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The amount of units in closing stock is calculated as follows:
Opening units + Actual units produced – Actual units sold.
Therefore closing stock equals = 3,500 + 64,000 + 62,000 = 5,500 units.
Under Marginal costing each unit of orange juice will be valued at the variable cost of production. This is calculated as follows:
Total variable production cost divided by the number of actual units produced.
Variable cost per unit = $3,200,000/64,000 units = $50 per unit.
Therefore the value of the closing stock under marginal costing would be $50 x 5,500 unit = $275,000.
The value of the opening stock under marginal costing would be the total of opening inventory given minus the value of the fixed production overheads included:
Therefore the opening stock = $210,000 - $35,000 = $175,000.
Now that all of the workings have been completed the Marginal Costing Income Statement of Aqualead for the year ended 31st March, 2011 can be prepared.
Below is the Absorption Costing Income Statement of Aqualead for the year ended 31st March, 2011.
Now that the Absorption and Marginal Costing Income Statements have been prepared the reconciliation between the Net Operating Incomes calculated under each method can be completed.
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A recent study shows that painting your car a cool color could save you money at the gas pump — or the charging station — by keeping your car's temperature lower while in the sun. Now we're not talking about cool as in hip (as in the mind-blowing color of the electric Mercedes SLS AMG E-Cell), but rather a color cool in temperature like shades of blue and violet. The Berkeley Lab's Environmental Energy Technologies Division compared the efficiency of the air conditioners in two almost identical Honda Civics sitting in the California sun and found that the silver car required a 13% smaller output to cool than the black car.
The researchers who conducted the study parked the two vehicles near each other in a parking lot during the middle of the day in Sacramento, California — where temperatures can reach well over 100°F — and put the cars through five cooling cycles where the air conditioner was shut off for 30 minutes and subsequently the car was cooled to 77°F within 30 minutes. The researchers then measured the roof, ceiling, dashboard, windshield, seat, door, vent air and cabin air temperatures of the vehicles after and during each cycle. On the solar reflective scale (a 0-1 scale that measures the solar reflection of a color, with higher numbers being more reflective) the black car scored a 0.05 and silver car a 0.58.
During the hottest moments of testing the silver car's roof was measured at as much as 45°F cooler than the roof on the black car. When translated through modeling to corresponding gas mileage savings, it was found that on average a car with a solar reflectiveness of 0.35 will save 1.1% in gas (0.24 mpg) because of its less heat-absorptive paint job. This level of solar reflectiveness would also reduce emissions by 1.1%.
Meanwhile, a silver or white car with a solar absorption level of 0.60 would save 2% in gas and 1.9% in emissions. These numbers also transfer to the charging station – getting a cool colored electric car will help your battery last longer by saving energy in temperature control. Look out, red – there's a new cool color in town and it could save a significant amount of energy.

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15. (n) (physical chemistry) a distinct state of matter in a system; matter that is identical in chemical composition and physical state and separated from other material by the phase boundary; "the reaction occurs in the liquid phase of the system"
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Multi-path routing can provide higher bandwidth and better packet delivery ratio for multimedia applications than traditional shortest path routing protocols. Multi-path routing protocols try to use multiple simultaneous paths to transfer data messages. While it might increase the bandwidth and the delivery ratio, it also distributes the traffic load more evenly over the network. This load balance can be used to increase the lifetime of a MANET, as it will avoid using only one route for many times. This article explores the load balance technique showing that it is possible to increase the network lifetime up to 22 minutes using this technique alone. The energy consumption of a MANET unit can be split into control (59%), data (34%) and routing (7%) packets. The energy used only by the network interface card can also be separated into the energy used by sending or receiving packets, in this case approximately 89% is used to receive packets. All these values were obtained through simulations on GloMoSim, performed using real values from a Compaq WL110 network interface card connected to an HP IPAQ 3600 handheld.

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Automatic Ejection of Plug-type Seedlings using Embedded System for use in Automatic Vegetable Transplanter
This paper presents an automatic ejection mechanism using micro-controller based system for various plug-type vegetables seedlings grown in pro-trays. The developed system consisted of an electro-mechanical unit for actuating metering shaft through stepper motor and feed roller through DC (Direct Current) motor by computer programme. Both the stepper and DC motor were linked to the micro-controller via universal asynchronous receiver-transmitter protocol using an Arduino Uno. Here, computer programme was used to integrate with electro-mechanical unit using drivers which controls the stepper motor as well as DC motor. The main objective of this paper is to provide an automatic ejection mechanism to automate the transplanting operation for plug-type seedlings directly from pro-trays. The mechanism was tested under actual field conditions for various performance parameters like plant spacing, miss planting, transplanting efficiency, effective field capacity, and field transplanting efficiency. Also, the effective field capacity was compared with conventional method of transplanting (manual transplanting). The spacing between consecutive plants was found in the range of 564 mm to 599 mm, and the miss planting was about 4.5 to 5%. Also, the transplanting efficiency and field transplanting efficiency was observed to be 90.0–92.6% and 74.1–75.6%, respectively. The effective field capacity with developed automatic vegetable transplanter was 0.093 ha/h whereas it was 0.027 ha/h with manual transplanting for both type of seedlings. The results indicated that automatic ejection mechanism can be used for automatic planting of plug-type seedlings viz. tomato, eggplant, chilli, etc. as an alternative to hand transplanting by providing a better transplanting efficiency, optimum plant spacing and ensuring timeliness in operation. Additionally, due to automation it will considerably reduce the man power requirement and enhance the productivity as compared to manual transplanting.
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A Mini Locomotive
A train has a locomotive that pulls the train with its many passenger coaches. If the locomotive breaks down, there is no way to pull the train. Therefore, the office of railroads decided to distribute three mini locomotives to each station. A mini locomotive can pull only a few passenger coaches. If a locomotive breaks down, three mini locomotives cannot pull all passenger coaches. So, the office of railroads made a decision as follows:
1. Set the number of maximum passenger coaches a mini locomotive can pull, and a mini locomotive will not pull over the number. The number is same for all three locomotives.
2. With three mini locomotives, let them transport the maximum number of passengers to destination. The office already knew the number of passengers in each passenger coach, and no passengers are allowed to move between coaches.
3. Each mini locomotive pulls consecutive passenger coaches. Right after the locomotive, passenger coaches have numbers starting from 1.
For example, assume there are 7 passenger coaches, and one mini locomotive can pull a maximum of 2 passenger coaches. The number of passengers in the passenger coaches, in order from 1 to 7, is 35, 40, 50, 10, 30, 45, and 60.
If three mini locomotives pull passenger coaches 1-2, 3-4, and 6-7, they can transport 240 passengers. In this example, three mini locomotives cannot transport more than 240 passengers.
Given the number of passenger coaches, the number of passengers in each passenger coach, and the maximum number of passenger coaches which can be pulled by a mini locomotive, write a program to find the maximum number of passengers which can be transported by the three mini locomotives.
The first line of the input contains a single integer t (1 <= t <= 11), the number of test cases, followed by the input data for each test case. The input for each test case will be as follows:
The first line of the input file contains the number of passenger coaches, which will not exceed 50,000. The second line contains a list of space separated integers giving the number of passengers in each coach, such that the ith number of in this line is the number of passengers in coach i. No coach holds more than 100 passengers. The third line contains the maximum number of passenger coaches which can be pulled by a single mini locomotive. This number will not exceed 1/3 of the number of passenger coaches.
There should be one line per test case, containing the maximum number of passengers which can be transported by the three mini locomotives.
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I am new to working with DEM files but have a need to be able to work with SRTM3 DEM files to calculate elevation given a Lat,lon coordinates.
I understand from reading the documentation that the file contains binary data that represents Signed Int16 data that has height in meters.
My question is this, given a file say that has its bottom left corner being -33, 152 and covers 1 degree of lat, long how would do read a location in the file based on a given latitude, longitude point.
So if I had a position that was -33.456 152.434 how do I calculate the position of that height reading in the file?
I have read the file in to memory I just need to work out how to select the correct location in the resulting array.
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Community Development Journal, vol.41, 2006, p.25-36
Civil society is generally understood as the realm within which people can participate collectively and work towards a common interest. This article examines mechanisms for involving marginalised groups in this process, focusing on parents' experiences with two of Canada's largest community-based health promotion programmes for children.
Community Development Journal, vol.41, 2006, p.89-103
Large health care organisations can strengthen the communities that they serve by engaging in community development work. They can also gain a number of business benefits by participating. Beyond this, uniquely, health service organisations can fulfil their central health-enhancing purposes through their community development work. The health of a population can be expected to improve as the quality of community life is enhanced through community development work by healthcare organisations


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Bright Tips for Seniors to Combat the Winter Blues
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Winter can be a difficult time for anyone, due to the cloudy days, wet weather, and cold temperatures that typically accompany the season. However, these issues are oftentimes more severe for seniors. Moods can so quickly fall during a rainy winter in San Francisco, which is why it's essential for seniors to do all they can to combat the winter blues. Thankfully, there are a myriad of useful tips that help to facilitate better moods and an increase in happiness.
Why Winter Weather is Extra Difficult for Seniors
For seniors, winter weather is extra difficult than it is for people who are young and more able bodied, though this is mitigated somewhat when making use of a home caregiver. The cold and wet winter weather in the San Francisco Bay Area can really put a damper on the moods of older people. There are a number of reasons as to why, the most obvious of which is simply because the cloudy and gray skies automatically put a damper on anyone's mood.
Colder temperatures can worsen chronic pain conditions to the point where it can simply be difficult to get comfortable at all. This can have a debilitating effect on seniors who already have limited mobility. It's also important to understand that having to stay indoors on a more consistent basis creates feelings of isolation and loneliness that aren't nearly as big of an issue during other times of the year. This is just a small sample of the many reasons as to why winter weather is extra difficult for seniors. Additional factors include:
 - Seniors are likely to exercise less frequently during this season
 - Over-eating for comfort is common
 - The bad weather leads to a more sedentary lifestyle, which exacerbates medical conditions
 - Isolation from being indoors leads to less social time
 - The cold weather affects medical ailments and can make it difficult to sleep
Common symptoms that point towards the onset of the winter blues include sadness, tiredness, and fatigue. To combat the effects that this season may have, make sure to practice some of the following tips.
Exercise is an essential component to a person's happiness. Even light walking 30 minutes per day for five days a week will assist greatly in the reduction of feelings of mild to moderate depression. Walking at a fast pace for 60 minutes a day around three times per week will also help with this, but it will depend on the senior's capabilities. A home caregiver or family member can offer assistance. It's recommended that seniors at least attempt to exercise outdoors during days when it's sunny.
Bright light, in general, has been found to improve mental health, reduce depressive symptoms, and help with social functioning. If support is needed, exercise can even be done alongside a home caregiver. For seniors who can't get outside, consider working out indoors. While this isn't quite as beneficial as as exercising outdoors, it can still lessen mild depression during the winter season.
Listen to Music
Studies have shown that listening to upbeat music on a regular basis can do wonders for a person's mood. These benefits apply both in the short term and long term. During the cold and wet winter months, it can be difficult to get outside. Because of this, it's essential that seniors find activities that can keep them energized and happy. Listening to music is an easy activity that can be done alone or with others. It may even inspire some dancing! Either way, it's an activity that will help combat the winter blues.
It's important that senior s are able to get out of their home as much as possible during the winter months, even if this can only happen on occasion. There are many wonderful ways to volunteer throughout the winter season, from handing out toys to children that are in need to volunteering at a soup kitchen. For those who are able bodied, these activities can be done by both the senior and their home caregiver. Volunteering throughout the winter season will provide an emotional boost that may be needed when experiencing feelings of loneliness and depression. For seniors who are homebound, sending care packages to children in need is also a great way to volunteer.
Engage in Social Activities
As touched upon in the last tip, getting out of the house can really help boost a person's happiness during the cold months of winter. In the San Francisco Bay Area, there are many social activities that seniors can participate in. These activities include everything from going out to eat with an old friend to bowling. Keeping a relatively packed social calendar during the winter season can provide a much needed boost of energy. A home caregiver can help facilitate outings and social time with friends and family members.
Maintain a Healthy Diet
Colder temperatures and dark, cloudy days have the unfortunate effect of causing many people to crave unhealthy foods and carbohydrates. Eating too much food can have negative effects, such as weight gain, which only serves to increase feelings of sadness and depression. Eating a healthy diet that's balanced with a good amount of exercise will keep spirits up and assist in combating the winter blues. Soups that are high in protein and vegetables are some of the most important foods for seniors because they are both nutritional and warming on cold days.
Chase Away Those Winter Blues!
By following each of the aforementioned tips, seniors will be able to effectively reduce and even eliminate the adverse emotional effects caused by winter. These solutions are more readily tackled with the assistance of home caregiving. Home care allows seniors to maintain a sense of independence and allows them to maintain familiar routines. Exercising, volunteering, and partaking in regular social activities are easier to accomplish when a home caregiver is helping with these tasks.
If you have questions about home care, get in touch with Alegre Home Care today!
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An ETL import graph is build on logical dependencies of the jobs to each other. So typically a SQL transformation job depends on all the previous jobs that create the tables used in the query. But once there are a certain number of jobs, dependencies often get a bit more complicated and some of them become redundant in the process. A simple example can be seen in the dependency graph from figure, where the three red edges are redundant.
To speed up the ETL data pipeline, you should try to run jobs in parallel. Obviously, not all jobs can run at the same time in most cases, since there are dependency constraints between the jobs and limits of the servers capacity (number of processors and/or IO bandwidth). So assuming the server allows you to run n jobs in parallel, often there is the situation that the dependencies give you the option to run any of a set of m different jobs with m > n.


[TxMt] snippet to generate unique ID, detect end of document, and move cursor
Stephan Hugel urschrei at gmail.com
Sun Jul 25 22:20:45 UTC 2010
Hello,
I'm trying to write a snippet that will create a footnote in a TM file
(using markdown syntax), and I'm having some difficulties:
Footnote syntax works as follows:
Here's a string of text [^footnote_identifier] which continues here.
then, at the beginning of a new line:
[^footnote_identifier]: text of the footnote itself
So, what the snippet needs to do (theoretically) when snippet is
triggered: generate a (not too long, 5 digit alphanumeric should be
fine for a single document) unique id, and insert the full
[^footnote_identifier] string, then jump to the end of the document,
insert [^footnote_identifier]: and a space, allow typing of the
footnote text, then return to the original insertion point when tab is
pressed again.
I have no idea whether any of this is possible using snippet syntax,
so any pointers would be appreciated.
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Shoring is the technique of using a temporary support, usually a form of prop, to make a structure stable and safe.
Shoring is often used to provide lateral support:
- To walls undergoing repair or reinforcement.
- During excavations.
- To prevent walls bulging out.
- When an adjacent structure is to be pulled down.
- When openings in a wall are made or enlarged.
There are three basic types of shoring system that can be used separately or in combination depending on the nature of the support required.
 Raking shores
Raking shores [see top image] involve inclined members, or rakers, typically placed at 3-4.5 m centres, and braced at regular intervals. They tend to be inclined at between 40-75º. Typical materials that are used include timber, structural steel, and framed tubular scaffolding.
 Dead shores
Dead shores are primarily used to carry vertical loadings from walls, roofs and floors. This is often required when an opening is being made in a wall, or a defective loadbearing wall is being rebuilt. An arrangement of beams and posts support the structural weight and transfer it to the firm ground foundation below.
Example: When opening a wall, holes are cut so as to allow 300 x 300 mm beams, known as needles, to be inserted to carry the weight. These are usually placed at 1.2-1.8 m centres, and are supported by 300 x 300 mm vertical props known as shore legs at either end on both sides of the wall, with diagonal bracing as required. Needles are made of either timber or steel.
The shore legs stand away from both sides of the wall, usually allowing for a minimum of 1 m working space in between. To relieve the wall of the floor and roof loads, they are independently supported using 100 x 100 mm ceiling struts at 2 m centres. All doors, windows and other openings should be well strutted and secure before any dismantling work begins on the wall.
 Flying shores
If walls are at different heights, unsymmetrical flying shores can be arranged. Often this is in combination with raking shore principles, i.e. top and middle raking shores above a horizontal shore, perhaps with a bottom raking shore below, with binding to both sides as required.
Example: Flying shores consist of horizontal shores (often 250 x 250 mm) placed between wall plates and supported by a system of needles and cleats. Inclined struts are supported at the top by needle and cleats, and by a 150 x 75 mm straining sill that is fastened to the horizontal shore.
Single flying shores can typically be used for spans of up to 9 m. Double flying shores, in which two horizontal shores are connected using 150 x 150 mm studs, can be used for spans of up to 12 m.
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Microsoft's HoloLens Helps Improve Surgery
Augmented reality is being projected to potentially have a significant impact on the Medical Community. A company named Scopis has developed a surgery solution which leverages Microsoft's HoloLens. Surgeons can now see overlay wearing these mixed reality glasses allowing him more control and precision during the surgery. This will improve the success rate of certain surgical procedures which are complex such as in surgeries related to the spine but it can be fine tuned to work with any type of surgery.
Scopis spokesperson says "To use the Scopis Holographic Navigation Platform during such an operation, the surgeon wears Microsoft HoloLens glasses, which communicate wirelessly with the Scopis system. The planned positioning of the pedicle screws is projected onto the surgeon's field of view and overlaid exactly onto the patient, creating the mixed reality experience. This allows the surgeon to find the screws' planned positions faster and to align surgical instruments interactively with the holographic visualisation."
The company also informed saying that it improves the accuracy of mixed reality overlay using additional 3-D position tracking. The company's holographic platform will revolutionise surgical workflows as it will enable surgeons to use gestures to place virtual monitors into their visual field near the patient. As a result of this, their eyes will remain on the operative field.
The technology will be able to reduce the radiation exposure from fluoroscopy devices that are currently used to determine the optimal position for screw placement during surgery which will be beneficial to both the patients and medical professionals.
For sure Scopis will able to improve surgical outcomes through more precise alignment and shorter surgery times.


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The origins of Hinemaiaia Scheme were in 1939, with a push to develop an electricity supply for Taupo. Power was first generated from Hinemaiaia A Station in 1952 and fed into the national grid from 1958. A second generator was commissioned in 1982, boosting output to 2 MW.
Hinemaiaia B (1.3 MW) was commissioned in 1966 and Hinemaiaia C (2.8 MW) in 1982.
Environment and recreation
Hinemaiaia A Lake has grown into a rich wetland, protected through restricted public access. Below Hinemaiaia B Station, there's a productive trout spawning area. For this stretch of river, we maintain a flow of three cubic metres per second, so long as there's sufficient flow from Hinemaiaia A Lake. This consistent water flow aids trout migration up the river and avoids any concerns of erosion due to irregular flows.
We run a comprehensive trout trap and transfer programme, each year releasing 200 trout and around 35,000 fry above Hinemaiaia B Dam. We need to periodically dredge Hinemaiaia A Lake to ensure sufficient water storage. Scientific investigations that we commissioned showed no significant long-term environmental effects from the dredging.
New Resource Consents for the Hinemaiaia Scheme were granted in 2003, with expiry scheduled for 2036.


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In Egypt, a lack of understanding of developmental disabilities means that children with Cerebral Palsy, Autism, Down Syndrome and other special needs are often kept at home and their education is ignored. For families in rural areas of Egypt who have a child with a mental disability, there are few resources available to support them with bringing up their child. Special needs also carries negative stigma, and parents can often feel isolated and unsure of what their child needs.
The Menara ("Lighthouse") Centre, located in Menouf in the Nile Delta, offers a safe and cheerful environment for 50 special needs children to learn and gain life skills. While providing both teaching and physical therapy for the students, the school also works to inform the parents of how to care for their children and realise their full potential.
- Academic education
- Integration in the community
- Speech therapy
- Vocational training
- Educating parents
- Raising awareness in the wider society


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History of Gmail
The public history of Gmail dates back to 2004. Gmail, a free, ad-supported webmail service Email clients are a product of Google. Over its history, the Gmail interface has been integrated with many of the company's other products and services, with basic integration within the Google account and specific integration points. with services such as Google+, Google Calendar, Google Drive, Google Hangouts, Google Meet, YouTube, and Google Buzz. It was also made available as part of G Suite. The Official Gmail Blog has been tracking Gmail's public history since July 2007.
Gmail was a project started by Google developer Paul Bucheit, who was already exploring the idea of email on the web in the 1990s, prior to launching . software project as a college student. Buchheit started working on Gmail in August 2001. At Google, Buchheit first worked on Google Groups, and when asked to "create some type of email or personalization product", he created the first version of Gmail in a single application. day by reusing code from Google Groups. The project was known by the code name Caribou, a reference to Dilbert's comic about Project Caribou.
Buhite recalls that Google's high volume of internal email has created "a very large need for search." The advanced search capabilities eventually led to the consideration of providing a lot of storage space, which in turn opened up the possibility of allowing users to keep their emails forever instead of deleting them to stay within the storage limit. After looking at alternatives like 100MB, the company finally settled on 1GB of space, compared to the 2-4MB that was the standard at the time.
Buchheit had been working on Gmail for about a month when he was joined by another engineer, Sanjeev Singh, with whom he co-founded social media startup FriendFeed after leaving Google in 2006. Gmail's first product manager, Brian Rakowski, first heard about the project. day at Google in 2002, fresh out of college. In August 2003, another new Google employee, Kevin Fox, was commissioned to design the Gmail interface. When the service was finally launched in April 2004, about a dozen people were working on the project.
Initially, the software was only available internally in the form of an email system for Google employees. According to Google, the software was used internally for "several years" before it was released to the general public in 2004.
For most of its development, Gmail has been used by the skunkworks project, which is kept secret even from most people at Google. "It wasn't even guaranteed to launch - we said it had to hit the bar before we wanted to get anywhere," says Gmail interface designer Kevin Fox. By early 2004, however, almost everyone at Google was using Gmail to access the company's internal email system.
Gmail was announced to the public by Google on April 1, 2004 after extensive rumors about its availability during testing. With the release of April Fools, the company's press release sparked skepticism in the tech world, especially since Google was known for its April Fools' jokes like PigeonRank. However, they explained that their real joke was a press release saying they would take offshoring to the extreme by putting employees in the "Google Copernicus Center" on . Jonathan Rosenberg, Google's vice president of products, was quoted by BBC News as saying: "We take Gmail very seriously."
Even when the service was announced to the public, Google did not have the necessary infrastructure to provide millions of users with a reliable service with a gigabyte of space for each. Gmail ran on three hundred old Pentium III computers that no one wanted at Google. This was enough for the limited beta rollout planned by the company, which included inviting about 1,000 influencers and then giving them the opportunity to invite their friends and family members to become beta testers; testing began on March 21, 2004; and slowly grows from there.
Extended Beta Phase
Once it became clear that Gmail was real and not an April Fool's joke, invitations became highly desirable. While the limited introduction was out of necessity, it created an aura of exclusivity that contributed to its unexpected publicity. "Everyone wanted it even more. It was hailed as one of the best marketing decisions in the history of technology, but it was somewhat unintentional," says Georges Harik, who was responsible for most of Google's new products at the time.
Active users from the Blogger community were offered the opportunity to participate in the beta test on April 20, and later Gmail members received "invitations" from time to time that they could send to anyone. One round of invitations was sent out on May 1st and three more invitations were sent out to all active members on June 1st. When Gmail increased the number of invitations, the nascent market for buying and selling Gmail invitations collapsed.
In the early months of the initial beta phase, Gmail's highly touted feature set and the exclusivity of accounts caused the secondary market price of Gmail invitations to skyrocket. According to PC World magazine, Gmail invitations have sold on eBay for up to US$150, with some accounts selling for several thousand dollars. After a new round of invitations in early June, the price of invitations dropped to $2-$5. Sites like Gmail Swap emerged to allow philanthropic Gmail users to gift invitations to those who wanted them. On June 28, 2004, Google amended its policy to prohibit the sale of registered accounts.
In January 2005, security experts discovered a critical flaw in the handling of Gmail messages that allowed hackers to easily access personal email from any user's Gmail account. This was posted with details on a popular technology site at 9:23 AM PST on January 12, 2005. On January 13, 2005, the Gmail developers announced that they had fixed the problem and that the security issue had been fixed. fixed. Despite Gmail's status as a beta application, some users who used Gmail as their primary email account raised concerns. On April 1, 2005, exactly one year after the first release, Gmail increased the mailbox size to 2 GB, advertising it as "2 GB plus", and introduced some other new features, including format editing, which gave users the ability to send messages in the format HTML. or plain text.
On June 7, 2005, the Gmail invitation spooler was deactivated by the site owner at the direct request of the Gmail product manager to shut it down. The service was featured in Popular Science and provided over 1.2 million Gmail accounts.
As of June 22, 2005, the Gmail canonical URI has changed from _URL_ to _URL_ As of November 2015, those entering the first URI were redirected to the second.
On November 2, 2006, Google began offering a mobile app version of Gmail for . In addition, Sprint has separately announced that it will make this app available from its Vision and Power Vision homepages pre-loaded on select new Sprint phones. The app provides Gmail with its own custom menu system, and the site displays attachments such as photos and documents in the app.
On January 28, 2007, Google Docs and Sheets was integrated with Gmail, providing the ability to open attached Microsoft Word DOC files directly from Gmail.
On October 24, 2007, Google announced that IMAP is available for all accounts, including Google Apps for your domain.
On June 5, 2008, Google introduced Gmail Labs.
On December 8, 2008, Google added a to-do list. When the new Tasks feature is enabled, a box appears at the top of the Gmail window. In it, users can add, reorder, and delete tasks. You can also set a due date for each action and even convert emails into tasks.
On December 12, 2008, support for PDF viewing was added to Gmail.
On February 24, 2009, Gmail experienced a two and a half hour outage affecting 100 million accounts.
On July 7, 2009, Gmail officially exited beta status in an effort to get more users into the business.
On September 1, 2009, Gmail experienced another outage for several hours.
former Google Mail logo in 2005
Google Mail logo in 2010
On July 4, 2005, Google announced that Gmail Deutschland would be renamed Google Mail. The gmail.com domain has become unavailable in Germany due to trademark disputes, in which case users should use the googlemail.com domain. From now on, visitors originating from an IP address defined as Germany will be redirected to googlemail.com where they can get an email address.
The domains are interchangeable, so users who are required to use the googlemail.com domain cannot select addresses already selected by gmail.com users. Incoming emails sent to googlemail.com or gmail.com addresses will be delivered to the user.
The naming issue in Germany stemmed from a trademark dispute between Google and Daniel Hirsch, who owns the German company G-mail, which provides a service to print email from senders and send the printout via direct mail to intended recipients. On January 30, 2007, the EU Office for Harmonization in the Internal Market ruled in favor of Gersh.
Google faked an "offer" for the same service in a Gmail Paper April Fool's Day joke in 2007. .
On April 13, 2012, Google obtained the Gmail trademark in Germany. On


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The Rosen Method combined with Somatic Experiencing (SE) is a holistic approach that addresses trauma and helps to reclaim physical, spiritual, and emotional healing. The Rosen method with SE is a body centered therapy that uses gentle touch and deep listening to make a space of safety in which you experience and connect with yourself from deeply within. As a Rosen and Somatic Experiencing practitioner, I use heart centered presence and touch to calm your nervous system, while we approach with gentle curiosity the places in your body and mind where traumas and beliefs have been stored. This non-judgmental attention meets and melts the hold of those old patterns, inviting an experience of wholeness and sense of security which was not available before. As each layer of constriction peels away, you begin to transform from who you learned to be for survival, to who you truly are.
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*if you feel stuck, wishing to shed old patterns, and habits.
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The Rosen Method Bodywork is a unique and powerful mind-body practice that uses touch and responsive words to allow the nervous system to deepen awareness of our living body from within. We learn it is possible to really listen to ourselves and to fully "show up" with others. This gentle and profound work of Marion Rosen, a pioneer in the field of body-oriented therapies, can lead to freedom from emotional and physical discomfort and pain. This ease allows more creativity, passion, and the clarity to make important life decisions. On its own or in conjunction with talk therapy, Rosen Method has a transformative effect on body and mind, and brings balance and ease into one's life.
Somatic Experiencing (SE), developed by Peter Levine, author of Waking the Tiger – Healing Trauma, is a multidisciplinary body oriented approach to the healing of trauma and other stress disorders. It utilizes physiology, psychology, ethology, biology, neuroscience, indigenous healing practices, and medical biophysics. SE is a body first approach to dealing with the problematic (and, oftentimes, physical) symptoms of trauma. This means that therapy isn't about reclaiming memories or changing our thoughts and beliefs about how we feel, but looking at the sensations that lie underneath our feelings, and uncovering our habitual behavior patterns to these feelings. It uses a framework to assess where a person is "stuck" in the fight, flight or freeze responses and provides clinical tools to resolve these fixated physiological states
Julia is a Certified Rosen Method Bodywork Practitioner, Somatic Experiencing Practitioner, Conscious Uncoupling Coach, and Rosen Method Movement Teacher. She has over 20 years of experience as a somatic bodyworker supporting people to grow and flourish through life's challenges. In her Rosen Method/Somatic Experiencing sessions she uses heart centered presence and touch to calm your nervous system, while approaching with gentle curiosity the places in your body and mind where traumas and beliefs have been stored. As each layer of constriction peels away, you begin to transform from who you learned to be for survival, to who you truly are. In the Conscious Uncoupling Coaching journey she brings her many years of body awareness to midwife individuals thru the trauma of broken relationships.
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An Evaluation of Equipment-Independent Maintenance Training by Means of a Microprocessor-Controlled Videodisc Delivery System.
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This is the final report on a project to operationally test and evaluate a microprocessor-controlled videodisc MPVD delivery system as a means of providing Equipment-Independent Maintenance Training Programs EIMTP in situations where low equipment density limits hands-on training andor high equipment cost make hands-on equipment training potentially uneconomical. Basic results of the test and evaluation indicate that EIMTP by means of MPVD delivery systems is an efficient alternative to the current equipment-dependent system of providing such training more efficient in terms of the amount of practice time required than the current equipment-dependent system and less expensive than the equipment-dependent system and therefore is a more cost-effective alternative.
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Association Between Serotonin Syndrome and Second-Generation Antipsychotics via Pharmacological Target-Adverse Event Analysis
Case reports suggest an association between second-generation antipsychotics (SGAs) and serotonin syndrome (SS). The US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) Adverse Event Reporting System (FAERS) was analyzed to generate hypotheses about how SGAs may interact with pharmacological targets associated with SS. FAERS was integrated with additional sources to link information about adverse events with drugs and targets. Using Proportional Reporting Ratios, we identified signals that were further investigated with the literature to evaluate mechanistic hypotheses formed from the integrated FAERS data. Analysis revealed common pharmacological targets perturbed in both SGA and SS cases, indicating that SGAs may induce SS. The literature also supported 5-HT2A antagonism and 5-HT1A agonism as common mechanisms that may explain the SGA-SS association. Additionally, integrated FAERS data mining and case studies suggest that interactions between SGAs and other serotonergic agents may increase the risk for SS. Computational analysis can provide additional insights into the mechanisms underlying the relationship between SGAs and SS.


How to Assemble a Ratchet Strap
Ratchet straps offer several advantages over bungee cords. Ratchets can be customized to fit almost any size of load without danger of over-stretching, and they can provide a relatively static, inflexible hold on your precious goods instead of flexing with every bounce. The downside to ratchet straps is that they must be assembled. Clever users know that once you've assembled a ratchet strap, you can leave it put together for next time--just loosen the strap a bit and unhook its endpoints from the tie-down points. But you still have to be willing to take in any excess slack each time you use the strap.
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 Identify the two parts of the ratchet strap. There should be one long strand of webbing with a hook at the end, plus one ratchet connected to another hook by more webbing.
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 Insert the hook on each end of the ratchet strap into something solid that you know won't give way when under continuous tension; purpose-made tie-down points, whether on a truck bed or pallet, are ideal. Check to make sure that the ratchet's handle is oriented so that it faces toward you, giving you the free space you need to work the handle and tighten the strap once it's threaded.
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 Open the handle on the ratchet. Depending on what sort of ratchet strap you're using, you may need to open the handle all the way, like the cover of a book, or just open enough to pass the webbing strap through.
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technology, human behavior, philosophy, comprehension
The issues which must be considered when attempting to understand the totality of behavior when a human uses a computer are both multifarious and diverse. We thus have difficulties in gaining insight into the meaning that use of the computer creates in our lives, particularly in everyday use. Such understanding is important because insight based on holistic understanding is our best hope for exploiting the God-created potentials for human flourishing that is part of the promise of computing technology. As computer and internet technologies continue to embed themselves in the fabric of our everyday living, the number and complexity of use situations grows, and all facets of these situations must be apprehended and appreciated in order to respond wisely and act normatively. In this presentation, I will summarize the Human Use of Computers Framework (HUCF) developed by Basden (2008), a tool for producing insight into complex everyday computer use situations, and show several examples of this framework in use. This will demonstrate how the HUCF can help prevent overlooking areas that are crucial for understanding the human experience of using the computer, and will exhibit the practical implications of a philosophically-based tool for understanding.
Presented at the ACMS (Association of Christians in the Mathematical Sciences) Bienniel conference held in Ancaster, Ontario, in May 2015.


Science Can Now Make Human Blood from Skin
By: Amanda Chang - Nov 8, 2010
References: montrealgazette
Time consuming and mis-matchy blood transfusions may be a thing of the past as scientists at McMaster University have discovered how to make human blood from skin. That's right folks, the potential to personally make your own blood from the very skin on your bones is just around the corner.
The procedure to make human blood from skin involves taking a tiny extract of skin, extract fibroblasts, then add proteins of DNA within a petri dish to complete the process. Researchers predict this lab-grown blood could be ready for testing within a span of two years.


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Is there a relationship between the Compactness Theorem and the upward Lowenheim-Skolem Theorem in FOL?
I was thinking of another post of mine "Why accept the axiom of infinity?" when I though, "Well, if someone accepts arbitrary large finite numbers, what stops them from the jumping into the infinite?"
After all, doesn't compactness imply that if you have a theory $T$ with arbitrarily large finite models, then $T$ has arbitrarily large models—infinite or finite? This sounds a lot like the upward Lowenheim-Skolem theorem to me.
Is there a connection?
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Haven't you answered your own question? The compactness theorem implies that if a theory $T$ has arbitrarily large finite models, then it has an infinite model. So it gives a special case of upward Löwenheim-Skolem, but as far as I can tell the argument doesn't extend to larger cardinalities. – Qiaochu Yuan Jun 15 '12 at 14:09
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Well, one might say everything is connected, so it depends on which kind of connections you're looking for.
There certainly is the connection that one can derive upward Löwenheim-Skolem from downward Löwenheim-Skolem and compactness:
Let $T$ be a theory with equality that admits some infinite normal model $M$. For any $\aleph_\beta \ge |T|$ we can construct a model of cardinality $\aleph_\beta$ in two steps. (1) Construct a new theory by adjoining $\aleph_\beta$ new constant letters with axioms that say they are all different. By compactness, the extended theory is consistent and so has a model $N$. Clearly this model must have cardinality at least $\aleph_\beta$, and in particular it is a model of $T$. (2) If $|N|>\aleph_\beta$, use downward Löwenheim-Skolem to cut it down to size as a model of $T$.
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If you formulate the upward Skolem with inequality (there exists an elementary superstructure (/ a model of the theory) of cardinality at least $\kappa$...), you can derive it straight from compactness, without downward Skolem in-between. – tomasz Jun 15 '12 at 14:15
_USER_: But it is strictly weaker, in the sense that if all the ultrapowers of a countable model would be at least of size continuum - how can you prove the existence of a model of size $\aleph_1$? – Asaf Karagila Jun 15 '12 at 14:19
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The First Conditional
The first conditional is one of four types of hypothetical sentence in English, and it is probably the most commonly used. In which situations can we use it and why?
When to use the first conditional
The first conditional is used to express the future consequence of a realistic possibility now or in the future. For example,
If I miss the train, I'll take the next one.
There is a 50% chance that the first part of this sentence (the action following 'if') will happen. And if it happens, the second part is 100% certain.
Creating the First Conditional
To make a sentence in the first conditional, we use,
If + present simple, will/won't + verb.
If I pass this exam, I'll celebrate.
If I pass this exam, I won't have to do it again.
Like all conditionals we can also invert this structure:
Will + verb if + present simple.
I'll celebrate if I pass this exam.
I won't have to do this exam again if I pass it.
As an alternative to will, It's possible to complete the second part of a first conditional sentence with a modal verb or an imperative. For example,
If it rains, we can't play tennis.
If it rains, we must postpone our game.
If it rains, wear your waterproof clothing.
The important thing to remember with the first conditional is that we can never use will near if. Will can only come in the other part of the sentence. For example,
We'll be pleased if the client accepts our offer.
We'll be pleased if the client will accept our offer.
Here are some other examples of the first conditional:
If you practice frequently, you'll learn quickly.
If we don't win today, we'll be out of the competition.
Your teacher can help if you don't understand something.
Call me if you're late.
If she does well in this interview, she'll get the job.
If you're hungry, help yourself to whatever you want.
We won't miss the plane if we hurry.
Our boss will be really pleased if we get this contract.
As you can see, the first conditional is used in many different situations, both in and out of the workplace. So it's undoubtedly a structure that's worth learning and practicing. Start now by doing this fun quiz.


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Fragrant Trees
The Fragrant Trees were those species of trees which grew in Nísimaldar, a western region in the Island of Númenor. The name derived from the sweet scent which came from their leaves, their flowers and even their bark. They were brought from Eressëa by the Elves who navigated towards Númenor. Later, they were planted in other regions of the island, though they did not grow in such high numbers.[1]
The Fragrant Trees were : Oiolairë, Lairelossë, Nessamelda, Vardarianna, Taniquelassë, Yavannamírë and Malinornë.
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Biologically, a child is a human between the stages of birth and puberty. Some biological definitions of a child include the fetus, as being an unborn child. The legal definition of "child" generally refers to a minor, otherwise known as a person younger than the age of majority.
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Leaf Curling Spider
Leaf Curling Spiders (Phonognatha graeffei) belong to family Araneidae (Orb-weavers). The spider here is a fresh leaf curling spider. They build their retreat with fresh green leaf. Most of the time they remain in their leaf retreat. They build their web near the retreat and when a prey fall on its web, it quickly pick it up from the web and go back to its retreat. The spider has a green color from under including legs and white abdomen from top. It has a yellowish-green head. It has some black spots and wavy lines on abdomen. It also has yellow and blue colored strips on abdomen. Here are some pictures of the spider taken from different angles, hoping you will like them.
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Lime Butterfly Caterpillar
The Lime Butterfly caterpillar passes through 5 different instars before pupation. The first few instars of the caterpillar look like bird droppings and this is nature's way of protecting them from predators. In the 5th (last) instar, the caterpillar becomes pale green with a yellow subspiracular band having brown and bluish marking and a pair of false eyes. An additional yellow band is developed on the 4th and 5th segments with bluish spots on it.
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Lime Butterfly Caterpillar (1st instar) eating egg shell
Lime Butterfly Caterpillar (2rd instar)
Lime Butterfly Caterpillar (3rd instar)
Lime Butterfly Caterpillar (4th instar)
Lime Butterfly Caterpillar (5th and last instar)
Lime Butterfly Caterpillar (Pre-pupa)
Blue Pansy Butterfly
The Blue Pansy (Junonia orithya) belong to the family Nymphalidea, is a medium size butterfly with a wingspan of about 40-50mm. It's a sun-loving species, which can usually be found on grassy patches in open areas, often sitting on bare ground. The blue pansy is very common in Pakistan.
Blue Pansy Butterfly
Blue Pansy Butterfly Mating
Blue Pansy Butterfly Mating
Blue Pansy Butterfly Camouflage
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Lime Butterfly Eggs
Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus) lay her eggs singly on the young leaves of the host plant (various Citrus species). The egg has a round shape and measuring about 1mm in diameter. Its color changes from white (transparent) to yellowish and then brown with the passage of time. The eggs take about six days to hatch.
Lime Butterfly (Papilio demoleus malayanus) Eggs
Bug Art
Often we see a leaf eaten by a bug in very interesting pattern, that looks like an artwork. Some time we observe the bug near his/her artwork, however most of the time we see artwork done by an anonymous bug. Here are some pictures of artwork done by an anonymous bug.
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Male Danaid Eggfly Butterfly (Upperside)
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With the redesigned Task Queue in DVDFab 11, users are able to run two or more tasks concurrently with the Copy and Ripper modules.Here below is the detailed tutorial for that. Before moving forward, make sure you've downloaded and installed DVDFab 11 at _URL_

1. Create a task in the Copy module

1.1 Launch DVDFab 11 to the Copy module, insert the to-be-copied DVD disc into the computer optical drive, and wait until DVDFab 11 finishes analyzing the DVD, then set up all the necessary settings as you normally do in DVDFab 10, but do not press the Start button for the time being. At this moment, you can see a red dot with the number 1 show up on the menu-like button near the top right corner of the main interface.

1.2 Click that menu-like button to open the Task Queue Manager window, where you can see the task is already added into the Current Task list, with a status label as Ready to Start.

1.3 Close this window and return to the main interface.

2. Create another task in Ripper module

2.1 Switch to the Ripper module from the top menu bar, you will see exactly the same source being loaded there. However, it is by default locked from any operation, which means, users need to switch the toggle button to unlock it so as to use it for the ripping task.

2.2 Click the toggle button to unlock the source, now you will see the number in the red dot has immediately changed into 2. At this point, you are able to set up all the conversion configurations (choose movie title, set preferred profile) as you normally do in DVDFab 10. When all is ready to go, press the Start button to initiate the tasks.

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Orange Marmalade II
Recipe type: Marmalade
- 12 Seville Oranges
- 2 lemons
- 5.5kg (12 lb) sugar
- 7l (12 pints) of water
- Peel the lemons and the oranges.
- Slice the peel as thinly as possible and place in a large bowl.
- Pulp the flesh of the oranges and lemons, and remove the pips.
- Add the mashed fruit to the large bowl.
- Add 6.5l (11½ pints) of the water, and leave the bowl to stand for 24 hours.
- Pour the remaining 500ml (1/2 pint) of water into a small bowl and add all the pips from the fruit. Leave this for 24 hours too.
- Strain the water and pips through a muslin bag, keeping the water and adding it to the bowl containing the fruit.
- Pour the fruit mix into a preserving pan and boil until the peel is really tender - about 2 to 3 hours.
- Add the sugar whilst constantly stirring and bring to the boil.
- Cook on a rolling boil until the juice becomes clear and glossy, and a test sample of the marmalade will set.
- Pour into jars and seal.
To make the marmalade more bitter crush the pips before adding to the water. Hitting them with a hammer works well.


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Watch out for these two phrases. Many students confuse them, but their meanings are actually very different. When you use "almost all (of)"/"most (of)" with a noun phrase, and "almost" with a verb phrase, the meanings can be opposite!
"Almost all (of)" means 80-99% (not all, but close to all).
"Most (of)" means more than half, maybe 55-99%.
"Most" and "almost all" are very close to each other. You can use them in similar ways. "Almost all" is a little stronger. If I say "I liked almost all of the food I ate in Taiwan," it's stronger than "I liked most of the food I ate in Taiwan." But both sentences mean that generally I liked the food I ate there.
Let's talk about "almost all (of)" and "most (of)" only with noun phrases for now. Here are some examples, with underlined noun phrases: most of my friends, almost all of the movies, most of the shops, almost all people, most kittens.
"Almost" means nearly, not quite, close to.
"Almost" goes with verb phrases very often. Here are some examples with just verb phrases,in bold: almost married, almost won the lottery, almost miss the exit, almost bought a car, almost died, almost finished eating.
Anyway, here are some examples of a sentence type where confusing "almost all/most of" and "almost" can really change your meaning:
- Almost all of the students passed the test.
Congratulations! The majority of the class members passed the test! There were 30 students and 28 received a grade of C or better. Great!
- Most of the students passed the test.
Congratulations! The majority of the class members passed the test! There were 30 students and 22 received a grade of C or better. Great!
- The students almost passed the test.
Oh, no. The students got very low scores. Their scores were close to a passing grade, but not close enough. All of the students got less than 50% on the test. They were very close to passing, but they didn't, so they failed.
(And remember to use "all of," "most," or put "almost" in the right place every time. You can't say "almost the students passed." First, this is ungrammatical. Second, the listener will be confused and not know what you meant. The listener can't guess whether you meant "almost all of the students passed," "most of the students passed," or "the students almost passed." When you're speaking English, you can often make small mistakes and still be understood, but not with this kind of phrase!)
- Almost all of the flowers died.
I went on vacation for two weeks and didn't water my 20 roses. 17 of the roses died.
- Most of the flowers died.
I went on vacation for two weeks and didn't water my 20 roses. 15 of the roses died.
- The flowers almost died.
I went on vacation. After one week, I remembered that my roses needed to be watered. I called my neighbor and asked if she'd water them. She said the flowers looked very bad! However, she took care of them until I got back. When I came back, my roses were fine. My roses came close to dying because I forgot about them.
Does it make sense? You have to be careful with this one, because you can accidentally change your meaning completely. Watch out!


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Part of a fountain pen that fills using a sack mechanism. The pressure bar is a flat piece of metal (usually brass) that sits between the sack and the barrel of the pen. It is manipulated from an input on the outside of the pen (typically a button at the end of the barrel, or a lever on the side of the pen).
This manipulation either moves or bows the pressure bar, which, in turn, compresses the sack. Everything in the sack is expelled, including ink and air (be careful where you point that thing!). Once the pressure on the bar is removed, the sack is allowed to expand. A vacumm is created, drawing in whatever the surrounds the nib (again, ink, air, or water).
As mentioned buttons and levers are the most common methods of manipulating a pressure bar.


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Arkansas Department of Ed Provides Statewide Access to STEM Activities
- By Dian Schaffhauser
Students in Arkansas will have access to a Web-based tool to help them master math and science. The Arkansas Department of Education will be providing access to Penda Learning, a Web-based standards mastery resource for students in grades 4 through 10.
Penda uses avatars and competitions to engage students as they work through multiple activities, which are standards-aligned. Instructors can take advantage of the service's reporting features, which can report data by grade level, class, and student. That data can be imported by gradebooks and can show time spent on a given task as well as the activities and standards mastered.
"[Science, technology, engineering, and math] education is a key state priority and we are always on the lookout for innovative and proven STEM tools for the students of Arkansas," said Jim Boardman, an assistant commissioner with Arkansas' DOE Division of Research and Technology. "By giving our students access to Penda's engaging and standards-aligned math and science activities, we are supplementing our classroom teaching and helping teachers improve student proficiency."
Dian Schaffhauser is a writer who covers technology and business for a number of publications. Contact her at _EMAIL_.


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pcapfix is a repair tool for corrupted pcap files. It checks for an intact pcap global header and repairs it if there are any corrupted bytes. If one is not present, one is created and added to the beginning of the file. It then tries to find pcap packet headers, and checks and repairs them.
Theorem Linker is a program used to visualize references between theorems in a paper written using LaTeX. Using a.tex document (and a.aux file, created by the LaTeX compiler), Theorem Linker will search through a paper, find theorems, and find references to other theorems within a theorem's "proof". It will then create a digraph in a.dot file (to be opened with programs such as Graphviz or OmniGraffle) that will display each theorem as a node, with directed edges to describe the relations between the theorems. A path highlighted in red describes the longest path in the graph. Theorem Linker will also create folders containing graphs to individually show relations of each theorem in a paper.


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Gabe Olson-Jensen's fascination with pomology -- the growing of fruit -- took root early and soon will result in an orchard at River Falls High School.
The Wisconsin FFA and the USDA recently awarded the sophomore $10,000 for his project "Implementing Organic Practices in Modern Apple Growing."
In seventh grade, he became interested in fruit trees and contacted University of California-Riverside requesting information about citrus seedlings. He ended up being mentored by the citrus program director and learned the process of grafting.
At 14, he began working at Maple Leaf Orchard, a Pierce County farm near Spring Valley, where he credits the owners in teaching him much about apple farming practices. He then began research on his parents' acreage, planting 75 apple tree rootstocks, grafting all to produce Honeycrisp apples.
When he entered high school, he became involved with the FFA and his interest in fruit research grew. He contacted several experts from around the nation, including professors from Cornell University, University of Minnesota and University of Wisconsin-River Falls. All helped Olson-Jensen conduct research on the science behind growing high quality apple trees, according to RFHS.
Soon after collaborating with various universities, he wrote two grants and received $10,000 from the state FFA and USDA Sustainable Agriculture Research and Education organizations for a local project.
Olsen-Jensen has started a new apple orchard with the help of the River Falls FFA Alumni, River Falls High School student FFA, and friends and family. The alumni group cleared the River Falls School District-owned agriculture plot and ground is being prepared for apple tree plantings and related research. Research will focus on organic disease and pest control.
Plans for April include plowing ground and securing fencing. Trellises will be used rather than the traditional method, similar to grape growing. Growing apples with the trellis method will make apples easier to pick and trees easier prune, will ensure color quality, produce higher yield per acre and will result in more efficient use of property, space, and harvest options, according to Olson-Jensen.
On May 1, 130 trees will arrive and be planted. Wiring of trees and organic treatments will begin soon after.
In three to four years, he estimates the site will produce 1,400 pounds of apples. The fruit will be sold to the community to help fund the FFA and ensure the orchard's sustainability for decades to come. Apples may also be donated to the River Falls Food Pantry and used in the school district lunch program.
"Clearly Gabe is 'planting seeds' not just for sharing the fruit of his labor, the district said, but also helping other students learn organic and precision farming practices as applied to the apple industry," the district said in a news release.


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Piece of cloth or cloth pouch
- Midsummer herbs
- Piece of red string or yarn
- Midsummer flowers
- Gold or yellow robe, shirt or dress
- Yellow or gold candle
- Summer fruit
Prepare for the Summer Solstice ritual by gathering a piece of cloth or cloth pouch and midsummer herbs. Use any combination of sage, rosemary, thyme, basil, lavender, Saint John's wort and vervain that appeals to you. Meditate on your pain, troubles, sorrows and illnesses. Tie up the cloth or pouch with a red string or yarn and save it for the ritual.
Think about the qualities of fire because the Summer Solstice ritual is a fire ritual. Contemplate what you need protection from (debt-collectors, a jealous friend, an abusive family member). Write down in what aspects of your life you need strength because the Summer Solstice ritual is a time to gather courage.
Collect flowers for your Summer Solstice ritual that are golden yellow, deep red, white, pink and purple. Whatever you wear, choose a gold or yellow color to honor the sun. Use a gold or yellow candle to represent the god in ritual.
Cook dishes with midsummer herbs such as basil, sage, thyme and rosemary. Tomato soup or sauce, with its fiery red color, is suitable for the season. Eat fresh fruit or fruit salad at the close of the ritual for a sweet end to summer.
Set up your altar with your summer flowers, golden candle, pouch of herbs and any other tools you wish to use and cast the circle. At the point most suitable to you during your Summer Solstice ritual, hold the pouch of herbs in both hands. Mentally pour all your troubles, sorrows and pain into it. At the end of the ritual, bury the pouch deep in the ground.
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Dental nerve blocks are a vital skill for physicians to have when treating non-traumatic dental pain; however, there is yet to be a simple, practical, and effective way to educate residents in performing this task. The purpose of this project is to explore the efficacy of a low-fidelity dental model task-trainer in teaching emergency medicine residents to perform dental blocks.
In this study, 29 EM residents at TJUH were surveyed regarding their knowledge and attitudes regarding performing dental blocks using a brief Likert-scale questionnaire. Next, they were given 15 minutes to practice performing dental blocks on a low-fidelity task trainer, guided by an attending physician. After using the task trainer, the residents were administered another questionnaire in the form of a post-test survey, assessing their knowledge and attitudes regarding performing dental blocks. The preand post-test survey data were collected and analyzed to evaluate the task trainer's efficacy as an educational tool.
Results and Conclusions:
Overall, the results showed significant improvements on preand post-test Likert-scale responses for metrics assessing "confidence in performing dental blocks" and "likelihood to perform dental blocks when indicated." 27 of the 29 residents "agreed" or "strongly agreed" that the model was helpful in preparing them to perform dental blocks in the future. From these results, we can interpret that low-fidelity task trainers are an effective tool for educating residents on performing dental blocks. Further studies and subsequent analysis should are recommended to assess how a task trainer compares to typical (non-interactive) educational methods for performing dental blocks.


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Here's a quick summary about what I'm trying to do: Let's say I got two layers. One (A) with 10 polygons and one that is more granular with 100 polygons (B). Just to check if the behavior of PostGIS and ArcMap is the same, I would like to select all polygons in B that are under a polygon in A. Since the sum of all polygons of both layer got the same shape, all polygons of B should be selected. If I do that in ArcMap, everything works fine (100 of 100 polygons selected). If I use the following statement in PostGIS, some of the polygons are not in the resultset (about 10%):
SELECT layer_a.gid, layer_b.gid FROM layer_a, layer_b WHERE ST_Contains(layer_a.geom, layer_b.geom);
No I want to be more specific. Let's say I'd like to select all Polygons from B that are under a specific polygon from A with a polygon_id = 1. For this I use the following statement:
SELECT layer_a.gid, layer_b.gid FROM layer_a, layer_b WHERE ST_Contains(layer_a.geom, (SELECT layer_b.geom WHERE layer_by.polygon_id = '1');
But now, I get a empty resultset and I really don't know why. Could somebody explain me this behavior? Note: I just imported shape files without assigning a special SRID or something like this. I appreciate any help. :)
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Looks like ST_Contains is the correct function. Two things come to mind that could cause the results you are getting. First, invalid geometries can silently cause all kinds of trouble. Run a query similar to the following on both of your tables:
SELECT gid AS invalid_gid
 FROM layer_a
 WHERE NOT St_IsValid(geom);
Second issue could be that the polygons do not actually have the topological properties that you think they do. Replace St_Contains with St_Intersects and that should help to inform you. Let me know what that yields.
Your second query appears to have typos, but should look more like this:
SELECT layer_a.gid, layer_b.gid
 FROM layer_a, layer_b
 WHERE layer_b.polygon_id = 1
 AND St_Contains(layer_a.geom, layer_b.geom)
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Hey Scro, I tried it with your statement and rechecked the results from ArcMap and now its looks good. Seems that I had it wrong. I thought ST_Contains would do this job for me, but now it know, that ST_Contains only selects Polygons that are completly in/under the other polygon. And ST_Intersects selects all polygons that intersects with the bigger one. Looks good now. Thank you very much! :] – Chronnie Mar 14 '13 at 12:46
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Walkthrough: Globalizing a Date by Using Client Script
In this walkthrough you will use ECMAScript (JavaScript) to display days, months, and other date-related values in globalized formats. The AJAX functionality in ASP.NET provides client globalization support based on a setting in the ScriptManager control. After these globalization settings have been applied to the Web application, you can use client script to format a JavaScript Date or Number object based on a culture value. This does not require a postback to the server.
The culture value that is used by the client script is based on the default culture setting provided by the user's browser settings. Alternatively, it can be set to a specific culture value by using server settings or server code in your application.
A culture value provides information about a specific culture (locale). The culture value is a combination of two letters for a language and two letters for a country or region. Examples include es-MX (Spanish Mexico), es-CO (Spanish Columbia), and fr-CA (French Canada).
The ASP.NET AJAX Date extensions add functionality to the JavaScript Date object by providing the localeFormat method. This method enables a Date object to be formatted based on the browser language setting, on server settings, or on server code. These settings affect the server culture value, which is then interpreted by the server to generate a client object that is exposed by the Sys.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture property. This object is used for formatting dates.
For more information about cultures and locales, see ASP.NET Globalization and Localization and the CultureInfo class overview.
To implement the procedures in your own development environment you need:
 - Visual Studio or Visual Web Developer 2010 Express.
 - An AJAX-enabled ASP.NET Web site.
To begin, you will use the language preference settings in the browser to specify how to format a date.
To globalize a date based on the browser language preference
 1. Close any open instances of Microsoft Internet Explorer or of your default browser so that all new instances will use a new locale setting.
 2. Open a new instance of Internet Explorer.
 3. On the Tools menu, click Internet Options, click the General tab, and then click Language.
 4. Set the language preference to es-MX (Spanish Mexico) and remove any other locales from the list.
 NoteNote
 If you use a different browser, make the equivalent language settings in that browser.
 5. Close the browser.
 6. In Visual Studio, create or open an ASP.NET AJAX-enabled Web page and switch to Design view.
 7. Select the ScriptManager control and set its EnableScriptGlobalization property to true.
 NoteNote
 If the page does not contain a ScriptManager control, add one from the AJAX Extensions tab of the Toolbox.
 8. In the AJAX Extensions tab of the Toolbox, double-click the UpdatePanel control to add an update panel to the page.
 9. Set the ChildrenAsTriggers property of the UpdatePanel control tofalse.
 10. Set the UpdateMode property of the UpdatePanel control to Conditional.
 11. Click inside the UpdatePanel control, and then from the Standard tab of the Toolbox, add a Button control and a Label control to the UpdatePanel control.
 NoteNote
 Make sure that you add the Label and Button controls inside the UpdatePanel control.
 12. Make sure that the button's ID property is set to Button1, and set its Text property to Display Date.
 13. Make sure that the label's ID property is set to Label1.
 14. Switch to Source view.
 15. At the bottom of the page, create a script element and add the following client script to it:

 Sys.UI.DomEvent.addHandler($get("Button1"), "click", formatDate);
 function formatDate() {
 var d = new Date();
 try {
 $get('Label1').innerHTML = d.localeFormat("dddd, dd MMMM yyyy HH:mm:ss");
 }
 catch(e) {
 alert("Error:" + e.message);
 }
 }

 This code adds a click handler to the button named Button1. The code calls the formatDate function, which creates a new Date object and displays the formatted date in the element named Label1. The date is formatted by using the localeFormat function that is part of the Microsoft Ajax Library extensions for the Date object.
 16. In the Web site's Web.config file, include the following globalization element in the system.web section:
 <globalization culture="auto" />

 The "auto" setting specifies that the ACCEPT-LANGUAGE header in the browser request (which provides the user's language preference list) is used to set the culture value.
 17. Save your changes, and then run the Web page in the browser where you changed language settings.
 18. Click the Display Date button to see the globalized date value that is based on the browser language settings.
 The following example shows a complete ASP.NET Web page with client script that globalizes a date based on the browser language preference.

 <%@ Page Language="VB" %>

 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "_URL_
 <html xmlns="_URL_

 <title>Globalization Example</title>

 <form id="form1" runat="server">
 <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" EnableScriptGlobalization="true"/>
 <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server" ChildrenAsTriggers="False"
 UpdateMode="Conditional">
 <ContentTemplate>
 <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" GroupingText="Update Panel">
 <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Display Date" />

 <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"></asp:Label>
 </asp:Panel>
 </ContentTemplate>
 </asp:UpdatePanel>
 </form>

 19. When you are finished, reset the language settings in the browser.
If you want to display formatted dates in multiple pages, you can set the culture in the Web site's configuration file. The format settings then apply to dates in all pages.
To globalize a date based on configuration file settings
 1. In the Web.config file of the application, change the globalization element in the system.web section to the following:
 <globalization culture="fr-CA" />

 This setting sets the culture value to "fr-CA" (French Canada), regardless of what the browser language setting specifies.
 2. Save your changes, and then run the Web page in your browser.
 3. Click the Display Date button to see the globalized date value.
 The date formatting is now based on the culture attribute in the configuration file instead of on the browser language preference.
 The following example shows a complete ASP.NET Web page with client script that globalizes a date based on configuration file settings.

 <%@ Page Language="VB" %>

 <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.1//EN" "_URL_
 <html xmlns="_URL_

 <title>Globalization Example</title>

 <form id="form1" runat="server">
 <asp:ScriptManager ID="ScriptManager1" runat="server" EnableScriptGlobalization="true"/>
 <asp:UpdatePanel ID="UpdatePanel1" runat="server" ChildrenAsTriggers="False"
 UpdateMode="Conditional">
 <ContentTemplate>
 <asp:Panel ID="Panel1" runat="server" GroupingText="Update Panel">
 <asp:Button ID="Button1" runat="server" Text="Display Date" />

 <asp:Label ID="Label1" runat="server"></asp:Label>
 </asp:Panel>
 </ContentTemplate>
 </asp:UpdatePanel>
 </form>


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Position: Regenerative Agriculture Coordinator - Operations
Kerry is passionate about ethical food production and unconventional approaches to agriculture both at the small and large scale.
She has education and substantial experience in agriculture, sustainability and international development.
With first-hand experience in declining rural communities and a desire to try to address this through diverse job creation, Kerry was immediately drawn to work for WOA - the Wheatbelt's first regenerative agriculture company.
She is excited by the scale of operations in WOA's plan to convert conventionally farmed land into regeneratively farmed land. Kerry believes building soil and sequestering carbon at scale will not only help reduce atmospheric carbon, but will produce more nutritious food.


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"We're still waiting to see if DNR can come up with some kind of a clue as to why this happened." Folly Beach Mayor Tim Goodwin said.
" I came down this morning and right now I came back and saw a bunch of dead bait fish," He said.
Thursday morning's discovery on Folly Beach adds to a nationwide mystery involving similar occurrences of mass fish and bird deaths. The incident joins recent wildlife deaths at Chesapeake Bay and Lebanon, Tennessee -- adding to a steady growing list of similar incident across the nation. In the Chesapeake Bay incident, as many as 2-million fish were found dead in what wildlife experts have attributed to cold water stress. In Lebanon more than 100 birds were discovered dead along a highway.
DNR officials believe the incident at Folly to also be cold related as we are experiencing ocean temperatures off the Carolina coast that are below average.
DNR biologist Phil Maier said the fish generally school in groups of 100,000 or more so the kill was relatively small. The fish are about 6 inches long.
Two weeks ago Isle of Palms beaches were also littered with dead sea life. Dead starfish and jellyfish washed ashore in what experts also attributed to cold weather and cold water temperature.