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less than the threshold (τ), then it realizes that there may be one or more misbehaving nodes in its cluster. So it sends a vote request message about the suspect nodes to the CAFM module. In addition, the detection engine module makes a decision in cooperating with ICLA based on the number of vote response messages gathered by CAFM module. According to the results of voting, the node Mis a well-behaving one and should be rewarded or it is a misbehaving one and should be punished.
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CAFM module of the cluster-head will gather all the vote responses about suspect node M. CAFM module then sends the number of gathered vote response messages (Vm) to the detection engine module. According to the number of voting for the suspect node's authenticity, a decision is made as follow:
 - If more than 80 percent of the participating nodes in the voting give a positive vote to suspect node M, then this node will be exclude from participating in the routing. Moreover, neighbor nodes of Madd node Mto their black lists.
 - If less than 80 percent and more than 50 percent of the participating nodes in the voting give a positive vote to suspect node M, then this action will be penalized by learning automata residing in the node Nwith b=0.2according to LR-Plearning algorithm.
 - If less than 50 percent and more than 30 percent of the participating nodes in the voting give a positive vote to suspect node M, then this action will be penalized by learning automata residing in the node Nwith b=0.4according to LR-Plearning algorithm.
 - If less than 30 percent of the participating nodes in the voting give a positive vote to suspect node M, then this action will be rewarded by learning automata residing in the node Nwith a=0.6according to LR-Plearning algorithm.
Intrusion Response Module
The Intrusion Response Module efficiently penalizes misbehaving nodes based on updated statistics which are created and sent to intrusion response module by learning automata. The intrusion response module performs the following actions according to received statistics. First, it receives the updated STBvalues (equation 5) from the second layer and saves them in STBtable. Second, if the specific node is a cluster-head node, the intrusion response module sends the order of penalization or dismissal of the suspected node to all cluster nodes. Therefore, misbehaving nodes won't be permitted to participate in routing process.
4.4. Evaluation the Proposed Protocol
In this section, we have implemented the proposed protocol by MATLAB and Glomosim simulator, a scalable discrete event simulator developed by UCLA.
Simulation settings
The network area size is 2000*2000 (in m2). The mobility model is the random waypoint model. The minimum speed is 5 m/s, and the maximum speed is 15 m/s. We have used the IEEE 802.11 for distributed wireless sensor networks as the MAC layer protocol. The number of nodes varies from 1000 to 3000 nodes. Radio bandwidth is 250000(in bps). Initial energy level of each node is 5(mW) and radio transmit power is 10 (in dBm). The size of all data packets is set to 512 bytes. The duration of each simulation is 1800 seconds. The values of γ1 and γ2 are considered 0.5 in our simulations.
Simulated Attacks
In our simulation, we have implemented and used the following attacks:
 - Black-hole attack: In this attack, a misbehaving node uses the routing protocol to advertise itself as having the shortest path to the node whose packets it wants to intercept. The attacker will then receive the traffic which is destined for other nodes, and then it can drop or modify the packets.
 - Denial of Service: A node prevents itself from receiving and forwarding data packets to their destinations.
 - Malicious Flooding: In this attack, the misbehaving node pumps a great deal of useless and garbage packets to the network. In this way, it corrodes the resources of the network such as bandwidth and energy.
 - Packet dropping: A node conditionally or randomly drops data packets which are supposed to be forward.
Simulation Results
The results of simulation in figure 14 show the percentage of detection rate with variation of misbehaving nodes' percentage. In this simulation, the number of nodes is 100 and the number of clusters is 10. Obviously, at first, the percentage of detection rate in all attacks has decreased, and afterwards with increase of misbehaving nodes' percentage the detection rate has increased either. The important reason for this behavior is the application of ICLA. In voting process, gathered information of neighbor nodes is increased which have participated in voting. In fact, the system learns abnormal behavior by increase of gathered information of learning automata from its environment. Therefore, the misbehaving nodes will be detected accurately. Because of using the energy and behavior factors for detecting the malicious nodes in black-hole attack, the results for black-hole attack are detected accurately. Consequently these results are better than that of other attacks with higher population of misbehaving nodes.
Figure 14.
Detection rate vs. percentage of misbehaving nodes
Figure 15 shows the false positive rate with variation in percentage of the misbehaving nodes. In this simulation, the number of nodes is 100 and the number of clusters is 10. In this figure, first, the percentage of false positive rate has increased and then the false positive rate has decreased with increasing the percentage of misbehaving nodes. The learning automaton in each node gathers the information from the environment and this causes detection of misbehaving nodes to be performed properly. So the percentage of false positive rate has decreased after obvious quantity of 40%.
Figure 15.
False positive rate vs. percentage of misbehaving nodes
In figure 16, we have shown the results of simulation and have discussed the detection rate with variation in number of clusters. In this simulation, detection rate will be decreased with increasing the number of clusters. Because of the constant total number of nodes in the network and the increase of clusters' number, the number of nodes in each cluster will be decreased. Therefore, the action probability vector in each cluster-head will be decreased, and this causes the detection rate to decrease in each cluster. As it is shown in this figure, after a specific number of clusters (10), the learning rate has increased, and, thus the detection rate has increased too. In this state, ICLA performs very well.
Figure 16.
Detection rate vs. number of cluster
In figure 17, the simulation results of false positive rate in variation with number of clusters are illustrated. At first, false positive rate increases with increase of clusters' number, because as number of clusters increases, number of nodes inside each clusters decreases. Therefore, the length of action probability vector in cluster-heads' learning automata decreases, but after specific number of clusters (10) the false positive rate decreases due to increasing of learning rate increases. This decrease for denial of service attack has been more noticeable than the other attacks because of ICLA application in detecting attacks and nodal behavior.
In the next simulation, we have evaluated the effects of mentioned attacks on energy consumption of network in our method. Figure 18 shows the average energy consumption with variation in number of nodes. For all attacks, energy consumption has increased with increase of nodes' number. Moreover, average energy consumption for malicious forwarding attack is lower than black-hole attack, and the average energy consumption of black-hole attack is lower than other attacks. These results were predictable, because the proposed method uses the energy level of each node for detecting malicious flooding and black-hole attacks. In addition, the proposed protocol uses each node's behavior for black-hole attack and this causes the energy consumption to increase.
Figure 17.
False positive rate vs. number of clusters
Figure 18.
Average energy consumption in the network vs. number of nodes
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5. Conclusion
In this Chapter, we have disscussed Cellular Learning Automata which has standard assumption of a rectangular grid structure. Then we have represented Irregular Cellular Learning Automata which are the models cause to develop tools that allow us use both rectangular and even irregular grids within one and the same Cellular Automata modeling framework. Of course, we are aware that the regularity of the grid structure is but one of a number of idealizations used in Cellular Automata modeling. For example, it has been discussed controversially whether and under what conditions a simple influence dynamics similar to our model of spatial collective action can be robust with respect to variation in simultaneous vs.
We applied these tools to intrusion detection protocols which is an application from sensor networks. This is a novel approach which used of Irregular Cellular Learning Automata to detect suspect nodes by using and analyzing nodes' behavior during routing process and nodes' energy level. It also implements Irregular Cellular Learning Automata to detect abnormal behaviors. Afterwards, our method starts its voting process in which it decides to reward or penalize suspect node based on learning automata reports. The simulations show that our proposed method not only has a proper detection rate but also is an energy-aware protocol in detecting malicious nodes.
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What Is a Jon Boat?
A Jon boat is basically a boat that is flat and shallow. It incorporates one or more benches extending from one side to another. Very often it is made from wood, although there are some Jon boats made from aluminum.
Design
A Jon boat is flat-bottomed. This type of boat is very shallow and typically is just a few inches above the water's surface. Inevitably, for this reason, a Jon boat is restricted to being used when waters are calm and the weather is favorable because otherwise using the boat tends to be a bit risky. Due to this shape Jon boats do not manage to cut through waves, but simply ride over them. So, for safety reasons, it is best to limit the boat's use to calm waters and lakes. Jon boats typically feature a bench for the occupant to sit on. A large Jon boat may have one or two benches to accommodate more people. Basically a Jon boat has an open hull, without a bilge. For this reason the ribs are left exposed. However, some people may prefer to cover the ribs so as to achieve a level, even surface. Jon boats in most cases have a transom onto which an outboard motor is mounted. Jon boats can easily float evenly over a very shallow amount of water.
Size
Jon boats are usually found between 8 and 20 feet long when bought ready-made. Jon boats usually have a width that ranges between 32 and 56 inches. Jon boats can be bought from marine specialists and suppliers, although some people may opt to construct them themselves since their design is simple and they can be built quite easily. For this reason there are also a number of Jon boats that are made in different dimensions.
Use
Jon boats are used mostly by fishermen who like to go fishing in lakes, and also for family recreational purposes and boat trips. Their strong point is for shallow water fishing. Jon boats are also used for hunting purposes.
Maintenance
Jon boats are relatively easy to maintain since their design enables basic maintenance to be carried out easily. Obviously the maintenance required will depend on the material from which the boat is made, whether the material is wood or aluminum. Wood requires a bit more care and regular inspection. Aluminum Jon boats are in most cases single hulled so that the water never ends up getting trapped. Jon boats can easily be covered with a boat cover. Furthermore, they can also be upgraded in various ways for little money.


Component #4
Component#4 is Mike Rowley. Deep bass lines, driving beats and synthesisers blend with acoustic instruments such as piano, guitar and vocals, mixing electronica, post-dubstep, pop and experimental hip-hop into an evolving and hard to pinpoint eclectic sound. Each release by Component#4 is built around a concept of a particular time and place with often character led themes, part fictional and part biographical. The 'Barbed Wire Sunday' EP was influenced by travels to Berlin, immersion in its Cold War history and the similarities Rowley identified between the German capitol and in the post-industrial, post-Thatcher Black Country which he grew up in. The album 'Into Memory' deals directly with that upbringing, the decaying factories, vandalised bus shelters and litter-strewn canals which formed the landscape of his childhood as well as various significant characters from his past. The forthcoming EP 'A Sentence', draws on the claustrophobic, often violent, manipulative experiences Rowley observed during his four-year employment in a British prison; exploring the physical and emotional journey of a young man serving a relatively short sentence due to a rather serious drink driving offence.


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As a symbol of the Holy Spirit it is specially connected with Baptism (Matthew 3). In pictures of the Annunciation it signifies the Incarnation of Our Saviour by the power of the Holy Ghost. It also symbolizes marytrdom and the Church. The dove with an olive branch was used on a sarcophagus to signify peace and hope of Resurrection; in flight, it represents the Ascension of Christ or the entrance of saints into glory.
Since early medieval times the Holy Eucharist was reserved for the sick in a dove-shaped vessel suspended to the baldichinum over the altar; later the dove was enclosed in a tower upon the altar. A vessel of like form was hung over the early baptisteries.
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Hematite Iron ore beneficiation process flow
The haematite's another name is red iron ore,and its chemical structural formula is Fe203. it's a weak magnetic iron ore and the floatability is better than magnetite. And it is a main material of ironmaking. The main beneficiation process includes:gravity separation,floatation,strong magnetic beneficiation or mix several beneficiation process,and another process is magnetization roasting and then weak magnetic separation. The early haematite beneficiation mostly used the gravity separation process,and the main machines are:jigger,centrifugal separator,spiral chute,spiral washing machine,shaking table etc. Because some other beneficiations's production capacity was small,the grade after processing was low,recovery ratio is low and then was dumped as time goes on. Later as the haematite beneficiation developing,the floatation process ans high intensity magnetization process. It mainly use oxidized paraffinum sodium salt as the collector for floatation and electromagnetic strong magnetic separator as beneficiation equipment for strong magnetic separator. But the others beneficiation technology target were all not good enough. These latest years,the beneficiation process of haematite has developed very well. Especially use the high intensity magnetic separation which is can improve the grade of iron ore concentrate very well,and the recovery of Iron ore concentrate is satisfying.
Other mineral category:
1. Beneficiation process of magnetite ore
2. Beneficiation of hematite iron ore
3. Beneficiation process of tungsten ore
4. Beneficiation process of molybdenum ore
5. Beneficiation process of mirror iron ore
6. Beneficiation process of manganese ore
7. Beneficiation process of Lead Zinc(Zn) Ore
8. Beneficiation process of gold ore
9. Beneficiation process of Fluorite ore
10. Beneficiation process of copper ore
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Role modelling and its impact on the self-development of academics
Place of Publication
School of Business and Law
Academics in higher education are expected by their institutions to enhance their self-development. Role modelling is a means by which academics may achieve pertinent self-development goals. The focus of this chapter is to explore how role modelling can be used in this regard. Through a comprehensive literature review, the dynamics of role modelling in the context of higher education is explored. The author discusses the intricate processes involved in how role modelling can positively influence the personal and professional development of academics. Theoretical perspectives of professional identity construction through role modelling are examined. The author presents the position that academics will utilise role models for personal and professional development throughout their careers. In this context, the processes of role model selection are examined, and the theoretical underpinnings guiding the achievement of self-developmental goals are discussed. The author concludes that role modelling can be applied as an avenue to personal and professional development for academics. The author also proposes practical recommendations to facilitate role modelling interventions within the context of higher education and suggests avenues for future research.


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Soft Set Theoretic Approach for Dimensionality Reduction
A reduct is a subset of attributes that are jointly sufficient and individually necessary for preserving a particular property of a given information system. The existing reduct approaches under soft set theory are still based on Boolean-valued information system. However, in the real applications, the data usually contain non-Boolean values. In this paper, an alternative approach for attribute reduction in multi-valued information system under soft set theory is presented. Based on the notion of multi-soft sets and AND operation, attribute reduction can be defined. It is shown that the reducts obtained are equivalent with Pawlak's rough reduction.


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- Cellario Connect
- LIMS Integration
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Exceptionally Dynamic Scheduling Software
A protocol is an abstract automated experiment. Use a protocol to build an order, a single instance of that process with associated labware quantities, types, and storage positions. Cellario's distinction between process (protocol) and day-to-day practice (orders) gives you more freedom to experiment.
Cellario ensures you'll never put plates in the wrong incubator or send two plates to the same storage position. Cellario's Order Designer unambiguously displays all of your storage utilization at the start of each run so you can manage your carousels, incubators, freezers, and stackers visually. You can create an order, start it, and walk away knowing your samples will be stored properly and taken care of.Define labware type, quantity, and storage locations for each run of a protocol
With a few clicks of your mouse, you can tell your system where to find hundreds of plates and tipboxes and where to put them after the experiment is over. Because a protocol doesn't rigidly define labware quantities and locations, you can use different plates and storage resources every time you run it.


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International mining group Rio Tinto and the University of Sydney have announced a five year continuance of their multimillion dollar research partnership aimed at increasing mining autonomy.
The Rio Tinto Centre for Mine Automation (RTCMA) based at the University's Faculty of Engineering and Information Technologies has been working with the global mining company on the development and deployment of technologies for fully autonomous, remotely operated mining processes since 2007.
The research partnership's next phase will provide a step-change improvement in safety, predictability, precision and efficiency of typical surface mining operations through automation.
Dr Steve Scheding, RTCMA Director and principal research engineer at the centre said:
"The range of programs under way at RTCMA crosses areas such as sensing, machine learning, data fusion and systems engineering."
"The Centre's work so far has resulted in a number of major research advancements targeted at improving the safety and productivity of autonomous operated mining sites."
"One of our projects has created autonomous mining drill rigs that can bore holes into the ore body efficiently and reliably. This autonomous capability also allows the operator of the rig to be located in a much safer area of the mine site - or indeed anywhere on the planet. This increases the safety of the operator, and also greatly improves drilling precision in operations."
The centre will also continue its training program that is educating the next generation of mining automation engineers and technicians.
John McGagh, Head of Innovation at Rio Tinto said the company looked forward to its continuing relationship with the University's research team.
"Our technology professionals have worked alongside top notch research minds to achieve our goals.
"With mining increasingly taking place in remote parts of the world, tomorrow's mines are likely to rely on remote monitoring and control, with employees running the mines from cities thousands of kilometres away.
"With the input of the best academic minds we are already making this a reality. We remotely manage the automated operation of our iron ore mines in Pilbara region from our Perth based offices.
The mining giant also reached a significant milestone earlier this year with its autonomous haul trucks moving 200 million tonnes of earth in the Pilbara region.
"The autonomous haul trucks are a key component in Rio Tinto's strategy of employing next-generation technology to increase efficiency, reduce costs and improve health, safety and environmental performance," said Mr McGagh.

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- Will Wisteria ruin a fence?
- How do I get my wisteria to flower?
- Are wisteria roots invasive?
- Can you grow wisteria in a container?
- What happens if a dog eats wisteria?
- How do you grow wisteria on a wall?
- Do Wisteria lose their leaves in winter?
- What is the best trellis for wisteria?
- Where is the best place to plant a wisteria?
- Is Wisteria bad for houses?
- Is Wisteria poisonous to touch?
- Does Wisteria stick to walls?
- What is the best fertilizer for wisteria?
- Does wisteria need a trellis?
- Is Wisteria poisonous to dogs?
Will Wisteria ruin a fence?
Wisterias (Wisteria synensis) are known for their clusters of pastel flowers, but the weight of their vines demands a serious support structure.
Hardy in U.S.
Department of Agriculture plant hardiness zones 5 through 8, wisterias can damage fences, trees and even elements such as rain gutters..
How do I get my wisteria to flower?
Wisterias benefit from good soil. When young, they're surprisingly thirsty and need regular watering during their first summer. And although they fix their own nitrogen, an occasional feed with high-potash fertilizer will help to coax young plants into precocious bloom.
Are wisteria roots invasive?
Yes, the root system of a wisteria is very aggressive. Since the wisteria root system is so large and powerful, you should avoid planting wisteria near walls or pathways. The root system of a wisteria can easily damage these.
Can you grow wisteria in a container?
Wisterias can be grown in containers but they will never be as successful as those planted in the garden. Ideally, only plant wisteria in a pot if you're training the plant as a standard tree. Choose the largest container you can find and use a good tree and shrub compost.
What happens if a dog eats wisteria?
When your dog chews wisteria seeds or pods, ingested lectins move from the stomach into the bloodstream, where they clot red blood cells. Nibbling any part of a wisteria vine also exposes your dog to the toxic glycoside wistarin. Swallowing it gives him a severe stomach ache with possible nausea, vomiting or diarrhea.
How do you grow wisteria on a wall?
On walls. The ideal way to grow wisteria against a wall is to train it as an espalier, with horizontal support wires (3mm galvanised steel) set 30cm (1ft) apart. Over time, and with pruning twice a year, plants will build up a strong spur system.
Do Wisteria lose their leaves in winter?
Although Wisteria are rarely subject to diseases, leaves frequently turn yellow. If this happens in fall, don't worry, it is normal because Wisteria lose their leaves in winter.
What is the best trellis for wisteria?
To grow a wisteria up an arbor or pergola, make sure that the structure's support posts are at least 4 by 4 inches. The main stem can be twined around a post or grown straight against it; keep the stem firmly attached with heavy-duty garden twine until it has grown over the top of the structure and is attached there.
Where is the best place to plant a wisteria?
Plant wisterias in full sun or partial shade, but make sure the vines receive at least six hours of direct sun daily to encourage good flower development. Also choose a sheltered planting location if you live in a colder climate, since the flower buds can be damaged by a hard spring frost.
Is Wisteria bad for houses?
Wisteria (below) will only grow where there is soil. It will not, therefore, stray under the house – not least because there is a solid barrier, in the form of the building's footings, in its way.
Is Wisteria poisonous to touch?
The tempting beauty of wisteria is alluring but do you know that it is a mildly poisonous plant, mainly for cats and dogs. Every part of it is poisonous, especially seeds.
Does Wisteria stick to walls?
Wisteria does well when trained. The ideal way to grow wisterias against a wall is to train them as an espalier, with horizontal support wires (3mm galvanised steel) set 45cm (18″) apart. Alternatively, you can train them onto a sturdy pergola, or even onto a tree. … Plant your wisteria in autumn or spring.
What is the best fertilizer for wisteria?
For best results, feed wisteria plants every spring. You can use Miracle-Gro Growmore Garden Plant Food or Miracle-Gro® Fish, Blood & Bone All Purpose Plant Food, but a rose or flowering shrub feed will generally give better results. In very well-drained soil, also feed with sulphate of potash in summer.
Does wisteria need a trellis?
Wisterias flower best in full sun so choose a south- or west-facing wall or pergola. … You will need to provide support in the form of wires or trellis against a wall, or garden structures like pergola or arch. Wisteria can also be trained up a tree or grown up a support to form a standard.
Is Wisteria poisonous to dogs?
While these climbing growers are useful for sprucing up your landscaping and vertical space, they can also be toxic to dogs and cats, particularly since wisteria contains poisonous seeds and pods.


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Cats come in a variety of sizes ranging from long and lean to short and chunky, but how do you know how skinny is too skinny? When do you start worrying about their weight and asking yourself, "Is my cat too skinny?"
We want you to be able to tell if your cat is at a good weight or not, and this is why we're going to give you ways to measure your cat that can do at home. We're also going to tell you what could cause your cat to be too skinny, different body styles, and more.
Two Different Cat Body Types
Although cats arguably come in many different shapes and sizes, you can put them in two broad categories based on how they look. Mixed-breed domestic shorthairs usually fall between the two body types, and the two different body types include:
- Cobby Build – The cobby build is for cats that have short bodies, a shorter and stouter tail, and heavy bones. This body type typically ranges between 7 to 12 pounds, and the Persian would be a good example of this build.
- Oriental Build – The oriental build is for cats that have long and slender limbs, svelte bodies with fine bones, and long slender tails. Their weight usually falls between 5 to 10 pounds, and the Siamese or Domestic Shorthair are good examples of this build.
It's important that you know which build your cat falls under because the weight range varies. It's easier to tell if a cat with an Oriental build is underweight than it is to tell if a cat with a Cobby build is underweight because they're more solid overall.
How to Check if Your Cat is Too Skinny
Fortunately, it's relatively easy to check and see if your cat is starting to hit the underweight mark just by using your hands. This will be slightly more difficult if your cat has a longer coat, but it's possible with a little patience.
You start by having your cat stand or sit in front of you before you take your hands and perform a gentle rubbing motion along your cat's ribs, spine, pelvic bones, and shoulder blades. You want to feel a light layer of fat that pads these areas from your fingers, and their bones should be sticking out or angular.
If you can feel these bony areas under your fingers and they're sharp or poking out, your cat is most likely under their target weight. Easily distinguishable rib and hip bones, a narrow waist, and visible shoulder blades are all common symptoms of an underweight cat.
Signs That Your Cat is Too Skinny
Most of these signs that indicate your cat may be too skinny relate to your cat's physical appearance, and it's much easier to tell in you have a cat with a shorter coat. However, they include:
- Your cat's waist looks very narrow compared to other cats
- You can see your cat's spine and ribs, and you can feel the bones
- The shoulder blades protrude, and the rib cage is visible
- Your cat's stomach is more tucked in
- There is a lack of fat along your cat's ribs and back.
- There aren't a lot of folds on your cat's body
- Your cat's body deviates from the traditional hourglass shape
- There is a thinning around your cat's neck area
9 Reasons Why Your Cat Is Too Skinny
There are several reasons why your cat is getting too skinny, and it's always best to check with your veterinarian if you have real concerns. Maybe it's something as simple as your cat not getting enough nutrients from their food, and your veterinarian will be able to rule out medical conditions.
Lacking Nutrients from Food
Take a look at your cat food's nutritional label, and pay close attention to the protein and nutrient levels. If your cat isn't getting enough of these nutrients, they could start to lose weight as a result and continue losing weight as their body tries to extract nutrients from your cat's body fat.
Maybe you just have a very active cat combined with a very fast metabolism that lets them burn through calories far faster than they're able to eat. If this is the case, you can give your cat a food that has a higher calorie and nutrient content to help them put on weight and keep it on.
Dental problems plague cats of all ages, and it's widely estimated that roughly half of all cats over the age of three have dental problems or dental disease. Things like absences, missing teeth, broken, teeth, or plaque can make it difficult for your cat to eat.
Scheduling routine cleaning is one way for your veterinarian to take care of any problem areas and address their dental problems. You can also practice brushing your cat's teeth or giving them dental chews to help reduce plaque buildup.
Not Enough Food
If you have other pets or even a multiple cat household, there could be competition over the food dish during mealtimes. If only one cat is getting skinny, maybe they're not able to compete with your other cats or animals for food.
You can try feeding the skinny cat in a room by themselves and see if it helps them gain weight. You should also set meal times at the same time every day to get your cat in a routine that ensures they eat when they're supposed to without letting them free feed.
Cats can develop a variety of gastrointestinal issues from sensitivities or allergies to ingredients in their foods. These issues can cause bloating, pain, gas, a loss of appetite, and trouble extracting nutrients from their food when they do eat.
If you think it's allergies or sensitives at work, you can try switching your cat to a limited ingredient food. Once you do, you want to monitor them to see if their digestive issues start to go away. If they do, you can keep them on the limited ingredient diet.
Many middle-aged or older cats develop hyperthyroidism that causes issues like vomiting, weight loss, increased urination, and increased appetite. The thyroid gland starts to produce too much thyroid hormone, and this throws off your cat's systems and causes weight loss.
Only your veterinarian can diagnose a case of hyperthyroidism by performing an exam and blood tests. If hyperthyroidism is causing your cat's weight loss, the weight loss should go away when you start your cat's treatment through medications, surgery, or diet therapy.
Another common health problem for cats is diabetes, and diabetes causes your cat to have a huge appetite while not being able to keep weight on. It directly impacts your cat's ability to extract and retain the nutrients from the food they eat, and this is why they want to eat more.
You want to take note on whether or not your cat has excessive thirst, excessive urination, or appetite changes and tell your veterinarian. They can do a blood test and discuss the best treatment routine based on the type of diabetes your cat gets diagnosed with.
Liver or Kidney Issues
Liver and kidney issues are common in cats, and they're more common in cats who are old and overweight because it puts stress on your cat's organs. As these organs continue to deteriorate, your cat can start to lose weight at a steady pace.
Again, blood tests will confirm or rule out problems with your cat's liver or kidney issues, and your veterinarian will set up a treatment plan based on their findings. This can include things like medications and changing your cat's diet to a renal one.
Parasites like ringworm or tapeworms are a treatable infection, but they can cause weight loss because they'll start to pull the nutrients from your cat's body when they're trying to digest their food. The worse the infection gets, the skinner your cat will get.
Deworming medications are the common course of treatment for a parasitic infection, and your veterinarian will require a stool sample to confirm the presence of these parasites. The parasites usually go away after a round or two of the medication, and your cat should start gaining weight.
Is my cat too skinny? Now you know how to find out which body style your cat falls in, how to check if they're skinny by looking at them and running your hands over them, and nine common causes of weight loss. You can help treat them to get your cat back to a healthy weight and happy.


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Oregon Certified Court Interpreter Credential via Reciprocity
Oregon allows examination reciprocity for interpreters who have taken examinations in some other Consortium member states or who have taken the Federal Court Interpreting Examination. Oregon also allows examination reciprocity for RID ASL interpreters holding the Specialist Certificate: Legal (SC:L) who are not Oregon residents. Examination reciprocity is the first step leading towards certification reciprocity and is met by interpreters who have achieved an appropriate score on the:
- Federal Court Interpreting Examination (FCICE) or,
- Court Interpreting Oral Examination or,
- RID Specialist Certificate: Legal Examination
and meet the following requirements:
- All segments of the examination must be passed in one sitting,
- The examination must be administered and rated in accordance with Oregon requirements,
- The minimum scores on each section must meet Oregon requirements, and
- The candidate must not have tested in another state for certification during the previous 12 months.
Each candidate who has met the requirements for examination reciprocity above must also meet the following requirements:
- Submit verification that the interpreter remains in good standing in the Consortium state, the Administrative Office of the U.S. Courts, or with the RID.
- Pass a criminal history check.
- Attend an Ethics Orientation conducted by CLAS.
- Achieve a passing score on the Ethics Examination.
- Complete and submit documentation of at least 150 hours of court interpreting services during the 12 months prior to application in courts of record in Oregon or Consortium member states, federal courts of record, or where the interpreter is sworn in and the record can be presented into evidence.
- Complete the application process.
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If you have multiple servers with similar or identical configurations (such as nodes in a cluster), it's often difficult to make sure the contents and configuration of those servers are identical. It's even more difficult when you need to make configuration modifications from the command line, knowing you'll have to execute the exact same command on a large number of systems .
In this tutorial we will see some tools to execute one command on multiple remote servers using ssh.First you need to make sure you have ssh installed in your machine or you can install using the following command
sudo aptitude install ssh
Now we are going to see the following tools which does the required job we are looking for
1) Pssh
2) cluster ssh
3) Multixterm
1) Pssh
pssh provides a number of commands for executing against a group of computers, using SSH. It's most useful for operating on clusters of homogenously-configured hosts.
The package contains:
- Parallel ssh (parallel-ssh, upstream calls it pssh), executes commands on multiple hosts in parallel
- Parallel scp (parallel-scp, upstream calls it pscp), copies files to multiple remote hosts in parallel
- Parallel rsync (parallel-rsync, upstream calls it prsync), efficiently copies files to multiple hosts in parallel
- Parallel nuke (parallel-nuke, upstream calls it pnuke), kills processes on multiple remote hosts in parallel
- Parallel slurp (parallel-slurp, upstream calls it pslurp), copies files from multiple remote hosts to a central host in parallel
These tools are good for controlling large collections of nodes, where faster alternatives
Install pssh in Ubuntu
sudo aptitude install pssh
pssh Syntax
pssh command -h hosts-file options
-h --hosts hosts file (each line "host[:port] [user]")
-l --user username (OPTIONAL)
-p --par max number of parallel threads (OPTIONAL)
-o --outdir output directory for stdout files (OPTIONAL)
-t --timeout timeout in seconds to do ssh to a host (OPTIONAL)
-v --verbose turn on warning and diagnostic messages (OPTIONAL)
-O --options SSH options (OPTIONAL)
where the hosts-file contains a list of all the hosts that you want to have the command executed on.
pssh Examples
The following example runs hostname on three machines (IPs or hostnames) specified in the file ips.txt using login irb2 and saves the output in /tmp/foo.
sudo cat ips.txt
128.112.152.122
18.31.0.190
128.232.103.201
sudo pssh -h ips.txt -l irb2 -o /tmp/foo hostname
Success on 128.112.152.122:22
Success on 18.31.0.190:22
Success on 128.232.103.201:22
sudo ls /tmp/foo
128.112.152.122 128.232.103.201 18.31.0.190
sudo cat /tmp/foo/*
planetlab-1.cs.princeton.edu
planetlab1.xeno.cl.cam.ac.uk
planetlab1.lcs.mit.edu
By default, pssh uses at most 32 ssh processes in parallel to ssh to the various nodes. (This is somewhat important if you're controlling hundreds or thousands of machines.) By default, it also uses a timeout of one minute to ssh to a node and obtain a result. For ssh commands that take longer than this (e.g., sleep 61), the -t option can be used. Note that pssh and pnuke have a default timeout of one minute. pscp and prsync have no default timeout, but one can be specified using the -t option.
pscp
Here's an example of using pscp to copy files in parallel to a set of machines.
sudo pscp -h ips.txt -l irb2 /etc/hosts /tmp/hosts
Success on 128.112.152.122:22
Success on 18.31.0.190:22
Success on 128.232.103.201:22
Using the -r option will perform a recursive copy for copying entire directories.
2) cluster ssh
administer multiple ssh or rsh shells simultaneouslyClusterSSH allows you to control multiple ssh or rsh sessions from a single input window. You can also configure clusters of machines for easy invocation and interact with individual terminal windows during a session.
Install Cluster ssh in Ubuntu
sudo aptitude install clusterssh
Configuration Files
This /etc/clusters file is cluster tag database. Contains a list of tags and hostnames, in the form
<tag> [<username>@]hostname [...]
Newlines and comments (delimited with a #) are ignored.
Cluster definitions can also be added to the $HOME/.csshrc file
This /etc/csshrc file is Global configuration file, sourced by all users. Can be generated by:
sudo cssh -u > /etc/csshrc
$HOME/.csshrc
Per user configuration file. Can be generated by:
cssh -u > /etc/csshrc </tt>
To add a cluster definition to this file, use the following format
cluster_tag1 = server1 server2 user@server3
cluster_tag2 = server4 server5
clusters = cluster_tag1 cluster_tag2
Be aware of using "reserved names" and no check is currently performed for them.
Using Cluster SSH
If you want to perform the same command on the three servers one, two, & three use the following command
sudo cssh one two three
This will open three consoles, one for each server, over an ssh connection, and one little console to type your command.
3) Multixterm
Expect is a program that talks to other interactive programs according to a script. Expect is useful for running any program which requires interaction between the program and the user.In Ubuntu multixterm included in expect package.
Install expect in Ubuntu
sudo aptitude install expect
Multixterm Syntax
multixterm -[ args ] "command arg1 arg2″ server1 server2...
Arguments
-xa -- The optional -xa argument indicates arguments to pass to xterm.
-xc -- The optional -xc argument indicates a command to be run in each named xterm (see -xn). With no -xc argument, the command is the current shell.
-xd -- The optional -xd argument indicates a directory to search for files that will appear in the Files menu. By default, the directory is: ~/lib/multixterm
-xf -- The optional -xf argument indicates a file to be read at startup. See FILES below for more info.
-xn -- The optional -xn argument indicates a name for each xterm. This name will also be substituted for any %n in the command argument (see -xc).
-xv -- The optional -xv flag puts multixterm into a verbose mode where it will describe some of the things it is doing internally. The verbose output is not intended to be understandable to anyone but the author.
Multixterm Examples
The following command line starts up two xterms using ssh to the hosts 192.168.2.100 and 192.168.2.101
sudo multixterm -xc "ssh root@%n" 192.168.2.100 192.168.2.101
-xc -- The optional -xc argument indicates a command to be run in each named xterm (see -xn). With no -xc argument, the command is the current shell.
ssh root@%n : ssh is a command to connect remote server with root user. This name will also be substituted for any %n in the command argument.
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 1. macsim says:
 Nice post (as allways) you forget "dsh" the famous dancer's shell, or distributed shell I used it on openmosix cluster very usefull ;)
 keep going
 max
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 2. Max says:
 On Hardy Heron (8.04) you need to run parallel-ssh instead of pssh.
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 3. krishan says:
 There is also the excellent 'clusterit'.
 Happy clustering
 krishan
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 4. Mark says:
 Wow this is crazy. I'm a user of iTerm on Mac OS X and there's an option to send keyboard input to all tabs. So I load 5 or 6 tabs and ssh in each tab to my target machine. I then send input to all tabs and whatever I type on one tab, goes to the others. I can use command+right to switch tabs quickly so I can make sure every machine is 'on the same page'. This allows for interactive


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Ok, so I the organization I am working for has a sharepoint database that multiple people update every time they do an inspection of natural resources on a parcel in the county. This database has the following fields:
*Parcel Number
*Date
*Notes
*Inspector
*Action
I have created a feature class with a centroid with these attributes placed in each parcel that has been inspected.
Is there a way to dynamically link the sharepoint database to the geodatabase so that when they go in and change/add anything to the notes section it actively changes (and adds new points to newly listed parcels) the attributes in the featureclass? If this isn't entirely clear, let me know! THANKS!
IF NOT: This layer only needs to be updated monthly. I am able to export it to a excel or csv file. Is there a quick way to create the centroids layer from this table? THANKS AGAIN!
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Take a look at Query Layers.
 - Load your parcel boundary layer into ArcMap
 - Pull the information you require from your back-end Sharepoint into a stand-alone table in ArcMap (including the ID field that joins it to the Parcel)
 - Make a join between from the parcel layer to the query layer.
 - I believe that this link should now be dynamic and will pull the data directly from the db behind Sharepoint.
Any attributes within the fields that you have pulled in from Sharepoint that get changed at the SP end, these should flow through to your MXD.
A less dynamic approach would be suck the data you want out of Sharepoint, into an XLS, and load the XLS into your MXD and then join your parcel layer to that.
You have not given any background into the bigger picture on what you are trying to achieve. You may want to take a look at ArcGIS for Sharepoint.
I might be missing something, but I do not see the need to calculate centroids everytime. Do the parcel boundaries change from month to month?
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Data from: A new method for evaluating the rock mass damage index based on the field point load strength
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The damage index is a crucial controlling parameter for rock mass strength and deformation in civil, geological and mining engineering projects. In this study, a new method was proposed for computing the damage index of a rock mass based on the field point load strength. This method provides a strength ratio whose numerator is the point load strength (PLS) of splitting along the pre-existing joint and whose denominator is the PLS of intact rock failure. To validate this method, the author derived a relationship between the damage index and the integrality coefficient using an empirical relation. Moreover, numerous experimental tests were conducted, including P-wave testing and on-site point load testing. Finally, linear regression analysis was performed to analyze the correlation between the new damage index D_R and the integrality coefficient K_v. This study demonstrates that the presented new method is sensitive to both plasticity and damage in estimating the damage degree of rock masses in underground excavation and tunnel engineering.
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1.
0 Introduction
Hot blast refers to the preheating of air blown into a blast furnace or other
metallurgical process. A hot blast stove is a facility to supply continuously the hot
air blast to a blast furnace. Before the blast air is delivered to the blast furnace
tuyeres, it is preheated by passing it through regenerative hot blast stoves that are
heated primarily by combustion of the blast furnace top gas (BF gas). In this way,
some of the energy of the top gas is returned to the blast furnace in the form of
sensible heat. This additional thermal energy returned to the blast furnace as heat
reduces the requirement of blast furnace coke substantially and facilitates the
injection of auxiliary fuels such as pulverized coal as a replacement for expensive
metallurgical coke. This improves the efficiency of the process. An additional
benefit resulting from the lower fuel requirement is an increase in the hot metal
production rate. All of these have a significant effect in terms of reducing the hot
metal cost.
Typically, blast furnaces are equipped with three hot blast stoves, and each stove is
kept on blast for around one hour. Thus, the amount of heat that is extracted from
the stove while it is on blast must be put back into the stove in the heating period
which is simply twice the on blast time minus twice the stove changing time. At
some furnaces, there are four stoves. With the extra stove, the firing rate does not
have to be as great because the heating cycle is three times the on blast cycle minus
twice the stove changing time. Another advantage of the extra stove is that if there
is a problem with the stove equipment, the stoves can be repaired one at a time
without significantly affecting the operation of the furnace. Fig 2 give a typical
layout with three hot blast stoves.
2.0 Scope Of Work:
To check the Ultrasonic Testing for Hot Blast Stove whose Maximum
temperature is 300c.
3.0 Reference:
This Procedure refers to the following:
Reference Drawing Number: 8274 03 GxL 001.
Reference Drawing Number: 1080 03 Go1 001.
ASME Sec V Article 4 SE- 797.
4.0 Definitions::
ASNT: American Society for Non-Destructive Testing.
ASME: American Society for Mechanical Engineers.
DAC: Distance Amplitude Correction.
NDE: Non-Destructive Examination.
IIW : The International Institute of Welding
AWS: American Welding Society
5.0 Responsibilities:
The NDE Examiner shall be responsible for conducting and reporting the results of
examination in accordance with the applicable Code and Clients specifications,
whichever is more restrictive.
6.0 Personnel Qualifications:
If specified in the contractual agreement, personnel performing examinations to
this standard shall be qualified in accordance with a nationally or internationally
recognized NDT personnel qualification practice or standard such as ANSI/ASNT
CP-189, SNT-TC-1A, NAS-410, or a similar document and certified by the
employer or certifying agency, as applicable. The practice or standard used and its
applicable revision shall be identified in the contractual agreement between the
using parties.
7.0 Procedure:
THICKNESS MEASUREMENT:
Thickness measurement shall be performed in accordance with SE-797, except as
amended by the requirements elsewhere in this procedure.
1. Thickness (T), when measured by the pulse-echo ultrasonic method, is a
product of the velocity of sound in the material and one half the transit time
(round trip) through the material.
T =Vt/2
where:
T = thickness,
V = velocity, and t = transit time.
7.1 Equipment:
2. Ultrasonic examination equipment shall be of the pulse echo type utilizing
A scan presentation, capable of generating and receiving frequencies
between 1 and 5 MHz as a minimum and shall be capable of recording UT
data including the scanning positions.
3. The flaw detector shall be calibrated in accordance with the relevant
calibration procedure. A certificate of conformance shall accompany each
flaw detector.
4. The ultrasonic instrument shall provide linear vertical presentation within
5% of the full screen height (FSH) for 20% to 80% FSH and to be recorded
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
in Screen Height Linearity Record Form which is given in Ultrasonic
Report. The procedure for evaluating screen height linearity is carried out as
per ASME section V, article 4, appendix I (and or AWS D1.1-6.30).
The ultrasonic instrument shall utilize an amplitude control accurate over its
useful range to 20% of the nominal amplitude ratio, to allow measurement
of indications beyond the linear range of the vertical display on the screen.
The procedure for evaluating amplitude control linearity shall be performed
as per ASME section V, Article 4, appendix II. And to be recorded in
Amplitude Control Linearity Form No. Ultrasonic Report
The requirements of 3 and 4 above; shall be met at intervals not to exceed
three months for analogue type instruments and one year for digital type
instrument, or prior to first use thereafter.
When any part of the examination system is changed, a calibration check
shall be made on the basic calibration block to verify that distance range
points and sensitivity setting satisfy the requirements of ASME section V, T466.3.
A calibration check on at least one of the reflectors in the basic calibration
block shall be performed at the completion of each examination or series of
similar examinations, and when examination personnel are changed. The
distance range and sensitivity values recorded shall satisfy the requirements
of ASME section V, T-466.3.
If during any check, it is determined that the examination equipment is not
functioning properly, all of the product that has been examined since the last
valid equipment calibration shall be re-examined.
7.2 Materials:
1. Search units shall be electrically matched to the flaw detector.
2. Search units shall be in the frequency range 1 MHz to 5 MHz and be
free of noise and internal reflections. Twin or single transducer
elements may be used dependent upon the configuration of weld
under examination.
7.3 In case of AWS D1.1
1. Straight-beam Search unit transducers shall have an active area of not
less than 1/2in nor shall more than 1 in .The transducer be round or
square.
2. Angle-Beam Search Units shall consist of a transducer and an angle
wedge. The unit may be comprised of the two separate elements or
may be an integral unit. Search Units shall be square or rectangular in
shape and may vary from 5/8in to 1in in width and from 5/8in
to13/16in in height. The search unit shall produce a sound beam in the
material being tested within2 of one of the following proper
angles:70 ,60 ,or 45 . The transducer frequency shall be between 2
and 2.5 MHz
3. Search units with contoured contact wedges may be used to aid the
ultrasonic coupling. Calibration shall be done with the contact wedges
used during the examination.
4. Each flaw detector shall have a full set of search units with cables; the
search units shall be of type, size and frequency, as required by the
governing specification.
5. Calibration blocks shall include but not be limited to IIW V2 UT
reference Block. The operator shall also have access to IIW-V1, and
such others that may be required to ensure compliance with regard to
calibration of flaw detector and probe characteristics, e.g. beam angle,
beam profile, exit point (index). etc.
6. In case of AWS D1.1 the IIW UT reference block shall be the
standard used for both distance and sensitivity calibration
7. Basic Calibration Block Material shall be of the same product form,
and material specification or equivalent P-Number grouping as one of
the materials being examined. For the purpose of this procedure PNumbers 1, 3, 4, and 5 materials are considered equivalent. The
calibration block shall have the same heat treatment specification for
the type and grade and also have the same surface finish.
8. Measurements of beam spread for scan indexing limits shall be taken
only when required by a referencing code section. Beam spread
angles shall be measured once for a search unit wedge combination in
the calculated far field at the beginning of each period of extended
use, or every 3 months, whichever is less.
9. Search units with worn faces shall not be used.
10.Couplant shall be used to give the maximum acoustic transmission
between the probe face and the material under examination. The
couplant shall be cellulose paste, liquid soap, oil, or grease. In all
cases the couplant including additive, shall not be detrimental to the
material being examined.
7.4 Surface Condition:
Welds that are being examined using ultrasound shall be prepared to
provide a sufficiently smooth and regular area for scanning to be undertaken. The
area shall extend at least the full skip distance required, and shall be free of any
irregularities such as spatter, grinding or chipping marks scale, etc., which may
hinder the scanning pattern or cause confusion in the interpretation of the resultant
display i.e. excessive surface noise
7.5 Technical Information:
Prior to commencement of examination, the following information shall be
obtained:
Type of material.
Joint configuration.
Welding Process.
Other information that may have a bearing on the inspection e.g. post weld
heat treatment, etc
7.6 Examination Procedure:
1. For examinations in materials where the examination surface diameter is
greater than 20 in. (508 mm), a block of essentially the same curvature
shall be used, or alternatively, a flat basic calibration block, may be used,
provided that


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The workshop consists of four stand-alone but interrelated modules and a follow-up applied component. Each module consists of 2.5 hours for a total of 10 hours of instruction, which can be delivered in two, three or four sessions. The topics of the modules are as follows:
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Do red camellias ring any bells?
Divine Bellsnote is a Korean webcomic by Lee Hye. It is a Fantasy Drama with a major Quest set in a magical land divided in to countries. The titular bells choose Not really they were controlled/asleep for a long time their own masters and they determine the status, prestige, and influence of the countries their masters rule. The presence or lack of these Bells also has great influence on the political status of each country. In particular, the political future of King Hong-Ryeong seems doomed without a Bell, but at equally great peril if he obtains one.
When the owner of three of the eight existing Divine Bells dies, leaving them to choose new owners, the resulting turmoil leads to a race to find the original creator of the Bells in order to gain power over the entire world.
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Responding to the Public Health White Paper launched today ASH broadly welcomed the emphasis placed on prevention and health improvement and the ring-fencing of money for public health.
ASH supports in principle the setting up of a Public Health Service (PHS) and the proposal to shift public health services to local authority control with a ring-fenced budget. However, it is essential that the commitment that the PHS will work closely with the NHS to deliver public health interventions and to promote uptake of prevention opportunities in clinical practice, is followed through in implementation.
ASH welcomes the Health Secretary's commitment to reducing health inequalities by improving the health of the poorest people in society fastest. Research shows that the best way of doing this is to help those who are most disadvantaged to stop smoking since smoking accounts for half the difference in life expectancy between rich and poor. The Health Secretary's announcement that there will be a new tobacco control plan launched in the New Year is also welcomed. ASH is pleased that the Secretary of State acknowledges that tobacco packaging is used to recruit new smokers and his commitment to consult on plain packaging. However, this should not stand in the way of the implementation of measures already on the statute books to put tobacco out of sight in shops.
Deborah Arnott, Chief Executive, said: "Consultation on plain packaging for tobacco products is to be welcomed but it should be as well as, not instead of, putting tobacco out of sight in shops. It's an anomaly that brightly coloured tobacco displays which are already illegal on a bus stop or a billboard are still allowed in shops. The Government must confirm that the legislation to put tobacco out of sight will be implemented as planned from October 2011 without further delay, or the strength of its commitment to improving the public health will be put in doubt." ENDS


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Because of its unique convenience and security, Hey Siri has been a frequently used function for iPhone users. Without touching the screen, users can free their hands by manipulating Siri to text someone, make phone calls, check routes, etc.. Today, we are sharing with you one Hey Siri unresponsive repair case.
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 1. Go to the home screen and invoke Siri by muttering the words 'Hey Siri'. Siri isn't opening on the phone.
 - Go to the home screen and invoke Siri by muttering the words 'Hey Siri'. Siri isn't opening on the phone.
 - Go to Settings > Siri & Search. We can see that 'Listen for Hey Siri' has not been enabled.
 - Enable 'Listen for Hey Siri'. Set up 'Hey Siri' on the phone. 'Hey Siri' set-up failed.
 - Long press the home button for Siri. Siri works normally.
 - As the front facing microphone is usually used for Siri. The fault is probably related to relevant circuits of the front facing microphone.
 2. Take apart the phone. Then take out the logic board.
 - Take apart the phone. Then take out the logic board.
 - Since the front facing microphone is integrated with the front facing camera, we need to run diode mode measurement of the front facing camera connector.
 - The measured value of Pin 29 is OL. Which means Pin 29 relevant circuit has open-circuited.
 3. The circuit is formed by an inductor, audio IC and two capacitors.
 - The circuit is formed by an inductor, audio IC and two capacitors.
 - Since the two capacitors have nothing to do with the open-circuit problem, we can check the inductor first.
 - Run diode mode measurement of the inductor. The measured value is normal.
 4. Judging by this, the fault is probably related to audio IC.
 - Judging by this, the fault is probably related to audio IC.
 - Let's try to replace with a new audio IC and see how it works.
 - Remove the audio IC with Hot Air Gun. Then clean the bonding pad. Solder a new IC onto the board.
 5. Now we need to test the logic board. Measure the boot current. The current reading is normal.
 - Now we need to test the logic board. Measure the boot current. The current reading is normal.
 - Continue to assemble the phone and test. The phone turns on normally. Go to Settings > Siri & Search. We can see that 'Listen for Hey Siri' has not been enabled.
 - Enable 'Listen for Hey Siri' and set up 'Hey Siri' on the phone. 'Hey Siri' set-up has been completed.
 - Go back to the home screen and invoke Siri by muttering the words 'Hey Siri'. Siri is opening on the phone this time.
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Hanna, Rema, Vivi Alatas, Abhijit Banerjee, Benjamin Olken, Ririn Purnamasari, and Matthew Wai-Poi. 2013. "Does Elite Capture Matter? Local Elites And Targeted Welfare Programs In Indonesia".
This paper investigates the impact of elite capture on the allocation of targeted government welfare programs in Indonesia, using both a high-stakes field experiment that varied the extent of elite influence and non-experimental data on a variety of existing government transfer programs. Conditional on their consumption level, there is little evidence that village elites and their relatives are more likely to receive aid programs than non-elites. Looking more closely, however, we find that this overall result masks a difference between different types of elites: those holding formal leadership positions are more likely to receive benefits, while informal leaders are actually less likely to. We show that capture by formal elites occurs during the distribution of benefits under the programs, and not during the processes when the beneficiary lists are determined by the central government. However, while elite capture exists, the welfare losses it creates appear quite small: since formal elites and their relatives are only 9 percent richer than non-elites, are at most about 8 percentage points more likely to receive benefits than non-elites, and represent at most 15 percent of the population, eliminating elite capture entirely would improve the welfare gains from these programs by less than one percent.


Milestone Profiles: McCoy Tyner
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Milestone Profiles McCoy Tyner
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 1. The Greeting 7:58
 2. One Of Another Kind 7:05
 3. Naima 6:39
 4. Ebony Queen 8:58
 5. Sama Layuca 8:35
 6. The Enlightenment Suite, Part 1: Genesis 10:02
 7. Search For Peace 6:30
 8. Song Of The New World 6:50
 9. Impressions 8:14
Years before rock guitarists began playing what came to be called "power chords," a young McCoy Tyner was providing them pianistically in the seminal, seismic quartet led by John Coltrane. Tyner's oceanic voicings, ringing sound, surging lines in the right hand, and overwhelming rhythmic sense (particularly in the Afro-Latin vein) have made him one of the most instantly identifiable soloists in all of jazz.
In 1972, Tyner (b. 1938) began a long and productive relationship with Milestone Records that saw his music realized in nearly every possible setting. He's recorded solo piano recitals and super trios, led stellar midsize groups and large ensembles like the 14- and 16-piece groups that strikingly interpret two of his best-known originals, "Search for Peace" and "Song of the New World." The nine performances herein tellingly survey the work of one of the most influential improvisers of the past 45 years.
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App Stacking Tutorial
"App Stacking Tutorial" by Matt Glastonbury, accomplished Mobile Photographer, providing great tutorials and App reviews. Matt is an independent blogger who acts as a Contributing Editor to Ink361. (Add Matt on Google Plus)
In this tutorial we are going over some more advanced post-processing by using multiple apps to create different results, and blending them together. This process is called App Stacking. App Stacking is referring to stacking, or layering, the results from many apps, into one final image. Step 1: Selected my original photo Step 2: Opened the photo in Cross Process app, using Basic settings. Step 3: Used ImageBlender to blend the original with the Cross Processed image in Step 2, because Cross Process created too much contrast, but still a lovely film effect. By blending with the original you can control the amount of Cross Processing applied. Step 4: Opened Over app, and overlaid my written message. Over app is great for lovely text and stylised messages. Step 5: Using VSCOcam app, I enhanced the shadows, and exposure, to improve the mid-tones, tint, and give the image more of a film appearance. Step 6: The final result of using ImageBlender to blend images from steps 5 and 6. Once again I lessened the results from other apps by blending before and after images. This really gives you more control over how extreme your edits are. Concluding.. App stacking is a never-ending post-processing that can be a lot if fun. You can experiment with any number of different apps that give you different results and effects. The recipes are endless, and the results can be fascinating. Give it a try.


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We have successfully fabricated superconducting niobium nitride thin films on single crystals of magnesium oxide using a pulsed laser deposition technique where 1064 nm (photon energy ~1.16 eV) laser pulses from an Nd:YAG laser were used for ablation. A correlation between the superconducting transition temperature, the nitrogen base pressure during deposition and the lattice parameter of the produced NbN films was observed. Superconductor-insulator-normal metal junctions fabricated using these NbN films as the superconductor revealed nonlinear electrical characteristics at 4.2 K associated with quasiparticle tunneling.
Date of Publication: June 2011


/* * Move @start and @end to the boundaries of the selection unit (indicated by * @granularity) which contained @start initially. * If the selction unit is SELECT_WORDS and @start is not contained in a word * the selection is extended to all the white spaces between the end of the * word preceding @start and the start of the one following. */ static void extend_selection (GtkTextView *text_view, SelectionGranularity granularity, GtkTextIter *start, GtkTextIter *end) { *end = *start; if (granularity == SELECT_WORDS) { if (gtk_text_iter_inside_word (start)) { if (!gtk_text_iter_starts_word (start)) gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_start (start); if (!gtk_text_iter_ends_word (end)) { if (!gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_end (end)) gtk_text_iter_forward_to_end (end); } } else { GtkTextIter tmp; tmp = *start; if (gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_start (&tmp)) gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_end (&tmp); if (gtk_text_iter_get_line (&tmp) == gtk_text_iter_get_line (start)) *start = tmp; else gtk_text_iter_set_line_offset (start, 0); tmp = *end; if (!gtk_text_iter_forward_visible_word_end (&tmp)) gtk_text_iter_forward_to_end (&tmp); if (gtk_text_iter_ends_word (&tmp)) gtk_text_iter_backward_visible_word_start (&tmp); if (gtk_text_iter_get_line (&tmp) == gtk_text_iter_get_line (end)) *end = tmp; else gtk_text_iter_forward_to_line_end (end); } } else if (granularity == SELECT_LINES) { if (gtk_text_view_starts_display_line (text_view, start)) { /* If on a display line boundary, we assume the user * clicked off the end of a line and we therefore select * the line before the boundary. */ gtk_text_view_backward_display_line_start (text_view, start); } else { /* start isn't on the start of a line, so we move it to the * start, and move end to the end unless it's already there. */ gtk_text_view_backward_display_line_start (text_view, start); if (!gtk_text_view_starts_display_line (text_view, end)) gtk_text_view_forward_display_line_end (text_view, end); } } } typedef struct { SelectionGranularity granularity; GtkTextMark *orig_start; GtkTextMark *orig_end; } SelectionData; static void selection_data_free (SelectionData *data) { if (data->orig_start != NULL) gtk_text_buffer_delete_mark (gtk_text_mark_get_buffer (data->orig_start), data->orig_start); if (data->orig_end != NULL) gtk_text_buffer_delete_mark (gtk_text_mark_get_buffer (data->orig_end), data->orig_end); g_free (data); } static gint selection_motion_event_handler (GtkTextView *text_view, GdkEventMotion *event, SelectionData *data) { GtkTextViewPrivate *priv; priv = text_view->priv; gdk_event_request_motions (event); if (priv->grab_device != event->device) return FALSE; if (data->granularity == SELECT_CHARACTERS) { move_mark_to_pointer_and_scroll (text_view, "insert", event->device); } else { GtkTextIter cursor, start, end; GtkTextIter orig_start, orig_end; GtkTextBuffer *buffer; buffer = get_buffer (text_view); gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark (buffer, &orig_start, data->orig_start); gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark (buffer, &orig_end, data->orig_end); get_iter_at_pointer (text_view, event->device, &cursor, NULL, NULL); start = cursor; extend_selection (text_view, data->granularity, &start, &end); /* either the selection extends to the front, or end (or not) */ if (gtk_text_iter_compare (&cursor, &orig_start) < 0) gtk_text_buffer_select_range (buffer, &start, &orig_end); else gtk_text_buffer_select_range (buffer, &end, &orig_start); gtk_text_view_scroll_mark_onscreen (text_view, gtk_text_buffer_get_insert (buffer)); } /* If we had to scroll offscreen, insert a timeout to do so * again. Note that in the timeout, even if the mouse doesn't * move, due to this scroll xoffset/yoffset will have changed * and we'll need to scroll again. */ if (text_view->priv->scroll_timeout != 0) /* reset on every motion event */ g_source_remove (text_view->priv->scroll_timeout); text_view->priv->scroll_timeout = gdk_threads_add_timeout (50, selection_scan_timeout, text_view); return TRUE; } static void gtk_text_view_start_selection_drag (GtkTextView *text_view, const GtkTextIter *iter, GdkEventButton *button) { GtkTextViewPrivate *priv; GtkTextIter cursor, ins, bound; GtkTextIter orig_start, orig_end; GtkTextBuffer *buffer; SelectionData *data; if (text_view->priv->selection_drag_handler != 0) return; priv = text_view->priv; data = g_new0 (SelectionData, 1); if (button->type == GDK_2BUTTON_PRESS) data->granularity = SELECT_WORDS; else if (button->type == GDK_3BUTTON_PRESS) data->granularity = SELECT_LINES; else data->granularity = SELECT_CHARACTERS; priv->grab_device = button->device; gtk_device_grab_add (GTK_WIDGET (text_view), priv->grab_device, TRUE); buffer = get_buffer (text_view); cursor = *iter; ins = cursor; extend_selection (text_view, data->granularity, &ins, &bound); orig_start = ins; orig_end = bound; if (button->state & gtk_widget_get_modifier_mask (GTK_WIDGET (text_view), GDK_MODIFIER_INTENT_EXTEND_SELECTION)) { /* Extend selection */ GtkTextIter old_ins, old_bound; GtkTextIter old_start, old_end; gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark (buffer, &old_ins, gtk_text_buffer_get_insert (buffer)); gtk_text_buffer_get_iter_at_mark (buffer, &old_bound, gtk_text_buffer_get_selection_bound (buffer)); old_start = old_ins; old_end = old_bound; gtk_text_iter_order (&


CSS Selector Namespaces for Stable Acceptance Tests
I have been experimenting with acceptance tests for a few weeks now - you can read more about my journey in my article about implementing cross-browser acceptance tests with TestCafe. A common problem when working with acceptance tests is that the implementation and the tests get out of sync. For example: somebody changes the markup of a module which leads to a failing test although the functionality stays the same.
Today we're going to look at the approach of using separate, namespaced CSS selectors to help us with detecting changes, which have to be considered in the tests, before even running them. Using separate selectors for testing also leads to a more stable way of structuring our code without tightly coupling our tests with the markup and CSS styles of the implementation.
I first read about this concept in an article by Harry Roberts about more transparent UI code with namespaces. If you're not familiar with the approach of using namespaces in CSS, I highly recommend you to read the whole article.
Tightly coupled acceptance tests
Methodologies like OOCSS and BEM have tackled the problem of tightly coupling markup and styling. But when we're writing acceptance tests, many of us fall into the old pattern of tightly coupling the selectors used in the acceptance tests to the markup of the tested module, even worse, we often use selectors intended to represent a certain styling of a module, which has nothing to do with the functionality we're testing.
// Tightly coupled selectors, don't to this!
test('Some test case.', async (t) => {
 const heroLink = Selector('.hero > .hero-body > .button');
 // ...
});

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Take a look at the code above – imagine the .hero-body element is moved somewhere else or the .hero section is renamed or the .button class is removed from the element because somebody decides it should look like a regular link… All of those changes break the test but won't affect the functionality in any way.
// Separate 'qa-' namespaced selector.
test('Some test case.', async (t) => {
 const heroLink = Selector('.qa-hero-link');
});

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In this example you can see that we've added a separate class qa-hero-link. The qa- prefix signals that this selector is used for quality assurance purposes only. This selector is not allowed to be used for styling or as a JavaScript hook.
There are two main benefits of this approach: no more tight coupling between a specific implementation of the markup or styling and it's clearly visible to the programmer, that there are changes to be made to the tests if an element with a qa- prefixed class is removed or its behavior is changed.
Removing quality assurance classes in production
If you're obsessed about performance and you want to eliminate every unnecessary byte which is delivered to the user, you might think about removing those qa- classes before deploying to production. If you're planning to go this way, keep in mind the following caveat: what you're delivering to production, is not what you've tested – there might be side effects you don't catch because, well, you ran your tests on a different output.
const declassify = require('declassify');
const fs = require('fs');
const html = fs.readFileSync('index.html', { encoding: 'utf8' });
const declassifiedHtml = declassify.process(html, {
 ignore: [/js-.+/, /is-.+/], (process.env.NODE_ENV === 'test' ? /qa-.+/ : undefined),
});
fs.writeFileSync('index.html', declassifiedHtml);
In the very basic example above you can see how you can use declassify to remove CSS classes, which are not declared anywhere in your CSS code, from HTML tags.
By specifying the ignore option we can configure declassify to keep certain selectors which are not used for styling but which we still want to keep. If the script is started with the NODE_ENV variable set to test, selectors prefixed with qa- are ignored and not removed although they are not declared in the CSS code.
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ity(CInt(System.Math.Sqrt(XOffset ^ 2 + YOffset ^ 2)))
 End Sub
 Sub set_opacity(ByVal Num As Integer)
 Dim Opac As Double
 Opac = 1 - (Num / 1000)
 Opac = CDbl(IIf(Opac < 0, 0, Opac))
 Opac = CDbl(IIf(Opac > 1, 1, Opac))
 Me.Opacity = Opac
 End Sub
End Class
So load it up and play around with it. It works quite well. However, do something for me. Move it to the bottom right and then tell me if it changes the opacity. Nope, or at least, it shouldn't. Why is that? Because the Middle of the form has changed positions, yet we haven't updated our MidX or MidY values. So it still thinks that it's in the default starting position, which for VB is the top left of your screen.
First things first though, let me explain opacity. You may be wondering why I divide by 1000. Well, the answer is, you can use any number you want. 1000 was what I choose because it gives us a good range of opacities. The opacity setting on a form can be anywhere from 0, completely opaque, to 1, completely transparent. Therefore, we divide by a number and then subtract 1 from it so we can get a number between 0-1. On the off chance it's either higher than 1 or lower than 0, we just set it to the nearest one. So, onwards to adjusting for a resize and move.
Part 4: You can't fools me...I's toughist ork around....(I've been hitting the warhammer too much)
So now we need two more events. A Me.Move event and a Me.Resize event. You can create both of these using the handy-dandy property/event drop down menu that Visual Studio offers us - :^: .
Anyways, These are two simple events. All you have to do is copy and paste the MidX and MidY formulas into them. Since you already have these formulas, I don't think I need to write the code out again and so move I'll move on to something else. Form Focus. Let's face it, if they leave your form and go do something else, it doesn't really make sense to keep calculating opacity for our form. Instead, it should quietly disappear and sit in the background. Then when it gets focus again, the calculations start and it becomes completely opaque at first. For this we need a GotFocus and LostFocus event. Here's the code.
Timer1.Enabled = true
Timer1.Start()
Me.Opacity = 1
Timer1.Enabled = false
Timer1.Stop()
Me.Opacity = 0.05
I'll note on LostFocus that I use the value .05 because we don't want the form to be completely invisible. The user might want to click on it to give it focus again, or use alt+tab, or use Windows+tab (for Aero users), or use the taskbar. Either way, they all give focus to the window, so we'll leave it slightly visible for those who are mouse addicts (Joking).
Part 6: The Final
This is a simple part. Here's all the code for it. That's all. Enjoy! Look out for more forrays into my programming adventures - I think it's time to do a Python one.
Public Class Form1
 Private MidX As Integer = (Me.Left + (Me.Left + Me.Width)) / 2
 Private MidY As Integer = (Me.Top + (Me.Top + Me.Height)) / 2
 Private Sub Timer1_Tick(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Timer1.Tick
 Dim P As System.Drawing.Point = Windows.Forms.Cursor.Position
 Dim XOffset As Double, YOffset As Double
 XOffset = System.Math.Abs(P.X - MidX)
 YOffset = System.Math.Abs(P.Y - MidY)
 set_opacity(CInt(System.Math.Sqrt(XOffset ^ 2 + YOffset ^ 2)))
 End Sub
 Sub set_opacity(ByVal Num As Integer)
 Dim Opac As Double
 Opac = 1 - (Num / 1000)
 Opac = CDbl(IIf(Opac < 0, 0, Opac))
 Opac = CDbl(IIf(Opac > 1, 1, Opac))
 Me.Opacity = Opac
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_GotFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.GotFocus
 Timer1.Enabled = True
 Timer1.Start()
 Me.Opacity = 1
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_LostFocus(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.LostFocus
 Timer1.Enabled = False
 Timer1.Stop()
 Me.Opacity = 0.05
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_Move(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Move
 MidX = (Me.Left + (Me.Left + Me.Width)) / 2
 MidY = (Me.Top + (Me.Top + Me.Height)) / 2
 End Sub
 Private Sub Form1_ResizeEnd(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.ResizeEnd
 MidX = (Me.Left + (Me.Left + Me.Width)) / 2
 MidY = (Me.Top + (Me.Top + Me.Height)) / 2
 End Sub
End Class
If you feel like using this in a big project, I have one word for you. Module. Enough said. Toodles.
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This study examines student teaching of elementary teacher preparation programs in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States of America (USA). Two programs comparable in program design, course requirements and goals were selected for exploration. The key aspects that were studied about student teaching include its unit ratio in a program, features of placements, written work by student teachers and evaluation. Findings indicate that these programs share the same basic elements related to student teaching but differences exist in student teaching sequence, focus on candidates' practice to assume teaching responsibilities, participation in evaluation and level of peer interaction. The PRC program places an emphasis on teamwork of candidates and makes them active evaluators in a three-step sequence including mock mini lessons. The USA candidates are required to gain considerably more field and teaching experience in duration and number of lessons to teach cross multiple subjects. They also reflect on their practices regularly in addition to fulfilling other credential requirements beyond the program. Educational implications are discussed regarding the characteristics of the programs in an international context.
Student Teaching Practice in Two Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs.
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The Role of Legumes in Reducing Fertilizer N Usage Webinar3 March 2021 3 March 2021
EU Green Deal aims to lower mineral fertilizer N use: The essential role of legumes
The Farm to Fork Strategy in the EU Green Deal aims to lower fertilizer N use. Legumes can replace fertilizer N on grassland and arable farms, lowering greenhouse gas and ammonia emissions and improving water quality.
The third Legume Innovation and Networking Workshop will take place online on Wednesday 3rd March 2021 as an interactive webinar with the title: EU Green Deal aims to lower mineral fertilizer N use: The essential role of legumes.
The Legumes Innovation Network seeks to identify transition paths enabling home-grown legumes in more sustainable food- and feed-value chains. This webinar will examine prospects for greater legume use in agriculture and obstacles to adoption on farms.
The role of legumes in achieving carbon neutrality for UK agriculture
Professor Bob Rees, SRUC
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Prospects for legumes in Irish cropping systems
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Definition of Papilla, cancer of
Papilla, cancer of: Cancer of a structure called the papilla or ampulla of Vater, a small muscle located at the junction where the common bile duct (carrying bile from the liver and secretions from the pancreas) empties into the duodenum (upper small intestine).
Because of its location, this cancer can cause obstruction of the common bile duct and prevent bile from flowing into the intestine and out of the body. The chemicals usually eliminated from the body in bile -- in particular, bilirubin -- accumulate in the blood and cause jaundice (yellow skin and eyes) and itching. The stool becomes light-colored and the urine dark-colored since the accumulating bilirubin (which is yellow to dark brown) is eliminated in the urine instead of the stool.
The treatment is surgical removal of the cancer. There is no effective chemotherapy for ampullary cancer.
The cause of ampullary carcinoma is unknown. Fortunately, it is rather rare.
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