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|Configuring Geronimo Eclipse Plugin to publish POJO projects as Shared Libraries||Configuring your development environment|
This tutorial will demonstrate the usage of Eclipse XML tools to generated Geronimo specific deployment plans.
We DO encourage users to leverage GEP for schema validation, because GEP has already integrated these schema files in its distribution package. The steps described in this article are only for your reference.
You might be experiencing certain XML validation problems when using Geronimo Deployment Plan Editor in Eclipse v3.5(Galileo), it's a known defect of the Xerces feature in WTP. Try the following workaround in Eclipse v3.5 to avoid the problem:
- In the toolbar, select Windows->Preferences
- Expand XML section, and then select XML Files->Validation
- Uncheck the Honour all the XML schema locations option, and then save all the changes.
To run this tutorial, as a minimum you will be required to have installed the following prerequisite software.
- Sun JDK 5.0+ (J2SE 1.5)
- Eclipse 3.4.1 (Eclipse Ganymede SR1 distribution)
- Apache Geronimo v2.2
Details on installing eclipse are provided in the Development environment section. This tutorial is organized in the following sections:
Configuring Eclipse for geronimo schema
- Geronimo schema files can be found in /schema. Copy all these schema files to a folder say geronimoschema. Content of these files might be different by release.
- Add the following XML catalog file to this folder and zip it. This will give you a
- Launch Eclipse and select New->Project as shown in the figure.
- On the next screen select General->Project. Select Next.
- Name the project as geronimoschema and Select Finish.
- Under Project explorer right click on geronimoschema project and select Import. Then select General->Archive File. Select Next.
- On the next screen Browse to
geronimoschema.zipcreated in step #2. Once done select Finish.
- Under the geronimoschema project you can see all the schema definitions.
- Next select Window->Preferences from Eclipse menu.
- On the next window select XML->XML Catalog. Select User Specified Entries and click Add.
- On the next window click the icon beside Location and select workspace.
- Select GeronimoSchema.xmlcatalog. Select OK.
- Specify the key, for example, geronimoschema.
- On the next screen you can see geronimoschema listed.
Using the configuration in application development
- For the next steps we will consider the Stateless Session Bean project.
- Consider the Few More Configurations section in the above tutorial where you have to add a dependency element for database pool.
- In StatelessSessionEJB select ejbModule->META-INF->openejb-jar.xml. Right click and select Open With->XML Editor.
- Once you have the openejb-jar.xml select Design tab.
- You can edit the fields by double clicking against each fields.
- Once done open the source tab you can see the dependency element added to openejb-jar.xml.
This completes the illustration of using Eclipse xml tools for Apache Geronimo.


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Purpose: Currently, development of pulmonary thromboembolism (PTE) after surgery is frequently being followed by legal action in Korea, as consequences may be fatal. In the current study, we assessed possible countermeasures that medical teams can take when faced with conflicting opinions on responsibility for PTE. Methods: A retrospective analysis of claims handled by the Supreme Court and subordinate courts, from 1999 to 2015, was performed. We analyzed the type of procedure, associated complications, and critical legal points from the recorded judgments along with any liability limitations on surgeons. Results: After reviewing cases between 1999 and 2015, a total of 18 cases were analyzed. There were no cases in which the surgeon was held accountable between 1999 and 2002. From 2003, there were instances of the surgeon being held account able, with a peak of cases in 2013. Legal standards applied in judicial decision-making related to appropriate use of preventive measures, operation characteristics, doctor's reaction towards symptom occurrence, obligation of postoperative medical care, and duty of explanation. Conclusion: The courts in Korea have changed their position from one of denying doctors' liability to one of enforcing responsibility for PTE. Surgeons are therefore being held responsible with greater frequency, depending on the details of the case. Lessons can be learnt from precedents that can be incorporated into medical education and training programs with the aim of reducing both major PTE complication rates and litigation costs.
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Learning about proof by induction, I take it that the first step is always something like "test if the proposition holds for $n = \textrm{[the minimum value]}$"
Like this:
Prove that $1+2+3+...+n = \frac{n(n + 1)}{2}$ for all $n \ge 1$.
Test it for $n = 1$:
$$n = \frac{n(n + 1)}{2} \implies 1 = \frac{2}{2}\textrm{, which holds.}$$
* The rest of the proof goes here *
So, I do it all the time (like a standard). But I never really thought about why. Why do I do such test? I can see that if the test does not hold, it cannot be proven by induction, I guess. But is there another reason we do this?
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seems like if you want to prove something from here to infinity checking "here" is a good first step... but I don't know a formal name for that. – Grady Player Dec 1 '13 at 1:12
Here - "the least element" maybe _USER_. Honestly I think that you couldn't comprehensively conclude that the expression is true for the entire set of numbers. – Zhoe Dec 1 '13 at 1:14
IH: All sets of $n \ge 4$ lines on the plane intersect at a single point. If it holds true for $n\ge 4$ points, then it holds true for $n+1$ points since the first $n\ge 3$ points intersect at a point and so too do the last $n$ lines and the two intersection points must be the same point. Therefore, all lines on the plane intersect at a single point. – Neil G Dec 1 '13 at 3:26
A row of dominos can't fall if none of them are pushed. – L. F. Dec 1 '13 at 13:17
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Imagine a pond with an infinite linear progression of lily pads. You have a frog who, if he hops on one pad, he is guaranteed to hop on the next one. If he hops on the first pad, he'll visit them all. But if he never makes the first lilypad, all bets are off.
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He's up a creek without a pad? – Brian M. Scott Dec 1 '13 at 1:27
Either that or the resident cottonmouth got a springy meal. – ncmathsadist Dec 1 '13 at 1:29
_USER_.Scott....brilliant! – Tom Dec 1 '13 at 1:31
We have to test the "base case" because otherwise we could "prove" things by induction that aren't true. For instance: let's "prove" that the sum of the first $n$ even numbers is odd. Certainly if $S = 2+4+\cdots+2n$ is odd, then $2+4+\cdots+2n+(2n+2) = S + 2n+2$ is also odd, since an even number plus an odd number is odd.
So by "induction", the sum of the first $n$ even numbers is odd.
Of course this is false, and the reason we got something false is that we didn't verify that the base case holds (it doesn't).
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Nice example! It's non-trivial but clearly shows what is wrong. – CompuChip Dec 1 '13 at 11:30
The induction proof is, in a metaphor, a game of dominos. Your goal is to make the pieces fall over, where if the $n$th domino falls, so will the $(n+1)$st. However, if you don't knock down the beginning domino, none may fall over.
An example of what goes wrong without appropriate base case...
Claim: For all $n \in \Bbb{N}=\{1, 2, 3,...\}$, $n \geq 1000$.
Proof without base case: If $n \geq 1000$ the $n+1 > n \geq 1000$.
An example of what goes totally wrong...
Claim: For all $n \in \Bbb{N}$, $n > n$.
Proof without base case: If $n > n$, then by adding $1$ to both sides we see $n+1>n+1$. Therefore, by baseless induction, we've "proved" the claim.
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Snicker.......... – ncmathsadist Dec 1 '13 at 1:25
It might help to explain why the statement isn't true if your base case is n=1000. Other than the obvious.... how can someone know their base case is appropriate. For example, $n! \ge e^n$ (for sufficiently large $n$) however $n=0$ is a horrible base case. – Squirtle Dec 1 '13 at 5:09
"Baseless induction." What a succinct description of the problem! – David K Mar 10 at 0:57
Let's take your example and modify it slightly:
Prove that $1+2+\cdots+n=\frac{n^2+n+1}{2}$ for all $n\ge 1$.
Let $P(n)$ be the statement "$1+2+\cdots+n=\frac{n^2+n+1}{2}$". Then you need to show that $P(n)$ implies $P(n+1)$. Substituting $n+1$ for $n$ we find that $$ P(n+1) =\frac{n^2+3n+3}{2} $$ Now let's establish the inductive step, that is, that we can use $P(n)$ to establish $P(n+1)$. $$ \begin{align} 1+2+\cdots+n+(n+1) &=(1+2+\cdots+n)+(n+1)\\ &= \frac{n^2+n+1}{2}+(n+1)&\text{by the inductive hypothesis}\\ &= \frac{n^2+3n+3}{2}&\text{as required} \end{align} $$ So we can conclude the highlighted statement. Sort of. Except for the fact that $P(1)$, the base case, sinply isn't true, since it asserts that $$ 1=\frac{1^2+1+1}{2} $$ As has been noted before, if you can't get the first domino to topple, none of the rest will, either.
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Let's prove that all objects in the universe are the same color. We'll prove by induction that given any set of $n$ objects, all of them are the same color.
Inductive step: Given a set $\{1,... n+1\}$ of objects, we know that $\{1,... n\}$ are all the same color $c_1$, and that $\{2,... n+1\}$ are all the same color $c_2$. But if $n\geq 2$ these two sets overlap, so $c_1$ and $c_2$ must be the same. Therefore $\{1,... n+1\}$ are all the same color.
Base case: If $n=1$, it's obvious. If $n=2$, then the two elements are the same color because... er...
Base case left as an exercice to the reader.
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To see why we need the base case, consider the following proposition:
Proposition: $\forall n \in \mathbb{N}, n = 0$
Proof: Assume this property holds for all $m \leq k$, and consider $n = k+1$.
= $k + 0$ (By inductive hypothesis noting that $1 \leq k$ is the smallest element of $\mathbb{N}$)
= $0 + 0$ (By inductive hypothesis)
= $0$
Hence the proposition holds for all $n \in \mathbb{N}$
The problem with this proof is that I haven't actually explicitly shown there exists any integer in $\mathbb{N}$ that is equal to zero; moreover, and more importantly, I can never find such an integer. As such, given that I cannot establish the base case I cannot conclude the proposition is true.
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Its common this question because the introduction to inductive proof is teached very axiomatically ("proof for n=1, then proof for n+1").
An inductive proof is where one proves that a set $A$ is inductive. A set $A$ is inductive if satisfies that
 - $1\in A$
 - $n\in A \Rightarrow n+1 \in A$
If $A$ is inductive, then $A=\mathbb N$
In your example, what it is really being proved is that $A=\{n


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10 Reasons Why White Truffles Are So Expensive!
by 22/08/2019
"White Truffle Sold for 300.000 Euros!!"
These kind of headlines do two things – they drive truffle hunters insane and they warp the public's perception of the value of a white truffle (tuber magnatum pico). In real life the cost of white truffles is nowhere near so exorbitant. Consumers can expect to pay a much more reasonable price of between three and six thousand euros per kilo, depending on where the truffle is purchased (how far from Italy) and the year (prices fluctuate annually).Wherever the place and whatever the year though, you can be sure that white truffles will be one of the most expensive foods you ever buy. We're going to look at ten reasons why this fungus costs so much money.
1. White truffles don't grow everywhere
 The areas where white truffles grow are few and far between. Unlike their black counterparts, they have yet to be cultivated which means they are only found in the wild by hunters with specially trained dogs. Most of the white truffles are hunted in five or six regions of northern Italy, the most famous being Alba in Piedmont. A little known fact is that the majority of Italy's truffles grow in Le Marche,with around two-thirds of the national crop (which is around 60 tonnes annually) originating in the regions around Acqualagna. White truffles have also been unearthed in countries such as Romania, Slovenia, Croatia and Serbia. Although the species found abroad is identical, most connoisseurs would agree that the Italian climate and terrain produce a superior truffle.However this is something of a hot topic to be discussed in another post.
2. The places where truffles grow are very difficult to access
In our area, the majority of places where white truffles grow are quite literally dark, damp ditches in an unforgiving forest in the middle of nowhere surrounded by thick brambles. White truffles are very unique hence they only develop in a very specific, unusual microclimate. When I went on my first truffle hunt I was expecting something akin to a pleasant hike in the forest and had even packed some sandwiches for the trip. I got a very rude awakening that cold winter's morning as I went sliding down a precariously steep embankment on my backside, ending up in an icy stagnant pool with my arms entangled in the undergrowth and a spaniel sitting nonchalantly on my head. Great times. More often than not you will spend 5 or 6 hours trekking through these delightful picnic spots only to come out scratched to hell and caked in mud with perhaps 15 grams of truffle or even nothing at all to show for it. You get in the car wet and miserable, eat your stale panini and drive home to face the scorn. Then the irony is that you can't wait to get up the next day and do it all over again.
3.Truffles are only available for a short period of the year.
The white truffle season does not last very long at all. Peak condition white truffles are available from early – mid October to the end of December. Truffles grow from early September and can be found in January (sometimes all the way to early February) but the quality is generally so poor that they should be avoided. Besides the fact that these truffles will be a poor imitation of the beautiful peak season specimens,we should also mention that it is illegal to hunt for truffles outside of the season designated by the regional Forestry Corps.. Please truffle fans, let's try and preserve the species!
4. They don't keep for long.
 Truffles are only fresh for about a week and from the moment the hunter digs them up, they begin to lose their unique perfume. This means they have to be transported quickly using the most expensive means available in order to be eaten as soon as possible. As the white truffle is highly sensitive, any variations in temperature or problems such as a flight delay can result in the loss of thousands of euros worth of product and sadly this happens on a regular basis.
5. Only specially trained dogs can find them.
One of the hardest parts of being a truffle hunter is training your dog. Yes, you can buy a trained truffle dog starting at around 4000 euros but you may not know what kind of dog you are getting and what methods have been used in its training. There are a lot of advantages to teaching your dog yourself from when it is a pup.This means that hunters can spend years working with their dogs to bring them up to scratch. The animals need to be trained lovingly and good hunters realise that there are no short cuts. Training your own dog requires charisma, effort and above all patience as some dogs (especially males) won't start sniffing out truffles till they are about two and a half years of age. And even then as my uncle Alberto says 'Some dogs hunt, some dogs piss on the tree.' A lot of animal lovers worry that truffle dogs are being exploited. My advice would be to try to see the dogs in action even if it is just a video. It makes sense for hunters to choose breeds which seemingly have an innate love for what they do. Athletic dogs which are never happier than when they are out on the hunt. There are exceptions, of course but the majority of hunters value their dogs almost to the point of worship. They are proud of them and take great care of the dogs. Probably the hunters' biggest fear is that anything should happen to their canine partner. In our family, the dogs work really hard with us and in return they are treated like royalty.
6.Big truffles cost more per gram.
The price of white truffles is calculated per gram and varies according to at least 4 categories of weight. So a truffle in the range of 1-15 grams might sell for 1 euro per gram, whereas truffles over 15 grams and under 50 will be more expensive. A white truffle which weighs over 50 grams will cost even more, say 3 euros a gram. Then there is the giant category, the showpiece which can often fetch a very high price especially if it's also a good shape, undamaged and attractive in colour. On an average day, we usually find small truffles in small quantities, Finding a giant truffle (over 100 grams) is quite rare and might happen once or twice a week so a lot of the time you could be out truffling and coming home with 100 grams of small truffles untill you finally hit the jackpot. In addition, damaged truffles are worth a lot less. This means we need to be very careful not to let the dogs scratch the truffle when they are digging. Also the hunter works as delicately as an archeologist so as not to break the truffle during the tricky unearthing process. As an aside, I remember when I was a little boy, maybe 5 or 6 and my uncle Donatello wanted to tease me. The hunters were sitting in our kitchen drinking wine and that day Donatello had found a perfectly round, golden-coloured truffle that was completely intact. He held it out to me and said "Look Giorgino, I found a potato!". I took it from his hand and threw it to the kitchen floor where it broke into three or four worthless pieces to the sound of a collective groan. Luckily they all saw the funny side later after a few more glasses of wine. Of course, Italian families being what they are, I have never been allowed to forget this incident!
7. Truffle prices vary according to the weather.
Weather conditions are the most important factor in regard to the development of the tuber magnatum pico in its prefruited form. This means that some years truffles are even pricier than usual as there are fewer truffles due to that year's temperatures and amount of rainfall. The ideal weather conditions for optimum development of truffles is rain in the months of March and April and more wet weather later on in the summer months. The reason being that summers in Italy can be so warm that if there isn't enough rain in these months the truffle will either never grow to its full potential or never grow at all.In other words, truffles are hyper-sensitive. Rain can also affect the availability and thus price in the autumn months. Truffle hunters are usually sturdy types who are not put off by a bit of bad weather. However November is the wettest month of the year in Italy with total precipitation often surpassing 100 millimeters. This means that there will often be days or even weeks when there are no fresh truffles on the market because all the hunters are at home going crazy waiting for the downpour to stop.
8. Climate change is real and it is affecting white truffles.
The effects of climate change on white truffles are yet to be fully understood, but Ulf Büntgen, professor of Environmental Systems Analysis at Cambridge University has come up with some very compelling data. It shows that since the 1970's summer rain patterns have altered significantly, droughts are occuring more frequently and temperatures are steadily increasing and that these weather conditions result in a corresponding decline in the number of truffles.The fragile natural system needed in order for truffles to thrive is under threat which means that they are getting scarcer.
9. Basic Economics
There is a great demand and a limited supply. In fact only 65% of the demand for white truffle can be met.
10.Their taste and aroma is incomparable.
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What Is Marketable Surplus?
by Ronald Kimmons
By describing something as "marketable," people in the business world mean that it is fit to sell on the market. Surplus is the amount of product that a company manufactures or produces in excess of what is necessary to continue operations. Marketable surplus is a term that agriculturalists use to refer to a specific type of surplus that farmers and ranchers deal with.
Farming requires investment. Farmers must make financial investments in labor, tools, fertilizer and land. They must also invest in seeds. If it is the farmer's first year to grow a certain crop, he probably has to purchase seeds from someone else. A farmer must also invest in the form of personal labor. The marketable surplus for an agricultural entrepreneur is the surplus of produce that exists after the point at which he can make back any money he paid to laborers or used to buy tools, fertilizer and land. If he takes some of the crop for his own family's consumption and to use as seed for the next year, he must account for this as well before calculating the marketable surplus. In this way, marketable surplus is what a farmer makes for his personal labor.
Marketable surplus is the portion of a harvest that a farmer can sell on the market to earn a profit. With this profit she can reinvest into farming operations by purchasing more land or better farming equipment. She may also simply save this profit or use it to purchase personal items.
In agriculture, farmers and ranchers can never know exactly how much product their efforts will yield for a particular season until it is over. For this reason, a farmer may not know what his marketable surplus will be until he actually harvests his fields. This uncertainty of the size of a crop's marketable surplus lends a certain level of uncertainty to the farmer's income expectations.
Marketed Surplus
Another term that closely relates to marketable surplus is marketed surplus. In some cases, these terms may be interchangeable. The principal difference is time perspective: marketable surplus is produce that a farmer currently has on hand to take to market to earn a profit, while marketed surplus is what she has already taken to market to earn a profit.
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_USER_ {1696, title = {Modeling the uncertainties in renewable generation and smart grid loads for the study of the grid vulnerability}, booktitle = {2016 IEEE Power \& Energy Society Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT)}, year = {2016}, month = {09/2016}, pages = {1 - 5}, publisher = {IEEE}, organization = {IEEE}, address = {Minneapolis, MN, USA}, abstract = {
The uncertainties of power systems are becoming more and more important due to power systems restructuring and ever increasing renewable generation integration into the grid. In the literature several uncertainty modeling approaches have been proposed to facilitate decision making process for efficient operation of power systems. These approaches mainly focus on deriving a statistical representation for different sources of uncertainty such as load, generation, and line capacities. However, there is a need for an uncertainty model which can capture the frequency components of uncertainty signals for applications such as voltage control, frequency control/ stability, and grid vulnerability analysis. In this paper we proposed an uncertainty modeling approach that captures the high dynamics of renewable generation uncertainty and smart grid loads and reveals their frequency domain characteristics. We tested the proposed model on IEEE 300 bus system to evaluate the impact of uncertainty on line flows.
}, keywords = {RM14-003}, doi = {10.1109/ISGT.2016._PHONE_}, author = {Mir Hadi Athari and Zhifang Wang} }


the geocentric watch concept is the creation of designer geoffry cooper. the idea for this exposed wristwatch is inspired by the motion of the planets orbiting around the sun. the watch face is composed of two rings which are always in motion. the time is told by seeing where the two inner rings are located in respect to the outside ring. the inner most ring is used to represent seconds while the middle ring signifies minutes. the watch has a simple white plastic band that highlights the exposed inner workings of the watch on the face.
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text: The case-cohort design is most useful in analyzing time to failure in a large cohort in which failure is rare. Covariate information is collected from all failures and a representative sample of censored observations. Sampling is done without respect to time or disease status, and, therefore, the design is more flexible than a nested case-control design. Despite the efficiency of the methods, case-cohort designs are not often used because of perceived analytic complexity. In this article, we illustrate computation of a simple variance estimator and discuss model fitting techniques in SAS. Three different weighting methods are considered. Model fitting is demonstrated in an occupational exposure study of nickel refinery workers. The design is compared to a nested case-control design with respect to analysis and efficiency in a small simulation. In this example, case-cohort sampling from the full cohort was more efficient than using a comparable nested case-control design.


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I have script that has some functions.
Can I run one of the function directly from command line?
something like
myScript.sh func()
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If the script only defines the functions and does nothing else, you can first execute the script within the context of the current shell using the source or. command and then simply call the function. See help source for more information.
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Well, while the other answers are right - you can certainly do something else: if you have access to the bash script, you can modify it, and simply place at the end the special parameter $@ - which will expand to the arguments of the command line you specify, and since it's "alone" the shell will try to call them verbatim; and here you could specify the function name as the first argument. Example:
$ cat test.sh
testA() {
 echo "TEST A $1";
testB() {
 echo "TEST B $2";
# call arguments verbatim:
$ bash test.sh
$ bash test.sh testA
$ bash test.sh testA arg1 arg2
TEST A arg1
$ bash test.sh testB arg1 arg2
TEST B arg2
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../myScript.sh && func()
First register it in the context, then call the functions in the shell scripts.
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Briefly, no.
You can import all of the functions in the script into your environment with source (help source for details), which will then allow you to call them. This also has the effect of executing the script, so take care.
There is no way to call a function from a shell script as if it were a shared library.
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You have two main options when creating a vision board with your kids. The first is to create a physical board together, and the second is to create a digital vision board. The question is, which version is more effective?
There are pros and cons to each option. Therefore, it's a good idea to familiarize yourself with these differences before deciding which one to attempt with your child.
Here, we'll explore digital and physical vision boards, the differences between them and how to choose the right one to create with your kids.
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What are physical and digital vision boards?
Physical vision boards are the most common type created by both adults and children. They typically consist of images cut out of magazines or photos, stuck onto a whiteboard or cork board.
Digital vision boards are created online. Images are taken from the internet, arrange using graphic design software and then printed off to be displayed.
What are the main differences between them?
There are a few notable differences between physical and digital vision boards. The main one being how they are created.
It takes a little more effort to create a physical board as you need to go through the motions of cutting and pasting. However, they do give you a lot more versatility in terms of design. You can use images and quotes, or you could even add physical items onto the board. With digital vision boards, you can only use digital materials.
One of the downsides of physical vision boards, is that you do need materials on hand that you can use. This means investing in magazines. If you don't have a magazine subscription, it can get expensive finding the right materials for the board. With a digital vision board on the other hand, all of the materials you find are free.
However, while the materials for digital boards are free, printing them out professionally can make them more expensive. So, if you're on a budget, you'll want to stick to printing them onto photo paper.
You and your child will also need a few more skills to create a digital vision board. Teaching them how to use graphic design software can be tricky. With physical boards on the other hand, your child likely already has the skills to create one.
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How to choose the best vision board for you and your child
So, now you know the differences between physical and digital vision boards, the question is how do you choose which one to create with your child? It helps to ask yourself the following:
- Is your child familiar with digital software?
- How much are you willing to spend?
- Does your child learn more from physically doing something?
- How much time do you have to spare?
If your child isn't familiar with digital software, it can be challenging teaching them how to create a digital vision board. However, if you do have the time and they are old enough to learn, you could use it as an opportunity to teach your child a new skill. If they are likely to struggle, a physical board might be your better option.
How much you're willing to spend is also important as a professional looking digital vision board can be expensive. Similarly, if you don't have magazines lying around, buying some could also really add up.
Physical vision boards are great for kids who learn more by physically doing something. If they've actively put together the vision board, they will be more connected to it and therefore more likely to find it effective. However, some kids are more digitally minded, so consider the personality of your child when choosing between them.
Both physical and digital vision boards take time to create. However, digital boards do tend to take a little more time. So, consider any time restrictions you may have before making a decision.
Both digital and physical vision boards have their advantages. It's important to be aware of both the pros and cons before choosing which one to create with your child.
Which vision board would you choose for yourself and your child? Comment below.


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Family names that have graves marked by tombstones in Hamilton Cemetery are Brittain, Hamilton, Hancock, Helton, Long, and Withers. The oldest tombstone belongs to Elizabeth Hancock, wife of G. Hancock, who died 3 May 1860. The newest stones are those of Charles Edgar Long and James E. Long, both sons of William Columbus and Mary N. Long. The twin brothers both passed away October 9th, 1905, at the age of 9 years. They are buried near their mother, Mary, who preceded them in death in 1897 when they were less than a year old. J.H.O. Hamilton, a Veteran of both the Civil War and the Mexican War was buried here in 1879.
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Gauging Plant Health and Happiness1 week ago -
Comparing and contrasting are key when determining if a plant is growing to its full potential.
"The ability to detect or gauge plant health is a skill that takes time and experience to develop," explains Robert Spencer, commercial horticultural specialist at the Alberta Ag-Info Centre. "It is a bit of an art form, combined with varying depths of science to back it up."
Spencer says that at the heart of any diagnosis is a clear understanding and picture of what the plant or crop is "supposed" to look like. "It is a simple contrast and comparison between the mental picture and what is right in front of us."
He notes that there are many variables to consider when determining whether a plant is achieving its full potential. "Many of these require a deeper dive into the nuances and variations and can be entirely subjective."
These comparisons include:
- Plant vigour
- Plant size
- Leaf colour
- Plant shape
- Amount of root growth and perhaps the colour of the roots
- Amount of flowering
- Uniformity of the entire plant, leaves, stems, flowers, etc.
- Evidence of lesions, spots, stripes, pustules, flecks, pinholes, or any number of other symptoms and signs of infection or infestation
"Diagnosing plant health is very much a subjective, comparative process, where one attempts to judge whether the plant being examined is performing as well as it could, versus the other plants surrounding the one being examined," he adds.
Go to Diagnosing plant problems for a list of questions that producers can use to narrow down variables that can affect a plant's growth.
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What is a conservation covenant?
The legal definition of a covenant is: A promise contained in a deed to land or real estate which is binding upon the current owner and all future owners. It defines the limitations, conditions or restrictions on the use of that land.
A conservation covenant is a voluntary agreement made between a landholder and an authorised body (such as a Covenant Scheme Provider) that aims to protect and enhance the natural, cultural and/or scientific values of certain land. The owner continues to own, use and live on the land while the natural values of an area are conserved by the landholder in partnership with the Covenant Scheme Provider.
Covenant Scheme Providers can be not-for-profit organisations, government agencies or local Councils that can enter into conservation covenants with landholders to protect land with conservation values.
Covenants agreed through approved programs can be eligible for taxation concessions.
More information on tax concessions:
- Tax concessions for landowners who enter into conservation covenants
- Tax incentives for conservation.
If your organisation is a Covenant Scheme Provider and you would like your covenant scheme to be approved for the purposes of the Income Tax Assessment Act 1997, read our guidelines for approval of a covenanting program.

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Puppet has launched Puppet Remediate — its first vulnerability remediation product. The product aims to reduce the time from vulnerability detection to remediation by unifying infrastructure and vulnerability data, quickly identifying which infrastructure resources are being impacted and taking immediate action to remediate vulnerabilities.
Key features of Puppet Remediate include the following:
- Shared vulnerability data between security and IT ops: The platform unifies infrastructure data with vulnerability data from Tenable, Qualys and Rapid7. This prioritizes vulnerabilities while enabling IT ops to access vulnerability data in real time to reduce delays.
- Risk-based prioritization: Puppet Remediate includes a dashboard that lists the most critical vulnerabilities to show IT ops which assets have vulnerabilities and which should be fixed first.
- Agentless remediation: The product includes four prebuilt tasks, including the ability to update packages. Additionally, it can load modules from Puppet Forge, where IT operators, security analysts and developers share ready-to-automate solutions as Bolt tasks. These capabilities enable IT ops to take action to remediate a vulnerability without leaving the application or having to use a command-line interface or write scripts and without requiring any agent technology.
Additionally, according to Puppet, its channel partners help provide an established infrastructure and information security practice.
Security continues to be an important area of improvement for organizations. As more devices are connected through IoT, more vulnerabilities are exposed to those with malicious intent. In July, SafeBreach launched its newest version of the GRID platform in an effort to help security teams prioritize and manage security gaps.
Risk-based prioritization has been identified as a cost-effective way to reach security goals, as it identifies the most critical and immediate risks to an organization and then treats them. This enables organizations to use their security budgets in an effective way while still providing critical security.
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ANTECH Segmented Gamma Scanner (SGS)
The ANTECH segmented gamma scanner (or SGS) is a robust and comprehensive radioactive waste assay system for measuring waste in drums. It retains all of the capabilities of the original segmented gamma scanner developed by Parker, Riley and Martin at the Los Alamos National Laboratory in the USA, equipment that is widely used for radioactive waste assay around the world. The ANTECH Model G3200 also incorporates enhancements to the measurement capability of the original SGS.


brownish/red spot on a dwarf albera spruce
Hi, I live in Michigan and after the snow melted our Dwarf Alberta Spruce had a brownish/red spot on the front of it. What is this caused from? There is new growth starting but I would like know what, if anything I can do differently in the future to protect it. Thank you!!
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This sounds like winter burn on your Dwarf Alberta spruce. I suspect that it's on the south or southwest side of the tree. During winter when the ground is frozen, the tree can't readily pull moisture out of the ground. Yet, on warm days it is transpiring and losing water. So essentially the plant is under mid-winter drought stress. It helps to make certain the soil is saturated going into winter. And if the tree is exposed, you may need to put up a temporary shade barrier of burlap or similar material to keep the browning from recurring.
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Vaping Relavant
 - Proper Tips for Vaping Outside During the Winter
 Proper Tips for Vaping Outside During the Winter
 If you're new to vaping, you probably aren't familiar with the struggle vapers face during the winter months. In addition to having to brave the cold every so often to enjoy your vape, the drop in temperature also complicates the mechanics of your device. Below are some helpful tips for vaping this winter.
 Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip #1: Keep Your E-Liquid at Room Temperature
 While stepping outside for a quick vape won't ruin your e-juice, prolonged exposure to the cold could cause the liquid to thicken. Avoid this by limiting the device's time in the cold or by keeping it warm in your hand. Otherwise you run the risk of not only thickening your liquid, but also damaging your coil.
 Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip #2: Protect Your Equipment from Moisture
 Remember that your vape is an electronic device and that, like all electronics, it doesn't mix well with moisture. By simply moving from the warm interior of your home to the freezing cold outside, condensation can form on the most sensitive parts of your vape. Take the necessary precautions by packing it in a protective carrying case to keep the moisture away.
 Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip #3: Limit Your Devices Exposure to Freezing Temperatures
 In addition to damaging your hardware, freezing temperatures can also do a number on your device's battery life. When batteries are exposed to the cold, it can cause lithium inside to create plating over the electrodes, thereby causing your device's battery to overheat or charge at a slower rate. If you absolutely must vape outside in the cold this winter, allow your device to acclimate to the warmth of your home before charging it.
 Final Winter Vaping Outdoors Tip: Avoid the Metal Drip Tip
 If you're a fan of metal tips, you may want to consider a nice plastic tip this winter. It could spare you from a rather painful realization. When freezing metal comes in contact with something warm and wet, it will very likely stick to it. The same principle applies when your mouth touches a metal tip of a vape. If you're not into plastic drip tips, you can always spring for one of the wooden or glass variety.
 Of course, you could always choose to vape inside your home to avoid exposing your device (and yourself) to the bitter cold.
 - What Makes A Cheap Vaping Coil Well...Cheap?
 What Makes A Cheap Vaping Coil Well...Cheap
 Vaping, atomizing, and electronic cigarettes are a relatively new yet revolutionary concept in self-medication practice. The benefits to vaping and using these products are expertly verified and quite varied as well. Within these various tools of the trade however lie crucial components, necessary to the act of mechanical vaping – our most beloved activity.
 Importance of the Coil
 Perhaps the most important of all of these components is the coil. This central part of the vaping mechanism is single-handedly responsible for the device's changeover of liquid to gas, and the subsequent presence of a usable vapor. This is true regardless of the coil class - MOD coils, portable vaporizer coils, or e-cig coils.
 Because of their crucial role to the entirety of the vaping experience, coils have thus become a matter of elevated interest. Particularly, there has been much more curiosity as to how these coils differ at different quality levels as well as how they function in the first place. To make it all easier to understand, let's break it down to the basics. The following may come as a bit of a science lesson to some, but we'll keep it brief, explaining the function of the coil as well as providing some basic insights into electricity itself.
 How It Works
 First, some basics about electricity will really help one to understand their coil and its quality. Electricity flows very well through particular metals. In other metals however, it struggles to flow as well and thus encounters what is referred to as "resistance". Resistance can be terrible in some applications. Here though, the concept of resistance is actually necessary.
 This is where the coil comes in. The coil acts as this aforementioned, metallic path of travel for the electricity generated by the device's battery. The electricity naturally wants to flow across the body of this part whenever the battery sends power to it. However, due to its finely crafted, intentionally resistant composition, the electricity must struggle to run through it.
 The result here is a controlled and focused heat point – a super-heated and very focused point on the coil in which this reaction takes place. Subsequently, the vaporizer's liquid solution is pulled across this finely focused heat source. This then creates the inhalable vapor ultimately sought.
 The Effect of Coil Quality
 As in all manufactured wares, costs are a big governor over quality in product when it comes to vaping coils. Regardless of the type of vaporizing mechanism, the core innerworkings of the coil are much the same. Variations in quality however change everything.
 How exactly does quality differ between coils? In most cases, cost-control dictates the type of metals and casting processes used in the creation of a coil. Overall quality in design is also touched by the consideration.
 In a low quality coil, the company has likely saved money on the mass production of its coil via the use of cheaper metals, manufacturing processes, and designs. The result is a coil that does not employ the optimal metal compositions or design for the optimal electrical resistance and resulting vaporization. Perhaps then the coil dies quicker because the metal couldn't withstand the constant and demanding electron travels across it. Maybe the coil only works intermittently, a sign of troubled travel of electricity through the cheaply-made design. Regardless of the symptom, coil quality greatly dictates effective and reliable vaporization in addition to actual occurrences of bad symptoms.
 These are the basics of the concept of the coil as well as the effects of quality on these crucial parts. Cheap coils will typically produce equivalent results while quality ones will do the same. To the benefit of the patron though, the wide variety in available choices here is always a plus.
 Whether you run a dripper or a tank, a regulated variable voltage/variable wattage device is a valuable addition to every vaper's arsenal. These devices give users the ability to adjust the wattage in order to tailor the heat and vapor output of the unit to their preference. Additionally, regulated devices eliminate voltage drop which plagues mechanical units.
 The Chain Reaction is a 50 Watt 26650 regulated device made by Amigo Itsuwa which features a durable yet sleek design. The attractive styling boasts a durable carbon fiber battery tube cover which compliments the stainless steel components and protects the copper battery tube and red bronze contacts. The OLED display is easy to read, and the software is intuitive.
 The device operates in the manner that all experienced vapers have come to expect: utilizing a power button which doubles as an on/off switch and two buttons for wattage adjustment from 7 to 50 Watts. The buttons offer satisfying tactile feedback and are of durable proven design. Disassembly of the unit is achieved by first unscrewing the bottom cap and removing the battery. The carbon fiber covered copper tube can then be unscrewed from the rest of the device, although this would be unnecessary for any purpose other than deep cleaning of the unit.
 Although the device will fire as low as 0.3 Ohms, the sweet spot for this device is between 0.5 and 0.8 Ohms for RDA's and will handle any sub Ohm tank currently on the market utilizing coils in the correct range. The Chain Reaction features an overload protection circuit and will also measure the resistance of the build placed on the sturdy non-adjustable 510 connection preventing any shorts or undue stress to the battery. The sensible range, combined with the 26650 battery, provides an all-day vape which will satisfy even the most habitual vaper's.
 The 26650 powered regulated devices offer the experienced vaper a sensible go-to device which will meet the needs of these advanced users. In the hands of an experienced user, these devices are safe and reliable when compared to the outdated technology previously available. As always, battery safety should be of paramount concern to any ambassador of the vape community in order to project a positive image of our hobby.
 - Key Differences Between Internal and External Battery MODs
 Key Differences Between Internal and External Battery MODs
 MODs have become all the rage and are used by millions of vapers as the next level in the world of vaping. These devices are available in different brands and they use different types of batteries. A MOD is the modification of the device that allows increased or decreased vapor production, battery life, and voltage usage. The main drive of battery operated MODs are to provide heat to the liquid solution, which comprises of vegetable & propylene glycol and nicotine. These devices are offered with diverse battery types and functions.
 Types of Internal and External Batteries
 The primary differences between internal and external batteries are internal batteries are built into devices and external batteries are removable. Internal battery type, lithium polymer, also know also known as LiPo is permanently installed in a MOD and isn't removable. The device must be thrown away when its natural life usage has expired. To recharge the battery, the vaper is advised to use a computer's USB port that provides additional safety features compared to a wall socket.
 External battery MODs are replaceable and available in Lithium IMR or Lithium Manganese (Li-Mn), IMR/Hybrid, and ICR Lithium Ion (Li-Ion). Lithium IMR is considered the safest


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What does an 800-pound gorilla eat? If you said: "anything it wants," you're not thinking like a scientist.
A scientist would say, "Let me analyze the isotopic composition of its excreta and I'll get back to you." Because a new study shows that the ratio of carbon isotopes found in mountain gorilla feces reveals how much fruit the apes have consumed. The scoop's in the latest issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. [Scott A. Blumenthal et al., Detecting intraannual dietary variability in wild mountain gorillas by stable isotope analysis of feces]
Knowing what animals nosh on in the wild and how that diet fluctuates can offer a key to their health and the overall health of the species. But not all beasties like to dine al fresco, at least not where scientists can watch. So researchers decided to reach for the scat.
As a test case they focused on four mountain gorillas in a park in Uganda, because they could actually see what these apes ingested. Different plants have different ratios of carbon's common isotopes. So for 10 months the researchers measured the carbon in the plants that went into the gorillas and then what came back out.
And they found that the dung don't lie, at least when it comes to what's been on Koko's menu.
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Alberto Pinto named chief editor of the Journal of Dynamics and Games
Alberto Pinto from LIAAD/INESC TEC has been named chief editor of the Journal of Dynamics and Games (JDG) by the American Institute of Mathematical Sciences.
The researcher will run the journal in partnership with Michael Benain. The journal is dedicated to applied mathematics and publishes high quality articles on Dynamic System interfaces and Game Theory.
The journal addresses the development and diffusion of ideas and mathematical techniques that result from the analysis and modelling of systems where the agents interact in a dynamic way over time. The JDG covers topics, such as dynamic stochastic games and learning and evolution models.


Found a JavaScript assignment on Codewars.com:
The goal of this exercise is to convert a string to a new string where each character in the new string is '(' if that character appears only once in the original string, or ')' if that character appears more than once in the original string. Ignore capitalization when determining if a character is a duplicate.
"din" => "((("
I did the assignment in Java, and came up with below code. I want to know is this the write way to code or is there a better way? If so please let me know.
private static String duplicateEncode(String word) {
 String encodeString = "";
 String decodedString = word.toLowerCase();
 for (int i = 0; i < decodedString.length(); i++) {
 if (decodedString.substring(i + 1, decodedString.length())
 || decodedString.substring(0, i).contains(String.valueOf(decodedString.charAt(i)))) {
 encodeString += ")";
 } else {
 encodeString += "(";
 return encodeString;
First of all, nullbyte is exactly right about the use of a StringBuilder: using a += b for Strings roughly equals new StringBuilder().append(a).append(b).toString() under the hood and thus is a quite expensive operation.
Then, your method to check whether a given charcter exists in the string after a given index is s.substring(i).contains(ch) which again creates a superfluos string object via the substring-call. Instead, simply use s.indexOf(ch, i) to find the next index of ch after the given starting index (returns -1 for "not found").
Additionally, you might consider nullbyte's suggestion to hold the seen-or-not-seen status in a set, which also was my first intuition when reading the exercise. (Right now, you have runtime complexity of O(n^2) which you could reduce to O(n)). You only have to somehow come up with a method to revisit the first character, maybe by not using a set but by usign a map from character to number of occurrences or something like that.
Naming: why decodedString? This is not decoded in any way, this is just lowercase word. I can live with encodeString (or probably better encoded), but decodedString does not look right and does not give the reader any clue about the variable's contents.
public static String encode(String input) {
 input= input.toLowerCase(); //ignoring case
 StringBuilder myNewString = new StringBuilder(); // for holding new String
 for(char ch : input.toCharArray()) {
 if(StringUtils.countMatches(input, ch) > 1){ // more than 1 condition
 }else{ // not repeating chars
I am using StringUtils class from Apache Commons project. So need add this to your import: import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
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 \$\begingroup\$ Same as I already commented at nullbyte's answer. This is not a review. BTW, what is StringUtils? \$\endgroup\$ – mtj Mar 13 '18 at 7:13
 - \$\begingroup\$ oh forgot to mention, StringUtils is an Apache Commons project. Edited my original post and added package. Thanks \$\endgroup\$ – SKV Mar 13 '18 at 7:55
 - \$\begingroup\$ This seems to be a little bit more concise solution than the original one. What's the time complexity of the StringUtils.countMatches() method? It's definitely O(n) which doesn't make it any better. You used a StringBuilder though. \$\endgroup\$ – nullbyte Mar 14 '18 at 0:53
Here's a better solution using a hash map:
 public static String encode(String input) {
 final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 final Map indexMap = new HashMap<>();
 char ch = Character.toLowerCase(input.charAt(index));
 if(indexMap.containsKey(ch)) {
 int previous = indexMap.get(ch);
 builder.replace(previous, previous+1, ")");
 }else {
 indexMap.put(ch, index);
 return builder.toString();
It requires O(n) time and O(n) additional space, but it's way faster than yours. Also, try using a StringBuilder if you append strings in a loop.
 - \$\begingroup\$ The above code will fail if the first character is coming twice. For eg: if my string is abca, i am expecting an output )((). But the above code will print (((). \$\endgroup\$ – SKV Mar 13 '18 at 6:53
 - \$\begingroup\$ Not worth my karma to downvote this, but I don't consider "I can do it better, here's some code" a review. \$\endgroup\$ – mtj Mar 13 '18 at 7:12
 - \$\begingroup\$ _USER_ Well, I think it's not worth pointing out, but the OP's question is: I want to know if is this the right way to code or if there is a better way? Is this how you read it? First of all, it was not my intention to hurt someone else's feelings by "showing off" with a better solution. Secondly, there's really nothing to review, and I think I've pointed (as well as you have) the main points in my post. I could have done it more explicitly though. \$\endgroup\$ – nullbyte Mar 14 '18 at 0:45
 - \$\begingroup\$ _USER_ Ha! that's a good catch. Thanks. Please see my updated answer \$\endgroup\$ – nullbyte Mar 14 '18 at 0:46
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very close in spirit. – Artie Prendergast-Smith Mar 11 '11 at 11:19
Can anyone please tell me if there's something wrong with the following reasoning?
Sticking to the notation in the answer above, let $A$ be an ample divisor on $Y$. Then we can write $A \sim \pi^*D - kE$ for some divisor $D$ on $X$. Since $A \cdot l>0$, $\pi^*D \cdot l =0$, and $E \cdot l =-1$ we must have $k>0$. In fact, we can take $k=1$ since for any curve $C$ on $Y$ not contained in $E$, $(\pi^*D-kE)\cdot C \leq (\pi^*D-E)\cdot C$ because $E\cdot C \geq 0$, and we still have $(\pi^*D-E)\cdot l =1$. So take $A \sim \pi^*D -E$ to be our ample divisor on $Y$. By Seshadri's criterion, there exists an $0< \epsilon <1$ such that for any curve $C'$ on $Y$, $A \cdot C' \geq \epsilon ~ m(C')$, where $m(C')=sup_{q \in C'} m_q(C')$ is the multiplicity of the curve.
Now let $C$ be any curve on $X$ and denote by $C'$ its strict transform under the blowup. If $C$ does not pass through the center $p \in X$, then $C' \cong C$ and $C'$ does not meet $E$, so $E \cdot C' =0$. Then $A \cdot C' = \pi^*D \cdot C' = D \cdot C \geq \epsilon ~ m(C') = \epsilon ~ m(C)$.
If $C$ does pass through $p$ with multiplicity $m$, then $E \cdot C' =m$ and we have $A \cdot C' = \pi^*D \cdot C' -E \cdot C' = D \cdot C - m \geq \epsilon ~ m(C')$. But this means that $D \cdot C \geq \epsilon ~ m(C') + m \geq \epsilon ~ m(C)$. Hence $D$ is ample on $X$ by Seshadri's criterion (which still holds on complete non-projective schemes) so $X$ is projective.
The problem is I'm not quite sure where I'm using the smoothness of $X$, since blowing up points on a (singular) non-projective surface will make the blowup projective. (Maybe in the first line where it's assumed that $Pic(Y) \cong Pic(X) \oplus \mathbb Z$.) In any case, the above answer (and this one if it's correct) gives a quick proof of the Chow-Kodaira theorem, which says that any smooth complete algebraic surface must be projective.
I expect the statement to hold for singular complete algebraic varieties in dimension $\geq 3$. That is, if $X$ is any complete algebraic variety of dimension $\geq 3$, then $X$ is projective if and only if $Bl_p(X)$ is projective.
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Tracking a Swinging Target with a Robot Manipulator using Visual Sensing
Journal article, Peer reviewed
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Original versionModeling, Identification and Control. 2016, 37 (1), 53-62. 10.4173/mic.2016.1.5
In this paper we develop a method for loading parts onto a swinging target using an industrial robot. The orientation of the target is estimated by a particle filter using camera images as measurements. Robust and accurate tracking is achieved by using an accurate dynamic model of the target. The dynamical model is also used to compensate for the time delay between the acquisition of images and the motion response of the robot. The target dynamics is modeled as a spherical pendulum. To ensure robust visual tracking the position of the target mass center is estimated. The method is experimentally validated in a laboratory loading station with a swinging conveyor trolley as target, which is commonly used in industry.


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British Scientists Invent Hydrogen Based and Cheaper Artificial Gasoline
British scientists are refining the recipe for a hydrogen-based fuel that will run in existing cars and engines which could cost just around $1.50 a gallon and is more energy effiicient than the nowadays petrol. The hydrogen-based fuel instead of carbon-based (as it is heavily used in nowadays petrol) doesn't emit any harmful greenhouse gases […]


Traditional Chinese Gardens Welcome to China
Baotu Spring, Jinan
The Baotu Spring is found south of Ximen Bridge, Jinan. It had bee known variously as "Baoliu" and "Lanquan" before it assumed its present name during the Song Dynasty. The Baotu Spring is at the top of a list 0 famous springs in Jinan, known as the "City of Springs".
During its heyday, water was seen foamed and gushing out of a subterranean limestone cave, looking like a pot of boiling water. The pool of the spring assumes the shape of a square, anal the water is of pure and sweet quality. Around the pool sit such famed buildings as the Luoyuan Hall, Banbi Corridor, Waterside Chamber, and Guanlan Pavilion.
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text: MgAuGa is the first ternary representative of the Mg–Au–Ga system. It adopts the Fe2P structure type (Pearson symbol hP9) and closely resembles hexagonal Mg2Ga through a direct group–subgroup relationship. MgAu2Ga also crystallizes hexagonally and is isotypic with Na3As. It adopts the structure of another binary compound, viz. Mg3Au (hP8), but shows an unexpected distribution of Mg, Au, and Ga among the atomic positions of the asymmetric unit compared to Mg3Au.


Editorial: Professor sued over casual touch
Marta Sanchez, a student at the University of Virginia Law School, is claiming that an incident of personal contact between herself and Professor Kenneth Abraham during one of his lectures caused her severe mental anguish and is seeking $35,000 in damages. This lawsuit should not be allowed to continue. There must be a reasonable agreement made before university professors are left defenseless in their classrooms.
During a lecture, Abraham was explaining a legal issue and to demonstrate his point (adding that he probably shouldn't do what he was about to do) proceeded to lay his hand on the shoulder of the student closest to him. That student happened to be Marta Sanchez.
At age 11, Sanchez, who is from Panama, became a victim of repeated physical, mental and sexual abuse and, as a result, experiences great difficulty with personal contact. The incident made Sanchez very uncomfortable, and she took her concerns to university counselors. Sanchez found the outcome of a meeting with Abraham unsatisfying and decided to bring a civil lawsuit against Abraham.
There is no doubt that Sanchez was affected by the incident because of her sensitivity to personal contact, but there is no way that Abraham could have known that. Holding him accountable for this action is setting a precedent that will cause any friendly relations between professor and student to be grounds for litigation.
Professors cannot know the history of each student, and though Abraham's actions were harmless, it is best if they keep their hands to themselves. It should also be understood that personal contact is not always avoidable. Furthermore, Sanchez's suit should be thrown out when it reaches circuit court because, by all accounts, she had no reason to believe that Abraham would make any kind of inappropriate advance toward her, and he made the context of his actions quite clear.


Garrion Bridge
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Garrion Bridge is located in North Lanarkshire
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OS grid reference NS792510
Council area North Lanarkshire
Lieutenancy area Lanarkshire
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town WISHAW
Postcode district ML2
Dialling code 01698
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Coordinates: 55°44′15″N 3°55′22″W / 55.737402°N 3.922871°W / 55.737402; -3.922871
Garrion Bridge is a small hamlet spanning the border between North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located on the banks of the Clyde Valley, 18 miles (29 km) south-east of Glasgow. The hamlet is most commonly associated with the nearby town of Wishaw.
The hamlet has grown around a main river crossing of the River Clyde in Lanarkshire. The area spans both sides of the river, with some of the houses actually located in South Lanarkshire. There are more than a dozen houses located around the bridge. There is an independent garden and antique centre, operating in the premises of the recently closed Banana ripery operated by Fyffes.
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The area is still dominated by the river crossing, which remains the most important bridge over the Clyde for several miles in either direction. The original bridge, constructed in 1817 and still in use, was supplemented in 2002 by a new bridge slightly upstream, creating for the first time a bi-directional flow of traffic over the river in the form of a roundabout.[1] Prior to this, Garrion Bridge was a notorious traffic bottleneck, with an acute crossroads formed by the junctions of the A71 and A72. As the original (1817) bridge was single lane, the traffic was signal-controlled with only one direction able to cross the bridge at any one time. This led to huge delays, also in part due to the meeting of the A71 from the west and the A72 from the north having a very acute angle with no turning restrictions, which often led to large vehicles becoming stuck. This was rectified by moving the intersection of the northern A72 and western A71 almost 0.5 miles (0.80 km) up the valley side to a new roundabout, and removing the original alignment of the A72. This work was carried out at the same time of the construction of the new bridge in 2001.
There is some public transport in the area, with a regular bus service provided by First Glasgow operating between Larkhall and Glasgow and a more sporadic local authority supported service between Hamilton and Carluke.
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How Loperamide Works: How Fast Imodium Starts Working
Last Updated: June 10, 2020
Authored by Olivier George, Ph.D.
Imodium (loperamide) is a medication meant to treat diarrhea; however, thanks to its mechanism of action, loperamide is used for other purposes as well. While many have used it, few know how Imodium works. It is important that users understand the medication's mechanism of action.
How Does Imodium Work?
What Imodium does is treat the symptoms of diarrhea, specifically sudden (acute) diarrhea, including traveler's diarrhea. It is not designed to be taken for long periods, though in some cases patients will, of time and it does not treat the underlying causes of sudden bowel disturbances.
How Imodium works is it slows down the movement of the intestines. The result is the person taking the Imodium AD has fewer bowel movements, and less water enters the stool. It is vital that patients stick to the recommended doses unless directed to do otherwise by a doctor. These are 4mg for the first dose, then loperamide hydrochloride 2 mg for each subsequent dose until stopping the medication.
Of course, this does not offer a complete understanding of how loperamide works. For that, the loperamide mechanism of action must be understood.
What Is Imodium Mechanism Of Action?
how does imodium workFor most patients, understanding how Imodium works to stop diarrhea ends with a general explanation. However, the more informed patients are, the better. To truly understand loperamide, people must understand the Imodium mechanism of action – or the specific biochemical interaction between the medication and the body. This can be broken down into five aspects of loperamide MOA: pharmacodynamics, absorption, metabolism, protein binding, route of elimination.
Loperamide Pharmacodynamics
Much of what Imodium does comes down to pharmacodynamics. Loperamide, the active ingredient in Imodium, binds to opiate receptors within the gut wall. Through this binding, the release of acetylcholine and prostaglandins is inhibited. This results in reduced propulsive peristalsis, which means it takes longer for the intestines to move waste, increasing the time between bowel movements and allowing the body to absorb more water, creating firmer stool.
Loperamide Absorption
Absorption determines how fast Imodium works. Imodium for diarrhea is primarily absorbed through the stomach, though the intestines can absorb some of the medication. Once it is absorbed, it does not have a significant impact on plasma. Concentrations are the highest between 2.5 hours and 5 hours after taking the medication. The Imodium half-life is approximately 10 hours.
Loperamide Metabolism
Loperamide is metabolized primarily by cytochrome P450 (CYP450) isozymes, CYP2C8 and CYP3A4. These then form N-desmethyl-loperamide, which is the compound that allows Imodium to work. This must be formed for the medication to act on the body. Such metabolism is considered quite safe. In fact, people can take Imodium while breastfeeding, if taken in small amounts.
Loperamide Protein Binding
Loperamide protein binding occurs primarily in the gut wall. The medication almost exclusively binds to the receptors in the longitudinal muscle layer. The plasma protein binding of the medication comes in at 95%, making this the primary site where Imodium does work on the body.
Loperamide Route Of Elimination
Loperamide is primarily excreted through the feces. While some of the medication and its metabolites can be excreted in other manners, the amount is so small as to be considered statistically insignificant.
Does Imodium Pass The Blood-Brain Barrier?
Because loperamide binds to opioid receptors, it theoretically could act as an opioid in the body and produce a high. However, there is a problem with this theory: loperamide does not easily cross the blood-brain barrier (BBB).
People desperate to get high or access affordable pain medication have looked into how to make loperamide cross the BBB. The only way to do this is to take it in incredibly high doses. Loperamide amount for recreational purposes varies from person to person, with some reporting to need as many as 100 pills to achieve any effect.
How Long Does It Take For Imodium To Work?
how long does imodium take to workHow long it takes for Imodium to work will depend on what the user is taking it for. While the only on-label use of loperamide is in the treatment of diarrhea, some will use Imodium AD for opiate withdrawal or recreational purposes.
How long it takes for Imodium to stop diarrhea is usually somewhere in the range of 24 to 48 hours. However, the medication will start working well before then; the user just will not see the results. For those using it for other purposes, it can range from a few hours to never working at all.
Getting Help
Imodium is a medication that binds to opioid receptors and can cross the blood-brain barrier if taken in excessively large amounts. Anyone who is abusing loperamide or considering it should seek treatment programs provided by professional addiction facilities. Rehabilitation centers can help addicts manage their addiction, craving, and withdrawal symptoms and get clean.
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Inspired by a rare archival detail, the Interlocking G Horsebit print defines this scarf, mixing with a geometric ribbon motif. Symbolic House codes continue to be reimagined throughout the latest collections.
- Interlocking G Horsebit and ribbons print navy organic silk twill
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Striking a drum excites a spectrum of vibration modes that together make up the instrument's characteristic sound or acoustic signal. These vibration modes correspond to the eigenmodes, or eigenfunctions, of the drum's membrane. Thus you can study this problem by solving eigenvalue problems for stretched membranes.
Two different geometric shapes are modeled, with all other parameters being equal. If you can find two differently shaped membranes that have identical eigenvalues—in other words, they are isospectral—then it's not possible to "hear" the shape of a specific drum.
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After pruning your willow tree, recycle the thin, flexible branches into woven materials. You can use woven willow, also called wattle, to produce sturdy and attractive fences, garden trellises, sculptures, baskets or furniture. Weaving willow branches is an ancient, meditative craft that adults and children can do together.
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Prune your willow tree as normal, using a pruning saw. If making a trellis or fence, set aside long, straight, supple branches for horizontal rows and thicker, sturdier branches for vertical posts. If making a basket, furniture or sculpture piece, only set aside the long, straight, supple branches.
Place the cut ends of the branches in water until you are ready to weave. For best results, weave the willow a week or sooner after pruning.
Strip leaves and secondary branches from your willow branches, using a pocket knife.
Lay out branches parallel to each other at equal intervals until their combined length is as long as you want the woven object to be. If making a fence or trellis, lay out the stout branches. Place the branches as close together or as far apart as you want, depending on how tight you'd like the weave to be.
Weave a thinner branch horizontally over and under the branches laid out in the last step. When starting a second row, weave a branch under and over the vertical branches. Continue adding rows and alternating branches until the weave is complete.
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The earliest known photo showing the noxious weed Asparagus fern growing on Lord Howe Island in 1923.
Recent visitor Ian Hutton, Curator from the Lord Howe Island Museum, was pleased to find this photograph showing Asparagus fern growing on the island in 1923. Anecdotally, it had previously been thought that the fern came to the island much later, brought to the island in a bridal bouquet in the 1930s. Declared a noxious weed, the fine-leafed fern is a prime target for the weed eradication programs Friends of Lord Howe Island have run regularly on the island since 1995.
The 1923 photograph was taken by Museum scientist and talented amateur photographer Anthony Musgrave in a year in which (according to the Annual Report for the year) 'On account of a shortage of funds no extended field work has been attempted this year'. Instead, Musgrave and another dedicated young scientist from the Museum, Gilbert Whitley, took a self-funded 'holiday' to Lord Howe Island to collect insects and spiders which they then presented to the Museum.


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A hug and an embrace may seem similar to each other, but the main difference between the two is the type of affection that you will provide when you are doing these actions. When you provide a hug, this means that you will tightly squeeze a person in order to express your affection. When you embrace someone, this means that you are holding the person in your arms.
This may occur for an extended period of time. You may usually provide a hug or an embrace to the people that you care about. The longer that you hold the person, the more of an embrace it is rather than a hug. You may give a hug or an embrace, depending on what you think the person needs.
Hug and Embrace are two action words. It will be very difficult to figure out the differences between the two words if you do not have an understanding of the usage of the words. Hug and embrace have almost the same meaning. Hug simply means to cling so tightly with someone, especially in the arms. This is a particular way of showing affection to someone.
Embrace also has the same meaning as a hug. For example, John hugged/embraced Esther until he felt better. The major difference between hug and embrace will be discussed in relation to how they are used in a sentence. A hug is most times used as a verb, but it can also be used as a noun, for example, I'm looking for someone who will give me a hug. Embrace, on the other hand, can also be used as a verb and also, as a noun. Aside from, embrace has other meanings. It can be used to show that you are in support of someone's idea. For example, I embraced Paul's idea because it looked good to me.
A hug and an embrace or both forms of physical contact; however, a hug usually is more casual, whereas, an embrace is often a shared exchange between two people who are in love. It may even come across as if the two people embracing want to hold on to one another endlessly because it can get that intimate. Hugs can be exchanged between friends and family, and most casual situations where both involve the act of holding someone with affection.
Hugs mean more of a squeezing action. An embrace is keeping a tighter hold, and it may last a lot longer than a hog. An embrace could also mean keeping, or holding onto a belief, or even an acceptance of something, such as faith or trust in God or Jesus. An example would be embracing Jesus Christ as our Savior. Another example would be embracing changes in our lives whereas some people don't like change.


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Finding Usages of a Symbol
This command allows finding all usages of a specific symbol in the currently loaded assemblies. You can start the search from the declaration of the symbol or from any other usage. You can invoke this command from the code viewer, from the File Structure Window and other tool windows.
To find usages of a symbol
- Place the caret on a symbol in the code viewer or select the symbol in a tool window.
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- If you try to search for usages of an overriding or implementing member of a derived type, you are prompted to specify whether you want to add usages of the base members to the list of search results. Choose No to search for usages of the overriding member only. Choose Yes to search for usages of both the overridden and base members.
- If a single usage is found, dotPeek will navigate you to the usage directly in the code viewer. Two or more search results will be shown in the Find Results Window.
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Communication with Physicians about Health Care Costs
CONTEXT: Health care costs have increasingly shifted to patients, and financial distress caused by medical care has increased. Patients may wish to discuss costs with their clinicians.
OBJECTIVE: Describe patient preferences for communication about cost in the clinical setting.
DESIGN: Cross-sectional, self-administered survey of a stratified random sample of the population insured in an integrated health care system in Washington State. Our sampling frame was the entire membership aged 21 years or older. Sampling was stratified by sex and group practice enrollment.
MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Preference for discussing health care costs with one's physician. We conducted regression analyses to determine predictors of communication preference; potential predictors included demographic characteristics, financial burden, delay in seeking care because of cost, and socioeconomic variables. Survey responses were weighted to adjust for nonresponse and sampling.
RESULTS: Of 7200 invitations sent, 2200 survey responses were returned. Ninety-two percent wished to know their out-of-pocket costs before beginning treatment. Most respondents preferred their physician talk with them about out-of-pocket costs (81.4%) and expressed comfort with discussing costs with their physician (75.6%). Overall, 43.7% reported any delay in seeking care in the previous 12 months. One in 5 respondents (21.6%) reported family medical debt. Delay in seeking care was positively and independently associated with preferring to discuss costs with one's physician; current medical financial burden was not.
CONCLUSION: Patient preferences for communication about costs with physicians are high, and medical debt and delay in care-seeking are prevalent. Delay in care-seeking independently predicts cost communication preferences.


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Understanding Shopify Theme Styles and Presets With settings_data.json
Shopify theme styles and presets with settings_data.json
Building custom presets for Shopify themes can be super useful, especially if your theme might be used by many merchants, and you want to curate their experience when using your theme.
You've most likely landed here because you've been looking to customize the theme settings of your Shopify theme, and stumbled upon two files in the config directory—settings_schema.json and settings_data.json. This article will look at the differences between settings_schema.json and settings_data.json. We'll deep dive into the various uses and nuances of the settings_data.json file.
What are theme settings?
Theme settings—also referred to as theme options—allow a merchant to customize the look and feel of their online store. Theme settings are predetermined by the theme developer who builds the theme. They are built and stored in the config directory inside the settings_schema.json file. Theme settings control the organization and content of the menu in the theme editor.
settings_schema.json vs. settings_data.json
The settings_schema.json file controls the organization and options available to a merchant in the theme editor. It's used to create and edit the theme settings available for a merchant within a theme. The theme settings follow the specified file format outlined by the Shopify documentation.
The settings_data.json file stores the theme settings data saved from the theme editor. It can also include 'theme styles', also known as presets. If presets are defined, it enables a merchant to choose a theme style which is predetermined by a theme developer. The theme style then sets specific values for the keys defined in the settings_schema.json file.
Digging into settings_data.json
So let's take a look at settings_data.json. When viewing the settings_data.json file found inside most free themes from the Shopify Theme Store, you'll notice it's broken up into a two different objects; current and presets.
Shopify theme styles and presets with settings_data.json - current object
As seen above, the current object contains data for the current theme settings. These are the values which are currently set in the theme editor. A theme only ever uses the data stored in current.
Theme styles aka presets
In the Debut theme, the presets object contains data for two different theme styles, Default and Light. These theme styles can be applied using the theme editor.
Because a theme only ever uses the data stored in current, any presets that are applied simply update the values in current to match those of the preset. It's important to note that there are some input values that won't update via theme style. These have to do with specific input types.
Overwriting presentational values with theme styles and preserving content
One really great thing about presets is that Shopify handles some of the logic involved when it comes to updating content.
Imagine you were a merchant, and you spent a bunch of time customizing the content of your website, like updating the logo of your site and changing the images on your homepage. Then you decide you don't like the Default theme and would rather go for the Light version. It would be a terrible experience if a merchant then had to input all of that content again, especially when all they wanted to change is which theme style is being used.
This is where preserving specific input types becomes important. Shopify only overwrites what it deems to be a presentational value with a theme style. Shopify does not overwrite content values with a theme style.
The existing input types include:
These are input types which are whitelisted, considered presentational, and are overwritten when applying a theme style via the theme editor:
The values of these input types will be overwritten by a defined preset, as the Shopify platform considers them presentational. As with anything, depending on how a theme is developed and how someone has built a theme's settings, this will dictate whether or not these items truly contain presentational values. However, most of these input types lend themselves to presentational elements such as a color or font, to show or hide an element, or choose a value in a range for layout displays.
How section data is stored in settings_data.json
When navigating the settings_data.json file, you'll quickly see that you can define a sections object in your presets and that it also appears inside current. This sections object will be generated for you if you have section files, which gives merchants the ability to add Shopify sections to their theme using the theme editor, without pre-defining which sections appear by default for current.
You'll also notice that dynamic sections can have pretty id names if pre-defined in your settings_data.json file initially. However, if you add them dynamically and have the file auto-generate a current object for you, then they'll have automatically generated id's.
Shopify theme styles and presets with settings_data.json - section order
These id's are then stored in a content_for_index array just below, which defines the order. This array inside current is updated anytime a user changes the order using the theme editor. You can also manually adjust the order by moving around these values in the array.
Managing multiple stores with a single theme using presets
I've seen some pretty clever uses of presets over my time working at Shopify. One example of this is using settings_data.json to manage a single custom theme used on multiple stores. The way this is set up is pretty straight forward—each preset defined in the settings_data.json file represents a specific store, all of which are using the same theme.
For example, a single company might have more than one online store because they have subsidiaries or branches that each have their own url and inventory; but the themes of the store are similar. For example, Greenhouse Inc. has three branches: Greenhouse Nurseries, Greenhouse Grocery, and Greenhouse Living. Each of the branches sells different types of products, and has different concerns, customers and URLs—but they all share a common theme.
In cases like this, the presets named in a theme can be for each company branch, for example greenhouse-nurseries, greenhouse-grocery, and greenhouse-living. Then a single theme can be used for all three stores, each with its own preset containing its own theme settings. This file and its theme are tracked by some kind of version control, and that single theme is used for every store. The current object is then mapped to the appropriate preset, which defines a list of settings—maybe a specific color swatch change, different Google Analytics tracking number, etc.
Because settings_schema.json doesn't ever overwrite presets, you can store any information you want in a preset, whether or not it maps directly to a theme setting found in settings_schema.json.
While we're on the subject of URLs, learn what a canonical URL is and why they're important.
Gotchas when tracking changes
One thing to keep in mind when editing or changing the settings_data.json is how you're keeping track of changes to it, and how that works within your existing workflow.
Because this file is updated by the theme editor, I often see that it is listed as untracked in version control; whether it's listed in a.gitignore file, as a file to ignore in a config.yml (Theme Kit), or an.env file (Slate). When it is untracked, the changes you make directly in the file can easily be overwritten by the theme editor, or vice versa, if the changes aren't pulled down from your store and committed/tracked before starting a new feature.
Start thinking about how you can use theme styles and presets
Building themes, especially dynamic ones, can be hard. But creating theme styles with presets for Shopify themes doesn't have to be. It's important to understand the differences between settings_schema.json and settings_data.json file and that theme styles are built using presets.
Be creative with how you use theme styles and presets in your next project; the possibilities are whatever you can imagine and build!
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Catholic University Clinic of Psychology - CUP
The development of a higher education project in Psychology involves creating structures to carry activities such as practical training, teaching and scientific research, thus the Faculty of Education and Psychology has created a psychological consultation service. The CUP allows activities closer to the professional practice for students, supporting their development stage and advanced training programs in the area of psychological intervention. In addition, it contributes to the development of research lines, allowing systematic and more efficient monitoring of intervention processes. Finally, the CUP of the Catholic University in Porto embodies a strong connection to the target community, providing psychological support through cooperation protocols with entities as well as private users.
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Sharing a Backup with DropBox
 1. Navigate to
 If you do not have an account, you will need to create one to proceed.
 2. Once logged in, you will see a section to the top right that will allow you to upload content.
 - If you have an entire folder, then select Upload Folder.
 - If you have a single archive file, such as a.zip or.tar, then select Upload File.
 3. That will open a standard File Explorer; find the backup and select it for upload.
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 5. Click the Share button, then click Create link in the bottom corner to generate the link for this file.
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Sharing a Backup with Google Drive
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 2. If you haven't already uploaded your backup, click the New option in the top right-hand corner of your Google Dashboard.
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Let $G$ be any countable discrete group, and $H_1, H_2$ be two subgroups of $G$ with some fixed finite index $m>1$.
My question is:
Is it always possible to find some automorphism $\phi$ of $G$, i.e., $\phi\in Aut(G)$, such that $\phi(H_1)=H_2$?
If not, could any one give some counterexample to illustrate this? Thanks in advance!
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Nope: let $G=C_4\times V_4\times\mathbb Z$, where $C_4$ is the cyclic group of order $4$ and $V_4$ is the Klein $4$-group. Let $H_1=C_4\times\{e\}\times\mathbb Z$ and $H_2=\{e\}\times V_4\times\mathbb Z$. Both subgroups have index $4$, but they aren't isomorphic.
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So we can take two non-isomorphic finite groups $G_1, G_2$, of the same order $n$S and a take an infinite group $H$, and consider $G=H\times G_1\times G_2$. Then $H_1=G\times G_1, H_2=G\times G_2$ may work generalizing your idea. – P Vanchinathan Mar 21 at 1:15
_USER_ It depends. Using your notation, if $H$ is a direct sum of countably many copies of $G_1\times G_2$, then $G_1\times H$ is isomorphic to $G_2\times H$ after all. In my example, there is no such accidental isomorphism, since $C_4\times\{e\}\times\mathbb Z$ has an element of order $4$, and $\{e\}\times V_4\times\mathbb Z$ doesn't. – Chris Culter Mar 21 at 1:25
The dihedral group of order 8 has a subgroup isomorphic to the cyclic group of order 4, and has a subroup isomorphic to the Klein group. Both subgroups have index 2 but are non-isomorphic since the first has an element of order 4 but the second does not. No smaller order group G can be found as a counterexample since a nontrivial subgroup of such a G would have order 2 or order 3.
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Dihedral group G of order 8 also has two subgroups of order 2 with no automorphism of G taking one to the other (take one central, and one not). – Jack Schmidt Mar 21 at 1:57
Take $m\mathbf{Z}, n\mathbf{Z}\subset \mathbf{Z}$. As isomorphisms have to send generator to generator we get conflicting requirement $\phi(1)=\pm1, \phi(m)= \pm n $. So your question has a negative answer.
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They don't have the same index though – Bruno Joyal Mar 21 at 1:05
OOps, I looked at the title and was misled. My answer is incorrect. – P Vanchinathan Mar 21 at 1:11
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|Average Daylight per day
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|Sun altitude at solar noon on the 21st day.
- The average temperature in Bergen in September is quite mild at 12.5 °C (54.5 °F).
- Afternoons can be mild with average high temperatures reaching 15 °C (59 °F).
- Overnight temperatures are generally quite mild with an average low of 10 °C (50 °F).
- The range/ variation of daily mean temperatures in September is 5 °C (9 °F).
- The weather in September is quite sopping with rain more often than not. A sizable 228mm (9in) of fluid is discharged across an average of 21 days.
- The skies in Bergen are dull with an average of merely 3:19 of magnificent sunshine per day.
- The shortest day is 11:31 long and the longest day is 14:15 long with an average length of 12:53.
- There are approximately 9:11 per day when bright sunshine is absent due to cloud, haze or the sun being too low on the horizon to register.
- It is sunny approximately 26.6% of daylight hours and cloudy 73.4% of daylight hours.
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Navigate to September Weather in Locations Surrounding Bergen:
- Orland, Norway - 429.4 kms (266.8 miles) NNE
- Trondheim, Norway - 429.6 kms (266.9 miles) NE
- Kristiansund, Vestlandet, Norway - 328 kms (203.8 miles) NNE
- Vagamo, Oppland, Norway - 260.4 kms (161.8 miles) NE
- Fannaråki/ Fanaråken, Sogn Og Fjordane, Norway - 186.7 kms (116 miles) NE
- Lillehammer, Norway - 290.8 kms (180.7 miles) ENE
- Lærdal, Western Norway, Norway - 140.7 kms (87.4 miles) ENE
- Geilo, Norway - 159.6 kms (99.2 miles) E
- Bergen - Florida, Norway - 2.1 kms (1.3 miles) SSE
- Gardermoen, Norway - 318.1 kms (197.7 miles) E
- Oslo, Norway - 303.1 kms (188.3 miles) E
- Dalen, Telemark, Norway - 183.1 kms (113.8 miles) SE
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Harvest, moose and cane transport
The cane harvest in the geographic valley of the Cauca River is carried out at an approximate cultivation age of 13 months and through two systems: semi-mechanized and mechanized
The semi-mechanized harvest consists of making manual cutting of the stem at ground level by cutters, who remove the bud and leaves when the cut is made in green. The long cane is left in neat jets on the ground, then it is collected by lifting machines and deposited in transport wagons. The performance of the cutters is reported between 2-4 t / man / day for semi-clean cane and between 5-7 t / man / day for previously burned cane.
Lifter in semi-mechanized harvest system.
In the mechanized harvest, integral self-propelled machines are used, which have different mechanical and hydraulic systems to cut the bud, make the basal cut, chop the stems, remove the leaves and raise the harvested cane to deposit it in transport wagons. Combine yield is reported in 24-25 ton / h in semi-clean cane. At present about 50% of the harvested cane in the geographical valley of the Cauca River is carried out through the mechanical system.
Mechanized harvesting system with self-propelled combine, articulated tract and HD 20000 wagon.
Cenicaña has conducted research on the impact of the use of both semi-mechanized and mechanized harvesting equipment in different cane varieties. Based on the results obtained, some recommendations have been made to mills and suppliers:
- Make use of freight wagons of less weight and capacity to transport the cane inside the lots.
- Correlate the dimensions of the wagons with the field design.
- Correlate the size of the wagons and the capacity of the tractors.
- Supervise harvest work.