 6 hours while Romel can do the same job in 3 hours. Working together, how many hours can they finish the job?
Case 2: Workers has equal rates
Work load = no. of workers × time to finish the job
Work done = no. of workers × time of doing the job
To finish the job
Work done = Work load
If a job can be done by 10 workers in 5 hours, the work load is 10(5) = 50 man-hours. If 4 workers is doing the job for 6 hours, the work done is 4(6) = 24 man-hours. A remaining of 50 - 24 = 26 man-hours of work still needs to be done.
Eleven men could finish the job in 15 days. Five men started the job and four men were added at the beginning of the sixth day. How many days will it take them to finish the job?


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In order to achieve The Duke of Edinburgh's Bronze Award it is possible to complete a Cookery Skills course. Several pupils from year 10 have completed the course this year.
To gain this qualification students need to demonstrate their current knowledge and understanding of food and extend it by carrying out the following tasks:-
- Planning and costing a balanced menu for a family of four for one day;
- Research and planning meals for expeditions;
- Planning and preparing meal which could include :-
A buffet meal for four using fresh and frozen foods;
A vegetarian two-course family meal using pulses, rice or wholemeal foods;
A meal for two students using a small stove and basic equipment;
A summer barbecue for six people.
The above tasks can be carried out independently or in groups. A minimum of one task must be completed in the food room at school and must demonstrate that students can work in a hygienic kitchen, show the safe use of equipment and utensils and a general understanding of food storage, along with an understanding of healthy eating.
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