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Generally speaking, any food produced by a non-kosher animal is non-kosher. Thus, the egg of a non-kosher bird is not kosher but the egg of a kosher bird, such as a chicken, is kosher. If one comes across an egg and does not know which bird laid it, how does one tell a non-kosher egg from a kosher egg?
The Talmud gives us two ways to tell if an egg is of a non-kosher bird. If the egg is totally round like a ball rather than round at one end and tapered at the other end, a non-kosher bird laid the egg. So, too, if the yolk of the egg surrounds the white of the egg rather than the other way around, or if the egg has no white but is filled with yolk. If, however, the egg is round at one end and tapered at the other, the white of the egg surrounds the yolk and it looks like the egg of a chicken or of another identifiable kosher bird, the egg is kosher and may be eaten without any further investigation as to its pedigree.
In accordance with the general principle articulated above, the egg of a neveilah chicken that died before it was properly slaughtered, as well as the egg of a treif chicken that suffered from one of the treif-rendering defects previously discussed, is prohibited for consumption.
If a non-kosher egg, such as the egg of an eagle, was cooked in the same pot as kosher eggs, the kosher eggs remain kosher and may be eaten provided the non-kosher egg was cooked in its shell. The reason for this is that a kosher item cooked with a non-kosher item only becomes non-kosher if it absorbs the taste of the non-kosher item cooked together with it.
The shell of the non-kosher egg acts as a buffer through which the taste cannot be transferred to the kosher eggs. If, however, the non-kosher egg is taken out of its shell or its shell is cracked and it is cooked with the kosher eggs, the kosher eggs become non-kosher and cannot be eaten even if the kosher eggs remain in their shells unless the ratio of the kosher eggs to the non-kosher egg is at least 61 kosher eggs to the 1 non-kosher egg.
What is the status of an egg with bloodstains or blood specks?
The basic principle here is that the Torah only prohibits the consumption of blood of meat but not the blood of eggs. Nevertheless, there is a concern that a blood spot in an egg may indicate the presence of the beginning of the formation of the embryo of a chick. Although a hatched chick would be permissible for consumption if properly slaughtered, the embryo of a chick inside an egg of a bird, even a kosher bird, is forbidden for consumption. Such a blood spot that raises the concern of the existence of the beginnings of an embryo in the egg is referred to in the halacha as dam rikum.
The concern of dam rikum, however, is only present in the case of an egg laid by a chicken that mated with a rooster but it is not present in the case of an egg laid by a chicken that was not fertilized by a rooster. A fertilized egg may hatch into a chick after the hen has sat upon it for a period of three days whereas an egg that was not fertilized by a rooster, referred to in the halacha as beitza hamuzeret, will never hatch into a chick never mind how long the hen sits on it. Accordingly, any blood found in an unfertilized egg cannot be dam rikum and under Torah law may be eaten.
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The Rambam, therefore, adds a second component: by getting angry, Moshe misled the people as to the nature of God. The masses felt that Moshe's anger was reflective of God's anger.
One of the most complex Tanach personalities is the central figure of this week's Haftorah: Yiftach, the Shofet, Judge.
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Question: As Shavuot is fast approaching – a holiday on which we dwell on the story of Ruth and the origins of the royal house of David – I was wondering if you could help me resolve something. The Mishnah never makes any mention of the Hasmonean kings, the mitzvah to light a Chanukah menorah, or the miracle of the oil that lasted eight days. Some people say that Rabbi Yehudah HaNassi – the redactor of the six orders of the Mishnah and a scion of King David – omitted these topics because the Hasmoneans improperly crowned themselves, ignoring the rule that all Jewish kings are supposed to come from the tribe of Yehudah. They argue that this is also why the Talmud does not include a separate tractate on Chanukah. Is this true?
In this week's parshah the Torah discusses many halachos of tumah. One halacha is that a person who is tamei may not enter the Mikdash. Doing so makes him liable for kareis.
The highway was packed with bumper-to-bumper traffic, and there I sat with hands gripped tightly on the steering wheel, begging the cars to move. My heart swelled at the thought of seeing my son, who was just coming back from his year of learning in Eretz Yisrael. How I had missed him! Though I was used to him being away (if you can ever really get used to a child being away), a special space in my heart was empty – as I waited for him.
No one lives in a vacuum. No, that doesn't mean we didn't get sucked up through a vacuum cleaner hose in the pre-Pesach cleaning frenzy, it means that whether we like it or not, our environment—the people and things around us—makes a big impact on who we are.
According to biblical law, once an area has been converted in to a reshut hayachid by enclosing it with a halachically acceptable eruv, one may carry inside the enclosed area. But according to rabbinical law, it is simply not enough to enclose an area in which one wants to carry with an eruv. This alone will not permit carrying from the home into the street or vice versa. Neither will it alone permit carrying from a condominium apartment into the lobby or other common areas.
Yidsville had a small but dedicated Jewish community. There was one Orthodox synagogue, led by Rabbi Well, a day school, women's mikveh, kosher butcher shop, pizza store and restaurants.
In this week's parshah the Torah tells us that Hashem told Aharon to redeem every firstborn child. This is known as pidyon haben. The Rema, in Yoreh De'ah 305:10, rules in the name of the Rivash that one may not appoint a shaliach to perform pidyon haben. Many Acharonim argue with this ruling and posit that one can appoint a shaliach to perform pidyon haben.
You may remember how we once did an experiment with a story (about a monster fire in Arizona) without Jewish protagonists, but containing a universal lesson that I believed worthy to record for the readers of Chodesh Tov. We are there yet again, this time directly north in Wisconsin.
Please bear with me as we once again record a story we investigated in the hope that the lesson is unique and worthy of our attention. It is going to take us five full columns to complete the tale, and I thank you in advance for your patience.
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More evidence that Jews tried to change their fate at the hands of the Nazis: Archaeologists discovered that Jews at the Sobibor death camp built an escape tunnel but apparently didn't live to use it.
An ancient frog can now be added to Israel's history. The "painted frog," though to be extinct, turns out to be a descendant of a one million-old frog.
Sen. Frank Lautenberg of New Jersey died Monday at the age 89. His life was a classic Jewish rag-to-riches story of a young man who worked his way to business and political success.
The Middle Ages have returned to Europe, or maybe they never left. Jews dipping matzos in blood is old hat. Now a Norwegian newspaper depicts circumcision as a violent and bloody religious custom.
The heinous crime that put "Prisoner X" Ben Zygier in an Israel jail where he killed himself was not known until today: He butchered a secret Mossad operation to bring home the remains of 3 soldiers.
The surgery was a complete success, but the surviving twin is still not out of danger.
Last week, police executed a search warrant in the couple's former home in Dewitt.
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Why Do Guinea Pigs Squeal? Find Out Now!
Guinea pigs are very sociable animals, and because of this, they have evolved to produce a series of vocalizations they use to communicate with other individuals of their species.
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Guinea pigs are called "Cuys" in some countries of South America. This name has an onomatopoeic origin and it refers to the vocalizations that these rodents emit regularly, in both domestic and wild environments. In this article, we pose the following question: Why do guinea pigs squeal? If you want the answer, we encourage you to read on.
Communication in the animal world is a fascinating evolutionary process, and, for this reason, various ethological researchers are trying to decipher the meaning of language in the different species in the animal kingdom.
About guinea pigs
Before entering fully into the world of guinea pig communication, we need to define the species in question. Surprising as it may seem, the guinea pig (Cavia porcellus) is a species of hybrid rodent belonging to the family Caviidae. These curious pets are the result of the crossing of diverse species of the Cavia genus, such as Cavia aparea or Cavia magna.
Some of the differential characteristics of these small mammals are the following:
 - They come from the Andean region of South America
 - They weigh about 2 lbs and live between five and eight years
 - Guinea pigs are herbivorous animals and require a continuous supply of fiber and vitamin C to enjoy good health
 - This species has different morphotypes, which differ by the color arrangement and nature of their coat.
 - They're affable, calm rodents, and live in social groups.
It's this last characteristic that gives us the first clue as to why guinea pigs squeal. If an animal lives in a society, it has to have some way of communicating with its relatives, right?
Three guinea pigs posing.
So, why do guinea pigs squeal?
As simple as the question may seem, several ethological studies have designed experimental models to discover the reason for these vocalizations. This task is certainly not a simple one. Besides the existence of variations at an individual level, the squeals seem to have a different meaning according to the age of the guinea pig.
The guinea pig is especially multifaceted since, according to this research, it's capable of emitting up to 11 different tonalities. Some of them respond to the following situations:
 - Guinea pigs (especially the youngest ones) emit more audible sounds when they are in a new environment. This coincides with cortisol level increases in their bodies, a stress-related hormone.
 - When separated from their mothers, the guinea pigs emit calls out of loneliness, which are accompanied by an increase in the animal's movements and general agitation. Once the little ones return to their parents, the mothers emit a series of purrs to calm their offspring.
However, not everything is linked to the relationship between mothers and their children, since many other vocalizations are related to other processes. Up next, we'll be mentioning some examples.
A sound for every situation
Several studies have researched when, how, and why different vocalizations occur in various situations. These are some of the results:
 - The chortle is the most common vocalization among guinea pigs. It seems to be present in all kinds of situations, whether they're social or not. The emission of these preliminary sounds is very present when two individuals meet and try to identify each other. In addition, these sounds are later substituted by other noises more appropriate to the situation.
 - The moaning sounds they make are produced, in general, when a situation causes discomfort in the animal. For example, when a non-receptive female is approached by a reproductive male.
 - The squeaking sound is produced when the guinea pig experiences some type of physical pain.
There are many more sounds and noises emitted by guinea pigs, but one idea is clear: guinea pigs squeal to communicate with each other. Each tone has a specific function, and, from an evolutionary point of view, it's much more effective to warn others of a negative interaction with a sound than with a physical activity that requires more energy.
A close-up of a brown guinea pig.
A matter of sociability
As we've seen, social animals such as guinea pigs have developed complex linguistic mechanisms to communicate different feelings and emotions. This is beneficial for all members of the group since they can detect danger more quickly and avoid unnecessary fights among themselves.
In the animal world, everything has a biological response. Therefore, if you have a guinea pig at home, we encourage you to try to understand in what situations and with what frequency it produces these noises. After all, it may be trying to convey a message, such as continuous stress or feeling of loneliness.
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 - Arch-Tirado, E., & Collado-Corona, M. A. (2002). Análisis de vocalizaciones en periodos de soledad en cobayos recién nacidos, como normo-oyentes y con sordera provocada. Cirugia y Cirujanos70(6), 442-448.
 - Cavia, wikipedia. Recogido a 28 de julio en _URL_
 - Verduzco-Mendoza, A., Alfaro-Rodríguez, A., & Arch-Tirado, E. (2012). Etología y bioacústica en ratas y cobayos. Revista Mexicana de Comunicación, Audiología, Otoneurología y Foniatría1(1), 7-12.
 - Berryman, J. C. (1976). Guinea‐pig vocalizations: Their structure, causation and function. Zeitschrift für Tierpsychologie41(1), 80-106.


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111.- The first and most advantageous is mormyshka fishing or summer angling. The duration of the fishing day is 6 hours. Under the guidance of the fish guide, smaller target species, such as: roach, ruff, bleak, perch, bream are caught on ice in winter or by angling (with a simple hand line) from the shore of the water body in summer. By applying these fishing methods, the primary success experience can be ensured, especially for children, but they have always provided excitement for adults as well. A particularly meditative activity is spring migratory roach fishing, because then it is possible to catch larger quantities of fish for drying. Number of participants up to 2.
222.- The second gift card includes winter tipup fishing on some larger lakes. Trapping is a way to catch some particularly big predator. The fishing takes place where the fish is currently biting. The best area for these occasions is Vooremaa, where there are several small lakes rich in fish. During free water, you can take a motorboat on Kuremaa and Saadjärv, Võrtsjärv and, of course the Suur-Emajõgi, Pede River and their old rivers in the Alam-Pedja nature reserve area. Duration of the fishing day is 8 hours. Number of participants up to 2.
333.- The third gift card is for occasions if you want to make a special impression on the recipient. In these cases, the motorboat undertakes longer sea voyages to catch sea trout, pike or garfish. The fishing areas are the entire west coast with its archipelago, as well as the archipelagos of Northern Estonia. There are pantries in our seas, where dozens of pike can be pulled into the boat in one hour, and it is not uncommon to see water surface boiling of the garfish while they are spawning The boat also gives access to the most adrenaline-laden flocks of sea trout. Such fishing trips are always remembered and it is not uncommon for them to become traditions. The duration of the fishing day is 8-10 hours. Number of participants up to 2.
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Storing Files in MongoDB with GridFS
Onyancha Brian Henry
Many applications involve file management and have file storage as an important feature for enhancing data processing. File storage often requires a third party CDN (Content Delivery Network), such as Amazon Web services, but this makes the management process a bit tedious. It would be easier to access all your resources from a single cloud storage, rather than multiple ones, as there may be a chance of failure during retrieval.
Storing files directly into a database through a single API call has not been something easily done until the introduction of GridFS in MongoDB.
What is MongoDB GridFS
GridFs is an abstraction layer in MongoDB used in the storage and recovery of large files like videos, audios, and images.This file system stores files that are even more significant than 16 MB within MongoDB data collections. The files are stored by first breaking it into smaller chunks of data, each piece having a size of 255 KB.
GridFS uses two collection systems to store files:
 1. Chunk: This is the collection that stores the document parts. The chunks are limited to a size of 255KB each and when one makes a query, the GridFS driver reassembles all the chunks as per storage unique _id. For example, you could want to retrieve a segment of a video file rather than the whole file, this is possible by just querying the correct range you want.
 2. File: This stores the consequent additional metadata for the file.
The collections are placed in a common bucket and then prefix each with the bucket name which by default is fs and so we have:
 - fs.chunks
 - fs.files
One can choose a different bucket name but the full collection name is subject to: name space limit of 255 bytes.
Chunks Collection
Chunk collection documents have the form:
 "_id" : ,
 "files_id" : ,
 "n" : ,
 "data" :
 - _id: is the unique identifier for the chunk
 - files_id: is the _id of the parent document as stored in the files collection
 - n: is the sequence number of the chunk starting with 0.
 - data: is the chunk's payload as BSON Binary type.
A compound index using files_id and n fields is used to allow efficient retrieval of chunks for example:
db.fs.chunks.find( { files_id: fileId } ).sort( { n: 1 } )
To create this index if it does not exist you can run the following command on a mongo shell:
Files Collection
Documents in this collection take the form
 "_id" : ,
 "length" : ,
 "chunkSize" : ,
 "uploadDate" : ,
 "filename" : ,
 "metadata" : ,
 - _id: is the unique identifier for the document which is of the data type one chooses for the original document and by default in MongoDB is the BSON ObjectId.
 - length: is the size of the document in bytes
 - chunkSize: size of each chunk which is limited to 255 kilobytes
 - uploadDate: field of type Date which stores the date the document was first stored.
 - filename: this is an optional field that is a human readable identification for the file.
 - metadata: this is an optional field that holds additional information that one wants to store.
An example of an fs file is shown below.
 "filename": "file.html",
 "chunkSize": NumberInt(23980),
 "uploadDate": ISODate("2020-08-11T10:02:15.237Z"),
 "length": NumberInt(312)
Like the chunks collection, a compound index using filename and uploadDate fields is used in the files collection to allow efficient retrieval of files, for example:
db.fs.files.find( { filename: fileName } ).sort( { uploadDate: 1 } )
db.fs.file.createIndex( { filename: 1, uploadDate: 1 }, { unique: true } );
When to Use the MongoDB GridFS Storage System
MongoDB GridFS is not commonly used but the following are the condition that may necessitates the use of this GridFS storage system;
 - When the current file system has a limit on the number of files that can be stored in a given directory.
 - When one intends to access part of the information stored, GridFS enables one to recall parts of the file without accessing the whole document.
 - When one intends to distribute files and their metadata through geographically distributed replica sets, GridFS allows the metadata to sync and deploy the data across multiple targeted systems automatically.
When Not to Use the MongoDB GridFS Storage System
The GridFS storage system is however not appropriate to use when there will be a need to update the content of the whole file saved in GridFS.
How to Add Files to GridFS
When storing an mp3 file in MongoDB using GridFs, the right procedure to follow is this;
 1. Open the terminal (The command prompt)
 2. Navigate to the mongofiles.exe (this is located in the bin folder)
 3. Use the command
 >mongofiles.exe -d gridfs put song.mp3
After the command, the name of the database to be used is the gridfs, if by chance, the name is missing, MongoDB automatically creates a document that stores the file on the database.
To view the file stored in GridFS use the query command below on the mongo shell;
The command returns a document with format shown below:
 _id: ObjectId('526a922bf8b4aa4d33fdf84d'),
 filename: "song.mp3",
 chunkSize: 233390,
 uploadDate: new Date(1397391643474), md5: "e4f53379c909f7bed2e9d631e15c1c41",
 length: _PHONE_
The file has the following details, filename, length, date uploaded, chunk size, and object_id. The chunks in fs.chunks collection can be viewed using the id returned in the initial query as has shown below.
GridFS Sharding
Sharding is also another feature applicable with GridFS. To shard chunks collection one can use either a compound index of { files_id : 1, n : 1 } or { files_id : 1 } as the shard key.
Harshed Sharding is only possible if the MongoDB drivers do not run filemd5.
File collections are often not sharded because they contain only metadata and are very small. The available keys neither do they provide an even distribution in a sharded cluster. However, if one needs to shard a files collection, you can use the _id field in combination with some application fields.
GridFS Limitations
GridFS File system has the following limitations:
 1. Atomic update: GridFS does not have an atomic update. This makes it easier to manually update by picking the required version of files and keeping multiple versions of files running
 2. Performance: the system tends to be slow with the file system and web server.
 3. Working set: one uses another server when working on a new working set. This is done so as to avoid disturbing the running working set.
GridFS is like a silver bullet to developers who intend to store large files in MongoDB. GridFS storage system gives developers a chance to store large files and retrieve parts of the needed files. GridFS is, therefore, an excellent MongoDB feature that can be used with various applications.


Fruit tree map
20 02 2010
How to plot fruit trees in your area:
Having a street directory is useful to accurately plot down the trees in your area but all you really need is a pen and paper. Google maps will allow you to zoom in until you see the shape of private blocks with the street numbers as well as small alleyways that aren't always shown on other maps. So all you need to do is write down the address of the fruit tree i.e. Outside of house 72 Blyth St and then you can simply find the house and tree on Google maps later.
Using google maps you can easily plot down the fruit trees in your area.
Creating a feral fruit tree map is easy. Here are the basic steps:
 1. View Feral fruit trees Melbourne in a larger map.
 2. Sign in to your google account if you haven't already.
 3. Click Edit in the top left hand corner
 4. Zoom into the area you want to plot.
 5. Use the icons in the top left corner of the map. These include:
 Select button Selection tool. Use this to drag the map and select placemarks..
 Placemark button Placemark tool. Use this to plot fruit trees.
This will edit the overall map of fruit trees in Melbourne and plot the new trees you have added for everyone to view.
*Remember to add the name of the tree ie. (pomegranate, apple etc) plus any descriptive features which may aid in finding the tree, for example 'in front of house number 36, hanging over fence, in front of church etc'
*Feral Fruit Trees map has been unavailable due to changes in Google's system. We've added another fruit tree map here for your use in the same way.
19 02 2010
Feral fruit trees are fruit trees growing in or overhanging public spaces that are accessible to the urban hunter-gatherer. This website seeks to promote localized food gathering in cities where food is being obtained from increasingly distant sources. The current system of food delivery into urban centres poses unnecessary strain upon both the economy and the environment due to transportation costs. Feral fruit tree harvesting transforms our current food distribution system into a more sustainable alternative and promotes a consciousness of the ecology within our urban environments. Urban hunter-gatherers can also enjoy the benefit of fresh fruit that is often organic and not to mention free.
Fruit lying outside the boundary of private property for instance on a branch hanging over a fence is considered to be public property and therefore anyone can legally take the fruit. Please don't take any fruit that is over someone's fence even if it is in close reach as this is technically stealing. It always pays to just ask the owner, usually they won't mind no one is really going to eat a whole tree of figs or loquats. Some people may be sensitive about having the fruit from their tree taken even if it is hanging into public space; therefore even though you are within your rights to take the fruit, common courtesy should be employed. eg. Please don't make some old Greek guy angry by taking fruit when he doesn't want you to.
Furthermore a few easy guidelines should be followed in order to ensure the sustainability and fair distribution of this precious public resource.
 1. Do not be greedy. Take only as much fruit as you need as there may be other fruit pickers in the area who wish to eat the fruit as well.
 2. Try not to damage the tree or the area around the tree. It would be wise to use a proper cutting tool to ensure clean cuts that do less damage to the tree. Try not to rip any leaves, branches or trample any plants below. I was told one story about a Mulberry tree that everyone used to plunder, the owner got so sick of people trampling his other plants from eating the berries that he unfortunately ended up cutting down the tree.
With this in mind I bid you good luck on your fruit foraging adventures around the city.
Find feral fruit trees in your suburb Picking Fruit by M Lyn.


I am building a Ruby on Rails application that lets users deploy a server in the DO region of their choice.
I'd like to show the latency between the user's location and all the available DO regions so that the user can select the region with the fastest response time for them.
The latency can be easily calculated locally in development for each region with Net::Ping using the example code below:
 check =
 start_time =
 elapsed_time = ('%.6f' % ( - start_time))
However, in production, the originating IP is consistently the web host of my application, not the user's IP address.
How can I measure the response time between a website visitor and a DO region?
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Thanks for taking a look _USER_.
I was able to solve this problem by using JavaScript to ping a website hosted in each of DO's regions. I used the speed test websites originally designed to help DO customers measure the upload/download speed from each region.
For example, the code below will ping a website hosted in each DO region and then print the response time latency in the console.
var region_data = [
 {"name":"New York","host":""},
 {"name":"San Francisco","host":""},
for (var i = 0; i < region_data.length; i++) {
 var xmlhttp = new XMLHttpRequest()
 var start_time =;'GET', region_data[i].host, false)
 xmlhttp.onload = function () {
 var elapsed_time = - start_time;
 console.log(region_data[i].name + ':'+ elapsed_time);
 // Send request
Hi there _USER_,
Usually you would be seeing the server IP address in case that you are using Nginx as a reverse proxy. To get the real IP address of the visitor you have to get the X-forwarded-for header value. That way you would get the actual IP rather than the server IP itself.
Hope that this helps!
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High-performance liquid chromatography mass spectrometry of gold and alloy clusters protected by hydrophilic thiolates†
In this work, we found two hydrophilic interaction liquid chromatography (HILIC) columns for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) suitable for the high-resolution separation of hydrophilic metal clusters. The mass distributions of the product mixtures of hydrophilic metal clusters were evaluated via HPLC mass spectrometry (LC/MS) using these HILIC columns. Consequently, we observed multiple clusters that had not been previously reported for glutathionate (SG)-protected gold clusters (Aun(SG)m). Additionally, we demonstrated that Aun−xMx(SG)m alloy clusters (M = Ag, Cu, or Pd) in which part of the Au in the Aun(SG)m cluster is replaced by a heteroelement can be synthesized, similar to the case of hydrophobic alloy clusters. It is easy to evaluate the mass distributions of hydrophilic metal clusters using this method. Thus, remarkable progress in the synthesis techniques of hydrophilic metal clusters through the use of this method is anticipated, as is the situation for hydrophobic metal clusters.


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Much comparative research into education-related beliefs has exploited questionnaires developed in one culture for use in another. This has been particularly the case in mathematics education, the focus of this paper. In so doing, researchers have tended to assume that translation alone is sufficient to warrant a reliable and valid instrument for cross-cultural research, prompting concerns that a number of necessary equivalences are unlikely to have been addressed. In this paper, we consider the nature of these equivalences before examining the literature of a different field, healthcare research, to synthesise an approach to instrument adaptation that is pragmatic but rigorous. Finally, we demonstrate how this pragmatic approach, incorporating extensive cognitive interviews, enabled us to adapt and refine a mathematics-related beliefs questionnaire, developed in Flanders, for use with students aged 14?15 in England and Spain. Analyses indicate that the instrument so developed is multidimensional, reliable and cross-culturally valid. Some implications are discussed.
Otras publicaciones de la misma revista o congreso con autores/as de la Universidad de Cantabria


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Translate reward | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of reward
a thing given in recognition of one's service, effort, or achievement:the holiday was a reward for 40 years' service with the company he's reaping the rewards of his hard work and perseverance figurativethe emotional rewards of being a parent a fair return for good or bad behavior:a slap on the face was his reward for his impudence a sum offered for the detection of a criminal, the restoration of lost property, or the giving of information.
verb [with object]
make a gift of something to (someone) in recognition of their services, efforts, or achievements:the engineer who supervised the work was rewarded with a bonus show one's appreciation of (an action or quality) by making a gift:an effective organization recognizes and rewards creativity and initiative
) receive what one deserves:their hard work was rewarded by the winning of a five-year contract

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Judy D.J. Ellich
Daily American reporter
The giant turn-of-the-century water meter displayed at the Quemahoning Reservoir's family recreational area is "symbolic of the immense impact that the dam has had in the region," said James Greco, Cambria Somerset Authority chairman.
The 40-foot-long pipe-like device measured the flow of billions of gallons of water to the Johnstown steel mills for nearly 100 years without a single failure, he said at a dedication ceremony Friday for the Venturi Meter Historic Display and Museum. To produce one ton of steel, it took 271 tons of water.
The museum houses photographs, documents and multimedia displays detailing the construction and history of the dam. Greco called the displays the first generation. Members of the Cambria Somerset Authority, the owners of the Que, hope that visitors will add to the display with more pictures and artifacts.
On Friday more than two dozen county officials and business representatives strolled down the hill from the pavilion where the dedication ceremony had been held. Numerous families were setting up campsites nearby. Adults and children laughed and called to each other as they frolicked in the roped-off water area or soaked up the sun on the small beach.
"On Memorial Day we counted 85 kids at one time in the water at the beach," Greco said.
Last summer there were 15,000 visitor days, and this year it looks like that number may be surpassed, he said.
Greco called projects like the meter and museum a "critical draw" for visitors to the historic and recreational area.
Greco and Somerset County Commissioner Jim Marker spoke at the dedication, along with John M. McGrath, associate professor at the University of Pittsburgh at Johnstown, who produced the meter and museum multimedia display.
In the early 1900s the Venturi Meter was used to measure the water flowing to Johnstown's mills. At that time it was the largest meter built on the East Coast. It was designed to operate with no moving parts, he said. At its greatest diameter, the meter is as tall as the average American woman, or 64 inches.
"There are so many layers of history," McGrath said of the reservoir.
The six layers begin with the Native Americans, who named the area, which translated means "the lick in the pines," he said. Other layers include early settlers, steel mills and the building of a water resource for industrial and recreational growth and for increasing the quality of life for local residents with quality drinking water, he said.
"The last layer is probably the most promising because it is open ended," McGrath said.
Marker agreed, stating that "the best history of this dam lies in the future."
He said the reservoir will continue to be an economic generator for the area.
The meter and museum cost approximately $40,000, with funding donated by 1st Summit Bank of Johnstown, the Community Foundation for the Alleghenies, Cambria Somerset Authority, Summer's Best 2 Weeks, Somerset Trust Co. and L.R. Kimball, the Ebensburg engineering firm.
The Somerset County Tourism Grant Program also contributed to the financing of the project. Representatives of all the contributors attended the dedication.
Copyright © 2013, Daily American


Frequently Asked Questions
WakaTime only tracks your coding activity when you're typing or changing things in your text editor or IDE. The plugins "ping" our api with heartbeat events when you're using your IDE. When the heartbeats stop, that tells us you stopped using your IDE or text editor. Set a timeout value (default 15 minutes) to tell us how long until we mark you as AFK. When you're not using your text editor for longer than your timeout value, we stop counting you as active.
For example, if you took a 10 minute break and your timeout is set to the default 15 minutes, the 10 minutes where you were AFK will be logged. However, setting your timeout to 5 minutes would not log your 10 minute break.
WakaTime accurately detects the time you code in each file and project, down to the second.
This high-level state machine shows how:
 1. WakaTime starts a timer when you begin editing a file.
 2. The timer is stopped when you go AFK by reaching your timeout setting. When you go AFK, WakaTime rewinds the timer until the time you last edited the file.
 3. The timer is also stopped when you switch to editing a different file. In this case, WakaTime saves the time from when you started editing the original file until when you switched to the new file. The time is reset and we start over at step 1 with the new file.
Your public profile uses the default 15 minute timeout value with a time range of Last 7 Days from Yesterday.
We also subtract coding activity from language Other.
The leaderboards use the same formula as your public profile.
Setting your preferences to the defaults, matching the leaderboard time range, and subtracting coding activity categorized as language Other will show the same coding activity as your dashboard.
When working offline your coding actiity is saved in an sqlite3 database at $HOME/.wakatime.db. The next time you use your IDE when online, your coding activity is syncronized.
Data & Privacy
WakaTime sends heartbeat events triggered from user actions inside your text editor to the WakaTime API.
Heartbeat events contain data such as:
 - absolute path of current file [1]
 - current time as a UNIX epoch float (seconds.milliseconds)
 - whether the event was triggered from writing to a file
 - current project from a supported revision control
 - current branch from a supported revision control
 - total number of lines from the file as an integer
 - current cursor position as an integer
 - syntax language guessed from the file, for example Python or JavaScript
 - libraries and frameworks detected from the file, for example Flask or Rails
 - your computer's hostname, like MacbookPro.local or HOME-PC
Heartbeat events are sent:
 - every 2 minutes if you are actively using your text editor
 - when you switch between files
 - every time you write to a file
The easiest way to hide files/folders from WakaTime is adding them to the exclude array in your $HOME/.wakatime.cfg file.
For example, to prevent tracking all folders named private:
[settings] exclude = /private/
For Windows use escaped backslashes:
[settings] exclude = \\private\\
You can list multiple paths in your config file, and each path is a POSIX regular expression:
[settings] exclude = ^/var /private_\d+/
The above example excludes any path starting with /var and also any folder named private_123 where 123 can be any number.
You can also configure WakaTime to obfuscate file names by adding hidefilenames = true to your $HOME/.wakatime.cfg file.
This means only your project names will be sent to the website, so you can not see coding activity per file.
The hidefilenames setting also accepts a list of folders instead of just true or false, for example:
hidefilenames = /path/to/private/folder/ /another/folder[\d+]/matched/by/regex/
Note: Sublime Text users won't have a $HOME/.wakatime.cfg file, so create one using this example config.
Yes, you can export all your coding activity in JSON format here.
No, your coding history is saved even on the free plan. The dashboard limitation is to prevent overwhelming our servers with having to process too much data. However, your coding activity is kept and made available if you choose to upgrade sometime in the future.
WakaTime creates projects for you automatically, based on your coding activity.
This means you don't need to manually create a project, just use your IDE or text editor like normal.
WakaTime is a passive reporting dashboard, and automatic project detection fits with the philosophy of never getting in your way.
WakaTime recognizes the project's name one of four ways:
 1. Revision control software (Ex: Git, Mercurial, or Subversion):
 To set the project name for a folder, go to that folder in a terminal and type:
 git init
 Files inside that folder will be assigned to a project with that folder's name.
 * only renames projects for new coding activity
 2. Create a.wakatime-project file inside your project directory. Type the project name as the first line of this file and WakaTime will use that project name for all files inside this directory.
 * only renames projects for new coding activity
 3. Adding the project directory to your ~/.wakatime.cfg file under the [projectmap] section.
 * only renames projects for new coding activity
 4. As a last resort use custom rules:
 * Warning: this will rename projects from past coding activity. Use with caution!
To exclude projects from being logged in the future, add the project's path to your ~/.wakatime.cfg file under the exclude setting.
To delete a project, you must first remove it's coding activity using the Coding Activity Delete Tool.
After removing a project's coding activity, you can delete the project by visiting the project's dashboard and clicking the trash icon.
Make sure the plugin is correctly installed in your editor. ( Look for a WakaTime menu under File/Tools )
Check when your editor was last heard from using the User Agents API Endpoint.
If one editor isn't listed or hasn't been "seen" in a while, look for error messages in that editor's log file or in the common ~/.wakatime.log file.
If you use multiple computers, find when a computer's hostname was last heard from using the Machine Names API Endpoint.
The value is the Hostname and ip is the IP Address of your machine.
To see your recent raw coding activity, use the Heartbeats API Endpoint.
Please create a new issue in the appropriate GitHub repo with any error messages.
 1. All WakaTime plugins use a common core (wakatime-cli) for communicating with the API.
 This common core writes errors to $HOME/.wakatime.log.
 2. Errors from the editor plugin go to your IDE's log file:
 Locating your IDE's log file
 3. Please create a new issue in the appropriate GitHub repo with your error messages.
To generate a new api key on the website, go to your API Key page.
Make sure to update your api key in $HOME/.wakatime.cfg(for plugins using wakatime cli) or WakaTime.sublime-settings(for Sublime Text) with your newly generated api key.
Yes, all WakaTime plugins play well together. You can switch between multiple supported editors and your coding activity will be syncronized correctly. If you use revision control software, your project will be detected even when using multiple editors.


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What does MERLIN stand for?
What does MERLIN mean? This page is about the various possible meanings of the acronym, abbreviation, shorthand or slang term: MERLIN.
We've found a total of 6 definitions for MERLIN:
Multi Element Radio Linked Interferometer Network
Missouri Education And Research Libraries Information Network
Mail Evaluation Readability Lookup Instrument
Multi Element Radio Linked Interfometer Network
Madison Entrepreneur Resource Learning and Innovation Network
Motivation Engagement and Recovery Learning Initiative Network
What does MERLIN mean?
- (Arthurian legend) the magician who acted as King Arthur's advisor


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A water meter installed on a waterline not abutting the property it serves is called a Remote Meter. In order to apply for a remote meter, you must fill out a Remote Meter Application and submit it with the following:
- Proof of easement from the closest waterline to your property. This can be through an easement document, grant deed or title report.
- A letter from the fire department approving the remote meter for the parcel.
Once the District receives all the necessary information, the District Engineer will review the application for approval. Not all remote meter applications are approved.


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Twitter Aggregator (CMTA) - How The Plugin Works
How It Works
CM Twitter Aggregator displays list of tweets gathered from Twitter user timelines (for example _USER_) or hashtags (for example _TAG_).
Tweets are assigned to categories which are organized into lists (each category can have a single tweet source assigned to it).
Each category can handle tweets from one user timeline or hashtag. In a list you can have many categories therefor can display tweets from several users and hashtags.
Each category also let you filter the content of each tweet by using positive and negative keywords. This way you can display tweets which are dealing with specific topic.
- To create simple tweets list go to Admin Panel -> Twitter Aggregator and click List. Create new list.
- Then, go to Categories and create a new one. Write category title, pass the twitter source (_USER_ or _TAG_). Add category to list and click on Add New Category.
- Paste shortcode to your post/page and set list attribute with list name or category attribute with category name:
For example if list has name My Simple List shortcode should looks like (note quotation marks in shortcode):


How to cook dried and dried peach: 6 ways, description, pros and cons - About the farm - 2021
About the farm
6 simple recipes for preparing dried and dried peaches for the winter
Delicious juicy fruit is poorly preserved fresh. It should be eaten immediately. With a large harvest of peaches, the hostesses subject them to drying, which extends the shelf life up to two years. Fruits after weathering moisture retain their beneficial properties. They increase the concentration of sugar and vitamins. Dried peaches - a good snack and filler for winter compote. Fresh ripe fruits are made from candied fruits, chips, pastila. They are dried in an electric dryer, oven, on the windowsill. To store the finished product does not need much space, but the daily consumption of fruit fills up the required amount of vitamins.
Peach Drying Specific
Peaches are very juicy, so over-ripe fruit cannot be used for drying. For harvesting fit both flat and fig fruits. Collecting fruit from the tree allows you to get a high quality product. The fruit should not be broken places, wormholes and rot. Before drying, they must be prepared.
 1. Fruits are well washed. Excess moisture is removed with a paper towel or napkin.
 2. The peduncle must be removed. Use of fruits with a stone and without it is allowed. The first version of dried fruit has a bitterness, taste for the fan. If you remove the bone, the dried fruit will remain sweet.
 3. The fruit can be divided into halves or quarters with a sharp knife.
 4. Peaches are laid on the skins upwards for drying.
 Peaches must be washed and removed before drying.
For winter preparations, sweet fruits of practically any kind are used, but if they get sour, you should sprinkle them with sugar syrup.
It is advisable to calibrate the fruit before drying so that they prepare at one time.
With overripe peaches do not take risks, it is better to make them marshmallow.
Peach Drying Methods
To the natural method were added options using an electric dryer and oven. The sparing conditions of the units make it possible to obtain high quality products in a short time. In an electric dryer with the correct temperature conditions, the process takes 6 hours. Using the plate requires several approaches for three hours with a six-hour break.
Drying in the oven
Peach after drying in the oven
With a small amount of products and the absence of electric ovens - the best option. Peaches are prepared in the usual way and cut into slices. The pieces should not be very small, the fruit will lose its charm. The sheet is covered with parchment, the fruits are laid on it with the skin up.
At a temperature of 50 degrees, they are dried for three hours. Then you need to take a break for 6 hours and continue the procedure. Drying continues until the product reaches a condition.
Periodically it is necessary to open the oven door to release excess moisture.
Oranges are dried and apples are dried in a similar way.
The use of electric dryers
Peaches in an electric drier are best dried.
Modern apparatus for drying vegetables and fruits VOLTERA 1000 Lux significantly accelerates the process. With natural weathering, the blanks lie for several days. In the dryer enough for 6 hours. Peach is loaded in whole or sliced. It is necessary to ensure that the products were approximately the same size.
Fruits are laid out on pallets in a single layer. It is necessary to set the temperature from 50 to 70 degrees. The process must be controlled so as not to spoil the products. Drying time will take 4 to 6 hours. Voltaire 1000 Lux is also suitable for the preparation of dry bananas and dried kiwi.
Nuances of drying in the sun
Sun Dried Peaches
Harvesting dried peaches in a natural way is suitable for large volumes of products. They must be pre-washed and wiped away with paper towel. Peeled fruit stalks and seeds are laid out on the racks with the pelt up.
On each side, it is necessary to dry for at least two days, as the fruits are juicy and fleshy. When the lobules reach condition, they are collected in canvas bags and stored for up to a year. Under the influence of sunlight the fruits become darker.
The color remains almost unchanged if you pre-fumigate the segments with sulfur smoke.
This method is also suitable for other fruits - pineapple, plum, but only for warm regions.
On the windowsill
Peach dried on the windowsill
The principle of harvesting dried fruit on the windowsill is identical to the process of drying in the sun. A large number of peaches will not fit on a limited area, but you can prepare a few kilograms. Entirely they will not dry out, so they need to be rid of the stones and divided into slices.
The window sill is covered with paper and fruits are laid out on it. On each side the slices are dried for 2-3 days. They must be turned over so as not to begin the process of decay. When excess moisture evaporates, the dried fruits are collected in containers or linen bags. Moths and other insects should not be allowed to enter the products.
Peach Dried Above The Plate
Another common method of drying fruits in cold regions is the electric cooker. Peeled and prepared peaches should be cut into small slices. They can be strung on a string, but they are quite heavy. Useful sieve or mesh. If the peach is decomposed into it and placed over a heater, then in a few hours the moisture will evaporate. Get dried peaches no worse than the sun.
How to cook dried peach with a bone
Dried peach with a stone
At home, dried peaches are cooked in the oven or electric drier. There are many devices for drying vegetables and fruits. There are three cooking methods:
 1. Drying entirely involves only washing the fruit and removing the stem.
 2. From the berries you can remove the stone and cut them in half.
 3. The skin is removed from the peaches, and a high-quality product is obtained.
Masters of drying prefer to cook special delicacies. Peaches are lowered into a boiling solution of water and soda for 7-9 seconds. The peduncle is removed, the bone is pulled out, and the skin is easily cleaned with a knife.
Peach slices are laid out on a tray and fumigated with sulfur. Only after that you can start drying.
For the preparation of high-quality dried fruit suitable electrical units and folk methods.
Peaches are rich in vitamins and have many beneficial properties. With a large number of products optimally suitable natural method of drying. Many peaches are placed on the shelves, but the process takes 4-6 days, depending on weather conditions and juiciness of the fruits. Weathering occurs faster in electric units. In the oven, you can make sweet chips or candied fruits, and also just dry the fruit slices. For the preparation of dried fruit for the winter fit as purchased and grown independently at home. When growing it is necessary to know about the nuances of tree care in order to get a rich harvest.


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Morphological study of the Lingual papillae of Jentink's flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus)
Keywords:Hylopetes platyurus, lingual papillae, light microscopy, scanning electron microscopy
This study describes the anatomy and histology of the tongue in the Jentink's flying squirrel (Hylopetes platyurus), a
rodent native to Indonesia (Borneo and Sumatra). We examined the characteristics of the tongue using scanning
electron microscopy (SEM) and light microscopy (LM). Macroscopic observations revealed three distinct regions: the
apex, corpus (body) and radix (root). The dorsal surface of the apex was characterized by a median groove and lacked
the lingual prominence that is common in many rodents. SEM and LM revealed the distribution of papillae over the
dorsal surface of the tongue. The papillae could be categorized as mechanical papillae (filiform, conical, large conical)
and gustatory papillae (fungiform, foliate, and vallate). Filiform papillae covered the apex and the anterior two-thirds
of the corpus. Fungiform papillae were distributed among the filiform papillae from the apex to the corpus, whereas
the foliate papillae were present only on the apex. Conical papillae were located on the posterior of the corpus, and the
large conical papillae were on the lateral surface of the lingual radix. Three vallate papillae were arranged in a "V"
pointing toward the larynx on the posterior part of the radix. This research provides the first detailed observations of
the lingual papillae in Hylopetes platyurus. The shape, structure and distribution of papillae are described and compared
with those in other rodent species.


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java get Object id
In java there is no any specific method that provides us the object's ID. But each object has its own unique hash value which can be treated as unique Id for that object.
To explain this concept here we are getting the hash code for the two object and this can be done by using the hashCode() method on both of the created objects.
String ind = new String("India");
System.out.println("Hash code for String object: " + ind.hashCode());
Above line of code creates a new String object "ind" and its hash code can be get by the method hashCode().
GetObjectId getObj = new GetObjectId();
System.out.println("Hash code for Class object: " + getObj.hashCode());
In above lines we have created a new object of GetObjectId and for its hash code we will be using hashCode() method. Here is the full example code of GetObjectId.java as follows:
Hash code for String object: 70793495
Hash code for Class object: _PHONE_
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Noun: whirlpool 'wurl,pool
 1. A powerful circular current of water (usually the result of conflicting tides)
 - vortex, maelstrom
Verb: whirlpool 'wurl,pool
 1. Flow in a circular current, of liquids
 - eddy, purl, swirl, whirl
Derived forms: whirlpooled, whirlpooling, whirlpools
Type of: course, current, feed, flow, run, stream
Encyclopedia: Whirlpool


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National Archaeology Day in the Arizona Desert
October 26, 2011
On National Archaeology Day the Central Arizona Society participated in a mudslinging activity at Pueblo Grande Museum in Phoenix, AZ. Mudslinging is a stabilization technique for earthen structures, and the AIA volunteers worked with the Pueblo Grande Museum Mudslingers - a volunteer organization that has worked at Pueblo Grande for eighteen years. Pueblo Grande Museum presents and conserves the Native American ruins, including an earthen platform mound, from the Hohokam culture that lived in central Arizona between 450 and 1450.
Mudslinging involves four basic steps:
1) Remove the loose/flaky earth
2) Wet the wall surface
3) Sling the freshly produced mud onto the surface
4) Smooth the new surface.
The Pueblo Grande Museum Mudslingers volunteer one Saturday morning a month (9-10 months a year), and the work that was done on Saturday will last for three to four years.
The Bayon Information Center in Siem Reap, Cambodia has joined as a new Collaborating Organization for International Archaeology Day 2013.
The Legacy: Hands on the Past, Center for Archaeological Research at The University of Texas at San Antonio and Frank H. McClung Museum at the University of Tennessee Knoxville have returned for International Archaeology Day 2013.
This week, the AIA has paired with two new organizations to promote International Archaeology Day 2013.


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Definitions of confessor
n. - One who confesses; one who acknowledges a fault, or the truth of a charge, at the risk of suffering; specifically, one who confesses himself a follower of Christ and endures persecution for his faith. 2
n. - A priest who hears the confessions of others and is authorized to grant them absolution. 2
The word "confessor" uses 9 letters: C E F N O O R S S.
No direct anagrams for confessor found in this word list.
Words formed by adding one letter before or after confessor (in bold), or to cefnoorss in any order:
s - confessors
All words formed from confessor by changing one letter
Browse words starting with confessor by next letter


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Numark Orbit - Importing Multiple Controller Mappings in Traktor Pro 2
Before we continue it's important to understand the differences between the types of Traktor Pro mappings. One type of mapping is a generic controller type; these mappings are generally included with the purchase of the hardware, and are supplied by the manufacture. Generic controller mappings provide basic control of the Traktor software. In most cases what you see on the controller is exactly what you reaction you get in the software. Another type of mapping is effects based mapping; the effects based mappings offer the user a more complex and customized experience. Since these mappings alter effects settings within Traktor it is important that these mappings are imported first. These mappings also must be imported two times using the large import button at the bottom left of the Preferences window. Importing the mapping twice ensures that all effects and their settings are loaded correctly.
Now that we understand the basics lets go through one example using the Numark 4TRAK, and the Numark Orbit wireless DJ controller. In this scenario we will be using the 4TRAK for basic control, and the Orbit to trigger customized combination effects. It is important to back up your current settings if you wish to use them later. Open Preferences within Traktor Pro and choose Export from the bottom of that window you will want to be sure and check off any setting box you wish to recall later.
Now that we understand the basics, and have made a backup our current settings lets get started.
- Download both controller mapping files.
- Unzip or extract the files to your desktop.
- Plug in your Numark 4TRAK USB, and the Numark Orbit USB Dongle.
- Power-on both units.
- Open Traktor Pro 2.
- Click the Preferences or gear icon in the top right corner.
- Click Import from the bottom of the Preferences window.
- First it's important to load the effects based mapping. Locate the Orbit mapping file, and click Open.
- Leave the default Category boxes checked as below unless you have your GUI or layout setup for 4 decks. Click OK to import the settings.
- You need to import this mapping twice ensure all effect settings load correctly. Repeat steps 7-10 to ensure this.
- Next we need to import our Generic mapping type which is the Numark 4TRAK for this example.
- Still within the Preferences window select and highlight Controller Manager section from the left.
- At the top of the window within the Device Setup section click Add…
- From the drop down list select Import.
- Locate the extracted Numark 4TRAK mapping file, and click Open. Should be wherever you extracted the mapping file to. Its important to add the second map in this manor other wise you will delete the first mapping we imported. Importing through the Traktor Wizard will also overwrite our original mapping and setup settings.
*You will always use Add... > Import when adding a second controller.
- Lastly ensure that all of your In-Ports, and Out-Ports are assigned to the correct hardware.
- That's it you have correctly configured multiple controllers within Traktor Pro 2. You can now export your controller mappings and settings. This way when you want to recall this same configuration again, simply click the Import button from the bottom of the Preferences window and choose that file.
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Overview — By Pat Daly GAA Head of Games
The main objectives of the GAA's Games Grassroots to National Programme (GNP) are to maximise participation and optimise playing standards. The big challenge for those in charge of teams is to ensure that games are structured to cater for the needs and abilities of those who participate.The GAA Coaching and Games Development Committee has developed 3 GO Games in Hurling and 3 in Gaelic Football known as —
What are the Key Objectives of the Go Games?
The key objectives of the Go Games can be summarised as follows:
 1. Promote Full Participation: Provide playing opportunities for all children at their respective levels of participation by ensuring everyone gets to play in the game and that nobody remains a substitute. "Playing, not winning, is the name of the game."
 2. Propagate the Principles of Fair Play: Promote sportsmanship by ensuring that all participants endeavour to play by the rules and give due respect to the opposition, the match officials and the game.
 3. Cater for the varying developmental needs of young players: Use modified playing rules and equipment that are appropriate to the age group and ability level of those participating
 4. Implement the GAA's Code of Best Practice for Youth Sport: Give practical expression to the GAA's Code of Best Practice for Youth Sport by invoking the principles of the Code at the fundamental levels of participation. N.B. While the playing rules for First, Quick and Smart Touch are not necessarily set in stone - the principle of ensuring that all participants get to play the full game is, as is the principle of not awarding medals or trophies arising from success in the Go Games.
What are the Benefits of the Go Games?
The benefits of the Go Games are:
 1. Increased enjoyment
 2. Increased number of touches on the ball
 3. Increased physical work rate
 4. Increased perception of competence
*Research conducted under the guidance of Professor Niall Moyna at the School of Health and Human Performance at DCU and presented at the 2004 National Coaching Conference
* To download the Go-Games coaching handbooks, go to _URL_
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Responsible Gaming - Juegos de casino, R. FRANCO GAMES
Responsible Gaming
Responsible Gaming is a rational and judicious choice of the gaming options which takes into account the player's personal circumstances and situation and prevents the game from becoming a problem. Responsible Gaming involves an educated and informed decision made by consumers with the sole purpose of entertaining and enjoying themselves, where the value played never exceeds what players can afford.
Responsible Gaming is a leisure and entertainment activity and never interferes with social, professional or family commitments.
Responsible players:
1. Responsible players play for fun, not for money. They are aware that they may be lucky and win, but they may also lose.
2. Playing responsibly means making decisions based on facts, keeping control of the time and the money players want to spend.
3. Playing responsibly makes the gaming activity a pleasant and enjoyable experience, with no risk of harm to players, their family and/or friends.
How to play responsibly:
1. Play for fun, not for money or to escape from problems.
2. Do not pursue or try to recover losses.
3. Play for fun, enjoy yourself when winning, but take into account that you may also lose.
4. Do not borrow money to play.
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Be certain the clipper is in the OFF position.
 1. Select the comb attachment depending on the desired hair length. In the attached file you can find the settings and remaining hair lengths. The remaining hair length is also indicated on each comb.
 2. Slide the selected comb into the guiding grooves on both sides of the Clipper swivel head and push until you hear it click' into place (fig. 1). Make sure the comb attachment locks properly into position.
 3. Turn the Hair Length Setting Adjustment Ring to set the comb to the desired setting (fig. 2). Do not turn the length setting adjustment ring beyond the highest hair length setting.
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Learn how to make an oceanic gope board in Part 3 of this series.
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Draw the shape for your Gope board. Make sure it is symmetrical and then cut it out. Next, fold the sheet of construction paper lengthwise. In cursive, write your name along the folded edge of the paper making certain that all letters set on the folded edge.
Fatten up the letters with the pencil and then cut out your name. Be careful not to cut apart any of your letters. Also, don't forget to cut out the openings in the letters and the areas along the folded edge. Glue the design onto another sheet of construction paper a bit different earthy color.
Cut out the name design leaving about a quarter inch border. Again, don't forget to cut out the openings of the letters then glue this onto your cardboard Gope board. Choose a border design from your patterns sheet and decorate with earth color such as browns, ochre, sienna, black and white, avoid blue and green.
Use markers or oil pastels. Apply a different pattern to your name design. For fun, choose some Papua New Guinea images to decorate the empty spaces of your board. Finish it off with some bundles of raffia and remember to have fun.


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may be found in SAM, appendix 3.
Not all subset relations are equally significant. For instance, the statement that the major chord is a subset of the 12-note set, although true, is insignificant, because all sets are subsets of the 12-note set; i.e., the statement is not discriminating. The larger the superset is, the less significant are its subsets. A 3-note subset is more significant if it is a subset of a 4-note set, than it is if it were a subset of an 9-note set. This observation leads to a method for establishing subset significance. It is suggested here that a subset whose cardinality is more than half of the superset is more significant than one that is not. In this way one may make a distinction between significant-subsets (mapping>50%) by labelling them with an S, and a less-significant subset (mapping<=50%) by labelling it with a +.
To determine if one set is contained in another place both in prime form. In some cases, the pins of the smaller set will be the same as those of the larger set and can, thus, reveal the subset relation. But, most of the time this will not be the case.
Figure the intervals between successive pins of both sets. These intervals should, as usual, be considered cyclic. If the div of the smaller set can be aligned with the larger or with successive sums of the larger, then the subset relation applies.
Two sets are in the complement relation when one contains all the pcs that are excluded from the other. For example, a C major scale excludes "black keys". The five black keys are its complement, and vice versa. Thus, a 7-note set has a 5-note complement, a 4-note set has an 8-note complement, etc., where the complement cardinalities always add up to 12.
In the table of sets, sets with complementary cardinalities and the same ordinal number are complements. But, if one has a B ending, the complement does not. Exceptions to this are indicated with a < sign in the table of sets. This sign indicates that the complement has the same name ending.
All hexachords have hexachord complements. Many are there own complements, except for the B ending. Those that are not their own complements identify their complements by the ordinal number that follows two dots in the set name. These dots also identify Z-sets, those that have the same interval vector.
Every set is in the subset relation to its complement except for the complementary couple 7-Z12/5-Z12.
The cardinality of the two sets must add up to 12. Write the pins of the complement of one of the sets and place it in prime form. If this matches the other set, the two sets are complements.
Similarity relations are used to describe the relationships between sets of the same cardinality. These are based upon pc similarity and ic similarity.
Allen Forte describes four basic types of similarity relations, which he designates Rp, Ro, R1, and R2. Rp is determined by pc similarity, and the other three are determined by ic similarity.
Rp, maximum similarity of pc, exists when the two sets of cardinality C have at least one common subset of cardinality C-1, which is the same as saying that there is one unmatched pc.
Forte remarks that Rp by itself is "not especially significant" because it is too common, and leaves it at that. By Forte's Rp criteria, for example, 014 would be just as similar to 047 (major chord) as is 037 (minor chord). And, 014 is just as similar to 037 (minor chord) as is 036 (diminished chord). This does not agree with the way these chords are commonly perceived.
For a revision of Rp that would agree more with our perceived notions of similarity, one could require that the unmatched pc pair be within a semitone of a match. This makes the criteria for maximal similarity more selective, more distinguished, and corresponding more closely to our perceived notions of similarity. This type of similarity could be designated as simply P.
Ro, called "minimum similarity", exists when two set of cardinality C have no corresponding interval vector digits in common.
R1 and R2 are known as maximum similarity of interval class. Such is the case when four out of their six iv digits are equivalent. The remaining two dissimilar digits determine the difference between R1 and R2. If these are the same numbers but switched in position, then the relation is R1. If the two dissimiar digits are simply not equivalent, even if switched, the relation is R2.
1. They must be the same cardinality C.
2. They have four out of six iv digits corresponding and parallel (same position). (R1/R2)
3. They have all but one pc correspondence. (Rp)
Maximal similarity exists when two pc sets of the same cardinality can be mapped to one another, with the exception of one pc in one of the sets. Additionally, the interval vectors of the two sets must have four out of six matches.
These may be called the X relation (Forte's R1) when the unmatched digits are switched and the O relation (Forte's R2) when they are not. (The reasons for changing Forte's symbols become apparent when a single letter is needed on a "Relations Triangle". Additionally, X and O are easier to remember, because they neatly describe their respective relations in the shape of the letters.)
Another type of maximal similarity, called simply the R relation, is more selective, and is based upon a perception model that is statistically determined. By this criteria it is assumed that the perception of the similarity of small sets is easier than is the perception of the similarity of large ones; i.e., the similarity of, say, 9-note sets would be more difficult to perceive than their complements, 3-note sets. Thus, a formula is constructed to simulate this difference in perception. To satisfy R the sets must meet the following criteria:
1. Two pc sets of the same cardinality can be mapped to one another, with the exception of one pc in one of the sets, which must be within a semitone of a match with the unmatched pc of the other set.
2. There must be a minimum of interval correspondence T, where T equals the total number of ics corresponding in the two sets. T must be equal or greater than SC/8, where S is the sum of the ics in the set cardinality (the sum of the digits in the iv), and C is the cardinality.
As an example, compare the following two sets, given in prime form with their interval vectors:
C=6, the cardinality. Comparing the primes, only one pin pair is unmatched (8 and 9), and they are a semitone apart, which satisfies condition 1. Then observing the ivs, the sum (S) of the ics in this cardinality is 15. (This is determined by adding the numbers in either iv. All sets of cardinality C will have the same S.)
To determine T: The number of ics common in each iv position is equal to the smaller number (comparing each pair of digits in the same position), and 132321 is the result. Adding these together gives T, which is 12 in this case.
The number 8 is the cardinality chosen to represent a reasonable limit to the perception of R; i.e., sets having cardinalities greater than 7 cannot have the R relation (although they may have other maximally similar relations).
Since SC/8=11.25 and T=12 is greater, the two sets of our example meet the criteria for the R relation.
Various operations are commonly performed on pc sets. These include rotations (CEG becomes EGC, GCE, ECG, etc.) and registral displacement. These operations have no effect on pc content. That is, they remain invariant under these operations.
Two operations that are commonly performed on pc sets that can alter pc content are (1) transposition and (2) inversion.
Pc sets often maintain some pc invariance after a transposition. A common example is the whole-tone scale, 02468A, or 6-35*. When this set is transposed by 2 semitones all of its pcs are held invariant. This would, of course, have important compositional consequences. It would be important, then, to know when pcs are held invariant under the operation of transposition. We can determine this by examining the iv of a pc set. 6-35* has an iv of 060603. The number that appears in each position indicates the number of pcs held invariant when transposed by its respective ic. Thus, the 6 that appears in ic position 2 reveals that when this set is transposed by 2 semitones (t2), 6 pcs (all) are held invariant. Since this is an ic transposition it may be either up or down, i.e., t2 or t10. A zero in the first position reveals that when this set is transposed by 1 semitone no pcs are held constant (also true for t11). The same is true of t3 and t9. There is a 6 in the ic4 position, meaning that at t4 or t8, 6 pcs (all) are again held constant. The 3 in the ic6 position, however, may seem puzzling at first. But, recall that 6 is its own inversion; therefore, the number of invariant pcs is double the number in the ic6 position


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You can boot your Neo FreeRunner in the following ways:
- You can power it up into an Openmoko image directly (default, when powered-on for the first time).
- You can boot it into the U-Boot bootloader via NAND Flash.
- You can boot it into U-Boot via NOR Flash.
Booting the device into NAND and NOR Flash allows you to update the kernel and root filesystem.
Start the Openmoko Image
Press and hold Power button for about 8 seconds, until the Openmoko splash screen turns up. You may now release the Power button and the Neo FreeRunner will continue to boot into the Openmoko Image.
Log into U-Boot in the NAND Flash
- Press and hold Power button
- Then while still pressing the Power button, press and hold AUX button for 5 to 8 seconds.
- A boot menu will appear. This indicates the NAND flash has booted.
- Press the AUX button to select one of the options and then press the Power button to execute.
Log into U-Boot in the NOR Flash
This option is usually used by developers or when flashing (imaging) the FreeRunner.
- Press and hold the AUX button
- While still pressing the AUX button, press and hold the Power button.
- Then release the AUX button (not required?)
- You should see the boot menu for the NOR Flash. This means you have entered the NOR flash.
Flashing can be performed when the NOR boot menu is active.
There are six options you can choose when you log into the NOR Flash.
- Boot from MicroSD
- Set console to USB
- Set console to Serial
- Power off
If you cannot log into U-Boot in NAND flash then you can log into U-Boot in the NOR flash either.
|| NOTE: The term Logging in used in this context means to turn on the device using the described method, and leaving it at the U-Boot menu. To avoid the device automatically booting, tap the AUX key to move the selector bar. Note also that the device will not automatically turn off while flashing is in progress.


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Ethiopia Can Generate a Surprisingly 60,000 MW of Clean Energy
According to a study cited by Corporate Communication Chief Officer with Ethiopian Electric Power Corporation (EEPCo), Misikir Negash, Ethiopia has proven to be a novel source of renewable energy with great potential.
The hydroelectric, wind and geothermal resources can be harvested to generate approximately 60,000 MW of electricity. Ethiopia's potential capacity is unevenly generated from the clean energy sources, as follows: 45,000 MW from hydroelectric power, 10,000 MW from wind and 5,000 MW from geothermal sources.
Ethiopia is currently capable to generate about 2,000 MW, mostly obtained from hydroelectric power and plans to expand it up to 8,000 MW in the next five years.
The state-run news agency, ENA, reported also that a 120MW wind power plan has been set up in Tigray State and similar projects are to begin in Adama, Aysha (located between Dire Dawa and Dewelle), Debreberhan and Mesebo.
Summing up, Ethiopia has set a daring target of expanding the country's electric coverage from 41% to 75% in the following five 5 years. Moreover, there will be a premiere in the electric sector, as EEPCo will install a 500 kV high-voltage electric cable covering up to 434 km.
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I have a problem for driving a stepper motor out of python(blender). The stepper should make the same rotation as cube in Blender3D. I'm using Blender 2.63, Pyserial 2.6, Arduino Mega2560, a big easy driver and a 1A stepper motor with 200 steps.
Python code:
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import bpy
import math
from math import degrees
import serial
ser = serial.Serial('COM5',115200,timeout=1)
def my_handler(scene):
 data = ''
 eulx = bpy.data.objects['Cube'].rotation_euler
 x = degrees(eulx.y)
 a = (x/360)*200
 data = bytes([int(a)])
Arduino code:
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_TAG_
int motorSpeed = 115200;
int motorAccel = 8000;
int motorDirPin = 9;
int motorStepPin = 8;
AccelStepper stepper(1, motorStepPin, motorDirPin);
void setup(){
 pinMode(5, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(6, OUTPUT);
 pinMode(7, OUTPUT);
 digitalWrite(5, LOW);
 digitalWrite(6, LOW);
 digitalWrite(7, LOW);
int num;
void loop()
 if (stepper.distanceToGo() == 0)
 num = Serial.read();
When I try this, the shaft moves and immediately moves back to its origin position. When I replace the "num" in the arduino code for testing, everything works fine (the shaft moves half of a full rotation).
Has anybody an idea why this could happen?
Thank you very much!
What does the data you are writing out the serial port look like? Is it a byte or integer or string? Are you processing it correctly at the Arduino end? It sonds sort of like the motor is turning back to the ZERO position.
thank you for trying to help me. The output for the example above is:
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>>>data = ''
>>>x = 180
>>>a = (x/360)*200
>>>data = bytes([int(a)])
So b'd' is the data sent. This works perfectly for my servos....
Any idea why it won't work on the steppers?
Thank you
Hello! could well turn the engine?
I want to move a stepper motor from Blender and not how.
Never call Serial.read() unless you have first checked that there is a character available using
Serial.available() > 0....
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I think that the problem has to do with datatypes. Let's look at the Python code:
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x = 180
a = (x/360)*200
x is an integer with the value 180. In the next line you divide the integer 180 with the integer 360 which becomes the integer 0 as it's rounded down, multiplied with 200 is still 0.
Change the code to:
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x = 180
a = (x/360.0)*200.0
and the computation will be a floating point computation. You could also make explicitly convert x to floating point like so:
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x = 180
a = (float(x)/360)*200
and still get the expected result.
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6.4.11 Duplicates
If you are a member of a couple of mailing lists, you will sometimes receive two copies of the same mail. This can be quite annoying, so nnmail checks for and treats any duplicates it might find. To do this, it keeps a cache of old Message-IDs: nnmail-message-id-cache-file, which is ~/.nnmail-cache by default. The approximate maximum number of Message-IDs stored there is controlled by the nnmail-message-id-cache-length variable, which is 1000 by default. (So 1000 Message-IDs will be stored.) If all this sounds scary to you, you can set nnmail-treat-duplicates to warn (which is what it is by default), and nnmail won't delete duplicate mails. Instead it will insert a warning into the head of the mail saying that it thinks that this is a duplicate of a different message.
This variable can also be a function. If that's the case, the function will be called from a buffer narrowed to the message in question with the Message-ID as a parameter. The function must return either nil, warn, or delete.
You can turn this feature off completely by setting the variable to nil.
If you want all the duplicate mails to be put into a special duplicates group, you could do that using the normal mail split methods:
 (setq nnmail-split-fancy
 '(| ;; Messages duplicates go to a separate group.
 ("gnus-warning" "duplicat\\(e\\|ion\\) of message" "duplicate")
 ;; Message from daemons, postmaster, and the like to another.
 (any mail "mail.misc")
 ;; Other rules.
 [...] ))
Or something like:
 (setq nnmail-split-methods
 '(("duplicates" "^Gnus-Warning:.*duplicate")
 ;; Other rules.
Here's a neat feature: If you know that the recipient reads her mail with Gnus, and that she has nnmail-treat-duplicates set to delete, you can send her as many insults as you like, just by using a Message-ID of a mail that you know that she's already received. Think of all the fun! She'll never see any of it! Whee!


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Hawaiian language online
About Hawaiian diacritical marks
The Hawaiian language uses two diacritical markings. The okina is a glottal stop, similar to the sound between the syllables of "oh-oh." In print, the correct mark for designating an okina is the single open quote mark. The kahako is a macron, which lengthens and adds stress to the marked vowel. For example 'pau,' depending on placement of okina and kahako, can mean completed, smudge, moist or skirt.
The State of Hawaii and University of Hawaii strongly encourage use of Hawaiian diacritical markings. (See UH Style Guide.) Technology, however, is still catching up.
Choose the level of Hawaiian font display
Depending on your browser, operating system and installed fonts, you may be able to display Hawaiian diacritical marks. If not, they will generally appear as boxes or question marks. In that case, you can choose either to use a foot mark (') as an approximation of the okina or display text without diacritical marks.
Your setting selection will be maintained for this browser and this session only.
- Display no diacritical markings
- Use the footmark () for the okina, but do not display macrons
- Show all diacritical markings
Click on the links above and watch the demo text below change. If you see boxes instead of diacritical marks, you do not have the fonts installed and should turn off the diacritical option for your session.
Hawaiian language demo
The University of Hawaii System consists of 10 campuses, 7 community colleges and 3 university level campuses. The Manoa campus, on the island of Oahu, is the flagship campus with more than 18,000 students enrolled.
Ua haku ia ke Kualono e ka Hale Kuamoo, Ke Kulanui o Hawaii ma Hilo e kakoo ai i na kaiaulu olelo Hawaii a puni ke ao. Oiai, ma ka olelo Hawaii ka hapanui o na ike, he mau palapala olelo Pelekane no hoi ko loko no ka poe hoihoi i ke ao ana i ka olelo Hawaii a i ole no ka poe hoihoi i ka hoonaauao ia no ka olelo oiwi o Hawaii nei a me ka holomua o ka olelo Hawaii.


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Why does a whip make a cracking sound when someone whips it? --- Thomas, Englishtown, N.J.
Marshall Brain Answers:
That cracking sound you are hearing is a sonic boom. The tip of a long whip goes supersonic and makes the sound. The following video demonstrates how to make a whip and crack it:
Here is the tip in slow motion:
This article puts a finer point on it:
"A whip is specially crafted to accelerate a loop in its body to high speeds. The tapering of a whip makes a loop traveling along it speed up by a factor of ten. The lightweight free end allows an extra factor of two to three in speed. For realistic whips, the tip can reach speeds more than 30 times the initial speed," he said.
See also: Time Warp: Whip Through Soda Can


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I have the question:
compute $\phi(24)$ for each element Z/24 decide whether the element is a unit or a zero divisor, if the element is a unit divisor give its order and find its inverse.
Ive worked out $\phi(24)=8$
and the unit divisors to be ${1,5,7,11,13,17,19,23}$
however when I came to working out the order I got them all to be 2?
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Presumably, you mean all but one of them has order 2. – Gerry Myerson Nov 28 '12 at 12:16
yupp bar the number 1, could you confirm ive answered it correctly or have i gone terribly wrong? – jill Nov 28 '12 at 12:18
_USER_ You can write $(\mathbb{Z}/24)^{\times} \cong (\mathbb{Z}/8)^{\times} \times (\mathbb{Z}/3)^{\times} \cong \mathbb{Z}/2 \times \mathbb{Z}/2 \times \mathbb{Z}/2$ in which it's easy to see that all elements have order at most $2$ – Cocopuffs Nov 28 '12 at 12:27
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$(2a+1)^2=4a^2+4a+1=8\frac{a(a+1)}2+1\equiv \pmod 8\implies c^2\equiv1\pmod 8$ if $(c,8)=1$
Now, $(3b\pm1)^2\equiv 1\pmod 3\implies c^2\equiv1\pmod 3$ if $(c,3)=1$
If $(c,8)=1$ and $(c,3)=1$ i.e., if $(c,24)=1, lcm(3,8)\mid (c^2-1)\implies c^2\equiv1\pmod{24}$
So, $ord_{24}c\mid 2$
But clearly, $ord_{24}c\ne1$ for $c>1\implies ord_{24}c=2$ for $c>1$ and $(c,24)=1$
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If you look at the numbers mod 6 (the prime divisors of 24 being 2 and 3) you eliminate those equivalent to 0,2,3,4 - so you have left those equivalent to 1 and 5 (i.e. $6n \pm 1$). You could confirm your answer by looking at what happens to the numbers $(6n \pm 1)^2$ when they are taken mod 24.
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Fading is a technique applied in behavior therapy, particularly behavior modification, as well as skill training settings, where an initial prompting to perform an action is gradually withdrawn until the need for it fades away.
The overall goal is for an individual to eventually not need prompts. As an individual gains mastery of a skill at a particular prompt level, the prompt is faded to a less intrusive prompt. This ensures that the individual does not become overly dependent on a particular prompt when learning a new behaviour or skill.
This approach built on studies in operant conditioning in which a new stimulus was presented alongside an existing one to which a response had been learnt. The old stimulus was gradually faded out, by a process of stimulus attenuation, its frequency or intensity reduced, and it was shown that this allowed the new stimulus to gain control of the response.


text: Purpose: To determine whether the absence of transglutaminase 2 enzyme (TG2) in TG2 knockout mice (TG2 -/- ) protect them against early age-related functional and histological arterial changes. Methods: Pulse wave velocity (PWV) was measured using non-invasive Doppler and mean arterial pressure (MAP) was measured in awake mice using tail-cuff system. Thoracic aortas were excised for evaluation of endothelial dependent vasodilation (EDV) by wire myography, as well as histological analyses. Results: PWV and MAP were similar in TG2 -/- mice to age-matched wild type (WT) control mice. Old WT mice exhibited a markedly attenuated EDV as compared to young WT animals. The TG2 -/- young and old mice had enhanced EDV responses (p<0.01) as compared to WT mice. There was a significant increase in TG2 crosslinks by IHC in WT old group compared to Young, with no stain in the TG2 -/- animals. Optical microscopy examination of Old WT mice aorta showed thinning and fragmentation of elastic laminae. Young WT mice, old and young TG2 -/- mice presented regularly arranged and parallel elastic laminae of the tunica media. Conclusion: The genetic suppression of TG2 delays the age-induced endothelial dysfunction and histological modifications.


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Why is standardisation important?
- A lack of standardisation impedes the development of the market. Using multiple standards means devices cannot communicate. Standardisation is important for the industry to be truly efficient and integrated.
- However it is important that the standard is allowed to develop over time. Technology in this sector is moving on and any standard needs to be flexible enough to move with technological changes.
- This community is dedicated to promoting a progressive standard. As technology develops, the WAVE2M standard will be allowed to develop and improve.


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- Wine bottle corks
- Liquid tempera paint in a shallow pan
- Grasp the cork at one end and hold it upright.
- Press the cork into the paint then onto a piece of paper or newsprint.
- If you like, use tempera paint in several different colors.
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Simile in The Old Nurse's Story
Simile Examples in The Old Nurse's Story:
The Old Nurse's Story
"The hard, sad Miss Furnivall, and the cold Mrs. Stark, looked pleased when she came fluttering in like a bird, playing and pranking hither and thither, with a continual murmur, and pretty prattle of gladness...." See in text (The Old Nurse's Story)
Hester's description of toddler Rosamond recalls a chattering bird, bringing cheerfulness and conversation to previously silent and darkened places. Rosamond's good humor serves as a contrast to Mrs. Stark and Miss Furnivall, who are both quiet and unfriendly. Note also that birds are notoriously fragile creatures; Hester's protectiveness of Rosamond is shown in her word choice to describe the child.
"a face as full of fine wrinkles as if they had been drawn all over it with a needle's point...." See in text (The Old Nurse's Story)
Notice the simile here: Miss Furnivall's wrinkles are so precise that it looks as if someone has carefully drawn them on with a pinpoint. This highlights both her advanced age and suggests she is someone who is as precise as her appearance.
"who was like a sunbeam in any family, be it never so grand..." See in text (The Old Nurse's Story)
Notice the simile used to characterize Rosamond: she is like a "sunbeam," a bright flash of warm, comforting light in an otherwise dreary landscape. Hester calls Rosamond her "pet" out of affection, not out of condescending ownership, showing the true bond that exists between the two.


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- Studio: History Channel
- DVD Release Date: July 10, 2004
Whether felling trees, trimming metal pipes, or shortening a 2 x 4 the handsaw is a cutting tool that's been in use since almost the beginning of civilization.
With a design dating back to copper cutting tools 4500 years ago, the handsaw has put in appearances all throughout history.
By 1500 BC the Egyptians were using bronze handsaws to cut stone for sarcophaguses, and by 1700 AD, the saw had become the modern steel cutting machine found in every toolbox.
During the 1800's the saw became steadily more important within the logging industry, as the two-man cross cut saw became the principle tool for felling trees, and a 2 man pitsaw team turned those trees into lumber.