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 1. a direction, usually written, by the physician to the pharmacist for the preparation and use of a medicine or remedy.
 2. the medicine prescribed:
 Take this prescription three times a day.
an act of prescribing.
that which is prescribed.
 1. Also called positive prescription. a long or immemorial use of some right with respect to a thing so as to give a right to continue such use.
 2. Also called positive prescription. the process of acquiring rights by uninterrupted assertion of the right over a long period of time.
 3. Also called negative prescription. the loss of rights to legal remedy due to the limitation of time within which an action can be taken.
(of drugs) sold only upon medical prescription; ethical.
Compare over-the-counter (def 2).
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_PHONE_; Middle English < Medieval Latin praescrīptiōn- (stem of praescrīptiō) legal possession (of property), law, order, literally, a writing before, hence, a heading on a document. See prescript, -ion Unabridged
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 1. written instructions from a physician, dentist, etc, to a pharmacist stating the form, dosage strength, etc, of a drug to be issued to a specific patient
 2. the drug or remedy prescribed
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 1. written instructions from an optician specifying the lenses needed to correct defects of vision
 2. (as modifier): prescription glasses
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a long established custom or a claim based on one
 1. the uninterrupted possession of property over a stated period of time, after which a right or title is acquired (positive prescription)
 2. the barring of adverse claims to property, etc, after a specified period of time has elapsed, allowing the possessor to acquire title (negative prescription)
 3. the right or title acquired in either of these ways
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C14: from legal Latin praescriptiō an order, prescription; see prescribe
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prescription pre·scrip·tion (prĭ-skrĭp'shən)
 2. A prescribed medicine or other treatment.
 3. An ophthalmologist's or optometrist's written instruction, as for the grinding of corrective lenses.
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Oratory comes from the latin, orare, which means to pray. Both are buildings that are set aside as a place for people to gather for prayer, worship, and the reception of the sacraments.Some people use chapel and oratory interchangeably, as they often fulfill the same purpose, but in a technical sense, they are different.
The sacraments of initiation, first communion, and matrimony are recorded in parish churches. This is what sets an oratory apart from a chapel. Oratories often functions the same way a parish church does in regards to record keeping. Before Mystical Rose was given the designation as an oratory, these sacraments were performed here but recorded at St. Patrick's Church across the street. Since its designation as an oratory, Mystical Rose has been keeping its own sacramental records.
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Diattenuation imaging: Promising imaging technique for brain research
01 April 2019
A new imaging method provides structural information about brain tissue that was previously difficult to access. Diattenuation Imaging (DI), developed by scientists at Forschungszentrum Jülich and the University of Groningen, allows researchers to differentiate, e.g., regions with many thin nerve fibres from regions with few thick nerve fibres. With current imaging methods, these tissue types cannot easily be distinguished.
The DI method is based on 3D Polarized Light Imaging (3D-PLI), a neuroimaging technique developed at Forschungszentrum Jülich, which reveals nerve fibre pathways with micrometre resolution. 3D-PLI is used, for instance, in the European Human Brain Project to investigate the 3D fibre structures of the brain in unprecedented detail.
During a 3D-PLI measurement, histological brain sections are illuminated with polarized light. Depending on how the direction of oscillation (polarization) is oriented relative to the nerve fibres, the light is refracted to different degrees, allowing to compute the spatial orientation of the nerve fibres. This effect — called birefringence — is mainly caused by the myelin sheath, an insulating layer which surrounds many nerve fibres in the brain.
While 3D-PLI measures the polarization-dependent refraction of light, a diattenuation measurement determines the polarization-dependent attenuation of light, i.e. how much the intensity of polarized light is reduced when passing through the brain section. The measurement is performed with the same apparatus as 3D-PLI, whereby two filters are removed.
The scientists have discovered that Diattenuation Imaging — a combined measurement of diattenuation and 3D-PLI — allows to distinguish between different brain regions. In some regions, the brain tissue is maximally transparent when the polarization of the light is oriented parallel to the nerve fibres. In other regions, the tissue is maximally transparent when the polarization is oriented perpendicularly to the nerve fibres. How the tissue behaves depends, among other things, on the time after embedding the brain sections.
Using simulations on the former Jülich supercomputer JUQUEEN, the researchers could show that the observed effects also depend on other tissue properties like the diameter of the fibres or the thickness of the myelin sheaths. This makes Diattenuation Imaging a valuable extension to 3D-PLI, enabling a more precise investigation of brain tissue. In the future, the DI method could be used to study neurodegenerative diseases like multiple sclerosis or multisystem atrophy (MSA), which go along with alterations of the myelin sheath. In addition, the technology helps to make pathological changes visible and to identify connected regions and tissue types, assisting the complex reconstruction of the brain.
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Perhaps I have a misunderstanding of what a subdomain and an integral domain are, but I'm having a hard time figuring this out.
I'm asked to show that the characteristic of a subdomain is the same as the characteristic of the integral domain in which it is contained.
What was tying me up is: $\mathbb Z_7$ is an integral domain. $\mathbb Z_3$ is also an integral domain, and every element in $\mathbb Z_3$ is contained in $\mathbb Z_7$, so isn't $\mathbb Z_3$ a subdomain of $\mathbb Z_7$?
I assume it's probably fairly simple (a misunderstanding of a definition or something), but what am I missing here?
(Edit: I, apparently, had a lapse in brain functioning which resulted in a pretty bad misunderstanding of subrings. Once this was fixed, the proof came naturally.)
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A subdomain $R \subseteq S$ is first of all a subring, i.e. the inclusion $i : R \hookrightarrow S$ is a ring homomorphism. Since ring homomorphisms send $1$ to $1$ by definition, $R$ and $S$ must have the same unity element $1$, so $p \cdot 1 = 0$ in $R$ iff $p \cdot 1 = 0$ in $S$, which shows that $R$ and $S$ have the same characteristic.
As for your example, $\mathbb{Z}_3$ and $\mathbb{Z}_7$ do not have the same unity element, and in fact not only is $\mathbb{Z}_3$ is not a subset of $\mathbb{Z}_7$, there is no injective ring homomorphism from $\mathbb{Z}_3$ to $\mathbb{Z}_7$.
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Oh. I'm all messed up, aren't I? A subring of $\mathbb Z_7$ wouldn't cease to be modular 7, for example; it would just be a set of elements in $\mathbb Z_7$ that could still be considered a ring on their own mod. 7. – AmagicalFishy Feb 7 at 8:03
Right, every subring of $\mathbb{Z}_7$ still has the operations of addition and multiplication modulo $7$ (although it turns out in this case that $\mathbb{Z}_7$ has no proper subrings) – user115654 Feb 7 at 8:05
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Notice $1+1+1=0$ in $Z_3$ but $1+1+1\color{Red}{\ne}0$ in $Z_7$. Just because the symbols used to represent the elements of $Z_3$ are a subset of the symbols used to represent the elements of $Z_7$ doesn't mean that one structure sits inside the other structure. Not even remotely close. For a subset to be a subring its operations must be the same as those in the ring it sits inside.
If $A\to B$ is any homomorphism of unital rings, we have ${\rm char}(B)\mid{\rm char}(A)$. Can you prove this? Consider the fact that the element $\underbrace{1_B+\cdots+1_B}_{{\rm char}(A)}\in B$ is the image of $\underbrace{1_A+\cdots+1_A}_{{\rm char}(A)}=0_A$.
In particular if $B$ is a domain then its characteristic is either zero or a prime number (can you prove this fact?). If ${\rm char}(B)=p$ then $A$ is a domain and its characteristic is a multiple of $p$, so the characteristic of $A$ must also be $p$. I'll let you figure out the characteristic zero case.
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More is true: the characteristic is preserved under all injective morphisms of rings*. This is simply because the characteristic of $R$ is the non-negative generator of the kernel of the unique ring morphism $\def\Z{\Bbb Z}\iota_R:\Z\to R$. If $f:R\to S$ is an injective ring morphism, then the kernel of $\iota_S=f\circ \iota_R$ is the same as that of $\iota_R$, and so (the larger ring) $S$ has the same characteristic as$~R$.
As for your confusion about $\Z_3$ and $\Z_7$, it is not true that every element of $\Z_3$ is also element $\Z_7$, since the elements of $\Z_n$ are congruence classes modulo$~n$, and the congruence class of (say) $2$ modulo$~3$ is not the same thing as the congruence class of $2$ modulo$~7$. What is true is that the usual representatives (in $\Z$) of elements in $\Z_3$ are also representatives of (other) elements of$~\Z_7$. But even if one would define these rings so that these are really elements rather than representatives, then $\Z_3$ is still not a subring of $\Z_7$ because the (addition, multiplication) operations on elements of $\Z_3$ differ from those on the same elements in$~\Z_7$. Indeed the characteristic shows that there cannot be any injective ring morphism (in particular no inclusion relation) $\Z_3\to\Z_7$. Actually this is even true without "injective".
*$~$I mean unitary rings of course; no characteristic is defined (like this) for non-unitary rings.
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Non-unitary rings can still have a characteristic (smallest $n$ with $na = 0$ for all $a$). – Tobias Kildetoft Feb 7 at 10:52
_USER_: You are right; actually I never work with non-unitary rings. In any case the definition I used here will not work for non-unitary rings; nor indeed is the result I state true, probably. – Marc van Leeuwen Feb 7 at 10:54
Indeed (otherwise take $2\mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}\subseteq \mathbb{Z}/4\mathbb{Z}$). I am not sure if it might still be salvaged in case of integral domains without unit. – Tobias Kildetoft Feb 7 at 10:57
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Computer and office equipment production statistics - NACE Rev. 1.1
From Statistics Explained
- Data from January 2009, most recent data: Further Eurostat information, Main tables and Database
This article belongs to a set of statistical articles which analyse the structure, development and characteristics of the various economic activities in the European Union (EU). According to the statistical classification of economic activities in the EU (NACE Rev 1.1), the present article covers for the manufacture of computers and office equipment, corresponding to NACE Division 30, which is part of the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector. The activities covered in this article are the manufacture of:
- office machinery;
- peripherals, such as printers and terminals.
Note that the manufacture of electronic games is classified under toys and is covered within the article on jewelry, musical instruments, sports goods and toy production.
Main statistical findings
There were 10.7 thousand enterprises within the EU-27's computer and office equipment (NACE Division 30) manufacturing sector in 2005, employing 154.6 thousand persons in 2006, while value added reached EUR 9.6 billion from a turnover of EUR 59.6 billion in the same year. The computer and office equipment manufacturing sector was by a considerable margin the smallest activity among the four NACE divisions that comprise the electrical machinery and optical equipment (NACE Subsection DL) manufacturing sector; this was the case for each of the main indicators used to measure the size of an activity. In relative terms, the computer and office equipment sector generally accounted for around 5 % of the electrical machinery and optical equipment manufacturing sector; this share rising as high as 8.4 % for turnover and falling as low as 4.2 % for the number of persons employed.
Within the activity of computer and office equipment manufacturing, the biggest subsector was clearly the manufacture of computers and other information processing equipment (NACE Class 30.02), which accounted for more than three quarters of both the EU-27's value added (77.3 %) and number of persons employed (77.5 %), the remainder being accounted for by the manufacture of office machinery (NACE Class 30.01).
The production of computers and office equipment was highly concentrated in three of the Member States, which together accounted for just over 75 % of the EU-27's value added in 2006. Germany was the leading producer, with a 38.3 % share of EU-27 value added (considerably higher than its corresponding share of the workforce, which stood at 25.4 %). The second highest level of output was recorded in Ireland (20.9 % of EU-27 value added), while one sixth (16.7 %) of the total was generated in the United Kingdom. To give some idea of the extent to which these three countries dominated EU-27 production, the fourth highest share in EU-27 value added was recorded in Italy at just 4.5 %. The contribution of the computer and office equipment sector to non-financial business economy value added was highest in Ireland (2.2 %), which may be attributed to Ireland often being used as a hub by large international manufacturers before distributing their computers across Europe. The next most specialised country was Hungary (where the manufacture of computers and office equipment accounted for 0.6 % of non-financial business economy value added), while Germany (0.3 %) was the third most specialised Member State.
As with many technology-related activities, EU-27 output from computer and office equipment manufacturing followed an erratic development, rising at a rapid pace through to the peak of the dot.com boom in 2000, before falling in the period from 2001 to 2003. Annual short-term statistics show that the index of production for the computer and office equipment manufacturing thereafter rose at a particularly fast pace (on average by 9.2 % per year) between 2003 and 2007. Having also peaked in 2000 the EU-27 index of employment for computer and office equipment manufacturing started to follow a downward path and fell in successive years through to 2007, losing an average of 4.5 % of the workforce each year; this trend was likely to be endemic of a gradual shift in assembly operations to lower labour cost regions.
Price comparisons over time are particularly difficult because computer specifications are constantly increasing, while the price of computers tends to fall. Indeed, in contrast to the majority of industrial NACE divisions, the domestic output price index for the manufacture of computers and office equipment in the EU-27 fell between 1997 and 2007 at an average rate of 8.1 % per year.
Expenditure and productivity
Gross investment in tangible goods of the EU-27's computer and office equipment manufacturing sector in 2006 was particularly low at EUR 710 million. Computer and office equipment manufacturing accounted for 3.5 % of the total investment made in the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector in 2006. The investment rate (defined here as the ratio of investment to value added) of the computer and office equipment manufacturing sector in the EU-27 was 7.4 % in 2006, which was the second lowest ratio among all of the NACE divisions within the non-financial business economy for which data are available in 2005 or 2006 (higher only than for instrument engineering – see Instrument engineering statistics - NACE Rev. 1.1). The Czech Republic and Greece (2005) were the only Member States among those for which data are available to report an investment rate for computer and office equipment manufacturing that was above their non-financial business economy average.
The relative importance of personnel costs in relation to operating expenditure was 10.9 % in the EU-27's computer and office equipment manufacturing sector in 2006. This was almost half the average share recorded within the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector (20.6 %) and was the lowest share among the four NACE divisions that comprise the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector.
In productivity terms, each person employed in the EU-27's computer and office equipment manufacturing sector generated an average of EUR 62.3 thousand of value added in 2006, which was well above the EUR 55.3 thousand average for electrical machinery and optical equipment. Average personnel costs were also somewhat higher, at EUR 42.6 thousand per employee in 2005 for computer and office equipment manufacturing, when compared with the average for electrical machinery and optical equipment (EUR 39.6 thousand per employee in the same year). Apparent labour productivity more than covered average personnel costs, as the wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio for computer and office equipment manufacturing stood at 153.0 % in 2005, which was above the average for the whole of electrical machinery and optical equipment sector (130.9 % in the same year), as well as being the highest wage-adjusted labour productivity ratio among the four NACE divisions covered within the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector.
In the majority of the Member States, average personnel costs were considerably higher within the computer and office equipment manufacturing sector than across the whole of the non-financial business economy. This was particularly true in Germany, where they were 83.4 % above the average in 2006. These relatively high personnel costs per employee were to some extent reflection of a high level of apparent labour productivity, as each person employed in the German computer and office equipment manufacturing sector generated 75.7 % more added value than the national average within the non-financial business economy. This relative performance was only bettered in Latvia (where apparent labour productivity among the computer and office equipment workforce was 212.1 % higher than the average), Ireland (87.1 %) and in Hungary (82.9 % higher).
Data sources and availability
The main part of the analysis in this article is derived from structural business statistics (SBS), including core, business statistics which are disseminated regularly, as well as information compiled on a multi-yearly basis, and the latest results from development projects.
Other data sources include the PRODCOM statistics on the production of manufactured goods.
The electrical machinery and optical equipment sector is an important and strategic part of Europe's manufacturing sector, producing a wide range of mostly high-technology products (for example, computers, switchgears or semi-conductors). This sector has been cited as being at the centre of industrial development, as almost every other sector depends, at least to some degree, on the capital equipment, technology, end-products, research and innovations that are provided by the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector. It is therefore often referred to as one of the main drivers of productivity gains and central to the EU's objective of creating more and better jobs.
The goods and services made within the electrical machinery and optical equipment sector range from capital goods used in energy and primary transformation activities, transport manufacturing (motor vehicles, aeronautics and rail equipment producers) or process manufacturing sectors (agro-industries, chemicals, plastics or wood), through intermediate goods (such as electronic components or wiring) that are often used by other manufacturers, to consumer goods (such as consumer electronics, mobile phones and household appliances).
This sector operates within a long-established legislative framework that covers issues such as product safety, energy labelling, minimum efficiency requirements, eco-design and waste. Two Directives (2008/34 and 2008/35) on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) and the restriction of the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment were introduced in 2008. The EU aims to take measures to prevent the generation of electrical and electronic waste and to promote reuse, recycling and other forms of recovery in order to reduce the quantity of such waste by

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Hi, is there some method for eliminating dual solutions to a given differential equation that are not wanted? Let me explain: Consider the differential equation
where is a linear operator (that doesn't operate in the time dimension). However, since the equation is going to be solved numerically, and the operator is very computationally expensive to be implemented directly, the equation is modified:
where is much computationally cheaper to implement. However, this equation gives dual solutions that do not satisfy the original equation (*), since (**) can be shown to allow any linear combination of solutions to the equations
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So the modified equation can't be used solely. Is there some way to eliminate the solutions given by (***) when solving the system numerically, and only obtain solutions given by (*)? Thanks in advance.


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0-056 The beds of rose-of-sharon (Hibiscus syriacus) surrounding the Korean War Memorial were provided by the people of South Korea. This and the Asian red pine are their national tree symbols. The flower appears in Korean national emblems, and Korea is compared to the flower in the South Korean national anthem. Also known as the Korean rose, the plants were sent from Pusan, South Korea and planted around the memorial in 1996. These small trees, most commonly seen in our area as large shrubs, bloom in the summer and add rich light purple color to the foreground of the monument as seen from any viewpoint along the walkway. They were given to commemorate the US-Korean alliance and honor the lives of the American soldiers who defended it.
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The last months of the millennium are the perfect time to contemplate the vision of peace on earth in the Peaceable Kingdom paintings of Edward Hicks (_PHONE_). Hicks, a Pennsylvania sign painter and Quaker preacher, painted over 100 different versions of the Peaceable Kingdom.
Only 62 still exist, and each is an icon of American art. Remarkably, 25 Peaceable Kingdoms have been gathered together for the exhibition "The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks" at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, Oct. 10, 1999-Jan. 2, 2000. Carolyn J. Weekley, director of museums for Colonial Williamsburg (including the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Center), organized this quintessential Hicks show, which charts the development of the paintings and the life of their talented and temperamental creator.
Hicks did not start out as a Quaker. He wasn't even particularly religious. While some of his family were Quakers, his parents were Anglicans, and lost much of their wealth and status during the Revolutionary War. When his mother died only 18 months after his birth, his father boarded Edward and his two siblings with neighbors. Hicks was never close to his father, but found a loving home at age three with the Quakers Elizabeth and David Twining, who raised Hicks on their farm along with their own children.
As an apprentice to coach makers, Hicks drank and partied. Subject to emotional swings his entire life, and not particularly robust, he had managed to settle into the job of sign-painter, one of the less strenuous parts of coach making. He also painted household goods, tavern and other shop signs, and the occasional oil on canvas, examples of which are included in the show. Around 1800 he befriended a young Quaker and began attending Quaker meetings. He became a minister in 1811.
Hicks's profession of decorative painting was at odds with Quaker plain living, but he failed as a farmer and it was his only means of supporting his wife and children. His own conflicted feelings about painting may have been one of the reasons he chose to paint Peaceable Kingdoms, his interpretation of this Biblical passage from Isaiah 11, verses 6-8:
The Wolf also shall dwell with the lamb, and the leopard shall lie down with the kid; and the calf and the young lion with the fatling together; and a little child shall lead them. And the cow and the bear shall feed; their young ones shall lie down together: and the lion shall eat straw like the ox. And the suckling child shall play on the hole of the asp, and the weaned child shall put his hand on the cockatrice's den.
Many Quakers believed this passage described the Quietism of their faith, their belief in relinquishing the willful self and listening to God. It would have appealed to Hicks' fellow Quakers, to whom he gave most of his Kingdoms as gifts.
Hicks borrowed his basic design elements from an engraving by Richard Westall printed in many 19th-century Bibles. Over time, he added a vignette from the painting Penn's Treaty with the Indians, substituted a group of Quakers talking with angels, or put the Natural Bridge in Virginia in the left side of the paintings. He also changed the arrangement of the child or children and animals and often put in a figure of Liberty feeding an eagle.
Above all, this exhibition proves just how different Hicks's many variations are. Weekley divides Hicks's Kingdoms into three groups. While not signed, the earliest Peaceable Kingdom attributed to Hicks dates from around 1816-18. His ability to paint shadows to suggest depth is limited and his drawing is odd, to say the least.
Most of the early group (to the late 1820s) has survived with their original lettered borders intact. The children are mild; the animals tame. Hicks's Peaceable Kingdom of the Branch from 1822-5 shows great strides in his ability to compose a picture and greater confidence in rendering both figural and landscape passages.
A controversy between "Hicksite" Quakers (led by Edward's cousin Elias) and more worldly urban "Orthodox" Quakers, who favored the ways of English Quakers, resulted in a schism in 1827. The Orthodox Quakers accepted all scripture, a way of lessening the importance of Quietism and the personal interpretation of religious issues. The split was a constant source of upset to many rural American Quakers, especially Elias and Edward Hicks.
Around 1829 to 1832, Edward Hicks inserted a group of people, always in the middle left of his Kingdoms. The group was always the same, with his cousin Elias (who died in 1830) surrounded by other dead Quaker divines engaged in conversation with a banner overhead. From this point onward, Hicks experiments with the look, placement and number of animals. These transitional "banner" group images, and Penn's Treaty with the Indians have some mighty edgy animals in them.
Weekley calls the paintings of the middle period (roughly 1830 to 1840) Hicks' most sophisticated. In a sermon, Hicks outlined his view of four of the animals as representing the four humors of man, a concept from the Middle Ages, and a metaphor that his fellow-Quakers would have understood. The melancholic wolf, the phlegmatic bear, the sanguine leopard and the choleric lion play big roles. The lion, associated with England and the English Orthodox Quakers, gets special emphasis.
From 1835 on, Hicks' animals grew increasingly serene and passive. In the late 1830s he frequently inserted a third child, (there were only two in the earlier works), who appears to be Liberty, as she holds a dove in one hand and an eagle resting on the other hand.
By the 1840s, Hicks was no longer leaving home for missionary work and resigned to the split within the Quakers. The animals in the kingdom paintings seem to age as he did. The show ends with some of Hicks' late pastoral paintings of farms.
The well-researched catalogue (Abrams) by Weekley is a must-have for anyone interested in American art and life of the early 19th century.
After its premiere in Philadelphia, "The Kingdoms of Edward Hicks" travels to the Denver Art Museum, Feb. 12-Apr. 30, 2000, and to the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, M. H. DeYoung Memorial Museum, Sept. 24 through February 2001.


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Aplomado Falcons are rare birds. So rare, in fact, that no one really knows how many exist. Their historic range extended from casual visits to Tierra del Fuego north to northern Mexico and southern Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. Fossils of their Pleistocene predecessors have been found in what is now called Ecuador and Peru. No one even knows how many lived the United States. We do know that by the early 1960s none were residents in the United States. A vicious combination of DDT and elimination of the native grasslands had eradicated them. Some survived in northern Mexico but very few.
A breeding program begun in 1977 has released about 500 Aplomados in Northern Mexico and southern Texas and southern New Mexico. The remaining natural grasslands of the Chihuahuan Desert are natural habitat for them. One of the many good things Ted Turner has done with his life is make available one of his New Mexico ranches for a release program. This ranch is just south of the Bosque del Apache Wildlife Refuge in central New Mexico and at least one of the falcons has made its way there. We saw it day before yesterday and here are photos. It is a juvenile and it was making the acquaintance of a raven. Given the intelligence of Ravens, we wondered if the Raven knew how rare Aplomados are and just wanted to look at one "up close and personal." We're sorry the birds are so small in the photo but they were a long way away and the adapter which fits the camera to our spotting scope was even further so this is the best we got. We'll return again soon and try again, hopefully before this bird grows out of its juvenile coloring.


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How to Tighten a Rattling Heat Shield
A car heat shield. Learn when to worry about a rattling heat shield.
For the most part, we associate a quiet car with a healthy car. Loose parts usually mean something is wrong, and could affect the reliability and safety of your vehicle. While some see a rattling heat shield as a mere annoyance, others may find it embarrassing. In some cases, a loose heat shield could be a major problem.
Because the primary purpose of the exhaust system is to route superheated gases away from the engine, everything around the exhaust manifolds, catalytic converter, exhaust pipes and muffler gets hot. Catalytic converters are particularly hot — they only begin functioning between 400 and 600 degrees Fahrenheit, and normally range between 1,200 and 1,600 degrees Fahrenheit. The rest of the exhaust system typically measures 300 to 500 degrees Fahrenheit.
Exhaust Heat Shields — What Are They Rattling For?
These heat shields were mounted to the body over the exhaust.Many car parts cannot manage such heat. Plastic and rubber parts can melt or become brittle, electric motors and sensors can fail, and dry grass or paper can spontaneously combust. Made of thin metal sheets, heat shields deflect much of the extreme heat, some affixed to the exhaust system and others affixed to parts needing protection.
Exhaust heat shields fail for a couple of reasons: rust and vibration. Fittingly, the parts the heat shields are designed to protect often cause their failure. All metal exposed to the atmosphere corrodes, but heat speeds up the process, so clamps, bolts or welds can rust to nothing, leading to a loose heat shield. Vibrations can weaken the metal, causing a heat shield to fall off, rattling against the exhaust or some other part of the vehicle.
How to Fix a Rattling Heat Shield
Some don't see much use for a rattling heat shield, so they simply remove them and discard them, but this can be a problem. Because the heat shields are designed to protect other car parts from the extreme heat of the exhaust, removing them completely could cause premature failure of other components or even fire. The best way to fix a rattling heat shield is to replace it or reaffix it. Here are a few ways to fix your rattling heat shield:
 - Weld: If you have access to a welder, you may be able to tack the heat shield to the exhaust. Be careful, as both the thin metal heat shield and exhaust pipe may burn through.
 - Bolt: In some cases, you may be able to install new nuts and bolts to reaffix a bolt-on heat shield. If the holes are too wide, fender washers can make up for that extra space.
 - Clamp: Stainless steel screw clamps can be used in some situations, such as where a heat shield was welded or clamped to an exhaust pipe.
 - Tie: Another way to fix a loose heat shield is with a stainless steel tie, which won't rust after installation. Link several together for larger components, such as muffler heat shields.
If a loose heat shield has you worried, you may not need new exhaust pipes, but one of these quick fixes can restore your sanity and protect your vehicle from the heat. Of course, if you're going to get under the vehicle, be sure it is securely lifted and supported by jack stands.
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The popular LM317 voltage regulator IC is designed to deliver not more than 1.5 amps, however by adding an outboard current boost transistor to the circuit it becomes possible to upgrade the regulator circuit to handle much higher currents, and upto any desired levels.
You might have already come across the 78XX fixed voltage regulator circuit which are upgraded to handle higher currents by adding an outboard power transistor to it, the IC LM317 is no exception and the same can be applied for this versatile variable voltage regulator circuit in order to upgrade its specs for handling massive amounts of current.
The Standard LM317 Circuit
The following image shows standard IC LM317 variable voltage regulator circuit, using a bare minimum of components in the form of a single fixed resistor, and a 10K pot.
This set up is supposed to offer a variable range of zero to 24V with an input supply of 30V. However if we consider the current range, it's not more than 1.5 amps regardless of the input supply current, since the chip is internally equipped to allow only up to 1.5 amps and inhibit anything that may be demanding above this limit.
The above shown design which is limited with a 1.5 amp max current can be upgraded with an outboard PNP transistor in order to boost the current on par with the input supply current, meaning once this upgrade is implemented the above circuit will retain its variable voltage regulation feature yet will be able to offer the full supply input current to the load, bypassing the IC's internal current limiting feature.
Calculating the Output Voltage
For calculating the output voltage of a LM317 power supply circuit the following formula could be used
VO = VREF (1 + R2 / R1) + (IADJ × R2)
where is = VREF = 1.25
Current ADJ can be actually ignored since it is usually around 50 µA and therefore too negligible.
Adding an Outboard Mosfet Booster
This current boost upgrade can be implemented by adding an outboard PNP transistor which may be in the form of a power BJT or a P-channel mosfet, as shown below, here we use a mosfet keeping things compact and allow a huge current upgrade in the specs.
In the above design, Rx becomes responsible for providing the gate trigger for the mosfet so that it's able to conduct in tandem with the LM317 IC and reinforce the device with the extra amount of current as specified by the input supply.
Initially when power input is fed to the circuit, the connected load which could be rated at much higher than 1.5 amps tries to acquire this current through the LM317 IC, and in the process a proportionate amount of negative voltage is developed across RX, causing the mosfet to respond and switch ON.
As soon as the mosfet is triggered the entire input supply tends to flow across the load with the surplus current, but since the voltage also begins to increase beyond the LM317 pot setting, causes the LM317 to get reverse biased.
This action for the moment switches OFF the LM317 which in turn shuts off the voltage across Rx and the gate supply for the mosfet.
Therefore the mosfet too tends to switch OFF for the instant until the cycle perpetuates yet again allowing the process to sustain infinitely with the intended voltage regulation and high current specs.
Calculating Mosfet Gate Resistor
Rx may be calculated as given under:
Rx = 10/1A,
where 10 is the optimal mosfet triggering voltage, and 1 amp is the optimal current through the IC before Rx develops this voltage.
Therefore Rx could be a 10 ohm resistor, with a wattage rating of 10 x 1 = 10 watt
If a power BJT is used, the figure 10 can be replaced with 0.7V
Although the above current boost application using the mosfet looks interesting, it has a serious drawback, as the feature completely strips off the IC from its current limiting feature, which can cause the mosfet to blow-of or get burnt in case the output is short circuited.
To counter this over-current or short-circuit vulnerability, another resistor in the form of Ry may be introduced with the source terminal of the mosfet as indicated in the following diagram.
The resistor Ry is supposed to develop a counter voltage across itself whenever the output current is exceeded above a given maximum limit such that the counter voltage at the source of the mosfet inhibits the gate triggering voltage of the mosfet forcing a complete shut off for the mosfet, and thus preventing the mosfet from getting burnt.
This modification looks pretty simple, however calculating Ry could be little confusing and I do not wish to investigate it deeper since I have a more decent and a reliable idea which can be also expected to execute a complete current control for the discussed LM317 outboard boost transistor application circuit.
Using a BJT for Current Control
The design for making the above design equipped with a boost current and also a short circuit and overload protection can be seen below:
An couple of resistors, and a BC547 BJT is all that may be required for inserting the desired short circuit protection to the modified current boost circuit for the LM317 IC.
Now calculating Ry becomes extremely easy, and may be evaluated with the following formula:
Ry = 0.7/current limit.
Here, 0.7 is the triggering voltage of the BC547 and the "current limit" is the maximum valid current that may specified for a safe operation of the mosfet, let's say this limit is specified to be 10amps, then Ry can be calculated as:
Ry = 0.7/10 = 0.07 ohms.
watts = 0.7 x 10 = 7 watts.
So now whenever the current tends to cross the above limit, the BC547 conducts, grounding the ADJ pin of the IC and shutting off the Vout for the LM317
Using BJTs for the Current Boost
If you are not too keen on using mosfet, in that case you could probably apply BJTs for the required current boosting as shown in the following diagram:


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Bushire is a port towards the head of the Gulf. The East India Company transferred its headquarters in the Gulf from Bandar Abbas to Bushire around 1770, and established a Political Residency there with responsibility for the maintenance of British interests in the whole Gulf area. The first residency building on the seafront was destroyed by British gunfire during the 1856-7 conflict and was rebuilt in conventional Anglo-Indian style soon afterwards. The first British Post Office was installed in its grounds in 1864. Concurrently, the resident acquired some land at Sabzabad, on higher ground about five miles south of Bushire, and built on it a spacious summer residence. The heat, even here, nevertheless drove residents and their families to Shiraz for much of the summer. In mid-century, Sabzabad became the residents' permanent home and office, although the town residency, with its own jetty, and the Church and Post Office, remained in some use. In 1878, the resident was granted an exequatur to act additionally as consul-general for the Fars region.
The residency moved from Bushire to Bahrain in 1946. By then it occupied, besides the town and Sabzabad sites, two other sites, both in the district called Naidi on the road south to Sabzabad. One was called the British Government lands, or PWD lands, about 35 acres acquired in 1912, containing the executive engineer's and his assistant's houses, garages and PWD workshops. The other, much smaller, originally housed the secretary to the resident and later became the consulate, and was vacated in 1952. The town and Sabzabad sites were sold to the Persian government in the late 1940s, and the other two in 1959 to the governor of Bushire, representing the Imperial Iranian government.
In central Iran, about mid-way between Teheran and Shiraz in the south. The consulate was opened in 1891 and premises leased in the parish known as Muhammed Husein Bey [?sp]. This same building was bought in 1896 for about £1,500. The drawing room was extended in 1906 and more work was undertaken in the mid-1920s. The post closed in 1934 and the building was sold, with difficulty, in 1935 to Mirza Haidar Aliu Khan Imami.
The post was subsequently re-opened in leased premises[?when] but later the Isfahan and Shiraz consular districts were amalgamated and Isfahan was put on a care and maintenance basis for visitors from Shiraz.
In the north-east, close to the Turkmenistan border. The consulate was established in 1889. Curzon passed through Meshed a few months later and was disparaging about the leased premises that was all that the consul had managed to obtain. In a despatch to The Times, he called for the consul-general to be treated 'in a style and in quarters better fitted to represent to the native mind the prestige of a great and wealthy power.'
A site of over eight acres was, accordingly, bought in 1892 by the Government of India: it was laid out as a compound with several houses, full ancillaries and a large garden, and the first set of buildings was completed in 1893. Other buildings followed in 1899 and extra land was obtained in 1905 and 1906 for native quarters. By 1948 the entire compound, whose entrance was on Pah Lavi Road, was the best vegetated area in Meshed and surrounded by a wall fourteen feet high. The post was closed in 1952. The British Council re-opened in part of the compound in 1958 and the [?part of it which it did not need was sold in?]. The Council had to leave in 1979 and [?what happened to the BC premises?]
About one hundred miles inland from Bushire. The consulate opened in 1903 and buildings were immediately erected on a five acre leased site (that was bought in 1928]. The one-storey consulate lay at the end of a long straight tree-lined access drive, with orchards on either side. [describe] The political resident used to 'recess' at Shiraz during the summer, which required the consulate to move out each time. The British Council took over the site when it returned to Shiraz in 1959 but had to leave in 1979. [present status – never handed back?]
In the north-west corner of Iran, close to Turkey, Armenia and Azerbaijan. From about 1805, it was the custom of the Shahs to appoint the heir apparent as the provincial governor in Tabriz and from 1811, when the embassy in Tehran was established, it suited the head of mission to spend extended periods at Tabriz in order to be close to the Crown Prince. The Shah assigned a house in Tabriz for the British mission to use in the Armenian quarter of town and 'a large rambling building of seventeen rooms and innumerable passages built round three courtyards with an attractive garden laid out in the front courtyard'. [Wright p79]
The first consulate was established in this house in 1841. The house had originally been confiscated by the Persian government but was later [?when] restored by royal decree to the family of the original owner, who sold it to a British subject, Dr McCormick, whose family continued to lease it to the British consulate. The lease was renewed for 21 years in 1897 and then annually from 1918. By this time the lessor was Mrs Louisa Hakoumoff of 19 Chatsworth Gardens, Acton Hill, London W. She died in 1920 by which time the building was by 'in the midst of unsanitary and undesirable surroundings' and the intention was to buy a site and build a new vice-consulate. The property was finally surrendered in 1926, when the consulate moved into leased premises.


tractable claws, but the cheetah's claws are only partly retractable. They are always in use and it allows them to perform insanely agile moves at speeds as high as 75 mph.
When this sea creature snaps its claws, it can be as loud as a gunshot. What is it?
The pistol shrimp snaps its claw shut with so much power that water displacement creates a "gunshot" sound. The sound doesn't come from the claws snapping shut. It comes from the displacement, which creates a shot of water that stuns prey. These shrimp are so loud they affect military sonar readings.
This furry creature owes its speed and agility to strong claws used for gripping. What is it?
Rabbits can hop up to 45 mph and are extremely agile when doing so. They depend on their claws for survival skills and they don't hunt. The claws are really strong and are mostly used for digging and defense.
Do you know this neighborhood animal that uses its claws to climb almost any surface it wants?
Squirrels are expert climbers and are capable of doing incredible things while climbing almost any surface because of their claws designed to grip and stabilize. Their ankles can rotate 180 degrees, allowing them to grip and climb the most unique surfaces.
Do you know this laughing animal that isn't related to a cat or dog but resembles both?
Hyenas are their own family of animal and can be heard laughing hysterically when fighting off others for food. Hyena claws aren't sharp or long and aren't used for hunting. They grab prey with their teeth and use their claws for agility while running.
Can you name this reptile that is one of the best climbing reptiles in the jungle?
Iguanas are expert climbers and they use their claws mostly for climbing. They will use their tails to fend off attackers, but if that fails, they will resort to swiping with their claws. The claws can get pretty sharp, and pet iguanas commonly get their claws clipped for safety reasons.
This eagle is found around the world more than any other eagle. Do you know it?
The golden eagle's claws almost rival the harpy eagle's claws and are bigger than the bald eagle's. The golden eagle is one of the most prolific hunters in the world and is found all over the planet. It's illegal to own a golden eagle or any part of a golden eagle in America.
These talons belong to the fastest bird in the world. Do you know it?
The peregrine falcon isn't the biggest bird in the sky and definitely doesn't have the longest talons, but with the ability to hit speeds of 220 mph, it is one of the deadliest in the sky. The bird has been a symbol of courage for centuries.
Do you know these claws that belong to the largest bird in the world?
At just two years old, a male ostrich can be nine feet tall. It can kill a human in a single kick and the bird is considered one of the most dangerous in the world. Although it can't fly, it can travel long distances and run close to 45 mph.
Can you name this animal that almost seems to be half-lion, half-squirrel?
A fossa resembles dogs, cats, hyenas, marsupials and civets, making them one of the most unique animals on the planet. This carnivore can grow up to six feet in length and is an expert hunter and climber.
Like all primates, this one has fingers and nails, but if you look closely you'll see a claw designed for grooming and scratching. What animal is this?
Primates are some of the only animals out there without claws, so some of them have what's called a grooming or toilet claw. It isn't used for climbing, digging, attacking, defending or eating, and is only used for grooming purposes. It's not as sharp as a claw, but not as flat as a fingernail.
Do you know what canine sports these claws?
Canines attack with their teeth instead of their claws, unlike felines, so wolves don't use their claws for hunting purposes. They use claws the same way a domesticated dog does. They're rather blunt and ideal for digging.
Can you name this bird that is known for its facial hair and has rather weak claws?
The bearded vulture is found in Asia and Africa and has a unique diet. It eats bone marrow, but its claws and beak aren't strong enough to crack open bones, so it grabs a bone, flies high in the sky and drops it onto a rock repeatedly until it cracks open.
Can you name the flightless bird that uses its three-clawed feet to defend and attack?
Emus are very closely related to ostriches, but ostriches have two toes and can grow up to nine feet tall, while emus grow up to six feet tall and have three toes. Both are two of the most dangerous birds in the world, and their attacks are powerful enough to prove fatal for humans.
Do you know this animal that has sharp claws attached to arms too weak to attack or defend?
Snapping turtles have claws that are about as long and sharp as a dog's and they are very useful for digging, but when it comes to attacking, defending or eating, they're next to useless. The turtle's arms are too weak to swipe its claws with any significant force.
Can you name this prickly rodent equipped with claws for climbing and stripping tree bark?
A porcupine's claws are strong enough to climb and rip bark from trees, but they're not as sharp as the thousands of quills covering its body. The quills will almost always pierce skin and are the animal's No. 1 line of defense.
Do you know this striped animal more famous for its stink than its claws?
A skunk has sharp and strong claws used for digging and climbing, but its primary defense tactic is the vicious odor it can spray up to 10 feet with sniper-like accuracy. The odor is so powerful the human nose can smell it 3.5 miles away.
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Using 3D sensors in robotic welding helps factories improve the weld quality and the laborious manual welding operation, which is particularly good for welding in a dangerous work environment with high temperature and fumes.
Revopoint's Areascan series encompasses 5 models of different sizes of industrial 3D camera to capture objects at distances ranging from 50mm to 2m. It is able to scan objects in real-time and generate a color point cloud. It can offer accuracy as high as 0.05mm, enabling it to capture the precise position of 3D points.
Areascan can be installed on robot arms to automatically track weld seam and guide welding. In the picture below, An Areascan30 camera is installed on a robot arm to scan the seam between two 10×25 black metallic plates. The camera scans the whole area of the plates to track the seam precisely.
At the same time, the software displays the 2D RGB image and depth image. The 3D data will be processed on PC to get the XYZ information of the seam.
- Fast scanning and precise 3D data
- Applicable to diverse scenariors
- Reduce labor cost and work-related injury
- Stable tracking and low error rate
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Meaning of ok in Hindi
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Meaning of OK in English
 1. All correct
 2. Only kidding
 3. a state in south central United States
 4. Okay
 5. an endorsement
 6. being satisfactory or in satisfactory condition
 7. an expression of agreement normally occurring at the beginning of a sentence
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OK Sentence Example and Usage
OK has been recently used in news headlines. Please see the examples belowExamples and usage of OK in prose and poetry
To better understand the meaning of OK, certain examples of its usage are presented.Examples from famous English prose on the use of the word OK
 1. "Its ok,' he told mundungus, 'we can trust harry, he's our financial backer"
 The word/phrase 'ok' was used by 'J. K. Rowling' in 'Harry potter and the order of the phoenix book'.
 2. "Ok, everyone,' said angelina, entering from the captain's office, already changed"
 'J. K. Rowling' has used the ok in the novel Harry potter and the order of the phoenix book.
 3. "Hagrid's tough, he'll be ok"
 To understand the meaning of ok, please see the following usage by J. K. Rowling in Harry potter and the order of the phoenix book.
Usage of "OK": Examples from famous English Poetry
 1. "A secret verse so dont tell the pigs ok"
 - This term ok was used by Eamon J Healy in the Poem The hells angels - poem.
 2. "All i say is ok hegets sorta mad"
 - This term ok was used by Danielle Brown in the Poem Why does he do this to me - poem.
 3. "Another way just keep trying' it's ok"
 - This term ok was used by leanna gazay in the Poem Another day.
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a default (first) wallet.
- Follow the steps Vigvam suggests: unlock the Ledger device, open the Ethereum app, or install it if you haven't done it yet.
- After completing the scanning procedure, you will be suggested to confirm what exact wallets should be added.
- You can change the wallet name here.
- Click the Continue button to finish.
- Now, you can use this wallet as well as others.
- There is always a notation that it is a wallet from Ledger in its name.
- Every time you need to sign a transaction, Vigvam will also show a window to connect the device and send a signature request to it.
Optional testing: Social Auth
- You can also create wallets using one of the following Social Auth ways: Google, Twitter, Facebook, or Reddit.
- This is an experimental feature that is not working in Firefox yet.
- Click on the social network and select the account you will use to create a wallet.
The Vigvam Testing flow: interactions with dApps.
We prepared two video tutorials on how to interact with Uniswap on Avalanche and Ethereum testnets and _URL_ on the Polygon testnet. You may conduct the same steps or create your own testing flow with these dapps. Don't forget to share your experience in our form.
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When a receiver subscribes to a list, Ubivox sends a so-called opt-in-mail. Untill the receiver has confirmed the sign up, the receiver will be marked as 'Pending end-user authorization'.
This guide elaborates how you create a test-recipient in Ubivox. By adding a test-recipient you are able to send the draft of a newsletter to him/her and have him/her check if everything is as it should be.
This guide elaborates and exemplifies how you can set up notifications and by these keep yourself updated.
This guides elaborates and exemplify how you create a new account user. Additionally, the guide elaborates the significance the language choice has for a account user as notification e-mails will be send in the selected language.
This guide explains the difference between a test recipient and a system user.
This guide guides you thorugh the process of reseting your password.
To enhance security and usability in Ubivox it is possible for you to log in to your Ubivox account using your Google Account.
This guide elaborates how you can remove the Ask Toolbar and thereby see the menu in the bottom of the system again.


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I've been working on Java applications that need to call OS commands
nircmd), and communicate with the Windows registry,
various shell scripts, and DLLs. I decided to implement the OS connections with Java's
class, and found some good advice and code online (see below for details). However, current
solutions didn't quite match my needs, and so I wrote SaferExec.
Create an instance of the SaferExec class, then call its exec() method with an OS command as a string argument. For example:
SaferExec se = new SaferExec(); String result = se.exec("dir /W *.java"); // get a list of java files using dir se.exec("notepad readme.txt"); // call notepad.exe with a text file // don't bother looking at the return result of notepad
Note that the above call to
dir does not need
"cmd /c" in
front of it. SaferExec automatically calls shell commands via a shell, which
partly fixes one of the most common headaches with Java's Process class. However, it's
not a perfect solution since the command might still fail due to incorrect privileges, missing
environment settings, differing shell versions, and probably many other reasons :) I've
included a few tips in the next section on how to avoid such problems.
By the way, SaferExec should work across multiple OSes, but I've only tested it on Windows XP, Windows 7, and Linux.
exec() tokenizes its input argument, which helps the Java Process understand what needs to be invoked. You can bypass the tokenization step by passing tokens directly to exec() as multiple input arguments:
String result = se.exec("ping", "-n", "1000", "localhost"); // exec() accepts any number of string arguments
SaferExec assumes that time-consuming commands, like the above
have become blocked. It'll automatically interrupt them after a
5 second wait, and any data will be returned. SaferExec's
wait time can be changed in the constructor:
SaferExec se = new SaferExec(60); // 60 seconds wait String result = se.exec("ping", "-n", "1000", "localhost");
There's also an execV() method, which works just like exec(), except that it appends the Java Process' exit value to the end of the result string. If the command worked correctly, then the exit value will be 0.
SaferExec doesn't utilize a Java Process stream to send data to the OS command, since it almost never works. Instead any data must be supplied as command arguments. However, if you really do need to pass a lot of information to the command, then the most reliable way is to have the Java application write into a temporary file, and then call the command, supplying the filename as an input argument. For example:
File tempFile = File.createTempFile("info", ".txt"); tempFile.deleteOnExit(); // Write to temp file... se.exec("foo info.txt"); // call the foo command
If you need to combine a series of OS commands, do not try to do it using a clever mix of pipes and/or redirection in the command string. It might work, but probably won't. A better strategy is to combine the commands inside a shell script (e.g. inside a Windows batch file), and call that script from the Java side. One advantage is that you can test the script separately from Java. Another is that the script file acts as an interface, hiding the scripting implementation, making it easier to change in the future. A script also allows you to use variables and control flow operations (e.g. if, for) which are trickier from the command line.
There are all sorts of problems involved with creating OS processes inside Java. Prior to J2SE 1.5, a programmer had to grapple with Runtime.exec(), as described by Michael Daconta in "When Runtime.exec() won't". Since v1.5., some of the issues have been fixed with the introduction of ProcessBuilder, but plenty remain, as detailed by Kyle Cartmell in "Five Common java.lang.Process Pitfalls" and Alvin Alexander in "Java exec - execute system processes with Java ProcessBuilder and Process" (Parts 1-3).
I 'borrowed' some of their ideas, and added a few of my own to come up with the SaferExec class. SaferExec tokenizes the OS command string before trying to execute it, merges its output and error streams to simplify IO concerns, and interrupts blocked commands using two techniques. The output from the process is read byte-by-byte, again to make IO easier, and care is taken to free up resources at the end of the command's execution.
Probably the most comprehensive solution for executing external processes from Java is Jakarta Commons Exec. The website includes a tutorial, FAQ, and source and binary downloads. Commons Exec exposes a lot more of the underlying Java Process to the user, including the IO streams and a timer interface. This allows greater flexibility in how it can be used, at the expense of more complex coding.
If some kind soul makes improvements to SaferExec, please contact me. I'll make changes to this version of SaferExec, and mention your contribution on this page, and in the code.


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How hot are atoms in the shock wave of an exploding star?
A new method to measure the temperature of atoms during the explosive death of a star will help scientists understand the shock wave that occurs as a result of this supernova explosion. An international team of researchers, including a Penn State scientist, combined observations of a nearby supernova remnant—the structure remaining after a star's explosion—with simulations in order to measure the temperature of slow-moving gas atoms surrounding the star as they are heated by the material propelled outward by the blast.
The research team analyzed long-term observations of the nearby supernova remnant SN1987A using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory and created a model describing the supernova. The team confirmed that the temperature of even the heaviest atoms—which had not yet been investigated—is related to their atomic weight, answering a long-standing question about shock waves and providing important information about their physical processes. A paper describing the results appears January 21, 2019, in the journal Nature Astronomy.
"Supernova explosions and their remnants provide cosmic laboratories that enable us to explore physics in extreme conditions that cannot be duplicated on Earth," said David Burrows, professor of astronomy and astrophysics at Penn State and an author of the paper. "Modern astronomical telescopes and instrumentation, both ground-based and space-based, have allowed us to perform detailed studies of supernova remnants in our galaxy and nearby galaxies. We have performed regular observations of supernova remnant SN1987A using NASA's Chandra X-ray Observatory, the best X-ray telescope in the world, since shortly after Chandra was launched in 1999, and used simulations to answer longstanding questions about shock waves."
The explosive death of a massive star like SN1987A propels material outwards at speeds of up to one tenth the speed of light, pushing shock waves into the surrounding interstellar gas. Researchers are particularly interested in the shock front, the abrupt transition between the supersonic explosion and the relatively slow-moving gas surrounding the star. The shock front heats this cool slow-moving gas to millions of degrees—temperatures high enough for the gas to emit X-rays detectable from Earth.
"The transition is similar to one observed in a kitchen sink when a high-speed stream of water hits the sink basin, flowing smoothly outward until it abruptly jumps in height and becomes turbulent," said Burrows. "Shock fronts have been studied extensively in the Earth's atmosphere, where they occur over an extremely narrow region. But in space, shock transitions are gradual and may not affect atoms of all elements the same way."
The research team, led by Marco Miceli and Salvatore Orlando of the University of Palermo, Italy, measured the temperatures of different elements behind the shock front, which will improve understanding of the physics of the shock process. These temperatures are expected to be proportional to the elements' atomic weight, but the temperatures are difficult to measure accurately. Previous studies have led to conflicting results regarding this relationship, and have failed to include heavy elements with high atomic weights. The research team turned to supernova SN1987A to help address this dilemma.
Supernova SN1987A, which is located in the nearby constellation called the Large Magellanic Cloud, was the first supernova visible to the naked eye since Kepler's Supernova in 1604. It is also the first to be studied in detail with modern astronomical instruments. The light from its explosion first reached earth on February 23, 1987, and since then it has been observed at all wavelengths of light, from radio waves to X-rays and gamma waves. The research team used these observations to build a model describing the supernova.
Models of SN1987A have typically focused on single observations, but in this study, the researchers used three-dimensional numerical simulations to incorporate the evolution of the supernova, from its onset to the current age. A comparison of the X-ray observations and the model allowed the researchers to accurately measure atomic temperatures of different elements with a wide range of atomic weights, and to confirm the relationship that predicts the temperature reached by each type of atom in the interstellar gas.
"We can now accurately measure the temperatures of elements as heavy as silicon and iron, and have shown that they indeed do follow the relationship that the temperature of each element is proportional to the atomic weight of that element," said Burrows. "This result settles an important issue in the understanding of astrophysical shock waves and improves our understanding of the shock process."


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From the Mathematical Association of America comes this video of a 1966 documentary on John von Neumann.
While a mathematician and physicist von Neumann made three fundamental contributions to economics
The first is a 1928 paper written in German that established von Neumann as the father of game theory. The second is a 1937 paper, translated in 1945, that laid out a mathematical model of an expanding economy and raised the level of mathematical sophistication in economics considerably. The third is a book coauthored with his Princeton colleague, economist Oskar Morgenstern, titled Theory of Games and Economic Behavior, after Morgenstern convinced von Neumann that game theory could be applied to economics.
- 1928 "Zur Theorie der Gesellschaftsspiele", Mathematische Annalen 100 (1): 295–320. English translation: "On the Theory of Games of Strategy," in A. W. Tucker and R. D. Luce, ed. (1959), Contributions to the Theory of Games, v. 4, p. 42. Princeton University Press.
- 1944 (with Oskar Morgenstern). Theory of Games and Economic Behavior. Princeton: Princeton University Press.
- 1945–1946. "A Model of General Equilibrium." Review of Economic Studies 13: 1–9.


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Moving to UCaaS Provides More than Improved Communications
As retailers replace their legacy PBXs with cloud-based UCaaS solutions, they not only upgrade their communication capabilities but also gain an opportunity to reimagine the entire store associate experience. Voice communication between employees, customers, vendors, and corporate personnel is at the center of great customer service. UCaaS solutions provide an opportunity to improve these conversations and evaluate your current communication technologies, workflows, and tools in a new light. Rather than simply replacing one phone system with another, ask, "How can I leverage this technology and supporting technologies to improve employee satisfaction and productivity, which leads to improved customer satisfaction?"
Taking this view may surprise you about how many disparate communication technologies you support. Retail store technologies often include:
- Land Line Phones (PBX)
- Wireless handsets
- Overhead paging system
- Push-to-Talk IP solutions
- Cellular Phones
- Private Video LANs to support internal training and meetings
- Mobile Computers
While each of these technologies addresses a specific communication need, each is an island unable to communicate with another. These disparate technologies require that store personnel utilize multiple devices to accomplish specific functions, and when these functions overlap, the device dance begins.
Let's look at one example:
A store manager is preparing next weeks' work schedule, and the phone rings, and she answers. The customer on the other end is looking for a specific item and wants to make sure it is in stock before he visits the store. At this point, the manager has a couple of options:
- Put the customer on hold, look up the item in the inventory system, and hope the information is accurate.
- Put the customer on hold, pick up a walkie-talkie and send out a broadcast message to the staff requesting that someone physically confirm that the item is in stock. Wait for a response; this may take several attempts. Once they have an answer they must take the customer off hold, and inform them that it is in stock
- Put the customer on hold, physically check the shelf herself, remove it from the shelf, return to the office, inform the customer that the item is in stock, and she will have it waiting for him at the customer service desk.
Common to each course of action is that the customer was put on hold, and multiple tools (phone, PC, walkie-talkie) were involved in each transaction. Now imagine each associate has one tool that enables them to communicate outside and inside the store while also providing instant access to product information. The previous example could have gone like this:
The store manager answers the phone, a customer asks a question. Rather than putting the customer on hold, he is transferred directly to the department lead, that confirms the item is in stock, but also explains what additional items he will need to have it installed and puts the items on hold to ensure that they are available when the customer arrives. The customer is never put on hold, the workflow is streamlined, and the customer need is exceeded.
As a communication endpoint device manufacturer, Spectralink has over 30 years of experience empowering mobile and frontline workers by providing them with voice and data communication devices. The Versity 95 and the Versity 92, our Android-based
enterprise smartphones, provide world-class voice and data communication capabilities. It is the one device that offers external and internal voice calling, messaging, data collection and mobile application support all in a lightweight, durable form factor. With Versity as your UCaaS endpoint, you can:
- Receive and place phone calls from anywhere in the store
- Voice calling between store associates
- Barcode scanning
- Full mobile application support
- 24/7 access to information
- Man-down alerting
- Emergency notification and alerting
Contract Spectralink today to learn more about how mobile technology can help your Retail enterprise maximizing operational efficiencies and help to improve employee satisfaction and safety on the job.


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Million Dollar Recovery - An unmarried truck driver in his late 50s presented to a local emergency room with chest pain, shortness of breath and other complaints. An EKG was ordered by the emergency room physician and was interpreted by the ER doctor as normal. In truth, the EKG showed that the patient was in the early stages of a heart attack. Unfortunately, several more hours went by before a second doctor took another look at the EKG and discovered the heart attack. By that time, however, our client had suffered more damage to his heart. In addition to his regular work, this gentleman also owned a small farm where he grew fruit. As a result of his heart damage and resulting fatigue, he was not able to return to work as a truck driver and was more limited in what he could do around his house and property. Therefore, our primary claim for damages was for lost wages and changes in his lifestyle.
Unfortunately, many medical malpractice cases take place in the emergency room. Patients often present there with serious conditions such as heart conditions, stroke, serious infection and the like. It is important that emergency room physicians order the appropriate tests correctly interpret them in order to properly diagnose the patient. In this case, the doctor ordered the right test but he did not interpret it correctly and, as a result, this patient's heart attack was missed.


What do right-wing feminists enjoy? Fighting! What about? Apparently, whether or not Romulus, the guy credited with co-founding Rome after being suckled by a big she-wolf, actually existed. An article that ran in June in the Chronicle of Higher Education has spawned a lengthy debate—a response, a rebuttal, and twenty thousand words worth of comments.
In the ring: Christina Hoff Sommers, a resident scholar at the American Enterprise Institute who has made a living critiquing academic feminism since the culture wars of the nineteen-nineties, and Nancy K. D. Lemon, a lecturer in domestic-violence law at U.C. Berkeley's law school.
The fight didn't begin over Romulus—it was about the question of whether feminist scholars are, in Sommers's words, "impervious to reasoned criticism" (she thinks they take things way too personally, and, consumed with effrontery, are unable to correct themselves). As a case in point, she cited what she says is Lemon's failure to correct "inaccuracies" in the textbook she edits, "Domestic Violence Law." Sommers knows that Lemon has failed, because she publicly criticized her (so, like, why didn't Lemon get right on that?). The textbook includes a section on the Rule of Thumb:
The history of women's abuse began over 2,700 years ago in the year 753 BC. It was during the reign of Romulus of Rome that wife abuse was accepted and condoned under the Laws of Chastisement…. The laws permitted a man to beat his wife with a rod or switch so long as its circumference was no greater than the girth of the base of the man's right thumb.
Sommers argues that Romulus never existed, and that the Rule of Thumb was never actually a law. Lemon responds that Livy and Plutarch write about Romulus, and cites several historical and legal studies that mention the Rule of Thumb, or at least the principle behind it. As usual, all the fun stuff comes from the Peanut Gallery. A sampling:
You have a very big availability heuristic problem.
I doubt Ms. Lemon is mendacious in her use of statistics. Rather, I think she has the math skills of a Smith College art history major.
Plutarch, indeed!
people who believe that Romulus actually existed in the real world have no critical faculties whatsoever
And the best:
romulus—August 20, 2009 at 12:22 am
I'm kind of disappointed that out of almost 1400 pages, all we can really argue about is me.
Now, getting hot and bothered about just how "real" Romulus was seems to me to be something cool kids don't do, but, for kicks, I thought I'd ask an actual classicist. Kathleen Coleman is the Harvard College Professor of Latin. She earned her pop-cultural stripes as a consultant on Ridley Scott's "Gladiator." Here's her take:
This is indeed a very bizarre controversy. I cannot improve upon the statement in the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1996), s.v. Romulus and Remus:
Romulus and Remus, mythical founders of Rome. Their legend, though probably as old as the late 4th cent. BC … cannot be very old nor contain any popular element, unless it be the almost universal one of the exposed children who rise to a great position … While all scholars recognize that the myth narrates the foundation of Roman institutions … historians stress variously the schemata known from anthropology … or the political realities of the republican period.
You say schemata, I say political realities. The real mystery is how a three-thousand-year-old (non)-event winds up at the center of a domestic-violence debate. Claire Bond Potter, a professor of American history at Wesleyan who blogs at Tenured Radical, advises, "When life gives you a Sommers, make Sommers-ade," and writes pointedly:
I would like to ask Christina Hoff Sommers a question and have her really answer it: What the hell do the question of whether either Romulus or the rule of thumb are "real" have to do, today, with the critical fact under discussion: that men continue to rape, beat and kill women and children as if they owned them? Nancy Lemon is trying to do something to change that by working to get the legal system to respond to the idea that women have a right to health and safety—what are you doing?
It does seem a valid question. But we're not holding our breath for an answer from Sommers, and it's unclear whether the Oxford Classical Dictionary, 3rd ed. (1996), will be of any assistance either.


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The philosophy of the group Partners in Education is the sooner the better.
It's never too early to encourage your kids to pursue a college education.
On Saturday what was called a "College Coach" workshop was held at the University of Toledo and sponsored by Partners in Education.
100 Toledo Public School students in grades five through seven, their parents and educators attended.
The message is that if parents wait until high school to discuss college aspirations with their kids, it may be too late.
By starting young, you instill good study habits and promote career goals.
"The parents are going to make sure their kids get to school, do homework and ask questions, helping expose them to different careers. Our program helps them do that," said Becky Spencer of Partners in Education.
It wouldn't be a "College Coach" workshop if the kids didn't hear from a real coach.
UT Womens Basketball coach Tricia Cullop gave them some inspirational advice.
"You can never start too late. We start recruiting young, even in basketball. But for their education, it starts now. As young as they are, you can never wait another day to start investing," she says.
One mother at the workshop, Tomara Carter, says she is already investing in the future of her four kids.
"It's a good experience for them to learn a lot. They can also follow behind me. I'm a college graduate," said Ms. Carter.
Her son Elijah has plans.
"I want to be a police officer," said Elijah.
"I want to be a teacher because I'm smart and get straight A's," added his sister, Takayla.
Two kids who sound like they're headed "straight" to college.
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Why 1.5 million customers use Tally?
Why 1.5 million customers use Tally?
Digital & Technology
Vaibhav Sarse
Vaibhav Sarse
25 Jun 2019, 11:52 — 5 min read
Summary: An accounting software merges together all systems and applications used for managing and processing financial data. Tally, which is an Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) software, has gained a lot of popularity over a period of time due to its ability to simplify calculations. Vaibhav Sarse in his previous article shared a comprehensive checklist of 10 things you need to keep in mind for the smooth functioning of Tally. In this article he shares the benefits of Tally and why nearly 1.5 million people love using it.
What is the first brand that comes to your mind when you think of an accounting software? I'm sure most of you will answer Tally. Tally has indeed won millions of hearts by its power of simplicity. Knowing how the software works is considered a desirable skill for all accountants.
Even though the list of reasons why so many customers use Tally is unending, here are some reasons why Tally is used worldwide.
Any person who understands business transactions can easily use Tally. The simplicity of the software encourages more and more businesses to invest in the software as it eliminates time and cost wasted on training Tally users in that company.
Cost effective
Tally is a business management software that can be used in multiple departments for multiple functions. For example, the software helps in Payroll management, Inventory management, etc.
Also read: Tally Server 9 is made with you in mind
GST compliant
It is a known fact that a timely filing of GST returns is important and if not done on time, the business will be liable to penalties under the GST Act. Tally.ERP 9 is completely GST compliant and hence all changes made in the act are made in the software.
Multiple features
Tally has multiple features that can be used not only in the accounts department but also in the other departments such as HR, operations, etc. Some features include e-way bill management, GST return filing, TDS calculation, budget management, purchase and sales management, etc.
Quick accessibility
Tally has a unique UI/UX design that helps users navigate quickly due to its keyboard shortcuts. The software does not require the user to operate a mouse in order to move across various screens. This feature of the software makes it unique and increases the speed of accessing data in the software.
Multiple license users
The software comes in two variations. A single user license i.e the Silver version and the Gold version which is a multi-user. Both these versions are the same feature-wise but as the name suggests, a Silver Tally license can only be used by a single user on a single system at a time. Whereas, a Gold license can be used on multiple computers by multiple users simultaneously.
Also read: Error 404: Mistakes you hadn't found
Perpetual license
Tally.ERP 9 is a perpetual license which means after purchasing of the license the software can be used for an indefinite period of time. Most software today in the market has a yearly fee which has to be paid in order to continue using the software. Thus once purchased you have to keep paying a fee until you stop using the software.
After sales service
In the software industry, the after sales service is more important than the service provided while purchasing. Tally solutions have a toll free number through which it provides free support to its customers. Thus the customers using Tally, do not have to worry about the after sales support as it will be provided by Tally solutions itself.
Training not required
Over the time, the importance of knowing Tally has increased to such a level that now any person aspiring to work in the accounts department has either already used or knows how Tally works. This saves the cost on training which can be utilised elsewhere.
There are many other reasons that have led to more than 1.5 million customers using Tally. The competition in the accounting software industry has been growing recently but still, the market space occupied by Tally solutions cannot be replaced by any new competitor.
Also read: Phygital: The convergence of physical and digital experience
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The difference between a stepping stone and a stumbling block is how it's used.
Be careful what you listen to, we tend to repeat the words that we hear most often. We also attract people by our words – positive people with positive words, negative people with negative words.
I cannot overemphasize the importance of surrounding yourself with positive people.
Success is a process that takes work and practice. Begin now to eliminate the stumbling block words from your vocabulary and build stepping-stones to your success.
Eliminate the stumbling blocks
- Can't is a four-letter word that stops you cold in your tracks.
- Every time you use this word, put a quarter in the cuss jar.
- Once you tell yourself that you can't do something, your subconscious obeys you and makes it impossible to do.
- Once you decide that you can't do something, you will stop seeking opportunities to grow and learn in this area.
- Can't puts an impenetrable wall between you and success.
It won't work
- Another quarter in the cuss jar when you use this phrase.
- It won't work changes your attitude from seeking success to focusing on failure.
- You will begin to list the reasons why it won't work and find no reasons why it can work.
- This is only part of this sentence. The other part of the sentence is – but I won't.
- This phrase also deserves a quarter in the cuss jar.
- You recognize the problem but you have no intention of changing.
I quit, I stop, no more
- We use this phrase to stop bad habits and behaviors.
- The problem with using this sentiment is that you leave a hole. You have nothing to replace the old behavior with.
- If you want to correct a bad habit, you must replace it with something better or you will soon return to the old behavior.
- All behavioral holes will be filled.
- This is negative goal-setting.
- Your subconscious mind has dignity and does not like to be forced to do things. It will fight back.
Do this, or else
- This is another example of negative-goal setting.
- You are creating a subconscious ultimatum and your subconscious will fight back.
It was nothing
- You subconsciously minimize accomplishments AND maximize failures.
- If you accomplish something, wallow in it.
- Turn up the emotional intensity of your successes.
- Fear is a natural reaction to the unknown.
- To progress in life, we must move out of our comfort zone.
- Focus on happily arriving at your destination.
- The fear will dissipate after you take the first few steps toward your goal.
There's always tomorrow
- Our friend procrastination.
- Your subconscious will always fight to keep you in your comfort zone.
- Procrastination is a trick it uses.
- Fight back by doing something NOW.
- When you have a goal, HOW will become apparent, although not immediately.
- Never ask how you will do it, just move toward your goal, the path will become clear as you begin your journey.
- This stumbling block leads to victimization and depression.
- Everyone has challenges in life and your challenge is not unique.
- Why me is an indication of self-absorption.
- You will never be successful if you believe that you are somehow the center of the universe.
- Challenges are the free weights of life; they build the muscles of our character.
- Instead of asking why me, ask what can I learn from this and how can I help others?
Keep the stepping-stones
The next time I will…
- Use this phrase when you make a mistake.
- Give yourself a new behavior to replace the old one with.
I want to
- Makes tasks desirable to the subconscious rather than forcing yourself to do something.
Wow, I did a great job on that
- Recognizing your accomplishments will build self-esteem.
- Self-esteem is the beginning of success.
- Changes your focus to the positive.
- You will not move enthusiastically toward any goal that is not your idea.
- You cannot thrive if you live someone else's dream for your life.
- Removes procrastination.
I can hardly wait
- Gives you emotional excitement to work on your goals.
How can I use this setback
- Puts control back in your hands.
- Empowers rather than victimizes.
Your old way of speaking was a habit. To change your habit, you must practice your new way of speaking every day.
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