C Language Storage Classes
A storage class is used to set the scope of a variable or function. By knowing the storage class of a variable, we can determine the life-time of that variable during the run-time of the program.
 - [auto|register|static|extern] [ = ];
 - [static _Thread_local|extern _Thread_local|_Thread_local] [ = ]; /* since >=C11 */
 - Examples:
 - typedef int foo;
 - extern int foo[2];
Storage class specifiers are the keywords which can appear next to the top-level type of a declaration. The use of these keywords affects the storage duration and linkage of the declared object, depending on whether it is declared at file scope or at block scope:
KeywordStorage DurationLinkageRemarks
staticStaticInternalSets internal linkage for objects at file scope; sets static storage duration for objects at block scope.
externStaticExternalImplied and therefore redundant for objects defined at file scope which also have an initializer. When used in a declaration at file scope without an initializer, hints that the definition is to be found in another translation unit and will be resolved at link-time.
autoAutomaticIrrelevantImplied and therefore redundant for objects declared at block scope.
registerAutomaticIrrelevantRelevant only to objects with automatic storage duration. Provides a hint that the variable should be stored in a register. An imposed constraint is that one cannot use the unary & "address of" operator on such an object, and therefore the object cannot be aliased.
typedefIrrelevantIrrelevantNot a storage class specifier in practice, but works like one from a syntactic point of view. The only difference is that the declared identifier is a type, rather than an object.
_Thread_localThreadInternal/externalIntroduced in C11, to represent thread storage duration. If used at block scope, it shall also include extern or static.
Every object has an associated storage duration (regardless of scope) and linkage (relevant to declarations at file scope only), even when these keywords are omitted.
The ordering of storage class specifiers with respect to top-level type specifiers (int, unsigned, short, etc.) and top-level type qualifiers (const, volatile) is not enforced, so both of these declarations are valid:
int static const unsigned a = 5; /* bad practice */
static const unsigned int b = 5; /* good practice */
It is, however, considered a good practice to put storage class specifiers first, then any type qualifiers, then the type specifier (void, char, int, signed long, unsigned long long, long double...).
Not all storage class specifiers are legal at a certain scope:
register int x; /* legal at block scope, illegal at file scope */
auto int y; /* same */
static int z; /* legal at both file and block scope */
extern int a; /* same */
extern int b = 5; /* legal and redundant at file scope, illegal at block scope */
/* legal because typedef is treated like a storage class specifier syntactically */
int typedef new_type_name;
Storage Duration
Storage duration can be either static or automatic. For a declared object, it is determined depending on its scope and the storage class specifiers.
Static Storage Duration
Variables with static storage duration live throughout the whole execution of the program and can be declared both at file scope (with or without static) and at block scope (by putting static explicitly). They are usually allocated and initialized by the operating system at program startup and reclaimed when the process terminates. In practice, executable formats have dedicated sections for such variables (data, bss and rodata) and these whole sections from the file are mapped into memory at certain ranges.
Thread Storage Duration
This storage duration was introduced in C11. This wasn't available in earlier C standards. Some compilers provide a non-standard extension with similar semantics. For example, gcc supports __thread specifier which can be used in earlier C standards which didn't have _Thread_local.
Variables with thread storage duration can be declared at both file scope and block scope. If declared at block scope, it shall also use static or extern storage specifier. Its lifetime is the entire execution the thread in which it's created. This is the only storage specifier that can appear alongside another storage specifier.
Automatic Storage Duration
Variables with automatic storage duration can only be declared at block scope (directly within a function or within a block in that function). They are usable only in the period between entering and leaving the function or block. Once the variable goes out of scope (either by returning from the function or by leaving the block), its storage is automatically deallocated. Any further references to the same variable from pointers are invalid and lead to undefined behaviour.
In typical implementations, automatic variables are located at certain offsets in the stack frame of a function or in registers.
External and Internal Linkage
Linkage is only relevant to objects (functions and variables) declared at file scope and affects their visibility across different translation units. Objects with external linkage are visible in every other translation unit (provided that the appropriate declaration is included). Objects with internal linkage are not exposed to other translation units and can only be used in the translation unit where they are defined.


text: As a typical multilinear dimensionality reduction (DR) method, tensor locality preserving projection (TLPP) has been successfully applied in many practical problems. However, TLPP depends mainly on preserving its local neighbor graph which often suffers from the following issues: (1) the neighbor graph is constructed with the Euclidean distance which fails to consider the relationships among different coordinates for tensor data; (2) the affinity matrix only focuses on the local structure information of samples while ignoring the existing label information; (3) the projection matrices are nonorthogonal, thus it is difficult to preserve the local manifold structure. To address these problems, a multilinear DR algorithm called optimal neighbor graph-based orthogonal tensor locality preserving projection (OG-OTLPP) is proposed. In OG-OTLPP, an optimal neighbor graph is first built according to tensor distance. Then the affinity matrix of data is defined by utilizing both the label information and the intrinsic local geometric properties of the data. Finally, in order to improve the manifold preserving ability, an efficient and stable scheme is designed to iteratively learn the orthogonal projections. We evaluate the proposed algorithm by applying it to image recognition. The experimental results on five public image databases demonstrate the effectiveness of our algorithm.

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Setting up a co-optation program in your company
Deux collègues souriants
Co-optation program or co-option is on the rise in French companies. According to the Sourcing Cadres barometer carried out by APEC (2019), employee co-optation represented the 4ᵉ channel for hiring executives in 2018. It has to be said that this scheme does not lack advantages. Here are our recommendations for setting up a co-option program in your company.
Co-optation, definition
Let's start by defining the concept of co-optation. It is a recruitment method that allows employees of a company to recommend someone they know for a specific position. The person co-opted can be from the employee's personal or professional network.
Also called "participative recruitment", co-optation allows companies to obtain qualified people at a lower cost.
What is the difference between referral and co-optation?
There is a major difference between these two concepts.
allows a person to obtain a job thanks to the support of an acquaintance with a contact in the company. Co-optation, on the other hand, is more fair play. It involves studying a candidate's CV and then comparing their skills with other applicants.
In other words, before considering a co-opted candidate, the company always ensures that he/she has the skills required for the job. This recruitment by recommendation allows the HR function to identify qualified profiles more easily. Indeed, in the context of a co-optation, the co-opter guarantees the skills of the co-optee. This question of qualifications and skills is completely absent from the principle of referral, which is characterised by an important emotional dimension.
What are the advantages of a co-optation program?
Co-option is effective. At least, that is what many studies prove. According to the APEC Sourcing Cadres barometer cited above, "48% of companies that used employee co-optation to recruit an executive hired someone they knew or recommended.
This success can be explained by the multiple advantages of co-optation:
Co-optation makes it possible to get in touch with highly qualified profiles that may be difficult to reach. By using the network of its employees, the company saves a lot of time: it no longer has to approach attractive candidates. The sourcing work is then done by the employees.
Co-optation also allows access to the "grey zone", i.e. candidates who are not actively looking for a job, but who remain open to opportunities.
Co-optation saves recruiters time. It gives primacy to expert profiles recognised by their peers.
According to a Jobvite study (2012), recruitment by co-optation takes 29 days on average, compared to 39 days for job boards.
Speed also means efficiency. Again according to this study, 47% of co-opted people were still working in the company three years later – compared to 14% for candidates from a job board.
Co-optation helps to strengthen the feeling of belonging among employees and to value them. More than just employees, they become true ambassadors, ready to defend the company's projects, values and culture.
Setting up a co-optation program
As you can see, co-optation is good for your business. But how do you ensure that it is implemented correctly?
Provide a framework
This is a basic piece of advice that applies to any new scheme set up in a company. To avoid any deviation and to implement a rigorous co-optation program, you need to define a clear framework. Who can and cannot be recommended by your employees? Which positions are open for co-optation? Set rules, which reflect your company's values.
Define a clear and structured process
Also try to set up a clear and structured co-optation process. Your employees need to know who to talk to when they want to recommend someone, what tool to use to register the recommendation and to monitor the process.
Motivate and reward employees who coopt
Motivate your staff with incentives. Of course, the commitment of your employees and their goodwill might be enough to get them to adopt this scheme in the first place… But for co-optation to become a reflex for your employees, it is essential to motivate them – and thank them for their efforts, with a co-optation bonus for example, or even bonuses.
At Capgemini, for example, the co-optation bonus varies between 1,200 euros (for the co-optation of a junior profile) and 2,000 euros (for the co-option of a more experienced candidate).
Do not hesitate to be inventive, by proposing competitions or challenges, which would reward the employees who have made the most co-optations over a given period of time…
Valuing co-optation within the company
It is also important to make the most of the co-optation system within your organisation. Your teams must understand all the issues and benefits of this recruitment method. Because they are part of the company, employees are in the best position to recommend profiles. They know the company's commitment, mission and culture, and are therefore perfectly capable of assessing the relevance of a candidate for a given position.
Also remember to alert your troops when a strategic position opens up. Communicate transparently about the talent shortages you are experiencing. In short: rally your employees around your recruitment challenges. If your employees are engaged, they should care!
Equip yourself with software
Think about getting dedicated co-optation software. Today, many solutions such as Social Referral allow you to automate your cooptation process by integrating seamlessly with your ATS.
Co-optation program, points to watch out for
Co-optation can be beneficial in many ways, but it should not be used as a systematic means of recruitment. The reason is simple: diversity and co-optation are not very compatible. Indeed, how can you ensure an inclusive and equal opportunity recruitment system if you only use your employees' network to recruit?
The main limitation of co-optation is obvious. It is a system that gives primacy to the network of its employees. In other words, their former colleagues, classmates, relatives and acquaintances… Identical circles, in short, who share the same training, the same experiences… Beware, therefore, of the culture of the "entre-soi", which is radically opposed to the principle of diversity.
Finally, you must make it clear to your teams that there is a substantial difference between cooptation and referral. Also, make sure that you integrate the recommended candidate into the normal recruitment process. All applicants must be examined in the same way (otherwise, it is no longer a recommendation, but referral!)
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Ariyalur to Cuddalore distance, location, road map and direction
Ariyalur is located in India
at the longitude of 79.08 and latitude of 11.14. Cuddalore is located in India
at the longitude of 79.77 and latitude of 11.74.
- Driving Distance : 126 KM and 354 meters / 78.5 miles.
- Straight Line Distance : 100 KM and 900 meters / 62.7 miles.
- Travel time : 2 hours and 26 minutes.
- Direction and bearing : North East side, 48 degree.
Distance between Ariyalur and Cuddalore
The total straight line distance between Ariyalur and Cuddalore is 100 KM
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Grokbase Groups Pig user March 2009
Thanks for the response... unfortunately the output I get is:
(, 1, 1)
(w, 1, 1)
(x, 3, 3) <--- $2 should be a '2' not a '3'.
(y, 1, 1)
(z, 1, 1)
Desired results:
x,3,2 <--- $2 should be a '2' and not a '3' because the values for 'x' are (a,b,b) and so there are only 2 distinct values.
I was able to get the output of (x,3,3) via another way
A = load 'test.csv' using PigStorage(',') as (a1,a2,a3);
B = group A by $0;
C = distinct B;
D = foreach C generate group, COUNT(A.a2), COUNT(A.a3);
...but to make it work as a distinct count I would like to achieve (x,3,2) not (x,3,3).
Would I need to write a UDF called COUNT_DISTINCT based mostly on the COUNT function? If so how?
Would replacing...
public void exec(Tuple input, DataAtom output) throws IOException {
output.setValue(count(input)); <--- I suppose this should return a count of hash keys or something???
} sufficient?
Thanks in advance,
-----Original Message-----
From: Alan Gates
Sent: Wednesday, March 18, 2009 2:56 PM
Subject: Re: count distinct using pig?
B = group A by $0;
C = foreach B {
D1 = A.a2;
D2 = distinct D1;
E1 = A.a3;
E2 = distinct D2;
generate group, COUNT(D2), COUNT(E2);
store C into 'output';
On Mar 18, 2009, at 1:43 PM, Avram Aelony wrote:
Hello Pig list,
several categorical variables a1-a3 and am seeking to compute
distinct counts of fields a2 and a3 by field a1.
How can I get distinct counts?
For example:
dump A;
(x, X, a)
(y, Y, b)
(x, XX, b)
(z, Z, c)
(w, X, )
(, W, d)
(x,, b)
B = group A by $0;
dump B;
(, {(, W, d)})
(w, {(w, X, )})
(x, {(x, X, a), (x, XX, b), (x,, b)})
(y, {(y, Y, b)})
(z, {(z, Z, c)})
# how do I get distinct counts by $0??
_TAG_ output:
Many thanks,
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In theory, a 5-gallon jug filled completely with $100 bills can contain a total of $980,000. If the jug is filled with $1 coins, it could hold a total of $33,333. The amount varies widely depending on the combination of coins and bills used to fill the jug.
Based on measurements, a stack of 100 $100 bills is 6 inches long by 2.5 inches wide by 0.43 inches tall, giving the stack a volume of 11.785 cubic centimeters. A 5-gallon jug contains the equivalent of 1,155 cubic inches. Dividing 1,155 cubic inches by 11.785 cubic inches per stack of bills gives a total of 98 stacks of $10,000. Multiplying 98 stacks by $10,000 gives a total of $980,000. The same process can be used to find the volume of $1 coins contained in a 5-gallon space.


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Design Research, Storytelling, and Entrepreneur Women in Rural Costa Rica: a case study
Maria Gabriela Hernandez
University of Houston
Keywords: visual storytelling; rural ecotourism; design research; empathic design
This paper describes a project exploring design research practices and empathic design to produce context-specific knowledge to inform and facilitate visual storytelling, in collaboration with the Women's Association of Chira Island, a rural ecotourism association from the Pacific of Costa Rica. While their pioneering ecotourism projects have gained national recognition, its members have faced multiple challenges, including reassessing gender and social roles and furthering their capacity to support development in the community. Their experiences and stories became their most valuable asset, triggering the need to communicate them to benefit similar populations. The contents of this project were developed during three field research visits and two years of collaborative design work, employing " time," "space," and "voice" to contextualize the stories. This investigation resulted in printed materials and videos designed for mobility and easy reproduction to be used by the association as tools to inspire women in similar rural areas.
This paper is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike 4.0 International licence.
Cite this paper: Hernandez, M.G. (2016). Design Research, Storytelling, and Entrepreneur Women in Rural Costa Rica: a case study. Proceedings of DRS 2016, Design Research Society 50th Anniversary Conference. Brighton, UK, 27–30 June 2016.
This paper will be presented at DRS2016, find it in the conference programme


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You can actually see the fish and dolphins in the canals of Venice again as tourists stay away during coronavirus crisis
Greg Evans
Wednesday 18 March 2020 08:45
The coronavirus outbreak is worrying for everyone. But people being kept inside has resulted in some positive effects for the surrounding environment.
Pollution levels have dropped above northern Italy as factories have been forced into lockdown and air pollution in London has reportedly dropped due to the amount of people working from home.
Although the lack of tourists around the world have forced animals in places like Thailand and Japan to forage for their own food, in Venice, Italy the world-famous canals have miraculously become so clear again that you can actually see the fish for the first time in decades.
Images of the canals have been widely shared on social media and people, especially those that have visited the city are astonished at what they have seen.
It's not just fish that have been spotted in the city again. Dolphins, swans and even wild boars (which are actually in Sardinia) have begun to reclaim their place in the world.
Meanwhile, this is what it looks like in Venice, one of the biggest tourist destinations in Italy, from a human perspective.
At the time of writing, Italy remains on lockdown after confirming more than 31,000 cases and 2,503 deaths.


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Computer and office equipment production statistics - NACE Rev. 1.1
From Statistics Explained
- Data from January 2009, most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database
This article belongs to a set of statistical articles which analyse the structure, development and characteristics of the various economic activities in the European Union (EU). According to the statistical classification of economic activities in the EU (NACE Rev 1.1), the present article covers for the manufacture of computers and office equipment, corresponding to NACE Division 30, which is part of the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector. The activities covered in this article are the manufacture of:
- office machinery;
- peripherals, such as printers and terminals.
Note that the manufacture of electronic games is classified under toys and is covered within the article on jewelry, musical instruments, sports goods and toy production.
Main statistical findings
There were 10.7 thousand enterprises within the EU-27's computer and office equipment (NACE Division 30) manufacturing sector in 2005, employing 154.6 thousand persons in 2006, while value added reached EUR 9.6 billion from a turnover of EUR 59.6 billion in the same year. The computer and office equipment manufacturing sector was by a considerable margin the smallest activity among the four NACE divisions that comprise the electrical machinery and optical equipment (NACE Subsection DL) manufacturing sector; this was the case for each of the main indicators used to measure the size of an activity. In relative terms, the computer and office equipment sector generally accounted for around 5 % of the electrical machinery and optical equipment manufacturing sector; this share rising as high as 8.4 % for turnover and falling as low as 4.2 % for the number of persons employed.
Within the activity of computer and office equipment manufacturing, the biggest subsector was clearly the manufacture of computers and other information processing equipment (NACE Class 30.02), which accounted for more than three quarters of both the EU-27's value added (77.3 %) and number of persons employed (77.5 %), the remainder being accounted for by the manufacture of office machinery (NACE Class 30.01).
The production of computers and office equipment was highly concentrated in three of the Member States, which together accounted for just over 75 % of the EU-27's value added in 2006. Germany was the leading producer, with a 38.3 % share of EU-27 value added (considerably higher than its corresponding share of the workforce, which stood at 25.4 %). The second highest level of output was recorded in Ireland (20.9 % of EU-27 value added), while one sixth (16.7 %) of the total was generated in the United Kingdom. To give some idea of the extent to which these three countries dominated EU-27 production, the fourth highest share in EU-27 value added was recorded in Italy at just 4.5 %. The contribution of the computer and office equipment sector to non-financial business economy value added was highest in Ireland (2.2 %), which may be attributed to Ireland often being used as a hub by large international manufacturers before distributing their computers across Europe. The next most specialised country was Hungary (where the manufacture of computers and office equipment accounted for 0.6 % of non-financial business economy value added), while Germany (0.3 %) was the third most specialised Member State.
As with many technology-related activities, EU-27 output from computer and office equipment manufacturing followed an erratic development, rising at a rapid pace through to the peak of the dot.com boom in 2000, before falling in the period from 2001 to 2003. Annual short-term statistics show that the index of production for the computer and office equipment manufacturing thereafter rose at a particularly fast pace (on average by 9.2 % per year) between 2003 and 2007. Having also peaked in 2000 the EU-27 index of employment for computer and office equipment manufacturing started to follow a downward path and fell in successive years through to 2007, losing an average of 4.5 % of the workforce each year; this trend was likely to be endemic of a gradual shift in assembly operations to lower labour cost regions.
Price comparisons over time are particularly difficult because computer specifications are constantly increasing, while the price of computers tends to fall. Indeed, in contrast to the majority of industrial NACE divisions, the domestic output price index for the manufacture of computers and office equipment in the EU-27 fell between 1997 and 2007 at an average rate of 8.1 % per year.
Expenditure and productivity
Gross investment in tangible goods of the EU-27's computer and office equipment manufacturing sector in 2006 was particularly low at EUR 710 million. Computer and office equipment manufacturing accounted for 3.5 % of the total investment made in the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector in 2006. The investment rate (defined here as the ratio of investment to value added) of the computer and office equipment manufacturing sector in the EU-27 was 7.4 % in 2006, which was the second lowest ratio among all of the NACE divisions within the non-financial business economy for which data are available in 2005 or 2006 (higher only than for instrument engineering – see Instrument engineering statistics - NACE Rev. 1.1). The Czech Republic and Greece (2005) were the only Member States among those for which data are available to report an investment rate for computer and office equipment manufacturing that was above their non-financial business economy average.
The relative importance of personnel costs in relation to operating expenditure was 10.9 % in the EU-27's computer and office equipment manufacturing sector in 2006. This was almost half the average share recorded within the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector (20.6 %) and was the lowest share among the four NACE divisions that comprise the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector.
In productivity terms, each person employed in the EU-27's computer and office equipment manufacturing sector generated an average of EUR 62.3 thousand of value added in 2006, which was well above the EUR 55.3 thousand average for electrical machinery and optical equipment. Average personnel costs were also somewhat higher, at EUR 42.6 thousand per employee in 2005 for computer and office equipment manufacturing, when compared with the average for electrical machinery and optical equipment (EUR 39.6 thousand per employee in the same year). Apparent labour productivity more than covered average personnel costs, as the wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio for computer and office equipment manufacturing stood at 153.0 % in 2005, which was above the average for the whole of electrical machinery and optical equipment sector (130.9 % in the same year), as well as being the highest wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio among the four NACE divisions covered within the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector.
In the majority of the Member States, average personnel costs were considerably higher within the computer and office equipment manufacturing sector than across the whole of the non-financial business economy. This was particularly true in Germany, where they were 83.4 % above the average in 2006. These relatively high personnel costs per employee were to some extent reflection of a high level of apparent labour productivity, as each person employed in the German computer and office equipment manufacturing sector generated 75.7 % more added value than the national average within the non-financial business economy. This relative performance was only bettered in Latvia (where apparent labour productivity among the computer and office equipment workforce was 212.1 % higher than the average), Ireland (87.1 %) and in Hungary (82.9 % higher).
Data sources and availability
The main part of the analysis in this article is derived from structural business statistics (SBS), including core, business statistics which are disseminated regularly, as well as information compiled on a multi-yearly basis, and the latest results from development projects.
Other data sources include the PRODCOM statistics on the production of manufactured goods.
The electrical machinery and optical equipment sector is an important and strategic part of Europe's manufacturing sector, producing a wide range of mostly high-technology products (for example, computers, switchgears or semi-conductors). This sector has been cited as being at the centre of industrial development, as almost every other sector depends, at least to some degree, on the capital equipment, technology, end-products, research and innovations that are provided by the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector. It is therefore often referred to as one of the main drivers of productivity gains and central to the EU's objective of creating more and better jobs.
The goods and services made within the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector range from capital goods used in energy and primary transformation activities, transport manufacturing (motor vehicles, aeronautics and rail equipment producers) or process manufacturing sectors (agro-industries, chemicals, plastics or wood), through intermediate goods (such as electronic components or wiring) that are often used by other manufacturers, to consumer goods (such as consumer electronics, mobile phones and household appliances).
This sector operates within a long-established legislative framework that covers issues such as product safety, energy labelling, minimum efficiency requirements, eco-design and waste. Two Directives (2008/34 and 2008/35) on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment were introduced in 2008. The EU aims to take measures to prevent the generation of electrical and electronic waste and to promote reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery in order to reduce the quantity of such waste by

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NengoDL allows Keras models to be integrated directly into a NengoDL network, through the use of nengo_dl.TensorNode (see this example). However, rather than keeping a model defined in Keras/TensorFlow, sometimes we may want to convert it to a native Nengo model (composed only of Nengo objects, such as nengo.Ensemble and nengo.Connection). One reason we might want to do this is if we want to be able to run the model on different Nengo backends. Keras models can only run in the NengoDL Simulator, but a native Nengo model can run in any Nengo Simulator (including backends for specialized neuromorphic hardware). Another reason we might want to convert a Keras model to a Nengo network is so that we can use Nengo's spiking neuron types rather than the standard Keras/TensorFlow activation functions.
Whatever the motivation, the nengo_dl.Converter tool is designed to automate the translation from Keras to Nengo as much as possible. To use it, simply instantiate a Keras model and then pass it to the Converter:
inp = tf.keras.Input(shape=(28, 28, 3))
conv = tf.keras.layers.Conv2D(filters=32, kernel_size=3, activation=tf.nn.relu)(inp)
flat = tf.keras.layers.Flatten()(conv)
dense = tf.keras.layers.Dense(units=10, activation=tf.nn.relu)(flat)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs=inp, outputs=dense)
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(model)
The Converter object will have a.net attribute which is the converted Nengo network. This can then be passed to a Nengo Simulator. For example, we could run that converted Keras network in the standard Nengo (not NengoDL) Simulator:
with nengo.Simulator( as sim:
The converter also has.inputs and.outputs attributes which can be used to look up the Nengo Nodes/Probes corresponding to the Keras model inputs/outputs. For example, to see the output of the converted network:
nengo_dl.Converter has many options that control different aspects of the conversion process. For example, we could change all the tf.nn.relu activation functions in the Keras model to spiking neurons:
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(
 model, swap_activations={tf.nn.relu: nengo.SpikingRectifiedLinear()})
We will not go into all the available options here; see the API docs for more details.
Keep in mind that the Converter is designed to automate the translation process as much as possible, but it will not work for all possible Keras networks. In general, the Converter will fall back to using TensorNodes for any elements that cannot be converted to native Nengo objects (set allow_fallback=False if you would like this to be an error instead). The Converter.verify function can be used to check that the output of the Nengo network matches the output of the Keras model.
Extending the converter
Since we know that it will not be possible to automatically translate all possible Keras models, the Converter has been designed to be easily extensible. So if you have a model containing elements that the Converter does not know how to translate, you can augment the Converter with custom conversion logic.
For example, suppose we have a model containing a custom Keras layer:
class AddOne(tf.keras.layers.Layer):
 def call(self, inputs):
 return inputs + 1
inp = tf.keras.Input(shape=(1,))
dense = tf.keras.layers.Dense(units=10)(inp)
addone = AddOne()(dense)
model = tf.keras.Model(inputs=inp, outputs=addone)
Converter would fail to convert this model to native Nengo objects, since it does not know how to translate the AddOne layer:
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(model, allow_fallback=False)
Traceback (most recent call last):
TypeError: Unable to convert layer add_one to native Nengo objects
We could set allow_fallback=True to use a TensorNode to implement the AddOne layer, but suppose we want to use native Nengo objects instead. We need to make a custom nengo_dl.converter.LayerConverter subclass, which contains the logic for translating an AddOne layer. Note that this may require some knowledge of how Keras layers work under the hood, which is not extensively documented. Your best bet may be to look at the existing LayerConverter classes to find a similar Layer type to start from.
As an example, here is how we might translate the AddOne layer:
class ConvertAddOne(nengo_dl.converter.LayerConverter):
 def convert(self, node_id):
 # create a Nengo object representing the output of this layer node
 output = self.add_nengo_obj(node_id)
 # connect up the input of the layer node
 self.add_connection(node_id, output)
 # create a node to output a constant 1 vector
 bias = nengo.Node([1] * output.size_in)
 # connect up the bias node to the output (thereby adding one to the
 # input values)
 conn = nengo.Connection(bias, output, synapse=None)
 # mark the above connection as non-trainable (since we didn't have any
 # trainable parameters in the AddOne layer, we don't want any in the
 # converted Nengo equivalent either)
 self.set_trainable(conn, False)
 return output
And now if we try to convert the original Keras model, we can see that it is successfully transformed into a native Nengo network:
converter = nengo_dl.Converter(model, allow_fallback=False)
assert converter.verify()


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What is Blue Flag programme?
AD Marina Bar has been awarded a Blue Flag in June 2017. The Blue Flag is an environmental award
given to marinas making a special effort to implement sound management with respect to the local
environment and nature, and providing users with information on environmental issues. To attain the Blue Flag, the marina has to comply with a number of criteria concerning environmental information and education, environmental management, safety and service facilities, and water quality.
The Blue Flag is awarded by the Foundation for Environmental Education (FEE), a non-governmental environmental organisation and is represented by national organisations in each of the participating
countries around the world.
- The Blue Flag is an environmental award for beaches and marinas
- The Blue Flag is concerned with four main areas:
- Environmental education and information
- Environmental management
- Safety and service facilities
- Water quality
- The Blue Flag is only awarded for one season at a time and the award is only valid as long as the criteria are fulfilled. When this is not the case, the persons responsible at the local level must remove the Blue Flag;
- The national FEE organisation conducts control visits to the Blue Flag sites during the season.
You can help the programme by also taking action to protect the environment:
- Follow instructions of the code of conduct at the marina
- Use environmentally-friendly products for paints, detergents, chemicals etc. Report any pollution or other violations of environmental regulations to the authorities
- Save water, electricity and fuel
- Encourage other sailors to take care of the environment.


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Adapting pediatric psychology interventions: lessons learned in treating families from the middle East.
ABSTRACT Pediatric psychologists are increasingly called upon to treat children from non-Western countries, whose cultures may contrast with a Western medical setting. Research on cultural adaptations of evidence-based treatments (EBTs), particularly for individuals from the Middle East, is sparse. To address this need, we discuss clinical issues encountered when working with patients from the Middle East.
Synthesis of the literature regarding culturally adapted EBTs and common themes in Middle Eastern culture. Case vignettes illustrate possible EBT adaptations.
Integrating cultural values in treatment is an opportunity to join with patients and families to optimize care. Expectations for medical and psychological treatment vary, and collaborations with cultural liaisons are beneficial.
Critical next steps include systematic development, testing, and training in culturally adapting EBTs in pediatric medical settings. Increased dialogue between clinicians, researchers, and cultural liaisons is needed to share knowledge and experiences to enhance patient care.


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- What we do
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Facebook clues may affect job prospects
Clues to a person's personality provided on Facebook could hamper their chances of employment, new research has suggested. Published in the International Journal of Work Innovation, the study revealed many bosses are looking at social media sites to find out more about a would-be worker's lifestyle, attitudes and appearance.
Investigators from the School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Florida International University in North Miami claimed such an approach is creating a digital divide and pointed to greater encroachment of virtual identity freedoms.
The team noted: "Job seekers should be aware that their future employers are closely observing their Facebook profiles in search of a window into their personality."
They explained such practice is an emerging phenomenon likely to continue for the foreseeable future.
And while employers are turning to social network sites to screen potential candidates, they are also using the medium to monitor the activities of their current employees, the researchers added.
Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society Professor Gail Kinman CPsychol Csi of the University of Bedfordshire commented: "The findings of this study highlight the importance of managing one's online identity carefully. Under current conditions, more applicants are chasing fewer jobs.
"Employers are clearly prepared to consult a wider range of sources than the usual CV and interview in order to obtain more information about applicants' appearance, personality, lifestyle and friends in order to make predictions about their potential job performance.
"Although employers may not be very skilled at making inferences from social networking sites, the impressions they get may influence whether or not applicants are successful, or whether or not existing employees are promoted."
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American space research institute NASA will conduct a study on the weather and climate change in Bangladesh.
"NASA will conduct the research under its South and Southeast Composition, Cloud, Climate Coupling Regional Study Programme," Hal Maring, chief scientist of NASA's Earth Science Division was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.
Maring discussed the programme at a meeting with Bangladesh's Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud.
The top NASA official said around 250 scientists will take part in the study through NASA's biggest aircraft next August-September.
"The findings of the research will help Bangladesh forecast weather warnings and conduct further research in agriculture," Maring said.
Mahmud said the research will help the region exchange weather and climate related information.


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The default font in any new PowerPoint presentation is Arial, 18 pt, black, for text boxes other than the ones that are part of the default design template such as the Title text box and Bulleted list text boxes.
If you are making a new PowerPoint presentation and do not want to have to change the font each time you add a new text box the solution is simple.
- Click on any blank area of the slide or outside the slide. You want to make sure that no object on the slide is selected.
- Choose Format > Font... and make your selections for font style, color, size and type.
- Click OK when you have made all your changes.
Test out your changes by creating a new text box. The new text box should reflect the new font choice.
Change Fonts for Other Text Boxes
To make changes to the fonts used for titles or other text boxes that are part of each template, you need to make those changes in the Master Slides.


Oracle Fusion Middleware Tag Reference for Oracle ADF Faces
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calendarDropTarget calendar drop target
This tag makes a calendar component a drop target and can be used to declaratively initialize the drop target.
Name Type Supports EL? Description
actions String no Drag and drop actions supported by this target. The actions must be an NMTOKENS from the set of "COPY, "MOVE", "LINK" in any particular order e.g. (actions="COPY LINK MOVE"). If no actions are specified, the default is "COPY".
dropListener javax.faces.el.MethodBinding Only EL A method reference to a callback with the signature method( dropEvent) called when a drop occurs on the component. This callback should check the DropEvent to determine whether it will accept the drop or not. If the callback accepts the drop, it should perform the drop and return the DnDAction it performed-- DnDAction.COPY, DnDAction.MOVE or DnDAction.LINK, otherwise it should return DnDAction.NONE to indicate that the drop was rejected. The target component is automatically redrawn in response to a successful drop.
If the calendarDropTarget is attached to the calendar component, an implicit support for moving of activities is added by the framework. The drop transferable will contain the object of the following flavor: The dropSite for the drop event will be an object of instance:
Please note that currently there is no CalendarDragSource tag and hence the drop target is responsible for moving the activities. Page authors are responsible for handling drop from external data sources in dropListener. This can be done by adding one or more af:dataFlovor tags to the af:calendarDropTarget tag.


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Howard B. Keck; Oil Magnate, Philanthropist
Howard B. Keck, an oil magnate and philanthropist who was chairman and president of the Superior Oil Co. and the W.M. Keck Foundation, has died. He was 83.
Keck, who had retired from active work on the foundation a year ago, died Saturday in Santa Monica.
The scion of Superior founder W.M. Keck Sr., Howard Keck worked from an early age in California oil fields along with his brother William and their father. Howard Keck succeeded his father as chairman of the independent oil and gas company in 1964.
He was known particularly for pioneering offshore drilling along the Gulf Coast. When court squabbling over his father's fortune sparked the sale of Superior in 1984, Keck led shareholders in securing the sale to Mobil Corp. for $5.7 billion.
Keck turned his energies to the foundation, which he headed from 1964 to 1995. The sole trustee of his father's charitable trust, he became particularly identified with the W.M. Keck Observatory on Hawaii's Mauna Kea.
During his tenure, the family's charitable trust grew from $250 million to $1.2 billion. In that period, the trust and foundation awarded $550 million in grants to science, medicine, higher education and the arts.
Keck was a trustee of Caltech when he became personally engrossed in the Keck Observatory and its internationally known Keck Telescope. The huge telescope was conceived by the University of California. But Caltech was brought into the project on the condition that Caltech raise some funding.
The self-educated Keck stepped in, offering to fully fund the telescope--but only if Caltech rather than UC controlled the project.
After months of negotiation, Keck agreed to a joint project with UC and Caltech sharing 90% of the telescope's viewing time.
Other Keck projects included use of free-electron laser technology in surgery, molecular studies to improve pharmaceuticals, precision measurement and observation of the ocean environment and studies in genetics.
Keck also bred and raced Thoroughbred horses. His stables produced Ferdinand, the 1986 winner of the Kentucky Derby.
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Not common to the humid environment of the Fraser Valley, the soapberry was a staple import for the Stó:lō people from the Thompson people of the Interior. These berries were traded as berry cakes, dried, or in the raw form.
Soapberries are used to create Indian ice cream, a mixture of whipped soapberries, water, and a sweetener. The sweetening agent is typically made from other berries, blue camas or refined sugars. The process of making the ice cream is similar to whipping egg whites, and the final Indian ice cream has very similar qualities.


Many clinicians want a simple way of recording and producing a log of CPD (Continuing Professional Development).
In true WriteUpp style our approach is very straightforward and perhaps less sophisticated than some other implementations. However, the advantage of this approach, aside from being simple, is that it mirrors your normal daily workflow with WriteUpp.
 1. Create a client record for yourself in WriteUpp – you only need to do this once
 2. Create appt types called Supervision & Course making sure to set them up as patient-related appointments with no cost. Again, you only need to do this once.cpd_course2_500
 3. As and when you undertake CPD select yourself as the Active Client and enter these events (Supervision, Course etc) into your diary. If the duration of the event is longer than the default time you can easily change it when you log the activity in the diary.
 4. To see a log of your activity click on the "Business Views" icon (the eye icon to the left of the search field at the top of the page), choose "Activity" and then the date range that you would prefer and the appointment type, say Course, that you would like to see a record for. See below:cpd_activity_600
 5. Now you can a comprehensive list of all of the CPD that you have undertaken, including when, where and the duration. If you need to analyse this in more detail you can simply export this data into Excel for futher manipulation by clicking on the "Export to Excel" button at the bottom of the page.
 6. From the appointments tab of your record you can also see a chronological list of all of your CPD activities
 7. Optionally you could also create a custom form (using the Form Builder) where you could record details about the sessions


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 if (order[i] > total){
 order[i] -= total;
 order[i] += 1;
// apply the new order
Now, some explanation:
As stated in the comment, in order to reorder the pages, you will need to know on what page number your table of contents starts. In order to do that, you need to store the page number as a variable when you add the table of contents:
int toc = writer.getPageNumber();
Once you have finished adding all your content to the PDF, call:
If you are reordering pages, it is a requirement to add a new page. The page will not actually be inserted into your document.
To grab the total number of pages in the document run:
int total = writer.reorderPages(null);
Then we are going to create an array of integers:
int[] order = new int[total];
These integers are going to be our page numbers.
We are going to loop through each page. To keep the title page as page one, we will set the first integer in the array to 1 (page 1).
 if (i == 0){
 order[i] = 1;
Next, we will make the second integer in the array the first page of the table of contents.
else if (i == 1){
 order [i] = toc;
Essentially, we are saying, if we are at page 2, set it to page x (x being the first page of the table of contents).
For each subsequent page, we have to check if it is an additional page in the table of contents section, or if it is the rest of the actual document.
else {
 if (order[i] > total){
 order[i] -= total;
 order[i] += 1;
What we are doing here is looking at the index of the array, subtracting one so the pages of the table of contents will remain sequential. Imagine we have ten pages, and the last three pages are the generated table of contents. Index 0 is page 1. Index 1 is page 8. Now, the next index is 2 (what will be the third page), so we are going to add the index to the table of contents page number to increment through the table of contents. 2 +8 is 10, not 9. So until we have finished going through the table of contents, we have to subtract 1 from the index. Otherwise we skip a page, and we will end up missing a page in the end. Actually, the code will just fail.
We check to see if the table of contents is finished by asking if the page number at index "i" is greater than the total number of possible pages. The last page of the document is the last page of the table of contents. So if the page number exceeds the total, then we are going to subtract the total from the current page number. Again, in our ten page PDF example: Index 4 - 1 is 3. Then we add the toc page number (8) to get 11. That is now the current page number of index 4. When we check to see if that page is outside the total possible pages, we find that it is. So we subtract the total possible pages (10). Then we are left with index 4 equalling page number 1. But we are already referencing page 1 in index 0. Remember we subtracted one from the index in the previous operation? Well, we are just going to add that back now that we are finished iterating through the table of contents. So index 4 is now correctly referencing page 2.
Once we have iterated through the entire array, we set this new order (using our 10 page example, the new order would be: 1, 8, 9, 10, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7) as the order of the document using this method:
Then we close the document and go about our merry way.
 2010-09-21T07:01:54-04:00 _URL_ When I was 9, I pictured my life very differently at this point. According to my nine year-old desires, my daily activities should include preforming heart surgery in the morning, teaching a class of fifth graders in the afternoon, and polishing off the next great American novel. As I age, I constantly think my years of creation and productivity are gone. I know, I know. This is naive of me, and completely unfounded. In fact, it's somewhat insulting to those I admire and respect around me. The world is replete with examples of individuals who stretched themselves well into adulthood. Maybe it's Hollywood, but I have this misconception that has been percolating in my subconscious that the only time I will do anything truly groundbreaking and lasting is in my twenties. Oh, how awful this world would be if that single decade of transitioning adult years was the only time we could follow our passions.
Television shows like American Idol and others show the young phenoms out there. We drool over individuals who are preternaturally gifted at a young age. The three year-old who can play the drums like John Bonham. Or the 10 year-old opera singer. We shower praise on the golfer who has been playing since he was three, and many are left in the shadow of the 18 year-old drafted to the NBA straight out of high school. And of course, who can forget the 23 year-old billionaire? Seeing the many examples of early stardom, I sometimes get stuck with this feeling that if I didn't steel/invent Facebook by the time I was 20, then I should settle down as a happy cog in someone else's world.
We don't have to settle for who we have become, because we have complete control over who we are going to be.
But the world is also filled with examples of people who are more like the rest of us. As Marge Simpson says, "Slow and steady wins the race." Don't pay attention to the 14 year-old phenom– get out there and make it happen! Who do you look up to who had a "late start" in their new careers?
At 37Signals, there was an article that mentioned Vincent Van Gogh. They pointed out that:
He wasn't some child prodigy (he was 27 when he started painting), he learned his craft by hard work.
He only practiced art for the last 10 years of his life. Granted, at that point, he suffered from mental illness and died penniless. So I am not saying we should emulate every aspect of the guy's life, but look at what he was able to achieve. This really struck me because growing up in Holland, I always pictured this man painting and drawing obsessively as a child, but that was not the case. He worked at his craft, poured his soul into it, but not until he was older. Do you have to be insane, though, to do what Van Gogh did? No.
How many of us can say we have truly poured ourselves into a craft with same gusto as Van Gogh? Whether it be academic study, or learning to sew, or becoming more focused, or learning to program? Is it ever too late to start? No. It's not.
 2010-03-02T23:46:16-05:00 _URL_
I find myself consuming far more than I produce. We live in a world, or a nation at least, of constant intake. It would be interesting to personally figure out how much time I (not a statistical model of me) spend looking at the television screen watching movies, TV shows, reading blogs or books, playing games. You could even boil it down to how much time do I spend in front of a screen. In fact, as I write, I am watching Caprica on the screen behind the screen on which I am typing.
I wake in the morning and open a laptop screen on which I can spend upwards of an hour or two reading about what other people are doing: retro video game decorations for your bedroom, game design articles, video processing algorithms, insurgent militia actions in the Middle East, death squads in Dubai, using the telephone wires in your home to make a whole-house stereo system, geeky comics about math and computers, finding movies to watch online. Since I work during the day and have a 3-month old in the house, my time in the morning is pretty much the only time I have to pursue my personal dreams and interests (and that time will become increasingly more valuable and precious as my family grows). Yet I spend ALL THAT TIME consuming other people's ability to do, while letting mine languish in the lost time of an ever-increasing digital diet. I suffer from media obesity.
Taking in more calories than you burn will cause your body to become soft. Does consuming more content than you produce make your brain soft?
I hate those people that tell me that television shows are pointless or movies a waste of time, I don't believe that at all. If I spend my time ingesting a lot of junk-food content, however, I essentially fill up faster on empty calories. I remember listening to an interview with director Edgar Wright of Shuan of the Dead fame (


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GENDER: Masculine & Feminine
PRONOUNCED: KLOD (French), KLAWD (English) [key]
Meaning & History
French masculine and feminine form of CLAUDIUS
. In France the masculine name has been common since the Middle Ages due to the 7th-century Saint
Claude of Besançon. It was imported to Britain in the 16th century by the aristocratic Hamilton family, who had French connections. A famous bearer of this name was the French impressionist painter Claude Monet (_PHONE_).
OTHER LANGUAGES: Claudia, Claudius (Ancient Roman), Claudia (Biblical), Klaudija, Klaudio (Croatian), Klaudie (Czech), Claudia (Dutch), Claudia (German), Claudia, Claudio (Italian), Klaudijs (Latvian), Klaudia, Klaudiusz (Polish), Cláudia, Cláudio (Portuguese), Claudia, Claudiu (Romanian), Klavdiya, Klava (Russian), Klaudia (Slovak), Klavdija (Slovene), Claudia, Claudio (Spanish), Gladys (Welsh)
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If you want to learn a cool easy effect in iMovie, the picture in picture effect is one of those. You know when you watch a news report and see a reporter talk about something going on in the world. Well the majority of the time, you'll see either a picture or video of that event on part of the screen. That's basically what the picture in picture effect does. It adds a video or picture over the top of another video so that they can both be played and seen at the same time.
You're probably thinking that the picture in picture effect must be difficult to achieve in a basic editing program like iMovie. Well guess what? You're in luck! It's super easy and this iMovie picture in picture tutorial video will show you exactly what I mean.
iMovie Picture in Picture Tutorial Video
Now that you've watched this video you should be ready to add the picture in picture effect to any video you create. That is if it needs it of course. Here's a recap of the steps to remember:
iMovie Picture in Picture Tutorial Steps
1. As always, start a new project.
2. Add a video or picture to your project.
3. Find another video or picture and drag it directly over the top of the first clip or picture you added to your project.
4. Select "Picture in Picture" in the list of options.
5. Make the proper adjustments to that clip. (Resize and move the clip or picture where you want it on the screen).
6. Finally, hit done.
Just like that you have learned how to use the picture in picture effect in iMovie. Don't be surprised either when you realize how much you use this effect for a variety of things in iMovie.


Bar Code Scanning in ColorDesigner Plus
ColorDesigner PLUS can use bar codes in the following ways:
 1. Send UPC/EAN code of the paint base to dispenser software, to be scanned there.
 2. Scan UPC/EAN code of the paint base in ColorDesigner PLUS before dispensing.
 3. Scan the bar code on a paint chip to look up the color (instead of typing the color name or color number).
UPC/EAN code handling verifies that the operator has the correct paint base and can size, so it eliminates one cause of mistints. To support UPC/EAN code handling (either of the first two features), the paint line database (Electronic Formula Book or Color Matching Database) must contain the UPC/EAN code for each base-can size combination.
To access a document (PDF) that includes the required Settings in ColorDesigner PLUS as well as configuring a Symbol LS4208 Scanner, click HERE


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Translate put | into French | into German | into Italian | into Spanish
Definition of put
verb (puts, putting; past and past participle put)[with object]
- 2 Stock Marketshort for put option.
Old English (recorded only in the verbal noun putung), of unknown origin; compare with dialect pote 'to push, thrust' (an early sense of the verb put)


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How do I view my screen history?
Before you start
Before viewing a screen's history, here are some things to note:
- To ensure that screens appear in the screen history, follow the screen-replacement process mentioned in this article: How do I replace a screen?
- Currently, you cannot view screen history for a Studio prototype.
- You cannot restore old screen versions from History mode.
Viewing a screen's history
To view a screen's history:
- Sign in to your account and navigate to the Projects page.
- Open your prototype and click to open the desired screen.
- At the bottom of the page, click the History mode icon ().
- To view a previous screen version, navigate to the left column and click the desired version.


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Given a finite set of points $P$, we can think of two meanings for the term "convex hull of $P$:"
 1. The set of convex combinations of points from $P$, $\sum \alpha_i p_i$ s.t. $\sum \alpha_i = 1 \wedge \forall \alpha_i \geq 0$.
 2. The points $P' \subseteq P$ which are "active" in the convex hull; that is, the removal of which changes the set of points from (1).
Question: Is there a standard way to refer specifically to (1) or (2)?
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I have never heard of convex hull as in 2, only as in 1. The points in 2 I would call the extreme points of the convex hull of $P$. – Harald Hanche-Olsen Sep 28 '12 at 14:38
This confusion in terminology is also a peeve of mine. The word "hull" means an exterior, and there's a perfectly good phrase "convex closure" for (1). Nonetheless the use of convex hull to mean (1) predominates except when discussion turns to algorithms for finding the extreme points (2) as a "representation" of the convex hull. – hardmath Sep 28 '12 at 14:43
Indeed, I come from CS, where (2) dominates "convex hull". Funny it's unheard-of in Math :) _USER_ turn your comment into an answer to be accepted. "convex closure" is what I was looking for, which appears to be a known synonym for CH. – user1071136 Sep 28 '12 at 14:55
Same here - research background in computer graphics and computational geometry, only ever heard of it in terms of (2) – fluffy Sep 28 '12 at 15:24
Intrigueing. With interpretation (2) you seem to require the convex hull to be a hull in some everyday sense, but you don't require it to be convex any more :) – Hagen von Eitzen Sep 28 '12 at 15:24
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I prefer "convex closure" for the collection of all convex combinations (1). The phrase convex hull is slightly more concise, but the etymology of "hull" carries a meaning of the outer covering (as in the hull of a boat or husk of a seed), so it seems a pity to me not to reserve this for what mathematicians instead like to call the "extremal boundary points". It's an important enough algorithmic (computational geometry) topic to deserve a shorter name.
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If there is a topology involved, too, mathematicians may speak of the "convex hull" and the "closed convex hull". Of course they use these terms even if $P$ is infinite. If they saw "convex closure" they may not know which is would mean. – GEdgar Sep 28 '12 at 15:33
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Most knights are humans who were previously fighters or rangers. A few clerics and paladins manage to the join the ranks of the Flying Hunt, but they are extremely uncommon because of the religious overtones.
- Flying Mount, Storm and Greater Storm Armor
- At various times throughout their career, knights of the Flying hunt recieve progressively more powerful suits of armor. This begins with Flying Hunt armor when joining their ranks, Storm armor and Greater Storm armor for the most experienced knights.
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A Thermic Lance is a steel pipe packed with mixed metal wires.
Pure oxygen gas is passed through the pipe from an oxygen cylinder and regulator. The end of the pipe is lit with a high temperature source, e.g. an oxy-acetylene torch. The iron in the steel burns in the oxygen coming down the pipe to produce enormous heat and a liquid slag of iron oxides and other materials, which dribbles and splashes out, just like an enormous firework sparkler.
The temperature reached in the centre of the combustion zone is approx. 4000 degrees Celsius, greater than the melting point of any substance on earth. By the way of comparison, concrete melts at 1800 - 2500 degrees Celsius and steel at less than 1500 degrees Celsius. Also, because it runs on oxygen, the lance can cut underwater.
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The name Ephraim seems to commonly be given two etymologies, one referring to an "ash heap" and the other referring to "fruitfulness". Example I can understand the fruitfulness etymology linking אֶפְרַיִם back to פָּרָה, but where does the etymology of "ash heap" come from? Are these competing etymological theories, or are they somehow compatible?
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I've added the genesis tag since Joseph gave the name to his second son in Genesis 41:52. The NET Bible explores the meaning of the name, but doesn't mention the "ash heap" definition. +1 for an interesting question. (I hope you'll activate your account here soon and that we'll see you around.) – Jon Ericson Nov 13 '12 at 18:37
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I'm not sure this is a answer, certainly if it is, it is speculative. However, it isn't clear why "ash heap" is an option here, because the word clearly derives from the word for fruitfulness. But as we know, words are a lot more than their etymology. They are a network of associations tying together different ideas based on the context in which they are used. Just a a pineapple is neither a pine cone nor an apple, the word stands on its own meaning, and own usage.
However, a couple of points worth considering. First, it is more commonly used of the place name Bethlehem Ephrath. This is the place where Joseph's mother Rachel was buried, Jacob's beloved one. Perhaps the place was named "Fruitful" originally but then became associated with the mourning for Jacob's beloved Rachel -- especially at that time, so close the actual event. Hence the two meanings, originally the literal, later the associated meaning of sadness. Of course ash heap is strongly associated with mourning in the Abrahamic tradition.
The best parallel I can draw is our English word Columbine. The columbine is a beautiful flower found in the woodlands of high altitude states like Colorado. However, now in English when we hear the name we think not of the flower but the tragedy associated with the school of that name. Beauty and terror in one word. Were your name Columbine, what would you think? How would you feel?
Another point that I think is pretty interesting is the context of the verse. The name is given, and its meaning is ambiguous, with the two possible meanings being almost opposites. The name is first given in Gen 41:52, occurring right in the middle of the Egyptian crisis (see the following few verses), seven years of plenty (fruitful), seven years of famine (ash heap.) In the seven years of plenty, and seven years of famine, which did the LORD make Jacob, plentiful or mourning? The fruitful and ash heap ambiguity seems quite poignant in that light I think.
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I was 3 miles from the Columbine school when the incident at the Aurora theatre occurred. – Blessed Geek Nov 14 '12 at 20:05
Pardon me for inserting my less than scholarly conjectures.
Due to the Hebrew words for
 1. Ash
 2. Fruit
In my own words
 1. Ash as an adjectival descriptor
 = Stuff that has been made to be, appear to be like, ash.
 Frequently, in languages including English and Hebrew, we use the adjectival or participle descriptor with an implied object. And then ascribe plural declension to that descriptor. Therefore
 = plurality of such ash-related stuffs.
 Hence, Ephraim
 2. Concoct a 1st person singular hiphil causative to fruit
 = I cause (target) to bear fruit.
 (Is that the way to hiphilize a word ending with yod? I'm not sure).
 And then similarly, ascribe dual or plurality - I doubly/multiply cause (targets) to bear fruit.
Conjecture #2 is less plausible because a pual form might be more appropriate - I am caused to bear fruit - I am fruitful -> I am doubly/multiply fruitful.
Therefore, I vote for conjecture #1 - Plurality of stuffs that have been made into or appear as ash. Which would collide with all the good things biblical/rabbinic scholars have said about the tribe of Ephraim.
Someone with good biblical hebrew could please critique my conjectures.
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BTW, אפר in modern hebrew also mean to put on make-up. Does this come from an ancient source of painting one's face, as I think ancient Egyptians must have practiced. Therefore, the hiphil could imply a make-up artist. – Blessed Geek Nov 14 '12 at 21:09
Ashes for eye shadow? Only a guess. – Bob Jones Nov 27 '12 at 0:48
I looked up אפר in BDB, which led to three references in torah (and more in the rest of tanakh that I didn't chase):
וַיַּעַן אַבְרָהָם, וַיֹּאמַר: הִנֵּה-נָא הוֹאַלְתִּי לְדַבֵּר אֶל-אֲדֹנָי, וְאָנֹכִי עָפָר וָאֵפֶר.
And Abraham answered and said: 'Behold now, I have taken upon me to speak unto the LORD, who am but dust and ashes. (Gen 18:27)
וְאָסַף אִישׁ טָהוֹר, אֵת אֵפֶר הַפָּרָה, וְהִנִּיחַ מִחוּץ לַמַּחֲנֶה...
And a man that is clean shall gather up the ashes of the heifer... (Num 19:9, see also 19:10)
I think the connection to fruitfulness (פָּרָה) is more likely, but perhaps these verses are what support the alternate "ashes" explanation.
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Both fruit and ash come from the two-letter sub-root פֶר.
Sub-roots are not words, though some are occasionally used as such. They are primarily metaphoric concepts which are narrowed by the intersecting ideas of the letters which are added to them.
פֶר means young bull. As such it is the metaphor of the young bull. It is viril (fruitful) and it is the sacrifice (ash heap).
The aleph (אֵ) represents separation (see the heavens and the earth separated by the firmament), so the separated bull is the ash heap. The yud (י) represents the initial spark of creation and when added to the bull becomes fruitfulness.
It is made plural with the suffix. The metaphoric meaning of doubling is that the thing happens in heaven and on earth.
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I'm not familiar with the notion of "sub-roots" having any meaning (any more than that it's meaningful to say that "Bob" and "job" are related just because they have two letters in common). Can you share sources that support that approach? – Gone Quiet Nov 18 '12 at 4:10
Google "Hebrew subroots" to find Jewish sources. Although it is all over the internet now, it was originally only taught to Jewish men over age 40. It is also suggested by rabbis that individual letters have hieroglyphic meanings and that an unknown Hebrew word can be discerned from the meaning of the letters. – Bob Jones Nov 18 '12 at 4:51
In the case of bull it is a two letter word as well as a subroot. – Bob Jones Nov 18 '12 at 4:51
Oh.. and English is not deeply rooted as is Hebrew, so I agree that your example is nonsense. – Bob Jones Nov 18 '12 at 4:56
Sub-roots is a very midrashaesque concept. Meaning they have expository and gematric value in scholarship but not much evidence linguistically. As you can see my similar attempts at hermeneutics.stackexchange.com/questions/2062/… was voted down. Perhaps, whoever voted me down should consider voting this down too - to be fair to me. – Blessed Geek Nov 21 '12 at 2:23
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Birth mothers are still experiencing difficulties contacting children that were adopted almost three decades after laws were changed to give them this right, a Victoria University study has found.
Despite legal protection, complete breakdowns in communication with adoptive parents still occur and birth mothers often feel "undeserving" when exercising their right to see the relinquished child.
VU PhD graduate Dr Phillipa Castle interviewed 15 birth mothers aged 21 to 50 who had relinquished a child since the introduction of open adoption in Victoria in 1984.
Open adoption allows the birth mother to choose adoptive parents and negotiate a court-ordered agreement that details the frequency of contact between her and the child.
Dr Castle's study, titled A unique loss: The experience of birth mothers in open adoption, found 20 per cent of the birth mothers experienced an interruption to agreed contact times with the child or a total breakdown of the relationship with the adoptive family.
"The most disappointing aspect is that these birth mothers don't feel confident enough to challenge these violations of their legal agreement in the County Court,'' Dr Castle said. "Unfortunately, the law is not a useful tool of repair because a court case is too confronting or intimidating.
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"Its main drawback is that ongoing contact is continually ambiguous. The birth mother sees that the child is ok and that they are ok without her. It is a solution that appears resistant to fully resolving the grief associated with the act of relinquishment,'' she said.
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Mienshao seems to be based on an ermine and also seems to have drawn inspiration from whip fighting as well as a variety of martial arts, such as Shaolin Kung Fu. The fur on its arms also resemble the shuixiu (水袖) or "water sleeves", which are long, white, flowing sleeves used by performers of Chinese operas to express the emotions of their character.
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Without knowing what to expect, many people are often too intimidated or discouraged to pursue visiting their friend or loved one. Many people shy away from visiting their inmate simply because the process can be overwhelming. Let us help you get through the process. The most common problem when it comes to visiting an inmate, is people don't know where to start. That is why we have assembled answers to the most frequently asked questions and created this general guide to visiting an inmate in Georgia. Here is what you need to know:
- During the initial classification and diagnostic procedure, inmates will not be allowed to have visitors. This process is usually completed fairly quickly, but at times can take over 60 days. If it the diagnostic process goes over 60 days the inmate will be allowed to complete a visitors list of immediate family members.
- Immediate family members are defined as parents, children, spouse, brothers or sisters, grandparents, and grandchildren.
- The offender must contact their counselor and complete a visitation list form. In order to complete this form, the inmate will need to know the full name, address, and date of birth of the visitor.
- If you are not an immediate family member as defined above the inmate will need to complete a significant relationship visitor application form (a sample of the form is found here).
- A visitors list can only be established when the inmate first arrives at their permanent facility. After this, inmates can only update their visiting list in May and November.
- If you are traveling from out of state, or only one time you may qualify as a "special visit". Special visits must be submitted at least 48 hours in advance and require the Warden/Superintendent's approval. People who often qualify for a special visit are members of the military who are visiting while on personal leave, clergy, family members with disabilities that require a third party to drive them to visitation, and anyone traveling a long distance out-of-state. Special visits can have no more than two visitors during the visit.
- Regular visitation occurs on Saturdays, Sundays and Holidays.
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- Generally, no items other than your ID, a single car key, and a maximum of $20 in coins can come with you into the facility. All other items, cell phones, radios, cameras etc. are not allowed to come with you.
- If you are traveling with a small child/baby you may be allowed to bring other items such as a single clear plastic baby bottle, diaper, and sealed formula. You will need to contact the individual institution for more specific information.
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When visiting an inmate in Georgia, some additional information you may want to know is:
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- Non-contact visitation is conducted behind a window, or partition that keeps you physically separate from the inmate.
- Contact visits allow a brief hug and a kiss at the beginning and end of each visit.
- Tobacco-related products are not allowed in visitation, all facilities are smoke-free.
- If you leave the visiting room you may not be allowed to reenter, so use the bathroom in the lobby before entering into visitation.
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It is important to know there is a dress code and contact rules that must be followed when you are visiting an inmate in Georgia. The code is strictly enforced by the staff, so be sure you read over and follow all of the following:
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- Men who are visiting must wear a shirt and full-length pants.
- Women may wear full-length pants, dress or skirt, but it must not be more than two inches above the knee.
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One of the main difficulties in the formation and increase of revenues from hydrocarbon resources is the deterioration of the quality of the mineral resource base and changes in the geography of production. One can observe an increase in the depletion and water content of the fields, an increase in the proportion of highly viscous and high-sulfur oil; the share of stocks in hard-to-reach and infrastructural underdeveloped regions is growing. One of the tools for encouraging subsoil users to develop such resources is to ensure lower rates of deductions to state bodies. The study presents an improved methodological approach to estimating and forecasting state budget revenues from hydrocarbon resources. The main stages of development are investigated and the main trends of the system of tax deductions from oil production are revealed. Explained the use of an approach focused on the forecast of production indicators of production, taking into account the structure of the mineral resource base. The calculations showed the need to reform the system of formation of government revenues from hydrocarbon resources. In the structure of government revenues from hydrocarbon resources, there is a tendency to increase the role of the mineral extraction tax in comparison with the export duty.
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The control lamp lights up at pressure in the greasing system, equal 30 — 50 kPas which cannot provide existence of a necessary oil film in rubbing places of the engine. The lamp can light up also when the car goes on a bend with a minimum level of oil: as centrifugal forces arising thus move oil in a case towards turn and the oil pump cannot take away necessary amount of oil. After fast driving on автобану or at movement on lifting the lamp idling starts to blink, it is a sign of that it is not enough pressure of oil. As soon as the lamp by the first pressing a gas pedal dies away again, it should not cause in you concern, however let's burn with it long, cool the engine better.
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There are many reasons why it is valuable to sing with others, but it is especially beneficial to sing with others of different ages. Here are three reasons why:
#1. Voice types:
For many children, being able to sing with the full spectrum of voice types is something they have to wait until they are grown to experience. Because our program runs from age 3 up until age 25, and because we often sing with adult choirs, and musical groups with varying voice types, we are able to expose our choristers to the full range of the human voice. This is essential to their ear training, and to their confidence as singers, as they move from childhood through adolescence and into adulthood.
#2. Musical Abilities:
We accept singers of all abilities, and this helps us to foster a community of people who above all, love singing. We believe that everyone has something to learn, and that allowing different ages, and musical abilities to come together to make music, ensures that everyone can take something valuable away from the experience.
#3. Mentoring:
In the Calgary Children's Choir we have developed a mentorship program from our youngest singers to the oldest. This program ensures an inclusive, and welcoming environment for all singers, and provides support to our newest choristers, or those who need extra help with music. Our eldest choristers, look out for the youngest ones (and sometimes vice versa!), ensuring a caring, and committed group of choristers who are happy to be together and make wonderful music!
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Physical rehabilitation in Kansas City involves a variety of exercises, including exercises that focus on range of motion. These exercises are designed to help improve and expedite the range of motion. The range of motion is one of the key areas that physical rehabilitation in Kansas City works to improve.
Range of motion defines the extent of movement a particular joint can make at one attempt. If range is affected, it is challenging or impossible to move a specific part of the body around the joint area. It is common for athletes and non-athletes to experience injuries or accidents that impact or limit their range of motion.
Here are a few of the most common triggers that affect range of motion:
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Exercises designed to improve range of motion help to reverse the impairment and reinstate free and unrestricted movement of the muscles and joints. Physical rehabilitation in Kansas City introduces basic exercise techniques to correct impaired range of motion. Most importantly, they help to restore range of motion without causing further damage to the affected joint area.
Here is a brief overview of those exercises:
Passive exercises: these exercises are impactful for joints that are no longer active as a result of paralysis or injury.
Active-assistant exercises: these exercises are performed with some assistance from the physical rehab tech. Patients perform the majority of the movements but the rehab tech helps to ensure that the movements are done correctly.
Active exercises: these exercises are performed with little help from the rehab tech, because the patient can complete them on their own. The tech may offer verbal advisement about execution or posture during the exercises.
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