text:
2D games using Silverlight - Collision detection implementation
This article shows how to implement collision detection in a Microsoft Silverlight game application. This is the second article in a series which will show how to create a complete working game (a clone of the classic Arkanoid game).
The first article in this series 2D games using Silverlight - implementing the game loop introduced the possibility of writing 2D games using Silverlight, an approach that has benefits when targeting all of the platforms: Windows Phone 7, Windows Phone 8 and Windows 8 and Internet browsers. The original article covered the creation of the game skeleton for a simple Arkanoid clone called JailBreaker, and included the games loop and the game controllable loop.
This article extends the game skeleton by adding collision detection.
Collision detection implementation strategy
There are numerous strategies and algorithms for collision detection: broad detection phase, narrow detection phase, how to use dot production to estimate distance, etc. However it does not make sense to re-invent the wheel: for more complicated games there are open source physics engines, and for simple games like this there are often platform APIs that can be used to help with collision detection. For this example we use the collision detection functionality built into the platform, along with a good understanding of the simple collision detection required for this game.
Considering the game environment:
- There are few components with complex non-predictable movement - essentially just the club and ball. All other elements either stand still or fall in predictable manner - they do not collide. As a result we only need to consider a single object, the ball, for determining whether a collision has occurred.
- We only need to consider collisions in three directions along the active object movement: forward, forward diagonal up, forward diagonal down. This limitation allows us to minimize number of tests required
Collision detection in the platform:
- There is a helper class VisualTreeHelper in the platform that allows hit test on the component tree (all visible components in Silverlight application form a component tree hierarchy)
- There is a support for object animation based on StoryBoard that is suitable for steady moving objects
- the game movement is based on screen refresh rate, which is not constant across devices. To make object speed the same on different devices/conditions we need to measure the refresh rate before calculation the object next position
- During object movement, the object perception will be conducted on the next the object position because we are going to make the calculations in a hook to the screen refresh loop.
New module in the project PhysicalBody
The new class PhysicalBody is attached to a UI element statically created in XAML. It handles the element:
- position update
- object collision assessment
- checking the class container extends to keep the element position inside the container
Also it accepts gameOver and hitScores() method delegates from the class container
The position update is a simple increment of the current position based on the current body speed. Note that the body speed defines the body direction according to the coordinate system: positive value is from left to right by X axis, and from top to bottom in Y axis and negative value is in the opposite direction.
Object collision assessment
This is the crucial part of the article. The collision detection is implemented in one function and follows the strategy we have declared above in the preceding sections.
Let us examine the code:
private void assessCollision()
// get bounding box and offset the box in movement direction on one step
Canvas canvas = (Canvas)body.Parent;
// (1) for converting screen-to-control coordinates
var transform = canvas.TransformToVisual(Application.Current.RootVisual); // for converting screen-to-control coordinates
var origin = transform.Transform(new Point(Canvas.GetLeft(body) + velocityX, Canvas.GetTop(body) + velocityY));
var boundingBox = new Rect(origin, new Size(body.ActualWidth, body.ActualHeight));
// (2) check whether there are element exist on the body's way
// in three directions : forward, forward-diagonal-up and forward-diagonal-down
// (3) use VisualTreeHelper helper class to walk through elements hierarchy tree
// (4) filter out all objects except Shapes
if (isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.Right, boundingBox.Bottom), (Canvas)body.Parent)) ||
isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.Right, boundingBox.Y), (Canvas)body.Parent)) ||
isCollided(VisualTreeHelper.FindElementsInHostCoordinates(new Point(boundingBox.X, boundingBox.Bottom), (Canvas)body.Parent)))
for more details please check the source code
Given approach shows how easy to implement collision detection in Silverlight game project if use only the platform means. Working example is available in source code that can be build and run on Windows Phone 7.X device. Also since Windows platform does not allow side-loading installation binaries, just for reference the same code has been deployed to a web site and can run embedded into a browser.


Nom Photos
by Hot
Members of the National Puzzlers' League have puzzle pseudonyms, aka "noms". The NPL Web site features a page of nom photos.
Here are instructions on how to post nom photos, should you be moved to do it yourself. You will need to log into the wiki, which requires a password, which you can get from treasurer(at)puzzlers(dot)org.
Before you start, you should reduce the size of the photo file you're uploading, so as to avoid overloading the server. So as to fit on the page, the width of the photo will be set to 320 pixels (landscape) or 240 pixels (portrait). Anything bigger is a waste.
 1. Go to the nom photos page. Click on Edit this Page.
 2. Click on the image icon, above the editing field. (The icon is directly to the left of the smiley face.) A new window opens.
 3. On the navigation pane on the left of the new window, expand krewe, by clicking on the + sign to its left. Then click on noms. That will get you to the right place. If you succeeded, the words :krewe:noms should appear at the top of the window.
 4. Click on Choose File. Find and select the image file in your computer. Enter "nom.jpg" for Upload as. (Use the actual nom -- no quotation marks. Make it all lower-case. If that filename already exists, make it "nom-2.jpg, or something else to distinguish it.)
 5. Click Upload. The image should appear in its alphabetical order position on the list below.
 6. The first line should start with ||, end with ||, and have a || near the middle. (This tells the wiki to have two cells in a table, with the || indicating the vertical lines.) If the right-hand cell does not have an image in it, skip to step 8 to put your own image in it.
 7. If the first line's right hand cell already has an image in it, copy the first line, and paste it at the very top of the page, making this the new first line.
 8. Add the nom references, or change the nom references in the pasted line to the nom in the photo you're uploading -- each nom appears twice. The first mention needs to match exactly the name of the image file you have uploaded, presumably "nom.jpg" or something close. Also enter the location where the photo was taken (if you know it), following the pattern of other photos where the location was indicated. Use 320 for landscape, 240 for portrait.
 9. Go back to the edit window, and click Save. Hopefully, the image is there!
If doing this is too much of a hassle, or if you need help, e-mail me. But really, it's easier than it seems, especially if you compare with solving an Uc rebus.


text: This article presents silhouette–attraction (Sil–Att), a simple and effective method for text clustering, which is based on two main concepts: the silhouette coefficient and the idea of attraction. The combination of both principles allows us to obtain a general technique that can be used either as a boosting method, which improves results of other clustering algorithms, or as an independent clustering algorithm. The experimental work shows that Sil–Att is able to obtain high-quality results on text corpora with very different characteristics. Furthermore, its stable performance on all the considered corpora is indicative that it is a very robust method. This is a very interesting positive aspect of Sil–Att with respect to the other algorithms used in the experiments, whose performances heavily depend on specific characteristics of the corpora being considered.

source: openbmb/Ultra-FineWeb


text: This paper describes economic developments in Mongolia during the 1990s. Real GDP growth accelerated to 6 percent in 1995, the second year of positive growth since the transition to a market economy commenced. The main impetus to growth was again provided by the strong performance of agriculture, industry, mining, and construction. There was a record increase in livestock population, mainly in the more valuable cashmere goats. The number of new private industrial enterprises continued to grow, while ownership and management changes at some large state-owned enterprises helped stem the decline of output in that sector.


text:
THE narrative was, perhaps, just a little too good to be true. When news broke last month of the so-called "Buddha from space" — a swastika-emblazoned statue, apparently 1,000 years old, that had been carved out of a meteorite and looted by a Nazi ethnologist — the world was enthralled.
There were only, it turns out, a few slight catches. According to two experts who have since given their verdict on the mysterious Iron Man, it may have been a European counterfeit; it was probably made at some point in the 20th century; and it may well not have been looted by the Nazis. The bit about the meteorite, though, still stands.
According to Buddhism specialist Achim Bayer, the statue bears 13 features which are easily identifiable by experts as "pseudo-Tibetan" — and which sit uneasily with speculation by researchers last month that it was probably made in the 11th-century pre-Buddhist Bon culture.
These include the 24cm-high statue's shoes, trousers and hand positioning, as well as the fact that the Buddha has a full beard rather than the "rather thin" facial hair usually given to a deity in Tibetan and Mongolian art. In his report, Bayer says he believes the statue to be a European counterfeit made some time between 1910 and 1970.
"Up to date, no acknowledged authority in the field of Tibetan or Mongolian art has publicly deemed the statue authentic…," writes the University of Seoul academic.
The statue's Asian provenance is not the only aspect of the story to have been questioned. In September, the man leading a team of German and Austrian researchers, University of Stuttgart geologist Elmar Buchner, said its previous owner had claimed it had been brought to Europe in the late 1930s by Ernst Schafer, a Nazi ethnologist who led an SS expedition to Tibet.
But German historian Isrun Engelhardt, who has studied Schafer's trip to Tibet in depth, has cast doubt on this suggestion, questioning the statue's absence on the long list of items brought back. "There is an extremely precise list of the purchased objects, including date, place and value," she told Spiegel.
Buchner says he had no reason to doubt the account of the previous owner, and stresses that his team was only looking into what the statue was made of — a rare form of iron with a high content of nickel — not where it had come from. While they felt able to say the material most likely came from the Chinga meteorite, which crashed to earth 15,000 years ago, the researchers admitted that "the ethnological and art historical details — as well as the time of sculpturing, currently remain speculative".
Moreover, Buchner's statements about the origins were qualified. He told the journal Meteoritics and Planetary Science: "If we are right that it was made in the Bon culture in the 11th century, it is absolutely priceless and absolutely unique worldwide."
— The Guardian, London

source: HuggingFaceFW/fineweb-edu


text:
The flash provides a way to pass temporary objects between actions. Anything you place in the flash will be exposed to the very next action and then cleared out. This is a great way of doing notices and alerts, such as a create action that sets flash[:notice] = "Post successfully created" before redirecting to a display action that can then expose the flash to its template. Actually, that exposure is automatically done. Example:
class PostsController < ActionController::Base def create # save post flash[:notice] = "Post successfully created" redirect_to posts_path(_USER_) end def show # doesn't need to assign the flash notice to the template, that's done automatically end end show.html.erb <% if flash[:notice] %> <%= flash[:notice] %> <% end %>
Since the notice and alert keys are a common idiom, convenience accessors are available:
flash.alert = "You must be logged in" flash.notice = "Post successfully created"
This example just places a string in the flash, but you can put any object in there. And of course, you can put as many as you like at a time too. Just remember: They'll be gone by the time the next action has been performed.
See docs on the FlashHash class for more details about the flash.


text:
San Luis Valley Colorado Heritage
The towns in the San Luis Valley are among the oldest settlements in Colorado, and, with just 47,000 residents, the valley's vast landscape has changed little since the early days of settlement. The art, architecture, religion, tradition and folklore of American Indians, early Spanish colonists, Mexican settlers and miners of the Southwest permeate the region. Historic agricultural practices, such as irrigation by acequias (ditches bringing surface water from rivers) are still in use. Traditional, spiritual and religious practices and festivals co-exist with the largest interfaith ecumenical community in North America.


text: Alkali-aggregate reactivity (AAR) is one of the major causes of damage in concrete. Potential susceptibility of aggregates to this reaction can be determined using several methods. This study compares gravel alkali reactivity results obtained from different tests conducted on coarse aggregates with complex petrography. The potential for the reactivity in the aggregates was revealed in the chemical test using treatment with sodium hydroxide. Optical microscopy, scanning electron microscopy and X-ray diffraction were used to identify the reactive constituents. The expansion measured in the mortar bars test confirmed that the aggregate was potentially capable of alkali silica reactivity with consequent deleterious effect on concrete.


text:
NORFOLK (AP) -- The Navy has finished construction on the largest solar energy project in Virginia.
The Virginian-Pilot reports the 10-acre solar farm just outside of Naval Station Norfolk contains more than 8,600 panels.
Michelle Perry, project manager for Naval Facilities Engineering Command, says the panels can generate up to 2.1 megawatts of electricity, which is enough to power about 200 homes. That's about 2 percent of the electricity required to run Naval Station Norfolk, the world's largest naval base.
Although construction was completed in November, the photovoltaic panels are not yet connected to the electricity grid that feeds the base. Perry says that connection is expected by Christmas.
Information from: The Virginian-Pilot, _URL_


TY - JOUR T1 - Do family physicians know the costs of medical care? Survey in British Columbia. JF - Canadian Family Physician JO - Can Fam Physician SP - 263 LP - 270 VL - 50 IS - 2 AU - Allan, G Michael AU - Innes, Grant D Y1 - 2004/02/01 UR - _URL_ N2 - OBJECTIVE To determine the cost of 46 commonly used investigations and therapies and to assess British Columbia family doctors' awareness of these costs. DESIGN Mailed survey asking about costs of 23 investigations and 23 therapies relevant to family practice. A random sample of 600 doctors was asked to report their awareness of costs and to estimate costs of the 46 items. SETTING British Columbia. PARTICIPANTS Six hundred family physicians. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES Estimates within 25% of actual cost were considered correct. Associations between cost awareness and respondents'characteristics (eg, sex, practice location) were sought. Degree of error in estimates was also assessed. RESULTS Overall, 283 (47.2%) surveys were returned and 259 analyzed. Few respondents estimated costs within 25% of true cost, and estimates were highly variable. Physicians underestimated costs of expensive drugs and laboratory investigations and overestimated costs of inexpensive drugs. Cost awareness did not correlate with sex, practice location, College certification, faculty appointment, or years in practice. CONCLUSION Family doctors in British Columbia have little awareness of the costs of medical care. ER -


text:
The multi-agent resource allocation problem corresponds to the negotiation of m resources among n autonomous agents, in order to maximize a social welfare function. Contrary to some former studies, the purpose is neither here to simply determine a socially optimal resource allocation nor to prove the existence of a transaction sequence leading to this optimum, but to find a practical transaction sequence among agents, for any type of contact networks. With this intention, we study various agent behaviors in order to identify which one leads the most often to an optimal resource allocation. The allocation that is reached, can be viewed as an emergent phenomenon that comes out from local interactions among the agents.
After a study of different transaction types, we show that, among the set of studied transactions, the so called "social gift" transaction, is the most efficient one for solving the resource allocation problem associated with the utilitarian social welfare.
Paru en juin 2008, 20 pages


9 Additional Configuration Steps For Using Nonintegrated Replicat
This chapter contains instructions that are specific only to Replicat when operating in nonintegrated mode. When Replicat operates in nonintegrated mode, triggers, cascade constraints, and unique identifiers must be properly configured in an Oracle GoldenGate environment.
This chapter is a supplement to the basic configuration requirements that are documented in Configuring Oracle GoldenGate Apply.
9.1 Disabling Triggers and Referential Cascade Constraints on Target Tables
Triggers and cascade constraints must be disabled on Oracle target tables when Replicat is in nonintegrated mode.
Oracle GoldenGate provides some options to handle triggers or cascade constraints automatically, depending on the Oracle version:
 - For Oracle and later 11gR2 versions, Replicat automatically disables the work performed by triggers during its session. It does not disable a trigger, but instead prevents the trigger body from executing. The WHEN portion of the trigger must still compile and execute correctly to avoid database errors. To enable triggers to fire, or to disable them manually, use the NOSUPPRESSTRIGGERS option of DBOPTIONS and place the statement after the USERIDALIAS parameter. To allow a specific trigger to fire, you can use the following database procedure, where trigger_owner is the owner of the trigger and trigger_name is the name of the trigger. Once the procedure is called with FALSE for a particular trigger, it remains set until the procedure is called with TRUE.
 - dbms_ddl.set_trigger_firing_property(trigger_owner "trigger_name", FALSE)
 - For Oracle and later 11gR2 versions, you can use the DBOPTIONS parameter with the DEFERREFCONST option to delay the checking and enforcement of cascade update and cascade delete constraints until the Replicat transaction commits.
 - For other Oracle versions, you must disable triggers and integrity constraints or alter them manually to ignore the Replicat database user.
Constraints must be disabled in nonintegrated Replicat mode because Oracle GoldenGate replicates DML that results from the firing of a trigger or a cascade constraint. If the same trigger or constraint gets activated on the target table, it becomes redundant because of the replicated version, and the database returns an error. Consider the following example, where the source tables are emp_src and salary_src and the target tables are emp_targ and salary_targ.
 1. A delete is issued for emp_src.
 2. It cascades a delete to salary_src.
 3. Oracle GoldenGate sends both deletes to the target.
 4. The parent delete arrives first and is applied to emp_targ.
 5. The parent delete cascades a delete to salary_targ.
 6. The cascaded delete from salary_src is applied to salary_targ.
 7. The row cannot be located because it was already deleted in step 5.
9.2 Deferring Constraint Checking on Target Tables
When Replicat is in nonintegrated mode, you may need to defer constraint checking on the target.
Perform the following steps to defer the constraints:
 1. If constraints are DEFERRABLE on the source, the constraints on the target must also be DEFERRABLE. You can use one of the following parameter statements to defer constraint checking until a Replicat transaction commits:
 - Use SQLEXEC at the root level of the Replicat parameter file to defer the constraints for an entire Replicat session.
 SQLEXEC ("alter session set constraint deferred")
 - Use the Replicat parameter DBOPTIONS with the DEFERREFCONST option to delay constraint checking for each Replicat transaction.
 2. You might need to configure Replicat to overcome integrity errors caused by transient primary-key duplicates. Transient primary-key duplicates are duplicates that occur temporarily during the execution of a transaction, but are resolved by transaction commit time. This kind of operation typically uses a SET x = x+n formula or some other manipulation that shifts values so that a new value equals an existing one.
 The following illustrates a sequence of value changes that can cause a transient primary-key duplicate if constraints are not deferred. The example assumes the primary key column is CODE and the current key values (before the updates) are 1, 2, and 3.
 update item set code = 2 where code = 1;
 update item set code = 3 where code = 2;
 update item set code = 4 where code = 3;
In this example, when Replicat applies the first update to the target, there is an ORA-00001 (unique constraint) error because the key value of 2 already exists in the table. The Replicat transaction returns constraint violation errors. By default, Replicat does not handle these violations and abends.
9.2.1 Handling Transient Primary-key Duplicates in Versions Earlier than
To handle transient primary-key duplicates in versions earlier than, use the Replicat parameter HANDLETPKUPDATE. In this configuration, a nonintegrated Replicat handles transient primary-key updates by temporarily deferring constraints. To support this functionality, you must create or alter the constraints as DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE on the target tables. If the constraints are not DEFERRABLE, Replicat handles the errors according to rules that are specified with the HANDLECOLLISIONS and REPERROR parameters, if they exist, or else it abends.
9.2.2 Handling Transient Primary-key Duplicates in Version or Later
For versions later than, a nonintegrated Replicat by default tries to resolve transient primary-key duplicates automatically by using a workspace in Oracle Workspace Manager. In this configuration, Replicat can defer the constraint checking until commit time without requiring the constraints to be explicitly defined as deferrable.
The requirements for automatic handling of transient primary-key duplicates are:
 - Grant the Replicat database user access to the following Oracle function:
 - The target tables cannot have deferrable constraints; otherwise Replicat returns an error and abends.
To handle tables with deferrable constraints, make certain the constraints are DEFERRABLE INITIALLY IMMEDIATE, and use the HANDLETPKUPDATE parameter in the MAP statement that maps that table. The HANDLETPKUPDATE parameter overrides the default of handling the duplicates automatically.The use of a workspace affects the following Oracle GoldenGate error handling parameters:
When Replicat enables a workspace in Oracle Workspace Manager, it ignores the error handling that is specified by Oracle GoldenGate parameters such as HANDLECOLLISIONS and REPERROR. Instead, Replicat aborts its grouped transaction (if BATCHSQL is enabled), and then retries the update in normal mode by using the active workspace. If ORA-00001 occurs again, Replicat rolls back the transaction and then retries the transaction with error-handling rules in effect again.
If Replicat encounters ORA-00001 for a non-update record, the error-handling parameters such as HANDLECOLLISIONS and REPERROR handle it.
A workspace cannot be used if the operation that contains a transient primary-key duplicate also has updates to any out-of-line columns, such as LOB and XMLType. Therefore, these cases are not supported, and any such cases can result in undetected data corruption on the target. An example of this is:
update T set PK = PK + 1, C_LOB = 'ABC';


Street fair
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Jump to: navigation, search
A New York City street fair.
A street fair is a fair that celebrates the character of a neighborhood. As its name suggests, it is usually held on the main street of a neighborhood.
The principal component of street fairs are booths used to sell goods (particularly food) or convey information; sometimes they have carnival rides and parades, as well. Many have live music and dance demonstrations.[1]
They are usually no more than a few blocks long, although some fairs, such as the 9th Avenue International Food Festival in New York City and the Solano Stroll in Northern California extend more than a mile. A fair only one block long is commonly called a block party.
A street fair in the historically seafaring neighborhood of Ballard, Seattle, Washington
Street fairs vary greatly in character, even within one city. Annual street fairs in Seattle, for example, include the University District Street Fair, featuring the work of numerous craftspeople, and requiring that the person who actually made the goods that are for sale must be present in their own booth; the Fremont Fair features crafts from around the world, as well as the Summer Solstice Parade and Pageant, famed for its painted naked cyclists. In the same city the Capitol Hill Block Party fences off several blocks, charges admission, and features many of the city's best known rock bands while the Chinatown-International District Summer Fair has a distinctly Asian-American and Pacific Islander flavor, with taiko drummers, martial arts demonstrations, and Hawaiian dance.
In Belgium, street fairs are known as braderies, which translates to roasting; a reference to the frequent roasting of meat at these events.


text:
How Many National Parks Are There?
Depends How You Ask
Dec 29, 2022 | By Will Hurd
Santa Elena Canyon in Big Bend National Park
8 min read
When it comes to the question of how many national parks there are in the US, the answer isn't as straightforward as you might imagine. It all depends on what you mean by "national park." In this blog, we'll dive into the different definitions and explain why the answer isn't so simple.
There are a few different ways to answer the question, "how many national parks there are in the US?" If you're asking how many national parks in the United States are specifically designated as "national parks" by the National Park Service, the answer is 63. However, in addition to these 63 national parks the National Park Service (NPS) also manages other types of federal lands. If you count all the places that the NPS manages, the number jumps up to 425 as of November 2023.
This larger number includes places that are designated as national monuments, national preserves, national historic sites, national recreation areas, and more. While these places are managed by the NPS, they aren't technically considered "national parks" even though they are often referred to as such.
Before breaking down the different kinds of places managed by the NPS in the national parks system, let me share my favorites.
My Top 5 Favs
I served as the co-chair of the National Parks Caucus when I was in Congress. I represented 8 of America's national parks in my congressional district. These experiences taught me the importance of conserving our nation's natural and cultural heritage for the benefit of current and future generations.
I didn't have the opportunity to visit national parks when I was a kid, but it's something I love to do now. While California has the most national parks, and not every state has a national park, It's easy to find your park near you. Once you do, I guarantee visiting them will become a lifelong passion. Here are my top 5 favorites:
Haleakalā National Park
Bamboo Forest in Haleakalā National Park, Source: Sahil Yadav
Haleakalā National Park is located on the island of Maui in Hawaii. It is known for its stunning sunrise views from the summit of Haleakala, a massive volcano. One of the highlights of this park is the chance to see the endangered Hawaiian goose, known as the Nēnē, which can only be found in Hawaii. Another highlight is the opportunity to hike through the park's diverse ecosystems, including subalpine forests and desert-like cinder cones.
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site
The Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site in Hyde Park New York
The Home of Franklin D. Roosevelt National Historic Site is located in New York state and is the former home of the 32nd President of the United States, Franklin D. Roosevelt. One of the highlights of this park is the chance to tour the Roosevelt family home, which has been preserved to look just as it did when the Roosevelts lived there. Another highlight is the opportunity to learn about FDR's life and accomplishments through exhibits and interactive displays.
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park
View of the town of Harpers Ferry National Historical Park in West Virginia
Harpers Ferry National Historical Park is in West Virginia and is known for its role in American history. One of the highlights of this park is the chance to visit the Armory and Arsenal. It played a key role in arming and equipping the Union army during the Civil War. Another highlight is the opportunity to take a guided tour of the town. It was founded in 1747 and has a rich history of industrialization and abolition.
Big Bend National Park
Canoers approach a dramatic gorge on the Rio Grande River in Big Bend National Park in Brewster County, Texas. Mexico is on the left, the United States to the right. Source: Library of Congress
Of all the 63 National parks in the United States, Big Bend would probably be the one that I have spent the most time in. Big Bend National Park is located in far West Texas where night skies are dark as coal and rivers carve temple-like canyons in ancient limestone. The park is named for the bend in the Rio Grande River. One of the highlights of this park is the opportunity to go rafting or kayaking in the Rio Grande. Another highlight is the chance to see a variety of wildlife, including javelinas, roadrunners, and rattlesnakes.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
The Alamo, one of the sites in San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, in 2016. Source: Wikimedia Commons
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is located in Texas and is home to four Spanish colonial missions that were established in the 18th century. One of the highlights of this park is the chance to visit Mission San Jose. It's known for its beautiful stonework and historic gardens. Another highlight is the Alamo, an important symbol of Texas independence and a place to learn about the history of the missions and the role they played for over 300 years in the development of the region.
The National Park Service (NPS)
We wouldn't have amazing places like Big Bend or the home of FDR if it wasn't for the National Park Service. The NPS was established in 1916 and is headquartered in Washington, D.C.
Whether it's the smallest national park, Hot Springs National Park in Arkansas or one of the newest national parks like Ocmulgee Mounds National Historical Park in Georgia, or the largest national park Wrangell-St. Elias National Park & Preserve in Alaska, The NPS mission is the same: "preserve unimpaired the natural and cultural resources and values of the national park system for the enjoyment, education, and inspiration of this and future generations."
As an agency of the United States federal government, they are responsible for managing and preserving a collection of 425 national parks, monuments, and other natural and cultural resources. These gems cover more than 85 million acres in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, and US territories. Because no two places are alike, they are hard to categorize. This is why the terms used to describe these national treasures are sometimes confusing.
Here, we'll break down the different types of places managed in the national park system by the NPS and provide a few examples of each.
South Rim of the Grand Canyon National Park in 2013. Source: Murray Foubister
National parks are areas that have been designated by the United States government as protected land. These 63 national treasures are usually chosen for their natural beauty, unique geological features, or historical significance. Some of the most popular national parks include:
- Yellowstone National Park in Idaho, Montana, and Wyoming – At Yellowstone National Park you can embark on a journey through Yellowstone's vast wilderness. Geysers erupt with nature's fury. Wildlife roams freely across the rugged landscape. The beauty of the world's first national park unfolds in a symphony of awe-inspiring vistas and serene, starlit nights.
- Grand Canyon National Park in Arizona – At Grand Canyon National Park visitors can stand on the edge of the Grand Canyon's timeless grandeur. Colorful stratum tells a story millions of years old. This vast, majestic chasm beckons adventurers and dreamers alike to ponder the Earth's magnificent splendor.
- Yosemite National Park in California – In Yosemite National Park an explorer gets to wander through Yosemite's enchanting realm, where granite monoliths like El Capitan and Half Dome rise as nature's cathedrals. Waterfalls cascade with thunderous applause, and meadows and forests offer a tranquil retreat from the modern world.
- Sequoia National Park in California – In the land of giants, Sequoia National Park stands supreme. A place where the world's largest trees reach for the skies, creating a living cathedral and a humbling reminder of nature's enduring power and grace.
- Glacier National Park in Montana – Glacier National Park is a realm where the remnants of the Ice Age still sculpt the land. Rugged peaks and reflective lakes whisper tales of ancient times, inviting explorers to witness the raw beauty of a landscape carved by glaciers.
Path through the trees in Muir Woods National Monument in 2022. Source: Marty Aligata
The most significant category of national parks are national monuments. In general, smaller than those outlined above, the 84 members of this category are usually designated as being aimed towards conserving natural, historical, and cultural resources. These include prehistoric camping grounds, secluded campsites, and stunning natural wonders. Some of the most popular national monuments are:
- Lava Bed National Monument in California – Lava Bed National Monument beckons the adventurous to its labyrinth of lava-hole caves. Shadows play on ancient rock and every turn invites discovery in the subterranean wilds.
- Petroglyph National Monument in New Mexico – Nearly 25,000 sculptures etched into volcanic rocks by ancestral Pueblo peoples enchant and mystify visitors to Petroglyph National Monument
- Devil's Tower National Monument in Wyoming – The Devil's Tower National Monument rises solemnly above the rolling prairie. It's a monolithic testament to Earth's volcanic past and inspires awe as America's first national monument.
- Muir Woods National Monument in California – You will find a sanctuary of serenity among the towering redwoods in Muir Woods National Monument. The quiet grandeur of ancient groves whispers the secrets of millennia in the cool, mist-laden air.
National Historic Sites
Fort Sumter National Historic Site in 2018. Sort: Clynnwersch
The 73


text:
A filtered category is a categorification of the concept of directed set. In addition to having an upper bound (but not necessarily a coproduct) for every pair of objects, there must also be an upper bound (but not necessarily a coequaliser) for every pair of parallel morphisms.
A category whose opposite is filtered is called cofiltered.
Equivalently, filtered categories can be characterized as those categories where, for every finite diagram, the diagonal functor is final. This point of view can be generalized to other kinds of categories whose colimits are well-behaved with respect to a type of limit, such as sifted categories.
This can be rephrased in more elementary terms by saying that:
Just as all finite colimits can be constructed from initial objects, binary coproducts, and coequalizers, so a cocone on any finite diagram can be constructed from these three.
In constructive mathematics, the elementary rephrasing above is equivalent to every Bishop-finite diagram admitting a cocone.
More generally, if is an infinite regular cardinal (or an arity class), then a -filtered category is one such that any diagram has a cocone where has arrows. The usual filtered categories are then the case. Note that a preorder is -filtered as a category just when it is -directed as a preorder.
Even more generally, if is a class of small categories, a category is called -filtered if -colimits commute with -limits in Set. When is the class of all -small categories for an infinite regular cardinal, then -filteredness is the same as -filteredness as defined above. See ABLR.
If is the class consisting of the terminal category and the empty category — which is to say, the class of -small categories when is the finite regular cardinal — then being -filtered in this sense is equivalent to being connected. Note that this is not what the explicit definition given above for infinite regular cardinals would specialize to by simply setting (that would be simply inhabitation).
Every category with a terminal object is filtered.
Every category which has finite colimits is filtered.
A product of filtered categories is filtered.


I'm looking for a solution for a certain problem. I have two sets of vertically evenly-spaced circles with equal gaps between circles in each column. I would like to know a way to find a point to achieve a perfect snap of both columns, so that they form an "interlocking" pattern.
I have a feeling it has to do with tangents, but the best I can do is to run a script that builds tangents between two circles. I tried it and I can't see a way for it to be helpful. I also tried googling for a solution, but none of the keywords that I used yielded a helpful result.
I tried drawing an equidistant line between two vertical circles, snapping another circle (1) to the bottom circle (2), and rotating it (1) so that its centre snaps with said line, but it's far from elegant. The cursor floats and I can only get a snap if I do that 15 times, checking how far the center point is from the line.
Reference image attached (right element is snapped manually and not in a perfect way): enter image description here
Many thanks!
Draw the circles one on top of each other then use the rotate tool (r. Yes rotate tool not selection tool), move the pivot to center of each successive circle and rotate.
Alternate approach use numeric input in linetool and draw a zig zag with length of 2 times radius (or sum of different radiuses). Then move circles to snap centers to zigzag corners.
If you have trouble figuring angle to use darw a circle at first position with double the radius and find intersection with horizontal line.
Thats mathematics for you.
 - PS sorry no computer at hand so no pictures – joojaa Oct 4 '20 at 12:42
 - Thanks! All it took was drawing two circles with 2x radius, aligning them with two vertical circles and the point of intersection is what I'm looking for. Thanks! – Jerry Oct 4 '20 at 13:48
 - _USER_ you should consider accepting the answer if it solved the problem. Otherwise the webpage stops working correctly. But no hurry. – joojaa Oct 4 '20 at 15:58
Your Answer


Camtasia vs. Filmora (2021)
Camtasia vs Filmora
Camtasia vs. Filmora
In a world where digital products are becoming increasingly important, you need tools that will enable you to get the best outcomes. For example, recording and editing videos carry a great deal of significance in the current digital age, where content is a massively valuable product. But, the big question to content creators is whether they know the right tools to use.
Well, Camtasia and Filmora are common tools of the trade in the content creation space. It's for this reason that the Camtasia vs. Filmora debate happens to be a significant one. In this article, we compare Camtasia and Filmora to see which one you would consider.
Both video editing software tools have features that define their individual functionalities. The features in each of them operate differently and produce unique results depending on their levels of advancement.
This is an excellent way of comparing them to allow users to choose the one that fits their needs and preferences the best. Here are some of the features contained in Camtasia and Filmora.
The first feature that both software have is transitions. Essentially, transitions are the animations that bridge the gap between video clips. Camtasia has a total of 31 transitions, while Filmora has a total of 233 transitions.
So, certainly, in terms of the numbers, Filmora emerges as the winner here. Moreover, the quality of transitions in Filmora is higher than the one in Camtasia.
Video Effects
Video effects are important because they increase the value of videos by making them look better. Well, in regards to video effects, Camtasia has 10 video effects. Some of the video effects contained in Camtasia include colour adjustment and clip speed.
Related: Adobe Premiere Pro vs. HitFilm Express
Filmora contains 287 video effects. Clearly, the number of video effects in Filmora is higher than the one in Camtasia. The advantage of using software with many video effects is that you have a wide spectrum to choose from to improve the appearance of your videos.
If you're looking for video editing software with a wide variety of video effects, then your choice should be Filmora.
Audio Effects
Filmora Audio Effects
Filmora Audio Effects
How do audio effects compare in Camtasia vs Filmora comparison? Both Camtasia and Filmora can edit audio files. Additionally, they can get rid of unnecessary background noise, which affects the quality of your content. However, Filmora has better and advanced capabilities for audio editing when it comes to individual capabilities than Camtasia.
It is possible to fine-tune the pitch of audio recordings for both of them in the same vein. The bottom line here is that Filmora has more features for editing audio compared to Camtasia.
Cursor Effects
Camtasia has 16 cursor effects that you can apply. Some of the effects include: highlight, spotlight, magnify, and cursor smoothing. On the contrary, Filmora has fewer cursor effects compared to Camtasia. If you're looking for editing software with a wide variety of cursor effects, Camtasia is the better option.
Screen Recorders
Both Camtasia and Filmora have good screen recording abilities. While they have different options for screen recording, they definitely have commendable screen recorders.
Ease of Use
Ease of use is a major consideration that software users factor in when choosing the tool to use. Given that there are beginners in content creation, they would rather opt for easy to use software compared to the complicated one.
Anyway, it all depends on the needs of a user and their level of skill in usage. When you compare Camtasia and Filmora, you'll find that both are easy to use to a great extent. None of them is complicated.
Related: Adobe Premiere Pro vs. Corel VideoStudio
However, Filmora happens to have advanced features. It is also worth pointing out that Filmora has features that help to boost its productivity, which encourages users to use it. Ultimately, with some bit of training, you'll be in a position to use these software tools with a lot of ease.
Camtasia vs Filmora Pricing
Camtasia vs FilmCamtasia vs Filmora – Pricing
One of the factors that many content creators consider when considering video editing software is price. Basically, both Camtasia and Filmora have different pricing plans that users can choose from.
For this article, let's compare their one-time price plan. For Camtasia, the one-time price plan costs $249.99 for a single license. Users who would like to have access to future versions of the software should buy the Maintenance plan at $49.75 annually.
The one-time cost for Filmora is $79.99. If you would like to have access to the latest versions of the video editing software, you can do so by paying $49.99 annually. Clearly, the cheaper video editing software is Filmora.
The price of a software tool depends on multiple aspects, including the features and others. These are the things you consider when settling on the one you'll opt for.
Related: Adobe Premiere Rush vs. Elements 2021
System Requirements for Functionality
The best advice that software experts advise users is that they should have the best hardware to produce superior quality videos. That being said, you can still use minimum system requirements and achieve good outcomes.
Both software tools have different system requirements for their operations. For Windows systems, Camtasia can use a minimum system requirement of Windows 10, while in Filmora, you can use a minimum of Windows 7.
For the processor, a minimum of 2.8GHz is fine for Camtasia, while Filmora can do well with 2 GHz. The minimum RAM specification for Camtasia is 8GB, while that for Filmora is 4GB. In terms of disk space, the minimum for Camtasia is 4GB, while that for Filmora is 10GB.
Which one is for you?
From all the features compared, I suggest going with Filmora. It requires less RAM, it's cost-effective, and it offers additional functionalities. Unless you have a specific option that you like in Camtasia, Filmora is the way to go.
Links: Camtasia vs. Filmora
Wind up
Now, having compared Camtasia vs Filmora, you're able to settle for the one that best fits you. It all comes down to what you want for your video editing projects. Your tastes, preferences, and needs are imperative when deciding to use either Camtasia or Filmora.
For example, if you're looking for an editing software tool with more advanced features, you can opt for Filmora. Also, if you want more cursor effects applications, Camtasia is the option to go for. The takeaway here is that both are great options depending on one's needs and preferences.
Leave a Comment
Scroll to Top


How to Hold Focus Mitts & Pads: Top Tips
There's no denying that focus mitts are an essential part of any fighters training regime.
The only issue is, they require someone else to hold them.
Not only that, the person holding the mitts needs to have a good knowledge of different combinations and where they should be holding the mitts for each combo.
A good focus mitt session is only as good as the person holding the mitts, and with that in mind, we've put together this guide o how to hold focus mitts.
We're going to cover some tips you can implement into your training, go over some useful combinations and share some valuable resources as well.
Let's get to it.
Benefits of Focus Mitts
Before we get into our top tips, let's first analyse the benefits that using focus mitts has to offer.
Work on Distance & Timing
Focus mitt work allows the person training to work on their distance and timing, which can't really be done on equipment such as a heavy bag.
By using focus mitts, you're much able to somewhat simulate a fight scenario, where the person training must move around, gage the distance and react to the pad mans commands.
Train Both Offensive & Defensive Technique
One of the main benefits of focus mitt's is how they allow the fighter to train both their offensive and defensive game. They can practice throwing a combination, slipping a counter and returning with another combination.
This can't really be done with any other equipment, especially to this sort of level.
Practice Movement
Focus mitt work allows the person training to practice working different angles, get comfortable coming in and out of range and develop their footwork.
With the exception of sparring, very few other training exercises provide such a well rounded practice, especially where movement is concerned.
Simulate a Fight, Round by Round
If a fighter is training for an upcoming fight, focus mitts can be a great way to keep their senses sharp, without having to spar.
You can even set the timer to however many rounds their upcoming fight is, and work the pads for that amount of time. This way, they'll be able to develop their endurance so that they can maintain a certain level of output throughout their fight.
How to Hold Focus Mitts: Top Tips
Right, let's dive into some of our top tips for holding focus mitts.
Also, if you haven't already got yourself a decent pair, head over and check out our guide on the best focus mitts for some fantastic options.
Tip 1: Positioning
First things first, is for the pad man (or women) to have their positioning correct - both in terms of how they're stood and where they're holding the mitts.
I've seen a lot of people in the gym holding the mitts way too far out to the side. As a general rule of thumb, keep your elbows close to your body. If you're holding the mitts out like chicken wings, bring them elbows in much, much closer.
Tip 2: Arm & Wrist Tension
When you're holding the mitts for the person training, make sure to keep your arm and wrist somewhat tensed. You don't want your wrist to be snapping back every time the person hits the mitt. Keep your wrists and elbows firm throughout the exercise.
Tip 3: Hand Movement
In terms of hand movement, it's important to find the right balance. You don't want to keep your hands raised and still the whole time, nor do you want to be overly swinging the mitts towards the persons glove.
Lightly bring the mitt towards the persons gloves - don't extend too far though, as you want the person training to practice finding the correct distance and find the pad themselves (move the pad around an inch or two).
Similarly, don't keep your hands raised the entire time like a tree. Instead, drop your hands to your waist in between each combination. This way, the person training has to react to your movement.
Tip 4: Remind Them to Keep Their Hands Raised
The whole point of pad work is to help keep the fighter sharp, fast and maintaining their technique. As such, it's your duty as the pad man to prevent them from picking up any bad habits and keep their technique in shape.
For example, if the person training is dropping their hands, make sure you let them know. Throw a cheeky jab to their head (lightly), just to let them know if this was a real opponent, they'd have been hit.
Tip 5: Don't Always Call Out the Combinations
You can also do something that's known as target practice. This is where you don't call out the combinations, just put the mitts up and let the fighter react to what they see.
This can help to get them used to throwing strikes and combinations out of instinct, as opposed to being told what to do. I would do this alongside regular pad work, maybe for the last round, once they've found their rhythm and have an idea what sort of combinations are going to be coming.
Tip 6: Remember to Move Around
If you've got space, use it.
A real fight isn't going to consist of two fighters planting their feet and banging it out (well it's unlikely). Remember to circle around the person training, so that they have to follow you in order to stay in front and land their combinations.
What's more, this movement will allow them to practice working different angles, and using their footwork to stay in range.
Tip 7: Increase Speed
As your training partner is starting to land the combinations comfortably, start to pick up the pace.
This in turn will help to improve their hand speed as well as their endurance.
Tip 8: Throw Your Own Strikes
In an actual boxing match, or any combat sports match for that matter, the person opposite you is going to be fighting back.
With that in mind, you as the pad holder should throw some of your own strikes into the mix, forcing the person training to slip or roll out of the way.
You can work these nice into the combinations, for example jab, cross, hook, slip, jab, cross, hook.
Example Combinations
If you're finding it hard to know which combination to call out, the below video is a fantastic example.
I absolutely love this video from precision boxing, as it literally shows you how to hold the pads for different combinations.
It also starts off nice and simple, then starts to incorporate some more advanced combinations as the video progresses.
Check it out below.
Final Thoughts
Thanks for taking the time to read our guide on how to hold focus mitts.
If you've got any questions, or even any of your own tips, leave a comment down below.
James Davis
Related Articles
Leave a Reply
Check Also
Back to top button


How to pair your hearing aid with a mobile phone
With Oticon hearing aids, it is possible to connect your hearing aid directly to a mobile phone and get the sound streamed directly in your ears.
Choose the guide that matches your hearing aid
Don't know if your hearing aid has Bluetooth or not?
Check your instructions for use, contact your HCP, or see our tips to find out
Pairing your hearing aid with your iPhone
If your hearing aid has Bluetooth you can pair your hearing aid directly to the iPhone.
Turn on your hearing aid and place it close to your iPhone
and follow the 5 steps below:
 - 1. Settings
 (TIP: If you upgraded to iOS 13 you can skip step 1 and directly choose Accessibility when entering your Settings)
 - 2. General
 - 3. Accessibility
 - 4. Search & Select
 Your iPhone will show you detected devices from which you can choose your hearing aid.
 - 5. Pair
 If you have two hearing aids, pairing confirmation is needed for each hearing aid
Pairing your hearing aid to a mobile phone using Streamer Pro
If your hearing aid does not have Bluetooth you can connect your hearing aid to a smartphone by using Streamer Pro.
Streamer Pro must be handed out and paired to you hearing aid by your dispenser.


text:
Goodwill was founded in 1902 in Boston by Rev. Edgar J. Helms, a Methodist minister and early social innovator. Helms, inspired by compassion for people with disabilities and disadvantaging conditions, sought a way to improve their quality of life.
Helms took a burlap sack and began traveling to the affluent areas of the city, asking for unwanted garments and other goods. Underprivileged or indigent men and women were then offered work at the Morgan Memorial Chapel restoring the collected items, learning trades and acquiring skills as they worked.
Once the items were repaired, they were resold and the money was used to pay the wages of the workers. This cycle of donating, repairing, selling and paying wages was the beginning of Goodwill Industries. Times have changed, but Helm's vision remains constant.
More than 118 years later, Goodwill remains a household name and leading nonprofit provider of educational and workforce-related services.


text:
variancep — aggregate function to return the population variance of a range of values.
This function computes a value for each record returned by the query predicate, or from the specified column of a base table, and returns the population variance of those values.
This variancep() function is similar to the variance() function, but is calculated using the biased (or n) method. The variancep() function is usually used when the incoming data represents the entire population of data. Use variance() instead when the incoming data represents a random sample.
expr must include the name of a
column in a LiveView table, where that column's data type is int, long, or double.
The returned value is of type double.
This example shows how to use dynamic aggregation to find the population variance of the values in a column. In the Hello LiveView sample, create a query that finds the population variance of the quantityRemaining field from the ItemSales table, grouping by Item. Follow these steps:
In LiveView Desktop connected to a server running the Hello LiveView sample, select the ItemsSales table from the Tables pane of the LiveView Tables view.
In the Select field, enter:
category, variancep(quantityRemaining) AS popvarQuantity
In the Query field, enter the following:
group by category
The query results open in a grid view. LiveView Server recalculates the population variance value whenever the rows returned by the query predicate change.
This LiveView aggregate function is based on the variancep aggregate function in the StreamBase expression language.


Honors - Aetolia Online Help
4.8 Honors
By typing VIEW HONOURS you may see some publically available
information about that player. This information should be considered
generally known enough as to be common knowledge.
 VIEW HONOURS
 HONOURS
A typical honours would be as follows:
Lady Asteria, Watcher of the Heavens.
She is 140 years old, having been born on the 6th of Severin, year 89 of
the Midnight Age.
She is ranked 413th in Aetolia.
She is a Vagabond in the Fellowship of Explorers.
She is a member of the clan called 'The Ohmsford Clan'.
She has written a personal background.
She is considered to be approximately 50% of your might.
The first line shows the person's name and title. The second shows her
age, as well as the date that she was born. Next comes her overall rank
in Aetolia. This is based solely on the amount of experience she has
gained, and a full list of the experience rankings can be seen in
RANKINGS (or RANKINGS [#]).
Then is her rank in the Fellowship of Explorers. This is a measure of
how much of Aetolia she has explored - when you compare to HELP
EXPLORERS, she hasn't explored very much at all!
Afterwards come any clans she has joined, or that she might be in
possesion of, that are available to public view. She appears to be in a
family clan and nothing more, though there may be hidden ones!
The next line shows that she has written a background. If she were a
real character, you could VIEW BACKGROUND ASTERIA to try to read it.
After that is an approximation of her might compared to your own. This
is based solely on how many lessons both you and she have spent learning
your skills. Someone who is 0% your might has probably learned very
little, and someone who is 3000% your might obviously has spent a lot of
time on their backside learning.
You will find other information when using the command, but these are
the most common ones.


text: Lambertville is a City in Hunterdon County, New Jersey, United States. As of the United States 2000 Census, the city population was 3,868. Lambertville was originally incorporated as a town by an Act of the New Jersey Legislature on March 1, 1849, from portions of West Amwell Township. The area was reincorporated as a city on March 26, 1872. Lambertville is located on the Delaware River in the southwestern portion of Hunterdon County. During the 1700s, the City was named after various operators of ferries across the river to Pennsylvania, ultimately becoming known as Coryell's Ferry, after Emanuel Coryell who owned the Ferry. Coryell's Ferry was the western terminus of the New Jersey portion of the York Road (which is now known as U.S. Highway 202) connecting New York City and Philadelphia. The City was named Lambertville in 1814 when the post office was established, in honor of John Lambert, a local resident, who had served as United States Senator and Acting Governor of New Jersey.


text:
An: 2018, Nr.2, Articol Nr. 4
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE MENTAL FORAMEN IN ADULT NIGERIAN MANDIBLES
Orish Chinna Nneka, Lekpa David Kingdom, Ibeachu Chinagorom P - University of Port-Harcourt, Rivers State, Nigeria, Faculty of Basic Medical Science, Department of Anatomy
MORPHOMETRIC ANALYSIS OF THE MENTAL FORAMEN IN ADULT NIGERIAN MANDIBLES (Abstract): Background: The detailed knowledge of the morphometry of the mental foramen in different populations is vital in clinical dentistry. The aim of this study was to determine the morphological features of the mental foramen in an adult Nigeria population. Materials and Methods: A total number of one hundred adult dry mandibles 89 males, 11 females from Anatomy departments of some Nigerian Universities were used for this study. Automatic vernier caliper was used to measure vertical and transverse diameters of the mental foramen.. Data analysis was analyzed with Graph Pad Prism 3.0. A comparison was made of the means of the dimensions using Student's T-test and analysis of variance. Results: The findings indicated that the most co mmon position for the mental foramen was in line with the longitudinal axis of the lower second premolar (69%) followed by a position between first and second premolar (25%),(6% on 1st molar. Our results showed horizontal diameter of 3.26 ± 0.01, and 2.87 ± 0.35 mm (left) and 3.23 ± 0.01, 2.26 ± 0,19 mm ( right ) for male and female respectively. The vertical diameter of 2.73 ± 0.09, 2.56 ± 0.27 mm (left) and 2.77 ± 0.09, 2.14 ± 0.18 mm ( right) for male and female respectively. Conclusion: This study will assist surgeons in maxillofacial procedures thus avoiding complications during surgery.
Key words: MENTAL FORAMEN, ADULT NIGERIAN, MAXILLOFACIAL PROCEDURESFull text


How fast can a Beagle run?
 Beagles have been used for hunting from centuries and the reason behind this is not else than their running speed.Later they were being used for gaming purposes like dog race.They have been developed by breeders to be smaller in size and faster in speed.Running speed of a dog varies dog to dog.It also depends upon the condition,previous training,health and the circumstances in which his running speed is being measured.Beagles are also thought to be bred with Greyhounds to improve their running abilities.Average running speed for a Beagle is considered to be around 25-30 mph or 40-48 km/h.
Image Source: Paul Roberts Flickr
Post a comment


unipotent group scheme
An element rr of a ring with multiplicative unit is called unipotent element if r1r-1 is nilpotent.
Theorem and Definition
Let GG be an affine k-group. Then the following conditions are equivalent.
 1. The completion of the Cartier dual D^(G)\hat D(G) of GG is a connected formal group.
 2. Any multiplicative subgroup of GG is zero.
 3. For any subgroup HH of GG with H0H\neq 0 we have Gr k(H,α k)0Gr_k(H,\alpha_k)\neq 0.
 4. Any algebraic quotient of GG is an extension of subgroups of α k\alpha_k.
 5. (If p0)p\neq 0), ImV G n=e\cap Im V^n_G =e.
An affine group scheme satisfying these conditions is called unipotent group scheme.
Revised on June 13, 2012 00:23:26 by Stephan Alexander Spahn (


"Add powdered moonstone, stir three times counter-clockwise, allow to simmer for seven minutes then add two drops of syrup of hellebore."
-- Instructions for the Draught of Peace on Snape's blackboard (OP12)
Hellebore is a mundane flowering plant used in some potions.
 - A potion ingredient in the form of a syrup, two drops of which are used in the making of the Draught of Peace (OP12).
 - Hellebore was the ingredient which Harry forgot to put in his Draught of Peace.
 - According to Snape, often included on the O.W.L. exams (OP12)
Potions Connection
Important ingredient in the Draught of Peace
Greek 'elein' (to injure) and 'bora' (food)
There are several kinds of hellebore. The name comes from the Greek words 'elein' (to injure) and 'bora' (food), indicating that hellebore is poisonous. In some belief systems, it's been believed to be a purgative, sometimes of bad things generally, used for things like protecting livestock from evil spells, and (in powdered form) for invisibility.
According to herb lore, the roots of the hellebore plant are are used to treat melancholy diseases and madness.
The original name for Hellebore was " Melampodium." According to the Greek historian Pliny, the plant was named for the soothsayer Melampus who used it to cure depression in ancient times. On a happier note and in spite of poisonous nature of the plant, it is often called the "Christmas Rose" or "Christ herbe" because it blooms in winter. source: Botanical.com
Pensieve (Comments)
Tags: flower ingredients mist plant plants silver


udt4twisted An UDT4 integration package for twisted. ========= Summary ========= This package provides integration of udt as a transport protocol in twisted. It works by replacing the default epoll reactor with a modified one. Also, it provides top-level api(taken mostly from tcp.py) for listening and connecting to udt transports. ======= Usage ======= #) Basically use it like you will use TCP in twisted, but all sockets will be in SOCK_DGRAM mode only. Also :code:'write()' has ttl and inorder options. #) Check examples/ #) When using twistd or trial, put: -r udtepoll =============== Prerequisites =============== #) PyUDT #) twisted ======= Notes ======= #) Tests from twisted pass only in internet/ and protocol/, for the others they just seem to "hang" (something to do with flags, probably) #) More options related purely to udt should be included.(e.g. controlling socket creation, buffers, timeouts) #) UDT does not provide separate error events, instead these will be catched on an attempt read or write. This means that connectionLost will NOT be called as soon as the connection is lost for example. #) It is highly recommended to use the latest revision at the udt-git repo _URL_ (if it doesn't break compatibility with PyUDT). _URL_ Martin N. Gergov 903a65e94b782205b368d626e48ef1c4155dbd33 0.2.5


How do i call an 800 number from mexico
How do I call an 800 number from my cell phone in Mexico?
Calling a 800 number from Mexico To successfully dial this number, you need to change the 800 prefix of the number. Instead, dial 001 then 880 and then the rest of the phone number. For example: if the US toll free number is 800 -_PHONE_, a caller in Mexico would dial : 001-_PHONE_.
Can I call an 800 number from outside the US?
Re: Dialing an 800 number from outside the USA. In general you cannot call 800 numbers from outside the U.S. or Canada. They are intended for domestic calls that will be paid for by the receiver of the call. Dial 882 for an 877 number and dial 883 for all 866 numbers.
How do I call a 1800 number from abroad?
Like all international 800 numbers, you can call 1800 numbers from overseas by dialing that country's international dialing prefix before the number. For example, to call an Australian 1800 number from overseas, you must first dial +61.
How do I call a US phone number from Mexico?
Regardless of why you want to call home, you can call a U.S. landline or cellphone number from Mexico by first dialing Mexico's exit code"00," followed by the U.S. country code "1," and then the destination number. For example, if calling West Los Angeles (area code 310) from Mexico, you would dial "00-_PHONE_."
How do I dial a number in Mexico?
How do I call a cell phone in Mexico?
Calling to/from Mexican cell phones Calling a Mexican cell phone from overseas: Dial Mexico's country code (+52) then the area code, and then the number. Do not include the '1' after the +52, as was required before August 3, 2019.
You might be interested: What is the population in new mexico
How do you call an 800 number?
How can I call a toll free number? Toll free numbers are called the same way you would any other number. Just be sure to dial "1" followed by the correct toll free prefix ( 800, 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, or 888).
How do I call an 800 number from Spain?
Another way to dial North American toll free numbers from abroad is by replacing the 3 digit toll free codes with other codes introduced years ago: 880 replaces 800 – so the example UK to US call above would become: 00 _PHONE_. 881 replaces 888 – again, the example US to Canada call above would be: _PHONE_.
What area code is 800 in USA?
With toll free numbers the charges are paid for by the party who is called instead of the caller. Although area code 800 is not assigned to a geographical area or time zone, calls to any toll free number may be restricted by the customer. Other toll free area codes are 833, 844, 855, 866, 877, and 888.
How do I call an Indian 1800 number from UK?
How to call an India toll free number from the USA First, dial the US exit code 011. Then, dial the Indian country code 91. Next, dial the 3-digit toll-free number. Usually it is 800. Finally, dial the rest of the telephone number to be connected.
How do I call a 1800 number from Globe?
Toll-free 1800 numbers are for domestic calls only. For domestic calls to a 1800 number from a mobile device or landline, you must dial 1800xxxxxxx (where xxxxxx is your number 1800 ). Incoming calls to toll-free 1800 numbers are charged. Incoming calls to all other Zadarma phone numbers are free.
You might be interested: How far is belize from mexico
How do 1800 numbers work?
Toll free numbers are telephone numbers with distinct three-digit codes that can be dialed from landlines with no charge to the person placing the call. Such numbers allow callers to reach businesses and individuals out of the area without being charged a long-distance fee for the call.
How do I call a toll free 855 number from Mexico?
Okay, in case anyone is interested, if you must call a 1- 855 US number from Mexico, dial : 001-884 and the number.
What do Mexico phone numbers look like?
Below is an example of what a Mexican phone number looks like if you were to call it from various countries: If you're calling +52 55 _PHONE_ from the US or Canada, you would dial 011 52 55 _PHONE_. If you're calling +52 55 _PHONE_ from the UK or Europe, you would dial 00 52 55 _PHONE_.
How do you call Texas from Mexico?
To call a Houston landline or mobile phone number from Mexico, follow this dialing procedure. Dial Mexico int'l access code / IDD: 00. Dial US country code: + 1. Dial a 10-digit Houston phone number. Mexico


Flamingo nXt
easy rendering for Rhino in Windows
Product Materials and Lights
This tutorial shows how to render a Rhino model using nXt. The model includes some images that will be used as decals and a material library.
Support files for this tutorial can be downloaded here...
The tutorial covers:
 - Inserting materials from a library
 - Adding a decal to the rendering
 - Adding a spotlight to the rendering
To begin:
 1. Open the model Rackmount Start.
 2. Renderthe model.
 This model is setup to add materials out of a material library.
 3. To activate the material library press on the Material Tab and the Folderbutton:
 This opens the location of the Material Libraries for NXT. Each material is a separate file in a series of standard directories on your hard-drive. Navigate to the folder called Stereo Materials that you downloaded with the Rhino model.
 Unlike previous versions of Flamingo, once a material is assigned to a model, it is stored within the model. In this model we will assign the materials to separate layers. Do this by Opening the layer control and then dragging the materials to the layer.
 4. Render the model.
 The result should look like this:
To add a decal:
While this is a good start, the face of the rack unit would benefit from decal graphics that mark the controls.
A decal is a way to apply a single bitmap to an object. It can be used to apply labels and images to objects in the scene.
 1. Select the face of the stereo.
 2. On the Properties dialog, change the dropdown to Flamingo nXt Decals.
 3. On the Properties dialog, Flamingo nXt Decals press the Addbutton.
 4. Select the bitmap Label.png.
 5. On the Decal Properties dialog, make sure the Projection is Planar, and then press the Placebutton.
 6. Place the decal by snapping to the Lower Left Endpoint, then the Lower Right Endpoint, and the Upper Left Endpoint on the front of the face, the press Enter.
 This will place the label correctly on the face of the rack unit.
 7. Render the model.
 The result should look like this:
To add a ground plane:
Next step in the tutorial is to add a ground plane for the unit to sit on.
 1. To do this, go to the Environment tab, Ground plane section, check Enabled.
 2. Press the Material button and select Reflective Base for the ground plane material.
 3. Render the model.
 The result should look like this:
To add a spotlight:
A next step might be to add a spotlight on the rack system to vary the lighting a little. The lighting in studio mode is controlled by an HDRI file, but we can also add another spotlight to the rendering.
 1. Insert a Spotlight that highlights the face of the stereo.
 2. Render the model.
 The spotlight draws attention and interest to the front of the unit.
To depth of field:
For small studio objects it is sometimes nice to add depth of field to accentuate the depth of the object.
 1. To do this, go to the Render tab, Depth of field section, check Enabled.
 2. Set the Focal distance by pressing the button, and snap to one of the LED lights. This will set the point in the scene that is in focus. The Strength slider adjusts the focus in front of and behind the focal point.
 3. Render the model.
 Depth of field can take a few passes to resolve. The first few passes might be rough in appearance. The final image should look like this:
© 2014 Created by Scott Davidson.
Badges | Report an Issue | Terms of Service


text:
Stop feeling frustrated with the seemingly never-ending drinking or drug-related calls.
Create a positive relationship between your students and the campus police department.
When officers use motivational interviewing (MI) on patrol they can engage students in a positive and collaborative conversation about the student's high-risk substance misuse. This mini-course will share personal experiences and stories of police officers using MI on patrol. The course will highlight the four primary benefits of using MI on patrol and how officers can implement community policing with a proven student-centered approach.
What you'll get:
- Six modules
- pdf resources
- Next steps to keep building your MI skills!


text:
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Dipterocarpus alatus--iconic giant street tree of Ho Chi Minh City
I visited Ho Chi Minh City recently and was amazed to see giant trees of Dipterocarpus alalus growing as street trees in the older parts of the city. I estimate their age to be 80 to 100 years, which means they would have been planted during French colonial rule. Dipterocarpus alatus belongs to Dipterocarpaceae, which is the dominant timber-tree family of SE Asia. Dipterocarpus alatus itself is native to Burma, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam and Philippines.
In Malaysia and Singapore two other members of the family have been planted as street trees in the past 10 - 20 years. These are Hopea odorata (also commonly planted in Vietnam) and Shorea roxburghii. Both are doing well as street trees and will eventually become giants.


text:
Velocity Training Minimizing Risk Of Injury
There are many pitching coaches that offer velocity training, claiming they can increase velocity by 4-5 MPH…
Can their velocity training minimize the risk of injury?
We teach scientifically documented ways of increasing velocity while also decreasing the risk of injury.
- Fastball velocity training and functional fitness. This involves
(stability, mobility, durability, and flexibility). These factors have to
be in balance to increase velocity and decrease the risk of injury.
- What is velocity? And Understanding it?
- What is real velocity? (Kevin will explain)
- Perceived velocity? (Kevin will explain)
- Effective velocity? (Kevin will explain)
- Pitching Inside and Why?
- The softer the thrower, the more he has to pitch inside. Understand why?
Start improving your game and sign up for velocity training now!
Share and Enjoy


text:
Lower Plants Collections
The origins of the botanical collections in Cardiff began in 1867 when Cardiff Naturalists Society formed and influenced the development of Cardiff Free Library, Museum and Schools of Science and Art. The first noteworthy botanical purchase of the society was in 1870 with the Conway Collection.
An estimated 337,000 specimens in Amgueddfa Cymru — National Museum Wales herbarium are lower plants, mainly consisting of bryophytes (mosses, liverworts and hornworts) coming to around 280,000 specimens. However, there are also many specimens of lichens (45,000), fungi (6,700) and algae (5,000).
Keeping the collections safe and in good condition is part of the job of curators who work closely with the conservation department in the Museum.
Explore the collections online. We are gradually adding to these, so further catalogues will become available.


text:
This beginner's guide explains the steps to change slide background color in LibreOffice Impress.
Although, changing the background color of a single slide or all slide is pretty straight forward still for beginner's it worthwhile to create an article.
How to Change Slide Background Color
- To change the slide background color in LibreOffice impress for a single slide, select a slide.
- Then from menu,
Click Slide --> Properties
- In the Slide setup dialog, go to Background Tab, click on the Color button. Choose the color of your choice and click ok.
- The color will be applied to the currently selected slide.
- To apply to the entire presentation i.e. all the slides, follow the next steps.
- To apply a background color to all slides, you have to change the Master Slide or we call it Slide Master.
- Slide Master contains your presentation's primary style slides. Whenever you make a change in Slide Master, it gets applied to all the slides in your presentation.
- Select any slide and in the right sidebar, click properties.
- Under Slide, click Master View.
- Now you can change the background color in the master view and Click Close Master View.
- The color will be applied to all the slides in your presentation.
- To remove the color from the background, click on the Slide Properties to pull up slide Setup dialog. In the Slide setup dialog, click on the NONE button and press OK. This will remove the color.
- Apart from color, you can also have the option to change slide background with Gradient, Any Image, Patterns, and Hatch.


text:
[Tkinter-discuss] How can I edit a string inside a textbox?
fredrik at pythonware.com
Thu Dec 6 12:27:17 CET 2007
Alex Garipidis wrote:
> I have a Tkinter Textbox in my application. I want to scan the
> textbox for a symbol, defined by me as a "mark", and
> change the word that is inside or next to that symbol.
> This is what i mean:
> If a user types this to the textbox:
> "Hello _USER_, how are you doing?"
> I want to scan this string for the "@" character (or something
> else) and edit the word next to it (or "inside" it, e.g.
> "_USER_@"), "everybody" in this case, and make it have
> a color for example or make it underlined.
to find things in a text widget, use the "search" method:
pos = text.search(string, start)
where "string" is the string you want to search for, and start is the
starting position (e.g. 1.0 or INSERT).
to search for things that match "_USER_", where "word" is an arbitrary
string of letters or digits, you can use a regular expression, e.g.
pos = text.search("@\w+", 1.0, regexp=True)
search only returns where the match begins; to find the end of "_USER_",
you can search from the given position to the first thing that isn't a
end = text.search("\W", pos + " 1 char", regexp=True)
to change the appearance of a block of text, register the style using
tag_config, and then use tag_add to apply the style tag to the block, e.g.:
# do this when you create the widget
# do this to apply this style to a range of text
text.tag_add("mystyle", pos, end)
hope this helps!
More information about the Tkinter-discuss


Distance from USA
Nc to Pa distance
The driving distance or the travel distance from Nc to Pa is 489.4 Miles. The straight line distance from Nc to Pa is 389.2 Miles. The kilometer based traveling distance is 787.665 KM and the KM based straight line distance is 626.3 KM.
Nc location and Pa location
Nc is located at the latitude of 35.755432 and the longitude of -79._PHONE_. Nc is situated at the latitude of 41._PHONE_ and the longitude of -77._PHONE_. The traveling source point address is North Carolina, USA. The destination travel point address is Pennsylvania, USA.
Nc to Pa travel time
The travel time between Nc and Pa is 8.16 hours. We assumed that you are traveling at the speed of 60km per hour from Nc to Pa. The given travel time between Nc to Pa may vary based on the travel route, speed and consistent traveling.
Nc location and Pa fuel cost
The Fuel cost( Gas cost, Petrol cost) to travel from Nc location to Pa is 65.64 USD. The given fuel cost may vary based on the fuel consumption of your vehicle and varying price of the fuel. ;
Nc travel distance calculator
You are welcome to find the travel distance calculation from nc You are viewing the page distance from nc to pa. This page may provide answer for the following queries. what is the distance between Nc to Pa?. How far is Nc from Pa?. How many kilometers between Nc and Pa?. What is the travel time between Nc and Pa. How long will it take to reach Pa from Nc?. What is the geographical coordinates of Nc and Pa?. The given driving distance from Pa to Nc may vary based on various route.


text:
Babeş-Bolyai University, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
The present study is an investigation of the relationship between irrational beliefs and thought suppression in predicting distress in cancer patients. While there is a significant amount of data supporting their role as vulnerability factors for distress, no attempts have been made so far to study the relationships between these two individual characteristics. Our results show that both irrational beliefs and thought suppression are related to distress, and that the impact of irrational beliefs on distress is completely mediated by thought suppression. Potential mechanisms and implications are discussed.
Key words: thought suppression, irrational beliefs, distress


Take the 2-minute tour ×
Let $\alpha = \frac{1+\sqrt{-19}}{2}$. Let $A = \mathbb Z[\alpha]$. Let's assume that we know that its invertibles are $\{1,-1\}$. During an exercise we proved that:
Lemma: If $(D,g)$ is an Euclidean Domain such that its invertibles are $\{1,-1\}$, and $x$ is an element of minimal degree among the elements that are not invertible, then $D/(x)$ is isomorphic to $\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z$ or $\mathbb Z/3\mathbb Z$.
Now the exercise asks:
Prove that $A$ is not an Euclidean Domain.
Everything hints to an argument by contradiction: were $(A, d)$ be an ED and $x$ an element of minimal degree among the non invertibles we'd like to show that $A/(x)$ is not isomorphic to $\mathbb Z/2\mathbb Z$ or $\mathbb Z/3\mathbb Z$.
How do we do that? My problem is that, since I don't know what this degree function looks like, I don't know how to choose this $x$!
I know that the elements of $A/(x)$ are of the form $a+(x)$, with $a$ of degree less than $x$ or zero. By minimality of $x$ this means that $a\in \{0, 1, -1\}$. Now I'm lost: how do we derive a contradiction from this?
share|improve this question
3 Answers 3
up vote 7 down vote accepted
What a coincidence, this was a recent homework problem for me as well. Here's an additional hint: Show that $X^2 + X + 5$ does not split over $\mathbb{F}_2$ or $\mathbb{F}_3$. Deduce a contradiction to the minimality of the degree of $x$.
share|improve this answer
$X^2-X+5$ doesn't split in $\mathbb F_{2}[X]$ or $\mathbb F_{3}[X]$ because it has no roots in those fields. But it does split in $A[X]$, thus in $A/(x)[X]$. Contradiction! I hope :) – Jacopo Notarstefano Feb 26 '11 at 15:56
_USER_: Yes, something like that. Essentially what happens is that you are forced to conclude that $A/(x)$ is the trivial ring, so $x$ must be a unit, but we already excluded all the units. – Zhen Lin Feb 26 '11 at 16:19
Perhaps you will find enlightening the following sketched proof that $\rm\: \mathbb Z[w],\ w = (1 + \sqrt{-19})/2\ $ is a non-Euclidean PID -- based on a sketch by the eminent number-theorist Hendrik W. Lenstra.
Note that the the proof in Dummit & Foote, uses the Dedekind-Hasse criterion to prove it is a PID, and the universal side divisor criterion to prove it is not Euclidean, is probably the simplest known. The so-called universal side divisor criterion is essentially a special case of research of Lenstra, Motzkin, Samuel, Williams et al. that applies in much wider generality to Euclidean domains. You can obtain a deeper understanding of Euclidean domains from the excellent surveys by Lenstra in Mathematical Intelligencer 1979/1980 (Euclidean Number Fields 1,2,3) and Lemmermeyer's superb survey The Euclidean algorithm in algebraic number fields. Below is said sketched proof of Lenstra, excerpted from George Bergman's web page.
Let $\rm\:w\:$ denote the complex number $\rm\ (1 + \sqrt{-19}/2\:,\:$ and $\rm\:R\:$ the ring $\rm\: Z[w]\:.$ We shall show that $\rm\:R\:$ is a principal ideal domain, but not a Euclidean ring. This is Exercise III.3.8 of Hungerford's Algebra (2nd edition), but no hints are given there; the proof outlined here was sketched for me (Bergman) by H. W. Lenstra, Jr.
$(1)\ $ Verify that $\rm\ w^2\! - w + 5 = 0,\:$ that $\rm\ R = \{m + n\ a\ :\ m, n \in \mathbb Z\} = \{m + n\ \bar a\ :\ m, n \in \mathbb Z\},\:$ where the bar denotes complex conjugation, and that the map $\rm\ x \to |x|^2 = x \bar x\ $ is nonnegative integer-valued and respects multiplication.
$(2)\ $ Deduce that $\rm\ |x|^2 = 1\ $ for all units of $\rm\:R\:,\:$ and using a lower bound on the absolute value of the imaginary part of any noneal member of $\rm\:R\:,\:$ conclude that the only units of $\rm\:R\:$ are $\pm 1\:.$
$(3)\ $ Assuming $\rm\:R\:$ has a Euclidean function $\rm\:h,\:$ let $\rm\:x\ne 0\:$ be a nonunit of $\rm\,R\,$ minimizing $\rm\: h(x).\:$ Show that $\rm\:R/xR\:$ consists of the images in this ring of $\:0\:$ and the units of $\rm\:R\:,\:$ hence has cardinality at most $3$. What nonzero rings are there of such cardinalities? Show $\rm\ w^2 - w + 5 = 0 \ $ has no solution in any of these rings, and deduce a contradiction, showing that R is not Euclidean.
We shall now show that $\rm\:R\:$ is a principal ideal domain. To do this, let $\rm\:I\:$ be any nonzero ideal of $\rm\:R\:,\:$ and $\rm\:x\:$ a nonzero element of $\rm\:I\:$ of least absolute value, i.e., minimizing the integer $\rm\ x \bar x\:.\:$ We shall prove $\rm\ I = x\:R\:.\:$ (Thus, we are using the function $\rm\ x \to x \bar x\ $ as a substitute for a Euclidean function, even though it doesn't enjoy all such properties.)
For convenience, let us "normalize" our problem by taking $\rm\ J = x^{-1}\ I\:.\:$ Thus, $\rm\:J\:$ is an $\rm\:R$-submodule of $\:\mathbb C\:,\:$ containing $\rm\:R\:$ and having no nonzero element of absolute value $< 1\:.\:$ We shall show from these properties that $\rm\: J - R = \emptyset\:,\:$ i.e., that $\rm\ J = R\:.$
$(4)\ $ Show that any element of $\rm\:J\:$ that has distance less than $1$ from some element of $\rm\:R\:$ must belong to $\rm\:R\:.\:$ Deduce that in any element of $\rm\ J - R\:,\:$ the imaginary part must differ from any integral multiple of $\:\sqrt{19}/2\:$ by at least $\:\sqrt{3}/2\:.\:$ (Suggestion: draw a picture showing the set of complex numbers which the preceding observation excludes. However, unless you are told the contrary, this picture does not replace a proof; it is merely to help you find a proof.)
$(5)\ $ Deduce that if $\rm\: J - R\:$ is nonempty, it must contain an element $\rm\:y\:$ with imaginary part in the range $\rm\ [\sqrt{3}/2,\ \sqrt{19}/2 - \sqrt{3}/2]\:,\:$ and real part in the range $\rm\: (-1/2,\ 1/2]\:.$
$(6)\ $ Show that for such a $\rm\: y\:,\:$ the element $\rm\: 2\:y\:$ will have imaginary part too close to $\:\sqrt{19}/2\:$ to lie in $\rm\: J - R\:.\:$ Deduce that $\rm\ y = w/2\ $ or $\rm- \bar w/2\:,\:$ and hence that $\rm\ w\ \bar w/2\ \in J\:.$
$(7)\ $ Compute $\rm\: w\ \bar w/2\:,\:$ and obtain a contradiction. Conclude that $\rm\:R\:$ is a principal ideal domain.
$(8)\ $ What goes wrong with these arguments if we replace $19$ throughout by $17$? By $23$?
share|improve this answer
You don't need to know what the degree function looks like to choose $x$: you already chose it when you said "$x$ an element of minimal degree." (By the well-ordering principle, the set of degrees of nonzero, non-unital elements has a least element.)
share|improve this answer
I guess I should have phrased my question better. I do understand that this $x$, given a degree function, exists. I'll try to edit my question to


text:
Flourish Spices and African Food
West African food is an essential part of Olajumoke Elkanah's life, so when she moved to Oregon and discovered that the closest place to buy the ingredients she needed to cook her cultural dishes was over an hour's drive away, she knew she needed to do something. She opened Flourish Spices and African Food in 2022 with the goal of making all the spices, snacks, and produce necessary for her favorite West African dishes affordable and accessible for all.
Ola believes that sharing food has the power to bridge cultures and bring people together. Sign up for one of her cooking classes and she might just let you in on a few of her cooking "secrets" passed down through three generations of her family.


Event Resources Constitution Contact Us
Welcome to Hong Kong Youth Care Association's website.
Our service areas include the followings:
 1. To help the poor out of poverty and contribute to the community;
 2. To assist the social security assistances and immigrant families to integrate to the society;
 3. To offer employment opportunities and on-job training to people in difficulties;
 4. To improve personal skills and living standard of chronically ill peoples and disables. So they have chances to self-reliance;
 5. To provide family support, child development and elderly care services;
 6. To grant educational fund as a school sponsoring body.
(C) 2007~2009 Hong Kong Youth Care Association.


text:
Background and Aim: Mandibular impacted third molar surgery is considered as one of the most common surgical procedures done in oral cavity. It is frequently related with mild to severe complications and other factors. This study aimed to estimate the etiology, complications and quality of post surgical life as related to mandibular impacted third molar surgery. Materials & Methods: A cross sectional, questionnaire-based survey comprised of 100 patients of dental hospitalís oral surgery department. Author used preformed questionnaire having questions regarding etiology, complications and quality of post surgical life as related to mandibular impacted third molar surgery. This study comprised of records of patients and other available data. Response was recorded and data was processed statistically to estimate outcomes. Results: Statistical analysis using statistical software Statistical Package for the Social Sciences (SPSS). The obtained data was subjected to relevant statistical tests to obtain p values, mean, standard deviation, standard error an 95% CI. Pain (70%) and inflammation (25%) was most common etiologies as reported by the studied patients. Edema (73%) and Hemorrhage (13%) was frequently observed complications. A very obvious decline in patients quality of life was also noted. Conclusion: This cross sectional study was completed using patientís data and questionnaire wherein we have outlines certain very imperative inferences. Pain and inflammation was most common etiologies as reported by the studied patients. Edema and Hemorrhage was commonly seen complications. A very reasonable decrease in patientís quality of life was observed.
Key words: Impacted third molar, Oral surgery, Complication, Quality of life.


This slideshow requires JavaScript.
Thank you to everyone who made our State Finals tournament a success!
State Finals 2017 Scores
Good luck at World Finals!
What is Odyssey of the Mind?
Odyssey of the Mind is an international creative problem-solving program for K-12 and college students. Pennsylvania has a long, successful history with the program since 1979. Odyssey of the Mind provides students the opportunity to learn to express themselves creatively, while developing life-long problem-solving skills. Students learn the value of brainstorming and teamwork, as they grow their self-confidence and appreciation for the ideas and strengths of others while in an encouraging team-focused atmosphere. Their unforgettable experiences as an Odyssey team build their skills to succeed in their personal lives and future careers.


text:
In marketing, a coupon is a ticket or document that can be exchanged for a financial discount or rebate when purchasing a product.
Customarily, coupons are issued by manufacturers of consumer packaged goods or by retailers, to be used in retail stores as a part of sales promotions.
They are often widely distributed through mail, magazines, newspapers, the Internet, and mobile devices such as cell phones. Internet coupons have become popular recently, because there is no postal cost, and the printing cost is borne by the user (who prints the coupons) rather than the businesses issuing them.
With the help of Coupons tab, you can manage your VirtueMart consumers Coupons.
The main operations you can perform in the corresponding section of Store Manager are Refresh, Add, Edit, Delete Coupons:
When you press Add or Edit buttons Store Manager calls 'Edit Coupon' window:
'Coupon Properties' form includes:
- Coupon ID.
- Published - you can tick this checkbox if rule works or leave blank, if it does not work. Can be used for seasonal changes in prices.
- Coupon Code - unique number, that is automatically is provided by Store Manager.
- Value - enter your coupon value or calculate it.
- Percent or Total - establish the percentage or total equivalent of your coupon.
- Coupon Type - specify the type of coupon as a permanent or one-time gift.
- Minimum Total Order.
- Start and Expires date of the coupon.
Press 'Apply' button to save changes.


text:
Filipina Sex Cams
Foreigners may have various reasons for wanting a Filipino partner, and it's important to recognize that individuals' preferences and motivations can differ greatly. Here are some common reasons why some foreigners are attracted to Filipinos as their partners:
Beauty and physical attributes: Filipinos are often recognized for their unique and diverse physical features. Many foreigners are drawn to the exotic beauty of Filipinos, which can include a range of characteristics such as tan skin, dark hair, almond-shaped eyes, and a generally youthful appearance. These physical attributes can be particularly appealing to individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
Warm and hospitable nature: Filipinos are renowned for their warm and welcoming nature. They are often described as friendly, hospitable, and accommodating. This inherent trait can make them attractive partners, as foreigners may find comfort and a sense of belonging in the company of a Filipino spouse or partner.
Strong family values: Family plays a central role in Filipina sex chat culture, and family ties are highly valued. Foreigners who prioritize strong family connections and a sense of community often find Filipinos appealing. They appreciate the emphasis placed on maintaining close relationships with extended family members and the importance of providing care and support to loved ones.
English language proficiency: The Philippines is one of the largest English-speaking countries in the world. English is widely spoken and taught as a second language from an early age. Foreigners who do not speak Filipino or have limited knowledge of the local language find it convenient to communicate with their Filipino partners in English. This shared language can facilitate better understanding and connection between individuals from different cultural backgrounds.
Cultural compatibility: Filipinos have been exposed to diverse cultures and have developed a flexible and adaptable mindset. They are known for being able to easily assimilate and adjust to different cultures, making them compatible partners for foreigners. Their openness to new experiences and willingness to learn about their partner's culture can contribute to a harmonious and enriching relationship.
Strong work ethic and resilience: Filipinos are known for their hard work, dedication, and resilience. Many Filipinos are willing to go the extra mile to provide for their families and loved ones. This commitment to personal and professional growth can be appealing to foreigners seeking partners who share similar values and aspirations.
Appreciation of traditional gender roles: Some foreigners may be attracted to the more traditional gender roles that are still prevalent in Filipino culture. In many Filipino families, there is a clear division of labor, with women often taking on domestic responsibilities and men assuming the role of the primary breadwinner. Foreigners who appreciate these traditional dynamics may seek out Filipino partners who align with their own values and expectations.
Sense of humor and positive outlook: Filipinos are known for their sense of humor and ability to find joy in even the most challenging situations. Their positive outlook on life and ability to maintain optimism can be attractive to foreigners who value a partner with a lighthearted and positive approach to life.
Intercultural learning and adventure: For some foreigners, being in a relationship with a Filipino partner provides an opportunity for intercultural learning and experiencing a different way of life. They may be drawn to the richness of Filipino culture, traditions, and cuisine, and see their relationship as a gateway to exploring and embracing new experiences.
It is crucial to recognize that these reasons are generalizations and do not apply to every individual. Each person has their own unique preferences and motivations when it comes to choosing a partner, and it is essential to approach these matters with respect and cultural sensitivity. Building a successful and fulfilling relationship ultimately depends on mutual understanding, love, and shared values between partners, regardless of their cultural backgrounds. _URL_
At the same time have a look at Anal Fetish Web Cams >>>