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and hip. This should take seven strokes downward.
HEAD AND NECK AREA
Top knot -- The next step is to shear the sheep's top knot which will take three upward strokes. Hold the sheep's neck with your left hand but otherwise use the same positions as before.
Neck -- Place sheep between your legs. With your left hand, pull the head around and take one stroke upward from the brisket to the right jaw.
Keep rotating the sheep's head and place the nose up and the right side against the leg. Take two strokes upward to remove the wool from the throat to the jaw. The last stroke should remove the wool to the base of the left ear.
Ear -- With the sheep's head against your leg, hold the ear and shear up around it.
Eye -- Bend the sheep's head on back, but still hold the sheep's ear. Shear one stroke up over its left eye.
Head -- Remove the wool from top of head and back of neck but do not change the position of the sheep. Two downward strokes are needed.
Shoulder -- Put the sheep's body between your knees while holding the head against the left leg with your elbow. Take your left hand and stretch skin on the sheep's shoulder. Four upward strokes are needed for this step.
Side -- Place the sheep on its back. Put the right foot between the sheep's hind legs and the left foot placed under the right shoulder. Stretch the skin on the side by forcing the sheep's left foreleg toward the sheep's head. Make two strokes upward along side.
Make another upward stroke further down the side toward the backbone. Roll sheep against your left leg and apply pressure to its foreleg.
Put your right knee on sheep's left hip with your left leg underneath the sheep's shoulders. Make three upward strokes and the last one should get along the right side of the backbone.
Jaw -- Place the sheep's head in toward its body and take two downward strokes to shear right jaw.
Neck -- Holding the sheep in the same position place your left hand around its neck. Take two downward strokes and shear right side of its neck.
Shoulder -- While still keeping the same position, roll the sheep upright and make two downward strokes over sheep's shoulder.
Foreleg -- Put the sheep's right foreleg in front of your leg and place your left hand on the sheep's shoulder blade.
Shear the back side of the right foreleg, being sure to keep the skin tight. This should take two downward strokes.
Side -- Tuck the sheep's right foreleg back between your legs and keep its head down on its left side. After completing four downward strokes, move your left leg to other side of sheep's hind legs and raise the head to make another stroke.
Hip -- Lay sheep over practically on its left side. Place your hand on the stifle joint to keep the sheep from kicking. Hold the sheep's head between left arm and right leg, and move the right foot around toward the sheep's hip taking four strokes across.
Completely lay the sheep on its left side and shear downward over tail. Keep the sheep's head
between left arm and right leg. Again use your left foot under the sheep's shoulders.
TYING THE WOOL
Spread the fleece, which is in one piece, out on the rug skin side out. Then fold in from each of the long sides to the middle. Then fold over each end also to the middle. Tie with the paper twine securing it with a bow knot.
SACKING THE WOOL
Immediately drop the tied fleece into the burlap sack. When the sack is half full (15 fleeces or so), someone must get inside the sack to mash the wool down. Continue filling until full.
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which can be later used for viewing as on-demand smooth streaming contents.
Figure 8 – Client Output and Archive Output
For archive output, you can have the option to save the entire event as a single presentation or create segmented presentations each of which has a fixed duration. This option is useful if you want to publish some early portion of the live event as on-demand contents before the event is finished. If you disable the archive option, server will use temporary files to store data that are needed for client's DVR viewing and automatically delete them after the publishing point is stopped. So you still need to plan your disk space accordingly even if you disable archive option but still allow client DVR.
For client output, you can configure how much DVR window you want to make available to the client. For example, if it's a 2 – 3 hour sports event and you have enough disk space for holding all the content, you can just use the default "Enable DVR for the entire event". Or in another case, say you have a 24x7 always running live channel, you probably want to specify a DVR window limit so that the disk/memory usage is limited on both the server (potentially with archive disabled as well) and the client.
Putting it all together
Ok, so we've gone through all the possible inputs and outputs and their functionalities. Now let's take a look at a IIS Live Smooth Streaming server solution as an example and see how these inputs and outputs work.
Figure 9 – Live Smooth Streaming Server Solution Example
This is a topology that quite some live event deployments were derived from. There are five layers in this diagram: encoder, ingest, origin, distribution and client. The solid lines are the normal data flow path while the dotted lines are the backup/failover paths. First, let's go through each layer and see what their roles in this diagram are:
Encoders take in live source feeds and encode them into smooth streaming formats. Then it uses HTTP POST to send the streams to Ingest servers which as configured with push input streams.
2. Ingest Servers
Ingest servers are mainly for taking in encoder streams and then fanning them out to origin servers. To effectively achieve stream fan-out and redundancy, ingest servers use PUSH output streams to push to multiple (two in this diagram) origin servers simultaneously. Because ingest servers typically don't need to directly serve client requests or save local archives, these two options can be disabled.
3. Origin servers
In this solution, the origin server tier is the one that holds all the information about the live streaming, or a "single point of truth" as we would call. There are multiple origin servers running at the same time to provide scalability and redundancy. It has the capability to directly serve client requests. It can also be the source for distribution servers and synchronize past information with them if needed. To serve distribution servers, origin servers need to have the pull stream output enabled. To serve client requests either directly or indirectly through generic HTTP network which contains HTTP cache/proxy/edge servers, they need to have archive and client output options configured accordingly.
4. Distribution servers
Distribution servers can further scale out the network by offloading archiving and client request serving from the origin server tier. Distribution servers use pull input stream and are configured with multiple origin server URLs for redundancy. Distribution servers don't have to be started at the beginning of the event because they know how to synchronize with origin servers to provide full DVR access to the entire live event. Please refer to the "Pull Input Stream" section above.
Client is not really a tier in the server network. But I'd like to point out that because of the stateless nature of the smooth streaming protocol, the retry/failover logic from the client can happen at the HTTP request level. In another words, for each fragment request, the client is free to use whichever server that's available or provides the best throughput.
In terms of scalability, I think it is pretty obvious how it was achieved in this diagram. Now let's focus on what are the different failover scenarios and how this solution can handle them.
1. Encoder failover
If any one of the primary encoders failed, the connection to the ingest server will be broken. As we discussed in "Push Input Stream" section, the server will keep everything running and expecting new encoder push streams to come in. Once the backup encoder is up and running pushing to the same publishing point using the same "streamID" values, the live stream can continue. From the client's perspective, there will be a brief period of time that the latest live fragments for the broken streams/bitrates are not available. "Live" players that are on those bitrates will try to switch to other bitrates while players on other bitrates will not be affected.
Players in DVR mode will also not be affected since all servers are still capable of serving archived contents even when the live streams are down.
If the bandwidth between the encoders and the ingest servers are big enough, the backup encoders can behave as a hot backup meaning that they can encode and push to the same publishing points at the same time (see "Push Input Stream" section). Then in the encoder failover case, because there is a hot backup, the live stream can continue without any interruption.
2. Ingest failover
In normal condition, primary encoders push to primary ingest server which in turn pushes the same streams to two origin servers simultaneously. If, say, the primary ingest server failed, all connections among primary encoder, primary ingest server and origin servers will be broken. The encoder can detect this failure and starts pushing to the backup ingest server. The backup ingest server is configured exactly the same way as the primary ingest server and it will also in turn pushes the streams to the same origin servers, which will resume the live streams. The client side experience is similar to the encoder failover case.
Another option is to have the primary encoder pushing to both the primary ingest server and the backup ingest server at the same time if the bandwidth is not a concern. In that case, any single ingest server failover will not interrupt the live stream.
3. Origin failover
If one origin server failed, the other ones can serve as its backup immediately because they are all running and have the same data. Another aspect of it is that distribution servers also know where to re-request and retry the stream in the case of origin server failure. You can refer to "Pull Input Stream" section for more detail.
4. Distribution server failover
Just as origin servers, distribution servers are hot backups and can recover from server failure smoothly. This is especially true if the distribution server is used together with ARR (see "Pull Input Stream" section).
5. Client failover
Well, get another one. :)
Sometimes in real world deployment, you may have smart HTTP gateway devices that can automatically reroute HTTP requests to a server farm based on the server health information. In that case, you can just use URLs based on the virtual IP instead of hardcode multiple URLs. This would allow you to change a particular server tier without the need to modify settings in other tiers.
Hopefully by now you've got a better understanding about how input/out streams work in Live Smooth Streaming and how you can build a scalable and robust server solution with those options. Even though the example (as in Figure 9) we walked through is a compelling solution, it's certainly not the only way to build your network. As the team who designed and built the Live Smooth Streaming platform, our goal is to make it powerful and flexible enough to build the best solution you need. Needless to say, there are definitely things that we missed or could further improve, especially considering this is the very first release of this new technology. So please do share your thoughts with us. We would love to hear your feedback and make our platform better for you. Happy smooth streaming!

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The Significance Of WordPress Relaxation API
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JSON Info Format
They can use the plug-in to make the WordPress application communicate with third-celebration software program and solutions by sending and receiving JavaScript Object Notation (JSON) objects. JSON is a contemporary and human-readable knowledge format. Also, JSON has encoders and decoders for most widely employed programming languages. Therefore, the WordPress software and 3rd-party application can exchange info in a mutually intelligible structure. The builders can additional join their WordPress application seamlessly to a assortment of computer software and companies by writing easy JavaScript code.
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Does Corona Virus Affect Male Fertility?
Social media and newspaper reports suggest that COVID-19 might harm male fertility or sexual potency. As a result, we have many new customers who decided to use our at-home sperm freezing and storage services because they are afraid that COVID-19 will adversely affect their fertility.
While there are still many unknowns regarding COVID-19, its causes and implications, we wanted to share our knowledge and insights collected thus far.
COVID-19 effect on male fertility
It is a well-known conjecture that an infection or illness (such as the flu) can temporarily lower sperm count and increase the production of abnormal or mutations in sperm. As any other illness, Coronavirus may also lower sperm count.
Specifically, according to experts, Coronavirus enters human cells and causes tissue damage by binding its spike protein to cell membrane protein angiotensin-converting enzyme 2, which is also known as ACE2. Although ACE2 is known to be present in the lungs, it can potentially also be present in other organs, including organs in the male reproductive system.
In addition, some research carried out during and after the last SARS outbreak indicates a possible connection between SARS and damage to male fertility. As Coronavirus pandemic often compared to the SARS outbreak, some may suspect that a similar relation exists between COVID-19 and male fertility.
The above was probably the reason medics from hospitals in China alerted that COVID-19 may affect the production of sperm and the formation of male sex hormones. These concerns were mainly presented through social media and news websites.
Were there any studies about Coronavirus affect on male fertility?
As Coronavirus has spread only recently and due to the various lockdowns, there are only a handful of scientific studies published regarding Coronavirus impact on male fertility.
One study compared the sex-related hormones between 81 reproductive-aged men with COVID-19 infection and 100 age-matched healthy men. The study found that men with COVID-19 seem to have changes in levels of some of their male sex hormones compared to healthy men.
Another study tested Chinese males diagnosed with COVID-19, to see whether the virus was detected in their seminal fluid. The study did not find an evidence of the existing of Coronavirus in seminal fluid.
It is important to note, that the studies were focused on male sex hormones and not on other important sperm quality factors, such as level of testosterone, sperm count, sperm motility, sperm volume and morphology.
Safety guidelines regarding fertility in COVID-19 times
The American Society for Reproduction Medicine (ASRM) provided guidelines to infertility patients in COVID-19 times. The guidelines are general and mainly recommends to not start new fertility treatments, including IUI and IVF cycles until ASRM providers further guidance. Urgent fertility preservation such as sperm freezing (cryopreservation), is still recommended by ASRM. It appears that currently there are no formal publications and guidelines that address male fertility concerns in COVID-19 times.
COVID-19 is new to the world, and it is still early to determine whether it affects male fertility of COVID-19 patients and the health of their offspring.
As the affects of COVID-19 on male fertility are still unknown, some people consider storing your sperm sample today, when it is healthy. Specifically, people with urgent fertility needs such as cancer patients, people going through treatments such MTF transition or HRT treatment, or vasectomies should not give up preserving fertility during these times.
Sppare.me offers you to preserve your male fertility from the comfort of your home. Instead of risking yourself with going to a local sperm bank, you can bank your sperm from the safety of home.
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I have five points to make today. While these points are fundamental, they are worth repeating because they will make case preparation much more effective.
First, sometimes the best preparation is to avoid the dispute or settle it in the early stages. As counsel starting a case, one often thinks first about what "the winning argument" might be, or how to focus the closing submissions. As appropriate as this is, there is another role for counsel that should not be overlooked: assessing whether the case should be litigated further. It may well be that a case should be settled in whole or in part--perhaps because it is flawed legally; perhaps because of the ramifications of an award for the respondent, due to the systemic implications of the case; or perhaps due to the time, cost, and difficulty of litigating it. There can be any number of reasons supporting early resolution of a dispute. We also know that there is a window of opportunity to assess and perhaps settle a matter before all parties become too busy with preparation and too entrenched in adversarial positions. As a result, a conscious effort should be made as part of case preparation to discuss with clients the potential for a satisfactory resolution that does not involve litigation.
Second, early preparation is the key to success. Once a case begins, it is like the proverbial train leaving the station, and if counsel is behind at that point, it is very difficult to catch up. A number of efforts must be put into motion at this stage, all on parallel tracks, and so logistics become critical. Lead counsel should have an overall calendar for the process, with each step clearly set out, and then must work backwards from the date of the final award. Among the items that must be addressed early on this checklist are:
* Budget: Develop a budget with realistic estimates of how much the case will cost to litigate, and confirm the source of funds. Clients must know what the case will cost and should be prepared for this expense. A case that collapses midstream for want of funding is a waste of time and money for everyone.
* Put the client team together: Who has the factual expertise in the client group? Who (if anyone) has legal expertise in the client group? Who is the contact person for the legal team? Once these people have been identified, they must be pulled together, and a mechanism needs to be put in place to allow for briefing clients, getting instructions, formulating and adapting the case strategy, and so on.
* Communication plan: Depending on the profile of the case, one might also consider how information will be provided to the public and the media. In a high-profile case, a communication plan will prove very useful to ensure that any comment on the case is appropriate, useful, and does not aggravate the tribunal.
* Devise the legal strategy: What is the theory of the case, and how will the case be prosecuted or defended?
* Task the legal team, and ensure that everyone knows his or her role.
* Harness the facts: In particular, this means identifying witnesses and documents. Collecting documents can be especially difficult in a government context or where the claimant is a large and diverse entity and a number of officials may have had a role in the fact situation. If there are numerous documents, it is worth considering how they will be stored and accessed. In large cases, document management software with search capacity is critical, especially if there is a disclosure phase in the proceedings. …
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Generating Application UI from Dynamic Data
Recently we've been asked by multiple customers how they can dynamically control the generation of forms and views based on some data that is determined at runtime.
For example, here are a couple of slightly different scenarios we've been asked about:
- How can I use runtime metadata to control all the rich behavior of form fields, including things like formatting, validation, visibility, UI type (drop-down vs text field vs radio buttons, etc.)?
- How can I create a single application model that generates many different variations based on data structures that are defined at runtime, for example in a database containing metadata describing the fields for the application?
Developers familiar with Web Experience Factory have seen that application UI is typically built at design time using a schema-driven approach. The schema is used to generate a set of page fields, and the Data Field Settings builder or Rich Data Definition builder can then control all the field behavior. For the scenarios above, in order to change the inputs that control this code generation at runtime, you need to use the profiling feature of Web Experience Factory. For portlets, you can tie profiling to portlet preferences which are configured at runtime in the Edit, Edit Shared Settings, and Configure modes. But what may not be obvious is how you can get profile data dynamically at runtime from some other data source, for example from a database or web service.
The answer is with a Profile Values Handler. When you edit a Profile Set, one of the tabbed screens is for "Select Handler." Here you can specify a "Value Setter" Java class that will be called to determine all the profile values for a profile set. Whenever a model is first executed in a session, the Factory engine will call your handler to get the profile values before the model is regenerated.
There's one more useful feature available when implementing this. The Profile Values Handler is a Java class, but suppose you'd like to use some of the Web Experience Factory connectors to retrieve your profile data. For this, you can actually call a Method or Action List in any model from your handler. To do this, use the ModelInstanceCreator object that's passed into your handler to obtain a WebAppAccess object for any model (but not the model that's profiled). Then you can call any method in the model. The method you call should return the profile data, typically String or IXml. It's that simple! In the model you're calling from your handler, you can use any data access builders such as the SQL builders or the REST or Web service builders.
With this mechanism in place, you can use profiling however you want in your models. For scenario #1 above, you would probably have a single profile entry containing a chunk of XML data, and you would use the data to drive an XML input of Rich Data Definition or Data Field Settings. Scenario #2 is more complex, since you have to profile the builder inputs that control the schema generation. In other scenarios you might profile a number of individual String values, using the profile entry name to locate values in your database for example.
We don't yet have a complete sample of these techniques posted on the wiki, but there is a sample showing a profile values handler that gets profile values from a properties file. See below for a link to this sample, which also shows how you can select a profile name from a properties file. This sample could be easily modified to retrieve profile values by calling an action in another model using ModelInstanceCreator.
Hopefully this gives a high-level picture of how you can leverage the flexibility and extensibility of the Web Experience Factory engine in order to implement some very dynamic code generation scenarios. From the very first release of the product, we've tried to make sure that the code generation framework is very extensible and flexible so that you can adapt it to all sorts of needs.


Requested Attributes in SP metadata
RequestedAttribute elements allow an SP operator to document the attributes that the SP can use.
For a typical e-journal use case, the eduPersonScopedAffiliation attribute is the only attribute that is required to allow access to protected content. However other SPs might include personalisations (saved searches, tailored content or display settings) which require a persistent and unique identifier for each user such as eduPersonTargetedID. And collaboration sites may request that the IdP releases an email address for each user to allow notifications to be sent.
Requested Attributes are most useful for SPs that interoperate with IdPs which are registered outside the UK federation for two reasons:
 - There is no guarantee that other federations will define the same core attributes as the UK federation, although many other federations do use the eduPerson schema
 - Some federations recommend that their IdPs configure attribute release rules based on input from RequestedAttribute elements
The presence of an attribute in the RequestedAttribute element does not imply that the attributes are required, although that may be the case. It also does not imply that the IdP operator must release the attributes (or automatically does so). It is the IdP operator's responsibility to configure attribute release according to their organization's policy, and RequestedAttribute elements can inform that decision.
For further information on attributes and their usage see section 7 of the Technical Recommendations for Participants.
There is more information about Requested Attributes on the Shibboleth website.
As your SP is operating in a federated system, you should only request attributes which have been standardized, for example in the eduPerson specification or inetOrgPerson specification, and which have OIDs that are widely known.
We recommend that only the OID-forms of attributes are listed in an SP registration, even if your SP supports SAML 1 (which typically would use urn:mace forms of attributes).
 - Ensure your SP is preferentially using SAML 2 over SAML 1. First, ensure that your SP is configured to prefer SAML 2 when in an SP-first flow (for example, from a login link on your SP). Secondly, check whether any accesses to your SP are from SAML 1 IdP-first login flows. Please contact the UK federation helpdesk for further advice and assistance in this area.
 - If your SP is SAML 1-only, you must upgrade it to SAML 2 operation before considering RequestedAttribute elements.
Procedure for adding RequestedAttribute elements
Let us know the SAML attributes your SP requires during registration. If the attributes are in the core set of UK federation attributes, you only need to include the name of the attribute, for example eduPersonScopedAffiliation & eduPersonTargetedID. If the attribute is outside the core set, please provide both the name and OID of the attribute to reduce ambiguity.
If your SP requires one or more attributes to make authorization decisions, please ask us to set the isRequired flag for those attributes. We have also heard that some other federations need the isRequired flag to automatically determine attribute release. Please contact the UK federation helpdesk for further advice and assistance in this area.
RequestedAttributes can also be added at any time after registration.
Example RequestedAttribute elements
This example is for an SP that can use all 4 UK federation core attributes, and which requests an email address.

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1 The 7 Steps to Go Paperless A Hands-On WorkshopForFlorida Government Finance Officers Association2012 School of Governmental FinancePresented by :Kurt WachtendorfV.P., National Product Manager - EIPPSenior Solution Consultant
2 Your Workbook The 7 Steps to Go Paperless You received a workbook when you registeredThis workbook will be used throughout the workshopAll content is in the workbookYour exercises are in the workbookUse it to take notes, write down ideas and follow-up itemsThe workbook will become the first draft of your Solution Design
3 Making Sense of the Alphabet Soup The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessMaking Sense of the Alphabet SoupEDM (Electronic Document Management): the management of different kinds of documents in an enterprise using computer programs and storage.DM (Document Management): The capture and management of documents within an organizationECM (Enterprise Content Management): the technologies, tools, and methods used to capture, manage, store, preserve and deliver information, content, and documents related to organizational processesWorkflow: The automatic routing of documents to the users responsible for working on themBPM (Business Process Management ): a systematic approach to improving an organization's business processesDI (Document Imaging): The online storage, retrieval and management of electronic images of documents.EIPP (Electronic Invoice Presentment and Payment): The Commerce Bank Solution
4 Business Challenges The 7 Steps to Go Paperless Paper-intensive, inefficient business processesNeed automated workflow functionality for AP and other processesGain new levels of efficiency without adding staffEliminate paper processing and reallocate staff to value-added workSolve issue of processing and distributing paperwork across departments and locationsMissed discountsStreamline audit preparation and response timeManual data entry is prone to error
5 What drives organizations to go paperless? The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessWhat drives organizations to go paperless?Intensive, paper-based, manual processesTime consuming activities (shuffling paper, copying, filing, etc.)Difficult to track (lost documents, filed in wrong folder, setting on someone's desk)Matching invoices to PO's and/or ReceiversManaging high volume of documents from different sourcesReceive faxes, s, EDI and LOTS of paper from many locationsHigh document processing and storage costsFile cabinets occupying expensive real estatePaying for outside storageLack of visibility of invoice and other documents in the processWhat happened to that documents I sent you?
6 Small or large, size doesn't matter The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessSmall or large, size doesn't matter"We have years of paper documents stored everywhere. Our hallways are overflowing with file cabinets filled with paper. We can't afford not to be in control of how our paperwork is processed. Our environment demands it.""Even as a private organization, our paperwork trail for doing business day-in and day-out is incredible. Getting control of how we process documents means time and money saved. And in today's aggressive business environment, that gives us a competitive advantage."
8 What Would You Like To Accomplish The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessWhat Would You Like To AccomplishList 5 things you'd like to accomplish today18.104.22.168.5.
9 What would you like to accomplish? The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessWhat would you like to accomplish?5 things you'd like to accomplish todayWhat can a paperless process do for me?Learn what other organizations are doingwith their processesHow to get my project on trackCalculate ROI and present a businesscase for my projectNetwork
10 Have you ever asked yourself… The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessHave you ever asked yourself…Why exactly are we doing this?How do we implement this solution?Do we know the expectations of the solution?Why have we started with this process?How long will it take?Who will manage the project?Has anyone seen a project plan?How much will this cost me?
11 It's like there is a wall between us The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessIt's like there is a wall between us
12 The answer: Solution Design The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessThe answer: Solution DesignSolution Design is a tool that helps you understand the problem, design a solution, and plan the approach in a way that gives you complete control over the project and its outcome.
13 Taming your projects The 7 Steps to Go Paperless The Solution Design helps you:Solidify your understanding of the problem and the desired solutionSelect the best solution providerEnsure everyone is on the same pageDocument clear objectivesCreate a feasible scheduleGet commitment to implementing the solution you needDefine a common language among the team and when talking with solution providerDescribe the requirements and the expected resultsAvoid surprises!
15 Understand the Problem The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessStep #1Understand the Problem
16 Step 1: Understand the Problem The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessStep 1: Understand the ProblemInvolve key users/departments and understand the problem:Paper reduction in the workplaceToo many file cabinetsDifficulty in finding information (time + costs)Distributed offices make it challenging to share documentsNeed for increased security in accessing informationIndustry/Government regulationsToo many systems, not integrated, difficult to distribute documentsTime and cost to retrieve and distribute documentsManaging the approval processFax machines, MFD (Multi-Function Devices), scanners, etc.Sorting and deliverySlow response to inquiries
17 P2P Process – Executive View The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessP2P Process – Executive ViewSends copy to ReceivingPurchasingUser fills out requisition formWalks to Purchasing to deliver requisitionEnters PO in thesystemPrints approved POMails / Faxes PO to vendorFile copy in PurchasingSends copy toAccountingReceivingMake copies of documentsSends copy toAccountingLocate receiving documentAdvanced Shipping NotificationMatch to packing slipNotate exceptionsAccept orderFiles in receivingAccounting files copyPurchasingPurchasing files copyAP receives documentsMakes copiesSends copy to ApproverMatching of documentsConformingNon-ConformingReconcile processGL CodingVoucher entryPrint checksMatch checks with paperworkApprove / SignMailA/P
18 The 7 Steps to Go Paperless P2P Process – User View
19 Purchasing Process – Real World The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessPurchasing Process – Real World
20 Receiving Process – Real World The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessReceiving Process – Real World
21 The 7 Steps to Go Paperless AP Process – Real World
22 Step 1 Exercise The 7 Steps to Go Paperless List the top 10 problems / bottlenecks of your Purchase-to-Pay process from your perspective.
23 Step 1 Exercise The 7 Steps to Go Paperless List the top 10 problems / bottlenecks of your Purchase-to-Pay process from your perspective.
24 What others say… The 7 Steps to Go Paperless Customer AP Problems - Examples:Average time taken from receipt of invoice to payment: 42 daysCost of manually handling, checking and processing a paper invoice and cutting a paper check: $8 to $12 dollarsTaking advantage of vendor discount offers due to processing timeOn average, 3.6% of invoices handled by AP have errors2 Way & 3 Way matching of PO's, Receivers, and Invoices are manualMultiple AP processing locations creating redundancy and delivery costCost to reproduce documents for audits or customer researchIncreased cost of postage for mailing purchase orders and checksLack of control during approval processAverage days in payables is too high / too lowAverage cost to process vendor payment: $8.15
25 Step 1 Exercise Review The 7 Steps to Go Paperless Tips to help you out:Think about the process you go through every day in your functional areasWhere does the process break down?How much time is your payment process taking?What keeps you from taking advantage of discounts when paying invoices?How can you improve the process?Does it take too many people to get things done?What is it about your process that keeps you up at night?What other departments interact directly and indirectly with you? Who sends you requests, approvals, etc.? Who asks you for reports?How many (and who are they) external entities do you interact with? Vendors, customers, partners… how do they affect your process?Sit down with your users and managers and document your processASK YOUR USERS
26 Action Step – write this down The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessAction Step – write this downAsk the users to list their Top 10 Problems/BottlenecksList their namesVerify whether their list matches mineOK, time's up. Who would like to share his/her problems and results? [get 3 to 5 people to share with others the problems they have identified and the departments]
27 Identify Goals and Requirements The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessStep #2Identify Goals and Requirements
28 Step 2: Identify Goals and Requirements The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessStep 2: Identify Goals and RequirementsWhat would you like to accomplish?Eliminate paper-based retrievalProvide immediate access to AP related documentsAutomate routing of exceptions to the proper personStreamline workflow and exception handling processProvide automated audit trail to meet regulationsReduce people costs / timeEliminate off-site storageNotification of exception invoicesMake more space availableTake full advantage of AP discount opportunities in a more timely mannerConsolidate operations in one single office, eliminating redundant processes at other locations
29 Step 2: Identify Goals and Requirements The 7 Steps to Go PaperlessStep 2: Identify Goals and RequirementsWhat would you like to accomplish? (Continued)Utilize immediate access to information for more timely and accurate analysisProvide


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Increase Your Productivity with Text Expander or Phrase Express
Increasing productivity by reducing repetition just makes sense right? So why do so many of still keep doing the same things over? Chances are we don't allow ourselves enough time to sit back and analyse the way we work. Let alone research and learn to use the tools to improve how we work. So I'm going to make it a little easier for you and introduce you to two different software application that will help speed up your regular email correspondence.
Do you find yourself typing the same correspondence answering those FAQ again and again? Then using a software that allows you to paste the snippet of text with shortcodes would be of real benefit to you, not only saving you time, brain power, making silly mistakes. Using snippet software will increase your consistency and productivity.
5 fast ideas for using snippets with email
1. Order confirmations with fill in the blank areas
2. Answer Frequently Asked Questions
4. Response to customer complaints
5. Reach out emails to potential partners – guest blogging posts etc
The top two snippet software creators I have found are 'Text Expander' and 'Phrase Express' I have included videos below which demonstrate how easy it is to set up and get going.
There are a few things that are worth considering before you invest your time and money in a snippet editor as it is important to choose a software that is robust and is well established. In the past, there have been many text expander software which has been abandoned because of conflicts with the latest operating systems. If your investing time into putting your content into a system it's worth checking out the software, the company and not least the support.
Some Important points to answer when deciding on which software to use.
- Frequency of software updates
- How easy is it to add phrases?
- How easy is it to edit phrases?
- Can you undo your changes?
- Can you test the macro you created without leaving the interface?
- How easy is it to move through all your different software and is it compatible with what you use?
- What support is on offer?
- How long has the software been around, is it a market leader or a new kid on the block?
TIP* Email support and see if and when they reply to you and how helpful is their reply.
PhraseExpress is simple pretty simple to use, with 'canned response' and rich snippets work well there are also lots of other features such as auto complete insert boilerplate templates automate repetitive tasks with macro automation and is crossed platform compatible.
You can trial Phrase Express here
TextExpander has been around for a long time now and it's maturity shows with it's easy to use interface. Text Expander was a little easier than Phrase Express and once you have all your snippets uploaded into the software it will stay in the background shadowing you as you jump from application to application.
Trial Text Expander here
So if you can look back through your emails and see a catalogue of similar emails in your sent box then give one or both of these software options a try it will save you hours of wasted time!


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If the man gets closer to his house then the graph line gets lower and lower.
The slower the man walks the more curvy the line gets, if the man goes away from the house really slowly and then really slowly towards the house then you can make a curvy line.
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Developing a MVC Component/Using the language filter facility
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ADDING IN TELLAGMI/CHATTERPIX TO YOUR GOOGLE SLIDES PRESENTATION
Creating a tellagmi or chatterpix
To SPICE UP your Google Slideshow you can create a Tellagami or Chatterpix to add in.
INSERTING TELLAGMI OR CHATTERPIX INTO SLIDES
1. Save the video from either application to your camera roll
2. Upload the video to your Google Drive
3. Rename the video: YOUR LAST NAME, DESCRIPTION (Sloan, Lincoln Chatterpix)
4. Move the video to the Google Folder shared with you (Homeroom Teacher, SS Videos)
5. Go to the Google Shared Folder and find your video. Select "GET LINK". This will automatically copy the link to your iPad.
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Women Short Essay - Answer Key
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1. Describe Lydia Vance as Henry sees her in Chapter 1.
Lydia Vance is a thirty-two year old mother of two that Henry meets at his first poetry reading. He is immediately attracted to her as she has long brown hair, an attractive body, and slightly different colored eyes. She is from Muleshead, Utah and usually wears very tight Levi jeans.
2. What does Henry say in Chapter 3 that insults Lydia, and how does she respond?
In Chapter 3, Henry insults Lydia by claiming that her genitalia is tragically and disproportionately large due to the fact that she has given birth to two children. Lydia defends her sexual ability by demanding that Henry have sex with her, but this attempt is thwarted by an interruption by Lydia's daughter, Lisa.
3. What happens at the party in Chapter 4?
In Chapter 4, Henry and Lydia attend a collating party at the small, local magazine where Henry is assistant editor. During the party, Lydia overtly flirts with the other men. At the end of the party, Lydia accuses Henry of being mean, and he states that he is reclusive and does not like people.
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Software and Simulation Laboratory
The Software and Simulation Laboratory is where software technologies are demonstrated and hands-on software prototyping and testing carried out for the benefit of ESA projects and industry. It consists of equipment and computer installations to develop and test software as well as simulators and ground support equipment used in the development and verification of space systems.
What is Software Simulation?
Software is a critical component of space systems, both space and ground. As more functions and intelligence are implemented in software, its design and reliable operations have become a complex and highly demanding task. The flight software onboard a typical modern spacecraft stretches to hundreds of thousands of lines of code, while programs of similar elaboration oversee supporting ground systems.
Software of such complexity demands careful verification to guarantee that it operates correctly and does not endanger the achievement of the space mission. Software is intangible, but errors or omissions buried within it have very real effects, having led to the partial or complete loss of space missions.
The Software and Simulation Laboratory provides independent verification and validation of software developed for space. In addition the Laboratory also evaluates more efficient and reliable methods for designing software in future.
As well as being an important mission component, software is also a vital work tool. The Laboratory develops computer simulations both graphical, interactive 3D simulations of space hardware as well as simulations of satellite systems and missions which have many uses through an ESA project's life cycle, from initial design through to operational planning as well as training of astronauts and ground personnel. Software is also extensively used for ground-based testing of space hardware, as essential part of the so called Electrical Ground Support Equipment (EGSE). The EGSE can be connected to a satellite and check its correct performance by analyzing its responses to commands as if it were in orbit.
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Counters are numeric data variables that can be added to a document.
Use a Counter to count anything that needs counting, such as:
- Products sales
- Voting results
- Any event related to the document
Create and manage Counters using API methods or through the Studio.
In this page:
Viewing Counters Data
To view counters data, open the document they belong to.
1. Choose a database from the databases list:
2. The Counters Flag indicates which documents currently have counters.
3. Open a document.
4. Counters' details are located in the Counters Tab.
This flag in the document's metadata, is automatically set or removed by the server,
indicating whether a document has Counters.
- Counters-Tab Header
Click the header to open the Counters tab.
The current number of Counters is stated on the header.
- Counter Name
You can use whatever characters you choose, including Unicode symbols.
- Counter Value
Add, Modify or Remove Counters from the Counters Tab.
1. Click "Add Counter" to create a new Counter.
2. Click the Edit icon to modify a Counter's value.
A. Counter's name - Note: Once set, the name cannot be modified.
B. Current value - The accumulated value from all nodes.
C. Enter a new value here. This value is the acculated value, see note below.
D. Confirm to carry out the update or Cancel.
E. The Counter's value per cluster node.
F. The node's e-tag.
Modifying a Counter's value sets its accumulated value.
For example, in the above image, the Counter's value is 348 in Node A, 310 in node B, and (-25) in node C,
making its accumulated value 633.
Setting the new value to 700 from node A, will change its accumulated value to 700 by setting its value in node A to 415.
A Counter value can be negative.
3. Click the Delete icon to remove a counter.
Counters Export and Import
You can Export selected components, including Counters, into a file, and Import them into your database when required.
Export Database with Counters.
1. Click the Settings gear.
2. Click Export Database.
3. Use the default name or enter your own.
4. Select the components you wish to export. Make sure Counters are included.
5. Click to export the database.
Import Database with Counters.
1. Click the Settings gear.
2. Click Import Data.
3. Select a file you wish to import from, or another source.
4. Select the components you wish to import. Make sure Counters are included.
5. Click to import the database.
Remember that Counters are not independent entities. You can import a Counter with its document, or into an existing document.
E.g. to import the Counters of a document named "products/1-C":
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- Check "Include Counters" but not "Include Documents".
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Ancient tombs discovered in Swat valley
25 November, 2012
ISLAMABAD: Italian archaeologists say they have discovered a cemetery that reveals complex funeral rites dating back more than 3,000 years in Swat valley.
The Italian mission began digging in the 1950s at Udegram, a site of Buddhist treasures in Swat, the northwestern district formerly known as the Switzerland of Pakistan for its stunning mountains, valleys and rivers.
Archaeologists were aware of a pre-Buddhist graveyard site in Udegram, but only recently discovered the collection of almost 30 graves, tightly clustered and partially overlapping.
"Some graves had a stone wall, others were protected by walls and enclosures in beaten clay," Luca Maria Olivieri, head of the Italian mission, told AFP.
"The cemetery seems to have been used between the end of the second millennium BCE and the first half of the first millennium BCE," he added.
Olivieri said, "The tombs point to the culture that predates the Buddhist Gandhara civilisation that took hold in northwest Pakistan and eastern Afghanistan from the first millennium BCE to the sixth century AD.
"The presence of a few iron fragments might be amongst the most ancient traces of this metal in the subcontinent," he said. Bodies were first laid to rest in open graves, fenced in by wooden railings. Then the graves were re-opened and the bones partially burnt before the graves were sealed and a burial mound built. Men were buried with high quality flasks, bowls and cooking pots, and women with semi-precious beads, bronze hairpins, and spindles.
Taliban insurgents led by cleric Fazlullah terrorised the Swat valley from 2007 to 2009, beheading opponents and burning down girls' schools as part of their determination to implement their laws. An army offensive in 2009 claimed to have defeated the insurgency, but isolated attacks continue.


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Gibberellic Acid GA3
Gibberellic acid is actually a group of related substances called gibberellins discovered as a metabolic byproduct of the fungus Gibberella fujikuroi, which causes the stems of growing plants or crops to elongate rapidly.
Gibberellic acid (GA3) is a very potent hormone whose natural occurrence in plants controls their development. Since GA3 regulates growth, applications of very low concentrations can have a profound effect. Timing is critical: too much GA3 may have an opposite effect from that desired; too little may require the plant to be repeatedly treated to sustain desired levels of GA3.
Benefits of Gibberellic Acid
 1. Overcoming dormancy. Treatment with high concentrations of GA3 is effective in overcoming dormancy and causing rapid germination of seed. Concentrations of about 2 ppm can cause tubers to sprout earlier.
 3. Increased fruit set. When there is difficulty with fruit set because of incomplete pollination, GA3 may be effectively used to increase fruit set. The resulting fruit maybe partially or entirely seedless. GA3 has increased the total yield in greenhouse tomato crops both as a result of increased fruit set and more rapid growth of the fruit.
 4. Pollination within self-incompatible clones and between closely related species may sometimes be forced by the application of GA3 and cytokinin to the blooms at the time of hand pollination.
 5. Increased growth. GA3 applied near the terminal bud of trees may increase the rate of growth by stimulating more or less constant growth during the season. In a field experiment, the GA3 was applied as a 1% paste in a band around the terminal bud of trees. Treatment was repeated three times during the summer. Walnut tee growth was 8.5 ft. for treated trees, 1.5 ft. for untreated trees.
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Nitesh Chawla, David Cieslak
Decision trees, a popular choice for classification, have their limitation in providing good quality probability estimates. Typically, smoothing methods such as Laplace or m-estimate are applied at the decision tree leaves to overcome the systematic bias introduced by the frequency-based estimates. An ensemble of decision trees has also been shown to help in reducing the bias and variance in the leaf estimates, resulting in better calibrated probabilistic predictions. In this work, we evaluate the calibration or quality of these estimates using various loss measures. We also examine the relationship between the quality of such estimates and resulting rank-ordering of test instances. Our results quantify the impact of smoothing in terms of the loss measures, and the coupled relationship with the AUC measure.
Subjects: 12. Machine Learning and Discovery; 15.6 Decision Trees
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The most famous of all Colombian artists is Fernando Botero (born April 19, 1932), known for his bloated, blimp-like figures. His series of 'fat people' shows skill, humour, whimsicality, kindness, cruelty and biting satire all at the same time.
As a youth, Botero attended a school for matadors for several years, but his true interest was in art. While still a teenager, he began painting and was inspired by the pre-Columbian and Spanish colonial art that surrounded him as well as by the political work of Mexican muralist Diego Rivera. His own paintings were first exhibited in 1948, and two years later, in Bogotá, he had his first one-man show. While studying painting in Madrid in the early 1950s, he made his living by copying paintings housed in the Prado Museum—particularly those of his idols at the time, Francisco de Goya and Diego Velázquez—and selling them to tourists. He spent much of the rest of the decade studying the art treasures of Paris and Florence.
Throughout the 1950s Botero began experimenting with proportion and size. When he moved to New York City in 1960, he had developed his trademark style: the depiction of round, corpulent humans and animals. In these works he referenced Latin-American folk art in his use of flat, bright colour and boldly outlined forms. He favoured a smooth look in his paintings, eliminating the appearance of brushwork and texture, as in Presidential Family (1967). In works such as this, he also drew from the Old Masters he had emulated in his youth: his formal portraits of the bourgeoisie and political and religious dignitaries clearly reference the composition and meditative quality of formal portraits by Goya and Velázquez. The inflated proportions of his figures, such as those in Presidential Family, also suggest an element of political satire, perhaps hinting at the subjects' inflated sense of their own importance. His other paintings from the period include bordello scenes and nudes, which possess comic qualities that challenge and satirize sexual mores, and portraits of families, which possess a gentle, affectionate quality.
In 1973 Botero returned to Paris and began creating sculptures in addition to his works on canvas. These works extended the concerns of his painting, as he again focused on rotund subjects. Successful outdoor exhibitions of his monumental bronze figures, including Roman Soldier (1985), Maternity (1989), and The Left Hand (1992), were staged around the world in the 1990s. He also continued to paint, creating bullfight scenes throughout the 1980s.
Located in the heart of Bogota, the Botero Museum, housed in a colonial-era building, contains the maestro's donation to the nation, which includes 123 of his own paintings, including his take on famous works like the Mona Lisa. He donated 85 pieces of his own collection of late 19th and early to mid-20th century artists, including Picasso, Renoir, Dali, Matisse, Monet, Degas, Chagall, Toulouse-Lautrec, Miro, Pissarro, Braque, Max Ernst, and Giacometti.
Botero himself oversaw every aspect of its construction, which was one of the conditions of his bequest. Another was that it should be free. He also chose the building, the colour scheme, the lighting and the arrangement of the works.
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Measuring the amount of naturally-occurring miRNAs in tissues of different physiological and pathological conditions is an important first step to investigate the functions of miRNAs. Applied Biosystems scientists examined the profiles of 345 human miRNAs in 40 normal tissues using TaqMan MicroRNA Assays. These profiles provide a baseline against which miRNA profiles in tissues can be compared.
Normalizing RNA Input
The expression of 345 human miRNAs was quantitated in 40 normal human tissues including brain, muscle, circulatory, respiratory, lymphoid, gastrointestinal, urinary, reproductive, and endocrine systems. Four human miRNAs (miR-30e, miR-92, miR-92N, and miR-423) were identified as the least variable across this study. The average value of these miRNAs was used to normalize the RNA input between tissues. Sample input was also normalized by quantitating small nuclear RNAs using the TaqMan MicroRNA Assay Controls, and the key patterns of the hierarchical clustering of both miRNAs and tissues was very similar.
Hierarchical Clustering
Normalized data from assays were subjected to hierarchical clustering using two methods: 1) mean-centering data for each miRNA but not tissues, followed by correlation similarity metrics for both miRNA and tissue clustering; and 2) Euclidean similarity metric and correlation similarity metric to cluster miRNAs and samples, respectively, without centering the data.
miRNA Profiles Correlate with Anatomically and Physiologically Associated Tissues
Unsupervised hierarchical clustering based on expression variation for each miRNA across the specimens was used to examine the correlation between different tissue types. In general, normal human tissues derived from similar anatomical locations or, with related physiological functions, were primarily clustered together. For example, samples from different locations in the heart (atrium versus ventricle) were clustered with skeletal muscle. This was also true for gastrointestinal tissues (stomach, small intestine, and colon), lymphoid tissues (spleen and lymph node), female reproductive organs (ovary, uterus, and cervix), and respiratory tissues (lung and trachea) (Figure 1). This result is consistent with the published clustering patterns of normal tissues using mRNA expression profiles [1].
Figure 1. Unsupervised Hierarchical Clustering of Normal Human Tissues Based on the Variation of miRNA Abundance. The pseudocolor scale outlines the CT values represented in the heat map. Reproduced with permission from BMC Genomics 2007, 8:166 [2].
Differentially Expressed Groups Clustered in Genome
Eight miRNA groups were identified based on the correlation coefficient (r>0.9) between the miRNA expression patterns within each group. The miRNAs in some of the eight, differentially expressed groups appeared to be localized within the same genomic region within 1–5 kb from each other. Almost all miRNAs located in the same genomic clusters were overrepresented in the differentially expressed groups as determined by Chi-square tests. Two examples are miRNAs in groups VII and VIII. These miRNAs were preferentially expressed in placenta and testes and are localized in two separate genomic clusters at chromosomes 19q13.42 and Xq27.3, respectively (Figure 2).
Figure 2. An Enlarged View of the Eight Groups of Most Differentially Expressed miRNAs. Reproduced with permission from BMC Genomics 2007, 8:166 [2].
Preferential Expression
Fifteen miRNAs were consistently expressed in all tissues, making them strong candidates for normalizing controls. Most differentially expressed miRNAs were divided into two categories: those with preferential expression in tissues having similar functions or structures, and those with specific expression, or lack of expression, in certain tissues.
miR-129, miR-219, and miR-330, showed specific expression in brain. The computationally predicted targets for these miRNAs showed reduced expression in brain, while their expression in non-brain tissues was highly variable. miR-199a, miR-199b, and miR-214 showed low expression in brain and peripheral blood mononuclear cells (PBMC) relative to the other tissues. Computational predictions of brain and PBMC miRNA targets indicate expression in one or the other tissue, but not both.
These results indicate that miRNA expression may be controlled by a binary effect on expression of its targets: when miRNA expression is high, target gene expression is low; and when miRNA expression is low, expression of the target genes may be controlled by other elements such as transcription factors.
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Yu Liang, Dana Ridzon, Linda Wong, Caifu Chen • Applied Biosystems, Foster City, CA


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The University of Houston's Recycling and Solid Waste Division is supported by an experienced team of employees, integrating their diverse skills to manage our campus' Solid Waste System in an efficient, safe, environmental sound and cost-effective manner - guided by common sense, accountability and compassion to assist staff and the student body in maintaining and improving our quality of life.
Commitment to Our Campus
The Recycling and Solid Waste Division will collect, transport, and dispose of solid waste from the University of Houston by the most effective and efficient method; at the least possible cost; resulting in the greatest possible satisfaction to those we serve.
Commitment to Our Employees
Working smarter, not harder and providing its employees with a safe work environment and a satisfying personal challenge
The Recycling and Solid Waste Division is responsible for processing tons of trash and recycled goods generated by the central campus.
Items accepted for recycling include:
- Aluminum cans
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Found 4 items, similar to loud.
English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: loud keras
English → Indonesian (quick) Definition: loud banter, gempita, keras, menggempita
English → English (WordNet) Definition: loud loud adv : with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, aloud] [ant: softly] loud adj 1: characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones" [ant: soft] 2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] 3: used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition" [syn: forte] [ant: piano]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Loud Loud \Loud\, adv. [AS. hl[=u]de.] With loudness; loudly. [1913 Webster] To speak loud in public assemblies. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Loud \Loud\ (loud), a. [Compar. Louder (loud"[~e]r); superl. Loudest.] [OE. loud, lud, AS. hl[=u]d; akin to OS. hl[=u]d, D. luid, OHG. l[=u]t, G. laut, L. -clutus, in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. klyto's heard, loud, famous, kly'ein to hear, Skr. [,c]ru. [root]41. Cf. Client, Listen, Slave a serf.] 1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder. [1913 Webster] They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. --Luke xxiii. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Clamorous; boisterous. [1913 Webster] She is loud and stubborn. --Prov. vii. 11. [1913 Webster] 3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang] Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement. [1913 Webster]
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Content syndication enables content from external, publicly accessible HTTP sources to be included in emails and landing pages.
Applications include embedding the following content in emails and landing pages:
- news feeds
- dynamically generated content (for example, personalized images)
- product information from an e-commerce or content management system (CMS) platform
- personalized maps
- personalized charts
- localized content based on a Subscriber's location (for example, content in different languages)
Optionally, syndicated content can also be cached, whereby retrieved content for the duration of an email send.
NOTE: There are several best practices to consider when using syndicated content. Refer to Content Syndication Best Practices.


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American space research institute NASA will conduct a study on the weather and climate change in Bangladesh.
"NASA will conduct the research under its South and Southeast Composition, Cloud, Climate Coupling Regional Study Programme," Hal Maring, chief scientist of NASA's Earth Science Division was quoted as saying by the Daily Star.
Maring discussed the programme at a meeting with Bangladesh's Environment and Forests Minister Hasan Mahmud.
The top NASA official said around 250 scientists will take part in the study through NASA's biggest aircraft next August-September.
"The findings of the research will help Bangladesh forecast weather warnings and conduct further research in agriculture," Maring said.
Mahmud said the research will help the region exchange weather and climate related information.


Trout frog instructions
Strike Tiger Trout Frog
Step 1.
Thread fishing line through the middle of the frog using the hole provided. Next, thread the orange attractor bead onto the line butt end. Tie the supplied hook onto line after the orange attractor bead at the butt end of the frog.
Strike Tiger Trout Frog Instructions 1
Step 2.
Add floatation to the frog by using the white poly balls provided. Insert the balls into the cavity of the frog by pushing them in from either the butt or front end. Use a pen, toothpick or similar item to do this. Stuffing the frog with 6 + poly balls will make it float on the surface. Stuffing it with fewer balls will make it sink.
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Step 3.
Pull the line tight from the front end of the frog. The orange attractor bead will prevent the hook from slipping through. Your frog is now ready to fish. Simply cast and let it sit on the water (static) or use very slow twitches to retrieve it.
Strike Tiger Frog Instructions 3
Your assembled frog should float like this with the hook suspended just below the water surface.
Strike Tiger floating frog lure


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Sulfides Overview
Inorganic sulfides are compounds of various metals with sulfur. Sulfides are generally not thought of as high temperature materials, but at least 30 metallic sulfides display refractory properties which indicate potential uses at elevated temperatures. Some of the refractory sulfides are more stable than oxides in vacuum, giving rise to interesting potential applications.
Preparation of Sulfides
Sulfides generally are prepared by any of six preparative schemes:
 1. Direct reaction of the elements.
 Be + S BeS
 2. Reaction of metal oxides or carbonates with a sulfur compound.
 CaO + H2S CaS + H2O
 Li2CO3 + H2S Li2S + CO2 + H2O
 3. Reduction of a higher sulfide.
 2Ce2S3 + 2CeH3 6CeS + 3H2
 4. Reaction of a metal hydride with a sulfur compound.
 2UH3 + 4H2S 2US2 + 7H2
 5. Reduction of metallic sulfates.
 BaSO4 + 4C BaS + 4CO
 6. Reaction of a metallic halide with a sulfur compound.
 2LaCl3 + 3H2S La2S3 + 6HCl
Materion employs all of these routes, plus proprietary developments, to prepare the one of the largest families of pure or mixed sulfides available.
General Properties of Sulfides
 - Many sulfides have melting points above those of oxides.
 - Sulfides can either be salt-like (e.g., the alkaline earth sulfides) or hard-metal like (e.g., the refractory sulfides).
 - Sulfides are generally hydrolyzed by water.
 - Sulfides generally oxidize readily in moist air at ambient temperature or in dry air at elevated temperature.
 - Some sulfides possess semi-metallic character and have potentially valuable electronic properties.
General Suggested Uses for Sulfides
 - Tantalum and niobium sulfides have low friction coefficients and can be used as lubricants for optical and sensitive instruments.
 - Rare earth sulfides are semi-conductors and have been used in thermoelectric devices.
 - Alkaline earth sulfides plus those of calcium and zinc are used for phosphor compositions.
 - Molybdenum and tungsten sulfides are widely used, non-graphitic commercial lubricants.
Fabrication of Sulfides
Numerous sulfides can be fabricated by various techniques (e.g., hot-pressing, isostatic pressing) without added binders to form dense bodies. Please contact our sales department for more information.
Availability & Ordering Information on Sulfides
Materion prepares a comprehensive selection of sulfides. Small lots are promptly available from stock for experimental or test purposes. Production quantities of many sulfides are also available from stock. Large amounts of other sulfides are produced to customer's specification for rapid shipment. Mixed sulfides (e.g., Li2S-FeS2), non-stoichiometric compositions or special purities and particle sizes can be custom manufactured.
For more information on our sulfides, visit our Inorganic Chemicals Catalog. You can also contact us at _PHONE_ or OrderChemicals@Materion.
Applications of Sulfides
Table 1: Sulfide Applications
Materion Applications
The wide variety of Materion sulfides available has resulted from the numerous and largely unrelated applications for these products. In many individual applications and with many individual customers, we have developed products specifically for existing or new applications. In fact, our product line has grown largely in response to customer requirements. Materion highly values these customer relationships and encourages any and all questions, comments and suggestions related to the performance of their sulfides in specific applications.
Table 1 provides a glimpse of some of the recognized sulfide applications and the type of Materion products suitable for use in each case. For example, phosphor, battery and pigment applications usually require fine powders while numerous thin film applications require the use of sputtering targets or evaporation materials.
The scope of sulfide applications is continually changing and evolving. While zinc and cadmium sulfides have a lengthy history of use in cathode ray tubes, strontium sulfide has only recently become of importance in conversion of infrared radiation to visible light. Also, various sulfides have come under recent scrutiny as new battery materials, largely due to the relatively stable forms of metal sulfides in multiple oxidation states and to environmental acceptabilities. These battery developments extend from specialized military and industrial uses to evaluations directed toward the propulsion of electric vehicles.
Sulfide Applications
In summary, present and future sulfide applications are derived mainly from the diverse properties exhibited by this family of products. For example, many sulfides exhibit semi-metallic behavior, giving rise to electronic applications. Some are highly refractory, with melting points exceeding those of oxides, and are stable during thin film formation by vacuum deposition. Others have crystal structures and very high lubricities.
Note: Facts pertaining to properties and processing parameters of sulfides were derived from published literature sources. Although this information is believed to be correct, Materion does not guarantee its accuracy.
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Pomegranate in Israel
Pomegranate is known as a drought tolerant crop, yet regular irrigation is mandatory to commercial yield production.
Water levels and optimal irrigation regime depend on a plurality of factors as soil type, tree size, physiological phase and potential evaporation.
As a rule the tree needs little supplemental irrigation. The commonly used irrigation regime in pomegranate orchards relies mainly on the experience gained by growers and less on formal experiments led in Israel and/ or other countries.
- Fruit and agro-industrial crop
- Climatic change & water scarcity concerns
- Rising fertilizer & labour costs
- Leaching and washing away of nutrients by runoff
- Low water & fertilizer use efficiency
- Low productivity/ha
Need for drip
- Economic importance of pomegranate in meeting growing demand
- To conserve water, increase water & fertilizer use efficiency and optimize cane yields
- Mr. Ilan Cohen, Email: _EMAIL_; Mobile: 00972-50-_PHONE_
- Location: Sdey-Yaacov (32° 07' 0" N-latitude, 35° 13' 0" E-longitude), Israel Valley, Afula, Israel
- Area: 12 ha
- Crop varieties: Wonderful, Shani, Black, Akov, 116, Mollar (from Spain)
- Crop spacing: Row to row – 7.0 m and Plant to plant – 4.0 m
- Year of planting: 2002
- Propagation: Seedlings developed from Cuttings
- Plant population at harvest: 357 plants/ha
- Crop season: Flowering in March-April and harvesting in September-October every year
- Climate: Equatorial humid climate with dry winter, Frost free, Maximum temperature – °C, Minimum temperature – °C, Mean vapour pressure hPa, mean wind speed km/hour, day length hours, sunshine duration hours, Total rainfall – mm/year, Effective rainfall – mm/year and Reference crop evapotranspiration – mm/year, Moisture availability index.
- Soil physical properties: Clayey soil texture; soil pH – 7.8 and bulk density – 1.4 g/cm3; Water table below 6 m
- Water source: Reservoir
- Power source: Gravity pressure
Agro-solution: What has been done
- Subsurface drip irrigation system: Head control unit, main & sub-main pipes besides UniRam integral dripline 16 mm diameter, with a lateral spacing of 3.5 m (2 driplines per each row spaced at 7 m), emitter spacing of 0.5 m and emitter flow rate 1.6 Litres/hour. Each crop row was irrigated with two laid out on soil surface.
- Year of drip system installation: 2002
- Agronomic & Technical support: Varietal selection; Pruning; Soil preparation; Crop water requirement & irrigation scheduling (depth and frequency of water application; water quality consideration, measurement of applied water) & fertigation scheduling (soil & water analysis, estimation of nutrient dose, selection of fertilizers & compatibility, application skill via drip system, foliar diagnosis for nutrient deficiencies etc); System operation (pressure reading & maintenance, valves operation, measurement of applied water) & maintenance (cleaning of filters, fertilizer tank, acid treatment, chlorination etc).
- Training & capacity building: Soil water plant relationships, drip irrigation & fertigation principles, benefits, limitations & utility; water quality & herbicide usage.
- Improved total fruit yield: Surface drip 45 to 48 tons/ha)/li>
- Yield under control plots: 25 to 35 tons/ha
- Improved fruit quality: Large & uniform size (> 450 g/fruit) and bright colour.
- Irrigation water requirement: Surface drip 4500 m3/ha ( mm/ha)
- Saving in water over conventional irrigation scheduling practice: 3000 m3/ha
- Additional area irrigated by saved water: 0.66 ha.
- Other benefits: Saving in fuel expenses, uniform flowering, higher fruit size, bright fruit colour, bold arils; improvement in fertilizer use efficiency, management flexibility, less weed growth, uniform irrigation of pomegranate on undulated terrains etc
- Drip irrigation of pomegranate in Israel is a feasible eco-technological and economically viable technology
- Use of scarce water resources sustainably in pomegranate cultivation to bring larger area under cane cultivation
- Higher productivity & improved fruit quality and increased income to farmers
- Pomegranate best management practices – Variety, Pruning, Surface or Subsurface Drip Irrigation & Fertigation scheduling
Grow More: 37% Fruit yield
With Less: Water saving 66%


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There are three main components which produce noise in your PC. So you need to understand which of these 3 responsible components to have a quiet PC. Lets check the three components responsible for a noisy PC and how to quieten them.
The three main components are fans, power supply and hard disk or optical drives. The fans are used by microprocessors and graphics card which is used to cool the chip-set, which gets heated up quickly because of the high amount of processes happening inside. The strategy is to find the component which is making noise, find out the reason, fix it if it can be done then and there or else replace it with a quieter version of the same component.
The more powerful a computer is, the more work a fan need to do in order to disperse all the heat generated inside the PC. One major reason for making so much noise is the presence of dust which may clog inside, thus interfering with the smooth rotation of fan leaves. Another reason is when the fans are mounted loose on its platform. If it is not mounted properly, this might cause the fan to vibrate which in turn can make the other connected parts to vibrate, creating unwanted noise. These issues can be fixed by cleaning the fan from dust, tighten the screw or pins that is used for mounting, use vibration reducing silicone mounts and dust filters.
In some PC's there is more number of fans in order to keep it cooler. The combined effort can make the functioning noisier. You can replace these fans with a quieter version. You can also use fan speed controllers which allows to adjust the fan speed based on the temperature generated inside.
When the fans perform vigorously to dissipate the heat, it is natural to create noise. The best way to prevent this is to provide proper ventilation to PC. The computer should not be clogged with presence of stuffs piled around PC, which interfere with the free flow of air. Also it will be good, if you have a cool room preferably an air-conditioned room which helps in keeping the temperature low.
Hard drives/Optical drives
Hard drives over the years have gone through lot of changes and one of the main features is reduced noise generation. To make it quieter, you can mount it inside an anti-vibration drive enclosure. Also you can use an SSD instead of hard disk. SSD drives don't have any moving parts as it use flash memory to store information. Though costlier than hard disks, they are very fast compared to hard disks.
Also if your hard disk is creating lot of noise, especially sort of click sound of metallic nature, then it might be an indication that it is going to fail very soon. Regular scan of hard disk using the inbuilt operating system tools can be helpful to fix these issues permanently, but mostly it is just temporary solution till the hard disk fails again. Be careful. Understand the symptoms, take backup and be ready to replace the hard disk.
Power Supply Unit (SMPS)
SMPS or the power supply unit is responsible for converting the AC to DC. This process generates heat. The fan attached to SMPS constantly works in order to dissipate heat, thus preventing the over heating of hardware involved in it. The main villain in make noise is the dust clogged in it. This can be prevented by cleaning the fan from dust. Also you can use noiseless sleeve bearing, rather than the traditional ball bearings. Also you can choose temperature regulated SMPS, which only kick start the fan when the heat is above limit.
The noise made by the PC sometimes gets amplified by the case. You can prevent it by providing sound proofed enclosures which are usually costlier than the normal ones. Sound dampening materials can also be applied to the inside of the case which also helps in a quiet PC. These materials are usually non flammable, so don't worry about getting it burned.
Printers are also another component which is responsible for creating noise while functioning. Like hard disks, with improved technological advancements printers now a day's don't make that much noise as they used to before. Some of the latest printers have a quiet mode which reduced the fan speed and reduce the rate at which printouts are taken. You can find it under printer properties. Put a piece of carpet or towel under your printer to reduce the sound caused by the vibration on the desk. If you are using a wireless printer, keep it away from the desk within the wireless range to reduce noise.
Hope these instruction will help you in having a quiet PC.


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Using climatic trends for sustainable agriculture
This activity provides opportunities for students to:
- consider the value of weather and climate information to inform management practices
- propose management strategies for resources based on these predictions
- use the Internet as a source of up-to-date information
- predict trends in climatic conditions as a result of El Niño or La Niña events.
Earth and Beyond
6.3 Students argue a position regarding stewardship of the earth and beyond, and consider the implications of using renewable and non-renewable resources.
- information on the Long Paddock website
- 'Australia's Variable Rainfall Poster' relative to historical records _PHONE_
The poster shows a series of colourful maps providing a record of El Niño cycles in Australia _PHONE_.
Time: 60 minutes
- Accessing resources
- Interpreting data
- Discussing thinking
Before beginning, check that students understand the meanings of these terms:
- Southern Oscillation Index (SOI)
- El Niño
- La Niña
(These terms are explained at the top of the poster; or go to 'Help' on the Long Paddock website).
Students access the information available on the Long Paddock web site to complete this activity (or, alternatively, the poster can be used to access most of the information required to complete the activity).
Students use this information for the following activities (described in detail in the free activity sheet, Understanding Australia's Climate):
- Describe rainfall conditions in the area where they live, at various times during the twentieth century.
- Describe trends in the Southern Oscillation Index during the 1990s and determine climate variability and when El Niño or La Niña conditions may have occurred.
- Relate El Niño or La Niña events to local events such as drought, flood, bushfires and fluctuations in animal and plant populations.
- Relate climate variability to adaptations of local plant and animal species.
- Describe farming practices that can cater for climate variability.
At the conclusion of the activity students brainstorm the implications of El Niño and La Niña effects for pasture and crop management.
Some questions that may prompt discussion include:
- What conditions do we associate with El Niño?
- What conditions do we associate with La Niña?
- How does drought affect pasture growth and rejuvenation?
- How might periods of heavy rain affect the soil?
- What implications does this have for cropping practices (e.g. what is grown, when it is grown, when it is harvested, etc.)?
- What precautions should be taken to ensure that pastures suffer limited effects from degradation as a result of their management during drought conditions?
Students may focus on the implications of El Niño/La Niña climatic variations for one particular aspect of land management. For example:
- Numbers of livestock on grazing properties
- Control of pest plants or animals
- Reducing risk from bushfires
- Control of soil erosion
Prepare a brief report or essay about how management practices might differ during El Niño/La Niña phases, or what might be done to prepare for climate extremes.
Gathering information about student learning
Sources of information could include:
- students' completed activity sheets
- anecdotal records of students' contributions to the brainstorming session
- students' presentations.
Last updated 31 August 2010


What you need to know about Non-Morning People
I am not a morning person. I continually fail to understand why people who have known me for many years appear to forget this. Ultimately, I have decided that they are suicidal and they have chosen me as the means to that end. If you are not suicidal, here are some tips to survive the early hours with a non-morning person.
1. Do not speak. In fact, try not to make any noise at all. Whatever you do, never speak directly to the non-morning person.
2. Do not make eye contact. This is considered a precursor to speech. Don't do it.
3. Do not block the sink, the doorway, the hallway, and most especially the coffee pot.
4. If at all possible, leave random steaming cups of caffeinated beverages around the house to distract the non-morning person from yourself.
5. Do not be cheerful (i.e. loud) within sight or hearing of the non-morning person. Witnessing early morning cheerfulness is known to significantly delay the caffeine response in the afflicted. You do not want this.
6. Do not take it personally when a non-morning person does not return a chipper morning greeting. You have violated rule 5 and she is simply busy trying not to kill you.
7 – 9 DO NOT SPEAK to the non-morning person. This is repeated for your own benefit. Learn it. Live it. Tattoo it on your arm if necessary.
10. If you must speak to the non-morning person, first check to see if she has coffee in her hands. This will help distract her from the urge to cause you bodily harm. If you're lucky, she may answer in something approximating English. It may or may not contain expletives though. Sorry.
The above rules will generally be in effect until no less than 3 large cups of decent grade coffee are consumed. Violate them at you own risk.


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Impact Investors and Sponsors are people who have a desire to support initiatives – where outcomes are continually re-invested – creating real change in society to help secure better circumstances and opportunities for people and groups they have an interest in or care about. They are also interested in the learning opportunities, made available through the support, growth and success of their investments and exploring alternative outcomes and models. Like Impact Entrepreneurs they are typically people who are looking for an outcome greater than a financial benefit and the creation of solutions that can be applied and then recycled, upcycled and evolved for infinite application. They are looking to contribute to a community in a way that isn't necessarily only measurable in quantitative terms, but also in qualitative terms.
Impact Investors are typically individuals who are committed to creating positive change via 'impact investing'. They have disposable income and a desire to give back to society to help to secure prosperity and environmental well-being for people and organizations they care about for generations to come. Impact Investors seek investment opportunities that deliver triple bottom line results – the application of a resource (their wealth) to create intrinsic value, or a new definition of wealth, that relates to risk mitigation and long term quality of life of the community. They may or may not work through an organization or foundation to keep things at arms (and media) length from their personal/family affairs.
Sponsors are typically organizations with funds that have been designated to sponsor initiatives that create change and/or innovation. They are interested in the learning opportunities made available through supporting the growth and success of projects or innovative models in development/startup mode, like the CM model. Sponsors are open to evolving business opportunities and want to remain in dialogue with the project leaders and in some cases to contribute towards directing how the process/knowledge evolves.
Note: One organization or one person can be both – which is the reason we grouped these profiles.
Both Impact Investors and sponsors of these funding groups are looking for an outcome greater than a financial benefit. They are seeking to contribute to a community, project or model, that is measurable in quantitative terms, but in qualitative terms – e.g. quality of life. They are looking to leave more behind that what they contributed. In this interconnected age, investments should consider – not just the 'thing' itself – but rather in the ecology of relations in the network, to which their investment connects, and how the impact opportunities can become infinite.
These are people who say, "It started with a footpath, we built a road, and the results of that for the people and the planet are…" These people ARE NOT monument builders. They are interested in building something that has absolute utility.
Impact Investors and Sponsors are not typically solely left brained and are not tied to the process, but the qualitative and quantitative outcomes produced as a result of their investment. They are open to the manifestation of the process, the community driving the solution and/or a revised process that serves the masses. They see the distinction between creativity and innovation. Creativity = improving the current; Innovation = creating a completely new environment.
Risk mitigation plays a role in both Impact Investors' and Sponsors' decision to invest in an economic related organization (or project) such as ours. Two key things they evaluate when it comes to investing are:
- Reducing the risk that affects the current economic model, on a community's circumstance and future well being.
- Increasing the risk* of the success of a more profound economic model that supports the community into the future, by increasing their quality of life.
*Risk: anything that can happen. There are aspects of risk that you want to reduce, and aspects of risks that you want to increase.