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CULTURAL AND CREATIVE ACTIVITY SATELLITE ACCOUNTS
Australian National Accounts: Cultural and Creative Activity Satellite Accounts, Experimental, 2008-09 (cat. no. 5271.0) was published on 10 February 2014. This publication presents experimental measures of the economic contribution of cultural and creative activity in Australia, within the context of a satellite account linked to the Australian System of National Accounts.
In 2008-09, cultural and creative activity is estimated to have contributed $86.0 billion (6.9%) to Australia's Gross Domestic Product (GDP) on a national accounts basis. Cultural activity is estimated to have contributed $50.1 billion (4.0%) to GDP, while creative activity contributed $78.3 billion (6.3%). The industries and occupations common to these two segments accounted for $42.4 billion (3.4%) - this common activity is counted only once in the combined account for cultural and creative activity.
The publication was made possible with investment funding by the federal and state and territory governments through the Cultural Ministers' Statistics Working Group. The ability to produce the satellite accounts for future reference years will depend on the availability of investment funds from stakeholders, as well as the continued availability of the various input data needed to construct the accounts.


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While ginseng can legally be harvested from the national forests, there are several restrictions. The roots can only be dug at certain times of year, there's a limit on how many you can take, and only larger roots can be taken. Ginseng diggers must also have a permit.
So far this year, Forest Service officials caught and arrested nine people for illegally possessing ginseng. The average ginseng poacher was caught with 25 roots and ultimately spent about two weeks in jail. This year, the forest has seen a sharp increase in violations issued to plant poachers over previous years.
Conservationists, botanists and others are concerned about the decline of ginseng populations, and poaching may eventually cause harvests to be restricted.
Ginseng root has been favored as a tonic with exports to East Asia for the past two-and-a-half centuries. In North Carolina, the plant primarily occurs in the mountains. The Forest Service continues to monitor the harvest in the national forests in North Carolina to ensure the future viability of the plant.
Removing any plant or its parts from national forest land without a permit or outside of the legal harvest season is considered theft. Every national forest plant is public property, which means plant thieves are robbing all citizens of a resource that is collectively owned. Penalties for plant poaching may include a fine up to $5,000 or six-month sentence in federal prison, or both.
"Unfortunately, not everyone respects the rules, and there are times when we need to take action. In recent years, the punishment for ginseng poaching has included up to 30 days in jail for a first-time, misdemeanor offense in some Western North Carolina cases," said Bail. "Poachers need to understand that the federal courts are taking plant theft, as well as wildlife poaching, very seriously and that the penalties for such acts may be harsh."
Visitors to the Nantahala and Pisgah National Forests must obtain a permit to collect ginseng during the designated harvest season, which runs Sept. 1 through 30. Ginseng permits cost $40 per wet pound. An individual may purchase up to three wet pounds annually although harvest is prohibited in Wilderness and Natural Areas.

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Indian Coin Recognition and Sum Counting System of Image Data Mining Using Artificial Neural Networks
This paper is to classify recently released Indian coins of different denomination. The is to recognize the coins and count the total value of the coin in terms of Indian National Rupees (INR). The system designs coin recognition which uses by combining Robert's edge detection method, Laplacian of Gaussion edge detection method, Canny edge detection method and Multi-Level Counter Propagation Neural Network (ML-CPNN) based on the coin. In this paper, it is proposed to introduce ML-CPNN approach. The features of old coins and new coins of different denominations are considered for classification.

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Let's say one says borei ha'adamah or ha'eitz and eats at least a kezayis of a fruit or vegetable, but is not yet full. Then, the person decides that he or she wants to eat bread. Is the proper procedure to say borei nefashos first, or to say hamotzi and then afterward say birkas hamazon and borei nefashos?
If the answer is that one should say the brachos achronos before hamotzi, what should one do if one forgets to do so before saying hamotzi? In such a situation, should one say it in the middle of the meal, or wait until after birkas hamazon?
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Is he planning on eating any of the fruit/vegetable during the bread meal? – Double AA May 15 at 15:45
I don't know -- does the answer depend on that? – Kordovero May 15 at 15:56
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Mishnah Berura 176:2 -
If he is planning on eating more fruit during the meal, and had in mind to continue eating the fruit during the meal, then it is all considered part of the meal and he does not make a borei nefashos, not before hamotzi and not after, as it is covered by the birkas hamazon that he will say.
If he does not plan to continue eating more during the meal, then he needs to make a borei nefashos. This borei nefashos should be made even during the meal. The implication of the Mishnah Berura is that it doesn't matter at what point you make the borei nefashos, as the eating of the fruit had nothing to do with the meal, and it could even be after birkas hamazon.
If he ate a vegetable (or any food that does not need a beracha when eaten during the meal) then he makes a borei nefashos even if he eats more during the meal, as the original pre-meal eating was perforce not part of the meal.
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Thanks! I'm a little confused about your last sentence. Are you saying it's different between eating fruits and vegetables? Do you mean that he makes the borei nefashot before the meal in that case? Or is it just the same as the fruit example? (I guess the difference would be that one says ha-eitz even during a bread meal, if one already said borei nefashos?) – Kordovero May 16 at 13:20
_USER_ It is the same as fruit in the case that you do not plan to eat more during the meal. In the case of a vegetable, it is automatically treated as if you do not plan to have more. – YeZ May 16 at 17:47
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Restrict Deployment Access to Specific Environments
Updated 9 months ago by Michael Cretzman
By default, all Harness User Group members have full permissions on all Applications.
Using Harness RBAC functionality, you can restrict the deployments a User Group may perform to specific Harness Applications and their subordinate Environments.
Restricting a User Group's deployments to specific Environments enables you to manage which target infrastructures are impacted by your different teams. For example, you can have Dev environments only impacted by Dev teams, and QA environments only impacted by QA teams.
In this topic:
Before You Begin
Ensure you are familiar with the following Harness features:
Visual Summary
In the following image, you can see that the Application Permissions for a Harness User Group are set for a specific Application and three of its Environments:
Members of this User Group will have permission to execute Workflow and Pipeline deployments for those target Environments only.
Step 1: Create or Edit a User Group
Harness User Groups are managed in Security > Access Management > User Groups.
Open a User Group. You will edit its Application Permissions to restrict its members deployment permissions to specific Application Environments.
For steps on setting up a User Group, see Managing Users and Groups (RBAC).
Step 2: Set Application Permissions
By default, all Harness User Groups members have full permissions on all Applications.
In Application Permissions, click the pencil icon to edit the default permissions.
The Application Permission settings appear. Configure the following settings:
 1. In Permission Type, enable Deployments and any other permissions other than All Permission Types.
 2. In Application, select the Application(s) you want to grant deployment permissions for. Use the search feature if needed.
 3. In Filter, select the Environments in the Applications you selected. These are the Environments that you want to allow the User Group members to deploy to. Use the search feature if needed.
 4. In Action, select Read, Execute Workflow, and Execute Pipeline.
When you're done, the Application Permission will look something like this:
Now this User Group's members can only deploy to the Environments you selected.
Add and remove members as needed.
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Kit Consists of: 40 oz MIL Engine Treatment, 8 oz Compound 90, 8 oz Fuel System Treatment
What you can expect after installing an one-time treatment:
- Reducing noxious emissions.
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- Engine Treatement is Microlon's standard formulation and is added to the crankcase
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Soft Set Theoretic Approach for Dimensionality Reduction
A reduct is a subset of attributes that are jointly sufficient and individually necessary for preserving a particular property of a given information system. The existing reduct approaches under soft set theory are still based on Boolean-valued information system. However, in the real applications, the data usually contain non-Boolean values. In this paper, an alternative approach for attribute reduction in multi-valued information system under soft set theory is presented. Based on the notion of multi-soft sets and AND operation, attribute reduction can be defined. It is shown that the reducts obtained are equivalent with Pawlak's rough reduction.


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I wanted to create a Part 2 to the PowerPoint Sketched Outline tool and share a more advanced shape consideration with using the Sketched outline styling. In this case, what happens when you use the Merge Shapes tools to create a new shape – and those shapes already have the Sketched outline styling applied?
1. For this demo, I am inserting two 2 PowerPoint shapes
2. Apply a Sketch Styling to both shapes
3. Then combine them by using the PowerPoint MERGE SHAEPES "Union"
4. The new shape, which looks great, does have the Sketched outline permanently applied. Selecting the straight line optioncannot be selected to revert it back to smooth/straight lines.
5. The way to avoid this permanent styling is to pre-plan. Before merging the two shapes together change the outline to the smooth/straight outline. Then re-apply the sketched outline styling to the new (merged) shape.
Troy @ TLC


Why is there a need for CCAI?
 - There are over 40,000 registered lobbyists in Washington, DC. Not one of these lobbyists are working without a bias for children in need of families. Unlike big industries with money, orphaned children do not have a voice on the Hill or a presence in DC. This is exactly the reason CCAI exists. We represent children without families by using our relationship with Congress to ensure that the needs of orphans and foster children are heard.
Is CCAI a lobbyist organization?
 - No, CCAI does not lobby on behalf of any individual piece of legislation or government program. CCAI does not take official positions on issues related to adoption and foster care, but rather seeks to provide policymakers with the resources they need to make informed decisions.
How is CCAI unique?
 - CCAI uses five core programs to connect children and families who have personal experience with adoption and foster care with federal policymakers
- Angels in Adoption
- Foster Youth Internship
- Congressional Resource Program
- National Adoption Day
- 20/20 Vision Program
Why does CCAI focus on Congress?
 - Federal policy makers have three tools that when used to benefit children in need of families, make an immeasurable difference: 1) power to legislate to improve adoption laws, 2) power to convene influential persons and political leaders from around the world, and 3) powerful voice that garners media and public attention.
Is CCAI a government entity?
 - No, CCAI is a private not-for-profit 501(c)(3) organization.
How is CCAI funded?
 - To maintain the integrity of the organization, CCAI does not accept any government funding. The work of the CCAI is made possible through the generous support of individuals, corporations, and foundations who share our desire to live in a world where every child has a safe, loving home and a promising future.


Country Element
In this tutorial you learn how to configure a country element with its specific values to use it in ZOO.
1. Configuration
Parameter settings
Here is the description of the different values:
Multiselect: Choose if you should be able to select more than one country in the item creation view (see step 3).
2. Element Assignment
Parameter settings
If you activated the Multiselect option in step 1 you can choose how the values are separated in the frontend. You can choose between different chars like comma or pipe or the values can be wrapped by a html element like a div or a li.
3. Item Creation
Parameter settings
This is how the element looks when you create an item. See this tutorial for creating an item. Choose the countries out of the list.
Documentation on Github


Your question: Which is the biggest and smallest county in Kenya?
We base our ranking on the square kilometers coverage as per the National records as stipulated in the 2010 constitution that led to the establishment of Kenyan counties. Mombasa County is the smallest county in Kenya spanning 212.5 square kilometres.
Which is the largest county in Kenya?
Which is the smallest county in Kenya?
Map of Mombasa County. The smallest county in Kenya, covering an area of 229.7sq km. It borders Kilifi County to the North, Kwale County to the South West and the Indian Ocean to the East.
Which is the smallest county?
If we go by the historic counties list, Rutland is indeed the smallest with a total area of 382 sq km (147.4 sq miles), according to the Office for National Statistics (ONS).
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Which is the third largest county in Kenya?
In 3rd is Wajir situated in the North-Eastern part of Kenya. The county is bordered by Garissa to the South, Mandera to the North, Ethiopia to the North East, Marsabit to the West, and Somalia to the East. Wajir has an estimated surface area of 56, 685.8 square kilometers.
Which is the second biggest county in Kenya?
With its capital in Lodwar, the County Government of Turkana is a government for the people of Turkana and whose interests and aspirations are those for the people of Turkana. At 77,000 sq. km, Turkana County is the second largest county, covering more than 13% of Kenya's surface.
Which is the second smallest county in Kenya?
Vihiga County
The western county of Vihiga is the second smallest county in Kenya. It covers 513.3 square kilometres. Vihiga Town is the county headquarters. Approximately 554,622 people reside in this second smallest town.
Which is the most educated tribe in Kenya?
Which is the oldest town in Kenya?
Lamu Town on Lamu Island is Kenya's oldest continually inhabited town, and was one of the original Swahili settlements along coastal East Africa. It is believed to have been established in 1370.
Which tribe is good in bed in Kenya?
Maasai men are ranked the best in regards to bedroom energy. Their strength, energy and masculinity makes them perform exemplary, beating all other men in the country.
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What are the 3 largest counties in England?
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Rank County Area
1 Yorkshire 3,669,510 acres (14,850.0 km2)
2 Lincolnshire 1,663,850 acres (6,733.4 km2)
3 Devon 1,636,450 acres (6,622.5 km2)
4 Norfolk 1,292,300 acres (5,230 km2)
Is a city bigger than a county?
A county is larger in population than any one city that is within the county. … Cities lie within a county, within a state. A county is geographically created for political purposes within a state.
Which county is the largest in size?
List of largest counties
Rank County State
1 San Bernardino County California
2 Coconino County Arizona
3 Nye County Nevada
4 Elko County Nevada
Which is the cleanest city in Kenya?
Real-time Kenya Cleanest city ranking
# city US AQI
1 Ngong, Kajiado 58
2 Nairobi, Nairobi 61
3 Mombasa, Mombasa 159
Which is the largest city in Kenya?
Nairobi is the capital and the largest city of Kenya.
Which is the fastest growing town in Kenya?
Located to the south of the Cherangani Hills in western Kenya, Eldoret is the fifth largest urban center in the country. It is one of the fastest-growing towns in Kenya, and it boasts some of the largest universities and hospitals in the country.
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The upcomming IBISML meetings will be announced at the following site.
Other related events and information
- No new information is currently available.
Introduction of the IBISML Technical Committee
The technical group of Information-Based Induction Sciences and Machine Learning (IBISML) was born in April 2010 as a technical committee of Information and Systems Society (ISS) of the Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers (IEICE), aiming to gather researchers and practitioners working on the following topics:
- information science, statistical mathematics, computation theory, and statistical physics concerning machine learning
- application studies of machine learning
- data-mining, pattern recognition
- signal processing, natural language processing, speech processing, image processing
- Robot control
- life-science, brain science
The technical reports corresponding to the IBISML meetings will be available from IEICE technical report order form.


Microsoft Lync Tutorials
Microsoft Lync is a program that integrates with Outlook that will allow you to access UF's Live Meeting and Instant Messaging infrastructure.
Videos on this page:
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Learn what Microsoft Lync is and how to disable the login screen.
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Some quick facts about Tirupati Laddu
- Around 150,000 laddus are made daily.
- One laddu is given free to each devotee; the number of daily devotees that visit the temple is around 50,000.
- A devotee can buy extra two laddus – a small laddu costs 25 rupees and big laddu costs 100 rupees.
- The revenue from the sale of laddu annually is more than 11 million rupees.
- Each laddu weighs around 100gms and is huge when compared with the normal laddu found in shops.
- There is a super huge Tirupati Laddu known as Kalyana Laddu and it weighs around 500gms – ½ a kilogram.
- Single largest laddu made is said to have weighed 32 kg.
- The tradition of Tirupati Laddu is nearly 300 years old.
- It is prepared by special hereditary priests known as archakas in special temple kitchen known as 'potu'.
- Ingredients used in Tirupati Laddu are Besan flour (kadalai mavu), Sugar, Cashew nuts, Cardamom, Ghee, Oil, Sugar candy, Raisins and Almonds.
On a day around 5000 kg of Besan flour is used.
Sugar around 10000 kg.
Cashew nuts around 600 kg.
Cardamom 150 kg
Ghee 300 liters
Sugar candy 400 kg
Raisins 540 kg
- The ingredients are bought at the auction at the Commodities and Spices Exchange in
Tirumala Tirupati Devasthanams (TTDs) the administrating body of the temple is planning to patent the Tirupati Laddu to stop counterfeits.


Meaning of toluene in English:
Pronunciation /ˈtɒljʊiːn/
Translate toluene into Spanish
mass nounChemistry
 - A colourless liquid hydrocarbon present in coal tar and petroleum and used as a solvent and in organic synthesis.
 Alternative name: methylbenzene; chemical formula: C₆H₅CH₃
 - 'The powdered bark can also be treated with solvents, such as toluene, or amyl alcohol to extract the quinine.'
 - 'Toxic chemicals such as benzene, toluene and methyl benzene were included in the list.'
Late 19th century from tolu+ -ene.


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The integrating power of the eye has been tested for short flashes of light, ranging in duration from 10-2 to 8 × 10-9 sec. The shorter flashes were produced by passing the image of the straight filament of an electric lamp across a narrow slit, the light having been reflected from a mirror mounted on an air-driven turbine. The longer flashes were produced by means of a sectored disk. In all cases the number of flashes received by the eye was great enought to avoid flicker and the intensity was well above that required to produce the sensation of vision. It was concluded that the response of the eye depends only upon the total amount of light in the beam and is independent of the length of the light flash. The limit of error was 1.5 percent.
THOMAS E. GILMER, "The Integrating Power of the Eye for Short Flashes of Light," J. Opt. Soc. Am. 27, 386-386 (1937)


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Where are we?
Cibernàrium is present throughout the city
1. Cibernàrium 22@ Building: located in the district of Sant Martí, welcomes specialized and advanced technology training.
2. Cibernàrium Nou Barris: welcomes the basic technological training.
3. Barcelona public libraries: they welcome the basic technological training and courses to promote the scientific and technological vocations.
4. La Xarxa d'Ateneus de Fabricació Digital: they receive various basic and specialized and advanced technology training activities and courses for the promotion of scientific and technological vocations.
5. Antena Plaça Catalunya (Movistar Centre): there you can enjoy for free different basic technological activities and masterclass in order to improve your digital abilities.
6. Other spaces: spaces provided by some partners such as universities, educational centers, research centers and institutes, etc.


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Remembrance Sunday see Remembrance Day.
remerge combined form of merge.
remigration combined form of migration.
remilitarization combined form of militarization.
remilitarize combined form of militarize.
reminder something that causes a person to remember something.
remindful having in mind or remembering. [2 definitions]
reminisce to recall past experiences, often with fondness or pleasure.
reminiscence the act of recalling usu. pleasant experiences or events of the past. [3 definitions]
reminiscent having qualities or characteristics that remind one of someone or something (usu. fol. by of). [2 definitions]
remiss careless or negligent, esp. in the performance of one's duty. [2 definitions]
remissible capable of being forgiven.
remission an act or instance of remitting. [4 definitions]
remit to send (money) to someone or some place. [8 definitions]
remittal an act or instance of remitting; remission.
remittance money that is sent to someone or some place, usu. in payment. [2 definitions]
remittance man a man who lives abroad, as, formerly, in a British colony, supported mostly by remittances from home.
remittent marked by a temporary lessening or abatement in intensity or severity, as a fever or illness.
remix combined form of mix.
remnant a quantity, piece, or part that is left over or remains. [4 definitions]


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Environmental Quality Advisory Council
What is EQAC?
The Fairfax County Environmental Quality Advisory Council (EQAC) is an advisory group that has been appointed by the Fairfax County Board of Supervisors to advise the Board on environmental matters. The Council is comprised of one citizen representative from each Magisterial District, four at-large members, and one student representative. Each member is appointed by the Board of Supervisors to serve a three-year term, except the student member, who serves during his or her junior or senior year of high school.
EQAC provides advice to the Board of Supervisors through its Annual Report on the Environment and through resolutions and positions resulting from discussions at EQAC's monthly meetings. EQAC recommendations typically focus on improvement of the County's efforts in environmental protection and enhancement; they also can address legislative issues as well as state, regional, and federal matters. Environmental issues considered by EQAC include water quality, air quality, noise, hazardous materials, solid waste, stream valley protection, deer management, light pollution, visual pollution, and the use and preservation of ecological resources.
Each year EQAC holds a public hearing to obtain citizen input on issues of environmental concern. The public is encouraged to attend and share views on the state of the environment and to identify any environmental issues applicable to Fairfax County. The public also is invited to attend any EQAC meeting and to submit correspondence for EQAC's consideration at any time.
If you have questions about EQAC, contact Noel Kaplan of the Fairfax County Department of Planning and Zoning at _PHONE_, TTY 711 (Virginia Relay) or send an e-mail message.


Quick Answer: What Is A 25 Year Storm?
What is the probability of a 25 year flood?
The 25-year flood occurs on average once every 25 years and has an exceedance probability of 1 over 25, or 4 percent, in any given year. That's a 4 times greater chance than the 100-year flood, which only has a 1 percent exceedance probability in any given year.
What does the 100 year flood plain mean?
What does a 100 year storm mean?
What is a 1 in 100 year storm event?
Can I build in a 100 year floodplain?
What is the 100 year flood level?
A 100-year flood is a flood event that has a 1 in 100 chance (1% probability) of being equaled or exceeded in any given year. The 100-year flood is also referred to as the 1% flood, since its annual exceedance probability is 1%.
How often will 100 year floods occur in 2050 in Boston?
How do you calculate 1 in a 100 year flood?
A 100 year flood has a return period of T = 100, so the probability of a flood of equal or greater magnitude occurring in any one year period is p = 1/T = 1/100 = 0.01. Thus there is a probability of 0.01 or 1 in 100 that a 100 year flood will occur in any given year.
What is a 2 year storm?
It is more appropriate to ALWAYS give the duration along with the return period, such as – "2-year, 24-hour storm" which means the storm has the volume (or average intensity) corresponding to the point on the IDF curve for a 2-year return period of rainfall and a 24-hour duration.
What is a 50 year storm event?
A 100-year storm refers to rainfall totals that have a one percent probability of occurring at that location in that year. … Likewise, a 50-year rainfall event has a 1 in 50 or 2% chance of occurring in a year.
What is a 10 year 24 hour storm?
Will a 100 year flood occur once every 100 years?
The name is misleading: a "100-year flood" does not happen only once every 100 years. … Statistically, a 100-year flood has approximately a 63 percent chance of occurring in any 100-year period, not 100 percent! Climate can be defined as the average state of the atmosphere for a given place over a specified period.
How do you calculate stormwater volume?
Q = peak rate of runoff in cubic feet per second (cfs) C = runoff coefficient, a dimensionless unit i = average intensity of rainfall in inches per hour (in/hr) A = the watershed area in acres (ac). The area, A, draining to any point under consideration in a stormwater management system must be determined accurately.


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The cycle double covering conjecture states that every bridgeless graph admits a collection of cycles such that every edge in the graph is contained in exactly two cycles from the collection (allowing repetitions). The counterexample with the smallest number of edges is proved to be cubic. My first question is that whether it is true that such a minimal counterexample has the property that removing every edge yields a bridge. In other words, is it true that if $G$ is a graph with a cycle double covering, then $G\cup e$ also has a cycle double covering, where $e$ is an added edge between two vertices of $G$?
My second question is whether anything is known regarding cycle coverings that cover every edge the same number of times.
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No. In a minimal counterexample of the cycle double cover conjecture, removing an edge creates no bridges. The reason is simple. If such an edge existed, then contracting it would yield a smaller counterexample. In fact it is known that a counterexample to the cycle double cover conjecture with the smallest number of edges is a Snark. For more information I suggest looking at M. Chan's survey on the cycle double cover conjecture.
As for your second question, it is known that every bridgeless graph has a cycle cover which covers every edge precisely $2k$ times for every $k\geq 2$. So in particular there is always a cycle 4-cover. This is all stated with references in the survey I mentioned above.
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Thanks Gjergji. So it follows that such a minimal graph $G$ admits a cycle covering so that every edge is covered exactly $2E-2$ times, where $E$ is the number of edges of $G$. Maybe there is a more trivial way of covering a graph with cycles that cover all edges the same number of times? Also do we know for example if there is a quadruple covering (or a number smaller than $2E-2$)? – Hej Jun 4 '12 at 2:03
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A Fubini theorem for categorical limits
We prove that $lim_{J × K} G = lim_J (lim_K G(j, -))$ for a functor G : J × K ⥤ C, when all the appropriate limits exist.
We begin working with a functor F : J ⥤ K ⥤ C. We'll write G : J × K ⥤ C for the associated "uncurried" functor.
In the first part, given a coherent family D of limit cones over the functors F.obj j, and a cone c over G, we construct a cone over the cone points of D. We then show that if c is a limit cone, the constructed cone is also a limit cone.
In the second part, we state the Fubini theorem in the setting where limits are provided by suitable has_limit classes.
We construct limit_uncurry_iso_limit_comp_lim F : limit (uncurry.obj F) ≅ limit (F ⋙ lim) and give simp lemmas characterising it. For convenience, we also provide limit_iso_limit_curry_comp_lim G : limit G ≅ limit ((curry.obj G) ⋙ lim) in terms of the uncurried functor.
Future work
The dual statement.
structure category_theory.limits.diagram_of_cones {J K : Type v} [category_theory.small_category J] [category_theory.small_category K] {C : Type u} [category_theory.category C] (F : J K C) :
Type (max u v)
A structure carrying a diagram of cones over the the functors F.obj j.
Extract the functor J ⥤ C consisting of the cone points and the maps between them, from a diagram_of_cones.
Given a diagram D of limit cones over the F.obj j, and a cone over uncurry.obj F, we can construct a cone over the diagram consisting of the cone points from D.
Given a functor F : J ⥤ K ⥤ C, with all needed limits, we can construct a diagram consisting of the limit cone over each functor F.obj j, and the universal cone morphisms between these.


Is Coffee Bad for Dogs?
Coffee is bad for dogs. It can not only give dogs diarrhea, but it can also make them throw up. Coffee is not something that dogs should have as part of their diet.
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It is not safe for dogs to drink coffee, tea or any other caffeine.
Caffeine in large enough quantities can be fatal for a dog. And, there is no antidote. Symptoms of caffeine poisoning include restlessness, rapid breathing, heart palpitations, muscle tremors... More >>
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I got a problem when calculating the out-of-sample performance of my model. I have the following settings:
 1. I have daily data.
 2. I use a rolling window of 1 week.
 3. I use the previous six months of data to estimate my model parameters.
Thus, the model parameters are estimated every week using the previous 6 month of data. Each time the parameters are estimated the investment control remains fixed for 1 week (I do not rebalance) until the parameters are next updated.
My question is: How do I calculate performance/return including transaction cost? When I have estimated the parameters and make a trade to rebalance at day 1, do I then need to
 1. Calculate the daily return of the portfolio in the 1 week window and sum it to get the return for the week.
 2. Compute the new positions from the new estimated parameters.
 3. Compute the total expected trading cost from step 2).
 4. Subtract the total expected trading cost from the portfolio return calculated in 1.
 1. Holding period return would be more appropriate. Calculate your one week return by using your ending portfolio NAV. The easiest way to do this would to be to store number of shares in each position and multiply by price after one week to obtain your new NAV.
 2. Yes.
 3. Yes.
 4. No, subtract it from your ending portfolio NAV. The process is as follows:
 - Estimate parameters/train model
 - Determine positions through model
 - Calculate trades by netting new portfolio with current portfolio.
 - Determine position sizes in terms of % of pre-trade NAV. Add trading costs as % of pre-trade NAV. The total sum of the pre-trade position sizes will now exceed 100%. Proportionally resize such that the new positions plus trading costs sum to 100%.
 - Execute trades. Recalculate NAV at end of the week and restart.
Total period return minus trading costs is obviously $ \cfrac{{NAV}_{end}}{NAV_{start}}-1$. It's easier to keep everything in terms of NAV until you want to calculate a period return, since your trades will be calculated off of NAV.
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The Federal Communications Commission (the "FCC") recently released its Declaratory Ruling and Order regarding the requirements of the Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 1991 (the "TCPA"). The FCC Order provides some good news for the healthcare industry, clarifying the TCPA's application regarding calls to patients by healthcare providers, and granting an exemption from the TCPA's prior express consent requirement for certain healthcare calls that are not charged to the end recipient. Here's what you need to know:
Prior Express Consent:
- The General Rule. The Ruling clarifies that when a patient provides his telephone number to a healthcare provider, such provision constitutes prior express consent for healthcare calls subject to HIPAA. The express consent only extends to HIPAA covered entities and business associates acting on their behalf as defined in the HIPAA privacy rules and only to calls made within the scope of the consent given, and absent contrary instructions.
- Incapacitated Third Parties. The FCC Order additionally addressed the issue of whether a third party may provide a telephone number and prior express consent for incapacitated patients. In doing so, the FCC recognized that in certain situations, it may be impossible for a caller to provide prior express consent due to incapacity. The Order therefore allows for a third party to provide prior express consent to make healthcare calls subject to HIPAA where a party is unable to consent because of medical incapacity. In those situations, prior express consent to make healthcare calls subject to HIPAA may be obtained from a third party. As such, healthcare providers may make healthcare calls subject to HIPAA, to an incapacitated patient based on the prior express consent of a third party. At the time the patient is considered capable to grant consent on his own behalf, the third party consent is no longer valid. At that point, the healthcare provider must obtain prior express consent from the patient himself.
Free to End User Calls:
The Order also provides a limited exemption from the TCPA's prior express consent requirement for certain non-telemarketing, healthcare calls that are not charged to the receiving party.
- What Calls are Exempt?
- Calls have a healthcare treatment purpose
- Appointment and exam confirmations and reminders,
- Wellness checkups,
- Hospital pre-registration instructions,
- Preoperative instructions,
- Lab results,
- Post-discharge follow-up intended to prevent readmission,
- Prescription notifications
- Home healthcare instructions.
- What Calls are Not Exempt?Calls regarding accounting, debt collections, payment notifications, Social Security disability eligibility or other financial content.
- Requirements for Exempted Calls:
- Voice calls and text messages must be free to the end user and not counted against any plan limits to the recipient;
- Voice calls and text messages may be sent only to the wireless telephone number provided by the patient;
- Voice calls and text messages must state the name and contact information of the healthcare provider (for voice calls, these disclosures must be provided at the beginning of the call);
- Voice calls and text messages are strictly limited to the purpose permitted in the FCC's ruling;
- Voice calls and text messages must not include any telemarketing, solicitation, or advertising;
- All communications must comply with HIPAA privacy rules;
- Voice calls and text messages must be concise
- one minute or less in length for voice calls (unless more time is needed to obtain customer responses or answer customer questions)
- 160 characters or less in length for text messages;
- A healthcare provider may initiate only one (1) message per day, up to a maximum of three (3) voice calls or text messages combined per week from a specific healthcare provider;
- A healthcare provider must offer recipients within each message an easy means to opt out of future such messages;
- voice calls that could be answered by a live person must include an automated, interactive voice and/or key press-activated opt-out mechanism that enables the call recipient to make an opt-out request prior to terminating the call,
- voice calls that could be answered by an answering machine or voice mail service must include a toll-free number that the consumer can call to opt out of future healthcare calls, text messages must inform recipients of the ability to opt out by replying "STOP," which will be the exclusive means by which consumers may opt out of such messages; and,A healthcare provider must honor the opt-out requests immediately.


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Background Resource use in the acute and subacute phases after stroke depends on the degree of disability. Aims To determine if direct costs after stroke also vary by level of disability as measured using the modified Rankin scale at the chronic stage after stroke. Methods In a multicentre study, we collected acute and chronic inand outpatient resource use in survivors of ischemic stroke stratified by levels of disability according to the modified Rankin Scale. Statistical inference on costs at each level of the modified Rankin Scale was estimated using a general linear model for the first three months, the first year, and any subsequent year after ischemic stroke. Results A total of 569 survivors of ischemic stroke with a mean age of 71.7 years were enrolled (41% female) from 10 academic and nonacademic centers. Costs varied substantially over time and with each modified Rankin Scale level. The total average costs in the first year were estimated $33,147 per patient, ranging from $9,114 for modified Rankin Scale 0 to $83,236 for modified Rankin Scale 5. In the second year, medical costs were on average $14,039, varying from $2,921 to $39,723 for patients with modified Rankin Scale 0-5. The level of disability based on the modified Rankin Scale was a major determinant of resource use, irrespective of age, gender, atrial fibrillation, and vascular risk factors. Conclusion Long-term resource use after stroke is high and is mainly driven by degree of disability as measured by the modified Rankin scale.
Keywords: Stroke; cost analysis; costs; modified Rankin Scale.


Change the Wi-Fi network of Chromecast or Chromecast Audio
Chromecast and Chromecast Audio devices can only remember one Wi-Fi network at a time. If you changed your Wi-Fi network and your device isn't currently connected to a Wi-Fi network, perform a factory reset and set up your Chromecast or Chromecast Audio on the new network.
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College of Communication > Academics > Graduate Programs > Independent Study & Experiential Learning
Graduate students in the College of Communication are permitted to take a maximum of 8 credits worth of independent study/experiential learning courses. These courses include:
Independent study is an opportunity for high-achieving students with substantial training in a communication subspecialty to individually shape a course of study with a faculty expert. An independent study is not a substitute for regular curricular offerings, a way around requirements or a schedule alternative for students unwilling to accommodate the timetable of a needed course. Independent study is an avenue for continued learning if a student possesses the initiative and discipline to structure and pursue a course of study on fairly independent terms.
If you are interested in conducting an independent study, please consult with your program director before proceeding.
STEP 1: Student must submit an independent study request form and an independent study proposal. The independent study proposal will contain as a minimum the following provisions:
This proposal will serve as the course syllabus and it can be referred to in cases of grade challenges. Only changes mutually agreeable to student and instructor are permissible and then such arrangements must be in place in writing and signed by both parties.
STEP 2: The independent study request form must be signed and approved by your faculty advisor and graduate program director before being submitted. If approved, you will be registered for the appropriate independent study course (CMNS 592, HTHC 592, JOUR 592, MCS 592, PRAD 592).
STEP 3: Please submit your signed, completed independent study form and proposal to:
College of CommunicationGraduate Independent Studies14 E. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1814
Please submit your independent study form and proposal by the following dates:
The research practicum is an opportunity for high-achieving students with substantial training in a communication subspecialty to connect with a faculty expert. Students will train in a specialized communication research method and/or achieve hands-on practice in conducting scholarly research.
The research practicum may take various forms. For example, the student may become part of an ongoing research project led by the faculty member, and the research practicum would provide an opportunity for the student to apply previously studied research methods to the research project. Typical activities include data gathering, data analysis, interpretation of results, and writing research reports.
If the student wants to learn about a particular research method practiced by the faculty expert but not available in a regular graduate course offering, then the research practicum could be a course of study focusing on specialized research method(s) with agreed upon readings and assignments.
STEP 1: Student must submit a research practicum request form and a research practicum proposal. The research practicum proposal will contain the following provisions:
STEP 2: The form must be signed and approved by your faculty advisor and graduate program director before being submitted. If approved by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs, you will then be registered for the graduate research practicum course.
STEP 3: Please submit your signed, completed research practicum form and proposal by email to the Assistant Director for Graduate Student Services or in hard copy to:
College of CommunicationGraduate Research Practicum14 E. Jackson Blvd., Suite 1814
Please submit your research practicum form and proposal by the following dates:


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A package for predicting fires given environmental variables
We used empirical data to build a virtual smoke detector or a model to predict fire alarm from environmental variables
Install the package as follows:
python3 -m pip install virtualsmoke
As a CLI
The package can be used as a commandline interface or in a script. For CLI the following options must be provided:
NAME smoke.py SYNOPSIS smoke.py T H P POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS T H P NOTES You can also use flags syntax for POSITIONAL ARGUMENTS
In the script
from virtualsmoke.smoke import signal print(signal(T,H,P))
Where T is the surrounding or surface temperature in Kelvin, H is the relative humidity (%), and P is the barometric pressure in hectopascal (hPa).
The model will calculate the mean free path of air, which is the main indicator for sensing fires.
Download the file for your platform. If you're not sure which to choose, learn more about installing packages.
virtualsmoke-0.0.7.tar.gz (54.0 kB view hashes)
Hashes for virtualsmoke-0.0.7-py3-none-any.whl


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Wood-mosaic has a long history in the Levant, and it is of particular significance to artisans in Damascus. It is often created using a number of different woods, such as walnut, olive, eucalyptus, cherry, lemon, and rose woods. Mother-of-pearl can also be used. The woods are cut into strips and fitted together to create a design, forming long trunks stored by artisans for future pieces. The artisan will select the trunk to use and slice it, and this slice will then be inlaid into wood to create a geometric design. Detailed and intricate wood-mosaic has now all but disappeared as artisans produce less complex designs. In Jordan, a small community of wood-mosaic artisans are practising and preserving the craft by passing their knowledge to a new generation of apprentices.


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PyX — Example: bargraphs/minimal.py
Minimal bar-graph example
from pyx import * g = graph.graphxy(width=8, x=graph.axis.bar()) g.plot(graph.data.file("minimal.dat", xname=0, y=2), [graph.style.bar()]) g.writeEPSfile("minimal") g.writePDFfile("minimal")
For a minimal bar plot you have set an bar axis in the graph constructor and provide Xname column data (X stands for the bar axis to be used). Here, we just use column 0 which is automatically filled by
graph.data.file with the line number of the corresponding entry. Furthermore, you need to specify the graph style, since the default graph styles
function (depending on the data type) are not appropriate for bar graphs.
Note that bar graphs differ from other xy-graphs in that they use discrete axes for one graph dimension. However, the only affected components of this fundamental change are one of the axes, which needs to be come a discrete one, i.e. a bar axis, and the usage of appropriate graph styles.
A bar graph is fundamentally different from a graph with a histogram style in its usage of a discrete axis in one graph dimension. A histogram instead is created using continuous axes in all graph dimensions and just drawing the data in a specific bar-graph-like presentation. In particular, the discreteness of the bar axis is reflected in the naming of its column name: instead of the continuous "X" it expects an "Xname" (where X stands for the bar axis used) as mentioned above.
As all axes and graph dimensions in the PyX graph system are treated equally all you need to modify to get bar graph with horizontal bars is to assign the bar axis to the y-axis in the graph constructor and change the names of the data columns to
By using the bar style you implicitly also select a different positioning style, namepy
barpos. This positioning style handles a single-nested axes with sub-axis values of the range going from 0 to 1.


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Harmonic growth on groups and stationary random graphs
Ariel Yadin, Ben Gurion University
13/05/2012 - 17:00
We study the structure of harmonic functions on certain homogeneous graphs: Cayley graphs, and stationary random graphs which are homogeneous "on average". Harmonic functions have been used to understand the geometry of these objects. Two notable examples are: Kleiner's proof of Gromov's theorem regarding polynomial volume growth groups, and the invariance principle (CLT) for super-critical percolation clusters on Z^d.
We consider the following question: What is the minimal growth of a non-constant harmonic function on a graph G (as above)?
This question is of course closely related to the Liouville property and Poisson-Furstenberg boundary; a non-Liouville graph just means that there exist _bounded_ non-constant harmonic functions. A classical result of Kaimanovich & Vershik relates the Liouville property on groups to sublinear entropy of the random walk.
We show a simple but very useful inequality regarding harmonic functions and entropy on a group. This inequality allows us to deduce many results rather simply, among them:
1. A quantified version of one direction of Kaimanovich & Vershik
2. Groups (and stationary graphs) of polynomial growth have no sub-linear non-constant harmonic functions.
3. Uniqueness of the "corrector" for super-critical percolation on Z^d.
All notions will be defined during the talk.
תאריך עדכון אחרון : 08/05/2012


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How do __hash__ and __eq__ use in identification in sets? For example some code that should help to solve some domino puzzle:
class foo(object):
 def __init__(self, one, two):
 self.one = one
 self.two = two
 def __eq__(self,other):
 if (self.one == other.one) and (self.two == other.two): return True
 if (self.two == other.one) and (self.one == other.two): return True
 return False
 def __hash__(self):
 return hash(self.one + self.two)
s = set()
for i in range(7):
 for j in range(7):
len(s) // returns 28 Why?
If i use only __eq__() len(s) equals 49. Its ok because as i understand objects (1-2 and 2-1 for example) not same, but represent same domino. So I have added hash function.
Now it works the way i want, but i did not understand one thing: hash of 1-3 and 2-2 should be same so they should counted like same object and shouldn't added to set. But they do! Im stuck.
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Equality for dict/set purposes depends on equality as defined by __eq__. However, it is required that objects that compare equal have the same hash value, and that is why you need __hash__. See this question for some similar discussion.
The hash itself does not determine whether two objects count as the same in dictionaries. The hash is like a "shortcut" that only works one way: if two objects have different hashes, they are definitely not equal; but if they have the same hash, they still might not be equal.
In your example, you defined __hash__ and __eq__ to do different things. The hash depends only on the sum of the numbers on the domino, but the equality depends on both individual numbers (in order). This is legal, since it is still the case that equal dominoes have equal hashes. However, like I said above, it doesn't mean that equal-sum dominoes will be considered equal. Some unequal dominoes will still have equal hashes. But equality is still determined by __eq__, and __eq__ still looks at both numbers, in order, so that's what determines whether they are equal.
It seems to me that the appropriate thing to do in your case is to define both __hash__ and __eq__ to depend on the ordered pair --- that is, first compare the greater of the two numbers, then compare the lesser. This will mean that 2-1 and 1-2 will be considered the same.
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Still not all clear. It stop work if i comment __hash__ or __eq__. And I still dont know why it works now. Is it uses both __eq__ and __hash__ to determin in? I hoped someone can tell me how this comparison works. Something about if hash1 == hash2 and if (eq) and so on... – Александр Зотов Jan 16 '13 at 7:52
_USER_ Зотов: You'll need to be more specific than that. Did you read the question I linked to? What is it that remains unclear? – BrenBarn Jan 16 '13 at 7:53
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The hash is only a hint to help Python arrange the objects. When looking for some object foo in a set, it still has to check each object in the set with the same hash as foo.
It's like having a bookshelf for every letter of the alphabet. Say you want to add a new book to your collection, only if you don't have a copy of it already; you'd first go to the shelf for the appropriate letter. But then you have to look at each book on the shelf and compare it to the one in your hand, to see if it's the same. You wouldn't discard the new book just because there's something already on the shelf.
If you want to use some other value to filter out "duplicates", then use a dict that maps the domino's total value to the first domino you saw. Don't subvert builtin Python behavior to mean something entirely different. (As you've discovered, it doesn't work in this case, anyway.)
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You can read about this in the Python data model documentation, but the short answer is that you can rewrite your hash function as:
def __hash__(self):
 return hash(tuple(sorted((self.one, self.two))))
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this would get him further from what he wants; 1 2 and 2 1 would once again count as the same domino. but he should be doing this anyway, yes. :) – Eevee Jan 16 '13 at 6:35
_USER_ - thanks fixed – Andrew Walker Jan 16 '13 at 6:37
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The requirement for hash functions is that if x == y for two values, then hash(x) == hash(y). The reverse need not be true.
You can easily see why this is the case by considering hashing of strings. Lets say that hash(str) returns a 32-bit number, and we are hashing strings longer than 4 characters long (i.e. contain more than 32 bits). There are more possible strings than there are possible hash values, so some non-equal strings must share the same hash (this is an application of the pigeonhole principle).
Python sets are implemented as hash tables. When checking whether an object is a member of the set, it will call its hash function and use the result to pick a bucket, and then use the equality operator to see if it matches any of the items in the bucket.
With your implementation, the 2-2 and 1-3 dominoes will end up in the hash bucket, but they don't compare equal. Therefore, the both can be added to the set.
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Joti jot is a Punjabi phrase which literally means the "light joining another light" and is used to refer to the "joining of the light of the human person (soul) to the Supreme Light (God)". It is a term that is customarily used to refer to the "accession of a honoured person to their heavenly abode". In simple terms, this is a polite and honourable term used to refer to the "death" of a respected, honoured and blessed person. In its original language, it is a term which is polite, respectful and traditional. When referring to the death of the Sikh gurus, this term is commonly used.
The Sikh scriptures teach that the soul is indestructible and survives for eternity. When the person dies, it is only the body that is destroyed; the soul carries on its journey of reincarnation until it becomes pure and sinless so that it can blend with the pure Lord. So when the body of a person who is pure and one who has lived a life of righteousness dies, the soul of this perfect person is said to join the Almighty God. The act of joining with the Lord is referred to as "Joti jot samana" (Sah-ma-na means to "merge")
The Gurus tell us that the person's soul is immortal and that the soul never dies and is never born. However, the soul travels through many lives where the soul experiences birth and death while living within various bodies. This cycle of births and death only stops when the soul attains salvation or Mukti when it leaves this existence in moral bodies and joins the immortal supreme soul (god). The person is then said to have rejoined with God. This special condition is referred to as "Joti Jot" in Punjabi.


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Prince of Wales Hotel National Historic Site
The Prince of Wales Hotel National Historic Site © Parks Canada
Built in 1926-27 during one of Waterton's windiest and snowiest winters, the Prince of Wales Hotel is the park's most recognized landmark.
During its construction the extreme weather conditions and poor access created many problems for contractors Douglas Oland and James Scott, from Cardston, Alberta.
On December 10, 1926 hurricane-force winds (estimated at 145 km/hr) blew each of the hotel's wings about 7.5 cm off their foundation. The men managed to winch the sections back in line. Three months later winds reached speeds of over 129 km/hr, again pushing the building off its foundation. This time Oland feared structural damage if they tried to pull back the now fully-framed building so he decided to leave it slightly out of plumb.
The hotel is named after Edward, Prince of Wales who later became King Edward VIII, and, like its namesake, it has a colourful history. If its Douglas fir pillars could talk they would tell you a tale of American imagination and money, built with Canadian grit and patience.
A Railway Hotel
Today many people recognize the Prince of Wales as a railway hotel, but few realize it was built by the Great Northern of United States and not the Canadian Pacific.
The last in a chain of 1920s luxury hotels, backcountry chalets and tent camps, the Prince of Wales offered a final stop for affluent visitors travelling Glacier National Park's backcountry by horseback.
For just over $1,000 you could ride the train to either East or West Glacier and then enjoy a week's adventure in the wilderness via several routes created by the Great Northern. After 1927, many folks chose to go to Goat Haunt's backcountry ranger station and hop aboard the M.V. International to come to Waterton. After a stay at the Prince of Wales hotel, guests were bussed back to Montana to catch their train home.
The Second World War and the 1930s depression put an end to this mode of travel through Glacier and into Waterton but many of the hotels and two of the chalets remain.
A National Historic Site
In February 1993 the Historic Sites and Monuments Board approved the Prince of Wales' designation as a National Historic Site, recognizing its architectural style (rustic design tradition, with peaked roofs, gables, balconies and timber-frame interior that give it an appearance of a giant alpine chalet) and its contribution to tourism in the mountains. On July 23, 1995 a commemorative plaque ceremony was held at the hotel.
More information on the Prince of Wales National Historic Site


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The structural relationship between negative thermal expansion and quartic anharmonicity of cubic ScF3
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Cubic scandium tri-fluoride (ScF3) has a large negative thermal expansion over a wide range of temperature. Inelastic neutron scattering experiments were performed with the ARCS spectrometer at the SNS to study the temperature dependence of the lattice dynamics of ScF3 from 7 to 750 K. The measured phonon densities of states show a large anharmonic contribution with a thermal stiffening of modes around 25meV. Phonon calculations with first-principles methods identified the individual modes in the DOS, and frozen phonon calculations showed that some of the modes with motions of F atoms transverse to their bond direction behave as quantum quartic oscillators. The quartic potential originates from harmonic interatomic forces in the DO9 structure of ScF3, and accounts for phonon stiffening with temperature and a significant part of the negative thermal expansion.


distributed-process-simplelocalnetSimple zero-configuration backend for Cloud Haskell
Safe HaskellNone
To simplify getting started we provide special support for master and slave nodes (see startSlave and startMaster). Use of these functions is completely optional; you can use the local backend without making use of the predefined master and slave nodes.
Minimal example
 import System.Environment (getArgs)
 import Control.Distributed.Process
 import Control.Distributed.Process.Node (initRemoteTable)
 import Control.Distributed.Process.Backend.SimpleLocalnet
 master :: Backend -> [NodeId] -> Process ()
 master backend slaves = do
 -- Do something interesting with the slaves
 liftIO. putStrLn $ "Slaves: " ++ show slaves
 -- Terminate the slaves when the master terminates (this is optional)
 terminateAllSlaves backend
 main :: IO ()
 main = do
 args <- getArgs
 case args of
 ["master", host, port] -> do
 backend <- initializeBackend host port initRemoteTable
 startMaster backend (master backend)
 ["slave", host, port] -> do
 backend <- initializeBackend host port initRemoteTable
 startSlave backend
Compiling and Running
Save to example.hs and compile using
 ghc -threaded example.hs
Fire up some slave nodes (for the example, we run them on a single machine):
./example slave localhost 8080 &
./example slave localhost 8081 &
./example slave localhost 8082 &
./example slave localhost 8083 &
And start the master node:
./example master localhost 8084
which should then output:
 Slaves: [nid://localhost:8083:0,nid://localhost:8082:0,nid://localhost:8081:0,nid://localhost:8080:0]
at which point the slaves should exit.
To run the example on multiple machines, you could run
./example slave 8080 &
./example slave 8080 &
./example slave 8080 &
./example slave 8080 &
on four different machines (with IP addresses, and run the master on a fifth node (or on any of the four machines that run the slave nodes).
It is important that every node has a unique (hostname, port number) pair, and that the hostname you use to initialize the node can be resolved by peer nodes. In other words, if you start a node and pass hostname localhost then peer nodes won't be able to reach it because localhost will resolve to a different IP address for them.
If you try the above example and the master process cannot find any slaves, then it might be that your firewall settings do not allow for UDP multicast (in particular, the default iptables on some Linux distributions might not allow it).
data Backend Source
Local backend
newLocalNode :: IO LocalNode
Create a new local node
findPeers :: Int -> IO [NodeId]
findPeers t broadcasts a who's there? message on the local network, waits t msec, and then collects and returns the answers. You can use this to dynamically discover peer nodes.
redirectLogsHere :: [ProcessId] -> Process ()
Make sure that all log messages are printed by the logger on the current node
Slave nodes
startSlave :: Backend -> IO ()Source
Calling slave sets up a new local node and then waits. You start processes on the slave by calling spawn from other nodes.
This function does not return. The only way to exit the slave is to CTRL-C the process or call terminateSlave from another node.
terminateSlave :: NodeId -> Process ()Source
Terminate the slave at the given node ID
findSlaves :: Backend -> Process [ProcessId]Source
Find slave nodes
terminateAllSlaves :: Backend -> Process ()Source
Terminate all slaves
Master nodes
startMaster :: Backend -> ([NodeId] -> Process ()) -> IO ()Source
startMaster finds all slaves currently available on the local network, redirects all log messages to itself, and then calls the specified process, passing the list of slaves nodes.
Terminates when the specified process terminates. If you want to terminate the slaves when the master terminates, you should manually call terminateAllSlaves.
If you start more slave nodes after having started the master node, you can discover them with later calls to findSlaves, but be aware that you will need to call redirectLogHere to redirect their logs to the master node.
Note that you can use functionality of SimpleLocalnet directly (through Backend), instead of using'startMaster'/'startSlave', if the master/slave distinction does not suit your application.


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- 1 What is the purpose of daggering?
- 2 Who started twerking?
- 3 What is the Jamaican dance?
- 4 What Twerking means?
- 5 Why are there so many Jamaicans in London?
- 6 What does it mean to twerk on a guy?
- 7 What language do Jamaicans speak?
- 8 What type of music do Jamaicans listen to?
- 9 What is the most popular dance in Jamaica?
- 10 What does God say about twerking?
- 11 Why is it called twerking?
- 12 Is twerking a slang word?
What is the purpose of daggering?
The Jamaica Broadcasting Corporation defines daggering as "a colloquial term or phrase used in dancehall culture as a reference to hardcore sex or what is popularly referred to as 'dry' sex, or the activities of persons engaged in the public simulation of various sexual acts and positions." Therefore, "There shall not
Who started twerking?
The term twerking was actually coined in the city of New Orleans during the early '90's bounce scene. According to journalist Nik Cohn, "it started in the late 1980s, a wild mix of rap and Mardi Gras Indian chants and second-line brass-band bass patterns and polyrhythmic drumming and gospel call-and-response".
What is the Jamaican dance?
Bruckins, burru, dinki-minni, ettu, gerreh, gumbay, jonkunnu, kumina, maypole, myal, quadrille, tambu and zella. Dance is such a wonderful artistic expression, influenced by history and culture. Jamaica has a rich heritage of traditional dances, but today many of them are hardly known.
What Twerking means?
The dictionary describes twerking as dancing "in a sexually provocative manner, using thrusting movements of the bottom and hips while in a low, squatting stance". It says the word in its current form has its roots in the early 1990s New Orleans "bounce" music scene, but the exact origin of twerk is uncertain.
Why are there so many Jamaicans in London?
Jamaicans have been present in the UK since the start of the twentieth century; however, by far the largest wave of migration occurred after the Second World War. The British government looked to its overseas colonies for help and encouraged migration in an effort to fill the many job vacancies.
What does it mean to twerk on a guy?
1. To move the body in a sexually suggestive twisting or gyrating fashion. verb.
What language do Jamaicans speak?
The official language is English, which is "used in all domains of public life", including the government, the legal system, the media, and education. However, the primary spoken language is an English-based creole called Jamaican Patois (or Patwa).
What type of music do Jamaicans listen to?
The music of Jamaica includes Jamaican folk music and many popular genres, such as mento, ska, rocksteady, reggae, dub music, dancehall, reggae fusion and related styles. Reggae is especially popular through the international fame of Bob Marley.
What is the most popular dance in Jamaica?
Jamaica's Heritage in Dance
- Bruckins. Bruckins, as a member of the creolised group of traditional dances, reveals a unique mixture of African and European influences.
- Burru. This particular form of dance is a fertility masquerade found in Lionel Town and Hayes (Clarendon).
What does God say about twerking?
The Bible says to flee sexual impurity and immorality. Twerking is a dance form designed to stimulate sexual thoughts and feelings. The Bible may not specifically use the word "twerking" but it addresses the attitudes behind it.
Why is it called twerking?
The term twerking comes from the New Orleans' early 90s bounce scene. Modern day twerking is very similar to the Mapouka dance, and has existed for centuries. Twerking is also prevalent throughout the reggae and dancehall culture.
Is twerking a slang word?
A slang term for a booty-focused dance style that involves shaking and gyrating the rear end.


The Cavern's Wise Woman: The Bear Goddess
cavernreviewTitle: The Cavern's Wise Woman: The Bear Goddess
Publisher: Spero Publishing
Author: Anne Welch
Pages: 90 pp
Price: $10.99 (paperback)/$3.99 (ebook)
ISBN: 978-_PHONE_ (paperback)/ 2940033057634 (ebook)
There are very few books in pagan and polytheist studies that deal exclusively with bears — or, to be specific, the Bear Goddess. While there are a great many deities and heroes associated with bears — Artemis comes to mind, and Arthur, and Artio (and see what those names all have in common?) — none of them were actually considered a bear deity. (To find one of those, you have to go halfway around the world from Europe in search of Nanuk, the Inuit polar bear god.) But the traces exist, embedded deeply across European and northern Asian prehistory, mythology, and linguistics, indicating the long-ago worship of just such a deity.
Anne Welch has done a masterful job of digging out these ancient fragments of lore, drawing on cave drawings, archaeological finds (including the discovery in France of a perfect circle of cave bear skulls that most specialists in Paleolithic archaeology possess cult significance), and linguistic roots. She melds these fragments with her own personal gnosis, based on years of practice, worship, and work. Her book discusses Arta, the ancient bear goddess of healing, metallurgy, herbalism, and magic, detailing the prayers and rituals she has created for Arta, as well as other facets of this goddess' nature.
Arta, Welch points out, is a goddess so old that almost all traces of her have been lost; she may have been worshipped since Paleolithic times, and subsequent religious practices by European cultures as they grew more civilized may have displaced or destroyed almost any record of her save the paintings and remains found in the caves in Switzerland, Slovenia, Germany, and France.
A note: strict reconstructionists will point out that this book contains far more personal gnosis than historical fact. While it is true that the historical record is, of course, silent on the existence of this particular goddess, much less any recorded human worship of her, the book is less about facts that may only be verified in history books and museums, and more about building a personal religious practice through communication with the deity in question, an understanding of the context in which such worship might historically have appeared, and a willingness to see the patterns in the recorded religious beliefs of other ancient cultures that bear (pardon the pun) a distinct familiarity to what Welch is sharing here. She points out possible links to other gods and goddesses such as Artemis and Odin, and suggests it is possible that some of the gaps we have in our knowledge of pre-Christian history might well be filled in with Arta and other deities like Her.
In the end, it is worth noting that all modern, non-indigenous (Hindu, Shinto, African and Chinese folk/tribal religions) polytheistic traditions are composed mainly of two things: our knowledge of the historical facts, and our personal experience with the gods, spirits, ancestors, and heroes we are honoring. The only difference between the worship of Arta and any of these other traditions (including heathenry, Hellenic paths, Celtic traditions, and so on) is the proportion of historical facts to personal experience; in some traditions, the history outweighs the personal experience, and in others — such as the worship of Arta — the opposite might seem to be true.
What is also true is that historians, archaeologists, and other scientists are constantly discovering new pieces of our myriad ancient cultures to add to the puzzle that is what we know so far. It is, of course, highly unlikely that we will ever have every piece in the puzzle, but there is nothing to say that someone, in the not too distant future, might find such historical evidence to lend more factual weight to the worship of Arta, and I sincerely hope that that day might come soon; adding that knowledge to what we already have can only serve to deepen and broaden the vast tapestry of polytheistic history, further confirming the richness of the religious practices and beliefs of those cultures.
The Cavern's Wise Woman: The Bear Goddess is not a book for everyone, but for those with an interest in potential European religious practices, a love of bears, or just an abiding curiosity, they could do far worse than to invest in a copy and open their minds, hearts, and spirits to the roar of the Bear Goddess.
[Jennifer Lawrence likes the fey and the strange, which explains most of her friends. Her interests include gardening, herbalism, mythology and fairy tales, theology, Celtic music, role-playing games, horror movies, and the martial arts. Her work has appeared in numerous publications, including AphelionJabberwocky 4Cabinet Des FeesGoblin Fruit, and the Bibliotheca Alexandrina anthology Unbound: A Devotional Anthology in Honor of Artemis. She lives somewhere near Chicago.]
7 thoughts on "The Cavern's Wise Woman: The Bear Goddess"
 1. i am wishing to buy The cavern's wise woman:the bear goddess.. could i have an address?
 - huldra.witchcraft said:
 hello I'm an Italian pagan girl I'm researching the bear figure and the gods connected to him. I would like to know if after all the time the book is still available.. I am trying to understand why the bear figure has entered my spiritual path
 2. Stephanie said:
 HI The book is not available through either Amazon or Barns & Noble. Can you tell me how to get a copy?
 - Hhmm. Yeah, I've looked around, and it does not even seem to be available through the publisher's site anymore. You might try contacting the folks at Spero Publishing; they might be between print runs or planning a revised edition.
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David W. Grissmer and Andrew J. Mashburn, researchers at the University of Virginia's Curry School of Education, have received a $2.8 million grant to evaluate the effectiveness of the "WINGS for Kids" afterschool social and emotional learning program at four elementary schools in Charleston, S.C.
Ginny Deerin, a marketing executive and political fundraiser, founded the WINGS afterschool program in 1996 to serve children attending low-performing schools in high-risk neighborhoods in North Charleston. The children in these four schools and in the study experience extreme levels of economic and social risks; more than 90 percent receive free or reduced lunch.
The program seeks to teach students how to make good decisions and build healthy relationships. The 15-hour-a-week curriculum weaves 30 learning objectives into everyday activities that develop self-awareness, relationship skills, social awareness, self-management and responsible decision-making.
"Once children enter school, the afterschool hours before parents get home from work are critical periods for kids," Mashburn said. Many afterschool programs have been established to address the need to keep kids safe and constructively engaged during these hours, but rarely do these programs have evidence that what seems effective really is effective.
"Past evaluations provide encouraging evidence that the WINGS program has successfully impacted learning outcomes for kids," Mashburn said.
One study found that students who enrolled in two or more years of WINGS passed state standardized math and reading assessments at significantly higher rates than non-WINGS students. More years in WINGS also correlated with better grades and improved school attendance.
"The purpose of this grant is to provide a more rigorous evaluation of the WINGS afterschool program than has previously been possible, and in doing so we will be working with a large number of children and assessing the program's impacts on a broad range of academic and social outcomes across three years," Mashburn said. "This type of rigorous comprehensive longitudinal evaluation is very important for determining the effectiveness of this program."
Grissmer, a principal research scientist, and Mashburn, a senior scientist, work at the Center for Advanced Study of Teaching and Learning, a research center based at the Curry School that conducts empirical research to improve schooling and the outcomes for children.
Because more students apply for the WINGS program each year than can be accommodated, each school holds a lottery to determine which kindergartners may enroll, Mashburn explained. This circumstance will enable the researchers to be even more confident that any improvements they see can be attributed to the WINGS program.
"We will be able to conduct a randomized control trial comparing the social skills and achievement outcomes of students who were selected to enroll in WINGS with students not able to enroll, and to follow both groups over an extended period of time," he said.
Grissmer and Mashburn will examine students who start kindergarten in fall 2012 and follow them for three years. Students who start kindergarten in fall 2013 and fall 2014 will also participate, and more than 300 children will be tracked over the course of the study.
"The evidence is beginning to point to stronger social and emotional skills as a critically missing part of our national educational policy, which currently focuses almost entirely on academic achievement," Grissmer said. Evidence suggests that children's long-term outcomes are improved not only by gains in cognitive skills, but also gains in social and emotional skills, such as those emphasized in the WINGS program.
The research team, which includes Julia Blodgett, Elizabeth Cottone, Nancy Deutsch, and Sara Rimm-Kaufman from the Curry School, as well as assistant professor Laura Brock from the College of Charleston, who earned her Ph.D. from U.Va., will assess students' behaviors and relationships at home and at school, as well as reading skills, oral vocabulary, listening comprehension and mathematics skills. They will also conduct teacher surveys, parent interviews and classroom observations.
The four-year grant is being funded by the Institute for Education Sciences, part of the U.S. Department of Education.
In 2009, WINGS was named a "high-performing nonprofit" by the Alliance for Effective Social Investing, and has been recognized as representing best practices by the Academy for Educational Development, the National Institute of Out-of-School Time and the National Association of Elementary School Principals.
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DESIGN OF A NOVEL SAPPHIRE BASED DIELECTRIC RESONATOR TO MEASURE THE SURFACE RESISTANCE OF HIGH TEMP SUPER CONDUCTORS
A sapphire dielectric resonator system has been used to measure the surface resistance of high temperature superconductors. The cavity is made up of a lower superconducting plate, a dielectric puck and a movable upper plate where the sample is placed. The temperature of the lower plate is kept at 4.2 K while the sample is heated independently attached to the end of a sapphire rod. The measurements are performed at TE01d mode. By moving the upper plate, the shift in resonance frequency and the corresponding change in the bandwidth are recorded. The overall system is designed to fit into a continuous flow helium cryostat. Real part of the surface impedance of the sample is related to the change in bandwidth,?fb, and the imaginary part of the surface impedance is related to the change in resonant frequency,?f0. Instead of absolute calibration of the chamber, a known oxygen free copper sample was used as the reference. The samples were Seeded Melt Grown (SMG) solid material. The measured surface resistance of the SMG YBCO high Tc materials was comparable to that of the best thin HTS films grown by other techniques.
School:University of Cincinnati
School Location:USA - Ohio
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:htsc dielectric resonator surface resistance ovalue temode
Date of Publication:01/01/2003


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Want to know where Cymbeline is set? See each setting Shakespeare used in the play on the map below.
Shakespeare was 'thinking deep' in setting Cymbeline. It's set in the middle ages in a mythical England and a Rome that is very different from the Rome of Shakespeare's great Roman plays. It is more like the Renaissance cities Shakespeare creates in other plays, such as Verona in Romeo and Juliet. Shakespeare reminds us all the time of the setting by referring to the two places. He uses the word Britain rather than England because in this play the idea of Empire is central. It is to some extent about the tension between the two empires of Rome and Britain, the first in a decadent state and the second beginning to flourish. The old and the new. The play's major ambiguity is that Rome is the ruler of Britain and its equal at the same time.
The map below shows all the locations Shakespeare used for Cymbeline. You can zoom in on the map for a more detailed view of an area, and click the icons on the map for more information. Text in the more info box are the specific locations Shakespeare references in his Cymbeline text.


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Noun: chips chips
 1. Strips of potato fried in deep fat
 - french fries, french-fried potatoes, fries
Noun: chip chip
 1. A small fragment of something broken off from the whole
 "a chip of rock caught him in the eye";
 - bit, flake, fleck, scrap
 2. (seafaring) a triangular wooden float attached to the end of a log line
 3. A piece of dried bovine dung
 - cow chip, cow dung, buffalo chip
 4. [N. Amer] A thin crisp slice of potato fried in deep fat
 - crisp [Brit], potato chip [N. Amer], Saratoga chip, potato crisp [Brit]
 5. A mark left after a small piece has been chopped or broken off of something
 - check
 6. A small disk-shaped counter used to represent money when gambling
 - poker chip
 - microchip, micro chip, silicon chip, microprocessor chip
 8. (golf) a low running approach shot
 - chip shot
 9. The act of chipping something
 - chipping, splintering
Verb: chip (chipped,chipping) chip
 1. Break off (a piece from a whole)
 "Her tooth chipped";
 - chip off, come off, break away, break off
 2. Cut a nick into
 - nick
 3. (golf) play a chip shot
 4. Form by chipping
 "They chipped their names in the stone"
 5. Break a small piece off from
 "chip a tooth"; "chip the glass";
 - knap, cut off, break off
Derived forms: chipses
See also: chip at
Type of: aloo [Asia], approach, approach shot, blemish, break, breakage, breaking, counter, cut, defect, divide, droppings, dung, float, forge, form, fragment, Irish potato, mar, mold [N. Amer], mould [Brit, Cdn], muck, murphy, part, potato, scat, semiconductor, semiconductor device, semiconductor unit, separate, shape, shoot, snack food, spud, tater, tatie [UK, dialect], tattie [UK, dialect], white potato, work
Encyclopedia: Chips, cheese and gravy


Why Is My Cat Panting?
What does it mean if my cat is panting?
A cat's normal breathing rhythm should be smooth and unlaboured. Panting is usually a sign that something isn't right with your cat. Cats only breathe hard with their mouths open when they are very stressed, extremely hot, or a disease process is occurring.
There are plenty of senior cat conditions that could bring on a sudden bout of laborious panting.
But panting isn't confined to old age. According to Dr Catheryn Walsh from Greencross Vets Robina Village, serious medical conditions that can bring on panting include heart failure, asthma, cancer, fluid build-up in and around the lungs, bronchitis, pneumonia, or a tumour.
Regardless of the cause, if your cat is panting, it's important you visit your local Greencross Vets immediately. Tests may include blood evaluation to check for heartworm, infections, anaemia and diabetes. A chest ultrasound or X-rays may be carried out to check for fluid around the heart and lungs.
In the meantime…
There isn't a whole lot you can do at home for a panting cat, although Dr Walsh recommends the following quick tips while preparing to go to the vet.
 - keep both the cat and yourself calm
 - if you think your cat has overheated, moisten the feet and ears with a cool, wet towel
 - do not give your cat any food or water by mouth
Always consult your local Greencross Vets if you are worried about symptoms in your pet.
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Some of the things to look for
when walking on Table Mountain
Table Mountain is a floral wonder. In a relatively small area almost 1500 plant species have been recorded. There are more species of plant on this small mountain than in the whole of the British isles!! So it is worth keeping your eyes open on a hike and just looking at the plants around your feet. What adds extra fascination is the difference between both the species of plant and the time of flowering in different areas of the mountain.
Last week I hiked along the 12 Apostels from Llandudno to Kasteelspoort,where we descended. Here are just some of the plants we spotted along the way.


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This application note describes the benefits of using the new CellKey™ Small Sample 96W microplate for investigating endogenous receptor function in non-adherent cell lines and primary cells. The Small Sample microplate was designed to use significantly fewer cells per well while maintaining the same reliability and robustness as the CellKey™ Standard 96W microplate.
Analyzing endogenous receptors in non-adherent cell lines and primary cells with the CellKey™ Small Sample 96W Microplate
Primary cells provide the most biologically, and disease relevant context to study endogenous receptor function making them an attractive in vitro model system for drug discovery. However, primary cells can be prohibitively expensive for use in early stages of drug discovery. The CellKey™ Small Sample 96W microplate has a well-bottom area 1/20 the area of the CellKey™ Standard 96W microplate and uses a reduced assay volume. This enables pharmacological analysis of endogenous receptors in the context of primary cells at a significantly reduced cell number per well. In the following case study, data obtained using the Small Sample microplate was directly compared to data generated using the Standard microplate. The results demonstrate that the Small Sample microplate is ideal for cell-based secondary screening assays utilizing primary cells.
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I need to pick a future date from calendar, suppose the date I am selecting is 04/30/2013. Now what I want is to send the date to server. At server end I need to calculate the number of days between the future date and current date and send it to database.
The problem is that when I do the calculation locally (because my server and browser are in same timezone) it works fine, but when the server is in a different timezone than the browser the difference in days does not come as expected. Someone please help me how to solve the timezone issues.
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Why don't you substract the dates on the client? – NeplatnyUdaj Apr 17 '13 at 9:23
How do you send the date to the server? What format, I mean? – MaxArt Apr 17 '13 at 9:24
_USER_ That would be a violation of the MVC paradigm. – MaxArt Apr 17 '13 at 9:25
Your question is not entirely clear to me: you are using javascript on the client side and java on your server? – jeroen_de_schutter Apr 17 '13 at 9:26
Well, you could simply pass the utc time to the server which generates the dates and calc the days between. – sk2212 Apr 17 '13 at 9:28
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Convert both dates in one common timezone e.g. GMT and then calculate the difference.
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To Offset for time differences
You should use a format to send the data that includes the timezone within it. You could:
 1. Use UNIX time which does not use timezones (milliseconds since epoch) with GMT 00, and also use this on java side
see: Get current date/time in seconds?
 1. Use ISO-8601 which is a standard and can include the timezone as well of the browser, and then parse this server side:
To Calculate the Difference (using MS and Calendar Object)
You need to use the calendar object. You create a calendar object and set with a future date: e.g. How to set Java.util.calendar to a specific time period in the future Then you can perform a calculation by subtracting the current date (as long) with the long returned by the calendar, and dividing by (1000*60*60*24).
Some code I used in my own application to find entries greater than a specific datetime (midnight):
long currentTimeStamp = System.currentTimeMillis();
Calendar cal;
cal = Calendar.getInstance();
cal.setTime(new Date(currentTimeStamp));
cal.set(Calendar.HOUR_OF_DAY, 0); cal.set(Calendar.MINUTE, 0); cal.set(Calendar.SECOND, 0); cal.set(Calendar.MILLISECOND,0);
long midnight = cal.getTimeInMillis();
if(currentTimeStamp - midnight > (30*24*60*60*1000))break;
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Damages in Comparable Coaches' Contracts to Assess a School's Economic Damage from the Loss of a Successful Coach
Richard T. Karcher
Professor of Law
Florida Coastal School of Law
This Essay addresses the difficulty of proving financial harm that results when a head coach departs during the contract term and the school thereby abruptly loses a valuable asset, that being a successful and stabile athletic program. Due to the unique and specialized nature of head coaches' services and the industry they work in, ordinary measures for assessing damage based on substitute performance and transaction costs are insufficient. The author offers a theory of measuring a school's damages within the construct of a lost income-producing asset valuation, using a methodology based on liquidated damage amounts in comparable coaches' contracts.


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Air vessel tank used to maintain pressure in fire pumps. The size of the air vessel tank depends on the fire pump pressure.
Air Vessel Tank is a highly durable cylindrical container which is commonly used as an accumulator in high pressure fluid systems to store the compressed air and for the separation of the condensate through cooling. It also helps to maintain the pressure within the fire pump by compensating the fluctuations for the uniform and constant fluid distribution. It is designed as per the international organization for standardization that makes it highly durable and sturdy in construction.


Quick Answer: How Do Bikers Greet Each Other?
How do bikers say hello?
Titles for this greeting include "Biker wave", "Motorcyclist wave", "Motorcycle wave" or just "The Wave." The greeting made can include a number of gestures including a nod, a pointed finger, palm-out V sign, or an actual raised-hand wave..
Why bikers wave to each other?
The biker wave is as old as motorcycles. Apparently it was started in 1904 when Harley-Davidson partners Arthur Davidson and William Harley passed each other and waved. It was noted by a passerby and believed to be etiquette among riders. … I'm not talking about motorcycle rider hand signals that indicate hazards etc.
Why do bikers kiss on the lips?
The Angels differentiated themselves from society by kissing each other on the mouth as a greeting and an opportunity to shock passers-by. The bikers' kisses became immortalized in Hunter S.
Why do bikers hate trikes?
There are some notable downsides to Harley's trikes, of course. The most obvious one is the handling. Unlike Can-Am's Spider or Polaris' Slingshot, the two wheels are at the rear of the bike. This severely hampers handling in the traditional sense, as the third wheel renders leaning impossible.
Why do bikers say old lady?
Ol' Lady: Some say Old Lady and others argue about using the 'd' on the end of old. However you choose to pronounce it – – when a biker decides he likes a woman well enough to keep her as his personal property, he takes her as his Ol' Lady. The term Ol' Lady is a term of endearment, not one of disrespect.
What does the peace sign mean to bikers?
A fist with the index and middle fingers extended but spread apart – A peace sign meaning "peace on the road." Thumb and index finger making a circle other three fingers extended – The "OK" sign saying, "I'm okay, you're okay." Can also be a question asking if the other rider is okay.
What is a 2% biker?
What should you not say to a biker?
20 Things to NEVER Say When Dating a BikerYour garage really needed a makeover! … It's like you have another woman out in the garage. … You'll never get ME on that death machine! … You know, I think you love that motorcycle more than you love me. … You spent HOW MUCH on new pipes for your motorcycle?More items…
Why do bikers wave down low?
The Biker Wave is a way for motorcyclists to acknowledge each other as they pass each other on the road. It is very similar to how Jeep owners have their own wave as they pass each other on the road. It really is just a simple way of saying hello to someone who has the same passion as you, when it comes to two wheels.
What does FTW mean for bikers?
For The WindSo, the Hell's Angels are the 81, Forajidos the 6, etc. FTW: usually it would mean "For The Wind", but in the MC culture are "Fuck the World" initials, symbol of biker's absolute rebellion.
What does a 1% tattoo mean?
What do bikers call their girlfriends?
Why do bikers carry hammers?
The ball peen hammer being carried by bikers has been synonymous with Hell's Angels for a very long time, because it used to be an unassuming and very affective weapon for them to use for self protection in a fight. Most people in the biker community still associate the ball peen hammer with HA.
Why do bikers wear rings?
Some wear for sentimental reasons or vanity, and there is some who wear as a symbol of status. There are also others who believe in wearing certain rings will have benefits such as magic talismans, protection from evil spirits and amulets. … These are the reasons one should wear biker rings.
What does it mean when bikers point two fingers down?
This is a way of expressing respect towards the other motorcyclist. It's our way of saying, "Hello! Keep the rubber side down, keep both wheels on the ground". It signifies that the rider is wishing the fellow rider to stay safe and ride safe.
What does a 3% patch mean?
3 Piece Patch Meaning The 3 piece patch is normally used to identify the club as a traditional motorcycle club, shortened as MC. This type of patch is used to signify that the club is not sanctioned by the American Motorcycle Association, but necessarily not a 1% club.
What does 13 mean to bikers?
What does 81 mean to bikers?
MC stands for Motorcycle Club. All members of HAMC World ride motorcycles. 81 is a metonym. It stands for the 8th letter of the alphabet which is an H, and the 1st letter of the alphabet which is an A, HA = Hells Angels.


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aftertaste (plural aftertastes)
- A taste of something that persists when it is no longer present.
- The persistence of the taste of something no longer present.
- Many people think certain artificial sweeteners have an unpleasant aftertaste.
- Of wine, finish.
The persistence of the taste of something no longer present
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