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Statewide, the number of students proficient in English increased by 2.1 percentage points. In 2011, 54.4 percent of students were considered proficient in English, based on the Standardized Testing and Reporting (STAR) results, compared with 52.3 percent proficiency in 2010.
Statewide, the percent of students proficient in math increased by 2.2 percentage points, from 48.1 proficiency in 2010 to 50.3 in 2011.
State Superintendent of Education Tom Torlakson called the scores a "very positive result."
"California's students continue to improve," he said. "A greater share
On average, students in Los Angeles County improved slightly more than the state, gaining 2.7 percentage points in each category, though the actual percentage of students proficient in English and math was a few points lower than the state.
In the San Gabriel Valley, gains fell in between the county and state, coming in at about 2.4 percentage points for both math and English.
But those gains varied considerably from district to district. On the high end were districts such as Azusa Unified and Covina Valley Unified.
According to the state database, Covina Valley posted gains of 3.1 percent in English - a full percentage point higher than the state average. In 2011, 54.6 percent of students in the district were proficient in English, compared with 51.5 in 2010. The increase in math proficiency was 6.4 percent - almost three times the state average. In 2011, 46.6 percent of students in the district were proficient in math, compared with 40.2 in 2010.
"We're thrilled with our gains," said Lynn Carmen Day, assistant superintendent of educational services for Covina Valley. "We've had growth, and we think it will be continued growth."
"It's making sure kids are getting it the first time and not having to go back," she said.
In Azusa Unified, English proficiency increased 3.5 percentage points - from 39.5 percent of students proficient in English to 43 percent - and math proficiency increased 4.7 percent - from 34.3 to 39 percent.
Vince Jantz, director of secondary curriculum and instruction for Azusa Unified, wasn't surprised by the results.
"We spent the entire year with what we call benchmark assessments. They're targeted on all core areas," he said.
But even with those increases, the district has a lot of room to improve, Jantz said. Its overall proficiency scores still lag about 11 percentage points behind the state average and are some of the lowest proficiency in the valley.
"We have grown, but we need to continue to grow," Jantz said. "While we're happy with the improvement, we're not satisfied."
El Monte High School District also registered some of the lowest 2011 proficiency scores in the valley, with 43.1 percent of students proficient in English, and 30.9 percent proficient in math.
Montebello Unified had the lowest English proficiency in the region, at 41.1 percent.
Overall, Walnut Valley and Glendora posted the highest percentage of students proficient in English in the San Gabriel Valley, with 79.4 percent and 73 percent, respectively.
Walnut Valley also posted the highest math proficiency in the region, at 76.2 percent, followed by Rosemead School District, at 70.7 percent.
While a large majority of San Gabriel Valley school districts posted gains, four districts bucked the trend and experienced small declines in one or more categories. They were Charter Oak Unified, Valle Lindo, Bassett Unified and Rowland Unified.
Maria Ott, superintendent of Rowland Unified, disputed the accuracy of the state's online database, which indicated that her district declined half a percentage point in English and 1.9 points in math.
Ott said the numbers the district received directly from the state actually show small improvements in both areas.
"When you look at what's statistically significant, we've probably had one of those years where we've been climbing, and now we've been flat this year," Ott said.
Ott said she believes the reason for that is the closure last year of three schools due to budget cuts and declining enrollment
"In some ways we feel our baseline has changed," she said.
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American English
Definition of pull-down adjective from the Oxford Advanced American Dictionary
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The cemetery as seen up close as approaching from the road.
This stone rests directly beneath a tree that appears to be about 250 years old.
This is the only stone that has retained its shape. However, if there were any engravings, weather, and time, have worn them away.
This stone has kept part of its original shape, however, it is rough and no engravings are visible.
This stone is partially embedded in the ground, and is sticking up only about 4-inches.
Another stone that has been worn away by time and weather. No markings visible.
And the last stone: at first I thought this was just a rock, but when you look closely, you can see it has been chiseled and is actually a grave stone. No markings are visible.
Another view of the stone beneath the tree. This is looking out toward the road. As you can see, across the road is an old abandoned farmhouse. How appropriate that the two face one another.
It is a sad, sad place.
Another view of the only complete stone at the cemetery. This is looking toward the east, and Gap Valley, shortly after sunrise. It appears that most of the stones are set in an east to west point in the cemetery. [The odd looking shape on the right is a tree stump, from where a tree was cut down many years ago, and its stump never cleared away.]
This concludes all of the stones at the Neel Cemetery.

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Pigs in blankets
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This article is about sausage-based food. For cabbage-based food, see Pigs in a blanket (cabbage).
Pigs in a blanket
American-style pigs in a blanket
Type Hot dog
Cookbook:Pigs in a blanket Pigs in a blanket
Pigs in blankets (also known kilted sausages in Scotland) refers to a variety of different sausage-based foods in the United States, United Kingdom, Denmark, Australia, Ireland, Germany, Belgium, Russia, Canada, and Japan. They are typically small in size and can be eaten in one or two bites. For this reason, they are usually served as an appetizer or hors d'oeuvre or are accompanied by other dishes in the'main course' section of a meal. In the West, especially in the United States and Canada, the bite-sized variety of pigs in a blanket is a common hors d'oeuvre served at cocktail parties and is often accompanied by a mustard or aioli dipping sauce.
Pigs in a blanket are usually different from sausage rolls, which are a larger, more filling item served for breakfast and lunch in parts of Europe, Australia, New Zealand, and, more rarely, the United States and Canada.
United Kingdom[edit]
Christmas Dinner in the UK - pigs in blankets at top right of plate
In the United Kingdom, "pigs in blankets" refers to small sausages (usually chipolatas) wrapped in bacon. They are a traditional accompaniment to roast turkey for Christmas dinner. Pigs in blankets can be accompanied with devils on horseback, an appetizer of prunes wrapped in bacon.
United States[edit]
Sausage wrapped in pancakes
In the United States, the term "pigs in a blanket" is used to refer to Vienna sausages, hot dogs, cocktail or breakfast/link sausages wrapped in biscuit dough, pancake, or croissant dough, and baked. The dough is sometimes homemade, but canned dough is most common. They are somewhat similar to a sausage roll or (by extension) a baked corn dog. They are served as an appetizer, a children's dish, or as a breakfast entree. A common variation is to stuff the hot dog or sausage with cheese before wrapping it in dough.
At breakfast or brunch, the term "pigs in a blanket" refers to sausage links with pancake wrapped around it.
The name can also refer to klobasnek (a kind of kolache filled with sausage or ham slices). The German Würstchen im Schlafrock ("sausage in a dressing gown") uses sausages wrapped in puff pastry[1] or, more rarely, pancakes. Cheese and bacon are sometimes present.
In Israel, Moshe Ba'Teiva (Moses in the ark) is a children's dish consisting of a hot dog rolled in a ketchup-covered sheet of puff pastry or phyllo dough and baked.
In Denmark, they have a dish similar to the British-style dish known as the "Pølse i svøb" which means "Sausage in blanket". The American-style Pigs in a blanket are known as "Pølsehorn", meaning "Sausage horns".
In The Netherlands, its called a "saucijzenbroodje", but the "sausage" used is skinless, and the pastry fully encloses the meat within.
In Finland, pigs in blanket is known as "nakkipiilo", which means "hidden sausage" if it is translated freely.
In Mexico, the sausage is wrapped in tortilla and deep fried in vegetable oil. The name "salchitaco" comes from the fusion of the words "salchicha" (sausage) and taco (sausage taco).
See also[edit]
 1. ^ Würstchen im Schlafrock. Retrieved 9 September 2008
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Background and Aims: Laser vaporization of the prostate is expected as a less invasive treatment for benign prostatic hyperplasia (BPH), via the photothermal effect. In order to develop safer and more effective laser vaporization of the prostate, it is essential to set optimal irradiation parameters based on quantitative evaluation of temperature distribution and thermally denatured depth in prostate tissue. Method: A simulation model was therefore devised with light propagation and heat transfer calculation, and the vaporized and thermally denatured depths were estimated by the simulation model. Results: The results of the simulation were compared with those of an ex vivo experiment and clinical trial. Based on the accumulated data, the vaporized depth strongly depended on the distance between the optical fiber and the prostate tissue, and it was suggested that contact laser irradiation could vaporize the prostate tissue most effectively. Additionally, it was suggested by analyzing thermally denatured depth comprehensively that laser irradiation at the distance of 3 mm between the optical fiber and the prostate tissue was useful for hemostasis. Conclusions: This study enabled quantitative and reproducible analysis of laser vaporization for BPH and will play a role in clarification of the safety and efficacy of this treatment.
Laser therapy. 2016 Dec 30 [Epub]
Junya Takada, Norihiro Honda, Hisanao Hazama, Naomasa Ioritani, Kunio Awazu
Graduate School of Engineering, Osaka University., Institute for Academic Initiatives, Osaka University., Japan Community Health care Organization Sendai Hospital.


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Effective nonverbal communication between patients and clinicians fosters both the delivery of empathic patient-centered care and positive patient outcomes. However, few efforts to develop tools for enhancing clinician communication have focused on nonverbal aspects of the clinical encounter. We describe a novel system that both uses social signal processing technology (SSP) to capture nonverbal cues in real time and displays ambient visual feedback on control and affiliation---two primary, yet distinct dimensions of interpersonal nonverbal communication. To explore clinicians' acceptance of and reaction to an ambient visual feedback from such a system, we conducted a Wizard-of-Oz lab study to simulate system use with 16 healthcare professionals. We further followed up with 7 of those participants and iterated on the design with a new visualization. Our results indicate that reflective visual feedback on nonverbal communication provides an acceptable way to provide clinicians with awareness of their nonverbal communication. Furthermore, we discuss implications for the design of visual feedback to encourage empathic patient-centered communication.
}, author = {Rupa A. Patel and A. Hartzler and M. Czerwinski and W. Pratt and A. Back}, month = {May}, publisher = {IEEE Pervasive Health}, title = {Visual Feedback on Nonverbal Communication: A Design Exploration with Healthcare Professionals}, url = {_URL_ year = {2013}, }


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Cloud Streets in the Gulf of Mexico
October 28, 2009
"Cloud streets" are visible stretching out into the Gulf of Mexico in this image captured by the MODIS on the Aqua satellite on October 18, 2009. These clouds are really cumulous clouds, which result from thermals, or rising columns of warmed air. Thermals themselves form when the ground surface is a little warmer than its surroundings. If the thermal produces a consistent flow of warm air, and steady wind carries that air away, lines of clouds can form along the direction of the wind.
At the point where the clouds first form streets, they're very narrow and well-defined. But as they age, they lose their definition, and begin to spread out and rejoin each other into a larger cloud mass.
There is also a few active fires in the region, marked with red dots. One has a visible smoke plume. Sediment from the Mississippi River, running roughly down the center of the image, fills the Delta as it opens into the Gulf of Mexico. Mixed with the tan sediment are blue and green swirls that indicate a bloom of tiny ocean plants called phytoplankton.
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Human Rights Training for the Police
AU Watch also offers customized short courses to academic institutions, national and international bodies and NGOs from around the world. In the past lawyers, university students, human rights activists, journalists, NGO members people with an interest in human rights have also benefitted from such bespoke courses.
AU Watch research shows that many police forces around the continent vehemently deny any violations of human rights in their country and suggest that there is no need for external advice Our examination reveals a deeper malaise. Despite overwhelming evidence and public knowledge of rights violations and police mal-practice, officers maintain a spirit of self-denial.
We are of the view that attitudes and actions cannot be changed by forcing them to undergo short-duration courses. What is required, long term, is an extensive change in organisational practice and police culture. Our tailored courses are designed to
About the Training Courses
The police have core operational duties which include:
The police have additional duties that are prescribed under the legislation of their various countries.
Understanding our Human Rights Course
In partnership with accredited government agencies around Africa, AU Watch has developed a comprehensive portfolio of educational human rights products and services which are admired in the region. This dynamic leading-edge portfolio continues to evolve in order to keep pace with the ever-changing and increasingly challenging profession of preventing, detecting and prosecuting criminal activity.
Human rights principles should underpin every area of police work. From basic probationary training through to senior management courses, officer'sought to learn that human rights should sit at the heart of the conception, planning, implementation and control of every aspect of the operations of the police service. Unfortunately, it is not always the case.
Our short courses strive to enable policing professionals to become the very best they can be by offering innovative, ethical, evidence-based learning and development programmes to help them keep communities safe, whilst they protect human rights.
Police Use of Force
Whenever the use of force is necessary, both the general public and members of the police service expect police forces to:
Staff responsible for planning and conducting policing operations where the use of force is a possibility should plan and conduct them so as to minimise, to the greatest extent possible, recourse to the use of force.
Our Training Approach
The human rights / dignity course serves as a collaborative learning approach which incorporates participants' experience, knowledge and analysis. The goal of training is to reacquaint participants with human dignity and human rights which are values inherent in the rule of law and the African Charter. A variety of experimental learning approaches including: role play, simulations, case studies and structured exercises are utilized throughout the course. These non-traditional teaching and learning approaches assist law enforcement officers in examining the results of negative interactions and the power of authority figures.
Application of General Human RightsPrinciples
Human Rights Standards
- Regional and international human rights law is binding on all Statesand their agents, including law enforcement officials
- Human Rights is a legitimate subject for regional and internationallaw and regional and international scrutiny
- Law enforcement officials are obliged to know, and toapply, regional and international standards for human rights
Human Rights Practice
- Adopt a comprehensive human rights policy for yourorganization
- Incorporate human rights standards into standingorders for the police
- Provide human rights training to all police, at recruitmentand periodically
- Cooperate with national and international humanrights organizations
Module 1: Role of the police in a democratic society
Module 2: Understanding the basics of human rights
1. Understanding Human Rights
2. Introduction to the basics of the African Human Rights System
3. Sources, systems and standards for human rights in the administration of justice
Module 3: Policing from a human rights perspective
Module 4: Prohibition of Torture and Ill-Treatment
1. Introduction to regional and international standards on the prohibition of torture and ill-treatment
2. Case studies
Module 5: Human rights analysis – The obligations to respect and to protect
This module critically examines strategies employed by inter-governmental and non-governmental organisations, civil society groups and governmental agencies to secure human rights within the prison system.
Module 4: ROLE OF THE AFRICAN COMMISSION AND ITS PRISON MECHANISM
This module aims to provide all participants – regardless of whether they have a legal background – with a firm understanding of how human rights are concretely translated into regional law through the mechanism of the African Commission.
Module 5: RESEARCHING HUMAN RIGHTS: SOCIAL SCIENCE RESEARCH METHODS
This module will introduce students to the theories and methods of qualitative social sciences research and how they can be applied to the study of human rights.
- Students will reflect on the theoretical context, key concepts and tools of social sciences research in order to articulate a critical perspective on human rights
- Students will learn how to identify a range of ethical issues and how to overcome them, understand how qualitative data is collected, analysed, interpreted, appreciate how quantitative and qualitative methods can be combined in interdisciplinary human rights research and articulate methodological steps for Human Rights Impact Assessments.
Students will emerge with a deeper and more complex understanding of what human rights are, but especially the African human rights system and why they are important, of both their potential and limitations, and of the increasingly wide range of contexts within the prison system in which they are being applied, used and abused.
Participants will also be able to:
– Understand the development of human rights as it relates to policing;
– Become familiar with the origin of international;
– Understand the benefits to communities and police of policing through a human rights framework.
Who Shouls Apply
The course is intended for staff members of prisons, police and those working in the field of prisons management. However,candidates with specific research interests in these areas are also encouraged to apply. Candidates should have a good written command of English and have high competence and comfort with computer and Internet use.

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Searching a patient by microchip number
 In OpenVPMS microchips are stored as an identities.

Searching for an identiity
To find a patient with a certain microchip number you need to search for a patient with that identity. To do this go to the patient information screen and press select to find a new patient. The following dialogue will be presented:

Make sure that the Search identities and all patients boxes (so you don't just search in the current client) are ticked. Then enter the microchip number in the search box and press find.
It's important to note that this will only search identities, not the patient names as well.
To search for a partial number
Use a % as appropriate. For example:
 - %982 will search for a microchip ending in 982
 - 982% will search for a microchip starting with 982
 - %982% will search for a number containing 982
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A habitual offender is defined as someone who has a pattern of repeated criminal convictions over time. Like many other states, Colorado allows enhanced sentencing for habitual offenders. The goal of these "three strikes laws" is to discourage convicted criminals from committing additional crimes after they serve their time behind bars. After being charged with any criminal offense, it's imperative to promptly contact a criminal defense attorney in Denver, CO. Advise your felony attorney of any prior convictions you have and discuss whether the habitual offender laws might apply to you.
Third Conviction
Criminal defense attorneys and prosecutors often refer to the first habitual offender law as the "little habitual." This law provides for enhanced sentences for individuals who are convicted of class one, two, three, four, or five felonies and have previously been convicted of two felonies within the past 10 years. If convicted a third time, the legal consequences depending on the sentencing guidelines for the most recent conviction. Once the individual has been adjudicated as a repeat offender, the mandatory prison sentence will be triple the maximum sentence of that particular crime. In certain cases, it may be possible for the felony attorney to negotiate for a reduction in charges to downgrade the felony to a misdemeanor.
Fourth Conviction
An individual who is convicted of a fourth felony, regardless of the class of the felonies, will be an adjudicated repeat offender under what some attorneys call the "big habitual" law. The offender will serve a prison sentence that is four times the maximum sentence for the range for that particular crime.
Fifth Conviction
A third and fourth conviction can keep a convicted criminal behind bars for a very long time, but the legal penalty will get even worse if there is a fifth felony conviction. If a four-time convicted felon is released and then commits a violent felony, a conviction will result in a sentence under the "bigger habitual" statute. This is a mandatory life sentence without the possibility of being released on parole for at least 40 years.
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-the-case-explorer" style="color:#132c56">About the Case Explorer</a> > Use the Case Explorer
Use the Case Explorer to visualize and select TCGA GRCh38 cases. 1. Select a disease type from the drop down menu labelled **Select Disease**. 2. Enter a gene name manually or select a gene from the **Top Mutated Genes** table. 3. Filter your search results based on the presence of mutation, mutation type, or gender from filters below the scatter plot. 4. Select relevant cases on the scatter plot to display their Case ID in a table format. Export the selected cases as a CSV file. Or, click on **Continue to Data Browser** take the cases to the [Data Browser](doc:about-the-data-browser), an interactive query interface, to filter cases and related TCGA entities by their metadata before accessing the resulting data for further analysis. ##Case Explorer Video [block:embed] { "html": false, "url": "_URL_ "title": "Case explorer_new.mp4", "favicon": "_URL_ "image": "_URL_ "iframe": true, "width": "100%", "height": "420px" } [/block]


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Here are some examples of the wildlife at Shiskine.
These dolphins were photographed from the garden at Shiskine
Otters are regular visitors on the beach and in the garden
Eagles and Sea Eagles pass overhead. This one was spotted on the way to Gairloch.
This seal pup was sitting on the beach waiting for mum to return
A regular group of visitors to the garden
Sheep, lambs and cattle wander freely along the roads
A large herd of Highland cows live on the road from Gairloch to Aultgrishan
Many smaller birds visit Shiskine - stonechat, skylark, wagtails, goldfinches, and this wheatear
Buzzards are a common sight


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Noun: fig leaf fig leef
 1. A leaf from a fig tree
 2. A covering consisting of anything intended to conceal something regarded as shameful
Type of: covering, foliage, leaf, leafage
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Student Emergency Medical Forms
Allen East will be using FinalForms for digital forms. Students in grade 5-12 are required to provide a digital signature as well for a few of the forms. Once Parents have completed the forms the student will receive an email to their GMAIL account. The username is exactly the same as what they use to log into the Chromebooks. Make sure students have _USER_.alleneastschools.org on the end of their email address.


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BBC Buildings - Bush House
The iconic home of BBC World Service
Designed by Harvey Corbett, Bush House was built in 1923 with further wings added between 1928 and 1935. This quintessentially British building was actually commissioned, designed and originally owned by American individuals and companies. The building was originally constructed for an Anglo-American trading organisation headed by Irving T. Bush, after whom it is named.
It opened in July 1925, and later that decade was declared the 'most expensive building in the world, having cost around £2 million.
Bush House occupies a dramatic position at the bottom of Kingsway in central London, connected to the Strand on its southern façade. Its particularly impressive portico is flanked by two male statues symbolising Anglo-American friendship, sculpted by the American artist Malvina Hoffman. Over a Celtic altar at the centre of the portico is the inscription 'Dedicated to the friendship of English-speaking peoples'. The BBC's foreign language broadcasting service began in 1938 from Broadcasting House in Portland Place. After this building was bombed during the Second World War, the service was re-located to Bush House in 1941 – beginning with the European Service, then followed by the rest of the Overseas Service in 1958. This building in turn suffered bomb damage and the statue representing America lost its left arm. It was restored in 1977.
Over many years all the BBC's foreign language services gradually invaded Bush House, penetrating each wing in turn. It has broadcast to and from Bush House for almost 70 years – covering events that have changed and shaped the world, from De Gaulle's broadcasts to the Free French in the Second World War through Hungary's despearate call for help as Russian tanks rolled into Budapest to the genocide in Rwanda and war in Kosova.
However, the BBC has never owned Bush House. Its owners were variously the Church of Wales, the Post Office and now a Japanese-owned organisation, but for millions of overseas listeners it remains the building which most represents the BBC.


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JavaScript Grid: Excel Export - Hyperlinks
This section describes how to insert hyperlinks in the cells of the exported Excel file.
Exporting Formulas
You can insert hyperlinks in the cells of the exported Excel file by outputting an Excel HYPERLINK formula with a URL value you provide. The code below inserts hyperlinks in the Excel export file for all values in the URL column.
const gridOptions = {
 columnDefs: [
 { field: 'company' },
 {
 field: 'url',
 cellClass: 'hyperlinks' // references excel style
 }
 ],
 defaultExcelExportParams: {
 autoConvertFormulas: true,
 processCellCallback: params => {
 const field = params.column.getColDef().field;
 return field === 'url' ? '=HYPERLINK("${params.value}")' : params.value;
 }
 },
 excelStyles: [
 {
 id: 'hyperlinks',
 font: {
 underline: 'Single',
 color: '#358ccb'
 }
 }
 ],
 // other grid options ...
}
Note the following:
 - The URL column of the grid below has URL values.
 - In the exported Excel file, the URL column has active links for these URL values.
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Continue to the next section: Master Detail.


Is it okay to use "let $arg =" within a macro to shadow the previous definition of $arg outside the macro?
I have the following in my code (simplified). Is it okay to use let in such a way to "hijack" the outer variable outside the macro ? It works fine, but somehow feels like a hack...
macro_rules! foo {
 ($gd: ident, $elt: ident) => {
 let $gd = || { $gd(); println!("{}", stringify!($elt)); };
 };
}
fn main() {
 let gd = || println!("First!");
 foo!(gd, ThisIsTheOne);
 foo!(gd, TwoIsTwo);
 foo!(gd, Three);
 gd();
}
(Playground)
The real code uses this trick to inline-create various structures, then alter their values and in the end be able to automagically collect them into a mustache MapBuilder, so the corresponding macro looks as follows:
macro_rules! html_text {
 ($gd: ident, $elt: ident, $rinfo: ident, $modified: ident) => {
 let mut $elt: std::rc::Rc<std::cell::RefCell<HtmlText>> =
 std::rc::Rc::new(std::cell::RefCell::new(Default::default()));
 {
 let mut $elt = $elt.borrow_mut();
 $elt.highlight = $rinfo.state.$elt != $rinfo.initial_state.$elt;
 $elt.value = $rinfo.state.$elt.clone().to_string();
 $elt.id = format!("{}", stringify!($elt));
 $modified = $modified || $elt.highlight;
 }
 let $gd = || {
 $gd()
 .insert(stringify!($elt), &$elt.borrow().clone())
 .unwrap()
 };
 };
}
Yes, in fact this is exactly how pin_utils::pin_mut works!
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In fact, the macro cannot access the gd binding defined in main() because of hygiene rules.
The only information macros have access to is the information passed to them directly by means of arguments.
Maybe I misunderstand what you wrote, but the code generated by macro can both call the previous value of $gd which is passed as parameter, as well as effectively redefine it, so the next invocation of the macro can stitch the call to this new value. You can see yourself in the playground example I linked. That's what caused me to ask this question - it works just fine, I just wanted to ensure I am not accidentally exploiting some bug :slight_smile:
Yes, it works because your are working on a variable (ident) provided by the one calling the macro, which thereby grants the macro access to the name itself (not just the value) :slightly_smiling_face:
On the other hand, although rebinding is a very Rusty pattern, therefore not only acceptable but also sometimes needed when within a macro, I personally appreciate when the macro makes it explicit that it is performing a (re)binding. This is usually achieved by requiring some special syntax as input, such as:
macro_rules! foo {(
 $elt:ident => $gd:ident
) => (
 let $gd = || { $gd(); println!("{}", stringify!($elt)); };
)}
fn main ()
{
 let gd = || println!("First!");
 foo!(ThisIsTheOne => gd);
 foo!(TwoIsTwo => gd);
 foo!(Three => gd);
 gd();
}
Aside
You can get rid of some .clone() calls (before calling .to_string() or when taking a & reference), the first elt does not need to be mut if you are using RefCell.
You could even do:
macro_rules! html_text {(
 $gd:ident, $elt:ident, $rinfo:ident, $modified:ident $(,)?
) => (
 let highlight: bool = $rinfo.state.$elt != $rinfo.initial_state.$elt;
 let $elt = ::std::rc::Rc::new(::std::cell::RefCell::new(HtmlText {
 highlight,
 value: $rinfo.state.$elt.to_string(),
 id: stringify!($elt).into(),
 .. Default::default()
 }));
 $modified = $modified || highlight;
 let $gd = || {
 $gd()
 .insert(stringify!($elt), &*$elt.borrow())
 .unwrap()
 };
)}
 - Regarding hygiene, the let highlight = ... binding won't pollute the caller namespace, for instance.
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This is very cool, I had no clue about the "=>" syntax - I will try to redo it precisely for the same reasons you mention! Thanks so much!
Context: Highlight is a property of the struct embedding the html input element. This is a part of a tweak/rewrite of my web framework library. The very first iteration which wasn't opensource had way too much boilerplate; the first shot at opensourcing it (the demo/test use of it is in github.com/ayourtch/slrsp) went a bit too heavy on the syn/quote usage; now I am making another, more balanced iteration, which won't have the separate derive crate but rather (maybe) an external command to generate the needed boilerplate + some simpler but easier macros.
The "highlight" is a universal attribute for an input element whenever its state has been changed from initial, I found it was a great thing from the UX standpoint. It gets translated into uniform style change by the mustache template layer.
I think the principle - having a triple of (initial default state; current state; current default state) passed around with every event - is solid, and allows completely stateless processing on the backend, hence my stubbornness at trying to make this better :slight_smile: - thanks a lot for helping! :slight_smile:
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SSIS Script Task–Does File Exists (Part 1)
So in this blog I am going to show you how you can write a quick Script Task inside of SSIS to see if a file exists. In my next blog in this two part series I will show you how you can then loop over this script task until the file does exist.
You can find Part 2 in this series here:
Business Problem:
So you know that you are going to receive a file that you need to process, and you want to process and load that file the moment it "exists". If you run your package before the file exists the package will fail, so you want to first check to see if the file exist and then run your data flow task that will subsequently load the file.
Walkthrough
Open up your Visual Studios environment and create a new package.
 1. Pull the Script Task component into the data flow.
 2. First let's create two variables, we will use these in our script task.
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 1. The value for the strFileName variable is the location of the file, please change yours as needed.
 4. Open the script task and make sure the Script Language is set to Visual Basic.
 5. Select "strFileName" for the read only variables.
 6. Select '"bolDoesFileExist" for read/write variables.
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 8. Click "Edit Script…" to open visual studios.
 9. Ok. Inside the VB project we first need to add a new class of code.
 10. In the Imports section add the following code: Imports System.IO
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 12. Now we enter our VB code. Find the section titled "Public Sub Main" and type the following code where it says 'Add Code Here'.
 13. Dts.Variables("bolDoesFileExist").Value = File.Exists(Dts.Variables("strFileName").Value)
 14. Here is a screenshot of the final result:
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 16. Now simply click the x at the top right to close the visual studio project to close it out, you don't have to click save.
 17. Back in the script task editor main screen click ok to compile the code. All Done!

Explanation of Visual Basic Code
The code inside the script task is in two parts.
 - The first part is the function "File.Exists". The file exists function is reading the value of the strFileName variable and checking to see if that file exists. It will return a value of either True or False.
 - The second part is writing the result of the File Exists function to the variable bolDoesFileExist. So everytime this package runs the value of that variable will change based on whether that file does or does not exist.
Thanks for looking and I hope this helps. In my next post I will explain how you can loop over this task over and over again until the file does exist.
Remove unwanted characters in SSIS with Task Factory!
Recently I was tasked with removing special characters that randomly showed up in one column of a data set, these characters were coming from a proprietary source. The characters were the hash tag (#) and semi-colon (;). One or both characters would appear at the beginning, end or middle of the column. There are a few different ways you could deal with this type of situation, each of them varying in their degree of complexity and difficulty.
Fortunately for the customer we provided a very easy and quick solution. In this short blog we are going to take a look at the Data Cleansing transform offered in Task Factory. First let's take a look at a before and after picture so you can visualize the data and end result.
Setting up the component
 1. Pull the Task Factory Data Cleansing Transform into your Data Flow.
 2. Connect your source data to the Data Cleansing transform.
 3. Right click on the Data Cleansing Transform and click Edit.
 4. First select the column you would like to "Replace".
 5. Next select Replace Specified characters or words with user defined value. (Screenshot 1)
 6. After you select an action you will receive a parameter box where you can specify the characters you would like to replace and what you want to replace them with.
 7. Now we will finish configuring the rest of the component. Please see screenshot below for final settings.
 8. Finally click ok to save your settings and execute the package!
Conclusion:
That's it. I tried to drag it out as much as I could but some things are just that simple. Take a look at some of the other actions included and enjoy! As always thanks for looking.
SSIS Performance Tuning Webinar–Q & A
Thank you everyone for attending my webinar on SSIS Performance Tuning, if you missed that presentation you can watch it here: _URL_
Below are some of the questions that I received from the Webinar:
Q: Can you give some performance tips in using script tasks too?
A: Yea, don't use them! Script tasks can be really bad for performance and many times I have been able to replace someone else's code with native SSIS components. For example, I had situation where the client was using some very complicated .net code to parse out columns based on logic. The package was taking over an hour to process 1 million records. I replaced this with some conditional splits and derived columns and it now runs in 3 minutes.
Q: I am assuming that the file formats must be the same for all files when using the MultiFlatFile transform, correct?
A: You are absolutely correct. The metadata in each file must match.
Q: PW delivers a 'TF Advanced Lookup Cache Transform" component. What are the benefits of using this component over the Cache Transform covered earlier? It seems that the TF components cannot make use of the same result set when the data set is role based.
A: For basic caching of data I would use the native SSIS cache transform. The major advantage you get from the Task Factory component is you can do very difficult range lookups with ease and they will perform at a high level. Please see my blog post on this.
Q: What version of SQL Server is being used?
A: I was using SQL 2012, but everything in the presentation is applicable to 2005 and 2008.
Q: With the multi flatfile connection manager can you specify specific types?
A: Yes, the wild card character can be anywhere in the connection string property. So you could do test*.txt to only pull in text files where the file name begins with test.
Q: Why would you ever not use table or view (fast load) option in the OLEDB Destination?
A: Well I personally would always use that option. However, with the fast load option all records are committed for the entire batch. So if there is a record that is bad and causes the failure you will not know which record caused the error. With table or view option each record is committed individually so you know exactly which record caused the failure.
Q: is the volume on?
A: Sorry can you ask that again, I couldn't hear you….
Thanks again!
How to solve a a tricky SSIS Problem with the TF Surrogate Key transform!
Recently I was able to solve a really tricky problem in SSIS using the TF Surrogate key transform. Let's discuss the business problem:
The client was using some complicated .net code to loop through each line in a file and look for a very specific string of code. Once the string was found they then wanted to return all the values found six rows below that row. This process continues through the file. A picture is worth a thousand words:
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So now that we understand the business problem we can solve this with SSIS. The solution is actually quite simple. Essentially we need to get the string we are searching for _PHONE_) and the row with the values on the same row so we can let SSIS work its' magic. This is where the Surrogate Key transform comes in.
To solve this problem I used not one but two Flat File source components in my data flow and I brought the same file in twice. I then used the surrogate key transform to assign row numbers to the rows coming from each flat file source component.
 - For the first flat file source I started the row number at 6 and then incremented by one.
 - For the second flat file source I started the row number at 1 and incremented by one.
 - Setting up the surrogate key transform is extremely easy, 3 easy steps, see below:
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Now I use the merge join component in SSIS and join the two data sets on the newly created SK_Columns. This will put our search string on the same row with the values we were looking for.
Below is a picture of the data flow thus far:
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And here is a screenshot of the new result set after the Merge Join transform, notice how the two rows are now on the same row. From here we can do some basic SSIS operations to split out all the records we don't need and then we can use a derived column transform to parse out the values in "Column 2".
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Thanks for looking!
How to properly sort your source query in SSIS.
Unfortunately when you have a sorted result set in SSIS using T-SQL this sorting is not automatically picked up in the metadata. This subsequently causes additional issues with components like the Merge Join that expect the result set to be sorted and the metadata to pick this up. Because of this fact there are two additional steps that must be performed in the OLE DB Source.


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Definitions for absorption, electric
The Standard Electrical Dictionary
A property of the static charge. When a Leyden jar is being charged it dilates a little and the capacity increases, so that it can take a little more charge for a given potential difference existing between its two coatings. This phenomenon occurs with other static condensers, varying in degree with the dielectric. With shellac, paraffin, sulphur and resin, for instance, the absorption is very slight; with gutta-percha, stearine, and glass, the absorption is relatively great. The term is due to Faraday. Iceland spar seems almost or quite destitute of electric absorption.
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Research Motivating Problem:
Transient disturbance may cause safety critical situations. Two problems for passenger vehicles are studied:
- Aerodynamic disturbance while overtaking a large vehicle.
- Disturbances from a 1st impact, affecting the post impact motion and the risk for secondary events.
Driving simulator is used as the primary tool in this project.
- How does the driver react to, and how safety critical is, the aerodynamic disturbance while overtaking a large vehicle cause safety?
- How does the driver react to a 1st impact, and how much does an automatic motion control reduce the risk for secondary events?
- 1 VehDyn PostDoc (+2 PostDocs, at Fluid Dynamics and Human Factors)
- Vehicle models for aerodynamic disturbances and violent post‐impact motion


Real-Time Collaboration
Definition - What does Real-Time Collaboration mean?
Real-time collaboration is a term used for software or technologies that allow multiple users to work together on a project in real time, or simultaneously. Challenges related to real-time collaboration involve making files commonly available to multiple users in different locations, and allowing these users to communicate without signal delays.
Techopedia explains Real-Time Collaboration
Different real-time collaboration tools have their own sets of features for accommodating this kind of group interaction. Some of these involve instant messaging or other real-time communications tools, while others involve file sharing so that multiple users can see files at the same time. Some of these resources even offer collaborative real-time editing, where files can be amended or altered jointly in real-time.
Those who are looking at real-time collaboration technologies can also think about factors such as file storage. Some new and innovative products use the cloud as a file storage medium in order to make collaboration more efficient. Alternately, real-time collaboration resources can facilitate shared access to a client's server or other hardware storage medium.
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Sourcing aerospace switches can be a time-consuming process. New video resources from Select Controls, Inc. provide fast answers about what switches do and how they are made.
A new video resource library from Select Controls, Inc. of Bohemia, NY, introduces aerospace and military manufacturers and maintenance specialists to the company's aerospace switches. These parts include acceleration switches, disturbance switches, and tilt switches that function as sensors and automation devices. The series of six videos found on Answerhop answer questions about sourcing high-performance aerospace switches for civilian or military aircraft and other aerospace applications.
Presented in question-and-answer format, the video guides cover uses for switches, materials, and customization options. Additionally, the videos explain the rigorous manufacturing processes necessary to produce reliable aerospace switches.
Content of the video guides dives into the critical subject of material quality. Nickel and gold plating are essential for consistent and accurate switch performance. The materials used by Select Controls, Inc. meet military specifications. Thoroughly sealed housings surround connectors to halt the intrusion of contaminants that could impact conductivity or cause corrosion. High-grade materials and well-conceived designs result in switches that endure extreme changes in temperature alongside rapid shifts in altitude.
The videos further explore the various applications that require aerospace switches. Aircraft parts that activate emergency alerts or signal beacons present two examples. Additionally, cockpit recorders need switches.
Select Controls, Inc. intends the video resources for use by aerospace and military contractors that need to assess quickly whether the company can meet their needs. As an aerospace switch manufacturer, the company can both design switches and produce them for jet aircraft, helicopters, and spacecraft. Select Controls, Inc. has the resources to follow strict specifications outlined by customers who must obtain parts that can withstand the most demanding operational environments.
Original equipment manufacturers and aerospace maintenance companies in need of standard or custom switches may review the video materials to gain a better understanding of the manufacturer's capabilities. The video library highlights the company's readiness to receive requests for proposals that include custom specifications.
For more information about aerospace switches, please visit _URL_


Guest Blog – EquityEdit: Expanding Access to Biomedical Innovations
This guest blog entry is from Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru, an
MD/PhD student at the Yale University School of
Medicine. Duncan describes
the recently launched non-profit organization, EquityEdit, which aims to expand
access to the research literature for authors whose first language is not
English, whilst also contributing funding to health initiatives in developing
is a new non-profit organization that capitalizes on the expanding market for
high-quality technical editing to generate sustainable funding for innovations
in global public health. In partnership with for-profit biomedical editing
companies, we recruit and train scientists from diverse backgrounds to edit
portion of the compensation they earn is then donated to small, innovative,
financing. Additionally, in exchange for the value-added EquityEdit provides to
for-profit partners in terms of public relations, personnel management,
marketing, and technical innovations, its for-profit partners provide an
additional donation as a percentage of the revenue from each order. Through
this means, EquityEdit improves access to biomedical innovations on two fronts:
on the one hand by improving communication among scientists from
non-English-speaking countries and on the other by delivering sustainable and
flexible financing to healthcare organizations delivering medical and public
health interventions to the global poor.
globalization of science through a primarily English-language medium has left
scientists from non-English-speaking countries at a distinct disadvantage in
communicating their research. Despite the expansion of scientific editing
companies, the demand for editing services outstrips the supply. A major issue
faced by editing companies is finding talented, reliable editors with sufficient
biomedical and scientific backgrounds to provide services to their clients. At
the same time, scientists desire to see the fruits of their research borne in
resource-poor countries. While scientists tend to be knowledgeable about and
sympathetic to global health issues, they lack avenues to allow them to make a
real contribution to global public health. The EquityEdit model provides them
the opportunity to apply their highly valued scientific expertise to a task that
provides a specific monetary value—on the order of $40-$100 per hour—to their
services, while contributing the remaining editing profits to a medical relief
the EquityEdit mechanism provides sustainable, long-term financing to innovative
global public health organizations. While numerous mechanisms do exist for
global health financing, few opportunities are available for small, innovative
enterprises to develop novel solutions to pressing public health problems.
EquityEdit chooses beneficiaries with transparent and open practices so that
editors can monitor the way in which the donations they generate are used to
create social change.
maximize revenue to participating non-profit beneficiaries, the management team
of EquityEdit remains all-volunteer. Since these volunteers are unpaid, other
incentives exist to create a sustainable management structure. The primary
incentive is their desire to fundraise for the nonprofit beneficiary. To
facilitate this, a major criteria for an EquityEdit beneficiary (in addition to
being small, innovative, pro-poor) is that they have at least one executive or
board member who is qualified and interested in improving EquityEdit. This is a
key aspect of developing a sustainable model that doesn't require a paid
executive director, since the beneficiary executive would be significantly
invested in the financial success of EquityEdit. Once a non-profit joins, the
goal would be to quickly expand to and sustain annual revenue streams of
$100,000 for the non-profit. This revenue would continue for at least five
years, during which time the point-person at the non-profit would be expected to
engage in improving EquityEdit.
In addition to recruiting and
training a team of experienced editors, EquityEdit provides for profit partners
with value-added in marketing and in IT innovations that produce greater
efficiencies. EquityEdit harnesses the efficiency of the market, the reach of
the internet, and the power of self-interested goodwill. Importantly,
EquityEdit reduces costs, increases exposure, and offers tax incentives to
for-profit editing businesses, which makes engaging in this charitable activity
good for their bottom line. The exact proportion of funds distributed to the
editing company, editor, and non-profit beneficiary is set by a contractual
arrangement between the company and editor.
There are several present opportunities to get involved with
or contribute to EquityEdit.
Corporate Partnerships
If you work for a corporation that might benefit from a
collaboration with EquityEdit, please contact editor(AT)equityedit(DOT)org.
Volunteer Leadership Positions
To further improve our model, we are looking for individuals
with backgrounds in marketing, social enterprise, biomedicine, technical
editing, and public health. Please contact editor(AT)equityedit(DOT)org if
interested in joining our team, providing a one-paragraph cover email detailing
your relevant background and interests in EquityEdit.
Paid Editors
If you are interested in becoming a paid editor, please apply
at Note that you must have
significant first-author publication experience to be considered as an editor.
We are also looking for scientists who are conversant in Japanese who can act as
translators. Please apply through the same applicant portal.
Duncan Smith-Rohrberg Maru
Co-founder, EquityEdit
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'INFERNOFUEL' FUEL ADDITIVE FOR GASOLINE AND DIESEL
Fuel Savings:By using "Infernofuel" additive -- one 25 ml bottle added to 240 liters of gasoline -- you can save 10-30% of fuel or 24-72 liters, or an average of about 50 liters of gasoline.
When you add one bottle to 400 liters of diesel, you can save 10-30% of fuel equal 48-80 liters, or an average about 80 liters of diesel.
How to use it:
Add a suitable amount of fuel additive into your car gas tank and add the fuel:
- 25 ml of fuel additive mix with 240 liters of gasoline/bioethanol
- 25 ml of fuel additive mix with 400 liters of diesel/biodiesel
- 1 liter of fuel additive mix with 9600 liters of gasoline/bioethanol
- 1 liter of fuel additive mix with 16000 liters of diesel/biodiesel
And it is suitable for all types of engines using gasoline, diesel or any biofuel:
- Internal combustion engines -- cars, motorcycles, trucks, trains, tug-boats, ships, propeller airplanes.
- External combustion arrangements such as furnaces, boilers, kilns and other industrial applications.
The first photo below shows the product as it comes in 3 different sizes (from left to right): twelve 25 mL bottles in one box, a 1 L tank and a 0.5 L tank.
The second photo below show a 25 mL bottle of the twelve bottles in the box.
Why Use Infernofuel:
Using infernofuel rather than other fuel additives such as ethanol.
1. Infernofuel saves you 30% on gasoline or diesel, this means it is double the benefits to the consumer and to the environment.
2. Infernofuel let's your vehicle engine get more miles per gallon, your vehicle is getting more millage and saving you money. This is the opposite of what ethanol currently does.
3. Infernofuel is made from small amounts of natural oil, so there is no worry of a human food crisis.
Military testings for Infernofuel, visit website at:
How to Buy It
To order please contact Agrinol Inc., which is the exclusive provider of Infernofuel for Canada and the Middle East .
By phone: _PHONE_
Combusto Coal is a clear green liquid catalyst. It is a combination between organic and non-organic substances. After dosing into coal, it helps to promote complete combustion of coal in a burning chamber. This can produce more energy for the same amount fuel, therefore it can reduce total consumption of coal and also reduces emission of toxic gases.(GHG)


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Stallhagen DiscGolfPark (copy)
- course classification: B1
- amount of holes: 9
- total length: 738 m (63–140 m/per hole)
- par (ideal result): 28 throws
Disc golf is a game suitable for all ages and genders. The main idea of disc golf is the same as in traditional golf. The player who gets through the course with the least amount of throws wins. Disc golf is played with plastic discs instead of balls and clubs. Instead of holes, there are disc golf targets.
1. The main objective is to get the disc from the tee into the target with the least amount of throws possible.
2. After the initial throws off the tee the player who is the furthest away from the target throws first. Play continues from where the disc came to rest. The player throws as many throws as needed to get the disc into the target.
3. The hole is finished when the disc is inside the target.
4. Please pay attention also to other players on the course and leave the course tidy for others to enjoy.
INFO FOR PLAYERS
- You are responsible for your throws. When hitting people or obstacles, the disc can cause serious damage.
- Before you throw, make sure that there is nobody in the near the direction of your throw.
THROWING DURING ROUND
- Don't throw, if you can't see the target. Make sure the hole is clear before you throw.
- Don't throw if there's even a possibility of hitting people or animals.


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Taiwan Film Screenings (Understanding Taiwan Through Film and Documentaries)台灣光點‧電影放送
Dr Dafydd Fell and Dr Ming-yeh Rawnsley discuss the Taiwan Film Screenings at SOAS
Over the past 30 years Taiwan film has had an outstanding record of achievement at major film festivals, particularly those in Europe. To factor in this enormous triumph SOAS has offered a course on Taiwan film since 2005 – a course that has been tremendously popular with students. The value of Taiwan's films and documentaries goes beyond their artistic quality, for they also offer a key platform for understanding modern Taiwan. This has been the prime motivation behind this new project. Its goal: to facilitate regular screenings of Taiwanese films and documentaries. Each screening will feature a follow-up Q&A session with invited film makers, actors, or film scholars and critics.
The films will be chosen to integrate closely with existing Taiwan courses at SOAS and the regular Taiwan Studies Seminars. The films shown will reflect key themes, such as important trends in Taiwan's history, social, economic and political change, cross-Strait and international relations, and cultural development. We already supplement our teaching with reference to clips from Taiwanese films and documentaries, but regular screenings of films and the opportunity to question and directly interact with film makers and specialists will greatly enhance students' understanding of contemporary Taiwan. We also intend that these screenings will be organised in close cooperation with the Taiwan Academy in London, which will be inaugurated in the near future. Overall, it is hoped that the screenings will help raise wider awareness and understanding about modern Taiwan and its vibrant creative industries.
The project will host nine film screenings during each academic year. These will include a mix of feature films, short films, and documentaries. There will be three film showings each in term 1 (September-December) and in term 2 (January to March); in term 3 we will devote an entire day to three screenings as part of our annual Taiwan Studies Summer School. The film screenings shall be open to the general public and advertised widely on our Taiwan Studies website and through our extensive emailing lists.
The Understanding Taiwan through Film and Documentary Screening Series is supported by the Ministry of Culture's Spotlight Taiwan Programme. Special Thanks to Dr. Samuel Yin for his generous support to the Spotlight Taiwan Programme.


CloudUploader#
class streaming.base.storage.CloudUploader(out, keep_local=False, progress_bar=False, retry=2, exist_ok=False)[source]#
Upload local files to a cloud storage.
clear_local(local)[source]#
Remove the local file if it is enabled.
Parameters
local (str) – A local file path.
classmethod get(out, keep_local=False, progress_bar=False, retry=2, exist_ok=False)[source]#
Instantiate a cloud provider uploader or a local uploader based on remote path.
Parameters
 - out (str | Tuple[str, str]) –
 Output dataset directory to save shard files.
 1. If out is a local directory, shard files are saved locally.
 2. If out is a remote directory, a local temporary directory is created to cache the shard files and then the shard files are uploaded to a remote location. At the end, the temp directory is deleted once shards are uploaded.
 3. If out is a tuple of (local_dir, remote_dir), shard files are saved in the local_dir and also uploaded to a remote location.
 - keep_local (bool) – If the dataset is uploaded, whether to keep the local dataset shard file or remove it after uploading. Defaults to False.
 - progress_bar (bool) – Display TQDM progress bars for uploading output dataset files to a remote location. Default to False.
 - retry (int) – Number of times to retry uploading a file. Defaults to 2.
 - exist_ok (bool) – When exist_ok = False, raise error if the local part of out already exists and has contents. Defaults to False.
Returns
CloudUploader – An instance of sub-class.
list_objects(prefix=None)[source]#
List all objects in the object store with the given prefix.
Parameters
prefix (Optional[str], optional) – The prefix to search for. Defaults to None.
Returns
List[str] – A list of object names that match the prefix.
upload_file(filename)[source]#
Upload file from local instance to remote instance.
Parameters
filename (str) – File to upload.
Raises
NotImplementedError – Override this method in your sub-class.


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Definitions for umbriaˈʌm bri ə
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
Um•bri•aˈʌm bri ə(n.)
a region in central Italy. 819,000; 3270 sq. mi. (8470 sq. km).
Category: Ancient History, Geography (places)
a mountainous region in central Italy
A region of central Italy.
The Nuttall Encyclopedia
a province of ancient Italy, between Cisalpine Gaul and the territory of the Sabines; inhabited originally by a powerful Latin race.


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Describe the scene as Bilbo approaches the region where the trees ended in chapter 10 in The Hobbit.
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Chapter Ten of The Hobbit, entitled "A Warm Welcome," opens with the dwarves and Bilbo's leaving the Mirkwood forest at last. As the tree line dwindles, Bilbo sees the open prospect before him unfold, revealing open marshes with small isles and a steady, wide river. Far in the distance, the Lonely Mountain looms with "its dark head in a torn cloud" (170). The mountain seems like a dark omen, and Bilbo does not like the looks of it. As Bilbo continues his journey into the open land, he realizes that his decision to escape via river was a sound one, for most of the roads running along the river have fallen into disrepair.
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Core Testing Services
Regression Testing: Regression testing at HCL involves testing a sub set of conditions in the form of test cases that will give confidence that any enhancements, fixes, configuration changes, upgrades etc have not affected the functioning of those part of the system that have not changed. HCL conducts optimized regression testing through risk assessment, impact assessment and prioritization. HCL regression testing compliments explicit testing designed to verify the changed parts of the system.
System Functional & Non Functional Testing: HCL's objective of System Functional testing is to ensure that the system satisfies the functional requirements of the detailed system specifications. HCL conducts System Functional testing with a perspective of testing the integrated system against the functional requirements and specifications. To ensure, the system satisfies the non functional attributes of the detailed system specifications and required as part of operational and other service requirements. The Non Functional Testing perspective of HCL is to test the integrated system against the non functional system attributes, system specifications, operation and other service requirements.
System Integration Testing: HCL ensures through System Integration Testing that the system integrates and interfaces / communicates with all other systems, the target platforms and other infrastructures, satisfying the requirements and specifications. Testing that the system can integrate with other services and systems as required. This includes applications, systems, data and infrastructure.
User Acceptance Testing: HCL conducts and/or supports User Acceptance testing to ensure that the business customers of the system are satisfied; the system is fit for purpose and provides confidence that the system will support business. It includes testing the system against the business requirements and objectives following actual business processes or scenarios.
Risk Based Testing (Technique / Approach): HCL understands that Testing can be time consuming and costly and cannot be economically executed to provide exhaustive coverage of any system/software. The focus and attention of testing has to be placed on aspects of software that matter most. HCL achieves this by applying the principle of Risk Based Prioritization of tests. HCL approach to testing is Risk Based to ensure that appropriate testing activities are identified and prioritized based on risk. HCL reduces the risk of failure to the business and increase customer satisfaction through this approach.


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Free radical scavenging effects of melatonin and serotonin: Possible mechanism
Melatonin has been reported to be a potent free radical scavenger, but the mechanism by which it protects membranes from lipid peroxidation is poorly understood. The present study addresses this problem by comparing the free radical scavenging properties of melatonin and serotonin, two indoles with similar structure, but differing solubilities. Both serotonin and melatonin significantly prevented lipid peroxidation of platelet membranes. Additionally, melatonin significantly decreased the microviscosity (increased the fluidity) of platelet membranes, while serotonin had the opposite effect. These data led us to postulate that serotonin exerts its free radical scavenging action in the aqueous phase, or at the water-membrane interface, while melatonin positions itself within the lipid bilayer where it protects membrane phospholipids against free radical attack.


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Caroli Zygo, physicist, prominent figure in galactic space research, physician of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences (MTA), professor emeritus at the Wigner Center for Physics Research (FK) and member of the Scientific Council for Space Science, died at the age of 78. Károly Szeg died unexpectedly on January 22. The Wigner Center for Physical Research considers the scientist dead.
Károly Szegő began his career as a theoretical particle physicist, applying the methods of group theory. His interest turned to space physics in the early 1980s, particularly to study the surface of comets, surface processes, and the interaction of the solar wind and comets.
He was co-chair of the Soviet space mission VEGA (1986), which was launched with international participation to identify Halley's Comet. On the occasion of this research, for the first time in human history, an image of a comet's core was taken, the size of the comet's core and its rotation were determined, and the surface activity of the comet was modeled.
Four of his _PHONE_ papers were among the seven most cited in the world for solar system research. His achievements were recognized with the State Prize in 1986.
He later worked as a visiting researcher on NASA's Pioneer-Venus Orbiter mission, where he participated as a research associate in the plasma physics experiments of the Phobos-2 mission launched in 1988 to study Mars. He achieved important results in the study of the planet Venus. He was a research associate in the Plasma Physics Experiments for NASA's Cassini mission to study Saturn, and then in the Plasma Physics Experiment for the ESA Rosetta mission. In recent years, he participated in the SERENA plasma experiment of the ESA BepiColombo mission, which was sent to the planet Mercury.
Károly Szegő was the first Director of the MTA KFKI Research Institute for Particle and Nuclear Physics, founded in 1975, until 2002. Between 2002 and 2010, he organized and supported the work of the Academic Research Network as Head of the Research Development and Innovation Department at the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, and then as Head of the Research Development Department and innovation.
(Cover photo: Caroly Ziggo, November 25, 2002. Photo: Máté Nándorfi/MTI)
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Written in expressive verse, We Pray invites children and their parents to explore some of the unique aspects of Orthodox Christian prayer life. Through reflections on topics like icons, the Jesus Prayer, and the liturgy, children are invited to see the beauty in our way of praying and understand better the purpose of Orthodox prayer.
Therese Johnson Borchard Whitney, who has just moved to Chicago, is apprehensive about her first day in fifth grade in a new school. When she opens her Emerald Bible to the story of Jonah and the Whale, she is transported there, with Jonah, as she learns a lesson about runn…
In this volume of this biblical time-travel series, soccer star Whitney becomes an elitist on the field and is whisked back to the Tower of Babel to see the results of pride. Ages 8-12. THERESE BORCHARD (More from this Author)
Whitney, along with her friends, makes fun of a computer nerd who is always well prepared for class. Later, in reading her Emerald Bible, she is transported to the story of Noah and the Ark, where she stows away. She learns that everyone made fun of Noah, too, but that he was the only one [...]
Whitney and some friends pull a prank on the "teacher's pet" because they are jealous of her. Through her Emerald Bible Whitney is transported to the story of Joseph and his brothers, where she learns that nothing good comes from jealousy, and that different people have different talents and gifts. Ages 8-12.


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Lagos State government has urged communities on the fringe of the Ogun River to relocate immediately, warning that there could be heavy flooding following heavy rainfall and the opening of the Oyan dam by the Ogun-Osun River Basin Authority.
The State's Ministry of Environment in a statement signed by the Commissioner, Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, listed the areas likely to be affected to include Alagbole, Meiran, Maidan, Kara, Isheri-Olowora, Agiliti, Owode-Onirin, Owode-Elede, Agboyi I, Agboyi II, Ajegunle, Itowolo, Majidun, Ibeshe, Baiyeku, Maidan, Lekki-Ajah and the Lagos Lagoon boundaries.
Wahab, said following the incidence of flooding already being experienced in the neighbourhood of Ajegunle, Kara, the flooding was likely to become worse.
The Commissioner said an alert issued by the Ogun Osun River Basin Authority on the operation of Ouan Dam had advised all residents of the Ogun River bank to relocate immediately.
The alert showed rainfall and average water released monthly for years 2021, 2022 and 2023 till mid October, warning of possible inundation by flooding which was already happening.
Wahab, said comparatively with year 2021, total rainfall was 969mm while for 2022, it was 1,140mm, saying when compared with the first 10 months of this year, rainfall amounted to 1,410.1mm which was a significant rise.
In addition, for the amount of water spilled by the River Basin Authority for the whole of 2021, it amounted to 1,140mcm, while for 2022, the amount of water spilled was slightly higher at 1,475.6mcm while for the 10 months of this year, a very significant 2,274 has been released with 532.2mcm and 348.7mcm released in September and October respectfully.
According to the statistical table released by the River Basin Authority, the amount of rainfall recorded from January to October 2023 (1,410.0mm) indicated that most of the rainfall in the area had fallen.
Likewise, the volume of water released from January to October 15, 2023, was more than the average synthesised Annual Flow volume of 1770Mcm against a Gross Storage of 27+90Mcm.
He stated that the utmost concern of the state government was safety of lives and properties of residents, which he said explained the urgent call for relocation by those affected, adding that safety of lives and properties was paramount.
Wahab added that the alert became necessary because there was much water to be expected in October 2023, in addition to the heavy downpours usually associated with the months of September and December every year along Ogun River Basin and other related predictions and warning from Nigeria Metrological Services (NIMET), Nigeria Hydrological Services (NIHSA), National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA)and other related Agencies.


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It can be concluded from a study conducted by the Hertie School of Governance in Berlin. The main reason for underpayment is care of children or elderly relatives.
German culture minister Monika Grütters. Photo: Olaf Kosinsky, Wikimedia
Though women constitute about 48% of the cultural workforce in Germany, they hold only 21% of top management positions at media companies and 16% of the decision-making positions at major culture departments, the Art Newspaper quotes the study.
Women represent 39% of the faculties of art colleges, but only 20% of the presidents of art colleges are women. Yet two-thirds of students studying arts, humanities and media subjects are female.
The study found that the main barrier in women's career is care of children or elderly relatives. Women have to interrupt their careers to take care of children, which also makes their pensions significantly lower.
"We still need to catch up in terms of the proportion of women in leadership positions in broadcast and media companies and in closing the gender pay gap," German culture minister Monika Grütters said. The study was commissioned by the government. Germany works to solve gender problems in different areas and narrow gender pay gap through science, education and lelgislation, including laws on child and elder care.Subscribe to our mailing list:


WebViewPrefab
class : MonoBehaviour
WebViewPrefab is a prefab that makes it easy to create and interact with an IWebView in world space. It takes care of creating and initializing an IWebView, displaying its texture, and handling click and scroll interactions from the user. So, all you need to do is load some web content from a URL or HTML string, and then the user can view and interact with it.
You can create a WebViewPrefab one of the following ways:
 - By dragging WebViewPrefab.prefab into a scene via the editor and setting its "Initial URL" property.
 - By instantiating an instance at runtime with WebViewPrefab.Instantiate() and then waiting for its Initialized event to be raised, after which you can call methods on its WebView property.
WebViewPrefab handles standard events from Unity's input system (like IPointerDownHandler), so it works with input modules that extend Unity's BaseInputModule, like Unity's Standalone Input Module and third-party modules.
If your use case requires a high degree of customization, you can instead create an IWebView outside of the prefab with Web.CreateWebView().
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Public properties
ClickingEnabled
bool ClickingEnabled
Clicking is enabled by default, but can be disabled by setting this property to false.
DragToScrollThreshold
float DragToScrollThreshold
In order to prevent dragging-to-scroll from triggering unwanted clicks, a click is discarded if the pointer drags beyond this threshold before a "pointer up" event occurs. The default threshold is 0.15.
InitialUrl
string InitialUrl
If you drag a WebViewPrefab.prefab into the scene via the editor, you can set this property in the editor to make it so that the instance automatically initializes itself with the given URL.
ScrollSensitivity
static float ScrollSensitivity
Allows the scroll sensitivity to be adjusted. The default sensitivity is 0.001.
ScrollingEnabled
bool ScrollingEnabled
Scrolling is enabled by default, but can be disabled by setting this property to false.
Visible
bool Visible
Controls whether the instance is visible or hidden.
WebView
IWebView WebView
A reference to the prefab's IWebView instance, which is available after the Initialized event is raised. Before initialization is complete, this property is null.
Public methods
Destroy
void Destroy()
Destroys the instance and its children. Note that you don't need to call this method if you destroy the instance's parent with GameObject.Destroy().
Init
void Init()
Asynchronously initializes the instance using the width and height set via the Unity editor.
You only need to call this method if you place a WebViewPrefab.prefab in your scene via the Unity editor and don't set its "Initial URL" property. You don't need to call this method if you set the "Initial URL" property in the editor or if you instantiate the prefab programmatically at runtime using Instantiate(). In those cases, Init() is called automatically for you. This method asynchronously initializes the WebView property, which is available for use after the Initialized event is raised.
Init
void Init(float width, float height)
Like Init(), except it initializes the instance to the specified width and height in Unity units.
Init
void Init(float width, float height, WebViewOptions options)
Like Init(float width, float height), except it also accepts an object of options flags that can be used to alter the webview's behavior.
Instantiate
static WebViewPrefab Instantiate(float width, float height)
Creates a new instance with the given dimensions in Unity units and initializes it asynchronously. The WebView property is available after initialization completes, which is indicated by the Initialized event.
Example:
// Create a 0.5 x 0.5 instance
var webViewPrefab = WebViewPrefab.Instantiate(0.5f, 0.5f);
// Position the prefab how we want it
webViewPrefab.transform.parent = transform;
webViewPrefab.transform.localPosition = new Vector3(0, 0f, 0.5f);
webViewPrefab.transform.LookAt(transform);
// Load a URL once the prefab finishes initializing
webViewPrefab.Initialized += (sender, e) =>; {
 webViewPrefab.WebView.LoadUrl("_URL_");
};
Instantiate
static WebViewPrefab Instantiate(float width, float height, WebViewOptions options)
Like Instantiate(float width, float height), except it also accepts an object of options flags that can be used to tweak the generated webview's behavior.
Resize
void Resize(float width, float height)
Resizes the prefab mesh and webview to the given dimensions in Unity units.
Public events
Clicked
EventHandler Clicked
Indicates that the prefab was clicked. Note that the prefab automatically calls the IWebView.Click() method for you.
Initialized
EventHandler Initialized
Indicates that the prefab finished initializing, so its WebView property is ready to use.


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Session 2006-07,14 December 2006
New inquiry: Climate change and the Stern review: the implications for HM Treasury policy on tax and the environment
The Treasury Committee has decided to undertake an inquiry into the implications for HM Treasury policy of climate change and the Stern review, following the publication of Sir Nicholas Stern's review of The Economics of Climate Change on 30 October 2006. The Committee will examine the effectiveness of steps taken by HM Treasury to tackle climate change in the context of tax and the environment.
In particular, the Committee will consider:
progress made by the Government on the undertakings set out in its Statement of intent on environmental taxation, published in 1997, and subsequently endorsed in its 2002 paper, Tax and the environment: using economic instruments
the Government's use of environmental or 'green' taxes that are specifically targeted at tackling climate change
the extent to which the Government uses environmental taxation to encourage behavioural change, rather than solely to raise revenue, and the social impact of such taxation; and
looking forward, the appropriate role of environmental taxation, in the context of the range of means by which the Government can seek to achieve its environmental policy aims-for example, by means of regulation, a voluntary agreement or a spending measure.
In relation to the Stern review, the Committee will give particular consideration to:
the innovative and novel aspects of the economic analysis carried out in the review, in order to examine what new perspectives the review has brought to the climate change debate; and
both the design and the parameters of the economic modelling used in the review.
The Committee will not seek to examine the environmental science of climate change, except where it relates to the economic modelling undertaken in the Stern review.
Written evidence should reach the Committee by
5.00 pm on Wednesday 17 January. Further information for those submitting written evidence is given in the notes below.
1. Written evidence should be in Word or rich text format-not PDF format-and sent by e-mail to
The body of the e-mail must include a contact name, telephone number and postal address. The e-mail should also make clear who the submission is from. The deadline is
Wednesday 17 January 2007 at 5.00 pm.
Submissions must address the terms of reference. They should be in the format of a self-contained memorandum and should be no more than 3,000 words. Paragraphs should be numbered for ease of reference, and the document must include an executive summary. Further guidance on the submission of evidence can be found at
Submissions should be original work, not previously published or circulated elsewhere. Once submitted, your submission becomes the property of the Committee and no public use should be made of it unless you have first obtained permission from the Clerk of the Committee. Please bear in mind that Committees are not able to investigate individual cases.
The Committee normally, though not always, chooses to publish the written evidence it receives, either by printing the evidence, publishing it on the internet or by making it publicly available through the Parliamentary Archives. If there is any information you believe to be sensitive you should highlight it and explain what harm you believe would result from its disclosure; the Committee will take this into account in deciding whether to publish or further disclose the evidence.
For data protection purposes, it would be helpful if individuals wishing to submit written evidence send their contact details in a covering letter. You should be aware that there may be circumstances in which the House of Commons will be required to communicate information to third parties on request, in order to comply with its obligations under the Freedom of Information Act 2000.


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|Title:||Review of Methods for Estimation of Passenger Car Unit Values of Vehicles|
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|Citation:||Journal of Transportation Engineering Part A: Systems, 2019, Vol.145, 6, pp.-|
|Abstract:||Estimation of passenger car unit (PCU) values is very important for traffic capacity analysis and other relevant applications such as level of service (LOS) measures, determination of saturation flow rate, signal design and coordination, and development of traffic flow models. Because of such wide applications, the accuracy of PCU values is highly significant in traffic flow analysis. Many research works have been carried out on estimation of PCUs in the past few decades. In developed countries, various methods were developed for estimating PCU values for different types of facilities which carry trucks and buses of lesser composition. But these methods are not completely analogous for mixed traffic due to the presence of wide variety of vehicle types, nonlane discipline, intraclass variability of vehicles and their maneuverability. With this consideration, various methods used for estimating PCUs for different facility types under homogeneous and mixed traffic conditions are reviewed and the drawbacks of the existing methods are identified in this paper. The challenges in estimating PCU values and future directions for improving the PCU estimation methods are also presented. © 2019 American Society of Civil Engineers.|
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When not triggered by an alarm+ are the ground closure pins on the REMOTE connector of a waveform monitor floating or set to logical low?
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When not triggered by an alarm+ are the ground closure pins on the REMOTE connector of a waveform monitor floating or set to logical low?
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The ground closure pins on the remote port have nothing to do with the logic pins on that same port. When the ground closure is closed (triggered by an alarm) that pin becomes a ground point and completes a circuit. When the ground closure is open (not being triggered by an alarm) it is a floating node which prevents a circuit from forming. If it were set to logic low it would be the same as a ground but 10 volts lower.
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Immersify is a virtual reality platform consisting of hardware and software whose primary goal is to provide a level of immersion for a user that current platforms do not provide. This is accomplished through the use of accelerometers, an HMD, and an API to allow for simple interfacing.
Some applications of Immersify include the following:
- Compatability with any game that uses a keyboard and mouse for input
- Simulations based on user movement
- Virtual reality games
Further details can be found here.
Watch the Immersify video below to see Immersify in action!


Here's Why So Many Non-Redhead Guys Grow Ginger Beards
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Face fuzz is really au fait right now – and many men have adopted the bearded look to keep their top lips toasty and trendy.
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But, as they embark on their mission to grow and maintain mutton chops, determined their facial hair will attract females, many brunette men are surprised to see their beard hair grows ginger.
While redheads are rare – making them even more dazzling to those with dishwater blonde or dull brunette hair – a curious genetic quirk means non-redheads can grow ginger beards.
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Hair colour is determined by your genetics, which you inherit from your ancestors and can stem back hundreds of years – way back when your familial line originated.
With all of those ancestors influencing your genetic make-up, there's an astonishingly wide range of hair colours and hues that can sprout on a person's body.
The precise shade of the colour of your hair is determined by the amount of melanin – a type of organically developed pigment that is also associated with your predisposition to tanning – in your body.
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Petra Haak-Bloem, a specialist at the Dutch national genetic research centre Erfocentrum, informed a Motherboard blogger:
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For white people the shades are dependent on two sorts of melanin: eumelanine (black pigment) and pheomelanine (red pigment). Hair cells of dark haired people only contain eumelanine. Blondes have less eumelanine. And redheads' hair contains mostly pheomelanine.
Having a ginger beard and brown hair is linked to a mutation on the MC1R gene. The gene plays an important role in making proteins involved in the production of melanin which, as Haak-Bloem explained, determines whether your hair has red pigment or not.
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People inherit two different MC1R genes, one from each parent, Haak-Bloem told to Motherboard. However, it's very possible that only one of your MC1R genes will mutate.
In this case, you'll have both eumelanine and pheomelanine pigments, which can pop up anywhere on your body, from your eyebrows to your beard to your pubic hair.
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So, if you're the lone ginger in your family, so dome digging and you'll likely discover a distant uncle Cecil who was blessed with a ginger gene – thus, your worry about being adopted are officially over.
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Mystery solved. As they say, variation is the orange, vibrant spice of life.
So, if you're one of the men who enjoys a sprinkle of ginger streaking through your chin mane, embrace it.


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Djeco Ludicolouri Wooden Puzzle - Learn Colours
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French brand Djeco are committed to providing families with beautifully crafted, creative and educationally focused wooden toys, puzzles and games. In 1954 Djeco's founder Véronique Michel-Dalès was a pioneering woman, starting her own company in a male dominated industry she created several hugely popular educational games and by the 1960's Véronique had won numerous awards. Her creative and pioneering spirit continues today with Djeco's dedication to quality, innovative educational wooden toys and puzzles now spanning over 64 years.
Djeco's magical Ludicolouri 19 piece wooden animal puzzle is a standout in Djeco's fun puzzle games range. Consisting of a square wooden base skilfully decorated as a dreamy blue sky with a flock of removable, playful and colourful wooden birds these quality puzzles are amazingly good at assisting toddlers learn colours in a very short time.
Size (package) – Ludicolouri Animal Puzzle Learning Colours: W 30cm x D 11cm x H 30cm.
Age: 36+ months.
Djeco Wooden Animal Puzzle to Learn Colours - Ludicolouri features:
- EDUCATIONAL – 18 x adorable, differently coloured wooden birds flying around a 1 x central colour wheel providing a fantastic educational platform to assist toddlers learn different colours. As each bird fly's off this fun puzzle game it leaves an empty spot matching it's colour assisting kids to recognise and match the different colours.
- COLOURFUL – Comprises a sensational variety of vibrant, child safe colours to stimulate the visual sensors and encourage colour identification and experimentation.
- ENGAGING – Simple and highly effective in engaging a child's attention through different colours, shapes and spatial layout. Children quickly engage and maintain interest as the enticing challenge to identify and match the shapes and colours is wonderful to watch.
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A difference equation model for the dynamics of a semelparous size-structured species consisting of juvenile and adult individuals is derived and studied. The adult population consists of two size classes, a smaller class and a larger more fertile class. Negative feedback occurs through slowed juvenile growth due to increased total population levels during the developmental period and consequently a smaller adult size at maturation. Intra-specific competition coefficients are size dependent and measure the strength of intra-specific competition between juveniles and adults. It is shown that equilibrium states in which adults and juveniles occur together at all times are in general destabilized by significantly increased juvenile vs adults competition with the result that stable periodic cycles appear, in which the generations alternate in time and hence avoid competition. This result supports the tenet that intra-specific competition between juveniles and adults is destabilizing. Exceptions to this destabilization principle are found, however, in which populations exhibiting non-equilibrium, aperiodic dynamics can be equilibrated by increase competition between juveniles and adults. This occurs, for example, when adult fertility and competition coefficients are significantly size class dependent.
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