Lansweeper treats the monitors in your network as separate devices with their own asset page. Because a monitor does not directly connect to your network, Lansweeper adds it as an asset when it scans the connected Windows computer. Lansweeper finds this information in the computer's registry
Any IT network usually contains a considerable number of computer screens. Although they have their own asset page, they do not count towards the assets limit of your Lansweeper license.
Scanned monitor information
Like with most other devices Lansweeper will retrieve the basic information from your monitor, including but not limited to:
 - Asset type
 - Device description
 - Manufacturer
 - Model
 - Serial number
For certain brands (Dell, Fujitsu, HP, Lenovo), Lansweeper attempts to retrieve warranty information from the manufacturer.
Automatic Relations
The information about your monitors is scanned from the registry of the Windows computer they are connected to. This allows Lansweeper to automatically create an asset relation between the monitor and computer.
Once scanned, each monitor also receives a unique identifying key, based on the manufacturer code and serial number. When you move a monitor and connect it to a different computer, Lansweeper recognizes it and creates a new asset relation on the existing asset page. This also allows you to keep track of your monitor's history.
Most networks have more monitors than computers. Having two screens per computer, and more in stock is not uncommon. With Lansweeper, you can keep track of your monitor's history even while it's unused.
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How to send two different DocRead tasks from the same base document
It is really easy to use DocRead to assign an item that has been stored in a SharePoint document library or list to groups of users who then must acknowledge the completion of the item leaving an audit trail to prove exactly who has completed what task and when. DocRead allows you to select several SharePoint Groups / Active Directory groups and individuals who will all receive the same instructions and will all be asked to complete the same task.
However if you need two groups of employees to read / complete the same information, but with slightly different requirements then this is also easy to arrange without having to duplicate the initial document or save details in multiple locations by using a link to the document.
For example:
1) If you need Group A to read a document and take an associated quiz but also need Group B to read exactly the same document but who do not need to answer the quiz.
2) If Group C are required to read an item, but it only needs to be recommended to Group D and you wish email messages to contain appropriate messages to be sent to both groups.
How to create two DocRead tasks from the same item
1) Save the item in the required SharePoint library or list.
2) Create a link to the document, this is shown in more detail in the post here.
3) Use DocRead message templates to ensure the email notifications and messages the user receives in the DocRead task window are appropriate for the task.
4) Attach surveys created with DocSurvey as necessary.
5) Repeat steps 2, 3 +4 to create as many iterations as you need.
6) Assign each link to the document (with the correct messages) to the correct group(s) of users.
7) Ensure the item is checked in, approved as necessary and a major version has been created, then wait for the DocRead timer job to run (or process reading tasks manually on the site) for the tasks to be created. Remember after the tasks have been created you may need to wait a little while longer for the associated emails to be sent (this will depend on the settings you have used for the email notification schedule timer jobs).
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Scientific Journal Guidelines
All scientific journals have their own guidelines for authors. Most journals will have a submission page where the text ONLY is uploaded as a relatively plain.rtf or.doc file, and each figure is uploaded separately.
Image Guidelines for Scientific Journals
Most journals provide their own regulations about image size, resolution, file type, fonts type and font size.... but as a good guideline:
- Image size:
- large = 18 cm wide - (these "whole page" images are rare)
- medium = 12 cm wide - (about 1.5 columns wide usually with text underneath)
- small = 9 cm wide - (single column most common).
- bitmap image: 300 dpi - (a bitmap image/photo only)
- mixed: 600 dpi - (mostly bitmap, but also has text on top)
- vector image: 1200 dpi - (figure is mostly lines and text)
- File type:
-.tif - most preferred, but some also accept.png or.pdf.
- Helvetica or Arial are usually preferred
- Font size:
- >=6 and >= 10 points (if you can)
If this figure consists of several panels, make sure the combined width is correct, and label them as A, B, C (unless specified otherwise). It's sometimes difficult to know what width to use, because the publisher will often want to use a size smaller to save ink. If in any doubt I'd suggest making your images 12 cm wide and export them as 1200 dpi, and if the publisher wants you to change it, you can.
Personally I recommend using Adobe Illustrator to create figures for publication, because it offers many tools for precise control and linking of images.
Most journals will have a preferred format for references and citations (eg: "(Noske et al. 2009)"). You should configure EndNote to use this format. Journals typically like you to use "Journal Title Abbreviations" in your references.
TIP: Use a list of Journal Title Abbreviations such as this one: _URL_ to make sure you write down the correct abbreviations for all journal names.
- Elseveir - Journal of Structural Biology - Guide for Authors - pretty good.
- Elsevier - Authors Resource Center... not as helpful as it should be.
- PLOS Biology - Guidelines for Authors... quite good and has clear image guidelines.
- PLOS Computational Biology - Guidelines for Authors... similar format as above.

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Given by Inspiration of God
The Holy Bible was written by men divinely inspired
2 Timothy 3:16
This scripture tells us that the Bible is given to us by inspiration from God. Understanding the meaning of the word "inspiration" is very important if we are to truly understand the incredible authority found in our Bible.
The word, "inspire" is composed of two root words. The first word is one in which we are all very familiar, it is the word "in" which means just that. The second word however is "spire" which means "to breath". Therefore, literally, the word "inspire" means "to breathe in".
What this scripture is telling us is that the words we find in our Bibles are not just the wise words of men who had learned some things about God. They are words that God breathed into these men. In Matthew 4 Jesus was tempted by Satan while He was fasting. The devil gave Him some stones and told Him that He could turn them into bread and eat. Jesus replied, "Man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word that proceedeth out of the mouth of God."
The "inspired" word of God is that which proceeded out of the mouth of God and was breathed into these men. They, in turn, exhaled God's words onto paper. God used their person (their physical body) and their personality (the sum of all of our experiences that makes us who we are} to compose a message that is meaningful to all mankind.
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It's an Honor
When you are walking in Oakland, you will find yourself bumping into many tributes to people who have earned the admiration of others. Enough admiration that they commissioned statue, carved a stone, cast bronze plaques, built walls and whole buildings. Who have you seen honored in Oakland?
bullet Who deserves honor?
Look at the Oakland statues, monuments, and memorials below.
Who are each of these tributes dedicated to? Why? What did each person or people do to earn this honor?
Who do you think commissioned these tributes? Why might they have chosen the kind of memorial they did? Why do you think they located their monument in Oakland?
What should a memorial do? What should artists keep in mind when they design a monument or building honoring someone? What makes a good monument or memorial?
1934 postcard of Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hall on Fifth Avenue. What soldiers and sailors was this monument built to honor? (Collection of Susan Donley)
Famous Pittsburghers have been honored after their deaths: Stephen Foster (top, in front of the Carnegie Music Hall and the Cathedral of Learning) and George Westinghouse (bottom, in Schenley Park).
Non-Pittsburghers have also been honored in our parks: Robert Burns and Christopher Columbus have found their way to Phipps Conservatory. What might be the stories behind these unusal associations?
Galileo and Bach sit at the entrances of the Carnegie Museum of Natural History and the Carnegie Music Hall. How purposeful was the artists' and architects' choice of eye level?
Industrialists who made their fortunes in Pittsburgh gave back educational buildings so they would be remembered in the future: Mellon Institute and Pitt's Frick Fine Arts Building. How are these honors different than the honors to Pittsburghers above?
Not all tributese are to the rich or famous? Part of Forbes Field's right field wall, a commemoration of the 150th anniversary of the U.S. flag, and a memorial plaque in honor of two "adopted" Pittsburghers can also be found in Schenley Park.
Photos: Tom Altany
bullet Who will you honor?
Find out what it takes to create a memorial in Schenley Park or some other public place in our area.
Who would you nominate to be memorialized there? How would you like to remember someone?
Design a memorial and write a proposal for why this person deserves this honor.
Assign a selection committee to judge memorials and present three to the class to vote on. If you feel strongly enough, you might take your honor further and try to actually nominate the memorial, raise funds, and build it!
1915 postcard of Colonel Hawkins' Memorial in Schenley Park (Collection of Susan Donley)
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Seeds of Success USA: Native Plant Materials for Conservation and Restoration
The purpose of this project is to coordinate seed collection of native plant populations in the United States for conservation of native plant species and for habitat restoration.
Seeds of Success USA was established by RBG Kew and the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) in 2001 to coordinate seed collection of native plant populations in the United States for conservation of native plant species and for habitat restoration. Seed collecting has been undertaken by a range of staff, students and volunteers from federal and non-governmental organisations.
The project aims have been met through the following actions:
- Overall coordination of project by BLM in cooperation with the Plant Conservation Alliance (PCA);
- Seed collection, herbarium specimen and field data quality assurance by RBG Kew through training of seed collectors and analysis of collection quality (12,800 germination tests carried out and 2,700 herbarium vouchers checked);
- Seed collecting, processing and associated research undertaken by BLM and other regional partners, including Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (LBJWC), Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG), Zoological Society of San Diego (ZSSD), North Carolina Botanic Garden (NCBG) and New England Wildflower Society (NEWFS);
- Long-term storage of seed in local, national and international seed banks (3,000 USA native species stored at MSB), and provision of data and duplicate herbarium specimens to participating herbaria;
- Providing samples of seed to native plant nurseries, for research and further seed production. Seed samples processed by Kew have been provided to USDA western plant introduction station for this purpose;
- Co-supervision and support of a postgraduate student from Chicago Botanic Garden investigating the spatial and temporal effects of seed harvesting.
Project Partners and Collaborators
- Bureau of Land Management (BLM)
- Chicago Botanic Garden (CBG)
- New England Wildflower Society (NEWFS)
- North Carolina Botanic Garden (NCBG)
- Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center (LBJWC)
- Zoological Society of San Diego (ZSSD)
- New York Department of Parks & Recreation
- BP plc
- National Fish & Wildlife Foundation (NFWF)
- Philecology Trust
- US Federal Interagency Fire Budget
- William C Bannerman Foundation
Way, M & Wenham, J (2008) Safeguarding plant collections from the wild and from the garden. Public Garden: Issue Three-Four pp19-22. American Public Garden Association.

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Dirty Genes
[dropcap] S [/dropcap]o what are dirty genes? Dirty genes are a significant factor why we do not reach an optimal level of health. Our body needs healthy genes to function properly. But unfortunately, many people are still unaware of this vital aspect of health. That's why we're so lucky to have Dr. Ben Lynch to explain everything you need to know about dirty genes. Read on below for more on finding out if you might have some gene challenges
Dr. Ben Lynch explains how many of our illnesses and ailments that contribute to under-performance are rooted in susceptible and vulnerable genes exposed to a polluted world. These dynamic genes can be incited to over and under-performance, both causing issues of their own.
But just because these genes are "dirty" doesn't mean they can't be cleaned and prepared for optimal performance. Ben's philosophy, leave behind what you see on the outside and learn more about the you on the inside – your genes. The pathway to exceeding yourself, starts from within.
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Benjamin Lynch, ND received his Cell and Molecular Biology, BS from the University of Washington and his ND from Bastyr University. His passion for identifying the cause of disease directed him towards nutrigenomics and methylation dysfunction. Currently, he researches, writes and presents worldwide on the topic of MTHFr and methylation defects. He is the author of the best-selling book Dirty Genes. Dr Lynch is also the President & Founder of _URL_, a company oriented towards disease prevention and health promotion.
Childhood Interest
Dr. Ben Lynch was 16 years old when he was first introduced to biochemistry in high school. He thought it was the best class he ever had because it taught him about how the body works.
Because Dr. Ben Lynch became fascinated with how our body was wired, he went on to pursue a medical degree in college. But it was not long before he realized that standard medicine and the conventional route was not for him.
The turning point in his career path was when Dr. Ben Lynch got sick during a trip to India. Finding a cure for his illness, he was introduced to a peculiar form of medicine. Dr. Ben Lynch recalls that the one treating him checked his tongue, pulse, and gave a weird prescription. Surprisingly, he felt better after 40 minutes!
That experience eventually led Dr. Ben Lynch to pursue a career as a Naturopathic Doctor by getting his degree at Bastyr University. But Dr. Ben Lynch still felt it wasn't enough until he developed an interest in Environmental Medicine. This led him to discover epigenetics.
Focus On Epigenetics
Dr. Ben Lynch was very much concerned about how a poor environment can make people very ill and develop dirty genes. When he learned that genes were a significant factor in the entire process, he started to dive deeper into genetic research.
"Our genes require tools. Most of the tools come from the food that we eat. If we are providing our body with healthful, wholesome foods, our genes get the tools they can use to function. Such as protein, carbs, fats, vitamins, minerals, water, air, and sunlight," said Dr. Ben Lynch.
He adds, "We give genes those tools through nutrition, breathing properly, hydration and avoid doing stuff that makes them do excessive work like chemicals in the environment, wi-fi signals, and polluted air."
And that's so true! I first heard about epigenetics from Dr. Joe Wallach. He wrote the book, Epigenetics: The Death of the Genetic Theory of Disease Transmission (Amazon UK ). The book explains how nutrition supports the genes to be healthy.
What are Dirty Genes?
Now many of you may be wondering what dirty genes are. Dr. Ben Lynch explains that dirty genes are genes that are not functioning at it's best. One can inherit dirty genes from your parents. And it usually does not function as well as it should be in your particular environment.
"You can inherit it. Genes also get dirty by sitting in the garage after turning on your car or turning on your gas stove and not turning the extractor hood on. Dirty genes are also from eating unhealthy or from chronic stress," said Dr. Ben Lynch.
Dirty Gene Finder™
To those who would like to know more about the causes of dirty genes and what your particular status is, we've created a questionnaire for you called the Dirty Gene Finder™. The resulting FREE report will provide a lot of insights on how you can optimise your eating habits, discover which foods may be beneficial, what you should potentially avoid, and what might make you feel better to have a better experience without too many supplements.
The report shines a light on your particular gene challenges and in conjunction with Dr Lynch's book, Dirty Genes (Amazon UK ), guides you through some of the fundamentals of life and how to deep clean your dirty genes. "The book also also educates people why we need folate to make our body function right," said Dr. Ben Lynch.
According to Dr. Ben Lynch, folate is essential in things like:
 - regulating white blood cells
 - fighting infection
 - regulating red blood cells so we can breathe
 - regulate our platelets
 - nourish our neurotransmitters so we can think
 - helps repair DNA when chemicals invade into our system
 - essential in kids' growth
 - makes skin healthy since our skin creates skin cells all the time
Take The dirty Gene Finder Test Today!
Air Purifiers
Pollutants in the environment are unavoidable. But because they cause dirty genes, Dr. Ben Lynch says one way to clear the air is using air purifiers. Air purifiers can clear the air of chemicals and elements like smoke, pollen, and dust.
Good brands of air purifiers include IQAir and Alen Air. But Dr. Ben Lynch puts in a word of caution if and when you decide to get one.
"Air purifiers have an engine. I recommend plugging it in and turn on outside to let it off the gas," advises Dr. Ben Lynch. "Because nowadays, everything is wrapped in plastic. When you turn it on, there are so many volatile organic compounds that are being emitted."
Dr. Ben Lynch also advises avoiding having carpets if you want to avoid having dirty genes. Because apparently, carpets are sponges that hold dirt. There are also a lot of other odd compounds in carpets. It traps dust and humidity, attracts molds and dust mites.
Gas And Cooking
We also know that gas is a toxic substance. That's why Dr. Ben Lynch strictly advises that gas is something that needs to be outside. So, if you're cooking, you need to be using your exhaust fan.
"Smoke from oils have formaldehyde, destroy genes and burdens the body. Then a lot of people are taking antacids, which are inhibiting their primary detoxification system," said Dr. Ben Lynch. "People are also loading up with Paracetamol (Tylenol in US). This depletes primary antioxidants. So be wary of what you buy over the counter."
Dr. Ben Lynch says it is also bad to inhale smoke from cars. The carbon monoxide binds to the haemoglobin. And when carbon monoxide seeps into our tissues, it can eventually kill us.
"You increase cardiovascular disease risk from inhaling smoke. People who are exercising in more polluted areas are also increasing cardiovascular risk," Dr. Ben Lynch said. "That has to do with a gene called NOS3, and regulates nitric oxide and is an important gene to keep clean."
Folic Acid versus Folate
Importance Of Distinguishing Folate from Folic Acid
Folic acid is a form of folate and is one of the B vitamins that we need for methylation (MTHFr Gene). The U.S. recommended daily allowance of folic acid is 400 micrograms. These may be gained through food or dietary supplements.
However, folic acid is synthetic and will slow down methylation because it is a DHFR inhibitor. "Folic acid binds preferentially to the folate receptors and folate transporters in the body. It goes through the DHFR (dihydrofolate reductase) gene. This gene can handle 200 micrograms of folic acid before it gets saturated," said Dr. Ben Lynch. This is often supplemented in breads and sauces, so it's very possible to be really overdosing on this type of folic acid unknowingly creating poor methylation and various DNA errors because folate is needed in cellular repair, regeneration and for blood quality.
But Dr. Ben Lynch says some people have a genetic problem with this particular gene. Apparently, the folic acid can't get through the DHFR gene. It has to go somewhere, so it ends up staying in the blood. Researchers call it unmetabolised folic acid.
"What unmetabolized folic acid does, is that it will get to your folate transport protein. Folic acid blocks transportation of the folate and getting inside the cell," explains Dr. Ben Lynch.
Dr. Ben Lynch also reveals that people can be functionally folate-deficient. This is because they are functionally depriving their cells of the number one type of folate in their body which is methylfolate. Common side effects


text: ||Surface-constrained motion, i.e., motion constraint by a rigid surface, is commonly found in daily activities. The current work investigates the choice of hand paths constrained to a concave hemispherical surface. To gain insight regarding the paths and their relationship with task dynamics, we simulated various control policies. The simulations demonstrated that following a geodesic path is advantageous not only in terms of path length, but also in terms of motor planning and sensitivity to motor command errors. These stem from the fact that the applied forces lie in a single plane (that of the geodesic path itself). To test whether human subjects indeed follow the geodesic, and to see how such motion compares to other paths, we recorded movements in a virtual haptic-visual environment from eleven healthy subjects. The task was comprised of point-to-point motion between targets at two elevations (30 degrees and 60 degrees ). Three typical choices of paths were observed from a frontal plane projection of the paths: circular arcs, straight lines, and arcs close to the geodesic path for each elevation. Based on the measured hand paths, we applied k-means blind separation to divide the subjects into three groups and compared performance indicators. The analysis confirmed that subjects who followed paths closest to the geodesic produced faster and smoother movements, compared to the others. The 'better' performance reflects the dynamical advantages of following the geodesic path, as shown by the simulations, and may also reflect invariant features of the control policies used to produce such a surface-constrained motion.


Create, add conditions and optimize a transatlantic route – Part 1
The TIMEZERO software program provides all the resources for preparing and organizing your trips out to sea exactly as you like. The advanced features multiply the possibilities, all while providing more safety.
The Weather Routing module is an optional feature. The most direct route isn't necessarily the best route and that is why a feature such as the Weather Routing module is so interesting.
There are numerous factors that should be considered during the creation of a route, notably if you are planning a long trip that takes multiple days. While there is not a perfect way to create a route, there are a few tips that we will present in this article.
Context : Diego de Miguel, TIMEZERO Ambassador and head of the Sailing living lab project
The Sailing Living Lab is an innovative project and quite unique. The Acrobat is a real laboratory of the seas open to companies and institutions interested in new maritime technologies. The boat is capable of sailing in the most difficult and farthest flung zones of the planet. On-board, the captain Diego de Miguel, creator of the project and a sailor since he was 7 years old! The team is made up of engineers, reporters and scientists that together carry out tests, studies, research and discoveries.
After two years of navigating at sea in the Mediterranean, the project is taking another direction as a transatlantic crossing looms. Starting from the Canary Islands, they must travel to the Caribbean before travelling up the East Coast of the USA, carrying out studies.
To carry out the transatlantic voyage, our TIMEZERO Ambassador Diego de Miguel presents us with his strategy for such a trip. He depicts with precision, the features of the Weather Routing module available for TZ Navigator v3.
From downloading weather data to the creation of a route, discover the different steps for preparing a transatlantic voyage safely and efficiently with TIMEZERO, under the guidance from an experienced professional.
Step 1 : Create a route between the Canaries and Cape Verde
To create a route with TZ Navigator, you have to start by downloading the weather forecast data from the "Update" workspace. The first step is that you have to select the type of weather data that you want to get. In our case, we chose wind, waves and currents. For the number of days, we selected a duration of 7 days. Knowing that on average, you will need 5 days to cross the Atlantic. With an internet connection, the software extracts the files and integrates them automatically.
From there, we go to the "Planning" workspace to create the route. It's from the workspace that we can see the weather data displayed as a layer over the chart and we can see the evolution over time by using the time bar on the bottom of the screen.
The tool bar is located on the left side of the screen. You just need to select the tool "Launch Routing" to create the Weather Routing module feature with a departure point (the Canaries) and an arrival point (Cape Verde).
The software calculates the best itinerary based on the meteorological weather data that you downloaded and the unique features of your boats sail performance (polars). The boat polars should be pre-entered from the "Polars" workspace.
With TIMEZERO, you can access simply and directly the polar files in order to adjust them based on the state of the sea, the wind speed, and the different sails. The polars of your boat are provided by the boat manufacturer but TIMEZERO has a library of 150 different types of polars to choose from as well. You can then adjust the polar percentages in the software program to get the data as precise as possible which can change in function with unique factors that effect every boat (age, weight, modifications, etc.)
Watch the video which demonstrates using the Weather Routing module to sail from the Canary Islands to Cape Verde:
Step 2 : Create a route between the Canary Islands and the Caribbean using the Weather Routing module
In this simulation exercise, the Weather Routing we created was from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean. A crossing that takes multiple days, around 2 weeks give or take. The TIMEZERO software offers the ability to download up to 16 days of weather forecasts. To ensure that the route is reliable, the weather data has to be reliable. For the sake of simplicity, we are going to make the assumption that the weather data is reliable to the full extent of its duration. After all, this exercise is primarily about seeing the power of the algorithm within TIMEZERO.
Once the weather data has been downloaded from the "Update" workspace, we can draw a route between the Canary Islands and the Antilles. The software calculates and draws the optimal route. This time, the presented route is not what you might personally view as the correct way to go and this is because the software program might indicate that a heading to the west while you would personally have the notion to want to head south. The route will most likely have a zig-zag pattern. This is so as not to have the wind directly behind the boat otherwise it is too slow. You always need to angle against the wind.
Watch the video which demonstrates using the Weather Routing module to sail from the Canary Islands to the Caribbean:
In part 2, discover how to set conditions to the route you created. Furthermore, our TIMEZERO ambassador Diego de Miguel unveils how to optimize the download of your meteorological data, notably for a multiple day crossing on a budget.
If you want to find out more about the Weather Routing module available for TZ Navigator, go to our website:


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"A very special use of Japanese irises in Japan is the ritual of enjoying what is known as 'the Act'.
"Hirao explains that this dates back to the mid-nineteenth century when, in selecting their seedlings, growers became fascinated by the mystery of the movement or act of the flower in opening. During its three-day life the petals enlarge ceaselessly until the afternoon of the third day, with the appearance of the flower changing hour after hour. A true Japanese lover of this ritual will meditate and watch the Act as the beautiful flower slowly opens. Watching a flower in this way leaves an impression that lasts a lifetime."
– The Japanese Iris, Currier McEwen, 1990
In what was still the village of Horikiri, located a few miles outside the old city limits of Tokyo but still within easy jinrikisha distance, was to be found what is perhaps the oldest and most famous Iris garden in the world. One hundred and twenty-some years ago a certain well-to-do Japanese farmer, Kodaka Izayemon, in making a journey to the foot of Mount Fuji, brought back with him a specimen of the Iris growing there. With this and two other specimens procured from different places he formed the nucleus of the garden which was to grow into what is now Horikiri Shobu-en [sweet flag iris garden]. Two samurai chanced to visit his garden, and their reports attracted others, until finally the fame of the garden reached the ear of the reigning shogun himself who came in person to see it.
The long, long journey have I traveled across the countries,
Far away from my old home in the capital of flowers,
Where my sweetheart must be longing for my return,
Wrapped in the bed clothe embroidered with irises.
– from Ise Monogatari


text: Organisms are comprised of interacting parts. Even within single cells, networks of proteins regulate basic functions. The impact of perturbing one part of an organism – for example, via genetic mutation – can often be modified by perturbation to other parts. This creates obstacles for scientists: how do we predict traits from genetic data when the same mutation can have different impacts? This also presents challenges during evolution: how does an organism adapt or evolve when changing one trait can influence many other traits, resulting in complex tradeoffs? To quantify the spectrum of effects that a specific perturbation may have on an organism, the Geiler-Samerotte lab measures how yeast cells respond to subtle genetic or environmental changes. Then, we study how cellular responses change when multiple perturbations are combined or when the magnitude of a perturbation is systematically varied. Our research provides insight about how interactions between small-effect genetic variants shape the evolution of complex traits.


Occupy Wall StreetJulia La Roche for Business Insider
The Social Security Department just released its calculations for the national average wage index (AWI).
This is all compensation (wages, tips etc.) subject to federal income tax, and is gathered from reports by employers and W2 forms.
Here's how they do it:
First they find something called "net compensation," which they define as contributions to deferred compensation plans, but excluding certain distributions from plans where the distributions are included in the reported compensation subject to income taxes.
In 2010 it was $6,009,831,055,912.11.
Then they divide that number by the number of wage earners in the U.S. That's 150,398,796 people. The number you get, is $39,959.30.
According to their data table (which you can see here), 66.2% of wage earners make netted less than or equal to $39.959.30. A raw average.
They calculated the median of that raw average to be $26,363.55— and that's the net compensation of 50% of Americans.
Now, we decided to take that a step farther and put that $26,363.55 into a calculator that the Wall Street Journal made called "What Percent Are You?"
It said that making $26,363.55 puts you in the bottom 33%.


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RAPID EXCAVATION OF ROCK WITH SMALL CHARGES OF HIGH EXPLOSIVES
The purpose of this investigation was to determine the feasibility of designing and testing the elements of a small-charge blasting system that will eliminate, or reduce to acceptable levels, most of the undesirable features of current underground drill and blast systems, that is, (1) air blast, (2) ground vibrations, (3) flying fragments, (4) overbreak and fracture of surrounding rock, and (5) the cyclic nature of drill and blast operations. The experimentation was conducted in tunnels in granite, and the results indicated that the basic technical concepts of the project were achieved. The next step is to design, construct, and test a prototype machine.
University of Missouri, RollaRock Mechanics and Explosives Research Center
Rolla, MO United States 65409
Bureau of MinesC Street Between 18th and 19th Streets, NW
Washington, DC United States 20241
- Clark, G B
- Rollins, R R
- Publication Date: 1976-11
- Pagination: 121 p.
- TRT Terms: Blast loads; Detonation; Earth movements (Geophysics); Excavation; Explosives; Mining; Presplitting (Blasting); Tunneling
- Uncontrolled Terms: Fragmentation
- Old TRIS Terms: Detonators; Earth movement; Excavation technology; Explosive charges; Underground mining
- Subject Areas: Bridges and other structures; Railroads;
- Accession Number: 00166259
- Record Type: Publication
- Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
- Report/Paper Numbers: BuMines-OFR-98-77 Final Rpt.
- Contract Numbers: H0252052
- Files: TRIS
- Created Date: Sep 20 1977 12:00AM


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by Stephen A. Butterfill
When friends walk together, they typically exercise collective agency. By contrast, two strangers walking side by side exercise parallel but merely individual agency. This and other contrasts invite the question, What distinguishes collective agency from parallel but merely individual agency? To answer this question, philosophers standardly appeal to a special kind of intention or structure of intention, knowledge or commitment often called 'collective intention'. The idea is that exercises of collective agency stand to collective intention much as exercises of ordinary, individual agency stand to ordinary, individual intention. In this talk I shall use this parallel between individual and collective intention to argue that some forms of collective agency are grounded in representations and processes more primitive than those associated with collective intention. Collective agency is not always a matter of what we intend: sometimes it constitutively involves certain structures of motor representation. One consequence is concerns a role for collective agency in explaining knowledge of others' minds. Reflection on what is involved in sharing a smile suggests that there is a route to knowledge of others' mental states that is neither straightforwardly perceptual nor inferential but hinges on interaction.


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For twenty-five years Michael Arbib has been studying the workings of the human brain and developing new approaches to the design of intelligent machines. These concerns have often led him to ponder philosophical questions about the nature of mind and knowledge. In this book, Arbib offers a stimulating, speculative discussion of cognitive science and its relation to larger philosophical and social issues.
Arbib proposes a theory of mental schemas to explain how the individual brain represents the world around it. He builds on Piaget's studies of how children learn and on his own work in brain theory and artificial intelligence to show how the concept of schemas an be used to link cognitive science to the study of persons in society. He then employs this "schema theory" as a way of looking at various constructions of reality, including those of Chomsky, Freud, Marx, and Habermas. In the final chapter, he addresses the question of human freedom and suggests a means of avoiding the apparent limitations of mechanistic explanations for human mental processes.


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CITARS was an experiment designed to quantitatively evaluate crop identification performance for corn and soybeans in various environments using a well-defined set of automatic data techniques. These techniques differed mainly by the procedure used to obtain signatures from training data (e.g., clustering) and by the method of classification employed (e.g., linear or quadratic decision boundaries and equal or unequal class weights).
Each technique was applied to LANDSAT-1 data acquired over six Indiana and Illinois test sites throughout the growing season in an attempt to recognize and estimate proportions of corn and soybeans using both local and non-local (i.e. extended) training statistics.
As a result of these analyses the significance of factors which contribute to classification performance was determined. In this paper the results of (1) the differences indifferent ADP procedures; (2) the linear vs. quadratic classifier; (3) the use in classification Of prior probability information derived from historic data: (4) differences in local and non-local recognition and the associated use of preprocessing: (5) the use of multitemporal data: (6) the effects Of classification bias and mixed pixels in proportion estimation: (7) the effects of site characteristics including crop, soil, and atmospheric effects: and (8) the effects of crop maturity are presented and discussed.
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Cinacalcet for Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF23)-Mediated Hypophosphatemia (Hypophosphatemic Rickets)
- Hypophosphatemia is a condition where a person has low levels of phosphorus in the blood. Low blood phosphorus can cause muscle and bone weakness (such as rickets) and teeth problems. One cause of the condition is having too much fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23). FGF23 is a hormone that causes the kidney to get rid of phosphorus in the urine. It can also prevent the body from making vitamin D, which helps the body absorb phosphorus in food.
- Many people with low blood phosphorus take high doses of phosphorus and calcium medications. However, one side effect of these drugs is increased blood levels of parathyroid hormone (PTH). The drug cinacalcet can help lower PTH levels, which may decrease the amount of phosphorus lost in the urine and increase the phosphorus levels in the blood. Researchers want to see if cinacalcet can help blood phosphorus and decrease the amount of phosphorus supplements that people need to take.
- To see if cinacalcet can be a safe and effective treatment for people with low phosphorus conditions due to high FGF23.
- Individuals between 18 and 70 years of age who have different forms of hypophosphatemic rickets and tumor-induced hypophosphatemia
- Participants will have up to 25 study visits over about 28 weeks.
- Participants will be screened with a physical exam and medical history. Blood and urine samples will be collected.
- Up to three more lab visits for blood and urine tests will be required before treatment. Imaging studies of the bones, spine, and kidneys will be performed.
- Participants will have a 3-night hospital stay to start treatment. They will take cinacalcet once a day. Treatment will be monitored with frequent blood tests and imaging studies.
- Participants will continue to take cinacalcet once a day for 3 weeks. They will have regular study visits to monitor the treatment.
- There will be up to two other overnight hospital stays (1 to 3 nights) to adjust cinacalcet doses. The dose will increase until the maximum dose is reached, or side effects develop.
- After the end of the cinacalcet study, participants will have several more followup visits to monitor the effects of treatment.
|Study Design:||Allocation: Non-Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Treatment
|Official Title:||Open-label Dose-titration Study of the Tolerability and Efficacy of Cinacalcet to Treat Fibroblast Growth Factor 23 (FGF23)-Mediated Hypophosphatemia|
- Evaluate the tolerability of cinacalcet in individuals with FGF23-mediated hypophosphatemia [ Time Frame: 4 years ]
|Study Start Date:||November 2012|
|Estimated Study Completion Date:||December 2016|
|Estimated Primary Completion Date:||October 2015 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)|
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01748812
|Contact: Diala M El-Maouche, M.D.||(301) _EMAIL_|
|Contact: Rachel I Gafni, M.D.||(301) _EMAIL_|
|United States, Maryland|
|National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, 9000 Rockville Pike||Recruiting|
|Bethesda, Maryland, United States, 20892|
|Contact: For more information at the NIH Clinical Center contact Patient Recruitment and Public Liaison Office (PRPL) _PHONE_ ext TTY8664111010 _EMAIL_|
|Principal Investigator:||Rachel I Gafni, M.D.||National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research (NIDCR)|


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If you have a picture or shape on a slide in PowerPoint, you may sometimes want to only move it in the same vertical or horizontal plane. How do you drag the picture to move it on the slide but keep it in the vertical or horizontal plane? Just press Shift when you are dragging. You can then only move it exactly vertically or horizontally. Make sure you keep the Shift key down until you let go the mouse button.
You can also use this technique in Word and Excel if you have added a picture or shape to the file.


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Black gold might not be as scarce as we thought. This week oil prices escalated to a record $139 per barrel, but that may partly be because the amount of available oil in known reserves has been significantly underestimated.
So says Richard Pike, a former oil-industry adviser and chief executive of the UK Royal Society of Chemistry, who blames flawed statistical calculations.
Oil companies produce a bell-shaped probability distribution for how much each oil reservoir might hold, and then quote as an indicator of the reservoir's capacity a figure they are 90 per cent certain they can exceed. When publishing a result for multiple reservoirs, they simply add up the figures for each one. And this is where the problem lies.
"They should be combining the bell curves for each reservoir," says Pike. Adding the numbers for each reservoir ignores statistical information about the extremes of the distribution, giving a...


Question: When Did The Dutch Get Surnames?
Why Dutch is called Dutch?
Specifically the phrase High Dutch referred to people from the mountainous area of what is now southern Germany.
Within the Holy Roman Empire, the word Netherlands was used to describe people from the low-lying (nether) region (land)..
What is the most common name in the Netherlands?
Popular Names in the NetherlandsBoysRankNamePct.1.Daan0.95%2.Sem0.93%3.Milan0.84%106 more rows
Are the Dutch Celtic?
Today, many Belgians and Dutch from the southern areas of the Netherlands, especially from remote and rural areas, would still carry Celtic DNA. This ethnicity was the most common in these lands before the arrival of the Germanic tribes, which absorbed them thanks to their numeric superiority.
What are Dutch last names?
Top 10 most common Dutch surnamesDe Jong. (86,534 in 2007) De Jong in 2007. … Jansen. (75,698 in 2007) Jansen in 2007. … De Vries. (73,152 in 2007) De Vries in 2007. … Van de Berg / van den Berg / van der Berg. (60,135 in 2007) Van de/den/der Berg in 2007. … Van Dijk. (57,879 in 2007) … Bakker. (56,864 in 2007) … Janssen. (55,394 in 2007) … Visser. (50,929 in 2007)More items…•
When did they start using last names?
Over time many names became corrupted and their original meaning is now not easily seen. After 1066, the Norman barons introduced surnames into England, and the practice gradually spread. Initially, the identifying names were changed or dropped at will, but eventually they began to stick and to get passed on.
Is van a middle or last name?
It is common that von names are gentry names, but there are also commoners with von names (it is a regional thing, I seem to recall). Van is the Dutch variant, and IMHO commoner names with van are more common in the Netherlands. It's not a middle name. It means "of" as in "John of the Schmidt family".
What race is black Dutch?
"There are strong indications that the original "Black Dutch" were swarthy-complexioned Germans. Anglo-Americans loosely applied the term to any dark-complexioned American of European descent. The term was adopted [by some people] as an attempt to disguise Indian or infrequently, tri-racial descent.
Did Jesus have a last name?
Jesus does not have a last name. … Christ is not a name, but a title. Christ means "anointed" or "Messiah", so Jesus became the "Christ" or "Messiah" when he got baptized at the age of 30.
What was the first last name ever?
Until the Shang Dynasty (_PHONE_ BC), people seemed to use matrilineal surnames, but afterward, they had switched to using patrilineal ones. The oldest surname known to have been recorded anywhere in Europe, though, was in County Galway, Ireland, in the year 916. It was the name "O Cleirigh" (O'Clery).
Why are Dutch surnames so weird?
They started having a census for the purpose of taxation, and forced everyone to have a family name, which was not a common practice for the Dutch. The Dutch thought this would be a temporary measure, and took on comical or offensive sounding names as a practical joke on their French occupiers.
Why do Dutch last names start with van?
listen)) is a very common prefix in Dutch language surnames, where it is known as a tussenvoegsel. … Van is also a preposition in the Dutch and Afrikaans languages, meaning "of" or "from" depending on the context (similar to de and di in the Romance languages).
What do Dutch people look like?
Dutch people have very open views and some of the most conservative communities. But besides all this, they love bicycles and the environment. … And if you want to recognize a Dutch when you see him, here are some physical traits of Dutch heritage: tall, blonde, blue eyes, freckles, large smile, athletic.
Are Dutch and German the same race?
Nederlanders) or the Dutch, are a Germanic ethnic group and nation native to the Netherlands….Dutch people.NederlandersCanada1,112,000Australia336,000Germany128,000Belgium121,00025 more rows
What is the rarest last name?
How did the Dutch get their surnames?
Ultimately, a surname could be taken from anywhere. Typical sources included unique and sometimes unflattering nicknames, a person's patronymic, their father's patronymic, a place of origin, an occupation, or a position within the community or within their own family.


Russian Hackers Modify Chrome and Firefox to Spy on Users
Russian Hackers Modify Chrome
A Russian hacker group has been spotted using a patch to modify Chrome and Firefox to spy on users. But how were they able to spy on websites having a secured HTTPs connection.
By the way, Google has long been pushing for more websites to use HTTPS. This also, they have considered and implemented as a criteria for ranking on Google search result list.
HTTPS purpose simply is to help prevent attackers from interfering with the data transferred between a website and your browser.
Nonetheless, the hackers did spy on HTTPS websites and had access seemingly secured information using Chrome and Firefox browsers.
The Cyber-espionage Hacker Group Responsible
Russian Hackers Group Turla
The novel attack is blamed on the infamous hacker group "Turla". Its latest exploit on Chrome and Firefox was revealed by Kaspersky with details of findings.
Turla with other given names such as Snake, Uroburos, Krypton, Venomous Bear, Waterbug, Group 88, and Turla Team. With many names comes many faces and yes, the faces are always fierce and ugly. Nonetheless, Turla is a well-known hacker group believed to operate under the protection of the Russian government. Also, the Estonian Intelligence Services linked Turla with the Russian Federal Security Service (FSB) and Foreign Intelligence Service SVR.
Turla has been known to be associated with Agent.btz and believed to be behind several infamous cyber attacks. Just to list a few; they were behind the RUAG espionage incident, an attempted compromise of the Swiss Defense Ministry. Also, the group has been known to hijack and use telecommunication satellites to deliver malware to remote areas.
Turla has also been involved in the social media cycle. Consequently, by using a Turla's watering hole campaign (an updated Firefox extension abusing Instagram). They were able to insert a malware on the comment section of popular pages of celebrities' Instagram handle. This was seen on a photo posted by Britney Spears on Instagram.
How the Russian Hackers were able to Modify Chrome and Firefox
According to the report done by Kaspersky, Turla uses a remote access trojan named Reductor for the attack. The process involves two steps.
Step 1: First, they install their own digital certificates to each infected host. Once done, it would allow the hackers to intercept any TLS traffic originating from the host.
Step 2: Next, they modify the browser installation to patch their pseudo-random number generation (PRNG) functions.
These functions are used when generating random numbers needed for the process of establishing new TLS handshakes for HTTPS connections.
In other terms, the attackers first infect the system with remote access trojan and thereafter modifies the browser using the same trojan. As a result, Turla starts installing its own certificates in order to intercept TLS traffic from the host. Finally, it patches the pseudo-random number generation that establish TLS connections.
Likewise, after a successful operation, a fingerprint to every TLS action is added and can track encrypted traffic passively. This was what grant the Russian hackers access to modify Chrome and Firefox.
How to remove the trojan
Turla Hackers
Certainly, the Turla hackers are both sophisticated and smart and did anticipate a user approach to removing the malware. Probably, once a user discovered the trojan, the next point of action is to uninstall. Doing so will not get rid of the malware entirely.
Hence, the only way to actually remove the trojan completely would be to do a fresh install of the browser. Because, by uninstalling just the malware, the attackers can still access the user encrypted connection.
Although, the intended targets are located in Russia and Belarus which maybe politically motivated. Still, the attack could be use for other aims and anyone using Chrome or Firefox is prone.
Final words
Consequently, Turla has been one of today's most sophisticated cyber hacker group, by a wide margin. Moreover, their skills and techniques are years ahead of their competition. Notwithstanding, this is not the first time Turla has alters a browser component to deploy malware on infected hosts. And probably, this also might not be their last.
Truly, Turla is sophisticated but having a government backing makes them formidable.
First of all, what really can you do to protect yourself from Turla?
First, always read security updates and tips from your Antivirus provider and security experts. Do also earnest on the power of information to keep yourself abreast of the latest threats and precautions.
Above all, always try to keep yourself safe and updated on the latest threats out there on the public domain.
Additional resource: To know more on why hackers do the things they do and where they usual hang out. The dark web is sure a place to explore and find out more about the hackers ecosystem. But before you should dive into the dark web, please read first this article.
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Quick feedback loop on the learning process
Innofactor Skilli builds on the idea of continuous assessment, assessment of the learning process and data analytics. With Skilli, students reflect on their learning by doing self-assessments. The self-assessments generate invaluable information for teachers on each student's learning, for example, how much the student is learning, what the difficulty level is and what the student's mood is. By combining and comparing the results the teacher can also analyze which learning methods are effective for each student or if some students are indicating that they need more challenges.
Support for teaching 21st century skills
Teaching 21st century skills is not always easy, however, Innofactor Skilli is here to support educators with the task. Skilli comes with ready-made steps and instructions for teaching 21st century skills. As students do their self-assessments, teachers can track how profoundly students are studying. On the skill reports it is easy to follow how the students are progressing towards the goal and in case the students need help, it is easy to see what they need help with.
Cloud service that complements existing systems in school
Innofactor Skilli is a cloud service that runs cross-platform in the browser. Students can easily do their self-assessments either on a computer or on their mobile devices.
Skilli fits right in with other existing educational systems with small or no overlap in functionality. School administrators, teachers and students can continue using their familiar systems as they are used to, and Skilli can easily be accessed from these systems. For example, a course page in the LMS can be accessed by simply inserting a web link to Skilli. In addition, Skilli supports linking to other systems, so teachers and students can easily navigate from one system to the other.


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What is the difference?The words "fun" and "funny" are both used as adjecives. But usually "fun" is used as an uncountable noun.
Fun as an uncountable noun means an activity or situation is "pleasant, enjoyable, or causing happiness"
Examples:Let's join in the fun.
"I had a wonderful fun at Disneyland," said Tomo.
|Fun as an adjective means something is "enjoyable" or someone is "pleasant to be with."|
Examples:It's a fun trip.
Hana is a fun friend.
|"Funny" as an adjective means something or someone "made you smile or laugh." OR something or someone is "strange or surprising."|
Examples:That is a funny story.
Yuki is a funny guy.
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The Economic Impact of Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard
January 10, 2013
Pennsylvania has instituted an Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard (AEPS) in an effort to encourage a transition to renewable energy sources. Like a renewable portfolio standard (RPS), an AEPS requires that 8 percent of energy be produced from renewable sources such as solar power or biomass. But an AEPS has a second tier that requires that 10 percent of energy come from sources like waste coal, which is considered dirtier than most coal plants, say David G. Tuerck, Paul Bachman and Michael Head of the Beacon Hill Institute.
Tuerck, Bachman and Head look at the economic implications of the AEPS mandate by applying the Beacon Hill Institute's State Tax Analysis Modeling Program (STAMP) to estimates provided by the U.S. Energy Information Administration (EIA).
- The AEPS law will increase the cost of electricity by $2.55 billion for the state's electricity consumers in 2021.
- The state's electricity prices will increase by 11.9 percent by 2021.
Individuals and businesses will also be negatively impacted by the law.
- There will be an average of 17,380 jobs lost as a result of the law.
- Real disposable income will be reduced by $1.66 billion.
- Investment will decrease by $205 million.
- Finally, the average household electricity bill will increase by $170 a year while industrial businesses will see an average increase of $26,830.
The increased energy costs could be justified if there were clear environmental benefits to be gained. However, wind and solar require significant backup power because of their intermittency. Moreover, sources like wind increase pollution and greenhouse gas emissions, according to a recent study.
One provision that lawmakers have included to help offset some of the costs is to allow the banking of unused Renewable Energy Credits (RECs). In other words, if a company produced more green energy than required, they could bank the credits to reduce future requirements. However, EIA projections have shown it unlikely that producers can supply excess energy.
Source: David G. Tuerck, Paul Bachman and Michael Head, "The Economic Impact of Pennsylvania's Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard," Beacon Hill Institute, December 2012.
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Noun: medlar tree
 1. Small deciduous Eurasian tree cultivated for its fruit that resemble crab apples
 - medlar, Mespilus germanica
Derived forms: medlar trees
Type of: fruit tree
Part of: genus Mespilus, Mespilus
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Roads to the Unconscious: A Manual For Understanding Road Drawings
Roads to the Unconscious is a book not only for art therapists, psychologists, social workers, counselors and mental health professionals but for all individuals eager to use the image-making process for self-discovery and personal growth.
The author explains how road drawings are capable of eliciting impromptu imagery that represents the person's origins, the history of his or her life process, experiences to date and intent for the future - even from a single drawing. In addition, the periodic upgrade and reparation of the road can serve as a metaphor for the person's capacity for change and reparation.
Based on psychodynamic principles, the focus is on insight gained through the image-making process. The road drawing technique permits access to inner alleys of the unconscious whereupon the person can familiarize and reintegrate these severed and unfamiliar pathways. This book provides an overview of the theoretical principles and rationale for the road drawing technique, as well as simple directions for administering the task. The author includes illustrations that demonstrate how the technique can be used to elicit graphic representation of the person's "road of life" and serve as a metaphor for the person's capacity for change and restoration.


Visual representation of the *horizon* colormap. Statistics of the *horizon* colormap.
The horizon colormap is a visual representation of the horizon, from the green colors of the land to the calm colors of the clouds. It covers the \([20, 100]\) lightness range and has the colors green and blue as its main colors. Similarly to ocean, this colormap is great for representing background information. Also note that, like ocean, horizon does not start at \(0\) lightness.


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A Block is the fundamental part of the flow based programming philosophy of barfi. It can be considered as the building block that is used to build the data flow program. A Block has inputs, outputs and performs some computation. Any number of inputs and outputs can be added. Inputs and outputs are considered to be the interface to the Block, a connection. The inputs and outputs make up the connections to the other Blocks in the visual interface (the editor). The computation that each Block is to perform is to be specified when building the Block. When bluiding a Block, you only build a fundamental base Block. It is then considered that multiples/copies of these base Block are used to build the data flow.
Add picture of the block and the schema.
As a comparison to the common Node based programming, a Node is generally considered to perform a single specific computation. With barfi, a Block is considered to perform any type of computation, simple or complex.
Building a Block#
A Block here is a Python class object. That is built using the Block class in barfi.
from barfi import Block
Create your fundamental Block by giving it a name as:
my_block = Block(name='My Block')
Add an input interface to your Block,
This creates an input interface with name
Input 2, and so. But if would like to add an input interface with a given name, use:
And, similarly you can add an output as:
my_block.add_output() # Creates an output with name: 'Output 1' my_block.add_output(name='my output') # Creates an output with name:'my output'
Adding a compute function to the Block
The idea of building a flow based program is to perform repeated computations using Blocks, and to customize the flow/program with the addition and/or removal of Blocks. Connections between the Blocks direct to how the program is executed and how data flows.
To add the computation function (ex.
my_block_func) to your Block, make use of:
To execute this, you need to define your compute function (
my_block_func). You need to pass in the argument
self, as this function will be added as a method of your Block class. You can access/get the input interface values using
self.get_interface(name='my input') with the name of the input. You can set the output interface values using
self.set_interface(name='my output', value= my_output_value) with the
name of the output interface and the
value to be set.
def my_block_func(self): # get the value of the input interface in_1 = self.get_interface(name='input_1') out_1 = (in_1/2) #... perform come computation # get the value of the output interface self.set_interface(name='output_1', value=out_1)


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Ho ho ho, here's some Christmas-themed science!
The British Medical Journal's Christmas issue this month features a study about reindeer that treats a fantastical idea with some medical reality. The result is a lesson in how reindeer noses compare to the noses of humans and what purpose their underlying structures serve.
Can Ince, a professor who works in intensive care medicine at Erasmus Medical Center in the Netherlands, studies microcirculation, or how the smallest blood vessels in the body receive blood. Red blood cells go to these vessels to relieve themselves of oxygen, delivering it to the tissues that need it.
Ince and colleagues developed a hand microscope so that doctors can look for abnormalities and pathologies in the smallest blood vessels, even when blood pressure is normalized. This has had a great influence on intensive care medicine, Ince said.
Particularly interesting to Ince was how this might apply to the nasal tract and, more generally, to ear, nose and throat diseases.
"We decided to study the best known nose in the business, which was, of course, Rudolph's nose," Ince said.
The new study looked at both humans and reindeer. Five healthy human volunteers, two adult reindeer, and a patient with a condition called nasal polyposis participated. The researchers saw that the patients with nasal polyposis had abnormal microvasculature, or blood vessels in their noses.
To check out the reindeer noses, Ince traveled to Tromso, Norway, where researchers there study how reindeer and other animals adapt to their environment. It is indeed relatively near the North Pole; in fact, the University of Tromso, where one of the researchers is based, is the world's northernmost university, according to its website.
These reindeer are subjected to some fairly frosty temperatures in the wild, as low as around -40 degrees F. But they still need a way to cool off vital organs. Researchers put reindeer on a treadmill to see what happens to their internal temperature when they're running.
The nose of the reindeer plays an important role in regulating the animal's brain temperature, Ince said. The nose ventilates the brain with the blood in the microcirculation, Ince said.


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4d, 5p, 6s, 4f, 5d, 6p, 7s, 5s, 6d, 7p and that is all that is going to be important.
That is one way to remember the relative energy orderings here. And you do have to be able to write this down on an exam. You will have a Periodic Table, but it won't have the electron configurations on it.
Now I am going to tell you something that sometimes people find a little bit confusing.
That is, the electron configuration of ions. What I am about to say has no affect on what I just said about how to write the electron configuration for neutrals.
This does not affect anything in your writing down the electron configuration for neutrals.
This is for ions. The point I want to make is that if you actually look at the energies of the individual 3d states and 4s states across that fourth row, this is what they look like.
For example, at potassium that 4s state is lower in energy than the 3d state.
That is why we put the electron in the 4s state when we wrote the neutral. The same thing for calcium. That is why we put that electron into the 4s state and not the 3s state. Low and behold, right here at scandium, z=21.
What happens is that the 3d state actually drops below an energy than the 4s state.
These are the energies of the individual state now, and that continues all the way across the Periodic Table. However, that does not affect how you write the electron configuration of the neutrals.
For example, if you are writing the electron configuration for titanium here it is.
It is the argon core 4s2 3d2. And, by the way, I don't care whether you write 3d2 4s2 or 4s2 3d2. You can write them in either order.
Now, you might say, well, why is this the electron configuration if at this value for z, z=22, titanium, the 3d state is lower than the 4s state?
Why don't these 4s electrons just hop into the 3d states? Well, they don't do that because this electron configuration actually minimizes the electron repulsions.
If these four electrons were in the 3d state, well, then the repulsive interactions would be greater.
Because they are in the same state now. And, therefore, the entire energy of the atom will be larger.
And it is the entire energy, the total energy of the atom that is important when we look at the electron configurations. In this particular case, if we look at the individual d states and the 4s states, yeah, the d states are lower in energy.
But what is important is when we sum up all of the energies of the interactions, what is lower? What I am saying to you is that when we do that, when we sum up all of the interaction energies, this still is the lower energy configuration even though the 3d electrons at this value of z, those 3d states are lower in energy than the 4s states.
That is why we do not have this hoping over into the 3d states for the neutral.
Now, here comes the ion configuration. If you have this configuration for the neutral and now you ionize titanium to make titanium plus, the electron configuration is argon 3d2. That is it is the 4s electrons that come off that are plucked out.
They are plucked out because they are the higher energy electrons now.
This is the electron configuration for titanium plus 2. We are going to pull out those higher energy electrons which are the 4s electrons. Again, this affects only the ion configuration. The same thing happens here on the fifth row.
The fifth row starting here with rubidium and strontium, 5s is lower in energy than 4d.
That is why that rubidium electron went in the 5s state. The same thing with the strontium electron, it went in the 5s state. But right here at ytterbium the 4d state goes below an energy, the 5s state.
Again, that does not affect how you write the electron configuration of a neutral.
For example, silver, which is way out here and is one of those exceptions, if you ionize it, if you pluck off an electron, which electron is going to go? 5s.
And so the silver plus one configuration is the krypton core 4d10.
It is that 5s electron that is going to disappear. This is important. Do not let it confuse you with writing the electron configurations of the neutrals.
OK. See you Friday.


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⛰ Mount Kilimanjaro Facts
Kilimanjaro sits entirely within the borders of Tanzania, just 3 degrees south of the equator.
What's the closest airport to Kilimanjaro?
The closest airport to Kilimanjaro is Kilimanjaro International Airport, airport code 'JRO'. Confusingly, flight booking sites have recently started referring to JRO as 'Arusha'. But actually, there's another airport in Arusha with airport code 'ARK'.
How high is Kilimanjaro?
The altitude of Kilimanjaro's summit, Uhuru Peak, is 5,895 metres or 19,340 feet.
Does it snow on Kilimanjaro?
Yes, it can snow on Kilimanjaro throughout the year from around 4,600 metres and upwards. But snow is primarily associated with Kilimanjaro during the two wet seasons of April to May and November to early December.
Can a beginner climb Kilimanjaro?
There is nothing to prevent a beginner from climbing Kilimanjaro. You don't need any experience of altitude, or even of trekking. There's nothing technical or vertical along any of the routes, and only a couple of metres of scrambling at just one point on the Umbwe Route.
Why is Kilimanjaro famous?
Kilimanjaro's fame is primarily due to its being the highest mountain in Africa and the largest freestanding mountain the world - rising 5,118 metres from it's base.
Why is there snow on Kilimanjaro?
In spite of being so close to the equator, above 5,000 metres altitude the temperature stays below freezing nearly all the time. Because of this, precipitation - which occurs mainly during April, May, November and December - falls as snow.
Do you need oxygen to climb Kilimanjaro?
No. Oxygen is generally only necessary when ascending mountains about 7,000 metres. It is however recommended to carry supplemental oxygen for use in emergencies and to aid safe descents if a climber has succumbed to severe acute mountain sickness or has symptoms of high altitude pulmonary or cerebral oedema.
How cold is Kilimanjaro at the top?
On 'Uhuru', the peak of Kilimanjaro, it's usually around -6°C / 21°F, but with windchill, the temperature will often drop to around -10°C / 14°F.
What animals live on Kilimanjaro?
Commonly seen are the four-striped grass mouse, harsh furred mouse, climbing mouse, mole rat, blue monkey, colobus monkey, bush pig, bushbaby, small-spotted genet, tree hyrax, buffalo.
There are rare sightings of the olive baboon, civet, leopard, mongoose, serval, aardvark and honey badger.
Birds seen are the lammergeyer, scarlet tufted malachite sunbird, streaky seed eater, white-necked raven, Hartlaub's turaco, speckled mousebird, tropical boubou, silvery cheeked hornbill, montane white-eyes, common stonechat, trogan, Ruppell's robin chat, common bulbul, alpine chat, streaky seed-eater, augur buzzard, and crowned eagle.
What does the name 'Kilimanjaro' mean?
None of the locals are really sure what the name 'Kilimanjaro' actually means, but since the tribe that inhabits its foothills is the Chagga, and since the Chagga word for white is very similar to 'njaro', it's a reasonable guess that an earlier form of the language would have rendered 'white mountain' as kilima njaro.
When was Kilimanjaro first climbed?
No-one knows for certain when Kilimanjaro was first climbed. Many locals believe it was climbed by one of the son's of Solomon and the Queen of Sheba! However, in modern history the first people known to have climbed it were Hans Meyer, Ludwig Purtscheller and their guide Yohani Kinyala Lauwo on 6th October 1889.
Who was the youngest person to summit Kilimanjaro?
The youngest person known to have reached the summit of Kilimanjaro is Bran Rees-Evans who was 5 years 136 days old when he summited at 1345 on 26th November 2012. Exactly two weeks earlier he had just become the youngest person to summit Mount Meru at 4,566 metres altitude.
Who was the fastest person to ascend Kilimanjaro?
So far, all speed ascents have started from one of the park gates, which are generally already around a quarter of the way up Kilimanjaro from its base. However, the fastest ascent of Kilimanjaro from the park boundary to the summit was achieved by Karl Egloff in 4 hours 56 minutes.
Team Kilimanjaro is currently planning the first complete speed ascent of Kilimanjaro from a point reckoned to lie on the perimeter of its base, just outside Himo at 777 metres altitude.
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Since most summit bids start from high camp at around 2300 - 0100, with exact start time usually depending on the guide's assessment of the group's pace over the preceding few days, most of the approach to the summit happens in darkness.
For some climbers this question is almost irrelevant as they will have to fit their climb into whatever dates they can clear from their busy work or family schedules, though for perhaps the majority, this is probably the first question prospective climbers should ask themselves.
You don't need to climb on these dates shown below. We publish them only for those who wish to climb with others they don't already know. The majority of our clients choose their own dates (at no additional cost), though most request us to open up their climbs for others to join - simply so as to have extra company on the trek.


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Permanent Marker Pen or indelible marker
A permanent marker or indelible marker is a type of marker pen that is used to create permanent writing on an object. In general, the ink comprises a main carrier solvent, a glyceride, a pyrrolidone, a resin and a colorant, making it waterproof. It is capable of writing on a variety of surfaces from paper to metal to stone. They come in a variety of tip sizes (ultra fine to wide), shapes (chisel point, bullet tip, and wide bristle), and colors (metallic, or ultraviolet reactive). Like spray paint, these markers contain volatile organic compounds which evaporate to dry the ink. Permanent marker is another name for "waterproof" marker. They have a potential for abuse as a recreational drug.
Permanent Marker Pen
These markers are generally used on hard, non-porous surfaces because instead of staining they form a surface layer that can be removed by high-pressure cleaning or paint thinners and organic solvents such as acetone, xylene, or toluene. Isopropyl alcohol, ethanol, and ethyl acetate are preferred cleaners when used indoors, as their fumes are much less hazardous than toluene and xylene, the main components of paint thinner, or longer-chain hydrocarbons found in mineral spirits. Other common non-polar solvents include benzene, turpentine and other terpenes (which constitute essential oils of many plants with strong scents), most others, chloroform and dichloromethane, hydrocarbon fuels, and diacetone alcohol, among many others. Note that most of these solvents are very flammable, and/or their concentrated vapors are harmful to health.
Some markers are designed to be long-lasting, for instance by having two inks, one specialized to resist solvents, and one specialized not to fade.These can be available in refillable form.
A permanent marker can also be removed by drawing over it with a dry erase marker on non-porous surfaces such as a whiteboard as dry erase markers also contain a non-polar solvent. Most dry-erase board cleaner solutions also contain effective organic solvents like 2-butoxyethanol to erase the pigment.


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Ahmad, K. ; Fac. of Inf. Sci. & Technol., Univ. Kebangsaan Malaysia, Bangi, Malaysia ; Hea Khim Chiew ; Samad, R.
The data stored in the data warehouse are mostly coming from different sources. It may be developed using different model or structure for the schema. In order to improve the usability of these data, the process of combining or integrating is needed so that it can provide users with a unified view or a global view of these data. The most important issue in data integration is the schema integration: that is to solve the problem of "how can equivalent real-world entities from multiple data sources be matched up?" This is referred to as entity identification process. Terms may be given a different interpretation at different sources by different people. For example, how can data analyst be sure that customer_id in one database and cust_number in another refer to the same entity? In this paper, a tool which is called an Intelligent Schema Integrator (ISI) is built to increase the uses of data from the data warehouse and to make the process more simple, systematic and impressive. ISI is an intelligent tool which can be used to integrate two different schemas from different sources into a unified schema (global schema). ISI is developed to solve the problems of naming conflict which are homonym conflict and synonym conflict. Homonym conflict means the same element name is used to represent different concept. Synonym conflict means different element name is used to represent the same concept. Thesaurus is used to get the meaning of each element concept and compares it with the other concept. An interface is built to allow the user to choose which elements are going to be renamed or removed, if there are occurrences of homonym and synonym conflicts in the schemas. These are the intelligence features built for ISI. The methodology used in this study consists of 4 phases: Design the Input and Output, Extraction, Comparison, and Integration. The development of this tool is an important direction for more efficient and effective implementation of data integrati- - on in data warehousing.
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How to Easily Resize Window In Gnome [Quick Tips]
How do you usually resize a window? Move your mouse pointer to the corner of the window and click to resize it, simple, right? Well, if you are using Gnome (Linux), resizing an application window can be a hit or miss affair. In some applications (such as Nautilus), the corners width are huge and you can easily click and drag to resize them. However, in other applications, the sidebar and corner width is only a pixel wide and moving your mouse cursor to that exact point (where the cursor become the resize arrowhead) can be a tedious task.
Here are some ways you can use to make resizing the window an easier, and enjoyable task.
1. Alt + Middle click
At anywhere in the window, press "ALT" key and the middle button of the mouse and the cursor instantly become an arrowhead. You can then move in the direction that you want to resize.
2. Press At + F8
The "Alt + F8" hotkey is a quick keyboard shortcut to activate the resize mode. Once in the resize mode (with a translucent overlay), you can use the arrow key to resize the window horizontally or vertically. Once you are done, hit Enter to return to the window mode.
3. Configure own hotkey via Compiz
If you are using Compiz, it comes with several more options that you can configure.
Open your CompizConfig Settings Manager (System -> Preferences -> CompizConfig Settings Manager).
Scroll down the list to find "Resize Window".
Click on it to enter its configuration page. From here, you can enable and assign the hotkey for different resize mode. In this example, I have enabled the "Initiate Outline Window Resize" mode and assign the hotkey "Alt + Super + W" to activate it.
That's it. This should solve your window resizing woes.


Captive bank
A captive bank is a whollyor partially-owned subsidiary of a company that plays its role as a bank only for the benefit of one legal entity (usually the same company that owns the bank), its customers, and suppliers.
Captive banks generally offer all the basic baking services such as safe keeping of deposits. However, some captive banks also offer additional services like merchant banking and financing.
One very common, though not defining, characteristic of captive banks is that they are usually offshore banks. Offshore banks are banks that are located outside the country of residence of the depositor. The countries in which offshore banks are usually located are called tax havens since they have low tax jurisdictions, which is obviously advantageous financially and even legally.
Offshore banks, and thus captive banks, enjoy the following benefits due to the banking laws of the countries where they are usually located:
- Lower taxes – As mentioned earlier, these banks are located in tax havens. Transferring savings and investments to the captive bank means less tax liability for the bank customers since their country of origin has much higher tax rates.
- Greater privacy – Depending on the country where the bank is located, banking secrecy laws are usually more stringent. In some cases, anonymous bank accounts are even permitted.
- Easy access to funds – Due to lax banking laws, it may be easier to move around large sums of money.


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HSIS tracks illnesses and deaths among workers, emergency responders and the general public in connection with spills. The data are also used to identify factors that increase health risks and to develop effective strategies to prevent injuries, illness, and deaths.
The HSIS database has the potential to help various agencies in drafting legislation, developing rules and regulations, creating guidelines for responding to hazardous substance emergencies, and developing better procedures for protecting workers. These efforts should help to minimize the health impact of any hazardous substances that may be released to the environment during future spill incidents.
In addition to gathering general background information, the investigation attempts to determine what specific substances may have been released into the environment, who might have been exposed to these substances, what immediate injuries or health problems may have resulted from exposure and what efforts were made to evacuate people or to shelter them in homes, workplaces or businesses in the area.
How does Oregon HSIS learn about leaks and spills?
The HSIS system obtains information about a hazardous substance emergency from a variety of sources. Incident reports are sent to HSIS by the Oregon Emergency Response System (OERS), the Office of State Fire Marshal, and the National Response Center, after which HSIS staff follow-up to find out more about the incident by examining the records of other state agencies, and by talking with personnel involved in environmental protection activities, law enforcement, local fire officials, health care personnel and the persons directly involved in the incident.
Although reports to HSIS are voluntary, OERS is the designated agency in Oregon to receive required reports of spills.


Weekly driver 1 & 2: L3GD20, LSM303DLHC and Madgwick
February 19, 2018 by Jorge Aparicio
Oh, time flies. It's already week 8 and we have zero weekly driver posts out there – don't worry though because there's plenty of drivers and embedded-hal implementations in the works.
To play catch up in this post I'll cover two embedded-hal drivers: the l3gd20 and the lsm303dlhc. The L3GD20 is an IC that contains a gyroscope and exposes I2C and SPI interfaces; the LSM303DLHC is an IC that contains an accelerometer and a magnetometer, and exposes an I2C interface. You can find these two ICs on the STM32F3DISCOVERY board.
Gyroscope, accelerometer and magnetometer – all these are motion sensors. On their own they aren't that useful because each one has some sort of weakness but when you put them together you can build some nifty stuff.
Even though the L3GD20 has I2C and SPI interfaces the l3gd20 driver only lets you interface the L3GD20 using SPI. Coincidentally, on the STM32F3DISCOVERY board the L3GD20 is connected to the SPI bus of the STM32F303 microcontroller.
The L3GD20 contains a gyroscope, but what's a gyroscope useful for?
A gyroscope is a sensor that measures the angular rate exerted on it. Angular rate is basically the speed at which something is rotating, and it's measured in degrees per second or in radians per second. Gyroscopes like the L3GD20 measure a 3D angular rate but report it as angular rates across three orthogonal axes. See picture below:
So the L3GD20 will report an angular rate across its X axis, another one across its Y axis and yet another across its Z axis.
Going back to the l3gd20 driver. Once you create an instance of the driver you can read the sensor using the blocking gyro() method. The method returns an I16x3 value which contains the readings of the sensor along its X, Y and Z axes.
let mut l3gd20 = L3gd20::new(spi, nss)?;
let I16x3 { x, y, z } = l3gd20.gyro()?;
Each reading is a 16 bit integer that represents an angular rate. To map this integer to degrees per second you need to multiply it by the sensitivity of the sensor. The L3GD20 defaults to a sensitivity of 8.75e-3 dps / LSB (dps = degrees per second; LSB = Least Significant Bit); this maps the 16 bit integer to a range of about [-250, 250] degrees per second.
If we collect data from the gyroscope while keeping the F3 board still we'll see something like this:
AR_x stands for Angular Rate across the X axis; |AR| is the magnitude of the 3D angular rate. The blue line is sensor data collected during the span of one second and the green line is the mean of the data.
There's a problem with this data though: it says that the mean angular rate is not zero, which implies that the L3GD20 and the F3 board to which is attached are rotating. We know that was not the case: the board was kept still while measuring so the all the readings should be centered around zero but instead they are offset by some value. This offset is known as bias and it's commonly found on gyroscopes and other kind of sensors.
To correct this bias error we have to calibrate the gyroscope. But turns out we kind of already did: the mean values we computed in the previous graph are the biases of the gyroscope. The only thing that's left is to subtract the bias from each axis measurements.
Now these are more correct measurements!
We can calibrate the gyroscope for bias while the gyroscope / board is not moving so we can do that each time the system is initialized if we know that the board is still during initialization. The problem is that bias doesn't remain constant in time; it tends to drift with both the passage of time and with changes in temperature so the calibration will eventually become invalid. There are methods to compensate for bias drift but I won't cover them here.
Let's move on to the next IC.
This IC contains an accelerometer and a magnetometer. Let's look at each of them in detail.
Accelerometers are sensors that measure proper acceleration. In simple terms, the difference between proper acceleration and the coordinate acceleration you are familiar with is that proper acceleration includes the acceleration of gravity. This means that even if an accelerometer is not moving it will sense the acceleration of the gravity.
Like the gyroscope in the L3GD20, the accelerometer in the LSM303DLHC measures a 3D acceleration vector but it reports the decomposition of the 3D vector along three orthogonal axes.
Using the lsm303dlhc driver is similar to using the l3gd20 driver. Once you instantiate the driver you can read the accelerometer data using the blocking accel() method.
let mut lsm303dlhc = Lsm303dlhc::new(i2c)?;
let I16x3 { x, y, z } = lsm303dlhc.accel()?;
Again, you get a 16 bit integer for the reading along each axis. The default sensitivity of the accelerometer is around 6.1e-5 g / LSB (g is the acceleration of gravity); this maps the integer to a range of [-2, 2] g.
If we collect data from the accelerometer while keeping the F3 board still on a horizontal surface we'll see something like this:
G_x stands for acceleration of Gravity across the X axis; |G| is the magnitude of the acceleration of Gravity. The blue line is sensor data collected during the span of one second and the green line is the mean of the data.
This accelerometer could use some calibration because the X and Y components should have a mean of zero and the Z (down) component should have a mean of 1g but that's not that critical for the demo so I'll skip it.
Magnetometers are sensors that measure magnetic fields. In the absence of nearby magnets a magnetometer will measure Earth's magnetic field, which points to the geographic north (unless you are too close to the poles, I suppose), so you can use the magnetometer as digital compass.
Earth's magnetic field is a 3D vector but the magnetometer in the LSM303DLHC decomposes it along three orthogonal axes.
The lsm303dlhc driver provides a blocking mag() method to read the magnetometer data.
let I16x3 { x, y, z } = lsm303dlhc.mag()?;
As with the other methods, you'll get a 16 bit integer for each axis.
Below is shown a magnetometer reading obtained while the F3 board was sitting still on a horizontal surface. No scaling (multiply by the sensitivity) was performed.
I16x3 { x: 26, y: -167, z: -553 }
From the X and Y components you can compute where north is in the horizontal XY plane. For instance, if the X component is zero and the Y component is non zero then north is aligned to the Y axis of the magnetometer. The Z component, the vertical component of Earth's magnetic field, varies with latitude; it should be close to zero when the measurement is done on the equator.
Like the gyroscope, the magnetometer also suffers from bias. Furthermore, the metal components on the board itself can strengthen / weaken nearby magnetic fields; this results in different per axis sensitivities so a magnetic field of constant magnitude can be perceived as having different magnitudes when measured along the different axes of the magnetometer.
As Earth's magnetic field magnitude is roughly constant, ideally we should measure it as having the same magnitude regardless of the orientation of the magnetometer. We'll use this fact to calibrate the magnetometer and compensate for the ferromagnetic properties of the board.
Assuming the only magnetic field the magnetometer is sensing is the Earth's we should observe that all the magnetometer readings satisfy the following equation:
mx * mx + my * my + mz * mz == K // Eq. 1
Where mx is the reading along the X axis, my is the reading along the Y axis, mz the reading along the Z axis, and K is some constant.
This also happens to be the equation of a sphere centered at coordinate (0, 0, 0) so if we plot the readings in 3D space we should see that all of them lie on the surface of a sphere.
To calibrate the magnetometer we'll collect measurements from the magnetometer in different orientations. We'll do that by logging data while the board in being rotated in different ways. See video below for a demo of what I mean.
IMPORTANT While logging calibration data keep the magnetometer away from sources of electromagnetic fields (EMF). The above video is actually a bad example in that regard because the EMF that the laptop emits heavily affect the magnetometer readings – the laptop EMF can easily double the magnetometer readings.
Here's the data that was collected over the lapse of 32 seconds of motion.
Plot M_XY is a scatter plot of the magnetometer readings along the X axis vs the readings along the Y axis. Plots M_XZ and M_YZ are similar but involve a different pair of axes.
Remember that I said that the readings plotted in 3D space should look like a sphere? These first three plots are like the projections of that


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February 16, 2010
The restaurant where I work has been collecting order forms for king cakes for the past few weeks. The other night, a woman who had recently moved to the States asked me about the cake and its importance to American culture. Unfortunately, all I could tell her at the time was that it is served during Mardi Gras and is very popular in New Orleans. But the cake's history actually starts way back in Europe.
In the book "Mardi Gras, gumbo, and zydeco: readings in Louisiana culture," Marcia Gaudet writes an essay about today's king cake and the European Epiphany cake from which it evolved. The Feast of Epiphany is celebrated in many Western branches of the Christian faith on January 6, the proverbial "twelfth day of Christmas." It commemorates the day when the three wise men—also called magi, or kings—arrived in Bethlehem bearing gifts for the baby Jesus. Epiphany is also the start of the traditional Mardi Gras season.
King cake is traditionally a yeast-based sweet bread baked in the shape of a crown, covered with white icing and gold, purple and green sprinkles—the official colors of the carnival. Although Mardi Gras itself can be traced back to the medieval ages, the colors weren't chosen until 1872. Gold represents power; purple is for justice, and green represents faith.
Another key element is the inclusion of a trinket inside the cake. The trinket is often a tiny baby figurine that represents the baby Jesus, but it can also be a bean, an almond, a horseshoe or many other things. Whoever gets the token in their piece is considered the king—or queen—and becomes responsible for the next king cake. Of course, this custom varies from place to place and family to family.
Although it's not clear when or why the cake tradition migrated from Epiphany to later in the Mardi Gras festival, Gaudet theorizes that it has to do with other Epiphany-related customs, such as gift-giving, being observed in conjunction with the Christmas holiday.
I was surprised to learn that unlike other tradition-centric holiday foods, the king cake is usually bought rather than made at home. (If you're feeling ambitious, though, here's a recipe.) Even Gaudet's grandmother in New Orleans did not make her own—in an 1899 diary entry, she wrote that she and her aunt picked up a king cake at the store for King's Day.
The cake has made the leap from New Orleans to other cities in the United States as the Mardi Gras celebration becomes more widespread. But I think Gaudet has the cake's popularity figured out: "[King cake] also provides both Cajuns and 'newcomers' a means of participating in a food custom that is certainly easier to adapt to than eating boudin and crawfish."
I can't speak for boudin, which is a word used to describe various sausages used in Creole and Cajun cuisine, but I had a rather unfortunate experience with a crawfish during last year's Mardi Gras and won't be eating that again. A cake covered in frosting and sprinkles, however? No problem at all.
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The Lumina project, which is engaged in development of LED-lighting equipment, primarily for use in developing countries and in applications where people do not have access to conventional power, has studied the quality of White LEDs (WLED). The results are remarkable! In 26 batches studied, there is a huge variation in efficacy (Lumens/Watt) by a factor of 5! Even within the batches, there are enormous variations. So, quality management and assurance is of major importance for WLEDs before they can compete for any applications.
But that is not all!
A system to use PV-charged devices contains several other components to function properly. The study made by LBL therefore also suggests 14 different protocols to ensure the quality of the systems. Again, this is proof that it is now a simple swap to get new technology onto the market and serve people the way it is intended to.
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text: Ambivalent sexism has many pernicious consequences. Since gender stereotypes also affect leadership roles, the present research investigated the effects of ambivalent sexism on envisioning oneself as a leader. Our studies tested the influence of sexist attitudes (toward women – Study 1 – and men – Study 2) on leadership aspiration, taking into account the interaction among ambivalent attitudes, personal characteristics (e.g. self-esteem), and group processes (e.g. level of identification with gender). Specifically, the current study used a 3 (sexism: hostile, benevolent, control) x 2 (social identification: high, low) x 2 (self-esteem: high, low) factorial design. 178 women participated in Study 1. Results showed that, although sexism was not recognised as a form of prejudice and did not trigger negative emotions, in sexist conditions high-identified women increase their leadership aspiration. In Study 2 men (N = 184) showed to recognise hostility as a form of prejudice, to experience more negative emotions, but to be not influenced in leadership aspiration. For both men and women self-esteem had a significant main effect on leadership aspiration.


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Ars notoria, sive Flores aurei
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Fifteen pages of largely diagrammatic drawings, approximately thirty-six in all, depending on how their relationships are interpreted (the text calls for thirty-two), are found from f. 10v to f. 17v, most of them accompanied by labels and the texts of prayers consisting of long series of invented names with exotic sounds written in a minute hand in brown ink, while the designs themselves are throughout in red. The text of the manuscript also includes numerous prayers, some of them consisting of exotic names. Manuscript on parchment of Apollonius, Ars notoria, sive Flores aurei. A text in which a direct approach to knowledge is sought by means of incantation. The text of the manuscript also includes numerous prayers, some of them consisting of exotic names.