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Message shortcodes are special snippets of text that allow for precisely controlling how dynamic content will display in the message template. If you are familiar with how WordPress shortcodes work then using these shortcodes should be fairly straightforward. Shortcodes such as
[EVENT_AUTHOR_FORMATTED_EMAIL] all provide an easy way to indicate where dynamic content will be inserted when messages are sent.
There are also special shortcodes that we call list-type shortcodes. These are shortcodes such as
[QUESTION_LIST]. These shortcodes are special because when you use it, you are indicating that this is where you want a list of items to be displayed in your template. When the message generator gets to this shortcode, it will signal it to look for a corresponding field in the template to know how to parse each item in the list. So when you see a field in a message template that is labelled with
[event_list] then you know that when the
[EVENT_LIST] shortcode is parsed, the generator will look in the
[event_list] field to know how to parse each event item.
Display Answers to Questions in Your Templates
To display all answers:
You add the
[QUESTION_LIST] shortcode to the
[ATTENDEE_LIST] section, then within the
[QUESTION_LIST] section you can add the
To display individual answers:
[RECIPIENT_ANSWER_*] shortcode in a valid location, and use the question display text you are testing. In my case the question was "What color?" so when I added the shortcode it was
[RECIPIENT_ANSWER_* What color?] I also prefaced the shortcode with the actual question text so I could tell that I was seeing the right message when I received it.
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- If the dishes are not getting clean: a) Make sure the water is hot enough – it should be at least 140 degrees, which is hot enough to burn you (very hot!) – If it is not hot enough, A) Make sure you are following the proper loading procedures. Use the proper amount of detergent and make sure the detergent is fresh (check expiration or "best if used by" date.). B) select a cycle that provides for a hotter wash water temperature, C) Make sure the lower spray arm is unobstructed and is "free turning". D) Make sure the bottom inside of the dishwasher is clean and free of debris. E) turn the hot water heater thermostat up to a higher setting. F) Make sure the water is draining and not recirculating dirty water.
- If the door isn't closing:
- Make sure the latch assembly is unrestricted and latching properly.
- Make sure the door is not hitting anything. Sometimes the screws that anchor the dishwasher to the bottom of the counter top come loose and cause the door to hit the mounting brackets or the screws. Sometimes the dishwasher can twist in the cabinet opening and sit crooked in the space causing the door to hit the side cabinet.
- Make sure nothing is blocking the door from opening and closing properly.
- If the unit is leaking: Address this issue immediately as water leaking underneath can be damaging your flooring!!!!! a) Make sure you are following the proper loading procedures, including proper type and amounts of detergents (run unit through cycle empty, if it doesn't leak it is probably a loading problem). b) Make sure the racks are positioned properly. c) Make sure the door is unrestricted around the opening. d) Make sure it is sitting level in the opening. Look at the space along both sides and across the top. This is normally more of a problem if the dishwasher was recently installed. Call _PHONE_ for service if these tips do not reveal the source of the leak.
If your dishwasher is developing a film on the inside, put 6-7 drops of good quality, name brand regular liquid detergent (the type used for hand washing dishes)
in the bottom and put the machine through a regular cycle. This procedure will wash away soap scum, some mineral deposits, and grit. It will also allow the machine to work better. Important note – do not use more than 6-7 drops of detergent because oversudsing can cause a flood!
Be proactive, prevent potential floods! If the above suggestion did not work and the inside of your dishwasher is still brown and discolored from mineral stains, add one Affresh tablet (we sell it in three tablet packets for $9.95 and it works great!) and put the machine through a regular cycle. As an alternative you can also put Lime-away (available at your grocery store) or Tang Citrus Drink into the tank during the wash cycle. The citric acid from these products should remove the mineral buildup and restore the finish! There are a variety of citrus products available over the counter. Call our parts department _PHONE_) and we can send some out to you within one day! If these suggested tips do not solve the problem, call us at _PHONE_
to ask additional questions or for fast, dependable service!
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The goal of this programming assignment is to have you write, from scratch, a simple Android game following the Model/View/Controller pattern. This will be something you can demo and discuss in a job interview if you want to work in this area.
We will spend 30 minutes brainstorming different ideas and when you come up with an idea you should write a blog post with the title "My PA4 Game"
Your program must:
- have an initial "welcome" screen with a "play" button
- have a GameActivity screen where the game is played
- have a win/lose/retry activity that is generated when the game or level ends
- accept user touchscreen input and do something interesting
- have an underlying model that is fairly simple but not trivial (you can create a more sophisticated model later, but for this assignment keep it relatively simple!)
- have a view that does nothing but update the model and draw the view based on what is on the model. It carries no internal state itself.
- have a controller that processes all input from the user and all model-generated events that might change the user interaction (e.g. completing a level!)
- be localized to work with two languages, one of which is English. Read _URL_ to learn how to do this (it's easy!)
- be customized to work on two different devices (the phone and the xoom). The layouts should be slightly different on each device. Read _URL_ to see how to do this (also pretty easy!)


" can find an antecedent in the "think" in "I think", because it seems to provide the first term of a comparison (with "most people" the second term). Carville did not use contrastive stress on "I"; his "I think" sounded more like the sentence adverbial 'think', so I interpreted the sentence as if it were equivalent to "This is a much, much better political issue than most people do", along with a hedge on his propositional attitude, and I did think to myself, "than most people do what?". (I've used "I think" in this sense twice in the first paragraph above.)
 2. I think this is a much better political issue than most people think it is.
 3. I consider this a much better political issue than most people do.
 4. I believe that this is a much, much better political issue than most people do.
 Sentences (2) and (3) are effective expressions of coherent propositions, making the two types of comparisons I just mentioned; sentence (4), a perhaps more obvious example of the problem with Carville's sentence, to me, does not express a coherent proposition, but does express something weird. If Carville had given his "I" contrastive stress, I probably wouldn't have sensed any weirdness, since the anaphoric "do" would have an interpretable antecedent in "think". So I think that it's weird that a simple difference in a prosodic feature can make such a difference in the syntactic structure of the sentence.
 22. Batchman said,
 April 10, 2021 @ 2:48 pm
 The crux of the conundrum appears to be "than", which sets up an expected comparison of similar items, of which the first is a syntactical comparative. The word "better" fulfills that role, which creates an expectation that the goodness of the "political issue" is being compared with some other expression of goodness. But in actuality what is under comparison is how good the speaker believes the political issue is, not the actual goodness thereof. It's hard to come up with a construction that works, something like
 "My personal estimation of the degree of goodness of this political issue is more than what most people's is."
 Not Carville-speak by a long shot.
 If there were a single verb that could perform this function in English, the sentence could be generated without this problem. Say we define "like" to mean "attribute some degree of goodness to." Then he could say "I like this political issue more than most people do."
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The organization of bead production during the Aurignacian has significant implications for understanding the role of these artifacts in Upper Palaeolithic societies, and the evolution of symbolic behavior and social organization more generally.
For this special issue on "The Role of Art in Prehistoric Societies," a case study of Early Aurignacian beads in ivory and soapstone are presented, and related production debris, from four sites (Abri Castanet, Abri de la Souquette, Grotte des Hyènes at Brassempouy, Grotte d'Isturitz) in the Aquitaine region of France.
The data from the case study are used to evaluate three hypothetical models of production and exchange in the given regional context, and are evaluated in terms of the current, common criteria for the recognition of craft specialization in the archaeological record.
Based on these criteria, these artifacts could reasonably be considered the products of specialist producers. It is argued that the data presented here indicates two possibilities in the interpretation of prehistoric production-organization: either the presence of craft specialization in the Early Upper Palaeolithic can be accepted, or the criteria for recognizing specialization in the archaeological record should be revised.
In either case, there is a demonstrated need for the refinement of models and vocabularies related to production organization in small-scale societies that better reflect the complex patterns apparent in the ethnographic and archaeological records.
In addressing these issues, it is necessary to reconsider many basic assumptions about production, wealth, and exchange in Palaeolithic contexts, the perceived limitations of the archaeological record, and the nature and the antiquity of what is considered "complex" social organization.
This case study and the arguments that follow are not intended to be a definitive statement on craft specialization and production organization in the Upper Palaeolithic. They are presented as an example of the kind of data-driven modeling of production and exchange in the Early Upper Palaeolithic that can serve as a concrete basis for the reconsideration of production and exchange in these contexts.


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25 or more prisoners. Future issues of the publication may add to the list where a birthplace records counts of 25 or more prisoners on a consistent basis.
Indigenous imprisonment rates
28 Rates for the Indigenous adult population in this publication are based on the 'low series' projections for 30 June 2004 (refer to table A4 in Appendix 2 and Experimental Estimates and Projections, Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Australians, 30 June 1991 to 30 June 2009 (cat. no. 3238.0)). These projections are based on the 2001 Census of Population and Housing. Further information about these estimates is provided in Appendix 2 - Indigenous imprisonment rates.
29 Indigenous and non-Indigenous imprisonment rates included in table 3 are presented as both crude and age standardised rates. Ratios of Indigenous to non-Indigenous imprisonment rates are included. Further information about age standardisation of rates is provided in Appendix 2 - Indigenous imprisonment rates.
30 The legal status of an offender is determined by the warrant(s) or court order(s) which provide the legal basis for the detention in custody of the offender. The classification is as follows:
- no appeal current
- awaiting appeal
- unfit to plead, not guilty on grounds of insanity, preventative detention.
33 Some offenders may have more than one type of warrant issued against them; therefore it is possible for an offender to have dual status (e.g. under sentence for some offences and awaiting appeal results for others, or under sentence and awaiting deportation). The counting rules for determining the legal status of an offender at the time of the National Prisoner Census are as follows:
- unconvicted awaiting court hearing or trial
- awaiting sentence
- awaiting deportation.
- If the prisoner has been sentenced for any offence then this takes precedence over any other offence(s) for which the prisoner is unsentenced.
- If the sentenced prisoner has appealed against all of his/her sentences then that prisoner is counted as under sentence awaiting determination of appeal. If any sentence is uncontested then this takes precedence over any offence(s) for which appeals are in progress.
- If the prisoner is convicted but as yet unsentenced for any offence then this takes precedence over any other offence(s) for which the prisoner may be on remand.
- A prisoner is counted as awaiting deportation if the prisoner is held in custody for this alone. If the prisoner is sentenced or held on remand for any other offences and is also awaiting deportation, then the other offences take precedence over the deportation warrant.
COURT OF SENTENCE/REMAND
34 The court of sentence/remand refers to whether the offender was sentenced or remanded to custody by the Supreme Court, the District or County Court or the Lower Courts such as the Magistrates' or Children's Courts. The rules adopted for coding the level of court are:
- Where an episode comprises orders/sentences of various levels of court, the level of court relating to the most serious offence (MSO) is recorded.
- An appeal court is recorded when it has altered the length of sentence of the MSO/charge.
- For prisoners not under sentence, the level of court which has issued the most recent remand in custody warrant is recorded.
- Prisoners held under a Department of Immigration order or under the authority of the Parole Board are recorded as 'other'.
35 An episode is defined as the period from an offender's latest date of reception into the custody of a corrective services agency for a particular offence(s)/charge(s) until the person is released from custody or remand. When a prisoner breaches parole conditions and is returned to custody, a new episode is deemed to have commenced and a new reception date is provided. Differences in the application of this rule occur in Western Australia. Further detail on these differences is provided in the Explanatory Notes, paragraph 69.
36 In consultation with the National Corrective Services Advisory Group, the definition of episode changed from the 2003 Prisoner Census. The definition of episode was altered to maximise data comparability across states and territories. For New South Wales, Victoria, South Australia and the Northern Territory, there has been no change to the data provided for the Prisoner Census collection. That is, these jurisdictions have always provided data based on the definition of episode as outlined in the previous paragraph. These jurisdictions accounted for 65% of the prisoner population in 2002. For Queensland, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory, the definition of episode has changed from data provided prior to 2003 when the definition of episode treated persons who breached parole and returned to custody as continuing a prior episode (the date of reception was the date the person originally entered into custody prior to the breach of parole). In Western Australia, as noted in the previous paragraph, there remain differences in the application of the national counting rule (further detail on these differences is provided in the Explanatory Notes, paragraph 69). As the revised definition of episode only impacts on prisoners who have breached parole, the impact of this change in definition on time series data will be low at the national level.
DATE OF RECEPTION
37 Date of reception is defined as the date the prisoner was received into prison in a state or territory for the current episode. Counting rules for persons returning to custody from an escape attempt or parole are as follows:
38 Since the 1996 National Prisoner Census, Victorian and Northern Territory corrective service agencies have supplied the reception date for prisoners according to the following definition: the reception date is the latest date at which the prisoner is received into prison, whether at the commencement of the current episode or after returning to prison after having breached parole or having been captured following escape.
- If an offender escapes from custody and is recaptured and returned to custody, the date of reception is the date the person originally entered into custody prior to the escape.
- If parole is revoked resulting in an offender returning to custody, the date of reception is the date the person was returned to custody. That is, a new episode is deemed to have commenced.
39 Courts can set a term of imprisonment as either a fixed sentence - one that specifies a single term of custody without parole - or a 'parole' sentence comprising a maximum term and a minimum term. Alternatively, courts may not set a term of imprisonment, but rather, may apply an indeterminate sentence of imprisonment such as life.
40 The minimum term is that period that must be served before the prisoner is eligible for release from custody to parole, and the difference between the maximum and minimum term is the period that will be served on parole if the prisoner is released at his or her earliest eligibility date. While parole is generally granted at the earliest eligibility date, prisoners may be denied parole for some or all of the period up to the expiry of their maximum term. For both fixed and maximum-minimum sentences, the period actually served in custody may be less than the stated time to serve where administrative mechanisms such as sentence remissions are applied.
41 The aggregate sentence is the longest period that the offender may be detained under sentence in the current episode. Charges pending which are likely to extend the current episode are ignored. Where a new episode is counted when a person returns to prison from parole, the unexpired portion of the prior episode is usually incorporated into the aggregate sentence for the new episode.
Expected time to serve
42 The expected time to serve is the period of imprisonment which a convicted prisoner is expected to serve and in most cases refers to the time elapsed between the date of reception for this episode (see Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 35-36) and the earliest date of release.
43 The time a prisoner is expected to serve in custody depends upon the sentence(s) originally handed down, the system of remissions and the forms of parole available in the various states and territories and whether any time was spent in custody prior to reception, for example, time on remand or in police custody. The rules governing date of release are complex and differ between the states and territories. The calculation of the earliest date of release in each state and territory is described in the Explanatory Notes, paragraphs 44-59.
New South Wales
44 In New South Wales significant legislative amendments came into force on 3 April 2000, repealing a number of Acts of Parliament which were administered by the Department of Corrective Services, namely:
45 These Acts were replaced by the following:
- Correctional Centres Act 1952
- Sentencing Act 1989
- Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981
- Home Detention Act 1996
- Community Service Orders Act 1979.
46 The consolidation of the sentencing legislation into two Acts was achieved with only minor changes of substance to existing law. One effect of the legislative amendments was the removal of the terms'minimum', 'additional' and 'fixed' used in describing sentence types. Under current legislation a court, in setting a term of imprisonment, is required to first set a 'Non-Parole' period and then a 'Sentence' period. Alternatively a court may decline to set a 'Non-Parole' period. These sentences are referred to as 'Sentence/Non-Parole' and 'Sentence/Parole declined' sentence types respectively.
- Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999
- Crimes (Administration of Sentences) Act 1999.
47 Amendments to the Periodic Detention of Prisoners Act 1981 (Periodic Detention of Prisoners Amendment Act 1998 (No. 43)) enabled courts to set'minimum' and 'additional' terms when imposing a sentence to be served by way of periodic detention. These changes were incorporated in the new legislation (Crimes (Sentencing Procedure) Act 1999) with respective changes to the sentence type terminology, as explained above


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Concept art for games minor
- Hong Kong
Students in this minor conceptualize game characters and environments, illustrate these concepts, and create 3-D computer models suitable for a real-time environment.
- ITGM 120 Introduction to Interactive Design and Game Development*
- ITGM 121 Introduction to Game Development*
- ITGM 236 Core Principles: Game Art
- ITGM 333 Sculptural Texturing for Games
- SEQA 311 Conceptual Illustration
- SEQA 411 Advanced Conceptual Illustration
Total course of study: 25 hours
* Choose one of these two courses.


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PhosLube – Base Oils Aromatic Carbon Analysis
Aromatic carbon analysis within a lubricant mineral base oil is very important because content ranges can directly effect outcomes of other tests such as viscosity and boiling points. This analysis is typically performed via infrared spectroscopy, which focuses primarily on the electromagnetic spectrum (wavelengths and frequencies). This is a form of absorption spectroscopy, which measures absorption of radiation via frequency/wavelengths during interaction with the sample being analyzed. These tests are typically performed to determine particles amounts within a sample. PhosLube offers a number of tests for base oils, but aromatic carbon analysis may be the most common.


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The European ash (F. excelsior), with 7 to 11 leaflets, is a timber tree of wide distribution throughout Europe. A number of its varieties have been cultivated and used in landscaping for centuries. Notable among these are forms with dwarflike or weeping habits, variegated foliage, warty twigs and branches, and curled leaves. The flowering ash (F. ornus) of southern Europe...
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Towards the end of last year a report from the Otago Regional Council raised concerns about deteriorating water quality in the Kakanui River.
One of the contributing factors was an increased level of E.coli.
Dairying was blamed although the council couldn't find the source.
One of the dairy farmers decided to do his own research and canoed down the river.
He found a couple of dead sheep caught in submerged branches then he came on a large colony of seagulls nesting in a canyon.
He reported this to the council which sent a helicopter up the river and found the source of the problem.
... a large colony of nesting gulls – was found in rugged terrain, about 5 km above the Clifton Falls bridge.
Water quality samples were taken immediately above and below the colony, with widely divergent results Upstream of the colony, the bacteria concentrations were 214 _URL_, whereas immediately downstream, the concentration was far greater at 1300 _URL_.
ORC manager of resource science Matt Hickey said that according to Government water quality guidelines for recreational swimming areas, those with less than 260 _URL_ should be safe, whereas water with more than 550 _URL_ could pose a health-risk.
Mr Hickey said six colonies of gulls were found in total, on steep rocky faces, where they clearly favoured the habitat for nesting.
While they had gone undetected up until now due to the inaccessible nature of the gorge, it was likely the gulls returned each year to breed in the same places.
"Unfortunately, these nesting gull colonies are likely to continue to cause high E.coli concentrations in the upper Kakanui River, particularly during the breeding season," Mr Hickey said.
"Bird activity, river flow, or even whether it is a cloudy or sunny day, (as E.coli often died quickly in clear water when exposed to sunlight) will influence actual bacteria numbers at Clifton Falls bridge. With hindsight, it reflects the random nature of the historical bacteria results at this site."
Mr Hickey said the E.coli concentrations reflected a large number of birds congregating in a small area and we are fortunate this situation was not common in Otago. Historically E.coli concentrations in the lower Kakanui River have been very low, despite the gull colonies being found upstream.
The council is warning people against swimming in the river but we've had no warning about drinking the water, presumably because it's treated.
Locals are very keen to solve the problem but it's not necessarily a simple matter:
Coastal Otago biodiversity programme manager David Agnew said the Department of Conservation would look into the situation and try to identify which species of gull were nesting in the area.
Mr Agnew said the species involved would determine what could be done to remove them.
"Black-backed gulls are not protected so that's not a problem as far as if they are causing a problem. They are not rare or threatened, they are not even protected, whereas red-billed gulls and black-billed gulls both have their own conservation concerns."
There's no concern about conservation with cows. If they were causing water quality problems farmers could face prosecution and would have to act quickly to address the cause.
Some gulls have a special status and if they're the ones fouling the water the clean up will take some time.


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How Design Thinking Bookends Data Science
Hallelujah brother, I've seen the light!
I'm a HUGE believer in the liberating mindset of Design Thinking. For example, Design Thinking not only makes Data Science more effectively, but it helps avoid the devastating unintended consequences of an AI capability that can continuously-learn and adapt at speeds exponentially faster than humans. I'm honored a speaker at the Catalyst Empowerment Summit on August 2. I will present "Blending Design + Data to Scale Innovation" in this lightning-paced event.
In preparation for the event, let me explain how Design + Data scales innovation by exploring how Design Thinking bookends Data Science.
Defining Value. The role of Design Thinking before engaging Data Science is to clearly and thoroughly define what one is trying to achieve. This includes clarifying the intended benefits and "values" across a wide range of perspectives (Figure 1).
Figure 1: Defining Value Challenge
There needs to be a wide range of dimensions of value against which the AI model's effectiveness and accountability will be measured, and it is NOT just financial metrics. Get this wrong, and the AI models will optimize exactly what you told them to optimize, which may not have been what you intended (see Terminators, ARIIA, and VIKI for examples of AI models optimizing EXACTLY what the value statements asked them to optimize).
Data Science Customer Journey Map. We modified the Customer Journey Map to help the data science team identify the key decisions, analytics, and data necessary to help stakeholders successfully complete their journeys (Figure 2).
Figure 2: Data Science Customer Journey Map
The Data Science Customer Journey Map identifies the data and analytic requirements necessary for customers to successfully complete their journeys.
Data Science Collaborative Engagement Process. The role of Design Thinking during the Data Science engagement process is to create a mindset and operating culture of exploration, trying, and learning. Throughout the Data Science Collaborative Engagement Process, design thinking drives ideation, exploration, and experimentation in tight collaboration with the business stakeholders – where all ideas are worthy of consideration with a "diverging before converging" mindset (Figure 3).
Figure 3: Data Science Engagement Methodology
The Data Science development process is a non-linear "rapid exploration, discovery, training, testing, failing and learning" process, perfect for integrating design thinking capabilities.
Hypothesis Development Canvas. The Hypothesis Development Canvas ensures the data science effort directly supports the organization's critical business and operational initiatives. A well-structured Hypothesis Development Canvas, like a well-structured storyboard, provides a concise yet thorough way to make a use case come to life. I spend an entire chapter in my eBook "The Art of Thinking Like a Data Scientist" on how to create the Hypothesis Development Canvas, if you are interested in learning more.
Design Thinking + Data Science. Design Thinking and Data Science both embrace a curiosity-driven, rapid exploration, rapid testing, continuous experimentation, failure-enabling, continuously-learning and adapting mindset (Figure 4).
Figure 4: Design Thinking and Data Science engagement Similarities
The primary difference between Design Thinking and Data Science engagement methodologies? One is focused on machine learning, and the other is focused on human learning. And when you blend that learning together, it will be the ultimate empowerment of an AI-to-human continuously-learning and adapting environment.
From Technology Outputs to Business Outcomes. The role of Design Thinking after the Data Science engagement is to support a culture of continuous measurement, experimentation, learning, and adapting focused on business and operational outcomes (Figure 5).
Figure 5: Data Science 2.0: From Outputs to Outcomes
Design Thinking techniques can drive the collaborate with the business stakeholders to continuously learn and refine the desired business and operational outcomes that leads to new sources of customer, product, and operational value creation.
Empowerment. Finally, design thinking guides the empowerment of individuals and teams necessary to nurture and scale innovation (Figure 8).
Figure 6: Keys to Scaling Innovation
The keys to nurturing and scaling innovation are:
- Key #1: Create a common vision and shared purposed around the organization's "True North." That is, what does your organization seek to accomplish and who do they seek to serve.
- Key #2: Establish a Common Language (using Design Thinking – the language of your customers) so there is no confusion about what is being said, and a standard engagement "framework" that guides the value identification, capture, and operationalization processes.
- Key #3: Embrace organizational Improvisation (improv) with the ability and agility to move team members in and out of teams while maintaining operational integrity.
- Key #4: Create a culture built on transparency and trust that values everyone's contributions and their unique and inherent assets and capabilities. Remember, you can't mandate trust, you must earn it!
- Key #5: Sharing, Reusing, and Refining Operating Environment. This is the heart of a learning organization, an organization that a share its learnings (both good and bad) and can reuse and refine what others have learned. This is the ultimate of standing on each other's shoulders.
Design Thinking + Data Science scale innovation by identifying, codifying, and operationalizing the sources of customer, product, and operational value creation. But to create a sustainable innovation environment requires empowering everybody; that everyone feels empowered to contribute and lead. It is within this culture where the AI-to-human collaboration will drive game-changing innovation and new sources of customer, product, and operational value creation (Figure 7).
Figure 7: Digital Transformation Value Creation Mapping


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- Under Source settings, for Kinesis data stream, enter the ARN of your Kinesis data stream.
- Under Delivery stream name, enter the name of your Kinesis data stream.
- Under Destination settings, choose an S3 bucket or enter a bucket URI. You can either use an existing S3 bucket to store Amazon Monitron data, or you can create a new S3 bucket.
- Enable dynamic partitioning using inline parsing for JSON:
- Choose Enabled for Dynamic partitioning.
- Choose Enabled for Inline parsing for JSON.
- Under Dynamic partitioning keys, add the following partition keys:
|Key Name||JQ Expression|
- Choose Apply dynamic partitioning keys and confirm the generated S3 bucket prefix is:
- Enter a prefix for S3 bucket error output prefix. Any JSON payload that doesn't contain the keys described earlier will be delivered in this prefix. For instance, the
gatewayDisconnectedevents are not linked to a given asset or position. Therefore, they won't contain the
positionNamefields. Specifying this optional prefix here allows you to monitor this location and process these events accordingly.
- Choose Create delivery stream.
You can inspect the Amazon Monitron data in the S3 bucket. Note that the Amazon Monitron data will export live data at a frequency of once per hour, so wait for 1 hour to inspect the data.
This Kinesis Data Firehose setup enables dynamic partitioning, and the S3 objects delivered will use the following key format:
Build the AWS Glue crawler to create a table of Amazon S3 data in Athena
After the live data has been exported to Amazon S3, we use an AWS Glue crawler to generate the metadata tables. In this post, we use AWS Glue crawlers to automatically infer database and table schema from Amazon Monitron data exported in Amazon S3, and store the associated metadata in the AWS Glue Data Catalog. Athena then uses the table metadata from the Data Catalog to find, read, and process the data in Amazon S3. Complete the following steps to create your database and table schema:
- On the AWS Glue console, choose Crawlers in the navigation pane.
- Choose Create crawler.
- Enter a name for the crawler (for example,
- Choose Next.
- For Is your data already mapped to Glue tables, choose Not yet.
- For Data Source, choose S3.
- For Location of S3 data, choose In this Account, and enter the path of your S3 bucket directory you set up in the previous section (
- For Repeat crawls of S3 data stores, select Crawl all sub-folders.
- Finally, choose Next.
- Select Create new IAM role and enter a name for the role.
- Choose Next.
- Select Add Database, and enter a name for the database. This creates the Athena database where your metadata tables are located after the crawler is complete.
- For Crawler Schedule, select a preferred time-based scheduler (for example, hourly) to refresh the Amazon Monitron data in the database, and choose Next.
- Review the crawler details and choose Create.
- On the Crawlers page of the AWS Glue console, select the crawler you created and choose Run crawler.
You may need to wait a few minutes, depending on the size of the data. When it's complete, the crawler's status shows as Ready. To see the metadata tables, navigate to your database on the Databases page and choose Tables in the navigation pane.
You can also view data by choosing Table data on the console.
You're redirected to the Athena console to view the top 10 records of the Amazon Monitron data in Amazon S3.
Create a dashboard of Amazon Monitron devices with Amazon Managed Grafana
In this section, we build a customized dashboard with Amazon Managed Grafana to visualize Amazon Monitron data in Amazon S3, so that OT team can get streamlined access to assets in alarm across their whole Amazon Monitron sensors fleet. This will enable the OT team to plan next step actions based on the possible root cause of the anomalies.
To create a Grafana workspace, complete the following steps:
- Ensure that your user role is admin or editor.
- On the Amazon Managed Grafana console, choose Create workspace.
- For Workspace name, enter a name for the workspace.
- Choose Next.
- For Authentication access, select AWS IAM Identity Center (successor to AWS Single Sign-On). You can use the same AWS IAM Identity Center user that you used to set up your Amazon Monitron project.
- Choose Next.
- For this first workspace, confirm that Service managed is selected for Permission type. This selection enables Amazon Managed Grafana to automatically provision the permissions you need for the AWS data sources that you use for this workspace.
- Choose Current account.
- Choose Next.
- Confirm the workspace details, and choose Create workspace. The workspace details page appears. Initially, the status is CREATING.
- Wait until the status is ACTIVE to proceed to the next step.
To configure your Athena data source, complete the following steps:
- On the Amazon Managed Grafana console, choose the workspace you want to work on.
- On the Data sources tab, select Amazon Athena, and choose Actions, Enable service-managed policy.
- Choose Configure in Grafana in the Amazon Athena row.
- Sign in to the Grafana workspace console using IAM Identity Center if necessary. The user should have the Athena access policy attached to the user or role to have access to the Athena data source. See AWS managed policy: AmazonGrafanaAthenaAccess for more info.
- On the Grafana workspace console, in the navigation pane, choose the lower AWS icon (there are two) and then choose Athena on the Data sources menu.
- Select the default Region that you want the Athena data source to query from, select the accounts that you want, then choose Add data source.
- Follow the steps to configure Athena details.
If your workgroup in Athena doesn't have an output location configured already, you need to specify an S3 bucket and folder to use for query results. After setting up the data source, you can view or edit it in the Configuration pane.
In the following subsections, we demonstrate several panels in the Amazon Monitron dashboard built in Amazon Managed Grafana to gain operational insights. The Athena data source provides a standard SQL query editor that we'll use to analyze the Amazon Monitron data to generate desired analytics.
First, if there are many sensors in the Amazon Monitron project and they are in different states (healthy, warning, alarm, and needs maintenance), the OT team wants to visually see the count of positions that sensors are in various states. You can obtain such information as a pie chart widget in Grafana via the following Athena query:
Select * FROM (Select latest_status, COUNT(assetdisplayname)OVER (PARTITION BY latest_status) AS asset_health_count FROM (SELECT timestamp, sitedisplayname, assetdisplayname, assetState.newState as latest_status, RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY assetdisplayname ORDER BY timestamp DESC)AS rnk FROM "AwsDataCatalog"."Replace with your Athena database name"."Replace with your Athena table name") tt WHERE tt.rnk=1) GROUP BY latest_status, asset_health_count;
The following screenshot shows a panel with the latest distribution of Amazon Monitron sensor status.
To format your SQL query for Amazon Monitron data, refer to Understanding the data export schema.
Next, your Operations Technology team may want to plan predictive maintenance based on assets that are in alarm status, and therefore they want to quickly know the total number of acknowledged alarms vs. unacknowledged alarms. You can show the summary information of alarm state as simple stats panels in Grafana:
Select COUNT(*) FROM (Select timestamp, sitedisplayname, assetdisplayname, assetState.newState as latest_status, RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY assetdisplayname ORDER BY timestamp DESC)AS rnk FROM "AwsDataCatalog"."Replace with your Athena database name"."Replace with your Athena table name") tt WHERE tt.rnk=1 AND tt.latest_status = 'Alarm';
The following panel shows acknowledged and unacknowledged alarms.
The OT team can also query the amount of time the sensors remain in alarm status, so that they can decide their maintenance priority:
Select c.assetdisplayname, b.sensorpositiondisplayname, b.alarm_date FROM (Select a.assetdisplayname, a.sensorpositiondisplayname, COUNT(*)/24+1 AS number_of_days_in_alarm_state FROM (Select * FROM "AwsDataCatalog"."Replace with your Athena database name"."Replace with your Athena table name" WHERE (assetState.newState = 'ALARM' AND assetState.newState = assetState.previousState) ORDER BY timestamp DESC) a GROUP BY a.assetdisplayname, a.sensorpositiondisplayname) b INNER JOIN (Select * FROM (Select timestamp, sitedisplayname, assetdisplayname, assetState.newState AS latest_status, RANK() OVER (PARTITION BY assetdisplayname ORDER BY timestamp DESC)AS rnk FROM "AwsDataCatalog"."Replace with your Athena database name"."Replace with your Athena table name") tt WHERE tt.rnk=1 AND tt.latest_status = 'ALARM') c ON b.assetdisplayname = c.assetdisplayname;
The output of this analysis can be visualized by a bar chart in Grafana, and the alarm in alarm state can be easily visualized as shown in the following screenshot.
To analyze top/bottom asset performance based on the total amount of time the assets are in an alarm or need maintenance state, use the following query:
Select s.sitedisplayname, s.assetdisplayname, COUNT(s.timestamp)/24 AS trouble_time FROM (Select timestamp, sitedisplayname, asset


The Healthy CXO.
How IIFL CEO Sumit Bali reboots his mind
Aug 10 2019 • Written by Smriti Mishra
~ Smriti Jha
The chief executive officer, executive director of India Infoline Finance Limited (IIFL), and a veteran of more than 20 half marathons, Sumit Bali is an active and one among the fittest CEO list.
Sumit believes that the dedication for running, fitness, sport or such work out activity is a solid indicator of the effort that an individual is likely to put in at work. The passion for running led him to destress at the workplace and keep a balance between work and life. Running keeps him fit; It has a positive influence on the work, he has mentioned repeatedly with the media interactions.
Preparation for running is like a Litmus test
Sumit used to actively participate in sports activities from college days. As a student of Delhi University, he has represented in various events of middleand long-distance competition. A good memory of finishing a half marathon in a rather quick time of 76 minutes is remaining fresh.
He remembers how his mind trains himself to get ready for preparation and training. Sumit believes that if someone sets reasonable objectives for running, one should work diligently to achieve the goal. As per Sumit, It also shows a fair bit of the person's character.
The way you plan, train and overcome challenges in running or any sports is akin to a litmus test. Your preparation and dedication for the activity of choice speak volumes of how you are likely to function in office, says Sumit.
How does workout activity add significant role at work?
For Sumit, balancing training and work calls for discipline and dedication at work. Also, it brings a feeling of being productive throughout the day.
About healthy diet
Sumit Bali is not known for late-night parties. He tries his best to munch on healthy food, especially while planning meals around running. He manages to catch good sleep to smoothen the next day.
The running inspiration leader requests people to spend at least 30 minutes a day, five days a week, on fitness. "It will make them more disciplined and keep them healthy ~ Sumit Bali.
How Sumit trains himself?
Sumit prefers to train five days a week. He runs for 5 to 7 km in the evening, mostly after wrapping the work.
And once a week, he manages to run in the morning. The early morning time allows him to cover the long distance for running.
How he gets the team inspired and motivated?
Sumit believes that to see a senior official balancing work and personal life inspires the team at as well. He motivates the team to come out of the comfort zone and be active. Sumit and team are taking leads and enrolling for various running and sports activities.
Running brings him solution and ideas
Running is the way Sumit gets to freshen the mind and adds vigor to tackle the work stress. The business leader gets the solutions to work-related problems while out on a run.
This is the time to reboot his brain and come up with new and innovative ideas.


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text: Base station cooperation is an attractive way of increasing the spectral efficiency in multiantenna communication. By serving each terminal through several base stations in a given area, intercell interference can be coordinated and higher performance achieved, especially for terminals at cell edges. Most previous work in the area has assumed that base stations have common knowledge of both data dedicated to all terminals and full or partial channel state information (CSI) of all links. Herein, we analyze the case of distributed cooperation where each base station has only local CSI, either instantaneous or statistical. In the case of instantaneous CSI, the beamforming vectors that can attain the outer boundary of the achievable rate region are characterized for an arbitrary number of multiantenna transmitters and single-antenna receivers. This characterization only requires local CSI and justifies distributed precoding design based on a novel virtual signal-to-interference noise ratio (SINR) framework, which can handle an arbitrary SNR and achieves the optimal multiplexing gain. The local power allocation between terminals is solved heuristically. Conceptually, analogous results for the achievable rate region characterization and precoding design are derived in the case of local statistical CSI. The benefits of distributed cooperative transmission are illustrated numerically, and it is shown that most of the performance with centralized cooperation can be obtained using only local CSI.


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In an ever-evolving educational landscape, where we seek to nurture young minds and support their emotional development, the concept of calming corners has emerged as a powerful tool. These dedicated spaces in classrooms are more than just a trend; they are essential for promoting emotional resilience and well-being in our students. Let's delve into the importance of calming corners in classrooms and the transformative impact they can have.
Empowering Emotional Regulation
In today's fast-paced world, students face a multitude of stressors, from academic pressures to personal challenges. Calming corners provide a safe haven for students to manage their emotions and find solace when needed. By teaching children to recognize and cope with their feelings, we empower them to navigate life's ups and downs with grace and resilience.
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We all know that a calm mind is a receptive one. Calming corners help students regain focus and concentration, ensuring a more conducive learning environment. When a child can effectively self-regulate their emotions, they are better prepared to engage with lessons, absorb knowledge, and excel academically.
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Calming corners serve as spaces where students can de-escalate emotional conflicts, learn to resolve disagreements, and practice empathy. Moreover, they promote inclusivity by accommodating students with diverse emotional needs, creating a classroom atmosphere that values and supports every individual.
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Reconstructed cooland warm-season precipitation over the tribal lands of northeastern Arizona
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For over a decade, the Hopi Tribe and Navajo Nation of northeastern Arizona have suffered the effects of persistent drought conditions. Severe dry spells have critically impacted natural ecosystems, water resources, and regional livelihoods including dryland farming and ranching. Drought planning and resource management efforts in the region are based largely on the instrumental climate record, which contains a limited number of severe, sustained droughts. In this study, a new network of moisture-sensitive tree-ring chronologies provides the basis for evaluating the longer-term temporal variability of precipitation in the Four Corners region. By analyzing the earlywood and latewood components within each annual tree ring, we are able to generate separate, centuries-long reconstructions of both cool- (October-April) and warm-season (July-August) precipitation. These proxy records offer new insights into seasonal drought characteristics and indicate that the instrumental record fails to adequately represent precipitation variability over the past 400 years. Through the use of two different analysis techniques, we identify multiyear and decadal-scale drought events more severe than any in the modern era. Furthermore, the reconstructions suggest that many of the historically significant droughts of the past (e.g., 17th century Puebloan drought) were not merely winter phenomena, but persisted through the summer season as well. By comparing these proxy records with historical documents, we are able to independently validate the reconstructions and better understand the socioeconomic and environmental significance of past climate anomalies on the tribal lands of northeastern Arizona.
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Meridian Manor is a significant example of the speculative middle-class apartment buildings that were constructed in the 1910s and 1920s along the 14th Street streetcar line. Noted architect George T. Santmyers' design is characteristic of the architecture and development in this area by developers who attempted to capitalize on the proximity to the streetcar line, as well as the demand for solid, modestly appointed middle-class apartment buildings. Designed between 1926 and 1927, Meridian Manor was constructed by the prominent building firm Biron & Son.
As an example of the conventional mid-rise apartment form, Meridian Manor reflects the acceptance of middle-class apartment buildings in Washington during the 1910s and 1920s and the success of moderate apartments developed along the upper 14th Street corridor during this period. Apartment design and planning were undergoing important innovations in the late 1910s and early 1920s in response to the pressing need for housing due to the city's rapidly expanding population. Developers saw the need to offer modestly appointed apartments that appealed to Washington's expanding middle-class population. The apartments of the upper 14th Street corridor were developed and promoted as solidly constructed apartments with the convenience of streetcar accessibility to downtown.
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In its most basic form, RIP software (raster image processing software) takes the information contained within an image and converts it into data the printer can utilize. The printer translates that information into ink dots to be printed. This is how printers understand design files so printed output is what the customer hoped for. This is the same process for any type of print application, whether a fine art print, vehicle or building wrap, banner, soft-signage, or textile print.
The same is true of ICC profiling. Whether a print buyer is looking for a logo, a banner, wallpaper or a wrap, they expect it to look sharp and match what their image file looks like, so the whole point of an ICC profile is to map color between the input (what's contained in the design file) and the output (the printed product).
The input profile defines what the color is supposed to print. The issue, however, is that liquid ink on every printer is different. 100% magenta on one printer, for example, is a different color than 100% magenta on another. Both printers show 100% magenta, but they're not the same color. Combined with the influx of new inks and media types available to print service providers (PSPs) from around the globe, matching color between input and output becomes increasingly more difficult.
This is where RIP software comes in as part of the ICC profile build. Color management controls within RIP software helps bring input and output together. In simple terms, it understands the recipe of what is being asked in the design file against what is available from the printer. These two recipes are essential to achieve the color the customer wants, and if any of these recipes are missing, it is impossible to compare what is desired with what can reproduce it, creating color output that is wrong.
Of course, there are other benefits to ICC profiling that aren't discussed here, such as recalibration for ink savings without compromising color saturation, increased print speeds from less ink being used, and the ability to reduce reworks because the color is accurate, but the core purpose of ICC profiling is to map what is expected with what can be produced to meet customer brand color needs.


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On IP=PSPACE and Theorems with Narrow Proofs
Hartmanis, Juris; Chang, Richard; Ranjan, Desh; Rohatgi, Pankaj
Very recently, it was shown that the class of languages with interactive proofs, IP, is exactly the class PSPACE. This surprising result elegantly places IP in the standard classification of feasible computations. Furthermore, the IP = PSPACE result reveals some very interesting and unsuspected properties of mathematical proofs. In this column, we define the width of a proof in a formal system $\cal F$ and show that it is an intuitively satisfying and robust definition. Then, using the IP = PSPACE result, it is seen that the width of a proof (as opposed to the length) determines how quickly one can give overwhelming evidence that a theorem is provable without showing the full proof.
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Type Of Cooling Coil And Maintenance Method
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Type of Cooling Coil and Maintenance Method
First, the product category
There are two types of air coolers: one is the heat exchanger of the fan coil, and its performance determines the ability of the fan coil to transport cold (heat) and the influence on the air volume. This equipment is generally available in air conditioners. The second is the air-cooled fin condenser in the air conditioning unit.
The main functions of the air cooler include: the use of a refrigerant to absorb heat in the surface cooler, so that the temperature of the cooling space is gradually reduced. The air cooler cools the air flowing through the heat exchange fins outside the tube through the chilled water (refrigerant water) inside the air conditioner, and the fan sends the cooled cold air to the use place for cooling.
Second, the maintenance method of the cooler:
1. The air cooler is usually installed directly in the air conditioner, and its service status and service quality affect the indoor air quality and noise level. Therefore, a good air filter, water must be the daily maintenance of the main components of the plate, coils, fans, etc., to ensure that the fan coil is normal.
2, the table cooler coil maintenance: the coil is responsible for the cooling of the cold water, the important mission of the cold fan coil air. Efficient heat, ensuring that the smooth surface coils that are required are maintained as much as possible. However, the fan coils are generally equipped with a coarse filter, and the hole is large. When starting to use, it is inevitable that the dust filter coil tube and the fin surface are attached. If, the cleaning of the time, the amount of heat exchange between the coil cold water and the air flowing outside the coil is reduced, so that the heat exchange function of the coil is fully exerted. If there is a lot of dust attached, even the air passage between the fins is blocked, and the air volume of the fan coil is reduced, and the air conditioning performance is degraded.
The coil cleaning clean air filter maintenance method protection method, the cleaning cycle is long, ordinary one year and one time. If it is the use of seasonal air conditioners, the air conditioners use cleanliness after the end of the season.
Thirdly,Fault repair of the air cooler:
1. Contamination between the tube cooler and the ribs: After running for a period of time, the dust in the air is stuck between the fins and the light pipe of the air cooler, so that all or part of the surface cooler is fouled, so that the air The decrease in the flow rate affects the heat exchange effect of the air cooler, and the problem of fouling can be solved by periodically cleaning the air cooler.
2. Leakage: The air cooler is operated under humid conditions all the year round. The pipes and welds are easily corroded, causing leakage or running water. Only when the pressure test of the air cooler is carried out regularly to prevent such accidents, the air cooler can be operated safely.


Learn facts about the Atheris Hispida, also known as the hairy or spiny bush viper!***See more on ATHERIS HISPIDA below***
Are you looking for information on the hairy bush viper (Atheris hispida)? Do you want to find out more about its specific features and habitat? How can you be sure to spot Atheris hispida when you see it?
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There are different types of bush vipers, and Atheris hispida is also one, but with its uniqueness. If you are interested in knowing about its behaviour, the way it looks, and some easy signs that can help you spot this particular type of snake, then this article can help.
Today we are taking a look at various details about Atheris hispida, such as its scientific and common names, its population, where it is found, and also some of its characteristics that you may find interesting. Also, read the signs that can help you spot it easily, even when you watch it on screen.
What is its scientific name?
Atheris hispida is a type of viper species that is extremely venomous. The scientific name of the hairy viper is Atheris Hispida.
By what other names is Atheris hispida also known?
This viper is also more commonly known by a few other names such as the following:
 - The spiny bush viper
 - The rough scaled tree viper
 - The blue bush viper
 - The African hairy viper
 - The rough scaled bush viper
 - The prickly bush viper
One interesting fact is that researchers who specifically work on this bush viper say that it is best to avoid the common name hairy viper while referring to Atheris hispida. This is because using this name can create confusion with another type of snake, which is known as the Atheris hirsuta.
Are there different types or species of Atheris hispida?
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As of yet, there are no known subspecies of Atheris hispida that are recognized.
How big or small is the current total population of Atheris hispida?
While the exact population status of Atheris hispida is not known, it does not fall under the conservation concern category.
Where are Atheris hispida typically found?
Atheris hispida typically live in the forest areas, where they use their scales to help them in climb up on the reeds and stalks. This viper likes to spend time on the top of the plants, and more preferably, in the flowers and the leaves of the plants.
 - The hairy African bush viper is specifically found regions of Central Africa such as the DR Congo, west Kenya and south-west Uganda.
 - To be more specific, Atheris hispida can be found in areas such as the Kivu and the Orientale Provinces in the DR Congo, the southeastern Ruwenzori region in Uganda and the Kakamega Forest located in western Kenya.
What does Atheris hispida look like?
 - This bush viper has a short snout on the head which is more pronounced in the males than in the females.
 - The head and neck of this viper are covered with some of the longest scales as compared to the rest of its body.
 - It has large eyes that are surrounded by about anything between 9 and 16 circumorbital scales. These are the scales that are present around the margins of the eyes.
 - There are about 7 to 9 scales that separate the eyes.
 - The nostril of Atheris hispida is shaped like a slit and is separated from the eyes with the help of 2 scales.
 - It has very heavily keeled and overlapping dorsal scales that cover its entire body.
 - As a result, Atheris hispida has a unique shaggy look to its skin and looks almost as if it is bristle.
Are there any distinct movements or features that sets Atheris hispida apart from other snakes?
 1. Atheris hispida makes a strong guttural kind of sound.
 2. Atheris hispida has large dark eyes.
 3. Atheris hispida has an extremely scaly body.
How can you tell for sure that a snake is, in fact, Atheris hispida?
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Here are a few physical signs that can make you identify this bush viper, also known as the Atheris Hispida.
These Vipers have…
 - Dark black and big eyes.
 - A head and entire body covered in scales that look as if they are standing up.
 - Bristle like texture on the skin.
 - Scales, especially on the head and neck, have a darkish colour towards the tip.
These Vipers also…
 - Prefer to stay on tree branches.
 - Are an arboreal and predatory animal that can quietly lie in wait for its prey for long.
While they are not becoming extinct, deforestation does pose a threat to their preferred living habitat. Also, the blue bush viper is extremely rare to find, as it is a rare variety of Atheris Hispida in itself.
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In the weld metal of A5083 welded with high energy density such as electron beam and laser beam, the amount of solute (mainly magnesium) of the primary crystals tends to increase with the increase in the welding speed. The solute concentration of solid phase tends to increase generally with the increase in the solid fraction and increases rapidly near the last stage of solidification, that is, the dendrite boundary. Though the dissolved amount of magnesium in the weld metal estimated with Xray diffraction technique becomes lower than that of the base metal, this tends to approach to that of the base metal after the weld metal was homogenized. In this paper, we examined these phenomena more precisely. First, we calculated the distributions of magnesium by applying the rapid solidification theory when the dendrite arm spacings (DAS) were changed to several steps. Then, the dissolved amount of magnesium in the dendrite was calculated by considering the distributions of magnesium and we made clear the influence of DAS on the dissolved amount of magnesium. Next, we also calculated the distributions of magnesium when the weld metal was homogenized and made clear the influence of DAS on the dissolved amount of magnesium after the homogenization. Moreover, the actual weld metals, in which DAS were changed, were obtained by changing the welding conditions with electron beam and we could experimentally confirm the same tendency as mentioned above which were simulated by the calculation. It was made clear that the Charpy impact energy of the weld metals linearly increased with the increase in the dissolved amount of magnesium.
The weldability of Fe-36%Ni alloy (Invar alloy) was investigated to clarify the main factor influential for weld cracking in multi-pass weld metal. The tests were carried out using the Fe-36%Ni plates containing various contents of sulfur. The weld cracking susceptibility was evaluated by double bead longitudinal Varestraint test and restraint weld cracking test using gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). The ductility of weld metal at an elevated temperature was evaluated by hot ductility test. The crack in multi-pass weld metal occurred in the grain boundary away from the fusion boundary of the subsequent weld pass. From the result of hot ductility test of weld metal, the reduction of area was lower at temperature range from 1073 to 1173K. This range was consistent within the temperature range where cracking portion in the multi-pass weld metal was heated by subsequent weld thermal cycles. Consequently, the crack in the multi-pass weld metal was specified as ductility dip cracking. The ductility dip cracking susceptibility was increased in the higher sulfur content weld metals and sulfur concentration was detected on that crack surface. Further, the oxides and sulfides, such as Mn2SiO4 and α-MnS, were very slightly observed on the grain boundary in weld metal. From these results, the ductility dip cracking in weld metal was concluded to be mainly caused by grain boundary embrittlement by segregation of sulfur.
The effects of alloyed elements on ductility dip cracking susceptibility in multi-pass weld metal of Fe-36%Ni alloy (Invar alloy) was investigated to obtain the proper chemical compositions for preventing the ductility dip cracking and to clarify its mechanism. The tests were carried out using the Fe-36%Ni plates containing various contents of manganese, titanium, calcium, carbon and niobium. The ductility dip cracking susceptibility was evaluated by double bead longitudinal Varestraint test and restraint weld cracking test using gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). The ductility dip cracking susceptibility decreased with the addition of both carbon and niobium. By the addition of these elements, the micro structure of weld metal was changed from the cellular structure with straight grain boundary to the cellular dendritic structure with grain boundary like saw teeth. Additionally, in the weld metal containing both niobium and carbon, the eutectic microstructure, with the niobium carbide, was produced. From these results, the prevention of ductility dip cracking in weld metal, with the addition of both niobium and carbon, is thought to be due to: (1) the decrease of sulfur concentration in the grain boundary by formation of eutectic structure with niobium carbide; and (2) the locking of the intergranular slip by the anchoring effect of the cellular dendritic structure with grain boundary like saw teeth.
The effects of carbon and niobium on solidification cracking susceptibility of Fe-36%Ni alloy (Invar alloy) were investigated to prove the validity of the addition of both carbon and niobium for preventing the solidification cracking as well as the ductility dip cracking. The tests were carried out using the Fe-36%Ni plates containing various contents of carbon and niobium. The solidification cracking susceptibility was evaluated by transverse Varestraint test using gas tungsten arc welding (GTAW). The microstructure of weld metal quenched by liquid tin was also observed. The solidification cracking susceptibility decreased with the increase of niobium in a range less than 1.5 mass% in weld metal containing 0.2 mass% carbon. In weld metal with 0.2% carbon, the eutectic microstructure of niobium carbide and austenite was produced in the dendrite space of primary austenite. Additionally, the residual liquid at the final stage of solidification disappeared at a higher temperature in weld metal containing 0.2% carbon and 1% niobium compared with the weld with 0.02% carbon and 1% niobium. From these results, the decrease of solidification cracking susceptibility by the addition of both carbon and niobium is considered to be due to reducing the temperature range, which both solid and liquid exist together, as a result of the decreasing niobium content in residual liquid by the formation of niobium carbide.
High temperature tensile tests were conducted on butt brazed joints of type 316 stainless steel. Two kinds of newly developed Ni-cu based filler metals, two kinds of standard nickel filler metals, BNi-2 and BNi-5, and a standard silver filler metal, BAg-21, were tested. Each of the joints was made to have a constant joint clearance of 50 micrometers. Tests were carried out at 298K, 423K, 573K, 723K, 873K and 973K, in air atmosphere. Strengths of the nickel brazed joints were less than 300MPa at all the test temperatures. The relatively low strength were attributed to formation of brittle eutectic phase at the center of the joints. This indicates that the joint clearance for nickel filler metals should be controlled to be narrower than 50 micrometers to obtain practical strength in industrial applications. In the joints with BAg-21, the strength decreased drastically above 573K. This filler metal therefore would not be applicable for the joints used at high temperatures. For the joint with Ni-Cu-Sn filler metal, one of the developed Ni-Cu filler metals, the strength was about 340MPa at 298K. The strength decreased gradually with the increase in temperature. At 973K, the strength was less than 100MPa. This filler metal is not applicable for the use at high temperatures over 600K, consequently. On the contrary, the joints with Ni-Cu-Mn filler metal showed about 400MPa of tensile strength from 298K to 723K. The result indicates that this filler metal can braze wide gap joints with better mechanical property compared to nickel filler metals, and can be used in high temperatures around 700K.
The stress wave propagation and the stress distribution in adhesive scarf joints with dissimilar adherends subjected to impact bending moments are analyzed in an elastic deformation using three-dimensional finite-element method (FEM). An impact load is applied to the joint by dropping weight. The one side of the adherend is fixed and the other side of the adherend is subjected to an impact load. FEM code employed is DYNA3D. The effects of scarf angles of the adherends, the adhesive thickness and Young's modulus of the adhesive, the combinations of materials of the adherends on the stress propagation and distributions at the interfaces are examined. The scarf angles are changed from 15 to 90 degrees. It is found that the maximum value of the Mises' equivalent stress σM appears at the interface between the adhesive layer and the adherend made of mild steel, and it is independent of the combinations of the adherend materials. In the case where the scarf angle is 45 degree, the maximum value of the Mises' equivalent stress σM is minimal. The stress σX is the greatest in all of stress components. The maximum value of the Mises' equivalent stress σM increases as the adhesive layer thickness and Young's modulus of the adhesive increase. It is seen that the position where the maximum value of the Mises' equivalent stress σM occurs moves toward edge of the adhesive interface as the thickness and Young's modulus of the adhesive increase. In addition, experiments were carried out to measure the strain response of the adhesive scarf joints subjected to impact bending moments using strain gauges. A fairly good agreement is seen between the analytical and the experimental results.
Welding deformation is complexly affected by different factors, and that is predicted to depend on the skills of welding operatives, being affected by welding parameters such as the welding current, arc voltage and welding speed. It is therefore desirable to treat welding deformations statically. This paper describes an investigation into the statistical properties of the welding parameters, transverse shrinkage and angular distortion when welding operatives having specified skills are engaged in semi-automatic MAG welding of butt welding joint with backing plate. The results obtained may be summarized as follows.


Sufi Meditation is an important part of Islamic spirituality. The Sufi tradition focuses on developing a personal relationship with God/Allah through self-knowledge and self-realization, It uses Zikr (prayers) and Muraqba (meditation) to empty the mind and heart of spiritual students. Meditation aims to balance, heal and enrich the practitioner to face life in a more spiritually empowered way and teaches your mind to stay still and quiet. It also helps strengthen your aura (electromagnetic field), your personality becomes more attractive energetically and negative vibes cannot affect your aura. It is also the means of healing the body and the mind with the light of the Divine
Here is a Simple and easy Sufi Meditation to feel relaxed and closer to God
 1. Close your eyes. Breathe normally a few times.
 2. Bring your awareness to the heart (Qalb), while thinking about God. Feel His Noor (pure white light ) in your heart.
 3. As you inhale, mentally repeat Allah, and feel that God's lights are being transferred into your heart.
 4. As you exhale, mentally repeat Hu, and feel that the light of Hu is powerfully affecting your heart.
 5. Gradually increase the breathing rate to three to four times your normal speed, while keeping the same visualization and Allah's name. Take deep but rapid breaths. The inhalation should be longer than the exhalation. The exhalation is a bit short and forceful.
 6. Practice for ten to 15 minutes every day.
 7. When you open your heart to the Divine it responds to you, making a habit of practicing meditation will bring remarkable changes and it will balance your mind-body, and soul.
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Themes and Meanings
In one sense, "The Icicle" is about writers and writing. The narrator's reasons for undertaking the story are certainly compelling, but readers can assume that all writers have equally compelling reasons for their work. Practical aspects of the trade are addressed: The narrator hopes that his story will come out in a large edition not for money or glory but because he hopes to increase his chances of reaching Vasily, his future reader. The question of who this future reader will be is central to the story. In an epilogue, the narrator observes that because, like any other writer, he must reread his work, he already has at least one reader. The idea of writing only for himself does not present a difficulty for him, because he realizes that he is writing for a future self. Writing to this future self is his way of combating the inevitability and senselessness of death. Indeed, he observes that "most books are letters to the future with a reminder of what happened."
Another central theme of "The Icicle" is the continuity of life. As the narrator watches the parade of past existences at the New Year's party, he realizes that anyone who examines himself closely will find simultaneously existing within himself thieves, liars, and cheats as well as perhaps great creative artists. Following Natasha's senseless death, it is also important to him to realize that none of these multiple existences is lost, although they may be forgotten. "The Icicle" is his letter to the future, his attempt to remind a future incarnation of his present existence during the Soviet 1950's.


text: Adsorbents with high surface area are potential candidates for efficient postcombustion CO2 capture. Binderless zeolite 13X monoliths with a hierarchical porosity and high CO2 uptake have been produced by slip casting followed by pressureless thermal treatment. The zeolite powder displayed an isoelectric point at pH 4.7 and electrostatically stabilized suspensions could be prepared at alkaline pH. The volume fraction-dependent steady shear viscosity could be fitted to a modified Krieger–Dougherty model with a maximum volume fraction of 0.66. The narrow temperature range where monoliths could be produced without significant loss of the microporous surface area was identified and related to the phase behavior of the 13X material. Slip casting of concentrated suspensions followed by thermal treatment of the powder bodies at a temperature of 800°C without holding time resulted into strong hierarchically porous zeolite 13X monolith that displayed a CO2 uptake larger than 29 wt%.


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SPLIT LEAF PHILODENDRON sometimes called Hurricane plant
Araceae Monstera deliciosa
GENERAL DESCRIPTION: Climbs and sends out aerial roots that attach to supports or grow to the grow. Flowers may appear, consisting of off-white spathes with a 10 inch spike. The edible fruit, called ceriman, ripens in a year and tastes like a combination of pineapple and strawberry.
Generates attractively split and perforated leaves up to a meter in length. Aroid expert Dr. Michael Madison of the Marie Selby Botanical Gardens calls monstera "probably the finest foliage plant introduced in horticulture." He also believes that the holes in Monstera deliciosa leaves increase convective cooling by breaking up the layer of still air next to the leaf.
Most popular; ease of culture and willingness to grow in dim light, torrid heat and despite neglect are virtues. Gardeners fail to capitalize on is that many philodendrons, though they remain small-leaved and insignificant when grown in little pots with no support, can become big giant-leaved plants when staked to bark poles.
HEIGHT: 8 to 10 feet
BLOOM COLOR(S): Off-white spathes with a 10-inch (25cm) spike projecting from the center.
FOLIAGE:(shape, color, texture, fragrance, etc.): Young leaves are heart shaped and solid, but develop serrated edges and are riddled with holes as they age. Mature leaves are leathery and measure up to 18 inches wide.
LIGHT REQUIREMENTS: Bright indirect light; will tolerate shade. Moderate to low light from any exposure, with some direct winter sun. Does well under artificial light, needing 14 to 16 light hours a day.
Ideal is a bright north or sunny east window, or similar brightness near a south or west window. Young plants grow well under fluorescent lights. Mature philodendrons keep well for several months in dim light, but then they need several months of bright light or some sun in order to recuperate.
HUMIDITY REQUIREMENTS: 30% to 55%
AIR TEMPERATURE REQUIREMENTS: Day, 65 to 75F.; night, 65 to 70F. Day, 70 to 80F.; night, 62 to 69F.
SOIL TYPE AND pH PREFERRED: all purpose mix
BEST PROPAGATION METHOD/TIME: When the plant grows to tall, take stem cuttings, in early summer, from the top. The parent will continue to grow, or air layering.
GENERAL CARE REQUIREMENTS: Prefers to be pot-bound. Repot every 2 to 3 years or when the roots occupy 3/4 of the pot space, in the spring. Rinse foliage frequently. Guide aerial roots onto support or soil. Plant rests during the winter; keep cool, 55°F.; reduce water, keeping soil barely moist and withhold fertilizer.
Monstera deliciosa are big dust collectors. One of the simplest ways to clean their foliage is simply to wash the leaves off with a damp sponge that has been soaked in warm water to which a few drops of mild dishwashing detergent have been added.
MOISTURE REQUIREMENTS: Water when soil is dry to the touch. Reduce in winter.
Keep evenly moist; use water at room temperature. Can stand neglect, but repeated periods of soggy wetness or extreme dryness destroy the root system. Frequent misting benefits all philodendrons, but especially those in a hot, dry atmosphere.
FEEDING REQUIREMENTS: every 2 weeks during the growing season, with a mild liquid fertilizer.
MOST COMMON CULTURAL PROBLEMS: Wash and polish mature leaves. Guide aerial roots into the soil or support. Cut tops of tall plants to limit growth. Waterlogged soil will cause leaves to weep around the edges. Leaves with brown, brittle edges result from dry air. Brown edges and yellowed leaves are a symptom of over-watering or, less frequently, underfeeding. Serious leaf (drop)results from moving the plant or an abrupt change in environment. Young leaves often have no perforation. Low light also will cause small unperforated, leaves.
Stems grow long and floppy; too dark. Move to lighter location but not in full sun. It need not be by window but does need some light to flourish.
Scorch marks on leaves; direct sunlight. Do not spray in sunlight, and keep plant in shadier location.
Leaves look dull and do not grow in spring; too cold. Move to warmer place, at least 55 degrees Fahrenheit (13 degrees C).
Leaves droop - too hot and dry. Soak plant in bucket of water for 10-15 minutes, then drain. Water more often and keep in cooler place.
Leaves turn yellow, then (drop)- too wet, overwatered. Make sure drainage holes are clear, and let plant dry out before watering again. In winter allow top layer of soil to dry out between waterings.
New leaves stay small or none appear - needs feeding or repotting. Check roots and repot in spring if crowded together. Feed regularly when growing.
The most common problem with philodendrons concerns cutor split-leaved types whose new leaves grow smaller than the old ones and are plain, without splits. This is usually caused by one or a combination of three conditions: 1-temperatures are cold, 2-air is dry, 3-the main stem has grown taller than the totem pole and the aerial roots have no moist, rough surface to attach to. Correct by supplying a taller totem.
MOST COMMON INSECT PROBLEMS: Aphids, mealybugs, spider mites and scale.
Red spider mite; webs under leaves, leaves start to discolor. Spray with insecticidal soap or kelthane every 14 days until clear.
MOST COMMON DISEASES:
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Mature plants produce a cone-like edible fruit, which has a pineapple aroma. However, as a house plant, the development of fruit is unlikely. The fruit must be ripe when eaten because the unripe form contains a chemical which will cause the mouth to swell painfully.


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A volatile mixture of liquid hydrocarbons boiling in the range 80°C to 180°C, used as a solvent. Naphtha is obtained by distilling coal tar (yielding aromatic products) or shale oil, or from the refining and cracking of petroleum. Several types of products are now called naphtha, including coal-tar naphtha and petroleum naphtha. Petroleum naphtha contains aliphatic compounds and boils at higher temperatures than petrol and at lower temperatures than kerosene.
In the 1st century AD, "naphtha" was mentioned by Pliny the Elder. Alchemists used the word for various liquids of low boiling point.
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Large areas of Histosols are found in the circumpolar region of the northern hemisphere, as well as in Southeast Asia.
Histosols are formed in 'organic material' with physical, chemical and mechanical properties that differ strongly from those of mineral soil materials. Organic soil material accumaulates in conditions where plant matter is produced by a climax vegetation and where decomposition is slow.
Soils having a histic or folic horizon (wet or dry organic horizons, respectively)
- either 10 cm or more thick if overlying a lithic or paralithic contact, or
- 40 cm or more thick and starting within 30 cm from the soil surface.
Histosols do not have an andic or vitric horizon that starts within 30 cm from the soil surface.
|Highland peat in western Ireland (Ombri-Sapric Histosol)||Strongly decomposed peat under cultivated grassland, the Netherlands


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MIAMI -- A new study examining the complex and dynamic interactions between white sharks and Cape fur seals in False Bay, South Africa, offers new insights on the physical conditions and biological factors underlying predator-prey interactions in the marine environment.
University of Miami (UM) Rosenstiel School of Marine and Atmospheric Science assistant professor Dr. Neil Hammerschlag, and a colleague from the University of British Columbia, describe how sharks are camouflaged as they stalk their prey from below. Low-light conditions, from the optical scattering of light through water, along with a shark's dark grey back and the dimly light rocky reef habitat allow sharks to remain undetected by seals swimming at the water's surface.
"Animal hunting in the ocean is rarely observed by humans," said Hammerschalg, director of the RJ Dunlap Marine Conservation Program at UM. "The high frequency of attacks by white sharks on seals at our study site in South Africa provides a very unique opportunity to uncover new insights about predator-prey relationships."
Sharks typically search, stalk and strike their prey from below. The vast majority of predatory strikes by sharks and Cape fur seals occur against small groups of young-of-the-year seals. Predatory activity by sharks is most intense within two hours of sunrise and quickly decreases as light penetration in the water column increases.
"Stealth and ambush are key elements in the white shark's predatory strategy," said Hammerschlag.
Cape fur seals also have unique techniques to detect, avoid, outmaneuver and in some cases injure the white shark in order to avoid predation by sharks.
According to the authors, if a seal is not disabled during the shark's initial shark, the small seal can use its highly maneuverable body to leap away from the shark's jaws to evade a second strike.
The study, titled "Marine predator-prey contests: Ambush and speed versus vigilance and agility," was published in the Nov. 30 online edition of the journal Marine Biology Research. Hammerschlag's co-author is the late Dr. R. Aiden Martin.
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