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Jenga is a Swahili word which means 'to build'. Jenga Africa aims to build African young people through suicide prevention programmes, harnessing the power of youth, building safe spaces for difficult and critical dialogues especially in schools; help young people to create a vision for their future so they can achieve their goals and aspirations in life.
Jenga Africa is a safe place for critical dialogues and critical thinking, above all, it is a place where we help young people to create a vision for their future, teaching them ways of dealing with difficult situations, and inspiring them through mentorship programmes.
Depression and suicide rates are rising astronomically in young people, and this matter calls for urgent attention and action. Therefore, governments, schools, families and the community at large need to investigate and address the driving force behind this epidemic.
Innovative strategies and solutions are needed to save our future generation and to ensure a healthy human capital. It's for this reason that Jenga Africa (JA) was formed to contribute to solving this epidemic. Here at JA we focus on 3 pillars that guide our programmes and structures.
1) Mental wellbeing
2) Sports for development [with a focus on mental well-being]
3) Spiritual development [with a focus on mental well-being]
In this year of 2021, Jenga Africa is hosting a wellness bootcamp aimed at raising awareness on issues around depression and suicide ideation amongst young people. For more information on this event and to partner with us, email us at _EMAIL_


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Why use paper and crayons when you can draw on windows with markers?
My husband invited us to visit him during a class he's teaching on the intersection of design and improvisation (oh how I wish I had time to take this class!). He brought N a dry erase marker to keep her occupied. Can you find little sister up there?
He led her to the large sliding doors, and suggested that she could draw on them. Lucky kid!
She loved it…
And rose to the challenge. (Haha. I couldn't resist!)
A couple days later, just before breakfast, we found N sitting on our dining room table, drawing on the windows. Gasp! It was all good once we replaced the magic marker with a dry erase marker. Thankfully no Sharpies were involved!
Thinking about her next drawing move.
Idea in mind, she was back to the window.
Sitting back to inspect and appreciate the handiwork.
This activity is great for pushing the envelope of material possibilities. All you need are a dry erase marker and a good-sized window. Dry erase markers can stain porous surfaces, so be sure to give clear instructions about where the markers can be used. Windows can be wiped clean with a soft rag or cloth.
For more on white board drawing, visit this related post: Wonderful Whiteboarding.

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This delightful little box showcases 27 timeless etiquettes from the traditions of the Prophet Muhammad (S), and gets your child to adopt them. Here's how:
Playing miming and charades games SHOW your child the effects of good manners so they can see their effects for themselves.
Active engagement through play means your child is immersed in a positive environment that encourages the best of behaviour and makes it the norm.
Each card has a pair so a memory game can be played to increase the versatility and fun so your child can enjoy continuous learning of polite manners.
A reference game is included for each of the manners so your child can feel the spiritual connection from their newly formed good habits.
There are 27 lofty characteristics presented in this box so your child will have comprehensive coverage of what it takes to become a well-rounded polite individual.
Each card has a vivid illustration and clearly titled cards in both English and Arabic so your child can relate to the context of each manner and gain an instant understanding of its effects.
The cards are produced on thick card which is laminated on one side making them durable for long-term use.
The cards measure 8cm in diameter making them ideal for little hands, yet large enough to showcase each manner.
Some of the manners covered in this game include:
Kindness to parents
Knocking before entering
Surpressing the yawn
Sharing (food and other items)
Starting from the right side

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|The Victoria & Albert Museum|
This delicate jewel of marine coral and African gold depicts intricately carved flowers emerging from a woven basket. This sort of naturalistic jewelry became especially popular in the mid-Nineteenth Century, especially in Italy where this bracelet was made. Coral's softness allowed for easy carving, but it could also be used in its natural form, taking advantage of the appeal of its natural branches in styles reminiscent of those from Asia and Africa.
Most of the coral used in Europe came from the sea near Naples, Italy, and the medium quickly became a favorite symbol of world travel around 1815.


to the success of Swachh Bharat Abhiyan? (10 Marks)
Social influence is the process through which a person's attitudes, opinions, or behaviour are changed through social communication. Persuasion is a method of social influence.
UPSC Ethics GS-4 Diagram. Ethics paper Flow chart.
Social influence and persuasion contribute to Swacch Bharat Abhiyan (SBA) through:
- Behavioural change among all the stakeholders: By changing attitude toward open defecation in the society through campaigns and media. E.g: Darwaza Band campaign and rallies by school children to build awareness
- Social pressure and peer pressure: By naming and shaming people who don't have toilets, they will be forced to build one.
E.g: Children persuading their parents, Gram sabhas reading out names of households without toilets. Positive peer pressure in the form of prizes and rewards for building and using toilets can also help people change.
- Role-Model effect: When celebrities like Amitabh Bachchan persuade for SBA, it can bring about a change in orthodox opinions about open defecation.
- Community Ownership: Through Gram Swachhdhoots, SBA can be made community driven to make it. Such persuasive methods were very successful in Bangladesh.
- Healthy competition among stakeholders: through initiatives like Swacch Survekshan.
Thus social Influence and persuasion techniques, by effectively targeting the social psyche and behaviour can accelerate the goal of Swacch Bharat Mission.
Q. You are aspiring to become an IAS officer and you have cleared various stages and now you have been selected for the personal interview. On the day of the interview, on the way to the venue you saw an accident where a mother and child who happen to be your relatives were badly injured. They needed immediate help. What would you have done in such a situation? Justify your action. (25 Marks)
Subject matter: Dilemma between achieving career ambition Vs responding to accident as a good samaritan.
Stakeholders involved: The mother, child, me, my family, society at large and the UPSC.
Ethical dilemmas:
- Personal ambitions vs. Moral responsibility to help others
- Being punctual to the interview vs Saving life
- Personal and family's dream to be civil servant vs Moral
obligation to relatives
Options Available
Ignore the accident and head to the interviewPunctuality will bemaintainedPersonalambition will be fulfilledMorally abdicating my duty to save lifeSelfish and against my consciencePoor example of an aspiring civil servant
Skip the interview and help the victimsMoral obligation towards my relatives will be metA good example to the societyHampers the years of hard work to be a civil servantFailing my and my family's dreamUnbalanced decision making in response to multiple needs
Admit them to a nearby hospital and quickly try to reach the interview venueRescue the relativesRealise mycareer goalsClearconscience• Risk of missing the interview
Final Course of action
I shall choose the last option because I have a moral responsibility to help the victims, and a personal responsibility to myself, my family and my career. I worked hard to reach the interview stage, so it makes sense to balance both these obligations.
So my immediate response would be to quickly move the victims to my cab. Using Google Maps, I'll check for nearby hospitals and find the shortest route possible to get there. I will call the hospital and ask them to arrange emergency services by the time we reach.
Along the way, I will also call the relatives' family and ask them to reach the hospital. I will admit the victim to the hospital and pay any charges, if required. If it gets late for the relatives to reach, I will entrust the cab driver to kindly look after her, pay him his waiting charges and proceed to the interview.
In the meantime, I will also check if I can reach out to anyone who can inform the interview panel about my situation and that I may reach late. If I do get delayed, I will make every attempt to convince the authorities involved as to the reasons why it happened. As soon as the interview is done, I will come back to the hospital and check on the victims' condition and help them in anyway I can.
As remarked by Gandhiji "The best way to find yourself is to lose yourself in the service of others". By helping people, we not only make the world a better place but also stay true to our conscience. It leads to harmony, balancing social good with personal ambition.
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AHCI Virtualization in Device Model
AHCI (Advanced Host Controller Interface) is a hardware mechanism that allows software to communicate with Serial ATA devices. AHCI HBA (host bus adapters) is a PCI class device that acts as a data movement engine between system memory and Serial ATA devices. The ACPI HBA in ACRN supports both ATA and ATAPI devices. The architecture is shown in the below diagram.
HBA is registered to the PCI system with device id 0x2821 and vendor id 0x8086. Its memory registers are mapped in BAR 5. It only supports 6 ports (refer to ICH8 AHCI). AHCI driver in the User VM can access HBA in DM through the PCI BAR. And HBA can inject MSI interrupts through the PCI framework.
When the application in the User VM reads data from /dev/sda, the request will send through the AHCI driver and then the PCI driver. The User VM will trap to hypervisor, and hypervisor dispatch the request to DM. According to the offset in the BAR, the request will dispatch to port control handler. Then the request is parse to a block I/O request which can be processed by Block backend model.
*-s ,ahci,*
Type: 'hd' and 'cd' are available.
Filepath: the path for the backend file, could be a partition or a regular file.
For example,
System VM: -s 20,ahci,hd:/dev/mmcblk0p1
User VM: /dev/sda


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A lot of solubility theories are built around the idea of a "lattice" of molecules. The idea that solvent molecules are arranged in a neat pseudo-crystalline order is clearly nonsense, but it turns out that this approach yields maximum insight for minimum effort and in fact the perfect lattice is more a "guide for the eye" than an intrinsic part of the theory.
The core idea in lattice theory is that if one molecule at a lattice position is replaced with another, three things happen to affect the Gibbs Free Energy ΔG = ΔH - TΔS.
- Entropy increases (more disorder), so -TΔS is negative
- Enthalpy increases (worse), so ΔH is positive
- The free energy, ΔG is a balance of the two, with a negative value being good for mixing
Why does the enthalpy increase? Interactions of like molecule with like are generally stronger than like with unlike. The number of like/unlike interactions depends, of course, on the % mix of the two molecules. Both the entropy and enthalpy terms are a maximum at 50%.
If we assign a "solubility parameter" δ1 and δ2 to the self-interactions of molecules 1 and 2 then, via some elementary algebra and the "mean field theory" which assumes no self-organisation within the fluid, and if we assume, for simplicity, that volume fraction is the same as number fraction, n, then we can compute each term in the ΔG balance, ΔG=ΔH-TΔS, setting T=8 in this simple demo, for reasons discussed shortly:
ΔS = n1.log(n1)+n2.log(n2)
ΔH = -n1.n2.z(δ1δ2-0.5(δ1²+δ2²))
We see that the δ values capture the balance of self-liking 0.5(δ1²+δ2²) and the weaker unlike interaction (δ1*δ2). The self-like term is the mean, the unlike term is the geometric mean. To put it into more familiar terms, it is 0.5(δ1-δ2)², the classic solubility parameter "Distance". The factor z is simply the number of near-neighbours in whatever lattice is being used, in this app n=4. The value T=8 for ΔS in the calculation here is simply to give a balance of ΔS and ΔH resulting in a reasonable correlation of mutual (in)solubility with the distance.
By playing with the % Solvent 2 and the different δ values, and by looking at lattice itself, you get a good feeling for what basic lattice theory is all about. If the view is confusing, just rotate it with your mouse or touchscreen.
The numbers themselves are neither important nor realistic. They simply convey the trends, emphasising that for good solubility, δ values have to be comparatively close. Of course, as discussed on this site, the single (Hildebrand) solubility parameter is positively wrong and the full 3-parameter HSP should be used. But, again, the point of this app is to demonstrate the broad principles.
When, for demo purposes only, ΔG>5 then it is assumed that the solvents cannot mix so they separate into individual phases.


text: Any fluid, including water in a stream, can only flow around a bend in vortex flow. In vortex flow the speed of the fluid is fastest where the radius of the flow is smallest, and slowest where the radius is greatest. (Tropical cyclones, tornadoes, and the spinning motion of water as it escapes down a drain are all visible examples of vortex flow. ) In the case of water flowing around a bend in a stream the secondary flow in the boundary layer along the floor of the stream does not flow parallel to the banks of the stream but flows partly across the floor of the stream toward the inside of the stream (where the radius of curvature is smallest). This movement of the boundary layer is capable of sweeping and rolling loose particles including sand, gravel, small stones and other submerged objects along the floor of the stream toward the point bar.

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I've always been fascinated by historic signs, so when I found out about the Neon Museum of Philadelphia, I knew it was somewhere I wanted to visit.
The Neon Museum of Philadelphia is the brainchild of neon sign designer and collector Len Davidson. Davidson has been collecting signs since the 1970s and officially established the museum in 1983, though it would be decades until his museum actually had a permanent space.
Note: As of December 12, 2022, the Neon Museum of Philadelphia is permanently closed. There is hope that the collection can be put on display somewhere else soon.
After having pop-up displays throughout the city for many years, a permanent museum space finally opened to the public in early 2021 in the Next Fab building in Kensington. This industrial building is a makerspace, where artisans can rent out space and equipment to make their pieces.
This really adds a lot to the Neon Museum as all of the pieces on display are also works of art, many of which are handmade in Philadelphia.
The Neon Museum of Philadelphia occupies a single large room within the space but has nearly 100 different neon signs on display. Most of these are from the middle of the 20th century, though some stretch as far back as the 1930s, and others were made in recent years (some by the museum's founder).
The collection here is a bit overwhelming, with neon signs filling nearly every nook and cranny in the space, and some upwards of 20 feet in the air above.
Most, if not all, of the signs on display are in working order, many restored by Davidson himself. They offer a really fascinating look back at Philadelphia's history and do tell a great story of the city's history. If you lived in the city between the 1950s and the 1980s, it's likely you'll remember some of these hanging in the city.
While there aren't any information signs next to the pieces, there are large laminated cards that have a wealth of knowledge on each sign, including when it was made, who made it, the business that it advertised, and even personal notes about the sign's history from Davidson. I found some of these comments to be quite interesting and even amusing, so you'll definitely want to spend some time reading about the signs.
That being said, there are so many signs and so much information about each that you'll likely want to pick and choose what you read about unless you have several hours to spend within the space.
You'll notice as you walk around the museum that the signs are on motion sensors, which is a great idea. However, sometimes the sensors are hard to find, so it takes a minute to figure out how to get the lights to turn on, and they also turn off a bit quickly. Nevertheless, there's something magical about watching all the signs on a wall turn on at the same time.
In addition to the great neon signs on display, visitors can also watch a variety of films on the history of neon displays and browse the small lending library about the art form. There are also rotating art exhibits in the space which don't necessarily feature neon but are related to the city of Philadelphia.
Overall, the Neon Museum of Philadelphia is a really unique spot to visit, and I quite enjoyed my time exploring the collection here. I found it to be as much a history museum as it is an art museum, and it offers a really fascinating look at how both of these disciplines intertwine to tell the story of Philadelphia.
I highly recommend taking the time to check out this very unique Philadelphia Museum.
Note: The Neon Museum of Philadelphia will be closing permanently on December 11, 2022. There is hope that the collection can be put on display somewhere else soon.
Neon Museum of Philadelphia
Hours: Fridays: 1-6p
Cost: Adults: $10, Children: Free
Address: 1800 North American St


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The use of very high resolution (VHR) aerial imagery for quantitative remote sensing has been limited by unwanted radiometric variation over temporal and spatial extents. In this paper we propose a simple yet effective technique for the radiometric homogenisation of the digital numbers
of aerial images. The technique requires a collocated and concurrent, well-calibrated satellite image as surface reflectance reference to which the aerial images are calibrated. The bands of the reference satellite sensor should be spectrally similar to those of the aerial sensor. Using radiative
transfer theory, we show that a spatially varying local linear model can be used to approximate the relationship between the surface reflectance of the reference image and the digital numbers of the aerial images. The model parameters for each satellite pixel location are estimated using least
squares regression inside a small sliding window. The technique was applied to a set of aerial images captured over multiple days with an Intergraph Digital Mapping Camera (DMC) system. A near-concurrent Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) nadir bidirectional reflectance
distribution function (BRDF) adjusted reflectance image was used as the reflectance reference dataset. The resulting DMC mosaic was compared to a near-concurrent Satellite Pour l'Observation de la Terre (SPOT) 5 reflectance image of a portion of the same area, omitting the blue channel
from the DMC mosaic due to its absence in the SPOT 5 data. The mean absolute reflectance difference was found to be 3.43% and the mean coefficient of determination (R
2) over the bands was 0.84. The technique allows the production of seamless mosaics corrected for coarse scale
atmospheric and BRDF effects and does not require the manual acquisition (or provision) of ground reflectance references. The accuracy of corrections is limited by the resolution of the reference image, which is generally significantly coarser than VHR imagery. The method cannot correct for
small scale BRDF or other variations not captured at the reference resolution. Nevertheless, results show a significant improvement in homogeneity and correlation with SPOT 5 reflectance.
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Publication date: April 3, 2019
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Regular backgroundProfessionally made DVDs, such as Hollywood movies, often incorporate audio and video on the menu screens. Most consumer DVD-authoring apps will let you do the same. For example, your menu can play a song, display a short scene looping in the background, and even play video clips inside the menu buttons that link to the video file itself.
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Production Notes
 - The audio and video used in multimedia menus require space on your DVD. If your project consists of a lot of data, such as large video files, you may have to compress your video so everything will fit on the disc.
 - If your video is over 80 minutes or so, adding lots of audio and video menus will require you to compress your project more than recommended. The result could be a noticeable degradation in quality.
 - When adding background audio to a DVD menu, keep the duration over a minute. Shorter clips are more repetitive and can quickly become annoying.
 - When inserting a video background, make sure it doesn't obscure other menu elements. If the background is busy or full of colors, you may have to fade or brighten the video clip slightly to ensure that buttons and other menu text are easy to see.
 - Like the special effects you can add to your videos, menu animations can be very irritating when overused. Don't use these effects just because you can. And when you do include animations, make sure the effect is aesthetically pleasing and matches the tone of the underlying video.


Use Selectors in Elementor Widgets to Control CSS
Use Selectors in Elementor Widgets to Control CSS
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Hey! Want to learn more about developer features in Elementor? This one gets only a handful of mentions in the docs. Therefore I believe it's useful to share all I know about it. When creating a control, you may add an optional parameter called selector or selectors that will manipulate CSS of the live preview on the fly. If you ask me, selectors in Elementor is what made this builder what it is today. It's the modern-day interpretation of WYSIWYG, and by leveraging it, developers can save hours of user frustration. Why? Saving the editor and reloading another tab is no longer necessary for every minuscule change, such as:
One can learn a lot from Elementor's code, and that's what I did to gain insight into what's possible with selectors. It is useful for a lot more than you think! With some creativity, it's possible to push the limits to avoid writing additional handlers. In production, more than half of the controls in our SVG Divider for Elementor rely heavily on the selectors parameter. Because of this, I never actually had to use the _content_template() method (to build live the preview with JS). As you might have guessed, this article is for developers of Elementor extensions and requires PHP and CSS knowledge.
Where to add 'selector' or 'selectors' in Elementor?
When you create a Widget, you register controls for it. All the examples here go into the Control Setting array of the add_control() method. See more about creating a new Widget and its Controls at the Elementor developer documentation.
The name of the parameter is selector for Group Controls. It's just a string you'd write in CSS before the declarations in {... }. There is a better one that I focus on: selectors, which is a more elaborate structure, an array of key-value pairs translating to selectors-declarations.
The output ends up in a file, so it's not inlined once the user leaves the editor! Something like:
Curly brace variables
The optional but vital heart of the matter is using dynamic values. These are not part of a template engine, Elementor performs a search and replace on them. You'll see the examples below, but first, a reference table for your convenience.
CSS Selectors (key in the selectors array)
{{WRAPPER}} Behind the scenes, it translates to something like:
.elementor-50.elementor-element.elementor-element-092e113
 - Use it almost always to make sure you select things only in a particular widget instance.
 - It matters whether or not you follow this with a space.
{{ID}} Get just the ID of the Widget (such as 092e113).
Use the selector-declaration pair in the appropriate Media Query. If present, the selector has to start with this.
You mostly only need this when using another setting's value. Responsive Controls resolve this automatically. However, this can apply/disable the effect of an otherwise not responsive setting, on some devices.
It specifies the device to apply the rules at, and on anything smaller (default responsive behavior). However, when suffixed with a plus sign (+), they will apply on at least that device's resolution or larger.
Declarations (value in the selectors array)
You can use these anywhere in CSS properties and values.
{{VALUE}} Many controls return a single value, access it with this. The selectors_dictionary can change this on the fly.
{{SIZE}} and {{UNIT}} Numerical controls give you the size and the unit separately, so these usually appear glued to each other, but not always.
{{CURRENT_ITEM}} Used in Repeater Controls.
Obtain values from other controls using VALUE, SIZE, UNIT, or any named value. Suffixes available are _tablet and _mobile to access responsive data.
It's for each direction value of a Dimensions Control.
{{URL}} or other names Used to access named properties in "Multiple Controls" that return an array, such as Media Control.
{{setting.SIZE || 5}}
{{a_tablet.SIZE || "fallback"}}
{{a.SIZE || b.DEFAULT}}
{{a.URL || b.URL}}
{{a.VALUE || a_tablet.DEFAULT}}
Use a fallback value.
 - The setting must be named: include the dot and add any property from above.
 - The left side works best with controls that become empty when cleared (Slider and URL come to mind). Untouched responsive controls are also empty by default.
 - The right side can be a hardcoded number, string, or a named setting.
 - DEFAULT only works with those controls that have a VALUE. You can tap into mobile defaults if any.
Simple examples
Value from a color picker:
'selectors' => [
 '{{WRAPPER}}.elementor-svg-divider-basic-text' => 'color: {{VALUE}}'
Size with and without unit:
'selectors' => [
 '{{WRAPPER}} svg.sde-classic' =>
 'height: {{SIZE}}{{UNIT}}; stroke-width: {{SIZE}};'
Create padding from dimensions:
'selectors' => [
 '{{WRAPPER}}.elementor-svg-divider-basic-button' =>
 {{TOP}}{{UNIT}} {{RIGHT}}{{UNIT}} {{BOTTOM}}{{UNIT}} {{LEFT}}{{UNIT}};'
Background image of a slide in a slider (using repeater):
'selectors' => [
 '{{WRAPPER}} {{CURRENT_ITEM}}.swiper-slide-bg' =>
 'background-image: url({{URL}})',
Targeting some class on the body, like.elementor-msie, body.rtl or body:not(.rtl) or even.woocommerce:
'selectors' => [
 'body:not(.rtl) {{WRAPPER}}.dialog-close-button' => 'right: {{SIZE}}{{UNIT}}',
 'body.rtl {{WRAPPER}}.dialog-close-button' => 'left: {{SIZE}}{{UNIT}}',
Values from other settings
It's effortless to obtain values from other controls, once you know how. If two settings are contributing to the same thing, feel free to use the same selectors array, in addition to digging into each other's values.
'selectors' => [
 '{{WRAPPER}} svg.sde-classic' =>
 'stroke-dasharray: {{dash_length.SIZE}} {{whitespace_length.SIZE}};'
Note that this gets values for specific devices when the target is responsive. Here is an advanced example, based on Elementor pro:
'selectors' => [
 '(desktop).elementor-msie {{WRAPPER}} .elementor-portfolio-item' =>
 'width: calc( 100% / {{columns.SIZE}} );
 border: {{SIZE}}px solid transparent',
 '(tablet).elementor-msie {{WRAPPER}} .elementor-portfolio-item' =>
 'width: calc( 100% / {{columns_tablet.SIZE}} );
 border: {{SIZE}}px solid transparent',
 '(mobile).elementor-msie {{WRAPPER}} .elementor-portfolio-item' =>
 'width: calc( 100% / {{columns_mobile.SIZE}} );
 border: {{SIZE}}px solid transparent',
Dynamic values in CSS properties
In lieu of a better real-world example, the following comes from an Align control with left/center/right options. I know this doesn't look clean, but Elementor core itself used it like this. The margin-center CSS property doesn't exist, so it gets ignored by browsers.
// Somewhere else
$sde_selector = '{{WRAPPER}}.sde';
// In a control
'selectors' => [
 $sde_selector =>'margin: 0 auto; margin-{{VALUE}}: 0;'
The point of this example is to open your eyes. As you see, the dynamic values can form property names as well.
You can re-use selectors by putting them in a variable, especially if they are long. However, you cannot use values from other settings in the CSS selector part, only in the declaration!
(!) The Selectors Dictionary
A better alternative to the above oddity is the undocumented holy grail, the selectors_dictionary property. In a nutshell, it's like a switch statement for selectors! If the value of the control is X, use Z instead. It's incredibly useful when the CSS you want to write has nothing in common with the options of your control.
'selectors_dictionary' => [
 'left' =>'margin-right: auto',
 'center' =>'margin: 0 auto',
 'right' =>'margin-left: auto',
'selectors' => [
 '{{WRAPPER}}.sde' => '{{VALUE}}',
That's it. The only caveat is that it overrides the {{VALUE}} curly brace variable, and you can't use the original value anymore (not even in the dictionary itself). If you had another selector-declaration pair that relied on the initial value, you'd be in trouble:
'selectors' => [
 '{{WRAPPER}}.elementor-sde-scale-the-cropped.sde-cropping-allow.sde' =>
 'transform-origin: {{VALUE}} 0;'
Misuse leads to an abomination like transform-origin: margin: 0 auto 0; instead of the original transform-origin: center 0;, so be careful. There is no need to map every possible value, though!
Of course, you can still use the selectors dictionary to translate just the CSS values in the declaration,


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The potato (Solanumtuberosum) is a major food crop worldwide with annual production exceeding 321.69 million tonnes1 (Fig.1). Proponents of organic food claim that it is tastier than conventional produce, however limited scientific studies have been conducted in this area to support or refute such claims2. The aim of this study was to examine if there are differences in the physiochemical and sensory properties of Irish grown organic and conventional potatoes.
Gilsenan, Clare; Burke, Roisin M.; and Barry Ryan, Catherine, "Physicochemical and Sensory Studies on Irish Grown Organic and Conventional Tubers (Solanum tuberosum)" (2009). Conference papers. Paper 12.


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Smart Lighting System ASTRO-2
Software and hardware illumination control platform ASTRO-2 is designed to control luminaires with a possibility to integrate them into a network and implement operating schedule control.
The radio network which does not require any professional settings and automatically generated when power is supplied to luminaires. In this way the user has a possibility to carry out the operating control of individual luminaires (or some independently created luminaire groups), collect data on the status of all system elements. The control is directly carried out using the modem with its installed software.
The luminaires in the ASTRO-2 system also support operation in the autonomous mode which is similar to the ASTRO-1. The maximum duration of the user schedule is 60 days. When this periods expires, the luminaire returns to its operation according to the factory settings (the ASTRO-1 mode). This feature increases the system reliability when there is a threat of communication disruption.
The system is designed to control luminaires with a possibility to integrate them into a network and implement operating schedule control.
Field of application
- Cities, small urban settlements;
- Regional and local roads;
- Separate infrastructure facilities (railway stations, freight terminals, industrial areas, workshops etc.) where operating control and complex algorithms must be used.
ASTRO-2 is an ideal combination of functionality that provides extensive user operating features and low material costs for its implementation.
Cost saving operation
The use of unlicensed radio frequency 868 MHz for data transmission does not require any transmission fees for data traffic during the system operation.
The automatically generated radio network ensures a steady signal transmission in even in case when up to 5 poles (150 m) fail in the chain. The control is carried out via secure data channels. In case of loss of communication, the system goes to autonomous mode.
Possibility of functional extension
There is a possibility to upgrade the system to ASTRO-3 in the case of phased implementation of SLMS.
|Designation and functionality
|Remote controller ASTRO 2
|Designed for installation inside or outside a luminaire housing, provides automatic control of switching on/off as well as luminaire power dimming from 20 to 100% in operating mode or according to a preprogrammed schedule.
|Designed for connection to a personal computer or smartphone via USB to control luminaires via the 868 MHz frequency radio channel and range not less than 150 m.
|Software ASTRO Manager
|Designed for installation on a personal computer or smartphone to control luminaires operating schedule. Available free of charge on Google Play and App Store. See description in the "Software" section.
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Pocket Printer, the printer that moves on the sheet
If there is one thing that has remained essentially unchanged in years of computer evolution, this is it printer, however, two Israeli students have to flip the perspective and create a printer that moves across the paper, and not the other way around.
Pocket printer it is in fact a small object that moves on the sheet, printing the document that you have shared with the phone app or through your computer, and which could replace the current and bulky home printers.
Furthermore, Pocket Printer has the advantage of being able to write on any flat surface, not only on the paper, which greatly opens up the range of creative possibilities.
Obviously not everything is beautiful, first of all the prototype looks like very slow, let's talk about a page in a minute, also what happens if the sheet is not perfectly flat or moves during printing?
At the moment the project is being financed on Kickstarter, the goal is $ 400,000 and at 28 days from the end of the campaign the project is just under half, so it is not certain that Pocket Printer will remain just a fantasy, but you would see it in your office?


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Learn to paint landscapes that make a statement. Follow watercolor expert Dale Laitinen on a quest to capture a sense of the monumental.
In this video workshop, you use bold color to create drama as you paint the great granite cliffs of Yosemite. Learn to see the landscape like an artist. You learn to take photos that maximize the glory of the mountains and modify your sketch to highlight features in the granite. You balance stable horizontal planes with energetic diagonals, and translate the lines into strong shapes in your watercolor.
Dale describes painting as a battle of the edges. You contrast hard and soft lines for variety, and learn techniques for creating lost-and-found edges that keep viewers curious. Dale teaches you to inject emotion with daring color choices and maintain transparency as you layer. As you move from broad strokes on the cliff to points of light in the trees, you learn to make each element say exactly what you feel.
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Mexico Considering Major Tax Reform, Could Impact Trade Flows
Mexican President Enrique Peña Nieto has submitted for legislative approval a series of initiatives that would constitute a major overhaul of the Mexican tax system. Some of the proposed changes aim to encourage trade while others could have negative impacts on important sectors like the maquila and automotive industries. Some of the most important provisions include the following.
Value-Added Tax Law
- The VAT for sales in border areas or regions would be increased from 11% to 16% to harmonize it with the VAT imposed in the rest of the country.
- The VAT exemption for all temporary imports, including such imports into automotive tax warehouses and strategic fiscal areas as well as virtual importations, would be eliminated.
- The VAT exemption for sales between residents abroad or between a resident abroad and a maquila, terminal automotive industry or tax warehouse would be eliminated.
- The obligation to withhold the VAT that domestic suppliers transfer would be eliminated.
Special Tax IEPS
- Temporary imports, including imports under the IMMEX customs regime or into automotive tax warehouses or strategic fiscal areas, would be subject to the corresponding IEPS.
- Use of customs brokers would no longer be mandatory and importers and exporters would be able to file for customs clearance directly.
- Strategic fiscal areas could be established anywhere in the country and goods in these areas could be subject to processing and even commercialization.
- Documents sent to customs authorities electronically would be afforded legal recognition.
- Customs clearance could be granted through any customs office.
- All of a company's representatives would be legally responsible before customs authorities.
- Imports of locomotives, railroad cars and specialized goods of the railway industry would be allowed under temporary import regimes.
- Customs authorities could authorize individuals (except importers, exporters and customs brokers) to provide pre-validation services.
- Customs declarations could be corrected both before and after a determination is made to subject a transaction to examination by customs authorities.
- The ability to change the customs regime under which goods are imported without prior notice to customs authorities would not be limited to maquilas.
- Importers would be able to convert temporary imports to regular imports even if the authorized length of time for the temporary import has expired or customs authorities have begun verification.
- Goods would be eligible for storage in a customs warehouse regardless of how they are transported (land, air, sea).
The reform package is expected to be approved by the House by Oct. 20 and by the Senate by Oct. 30. Sandler & Travis is closely monitoring this proposal and can help you understand how it may affect your trade and customs compliance efforts.
For more information, please contact Jorge Morales at +52 (55) 52 63 84 40 or USA & Canada Toll Free: _PHONE_ or Rachel Pisani at _PHONE_.


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Contested Water Supply: Claim Making and the Politics of Regulation in Dhaka, Bangladesh
336 p., 24 b/w ill, 1 color ill., 21 b/w photos, 30 color photos.
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ISBN 978-3-515-10404-3
Offering an alternative reading of the contested nature of access to public resources in Dhaka, this book argues that the contestation of access cannot be explained only by the city's rapidly growing population; it rather describes it as a product of context-specific structures of power and dependency – "the politics of regulation".
This study gives a detailed account of the large diversity of local arrangements and their underlying strategies for negotiation and legitimation in the process of claim making to water supply. It presents constellations of influential actors and their interests and explains how their negotiations in an unbalanced power structure determine the distribution of and access to public water supplies.
The author followed an ethnographic research approach and applied a complex and innovative set of qualitative methods for investigation in a low income inner-city squatter area and in a growing peripheral settlement of Dhaka. Frequent participation in adda (casual talks), and personal access to the water supply authority enabled him to observe the routines of everyday life and the complexities of public decision making.
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Angelos Chaniotis (Hrsg.)
Unveiling Emotions. Vol. 3
Arousal, Display, and Performance of Emotions in the Greek World
Wolfgang Hübner
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We continue our journey into the Chymical Wedding, discussing why shamanic experience can come as a surprise even to people who are well prepared for it. We also look at the influence of Erasmus, and consider his outlook on the esotericism vs exotericism issue.
The Rosicrucianism that developed at the beginning of the Fifteenth Century did not spring into existence from nowhere.
In this episode we jump far back in time to the origins of the Vedic traditions and explore the early origins of the shamanic fire magic movement that eventually gave birth to Rosicrucianism, as well as setting the scene for future episodes on Alexandrian Syncretism, Hermeticism, Hinduism and Yoga.
We turn our attention to the founder of Rosicrucianism, Christian Rosenkreutz, his times, and his relationship to Martin Luther and the Reformation. This will be the first part in a long running series on Rosicrucianism.


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The need to provide environmental management on jobs is established not just in the applicable national and sector legislation but also in Environmental Impact Declarations issued as part of the process to authorise projects and actions.
In such cases, the Environmental Works Management (DAO) is the result of the decentralisation of the Project Management, and takes up responsibility for the monitoring and control of all the environmental aspects associated with the job. Its role is therefore key, and is highly relevant.
EUROCONTROL does these environmental management tasks as part of the project, providing a service with an integral focus and which ranges from work prior to the commencement of the project, environmental controls as the work is done, to environmental monitoring during the operation of the installations or infrastructures.
The Company has had broad experience in this field, and has developed DAO contracts and technical assistance to the DAO for bodies such as AENA, the Bilbao Bizkaia Water Consortium, Acuamed, ACUAES, the Galicia Regional Government, the Ministry of Development, etc.
As part of its quality policy, EUROCONTROL performs environmental management tasks on the work site through the so-called Supervision and Control Plan (PSC) and the procedures linked to it. This Plan structures the work and the functions for the environmental management of a project, making it a tool clearly designed to ensure that the demands raised by a client are met.
Before work starts, EUROCONTROL ensures that all the conditioning factors and provisions which must be adopted to ensure that it is performed correctly have been complied with, to these ends:
- Conducting an initial review of all the environmental aspects included in the Environmental Impact Study (EsIA) and the Environmental Impact Declaration (DIA).
- Reviewing the Environmental Surveillance Plan (PVA) and, in the absence of such a plan, drawing it up.
- Verifying that the project includes the environmental conditions demanded in the DIA.
- Analysing all the state, region and local provisions dealing with environmental aspects in the sector and applicable to the project, along with other binding reports from various bodies.
- Reviewing the Environmental Quality Assurance Plan drawn up by the contracting company, to ensure compliance with the environmental requisites which must be taken into account while this work is being done.
During the phase when the work is being done, EUROCONTROL:
- Periodically visits the work to track and monitor it, adapting the frequency of visits to the requirements of the DIA/Administration environmental resolutions, and to the reality of the work.
- Ensures that the measures provided for in the EsIA are being implemented correctly, and are adjusted to the environmental integration criteria put in place in the DIA.
- Verifies that the action taken is in compliance with the requisites established in the mandatory legislation in the sector.
- Checks the effectiveness of the protective and corrective measures established and implemented and, if considered unsatisfactory, determines the causes and establishes the appropriate remedies.
- Detects impacts not foreseen in the EsIA, defining the most adequate additional measures to reduce, eliminate or compensate them.
- Coordinates the archaeological monitoring work.
- Interprets and values the analyses performed: noise target trials, water and soil analyses, etc., and, if required by the client, completing the analyses and measurements created in the Administration's resolutions.
- Draws up the environmental monitoring reports provided for in the DIA and the specialised reports required.
- Prepares the projects for the restoration of the zones affected by the work, including those where surplus materials from excavation are deposited.
- Advises the Work Management of any decision or change raised and which affects the environmental values of the area, pointing out any problems which might be caused and suggesting solutions to minimise possible impacts.
On completion of the work, EUROCONTROL takes over the monitoring of the environmental measures adopted in the project, such as planting, environmental restoration of areas degraded during the work, the presence of fauna, erosion processes, water quality, etc.
EUROCONTROL also completes the formalities required for the work such as authorisations for works in areas of the Hydraulic Public Domain or in the Zone for the Policing of Courses, authorisations to cut, prune or clear wooded areas, authorisations for any necessary archaeological tasks, legalisation of concrete, crushing or asphalt plants, environmental processing for new spoil or dumping, waste management plans, and any additional studies established in the DIAs or in the construction projects, such as environmental targets, detailed fauna studies, study of the sensitivity of buildings to noise and vibrations during the work, archaeological studies, studies of flora and fauna, etc.
The Company also undertakes to complete any formalities and steps required by the Administration for the authorisation of your installations: for clearance for installations where potentially air-pollutant actives (APCA) are to be pursued, integrated environmental authorisation (A.I.A), situation reports and preliminary soil reports, waste management plans, processing for waste product registration, waste management authorisation, etc.
EUROCONTROL has had wide experience in sampling design and "in situ" sampling, and in the preparation of the results of trials of all types of environmental parameters for Civil Engineering Work and industrial installations, and holds ENAC Accreditation pursuant to Standard UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17020 for environmental inspection, and UNE-EN ISO/IEC 17025 for acoustic trials.


Crystal ball
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This article is about the fortune telling object. For other uses, see Crystal ball (disambiguation).
For the guideline that Wikipedia is not a crystal ball, see WP:CRYSTALBALL.
The Crystal Ball by John William Waterhouse.
A crystal ball, also known as an orbuculum, is a crystal or glass ball and common fortune telling object.[a] It is generally associated with the performance of clairvoyance and scrying in particular.
The earliest use of a crystal ball can be first attributed to the Celtic Druids who divined the future and omens with beryl balls.[1]
In the 1st century AD, Pliny the Elder describes use of crystal balls by soothsayers ("crystallum orbis", later written in Medieval Latin by scribes as orbuculum).[2] By the 5th century AD, scrying was widespread within the Roman Empire and was condemned by the early medieval Christian Church as heretical.[3]
Dr. John Dee was a noted British mathematician, astronomer, astrologer, geographer, and consultant to Queen Elizabeth I. He devoted much of his life to alchemy, divination, and Hermetic philosophy, of which the use of crystal balls was often included.[4]
Art of scrying[edit]
Main articles: Scrying and Crystal gazing
Photograph of a quartz crystal ball of the type commonly used for divination or scrying
The art or process of "seeing" is known as "scrying", whereby images are claimed to be seen in crystals, or other media such as water, and are interpreted as meaningful information. The "information" gleaned then is used to make important decisions in one's life (i.e. love, marriage, finances, travel, business, etc.).[5]
When the technique of scrying is used with crystals, or any transparent body, it is known as crystallomancy or crystal gazing.
In stage magic[edit]
Crystal balls are popular props used in mentalism acts by stage magicians. Such routines, in which the performer answers audience questions by means of various ruses, are known as crystal gazing acts. One of the most famous performers of the 20th century, Claude Alexander, was often billed as "Alexander the Crystal Seer".
A transparent sphere of any material with refractive index greater than one brings parallel rays of light to a rough focus (that is, a focus with significant coma). For typical values of the refractive index, this focus is usually very near the surface of the sphere, on the side diametrically opposite to where the rays entered. If the refractive index is greater than 2, the focus is inside the sphere, so the brightest accessible point is on its surface directly opposite the source of light. However, few materials have that property. For most materials, the focus is slightly outside the sphere. The closer the refractive index is to 2, the closer the focus is to the surface of the sphere, and hence the brighter the spot formed on an object touching the sphere.
This effect is used in the Campbell–Stokes recorder to record the brightness of sunlight by burning the surface of a piece of cardboard placed near the sphere. The same effect can occur with a crystal ball that is brought into full sunlight; it may either burn a hand that is holding it, or even start a fire if it is resting on or very near dark-coloured flammable material.[6]
Famous crystal balls in history[edit]
A crystal ball lies in the Royal Sceptre of Scotland that is said to have been originally possessed by pagan druids.[1]
Philadelphia's University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology displays the third largest crystal ball[7] as the central object in its Chinese Rotunda. Weighing 55 pounds, the sphere is made of quartz crystal from Burma and was shaped through years of constant rotation in a semi-cylindrical container filled with emery, garnet powder, and water. The ornamental treasure was purportedly made for the Empress Dowager Cixi (_PHONE_) during the Qing dynasty in the 19th century, but no evidence as to its actual origins exists. In 1988, the crystal ball and an ancient Egyptian statuette,[8] which depicted the god Osiris were stolen from the Penn Museum, but were recovered three years later with no damage done to either object.[9]
The largest flawless quartz sphere is in the National Museum of Natural History, Washington D.C., United States
See also[edit]
 1. ^ Sometimes further referred to as a shew stone (or show stone – "shew" is an archaic spelling of "show").
 1. ^ a b Sibyl Ferguson (30 June 2005). Crystal Ball: Stones, Amulets, And Talismans For Power, Protection, and Prophecy. Weiser Books. pp. 59–60, 29. ISBN 978-1-57863-348-7.
 2. ^ Pliny the Elder (1831). Caii Plinii Secundi Historiæ naturalis libri xxxvii, cum selectis comm. J. Harduini ac recentiorum interpretum novisque adnotationibus. p. 579. Retrieved 7 November 2015. (Latin)
 3. ^ a b "Crystal gazing". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 6 November 2015.
 4. ^ John Dee's Crystal Ball
 5. ^ Chauran, Alexandra. Crystal Ball Reading for Beginners: A Down To Earth Guide. Woodbury, Minnesota: Llewellyn Publications, 2011.
 6. ^ Associated Press (29 January 2004). "Crystal Ball Starts Fire at Okla. Home". The Washington Post. Retrieved 22 December 2012.
 7. ^ "Crystal Sphere". University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
 8. ^ "Statue". University of Pennsylvania Museum of Archaeology and Anthropology. Retrieved 21 September 2014.
 9. ^ "Penn Museum Crystal Ball, Statue Stolen Guard Ignored Burglar Alarms". Retrieved 21 September 2014.
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A fully on-chip CMOS relaxation oscillator (ROSC) with a PVT variation compensation circuit is proposed in this paper. The circuit is based on a conventional ROSC and has a distinctive feature in the compensation circuit that compensates for comparator's non-idealities caused by offset voltage and delay time. We also developed a bias circuit consisting of positive and negative temperature coefficient resistors to obtain the temperature compensated clock frequency. Measurement results demonstrated that the circuit can generate a stable clock frequency of 6.66 kHz. The power dissipation was 940 nW. The measured line regulation and temperature coefficient were 0.98%/V and 56ppm/°C, respectively.


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This module focused on post-synchronization maintenance of users and groups once you implemented Microsoft Entra Connect. You learned that following the synchronization of your on-premises Active Directory objects with Microsoft 365, you can no longer manage those objects using the Microsoft 365 admin center or the Exchange Online admin center (EAC). The reason for this restriction is that the system doesn't synchronize all synchronized attributes back to your on-premises environment.
In this module, you learned that organizations must manage all group membership in their on-premises Active Directory once they implement directory synchronization between their on-premises AD and Microsoft Entra ID. Directory synchronization of both users and groups in Microsoft 365 is similar. You learned that the sync process synchronizes on-premises groups and their membership from on-premises AD to Microsoft Entra ID. And just like the user writeback feature, group writeback also writes Microsoft 365 groups from Microsoft Entra ID back to on-premises AD.
This module also examined how Microsoft Entra Connect automatically creates Microsoft Entra Connect Sync Security Groups to:
 - Delegate control in Microsoft Entra Connect Sync to other users
 - Assign a user temporary permission to run a manual synchronization
 - Troubleshoot directory synchronization issues using Microsoft Entra Connect Sync
You also learned about Microsoft Identity Manager (MIM). MIM is an identity management solution that helps organizations manage and synchronize user identities across various systems and directories. It provides capabilities for user provisioning, deprovisioning, synchronization, and self-service password reset. MIM focuses on managing user identities and their attributes, ensuring consistency and accuracy across different systems and applications.
The module concluded with a discussion on troubleshooting directory synchronization. You learned that when troubleshooting directory synchronization issues, Microsoft 365 Administrators must analyze logs for errors and remediate synchronization errors with the Microsoft Entra Connect Sync tool itself.


Fix laptop not getting mouse sure success with 2 steps
Fix laptop not getting mouse sure success with 2 steps. Windows does not recognize the mouse is one of the errors that often appear on different computer lines. Although not very serious, this error often causes discomfort and inadequacies when users manipulate. So, how to fix Windows not receiving mouse? Let's find out in this article.
Fix laptop not getting mouse sure success with 2 steps
Fix laptop not getting mouse sure success with 2 steps
How to fix a computer that does not recognize USB
Convert mouse USB port
The USB port that does not recognize the mouse may be the cause of the computer mouse not working. In this case, you should change the USB port plug mouse to fix.
If the USB ports still do not recognize the mouse, use a cotton swab to clean the dirt on these ports. Prolonged use may lead to dirty USB ports that prevent them from receiving the mouse. Cleaning will help you fix the error in the simplest way.
Fix computer not receiving USB laptop port by checking Human Interface Device Service
One of the causes of Windows not receiving a mouse is a known error from the USB ports. In this case, you can use the Human Interface Device Service feature to check and fix errors. When this feature works, the computer error that does not recognize the mouse will be quickly fixed.
Step 1: Right-click the "Taskbar" bar located at the bottom of the screen. In the menu, select the "Task Manager" tab.
Step 2: In the new Task Manager window that appears, select the "Services" tab. In this part, click on the words "Open services text" at the bottom of the screen.
Step 3: Scroll down the screen and find the tab "Human Interface Device Service". If the feature setting is "Automatic" then the software is running normally. If not, reset the Automatic status for this tab.
Step 4: Right-click on the "Human Interface Device Service" tab and select "Restart".
Step 5: Check if the mouse on the computer is working normally or not. If you have used the "Human Interface Device Service" feature and the computer still has not received the mouse, try updating the Driver or checking the USB connection port.
Fix Windows not accepting USB mouse by starting Safe Mode
Starting Safe Mode is the best solution to fix Windows not receiving mouse. If you have tried other methods but failed, you should try turning on Safe Mode.
When Safe Mode is turned on, all applications, drivers, and computer features are disabled. Therefore, you can find the cause of the error of not receiving the mouse and have a timely solution.
Step 1: Press the "Windows + R" key combination on the computer to open the Run dialog box and type in the search box "msconfig" and press Enter.
Step 3: A new window called "System Confoguration" will appear on the screen. In this window, select the "Boot" tab and press the "Safe Boot" button and click "OK" button.
When Save Mode runs, all computer features will be stopped. Therefore, you can detect errors that do not recognize the mouse on the computer. If this error is caused by a mouse driver, uninstall the driver and restart it. Then, visit the Microsoft website to reinstall the new Driver.
If the above method does not work, please create a Windows 10 installer on usb to reinstall Windows, which will surely fix the situation.
Turn on and turn off the Mouse Driver on laptop
Driver may be the cause of the mouse not accepting error. In this case, you should restart the Driver to check if the Driver is faulty or not. If you are lucky, this can help you reconnect to the computer mouse normally without encountering a freeze. This method is also applicable to wireless mice.
Step 1: Right-click the My Computer icon on the laptop. In the menu that appears, select "Manage".
Right click and select "Manage"
Step 2: In the new window, select the "Device Manager" tab. select the tab "Mice and other pointing devices". At the bottom select the words "HID Complaint mouse". Right click here and select "Disable device".
You choose "Disable device"
Step 4: At this time, the computer mouse will be turned off. Use your tablet on your laptop to right-click on the words "HD Complaint mouse" and select "Enable device" to reopen the mouse.
Select "Enable device" again
Above are the easiest ways to fix Windows not receiving mouse. Win 10 is an incomplete version, so in the update often occurs conflicts between applications so often encounter error status. To avoid conflicts between applications, you should turn off update Windows 10 during use, to avoid encountering the worst possible scenario.
If you've done all these steps and the computer mouse is still not working, then the most likely is that your mouse is broken. In this case, you should consider buying a new mouse!
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SKF polymer products and components
SKF is very well known as a leading bearing manufacturer worldwide, with high competence in steel-based bearing products and polymer sealing devices. However, and in parallel, many different polymer products and components have been developed by SKF over the years. This article gives a first overview of SKF's competences in that field.
Polymer components for rolling bearings
SKF polymer cages excel in a number of characteristics, such as low weight, low noise level and good sliding properties coupled with low friction and minimal wear, high corrosion resistance and excellent emergency running properties, resulting in long service life. The possibility of designing complex cage geometries in combination with fast and high-volume one-step injection moulding manufacturing processes is an additional benefit for using polymer grades for rolling bearing cages.
For high-temperature applications and/or aggressive media requirements, SKF mainly selects the chemical-resistant fibre-reinforced polyetheretherketone (PEEK) polymer for cage production (fig. 1). PEEK cages are often used in applications such as screw compressors with ammonia as refrigerant or in sour gas applications, high-speed machine spindles, concrete vibrators, process pumps lubricated with hydrocarbons or liquefied gases or fire-safe hydraulic fluids, liquid-cooled car alternators, silent-running elevator gearboxes and many Formula 1 car-racing applications, including engine, gearbox, drivetrain and suspension linkages. Due to their strong performance in harsh environments, PEEK cage segments are also used for large SKF Nautilus bearings in wind energy applications (fig. 2).
SKF polymer cages for standard applications are mainly made from semi-crystalline polyamide (PA) material, reinforced with glass fibres to increase the mechanical strength and stiffness of the polymer matrix. These polyamide cages are used for standard applications in many different bearing types such as deep groove and angular contact ball bearings, cylindrical roller, needle roller and tapered roller bearings and also CARB toroidal roller bearings.
In railway applications, cages for SKF tapered roller bearing units (TBU) are made from super-tough polyamide to improve their shock-load resistance. In addition, to avoid fretting corrosion from separation of the TBU inner ring side face and axle backing ring due to axle bending, a polymer spacer with a special stiff and high creeping- and compression-resistant fibre-reinforced polyamide is used (fig. 3).
Full complement cylindrical roller bearings by definition have no cage. They have very high load-carrying capacity, but roller-to-roller contact can lead to slip, smearing and wear. A cost-effective solution to avoid this is to insert special SKF polymer spacers between the rollers (fig. 4). The results are reduced slip, higher speed limits and longer service life.
New SKF LBC D-series linear ball bearings have been developed to facilitate mounting and to obtain higher load ratings and extended life. The optimized polymer cage design contains a reduced number of components and has larger raceway slides, an optimized ball transmission zone and a larger grease reservoir (fig. 5). In combination, these properties lead to exceptionally high running smoothness with low friction and reduced noise levels. The new LBC D-series are particularly suitable for sensitive applications, e.g., medical engineering.
SKF polymer ball bearings are corrosion- and chemical-resistant, lightweight and quiet-running solutions with good damping properties (figs. 6a and 6b). Polypropylene (PP) or polyoxy-methylene (POM) are the standard materials used for the bearing rings, but other polymers are also possible on request. Balls can be made from polymer, stainless steel, glass or other materials. Cages are made from polyamide or polypropylene. Polymer ball bearings are self-lubricating with a low coefficient of friction and can run dry without additional lubricant, preferential in applications where lubricants cannot be used, e.g., for hygienic reasons. The high specific strength (strength-to-weight ratio) is also a valuable property of polymer bearings, especially in applications where weight is an important design consideration. Polymer ball bearings are typically used in applications where resistance to moisture or chemicals is essential and steel cannot be used or can be used only with certain restrictions.
Special SKF bearing units are used in a number of specific applications. SKF bearings can be overmoulded with polymers and combined with high-density and wear-resistant SKF metal powder gears in a one-step injection moulding process to create gear units, e.g., for twine tensioner units in hay press machines (fig. 7). Other SKF bearings are overmoulded with glass fibre-reinforced polypropylene (PP-GF) to create support hubs for top-loading washing machines (fig. 8). Cast polyamide is used to produce corrosion-resistant bearing housings (fig. 9).
Plain bearing polymer parts
Polymer compounds and composite materials play a key role in many SKF plain bearings. They contain polytetrafluoroethylene (PTFE) as a self-lubricating additive in a well-defined concentration and distribution, which results in low friction and wear behaviour of the composite sliding material.
SKF spherical plain bearings containing fibre-reinforced polymer material consisting of polyamide/PTFE/fibre sliding panels are either directly injection moulded or glued onto the inner surface of the steel bearing outer ring and slide against the steel inner ring (fig. 10). Especially when it comes to vibrations or medium shock loads, the excellent damping behaviour of these relatively thick compound panels pays off. In applications where dirt or moisture cannot be avoided, a certain embedding capability for small particles into the polymer matrix provides additional arguments for the use of the SKF fibre-reinforced polymer material.
SKF TX spherical plain bearings are fitted with a fabric liner sliding material that uses woven fabric of PTFE and reinforcement fibres embedded in a thermosetting three-dimensional chemical linked matrix resin (fig. 11). The TX fabric liner has a high stiffness and offers the lowest steady friction level throughout the entire service life. Furthermore, it offers excellent wear resistance and the highest load-carrying capability. SKF TX spherical plain bearings must not be lubricated and are maintenance-free.
SKF filament wound bushings contain PTFE and reinforcement fibres as sliding layer with glass-fibre backing embedded in a cured thermosetting resin matrix (fig. 12). These bushings have an excellent tribology behaviour even under harsh operating conditions. They are insensitive to edge pressure and misalignment, have a good ability to accommodate shock loads and have very good frictional properties, which opens up a wide field of possible maintenance-free applications.
SKF PTFE polyamide bushings (fig. 13) provide good heat-conducting characteristics due to the small wall thickness, enabling high sliding velocities at medium pressures. They have an adequate load-carrying capacity and a good wear performance and are very cost-effective.
Composite bushings, washers and strips are made from a steel backing with a porous bronze interlayer and a polyoxymethylene (POM) or PTFE+MoS2 compound top layer (fig. 14).
Polymer parts for the automotive market
SKF automotive polymer parts often combine some outstanding polymer properties such as low weight, good damping and corrosion resistance, together with the high strength and stiffness of steel.
A typical example are bearings that are mounted and overmoulded with high-temperature-resistant polymers. This is done in a one-step process by injection moulding into sheet metal housings to produce lightweight and stiff bearing units, e.g., for centrifuges to clean hot and oily blow-by gases blown from crank housings (fig. 15).
SKF power transmission polymer products such as high-performance fibre-reinforced polyurethane belts can be installed in many different applications; SKF bearings are overmoulded with polymers to produce lightweight and wear-resistant pulleys, e.g., for engine drive applications (fig. 16).
Thrust washers made from polyamide that incorporate small grease pockets to reduce friction and wear are used for universal joint bearings in truck drive shafts (fig. 17).
SKF also offers robust MacPherson Suspension Bearing Units (MSBU) with a polymer housing, integrated metallic spring seat for low deformation and optimized high sealing performance. SKF MSBU can withstand severe operating conditions and contribute to extending the operating life of the suspension (fig. 18).
Steering applications such as vibration absorber rings made from soft thermoplastic elastomers mounted onto bearing outer rings (fig. 19) or housings for steering units made from polyamide (fig. 20) are further examples of useful polymer parts in the field of SKF automotive applications.
Aerospace polymer parts
At SKF Aerospace, special polymeric composite materials based on fibre-reinforced thermosetting resins are used to produce low-weight and high-strength composite rods for wing boxes, floor beam struts and flight control rods (fig. 21).
Aerospace spherical plain bearings, including maintenance-free and self-lubricating polymer composite liners, are used for helicopter rotor systems, landing gear, pylon-to-wing attachments, engine-to-pylon attachments, flight control actuation and engine accessories attachments (fig. 22).
Precision elastomeric devices (PED) such as elast


text: The efficient stimulated Raman scattering conversion in a diode-pumped actively Q-switched Nd:YAG laser was achieved with an undoped YVO4 crystal as a Raman shifter. With an incident pump power of 16.2 W, 1176-nm first Stokes average output power of 2.97 W was generated at a pulse repetition rate of 50 kHz. The maximum pulse energy is higher than 83 μJ at both 20 kHz and 30 kHz. With mode-locked modulation, the effective pulse width far above threshold is usually below 5 ns. With an incident pump power of 7.62 W, the peak-power of 43.5 kW was demonstrated at 20 kHz.


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The Prirazlomnaya oil-producing platform owned by Gazprom Neft company is currently the first Russian hydrocarbon production project on the Arctic shelf. Since it was designed for the Arctic region, the platform can be used in extreme weather conditions and withstand maximum ice loads, which makes it a unique and technically complex project.
The first loading of oil from the platform to an arctic tanker was carried out in April 2014, while by 2021 the platform operator is planning to increase the rate of oil production up to five million tons. However, gained experience revealed that a marine transport system for oil export and delivery of supply cargoes to and from the platform should be improved. Taking into account the variability of the Arctic sea meteorological and ice conditions, it was necessary to increase the effectiveness, survivability, and safety of the maritime transport system.
To meet this challenge, in 2016, the experts from Krylov State Research Centre studied a transport system for the Prirazlomnaya platform, for the period up to the year 2038, using a detailed simulation model developed in the AnyLogic environment.
The marine transport system includes the platform itself, two shuttle tankers, and several offshore supply vessels. Despite the apparent simplicity, the transport system is quite specific due to several important features:
- Each of the four platform's cargo terminals has its operational limitations due to meteorological and ice conditions characterized by high variability.
- Since oil is loaded to shuttle tankers directly from the platform, together with the processing of supply cargoes, vessels of different types have to compete with each other for weather windows of terminals.
- Сargo flows of oil and supplies vary significantly both in their quantity and structure.
- The capacity of oil tanks and supply storages on the platform is limited, which is why just-in-time organization of supply and oil export processes is needed, without creating dead stocks of cargoes.
By using agent-based and discrete event modeling in the AnyLogic environment, Krylov Centre experts created a simulation model of the transport system. The model allowed them to consider all of the important technical characteristics, along with physical and logistic processes of the real system. The vessel operations between the Prirazlomnaya platform and the Murmansk port were modeled in the GIS environment, taking into account natural conditions on the route.
Several interacting computational processes were represented as separate simulation algorithms in the general simulation model:
- Cargo transportation, i.e. vessel operation according to the voyage plan.
- Generation of weather conditions and determination of cargo terminals' accessibility.
- Modeling of dynamics of filling and discharging of platform storages.
- Modeling of ship operations near the platform.
- Auxiliary stochastic processes and events, such as the addition and removal of vessels from operation, the arrival of a helicopter, etc.
To describe simultaneous accessibility of the four cargo terminals while considering their limitations, the experts created the stochastic generator of natural conditions at the area of platform location. The generator enabled them to model a time series of 15 environmental parameters, such as speed and direction of wind and current, height of waves, cloudiness, air temperature, visibility, and others, taking into account the interrelation of different parameters. For example, wind and current have an impact on speed and direction of an ice drift.
The model also described the complicated logic of multiple ship approaches to the platform, that are affected by varied weather conditions. The experts added to the model the ability to conduct consecutive operations of various types of supply cargoes, as well as unscheduled interruption of operations due to weather window termination, transition of the vessel to another terminal, or departure of the vessel beyond the three-mile border zone of the platform. Also, the model included an algorithm for a local decrease of oil production in case of a risk of a full filling of oil storage.
The following data served as input parameters: planned cargo flows of crude oil and supplies for the period until 2038, tactical voyage plan of vessel operations generated using the optimization algorithm, and average duration of ship operations.
The Krylov Centre experts analyzed eleven improving measures to increase the efficiency of the marine transport system of the platform. The list of measures included: putting into operation an additional shuttle tanker, increasing the speed of oil offloading, using an additional icebreaker, and other methods. The practical aim of the analysis was to increase the efficiency of the transport system in terms of the ratio of the cost and the achieved reduction in volumes of underproduced oil.
The volume of underproduced oil for the period from 2016 to 2038 served as the main efficiency criterion. This volume was calculated based on the number and duration of cases of reduction in volumes of oil production, which occur when storages are fully loaded and tankers cannot offload oil fast enough.
The obtained data helped the experts discover that the construction of a terminal or an additional oil storage shows an absolute effect, i.e. the absence of underproduced oil. However, the practical implementation of these measures proved to be costly and technologically complicated, which is why they were excluded from further consideration.
The simulation modeling allowed the experts to reveal that the expansion of accessibility of oil terminals has the highest positive effect on system efficiency of all the other measures. This can be achieved by implementing a range of technical measures, and by using the short weather windows for tanker cargo operations that allows for increasing the total duration of weather windows by 10-15%. However, the crucial point for system efficiency was not the total duration of accessibility periods, but the availability of a tanker to approach the platform at a desired moment of time.
The model enabled the experts to discover that putting an additional shuttle tanker into operation has no significant impact on system efficiency, because the bottleneck of the system is oil offloading under weather change, not the shortage of tankers.
The results of the study collected with the AnyLogic model helped the experts determine technical and operational characteristics for each improving measure and evaluate statistical distribution laws of all key parameters. The obtained data formed a basis for making managerial decisions at the top level of the Gazprom Neft Shelf Company.
Another project carried out by Krylov Centre experts for Gazprom Neft, with the help of simulation modeling, was the design of a maritime oil transportation system for the harsh ice environment.
Based on journal materials: «Arktika. Ekonomika I Ekologiya», 3 (27) 2017 (in Russian).


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Archived:Calculating text width in Qt
This code snippets shows how to use the QFont and QFontMetrics classes to draw a string into the center of the screen and to get the string height and width in pixels.
Note: In order to use this code, you need to have Qt for Symbian installed on your platform.
- Install latest Qt for Symbian see Qt for Symbian - Installation packages
- Check this link for installation guide: How to install the package.
- Go through this article: Getting started with Qt for Symbian
- This source code centers the text and sets the text colour.
// Create font
// Set current font
// Set font color
// Get QFontMetrics reference
QFontMetrics fm = painter.fontMetrics();
QString text = "helloworld";
// Calculate text center position into the screen using QFontMetrics class
QPoint center = QPoint( ( width()-fm.width(text))/2,
( height() - fm.height())/2 );
// QFontMetrics::width() gives calculated text width with current QFont in QPainter
// QFontMetrics::height() gives text height
The text is centered on the screen.
The code example can be found at File:HelloworldNew.zip


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Prostitution in France the exchange of sexual acts for money was legal until April, but several surrounding activities were illegal, like operating a brothel, living off the avails pimping, and paying for sex with someone under the age of 18 the age of consent for sex is In the Napoleonic era, France became the model for the regulatory approach to prostitution.
In the 20th century, however, a policy shift became apparent. Brothels became illegal in, and France signed the Convention for the Suppression of the Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others in France thus became a major supporter of the international abolitionist movement for the eradication of prostitution see Abolitionism in France.
Prostitutes were not marginalized, but integrated into society where they had a role to play. In stories which were often ribald, prostitutes would be complicit with other women in avenging men. The great Cathedral of Chartres had a window endowed by prostitutes The Prodigal Son in the same way as other windows were endowed by various other trade guilds The Trade Windows.
During the Middle Ages, the various authorities, civil or noble, oversaw prostitution as an institution. Charlemagne AD was amongst those rulers who attempted to suppress prostitution, declaring flogging lashes as a punishment in his capitularies. This was primarily aimed at the common man, since harems and concubines were common amongst the ruling classes.
Some idea of the seriousness with which the state regarded the offense is provided by the fact that lashes was the severest sentence prescribed by the Code Alaric.


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I need some advice about a problem that happened in a SMT LED:
The failure symphoms of this SMT LEDs is that the LED body itself seemed to be functional, but when soldering on the products, it showed good wetting and soldering, LEDs are bright and light up as normal. However, after 48 hours of storage, some of the LEDs did not light up in the products, some of them became very dim or blinking when used. When we checked these problematic LEDs by multimeter, they were still bright as good LEDs.
we had done some experiment and examination and reaching a conclusion that the poor SMT surface was cause by Gold plating contaminated, and Nickel exposed to the plating surface.
My question is 1. whether this is named Pososity. 2. What lead to such contamination. 3. How it will affect the finished products after soldering 4. Can such contamination be cleaned? 5. If it can be cleaned, what chemical shall be used.


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Earthquake Glossary - turbidites
Turbidites are sea-bottom deposits formed by massive slope failures where rivers have deposited large deltas. These slopes fail in response to earthquake shaking or excessive sedimentation load. The temporal correlation of turbidite occurrence for some deltas of the Pacific Northwest suggests that these deposits have been formed by earthquakes.
Turbidites (interbedded with mudstones/siltstones) from the Ross Sandstone Formation Turbidite system of Namurian age in County Clare, Western Ireland. The sandstone beds were formed in a deep basin by turbidites coming from a delta area.


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DAFT: Decoupled Acyclic Fault Tolerance
Higher transistor counts, lower voltage levels, and reduced noise margin increase the susceptibility of multicore processors to transient faults. Redundant hardware modules can detect such errors, but software transient fault detection techniques are more appealing for their low cost and flexibility. Recent software proposals double register pressure or memory usage, or are too slow in the absence of hardware extensions, preventing widespread acceptance. This paper presents DAFT, a fast, safe, and memory efficient transient fault detection framework for commodity multicore systems. DAFT replicates computation across multiple cores and schedules fault detection off the critical path.


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Our 8 oz. Natural (HDPE) Plastic Spray Bottle is ideal for many uses. Great for household and industrial-strength cleaners, air and fabric fresheners, just plain water and much more. This Natural color bottle comes with a well-constructed Red/White trigger sprayer.
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- Container withstands autoclaving - sterilizing by achieved through high-pressure saturated steam and heat.
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- Case Packed in a convenient re-shipper carton with carboard dividers, reducing damage and ideal for reuse.
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The Long Shadow of Port Infrastructure in Germany – Cause or Consequence of Regional Prosperity?
AbstractTransport infrastructure is viewed as an important determinant of regional growth and development. While this prediction especially holds from a theoretical perspective based on endogenous growth theories, from an empirical perspective it is not easy to verify this causal link, though. The main reason for this diffi culty is that it is hard to measure whether transport infrastructure is indeed the exogenous driver of regional development or whether it is rather an endogenous reflection of the higher transportation demand in prospering regions. In this paper, we analyse the long-run effect of port facilities on regional income levels in Germany. Since it is very likely that the "reversed causality" problem applies to our sample setting, we use an identification strategy that is based on exogenous longrun instruments. In particular, port facilities built before the industrial revolution (about 1850 in Germany) can be seen as an adequate instrument for current port infrastructure since they are exogenous to recent economic development. Using German regional data for 1991–2008, our results hint at a positive correlation between port locations and regional per capita GDP, but do not provide evidence for a causal relationship. For the regional variation of population levels as a more general indicator for agglomeration effects, the causal relationship running from port infrastructure provision to increasing population levels holds nonetheless.
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text: This paper presents a coupled experimental/numerical procedure to evaluate triaxiality fields. Such a type of analysis is applied to a tensile test on a thin notched sample made of Ti 6-4 alloy. The experimental data consist of digital images and corresponding load levels, and a commercial code (abaqus) is used in an integrated approach to digital image correlation (DIC). With the proposed procedure, samples with complex shapes can be analyzed independently without having to resort to other tests to calibrate the material parameters of a given constitutive law to evaluate triaxilities. The regularization involved in the integrated DIC (I-DIC) procedure allows the user to deal with experimental imperfections such as cracking of the paint and/or poor quality of the speckle pattern. For the studied material, different hardening postulates are tested up to a level of equivalent plastic strain about three times higher than those achievable in a tensile test on smooth samples. Different finite element (FE) discretizations and model hypotheses (i.e., 2D plane stress and 3D simulations) are compared.


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Mining Programs at Ontario Colleges
What to expect from a Mining Career
The mining industry is always looking for skilled professionals. Whether it's filling specialized roles in geological management or heading into the mines, there are plenty of career opportunities available. Mining programs at Ontario colleges prepare students with both mining techniques and widespread knowledge of geology and earth resources, so they can enter the mining career of their choice.
If you're interested in starting an in-demand career in the mining and geology industry, here's what you need to know. More
There are a few types of mining programs available, each with different focuses or different levels of training. These include:
- Mining Techniques. Mining techniques programs are introductory one-year certificate programs that prepare students for entry-level work in the mining industry or for continued mining education. Students learn basic geology, surveying and drafting skills along with a variety of mining methods that will prepare them for both underground and office work in core sampling, mapping, prospecting and more.
- Mining Engineering Technician / Technology. Mining engineering technician and technology programs are more advanced than the techniques programs. Both technician and technologist programs give students a broader and deeper understanding of geology and resources and may offer training on a larger variety of mining equipment. Mining-related skills, such as drilling and blasting, may also be introduced. Technician programs are typically two-year diploma programs while technology programs (offering the most comprehensive training) are generally three-year advanced diploma programs.
Some mining-related programs have specific focuses, like earth sciences and natural resources. These programs have a geotechnical focus and are made up of courses including (but not limited to) mineral studies, geophysics, soil studies and other earth science topics. Students learn to operate geological equipment that can be used in some mining and geological industry practices, such as geotechnical and environmental assessment.
General Mining Program Requirements
Ontario college mining programs typically require an Ontario Secondary School Diploma (OSSD) or equivalent. Academic requirements will vary depending on the program, but generally include senior math and chemistry or physics courses. A grade 12 English credit is often required for technician and technology programs.
Mining Jobs and Salaries
Depending on your chosen program, jobs in the mining industry range from entry-level to more advanced positions, and will include roles such as:
- Mine Manager or Production Supervisor
- Underground Mining Worker
- Surveyor, Project Manager / Engineer
- Geologist Assistant
- Mining Administration
The average starting salary for graduates of mining programs at Ontario colleges is $36,000 a year, with the potential to earn much more. Experienced mine managers and mine workers typically have salaries between $60,000 and $90,000 a year, or even higher depending on the location and type of mining.
Ontario Colleges Offering Mining Programs
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