Rebates on invoices: how to deal with GST and QST?
April 16, 2020 | Marie-Hélène Tremblay
The current economic circumstances straining the liquidity of Canadian businesses will no doubt result in suppliers being required to grant rebates to recipients. This leads to the question as to whether suppliers are required to issue a credit note to the recipient and to adjust their GST/QST filings.
Surprisingly, suppliers are not required to issue a credit note in such circumstances. However, if the supplier chooses to issue a credit note, then the credit note must include the following information :
 1. a statement or indication that the document is a credit note;
 2. the name of the supplier (or the name under which the supplier does business) or the name of the intermediary (or the name under which the intermediary does business) as well as the GST and QST registration numbers of the supplier or the intermediary;
 3. the name of the recipient (or the name of the recipient's business) or the name of the recipient's duly authorized agent or representative;
 4. the date of issue of the credit note;
 5. the amount of the adjustment, refund or credit of GST/QST in respect of which the credit note is issued.
A supplier opting to issue a credit note for which the GST/QST was charged but not yet collected must subtract the portion of GST/QST that was calculated on the amount by which the consideration is reduced. If the supplier has already charged and collected the full amount of the tax from the recipient, the supplier is required to reimburse the recipient that portion of the tax that is commensurate to the amount of the reduction.
What should a recipient do when it is entitled to a rebate from a supplier who has chosen not to issue a credit note? If the recipient has already paid the GST and QST to the supplier, the recipient can request a refund of the GST/QST from the tax authorities within two years from the date the rebate was granted by the supplier. Of course a refund is only relevant to the extent that the recipient is not otherwise able to recoup the excess tax via the input credit mechanism or if the input credits have not yet been claimed by the recipient.
The rules governing credit notes can be quite subtle and thus a case-by-case analysis should be conducted to ensure there are no missteps with regard to GST/QST.


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Paint the clothespin a dark colour (brown, black or purple will do). Have the kids use their darker watercolor paints to paint the coffee filter halves. Once the paint has dried, insert the coffee filter into the head of the clothespin.
Add some googly eyes, and hang your bat from a string if you like and attach it to a ceiling fan or ceiling so that it looks like it is flying!

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I am new to Python scripting in ArcGIS but not new to ModelBuilder.
I would like to know the benefits of Python vs ModelBuilder.
When should we write Python script for GIS automation rather than use ModelBuilder?
What are the automation capabilities of Python that we cannot find in ModelBuilder?
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I believe that the user should clearly define their objectives before deciding which set of tools to use. ModelBuilder and Python scripting excel at different tasks. A few thoughts:
 1. ModelBuilder has no mapping capabilities, whereas arcpy.mapping does.
 2. Python can be used to optimize workflows, such as with the multiprocessing package or with parallel processing.
 3. Python allows for nested loops and other handy iterative logic tools. To accomplish a similar result in ModelBuilder, you would have to construct intricate, and complicated, nested models.
 4. Simple text manipulation is very easy with Python and either very difficult or not possible with ModelBuilder.
 e.g. to rename a list of file names from, for example "m_2010_naip_2310345_nw.img" to "2310345nw.img" can easily be accomplished with Python using the os.path module.
On the other hand:
 1. ModelBuilder is very useful for quickly putting together common tools and eliminating the need for debugging scripts.
 2. ModelBuilder has a very useful recursive iterator that is easy to implement in order to loop through folders and subfolders.
 3. ModelBuilder excels at visually and intuitively depicting the workflow for complicated tasks.
 4. ModelBuilder can incorporate Python script tools.
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Described differences between Python and Model Builder in ArcGIS clearly. Thanks – wetland Apr 7 '13 at 17:34
I would add also: 1. you can run your Python script outside ArcMap 2. You can use ArcObjects in Python, 3. There may be some speed differences. – Tomek Apr 7 '13 at 19:19
+1 NESTED LOOPS & arcpy.mapping! I like the ability to make calculations within a script and add them to attribute tables or better yet to the map layout (area of each wetland type for example). – Roy Apr 9 '13 at 19:43
I read python scripting for ArcGIS book. I also add some more capabilities : 1- script cursors let you loop through records in a table, reading the existing rows and inserting new rows. 2- scripting can be used to wrap other softwarethat is, to glue together application. for example python can be used to access functions in Microsoft Excel or in the statistical Package R. 3-A script can be run as a stand-alone script on disk outside of ArcGIS.you do not need to run ArcMap or ArcCatalog for script to work. (Python Scripting for ArcGIS, Chapter 2, Page 39) – wetland Apr 13 '13 at 15:02
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If you are working solely within the confines of ArcGIS, there are a few considerations I would consider when attempting to determine the approach to take.
 - What are you trying to accomplish,
 - What are your current skill sets,
 - Will you be sharing your work with others to use, learn from, or manipulate, and
 - Who is your intended audience.
Given those considerations:
 1. It is often quicker and easier to build a process in ModelBuilder than in Python, unless part of your process cannot be replicated in ModelBuilder.
 2. If you don't know Python & have not intention to learn it, ModelBuilder is a great option.
 3. If you don't know Python & want to learn to incorporate it into your skill set, ModelBuilder is a great way to start by creating simple models, then exporting them to Python so you have the skeleton of your final process pre-built for you. This method does come at a cost, as there is a lot of extraneous information & variables that usually get created during the conversion process, but it is still a great way to start learning.
 4. If you are building tools for personal use, using whichever method you feel most comfortable with is usually the route to go. I personally use both, depending on my needs.
 5. If you are planning to share your analysis with others, and want to share your model/script with others are part of your process documentation, a model is generally much easier to follow and understand for non-technical people.
There probably is no answer to "which is better" for personal use, but if you are looking long-term at employment possibilities, by learning Python you will set yourself apart from those who only know how to use the pre-programmed tools, or just know how to use ModelBuilder. You also give yourself the ability to go outside the confines of Python for ArcGIS (ArcPy), and start automating far more tasks and projects by using other proprietary and open-source GIS libraries, as well as many non-GIS libraries (iedatabase, image manipulation, statistics, etc).
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great. I'll use your Python programming experiences. – wetland Apr 8 '13 at 5:23
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Model Builder is a great and easy to learn visual programming language and a good entrance to GIS-programming in general. But in some things python can do more.
One example is the integration of non-ESRI GIS libraries. Nearly all of the Open Source GIS can be adressed via python as well (e.g. GRASS, Sextante, QGIS, SAGA). This helped me a lot, because I only have an ArcView license. So every time I cannot use a certain geoprocessing tool in ArcGIS, I look what other options are available in Open Source GIS. I then take these OpenSource-tools and combine them with ArcGIS tools either in a bigger python script or integrate them in ModelBuilder via a smaller python script.
I'm sure other members can name more advantages.
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Thanks but i only use ArcGIS Desktop (ArcInfo) – wetland Apr 7 '13 at 17:25
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When using Python and ArcGIS, you get the entire functionality of Python in addition to what you already had in ArcGIS. If you need this kind of power and flexibility depends on your wishes. In addition, getting to know and really leverage a programming language such as Python takes time. If this investment is worth it for you is up to you. However, for serious data processing a real scripting language is a very good addition in your arsenal.
Apart form any functionality that the ModelBuilder might miss, there is also a more fundamental discussion. In general, scripts are much more suitable to create complex workflows. The code is processed from top to bottom, and complex tasks can be subdivided into smaller sub tasks using e.g. functions. or objects. A graphical tool such as the model builder tends to become a big spaghetti.
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I'm partial to creating Python scripts. It's more fun to write code than to mess around with connecting lines to boxes and such, for me at least.
What's really great about Python scripting is you can schedule your scripts to run at a time that is convenient for you. If you have a script that takes a while to complete, or needs to be run outside of regular business hours, this is really convenient. You can see an example of how to schedule a script here.
And as _USER_ mentions, you can easily set up looping in a Python script.
If you're just setting out with Python scripting, you might want to create a model with Model Builder and export it as a Python script. I do this sometimes if I'm having trouble understanding how to use several tools in a script. It could help you get a sense for how to put scripts together.
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your answer was very interesting for me.Thanks – wetland Apr 7 '13 at 18:35
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I have found that I seem to get stuck with no solution more with model builder than with python scripting. The somewhat 'black box' nature of model builder to me makes it harder to find where the problem is located.
I have also found that I can find a lot more help on python. I tend to find lots of dead end threads and topics about model builder. There area also fewer example to go by, where as with python, you probably can find small snipets of most parts of any script you are writing.
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Dome A - coldest place on Earth
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|Address:||Antarctic and Sub-antarctic region, Antarctica, Dome Argus|
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This is Dome C, 1200 km from Dome A, taken from 32 m height. Landscape at Dome A looks the same.
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The eventual coldest place on Earth is located on one of the highest places of Antarctica - on Dome A (Dome Argus). Thus far the lowest measured temperature reached here -82.5°C (July 2005) but scientists consider that it might fall even as low as -102°C.
"Dome Argus" was named by the researchers of Scott Polar Research Institute. Name "Argus" is taken from the Greek mythology - Argus is builder of the ship of argonauts. Most likely Argus in his worst dreams could not imagine that there exist such cold places.
Visually Dome A looks like most other places in Antarctica - an endless, flat, lifeless plain. Landscape consists of white snow and sky above it.
Dome A is the highest part of Eastern Antarctic ice shield. The ice near it is at least 2,400 m thick and below the Dome A is located Gamburtsev Mountain Range. These mountains reach height up to 2,700 m and in many ways are similar to Alps. It is possible that the development of Eastern Antarctic ice shield started from the glaciers of this mountain range in late Eocene some 35 million years ago.
Area around Dome A is extremely flat - if Dome A is located 4092.5 m above the sea level, the lowest spot in 30 km distance around it is 4,090.2 m above the sea level - height difference over 30 km is only 2.3 m.
Yearly precipitation here is around 10 mm of snow - it is one of the driest places on Earth. Area is also very calm, although there is little data about the speed of wind in winter here (installed anemometres does not work properly at these extreme temperatures).
The lowest temperature ever recorded has been registered in 1983 in Russian station Vostok: -89.2°C.
Dome A though is located some 600 m higher than Vostok. Automatic meteorological station was installed here in January 2005 and already in July 2005 there was registered -82.5°C. Currently, as Wondermondo writes this article (27th September 2010), the temperature 1 m above the land surface is -71°C. Temperature falls below -80°C almost every winter. In summer in rare cases the temperature here rises above -10°C but usually is between -20 - -40°C.
Deep the ice it is not any better: at 10 m depth the temperature is -58.3°C.
Weather in Dome A is very calm. During the cold winters a specific phenomenon is observed - inversion. The coldest air is closer to the land surface, while several metres higher the temperature is some 10°C higher. This is caused by the cooling effect of snow surface and lack of wind which elsewhere would mix this cold air with the warmer air above it.
It is possible though that Dome A is not the coldest place on Earth. 144 km south-west from Dome A has been identified Ridge A which might have even lower temperatures.
There is accumulated 1 - 3 cm of snow over Dome A in a year. Densification of snow is approximately 1 - 2 cm per year. Thus the ice shield gets very thin "annual rings", each of them recording information about the climatic conditions of respective year.
Due to this Dome A is valuable site for climatic research - layers have been acumulated without any local disturbances, they are thin and thus one should not go too deep to reach very old ice. Research here would provide very valuable information about the climate in past.
Chinese expeditions and ambitions
Chinese Antarctic Research Expedition CHINARE-21 was the first who arrived in this remote place in January 2005. Under the bright summer Sun they made several important scientific research activities - extracted 110 m long ice core sample and installed automatic meteorological station built by Australians. It is expected that this station continuously will collect data for 20 years and send it to satellite. Data can be seen online here.
Ambitions of Chinese scientists did not end with this. The next expedition installed automatic astronomical observatory PLATO in January 2008. This station worked well for 208 days when energy supplies ended and thus far is serviced and restarted every summer. The science made by PLATO can be learned here and current situation can be seen on these webcams. In fact these webcams show that some accumulation of snow due to winds is taking place here.
In 2009 the construction of the most extreme Antarctic research station - Kunlun Station - was started. For beginning, it, of course, is summer station.
The work here is extremely demanding. It is hard to breathe and one should be very careful not to damage his lungs. There are numerous problems which can not be imagined by people elsewhere in the world. Going to toilet outside premises seems to be mission impossible: at -60°C everything freezes stone hard immediately after leaving the body, or, if you are not well prepared and quick enough, shortly BEFORE leaving the body. Hands without handkerchiefs are damaged by frost in 3 minutes time at this temperature.
After working for 50 days at Dome A people are loosing weight - it is not possible to take wholesome food to this place.
Kunlun station is designed to persist in at least -93°C cold at wind speed of 12 m/s. This requires special engineered materials - common steel is not trustable at such conditions. It is planned to develop airport here as well. Station is located 1,200 km from the other Antarctic stations and is outside the range of helicopters - thus currently it is reached only with snowmobiles.
Dome A is one of the best locations on Earth for astronomical observations - for example, it is probably the only place on Earth where interstellar medium can be researched in terahertz frequencies. Much role in this program is taken by Australia which sees a possibility to develop world class astronomical observatory here.
See Dome Argus on the map of Antarctica!
- Australian Antarctic Division, Dome A: Colder than Cold. Accessed in 31st December 2011. Here you can look current temperature at Dome A - amazing!
- Xiao Cunde, Li Yuansheng, Ian Allison, Hou Shugui, Gabrielle Dreyfus, Jean-Marc Barnola, Ren Jiawen, Bian Lingen, Zhang Shenkai, Takao Kameda. Surface characteristics at Dome A, Antarctica: first measurements and a guide to future ice-coring sites. Annals of Glaciology 48, 2008. Accessed in 27 September 2010.

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ALEKS is a powerful artificial intelligence (AI)-based assessment software product the zeros in on the student's mathematical strengths and weaknesses, reports its findings, and then if necessary provides a learning module to improve the student's knowledge and skill. ALEKS will ask between 25 and 35 questions, none of which are multiple choice. Before beginning the assessment, students will complete an online tutorial so they know how to enter answers in ALEKS. The tutorial and placement may take up to 90 minutes to complete.
If students take the test remotely, they are expected to take the ALEKS placement assessment without assistance from another person or resource. Results from ALEKS will lead to placement in a mathematics course. If students complete the assessment using assistance, there is a strong chance that they will perform poorly in their mathematics course and have to pay tuition fees to retake it.


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PEP Class studies DNA.
Ms. Julie from the Colfax County Extension Office came to talk to Mrs. Cropp and Mrs. Kabes PEP class 4 times about DNA. The students were able to make strands of DNA with licorice, marshmallows, and toothpicks, they were able to remove DNA from strawberries, and they were able to find their own fingerprints. The students thought they were detectives when they were able to find their fingerprints with cocoa powder. We can't wait to have Ms. Julie back for our next lesson!


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Spend Tanabata with your Japanese girlfriend in summer!
By Guidable Writers Jul 7, 2017
Tanabata is a special day all over Japan. Tanabata, the star Festival, celebrates to commemorate the romantic story of two lovers represented by the stars Vega and Altair who are only allowed to meet once a year. Japanese people celebrate Tanabata on August 7th.
What people do on Tanabata?
People write wishes on small pieces of colored paper called tanzaku and hang them on bamboo trees. When the Tanabata festival is near, you will see many supermarket or department store will have a space where people can hang their wishes on a tree. People generally writing wishes on the tanzaku, sometimes in the form of poetry, but most of the people will just write it in casual way.
Large-scale Tanabata festivals are held in many places in japan, mainly along shopping malls and streets, which are decorated with large, colorgul streamers. The most popular Tanabata festival is in Sendai from 6 to 9 August. In the Kanto region, two of the largest festivals are held in Hiratsuka (Kanagawa) and Asagaya (Tokyo).
Most of the Asian festival has its own legend or folk tale behind it. Tanabata also has a story that is originated from a Chinese legend called Qixi, and it was brought to Japan in the 8th century. So lets see what is the festival about.
What is the tanabata story?
Tennno Osama, the king of the sky, had a beautiful daughter named Orihime who an incredibly gifted seamstress. She kept working at her room, to weave the fabric that her father loved so much. The Sky King felt sympathy for her, and he found a boy friend for Orihime. The Sky King chose Hikoboshi, a good hearted man from all the way.
The two instantly fell in love, and they loved each other so much in fact tthat even work no matter to them. Orihime began to neglect her job to weave the fabric, and Hikoboshi began to neglect his work. Eventually, the Sky King became angry!
The Sky King used his incredible power to create a mighty river that would permanently separate the two lovers. This river is called Amanogawa in Japanese, which is called Milky Way in English!
Time went on, and Orihime and Hikoboshi went back to work. However, they never forgot about each other. They went back to work, but their hearts were never the same. Hikoboshi often looked across the river wondering, 'Is she still thinking about me?'
Orihime also went back to work, but she could not forget about Hikoboshi. She could do nothing but cry. Her tear touched the Sky Father and he finally allowed them to see each other once a year.
So on the eve of July 7th, Japanese people look up into the summer sky and you can see Vega and Altair. For Japanese people, they will think of Orihime and Hikoboshi, two lovers were once again reunited.
As Tanabata is a day to celebrate the reunion of Orihime and Hikoboshi, why not celebrate this day with your lover? One thing you can definitely do in Tanabata is to wear Yukata and go to summer festivalnatsumatsuri with your girl friend!
Wear a Yukata
A yukata is a Japanese garment, a casual summer kimono usually made of cotton or synthetic fabric and unlined. Yukata is a bit expensive, but you can buy sets with everything you need at reasonable prices. Don't forget to buy your sandals! Wearing a yukata to a summer festival will definitely ut you in the natumatsuri mode. You also have to know that putting a yuatais very hard; even Japanese people need some help when they wear Yukata, so the best way is to find someone who is familiar with Yukata, and help you to put it on!
Eat from the food stalls (yatai)
Yatai in the food stalls are set up in the festival area selling food for people to eat while they wander around or to eat while sitting.
There are many foods available in Yatai such as takoyaki, yakitori, taiyaki, and yakisoba. You can also drink Ramune in the food stalls. Ramune is a carbonated soft drink originally sold in Japan, which was introduced in Kobe by Alexander Cameron Sim. Ramune is one of the modern symbols of summer in Japan and is widely consumed during warm festival days and nights.
Playing the festival games!
In the Yatai, there are many fame stall that are made for us to play! You must try Kingyo-skui, goldfish scooping if you have not tried it yet. It is a game that you need to scoop a goldfish with a hoop that only has a thin piece of paper stretched across it. It is harder than you think to get a goldfish, because usually in these kinds of games, they make it extremely difficult so that the players would not get the price so easily. Therefore, the most important thing is to have fun, and do not care if you could get the price or not.
Watch firework with your girlfriend!
At the end of the day, you will be able to watch Firework! You have to sit as fast as you can otherwise all the seats would be taken. If you go to a summer festival, people will stick a blue sheet on the ground in order to show that they have taken the place. Therefore, if you want to see Firework in a good spot, make sure you can find your place as soon as possible.
I have gathered the information about the Tanabata day, and it will be great if you can spend your time with your beloved one!


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Fuzzy Generalized Fractal Dimensions Using Inter-Heartbeat Interval Dynamics in ECG Signals for Age Related Discrimination
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Fractal theory is the propelled technique to analyze the non-linear signals with more complexity. Quantification of chaotic nature and complexity of the multifaceted therapeutic signals requires the estimation of the spectrum of Generalized Fractal Dimensions (GFD) where the complexity means greater inconstancy in the general form of fractal dimension range. This paper has proposed a fuzzy multifractal technique to analyze the age related classifications by using the Fuzzy Generalized Fractal
... neralized Fractal Dimensions (F–GFD) with Gaussian fuzzy valued function through the cardiac inter-beat interval dynamics in electrocardiogram (ECG) signals. It has been revealed that, the designed Fuzzy GFD method accurately categorizes the young and old age subjects by graphical comparison with the typical GFD method. The classification rate of young and elderly subjects has also supported statistically by ANOVA test. Hence the fuzzified multifractal analysis accomplishes significantly to discriminate age groups than the classical multifractal analysis in heartbeat rate time series from ECG signals and also the conventional GFD is a specific case of the proposed F–GFD.


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Endoscopic system for sexing day-old chicks
Sexing day-old chicks is very important for poultry production. Females are used exclusively for commercial layers, whereas males are preferable in commercial broilers due to their fast growth.
Several methods of chick sexing have been developed, the most popular method being vent sexing, which is performed just by looking for the presence or absence of a rudimentary male sex organ. Although this method is fast and accurate, it requires the observer to be well trained and to have a great deal of practice.
Another method is feather sexing, which uses sex-linked feather characteristics genes. Although this method is easy in practice, it can be applied only to a limited number of chicken breeds and cross breeds.
High accuracy with endoscope sexing
Molecular sexing techniques, which are accurate, but difficult to apply to large number of chicks, are available as well. A modified endoscope system for small animals, based on the 'Chick tester'; a monitor probe to be inserted into the intestine of a chick, used in the 1960-70s, was developed to determine the sex of day-old chicks quickly and accurately.
The probe of the endoscope was inserted from the cloaca into the intestine of a chick, and the presence of testes or ovary was observed through the wall of the intestine. Tests were performed in White leghorn and Rhode Island red chicks using this new system. The accuracy of sexing was 91.1% in White leghorn chicks and 88.3% in Rhode island red chicks, overall accuracy of sexing was 90.2% Data were confirmed by observing gonads after laparotomy or appearances at 80 d of age. Accuracy of sexing male chicks (95.0%) was higher than that of female chicks (86.0%). It is expected that the accuracy would be improved by continuous training in the handling of the endoscope.
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A scalar is any dimension measured with respect to time. The three main types that we will discuss are Flow, Volume and Pressure.
Flow is defined as the volume of gas passing a certain point in a given amount of time. It is usually measured in Litres/minute. The video on the right simultaneously displays the tracing of the flow scalar and the movement experienced by the lungs. Notice that flow is positive during inspiration and negative during expiration. This is because the direction of air flow reverses.


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- noun: something (as a course of action) that is indicated as expedient or necessary
Example: "There were indications that it was time to leave"
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Example: "An indication of foul play"
- noun: (medicine) a reason to prescribe a drug or perform a procedure
Example: "The presence of bacterial infection was an indication for the use of antibiotics"
- noun: the act of indicating or pointing out by name
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text: This paper presents a new bit-plane-wise unequal error protection algorithm for progressive bitstreams transmitted over lossy networks. The proposed algorithm protects a compressed embedded bitstream generated by a 3-D SPIHT algorithm by assigning an unequal amount of forward error correction (FEC) to each bit-plane. The proposed algorithm reduces the amount of side information needed to send the size of each code to the decoder by limiting the number of quality levels to the number of bit-planes to be sent while providing a graceful degradation of picture quality as packet losses increase. We also apply our proposed algorithm to transmission of JPEG 2000 coded images over the Internet. To get additional error-resilience at high packet loss rates, we extend our algorithm to multiple-substream unequal error protection. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm is simple, fast and robust in hostile network conditions and, therefore, can provide reasonable picture quality for video applications under varying network conditions.


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Marketing Cloud recommends using an HTTPPost callback to return the results of asynchronous API requests, rather than receiving the results in an email.
To secure your public callback URL:
- Submit the HTTPPost using HTTPS.
- Allowlist Marketing Cloud IP addresses.
Retrieve the call's status using one of these actions:
- Set the asynchronous calls to return an HTTP POST or email message after processing.
- Perform a retrieve on the ResultMessage object and filter by the ResultID of the original request.
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Unlike synchronous API calls, all successful asynchronous calls return a status of OK. This status indicates that the API received the call and it was queued. The callback does not indicate whether the call executed or failed or include unnecessary fields. For example, StatusMessage or ErrorCode values aren't included for successful calls.
If an HTTPPost throws an exception, the system logs an error and stops the process. The system does not retry the call.
The callbacks you receive correspond to the number of calls you make. If you send 500 async SOAP calls, the callback URL is called 500 times. To receive fewer callbacks, you have a few options:
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The temperature of the soil controls the rate at which nutrients are taken up by the plant and the rate at which nutrients are released by the Osmocote granules. The warmer the soil, the faster nutrients are released. Conversely, when soil temperatures drop, so does the release of nutrients.
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The objective in Music Interpretation Parameters is to visualize a song through typography, graphics and imagery. A chosen song was to be displayed though the collection of materials and manipulating their image through a projector. Projected images of those materials yielded a variation of results, including wide ranges of colors, shadows, and highlights of the specified materials.
To create metaphors and visuals for the song by Ellie Goulding-Love Me Like You Do from the movie Fifty Shades of Grey. A feather was chosen to represent the soft and light feeling of the song. The projected images of the feather were used to develop a visual style that reinforced the overall tone of the song.
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Creation functions
Do I need teaching material about creating functions, what can be used for creation and how to use it?
I have already searched the sites of LibreOffice and OpenOffice, and found minimal material.
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Criação de funções
Necessito de material didático sobre a criação de funções, o que pode ser usado para criação e como usar?
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A function is simply a block of code which can accept information, do some processing and then return some information. This is programming. Functions are not necessarily specific to Calc. So in order to create functions, it is best to know how to program in Basic and use the UNO API.
There is a great deal of information spread around on these subjects. However, for the best single document, OpenOffice Macros Explained (OOME) by Andrew Pitonyak is available (click here) in PDF. It has a complete section on Calc as well as a great deal of other information.


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24-hour suspension
An immediate 24-hour suspension from driving applies to any person charged with driving while under the influence of alcohol or a drug or over the legal alcohol limit, or who has failed to provide a specimen of breath or blood for analysis (s 80(22AA) Transport Operations (Road Use Management) Act 1995 (Qld) (TORUM Act)). It is an offence to drive during this period of the suspension (s 80(22D) TORUM Act). A notice to that effect will be served upon the person, together with a notice to appear or summons to appear in court. A person will very rarely be arrested for drink-driving offences unless a more serious offence is also being charged. However, a person cannot resist being detained or transported to a police station or hospital for the purpose of a breath or blood test.
A licence may also be suspended in some instances where a person accumulates a certain number of demerit points (e.g. for an offence of speeding more than 40 km per hour over the limit (pt 1112 Transport Operations (Road Use Management—Driver Licensing) Regulation 2010 (Qld)) or under the State Penalties Enforcement Act 1999 (Qld) for non-payment of fines).
Suspension until charge is finalised
In some circumstances, a person's licence is suspended immediately upon being charged with an offence, and the suspension continues until the charge has been finalised by the court or the court issues a replacement licence (s 79B TORUM Act). This applies where the person is charged with:
 - driving a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol and an analysis certificate has been given to the person (does not apply to under the influence of a drug)
 - failing to provide a specimen of breath, blood or saliva
 - driving while over the no-alcohol limit, over the general alcohol limit or while a relevant drug is present, and that charge has arisen either after the person has earlier been charged with any one of those offences and the earlier charge has not been finalised, or while the person is the holder of a replacement licence issued under s 79E of the TORUM Act
 - dangerous operation of a vehicle while adversely affected by alcohol.
A notice of the suspension must be given to the person (s 79D TORUM Act). It is an offence of unlicensed driving to drive while the licence is suspended, and a conviction for this offence results in disqualification from holding a licence for a minimum of two years (s 78(3)(i) TORUM Act).
When a driver is convicted of a drink driving offence, they are automatically disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence.
The period of disqualification in any given case will be decided by the court within the statutory minimums and maximums. The factors that the court will look at include the blood alcohol concentration, the manner of driving, any mitigating factors as to the context for the driving, the person's character and previous driving record, the person's need for a licence and the danger to other road users.
Section 187 of the Penalties and Sentences Act 1992 (Qld) provides power for the court to order disqualification of a licence where an offender is convicted of any offence in connection with or arising out of the driving of a motor vehicle. This will occur if the court is satisfied that the person should be prohibited from driving in the interests of the public, having regard to the nature of the offence or the circumstances in which it was committed. Even if a person has been acquitted of such an offence, either on indictment or summarily, the trial judge or magistrate may still order disqualification if they consider it is in the public interest (ss 89–90 TORUM Act).
When a court disqualifies a person from driving, every driver licence held by that person is deemed to be cancelled from the date of disqualification (s 127 TORUM Act). Once the disqualification period has ended, that person must apply for a new licence or licences to drive at the Department of Transport and Main Roads (Transport Department). It is an offence to apply for a licence when still disqualified.
It is an offence, pursuant to s 126 of the TORUM Act, to possess without a lawful excuse a cancelled or suspended licence (maximum penalty is 40 penalty units ($5222) or six months imprisonment).
A licence may also be cancelled administratively by an accumulation of demerit points. Cancellation means that the licence is completely invalid and the person must apply again for a new licence when the cancellation period expires.
Absolute disqualification and applying for removal of disqualification
In some circumstances, a person may be disqualified absolutely from driving or for a specified period of time longer than two years. This does not mean that the person may never again obtain a driver licence or even that the person must wait the entire period where it exceeds two years. At any time after two years from the date of disqualification (whether it be an absolute disqualification of some other period of disqualification in excess of two years), they may apply for the removal of the disqualification to any court of similar jurisdiction to the court which ordered the disqualification (s 131(2) TORUM Act).
The court has a wide discretion in the matter, but it is required to have regard to the character of the applicant, their conduct since the disqualification, the nature of the offence and any other circumstances of the case including the person's traffic history. These issues must be addressed by affidavit material, filed and served by the applicant in support of the application, and the witnesses must be available for cross-examination by police if required. Police must be given notice of an application in order to also make relevant enquiries. If the court refuses the application, the person cannot re-apply for at least one year. A Removal of Disqualification kit can be obtained at the courts or from the Legal Aid Queensland offices or website.
Cumulative disqualifications
The disqualification is cumulative with any other disqualifications for other offences of this type that were committed at a different time (s 90B TORUM Act), and where the person is disqualified from driving for any of the following offences:
 - drink or drug driving
 - failure to provide a specimen for analysis
 - driving in breach of the conditions of a restricted licence or a replacement licence
 - dangerous operation while adversely affected by an intoxicating substance.
Further, if any other offence (e.g. drink or drug driving offence, fail-to-provide offence or a dangerous operation while adversely affected offence) occurs when a person is unlicensed or disqualified, then any disqualification imposed for the unlicensed or disqualified driving offence must also be made cumulative with the disqualification for this other offence (s 90C TORUM Act).


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How to configure replication in orientdb?
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Start by downloading orientdb on the servers, where replication is to be configured. It can be gotten from orientdb, or for example by using wget, as in :
$ wget
Next extract orientdb, by using tar, as in tar -xzf orientdb-version.tar.gz, and go into the bin directory of the extracted folder, which is more or less related to orientdb execution, by using the cd command, as in cd orientdb-3.1.10/bin, and execute./.
The script, starts orientdb in distributed mode. The reason that this script is first ran, is for orientdb to generate a password, and a name for each node, where the script is to be ran. Choose meaningful name, as in location1, location2...
| WARNING: FIRST RUN CONFIGURATION |
| This is the first time the server is running. Please type a |
| password of your choice for the 'root' user or leave it blank |
| to auto-generate it. |
| |
| To avoid this message set the environment variable or JVM |
| setting ORIENTDB_ROOT_PASSWORD to the root password to use. |
Root password [BLANK=auto generate it]: ***********
Please confirm the root password: ***********
| This is the first time that the server is running as |
| distributed. Please type the name you want to assign to the |
| current server node. |
| |
| To avoid this message set the environment variable or JVM |
| setting ORIENTDB_NODE_NAME to the server node name to use. |
Node name [BLANK=auto generate it]: development
# You can after that hit ctrl-c to stop
# orientdb, or you can also execute the
# script ./ in orientdb
# bin directory, to shut down
# orientdb.
Orientdb recommends 4 GB of ram, for the distributed mode, but if memory is an issue, it can be configured by editing the script orientdb-version/bin/, for example by using nano and ctrl-w, to search for the memory settings, which should be as follows :
# Excerpt from bin/
# ORIENTDB memory options, default to 4GB of heap.
if [ -z "$ORIENTDB_OPTS_MEMORY" ] ; then
# Xms is the start memory, and Xmx is the
# max memory.
# Replace 4G for example by 512M, which means
# 512 megabytes.
# If using nano, hit ctrl-x, followed by the
# y character, followed by an enter to exit
# editing, and save the done work.
Now it is time to configure nodes' clustering. To do that the OHazelcastPlugin must be configured in config/orientdb-server-config.xml, to specify if it is enabled, and where the default configuration file for distributed database, for example default-distributed-db-config.json is, and where the file used to configure cluster membership and protocol, for example, hazelcast.xml is. The default configuration in orientdb-server-config.xml is sufficient.

To configure the replication protocol, edit orientdb-server-config.xml, for each server.
 xsi:schemaLocation="...>
 false
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The group name and password, are the cluster's name and password. Make sure to change them, and to choose a secure password.
The network is the network protocol to be used. auto-increment is disabled, if enabled and the port specified is already bound, then the next port is tried.
The network protocol can be set to multicast, like if on the local network, or on the same PC, in such a case, nothing is to be configured, just make sure that multicast is enabled, as in, enabled="true". Only one network setting can be enabled, as in tcp-ip or multicast.
If like on different or remote networks, or for any other reasons, the network protocol can be set to tcp-ip. For tcp-ip, you can specify the IP address or host name, with optionally a port number, as in. For each server, that is to be part of the group, just add its details using the member tag.
Having configured the network protocol, it is time to configure database replication, which can be done in default-distributed-db-config.json. This file is copied, and updated as distributed-config.json, to each database folder in orientdb-version/databases.
// The config/default-distributed-db-config.json file.
 "autoDeploy": true,
 "executionMode": "undefined",
 "readQuorum": 1,
 "writeQuorum": "majority",
 "readYourWrites": true,
 "newNodeStrategy": "static",
 "servers": {
 "production": "master"
 "development": "replica",
 "clusters": {
 "internal": {
 "*": {
 "servers": [""]
autoDeploy : Means automatically deploy the database to nodes, which
 do not have it.
executionMode : Default is undefined, to let the client decide.
 If set to Asynchronous, then an operation is first
 executed on the the local node, before being
 replicated.
readQuorum : Number of responses that must be coherent, before
 replying to a read operation.
writeQuorum : Number of responses that must be coherent, before
 replying to a write operation.
 If set to all, means all responses must be coherent,
 if set to majority, this means that n/2 + 1
 responses must be coherent, and if set to 1, it
 is as if it is disabled .
readYourWrites : The write quorum is only satisfied, if the local
 node has responded.
newNodeStrategy : Can be set to static or dynamic, if static a new
 node is registered as static, if dynamic a new
 node is managed as dynamic. When a node is
 unreachable, and the node strategy is dynamic it
 does not count into the quorum.
servers : What is the role of each server, for example the server which
 was given the name of production is a master, and the one
 given the name of development is replica.
 "servers":{"*"":master}, can be used to state that all servers
 are masters.
 More than one master can be configured, a replica server is just a
 replica, it does not count into voting in writeQuorum.
clusters : The term cluster in orientdb, also means a way of grouping
 records of a certain type, or by a specific value.
 A class is orientdb way of modeling, so it is the model, it
 stores its data into records.
 Each class can have multiple clusters, as in to group records
 which it has and which are similar.
 A cluster can be a physical one, as storage on disk, or
 temporal as an in memory cluster.
 So this setting is used to configure clusters.
 As seen, in the provided excerpt the internal cluster is not
 replicated. All other clusters are replicated.
 servers has as a value an array, which is the list of
 servers where cluster records are saved. The special
 value means auto add new nodes. An
 example of using specific node values is :
 ["location1", "location2"].
 Cluster configuration inherits database configuration,
 readQuorum, writeQuorum, readYourWrites, and can
 override them.
 Additionally owner can be used to specify the owner of the
 cluster , as in "owner": "location1", this is called
 static assignment, even if the node is down, a static
 owner is not changed. If not done statically, an owner is
 chosen at runtime dynamically.*/
In the previous example, two nodes were specified, one as being a master, and the second one as being a replica, other configuration options, are explained in the preceding code, as in having all nodes to be masters, which is the default.
That is it for configuring replication using orientdb, the servers can be started using./. Start the replica, after the master.
To check if everything is working correctly, a database can be created as in create database remote:localhost/nameOfDb root thePassword, on the master server, using the console, which can be launched from the bin folder, and using the console in the replica server, and after issuing the command connect remote:localhost/ root thePassword, the command List databases can be run to verify that the created database has been replicated.
If multiple instances of orientdb are run on the same PC, different ports must be configured for each running instance, for example in orientdb-server


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The American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA) has released a new video promoting its policy on how to reduce pain for cattle during a common surgical procedure—dehorning.
Many breeds of cattle have horns, which are often removed early in life to protect other animals and farmers from injury. The AVMA policy and this informational video offer guidance to help make this procedure as comfortable as possible for animals.
"The AVMA provides up-to-date and accurate information about ensuring good animal welfare. Videos like this one help us get that information to more people," explains Dr. Cia Johnson of the AVMA Animal Welfare Division, who appears in the video. "America has more than 96 million head of cattle, so—although not widely known—this is a common procedure. The AVMA Animal Welfare Committee uses the latest scientific research available and practical experience to recommend policy for the Association. Research has shown that local anesthesia can be used to reduce the pain experienced by animals during dehorning."
AVMA policy recommends that, to reduce discomfort for the animal, dehorning be done at the earliest age possible and that consideration be given to the use of local anesthetics (e.g., lidocaine) and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory agents for pain control.
The new video demonstrates the use of local anesthetic and disbudding (a dehorning technique applied to young calves), and helps educate farmers and the general public about how pain management can improve an animals' welfare.


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The effect of sulfur on biomass gasification gas clean-up over ZrO2, Y2O3–ZrO2 and SiO2–ZrO2 catalysts was examined. Experiments were carried out at the temperature range of 600–900 °C with sulfur free and 100 ppm H2S containing simulated gasification gas feeds. A mixture of toluene and naphthalene was used as a tar model compound. Results revealed that the sulfur addition affected positively on the catalyst properties mainly at 600 and 700 °C: over Y2O3–ZrO2 and ZrO2 sulfur addition improved naphthalene and ammonia conversion. However, over SiO2–ZrO2 no clear effect with H2S addition was observed. The effect of sulfur addition on the catalyst properties was connected to the formation of SO2 from H2S when oxygen was available. The intensity of the sulfur effect increased with the Lewis basicity strength of the catalysts. This indicates that the sulfur adsorption has a role in generating new type of active sites and/or plays role in changing the redox properties of the zirconia. Since the biomass gasification gas contains usually significant amounts of H2S the sulfur tolerance of the zirconia based catalysts is a remarkable benefit.
- gas clean-up
- sulfur tolerance
- zirconia catalyst
- biomass gasification
Rönkkönen, H., Simell, P., Reinikainen, M., & Krause, O. (2009). The effect of sulfur on ZrO2-based biomass gasification gas clean-up catalysts. Topics in Catalysis, 52(8), 1070 - 1078. _URL_


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Force-Sensing Linear Potentiometer: 1.4″×0.4″ Strip
This force-sensing linear potentiometer (FSLP) from Interlink Electronics is a passive component with resistances that depend on the magnitude and location of the force applied at some point along the 1.4″ (3.6 cm) active length of the strip, making it easy to add novel touch interfaces or tactile sensors to your project. An external resistor (typically 4.7 kΩ to 10 kΩ) is required but not included.
This force-sensing linear potentiometer (FSLP) from Interlink Electronics is a passive component with internal resistances that independently change in response to the location and magnitude of an applied force. This allows a microcontroller with an analog-to-digital converter (ADC), such as an Arduino or A-Star, to easily determine where and how hard the strip is being pressed, enabling advanced touch-control user interfaces (like menu navigation) or sophisticated tactile sensors. The FSLP is effectively a force-sensing resistor (FSR) that can also simultaneously sense position. The video above shows a sample project with the similar 4″ FSLP strip being used to control an LED strip: position determines the number of lit LEDs and pressure determines the LED color. This shorter 1.4″ FSLP strip could easily be substituted for the one in the video. The Arduino code used in the example is available on github, and it has functions for reading pressure and position that could be helpful in getting started using this sensor. More information about the demo is available in our FSLP blog post.
The 1.5″ × 0.53″ strip is light (0.5 g) and extremely thin (0.025″), with an active sensing area of 1.4″ × 0.39″ and a flexible 0.55″ × 0.2″ sensor tail for accessing its three terminals (the fourth terminal is not used). It does not appreciably compress when pressure is applied, and while it is flexible, it is intended to be used on smooth, flat surfaces since bending can adversely affect its performance. The FSLP has a masked adhesive backing for easy mounting.
Note: The sensor's tail does not include a connector, and soldering directly to the exposed copper pads is probably not practical for most applications given its relatively fine 1 mm pitch. We do not carry any connectors that work with this sensor, but JST makes a line of compatible 1.0 mm pitch FCC (flat flexible) connectors. Section 4.4 of the FSLP integration guide describes the sensor tail in detail.
For a similar FSLP that includes a solderable connector, see our 4″ FSLP strip. It is possible to cut the 4″ FSLP strip to shorter lengths, such as 1″, which would give it a similar size to this 1.4″ version.
Note that this FSLP is not a load cell or strain gauge, and it is not suitable for precision force or pressure measurements. While it can be used for high-resolution dynamic measurements, only qualitative force readings are generally attainable.
Using the sensor
The FSLP is a three-terminal device (the fourth terminal of the sensor tail is not used), and when pressure is applied, its internal circuit is equivalent to three resistors. Reading the magnitude of the pressure requires an external resistor be added to the circuit, so a total of four microcontroller lines are required, two of which must be capable of reading analog voltages. Detailed information about this FSLP, including theory of operation, dimensions, and measurement procedures, is available in the FSLP integration guide (513k pdf). The rest of this section briefly summarizes some of the key points of the measurement procedures listed in the integration guide.
Measuring pressure
The resistance Rp depends directly on the magnitude of the applied pressure, changing from around 300 kΩ at very light touches to around 1 kΩ when pressing very hard. If the pin connected to D1 is driven high and pin connected to the bottom of resistor Ro is driven low, the SL pin becomes the output of a resistive voltage divider with Rp on top and the external resistor Ro on the bottom. Measuring the voltage at terminal D2 gives the input voltage to this pressure-dependent voltage divider and allows the pressure measurement to be made independent of R1 and R2, which change depending on where the strip is being touched. Once you have measured the voltage divider input (D2 voltage) and output (SL voltage), you have everything you need to compute Rp, which is directly related to the pressure.
The optimal value for Ro depends on the specific application, but a value between 4.7 kΩ and 10 kΩ should work fine for most projects.
Note that when no pressure is applied to the strip, Rp should be many megaohms and the voltage at SL will be pulled almost completely to zero through Ro. You can use this to determine when the strip is not being touched.
Measuring position
The strip also functions as a linear potentiometer, with the applied pressure (e.g. your finger) acting as the wiper. As the point of applied pressure moves from one side of the strip to the other, R1 will get smaller and R2 will get bigger, or vice versa (the sum of R1 and R2 is typically around 10 kΩ). If the pin connected to D1 is driven high and the pin connected to D2 is driven low, the SL pin becomes the output of this linear potentiometer (the pin connected to the bottom of Ro should be set as a high-impedance input to effectively remove Ro from the circuit). The voltage on the SL pin should range from 0 to Vcc (logic low to logic high) as the pressure application point moves from one extreme to the other.
Note that when no pressure is applied to the strip, the SL pin is essentially floating and will provide no meaningful position measurement. As described in the previous section, you can use the pressure reading to determine when the strip is not being touched so that you know when to ignore the position measurement.
This sensor has high-impedance outputs, which can be difficult to accurately measure using a microcontroller's ADC. The full measurement procedures in section 5 of the FSLP integration guide (513k pdf) have some helpful techniques for reducing noise and improving accuracy. FSLP/FSR versions
Interlink refers to this product as their standard FSLP. We also carry their longer 10 cm (4″×0.4″) FSLP, which can be optionally be shortened to lengths of 1″, 2″, or 3″.
The two force-sensing linear potentiometers (FSLPs).
If the position of the force is not important for your application, we carry six versions of force-sensing resistors (FSRs) that can be used to measure the amount of applied force but not its location:
A variety of force-sensing resistors (FSRs).
 - 0.2″-diameter circle (FSR 400)
 - 0.25″-diameter circle, short tail (FSR 400 Short)
 - 0.6″-diameter circle (FSR 402)
 - 0.6″-diameter circle, short tail (FSR 402 Short)
 - 1.5″×1.5″ square (FSR 406)
 - 24″×0.4″ strip (FSR 408)


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3. The Impact of PASS
4. PASS Candidates
5. Students & Transition Planning & PASS
6. When First Considering a PASS
7. The Occupational Goal
8. Starting a Business
9. A Viable Plan
10. The PASS Life
Amendments, such as changing the length of the PASS, can occur at any time during the life of a PASS but SSA must approve them. There is no limit to the number of amendments that can be approved. The key is to inform the SSA PASS expert so they can adjust the PASS accordingly.
SSA will suspend a PASS when the PASS is not terminated pursuant to the criteria discussed below and the criteria for extending a PASS are not met. A PASS may be suspended for up to 12 consecutive months. If not resumed, within this period it will be terminated.
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- Carbohydrate composition
- Stereochemistry of sugar residues
- Polysaccharide linkage analysis
GC is the method of choice for glycosyl-residue identification (i.e., the sugar components that make up polysaccharides and oligosaccharides). Two basic derivitization techniques allow for the necessary volatilization and ultimate separation of each glycosyl residue that is released from the polymers by the initial acid hydrolysis. The standard alditol acetate derivitization (or acetylation) technique is highly reproducible and enables the identification of neutral sugar components. A TMS-methyl glucoside techniques expands the analysis to the acidic components, such as the galacturonic acid residues that constitute common pectin. A variation of this second technique is used to determine the d or l configuration of each sugar component.
In addition to glycosyl-residue identification, the methylation of polysaccharides prior to acid hydrolysis and acetylation facilitates the identification of the glycosyl residue linkage points. This is essential to understanding the nature and identity of the polysaccharides.


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Position: Deputy Country director, Somalia Mission.
Action contre la Faim (ACF) was founded by a group of prominent French figures in response to the emergency caused by Afghan refugees fleeing to Pakistan to escape fighting in 1979, with the aim of eradicating hunger in a more global, lasting and effective way worldwide.
The organisation focuses its activities on an integrated approach, taking various aspects into account: "Nutrition, health and healthcare practices", "Food security and livelihoods", "Water, sanitation and hygiene" and "Advocacy and awareness-raising"
Location: Somalia mission based on Nairobi
Incorporation date: April 2011
Overall Objectives:
Continuous analysis of the humanitarian context and definition of strategic programming:
* Collect Information and analysis from external sources and from technical coordinators
* Ensure information is analyzed and provide relevant future propositions for geographic and sectoral interventions throughout the country to Country Director (CD) in a timely fashion.
* Identify humanitarian needs, brief the mission team and design potential responses within the operational country strategy
* Lead the definition of the framework and orientation of strategic programming in collaboration with the CD and the Desk
* Contribute to the identification of potential funding opportunities
* Produce the program related part of the mission situation report
* Contribute to the design and implementation of the Missions advocacy strategy
Overall management of implementation, design and reporting of Somalia programs
* Initiate and supervise design and development of WASH and Food Security programs in Somalia until such Programs would require dedicated HR
* Ensure integration and synergy of ACF programming at coordination and base level through promotion of regular coordination meetings and information sharing between field and coordination office
* Ensure program objectives are met and timelines, budgets, donor guidelines are respected by the Program Staff and Coordinators
* Ensure APR are delivered on a monthly basis for each project
* Compilation and pre-final validation of programmes sections of proposals and reports (donors and authorities).
* Supervise the design and implementation of tools to launch needs assessments and initiate new programs in a remote management setup
* Supervise the design and implementation of tools and procedures to monitor and evaluate ACF field activities in a remote management setup.
* Extensively train and coach Base Officers on ACF programming approach, PCM and program monitoring tools
* Lead ACF technical planning for contingency and emergency response programs with other stakeholders
* Liaise and coordinate with stakeholders on ACF activities when necessary
Human Resources Management and Capacity Building
* Provide training and guidance to all program staff on operational management of programs
* Contribute to the career development for Program Staff in collaboration with the HR department in order to identify needs of training and develop training plans
* Conduct regular evaluations of Technical Coordinators / Program Managers and contribute to regular evaluations of Base Officers (in collaboration with CD)
* Revise all job descriptions for technical positions in collaboration with coordinators and CD as needed
* Deliver induction to all incoming staff on projects' status and background country program strategy
* Overall responsible for providing the Human Resources Budgeting input to the HR Coordo with the support of the technical coordinators
* Initiate disciplinary measures where needed in accordance with HR regulations and under the authority of CD
Acting CD in the absence of the CD
* Be the acting CD in his/her absence and ensure the continuation of overall mission management under direct supervision of the Desk Officer.
* Participate in the management of Mission Security & Safety in conjunction with the Security Coordinator and under direct supervision of the Desk Officer.
* Be the focal point at mission level for external contacts such as Partners, Stakeholders, Donors and Media in the absence of the CD.
* Significant experience in humanitarian and emergency/early recovery program management.
* Minimum 5 years humanitarian work in developing or emergency context.
* Minimum 3 years humanitarian experience in a senior management / coordination role.
* Experience with ACF is desirable
* Excellent human resource management skills.
* Advanced knowledge of donors' guidelines/procedures.
* Experienced in working with private funding and foundations.
* Excellent organizational, leadership and motivation/training skills.
* Able to set own deadlines and meet them consistently.
* Proven experience in proposal writing and budget development.
* Fluent in oral and written English (professional English required).
* Excellent communication skills.
* Excellent writing and analytical skills.
* Excellent training skills – proven competencies in providing Training of Trainers
* Excellent business management and representation competencies.
* Long-term contract, provided by ACF according to the French legislation.
* All expenses paid on the field: travel out/return, collective or individual accommodation depending on position, meals and hygiene expenses
* ACF will pay for the family living depending on position and mission
* Program Managers: Monthly salary ranging from €1800 to €2425 (depending on relevant experience)
* Allowance of €200 paid on the mission
* Social benefits: Medical, life and accident insurance provided by the institution
* 25 days of annual paid leaves
* 20 days of extra leaves per year (taken as recovery time breaks of one week every 2 or 4 months depending on the mission) + break allowances
* Pre departure training of two weeks, at the HQ in Paris
How to apply
Please, send your CV and cover letter to Camille DARDE under references DEPUTYCD-0211:
Closing date: 22 Apr 2011
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The application of non-destructive methods to assess the stability of the national nature monument of the Pravčická Brána Rock Arch, Czech Republic
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The study contains the results of non-destructive research of the Pravčicka Brana Rock Arch which focuses on the structure and natural dynamics of this rock formation and its current level of stability. The main results include a description of the block fabric of the rock body and the nature of the contact zone between the arch beam and the southern pillar, discovery of relatively fresh secondary fissures and identification of zones with weakened strength within the sandstone massif. Also the local hydrodynamic regime was determined by a combination of geophysical methods. Long-term monitoring has demonstrated slow and irreversible body movements and reversible quasicyclical movements associated with changes in temperature on a scale of days up to years. The collected information was used to develop a structural deformation model of the arch body, including a description of the nature of the disintegration. The work was designed to fully respect the protective conditions of the site, to facilitate future follow-up activities and to monitor any possible negative changes in the rock massif.


Mis-Manufactured Goods Celebrates Ineffectual Items
By: Amelia Roblin - Published: Jul 7, 2011 • References: jeremyhutchison and core77
Most factories have their production methods down to an art, but Mis-Manufactured Goods shows what happens when the assembly process goes awry. But instead of sifting through industrial dumpsters to find these unique objects, artist Jeremy Hutchison actually requested that these be fabricated with incapacitating errors.
There has, however, been left room for some creativity, as the man behind this 'Err' Exhibition instructed his commissioned factory workers from Spain, Poland, India and China to give their products whatever fault they saw fit. The result is a collection of incredibly useless objects that have a utterly unexpected charm. The Mis-Manufactured Goods artifact miscellany comprises a shovel with a misplaced handle, a comb with no teeth and a pipe with no hole.
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Question: Can Getting Angry Harm My Unborn Baby?
How can I control my anger during pregnancy?
4 Effective Measures to Control Your Anger during PregnancyOpt for a healthy lifestyle.
Having a healthy lifestyle is naturally going to instill positivity and emotional control in you.
Relax yourself.
Simple relaxation techniques such as deep breathing can do wonders.
Change the way you think.
When we are angry we tend to say a lot of harsh things we don't even mean.
Slow down..
What happens when a pregnant woman gets angry?
A pregnant woman experiencing anger can result in certain biological and physiological changes like increased blood pressure and heart rate; levels of hormones like epinephrine and adrenaline shoot up, resulting in the constriction of blood vessels.
How should a husband treat his pregnant wife?
Encourage and reassure her.Ask her what she needs from you.Show affection. Hold hands and give hugs.Help her make changes to her lifestyle. … Try to eat healthy foods, which can help her eat well.Encourage her to take breaks and naps. … Some women may want less sex. … Take walks together.
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A Counterweight is an accessory sold by the Traveling Merchant and the Skeleton Merchant. They fire a second yoyo-type projectile after hitting an enemy with a Yoyo that travels towards the Yoyo, then arcs over the player.
There are 6 variants, and all function identically. Counterweights can also be used to craft a Yoyo Bag.
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|5||During Moon phase 1 (full), 5 (new).|
|5||During Moon phase 2, 6.|
|5||During Moon phase 3, 7.|
|5||During Moon phase 4, 8.|
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- Multiple equipped Counterweights do not stack. Only one will function at a time.
- The particular color equipped will display on a character, unlike the Yoyo Bag, which shows a random color.
- Does not stack with the Yoyo Bag.
Trivia[edit | edit source]
- Counterweights are real-world yo-yo accessories used to aid in tricks where the yo-yo is swung from the middle of the string rather than its end. Real-world counterweights are often patterned after (or made out of) polyhedral dice, and Terraria's follow suit: the Blue and Red Counterweights are four-sided (tetrahedral) dice, the Purple and Green Counterweights are six-sided (cubic/hexahedral) dice, and the Black and Yellow Counterweights are twelve-sided (dodecahedral) dice.
History[edit | edit source]
- Desktop 184.108.40.206: Introduced.
- Console 1.0.933.1: Introduced. ()
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How To Remove Limescale From Your Toilet
Limescale is a common problem in the UK that can leave unsightly stains in your toilet. In this guide we outline how you can remove limescale from your toilet, where it comes from and how you can prevent it coming back.
How To Remove Limescale From Your Toilet:
 1. Pour vinegar into the toilet bowl
 2. Leave for 3-4 hours
 3. Scrub the toilet bowl
 4. Flush the toilet
 5. Repeat as necessary
Step 1: Pour Vinegar Into Your Toilet
Vinegar is a great natural cleaner which will be cheaper than most specialist cleaners your can buy. First, pour a litre of white vinegar into your toilet bowl. As your pour make sure the vinegar reaches all parts of the bowl. Pay close attention to covering areas with particularly bad limescale.
Step 2: Allow The Vinegar To Sit
After you've poured the vinegar into your toilet, leave it to work its magic for 3-4 hours. If your limescale is particularly bad you can leave it overnight.
Step 3: Scrub The Toilet Bowl
Now you've let the vinegar work, it's time to use your toilet brush to scrub the areas of limescale. At this point you can also add some more vinegar if the stains don't appear to be shifting.
If you have some particularly stubborn stains, grab a pair of gloves & scrub the areas more vigorously with the scourer side of a kitchen sponge. When scrubbing, it's important to apply vinegar or water to the area first and be very careful not to scratch the surface of the toilet.
Step 4: Flush The Toilet
Once you feel you've scrubbed all of the limescale away, flush the toilet a few times to clear any remaining vinegar and mineral deposits.
Step 5: Repeat Until The Toilet Is Clean
If you've followed these steps and your toilet still isn't clean, you can repeat the process above until you can hopefully remove all of the limescale. If the stains are really stubborn, try leaving the vinegar in your toilet overnight, which should hopefully shift the limescale. If this method doesn't work for you, it could be time to replace your toilet with a shiny new one.
Remove Limescale With Cola
The acidity of cola makes it really useful for cleaning purposes, particularly when trying to break down limescale. This is another method which will save you having to buy expensive specialist cleaners.
1. Pour Cola Around The Bowl
First you'll need to pour the cola, making sure you coat the whole bowl whilst paying close attention to any problem limescale areas. Although there isn't a specific amount to use, roughly the size of a regular can of cola should be enough.
2. Leave To Sit
Next you'll need to leave the cola to get to work. This should be for at least an hour but you can leave it overnight if there's a large amount of limescale.
3. Scrub The Limescale
As with the vinegar, you'll next need to scrub the limescale with your toilet brush. You can again use gloves and a kitchen sponge to work harder at particularly stubborn areas.
4. Flush The Toilet
You can now flush your toilet and hopefully see that the limescale is removed. If it doesn't work the first time you can always repeat the process again.
Removing Limescale With Specialist Products
There's a whole host of specialist limescale cleaning products available which should help remove any stains. If you choose to use one of these cleaners, make sure it will actually remove the limescale, rather than just altering its colour.
Sandpaper Or Pumice Stones
You might hear that people have had success removing limescale by scrubbing with something harsher such as sandpaper or a pumice stone. Although this may help remove the limescale, there's also a chance that you could damage the finish of your toilet, so this isn't something we'd recommend.
What Is Limescale?
Limescale is a chalky substance that you'll find on many items throughout your home that come into contact with water. When water moves through softer rocks like limestone or chalk, it will pick up some of their minerals. These minerals will remain in the water when it reaches your home which then leads to limescale stains.
Limescale, which is mainly composed of calcium carbonate, will appear in your toilet as a brown, orange or pink coloured stain.
Hard Water Areas
Limescale is a problem in hard water areas. Hard water has high concentrations of minerals within it, compared to soft water which will have a very small or no mineral content.
Whether you have hard water or soft water will largely depend on where you live. You can check with your water company but overall, over 60% of people in the UK live in a hard water area.
Preventing Limescale In Your Toilet
As limescale is caused by the mineral content of the water supply to your home, rather than a lack of cleaning, preventing limescale buildups can be difficult. However, using the methods above regularly will help remove the limescale before it becomes a harder problem to tackle.
Lemon Or Vinegar
Pouring a small amount of lemon or vinegar into your toilet once a month can help prevent the build up of limescale deposits. The acidity of these will help wash away any smaller limescale deposits without the need for intense scrubbing.
Water Softeners
Another, albeit more expensive approach is installing a water softener in your home. These devices will remove the minerals in the hard water supply, which should prevent the buildup of limescale in your toilet.
Keeping your toilet free of limescale isn't easy but with a little bit of work, you should be able to keep it looking great. If you've scrubbed your toilet and the limescale doesn't want to budge, it could be time to replace it. Luckily, Tap Warehouse have an excellent selection of toilets to choose from.
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Replication: Conflicts
In a replicating system, it is possible that two writes to the same document will occur on two different servers, resulting in two independent versions of the same document. Usually this scenario shows up only when there was a network or node failure that resulted in the failover node taking over the duties of the failed / unreachable node. Another scenario where this may happen is if you have setup replication in a master/master format, where a user may write any document to any node.
When replication occurs between these two versions, the Replication Bundle is faced with a problem. It has two authentic versions of the same entity, saying different things. At this point, the Replication Bundle will mark such document as conflicting, store all the conflicting documents in a safe place, and set the document content to point to the conflicting documents.
Let's see what we mean by that. Let's assume that we write the following document to one node:
Figure 1: Replication conflicts
And then write this document to a second node:
Figure 2: Replication conflicts
Now, let us setup replication between the first server (8080) and the second server (8081), and then try to access the document again on 8081:
Figure 3: Replication conflicts
Several things happened here:
 - The server replied with 409 Conflict to the request.
 - The document that we get back is a Conflict Document, which lists all the ids conflicting documents.
We can access each of the conflicting documents by their ids:
Figure 4: Replication conflicts
Figure 5: Replication conflicts
We can resolve the conflict by writing a new document, which the Replication Bundle will consider as the result of user defined merge operation between the conflicts.
The Client API fully supports working with such scenarios, as the following code sample demonstrates:
using (IDocumentSession session = store.OpenSession())
 User user = session.Load("users/ayende");
 catch (ConflictException e)
 Console.WriteLine("Choose which document you want to preserve:");
 List list = new List();
 for (int i = 0; i < e.ConflictedVersionIds.Length; i++)
 var doc = store.DatabaseCommands.Get(e.ConflictedVersionIds[i]);
 Console.WriteLine("{0}. {1}", i, doc.DataAsJson.ToString(Formatting.None));
 int select = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
 JsonDocument resolved = list[select];
 store.DatabaseCommands.Put("users/ayende", null, resolved.DataAsJson, resolved.Metadata);
If this code detects a conflict, it will let the user choose which of the conflicting versions to keep. A more sophisticated approach would be to attempt going through an actual merge based on the business meaning of the document.
Document Conflict listeners can be used to perform an automatic conflict resolution. More about it can be found here.


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For the genus of fungi, see Gibellina (fungus).
Comune di Gibellina
Coat of arms of Gibellina
Coat of arms
Gibellina is located in Italy
Location of Gibellina in Italy
Coordinates: 37°49′N 12°52′E / 37.817°N 12.867°E / 37.817; 12.867
Country Italy
Region Sicily
Province Trapani (TP)
 - Mayor Arch Rosario Fontana (since 02/06/2010)
 - Total 45 km2 (17 sq mi)
Elevation 233 m (764 ft)
Population (2010)
 - Total 4,298
 - Density 96/km2 (250/sq mi)
Demonym Gibellinesi
Time zone CET (UTC+1)
 - Summer (DST) CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code 91024
Dialing code 0924
Patron saint Saint Roch
Saint day 16 August
Website Official website
Gibellina (Sicilian: Gibbiddina) is a small city and comune in the mountains of central Sicily, Italy in the Province of Trapani. It was destroyed by the 1968 Belice earthquake.[1]
The new city, Gibellina Nuova, was rebuilt some 11 kilometres (7 mi) distant from the old one. The new city was designed by many of the most prominent artists and architects in Italy, but done in a piecemeal fashion so that the parts of the new city bear little relation to one another or to the indigenous architecture of Sicily.
Ruderi di Gibellina (as the ruins of the city are now referred to) remained just as it was after the earthquake, practically a ghost-town. Artist Alberto Burri covered the entirety of the ruins in concrete, while preserving the shape of the buildings and the streetscape. Additionally, Italian sculptor Pietro Consagra and Senator Ludovico Corrao formed an open air museum with a Consagra sculpture "Porta del Belice" or "Door to Belice" at the entrance. Consagra expressed a wish to be buried at Gibellina on his deathbed in July 2005.[2]
Ruderi di Gibellina by Gabriel Valentini


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In 2011 CCRC chose to honour Les Horne's lifetime of achievement and commitment to children by presenting his family with a Child Rights Champion award in his memory.
CHILD RIGHTS CHAMPION: LES HORNE
Les Horne lived out his respect for the rights of children in a lifetime of work with children and fighting for changes when they were treated unfairly. Les pioneered in: giving children a voice in what happens to them in child welfare and youth justice; treatment in community homes instead of institutions; individualized plans for young people with many needs; and putting children first in government policies. Among other achievements, Les Horne was the first provincial Children's Advocate in Canada and he was a leader in getting the Convention on the Rights of the Child adopted.


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When you use LINE regularly, cached data and data from your chats start to build up. This data can cause the app to run slowly, so we recommend deleting it on a regular basis.
To delete the LINE app's cached data:
1. Tap the Home tab > Settings > Chats.
2. Tap Delete data > Cached data.
3. Tap Delete selected data > Delete data.
Note: You can also choose to delete photos, voice messages, and files that were sent in your chats.
To delete data from individual chats:
1. On the Chats tab, tap the chat you want to delete data from.
2. Tap the menu icon at the top of the chat screen.
3. Tap Other settings > Delete data.
4. Tap Delete selected data > Delete data.
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Hertz to Megahertz - Hz to MHz
How to convert from Hertz to Megahertz
The conversion factor between Hertz and Megahertz is 1.0E-6. To convert an amount in Hertz in Megahertz, multiply the the desired amount in Hertz by 1.0E-6:
Amount(Hertz) × 1.0E-6(Conversion Factor) = Result(Megahertz)
Definition of units
Let's see how both units in this conversion are defined, in this case Hertz and Megahertz:
Hertz (Hz)
Megahertz (MHz)
Hertz to Megahertz conversion table
Below is the conversion table you can use to convert from Hertz to Megahertz
Hertz (Hz) Megahertz (MHz)
1 Hertz 1e-6 Megahertz
2 Hertz 2e-6 Megahertz
3 Hertz 3e-6 Megahertz
4 Hertz 4e-6 Megahertz
5 Hertz 5e-6 Megahertz
6 Hertz 6e-6 Megahertz
7 Hertz 7e-6 Megahertz
8 Hertz 8e-6 Megahertz
9 Hertz 9e-6 Megahertz
10 Hertz 1e-5 Megahertz


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A quiz game to test yourself on facts about different places in the world. This game contains quizzes on:
- Which continent is a place in?
- What is the capital city?
- What is the population?
The quizzes are broken down into different sections to help you learn the facts: by difficulty or by continent.
After the quiz, it is possible to display a list of all the questions you got wrong, what incorrect option was chosen and what the correct answer was.
The five continent system is used in this game.
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Japan's Technology
Japan has been an innovator of the striking infrastructure projects. Now Japan is involved in several projects around the world that could influence infrastructure for years to come.
Japan has one of the oldest wooden temples still standing after hundreds of earthquakes, The Shinkansen... the first high-speed rail line making the world take note, and several projects that have attracted many nations to get the new technology.
Tokyo 2020 National Olympic Stadium $1.26 billion:
Tokyo Olympics stadium construction and details
Tokyo Olympic stadium construction work and detail about it
When Japan hosted the Summer Olympics in 1964, Japanese architect Kenzo Tange'sYoyogi National Gymnasium became an architectural icon. When it Hosts the 2020 Summer Olympics, Japan will add another Architectural Jewel.
Currently, Under Construction, the new National Stadium dreamed up by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma, is designed to harmonize with the surrounding green space and recall the element of a traditional Japanese Temple, while still accommodating Olympic sized crowds.
Shinkansen High-Speed Rail:
Shinkansen Bullet train and how it is the best train
Shinkansen Bullet Train
Under this, we can see many projects going on in countries like India, Singapore, Malaysia, and Texas.
History of these high-speed trains is based on a concept by two of Japan's great visionaries of having a dedicated track for just high-speed trains which have a capacity of the aeroplane and a considerable high speed. They did it on time and perfect, and within 3 years it crossed over 1 million passenger travels.
now it has over 100's of trains going up and down having higher speeds and just 3 min time gap between two consecutive ones with delays in seconds and no death record.
Some of the Shinkansen projects working around the world are:
Shinkansen, India $12 billion
It is a project of 508 km underground as well as an elevated track route. This will connect the financial center of India, Mumbai and Gujarat's major city, Ahmedabad. Japan is going to fund about 81% of the total project and will it repaid by 50 years with 0.1% the interest rate.
The completion date is seen to be in the year 2023.
Shinkansen, Singapore Malaysia $17-20 billion
The shinkansen will be connecting Malaysia and Singapore which will reduce the travel time to 90 minutes where currently it takes around 5 hours. Japan will provide the funds and the technology fr the high-speed train.
The completion date is seen to be in the year 2026.
Shinkansen, Texas $40 million
As most of the railways are in the hand of private investors, this project is seen to be in private investors' plan to build it between Dallas and Houston. Overall there are enough funds with the central rail commission but Japan will fund the $40 million project.
The completion date is not announced.
Chennai Metro Rail, India $9.8 billion:
Chennai metro project taken by the Japan metro organisation
Recognizing the economic potential in the emerging Indian market, Japan has also partnered with this India to become involved in projects like the Free Open Indo Pacific Strategy.
Additional Japan brings the money and technology to the table for the Chennai Metro Rail Project.
W350 Wooden Skyscraper, Tokyo $5.6 billion:
W350 wooden skyscraper
A company named Sumitomo Forestry has plans to build the world's first 70 story skyscraper out of wood. The building carries a price tag of more than $5 billion. We will see the new CLT technology which will help better Timber buildings having resistance to fire and doesn't get weak over time.
Tokyo 2045: TBD:
Sky Mile Tower which will be the tallest tower ever and will house over 50000 people
As an island nation, Japan is practically sensitive to rising sea and other effects of climate change. In response to environmental changes, architects from Kohn Pedersen Fox Associates and Leslie E. Robertson creates a vision for Tokyo in 2045. The design includes hexagonal pads in Tokyo Bay to break up storm surges and maintaining a better living city. Another project is of building Sky Mile Tower, a mile-high building, that's twice the height of Burj Khalifa. This would house over 50000 residents.
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You can automatically detect scene changes in footage that does not have an EDL, such as archived material. Once SpeedGrade has identified scene changes, you can add keyframes to scene changes, or split your footage up into separate clips.
The workflow consists of the following steps:
- Detect the scene changes.
- Prepare the footage for grading or editing.
- Save or export the footage.
After marking your scene changes, prepare the footage for grading or editing as follows:
- To separate the footage into individual shots or scenes, click Split into Clips.
- To flag the scene changes, click Add Keyframes to Clip.
Once you split into clips or add keyframes, you can save the scene-detected content as a SpeedGrade project or create an Edit Decision List (EDL).
In the Setup Panel under the Timeline tab, do one of the following:
- To save the content as a SpeedGrade project, click Save IRCP.
- To export an Edit Decision List, click Save EDL.


FoPat – Tackling Food Waste
Student | Anushritha Yernool Sunil
Faculty | Rebecca Welz
School of Design, Graduate Industrial Design
FoPat is a temperature sensitive indicator for food freshness. It takes the form of a flat label or a tie around band on the fruit or vegetable. It helps you store your food at the right temperature, and reduces food waste by indicating when your food actually spoils, unlike the uncertain expiry date labels.
The label is a color indicator for the freshness of food. The label reacts with the gases produced by the fruits and vegetables to change color from fresh orange to past best red. It is a food freshness indicator. This color indicating film gradually disintegrates to reveal a bumpy layer below. The tactile sensation indicates the expiry of food. Therefore, this label is also suitable for the visually impaired users. The other half of the label contains information about the barcode and origin of the produce. It also contains a NFC sensor to enable smartphone readings.
The other half is a peel off label which can be further lifted to reveal an underside information section. The underside provides valuable education about the fruit or vegetable.
This label replaces the existing label that is seen on fruits and vegetables in the retail stores. It does not overpower the surface of the fruit or vegetable. This design is meant to improve the technology and develop an active label that can : – Tackle food waste by providing a better and a direct date label mechanism. – Change consumer behavior by providing a playful underside information fold out and further build our connection with food.


We've been working hard to provide credible assumptions on how we work out data. Click on the underlined figures to reach their sources.
Number of people living in the UK in 2011 is 62,300,000
Number of dwellings/households in the UK in 2011 was 26,300,000
Average number of people living per household is 2.36 (population divided by households), this does not take into account roughly 15,000+ people who live on the streets in the UK.
Number of roads/streets in the UK 260,000 based on the Open Street Map project stats. This is an approximate figure.
This allows us to deduce that there are 101 dwellings on average per road in the UK (26,300,000 dwellings divided by 260,000 roads).
There are 240 people living on the average road in the UK (62,300,000 people divided by 260,000 roads).