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AUTHOR JANISSE RAY LECTURES AT MIDDLE GEORGIA COLLEGE
(Cochran, GA) – Author Janisse Ray recently lectured about sustainable living to Middle Georgia College students, faculty, and community members. The event was sponsored by MGC's Learning Communities as part of their Examined Life series.
Ray said that in order to lead an ethical life, it must be examined. "It requires reading and an open mind," she said. "We especially need to examine our relationship to land, nature, and wildlife."
Ray said that we all hold six false beliefs: we have unlimited resources, the right to use those resources, our existence is purely pleasure, now is more important than later, technology will save us, and it is okay to accept convenience and ease. Ray used the destruction of the longleaf pine as an example. In 1995, there were 93 million longleaf pines; now, 99% of them are gone. "It borders on immorality," said Ray. "We are cutting the South to death."
The destruction of our land is mirrored in society, said Ray. "We become more marginalized and isolated; not knowing our neighbors and arguments at family reunions. This fragmentation leads to annihilation."
For college students, the most important question is 'how are we going to live sustainable lives,' said Ray. "What does it mean to be given this life? That is the question of your lives."
The root cause of environmental destruction is our economic system, industrial capitalism, said Ray. "The motto of the economy is more, more, more," said Ray. "The Earth can't support this."
We are in the middle of an economic system failure as evidenced by the recession and the housing crisis, said Ray. "Our system is failing because it requires more of itself to solve its own problems."
There are several solutions, said Ray. "We can come up with a new system, such as sustainability. We could also imbue ethics in our current economy because corporations should not be ruling our country."
The most direct solution to the current economy is to remove yourself from the global system into the local one, said Ray. "Learn how to do things yourself," she said. "Cook, farm, play music, and spend locally."
"Janisse Ray is one of the kindest and most generous people I've ever met," said Lorraine Dubuisson, an assistant professor of learning support/English at MGC. "She gave me goose bumps once or twice during her talk. I think her message of sustainability and preservation and the need for a radical overhaul of the way we live our lives is extremely important and powerful."
Although he didn't agree with Ray on all her points, MGC student Jesus Melchor thought she made a good suggestion about eating locally. "I've seen a documentary called 'Food Inc.' basically showing where our meat comes from and it's very disgusting," he said. "So I see why she encourages us to eat organic or homegrown food but nowadays it's very hard to live the way she does but we could all try."
Ray is the author of three works of nonliterary fiction, including Ecology of a Cracker Childhood, about growing up on a junkyard in Baxley, Ga. amidst the threatened longleaf pine forests of the Southeast. The book explores themes of family and environmental conservation. Ray, an organizer and environmental activist, is also on the faculty of Chatham University's low-residency MFA program, as well as a founding board member of Altamaha Riverkeeper.


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It would be really cool if someone can help me with the following:
I drew a tube in sketchup and I managed to hide some handles to scale (via component Attributes - Behavior - Scale tool). So the user can only scale the tube in one direction. No I would like the scaling to snap on a multiple of 25.
So when my tube is 100cm and I scale it to 523, the lenght should snap to 525. When I scale the tube to 7cm, it should snap to 25.
25cm is the shortest the tube can be. 12m is the longest the tube can be.
Does anyone now how to do this?
I hope the question is clear enough. If not, don't hesitate to ask me more about the problem!
Thank you in advance and kind regads!
The maths to do this is relatively simple - divide by your "snap unit", round to an integer, then multiply up again by the snap unit.
But first, you need to know about the way that new values get updated from the user interface. For this, you need the special function "current()".
Current() receives a value from your mouse (or VCB) interaction, and then makes the DC equations update once, and only once. Without this, a reference such as...
LenX = round(LenX/25)*25
...doesn't know when to stop calculating, because every change to LenX makes it change again, and again - a circular reference. In reality, this kind of error is trapped, but still gives strange results.
The correct form is...
LenX = round(current("LenX")/25) * 25
Note that you must wrap the parameter name in quotes as shown here.
You could also use the functions ceiling() or floor(), if you want the snapping to always round up, or always round down - round() always goes to the closest one.
Also, watch out for small lengths that might snap to zero length - the IF function can test for this, e.g...
LenX = if ( current("LenX")>25, round(current("LenX")/25)*25, 25)
Here, if current("LenX") is over 25, you will get the result of the rounding functions, otherwise you get a fixed value of 25.
And there is yet another thing to be careful of. No matter what units you use for your drawing, current(), always return the length in inches! So if you are working in metric you may have to multiply the result by 2.54 before rounding.
LenX = if ( current("LenX")>25, round(current("LenX")*2.54/25)*25, 25)
There's a full list of functions HERE.
Thank you for the quick reply. I'm going to take some time to figure this out because I'm not that well-known with formulas.
I do understand the forumulas you gave me. Now I need to combine these untill I got what I need, am I right?
Is it still possible to adjust the tube in lenght with the scale tool?
Untill now I already created an attribute LenZ. Users could enter the length in a textbow. So I figure that it is either one or the other. Of "entering the lenght" - Or scaling the length with the limitation of a snap-formula.
Yes, you are on the right track...
To use snapping from the Options it's best to use a drop-down list - if an attribute is using a formula, it cannot also be editable in the Component Options window. As soon as the user chooses a new value in the window, the literal value will replace the formula - leaving the snapping disabled.
You can create a custom "data entry" attribute to use in the Options window, and then reference that inside the formula. But, to do that, you would still need to disable the scale tool completely, as there is no way to make the formula switch automatically between using the custom attribute when editing the window, or using current("LenZ") when you use the scale tool - it would require a function something like "Most_Recently_Changed(attr1,attr2)", which SU does not have (though it would be nice).
So, as you say, it is a matter of choosing one method or the other. This will depend on the context of the component - for "snap to grid" type functions, using the scale tool is usually most natural, whereas for "real world" objects that come in standard sizes (e.g. screw threads, shoe sizes), the Options window may be more appropriate.
Thank you very much!
I used this formula: LenZ=ROUND(CURRENT("LenZ")*2.54/25)*25 and it works perfectly.
It would be nice indeed.
Thank you for the quick replies. The explanation was very clear!
'bout time I was contributing a little more round here - the generosity of other forum users taught me most of what I use every day in SU.
I'll pay it forward when my I have some more knowledge about SU.
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Gone are the times when energy savings from heating systems were solely measured in terms of the boiler efficiency and the solar energy used. Modern heating systems are defined by the intelligent control technologies that enable the system to provide just the right amount of heat. These controls combine all the components of the system and alter their performance to suit the weather conditions outside and provide for the heating in rooms individually considering the fact that different rooms have different heating requirements.
The modern systems base their operations on the outside temperatures and change the temperature in the boiler and the heating cycle accordingly. New sensors also enable setting of timers which optimizes heating during the day cycle and times of absence. Latest developments in microprocessor technology have revolutionized heating systems. These new systems can learn the conditions of the weather and automatically optimize its performance settings during the day and night to meet the requirements of different rooms. While internal heating can be managed by these systems, outdoor spaces can be heated by patio heaters.
Modern control units also function well with combined solar and boiler powered units. They can manage the communication between the solar system, boiler and storage tank such that the system switches to solar as soon as possible. This allows for fuel savings up to 10%. This includes the under floor heating systems which employ solar energy. Modern control systems have also improved upon the interaction with users. Some systems also provide display screens which show the details of the system, potential faults and service requirements.


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The Large Value Transfer System (LVTS) is a critical component of the Canadian financial system. Virtually all interbank Canadian dollar financial market transactions are settled via LVTS payments. Failure to provide LVTS payment services on an ongoing basis could have a material negative impact on Payments Canada's participant financial institutions, other Financial Market Infrastructures (FMIs), Canadian financial stability and economic activity in general. The LVTS also plays an important role in four of Canada's other systemically important clearing and settlement systems: the Continuous Linked Settlement system (CLS), the Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation (CDCC), the Canadian Depository for Securities (CDS) and SwapClear.
Disruptions or failures to Canada's retail payment system, the Automated Clearing Settlement System (ACSS), also have the potential to pose risks to Canadian economic activity. However, considering the volume of payments in the ACSS and the participant exposures relative to their capital, the ACSS does not pose a systemic risk to the Canadian financial system.

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Surrounded by words and voices that demand recognition, we hear many messages. We must listen and discern which ones are Truth. Many well-known celebrities promote literary works that represent partial truths yet greatly influence people. In the quest for intellectual pursuits, we compromise, we rationalize, we doubt. How can we know what is false and what is Truth?
Read 2 John 1:9-11
Anyone who gets so progressive in his thinking that he walks out on the teaching of Christ, walks out on God... 2 John 1:9 The Message
Scripture warns that there will be false teaching. In our faithfulness to God, we must spend time in the Living Word, praying to the Holy One, listening for the Spirit of Truth. It is our journey with Christ ~ learning to depend on Him ~ that gives us the strength and wisdom to know what is false and what is Truth. We must trust in Christ.
- Think of at least 3 examples of "false teaching" today.
- Why are partial truths dangerous?
- How dependent are you on Christ for wisdom?
Jesus ~ As we study about You, it is easy to find the many ways evil tried to attack You and Your ministry. As followers of You, we are often taunted by the evil one. Chaos and distractions and doubt come from the one who pursues us with false teachings. But You encourage us, shepherd us, grace us into Truth with love. Amen. ~dho


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Tell Us Your Story
And experience the stories of others
Storytelling has been passed down from generation to generation as a way of keeping history alive. We all have our favorite stories that we enjoy hearing when friends and family gather together. What if we could continue listening to these stories anytime we wanted with a simple click? With digital storytelling, this is possible. Digital storytelling provides the technology to interview and record historical moments that may have otherwise been lost. Solano County Library has been given the opportunity to participate in a project called California of the Past. This project will ensure that the storytellers and pieces of California's history will never be forgotten.
California of the Past is supported in whole or in part by a California State Library grant supported by the U.S. Institute of Museum & Library Services and Technology Act, administered in California by the State Librarian with services provided by Media Arts Center San Diego. For more information go to Digital Story Station - _URL_.


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Title: A Sweet Smell of Roses
Author: Angela Johnson
Illustrator: Eric Velasquez
Publisher: Aladdin Paperbacks
Publication Date: 2005
Audience: The intended audience is agest 5 – 8. However, the theme of this book, the illustrations and the storyline makes this book suitable and attractive to people of all ages. It functions very well as a book to be used to read to young children; it can operate as a challenge for newer readers because of the vocabulary used and it works well as both a conversation starter or lesson for adolescents through adults. The audience will broaden still when you look to expanding the audience beyond age. With a theme centered on the Civil Rights Movement, any and all nationalities could benefit. It can be used to help inspire the young and old to find and use their voice and/or stand up for right. It can be used to challenge and resolve conflict.
Summary: A Sweet Smell of Roses is the story of two young sisters who sneak out of the house in order to be part of a civil rights march in their town. The two young girls get to witness amazing things, like getting to see and hear Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., to clap and sing with the crowd they march with, and to be carried on the shoulders of some members of the crowd as they travel through the streets. They also get to experience the negative aspects of the march, in the form of words of hate that are yelled at the group along the way. By the end of the book, they make their way back home to an anxious mother who is very happy to see them. Throughout the book, we hear about the sweet smell of roses that is constantly in the air.
Central literary elements at work in the book: The book is told from a first person perspective which seems to be that of the eldest sister. We never learn her name, but learn her younger sister is named Minnie. The wonderful illustrations are done in an antique style of black and white with each pairing of pages containing a little splash of red. These splashes of red show up are in the little ribbon around Minnie's bear's neck and in the red of the flag as it appears on several pages and in the red of the roses that are mentioned throughout. I think, although red is so often connected to blood and love, I see the use of the red ribbon on Minnie's bear, for example, presented a symbol of innocence. When red appears on the flag, it can be seen as a symbol of pride in a country that is shared, even with some who hate. There is a page where both the bear and the flag are illustrated, however, only the bear is represented by the red ribbon. Could it be that innocence outweighs pride? It is in this same scene where the crowd is pictured shouting at the marchers "You are not right. Equality can't be yours." Innocence immediately comes to mind, especially when viewing the girl's faces, which show confused sadness, rather than the anger that clearly reflects on many of the faces of the marchers. Even the sweet smell of the roses seems to stand as a testament to innocence.
How does the book present gender, race, culture, etc.: The book, which is dealing with the theme of the civil rights movement, paints a picture of inclusion. While there are pictures of people whom the reader is not sure of their ethnicity, such as the milkman, the mailman and the men in the market; its author is intentional in showing men, women and many people of different races in the group of marchers.
Theological Conversation Partners: Themes that could be made part of a theological discussion around A Sweet Smell of Roses would include the verses that discuss loving your neighbor as yourself. Taking into account that the book is written from the perspective of a child, part of a theological discussion could include the role and responsibilities that children can and should take, not only in their religious life, but that they can play a role in the much larger aspects of our world. Along this theme, Psalms 129:2 would be an excellent partner.
Faith Talk Questions:
- Why do you think the children had to sneak out of the house? What danger do you think they could have faced? Would those dangers be different for our children today? Why or why not?
- Once they reach the crowd and the marchers, the children are swept into the excitement of the march. Imagine yourself experiencing this scene through the eyes of a child. What may have stood out to you? How do you think the children felt about those people yelling at the marchers?
- What was the role of the "sweet smell of roses" that was mentioned throughout the book?
- The mother was happy, not angry, when the children returned home. Why do you think this is?
- What role, if any, do you think God fills in this book?
This review was written by Union Presbyterian Seminary student LaDonna Harrison.


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decreased amniotic fluid volume
there should always be a sufficient amount of amniotic fluid around the fetus, to allow him to develop and move around. When there is too little fluid, it is called oligohydramnios. Anhydramnios refers to a situation where there is virtually no fluid left.
Deficiency of liquor, the fluid surrounding the fetus.
a condition characterized by too little amniotic fluid.
a state of very low amount of amniotic fluid
An unusually small amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the fetus in the uterus, which can lead to complications with the pregnancy.
A term used to describe a lack of or insufficient amniotic fluid within the amniotic sac.
The medical term for a condition which involves having too little amniotic fluid.
A rare condition in which there is an abnormally small amount of amniotic fluid surrounding the foetus in the uterus during pregnancy
A condition in which there is too little amniotic fluid in the uterus. Though most times women diagnosed with oligohydramnios continue with a normal pregnancy, it can sometimes be a sign of fetal distress.
lack of fluid surrounding the baby in the womb
the presence of too little amniotic fluid


parameter λ > 0; and expected value 1/λ. For example, if the average rate of arrivals is 5 per minute, then the average waiting time between arrivals is 1/5 minute.
The classic example of phenomena well modelled by a Poisson process is deaths due to horse kick in the Prussian army, as shown in 1898 by Ladislaus Bortkiewicz, a Polish economist and statistician who also examined data of child suicides.[4][5] The following examples are also well-modeled by the Poisson process:
 - Number of road crashes (or injuries/fatalities) at a site or in an area
 - Goals scored in a soccer match.[6]
 - Requests for individual documents on a web server.[3]
 - Particle emissions due to radioactive decay by an unstable substance. In this case the Poisson process is non-homogeneous in a predictable manner—the emission rate declines as particles are emitted.
 - Action potentials emitted by a neuron.[7]
 - L. F. Richardson showed that the outbreak of war followed a Poisson process from 1820 to 1950.[8]
 - Photons landing on a photodiode, in particular in low light environments. This phenomena is related to shot noise.
 - Opportunities for firms to adjust nominal prices.[9]
 - Arrival of innovations from research and development.[10]
 - Requests for telephone calls at a switchboard.[citation needed]
 - In queueing theory, the times of customer/job arrivals at queues are often assumed to be a Poisson process.
 - The evolution (changes on pages) of Internet, in general (although not in the particular case of Wikipedia)[11]
The Palm–Khintchine theorem provides a result that shows that the superposition of many low intensity non-Poisson point processes will be close to a Poisson process.
See also[edit]
 1. ^ The word event used here is not an instance of the concept of event as frequently used in probability theory.
 1. ^ Cannizzaro, F.; Greco, G.; Rizzo, S.; Sinagra, E. (1978). "Results of the measurements carried out in order to verify the validity of the poisson-exponential distribution in radioactive decay events". The International Journal of Applied Radiation and Isotopes 29 (11): 649. doi:10.1016/0020-708X(78)90101-1. edit
 2. ^ Willkomm, D.; Machiraju, S.; Bolot, J.; Wolisz, A. (2009). "Primary user behavior in cellular networks and implications for dynamic spectrum access". IEEE Communications Magazine 47 (3): 88. doi:10.1109/MCOM.2009._PHONE_. edit
 3. ^ a b Arlitt, M. F.; Williamson, C. L. (1997). "Internet Web servers: Workload characterization and performance implications". IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking 5 (5): 631. doi:10.1109/90.649565. edit
 4. ^ Ladislaus von Bortkiewicz, Das Gesetz der kleinen Zahlen [The law of small numbers] (Leipzig, Germany: B.G. Teubner, 1898). On page 1, Bortkiewicz presents the Poisson distribution. On pages 23-25, Bortkiewicz presents his famous analysis of "4. Beispiel: Die durch Schlag eines Pferdes im preussischen Heere Getöteten." (4. Example: Those killed in the Prussian army by a horse's kick.).
 5. ^ Gibbons, Robert D.; Bhaumik, Dulal; Aryal, Subhash (2009). Statistical Methods for Groundwater Monitoring. John Wiley and Sons. p. 72. ISBN 0-470-16496-4.
 6. ^ Heuer, A.; Müller, C.; Rubner, O. (2010). "Soccer: Is scoring goals a predictable Poissonian process?". EPL (Europhysics Letters) 89 (3): 38007. doi:10.1209/0295-5075/89/38007. To a very good approximation scoring goals during a match can be characterized as independent Poissonian processes with pre-determined expectation values. edit
 7. ^ Brunel, N. (2000). "Phase diagrams of sparsely connected networks of excitatory and inhibitory spiking neurons". Neurocomputing. 32-33: 307–312. doi:10.1016/S0925-2312(00)00179-X. edit
 8. ^ Hayes, B. (2002). "Statistics of Deadly Quarrels". American Scientist 90: 10–14. doi:10.1511/2002.1.10. edit
 9. ^ Calvo, G. A. (1983). "Staggered prices in a utility-maximizing framework". Journal of Monetary Economics 12 (3): 383–398. doi:10.1016/0304-3932(83)90060-0. edit
 11. ^ Almeida, R. B.; Mozafari, B., y Cho, J. (2007). On the evolution of Wikipedia. ICWSM (Boulder, Colorado) (Retrieved May 31, 2014)
Further reading[edit]
 - Cox, D. R.; Isham, V. I. (1980). Point Processes. Chapman & Hall. ISBN 0-412-21910-7.
 - Ross, S. M. (1995). Stochastic Processes. Wiley. ISBN 978-0-471-12062-9.
 - Snyder, D. L.; Miller, M. I. (1991). Random Point Processes in Time and Space. Springer-Verlag. ISBN 0-387-97577-2.
 - Kingman; Charles, John Frank (1992). Poisson processes. Vol. 3. Clarendon Press.


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Gurmar is found in dry deciduous forests of India and is also called Madhunasini / Gudmar whereas, in Sanskrit, it is called Mehashringi. The leaves are simple opposite and ovate-elliptic. The flowers are yellow in colour. It grows as a woody climber. It roots at the nodes. Leaves and roots are used medicinally. The name itself signifies as it kills sugar. Hence, popularly Gudmar is known as 'the insulin plant'. The plants are available in nurseries and the tablets of this are prepared by pharmaceutical companies.
Gymnema sylvestre - Gudmar Plant, Madhunashini
- Live plant along with plastic pot
- plants height with pot is 1 feet and pot size is 5 icnhes diameter.
- plants nature is outdoor-semi shade, alternate day watering
- useful for edible Plants, herbs & medicinal plants
- Rare herb plants & medicinal plant


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MasterMindsHRSG Management Consulting, is recruiting on behalf of its client who operates in the Energy industry, to fill the position below:
Job Position: Sales Officer
Job Location: Lagos
- The marketing representative will be responsible for planning and executing marketing campaigns to generate new prospects and improve client retention.
- Plan, organize, and execute sales and marketing activities.
- Market company, its products and business opportunity
- Liaising and networking with a range of stakeholders including customers, colleagues, suppliers and partner organisations;
- Communicating with target audiences and managing customer relationships;
- Arranging the effective distribution of marketing materials;
- Maintaining and updating customer databases;
- Excellent customer service delivered to the customers and prospects
- Generate leads and drive sales through various marketing activities such as telemarketing, direct marketing, and customer/prospect visit.
- Conducting market research, for example using customer questionnaires and focus groups;
- Contributing to, and developing, marketing plans and strategies;
- Managing budgets;
- Evaluating marketing campaigns;
- Monitoring competitor activity
- Willing to be trained.
- Track market and company sales performance.
Qualifications and Requirements
- Personal quality of integrity, credibility, and commitment
- Minimum of two years in Marketing
- Should have a good command of spoken English
- Degree in Marketing or a Business-related course
- Excellent interpersonal and communication skills
- Sales skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills.
- Social media.
- Analytic Skills.
- Strong negotiation skills and ability to convince.


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Celebrating Two Decades of Unlawful Progress: Fan Distribution, Proselytization Commons, and the Explosive Growth of Japanese Animation
72 Pages Posted: 6 Apr 2005
The medium of Japanese animation is a powerhouse in the world of alternative entertainment. Proselytization by fans ignited the anime movement in America, despite Japanese copyright holders' abandonment of the American market. This historical and legal analysis demonstrates that, in at least one case spanning two decades, fans' continual infringement of copyright spurred the progress of knowledge of and commerce in animation. In light of the evidence, this article proposes a doctrine that recognizes both the value of grassroots activists and the property interests of copyright holders.
Keywords: Japanese animation, anime, intellectual property, copyright, Japan, US, fansub, piracy, commons, progress
JEL Classification: Z1
Suggested Citation: Suggested Citation


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Dec. 30, 2003 Scientists funded by the Agricultural Research Service are investigating how nutrition may affect children who develop normally in most ways but grow slowly in the first three years of life. Pediatricians describe this condition as "failure to thrive" (FTT).
Children with FTT fall behind their peers not only physically but also in learning the basic school skills of reading, spelling and arithmetic. Unlike children who simply don't grow as tall as their peers, FTT children apparently fail to make use of adequate nutrition to grow and gain weight as expected.
ARS, the U.S. Department of Agriculture's chief scientific research agency, is funding research at the Arkansas Children's Nutrition Center (ACNC), which is managed in cooperation with ARS and the Arkansas Children's Hospital in Little Rock, Ark.
Roscoe A. Dykman and Terry Pivik, psychophysiologists at the center's Brain Functions Laboratory, are interested in how children diagnosed with FTT utilize what they eat, and how this impacts their brains and behavior.
It's not known whether FTT is a disorder that blocks or interferes with nutrient absorption or if it is caused by lower-than-normal food intake. Either way, it results in central nervous system dysfunctions.
The ACNC researchers recruited parents of infants and toddlers 6-20 months of age for a study of growth-retarded and normally developing children. According to Dykman, nutrients may not be processed the same by FTT and normal children. Even though growth-retarded children apparently consumed more food than the control group did, they were smaller and scored lower on developmental tests. Blood chemistry analyses suggest their metabolism is different.
Evidence from a second study in preadolescents with early diagnoses of FTT suggests nutritional problems earlier in life may have subtle effects on the brain's frontal lobe.
ACNC researchers are working to develop new diets that promote brain development and function in babies born before full term.
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There are two aspects to a batch job script:
- A set of PBS directives describing the resources required and other information about the job for Torque
- The script itself, comprised of commands to setup and perform the computations without additional user interaction
A simple example
A typical batch script on an NYU HPC cluster looks something like these:
|Using precompiled third-party software||Using self-developed or built software|
We'll work through them more closely in a moment.
You submit the job with qsub:
And monitor its progress (as is discussed further in here) with:
What just happened? Here's an annotated version of the first script:
The second script has the same PBS directives, but this time we are using code we compiled ourselves. Starting after the PBS directives:
Submitting a job
Jobs are submitted with the The options tell Torque information about the job, such as what resources will be needed. These can be specified in the job-script as PBS directives, or on the command line as options, or both (in which case the command line options take precedence should the two contradict each other). For each option there is a corresponding PBS directive with the syntax: For example, you can specify that a job needs 2 nodes and 8 cores on each node by adding to the script the directive: or as a command-line option to Options to manage job output: Options to set the job environment:
qsub when you submit the job:
Give the job a name. The default is the filename of the job script. Within the job,
$PBS_JOBNAME expands to the job name
stderr into the
path/for/stdout. Can be a filename or an existing directory. The default filename is
myjob.o12345, in the directory from which the job was submitted
path/for/stderr. Same usage as for
Send email to _EMAIL_ when certain events occur. By default an email is sent only if the job is killed by the batch system.
-m b -m e -m a -m abe
Send email when the job begins (
b), ends (
e) and/or is aborted (
Use the shell at
/path/to/shell to interpret the script. Default is your login shell, which at NYU HPC is normally
-v VAR1,VAR2="some value",VAR3
Pass variables to the job, either with a specific value (the
VAR= form) or from the submitting environment (without "
Pass the full environment the job was submitted from
Jobs are submitted with the
The options tell Torque information about the job, such as what resources will be needed. These can be specified in the job-script as PBS directives, or on the command line as options, or both (in which case the command line options take precedence should the two contradict each other). For each option there is a corresponding PBS directive with the syntax:
For example, you can specify that a job needs 2 nodes and 8 cores on each node by adding to the script the directive:
or as a command-line option to
Options to manage job output:
Options to set the job environment:
Options to request compute resources:
Maximum wallclock time the job will need. Default is 1 hour. Walltime is specified in seconds or as
Maximum memory per node the job will need. Default depends on queue, normally 2GB for serial jobs and the full node for parallel jobs. Memory should be specified with units, eg
Number of nodes and number of processors per node required. Default is 1 node and 1 processor per node. The
:ppn=numcan be omitted, in which case (at NYU HPC) you will get full nodes. When using multiple nodes the job script will be executed on the first allocated node.
Submit to a specific queue. If not specified, Torque will choose a queue based on the resources requested.
A job submitted without requesting a specific queue or resources will go to the default serial queue (s48 on Mercer) with the default resource limits for that queue
Requesting the resources you need, as accurately as possible, allows your job to be started at the earliest opportunity as well as helping the system to schedule work efficiently to everyone's benefit.
Options for running interactively on the compute nodes:
Don't just submit the job, but also wait for it to start and connect
stdinto the current terminal.
Enable X forwarding, so programs using a GUI can be used during the session (provided you have X forwarding to your workstation set up)
Pass the current environment to the interactive batch job
- To leave an interactive batch session, type
exitat the command prompt.
Options for delaying starting a job:
Delay starting this job until
jobidhas completed successfully.
Delay starting this job until after the specified date and time. Month (
MM) and day-of-month (
DD) are optional, hour and minute are required.
Options for many similar jobs (array jobs and pbsdsh):
Submit an array of jobs with array ids as specified. Array ids can be specified as a numerical range, a comma-separated list of numbers, or as some combination of the two. Each job instance will have an environment variable
As above, but the appended '
%n' specifies the maximum number of array items (in this case, 5) which should be running at one time
- Submit a single "shepherd" job requesting multiple processes and from it start individual jobs with


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History of Concord's Colonial Inn
Learn more about our Inn's rich 300 year history with these key facts and dates:
- 1716 – Concord's Colonial Inn's original structure was built.
- 1775 – One of the Inn's original buildings was used as a storehouse for arms and provisions during the Revolutionary War. When the British came to seize and destroy the supplies, the Minutemen met them at the North Bridge on April 19th for what became the first battle of the American Revolution. The event is commemorated every April with a parade near the Inn and a ceremony at the North Bridge on Patriots' Day.
- Early 1800s – Parts of the Inn were used as a variety store and a residence.
- 1835 – 1837 – Henry David Thoreau resided with us while he attended Harvard.
- Mid 1800s – The building was used as a boarding house and a small hotel, named the Thoreau House after Henry's aunts, the "Thoreau Girls."
- 1889 – The Inn as we know it today begins operating. Situated on Concord's town common, known as Monument Square, the Inn is surrounded by landmarks of our nation's literary and revolutionary history.
- 1900 – The property was given its current name: Concord's Colonial Inn.
- 1988 – The Inn is purchased by German Hotelier, Jurgen Demisch.
- 2012 – The Prescott Wing undergoes a top-to-bottom restoration.
We look forward to welcoming you to many more significant historical moments in years to come. For more information on the rich history of our property, simply inquire with one of the helpful staff members during your next visit.


the electoral roll to give a limited amount of money.
While there is no doubt that individuals may also have a political agenda, the sense of corruption is much less in the case of individuals. It is also important that there is still room for modest donations from individuals to help fund new parties.
It is also legitimate for parties to gain funds from many individuals giving small amounts of money, and this can be a way to raise money without effectively selling influence.
Recommendation 5: Ban all forms of donations and fundraising payments except those received from individuals on the electoral roll and from bequests.
6. Caps on donations by individuals
While individuals should be permitted to donate to candidates and parties, it is necessary that these donations are restricted to smaller amounts that do not have the danger of corruptly influencing parties or members of Parliament.
Recommendation 6: Restrict donations by individuals to a maximum of $1000 in any one year to any political party, with donations to different branches of the same political party counting towards a single cap of $1000.
Recommendation 7: Restrict donations by individuals to a maximum of $1000 in any one year to candidates from the same political party, with donations to different candidates of the same political party counting towards a single cap of $1000.
7. Continuous disclosure of donations
At the moment, donations are not revealed to the public until the regular cycle of electoral returns and party annual returns are usually months after the federal election. This time lag dramatically reduces the accountability of parties and candidates. Voters have the right to know about donations before they go to the polls.
This committee has taken a small step in the right direction by recommending that any single donation of over $100,000 is disclosed within 14 days of receipt. This requirement can be easily avoided by spreading a donation out over a number of occasions, possibly in a very short period of time. This loophole should be immediately closed. Moves should be made now to ensure continuous disclosure of all significant donations.
Recommendation 8: If at any point a donor has given over $100,000 to a political party or candidate the party or candidate is then required to disclose all donations from that donor within fourteen days of the cumulative donations exceeding $100,000.
Recommendation 9: All donations from donors whose cumulative donations over the course of a year exceed $1000 be disclosed.
Recommendation 10: The government provide sufficient funding to the Australian Electoral Commission to develop a system to allow for immediate submission of returns for all donations of $1000 or more within seven days of the donation being given.
Recommendation 11: Once it is technically feasible, parties and candidates are required to disclose all donations from donors who have donated $1000 or more in that financial year within fourteen days of the donation being received.
8. Limits on spending during election campaigns
In the fiercely competitive environment of electoral politics, there will always be the temptation for parties and candidates to try to attract greater amounts of donations than their rivals, regardless of what rules are imposed restricting their ability to receive donations.
Restricting the level of expenditure is an effective way to bring fairness to the electoral system and stop the election funding arms race that has engulfed Australian politics.
Recommendation 12: A cap is imposed on election expenditure for each state for political parties and for each House of Representatives electorate for candidates for the three months prior to election day.
Recommendation 13: Penalties are imposed for violation of election expenditure caps, including loss of public funding, large fines, and in extreme cases disqualification as a candidate or as a Member of Parliament.
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I am trying to analyze an old malware sample in OllyDbg. It has instruction of the format CALL
I am not an expert in Assembly. I know that CALL is used to call a sub-routine and JMP is used to jump to a particular address in the memory but what is the result of using CALL with JMP? Could anyone clarify on it? Even pointers to where I could find answers would be very helpful. Thanks.
Seeing a call in the form CALL suggests that the binary was compiled with Visual C++'s /INCREMENTAL option, hence the table of jump thunks.
... an incrementally linked executable (.exe) file or dynamic-link library (DLL):
 - May contain jump thunks to handle relocation of functions to new addresses.
you're right, it could be called directly instead of being jumped after a call.
However, it makes it easier if the address of the API is referenced only once, and this single reference should be a JMP (otherwise, it would alter the stack).
So, there is only one memory reference to the API, via a single JMP. Each time the API is used, this JMP is CALL-ed, so execution is transferred transparently, and at the end of the API, the original address of the caller being still on the stack, the caller will be transparently returned to.
The reason is for loading performance - the jumps are gathered into a single region that is made temporarily writable for the purpose of placing the API addresses, and is usually only a single page in size. This avoids multiple calls to VirtualProtect() by the loader, in order to write all over the code space to every reference to any given API.
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Ivar Meyvantsson and David J. Beebe
Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Wisconsin – Madison, USA
Why is this useful?
Poly(dimethylsiloxane) (PDMS) is hydrophobic in its native state. When fluid is forced into a PDMS microfluidic channel using pressure, bubbles are often formed. One way to facilitate filling is to make the PDMS surface hydrophilic by exposing it to oxygen plasma. However, bubbles can still form despite surface hydrophilicity and the lifetime of plasma-induced hydrophilicity is limited to a few hours. An alternative method of filling microfluidic networks and arrays has been reported by Monahan et al., which is more effective than hydrophilic surface treatment alone. We present a procedure based on that described by Monahan et al. and provide additional comments related to cell biology applications of PDMS devices.
What do I need?
- Vacuum desiccator (e.g. Fisher scientific cat. no. 08-594-15A).
- Vacuum pump (e.g. Gast DOA-P704-AA, capable of producing 84kPa vacuum).
- Air filter (e.g Millipore Aervent-50 Disposable Filters).
- An open container (e.g. petri dish) for microfluidic device. Choose a container that, when filled to cover the bottom surface, can be tilted to expose at least half the bottom surface.
What do I do?
1. Connect vacuum pump to vacuum desiccator outlet. If aseptic operation is required place air filter on desiccator inlet, spray inside of vacuum desiccator with 70 % ethanol (v/v in water) for sterilization, and wipe dry. Also, for aseptic operation, choose a container with a lid to enable transfer between biohood and desiccator.
2. Prepare a microfluidic device (e.g. PDMS part bonded to a glass slide), a container that holds the device (e.g. petri dish), and the solution you wish to fill the device with.
3. Place microfluidic device in the container.
4. Fill the container with fluid such that all microfluidic device access ports are covered. Place the submerged microfluidic device in the desiccator.
5. Turn the vacuum pump on, open the desiccator output valve, and close the input valve. Apply vacuum for 5-10 minutes. The bubbles that come out of the ports tend to cling to the rims of the ports.
6. Tilt the desiccator to expose the entire surface of the microfluidic device to air. This will "pop" all the bubbles. If tilting is insufficient, agitation (i.e., tapping, knocking, etc.) can also help remove bubbles.
7. Open the appropriate valve to bring the desiccator chamber back to atmospheric pressure. Visually inspect the channels to determine if they have been filled. Small bubbles (under 500 microns diameter) remaining at this point often disappear within 10 minutes if the device is left submerged in the fluid.
8. If bubbles persist, extending vacuum application or repeating steps 3 – 5 will improve filling.
9. This method works with a variety of fluids, including phosphate buffered saline (PBS), Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium (DMEM) and protein-supplemented (e.g., bovine serum) DMEM, although proteins tend to modify the surface properties of PDMS making it more hydrophilic. The use of such fluids for initial filling is important when accurate concentrations are critical, such as in mammalian cell culture.
1. J. Monahan, A. A. Gewirth, and R. G. Nuzzo, A method for filling complex polymeric microfluidic devices and arrays, Anal. Chem., 2001, 73, 3193 – 3197.


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The HIPAA safe harbor method is a method of de-identification of protected health information. De-identification is the removal of specific information about a client that can be used alone or in combination with other information to identify that client.
What is HIPAA Safe Harbor De-Identification?
Home for Life Design follows the Safe Harbor Provision Guidelines
HIPAA safe harbor de-identification is the process of the removal of specified identifiers of the patient, and of the patient's relatives, household members, and employers.
The requirements of the HIPAA safe harbor de-identification process become fully satisfied if, and only if, after the removal of the specific identifiers, the covered entity has no actual knowledge that the remaining information could be used to identify the patient.
Once protected health information has been de-identified, it is no longer considered to be PHI; as such, there are no longer restrictions on its use or disclosure. By definition, de-identified health information neither identifies nor provides a reasonable basis to identify a patient.


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How to Write a SOP for Medical Students a Step by Step Guide
As a medical student, the pursuit of excellence involves not only mastering medical knowledge but also adhering to a structured framework that guides your professional conduct, Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) play a pivotal role in shaping the trajectory of sop for medical students education and career. These meticulously crafted guidelines serve as a roadmap, ensuring efficiency, safety, and quality in various medical settings.
Understanding SOPs for Medical Students
An SOP for medical students is a set of detailed instructions that delineate the steps, protocols, and guidelines to be followed in specific situations within the medical field. These SOPs serve multifaceted purposes:
1. Ensuring Consistency and Uniformity:
SOPs establish uniformity in procedures, allowing for consistent practices across different medical scenarios. Whether it's in a clinical setting, laboratory, or during emergencies, adherence to SOPs minimizes errors and ensures standardized care.
2. Enhancing Efficiency:
By providing a structured approach, SOPs optimize workflow and reduce unnecessary deviations, thereby enhancing efficiency in medical tasks.
3. Ensuring Safety and Quality:
SOPs prioritize safety measures and quality control, safeguarding both patients and medical practitioners. Adherence to established protocols mitigates risks and ensures optimal outcomes.
Crafting an Effective SOP for Medical Students
1. Structure and Format:
SOPs should have a clear structure, including sections such as purpose, scope, responsibilities, materials, procedures, and references. A standardized format aids in easy comprehension and implementation.
2. Tailoring SOPs to Specific Fields:
Different medical disciplines require tailored SOPs. For instance, a SOP for medical biotechnology might focus on laboratory techniques, equipment handling, and safety measures unique to that field.
3. Collaboration and Review:
Involving experienced professionals, faculty members, and experts in drafting and reviewing SOPs ensures their accuracy, relevance, and effectiveness.
4. Training and Implementation:
Proper training sessions and continuous education are essential to familiarize students with SOPs and ensure their seamless integration into medical practice.
SOP for Medical Emergency: Prioritizing Swift and Efficient Action
Medical emergencies demand prompt and precise actions. An SOP for medical emergency is indispensable for medical students as it provides a systematic approach to handling critical situations.
Components of an SOP for Medical Emergency:
- Initial Assessment Protocol: Outline steps for quick patient assessment, vital sign monitoring, and immediate action based on the situation.
- Emergency Response Team Coordination: Define roles and responsibilities of team members, ensuring smooth communication and collaboration during emergencies.
- Procedure Guidelines: Detail specific procedures for various emergency scenarios, including cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR), managing trauma, allergic reactions, etc.
- Documentation and Reporting: Emphasize the importance of accurate documentation of events, patient status, and interventions undertaken during emergencies.
Application in Medical Training and Practice
The integration of SOPs into medical education and practice is pivotal for cultivating a culture of excellence and professionalism.
1. Medical Education:
Introducing SOPs early in medical training familiarizes students with structured protocols, preparing them for real-world scenarios and instilling a sense of responsibility and discipline.
2. Clinical Practice:
SOPs serve as guiding principles in clinical settings, ensuring that medical professionals deliver standardized, high-quality care to patients.
3. Research and Innovation:
SOPs are integral in research settings, ensuring consistency and reliability in experimental procedures, data collection, and analysis.
How To Write a SOP for Medical Students, SOP for Medical Biotechnology and SOP for Medical Emergency?
Crafting SOPs for different aspects of medical training involves a detailed and structured approach to ensure clarity, precision, and adherence to established protocols. Here's a step-by-step guide for creating SOPs tailored to medical students, medical biotechnology, and medical emergencies:
Writing an SOP for Medical Students
1. Title and Introduction:
- Clearly state the title: "Standard Operating Procedures for Medical Students."
- Provide an overview highlighting the purpose, scope, and objectives of the SOP.
2. Structure and Format:
- Divide the SOP into sections: Purpose, Scope, Responsibilities, Procedures, References.
- Define the scope by outlining where the SOP applies (e.g., clinical settings, labs, research).
- Specify the responsibilities of medical students in adhering to the SOP.
3. Detailed Procedures:
- List step-by-step instructions for various scenarios, including:
- Clinical rotations: Patient interaction, history-taking, physical examination.
- Laboratory practices: Proper handling of equipment, sample collection, safety measures.
- Professional conduct: Ethics, communication with patients and colleagues, confidentiality.
4. Safety and Quality Assurance:
- Emphasize safety protocols: Use of personal protective equipment, waste disposal, infection control.
- Include quality control measures: Documentation standards, accuracy in reporting findings.
5. Training and Implementation:
- Detail how students will be trained on the SOP.
- Discuss how compliance will be ensured and evaluated.
SOP for Medical Biotechnology
1. Title and Introduction:
- Clearly title the SOP: "Standard Operating Procedures for Medical Biotechnology."
- Provide a succinct overview of the scope and purpose, emphasizing the focus on biotechnological processes and techniques in medical contexts.
2. Specific Procedures:
- Detail procedures for:
- Handling specialized equipment: PCR machines, spectrophotometers, centrifuges.
- Molecular techniques: DNA extraction, PCR amplification, gel electrophoresis.
- Safety protocols: Use of biosafety cabinets, handling hazardous materials.
3. Documentation and Compliance:
- Stress the importance of accurate documentation for experimental procedures and results.
- Ensure compliance with ethical standards and regulatory guidelines specific to biotechnological practices in the medical field.
SOP for Medical Emergency
1. Title and Introduction:
- Title: "Standard Operating Procedures for Medical Emergencies."
- Explain the critical importance of this SOP in guiding swift and efficient responses during emergencies.
2. Emergency Response Protocols:
- Initial assessment: Outline steps for rapid patient evaluation and triage.
- Procedure guidelines: Detail protocols for different emergencies like cardiac arrest, anaphylaxis, trauma.
- Team coordination: Define roles and communication channels within the emergency response team.
3. Documentation and Debriefing:
- Highlight the need for meticulous documentation of events, interventions, and patient status post-emergency.
- Emphasize the importance of debriefing sessions to review and improve response strategies.
In the dynamic landscape of medicine, SOP help stand as pillars of guidance, shaping the actions and decisions of medical students. From ensuring precision in medical procedures to fostering a culture of safety and excellence, these standardized protocols are indispensable.
Aspiring medical professionals must recognize the significance of SOPs in their education and future practice. By embracing these protocols, they not only enhance their own skills but also contribute to the advancement and reliability of the medical field as a whole.
SOPs for Medical Students
1. Why are SOPs important in medical education?
SOPs in medical education instill discipline, ensure consistency in practices, prepare students for real-world scenarios, and emphasize the importance of adhering to established protocols.
2. How are SOPs integrated into medical training?
SOPs are integrated into the curriculum through dedicated training sessions, hands-on demonstrations, and their incorporation into coursework to familiarize students with standardized practices.
3. Who contributes to developing SOPs for medical students?
Medical professionals, faculty members, subject matter experts, and experienced practitioners collaborate to develop and review SOPs tailored to medical education.
SOPs for Medical Biotechnology
1. What distinguishes an SOP for medical biotechnology?
An SOP for medical biotechnology details laboratory techniques, equipment handling, safety measures, and experimental procedures specific to the field, focusing on molecular biology, genetic testing, and related practices.
2. How are safety protocols addressed in SOPs for medical biotechnology?
SOPs for medical biotechnology emphasize strict safety measures, including handling hazardous materials, proper use of personal protective equipment (PPE), waste disposal, and emergency response procedures.
3. What role do SOPs play in quality control in medical biotechnology?
SOPs outline procedures for quality control, including equipment calibration, validation of methods, documentation standards, and ensuring accuracy and reliability in experimental outcomes.
SOPs for Medical Emergencies
1. What components are typically covered in an SOP for medical emergencies?
An SOP for medical emergencies includes initial assessment protocols, emergency response team coordination, specific procedure guidelines (e.g., CPR, trauma management), and instructions for documentation and reporting.
2. How do SOPs aid in handling medical emergencies?
SOPs provide a structured approach, defining roles, responsibilities, and step-by-step procedures to ensure swift, coordinated, and effective responses during critical medical situations.
3. Are SOPs for medical emergencies regularly updated?
Yes, SOPs for medical emergencies undergo periodic reviews and updates to incorporate advancements in medical practices, technology, and feedback from real-life emergency scenarios.
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Types of Easements
An easement is a real property interest, which entitles the owner of the easement "to the privilege of a specific and limited use of the land of another." For instance, a right of way is a form of an easement granted by the property owner that gives another person the right to travel over and use the owner's land. However, the easement is not an absolute right and the easement holder can enjoy the right only as long as it is not inconsistent with the owner's use and enjoyment of the land.
Most easements are in the nature of affirmative easements, which constitutes a requirement to do something, such as allowing another access to or across a certain piece of property. A negative easement is a promise not to do something with a certain piece of property, such as not building a structure more than one story high. A negative easement is sometimes referred to as an easement of light and air and most states does not permit to create such a right by implication.


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on pilgrimage. The legend of Kiyohimetells us that a charming priest named Anchin fell in love with the attractive young girl, but ended up overcoming her impulses and preferred to refrain from meeting her again. This sudden turnaround was not well received by Kiyohime, who attacked the priest with ardor. Crossing over the Hidaka River, Anchin enlists the help of a boatman to cross the river. He tells the boatman not to let Kiyohime board a boat so that he can escape.
Understanding Anchin's plan, Kiyohime dove into the Hidaka river and began to steer his boat swimming. While swimming, his great rage transformed him into a great dragon. Anchin took refuge in a temple known as Dojo-ji and sought assistance and protection. The temple priests hid him under a bell, but Kiyohime was able to locate him by his scent. She wrapped herself around the bell and banged on it loudly using her tail a few times. Then, she spat out a large amount of fire, which eventually melted the bell and killed Anchin. 🐉
The appearance of the Wani (わ に) called "the sea dragon" is that of a monster living in deep waters. Wanis have long, serpentine bodies, fins, and can breathe air and water. The Wani are able to transform into humans, and there are even stories of Wani and humans falling in love. Notably, one of the most famous wani legends is the story of Toyotama-hime, the daughter of Ryūjin.
Behavior : The Wani are rulers of the oceans and gods of the sea. They live in splendid coral palaces at the bottom of the ocean. The Wani have a complex political hierarchy that mirrors that of the surface world. There are kings and queens, princes and princesses, courtesans, servants. Ōwatatsumi, also known as Ryūjin, is the tallest of them. He rules the sea from his Ryūgū-jō palace. It controls the ebb and flow of the ocean with the help of the jewels of the tide that are kanju and manju.
Origin : The Wani appear in the earliest written records of Japanese myths, the Kojiki and the Nihon shoki. Their stories almost certainly date back to even more distant times, in the mists of prehistoric times. Scholars disagree on whether the earliest wani legends originated in Japan or were imported from other cultures, citing similarities between wani and Long Chinese or Indian Naga. The wani play an important role in Japanese mythology, especially in the mythological foundation of Japan.
Appearance : The Nure-onna (濡 女), also called "the drenched woman" is a vampiric sea serpent that haunts shores and rivers in search of humans to devour. They are most commonly found on the shores of Kyushu Island. There are stories of nure-onna encounters ranging from Niigata prefecture to Fukushima prefecture. There are two variations of this youkai :
- One without arms, resembling a huge sea serpent with a woman's head
- One with arms, humanoid type.
Other than this difference, both look the same and act exactly the same. Their faces are hideous and reveal snake characteristics like a forked tongue. They have long dark hair that sticks to their dripping bodies. Their name comes from the fact that they always seem soaked.
Interactions : Although physically much stronger than a human, the nure-onna prefer not to use brute force and use cunning to grab their prey. They most often appear near water, on a coast or by a river. Nure-onna magically disguises herself as a woman in distress carrying a baby wrapped in her arms. They cry out for help from fishermen, sailors or anyone passing through.
When the prey approaches, the nure-onna pleads with her victim to hold her baby for a moment so that she can rest. If he accepts and takes the bundle, the "baby" becomes as heavy as a rock. Making the person still. The nure-onna is then free to attack its helpless victim, draining and feeding on its blood with its long serpentine tongue. Nure-onna often appear together and cooperate with ushi oni, as they live in the same environments and share the same diet.
Zennyo Ryūō (善 女 竜 王) nicknamed "The Sovereign Dragon" is a dragon from Japanese mythology. Other spellings and variations of the name include Zennyo Ryuo, Zen-nyo-ryu-o, Zentatsu, and Zen-tatsu. A common description of Zennyo Ryūō in the stories of Shinsen'en is that he is a small dragon (about two meters long) with a small golden serpent on his head. He is also able to appear in human form. However, his dragon tail remains visible.
Most stories agree that Zennyo Ryūō preferred to live in ponds and lakes. He often received prayers and offerings to produce rain. Zennyo Ryūō was originally described as living in a pond at Mount Muro. A shrine was built for this dragon king sometime after AD 781-783. This shrine was used to make offerings to Zennyo Ryūō in exchange for rain. Twin dragon models made from materials like straw and reeds are one such offering. Other sources claim that Zennyo Ryūō was originally one of the dragon kings (or naga) of Anavatapta Pond, the place in the Himalayas where many rivers originate.
Originally, Shinsen'en (or Shinzen'en) was a garden used by the wealthy for entertainment. In times of drought, the pond water had been given to farmers so that they could irrigate their land, meaning that the pond already had a connection to the water supply. Zennyo Ryūō's gesture has been attributed to the Shingon Buddhist monks, who performed rituals invoking the appearance of the dragon. The monks became responsible for the rain rituals necessary to persuade or coerce Zennyo Ryūō to provide the rain. The observations of these monks showed that Zennyo Ryūō was a golden dragon with a serpent on his head.
HOW TO WRITE DRAGON IN JAPANESE?
En japonais, le dragon est "ryū" (ou "ryuu", ce sont les mêmes) et le kanji est 竜 en écriture shinjitai, ou 龍 en écriture traditionnelle (kyuujitai). Les dragons peuvent également être appelés "tatsu", bien que le "ryū" soit plus courant. Le mot "ryū" est dérivé du chinois, tandis que le mot "tatsu" est dérivé du japonais ancien. Les termes "ryū" et "tatsu" sont utilisés pour désigner les dragons d'Asie de l'Est, ceux de la Chine et du Japon. ✍🏼
There are several ways to say dragon in Japanese, depending on the type of dragon you are referring to. Below you will find variations of the word dragon in Kanji. As for the pronunciation, trust the word in parentheses, and set the tone.
KANJI DRAGON IN JAPANESE
What is dragon kanji in Japanese? There are two ways to write it. The easier to remember and the more recent of the two (denotes western dragons) is an English imprint word, it is as follows:
- ド ラ ゴ ン(doragon) = Western Dragon
Many of these loan words sound like their English counterparts, but with a Japanese accent. If you must have heard it if you watch animes. This katakana version of the word is primarily used for the European style of dragons. Here is the second:
- 竜(ryū) = Dragon (The dragon of Hokusai)
It is the older and more common of the two names. You will most likely use this version when speaking dragons in Japanese. Some of the compound words that use the kanji for dragon are:
- 竜 王(Ryūō) = Dragon King
- 竜 神(Ryūjin) = dragon god
- 竜 宮(Ryūgū-jō) = Underwater Palace of the Dragon God
- 竜 座(Ryūza) = Draco the dragon (the constellation)
- 日本 の 竜(Nihon no ryū) = Japanese Dragons
Finally, the Indian dragons or Nāga, from Hindu and Buddhist tales, are calledナ ー ガ(nāga).
DIFFERENCES BETWEEN CHINESE AND JAPANESE DRAGON
In China as in Japan, the dragon is one of the most significant symbols of culture and religion. Studying each culture's perception of this ancient mythological creature is essential to understanding Japanese and Chinese political history, science, and many other aspects. Japanese dragon mythology mainly derives from Chinese traditions, which makes the difference between Chinese and Japanese dragon very difficult to notice.
Unlike Western dragons, Japanese and Chinese dragons generally appear as snake-like creatures. Japanese dragons have a slim body with a large head, while Chinese dragons have a larger body, but a smaller head. Both types of dragon do not have wings. Chinese dragons always have five fingers or claws (except the Imperial dragon which has four), while Japanese dragons only have three.
This is the end of the article on the Japanese dragon, I hope he will have you more, do not hesitate to comment and to appropriate one of these superb dragon incense holders. It infuses soothing and de-stressing aromas into your home.


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Bastion (through the Fr. from the late Lat. bastire, to build), a work forming part of a line of fortifications. The general trace of a bastion is similar to an irregular pentagon formed by a triangle and a narrow rectangle, the base of the triangle coinciding with the long side of the rectangle. The two sides of the triangle form the "faces" of the bastion, which join at the "salient" angle, the short sides of the rectangle form the "flanks." Bastions were arranged so that the fire from the flanks of each protected not only the front of the curtain but also the faces of the adjacent bastions. A "tower bastion" is a casemated tower built in bastion form; a "demi-bastion" is a work formed by half a bastion (bisected through the salient angle) and by a parapet along the line of bisection; a "flat bastion" is a bastion built on a curtain and having a very obtuse salient angle.


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Paul Cook's from Glasgow, United Kingdom, primeval images are a study of the inherent beauty of sacred geometry. He challenges our perception of the original through his digital photographs of animals, trees, bones and architecture. He explores symmetry as a holistic aesthetic. Each image is a study of how symmetry challenges the way shape and form is perceived.


Jean Paget and Joe Harman
'A Town Like Alice'
She travels to Australia to make a life with her beloved Aussie bloke.
This is one of our favorite love stories! A Town Like Alice tells the story of a woman who falls in love with an Australian man, and of their overcoming great odds to be together, and make a life for themselves in Australia.
A Town Like Alice is a novel by the English author Nevil Shute. It was first published in 1950. The "Alice" in the title refers to the town Alice Springs, Australia.
It was made into a motion picture in 1956 starring Virginia McKenna and Peter Finch. In 1981, A Town Like Alice was adapted into a popular television mini-series, starring Helen Morse and Bryan Brown.
Elements of this fictional story involving a group of English women are based on the true events which happened to a group of Dutch women in the Second World War, although the actual events transpired in Sumatra rather than in Malaya. Shute met one of these women, Mrs Geysel, after the war and wrote A Town Like Alice as a tribute to her courage and fortitude.
Plot summary: A few years after World War Two, a young woman, Jean Paget, who was working in Malaya when the Japanese invaded, recounts to her London lawyer the story of her time in Malaya during the war: She is one of a party of European women who were marched around Malaya by the Japanese, since no camp would take them in and the Japanese army would not take responsibility for them. Many of them die on the march, and the rest survive only by the charity of the local villagers.
On their march from one village to another, she meets a young Australian soldier, Joe Harman, also a prisoner. He steals food and medicines to help the women, and is brutally punished by the Japanese authorities. The women are marched away believing that Joe has died.
Jean survives the war and returns to London. A few years later, she unexpectedly inherits a substantial amount of money from a distant relative. She discusses the matter with her lawyer, Noel Strachan, and decides to return to Malaya to attempt to help the people in a village who sheltered them.
When she arrives, she learns that Joe Harman survived his punishment and returned to Australia. She travels on to Australia and visits the town of Alice Springs, where Joe lived before the war. She then travels to the Outback Queensland town of Willstown, where Joe has become manager of a cattle station. - But in the meantime, Joe has learned that Jean survived the war and is unmarried, and so he has drawn down money he won in the state lottery in order to travel to England in search of her, but in vain. On her lawyer's advice, he returns to Queensland and they are finally reunited.
Joe and Jean eventually decide to marry. Using her inheritance, Jean helps to build the small outback town of Willstown into a place where people would like to live - a town like Alice Springs.
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What I have read is that the contents of the unit cell affect the intensities, but how? I am also unclear on why you need to know the symmetry of the unit cell, what is that used for? I understand segments of this topic (x-ray crystallography) but I am having trouble piecing all the segments together to make a complete picture. I've been spending hours every day on this on this, any help would be really appreciated!
Two questions here:
1) What does the symmetry of the crystal mean?
The symmetry of the unit cell is the symmetry of the crystal. Its really useful thing to know about the crystal in practice. You can always pretend that any crystal is space group P1 - with no internal symmetry. This implies half of the diffraction data is needed to get a complete set. Why half? The Laue symmetry of typical X-ray diffraction shows that the diffraction should be centrosymmetric I(hkl) = I(-h,-k,-l).
If you do this and the crystal has more symmetry than that you are collecting too many data. Here I take the example of a 2-fold axis. Along that axis the space group shows that the symmetry of the crystal should be 4 fold along the x axis (x axis is chosen by convention):
I(hkl) = I(-h,-k,-l) (as above) and I(hkl) = I(h,-k,-l)
This fact means we actually can collect less data and know the crystal diffraction pattern easily. In practice we collect from more than just the unique data, but the more diffraction data we take it also means that we can assume equivalence and have taken more measurements, giving us better experimental accuracy for the same effort. It also means that when we build a molecular model for structure in the crystal we have a simpler model - one only creates a model for the unique assymmetric unit of the crystal unit cell. Fewer atoms in the structure, fewer degrees of freedom and less error in our resulting model.
There's more... screw axes 2(1), 3(1) and non primitive lattices create systematic absences which helps us collect more accurate data and do refinement more easily in the same vein... but maybe this gives you an idea...
2) how does the unit cell contents reflect the diffraction intensities
X-ray scattering from crystals is the result of the photon causing an elastic scatter from atomic, inner shell electrons - Bragg scattering. By considering the crystal as a series of slits in 3 dimensions, it can be shown that the average positions of atoms in the crystal reinforce each other to give the reciprocal lattice that is diffraction data in 3D.
In the picture above from Wikipedia you can see a beautiful protein crystal diffraction pattern. The rings of spots are a spherical section from a 3D orthorhombic lattice of spots.
Rather than digress into the reason the diffraction appears this way, back to your question: what causes the intensities to vary from spot to spot and crystal to crystal. The crystal lattice contains atoms which are in the same position in every unit cell which are creating the diffraction by Bragg scattering. As such, it is the positions, relative electrons in orbit that dictate the diffraction intensities measured.
The models built to model diffraction typically translate a set of atomic positions to the structure factors (square roots of the diffraction intensities), but this is an approximation that works pretty well - the full model is not atomic positions, but an electron density function in space.
There are other sorts of scattering methods, more that could be said about all these subjects, but I hope that gives you some help with your specific questions. If you want clarifications in this, I can edit the answer from comments...


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Using Barley in Horse FeedsBy Kentucky Equine Research Staff · August 21, 2012
In the United States, barley ranks behind only corn and sorghum in terms of feed grain production. Barley must be differentiated in terms of the desired end use, as various cultivars are developed for specific purposes. For example, malting and feed barley are distinctly different, as high protein content is desirable in feed grain but not for malting.
In general, barley has a feeding value that is about 95% that of corn. It is relatively high in crude protein for a feed grain, ranging from 8 to 13%, but like oats, barley is relatively low in lysine and methionine. Because most feed barley contains the hull, fiber content is relatively high at around 5 to 7%. Starch makes up nearly 65% of the kernel. Additionally, the kernel has approximately 1% simple sugars and 2% sucrose.
Barley to be used for feed has a test weight of 40 lb (18 kg) per bushel and a maximum of 4% foreign material, and a maximum of 1% heat damaged kernels. Color can range from yellow to golden yellow and the grain should be free of excessive dustiness with no evidence of seed treatment. There should be no moldy or musty smell.
Barley tends to be quite hard and requires some type of processing to make the nutrients more available. The most common types of processing include rolling and steam flaking. Concerns for barley quality surround storage issues. Improper storage will allow fungus, molds, and insects to enter the grain and alter the nutrient profile.


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I know that an infinite set can be partitioned into 2 infinite subsets.
Can one partition an infinite set into finitely many infinite subsets?
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Are you asking that given an infinite set, can that set be partitioned into $n$ infinite sets for all $n$? – ferson2020 Jan 30 '13 at 16:26
In fact, you can also partition it into infinitely many infinite sets. For example, with the set $\mathbb N$, you can let $A_n=\{k\in\mathbb N\mid k=2^nm\text{ with }m\text{ odd}\}$ for $n=0,1,2,\ldots$ – Hagen von Eitzen Jan 30 '13 at 16:30
Let $n$ be given. Partition the integers into those that are multiples of $n$, those that leave a remainder of 1 when divided by $n$, those that leave a remainder of 2 when divided by $n$,... and those that leave a remainder of $n-1$ when divided by $n$. – MJD Jan 30 '13 at 17:20
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Well, if you can do it with 2, you can keep partitioning one of them.
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Ok, thanks Andreas. – student Jan 30 '13 at 16:26
Of course. We do it by induction.
Theorem: If $A$ is an infinite set and $n>0$ is a natural number then we can write $A$ as a disjoint union of $n$ infinite sets.
Proof. For $n=1$ this is obvious, so we actually start with $n=2$.
For $n=2$ we can do it because every infinite set can be split into two infinite sets.
Suppose that we can split $A$ into $n$ parts, $A_1,\ldots, A_n$. Each is infinite, split $A_n$ into $B$ and $C$, and so the partition $A_1,\ldots,A_{n-1},B,C$ is a partition of $A$ into $n+1$ parts. $\square$
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I am trying to measure PCIe Bandwidth on ATI FirePro 8750. The amd app sample PCIeBandwidth in the SDK measures the bandwith of transfers from:
 1. Host to device, using clEnqueueReadBuffer().
 2. Device to host, using clEnqueueWriteBuffer().
On my system (windows 7, Intel Core2Duo 32 bit) the output is coming like this:
Selected Platform Vendor : Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
Device 0 : ATI RV770
Host to device : 0.412435 GB/s
Device to host : 0.792844 GB/s
This particular card has 2 GB DRAM and max clock frequency is 750 Mhz
1- Why is bandwidth different in each direction?
2- Why is the Bandwdith so small?
Also I understand that this communication takes place through DMA, so the Bandwidth may not be affected by CPU.
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What CPU are you using? The CPU can often times bottleneck the PCIe transfer if it's bad enough. – KLee1 Oct 11 '12 at 17:03
the transfer is taking place through DMA, (the buffers are always pinned before this transfer), how does that matter whether CPU is bad or good – gpuguy Oct 11 '12 at 23:18
Your GPU is on a x16 lane.. right? – Thomas Oct 12 '12 at 2:52
yes, its on x16 lane – gpuguy Oct 12 '12 at 4:54
What is your system memory's speed? If under Windows Vista or greater, go into your command line and type "winsat mem". I mean, it should be more than that, but you never know.. – Thomas Oct 16 '12 at 12:02
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This paper from Microsoft Research labs give some inkling of why there is asymmetric PCIe data transfer bandwidth between GPU - CPU. The paper describes performance metrics for FPGA - GPU data transfer bandwidth over PCIe. It also includes metrics from CPU - GPU data transfer bandwidth over PCIe.
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'it should also be noted that the GPU-CPU transfers themselves also show some degree of asymmetric behavior. In the case of a GPU to CPU transfer, where the GPU is initiating bus master writes, the GPU reaches a maximum of 6.18 GByte/Sec. In the opposite direction from CPU to GPU, the GPU is initiating bus master reads and the resulting bandwidth falls to 5.61 GByte/Sec. In our observations it is typically the case that bus master writes are more efficient than bus master reads for any PCIe implementation due to protocol overhead and the relative complexity of implementation. While a possible solution to this asymmetry would be to handle the CPU to GPU direction by using CPU initiated bus master writes, that hardware facility is not available in the PC architecture in general. '
The answer to the second question on bandwidth could be due units of data transfer size. See figs 2,3,4 and 5. I have also seen graphs like this at the 1st AMD Fusion Conference. The explanation is that the PCIe transfer of data has overheads due to the protocol and the device latency. The overheads are more significant for small transfer sizes and become less significant for larger sizes.
What levers do you have to control or improve performance?
Getting the right combo of chip/motherboard and GPU is the H/W lever. Chips with the max number of PCIe lanes are better. Using a higher spec PCIe protocol, PCIe 3.0 is better than PCIe 2.0. All components need to support the higher standards.
As a programmer controlling the data transfer size, is a very important lever.
Transfer sizes of 128K - 256K bytes get approx 50% of the max bandwidth. Transfers of 1M - 2M bytes get over 90% of max bandwidth.
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Building a sustainable future for UK children
Thursday 17 September 2009
Living sustainably means living within
environmental limits while also ensuring a strong, healthy and just
At NCB, we recognise that sustainable living is central to the
wellbeing of all children and young people, as well as their
families and communities. More importantly, it is a key concern of
the children and young people with whom we work.
We are calling on the government to revise the UK's sustainable
development strategy - Securing the Future - to have a stronger
focus on children and young people, and particularly those who are
disadvantaged. The strategy must aim to ensure that all children
and young people can take part in and lead action to promote a more
sustainable future. It must also go further in developing the role
of children and young people's services and the workforce in
empowering children and families to make sustainable choices in all
aspects of their lives.
Furthermore, the strategy must look again at the range of
settings where children and young people live, work and play - not
just schools - to consider ways to reduce their environmental
impact. Children's trust partners must drive this locally, and
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Mine Burial Experiments at the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory
—Several experiments to measure postimpact burial of seafloor mines by scour and fill have been conducted near the Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution's Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory (MVCO, Edgartown, MA). The sedimentary environment at MVCO consists of a series of rippled scour depressions (RSDs), which are large scale bedforms with alternating areas of coarse and fine sand. This allows simultaneous mine burial experiments in both coarse and fine sand under almost identical hydrodynamic forcing conditions. Two preliminary sets of mine scour burial experiments were conducted during winters 2001–2002 in fine sand and 2002–2003 in coarse sand with a single optically instrumented mine in the field of view of a rotary sidescan sonar. From October 2003 to April of 2004, ten instrumented mines were deployed along with several sonar systems to image mine behavior and to characterize bedform and oceanographic processes. In fine sand, the sonar imagery of the mines revealed that large scour pits form around the mines during energetic wave events. Mines fell into their own scour pits, aligned with the dominant wave crests and became level with the ambient seafloor after several energetic wave events. In quiescent periods, after the energetic wave events, the scour pits episodically infilled with mud. After several scour and infilling events, the scour pits were completely filled and a layer of fine sand covered both the mines and the scour pits, leaving no visible evidence of the mines. In the coarse sand, mines were observed to bury until the exposed height above the ripple crests was approximately the same as the large wave orbital ripple height (wavelengths of 50–125 cm and heights of 10–20 cm). A hypothesis for the physical mechanism responsible for this partial burial in the presence of large bedforms is that the mines bury until they present roughly the same hydrodynamic roughness as the orbital-scale bedforms present in coarse sand.
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IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering
Washington DC, USA
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P. Traykovski, M. D. Richardson, L. A. Mayer, and J. D. Irish, 'Mine Burial Experiments at the Martha's Vineyard Coastal Observatory', IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering, vol. 32, no. 1, pp. 150–166, Jan. 2007.


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Running the air through a supercharger is going to make it hot and detonation-prone. The primary benefit of an intercooler is that it reduces the temperature of the boosted intake air. This helps keep detonation in check.
The extra density is an added bonus because you can squeeze in more air to make Moar Power.
Does this mean Kawasaki defied physics with this bike?
Not really. They're just using other means to ensure that the risk of detonation is mitigated.
This is the press release which explains what they've done with the H2:
design the engine with a moderate compression ratio
8.5:1 is conservative, even for a forced-induction engine.
Since auto-ignition temperature increases as pressures decrease, Kawasaki are designing the engine to be such that the auto-ignition temperatures are far away from the engine's regular operating range.
rely on the fuel for charge-cooling
Evaporative cooling isn't new. It's useful to have liquid fuel absorb some of the heat in order to turn into fuel vapor. Given the elevated temperatures expected after running the air through the supercharger, there will be plenty of heat to do the job.
- vaporized fuel which is ready for combustion, and
- cooler air-fuel charge temperatures, which helps the engine operate away from the detonation-prone region
keep the engine cool
The idea here is to keep engine temperatures down. A liquid-cooled oil-cooler and high-cooling-capacity radiator help in this regard.
What's the benefit of avoiding an intercooler here?
Kawasaki may have gone down this road for the following reasons:
- weight savings
- space savings
- cost reduction
The first two are mentioned in the press release.
The latter is implied: no intercooler → no need to design → no need to buy


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Genome traces pigeons to the Middle East
Flying the coop Much of the world's pigeon population descends from the Middle East, confirms one of the most extensive DNA studies on the now ubiquitous bird.
The study, published in the journal Science, decoded the genetic blueprint of the rock pigeon (Columba livia) — the bird that most of us refer to as just plain old "pigeon."
"Birds are a huge part of life on Earth, and we know surprisingly little about their genetics," especially compared with mammals and fish, says study co-author Michael Shapiro, assistant professor of biology at the University of Utah.
"There are more than 10,000 species of birds, yet we know very little about what makes them so diverse genetically and developmentally."
He added that in the new study, "we've shown a way forward to find the genetic basis of traits — the molecular mechanisms controlling animal diversity in pigeons. Using this approach, we expect to be able to do this for other traits in pigeons, and it can be applied to other birds and many other animals as well."
Pigeons are the world's oldest domesticated birds, with a history with humans that goes back at least 5,000 years. We tend to associate them with urban sprawl, poop and other less desirable things, but the birds are highly intelligent and were prized as homing pigeons, and for their beauty.
There are some 350 breeds with different sizes, shapes, colours, colour patterns, beaks, bone structure, vocalisations and arrangements of feathers on the feet and head.
The pigeon is among the few bird genomes sequenced so far, along with those of the chicken, turkey, zebra finch and a common parakeet and "this will give us new insights into bird evolution," says Shapiro.
Mutant gene creates head crest
Using software developed by study co-author Mark Yandell, a University of Utah professor of human genetics, the scientists reveal that a single mutation in a gene named EphB2 causes head and neck feathers to grow upward instead of downward, creating head crests.
"This same gene in humans has been implicated as a contributor to Alzheimer's disease as well as prostate cancer and possibly other cancers," says Shapiro.
A comparison of the pigeon genome to those of chickens, turkeys and zebra finches found that "despite 100 million years of evolution since these bird species diverged, their genomes are very similar," says Shapiro.
The study turned up more conclusive evidence that major pigeon breed groups originated in the Middle East, and that North American feral pigeons — which are free-living but not wild — are close relatives of racing pigeons, named racing homers.
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The study also found that some pigeon breeds originated in India. During Fertile Crescent times, people from areas such as India were trading goods and probably also interbreeding their pigeons.
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On the Implementation of IoT-Based Digital Twin for Networked Microgrids Resiliency Against Cyber Attacks
The increased rate of cyber-attacks on the power system necessitates the need for innovative solutions to ensure its resiliency. This work builds on the advancement in the IoT to provide a practical framework that is able to respond to multiple attacks on a network of interconnected microgrids. This paper provides an IoT-based digital twin (DT) of the cyber-physical system that interacts with the control system to ensure its proper operation.
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You are busy cleaning up your house because there are guests coming over for an hour. Your children aren't helping and are just watching TV. You complain to them:
Don't just sit there! Do something!
This means to sit in one place and not do anything. You use this phrase when criticizing someone, when you think they should be doing something. You can also say "just stand there" in a similar way:
Don't just stand there! Help me!
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