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Consider $G = GL_n( \mathbb{Q}_p)$ and $K = GL_n( \mathbb{Z}_p)$, or more favorable replace $ \mathbb{Q}_p$ by a non archimedean field and $\mathbb{Z}_p$ by the ring of integers.
Note that the space $G //K$ is discrete, since $K$ is open and closed in $G$.
Given a Haar measure on $G$, I can prove that there exists a unique (discrete) measure on $G//K$, such that $$ \int\limits_{G} f(g) d g = \sum\limits_{x \in G//K} w(x) \int\limits_{K \times K} f(k_1 x k_2) d k_1 d k_2.$$
How can $w$ be expressed, if we pick a representative $x = diag( w^{k_1}, \dots, w^{k_n})$ for a uniformizer $w$?
Perhaps easier, but equivalent what is the ratio: $vol_G (K xK)/ vol_G(K)?$
(More out of curiousity: How is the Plancherel measure related to this?)
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You are dealing with the integral formula for the Haar measure on $G$, associated with the Cartan decomposition $G=KAK$. Since the Plancherel measure lives on the dual object $\hat{G}$, I don't see any obvious relation between the two. – Alain Valette Dec 17 '11 at 22:05
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The measure of $KxK$ is a classical computation that may be found in: Macdonald "Symmetric Functions and Hall Polynomials" (Oxford Mathematical Monographs), more precisely in Chapter V: The Hecke ring of ${\rm GL}(n)$ over a local field.
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This is very useful, thank you. I will delete my response as obsolete. The final answer is (2.9) on p.298 of Macdonald's book. – GH from MO Dec 17 '11 at 18:05
My copy of Mc Donalds (1979) has it on pg. 162! Thanks to both of you. – Marc Palm Dec 18 '11 at 10:02
Depending on taste, one might also find appealing or helpful the description of this in terms of the Iwahori-Hecke algebra, with affine Weyl group and affine cartan decomposition $G=\bigcup_w BwB$ where $B$ is the Iwahori. Among other features, this does give a way to inductively determine the measure of $BwB$, once the measure of $B$ is normalized, because there is a precise cell-multiplication rule $BwB\cdot BsB=BwsB$ when the length of $ws$ is strictly greater than that of $w$, and $s$ is one of the affine reflections generating $W$. That is, the length in $W$ is equivalent to knowing the measure of the Iwahori coset.
(Inevitably, surely MacDonald's discussion does something equivalent to this, but I don't remember, and I don't have a copy accessible to me.)
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I checked the other answer, because it directly answers my question, but your suggestion seems a lot more suitable for my purposes than the ''naive'' KAK decomposition I was aking about. Do you have a reference for this? Thanks a lot for mentioning this. – Marc Palm Dec 18 '11 at 10:04
_USER_, In my "Buildings and Classical Groups" book, (math.umn.edu/~garrett/m/buildings/book.pdf) chapter 5 exactly treats this: it is simply the BN-pair (with corresponding Bruhat decomposition, etc) attached to the affine building. Probably any book on buildings mentions this at some point. In some sources, the cell multiplication rule is an "axiom". In my chapter 5 I prove that it follows from the building properties. – paul garrett Dec 18 '11 at 15:01
So just to confirm that I understand what you are saying notationwise: In your notation $B$ is the pullback of the Borel subrgoup $B'$ in $GL(n, o/p)$ along the projection $GL(n,o) \rightarrow \GL(n, o/p)$ and $w$ runs through the normalizer of all diagonal matrices $M$ (=affine Weyl group $MW$?). This is called affine Cartan decomposition? What is $N$ in the $BN$ pair, if $B$ is the Iwahori? ($N=MW$?) I am rather fine with using axioms, but it usually gives me a headache to verify that they hold for specific examples. – Marc Palm Dec 18 '11 at 16:53
_USER_: Yes, in this situation, $B$ can be described as the inverse image in $GL(n,o)$ of the Borel in $GL(n,o/p)$. Yes, the affine Weyl group is normalizer of diagonals, modulo diagonal unit matrices. In my book/notes I verify (as did Bruhat and Tits ages ago, maybe it's in Bourbaki Lie ch. iv-...?) that the affine building for $SL(n,k)$ can be constructed via homothety classes of lattices. Then the building properties prove an abstracted Bruhat decomposition. One can also prove, following Tits, that the Coxeter-group property follows from the building set-up. – paul garrett Dec 18 '11 at 18:22
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I am running a 5e campaign where my players own a Keep. On the surrounding property there is a pond, about 25 ft in diameter and 15 ft deep. My player's level 14 Cleric wants to turn the pond into Holy Water, he believes that this will give him unlimited holy water.
In the player's handbook it says"A cleric or paladin may create Holy Water by performing a special ritual. The ritual takes 1 hour to perform, uses 25gp worth of powdered silver, and requires the caster to expend a 1st-level spell slot" and Holy Water comes in flasks which suggests that 25gp is used for 1 pint of water.
How long and how much money will it take him to turn the whole pond Holy? Will the pond dilute, as in the already Holy water loosing potency, if it takes him multiple days? What about dilution due to rain?
If you could figure this out for me I would appreciate it
It is impractical to make the pond Holy using the ritual.
Assuming that the pond is perfectly cylindrical, it has a volume of 7,363 cubic feet. Google claims that such a volume is equal to 440,633 pints. All of the flasks listed on PHB 152-3 contain 1 pint, so if we assume that the ritual makes 1 pint of holy water, it would take as many hours to make all of that water Holy according to the PHB ritual.
A cleric of any level can spend at most 16 hours a day doing the rituals, because they have to spend at least 8 hours a day resting in order to get their spell slots back. At that rate, it would take 75 years and about 11 million gp worth of silver to turn the entire pond into holy water.
Unless I've made a serious math mistake somewhere, this order-of-magnitude calculation shows that it doesn't make sense to turn a large body of water into holy water.
However, the cleric does have the Divine Intervention class feature (PHB 59):
It seems to me that making a pond full of holy water would be within the purview of this feature, though it's ultimately up to you as the DM to decide.
There are no rules for potency.
I could not find any rules that dictate whether or not Holy Water retains its powers if diluted. Therefore, it's probably up to you as the DM to determine this.
What's the point?
Currently, in the rules, holy water doesn't have too much importance; it's a somewhat weak attack against fiends and undead, and it's a component of some spells.
I think that it's likely that your cleric player wants to accomplish something specific with the holy water. You should ask him what he wants to do with all that holy water, and then work with him on how he can accomplish that particular goal, instead of getting hung up on specifics like this. I find that focusing on intents and goals, rather than whether particular methods are impractical or not, tends to have better results at the table.
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 \$\begingroup\$ It's reasonably possible creating a lake of holy water may well be the end goal in and of itself-- that's sort of a classic mythy thing. \$\endgroup\$ – Please stop being evil Jun 10 '17 at 20:48
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 \$\begingroup\$ _USER_, I agree that the amount of water produced is not clearly stated. Still, the paragraph describing its creation is in the same section that refers to a "flask," so it's probably closer to a pint than a full pond. Also, I'd argue that it's impractical even if I'm off by an order of magnitude... \$\endgroup\$ – Icyfire Jun 10 '17 at 21:23
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 \$\begingroup\$ _USER_ You don't have to assume. p. 153 of PHB says a flask holds one pint. \$\endgroup\$ – KorvinStarmast Jun 11 '17 at 2:01
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What is significant about the number 21 for the military
What does the 21 stand for in the 21 gun salute?
Land batteries, having a greater supply of gunpowder, were able to fire three guns for every shot fired afloat, hence the salute by shore batteries was 21 guns. The 21 – gun salute became the highest honor a nation rendered. Varying customs among the maritime powers led to confusion in saluting and return of salutes.
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Why are 21 shots fired at military funerals?
What do you do at an open casket?
What are the fundamental aspects of an open casket funeral? They take care of the embalming of the body. The body has to be dressed. The funeral home can also use some makeup on the body. The people from the funeral home will also take care of the deceased's hair.


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Let $A$ be a finite, Abelian, additive group. Let $A^{*} = Hom(A, \mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z})$ denote the group of homomorphisms $f$ from $A$ to $\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}$. Take for granted that $A^{*}$ is an Abelian group (I have already proved this). Prove that $A$ is isomorphic to $A^{*}$ if $A$ is cyclic.
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What's the group operation on $A^*$? $(f \cdot g)(a) = f(a) \cdot g(a)$? – Clive Newstead Oct 30 '12 at 18:30
That is indeed the case! – user44069 Oct 30 '12 at 18:36
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Hint: If $A$ is cyclic, and $a$ generates it, then every homomorphism $f:A\to G$ is completely determined by $f(a)$.
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Although some research shows that positive outcomes occur when workers understand how their pay is determined, little is known about the dynamics of how pay communication affects pay satisfaction. This research proposes that the relationships between pay communication and pay satisfaction exist because justice perceptions mediate them. Pay communication is of particular interest to managers of public sector organizations, where many aspects of the pay system are in the public domain, and without adequate communication, may be easily misunderstood by workers. The purpose of this paper is to discuss these issues.
The study consists of a sample of 384 employees of a Midwestern public university in the USA who completed two questionnaires. Structural equation modeling is used.
Pay communication has both direct and mediated relationships with pay satisfaction (satisfaction with pay level, benefits, pay raise, and pay administration). Distributive justice accounts for more variance in all pay satisfaction dimensions than procedural justice. Interpersonal and information justice are essentially unrelated to pay satisfaction.
The sample over‐represents women, non‐minorities, and workers with long‐service records. Results may not be generalizeable to other organizational contexts, particularly to private sector organizations.
Perceived pay communication predicts not only pay satisfaction, but also perceptions of organizational justice. In turn, justice's mediation is critical to enhancing satisfaction with pay. Organizations should carefully design and implement pay communication programs.
First, the relationships between perceived pay communication and pay satisfaction are shown to be, in part, based on justice perceptions. Second, issues of pay communication have rarely been studied in US public sector organizations, which require open pay systems. Third, this paper presents improvements in measures and other methods over past research in pay communication.
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The raincoat is a type of waterproof jacket that protects us from rain. I guess most people wonder about what are raincoats made of. Raincoat jacket specially made of water-resistant fabric and other materials. But before discussing the materials of raincoats you must know when and who invented this? Charles Macintosh in 1836 invented this mixing rubber with fabric and it was the first modern raincoat. But now there are various types of raincoats with different colors available in the market. For kids multiple colors of raincoats also accessible in the market.
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This science fair project was done to investigate the effect of surface temperature on the quality of fingerprints obtained. The testing was done by extracting fingerprints from drinking glasses at various temperatures.
The fingerprint obtained from a surface with a lower temperature will be clearer.
The skin on the surface of our palm and feet has many ridges, called friction ridges. Every person will have a pattern of ridges that is unique only to them, and which will not change over time. The pattern of ridges on fingers is called the fingerprint.
These ridges help in amplifying the vibrations felt by our fingers, when rubbed over rough surfaces. They help us to feel and perceive the texture of a surface. Friction ridges also give us a better grip on smooth, wet, oily or slippery surfaces.
Fingerprints that are left on a surface are either patent or latent. Patent prints are left by substances like ink, blood, oil or paint, while latent prints are left on surfaces by skin secretions like oil or sweat. The latter is normally not visible to the naked eye. Forensic experts normally find and use the fingerprints found in a crime scene to identity the person or persons who had been present at the scene.
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Fingerprint, friction ridges, amplify, vibration, patent fingerprint, latent fingerprint
The materials required for this science fair project:
- 6 drinking glasses
- 1 bag of ice
- 1 hot plate
- 1 thermometer
- Tap water
- 1 bottle of cocoa powder
- 1 soft brush
- 1 roll of transparent cellophane tape (30mm width)
- A4 size paper
- 1 plastic glove
- 1 piece of cloth
- 1 black marker
1. For this science fair project, the independent variable is the temperature of the drinking glasses. The dependent variable is the clarity of the fingerprint made on the glass. This is determined by comparing powdered copies of fingerprints obtained on pieces of cellophane tape. The constants (control variables) are the drinking glasses, the finger used to create the fingerprints, the cocoa power as well as the softness of the brush used.
2. Label the 6 drinking glasses as 0°C, 10°C, 20°C, 30°C, 40°C and 50°C respectively with the black marker. Record the temperatures on a sheet of A4 paper, 50mm apart.
3. Wear the plastic glove and carefully clean the drinking glasses with a wet cloth, removing all stains and fingerprints.
4. Fill the 6 glasses with tap water till they are about 80% full. Adjust the temperature of the water in each glass to 0°C, 10°C, 20°C, 30°C, 40°C or 50°C according to the temperature marked on each glass. Lower the temperature of the water by stirring in ice cubes, and increase the temperature of the water by placing the glass on a hot plate and setting it to the appropriate temperature.
5. Check the temperature of the water in each glass using a thermometer. Once the temperature of both the water and glass has stabilized, remove the plastic glove. Press a finger firmly against the surface of the glass to create a fingerprint.
6. Wear the plastic glove again and pour the water out from the glass. Allow the temperature of the glass to return to room temperature.
7. Sprinkle some cocoa powder on the surface of the glass. Using the soft brush gently dust the powder off the glass surface.A fingerprint will appear. Place the adhesive side of the transparent cellophane tape over the fingerprint to collect it. Then, stick the piece of tape onto the A4 paper, under the appropriate label.
8. Once all 6 prints have been taken and placed on the A4 paper, make a comparison and rate them 1 to 6. 1 being the clearest fingerprint and 6 being the least clear fingerprint.
The results show that the fingerprint obtained at 0°C was the most clear., The quality of the fingerprint obtained becomes more unclear as the temperature increases.
Glass temperature 0°C 10°C 20°C 30°C 40°C 50°C
Fingerprint Rating 1 2 3 4 5 6
The hypothesis that fingerprints obtained from a surface with lower temperature will be clearer has been proven to be true.
Fingerprints are now used for identification of individuals and at crime scene investigations. Some banks even use fingerprint detectors to verify the identity of a person before financial transactions are permitted. Access to certain restricted areas may also be controlled by fingerprint scanning. Sometimes, crossing country borders also requires fingerprint identification.
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Land records can help you determine where and when your family lived in a specific place. Sometimes these records will be based on inheritance, and such records will often mention two or more generations of a family. In Scotland the land system had feudal roots in which the crown owned all of the land.
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Most of our Scottish ancestors never owned land but rather lived and farmed land belonging to someone else. The Estate owner kept management records of their lands, estates and tenants. Some of these records have survived and reside either in the hands of the current estate owner or are at the National Archives of Scotland (NAS) as a Gift and Depost (GD). Some large estates have their own archives on-sight. The types of papers in an estate could be:
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- Findlay, James. Directory of Gentlemen's' Seats, villages, &c. in Scotland… (FHL book Ref 941 E4d; film 599347 item 3; fiche _PHONE_) online at Archives.org
- Register of the Great Seal _PHONE_, 11 vols. (FHL book 941 N2sc): _PHONE_ are available on Ancestry
- Statistics of the annexed estates, _PHONE_: from the records of the forfeited estates preserved in the Scottish Record Office [NAS]. FHL Q book 941 R2sa. Lists tenants on the estates forfeited as a result of the 1745 Rebellion.
- Index of Place Names to the Abridgements of Sasines (see that section)
- Timperley, Loretta R. Directory of Landownership in Scotland circa 1770. (FHL book 941 B4sr n.s. v. 5)
- Return of Owners of Land and Heritages in Scotland 1872-73 (FHL Q book 941 R25i)
- National Register of Archives (searchable online) _URL_
Once the name of the land owner has been determined, search the NAS' catalog for their name or the property name along with references of E,GD or RH. The FHL catalog should also be searched under the county where the property was located and look under the topic of "Land and Property".
Taxes were determined by the value of the land. These records are called 'valuation rolls' and exist sporadically before 1855. The book entitled "Directory of Landownership in Scotland circa 1770" is based in part on the valuation rolls for that year. The FHL has only a few of these records and most are listed in the NAS online catalog with the reference of VR. To learn more about these records go to _URL_
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For more information about sasine, service of heir, deeds, and other Scottish land and property records, see the following website and books:
National Archives of Scotland Look at the "Guides to Records".
Dobson, David. Scottish-American Heirs _PHONE_. Baltimore, Maryland: Genealogical Publishing Co., Inc., 1990. (Family History Librarybook 941 D2d.)
Encyclopedia of the Laws of Scotland. 16 vols and 2 supps. Edinburgh, Scotland: W. Green & Son, Limited, 1926. (Family History Library book 941 P36e.)
Gibb, Andrew Dewar. Students' Glossary of Scottish Legal Terms. Edinburgh, Scotland: W. Green & Son, Ltd., 1946. (Family History Library book 941 P36g.)
Gouldesbrough, Peter. Formulary of Old Scots Legal Documents. Vol. 36. Edinburgh, Scotland: The Stair Society, 1985. (Family History Library book 941 B4st v.36.)
An Introductory Survey of the Sources and Literature of Scots Law. Vol. 1. The Stair Society. Edinburgh, Scotland: Robert Maclehose & Co., Ltd. for The Stair Society, 1936. (Family History Librarybook 941 B4st; film _PHONE_.)
Sinclair, Cecil. Tracing Your Scottish Ancestors: A Guide to Ancestry Research in the Scottish Record Office. Edinburgh, Scotland: Her Majesty's Stationery Office, 1990. (Family History Library book 941 D27s.)


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While reading about packages that allow to hook macros to certain events, I came across this command, \shipout. Searching on the internet didn't help a lot but if I'm not so wrong it's somehow related to creating new pages (or is it?).
My question is, what is exactly \shipout, what does it do and how it does what it does? (i.e. what is happening on the low-level in the background)
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\shipout is apparently primitive, because \show\shipout produces > \shipout=\shipout. – Henri Menke Dec 27 '13 at 12:54
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This is quite easy: \shipout is a primitive. Its syntax is
\shipout ⟨box⟩
where ⟨box⟩ is completely specified at page 278 of the TeXbook:
⟨box⟩ → \box⟨8-bit number⟩ | \copy⟨8-bit number⟩
 | \lastbox | \vsplit⟨8-bit number⟩ to ⟨dimen⟩
 | \hbox⟨box specification⟩{⟨horizontal mode material⟩}
 | \vbox⟨box specification⟩{⟨vertical mode material⟩}
 | \vtop⟨box specification⟩{⟨vertical mode material⟩}
⟨box specification⟩ → to ⟨dimen⟩⟨filler⟩ | spread ⟨dimen⟩⟨filler⟩ | ⟨filler⟩
One could, for example, say
\shipout\hbox{Hello world}
and one page in the DVI or PDF file will be created. Of course nobody wants to use \shipout this way. Its main usage is in the output routine that is called when TeX decides it has sufficient material for ejecting a full page. The current main vertical list is split at the chosen page break and its contents is packaged into \box255, which the output routine can act on. For example, the Plain TeX output routine does
so a full page, adorned with headers and footers is shipped out. The contents of \box255 is massaged by \pagebody. The output routine in LaTeX is much more complicated.
What one can do is redefining \shipout so it does other jobs. The oldest macro set that did something like this was quire.tex (still available on CTAN and TeX Live)
It saves the primitive meaning of \shipout in the command \q_oldship (the macros use _ as a 'private' marker) and redefines it to be \q_boat, which will do some jobs and eventually call \q_oldship. For instance it could be set up for placing two output pages on the same physical page, or for making sixteen page quires (whence the package name).
The package atbegshi does similarly. It redefines \shipout so that it can hook between the call of \shipout and the actual page ship out.
What precisely the primitive \shipout does is transforming the vertical list it's fed with into low level printing instructions (DVI or PDF format, according to the value of \pdfoutput if pdftex or luatex is used, XDV if xetex is used, only DVI for Knuth TeX). Meanwhile it executes all delayed \write operations, expanding tokens as it goes: in this way references to the page number are guaranteed to be correct, because they are computed when the page is being shipped out.
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From TeXbook, Chapter 23: Output Routines, page 254:
TeX's primitive command \shipout is what actually causes output. It sends the contents of the box to the dvi file, which is TeX's main output file; after TeX has finished, the dvi file will contain a compact device-independent encoding of instructions that specify exactly what should be printed. When a box is shipped out, TeX displays the values of \count0 through \count9 on your terminal, as explained in Chapter 15; these ten counters are also recorded in the dvi file, where they can be used to identify the page. All of the \openout, \closeout, and \write commands that appear inside of the box are performed in their natural order as that box is being shipped out. Since a \write command expands macros, as explained in Chapter 21, TeX's scanning mechanism might detect syntax errors while a \shipout is in progress. If \tracingoutput is nonzero at the time of a \shipout, the contents of the box being shipped are written into your log file in symbolic form. You can say \shipout anywhere, not only in an output routine.
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I am making a python code for Arcgis9.3. In this code I have an input feature and I create a Output feature. I want that the output feature is the same geometry type as the input feature. At the moment my code to create the output feature is :
gp.CreateFeatureclass("C:/Users/Desktop/Test/", NameOutFC, "POLYLINE")
But I would like to get the input feature geometry type and use it to create my output feature :
gp.CreateFeatureclass("C:/Users/Desktop/Test/", NameOutFC, GeometryLikeInput)
I found the code with ArcPy :
desc = arcpy.Describe('C:/shapefile.shp')
geometryType = desc.shapeType
if geometryType == 'polygon':
print 'Polygon'
elif geometryType == 'point'
But I can't use it with arcgis9.3.
Thanks for your help
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You can use the Geometry object which is available even in 9.3.
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The.pdf file for Geoprocessor model in 9.3
The code sample:
rows = gp.SearchCursor("D:/St_Johns/data.gdb/roads")
row = rows.Next()
while row:
 print row.Type
Alternative way is to use Describe method where you could use ShapeType:
import arcgisscripting
gp = arcgisscripting.create(9.3)
gp.workspace = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Reference Systems"
fc = r"C:\Program Files (x86)\ArcGIS\Reference Systems\utm.shp"
dsc = gp.describe(fc)
print "ShapeType: \n" + str(dsc.ShapeType)
Which gives you Polygon
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Yes but in this case i have to chexk all the feature in my shapefile and the return geometry type is the geometry type of each feature. So i am looking for a code which return the geometry of the shapefile directly without reading each row and retrun each feature geometry. – Panvjim0 Apr 30 at 9:32
Then just add a counter in the code and use the while counter < 2 in the code. Shapefile can store only one type of geometry, so you are done when you figure out the geometry type of the first feature. – Alex Tereshenkov Apr 30 at 9:39
_USER_, I've updated my answer to include a cleaner way to access the shape type of a feature class. – Alex Tereshenkov Apr 30 at 11:58
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Today is the start of National Papaya Month, which means one immediate thing: There's a papaya shake in my near future.
The beauty of papaya, the fleshy fruit that's never cloyingly sweet, is that it loves citrus as much as it loves dairy and sugar.
Drop papaya chunks into a blender with cold water and lime and you've got a tart, refreshing shake. Or blend the fruit with milk and your choice of sweetener and the result is creamy delicious.
Some of my favorite ways to enjoy ripe Florida papaya:
- Chilled, sliced lengthwise (as you might slice a wedge of honeydew melon) and served with a generous sprinkling of lime.
- Blended with water, lime juice and a touch of sugar, and poured into an ice cube tray. Pop out a frozen cube and slurp it as you would an ice pop.
- Ripened and smashed into cream or half and half with honey or sugar, and poured into a rectangular, freezer-proof container to make a homey gelato.
- Cut into cubes while still firm and simmered in a simple syrup of water and sugar with a cinnamon stick, until the fruit is tender and the liquid is thickened. Cool and serve with a wedge of cream cheese.
- Diced into a salsa, and added to chopped red onions, jalapeños, minced cilantro. Toss with lime and a drizzle of olive oil.
- Blended with either milk or water into a frothy shake. Add straw and levitate in bliss.
A few tips:
- For a sweeter fruit, look for papayas that are hot yellow and rather soft to the touch.
- Slice the fruit down the middle, lengthwise, and with a spoon scoop out the seeds. Cut the halves into sections and peel each section with a paring knife.
- Store fresh-cut cubes in a sealed container for up to four days, depending on how the ripeness of the fruit.
- You can toss the seeds or use them to grow your own papaya plant.


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Chechebsa is sometimes called (Kita Firfir). It is one of the most popular breakfast dishes in the Ethiopian tradition. Chechebsa starts with preparing a batter that's fried to make a large flatbread called Kita. The kita is then torn into small pieces and is mixed with berbere (spiced red pepper powder) and Niter Kibbeh (spiced butter) until it's a moist and soft mixture. Chechebsa is usually served warm served with hot coffee or chai spiced tea.Ingredients:
 - 1tbsp of oil to prevent sticky pan
 - 1cup of Flour (whole wheat, all purpose, teff, or a mixture of some or all the flours)
 - 1/2tsp Salt
 - 2tsp Spiced red paper powder
 - 4tbspSpiced butter (Nitir Kibbeh)
 1. Heat the pan with the oil on it if
 2. Mix the flour with the salt
 3. Add 1/2 cup water and keep whisking, adding 2 Tbsp more water at a time as needed, and whisking until smooth like a thin pancake batter.
 4. Pour the batter into the hot pan over medium heat. Spread the batter into a single layer to form a large pancake. Cook 2 to 4 minutes or until bottom is lightly browned. Flip the Kita, and cook other side another 1 to 2 minutes or until lightly browned and cooked through. Set the cooked Kita aside for a few minutes, to cool.
 5. Tear the flat bread (Kita) into small pieces.
 6. Melt the butter on a pan and mix it with the spiced red pepper powder.
 7. Add the small pieces of the flat bread to the butter-pepper powder pan and ix thoroughly.
 8. Scoop it to a bowl or plate and serve it with hot tea or hot coffee.
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Participants collect ants and send their ant-filled vial and corresponding data sheet back to the Naturalist Center at the California Academy of Sciences. All specimens will be identified and entered in a database by an Academy entomologist. All results are then uploaded to AntWeb where the location and identification of the ants are made public. Your contribution becomes part of the scientific record!


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Drone quadracopters throw and catch inverted pendulum
Let the spear-throwing killbot FUD commence
Video All those stories you've read lately about drones invading your privacy by photographing you from afar?
Kids' stuff … now that we have the evidence below of drones throwing and catching an inverted pendulum.
That trick has been accomplished by boffins at ETH Zurich's Institute for Dynamic Systems and Control, where a "Flying Machine Arena" exists and is used to train flying 'bots.
The Institute and Arena scored plenty of attention back in 2011 with this video of quadracopters juggling, after a fashion.
Now Masters student Dario Brescianini has taught the drone 'quadracopters an even tougher trick: throwing and catching inverted pendulum, essentially a pole with its centre of mass above its pivot point. Because the inverted pendulum used has two weights on its mid-section, its motion is rather more complex than that of a ball. Teaching a quadracopter to toss and catch one is therefore a rather harder problem.
Here's how the team solved it, according to Robohub:
"First, a state estimator was used to accurately predict the pendulum's motion while in flight. Unlike the ball used in the group's earlier demonstration of quadrocopter juggling, the pendulum's drag properties depend on its orientation. This means, among other things, that a pendulum in free fall will move sideways if oriented at an angle. Since experiments showed that this effect was quite large for the pendulum used, an estimator including a drag model of the pendulum was developed."
"Second, a fast trajectory generator was needed to quickly move the catching quadrocopter to the estimated catching position."
"Third, a learning algorithm was implemented to correct for deviations from the theoretical models for two key events: A first correction term was learnt for the desired catching point of the pendulum. This allowed to capture systematic model errors of the throwing quadrocopter's trajectory and the pendulum's flight. A second correction term was learnt for the catching quadrocopter's position. This allowed to capture systematic model errors of the catching quadrocopter's rapid movement to the catching position."
The results can be seen in the video below, which at 1:34 features a puff of smoke as the flour-filled bag that is the pendulum's rudimentary shock absorber bursts.
The video is undoubtedly impressive, but it is also worth noting that military drones have vast area viewing and target acquisition capabilitie. BAE's "Gorgon Stare", for example, can track multiple objects within a 4KM radius beneath a drone.
But as any modern story story about semi-autonomous flying vehicles has to worry about cheaper models and how they will fill suburbia with privacy invading aerial cameras, we'll do so by imagining a pendulum with a sharp tip and quadracopters capable of identifying a human target at which to lob them.
Were such a rig to be developed, and it doesn't look like a massive stretch given the ingenuity on display, we'd have flying, spear-throwing, killbots to contend with. Which makes even sharks with lasers look kind of lame. ®
Thanks to Jack Clark for the Gorgon tip.


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Top Locations for Crime Scenes in Pittsburgh
The Pittsburgh Police is the biggest law enforcement group in Western Pennsylvania, and the third in the state. It's no wonder with the historic crime that has been present throughout the city. As of now, there are about 1,000 sworn officers on the police force.
The rate of various crimes in Pittsburgh is well over the national average in many cases, including violence, theft, and assault. Since the 1910s, there has been criminal activity from one particular group that has dominated the city.
The Pittsburgh crime family
The Pittsburgh crime family, also known as the LaRocca's has been around for over one hundred years. They came out of the prohibition era, the same time period as Al Capone. Their beginning acts were to illegally make and sell alcohol. Since this time, the crime family has been linked to gambling rings, drugs, and suspected murders.
The group is fairly transparent about their actions, to an extent. Their members are known, although since the 1990s their numbers have fallen drastically due to conviction and death. There are murders that members have been accused of, but denied.
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The areas
There are different areas around Pittsburg that have higher levels of crime. No matter the area you live in, crime is possible. Even though there are areas that have had long histories of crime that are more prone to criminal activity. It doesn't matter where you are, criminal activity can happen.
Many areas of Pittsburgh have above average home prices, even though they also have above average crime rates. The most dangerous area of the city prone to crime scenes is between Mcneilly Road and Sussex Avenue. The area is known for its unique characteristics. The neighborhoods are a unique mix of cultural groups.
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Upper St. Clair is a part of the south most tip of Pittsburg. Although it may not be the most dangerous part of Pittsburg, it is no stranger to crime scenes. The Whiskey Rebellion in 1791 started out in Upper St. Clair. Although this wasn't necessarily a crime scene, at the time it was illegal, and it caused a big mess. Which is basically the same thing as a crime scene right?
The police force
A large majority of the Pittsburg police force, over seventy percent, are male. They have the Pittsburg are divided into six zones. Each zone is required to have a certain number of officers present, based on the crime scenes that have been seen in the area. The first four zones require the highest number of officers while the last two zones are a bit safer. This is to ensure the rate of crime scenes diminishes.
A commander, who maintains the peace in their geographic area, leads each zone. Between the six zones, here is a breakdown of what law enforcement officers are present at all times:
 - Thirteen police officers
 - Three detectives
 - One sergeant
 - One lieutenant
This is simply an average across the six zones, but is a good representation of the steps taken to reduce crime in Pittsburgh.
Crime scenes are something you never want to come across. Through proper enforcement, and prevention, crime in Pittsburgh can be reduced. The areas that have become famous as crime scenes can now become known for something else.
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The Step by Step Settlement Service(funded under the Settlement Engagement and Transition Support Service) provides holistic support for newly arrived refugees and migrants in their first five years in Australia, to equip them with the knowledge and skills to identify, understand and to address their settlement needs.
It is a partnership of 3 agencies, bringing together the specialist experience and resources of MercyCare (Lead Agency), Save the Children and Edmund Rice Centre of WA. Our staff are based at offices in Brewer Place, Mirrabooka, and come from a range of multicultural backgrounds, enabling them to easily understand and cater to the needs of service users
The Step by Step Settlement Service provides individuals and families with high-quality individual casework and access to group classes/forums to address issues arising during their settlement experience. The priority supports provided by this service are:
Support to improve English language skills:
- Reviewing their progress towards English language proficiency goals with the Adult Migrants English Program (AMEP)
- Providing additional support as required via AMEP's more intensive Extend/Special Preparatory Programs, or local community conversational classes.
- Linking them to ERC's 'Language for Living in Australia' program which provides English language and literacy practice focused on common settlement issues.
- Connecting them to StC's Live and Learn program which provides weekly support to students with ENGLISH practice & homework.
- Participation in StC's life skills classes for women
Support engagement with education by:
- Connecting them into vocational training courses
- Assising them to enrol in TAFE, university, or a registered training organisation
- Referring them to the WA Department of Training & Workforce Development or Trades Recognition Australia to transfer overseas skills
- Supporting women with young children to access early childhood education opportunities through kindergarten, playgroups, community education programs and enrolment in school
- Engaging women with children in Save the Children's facilitated playgroup program Play2Learn
Build employment readiness by:
- Assisting to develop workplace ENGLISH
- Leveraging MercyCare's CaLD Job & Skills Training Centre expertise, employer networks & practical skills training programs
- Referring entrepreneurs to specialist migrant business support networks
- Offering a place on ERC's Driver Education Program (the only new arrivals-focused road safety learner driver program in WA)
- Sourcing work & volunteering options including within our consortium's services in childcare, aged care, community services, administration & retail;
- Offering subsidised places at MercyCare's early learning centres to boost workforce participation
- Where appropriate, referring them to JobActive
- Providing support if appropriate during the first stages of a job to ensure its sustainability
The service will run the following group classes/forums:
- "Conversations for Life" Classes, a range of classes run several times a week catering to different English competency levels, providing a relaxed place to practice practical English
- Women's Life Skills classes, providing a safe environment for women to practice their English while learning new skills, developing confidence and strengthening social networks;
- Early Childhood education program Play2Learn,providing children aged 0 to 5 and their mothers with a quality early-learning program to support a smooth transition to the Australian school system and the attainment of early childhood milestones
- Employment Readiness Workshops, including developing a resume, preparing for interviews, how to look for and find job opportunities, the hidden job market etc
- Computer classes, to build computer proficiency for job search and office work
- Learning to Drive, group classes
Focus on Youth
The Step by Step Service will also have a strong focus on supporting youth,
With Employment Assistance:
- Education and employment support, including access to the above listed group activities open to all ages
- Access to volunteering, work placements and internships to improve employment prospects
- Creating career plans to capture future goals and directions
- Support with navigating and understanding how to access Australia's education and employment system
To access Edmund Rice Centre's range of youth programs:
- Leadership and life skills development programs
Permanent residents who have arrived in Australia in the last five years and live in the Perth north metropolitan area, such as:
- humanitarian entrants
- family stream migrants with low English proficiency
- dependents of skilled migrants and their dependents in rural and regional areas with low English proficiency
- selected other stream visas (Former Resident and Referred Stay (Permanent)
This Settlement Service Programme is funded by the Department of Social Services.
MercyCare is part of the Unity Employment Network which connects WA employers with jobseekers from asylum seeker, refugee and new migrant backgrounds. Find out more about the Unity Employment Network here.
As employers, there are many opportunities to support access to employment for people from a refugee or asylum seeker background. We have a helpful Guide for WA Employers and our team at Unity Employment Network would be happy to answer any questions you have - _EMAIL_


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For those with access to IEEE Intelligent Transportation Systems online, PATH researcher Steven Shladover has written a 20 year retrospective of the organization. The abstract reads thusly:
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Abstract The existing inexact optimization methods based on interval-parameter linear programming can hardly address problems where coefficients in objective functions are subject to dual uncertainties. In this study, a superiority-inferiority-based inexact fuzzy two-stage mixed-integer linear programming (SI-IFTMILP) model was developed for supporting municipal solid waste management under uncertainty. The developed SI-IFTMILP approach is capable of tackling dual uncertainties presented as fuzzy boundary intervals (FuBIs) in not only constraints, but also objective functions. Uncertainties expressed as a combination of intervals and random variables could also be explicitly reflected. An algorithm with high computational efficiency was provided to solve SI-IFTMILP. SI-IFTMILP was then applied to a long-term waste management case to demonstrate its applicability. Useful interval solutions were obtained. SI-IFTMILP could help generate dynamic facility-expansion and waste-allocation plans, as well as provide corrective actions when anticipated waste management plans are violated. It could also greatly reduce system-violation risk and enhance system robustness through examining two sets of penalties resulting from variations in fuzziness and randomness. Moreover, four possible alternative models were formulated to solve the same problem; solutions from them were then compared with those from SI-IFTMILP. The results indicate that SI-IFTMILP could provide more reliable solutions than the alternatives. 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
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The Master (Sensei) and Practitioners (Ryoho) of the Hoshindo Healing Arts Institute, as Guardians and Keepers of the Bees, honour the ancient tradition of Hoshin under the guidance of the Hoshindo Society of the Americas (Hoshindo Kyokai).
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In following the tradition of Hoshindo, they learn to focus attention, creating a listening attitude that permits tenderness to manifest. This can lead to fearless mind, profound composure, and compassion – all important qualities in the successful practice of Hoshindo and the Medicines of the Bee.


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This page provides all possible meanings and translations of the word MT
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 1. megaton.
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 2. metric ton.
 3. Montana.
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 4. Mountain time.
 1. mitochondrion; mitochondrial.
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 2. mountain.
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 a unit of weight equivalent to 1000 kilograms
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Particles can be made semi-transparent by setting their Transparency particle property. A Transparency value of 0.0 lets a particle appear fully opaque, while any value in the range 0.0-1.0 renders the particle translucent.
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This study examines student teaching of elementary teacher preparation programs in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and the United States of America (USA). Two programs comparable in program design, course requirements and goals were selected for exploration. The key aspects that were studied about student teaching include its unit ratio in a program, features of placements, written work by student teachers and evaluation. Findings indicate that these programs share the same basic elements related to student teaching but differences exist in student teaching sequence, focus on candidates' practice to assume teaching responsibilities, participation in evaluation and level of peer interaction. The PRC program places an emphasis on teamwork of candidates and makes them active evaluators in a three-step sequence including mock mini lessons. The USA candidates are required to gain considerably more field and teaching experience in duration and number of lessons to teach cross multiple subjects. They also reflect on their practices regularly in addition to fulfilling other credential requirements beyond the program. Educational implications are discussed regarding the characteristics of the programs in an international context.
Student Teaching Practice in Two Elementary Teacher Preparation Programs.
Australian Journal of Teacher Education, 37(1).


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This computer learned how to make Mario levels by watching YouTube
This computer learnt how to make Mario levels from YouTube
Researchers at the Georgia Institute of Technology have built a computer that can design videogame levels after watching footage of those games on YouTube. The first test? Mario, of course.
The system ignores the playable character and instead looks at the other elements on screen - pipes, coins, blocks and enemies. From that, it establishes rules - like how pipes in Mario games tend to come out of the ground, and the maximum width that a jump can be. It also looks at which sections players spend the most time on.
"An initial evaluation of our approach indicates an ability to produce level sections that are both playable and close to the original without hand coding any design criteria," said Matthew Guzdial, lead researcher on the project.
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After watching 17 samples of gameplay, the system was able to output 151 different level sections, and 334 once the constraints were slackened a little. The resulting chunks can be glued together into a level and easily ported into a game engine.
Mark Riedl, who also worked on the system, said that by applying the technique across several games of the same genre, the rules of that genre could be established and entire games created algorithmically. In short, the next hit mobile game might not be designed by humans at all.
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Interdisciplinary Middle Years Multimedia Model
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