Monday, May 5, 2014
Florida Senate Passes Textbook Review Legislation to Stop Islamic Propaganda to our Children
Pamela Geller / Atlas Shrugs
This is a very good first step to purge our public schools of Islamic proselytizing and historical revisionism. Check your children and your grandchildren's textbooks. Find like-minded parents. Pushback.
"Florida Senate Passes Textbook Review Legislation," By Creeping Sharia
…to stop the stealth Islamic proselytizing of your children.
Aya Sewell, Sarasota Citizen Activist Protests
Aya Sewell, Sarasota Citizen Activist Protests
NER: Last Friday in Tallahassee, April 11, 2014, the Republican controlled Florida Senate passed SB864 sponsored by Sen. Alan Hays (R-Umatilla) by a narrow vote of 21 to 19. The measure would eliminate State Department of Education control over selection of textbooks returning that role to Florida's 67 school districts, requiring open public hearing on texts used in courses. The bill reflected in part concerns of conservative Groups over the Common Core Curriculum State Standards, sponsored by the National Association of Governors and Council of Chief State School Officers seeking to impose national standards. Despite that criticism the Common Core has been adopted in Forty-four states, the District of Columbia, four territories, and the Department of Defense Education Activity (DoDEA).
However, SB864 was largely prompted by a different issue; objections of parental groups in several Florida counties in about the treatment of Islam and Muslim culture in world history textbooks on the Florida State Department of Education list of approved texts. A companion bill (HB 921) is working its way through the Florida House sponsored by Rep. Matt Gaetz of Fort Walton. That version would provide a local option to districts to review texts; however, the selections must still meet state standards. Gaetz was quoted in a News Herald editorial saying:
"I think there's an increasing frustration by parents in our state, that they don't have a lot of say regarding the content and materials their children use in the classroom."
Local advocates here in Florida drew attention to misrepresentations of Islam in protests in Volusia, Brevard and Sarasota Counties. Our Iconoclast post on the subject, "Sarasota, Florida's biased Islam textbook problem", highlighted the relentless efforts of citizen activist Aya Sewell.
Ms. Sewell is of Iraqi Jewish heritage, members of her family were subject to a 1941 pogrom against the Jewish population in Baghdad, the Farhud. Sewell led a campaign against such texts locally in Sarasota, as well as before the Florida Department of Education. Elsewhere in the US, Tennessee parents have also raised objections to similar course material extolling Palestinian suicide bombers. Americans for Peace and Tolerance (APT) in Boston accused the Newton, Massachusetts school board and superintendent for permitting use of texts and course materials that engage in promoting false information regarding both Islam and demonization of Israel.
APT undertook content and bias analysis and promoted their findings that included placing ads in local area media and a petition campaign.
An article in the current edition of Education Week noted the debate over the pending Florida textbook legislation:
[Sen. ]Hays said the legislation was needed so that school board members will be accountable to parents and voters. He said school board members have blamed the state for the textbooks they picked.
"This bill imposes on the local school board members the responsibility and accountability to their citizens," Hays said.
Opponents complained it would cost districts money to review textbooks. Sen. Geraldine Thompson, D-Orlando, said she was worried that some districts would wind up censoring some books, while other senators raised questions about whether districts would pick textbooks aligned to the state's current standards.
Even Florida Education Commissioner Pam Stewart questioned Hays' bill.
"From a practical standpoint it lifts a burden from us," Stewart said. "But we heard loud and clear from districts that they rely on (the state review). They need that. They don't have the resources to be able to do that."
The post Florida Senate Passes Textbook Review Legislation to Stop Islamic Propaganda to our Children appeared first on Pamela Geller, Atlas Shrugs.
Government Land Grabs: The Truth Exposed - Part 4
By: Diane Sori
Again it's no coincidence that the maps correspond directly with the government land grabs in the western United States. We also provide in that article, details as to whom the recipients are of our most volatile natural resources. It's stunning to say the least.
western 2Now in this, our final part of this investigative series, we will floor you with a few more resources that lie under the ground of the western lands being seized, unconstitutionally by our federal government and how those other resources play into your lives, because of the agenda and ideology of the Obama regime, in a most disturbing and dire way.
Of the other resources buried beneath the hijacked lands in the west is none other than helium. Yes, helium and if you think it's just for party balloons…think again but, before we get into the true and most disturbing part of this, you need to know a few things about our helium reserves.
Our government has a long history of maintaining control over our deposits of helium and, from 1929 until 1960, the U.S. government was the ONLY domestic producer of the gas at which point, the Helium Act OF 1960 directed the Secretary of the Interior to ACQUIRE and conserve helium using funds 'borrowed' from the United States Treasury.
western 3As demand for helium increased through the 1990's,'incentives' were offered to PRIVATE natural gas producers to distill the gas and sell it to the GOVERNMENT but privatization of the process was retooled in 1996 when, guess who…The Department of the Interior's Bureau of Land Management (BLM) was put in charge of providing crude helium to refiners, regulating helium withdrawal from the federal pipeline…the very same government entity also in charge of grabbing western lands and running private landholders OFF the land. Interesting isn't it?
For a decade, between 1996 and 2006, congress was able to maintain privatization of the helium in our western states, selling off vast reserves of it until April of 2008, just scant months before the nomination of Obama when Department of the Interior, (the BLM) and the National Research Council formed a committee to revisit the issue of selling off most of the reserve. Then, in August of 2008, just before Obama's election, the US Dept. of the Interior Inspector General's Office of Inspections and Office of Investigations found the BLM helium program vulnerable to fraud, abuse and large losses stemming from its less-than-arms-length relationship with a contractor representing several large helium refiners on the pipeline.
WESTERN 4Compare the image above where everything in red is controlled by the federal government to the other map image that shows uranium deposits (and anywhere one finds uranium, one also finds helium) to see they match almost to a tee.
So, why is it now, that the corrupt BLM is tasked with the seizing of more and more western land where oil shale, coal, natural gas, uranium and…HELIUM are situated? Yes, it's a simple scientific fact that where one finds natural gas and uranium one also finds helium (and other resources) buy why would this regime be so hell bent on controlling HELIUM of all things?
Remember…they who control the land control the resources on and under it. Those who control the resources control the energy from its extraction to its production to its price and to its consumption. When the government controls our most important energy deposits…it controls the people and a key component of controlling the people, to this regime specifically, is control over the lives of the people as in who gets to keep on living at all.
That's correct…HELIUM as well as a few other resources found widely on the lands the Obama regime is making inaccessible to any and all private landholders plays a KEY role in…
YES ObamaCare...for under the grounds already owned or currently wanted by the BLM sits our nation's deposits of both helium and vanadium...and while most think of helium as just the stuff that fills balloons and probably no one ever heard of vanadium, both are critical to nuclear power plant operations and to the medical industry, and therefore critical to ObamaCare with its dreaded 'death panels.'
Helium (there are two forms of helium, helium-3 and helium-4) is commercially recovered from natural gas deposits in Texas, Oklahoma, New Mexico, and Kansas with some of the richest resources under the Texas Panhandle...under land the feds want. And there are helium extraction operations on BLM land in Colorado, Utah, and Wyoming, and BLM processing 'facilities' in Texas and Kansas. And here's something of interest, the Federal Helium Stockpile is located outside Amarillo Texas, is owned by U.S. citizens but is inaccessible to all but the feds...hmmm...
Helium-3 is primarily used as cooling medium for our nuclear reactors and thus comes under the control of the federal government. So while it's bad enough that Obama has put a moratorium on building new nuclear power plants, just remember that even if NO moratorium was in place he could just order the processing to be stopped on lands where BLM processing plants are located.
Controlled by the feds...and if that's NOT enough to raise your


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 - TIP: Papayas will ripen more quickly when put in a paper bag with ethylene-producing fruits, such as apples or bananas.
 - Step 2: Note the stem end Examine the end where the stalk was. The papaya will ripen well if there is a yellow ring, but if the ring is green, it won't ripen.
 - Step 3: Examine the papaya's skin Examine the papaya's skin. Wrinkled skin will not affect the taste of the papaya, but sunken areas or bruises indicate rough handling during transit.
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 - Step 5: Smell the papaya Smell the papaya. A ripe papaya will smell faintly sweet. If the papaya has no scent, it isn't ripe yet. But if it has a strong, sweet odor, it's overripe.
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The Meteorological Department said that the country was affected by a rainy situation that began Sunday morning, with full intensity gradually increasing with the proliferation of low and medium clouds.
The weather forecast observer at the Met department, Abdulaziz Al-Qarawi, told Kuwait News Agency (KUNA) he expects the weather to be warm during the day and cool at night next Tuesday and Wednesday, with chances of rain coming again next Thursday evening.
Due to the instability of the weather, the General Fire Force called for caution and the Public Relations and Media Department said in a statement called on everyone to call emergency phone No. 112 when necessary for assistance.
For its part, the Department of Public Relations and Security Media at the Ministry of Interior provided a number of tips under the title "For Safe Driving During the Rain", in which it called for slowing down to avoid skidding, using the warning signal only in the event of a complete stop, moving away from places where water is collected, and adhering to the middle lane. When driving in case of water gathering on the shoulders of the road.
Meanwhile, the fourth day of the holy month, the country witnessed cloudy to partly cloudy weather with a noticeable drop in temperature, sporadic rain, sometimes thundery, and an opportunity for dust.
The post Met predicts rain for next Thursday evening, warm during day and cool at night appeared first on TimesKuwait.

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Working with DataTable Events
The DataTable object provides a series of events that can be processed by an application. The following table describes DataTable events.
Event Description
Initialized
Occurs after the EndInit method of a DataTable is called. This event is intended primarily to support design-time scenarios.
ColumnChanged
Occurs after a value has been successfully changed in a DataColumn.
ColumnChanging
Occurs when a value has been submitted for a DataColumn.
RowChanged
Occurs after a DataColumn value or the RowState of a DataRow in the DataTable has been changed successfully.
RowChanging
Occurs when a change has been submitted for a DataColumn value or the RowState of a DataRow in the DataTable.
RowDeleted
Occurs after a DataRow in the DataTable has been marked as Deleted.
RowDeleting
Occurs before a DataRow in the DataTable is marked as Deleted.
TableCleared
Occurs after a call to the Clear method of the DataTable has successfully cleared every DataRow.
TableClearing
Occurs after the Clear method is called but before the Clear operation begins.
TableNewRow
Occurs after a new DataRow is created by a call to the NewRow method of the DataTable.
Disposed
Occurs when the DataTable is Disposed. Inherited from MarshalByValueComponent.
NoteNote
Most operations that add or delete rows do not raise the ColumnChanged and ColumnChanging events. However, the ReadXml method does raise ColumnChanged and ColumnChanging events, unless the XmlReadMode is set to DiffGram or is set to Auto when the XML document being read is a DiffGram.
Additional Related Events
The Constraints property holds a ConstraintCollection instance. The ConstraintCollection class exposes a CollectionChanged event. This event fires when a constraint is added, modified, or removed from the ConstraintCollection.
The Columns property holds a DataColumnCollection instance. The DataColumnCollection class exposes a CollectionChanged event. This event fires when a DataColumn is added, modified, or removed from the DataColumnCollection. Modifications that cause the event to fire include changes to the name, type, expression or ordinal position of a column.
The Tables property of a DataSet holds a DataTableCollection instance. The DataTableCollection class exposes both a CollectionChanged and a CollectionChanging event. These events fire when a DataTable is added to or removed from the DataSet.
Changes to DataRows can also trigger events for an associated DataView. The DataView class exposes a ListChanged event that fires when a DataColumn value changes or when the composition or sort order of the view changes. The DataRowView class exposes a PropertyChanged event that fires when an associated DataColumn value changes.
Sequence of Operations
Here is the sequence of operations that occur when a DataRow is added, modified, or deleted:
 1. Create the proposed record and apply any changes.
 2. Check constraints for non-expression columns.
 3. Raise the RowChanging or RowDeleting events as applicable.
 4. Set the proposed record to be the current record.
 5. Update any associated indexes.
 6. Raise ListChanged events for associated DataView objects and PropertyChanged events for associated DataRowView objects.
 7. Evaluate all expression columns, but delay checking any constraints on these columns.
 8. Raise ListChanged events for associated DataView objects and PropertyChanged events for associated DataRowView objects affected by the expression column evaluations.
 9. Raise RowChanged or RowDeleted events as applicable.
 10. Check constraints on expression columns.
NoteNote
Changes to expression columns never raise DataTable events. Changes to expression columns only raise DataView and DataRowView events. Expression columns can have dependencies on multiple other columns, and can be evaluated multiple times during a single DataRow operation. Each expression evaluation raises events, and a single DataRow operation can raise multiple ListChanged and PropertyChanged events when expression columns are affected, possibly including multiple events for the same expression column.
Example
The following example demonstrates how to create event handlers for the RowChanged, RowChanging, RowDeleted, RowDeleting, ColumnChanged, ColumnChanging, TableNewRow, TableCleared, and TableClearing events. Each event handler displays output in the console window when it is fired.
static void DataTableEvents()
{
 DataTable table = new DataTable("Customers");
 // Add two columns, id and name.
 table.Columns.Add("id", typeof(int));
 table.Columns.Add("name", typeof(string));
 // Set the primary key.
 table.Columns["id"].Unique = true;
 table.PrimaryKey = new DataColumn[] { table.Columns["id"] };
 // Add a RowChanged event handler.
 table.RowChanged += new DataRowChangeEventHandler(Row_Changed);
 // Add a RowChanging event handler.
 table.RowChanging += new DataRowChangeEventHandler(Row_Changing);
 // Add a RowDeleted event handler.
 table.RowDeleted += new DataRowChangeEventHandler(Row_Deleted);
 // Add a RowDeleting event handler.
 table.RowDeleting += new DataRowChangeEventHandler(Row_Deleting);
 // Add a ColumnChanged event handler.
 table.ColumnChanged += new
 DataColumnChangeEventHandler(Column_Changed);
 // Add a ColumnChanging event handler.
 table.ColumnChanging += new
 DataColumnChangeEventHandler(Column_Changing);
 // Add a TableNewRow event handler.
 table.TableNewRow += new
 DataTableNewRowEventHandler(Table_NewRow);
 // Add a TableCleared event handler.
 table.TableCleared += new
 DataTableClearEventHandler(Table_Cleared);
 // Add a TableClearing event handler.
 table.TableClearing += new
 DataTableClearEventHandler(Table_Clearing);
 // Add a customer.
 DataRow row = table.NewRow();
 row["id"] = 1;
 row["name"] = "Customer1";
 table.Rows.Add(row);
 table.AcceptChanges();
 // Change the customer name.
 table.Rows[0]["name"] = "ChangedCustomer1";
 // Delete the row.
 table.Rows[0].Delete();
 // Clear the table.
 table.Clear();
}
private static void Row_Changed(object sender, DataRowChangeEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Row_Changed Event: name={0}; action={1}",
 e.Row["name"], e.Action);
}
private static void Row_Changing(object sender, DataRowChangeEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Row_Changing Event: name={0}; action={1}",
 e.Row["name"], e.Action);
}
private static void Row_Deleted(object sender, DataRowChangeEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Row_Deleted Event: name={0}; action={1}",
 e.Row["name", DataRowVersion.Original], e.Action);
}
private static void Row_Deleting(object sender,
DataRowChangeEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Row_Deleting Event: name={0}; action={1}",
 e.Row["name"], e.Action);
}
private static void Column_Changed(object sender, DataColumnChangeEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Column_Changed Event: ColumnName={0}; RowState={1}",
 e.Column.ColumnName, e.Row.RowState);
}
private static void Column_Changing(object sender, DataColumnChangeEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Column_Changing Event: ColumnName={0}; RowState={1}",
 e.Column.ColumnName, e.Row.RowState);
}
private static void Table_NewRow(object sender,
 DataTableNewRowEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Table_NewRow Event: RowState={0}",
 e.Row.RowState.ToString());
}
private static void Table_Cleared(object sender, DataTableClearEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Table_Cleared Event: TableName={0}; Rows={1}",
 e.TableName, e.Table.Rows.Count.ToString());
}
private static void Table_Clearing(object sender, DataTableClearEventArgs e)
{
 Console.WriteLine("Table_Clearing Event: TableName={0}; Rows={1


Emergency Custody MD Lawyer How To File Rockville
A parent or a related part can file for an emergency petition for child custody in Maryland if the child's well being and security is in jeopardy. Unlike the procedure of normal custody, emergency custody hearings can happen faster, between a time span of days to just hours. This is due to the minor's life being in danger and courts of the state of Maryland always rule in the best interest of the minor.
An emergency guardianship order is supposed to remove the minor from the harmful and damaging environment and place him or her in a safer one to prevent further child abuse or neglect. The emergency minor guardianship order is temporary, to provide a secure environment until a minor guardianship petition is filed and a permanent minor guardianship order is obtained.
There are several steps that a person must go through when filing for a petition for urgent custody in the state of Maryland.
Some of those steps are mentioned below:
 1. Obtain a form for emergency guardianship from the clerk of the court in Maryland and fill the form with the information that is required.
 2. Specify the danger and harmful conditions that the minor is currently in, for instance, if the minor is being sexually or physically abused by his or her custodial parent, or if the minor is residing with a custodial parent whom is involved in illegal business and thus endangering the minor.
 3. Provide the court with any witnesses that verify your allegation, so that a court order for emergency guardianship is obtained.
 4. State in the form that "unless an emergency guardianship order is issued, the child's life will be at risk"
 5. Sign the petition form of the emergency guardianship with the presence of a lawyer. The hired lawyer is required to take an oath that confirms the claims that were specified in the form by the party applying for emergency guardianship are correct to his or her knowledge and awareness.
 6. File the form filed with the court of the state of Maryland and send a copy of the form to the custodial parent and non-custodial parent. The aim of the sent copy of the form is for the parents of the child to be aware of what is going on with the child's life.
 7. Find out who the judge that is handling your petition the day that you arrive in the courthouse.
 8. Go to the judge that is responsible of your motion and present to him or her, your copy of the motion.
 9. Display your emergency guardianship case to the judge. If the judge believes that the child is indeed in a danger circumstance, an issue will be ordered and will grant you temporary emergency custody of the child, and instruct law enforcement to retrieve your child from the harmful environment. The judge will also schedule a custody hearing on the issue within a couple of days during the meeting.
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text: Everything is not as it first appears. This simple plastic ball looks purple until you swing it in a circle and reveal its true nature. Inside are three light emitting diodes (LEDs), which are red, green and blue. They turn on and off in sequence very quickly. When still, the ball appears purple because your eyes and brain don't'refresh' quickly enough to perceive the changing colours. However, when swung in a circle, the ball changes colours at different locations so the colours don't merge with each other and the ball's true nature is revealed. Now let's not think too carefully about how this illusion is conveyed through video (because the camera doesn't refresh quickly enough to perceive the colours changing either - so you have no hope of seeing it on YouTube even frame by frame).

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Remote Monitoring System Introduced
Cummins Power Generation has unveiled its new PowerCommand 500/550 Remote Monitoring System that provides a Web-based system of remotely monitoring and controlling on-site generator sets, transfer switches, sensors and output controls from any PC or Mac computer.
Service calls and site visits can be reduced as multiple authorized users can now remotely determine the status of annunciators, alternators, engines, and transfer switches. Users can remotely start and stop generators, start and stop transfer switch tests, and reset and acknowledge faults.
PowerCommand is ideal for a wide range of on-site power applications, such as data centers, health care, manufacturing, offices and schools, and is available in two levels of capability. The PowerCommand 500 remote monitoring system is capable of monitoring and controlling two devices, such as one generator set and one transfer switch in a typical standby power application. The PowerCommand 550 remote monitoring system is capable of monitoring and controlling up to 12 on-site devices, such as multiple generator sets, multiple transfer switches or other I/O modules.
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Smart home energy management systems (SHEMS) digitally monitor, control and coordinate functions in a home for space heating, cooling, lighting, appliances, security, and renewable technologies. Although experimental trials and simulated studies on SHEMS are available, limited attention has been paid to the actual performance of SHEMS in the real-world. This paper identifies qualitative and quantitative criteria that have been used for evaluation of SHEMS in empirical studies globally from a technical and non-technical perspective. Using 14 criteria identified in the literature and grouped by the extent and type of interactions between technology and users, a new flexible and customisable evaluation framework has been developed. The framework will help to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of SHEMS in a smart and flexible energy system. It is useful for policymakers, academics, and industry to determine the success of SHEMS in delivering expected outcomes for the energy system and users.
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Sugarcane farmers in far north Queensland can now monitor for fertiliser runoff in real-time by using a CSIRO-developed smartphone app.
The apps uses the CSIRO's data analytics and deep learning systems to process data from high-frequency sensors in coastal catchments.
The output is available to farmers via the app, showing them the concentration of nitrogen in the catchments. It also shows rainfall, so farmers to see how weather is affecting local water quality.
This might help farmers reduce wastage of fertiliser and reduce fertiliser runoff into the Great Barrier Reef.
New ways to "predict water quality in the days or weeks ahead based on artificial intelligence" are also in the pipeline, according to the CSIRO.
It is building a suite of apps for sugarcane growers. This will enable "fine-tuning which parts of a crop might need more or less fertiliser, and comparing different fertiliser application rates on crop performance and environmental impact before they even plant," the CSIRO announced.
"Sugarcane is the first farming system we've looked at, but we could deploy it in any area where real time water quality data could help inform agricultural practices," stated CSIRO agricultural scientist and 1622WQ project leader Dr Peter Thorburn.


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Fouling in hydroprocessing heat exchangers and furnaces can differ depending on which streams are processed, the quality of the stream (straight run or cracked feed stock – or a combination of both), unit design and operation, and location. When processing lighter streams such as naphtha and diesel, the foulant materials that occur at the feed heat exchangers and furnace may be a combination of polymeric and inorganic deposition. In the case of processing heavier gas oil cuts and resid streams, the foulant material may be some combination of polynuclear aromatic compounds, asphaltenes and inorganic material, depending on the stream.
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1. After the parachute is placed in proper layout.
2. After the gores are folded and the flatfold is completed.
3. After the canopy is longfolded and the breakcord is tied.
4. After the deployment bag is closed (first regular stow).
5. After the suspension lines are stowed.
6. After the pack tray is closed.
7. After the static line is stowed.
TECHNICAL/RIGGER-TYPE INSPECTION PROCEDURES
Perform inspection as follows:
1. Overall inspection. An overall inspection will be made on the MC1-1B/MC1-1E parachute to ascertain
U.S. Navy utilizes NAVWPNCEN or NAWCWPNS CL /3512/11,
Parachute History Record.
a. Log record/parachute inspection data pocket and form. As applicable, inspect the assembly log
record parachute inspection data pocket to ensure the Army Parachute Log Record (DA Form
3912 and AFTO 391) is enclosed and properly attached as prescribed in WP 0003 00 (Installing
Attached Tie). Further, remove the log record from the pocket and evaluate the recorded entries
(WP 0003 00). Inspect and evaluate as follows:
The Army Parachute Log Record, DA Form 3912, and AFTO 391
are history-type maintenance documents that accompany the
parachute canopy and pack tray assemblies through the period of
service of the individual assembly. The log record provides a means
of recording maintenance actions performed on a parachute canopy
assembly. Normally, a log record is initiated and attached to a right
rear riser upon receipt by a using unit. However, if the item is
subjected to alteration or modification by a maintenance activity
during the interim period from date of manufacture to receipt by a
using unit, the log record will be prepared by the activity performing
the maintenance function. Once initiated, a log record will be
attached to, and contained in, an affixed parachute log record/
inspection data pocket, until such time as the parachute canopy
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Ross Shelton: My George Strait Philosophy of Pastoral Leadership
If you like country music and you live in Texas, chances are your favorite country singer is George Strait. I know it is for me. In fact, I am of the opinion if George Strait is not one of your favorite country singers, then you probably should not live in Texas.
All kidding aside, why do people like George Strait so much? I have heard many reasons why people like him, but at the heart of why people like him is this: he sings songs people like. Other than singing songs people like, he does not really impact peoples' lives in substantial ways.
Leadership is different than singing songs people like.
Leadership is about much more than giving people what they like. In fact, sometimes leadership is about challenging people to move beyond simple likes and preferences in order to move them to something much better.
This means leadership can impact peoples' lives in many ways. It can impact peoples' livelihoods, their routines and their ways of thinking, among other things.
Because leadership is multifaceted and has the potential to impact peoples' lives, leaders often will face harsh, unfair criticisms and rejection.
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Phase 3 of the Champlain Sea is defined as the interval that followed the retreat of the Laurentide ice from the Saint-Narcisse Moraine. Events included are the retreat of ice from major valleys in the Laurentian Highlands, invasion of these by the Champlain Sea and regression of the Champlain Sea from its entire basin.
In the lower Saint-maurice Valley, post-Saint-Narcisse retreat of an active ice-front is recorded by the Cossetteville parallel ridges. Transverse ridges of the middle Saint-Maurice Valley and Lac du Missionnaire indicate the presence of an active ice-front in these valleys. Elsewhere, ice-frontal constructions and raised outwash trains were formed at the mouth of valleys, e.g. the proglacial delta perched at an altitude of 200m, at the mouth of Lac Mekinac.
The Champlain Sea extended into the Laurentian Highlands in the form of brackish or freshwater bodies considered as paramarine basins (Occhietti, 1977)
At the close of Phase #, considerable shoaling had already taken place and waters in the Champlain Sea basin turned fresh upstream of Quebec. (Elson, 1969) called this freshwater body Lake Lampsilis, "after a freshwater clam commonly found as a fossil near it's shores" (Elson,1969). Development of Lake Lampsilis in the basin was in conjunction with the time-transgressive retreat of the saltwater wedge. Surface waters had turned fresh in the lower reaches of the Ottawa Valley by about 10.3ka. Marine waters however continued to penetrate into the fresh waters of Lake Lampsilis until very late in the Quebec area, presumably because of strong tides. Retreat of the saltwater wedge, which marked the end of the Champlain Sea Phase 3, was diachronic at the scale of the basin; its age ranges from about 10ka in the Ottawa Valley to about 9.3ka in the vicinity of Quebec.

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the abbreviation "iff" first appeared in print in John L. Kelley's 1955 book ''General Topology''. Its invention is often credited to
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, who wrote "I invented 'iff,' for 'if and only if'—but I could never believe I was really its first inventor." It is somewhat unclear how "iff" was meant to be pronounced. In current practice, the single 'word' "iff" is almost always read as the four words "if and only if". However, in the preface of ''General Topology'', Kelley suggests that it should be read differently: "In some cases where mathematical content requires 'if and only if' and
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demands something less I use Halmos' 'iff'". The authors of one discrete mathematics textbook suggest: "Should you need to pronounce iff, really hang on to the 'ff' so that people hear the difference from 'if'", implying that "iff" could be pronounced as .
Usage in definitions
Technically, definitions are always "if and only if" statements; some texts — such as Kelley's ''General Topology'' — follow the strict demands of logic, and use "if and only if" or ''iff'' in definitions of new terms. However, this logically correct usage of "if and only if" is relatively uncommon, as the majority of textbooks, research papers and articles (including English Wikipedia articles) follow the special convention to interpret "if" as "if and only if", whenever a mathematical definition is involved (as in "a topological space is compact if every open cover has a finite subcover").
Distinction from "if" and "only if"
* ''"Madison will eat the fruit if it is an apple."'' (equivalent to ''"Only if Madison will eat the fruit, can it be an apple"'' or ''"Madison will eat the fruit ''←'' the fruit is an apple"'') *: This states that Madison will eat fruits that are apples. It does not, however, exclude the possibility that Madison might also eat bananas or other types of fruit. All that is known for certain is that she will eat any and all apples that she happens upon. That the fruit is an apple is a ''sufficient'' condition for Madison to eat the fruit. * ''"Madison will eat the fruit only if it is an apple."'' (equivalent to ''"If Madison will eat the fruit, then it is an apple"'' or ''"Madison will eat the fruit ''→'' the fruit is an apple"'') *: This states that the only fruit Madison will eat is an apple. It does not, however, exclude the possibility that Madison will refuse an apple if it is made available, in contrast with (1), which requires Madison to eat any available apple. In this case, that a given fruit is an apple is a ''necessary'' condition for Madison to be eating it. It is not a sufficient condition since Madison might not eat all the apples she is given. * ''"Madison will eat the fruit if and only if it is an apple."'' (equivalent to ''"Madison will eat the fruit ''↔'' the fruit is an apple"'') *: This statement makes it clear that Madison will eat all and only those fruits that are apples. She will not leave any apple uneaten, and she will not eat any other type of fruit. That a given fruit is an apple is both a ''necessary'' and a ''sufficient'' condition for Madison to eat the fruit. Sufficiency is the converse of necessity. That is to say, given ''P''→''Q'' (i.e. if ''P'' then ''Q''), ''P'' would be a sufficient condition for ''Q'', and ''Q'' would be a necessary condition for ''P''. Also, given ''P''→''Q'', it is true that ''¬Q''→''¬P'' (where ¬ is the negation operator, i.e. "not"). This means that the relationship between ''P'' and ''Q'', established by ''P''→''Q'', can be expressed in the following, all equivalent, ways: :''P'' is sufficient for ''Q'' :''Q'' is necessary for ''P'' :''¬Q'' is sufficient for ''¬P'' :''¬P'' is necessary for ''¬Q'' As an example, take the first example above, which states ''P''→''Q'', where ''P'' is "the fruit in question is an apple" and ''Q'' is "Madison will eat the fruit in question". The following are four equivalent ways of expressing this very relationship: :If the fruit in question is an apple, then Madison will eat it. :Only if Madison will eat the fruit in question, is it an apple. :If Madison will not eat the fruit in question, then it is not an apple. :Only if the fruit in question is not an apple, will Madison not eat it. Here, the second example can be restated in the form of ''if...then'' as "If Madison will eat the fruit in question, then it is an apple"; taking this in conjunction with the first example, we find that the third example can be stated as "If the fruit in question is an apple, then Madison will eat it; ''and'' if Madison will eat the fruit, then it is an apple".
In terms of Euler diagrams
File:Example of A is a proper subset of B.svg, ''A'' is a proper subset of ''B''. A number is in ''A'' only if it is in ''B''; a number is in ''B'' if it is in ''A''. File:Example of C is no proper subset of B.svg, ''C'' is a subset but not a proper subset of ''B''. A number is in ''B'' if and only if it is in ''C'', and a number is in ''C'' if and only if it is in ''B''.
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, either proper or improper, of Q. "P if Q", "if Q then P", and Q→P all mean that Q is a proper or improper subset of P. "P if and only if Q" and "Q if and only if P" both mean that the sets P and Q are identical to each other.
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Iff is used outside the field of logic as well. Wherever logic is applied, especially in
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King Solomon was not the only one to produce a judgment to determine the true mother of a disputed child. A similar story can be found in Korean history with Son Byeon, a minister from the Goryeo period. When he was the governor of Gyeongsang, he presided over a dispute between a brother and a sister. When the parents passed away, they passed on the entire fortune to the older sister. The youngest son was left with a black hat, a set of black clothing, a pair of shoes and an empty note. When he grew up, he sued his sister to claim his share of the estate.
Son Byeon studied the case and produced a wise decision: "The parents must have thought that the daughter would be the only one left to care for the young son, and they were worried that had they divided their assets equally, the sister would not have enough funds to raise the brother. So they figured that the son would someday grow up and dress properly, prepare a suit and ask for judgment." Upon hearing the decision, the brother and the sister embraced each other and cried, and Son Byeon ruled that they would have an equal share of the fortune from their parents.
The episode is recorded in Lee Jae-hyun's "Yeokongpaeseol," which remains as a valuable historic document about the inheritance system of the Goryeo Dynasty. If the parents hadn't had the confidence that the judicial authority would produce a righteous decision, they wouldn't have taken such a risk.
The justice system cannot earn such trust with only a few right decisions. It is a product of accumulation of countless rulings that could almost be considered trivial. That's why I agree with what Justice Lee Han-joo of the Seoul High Court said. "The freedom of speech for an individual judge should be respected, but we should also consider how what each judge says affects the overall honor and trust of the judiciary."
At the final round of the World League of Volleyball in 2006, a French player spiked the ball, which was blocked by a Brazilian before landing outside the court. But the referee declared a score by Brazil. The spectators were upset, but the French attacker admitted that the ball had hit him before landing. The spectators gave applause as a sign of trust for the referee. Referee Kim Geon-tae is known for his fair decisions. The French team could have doubted his ruling, but the players trusted his fairness. The judges in Korea may want to closely examine how he has earned such trust.
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text: We analyzed rainfall obtained in a network of 38 rain gauges located near the confluence of the Tapajos and Amazon rivers in the eastern Amazon Basin. We found that tipping bucket rain gauges work adequately in the Amazon rainfall regime, but careful field calibration and comparison with collocated conventional rain gauges was essential to incorporate daily totals from operational array into ... regional maps. Near-river stations miss the afternoon convective rain as expected as the river breeze promotes subsidence over the river, but paradoxically, this deficiency is more than compensated for by additional nocturnal rainfall at these locations. The 0.25-degree CMORPH passive infrared inferred rainfall data do an adequate job of describing medium scale variability in this region, but some localized breeze effects are not resolved. For inland areas away from the breezes, the nocturnal period precipitation contributes less than half of total precipitation. The large-scale rainfall increase just to the west of Santarem manifests itself locally as a 'tongue' of enhanced rain from along the wide area of open water at the Tapajos-Amazon confluence The breeze circulations associated with the Amazon River (which lies parallel to the mean flow) affects rainfall more than does the Tapajos breeze (normal to the predominant wind). The Tapajos breeze influence extends only a few kilometers inland east of the riverbank. Rainfall increases to the north of the Amazon, possibly the result of orographic effects. Dry season rainfall increases by up to 30% going away from the Amazon River, as would be expected given breeze subsidence over the river.


FOR ARCHIVING: Registration form for 'Dogr' --- LANGUAGE SUBTAG REGISTRATION FORM 1. Name of requester: Doug Ewell 2. E-mail address of requester: doug at 3. Record Requested: Type: script Subtag: Dogr Description: Dogra 4. Intended meaning of the subtag: 5. Reference to published description of the language (book or article): 6. Any other relevant information: This registration tracks a change made to ISO 15924 effective 2016-12-05, adding the code element 'Dogr' for "Dogra". The ISO 15924 change is documented at.


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My book Disaster Robotics (MIT Press, Kindle, and iBook) covers structural inspection, documents 16 cases where robots have been used for structural inspection after disasters (the majority by CRASAR, but I've documented all cases I can find reported through April 2013) and has criteria for choosing what robot, what the different work envelopes are, lots of tables/figures per modality, and failure taxonomy and rates.
Here's a quick guide to structural inspection in Disaster Robotics
– Chi1 defines structural inspection tasks versus recon and other tasks identified for disaster robotics.
– Ch2 list of robots used for what incident, formal failure taxonomy; this gives an overview of the 16 cases where robots have been used for structural inspection
– Ch3 use of ground robots for structural inspection, environments/work envelopes, describes the 5 cases where UGVs used for structural inspection, formulas for how to size a robot for an inspection task and a set of design spaces, gaps
– Ch4 use of UAVs for structural inspection, environments/work envelopes, describes the 7 cases where UAVs have been used for structural inspection, choice of rotorcraft versus fixed wing, conops, human-robot ratio and safety, issues with lots of GPS, gaps
– Ch5 use of marine vehicles for structural inspection, environments/work envelopes, describes the 4 cases where UMVs have been used for structural inspection, the need to inspect upstream not just the bridge substructure, choice of AUV, ROV, UMV, gaps
– Ch6 how to conduct fieldwork and data analysis, using structural inspection as an example


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Origin of diversity in falling snow
- ISSN: _PHONE_
- DOI: 10.5194/acp-8-5669-2008
This paper presents a systematic way to examine the origin of variety in falling snow. First, we define shape diversity as the logarithm of the number of possible distinguishable crystal forms for a given resolution and set of conditions, and then we examine three sources of diversity. Two sources are the range of initial-crystal sizes and variations in the trajectory variables. For a given set of variables, diversity is estimated using a model of a crystal falling in an updraft. The third source is temperature-updraft heterogeneities along each trajectory. To examine this source, centimeter-scale data on cloud temperature and updraft speed are used to estimate the spatial frequency (m−1) of crystal feature changes. For air-temperature heterogeneity, this frequency decays as p−0.66, where p is a measure of the temperature-deviation size. For updraft-speed heterogeneity, the decay is p−0.50. By using these frequencies, the fallpath needed per feature change is found to range from ~0.8 m, for crystals near −15°C, to ~8 m near −19°C – lengths much less than total fallpath lengths. As a result, the third source dominates the diversity, with updraft heterogeneity contributing more than temperature heterogeneity. Plotted against the crystal's initial temperature (−11 to −19°C), the diversity curve is "mitten shaped", having a broad peak near −15.4°C and a sharp subpeak at −14.4°C, both peaks arising from peaks in growth-rate sensitivity. The diversity is much less than previous estimates, yet large enough to explain observations. For example, of all snow crystals ever formed, those that began near −15°C are predicted to all appear unique to 1−μm resolution, but those that began near −11°C are not.


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update
Definition
update
New in version 2.6.
The update command modifies documents in a collection. A single update command can contain multiple update statements. The update methods provided by the MongoDB drivers use this command internally.
The update command has the following syntax:
{
 update: <collection>,
 updates: [
 { q: <query>, u: <update>, upsert: <boolean>, multi: <boolean>,
 collation: <document>, arrayFilters: <array> },
 { q: <query>, u: <update>, upsert: <boolean>, multi: <boolean>,
 collation: <document>, arrayFilters: <array> },
 { q: <query>, u: <update>, upsert: <boolean>, multi: <boolean>,
 collation: <document>, arrayFilters: <array> },
 ...
 ],
 ordered: <boolean>,
 writeConcern: { <write concern> },
 bypassDocumentValidation: <boolean>
}
The command takes the following fields:
Field Type Description
update string The name of the target collection.
updates array An array of one or more update statements to perform in the named collection.
ordered boolean Optional. If true, then when an update statement fails, return without performing the remaining update statements. If false, then when an update fails, continue with the remaining update statements, if any. Defaults to true.
writeConcern document
Optional. A document expressing the write concern of the update command. Omit to use the default write concern.
Do not explicitly set the write concern for the operation if run in a transaction. To use write concern with transactions, see Read Concern/Write Concern/Read Preference.
bypassDocumentValidation boolean
Optional. Enables update to bypass document validation during the operation. This lets you update documents that do not meet the validation requirements.
New in version 3.2.
Each element of the updates array contains the following fields:
Field Type Description
q document The query that matches documents to update. Use the same query selectors as used in the find() method.
u document The modifications to apply. For details, see Behavior.
upsert boolean Optional. If true, perform an insert if no documents match the query. If both upsert and multi are true and no documents match the query, the update operation inserts only a single document.
multi boolean Optional. If true, updates all documents that meet the query criteria. If false, limit the update to one document that meet the query criteria. Defaults to false.
collation document
Optional.
Specifies the collation to use for the operation.
Collation allows users to specify language-specific rules for string comparison, such as rules for lettercase and accent marks.
The collation option has the following syntax:
collation: {
 locale: <string>,
 caseLevel: <boolean>,
 caseFirst: <string>,
 strength: <int>,
 numericOrdering: <boolean>,
 alternate: <string>,
 maxVariable: <string>,
 backwards: <boolean>
}
When specifying collation, the locale field is mandatory; all other collation fields are optional. For descriptions of the fields, see Collation Document.
If the collation is unspecified but the collection has a default collation (see db.createCollection()), the operation uses the collation specified for the collection.
If no collation is specified for the collection or for the operations, MongoDB uses the simple binary comparison used in prior versions for string comparisons.
You cannot specify multiple collations for an operation. For example, you cannot specify different collations per field, or if performing a find with a sort, you cannot use one collation for the find and another for the sort.
New in version 3.4.
arrayFilters array
Optional. An array of filter documents that determines which array elements to modify for an update operation on an array field.
In the update document, use the $[<identifier>] filtered positional operator to define an identifier, which you then reference in the array filter documents. You cannot have an array filter document for an identifier if the identifier is not included in the update document.
Note
The <identifier> must begin with a lowercase letter and contain only alphanumeric characters.
You can include the same identifier multiple times in the update document; however, for each distinct identifier ($[identifier]) in the update document, you must specify exactly one corresponding array filter document. That is, you cannot specify multiple array filter documents for the same identifier. For example, if the update statement includes the identifier x (possibly multiple times), you cannot specify the following for arrayFilters that includes 2 separate filter documents for x:
[
 { "x.a": { $gt: 85 } },
 { "x.b": { $gt: 80 } }
]
However, you can specify compound conditions on the same identifier in a single filter document, such as in the following examples:
[
 { $or: [{"x.a": {$gt: 85}}, {"x.b": {$gt: 80}}] }
]
[
 { $and: [{"x.a": {$gt: 85}}, {"x.b": {$gt: 80}}] }
]
[
 { "x.a": { $gt: 85 }, "x.b": { $gt: 80 } }
]
For examples, see Specify arrayFilters for Array Update Operations.
New in version 3.6.
Returns:A document that contains the status of the operation. See Output for details.
Behavior
The <update> document can contain either all update operator expressions or all field:value expressions.
Update Operator Expressions
If the <update> document contains all update operator expressions, as in:
{
 $set: { status: "D" },
 $inc: { quantity: 2 }
}
Then, the update command updates only the corresponding fields in the document.
Field: Value Expressions
If the <update> document contains only field:value expressions, as in:
{
 status: "D",
 quantity: 4
}
Then the update command replaces the matching document with the update document. The update command can only replace a single matching document; i.e. the multi field cannot be true. The update command does not replace the _id value.
Limits
For each update element in the updates array, the sum of the query and the update sizes (i.e. q and u ) must be less than or equal to the maximum BSON document size.
The total number of update statements in the updates array must be less than or equal to the maximum bulk size.
Document Validation
The update command adds support for the bypassDocumentValidation option, which lets you bypass document validation when inserting or updating documents in a collection with validation rules.
Transactions
update supports multi-document transactions.
If the operation results in an upsert, the collection must already exist.
Do not explicitly set the write concern for the operation if run in a transaction. To use write concern with transactions, see Read Concern/Write Concern/Read Preference.
Important
In most cases, multi-document transaction incurs a greater performance cost over single document writes, and the availability of multi-document transaction should not be a replacement for effective schema design. For many scenarios, the denormalized data model (embedded documents and arrays) will continue to be optimal for your data and use cases. That is, for many scenarios, modeling your data appropriately will minimize the need for multi-document transactions. For additional transactions usage considerations (such as runtime limit and oplog size limit), see also Production Considerations.
Examples
Update Specific Fields of One Document
Use update operators to update only the specified fields of a document.
For example, given a users collection, the following command uses the $set and $inc operators to modify the status and the points fields respectively of a document where the user equals "abc123":
db.runCommand(
 {
 update: "users",
 updates: [
 {
 q: { user: "abc123" }, u: { $set: { status: "A" }, $inc: { points: 1 } }
 }
 ],
 ordered: false,
 writeConcern: { w: "majority", wtimeout: 5000 }
 }
)
Because <update> document does not specify the optional multi field, the update only modifies one document, even if more than one document matches the q match condition.
The returned document shows that the command found and updated a single document. See Output for details.
{ "ok" : 1, "nModified" : 1, "n" : 1 }
Update Specific Fields of Multiple Documents
Use update operators to update only the specified fields of a document, and include the multi field set to true in the update statement.
For example, given a users collection, the following command uses the $set and $inc operators to modify the status and the points fields respectively of all documents in the collection:
db.runCommand(
 {
 update: "users",
 updates: [
 { q: { }, u: { $set: { status: "A" }, $inc: { points: 1 } }, multi: true }
 ],
 ordered: false


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Find / Fall: Find – 2013
Location: Saguia el Hamra, Western Sahara
Total Known Weight: 6 kg
Jbilet Winselwan was found May 24, 2013 about 7 kilometers from the town of Smara in Morocco. It is a carbonaceous chondrite of the CM2 type. This is a meteorite type that has been of great scientific interest for several decades and includes many famous meteorite names. As with most CM2 meteorites the stones are nearly black with scattered chondrules. Metal is found only rarely in these stones. Many pieces of Jbilet Winselwan have a fresh black fusion crust. A total of about 6 kilograms of Jbilet Winselwan is estimated to have been recovered.


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 every symbol public---this causes the same behavior as previous
 versions of GCC.
 A good explanation of the benefits offered by ensuring ELF symbols
 have the correct visibility is given by "How To Write Shared
 Libraries" by Ulrich Drepper (which can be found at
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 made possible by this option to marking things hidden when the
 default is public is to make the default hidden and mark things
 public. This is the norm with DLL's on Windows and with
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 semantics with identical syntax. This is a great boon to those
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 For those adding visibility support to existing code, you may find
 #pragma GCC visibility of use. This works by you enclosing the
 declarations you wish to set visibility for with (for example)
 #pragma GCC visibility push(hidden) and #pragma GCC visibility pop.
 Bear in mind that symbol visibility should be viewed as part of the
 API interface contract and thus all new code should always specify
 visibility when it is not the default ie; declarations only for use
 within the local DSO should always be marked explicitly as hidden
 as so to avoid PLT indirection overheads---making this abundantly
 clear also aids readability and self-documentation of the code.
 Note that due to ISO C++ specification requirements, operator new
 and operator delete must always be of default visibility.
 Be aware that headers from outside your project, in particular
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 be expecting to be compiled with visibility other than the default.
 You may need to explicitly say #pragma GCC visibility push(default)
 before including any such headers.
 extern declarations are not affected by -fvisibility, so a lot of
 code can be recompiled with -fvisibility=hidden with no
 modifications. However, this means that calls to extern functions
 with no explicit visibility will use the PLT, so it is more
 effective to use __attribute ((visibility)) and/or #pragma GCC
 visibility to tell the compiler which extern declarations should be
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 Note that -fvisibility does affect C++ vague linkage entities. This
 means that, for instance, an exception class that will be thrown
 between DSOs must be explicitly marked with default visibility so
 that the type_info nodes will be unified between the DSOs.
 An overview of these techniques, their benefits and how to use them
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 -fstrict-volatile-bitfields
 This option should be used if accesses to volatile bitfields (or
 other structure fields, although the compiler usually honors those
 types anyway) should use a single access of the width of the
 field's type, aligned to a natural alignment if possible. For
 example, targets with memory-mapped peripheral registers might
 require all such accesses to be 16 bits wide; with this flag the
 user could declare all peripheral bitfields as "unsigned short"
 (assuming short is 16 bits on these targets) to force GCC to use 16
 bit accesses instead of, perhaps, a more efficient 32 bit access.
 If this option is disabled, the compiler will use the most
 efficient instruction. In the previous example, that might be a
 32-bit load instruction, even though that will access bytes that do
 not contain any portion of the bitfield, or memory-mapped registers
 unrelated to the one being updated.
 If the target requires strict alignment, and honoring the field
 type would require violating this alignment, a warning is issued.
 If the field has "packed" attribute, the access is done without
 honoring the field type. If the field doesn't have "packed"
 attribute, the access is done honoring the field type. In both
 cases, GCC assumes that the user knows something about the target
 hardware that it is unaware of.
 The default value of this option is determined by the application
 binary interface for the target processor.
ENVIRONMENT
 This section describes several environment variables that affect how
 GCC operates. Some of them work by specifying directories or prefixes
 to use when searching for various kinds of files. Some are used to
 specify other aspects of the compilation environment.
 Note that you can also specify places to search using options such as
 -B, -I and -L. These take precedence over places specified using
 environment variables, which in turn take precedence over those
 specified by the configuration of GCC.
 LANG
 LC_CTYPE
 LC_MESSAGES
 LC_ALL
 These environment variables control the way that GCC uses
 localization information that allow GCC to work with different
 national conventions. GCC inspects the locale categories LC_CTYPE
 and LC_MESSAGES if it has been configured to do so. These locale
 categories can be set to any value supported by your installation.
 A typical value is en_GB.UTF-8 for English in the United Kingdom
 encoded in UTF-8.
 The LC_CTYPE environment variable specifies character
 classification. GCC uses it to determine the character boundaries
 in a string; this is needed for some multibyte encodings that
 contain quote and escape characters that would otherwise be
 interpreted as a string end or escape.
 The LC_MESSAGES environment variable specifies the language to use
 in diagnostic messages.
 If the LC_ALL environment variable is set, it overrides the value
 of LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES; otherwise, LC_CTYPE and LC_MESSAGES
 default to the value of the LANG environment variable. If none of
 these variables are set, GCC defaults to traditional C English
 behavior.
 TMPDIR
 If TMPDIR is set, it specifies the directory to use for temporary
 files. GCC uses temporary files to hold the output of one stage of
 compilation which is to be used as input to the next stage: for
 example, the output of the preprocessor, which is the input to the
 compiler proper.
 GCC_EXEC_PREFIX
 If GCC_EXEC_PREFIX is set, it specifies a prefix to use in the
 names of the subprograms executed by the compiler. No slash is
 added when this prefix is combined with the name of a subprogram,
 but you can specify a prefix that ends with a slash if you wish.
 If GCC_EXEC_PREFIX is not set, GCC will attempt to figure out an
 appropriate prefix to use based on the pathname it was invoked
 with.
 If GCC cannot find the subprogram using the specified prefix, it
 tries looking in the usual places for the subprogram.
 The default value of GCC_EXEC_PREFIX is prefix/lib/gcc/ where
 prefix is the prefix to the installed compiler. In many cases
 prefix is the value of "prefix" when you ran the configure script.
 Other prefixes specified with -B take precedence over this prefix.
 This prefix is also used for finding files such as crt0.o that are
 used for linking.
 In addition, the prefix is used in an unusual way in finding the
 directories to search for header files. For each of the standard
 directories whose name normally begins with /usr/local/lib/gcc
 (more precisely, with the value of GCC_INCLUDE_DIR), GCC tries
 replacing that beginning with the specified prefix to produce an
 alternate directory name. Thus, with -Bfoo/, GCC will search
 foo/bar where it would normally search /usr/local/lib/bar. These
 alternate directories are searched first; the standard directories
 come next. If a standard directory begins with the configured
 prefix then the value of prefix is replaced by GCC_EXEC_PREFIX when
 looking for header files.
 COMPILER_PATH
 The value of COMPILER_PATH is a colon-separated list of
 directories, much like PATH. GCC tries the directories thus
 specified when searching for subprograms, if it can't find the
 subprograms using GCC_EXEC_PREFIX.
 LIBRARY_PATH
 The value of LIBRARY_PATH is a colon-separated list of directories,
 much like PATH. When configured as a native compiler, GCC tries
 the directories thus specified when searching for special linker
 files, if it can't find them using GCC_EXEC_PREFIX. Linking using
 GCC also uses these directories when searching for ordinary
 libraries for the -l option (but directories specified with -L come
 first).
 LANG
 This variable is used to pass locale information to the compiler.
 One way in which this information is used is to determine the
 character set to be used when character literals, string literals
 and comments are parsed in C and C++. When the compiler is
 configured to allow multibyte characters, the following values for
 LANG are recognized:
 C-JIS
 Recognize JIS characters.
 C-SJIS
 Recognize SJIS characters.
 C-EUCJP
 Recognize EUCJP characters.
 If LANG is not defined, or if it has some other value, then the
 compiler will use mblen and mbtowc as defined by the default locale
 to recognize and translate multibyte characters.
 Some additional environments variables affect the behavior of the
 preprocessor.
 CPATH
 C_INCLUDE_PATH
 CPLUS_INCLUDE_PATH
 OBJC_INCLUDE_PATH
 Each variable's value is a list of directories separated by a
 special character, much like PATH, in which to look for header
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Using your hat:
- To remove the bobble, grasp the hat as close to the magnet as possible with one hand and the bobble with the other and snap (as if you were breaking a KitKat). This way you avoid pulling on the hat and the seams.
- To store the hat and its three bobbles in the box, remove the bobble from the hat, put the bobbles in the hat, roll it widthways and put it in the box.
- Some hats (meads) have a "loose" effect - they are designed to fall backwards so feel free to pull them back a little to put them on.
- Our materials are tested for pilling, however, like with any fabric it happens after a while. To delay this, avoid carrying your hat in the bottom of a bag or in a place where it could rub and turn it over if it does.
Caring for your hat:
- Wash at 30 °C or 40 °C without the bobbles! It's more environmentally friendly and it works very well. The bobbles don't go through the wash because there is a small spot of glue to hold the threads together.
- Air-dry flat, avoid tumble drying clothes, it's not very environmentally friendly and it will damage your super hat.
- Clean the bobbles with a damp cloth, do not machine wash.


Microsoft\Windows\Personalization key. If it isn't there, create it by right-clicking the Windows key, then selecting New > Key. Once you've located (or created) this key, right-click the white pane on the right, selecting New > DWORD (32-bit) value from the list. Name the new value NoLockScreen.
 1. Double-click the new value, then type 1 in the Value data box. Select OK to save.
Once saved, the lock screen overlay will be disabled and lockapp.exe won't activate. The next time you lock your PC or sign in, you'll be presented with the sign in prompt directly—the overlay won't appear.
Configuring the Lock Screen
The lock screen is configurable, allowing you to add certain notifications, such as the number of unread emails in your inbox. To configure this, you'll need to use Windows Settings.
 1. Right-click the Start menu and select Settings to begin.
 1. In the Settings menu, select Personalization > Lock screen. From here, you can change the lock screen background and add other apps to view their "quick status" notifications. This could include your calendar, inbox, news app, and more.
How to Check Whether lockapp.exe Is Genuine
Windows 10 is better at protecting users from malware that pretends to be genuine system processes than earlier Windows versions, but it isn't impossible that malware like this could infect your PC. If you want to check that lockapp.exe is genuine and safe to run, you can do so using Task Manager.
 1. To launch Task Manager, right-click the Start menu and select Task Manager.
 1. In the Details tab of the Task Manager window, find the lockapp.exe process. Right-click it, then select Open file location.
 1. If the lockapp.exe process running on your PC is genuine, Windows will open the C:\Windows\SystemApps\Microsoft.Lockapp_ folder, with the underscore in the folder name followed by a series of numbers and letters that could change, depending on your version of Windows (e.g. Microsoft.Lockapp_cw5n1h2txyewy).
However, if the location opened in File Manager isn't in the C:\Windows\SystemApps folder, you can probably assume that the process is rogue. You'll need to check and remove the malware from your PC before you can safely begin using it again.
Protecting and Maintaining a Windows 10 Installation
Lockapp.exe is a legitimate Windows 10 system process, just like ntoskrnl.exe and others. Disabling it shouldn't cause issues, but if your PC is unstable, there are other steps you'll need to take to protect and maintain your system. You can start by keeping your PC updated and checking your PC for malware on a regular basis.
If your PC is still having issues, it's probably time to consider starting again with a fresh Windows 10 installation. Of course, high CPU and RAM issues could point to struggling hardware, so if you're facing a slowdown, it might be time to invest in some new PC upgrades to get your PC running smoothly again.
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IMG and ISO files are two common disk image file formats. They are often used to store, distribute, or backup the content and file system of optical discs (CD, DVD, and Blu-ray Disc) to another disc or device.
Despite having many similarities and practical usage, ISO is widely accepted as the standard/format for disc images. ISO files are compatible with almost all operating systems (OS) as well as disk burning software. Many devices and OS have built-in tools that can extract and read disc files in ISO formats.
IMG files, on the other hand, are commonly compressed and therefore unreadable by some devices and disk imaging software. Due to this disparity in acceptance and compatibility, many users prefer to have disk images/files in ISO format.
If you find yourself needing to convert a disc image file from .img format to .iso, the tools and conversion methods in this post would come in handy. They're relevant to both Windows and Mac devices.
1. Rename the File Extension
IMG and ISO disc image files have an identical data structure, save for the fact that the former can be compressed while the latter cannot. If an IMG file is uncompressed, you can easily convert it to ISO by renaming the file extension. The contents of the image file will function properly and remain unchanged.
Right-click on the IMG file and select Rename in the context menu. Change the format (after the period symbol) from .img to .iso and press Enter on your keyboard.
Open the renamed file and check if your computer can mount the ISO file. If you get an error that reads "The disc image file is corrupted," the IMG file is most likely compressed. Revert the file extension back to .img and use other methods below to convert to ISO.
Quick Tip: If you're unable to change the file extension because the IMG file doesn't have a .img extension suffix attached to its name, here's how to make Windows show the file extension.
Launch File Explorer and go to the View tab. Afterward, select Options on the Quick Access Toolbar.
In the Folder Options window, go to the View tab and uncheck the Hide extensions for known file types option. Select Apply and then OK. The IMG file you want to convert should now carry a .img suffix in its filename.
2. Use Third-Party Software
There are a bunch of file management tools that offer file conversion services and do so brilliantly. We tested some of these programs and these are our favorites.
1. PowerISO
This tool lets you convert about 30 different image file formats to ISO. Although file conversion speed depends on file size, PowerISO converted our sample IMG file to ISO quickly.
It's important to note that PowerISO operates on a freemium model. The free version gets the job done just as fast as the paid/registered version, but with some limitations. First, you cannot create, edit, or convert files greater than 300MB as a free user. Secondly, there's a 5-seconds pop-up (urging you to pay for the app) that you must view each time you launch the app.
Download PowerISO from the developer's website and install it on your PC. Select Tools from the menu bar and choose Convert file format.
Select the folder icon next to the Source file dialog box to choose the IMG file, check the Enable password protection box if you wish to secure the resulting ISO file with a password, and click OK to start the conversion.
2. MagicISO
This is another great tool to convert IMG files to ISO. It can convert up to 10GB files (to ISO format) in a single operation but the free version has a 300MB limitation. Unlike PowerISO, you don't get annoying pop-ups when you launch the app or anytime during usage.
Install and launch the app on your PC, then proceed to select Tools on the menu bar and choose Convert
Click the folder icon next to Choose source file and select the IMG file you want to convert. Confirm that the output format is set to Standard ISO image file (.ISO) and click Convert.
Convert IMG to ISO on Mac
The apps mentioned above are only compatible with Windows PCs. If you use a MacBook or an iMac, there's an easy way to convert IMG to ISO without having to install third-party software. All you need is the Terminal app.
1. Go to Applications > Utilities and launch the Terminal application.
2. Type or paste hdiutil convert and leave a space.
3. Drag the IMG file you want to convert into the Terminal console. Press the spacebar to leave a space and proceed to the next step.
4. Type or paste -format UDTO -o in the console and press the spacebar.
5. Again, drag the IMG file you want to convert into Terminal but this time, rename the file extension from .img to .iso. You should have a string of commands like the one below.
hdiutil convert /Users/name/folder/File.img -format UDTO -o /Users/name/folder/File.iso
6. Finally, press Return to execute the command.
Terminal will create a new copy of the file in CDR format (that is, .iso.cdr) in the same path as the original IMG file.
CDR is the Mac variant of an ISO disk image file. Rename the newly-generated file (delete the .cdr extension from the filename) and press Enter.
Select Use .iso on the confirmation prompt.
That's it; you've successfully converted the IMG file to ISO. You can also use this trick to convert DMG files to ISO.
IMG to ISO in a Twinkling
These are the methods and utilities


Web App - Scan to Text
Capture a page image and convert with OCR for files containing images, skipped text, or unrecognized columns
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Capture a page image and convert with OCR. If an uploaded document contains no accessible text at all, OCR is triggered automatically after pressing play to convert it to a readable format. But some documents may have a mix of accessible and inaccessible text so the OCR cannot be triggered. Or there might be skipped text or unrecognized columns that you want to correct using Scan-to-Text.
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 1. Select the document from your Library or select Add Files to upload a document
 2. Open the Settings
 3. Select Scan to Text
 4. Select Next
 5. Use the drop-down menu to select the language the text is in
 6. Select a page rage
 7. Select Convert Now
 8. When it's done converting, select Open Now
 9. Press Play to listen
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The increase in the number of children without access to healthcare services is an increasingly urgent issue in the United States. By using data from the Community Tracking Study Household Survey 1996 to 1997, we focus this study on the determinants that cause for the widening gap of healthcare service accessibility among children, 18 years and under, in the USA. Our empirical results suggest that factors such as the out-of-pocket price of healthcare services, household income, years of education by parent (or guardian), health insurance coverage, access to healthcare provider (availability of regular provider, obtaining an appointment, and travelling time) and provider-patient interaction strongly determine the actual use of outpatient services by children as realized access (i.e. accessibility).
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- Economics and Econometrics


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- 1 Can humans float on mercury?
- 2 Will things float in mercury?
- 3 Will a gold ring float on mercury?
- 4 Can solid mercury float on liquid mercury?
- 5 Will an ice cube float in mercury?
- 6 Will a ice cube float in mercury?
- 7 What will happen when mercury falls on gold?
- 8 What happens when mercury falls on skin?
Can humans float on mercury?
The liquid metal is about 13 times as dense as water, which means that a 2 liter jug of mercury weighs more than 50 pounds. And because we meat bags are much less dense than mercury — on average 1.062 g/cubic centimeter — we're able to float in it.
Will things float in mercury?
Mercury is a metallic element and has a density of 13.5 grams per cubic centimeter (0.49 pounds per cubic inch). This means that the density of mercury is approximately 13 times greater than that of water. Therefore, some objects that sink in water will float on mercury, including pieces of lead, silver and steel.
Will a gold ring float on mercury?
Mercury is a liquid metal and has a density of 13.5 g/cm³ and gold has density of 19.3 g/cm³. Since density of gold is higher than the density of mercury, so gold would sink in mercury.
Can solid mercury float on liquid mercury?
Consequently the solid mercury is heavier than the liquid mercury and a piece of it when in solid state it will not float in its own liquid state. Mercury is a fascinating example of a metallic element that is liquid at room temperature.
Will an ice cube float in mercury?
Mercury is very dense, so the ice cube would make only a small dent in the mercury. But the fact that it is displacing even a little mercury means that the surface of the mercury is higher than it would have been before we dropped in the ice cube.
Will a ice cube float in mercury?
What will happen when mercury falls on gold?
Freddie Mercury may have had the golden voice, but real mercury, that endlessly entertaining and dangerous liquid metal, has the golden touch. That is, if it touches gold it will immediately break the lattice bonds of the precious metal and form an alloy in a process known as amalgamation.
What happens when mercury falls on skin?
Mercury Toxicity Direct contact with elemental (liquid) mercury can cause irritation and chemical burns. Possible immediate effects may include dizziness, vertigo, flu-like symptoms, burning or irritation, pale or clammy skin, irritability, and emotional instability.


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2019 Gold Best Charter School
Vista is a public charter school that operates under the direction of the Utah State Board of Education, the Utah State Charter School Board, and the school's local Board of Directors. Its primary funding source is public education funds provided by the State of Utah.
Vista seeks to enhance academic achievement by providing specialized instruction in Math, Science, Technology, and History by highly qualified teachers beginning in 1st grade. This means students learn from the earliest grades from a teacher who is an expert in his or her individual field and who understands how to help the students best learn a specific topic.
Vista broadens students' academic experiences by providing them with opportunities to explore elective coursework in visual and performing arts and technology. Our students look forward to coming to school because offerings match their interests, which benefit all aspects of their academic experience including academic achievement and attitude.
After school programs at Vista give students the opportunity to pursue their passion in athletics, technology, dance, strings, and theater at a fraction of the typical cost of private instruction. Students may participate in as many after school programs as they choose.
Vista's teachers and administration are highly qualified and are required to maintain their teaching certifications. They are leaders in their areas of expertise and student achievement is a reflection of their dedication to their profession. Because Vista is not part of a traditional school district, teachers are free to pursue instruction methods that yield the best results, instead of a predetermined curriculum and teaching delivery method.
- Vista provides a safe environment for students K-8th grade.
- Specialized instruction in Math, Science, Technology, & History begins in 1st grade, not 6th.
- Elective Arts and Technology offerings get students excited to come to school.
- After school programs in athletics, technology, dance, strings, and theater at a fraction of private instruction cost.
- Highly qualified teachers in an environment where instruction is supported by administration.


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AMAP Assessment 2015: Human Health in the Arctic
This report provides the accessible scientific basis and validation for the statements and recommendations made in the Summary for Policy-makers: Arctic Pollution Issues 2015 reporti that was delivered to Arctic Council Ministers at their meeting in Iqaluit, Canada in April 2015. It is also the basis for a related AMAP State of the Arctic Environment report Arctic Pollution Issues 2015: Overviewii. It includes extensive background data and references to the scientific literature, and details the sources for graphics reproduced in the overview report. Whereas the Summary for Policy-makers report contains recommendations that focus mainly on policy-relevant actions concerned with addressing contaminant impacts on Arctic human populations, the conclusions and recommendations presented in this report also cover issues of a more scientific nature, such as proposals for filling gaps in knowledge, and recommendations relevant to future monitoring and research work.


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Note: If you are using Excel to edit GenePattern files, be sure to save the file as a tab-delimited text file and supply the correct file extension. You can specify the file name in quotes to prevent Excel from appending.txt to the file name. Also, note that Excel's auto-formatting can introduce errors in gene names, as described in Zeeberg, et al (2004).
ODF File Format
The Ouput Description Format (ODF) is similar to the RES or GCT file formats for datasets. The main difference is in the header. The body of data still contains the expression level values for each gene in each sample. Thus the main data block (after the header lines) is a matrix of values. The columns are defined by a name and optionally a description. The rows have a name (name of the gene for instance) and a description (description of the gene). The columns contain the expression values for each gene in a sample. If the first gene in the data block is a particular Tyrosine Kinase then each of the samples contained in each of the columns will have expressions values for that particular Tyrosine Kinase in the first row.
Note: This ODF format is specific to GenePattern. It is not an Open Document Format (ODF) for Office Applications as defined by the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS).
ODF Header for Datasets
The following example shows the header lines of an ODF file. The first five lines are required.The line numbers are shown for easy reference, they should not be included in your file.
1. ODF 1.0
3. Model= Dataset
4. DataLines= 3
5. COLUMN_TYPES: String String float float float *
6. COLUMN_DESCRIPTIONS: Sample from DFCI Sample from UK Sample from Children's
7. COLUMN_NAMES: Name Description Sample 1 Biopsy_2 Biopsy_4
Lines 1 and 2 are required first and second lines. They must both be present in the header and be the first and second lines. They signify that this is an ODF formatted file (of type 1.0) and indicate the number of header lines that follow before the main data block (in this case 7 more). Line 3, required to be somewhere in the header of an ODF file, defines this ODF file as containing Dataset data. Line 4 is required somewhere in the header file. It indicates the number of data rows present in the data block. Line 5 is required somewhere in the header file for any ODF file that has a main data block. It defines the type of data in each column. Line 6 is a tab-delimited list of descriptions for each column. Line 7 is a tab-delimited list of names for the columns. Line 8 defines which column will have the row names, and Line 9 defines which column will contain the row descriptions.
Note: Following are a few notes about the ODF Header:
The first element of each header line will be a key word. The keyword defines/describes what kind of meta data will be found on the rest of that line.
A remark is a human readable comment that is skipped by the parser. This line starts with the "#" character and can contain any type of text since it is not parsed. Note that remarks are not counted as header lines and the user can insert them "by hand".
The number of data lines can be quite large. For example, the U133A chip measures the expression values for about 20,000 human genes. A Dataset created from several samples using the U133A gene chip could have a large value for the DataLines tag.
The COLUMN_NAMES:, COLUMN_DESCRIPTIONS:, and COLUMN_TYPES: lists must have the same number of elements. Also the number of elements must be equal to the number of columns in the main data block.
The COLUMN_NAMES:, and COLUMN_DESCRIPTIONS: could be empty, that is simply contain the proper number of tabs but no text.
Main Data Block
The following example shows the first few lines of the main data block:
1000_at X60188 HSERK1 Human ERK1 mRNA 145.3 240.37823 158.66888
1001_at X60957 HSTIEMR Human tie mRNA 20.5 31.139397 14.053186
1002_f_at X65962 HSCP450 H.sapiens mRNA -9.6 118.06088 -8.287777
The main data block must be consistent with the header. The first COLUMN_NAMES element is "Name". This label is associated with the first column (values: 1000_at, 1001_at, and 1002_f_at). The second column's label is "Description" which is associated with the second column of the main data block. The next three columns are floating point numbers that represent the gene expression values for each of the samples.
Note: The first two columns are just text data, and next three columns only contain floating point values. This is consistent with the "String, String, float, float, float" elements in the COLUMN_TYPES: list.


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What's with the enclosed water filling stations?
Have you ever wondered why water stations on the South Rim are caged in?
In August 2023, construction crews installed new water filling stations with wildlife resistant enclosures at the Bright Angel and South Kaibab Trailheads funded by Grand Canyon Conservancy. This was completed with funding through a grant from National Park Foundation and Tupperware. The filling stations had been closed because elk had learned to turn on the water and there were too many encounters with humans. The new water filling stations are wildlife proof.