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CoreLogic examines what is driving the rise in occupancy fraud in its 2023 Annual Mortgage Fraud Report
Mortgage fraud occurs when a borrower intentionally misrepresents information on a loan application. From false information regarding borrower income, employment, assets, and debt to fraudulently stating the intended occupancy of the property, loan officers and financial institutions have a lot to consider when proactively identifying fraud.
According to the CoreLogic® 2023 Annual Mortgage Fraud Report, an estimated 1 out of every 134 mortgage applications had indications of fraud in Q2 2023.
Among the various types of mortgage fraud, occupancy fraud is becoming increasingly prevalent. The most common type of occupancy fraud occurs when a borrower states on a loan application that they intend to live in a property but instead they use the property as an investment.
One motivation spurring this type of fraud is an attempt to obtain better loan terms than would normally be available for an investment home. Generally, programs, pricing, and underwriting guidelines are more favorable on owner-occupied properties.
Occupancy fraud rose 11.8% from Q2'22 to Q2'23
Mortgage lenders struggle with occupancy fraud because it's easier to spot after it already happens. However, proactively detecting this type of fraud is especially consequential at a time of increasing repurchase risk. Loan buyback rates have increased annually since 2020. Repurchase rates in the first quarter of 2023 are up 759% compared with the same period of 2020.
According to a study published in early 2023 by the Federal Reserve Bank of Philadelphia, investment volumes varied between 2005 and 2017, but fraudulent investors (i.e., those committing occupancy fraud) consistently made up roughly one-third of the total pool of investors.
The share of investor purchases has surged since 2021. Today's investors are becoming more likely to operate on a smaller scale, only owning three to nine properties. As a result, it's not surprising that reports of occupancy fraud rates have increased since the pandemic.
The pandemic caused low occupancy fraud in 2020, but recent evidence suggests that the rate has since increased. The CoreLogic 2023 Annual Mortgage Fraud Report found that occupancy fraud in Q2 2023 is up 11.8% from a year prior. Similarly, the Fannie Mae Financial Crimes team's Aug. 11, 2023 update reported that among all loans with mortgage fraud investigative findings, the percentage of loans with occupancy fraud increased from 10% in 2020 and 2021 to 19% in 2022.
CoreLogic's Science and Analytics team recently analyzed trends in suspected occupancy fraud. The researchers compared where borrowers stated they lived on mortgage loan applications to public records after the loan was approved. If there were differences, it could mean the borrowers lied about living in the property they bought. For example, researchers flagged loans where a borrower claimed during mortgage loan origination that a property would be their primary residence, but post-closing public records identified the property as an investment owned by the initial borrower.
The percentage of suspect occupancy loans in the analyzed population has nearly tripled since 2020. Rates of potential misrepresentation among purchase loans are higher than refinances, but both have shown an increase.
Loans involving multi-unit properties were the most likely to involve potential occupancy fraud, followed by jumbo and FHA loans. Lower risk was associated with VA loans.
Lower interest rates may be a motivation to commit occupancy fraud. The average application interest rate on loans suspected of occupancy fraud is consistently lower than the average rate for legitimate investment loans, which decreases overall mortgage payments.
Occupancy fraud is a challenging issue that appears to be growing in the current market. However, time will tell if instances of this type of fraud will stay high once interest rates start to decrease.
It is easier to identify fraud after the fact than it is to prevent it. This can leave lenders at risk of repurchase. Rather than being left in the dark, lenders should understand fraud trends. Keep up with CoreLogic's quarterly mortgage fraud reports and review existing processes using tools like CoreLogic's LoanSafe to help mitigate increasing risk.


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Consider a laptop that runs a Windows Operating system. (We have found that this applies to Windows Vista, Windows 7 and Windows 8 as well.)
Let's say, when at work, I connect a monitor via USB to the "left" of the laptop monitor. It's identified as monitor 3.
At home, I use a monitor that sits to the right of the laptop monitor. It's monitor 2.
Monitor 1 is the inbuilt laptop monitor.
Now at home I open a window, any window, on monitor 2. Then I come to work and plug in monitor 3. Anything I had open on monitor 2 is now stuck in un-retrievable land. It keeps attempting to display on a monitor that is no longer connected.
If you look closely, you'll see that you still get the icon for the app down in your task bar. If so, do the following:
 - Select the icon for the app and hit ALT+ SPACE and then M.
 - This will select Move for the Window selected.
 - Now use your keyboard arrow to move the window in the proper direction to the active monitor.
Once you have hit at least on arrow key to start the move, you can them use the mouse for the rest, which unless the resolution of the screen that isn't present is small is usually a bit quicker.
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Lubbock Roommate Violence Penalties
Home > Lubbock Domestic Violence Lawyer > Lubbock Roommate Violence Lawyer > Lubbock Roommate Violence Penalties
Criminal consequences of roommate violence in Lubbock include two things: punishment and collateral consequences. Punishment is defined in the statutes as time in jail and a financial fine. In addition to those are collateral consequences, which are the additional civil state penalties. This can include probation, classes mandated for the person to take (like anger management classes).
If there are any protective orders that come about, the person will be on the role of protective orders with the Department of Public Safety. This will endanger a person's ability to get a handgun and to carry ammunition. All of those are consequences that a person can face.
Immediate criminal consequences include getting handcuffed, booked, and having a picture taken. A person convicted of a roommate violence penalty might end up in the newspaper as well, facing social damage. Other social repercussions include work, family, and friend complications that may arise after a domestic violence charge.
Long-term Consequences
The long-term consequences of roommate violence penalties include having a criminal charge on an individual's record. If charged and convicted, a person facing roommate violence penalties are not eligible for non-disclosure. That means when a person has a criminal offense, there are two ways to hide that offense and to protect a person's future for background checks or something else. One way to hide the criminal offense is through an expunction of public records, which a person can only get in limited circumstances. Those circumstances do not exist for someone who gets convicted of a roommate violence penalty in Lubbock.
A person penalized for a roommate violence charge should get an order of non-disclosure, which means the records will not be public or easily obtained. For an employment application, for example, the person is allowed by law to say they never did it. The government can still see it, but that employer will never find it unless that employer happens to be a regulated industry such as the military or the medical field. So there still can be a list of people can see the roommate violence penalty.
Another long-term consequence is called an enhancement. This is a situation in which a person with a prior conviction face an increase in their penalty when they obtain another conviction. People often think they may never get involved with assault again, but it happens. A person likely did not plan to get involved in the one that they were convicted for the first time. Circumstances can get out of control sometimes, so someone can find themselves with an enhanced punishment. Those are some of the long-term consequences.
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Getting a professional, experienced Lubbock domestic violence lawyer is important if you want to avoid both short-term and long-term consequences of a roommate violence penalty. Call one today to see what you can to do avoid such punishments.
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Invest in real estate on your own terms with secured or unsecured mortgage notes
If you don't want to be burdened with maintenance costs or rental vacancies, you can invest in mortgage notes in your self-directed IRA. You can also be a real estate lender with your IRA funds and help others purchase new properties. You set the terms of the loan, including time frames and interest rates. The payments will go to your retirement account.
There are two types of notes:
 1. Secured notes, deeds of trust, and mortgage notes are basically the same thing, depending on the state that you reside in.
 2. Unsecured notes are not backed by collateral and thus often pose a higher risk than a secured note. Because of this increased risk, unsecured notes are generally structured at a higher interest rate.
What are Secured Notes?
A Real Estate Note is secured by real property. The documents required by a self-directed IRA administrator for notes secured by real estate vary by the type of note you are requesting:
 - If you are issuing a new note or seller carry back note, simply submit a copy of the original note, deed of trust or mortgage, and a copy of the lender's title report.
 - If you are buying an existing note, you will need to submit a copy of the original note, recorded deed of trust or mortgage, title policy, deed of trust or mortgage assignment, note endorsement, and note purchase agreement, if applicable.
 - If a borrower cannot pay the balance on a note, the property can be sold to satisfy the debt.
What are Deeds of Trust?
Trust deeds, deeds of trust, and mortgage notes are basically the same thing, depending on the state that you reside in. In a trust deed, the investor loans money to a borrower using real estate as collateral. The loan is secured with a Trust Deed, which is recorded in county land records against the collateral. The terms of the loan are detailed in the Promissory Note.
You will want to define the type of real estate you feel comfortable lending against. Working with a local real estate broker who specializes in trust deed investments is a good start. Perform your due diligence by asking for references, requesting a schedule of loans that have funded, and confirm the status of the broker's license.
It is advisable to order a third-party appraisal or valuation of the property you intend to invest in. You will want to verify that the value of the collateral is sufficient to return the principal on your loan. Additionally, obtain a Title Policy from a reputable title insurer that insures your trust deed on the property. Lastly, verify that the borrower has property insurance on the property and request verification that it names you as a "Mortgagee." Seek legal and financial advice from trusted representatives.
What are Unsecured Secured Notes (Promissory Notes)?
A promissory note is a legal agreement between a buyer and a lender. The note contains the promise to repay a loan, along with the terms for the repayment. The note is not recorded in county land records. The lender holds the promissory note. When the note is paid off, the note is marked paid in full and returned to the borrower.
How do I invest with Mortgage Notes?
Sellers looking to offer financing to potential buyers can have a real estate note created for the transaction. It is important to have your note drawn up by a real estate attorney and that you understand the terms of the note:
1. Open and fund your self-directed IRA.
2. Find an individual or entity interested in borrowing money from your IRA. The loan must be secured by real estate.
3. Complete and submit a Real Estate Note Buy Direction Letter to your self-directed IRA administrator to request funds. You must include supporting documents. The documents required are based on the type of note (Secured Note):
 1. Issuing new note or seller carry back note.
 2. Buying an existing note.
If you are partnering your IRA with personal funds, both you and your IRA are the lenders. In this case, you need to add the percentages of ownership interest to title.
For example, The Trust Group, Inc. FBO John Smith Account #12345, [Percentage of ownership] % undivided interest.
4. When you have submitted the required documents, your self-directed IRA administrator will process the investment and remit funds to the borrower or to the entity responsible for closing the transaction. Normal processing takes approximately three business days with funding happening on the fourth business day, unless corrections are required. A special handling fee applies to expedited processing requests.
5. Assignment of Deed of Trust: The Deed of Trust or mortgage is owned by your self-directed IRA.
6. Send all documents related to the promissory notes to your self-directed IRA administrator for record keeping. They must receive all documents signed by all parties for IRS audit purposes.
Your self-directed IRA administrator must sign investment documents on behalf of your IRA. You will note "read and approved" with your signature and date each page of the investment documents. If the borrower is an entity, they must see the entity formation documents to verify that the transaction is not prohibited under IRC 4975.
After the investment is completed, all payments made according to the terms of the note must be submitted to your self-directed IRA administrator using a Deposit Coupon form.
For specific account questions, please contact self-directed IRA administrator.
Disclaimer: Before you invest in this business sector using your IRA, it is best to consult with your investment, legal and tax advisor. DREI,LLC does not endorse or recommend any of these investments. Proper due diligence by you the IRA holder is recommended before entering into any transaction.
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As is well known, the space of solutions of a linear ODE with, say, $\mathcal{C}^\infty$ coefficients on $\mathbb{R}$ is a finite dimensional affine space (a vector space, in the homogeneus case).
What is the structure of the space of solutions of a non linear ODE? In which cases does it have a "natural" structure of finite dimensional smooth manifold?
For the question to make sense, some conditions on the form of the equation must be put. Let's assume the ODE is of the form
where $F:\mathbb{R}\times\mathbb{R}^n\to\mathbb{R}$ is a smooth function.
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You need to put more assumptions on $F$ in order for this to have a meaningful answer. For example, you haven't ruled out that $F$ is identically $0$ (all functions $u$ satisfy the equation) or $1$ (no functions $u$ satisfy the equation). Usually, in the case of a higher order ODE for one unknown function, one assumes that the equation can be solved smoothly for the highest derivative. Then one locally has the structure of a smooth manifold of dimension $n$, with the 'initial values' $\bigl(u^{(j)}(t_0)\bigr)$ for $0\le j< n$ giving local coordinates. – Robert Bryant Dec 8 '12 at 20:25
In addition to what Robert already said, there's also the issue of whether you care about the size of the interval on which a solution exists. For a linear ODE, the solution exists for all time (both positive and negative), but for a nonlinear ODE, solutions may exist for only a finite time and the size of the time interval might depend on the initial data. – Deane Yang Dec 8 '12 at 20:30
_USER_ Bryant: your comment comes very close to what I would have expected as an answer! Are there cases in which the manifold is compact? And in which it has nontrivial topology? – Qfwfq Dec 8 '12 at 20:55
_USER_ Yang: yes, that is an issue too; that's why I didn't specify in which functional space the solutions have to live ($\mathcal{C}^{\infty}(\mathbb{R})$ or $\mathcal{C}^{\infty}(t_0-\epsilon,t_0+\epsilon)$); should I have considered solutions as living in the space of germs of smooth functions at $t_0$ (which is still infinite dimensional)? ( _USER_ commenters: I realize my question is perhaps a bit elementary for people who know differential equations). – Qfwfq Dec 8 '12 at 20:55
I didn't know whether to accept R.Bryant's or F.Ziegler's very well written answer. The latter just seemed a bit more general, so I've clicked on it. – Qfwfq Dec 19 '12 at 17:34
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As Robert Bryant observed, something like the solubility of $F$ for $u^{(n)}$ needs to be assumed. Then by the trick (due I believe to D'Alembert) of setting $x=(t,u,\dots,u^{(n-1)})$ and dt/ds=1, the equation can always be rewritten $$ \frac{dx}{ds}=f(x). $$ This is what most geometers would call the "standard ODE", wherein $f$ is a smooth vector field on the manifold where $x$ evolves.
In this setting, the space of (maximal connected) solution curves is indeed always a (not necessarily Hausdorff) manifold. I don't know who first wrote this, but according to this recent obituary a contender would be J.-M. Souriau in his 1970 book "Structure des systèmes dynamiques". Translation of the relevant passage:
The manifold of motions of a system
Jean-Marie Souriau has observed that the set of maximal solutions of a differential system on a differentiable manifold possesses itself a natural structure of differentiable manifold, not always separated: thus one can speak of the system's manifold of motions. This very simple property is rarely mentioned in the usual courses on differential calculus.
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There is yet another direction in which one could take the question, one that makes more contact with the linear and affine structures that one observes in the standard treatment of linear equations (both homogeneous and inhomogeneous). For example, consider the Riccati equation $$ u'(t) = a_0(t) + a_1(t)u(t) + a_2(t)u(t)^2,\tag{1} $$ which is nonlinear (when $a_2$ is not zero). A standard fact that is proved in ODE courses is that there is a 'trick' for 'linearizing' this equation, yielding the result that the general solution can be written in the form $$ u(t) = \frac{c_1b_1(t)+c_2b_2(t)}{c_1b_3(t)+c_2b_4(t)} $$ for some functions $b_i(t)$ (defined on the entire interval on which the $a_i$ are defined) and constants $c_1$ and $c_2$ (not both zero). Obviously, only the ratio of $c_1$ to $c_2$ matters for specifying $u$, so the ($1$-dimensional) space of solutions to $(1)$ is 'naturally' diffeomorphic to the real projective line $\mathbb{RP}^1$. Note that this representation works even when the solution $u$ has a 'pole'. (For example, consider the Riccati equation $u' = 1 + u^2$, which has $u(t) = \tan t$ as a solution.)
Sophus Lie developed a theory that associated a type of ODE to each homogeneous space of what we now call Lie groups, one that generalized the theory of linear ODE (both homogeneous and inhomogeneous) and Riccati equations in their various forms (which correspond to vector spaces, affine spaces, and projective spaces, thought of as homogeneous spaces of appropriate Lie groups).
It's possible that the OP is interested in learning more about the theory of ODE (and PDE) of Lie type, which is what this theory developed into. For this theory, putting a (possibly non-Hausdorff) manifold structure on the space of solutions is a necessary first step, but it is only the beginning.
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The formula given in this answer is related to the fact any four solutions of the Ricatti equation are in constant Cross-ratio. – Denis Serre Dec 9 '12 at 13:47
That's true. The point is that the 'evaluation map' from the space of solutions with its natural $\mathbb{RP}^1$-structure to $\mathbb{R}$ given by $u\mapsto u(t_0)$ is an affine chart on the $\mathbb{RP}^1$ for each $t_0$. The constancy of the cross-ratio is then a reflection of the fact that projective transformations of $\mathbb{RP}^1$ preserve the cross-ratio of $4$ points. Of course, this generalizes to all equations of Lie type, replacing $\mathbb{RP}^1$ with the appropriate homogeneous space $M$ and the cross-ratio with appropriate invariant function(s) on products of $M$ with itself. – Robert Bryant Dec 9 '12 at 14:36
Deep and interesting theory exists when $F$ is analytic, not just smooth. It was developed by J. F. Ritt in his books on Differential algebra. (In particular, Ritt rigorously defined the things like "singular solutions").
Some parts of the theory also apply to PDE.
Most interesting and useful theory is obtained when $F$ is a polynomial, in which case the set of solution is a "differential-algebraic manifold", and a theory of DA manifolds is parallel to the theory of the usual algebraic manifolds.
For a more modern exposition (including fields of non-zero characteristic) see Kolchin, Differential algebra and algebraic groups.
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I'm looking for a quick way to compute the Pontryagin dual group of the n-dimensional torus $\mathbb{T}^n$ (with $\mathbb{T} := \mathbb{R} / \mathbb{Z}$). The only way I know is from "Dikran Dikranjan - Introduction to Topological Groups" and is very tedious.
I thought so: $\mathbb{T}^n$ is compact then $\widehat{\mathbb{T}^n}$ has the discrete topology. The set $E$ of all the functions
$\mathbb{T}^n \to \mathbb{C} : x \mapsto e^{2 \pi a \cdot x}$
with $a \in \mathbb{Z}^d$ is a subset of $\widehat{\mathbb{T}^d}$ which separates the points of $\mathbb{T}^d$ (I mean: for any $x,y \in \mathbb{T}^d$ with $x \neq y$ exists some $\chi \in E$ such that $\chi(x) \neq \chi(y)$. Now I was hoping that Stone-Weierstass theorem could help me to prove that $E$ is dense in $\widehat{\mathbb{T}^d}$ and so that $\widehat{\mathbb{T}^d} = E$, because $\widehat{\mathbb{T}^d}$ is discrete. However I don't know how to apply Stone-Weierstass theorem in this case.
I thank you for any ideas!
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The key case is the 1-dimensional torus. We want to show every continuous homomorphism $\chi \colon {\mathbf R}/{\mathbf Z} \rightarrow {\mathbf T}$ has the form $x \bmod {\mathbf Z} \mapsto e^{2\pi inx}$ for some integer $n$.
Any character of ${\mathbf R}/{\mathbf Z}$ can be pulled back to a character of ${\mathbf R}$ by composing with the canonical map ${\mathbf R} \rightarrow {\mathbf R}/{\mathbf Z}$. Let $\chi' \colon {\mathbf R} \rightarrow {\mathbf T}$ be the resulting character of ${\mathbf R}$, i.e., $\chi'(x) = \chi(x \bmod {\mathbf Z})$. All continuous homomorphisms ${\mathbf R} \rightarrow {\mathbf T}$ have the form $x \mapsto e^{2\pi ixy}$ for some real number $y$. Accepting this for a moment, we'd have $\chi'(x) = e^{2\pi ixy}$ for some $y$. Thus $\chi(x \bmod {\mathbf Z}) = e^{2\pi ixy}$. Taking $x = 1$, we get $1 = e^{2\pi iy}$. Therefore $y$ is an integer. Writing $y$ as $n$, for psychological purposes, $\chi(x \bmod {\mathbf Z}) = e^{2\pi inx}$ for an integer $n$, which is what you wanted.
Our task now is to compute the characters of ${\mathbf R}$. For this I like the method from Conway's "A Course in Functional Analysis". For any continuous homomorphism $\gamma \colon {\mathbf R} \rightarrow {\mathbf T}$, we want to show $\gamma(x) = e^{2\pi ixy}$ for some real number $y$. We will use differential equations. Because $\gamma(0) = 1$, by continuity $\int_0^a \gamma(t)dt \approx a$ for small positive $a$, so $\int_0^a\gamma(t)dt \not= 0$ for an appropriate $a$. Fixing such $a$, for all real $x$ we have $$\int_x^{x+a} \gamma(t)dt = \int_0^a \gamma(t+x)dt = \int_0^a \gamma(t)\gamma(x)dt = \gamma(x)\int_0^a \gamma(t)dt.$$ Therefore $$ \gamma(x) = \frac{\int_x^{x+a} \gamma(t)dt}{\int_0^a\gamma(t)dt}. $$ The right side, by the fundamental theorem of calculus, is a differentiable function of $x$, and therefore $$ \gamma'(x) = \frac{\gamma(x+a) - \gamma(x)}{\int_0^a\gamma(t)dt} = \frac{\gamma(a)-1}{\int_0^a\gamma(t)dt}\gamma(x), $$ so $\gamma'(x) = s\gamma(x)$ for a complex number $s$. By the theory of ODE, $\gamma(x) = Ce^{sx}$. Since $\gamma(0) = 1$, we have $C = 1$, so $\gamma(x) = e^{sx}$. Since $|\gamma(x)| = 1$, we have $e^{{\rm Re}(s)x} = 1$ for all real $x$, so ${\rm Re}(s) = 0$. Write $s = 2\pi iy$ for a real number $y$ and we're done.
I don't think you're going to find a 2-line proof of the computation of the character group of ${\mathbf R}/{\mathbf Z}$ or ${\mathbf R}$ because you need to get exponential functions from somewhere. Above we get them from our knowledge of solutions to the most basic first-order ODE, and to bring in an ODE we needed a clever idea to see that the a priori continuous function $\gamma$ is in fact differentiable.
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Excuse me if I am being too naive: Is not this saying the representation of $S_{1}$ to $S_{1}$ is isomorphic to the integers? – Kerry Feb 25 '12 at 21:42
_USER_: you are not being too naive. The continuous homomorphisms from the unit circle to itself are the power maps $z \mapsto z^n$ for integers $n$, which compose with each other the same way that integers add (in the exponent), so the dual group of the unit circle is the integers. – KConrad Feb 25 '12 at 23:10
If you allow Stone-Weierstrass, all you need is that the "finite trigonometric polynomials" (= Laurent polynomials = finite linear combinations of $e^{2\pi i n x}$) constitute a $\bf C$-algebra of continuous functions on the circle that separates points and is closed under complex conjugations. "Separates points" is easy because $e^{2\pi i x}$ already separates points, and "closed under conjugation" is immediate. You can handle the $d$-torus the same way, using the fact that the $e^{2\pi i x_j}$ together already separate points. – Noam D. Elkies Feb 25 '12 at 23:34
_USER_: Thanks, this is very clear. – Kerry Feb 26 '12 at 5:55
_USER_-grade83: Use orthogonality of characters. Any character $\chi$ is uniformly approximable by a linear combination of the $e^{2\pi i k}$. If $\chi$ were not itself one of the $e^{2\pi i k}$ then $\chi$ would be orthogonal to functions arbitrarily close to itself, which is a contradiction. Likewise on the $d$-torus, with "$k$" interpreted as an element of ${\bf Z}^d$ rather than ${\bf Z}$. – Noam D. Elkies Feb 27 '12 at 3:52
You can read off a simple proof from Section VII.2 of Bourbaki's General Topology Part 2. Roughly, the proof goes as follows. Let $\mathbb{T}:=\mathbb{R}/\mathbb{Z}$, then any continuous homomorphism $\mathbb{T}^m\to\mathbb{T}^n$ lifts to a continuous homomorphism $\mathbb{R}^m\to\mathbb R^n$ which then is linear and maps $\mathbb{Z}^m$ into $\mathbb{Z}^n$.
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In my setting the dual group of $G$ is the group of continuous homomorphisms $G \to \mathbb{T}^\times$, where $\mathbb{T}^\times = \{z \in \mathbb{C} : |z| = 1 \}$ is the circle group. So if I understand you say that if $\chi \in \widehat{\mathbb{T}^d}$ then I can extend $\chi$ to a continuous homomorphism $\chi^\prime : \mathbb{R}^d \to \mathbb{R}$. But I don't know how to do this, however I know how extend $\chi$ to a continuous homomorphism $\chi^\prime : \mathbb{


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The Fragrant Trees were those species of trees which grew in Nísimaldar, a western region in the Island of Númenor. The name derived from the sweet scent which came from their leaves, their flowers and even their bark. They were brought from Eressëa by the Elves who navigated towards Númenor. Later, they were planted in other regions of the island, though they did not grow in such high numbers.[1]
The Fragrant Trees were : Oiolairë, Lairelossë, Nessamelda, Vardarianna, Taniquelassë, Yavannamírë and Malinornë.
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This environment is typically a forest, an evil, skeleton-filled, dangerous forest with flesh craving trees. The wood from these trees is highly sought after by necromancers, death-cults, sentient undead, and others who deal with death on a regular basis. Surprisingly, the tree loses all true-evil connotations once it is cut down and the stump is destroyed; this means that the wood can be used by anyone. See below for bone wood crafts.
 Bone Tree
A bone tree is the result of a seed being infused with necromantic energy either deliberately, as the result of some traumatic event, or from the seed of a greater bone tree. If it is deliberately made the creator must have a hefty supply of bones on hand to feed the tree as it grows. Most non-deliberate bone trees grow in soil that has been drenched in the blood from a massive battle where the bodies were left to rot and the bones eventually became part of the earth.
- Bone Seeds are hefty balls about the size of a coconut that sprout into a bone tree. Lesser bone tree status is achieved within 6 months of sprouting. Greater Bone tree status is achieved in 50 years
- Lesser: Undead within 30' gain a +2 Profane bonus vs turn attempts, corporeal undead gain fast healing 1. Animates anything dead within 50' into a skeleton within 1d4 hours. These effects do not stack no matter how many trees are together.
- Greater: Same as lesser plus the following - anything dead within 30' of the tree is animated as a skeleton in 1d4 rounds. Corporeal Undead within 50' gain a +1 Profane bonus to attack and damage when doing unarmed/natural attacks. Fast healing is increased to 5
Any species of tree can be a bone tree as long as it was affected by one of the processes described above. Some trees have no outward appearance betraying their status (the bones are around the roots or deep within the trunk), most have obvious bits of bone sticking from the bark, the most profane trees seem to be sheathed in a bony coating. Bone trees that grow from the seed of a greater bone tree resemble the original tree but with a malignant, evil twist to the orignal form.
 Bone Tree Skeletons
The first thing a skeleton does when created by a Bone Tree is tear any flesh left on its body and place it around the trees roots as fertilizer. Skeletons created by Bone Trees typically stay within 300' of the tree and retreat to the tree for healing if injured. When not defending the tree from a threat, the skeletons tend to the tree and maintain the grounds around it. Part of this maintenance is that the skeleton brings any fragments of bone it can find to the tree for integration into the tree. The trees skeletons are also responsible for the spread of the bone tree forest and they do this by taking bone seeds out 40 to 60 feet away from the tree for planting. Most trees only maintain a force of 10 to 20 skeletons, more useful skeletons are kept and other skeletons are integrated into the tree.
 Bone Wood Crafts
Some versions of the crepitus crutch are created using wood and bone from bone trees. Crepitus crutches made completely from materials gathered from a bone tree grant their created skeletons a +2 profane bonus versus turn attempts.
It is possible that the profane bone or wood from a Bone Wood Tree is useable in other crafted items. This would be at the DM's discretion.
 The Forest
A bone tree forest is a thing of beauty, the skeletal minions of the trees keep the grounds around their tree in pristine condition. The trees, while not truly intelligent, seem to be aware that a pleasant environment is more likely to attract good-aligned intelligent species. To this end, when the skeletons are not actively working they are directed to hide from sight however possible. They typically hide either in nearby large trees, ready to leap down on unsuspecting victims, or buried in the ground ready to rise up on unsuspecting victims.
You can generally assume that no tree is within 50 feet of each other and calculate how many trees can be in any one forest based on this assumption.


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(->> object member): This construct can be used to get the procedure associated with the given member.
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(member object arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function of a given object, after the member function has been made 'generic', using
def-generic member); it transforms into
(-> object member arg1...).
(-> this member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member function from within an object. Use it to call a member as if it was called from outside of the object.
(-> supers member arg1...): This construct can be used to call a member of the object its'super' objects.
(member arg1...): Use this construct to call a member function in the current object ('class closure'), e.g.:
(def-class (this (operation2 _a _b)) (supers) (private (define a _a) (define b _b)) (public (define (operation2 a b) 'nil) (define (calculate) (-> this operation2 a b)) (define (calcthis) (operation2 a b))) (constructor)) (def-class (this (add a b)) (supers (operation2 a b)) (private) (public (define (operation2 a b) (+ a b))) (constructor)) > (define a (add 3 4)) > (-> a calculate) 7 > (-> a calcthis) nil >
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Accessing member variables
Public member variables can only be accessed from the outside as if they were member functions. E.g.:
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obj (without arguments), if it exists,
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(-> obj function...)
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(roos-dispatch obj symbol-for-member. args)
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obj-to-proxy-for to the proxy
obj. If a given member cannot be found in the object
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Can be used to get a named value from an argument list. Example:
>(named-argument 'text (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "3" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42) "no") "no" >(named-argument 'test (list 'text "3" 'number 42)) _TAG_ >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes) '%noyes) '%roos-exists >(named-argument 'yes (list 'text "3" 'number 42 'yes 'nopo 665) '%noyes) 'nopo (define (f. args) (if (eq? (named-argument'mandatory-argument args 'undef) 'undef) (error "He, you're missing a mandatory argument!") _TAG_))
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We are currently looking for an experienced Office Admin for a full time, direct hire position in the Annapolis, MD area. Position is available to start immediately.
- Answers and directs telephone calls.
- Processes mail.
- Performs clerical tasks such as typing, filing, copying and faxing.
- Orders supplies for the office.
- Maintains and updates various databases.
- Provides administrative support to Contract, Project and Office managers.
- Processes transmittals, submittals, purchase orders, change orders.
- Accounts Payable and account reconciliations.
- Verifies and processes invoices, maintains vendor files.
- Orders plans and tracks status.
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities required:
- Knowledge of standard accounts payable policies and procedures.
- Ability to understand and interpret vendor invoices, statements, and other request for payments.
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- Knowledge of general accounting principles.
- Microsoft Word, Excel, and Outlook.
- Timberline Accounting Software
Please apply for immediate consideration. Thank you!


text: A parametric study of the effects of binary interaction parameter and real-gas equations of state on the high pressure vapor-liquid equilibrium of nitrogen-n-dodecane system was carried out. Different values of the binary interaction parameter reported in literature, including one which depends on temperature, were employed in different equations of state to predict the vapor-liquid equilibrium as a function of ambient pressure and temperature. The findings were compared against the available experimental values reported in literature. Constant values of binary interaction parameter, estimated based on temperature dependent values, are demonstrated to predict the experimentally observed vapor-liquid equilibrium values accurately. The Peng-Robinson equation of state and an average binary interaction parameter were demonstrated to predict the vapor-liquid equilibrium over a wide range of temperature and pressures for nitrogen-n-dodecane binary system.


text: Abstract CuO nanosheets were synthesized by an easy and green sonochemical method. It was found that, CuO nanosheets could significantly catalyse the chemiluminescence (CL) reaction of luminol–KMnO4 in an alkaline condition. Based on this finding, a new CL system (luminol–KMnO4–CuO nanosheets) combined with flow injection analysis has been developed for the determination of meropenem for the first time. Moreover, the CL intensity was enhanced when meropenem was presented in the reaction system. Under the optimum conditions, the enhanced CL intensity was proportional to the concentration of meropenem in the ranges of 0.005–6.00mg L−1, with a detection limit (3σ) of 0.0036mg L−1. The precision of the method was calculated by analyzing samples containing 1.0mg L−1 meropenem (n=11) and the relative standard deviation (RSD) was 1.7%. Also, a total analysis time per sample was 30seconds which confirmed the rapidity of the proposed assay. The practicality of the proposed CL system was evaluated by determining meropenem in spiked environmental water samples and human serum. A discussion on the possible CL reaction mechanism was also presented.


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School of Prayer Course 2 Daily Prayer Journal
For only $5 you or your students can purchase additional Daily Prayer Journals which corresponds with the School of Prayer Course 2 small group curriculum. Each journal includes:
- 10 dynamic lessons covering a new topic each week.
- Probing questions each day that help you apply God's Word to your own prayer life.
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Do Bones Burn During Cremation?
By Staff WriterLast Updated Mar 28, 2020 1:30:38 AM ET
During the cremation process, bones are only partially burned and not completely destroyed. The process involves subjecting the remains to intense flame and heat, during which all organic matter is consumed.
The cremation process leaves behind certain bone fragments. After the remains are removed from the cremation chamber, a magnet removes any metal that was inside the body, such as implants and dental fixtures. The remaining bone fragments are then processed into fine particles and placed into a container. The cremation process generally takes about three hours and entails a careful labelling system to ensure that the remains are properly identified through the entire process.


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Every One Every Day
Every One Every Day is a project between Barking and Dagenham and Participatory City. It provides free activities and resources for communities across the Borough, including activities for young people.
Current projects include:
More information about these events and new events can be found at: _URL_


Places in Esther
Download KML file of Esther for use in Google Earth.
Chapters with Places
 1. Esther 1 (5 places)
 2. Esther 2 (3 places)
 3. Esther 3 (1 place: Susa)
 4. Esther 4 (1 place: Susa)
 5. Esther 8 (3 places)
 6. Esther 9 (1 place: Susa)
 7. Esther 10 (2 places)
Place Possible identifications (tap to highlight on the map)
Babylon 1
Esth 2:6
 1. Ishtar gate from BabylonBabylon
Esth 1:1, 8:9
 1. pyramid at El-Kurru in EthiopiaEthiopia
Esth 1:1, 8:9
 1. panorama of hills in the historical province of IndiaIndia
Esth 2:6
 1. aerial cityscape of JerusalemJerusalem
Esth 1:3, 1:14, 3 more
 1. ruins at Tell HagmatanaMedia
Esth 1:3, 1:14, 3 more
 1. panorama of ruins at Persepolis in PersiaPersia
Esth 1:2, 1:5, 15 more
 1. ruins at ShushShush
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Radomir Vrbovsky, Bertramz, AQEEL BAIG, Godot13, Philippe Chavin, Hadis Faghiri, Carole Raddato
This page attempts to identify all possible locations for every place mentioned in this book of the Bible.
The isobands you see on the map (gray areas with dark borders) attempt to give you confidence where a region is. Because many ancient regions aren't precisely defined, I consulted atlases to determine where the biblical region is located and used that data to build the isobands. The smaller isobands reflect more confidence that the given isoband is in the region, while the larger isobands reflect less confidence. Isobands are a kind of contour line that here indicate confidence levels.


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Traveling Luck for Uvkusigssaqarfik, Østgrønland, Greenland
Where is Uvkusigssaqarfik?What's around Uvkusigssaqarfik?
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Also known as Uvkusigssagarfik Fjord
The timezone in Uvkusigssaqarfik is America/Danmarkshavn
Sunrise at 12:44 and Sunset at 16:28. It's light
Latitude. 65.0833°, Longitude. -40.5833°
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Geographic features & Photographs around Uvkusigssaqarfik, in Østgrønland, Greenland
- a tract of land, smaller than a continent, surrounded by water at high water.
- Rømer Ø (5.1km)
- Ole Rømer Ø (17.2km)
- Putugua (25.8km)
- Aqitseq (26.4km)
- Nunârtik (28.1km)
- Takisêrajik (28.9km)
- Aaluit (29.7km)
- Nældebladet (32.4km)
- Qêrtartivaq (33.2km)
- Avqusiâjik (33.5km)
- Nuerniagkartôq (34km)
- Ørsted Ø (36km)
- Ikermiit (37.3km)
- Takiseeq (37.6km)
- Ukîverajik (38.3km)
- Ukîverajik (45.5km)
- Hornemann Ø (46.3km)
- Jens Munk Ø (48.6km)
- an area of permanent snow and ice forming the accumulation area of a glacier.
- Apuseeq (20km)
- a haven or space of deep water so sheltered by the adjacent land as to afford a safe anchorage for ships.
- Andræs Havn (44.6km)
- a mass of ice, usually at high latitudes or high elevations, with sufficient thickness to flow away from the source area in lobes, tongues, or masses.
- Lemon Bræ (42.7km)
- a break in a mountain range or other high obstruction, used for transportation from one side to the other [See also gap].
- Ilivte (18.8km)
Airports close to Uvkusigssaqarfik
Kulusuk(KUS), Kulusuk, Greenland (176.4km)


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To send files or content to a track:
- Open your mail client.
- Attach the files to send to the track.
- Include links to other application resources. See:Sharing content from other applications and services
- Challo detects URLs of application resources to add them on the track, as an application entry.
- Add your the email address of the Challo Assistant as a recipient:
- Include any other track participants you want to send the file to.
- Participants you include become members of the track, if they are not already.
- See: Finding the Challo Assist for a Track
- Send the email.
Important: Your email provider may prevent certain files from being sent to the Track.
For details on file types Challo supports, see Adding content to your track.


PALMA (Proyecto Avance, Latino Mentoring Association) is a twice-weekly tutoring group that helps Latino students in the Ann Arbor area with their schoolwork, and helps adults with basic English as a Second Language instruction. Our primary goal is to help foster academic excellence by encouraging the students to learn and monitoring their progress.


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Setting up Assembly Order management in Dynamics 365 Business Central involves:
- Firstly, open "Assembly Setup" page and fill in the "Number Series" fields accordingly.
- Create your first Assembly Item by changing the "Replenishment" system to "Assembly" and the "Assembly Policy" to "Assemble-to-stock".
- In order to assign the sub-items to the BOM, click on "Assembly BOM" and add the items or resources required to make the Assembly Item.
- You can create a "Purchase Order" and purchase the Assembly Item you created directly and it will increment your inventory readings. However this will not consume the child (sub-items) in the related BOM for that item. In order to increase the Assembly Item inventory and decrease the related BOM items, you need to use the "Assembly Orders" page to create an "Assembly Order" and post it.
- When creating Assembly Orders you can include Items as well as Resources and Machines (a type of resource) based on hourly rates.
- Avoid using "non-inventory" items in BOM because combining Inventory and Non-inventory items on the BOM will be refused by the Assembly Order (an error can prevent you from creating an Assembly Order with a non-inventory Item). If you want to account for fees and charges and would like those tracked just like inventory items, using Resources might be an option (if Item Charges are not fit for your business use-case scenario that is).


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- Community Resources
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Almost every resource presented at this workshop will be FREE to attendees.
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- Connections to potential partners
- Introduction to funding organizations
- 1/2 day
- Held at locations across Maricopa County
- Small class size (20 max. per class)
- Highly collaborative and led by experienced entrepreneurs, with guest speakers from the business community and municipal, county, state or federal agencies.


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Create your own face tracking, pan and tilt camera on the Raspberry Pi!
This tutorial will demonstrate use of the OpenCV (computer vision) library to identify and track faces on the raspberry pi using two servos and a USB webcam. For the interested, I previously covered a more thorough overview of the installation of OpenCV from source here, however, I have found that the apt package is sufficient for all but the most bleeding edge of projects.
This project is based on the OpenCV face tracking example that comes along with the source-based distribution. In short, it performs face detection using haar-like features to analyze the video frame, and locates any faces present within it. In the live video window, identified faces are surrounded with a red rectangle. For additional information about how face detection works as well as the specifics of face detection with OpenCV, I recommend this article by Robin Hewitt.
Using the coordinates of the rectangle vertices, my script calculates the (X,Y) position of the center of the face. If the face is sufficiently on the left side of the screen, the pan servo will progressively rotate leftward, on the right side, rightward. This is likewise performed for the tilt servo as well, if the face is in the upper portion of the screen, it will pan upward, in the lower portion, pan downward. If the face is detected reasonably within the center of the image, no action is performed by the servos. This prevents unnecessary jitter once the camera has locked itself on the face.
- 512 MB raspberry pi
- 2x Hobby servos (Turnigy 9g fom Hobby King)
- Pan & tilt bracket (from Foxtech FPV)
- USB webcam (Microsoft LifeCam Show from Amazon)
- Power supply
- Hook-up wire
- Raspberry Pi enclosure (from Built to Spec)
Connect the red, power lines of the servos to +5v, the black ground lines to GND, and the yellow signal lines to the desired output pins, GPIO pins 22 and 23 in the example. Here is a diagram of the completed circuit (created with Fritzing):
And here is how it looks all put together:
Get the source.
The first step of this procedure is to install the required libraries and packages using the Raspberry Pi package manager. Open up terminal shell and run:
sudo apt-get update && sudo apt-get install git python-opencv python-all-dev libopencv-dev
This command will pull down all of the required packages (about 215 MB worth) including the git version control system, as well as the OpenCV development headers and Python bindings. The next step is to configure the Raspberry Pi for use with multiple pulse width modulation (PWM) outputs. Normally, the Raspberry Pi has only one channel of PWM output. However, thanks to the efforts of Richard Hirst, eight channels of PWM can be used through the use of this servoblaster kernel driver.The driver creates a device file, /dev/servoblaster to which commands can be sent to control the servos. The commands take the form "=" with servo number representing the desired servo (0-7 in this case) and servo position representing the pulse width in units of 10 µs. For example, to send servo 3 a pulse width of 120 µs: echo 3=120 > /dev/servoblaster To configure the servoblaster on the Raspberry Pi, first pull down the sources from Richard's Github repo:
git clone _URL_
Then change into the servo blaster directory, and install the module:
This command also sets up the necessary udev rules for accessing the /dev/servoblaster device. Note: using the 'install_autostart ' command will set up a Raspberry Pi to load the servoblaster kernel module on every boot. If you don't want this behavior, execute 'make install' instead. In either case, the module will not yet be loaded so go ahead and load it into the kernel using modprobe:
sudo modprobe servoblaster
Now that all the prerequisites have been installed and the servo blaster device configured, it's time to get the actual face tracking and servo moving code. Clone my repo from Github here:
git clone _URL_
Now change directory into the created folder, and run the script like this:
python./facetracker_servo_gpio.py 0
If you have a different servo bracket configuration, the pan and tilt axis may need to be inverted. To do so, invert the sign on the values of panStepSize and tiltStepSize. Similarly, increasing or decreasing these values will change the sensitivity of the movement, larger numbers corresponding to more degrees moved per face detection frame.
Google Talk/Chat/Messenger is normally used by humans to interact with other humans. However, its underlying technology can also be used as a mechanism to implement software robots. Internet bots, also known as web robots, WWW robots or simply 'bots' can also utilize the technology to perform automated functions over the web. There are many such bots in existence, offering a diverse spectrum of services from jokes (_EMAIL_) to URL Shortening using bit.ly (_EMAIL_), even mathematical calculation (_EMAIL_). Using such bots is quick and easy to configure, all that must be done is to add the bot as a contact to your messaging account. Then, whenever you desire data from the service, simply text the command to the bot and it will respond with the respective message.
The Raspi Bot is essentially the same as any other automated Internet robot. To configure it, it must first have its own e-mail address associated with a Google talk account. This e-mail address must also be added as a contact with the account that wishes to communicate to the bot. Then, whenever the script is running on the remote machine, it will log into Google chat and appear as a friend in your contact list.
The software itself is essentially just a Python daemon script that is a wrapper around the XMPP protocol. When executed, the script will sign in to Google talk using its own username and password. The Python script is derived from the open source project pygtalkrobot: An open source python gtalk(google talk) bot framework using XMPPPY and PyDNS libraries, that also references the source code of python-jabberbot.
The Raspi Bot requires several additional Python modules for use. The easiest way to install these is with the python pip package manager. If you don't have it installed, you can install them using apt-get:
sudo apt-get install python-pip git-core python2.7-dev
Then update the easy_install index:
sudo easy_install -U distribute
And install the GPIO, xmpppy, and pydns modules:
sudo pip install RPi.GPIO xmpppy pydns
Then clone my repo for the Raspi Gtalk robot:
git clone _URL_
Now change into the newly created directory:
Finally, you will need to configure the Raspi Bot's Gtalk username and password. This is done by editing the fields BOT_GTALK_USER, BOT_GTALK_PASS, and BOT_ADMIN, on lines 31-33 in the raspiBot.py file. It is recommended, though not required, to give the Raspi Bot its own Gmail account. Since access to the Raspberry Pi GPIO pins is restricted, the script needs to be run with sudo:
sudo python./raspiBot.py
This basic sample script supports the following commands:
- [pinon|pon|on|high] [pin] : turns on the specified GPIO pin
- [pinoff|poff|off|low] [pin] : turns off the specified GPIO pin
- [write|w] [pin] [state] : writes specified state to the specified GPIO pin
- [read|r] [pin]: reads the value of the specified GPIO pin
- [available|online|busy|dnd|away|idle|out|xa] [arg1] : set gtalk state and status message to specified argument
- [shell|bash] [arg1] : executes the specified shell command argument after 'shell' or 'bash'
For example, sending the message "pinon 10″ will turn on GPIO pin #10, "read 8″ will read the current state of GPIO pin 8, or "bash ps" to execute the shell command 'ps'.
The video demonstration uses a slide switch connected to GPIO pin 8 and an LED connected to GPIO pin 10. Here is a diagram of how this is wired (created with Fritzing):
Use case #1: Home automation
One of the most obvious usages of this technology is for home automation purposes. The Raspi Bot can be accessed anywhere with Google talk, which to my understanding, is nearly every system in existence. Send the Raspi Bot messages to turn on and off lights and other electrical appliances.
This is also useful to provide immediate notification in the event of intrusion detection. The Raspi Bot can be supplemented with additional security sensors, including infrared motion, and ultrasonic distance sensors. If any pre-programmed sensor violates any predefined condition, you can be immediately notified via message from the Raspi Bot.
Use case #2: Remote shell
The Raspi Bot can be used essentially as a remote shell. In this configuration, every message sent to the Raspi Bot will be interpreted as a shell command with the output piped back to the user in the form of a response message. Obviously, this could raise some security concerns. To protect against misuse, the Raspi Bot will only respond to Google chat messages from the Google user designated as the


It Would Take Way More Seagulls To Lift James' Peach
The children's author, Roald Dahl's most famous stories may strain belief, certainly, though some of us are hoping to find a golden ticket in a bar of chocolate someday. But in his book, "James and the Giant Peach," Dahl came up with a mostly plausible way to move a giant piece of stone fruit: A flock of 501 seagulls. But some physics students from England's Leicester University weren't so sure.
Figuring the potential weight of the peach, which Dahl wrote was about the size of a small house, they multiplied its density by its volume and calculated that you'd need more than 2.4 million seagulls to get that peach into the air.
We're hoping the students next school project figures out the scientific elements of the potion that actually grew that giant peach in the first place.
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Speaking out about charities 19-10-06
Published in Real Issues No. 227, 19 October 2006
Charities expressed concern this week that under the Charities Act they could lose their charitable status if they become too vocal. The law has always allowed charities to engage in advocacy, as long as it is secondary to their main charitable purposes. The Charities Act preserves this position, and rightly so. As Green MP, Sue Bradford, points out, "Caring for the victims is essential work. But so is speaking out on their behalf...".
So what has changed, and why are charities concerned? From February 2007, the Act will require charities to register with the Charities Commission to claim certain benefits, such as tax privileges, and charities will face regular monitoring. If a charity does more than an incidental amount of advocacy, the Commission will not register it, or, if it is registered, will remove it from the register. But deciding when a charity passionately advancing a cause crosses the line will be an extremely difficult judgement for the Commission to make. This will mean that charities are likely to think twice before speaking out.
The government is attempting to encourage charitable giving through increased tax privileges announced this week. While this is a praiseworthy initiative, it would also mean that charities would have even more to lose from de-registration.
While de-registration could be more of a fear than a reality, it is likely the fear itself will have a dampening effect, and the public square needs an involved and vocal charitable sector. The Commission must be scrupulous in ensuring that the legitimate advocacy of charities is not at risk. Charities advocate in accord with their purpose, and on all sides of the debate. In doing so, they add immeasurably to the richness of public discourse.
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How to Effectively Clean a Rubber Gym Floor?
A rubber gym floor must get regular cleaning and maintenance to keep it clean and free from disease-causing germs. Cleaning should be easy but there are dos and don'ts when doing this.
So, the question is how do you clean a rubber floor? it's easy when you know-how.
Firstly it's essential to have the right cleaning materials for rubber tiles and mats. Simply a brush, mop or sponge is perfect.
Its also important to use the best cleaning products such as our homemade vinegar solution, which has all the ingredients below.
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How Do You Clean a Rubber Gym Floor?
The goal is to remove dirt and stubborn stains on the rubber floor to create an inviting atmosphere for whole-body workouts and simple exercises. Of course, cleaning also means discouraging bacteria growth.
The fitness experts over at Simple Fitness Hub recommend fitness professionals to teach their clients how to prevent the spread of germs and bacteria on gym equipment.
That being said, use the following steps and materials you can use when cleaning a rubber floor.
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Cleaning Materials for Rubber Tiles and Mats
Often, it only takes simple sweeping and mopping to remove stains on the rubber. However, it is best to set at least a weekly schedule for deep cleaning. You will only need some or all of the following supplies depending on how dirty the rubber mats are.
 - broom or vacuum
 - sponge or nylon mop
 - rag
 - bucket
 - soft-bristled brush
 - vinegar
 - floor cleaning solution with neutral pH or dish soap
Note: Use only cleaning agents that do not contain turpentine or acetone. These chemicals can leave permanent damage on your rubber flooring. Use vinegar in small amounts because it is acidic which can damage the rubber.
Cleaning Dirt and Stains on Rubber Gym Flooring
For larger areas, using a commercial scrubbing machine may be used. But regardless of the size of the rubber flooring, you can still do manual cleaning with the following steps.
 1. Sweep the flooring to remove loose dirt, hair, and other particles. Make sure to use a vacuum with soft rollers for cleaning, such as those used in carpets.
 2. Use a wooden or plastic scraper to get rid of buildup on the floor, such as mud and bubble gum. Do this gently to avoid damaging the rubber.
 3. You can use a ¼ cup floor cleaner or mild dish soap to every bucket of water as a cleaning solution.
 4. Mop the rubber floor to remove dirt. You may need to repeat the mopping or scrub with a soft-bristled brush or sponge when cleaning high-traffic areas as these usually are the dirtiest.
 5. Replace murky water solution every time. Washing with dirty water will do more harm than good. This will increase the possibility of dirt buildup.
 6. Remove excess water.
 7. Allow the rubber floor tile to dry completely before using it again.
Using Vinegar to Clean a Rubber Gym Floor
Vinegar is a natural cleaning ingredient that you can use on rubber floor tiles. The vinegar naturally contains acid which melts down stains. There are different kinds of vinegar but for cleaning, you can only use distilled white or apple cider. Here's how to make a vinegar cleaning solution.
Things You'll Need
 - apple cider or distilled white vinegar
 - water
 - essential oils
Instructions for Making Vinegar Cleaning Solution
 1. Combine 1 part vinegar to 10 parts water. Do not use too much vinegar as this can also take a toll on the integrity of the rubber floor.
 2. Add essential oil into the solution to reduce the vinegar smell. Use tea tree, lavender, or thyme when using the white vinegar, or melaleuca, or eucalyptus for apple cider.
 3. Transfer the liquid into a spray bottle, or damp cloth with the vinegar-water solution.
 4. Spray or wipe the solution directly on the dirty rubber gym floor.
 5. Allow the floor to dry.
Benefits of Using Vinegar-Water Solution for Cleaning Rubber
Using the vinegar and water solution to clean rubber mats and tiles is cheaper than store-bought floor cleaners. Also, vinegar is all-natural and contains acetic acid which is very effective in breaking down mineral deposits, grime, dirt, and grease. What's more is that it kills bacteria, too.
Frequently Asked Questions on Cleaning a Rubber Floor Gym
There is a lot of confusion when it comes to rubber gym floor cleaning. Rubber can be sensitive when it comes to pressure and chemicals.
Can You Use Bleach On Rubber Flooring?
Unfortunately, you can't use bleach when cleaning rubber flooring. Bleach is too strong that it can wear out rubber at a faster rate. When used often, bleach will make the rubber material brittle.
How Do I Get The Rubber Smell Out Of My Gym Floor?
You can use a floor cleaner with a neutral pH or take the rubber mats outside for sunning to get the rubber smell out of your gym floor. Some brands really do have a stronger rubber smell than the others, so remember to consider that. Make sure the room with rubber mats gets good ventilation.
How Often Should Gym Floors Be Refinished?
There is no specific time when to refinish rubber gym floors. How often should gym floors be refinished would usually depend on how often they're used. Chipping and cracking usually signal it is time to resurface a rubber gym floor.
Can You Burnish A Gym Floor?
Unfortunately, you can't burnish a rubber gym floor using high-speed burnishers. Burnishing a gym floor with these will cause surface damage, especially when you don't use soft floor polishing brushes. Only use a machine that can operate less than 350 revolutions per minute.
Can You Steam Rubber Floor Tiles?
Yes, you can use steam on rubber floor tiles. In fact, steam cleaning does not just clean, it sanitizes the rubber gym floor, too. It is also better than regular mopping because it dries more quickly reducing water spot damage.
You should schedule light cleaning on a daily basis but periodic deep cleaning is also important. Remove dirt, stains, and buildup on the rubber gym floor with basic home supplies as dish soap, water, vinegar, and mop. Burnishing and steam cleaning are also helpful in maintaining clean rubber flooring.
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Hunger in Asia
What region of Asia has the worst hunger?
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There are at least 18 countries in Asia that suffer from hunger and about 61% or 615 million of the world's 923 million hungry people are in Asia. Asia is the world's most populated country in the world, meaning hunger numbers are going to be higher than in most countries. The southern part of Asia is the area with the worst hunger. The good thing is that rice, an important food source for Asia, is a crop, meaning it can be grown in most places. However, weather can be an important factor. Asian hunger is a major problem, though it does have solutions.
Causes of Hunger in Asia
One of several of the causes is that Asia's huge population, which is always growing, makes for little food for some. Another reason is that in some areas, the land is not viable enough to grow the necessary food for the poorer citizens.
Effects of Hunger in Asia
An important effect of hunger in Asia is, as in other places, deaths from starvation and as we said on the first page, 25,000 die on average every day and 1,042 every hour. Another effect is the children whose families can afford to educate them cannot focus during classes and therefore do not do as well. Also, the people have weaker immune systems and the children cannot grow as well.
Asian Hunger Solutions
The probable solution for hunger in Asia is that in places where the land is not able to grow food for the masses is using either hydroponics or aeroponics, which a product called the AeroGarden uses and is sold in the U.S. Hydroponics is a method of growing almost all terrestrial plants in a mineral nutrient solution instead of soil, and actually uses much less water than standard agriculture and also produces more. Aeroponics is used with hydroponics a backup in case of failure but uses a mist format of the nutrient solution and the increased aeration of the solution allows more oxygen to go to the plants and have more growth. The downside to hydroponics is that it could stimulate samonella, so aeroponics is the logical choice for Asia's hunger crisis.


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National Civil Registration and Statistics Improvement Committee
The National Civil Registration and Statistics Improvement Committee (NCR SIC) is a cross-jurisdictional body established to develop and oversee collective strategies to advance and coordinate improvements to Australia's civil registration and vital statistics system.
Civil registration is the system used to record a jurisdiction's vital statistics, which include data about the births, deaths and marriages that happen within the region.
The primary responsibility of NCR SIC is to identify and progress the policies and initiatives required to deliver a more seamless, harmonised and robust national civil registration and vital statistics system that works across Commonwealth, state and territory jurisdictions.
The committee has representatives from:
- Australian registries of births, deaths and marriages (RBDMs)
- Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS)
- New Zealand Births, Deaths and Marriages (invited to participate in an ex-officio capacity).
There are 3 key objectives of the committee:
- improve harmonisation, integration and coordination of the national civil registration and statistical system
- understand requirements of users of civil registration data and related statistics, and facilitate efficient access to appropriate information
- advocate and support NCR SIC as a cohesive body to improve the national civil registration and vital statistics system in Australia.
What we have done
The committee has achieved a number of initiatives, including:
- implementing the Australian Coordinating Registry (ACR) model for coordinating and disseminating national datasets through various inter-governmental agreements
- making 2 national death datasets available through the Queensland RBDM as the ACR
- developing harmonised national data access principles for use across the country's RBDMs and with a registry acting as the ACR
- identifying national minimum requirements to address inconsistences in birth and death datasets across jurisdictions and improve the quality of vital statistics
- sharing vitals data with New Zealand and Pacific region countries to improve data collection and systems that help address policy and cross-border law and order matters.
Use the form below to contact us if you have an enquiry about:
- the work of the committee
- the administration of civil registration nationally
- access to birth, death, marriage and other data.
- NCR SIC meeting - November 2018 (TBC)
- Australian Vital Statistics Interest Group meeting - 21 November 2018 (tentative)
- International CRVS conferences


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What does MOB mean in Community?
This page is about the meanings of the acronym/abbreviation/shorthand MOB in the field in general and in the Community terminology in particular.
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- mob, rabble, rout(noun)
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The Basic Minimum Qualification feature allows you to identify candidates that meet basic minimum qualifications (BMQ). This is in addition to the assessment ratings that will score candidate responses. You can mark an assessment question as being a minimum qualification question. Candidates will get a BMQ score based on the number of minimum qualification questions they met.
Requisitions cannot be edited once published. Only new requisitions may have changes made to the Assessment section once published.
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Alaina Mathers, often known as Amanda Scott, is a name that has been surrounded by curiosity and intrigue. As the adopted daughter of the iconic rapper Eminem, her life has been far from ordinary.
Alaina Mathers was born on May 3, 1993, in the United States. She is the daughter of Dawn Scott, the twin sister of Kim Scott, who was Eminem's on-again-off-again wife and the mother of his biological daughter, Hailie Jade. Eminem became a significant figure in Alaina's life when he adopted her in the early 2000s.
Growing up, Alaina faced the challenges and complexities of a blended family. With Eminem's fame reaching unparalleled heights during that period, the spotlight was often on their family, making it difficult for Alaina to lead a normal childhood.
Privacy and Identity
One of the most striking aspects of Alaina Mathers' life is her commitment to maintaining a low profile. Despite her connection to one of the world's most famous musicians, Alaina has consistently shied away from the public eye. This choice reflects her desire for a sense of normalcy and privacy that eluded her during her younger years.
She adopted the pseudonym "Amanda Scott" to distance herself from her famous adoptive father and the intense media scrutiny that came with it. This choice allowed her to live a life largely removed from the public spotlight, pursuing her personal goals and aspirations without the constant intrusion of the paparazzi and media outlets.
Empowerment and Education
Alaina Mathers has demonstrated a strong sense of independence and empowerment. She pursued higher education and graduated with a degree in public relations. Her decision to focus on her education and personal growth underscores her determination to build a life of her own, separate from her adoptive father's shadow.
Additionally, Alaina has been actively involved in charity work. She has supported various causes and organizations, often using her privacy as a means to contribute without drawing unwanted attention.
Reconciliation with Family
Despite the complexities of her family's history, Alaina Mathers has maintained a connection with her biological mother, Dawn Scott. Tragically, Dawn struggled with substance abuse issues, which eventually led to her untimely passing in 2016. Alaina's efforts to support her mother during her battles with addiction and her willingness to reconcile with her mother highlight her compassion and resilience.
Alaina Mathers, also known as Amanda Scott, has carved out a unique path in life. As the adopted daughter of Eminem, she faced the challenges of growing up in the spotlight but made a conscious choice to embrace privacy and empowerment. Her journey to maintain a sense of normalcy and independence is a testament to her strength and determination. In a world obsessed with celebrity culture, Alaina's decision to prioritize her education, charity work, and personal growth is a refreshing reminder that individuals can choose their own paths, even when born into extraordinary circumstances. While Alaina Mathers may forever be linked to Eminem, she has proven that she is more than just a famous last name—she is a symbol of resilience, empowerment, and the pursuit of a life lived on one's own terms.


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Automatic monitoring systems for wheelsets in continuous operation using modern, efficient measuring methods and documentation in one database. The system makes possible the monitoring of ever tighter tolerances and operating limits that are required both for the increasing speeds and the increase in safety, travelling comfort and operational reliability. The modular design of the Argus wheelset diagnostics system allows economic adjustment to the measurement requirements of the customer.
- Fully automatic, precise and quick measurement operation
- Improvement in workshop organisation and logistics thanks to exact knowledge of the wheelset status and documentation in one database, plus there is wear forecast
- Increase in the vehicle availability thanks to constant monitoring of the wheelset data with wear forecast


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PhosLube – Base Oils Aromatic Carbon Analysis
Aromatic carbon analysis within a lubricant mineral base oil is very important because content ranges can directly effect outcomes of other tests such as viscosity and boiling points. This analysis is typically performed via infrared spectroscopy, which focuses primarily on the electromagnetic spectrum (wavelengths and frequencies). This is a form of absorption spectroscopy, which measures absorption of radiation via frequency/wavelengths during interaction with the sample being analyzed. These tests are typically performed to determine particles amounts within a sample. PhosLube offers a number of tests for base oils, but aromatic carbon analysis may be the most common.


On tablets and convertible devices, Windows 10 can control their motion sensor to rotate the desktop to landscape or portrait mode automatically depending on the orientation of the screen.
However, sometimes auto-rotation in desktop or tablet mode may stop working for no apparent reason, or the "Rotation lock" option may appear grayed out making it impossible for Windows 10 to turn the screen to the correct orientation automatically.
If auto-rotation isn't working after covering your troubleshooting basics, such as checking for updates and restarting your device, there are a number of steps you can follow to fix this issue.
In this Windows 10 guide, we'll walk you through five solutions you can try to get screen rotation working again on your tablet or convertible.
How to fix screen auto-rotation problems on Windows 10
Disconnecting peripherals
If you're using a 2-in-1 device like the Surface Pro, accessories, such as a detachable keyboard or dock can cause screen rotation problems.
To check if an accessory is causing rotation problems, do the following:
 1. Disconnect the keyboard, dock, or external display.
 2. Change the orientation of the device to see if it rotates automatically.
Checking screen rotation settings
It's also likely that you might have accidentally turned on the rotation lock option that prevents your device from rotating. If this is the case, do the following:
 1. Use the Windows key + A keyboard shortcut to open Action Center.
 2. Click the Expand button.
 3. Click the Rotation lock to turn it off.
 - Quick Tip: You can also control this option under Scale and layout on Settings > System > Display.
 4. Change the orientation of the device to see if it rotates automatically.
In certain devices, such as the Microsoft Surface Pro, Windows 10 will lock screen rotation and disable the "Rotation lock" option when a keyboard is attached and in a typing position. However, folding the keyboard or closing the device will release the lock and the screen will once again rotate automatically.
Running troubleshooter
If the screen will still not rotate, you can use the Sensors Troubleshooter to fix the problem.
 1. Download the Sensor Troubleshooter from Microsoft.
 2. Double-click the SensorDiagnosticTablet.diagcab to launch the experience.
 3. Click the Next button.
 4. The utility will scan, detect, and fix common problems with the sensors on your computer, including the motion sensor.
 5. Click the Close button.
After completing the steps, try to change the orientation of the device to see if auto-rotation works.
Updating motion sensor driver
Although it's rare, the rotation problem could be caused by a driver issue. If this is the case, you should try updating the sensors driver.
You can check this guide to learn the steps on how to update a device driver. If you're using Device Manager, typically, this device will appear under "Sensor I/O devices" or "Sensors."
Fixing screen auto-rotation grayed out
If you have tried all the solutions, and you continue to see the rotation lock option grayed out, even after disconnecting the keyboard, dock, or disabling the external display, then do the following:
 3. Browse the following path:
 - Quick Tip: On the Windows 10 Creators Update and later, you can now copy and paste the path into the new Registry's address bar to quickly jump to the key destination.
 4. Double-click the Enable DWORD and make sure the value is set to 1.
 5. Click OK.
 6. Double-click the LastOrientation DWORD and make sure the value is set to 0.
 7. Click OK.
 8. Double-click the SensorPresent DWORD and make sure the value is set to 1.
 9. Click OK.
 10. Double-click the SlateEnable DWORD and make sure the value is set to 1.
 11. Click OK.
Once you've completed the steps, restart your device to see if auto-rotation works again.
If any of these DWORDs are missing from the AutoRotation key, you'll have to create them manually:
 1. While in the Registry, right-click the AutoRation key, select New, and click on DWORD (32-bit) Value.
 2. Enter the name of the key that is missing and press Enter.
 3. Double-click the newly DWORD key and make sure its value is set as described on steps No. 4, 6, 8, and 10 in the above instructions depending on the key you're creating.
After completing the steps, restart your device and try to change the screen orientation to see if it works.
In the case, you're still having issues, you can ask in the Windows Central forums for additional help.
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Keeping Your Grey Duck Down Jacket in Top Condition
1. The Importance of Caring for Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
2. Cleaning and Washing Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
3. Storing Your Grey Duck Down Jacket Properly
4. Tips for Maintaining the Insulation of Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
5. Repairing and Restoring Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
The Importance of Caring for Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
Your Grey Duck Down jacket is not just a stylish and functional piece of clothing; it is an investment that requires proper care to maintain its performance and longevity. While these jackets are designed to be durable and provide outstanding insulation, neglecting regular care can significantly impact their effectiveness. By following a few simple maintenance tips, you can keep your Grey Duck Down jacket in top condition and enjoy its warmth for years to come.
Cleaning and Washing Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
Proper cleaning is essential to keep your Grey Duck Down jacket performing at its best. Before washing, always refer to the care instructions provided by the manufacturer to ensure you do not damage the jacket. Most down jackets can be safely cleaned in a washing machine using gentle detergents specifically designed for down-filled products. Avoid using fabric softeners or harsh chemicals, as they can strip the natural oils from the down and reduce its insulating properties.
It is important to note that frequent washing may not be necessary, as down jackets naturally repel dirt and oils. When in doubt, spot cleaning small stains with a mild soap and warm water mixture is a better alternative. If your jacket requires a full wash, set the machine to a gentle cycle and use cold water. Once washed, allow the jacket to air dry thoroughly, avoiding direct sunlight and heat sources as they can cause clumping and damage the down fill.
Storing Your Grey Duck Down Jacket Properly
Proper storage is crucial to maintain the loft and insulation of your Grey Duck Down jacket. When not in use, it is best to store the jacket in a cool, dry place away from direct sunlight. Avoid compressing the jacket for extended periods, as this can lead to loss of loft and affect its insulating capabilities.
To maximize storage space while maintaining the quality of your jacket, use a breathable storage bag or a large pillowcase. Avoid plastic bags, as they can trap moisture and promote the growth of mold or mildew. Additionally, store your down jacket in an area where it is protected from pests and rodents that may chew or damage the fabric.
Tips for Maintaining the Insulation of Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
To preserve the loft and insulation of your Grey Duck Down jacket, follow these tips:
1. Avoid excessive compression: When packing or traveling, try not to crush your down jacket for long periods. Instead, loosely stuff it in a breathable storage bag.
2. Regularly shake and fluff: After unpacking or storing your jacket, give it a gentle shake to distribute the down evenly. Fluff the jacket by hand to restore its loft before wearing.
3. Avoid moisture exposure: Down loses its insulating properties when wet. If your jacket gets wet, dry it promptly to prevent clumping and minimize the risk of mold or mildew.
4. Avoid applying pressure on seams: Excessive pressure on the seams can weaken the stitching and cause down leakage. Be mindful while wearing or packing your jacket.
5. Use a down-specific detergent: When washing your jacket, opt for a down-specific detergent to ensure the soap does not damage the filling. Regular detergents can strip natural oils and negatively impact the down's insulation properties.
Repairing and Restoring Your Grey Duck Down Jacket
Over time, wear and tear can occur, causing small rips, tears, or loss of down feathers in your Grey Duck Down jacket. To extend its lifespan and functionality, it is essential to address these issues promptly. Many manufacturers offer repair services, so consider reaching out to them for professional repairs. However, if you prefer a DIY approach, patching small holes with specialized down repair tape or using a needle and thread can be effective solutions.
For larger repairs or extensive damage, it might be best to consult a professional tailor or send your jacket to a reputable repair center. They can replace zippers, repair seams, and restore any lost insulation, ensuring your jacket remains in top condition.
In conclusion, caring for your Grey Duck Down jacket is vital to preserve its quality and functionality. By following the maintenance tips outlined above, cleaning it properly, storing it correctly, and addressing any repairs promptly, you can enjoy the warmth and comfort of your jacket for many outdoor adventures to come. Remember, a well-maintained down jacket will not only keep you snug but also protect your investment in this valuable piece of outerwear..


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Climate change is the grave reality of the twenty-first century. Hundreds of animal species necessary for a healthy ecosystem are getting extinct. Moreover, the temperature of the earth is rising drastically and taking the lives of thousands of people around the globe.
Pakistan is one of the countries of the world which is facing severe implications of climate change. Research claims that the number and duration of heatwaves have increased significantly over the course of years and are expected to reach new heights in the future. This highlights the need to study and research in climate change studies.
There several developed countries in the world that are actively leading to climate education. Canada has faced a drastic climate change due to which it is utilizing its sources to research problems and derive solutions. Pakistani students have a great opportunity of studying in Canada.
Going to Canada may seem like a difficult endeavor. Generally, students take the help of education consultants and secure their admissions to pursue their international education venture.
This article will highlight the reasons for pursuing climate change studies from Canada.
Top four reasons to pursue climate change studies from Canada
Canada is among the most developed countries in the world. When it faced climate change and environmental issues, it used its resources to find solutions. The developing and underdeveloped countries of the world are struggling because they do not have enough and efficient means to lead the research and find solutions.
The following are some of the most important reasons Pakistani students should pursue climate studies from Canada.
1. Top Ranking Institutes for Climate Change Studies
The University of British Columbia, University of Waterloo, and York University are among the top institutes of Canada. The institutes hold a significant position in the international rankings of climate change education. They provide the best quality education about the climatic and environmental issues, occurring not only in Canada but the whole world.
2. Leading in Climate Change Action Based Research
One of the most important reasons Pakistani students should pursue climate change education in Canada is that the country is actively leading the research in the field. The research is focused on renewable energy sources, the use of a smart grid, desalination, carbon reporting, and agricultural production. The research is intended to explore problems and devise strategies for their solution.
3. Special Focus on Sustainable Development
Another most important reason to study climate change in Canada is that the country is efficiently following the concepts of sustainable development. The students will get the opportunity of reviewing the practical implications of sustainable means. They will be able to learn as well as implement new strategies to save the atmosphere. They can also conduct research according to the conditions of their homeland and ensure the application of solutions.
4. Focus on Environmental Engineering Courses
Environmental engineering is one of the most important fields related to climate change studies. The climate is not getting affected by the practices of one person or industry. The whole world is contributing it. Therefore, there is a great need for changing our thinking patterns and practices to ensure the safety of the atmosphere.
The focus of environmental engineering courses in Canada is revolutionizing the industrial sector to minimize pollution, agricultural sectors to ensure enough food production and carbon emissions to control the harm caused to the ozone layer.
Want to contribute to saving the atmosphere?
The least you can do is change your practices and reduce carbon emissions to the atmosphere. You can also think big and become an active supporter of a safe climate. For this, you will have to set an example for the rest of society and show them the right path. You can also pursue climate change studies form Canada.
If you are worried about the process, there are a number of opportunities that you can explore. You can consult the education consultants in Islamabad and secure your admission as well as ensure a smooth visa process. By getting climate education, you will be able to lead, and implement the research to improve the climatic conditions. So, do not sit back but play your role in saving the earth.


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The word "bellowing" uses 9 letters: B E G I L L N O W.
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National Allied Health Professions Week celebrated
NEMG recognized its approximately 50 allied health professionals during National Allied Health Professions Week, Nov. 2-6. Allied health professionals make up nearly 60 percent of the healthcare workforce and include physical, occupation and respiratory therapists; medical laboratory scientists; emergency medical personnel; imaging specialists; audiologists and speech-language pathologists; and nutritionists and dietitians.
Allied health professionals identify, evaluate and treat acute and chronic diseases and disorders; deliver dietary and nutrition services; provide rehabilitation services; and manage and operate health systems.