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Dr. Laura Hills, the founder of Blue Pencil Institute, began her career as a writer and editor who had occasion to use a blue pencil in her work. Back then, a light blue pencil was used to show corrections to written copy. The color blue was used specifically because it didn't show in some lithographic and photographic processes. Dr. Hills would "blue pencil" galleys (strips) of typeset text for her articles and books to indicate to the printer which corrections, deletions, and improvements she wanted to make. The printer would then review the corrections, make the necessary changes, and the blue pencil markings would disappear in the final printing.
Dr. Hills named her institute for the blue pencil of her past for several reasons. The institute provides educational programs, learning tools, and one-on-one and team coaching to help career professionals improve themselves. But like the blue pencil of long ago, it does so behind the scenes and invisibly. The color blue also has meaning as it is the color most associated with inspiration and truth, two of Dr. Hills' core values. Dr. Hills also believed that the pencil, as one of the simplest communication tools, would stand as a symbol of the personalized human touch that Blue Pencil Institute provides to each of the career professionals it serves.
With the introduction of electronic editing using word processors and desktop publishing, literal blue pencils are rarely seen today. However, they still exist in metaphor. At Blue Pencil Institute, career professionals learn how to "blue pencil" their careers and their lives to move ahead, become more productive and effective, and find greater satisfaction in their work.


text: Kevin Kelly does a short essay on adaptive peaks vs. wells (or basins). Inverting the landscape leads to a different way of thinking about the energy required to adapt, and therefore to the strategies needed to get to a local (or general) optimum. Is the optimum attractive (like a basin) or do we have to fight gravity to get there (a mountain)? Does the going get easier as we get near, or harder? Do we know when we're moving in the right direction, or when to change strategies?

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This submodule of the COVID-19 learning resource focuses on the consequences of the epidemiological requirements and constraints in all social, economical, cultural,... domains (e.g. by a lockdown). The workflow transformations required
- Analysis previous workflow before COVID-19 pandemics.
- Identification of those parts in the workflow, that may include epidemiological risks.
- Transformed the workflow in a way that it mitigates the epidemiological risks.
- What are potential benefits and drawbacks of the workflow transformation (long-term, short-term)?
- Identify benefits of the workflow transformation, that could be kept for Post-COVID-19 time?
- What are the lessons learnt of epidemiological risk literacy that improve preparedness in different areas of society and economy, that improve preparedness and sustainability?
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- (Domains of Transformation) Analyze the Summary of All COVID-19 activities and select the domains of your expertise to discuss the existing and required workflow transformations during the COVID-19.
- (IT Infrastructure) Analyze the contribution IT infrastructure during COVID-19 outbreak and derive the requirements and constraints for the workflow transformation.
- Look into your environment you are living and working in. What are the workflow transformation that are required, planned, implemtented in your environment?
- Supply Chain Management
- Schools, Colleges, Universities,... for learning, assessment and administration of educational infrastructure
- consider also Small and Medium Business enterprises that do not have a financial buffer to transform their busíness model as rapidly as required.
- People that go to shops that are closed now. Can the shop owner create a business model in which they deliver locally or regionally on demand and avoid.
- Look in COVID-19/IT-Infrastructure for the digital transformation. Do also see non-digital transformations that do not require a digital transformation and uses already existing IT infrastructure for implementation of those local and regional support infrastructure.
- (Trust) Explain the role of Trust in local and regional support infrastucture. I know and trust my neighbour. He/she was always supportive. How can we build up local and regional support infrastructure to meet the requirements and constraints for our community!
- (Commercial Data Harvesting) The concept of Commercial Data Harvesting is a business model. Is it possible to use that concept to support the local and regional infrastructure that provide also for the local and regional workflows in way that the SMEs can identify the demands of the community around them and provide tailored support in a specific region.
- (Developing Countries) A virus does not respect borders and access to health care systems and the prepared to a crisis has a different status in countries. Ethically is survival of the community dependent on mutual support. Discuss this option in the context of Swarm Intelligence and a collective global response to COVID-19.
- (Culture and Music) Cultural activities are affected from large concerts to the local rehearsal of a band or choir that is not able to practice anymore. What are possible activities that can still be performed under the epidemiological constraints? See also online music jam for tutoring and joint practicing with singing and instruments.
- (Virtual Gastronomy) Analyze the concept of a virtual gastronomy, where the functions of the gastronomic offer have to be partly logistically different or partly digitally mapped via video conferencing in order to be able to consider epidemiological aspects to minimize the risk of COVID-19 spreading. Which options do you see to integrate digital components into the gastronomic offer even after COVID-19? If you deny this, explain what consequences you draw from this, if this idea is rather positive, then explain why guests would continue to use this offer even without epidemioligical restrictions (e.g. you could also invite friends who otherwise would not be able to attend the joint meal at all). What is a design for the table of the table in a restaurant, in which also a remote guest via video conferencing feels part of group?
- (Oral Exam per Video Conferencing) Analyze how you can conduct a oral exam with 2 examiners and one examinee if one of the examiners is a risk patient?
- (Generic Principles) Epidemics/pandemics like COVID-19 have a hugh impact on almost all areas of society and economy. What are generic principles, we can derive from the COVID-19 pandemics for other epidemics. How can we integrate Workflow Transformations in our daily life to improve risk mitigation just like Risk Literacy in traffic. We cannot prevent epidemics in the future, but we can improve awareness and preparedness for pandemics to mitigate the negative impact on health system, society and economy! Was are your lessons learnt and what would you change in future for better preparedness? Who supported you for better preparedness in your community or region to make your infrastructure more sustainable?
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Oral exam[edit | edit source]
As an example we use a oral exam (e.g. at a university). The examination should be performed with a risk patient (examiner) who cannot be physically in the room. For epidemiological reasons, an examiner is in an adjoining room during the exam and is connected to the video conference with the second examiner and the examinee.
Epidemiological restrictions have an impact in the cultural events, due to the fact that the community experience of a musical or cultural event is part of such an event. From an epidemiological point of view, however, events are not possible in a way before COVID-19. The learning resource focus on local and regional event, to support event managers in supporting the events under epidemiological constraints. In comparison to large events small events do not have large organisational teams and therefore the transformation process is difficult to handle. Please consider also to share your use-cases to support others to keep alive also local and regional cultural events.
Young children might not be so experienced in keeping spatial distance between eachother in Primary Schools. The learning resource provides an example how children can be support with markers on the schoolyard and in the school building to support movements in the building and organisational support outside for keeping distance.
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- Summary of COVID-19 Project and Domains
- Domains of Transformation
- IT Infrastructure
- Mathematical Modelling
- Sustainable Development Goals
- Developing Countries
- Risk Management
- Risk Literacy
- Swarm Intelligence
- Video conferencing as one component for administrative and organisational workflow transformation]


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Principal Proposed Uses
The oak tree, respected for millennia as a source of strong, dense wood, also has a considerable tradition of medicinal use. The astringent, tannin-rich bark of the oak tree has been recommended for such diverse conditions as internal hemorrhage, diarrhea, dysentery, cancer, and pneumonia.
What is Oak Bark Used for Today?
Currently, Germany's Commission E recommends oak bark internally for treatment of diarrhea and topically for sore throat, mouth sores, hemorrhoids, and eczema. However, there is no meaningful scientific evidence that oak bark offers any therapeutic benefit in these or any other conditions. Only double-blind, placebo-controlled studies can prove a treatment effective, and none have been performed on oak bark. (For more information on why such studies are essential, see Why Does This Database Rely on Double-blind Studies?)
Although comprehensive safety testing has not been performed, use of oak bark is not generally associated with any side effects other than the occasional digestive upset or allergic reaction. Safety in young children, pregnant or nursing women, or people with severe liver or kidney disease has not been established.
- Reviewer: EBSCO CAM Review Board
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Why Your Microgreens Smell or Have Mold & 6 Easy Fixes
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Are you experiencing a foul odor coming from your microgreens that you can't quite ignore? This smell not only makes for an unpleasant growing experience but if you are a commercial microgreens grower, then the microgreens can't be sold to customers. What a waste of microgreens!
So, why do the microgreens smell? Many reasons could be causing the microgreens to be smelling foul. Some of the reasons are root or stem rot, mold, humidity and temperature issues, and chemicals. All these problems relate to each other, and it's vital to eliminate any possible cause for the production of healthy and tasty microgreens.
Here are six surefire ways to get your microgreens healthy and smelling great in no time:
 1. Lower the seed density.
 2. Avoid overwatering.
 3. Water from the right angles.
 4. Optimize the temperature and humidity.
 5. Eliminate mold.
 6. Sanitize the growing medium.
The main culprits of smelly microgreens are usually mistakes gardeners make that go unnoticed. In this article, we will discuss six practical ways to prevent microgreens from smelling and we will find out more about what makes them smell bad in the first place.
Practical Fixes to Smelly Microgreens
Smelly microgreens are a nuisance and they also bring huge losses in profit. To avoid growing smelly microgreens, here are the fixes you can implement:
1. Lower the Seed Density
If seeds are tightly clustered together, air deficiency and poor drainage occur. Some of the plants could grow, but they'll end up being too congested. This could prompt root rot, which gives off terrible odors.
If you are having trouble with determining how much seed to put into your container, take a look at this great article from Home Microgreens – Seed Calculator.
2. Avoid Overwatering
Overwatering leads to the deficiency of oxygen and prompts root rot. But how much water is enough?
It's simple. The soil or other growing media should be moist, not wet. Experiment with different moderate amounts to determine the most favorable levels. Use this Soil Moisture Sensor from our Best Garden Tools page to determine the optimal amount in a specific growing area.
Simply check the microgreen plants every day and water if necessary. A good water sprayer or a self-watering system might also help if you are still struggling. Check out our True Leaf Market Products page for some helpful links to affordable options!
3. Water from the Correct Angles
While it's okay to water from the top when the seeds haven't germinated, that's not always the case for sprouted microgreens.
If microgreens have some leaves, start spraying water from the bottom. If plants are sprayed from the top, the dense stems will trap moisture and cause musty smells, which can escalate to plant rot.
4. Optimize Temperature and Humidity
In order to optimize temperature and humidity for microgreens, think about how this is accomplished in the home.
Humidification for plants occurs when they are watered. However, it is recommended to use a dehumidifier and an air fan to control humidity levels and promote aeration. Many microgreen farmers fail to optimize humidity and temperature, and it costs them big time. Be ahead of the game and grow fresh, smell-free microgreens.
5. Eliminate Mold
If mold is noticed that is making microgreens smelly, eradicate it before it spreads. Here are two ways to get rid of mold on microgreens:
 1. Make a weak mixture of water, white vinegar, and hydrogen peroxide to spray onto the plants.
 2. Place the microgreens in sunlight. Mold will dry up and die.
See how to remove and avoid mold from microgreens by following this advice from Urban Farmer Curtis Stone:
HOW TO: Avoid and Remedy Mould On Microgreens
6. Sanitize the Growing Medium
Microgreens might take in chemicals that lead to smells. To avoid this, ensure that the components of the growing medium are well researched.
Most organic microgreen growing pads are expensive. However, they are worth the price since they produce healthy, tasty greens with little issues when growing.
Also, use food-safe plastics to ensure no chemicals like lead from PVC are absorbed by microgreens to influence their smell.
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Why Your Microgreens Smell
Now that you're aware of how to stop microgreens from smelling bad, it's important to understand what causes microgreens to smell. Depending on set up, the microgreens could be experiencing any of the following issues.
Root or Stem Rot
Damping Off Seedlings
Root and stem rot can be caused by heat stress, high humidity and lack of ventilation. All these factors go hand in hand because high temperatures plus high relative humidity without consistent airflow lead to air deficiency.
Sometimes, root rot is also caused by damping-off — a disease that's more prevalent in wet conditions.
If a swampy smell is noticed, then inspect the set up immediately. Roots or stems will begin rotting if the issue is not remedied quickly. If this happens, then the entire batch of microgreens will need to be thrown away because they are no longer safe to consume.
Check plants' stems and roots for discoloration if rotting is suspected. However, if microgreens' roots and stems seem to be turning into somewhat thin, thread-like structures, then they have rotted.
Do the microgreens smell like a poorly ventilated basement? This can mean that mold has begun growing. Mold is an enemy to humans everywhere. If it can degrade a strong ceiling, imagine the harm it can cause to microgreen plants.
Mold development in microgreens can be caused by excess humidity plus inadequate aeration. To prevent mold growth, ensure optimal humidity, temperature, and ventilation for microgreen growing.
But could mold be mistaken for root hairs? People make this mistake all the time. They end up throwing away perfectly healthy microgreens because they think root hairs are mold.
Here's how to distinguish mold from root hairs:
 - Mold affects parts of the batch while root hairs are even throughout the entire batch.
 - Mold appears towards the top while root hairs only appear at the bottom of the stem.
 - When water is poured on them, root hairs jump a bit while mold does not.
High Humidity Plus High Temperatures
Many novice microgreen growers think that a sauna effect, like that of a greenhouse, is the best way to grow microgreens. However, this is not true, and this could be the reason microgreens are smelling.
While ideal temperatures and humidity for growing different microgreens are somewhat particular to the specific species, 64 °F to 75 °F in temperature plus 40% to 60% relative humidity is favorable for most microgreens.
High humidity swells the plants and brings a musty odor to them. If it stays like that for a long time, fungal infections will occur that can worsen to root rot.
The cause of smelly microgreens could be that the growing medium used was made with chemicals of which the gardener wasn't aware. Furthermore, it could be the plastic pots in which plants are growing that include harmful chemicals. Either way, the chemicals might be causing microgreens to smell.
The medium in which plants are grown is really important. Always buy seeds, substrates, and plastics from certified sellers. They may be slightly more expensive than the non-certified ones, but it's worth the investment to be safe. Not to mention, buying from non-certified sellers is illegal and customers can be held liable by the law.
In Conclusion…
Microgreens are not like the mature plants grown in an open farm or greenhouse. They are delicate and susceptible to the slightest pathogens and harsh conditions. This may bring up undesirable smells in them.
Now that you understand what might be causing your microgreens to smell, you can use the above fixes to curb them and also learn to avoid them for good.
If you would like to get started growing microgreens or need a boost in your supplies, we highly recommend checking out our affiliate at True Leaf Market. They have microgreen seeds, supplies, starter kits, and anything else you can think of to make your production a success!
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Flag of Scotland
The flag of Scotland raises a white Sautoir, a the crux decussata representing the cross of the Christian martyr Saint Andre, owner of the Scotland on a blue bottom. It is often known under the name of Croix of saint André or The Saltire (English saltire). In language Héraldique it is blasonné of azure, with the money saltire.
It is the one of oldest Drapeau X in the world, traditionally dated from the IX|9 e century, and the oldest national flag still of use. According to the legend, the king Oengus II of Pictes (or King Angus ) carried out the Pictes and the Gaëls during a battle against the Angles under the king Aethelstan of East Anglia. King Angus and its men were encircled and it started to request for their delivery. During the night Saint Andre, which had been martyrisé on a diagonal cross, appeared in Angus and ensured it of the victory. The following day a white saltire on a bottom of blue sky appeared on the two sides and encouraga Pictes and Gaëls but made lose confidence with the Angles which were beaten. The cross of Saint Andre became thus the Scottish flag.
A proof of the use of this flag goes back to a few years later. In 1385 the Parlement of Scotland issues that the soldiers Scot must raise the cross of Saint Andre like distinctive sign. The oldest still existing flag and representing only one cross of Saint Andre goes back to 1503: a white cross on a red bottom. Before 1540 the legend of King Angus had been modified to include there the vision of the the crux decussata on a blue sky. Thereafter the cross of Saint Andre under his current form became the national flag of Scotland.
At certain times of the colors as clear as blue sky or as dark as the navy blue (a choice apparently moved by price changes of the dyeings according to the times was used), but the recent versions largely converged towards the official model of the Pantone 300. In 2003 a commission of the Écossais Parliament proposed that the Scottish government adopts this color like standard. It is useful to note that this blue is of a color slightly clearer than Pantone 280 of the Union Jack. The proportions of the flag are not fixed but are generally 5:3 or 3:2, the latter being often preferred. The width of the cross is it of 1/5 the height of the flag.
But the Scot use also the banner, a flag which takes again the drawing of the Scottish ecu, of gold to the lion of mouths surrounded by a treschor also of mouths.
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We have a variety of touring exhibitions on different themes available for hire. These are suitable for display in museums, schools, colleges, libraries, synagogues and other public venues. Some focus on different aspects of the fascinating story of the Jewish community in Britain. Others relate to stories of immigration and the Holocaust and carry powerful messages against prejudice and racism.
Designed for use with educational groups, these exhibitions about the Holocaust and the experiences of refugees from Nazism carry powerful messages against prejudice and racism.
Champion of the Child - Janusz Korczak
A pioneer of children's rights and a key influence in the 1979 UN Convention on Children's Rights, Janusz Korczak (_PHONE_) devoted his life to the rights and wellbeing of children,regardless of nationality or religion. This exhibition tells the inspirational story of his life and work with the children ofWarsaw, his death -together with the orphans in his care - at the hands of the Nazis, and his continuing legacy worldwide. It raises challenging issues relating to children's rights today.
25 freestanding banners 80 cm x 180 cm £200
The Last Goodbye - The Rescue of Children from Nazi Europe
The story of the 10,000 unaccompanied child refugees admitted to Britain on the Kindertransport, highlighting issues relating to prejudice, racism and indifference. An education resource with the same title is also avaliable.
16 freestanding banners 80 cm x 180 cm £200
Am I My Brother's Keeper? Rescue in the Holocaust
This raises challenging ethical and moral issues, focusing on the stories of particular individuals, both rescuers and those who were rescued, who lived or settled in Britain.
21 panels. Hanging system: Velcro 60 cm x 84 cm £100
'The Boys' - Triumph over Adversity
The story of a group of teenage Holocaust survivors admitted to Britain after the Second World War, produced in association with the book by eminent historian Sir Martin Gilbert.
12 panels. Hanging system: Velcro or eyelets 60 cm x 84 cm £75
Each of these fascinating exhibitions brings to life a different facet of history or culture.
Closing the Door? Immigrants to Britain 1905 to today
Taking as its starting-point the 1905 Aliens Act, this exhibition investigates how immigration has affected British life over the last century and provides a fresh look at the controversial issue, drawing on the experience of different immigrant communities.
16 panels. Hanging system: Velcro 50 cm x 100 cm £100
3½ Centuries of British Jewish Life
Explores the history of Britain's Jewish community, one of the country's oldest minorities, and how it has met the challenge of retaining its distinctive religion and identity while playing an
active role in society. Like the history of Britain itself, this is a story of successive waves of migration of people from diverse countries.
16 freestanding banners 80 cm x 180 cm £100.
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Can new electric vehicles solve city traffic problems?
Can new electric vehicles, like trains on asphalt, solve the traffic problems of city centers? European scientists are working on a new scientific project to find a solution to the problem. The project aims to promote the use of shared electric cars in cities and suburbs.
The goal is to ensure that public transport is not very common, and that those who use the car can access public transport. The system that allows the automobile to connect to each other aims to facilitate the distribution of these vehicles in the region and to balance supply and demand.
Can new electric vehicles solve city traffic problems?
Valery Cervantes, project coordinator, explains the difference between the latest technology electric cars and the previous models:
"The service operator can take these vehicles to the area where they are needed. Because the vehicles are connected, we can move up to 8 vehicles at a time."
The mechanically interconnected vehicle system has similar features to the train system. The main challenge here is to prevent the vehicles from wobbling. In this way, all vehicles can be charged from a single charging station.
According to Markus Heinich, automotive engineer, the innovation of this system is common signals, ie command controls.. The vehicles are able to transfer command to each other and the batteries are charged in a balanced way, ater explains Heinich.
Is there a solution for cities?
However, it is quite complex to say that the 8 vehicles are interconnected and act together, for the project's researcher Julien Dauchy:
"Every vehicle has 2 engines: one in front and one in the rear. This means that when we connect 8 vehicles together, there are 16 engines that we need to control, so we have a very complex algorithm for controlling all these engines at the same time. we need to develop the system. "
Computer engineers are working to develop models to calculate distances, pedestrians, people living in the suburbs, travel habits and waiting times, and to calculate the costs of these vehicles.
Drives of electric vehicles allow them to travel 50 km. Manufacturers expect an average of 10 minutes each. Vehicles can speed up to 65 kilometers per hour. The project is in trial in France, Spain and the UK.


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text: INSTALLx.txt - cross-compiling Vim on Unix Content: 1. Introduction 2. Necessary arguments for "configure" 3. Necessary environment variables for "configure" 4. Example 1. INTRODUCTION =============== This document discusses cross-compiling VIM on Unix-like systems. We assume you are already familiar with cross-compiling and have a working cross-compile environment with at least the following components: * a cross-compiler * a libc to link against * ncurses library to link against Discussing how to set up a cross-compile environment would go beyond the scope of this document. See _URL_ for more information and a script that aids in setting up such an environment. The problem is that "configure" needs to compile and run small test programs to check for certain features. Running these test programs can't be done when cross-compiling so we need to pass the results these checks would produce via environment variables. See the list of variables and the examples at the end of this document. 2. NECESSARY ARGUMENTS FOR "configure" ====================================== You need to set the following "configure" command line switches: --build=... : The build system (i.e. the platform name of the system you compile on right now). For example, "i586-linux". --host=... : The system on which VIM will be run. Quite often this the name of your cross-compiler without the "-gcc". For example, "powerpc-603-linux-gnu". --target=... : Only relevant for compiling compilers. Set this to the same value as --host. --with-tlib=... : Which terminal library to use. For example, "ncurses". 3. NECESSARY ENVIRONMENT VARIABLES FOR "configure" ================================================== Additionally to the variables listed here you might want to set the CPPFLAGS environment variable to enable optimization for your target system (e.g. "CPPFLAGS=-march=arm5te"). The following variables need to be set: ac_cv_sizeof_int: The size of an "int" C type in bytes. Should be "4" on all 32bit machines. vi_cv_path_python_conf: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the path for Python's library implementation. This is a path like "/usr/lib/pythonX.Y/config" (the directory contains a file "config.c"). vi_cv_var_python_epfx: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the execution prefix of your Python interpreter (that is, where it thinks it is running). This is the output of the following Python script: import sys; print sys.exec_prefix vi_cv_var_python_pfx: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the prefix of your Python interpreter (that is, where it was installed). This is the output of the following Python script: import sys; print sys.prefix vi_cv_var_python_version: If Python support is enabled, set this variable to the version of the Python interpreter that will be used. This is the output of the following Python script: import sys; print sys.version[:3] vim_cv_bcopy_handles_overlap: Whether the "memmove" C library call is able to copy overlapping memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not. You only need to set this if vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap is set to "no". vim_cv_getcwd_broken: Whether the "getcwd" C library call is broken. Set to "yes" if you know that "getcwd" is implemented as'system("sh -c pwd")', set to "no" otherwise. vim_cv_memcpy_handles_overlap: Whether the "memcpy" C library call is able to copy overlapping memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not. You only need to set this if both vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap and vim_cv_bcopy_handles_overlap are set to "no". vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap: Whether the "memmove" C library call is able to copy overlapping memory regions. Set to "yes" if it does or "no" if it does not. vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash: Whether the "stat" C library call ignores trailing slashes in the path name. Set to "yes" if it ignores them or "no" if it does not ignore them. vim_cv_tgetent: Whether the "tgetent" terminal library call returns a zero or non-zero value when it encounters an unknown terminal. Set to either the string "zero" or "non-zero", corresponding. vim_cv_terminfo: Whether the environment has terminfo support. Set to "yes" if so, otherwise set to "no". vim_cv_toupper_broken: Whether the "toupper" C library function works correctly. Set to "yes" if you know it's broken, otherwise set to "no". vim_cv_tty_group: The default group of pseudo terminals. Either set to the numeric value of your tty group or to "world" if they are world accessible. vim_cv_tty_mode: The default mode of pseudo terminals if they are not world accessible. Most probably the value "0620". 4. EXAMPLE: =========== Assuming the target system string is "armeb-xscale-linux-gnu" (a Intel XScale system) with glibc and ncurses, the call to configure would look like this: ac_cv_sizeof_int=4 \ vim_cv_getcwd_broken=no \ vim_cv_memmove_handles_overlap=yes \ vim_cv_stat_ignores_slash=yes \ vim_cv_tgetent=zero \ vim_cv_terminfo=yes \ vim_cv_toupper_broken=no \ vim_cv_tty_group=world \./configure \ --build=i586-linux \ --host=armeb-xscale-linux-gnu \ --target=armeb-xscale-linux-gnu \ --with-tlib=ncurses Written 2007 by Marc Haisenko for the VIM project.


quantum vision systemAs we age, our eyes get weaker. It is a natural that our eye muscles become weaker and you may even find that you now need to wear glasses to see clearly. Your eyesight will never be the same again without corrective surgery. Or will it? Thanks to a revolutionary new discovery by Dr. John Kemp called the Quantum Vision System, you may be able to correct your vision problems using quantum therapy.
What is the Quantum Vision System?
The Quantum Vision System is a vision therapy course that is brand new and created by Dr. Kemp. The therapy course is designed to help your vision improve without the need for surgery. This course can help anyone who has vision issues, no matter what the issue is. The therapy course will help those who wear glasses improve their sight so much that glasses will no longer be needed! This therapy course can help those who are:
 - farsightedness
 - nearsightedness
 - astigmatism
 - sensitivity to the light
How does the Quantum Vision System work?
This revolutionary system is designed to help strengthen the eye muscle and improve your vision by doing a series of eye exercises. When you order Dr. Kemp's program you will be given a vision therapy course that will walk you through what exercises you should be performing to keep your vision at its peak performance. The exercises given to you are guaranteed to improve your eyesight. Dr. Elliot Reid with the Hoboken University Medical Center has backed Dr. Kemp's claim and has confirmed it by saying that "specific eye exercise, done properly, can help to improve a patient's eye health and vision.".
What do I receive when I order Quantum Vision System?
When you order your kit from Dr. Kemp, you will receive:
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I have a DTD and I have a text where I can identify different structures. I need to code the text accoding to the DTD structure (elements/attributes). I wonder if there is some robust support in Python 2.6 to facilitate this task. Any suggestions about how to tackle the problem?
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if you can push your text into a dictionary with the elements/attributes you need, than you can use one of the solutions suggested here, to transform the dict to XML. Is this what you need?
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Humans eat various living things to survive.
Well, often we kill the once living thing then start eating it.
Turnabout is fair play.
Critters eat humans.
The Guinea Worm lives and grows inside us so they must be eating something while living in our bodies.
Sadly, a concentrated efforts is killing the Guinea Worm and it may be on the path for extinction!!!
Do your part. Assist in the efforts to prevent the extinction of this species!!!
"The rare Guinea Worm faces extinction. Yet despite growing public support for environmentalism and preservation of endangered species, few people will speak out on the Guinea Worm's behalf. In fact, the United Nations and several prominent U.S. agencies are leading a quiet campaign to eradicate this dwindling species forever from the planet. Is the Guinea Worm the world's most endangered species?"


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We are donating a can of food to a UK food bank for every packet of seeds sold. Help us support the local community in this time of need with Coronavirus!
The Cotoneaster tree is native to parts of Northern Asia and is typically grown as a small shrubs. It is known as one of the easiest flowering species to grow as a Bonsai and is great for beginners or enthusiasts.
The tree grows small, oval, dark green leaves which change to yellow, orange and red in Autumn. The bark is tan in colour and has a pattern resembling fishbone.
- Packet includes 30 seeds and an electronic Cotoneaster Bonsai Growing Guide


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Survival fight after KI shipwreck
Thousands visit Kangaroo Island for adventure but its rugged coastline also harbours a very dark side.
"We call this the killer coast of Kangaroo Island because it's tough on shipwrecks but even tougher on survivors," said maritime archaeologist Amer Khan.
The rugged west coast claimed the Loch Sloy in the early hours of April 24 back in 1899.
Heavy seas lashed the ship as 34 passengers and crew clung to the rigging.
There were only four survivors from the disaster, but Mr Khan said it was their tale of survival that would go on to become legendary.
"They actually survived out here for over two weeks and it's such an exposed coastline," he explained.
"The Loch Sloy really is a story about survival [and] it's a story about the Kangaroo Island community coming together."
The survivors were washed onto rocks and then climbed a steep cliff to reach some higher ground.
Gordon May's grandfather Charles May lived in the area at the time of the Loch Sloy sinking and helped rescue the survivors and bury those who perished in the disaster.
"How they managed to scramble up that cliff no-one will ever know," he said.
"Present-day people would never attempt it, they'd just get drowned (sic)."
Fifteen days after the sinking, one of the survivors, Duncan McMillan, stumbled into Charles May's backyard at the Rocky River homestead.
"The dog started barking and McMillan appeared out of the scrub," Gordon May explained.
"His tongue was all swollen up and anyway they administered some tender loving care to him and later he told them about the wreck."
A search party was launched and two days later John Simpson and William Mitchell were found by a lighthouse keeper.
"He found the two sailors chewing on a penguin. Anyway he bandaged their feet, just imagine how the fellas had walked that far in bare feet - it's unbelievable," Mr May said.
A fourth man, David Kilpatrick, survived the shipwreck, but did not survive the island's isolation.
His body was found almost a month after the disaster and later buried by the search team.
His grave remains a memorial to the lives lost in shipwrecks along the rugged western coastline of Kangaroo Island.
The burial sites for many from the Loch Sloy recently attracted a group of researchers to the island, from South Australia's Department of Environment and Natural Resources and Flinders University.
The modern-day team trekked for hours up hills, into ravines, through soft sand and salt bush, at times battling strong winds, the baking sun or rain.
Amer Khan said it gave him a sense of what the survivors had coped with.
"It's clearly a very treacherous part of the state, we've got the blisters to prove it. It's a really tough place to make it out [of] alive," he said.
The team spent five days checking for signs of the burial sites and the area of cliffs where the drama unfolded more than a century before, to help decide if any grave sites need protection.
"There's collapsing cliff, it's a very high energy zone for waves crashing into the island and so there's a very good chance many of those graves have already been destroyed by natural forces," Mr Khan said.
A potential grave was identified, but a careful examination found no traces of bones.
A magnetometer on board a boat also surveyed the waters around Maupertius Bay in search of the wreck itself.
"The Loch Sloy was a 1,200-tonne iron ship and there would be even today large portions today of that iron on the sea floor," Mr Khan explained.
"You can actually detect large metal anomalies [and] you're looking for variations in the earth's magnetic field."
A possible site of the wreck was found and will be the focus of future expeditions.
Others say they located the wreck years ago.
Roger Williams, Gifford Chapman and Alan Roberts dived on what they believed was the Loch Sloy in the 1970s.
Mr Williams is not claiming they were the first to discover the wreck but said he is pretty sure which vessel it was.
"We discovered what we thought looked like the stern piece of a large sailing-type vessel and... it was right up against the edge of the cliff," he said.
"I personally have never seen the ribs but I know of other divers who have seen them, they are there and not a long way from where we discovered the stern post."
Four shipwrecks along Kangaroo Island's western coastline helped prompt improved safety measures.
"It was the loss of that much life on this coast that eventually convinced enough people in Adelaide to take the measures required to set up the Cape du Couedic lighthouse and the Neptune light," Mr Khan said.


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Is there any way of determining which X chromosome a female inherited from her father and which from her mom?
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You could try to follow this up by sequencing the X chromosome from the father and try to find unique polymorphisms which are not present in the X chromosome of the mother. You can than try to find them in the childs "X". This makes not much sense though, since one of the X chromosomes is ramdomly inactivated. – Chris Jan 25 at 11:11
_USER_ So, we could use RFLP for this? Could we also use FISH? – biogirl Jan 25 at 11:24
RFLP could work, I am not sure if the resolution of fish is good enough. – Chris Jan 25 at 11:38
_USER_ Thanks! I don't know much about FISH, so what exactly do you mean when you say that resolution won't be good? – biogirl Jan 25 at 11:41
For FISH you need a probe that binds to the chromosome. If the difference you want to see is so small (a SNP for example), that the probe will bind anyway, than the resolution of the method is too small to detect the difference. Insertions or deletions are bigger an can be detected. – Chris Jan 25 at 11:48
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yes it is possible... in placenta (trophectoderm) the paternal X is epigenetically silenced [ref].
That is if you do the test in the pre/neo-natal stage. Otherwise, at later stages, you have to check by DNA fingerprinting + karyotyping/FISH as Chris suggested.
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Is baking soda safe for cats litter box?
Add baking soda to the litter. It makes a great all-natural deodorizer for your litter box. Some people ask if baking soda is safe for cats, and the answer is an unqualified yes! Baking soda is nontoxic, and by mixing a little of it with the litter, you can help absorb pet urine odors.
Can you put baking soda on a cat?
While high levels of acetic acid can be toxic to fleas, the acidic nature can also be harmful to the pets skin with repeated or long-term exposure. Baking soda has no known effect on fleas.
Is baking soda safe to use around pets?
Small amounts of baking soda are considered harmless to use around dogs, but feeding it to them is not recommended. Baking soda can be toxic to dogs if large quantities are ingested. 1 It's important to understand how to use it properly and keep your dog safe.
Is soda toxic to cats?
Pets may urinate more just like we do after drinking a couple of sodas. Cats and dog with too much caffeine on board may run a fever and become weak. In severe cases, pets may collapse or drift into a coma. And, unfortunately, some pets die.
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Submitted to: Agronomy Journal
Publication Type: Peer Reviewed Journal
Publication Acceptance Date: April 18, 2011
Publication Date: June 29, 2011
Citation: Bruns, H.A. 2011. Planting date, rate and twin-row vs single-row soybean in the mid south. Agronomy Journal. 103:_PHONE_. Interpretive Summary: Twin-row soybean production is becoming popular with producers in the Mid South with increased seed yields being reported, especially when used in conjunction with the Early Soybean Production System. The effects of planting in twin-rows versus single-rows of an MG IV variety planted in April, May, and June at populations of 20, 30, 40, and 50 seed per square meter were evaluated on a sandy loam soil and a heavy clay both common to the Mississippi Delta. Twinrows yielded more than single-rows on both soils. This was probably due to there being more established plants per row in the twin-rows than the singlerows. The number of pods per plant did not differ between twin-rows and single-rows. Though the experiment was irrigated, drought and high temperatures likely reduced yields in 2010 compared to 2009. Delayed planting on both soils resulted in decreased yields and increasing seeding rates above 30 seed per meter resulted in no increases in yield. Though twin-rows resulted in higher seed yields the increase was worth only about $75.00 (US) per hectare making it necessary to consider a twin-row planter's usefulness in other crops such as corn and cotton before investing in it for soybean production.
Technical Abstract: Comparisons of twin-row vs. single-row production of an irrigated MG IV soybean (Glycine max (L.) Merr.) on a sandy loam soil and a clay indigenous to the Mississippi Delta were conducted in 2009 to 2010 at Stoneville, MS. Seeding rates of 20, 30, 40, and 50 seed m-2 were planted in four row plots spaced 102 cm apart and 9 m long using both a single-row plot planter and a twin-row planter. Three planting dates, mid-April and mid-May, representing the ESPS and a mid-June planting common to double-crop soybean were made. Data included plants at growth stage R4, nodes and pods plant-1, yield, seed bulk density, and seed weight. Twin-rows yielded more than single-rows on both soils (3.8 Mgha-1 vs. 3.6 Mgha-1 on the sandy loam; 4.2 Mgha-1 vs. 4.0 Mgha-1 on the clay). Yields in 2010 were less due to drought and heat stress. Delayed planting decreased yields on both soils while increasing seeding rates had no affect. Twin-rows on both soils had higher numbers of plants m-2 than single-rows at all seeding rates. Differences in nodes plant-1 were noted but did not affect to yield. Pods plant-1 did not differ between row configurations on either soil. Seeding rates above 30 seeds m-2 are not economically beneficial. Seed bulk densities and weights differed slightly. Delayed planting will result in decreased yields. The small yield increases combined with equipment costs makes it important to consider a twin-row planter's usefulness in other crops before investing in it for soybean production.


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A gun is used to apply an adhesive such as liquid nails to the surfaces to be glued. Let's consider what types of this tool are, what to look for when choosing.
Liquid nails: what is it, how to apply?
Liquid nails have been used in construction and renovation since the 1970s. They are respected both among professionals and in everyday life, and all thanks to their reliable fastening.
The substance in question is a construction adhesive with a very strong attachment. It differs from the usual assembly glue with a non-standard composition. In addition to synthetic rubber and polymers, liquid nails contain fine abrasive grains that give the bond strength comparable to conventional nails.
Liquid nails provide high-quality and long-lasting adhesion of even those materials that do not lend themselves to conventional construction glue.
With their help, you can glue:
- stone and so on.
With the help of this composition, the materials are connected tightly, while the seams are not affected by high temperature, moisture, and rust does not appear. The strength of the composition of liquid nails is ten times higher than that of PVA glue. The speed of drying allows you not to hold the glued surfaces for a long time with your hands.
The composition of liquid nails may differ in the main component. They can be:
- synthetic rubber;
- acrylate latex.
When using the first option, be sure to wear a respirator and gloves, as it can be dangerous if it comes into contact with the skin. The second option is harmless, it is recommended to use it in rooms protected from moisture.
For convenience and uniform application, a special device was invented - a gun for liquid nails.
Types of tools
Depending on the purpose of use, guns are divided into household and professional (for example, for 2-component glue).
Professional liquid nail guns
Professional pistols are of the electric type, cordless and pneumatic.
The first involves squeezing out liquid nails by pressing a lever. The pressure drives a piston and a small motor, which, as the name suggests, is powered by electricity. The disadvantage of such guns is only in the limiting length of the wire.
Pistols of the second type work on the same principle, with the only difference that they are powered by the energy of a battery or battery. Such tools are quite light (1.3-2.5 kg), the seams lie flat, without smudges. One battery lasts about 90 minutes of continuous use, enough to cover a large area, then you just need to change the battery.
The next type of pistol is pneumatic. When the lever is pressed, air is supplied from the compressor under pressure, due to this, the mechanism is activated.
It is convenient and quiet to work with such a tool, moreover, you do not need to spend money on electricity or batteries.
Household Liquid Nail Guns
For small household jobs, usually mechanical pistols are used, which are of three types:
The half-body pistol has a half-open view, in which you can see how the rod pushes out the glue. A small 310 ml tube is inserted into such an instrument.This is a budget type of pistols due to the fact that the tube is not fixed too firmly in them, it can shift, and then the seams will turn out to be uneven.
The skeletal sealant gun is the most popular. It is a structure of metal ribs, a stem and a handle, 310 ml tubes are inserted into it. Such a pistol holds the tube more reliably than a half-body pistol.
Tubular pistols are similar in appearance to a syringe. They look like a fully enclosed tube-and-stem frame. They are designed for frequent use, they are made of metal.
In such a tool, you can insert a large package of liquid nails with a volume of up to 1600 ml, which allows you to work for a long time without interruption.
The main components of the pistol, regardless of whether he is professional or household:
- body for inserting a tube;
- rod with disc at the end;
- trigger trigger;
- blocking tongue.
Instructions for use
Before using liquid nails it is recommended to prepare the following tools:
- directly a tube with glue;
- a rag to remove excess;
- dissolving agent.
Degrease the surfaces to be bonded and dry beforehand. The process of using the pistol is simple: cut the tip of the tube at an angle (start with the smallest diameter), pull out the stem and insert the tube into the body. Next, we begin the direct application of the composition: we press the trigger, the rod acts on the piston, and it squeezes the glue onto the surface. Pressing the lever frequently, squeeze out the adhesive in a line or dotted line, this will reduce the consumption of the substance. For gluing large areas, it is better to apply the assembly adhesive with a mesh. Do not load bonded surfaces until fully bonded. Most likely, you will read the exact drying time on the tube, on average it is 12-24 hours.
When finished, remove the used cartridge from the gun. To do this, clamp the locking tab and pull the stem towards you as far as it will go. Now you can pull out the cartridge. Next, wash the instrument with soap and dry it.
If glue gets on furniture, hands or other objects, it must be removed immediately, while the composition is not frozen. To do this, use acetone. If the glue is already dry, you can only get rid of it with a special cleaner.
Pros and cons of working with a liquid nail gun
For those in construction, the sealant gun has more advantages than disadvantages. It is not for nothing that it is widely used for various types of work.
The liquid nail gun allows you to:
- evenly distribute the glue over the surface;
- apply glue even to narrow and inconvenient places;
- protect the skin from the ingress of adhesive;
- dosed to consume liquid nails;
- avoid contamination of the surrounding space and objects.
The disadvantages of the tool can be considered:
- rather high cost;
- battery or battery costs (when using a cordless gun);
- electricity costs (when using an electric gun);
- the need to develop the skill of using the tool.
It is definitely worth purchasing a gun for liquid nails if you do not want to remove random drops of glue everywhere, wash your hands in anger, apologize to your wife for the damaged parquet floor.
It is much more difficult to use assembly glue without a special gun, and without skill, the result may even upset you. The fact is that it is difficult to control the application of glue, it is uneconomical, lays down crookedly, and, most likely, you will have to wipe off the excess.
At the same time, the fastening remains strong due to the adhesive composition.
You can learn how to properly fill and use the sealant, silicone and glue gun from the video.


TestSetup is a JUnit class you can use if you want to introduce initialization in your JUnit tests that only get invoked once, and not once before test method, which is what JUnit does (making it difficult to make sure that an initialization method is only invoked once during the lifetime of the class). I wrote more about this oddity not long ago.
A recent weblog entry about TestSetup shows how to use it, which is pretty straightforward. I still have a big problem with this solution, and what JUnit forces you to do to work around this "design choice": it forces you to introduce static methods in your code.
I don't have anything against static methods in general, I tend to use them as much as possible whenever they don't need access to any non-static fields since it decreases the coupling between my classes. However, static methods are particularly evil when they modify state, and by extension, force you to declare static fields.
Which is exactly the only choice that JUnit leaves you.
The problem with non-const static methods is that they break badly in several cases:
 - Multi-thread access.
 - Different objects thinking they are accessing private content, while it is actually shared.
 - Reuse of the same JVM.
This last point is particularly important. By forcing you to introduce static methods in your code, JUnit guarantees that if somebody ever invokes your class several times from an ant task while not providing the flag fork="yes", your code will break in mysterious ways.
Classes in object-oriented programming obey very simple rules:
 - If you invoke your initialization from the constructor, it will only be invoked once.
 - If your content is not static, it is guaranteed to be private to your instance.
JUnit violates these two principles and I just can't get used to it. Instead of righting a wrong with another wrong, why not return to the most intuitive way of doing this and letting test writers implement methods that are guaranteed to be invoked once?
Of course, these is also an alternative. :-)


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Definitions of why
adv. - For what cause, reason, or purpose; on what account; wherefore; -- used interrogatively. See the Note under What, pron., 1. 2
adv. - For which; on account of which; -- used relatively. 2
adv. - The reason or cause for which; that on account of which; on what account; as, I know not why he left town so suddenly; -- used as a compound relative. 2
n. - A young heifer. 2
The word "why" uses 3 letters: H W Y.
No direct anagrams for why found in this word list.
All words formed from why by changing one letter
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Castro and the Oil Curse
Jaime Daremblum
Raúl Castro and his cronies are no doubt thrilled at the prospect of finding massive petroleum reserves in their portion of the Gulf of Mexico. Foreign investment is pouring in to support large-scale drilling projects, and companies from around the world are eagerly courting the Communist government. How much oil might be Cuba be sitting on? Estimates range from 4.6 billion barrels to 20 billion barrels. Even the most conservative estimate would make Cuba a net oil exporter, the BBC notes. A large find would provide untold riches.
Just look at the new Heritage Foundation/Wall Street Journal Index of Economic Freedom: Overall, Cuba ranks 177th out of 179 countries or territories, and its total score is 52 percent below the world average, not to mention 67 percent below the average for free economies. No economy scores lower than Cuba in the categories of investment freedom and property rights, and the only country that scores lower in business freedom, financial freedom, and labor freedom is North Korea. (We should also note that, among oil-producing countries, Russia ranks 144th overall, Angola ranks 160th, Uzbekistan ranks 164th, Iran ranks 171st, and Venezuela ranks 174th.)
If foreign investment were all you needed to jumpstart sweeping economic reform, Cuba would look much more like China. Over the past two decades, it has received ample investment and tourism from Europe, Asia, and elsewhere in Latin America. But this has done very little (if anything) to promote liberalization. In fact, it has propped up the Castro regime during tough economic times and thereby reduced the governments incentive to reform.
In the 2012 Index of Economic Freedom, Chinas score is 45 percent higher than Cubas. Thats not because of foreign investment. Its because the Chinese government long ago made a conscious decision to allow more economic freedom. While China is still a dictatorial country that practices a perverted form of state-run capitalism, it is much freer, economically, than Cuba.
So far, Raúl Castros economic reforms have mostly amounted to firing state workers, expanding the number of legally permissible self-employment activities, and letting Cubans sell their used vehicles and homes (despite the fact that all homes are technically government property). Writing in the British Guardian last April, Yale historian Carlos Eire put the Castro reforms in perspective: What the government-controlled Cuban press wont say, and what most foreign correspondents on Cuban soil dont dare say, he wrote, is that these so-called reforms are illusory, and a desperate, ridiculous attempt to camouflage repression and maintain the current status quo.
The government has certainly stepped up its harassment of opposition figures and peaceful demonstrators. Witness the tragic death last week of imprisoned Cuban dissident Wilman Villar Mendoza, whose hunger strike ended tragically on January 19. The responsibility for Wilman Villar Mendozas death in custody lies squarely with the Cuban authorities, who summarily judged and jailed him for exercising his right to freedom of expression, said Amnesty International official Javier Zúñiga. Villar Mendozas case shows how the Cuban government punishes dissent, declared José Miguel Vivanco of Human Rights Watch. Arbitrary arrests, sham trials, inhumane imprisonment, and harassment of dissidents families these are the tactics used to silence critics.
Villar Mendozas widow is active with the Ladies in White, a group of women related to jailed Cuban dissidents. The leader of that group, Berta Soler, spoke out strongly after his death. The government killed him, she said. Its one more murder in the Cuban governments account.
As long as Havana is jailing and brutalizing men like Wilman Villar Mendoza, it will be very difficult for U.S.-Cuban relations to experience a significant improvement, regardless of how much oil Cuba finds in the Gulf of Mexico. Remember: When the Obama administration relaxed U.S. sanctions against Cuba, the Castro regime responded by arresting USAID contractor Alan Gross, who was subsequently sentenced to 15 years in a Cuban prison. If Havana truly wanted better relations with Washington, it would have released Gross a long time ago.
Cuba will change for real when its government decides to embrace political and economic freedom. Until then, oil revenue will merely entrench one of the worlds most repressive dictatorships.
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Prince William County, Virginia
|Prince William County, Virginia|
The Prince William County Courthouse in Manassas, Virginia, in July 2011.
Location in the state of Virginia
Virginia's location in the U.S.
|Named for||Prince William, Duke of Cumberland|
348 sq mi (901 km²)
338 sq mi (875 km²)
11 sq mi (28 km²), 3.04%
1,167/sq mi (450.7/km²)
Prince William County is a county located on the Potomac River in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, and is part of the Washington Metropolitan Area. As of 2012, Prince William County had a population of 421,164. Its county seat is the independent city of Manassas. It is part of Northern Virginia and is one of the highest-income counties in the United States.
At the time of European encounter, the inhabitants of the area that became Prince William County were an Algonquian-speaking sub-group of the Powhatan tribal confederation called the Doeg. When John Smith and other English explorers ventured to the upper Potomac River beginning in 1608, they recorded the name of a village they inhabited as Pemacocack (meaning "plenty of fish"), which sat on the west bank of the Potomac River about 30 miles south of the City of Alexandria. The Doeg maintained several villages in this area into the 1650s, when colonists began to patent the land.
Prince William County was created by an act of the General Assembly of the colony of Virginia in 1731, largely from the western section of Stafford County as well as a section of King George County. The area encompassed by the Act creating Prince William County originally included all of what later became the counties of Arlington, Fairfax, Fauquier, Loudoun; and the independent cities of Alexandria Fairfax, Falls Church, Manassas, Manassas Park. The County was named for Prince William, Duke of Cumberland, the third son of King George II.
The County was a rural community for years and the population was centered in two areas, one at Manassas (home to a major railroad junction), the other near Occoquan and Woodbridge along the Potomac River. Beginning in the late 1930s, a larger suburban population grew up near the existing population centers, particularly in Manassas. Beginning in the late 1960s, the County and its population expanded dramatically to the point where, by the end of the 20th century, it was the third most populous local jurisdiction in Virginia. Much of this growth has taken place in the last twenty years. Recently the county has been enhanced by the opening of the Marine Corps Heritage Museum and the Hylton Performing Arts Center. It is to be the site of the coming American Wartime Museum. During the 150th commemoration of the Sesquicentennial of the Civil War, the famous First and Second Battles of Manassas will be re-enacted.
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, the county has a total area of 348 square miles (902 km²), of which 338 square miles (875 km²) is land and 11 square miles (27 km²) (3.04%) is water. It is bounded on the north by Loudoun and Fairfax counties; on the west by Fauquier County; on the south by Stafford County; and on the east by the Potomac River (Charles County, Maryland lies across the river).
- Loudoun County, Virginia - North
- Fairfax County, Virginia - North-East
- Charles County, Maryland - South-East
- Stafford County, Virginia - South
- Fauquier County, Virginia - West
- Manassas, Virginia - Center (enclave)
- Manassas Park, Virginia - Center (enclave)
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National protected areas
- Featherstone National Wildlife Refuge
- Manassas National Battlefield Park
- Occoquan Bay National Wildlife Refuge
- Prince William Forest Park
Government and Politics
The county is divided into seven magisterial districts: Brentsville, Coles, Potomac, Gainesville, Neabsco, Occoquan, and Woodbridge. The magisterial districts each elect one supervisor to the Board of Supervisors which governs Prince William County. There is also a Chairman elected by the county at-large, bringing total Board membership to 8. A Vice-Chairman is selected by the Board from amongst its membership. The current Chairman is Corey A. Stewart, who previously served as the Occoquan District Supervisor. The current Vice-Chairman is Maureen S. Caddigan, the Potomac District Supervisor. The County operates under the county form of the County Executive system of government, with an elected Board of Supervisors. The Board then appoints a professional, nonpartisan County Executive to manage government agencies.
Republicans hold six of the eight seats on the Board of Supervisors as well as the offices of County Sheriff and Clerk of the Court. No Democrat has chaired the Board of County Supervisors since Kathleen Seefeldt left office in January 2000. Republicans hold two of the three U.S. Congressional seats (VA-1 and VA-10). that include parts of Prince William County and control seven of the eight Virginia House of Delegates seats that include parts of the County. Republican delegates include Robert G. Marshall, Scott Lingamfelter, Tim Hugo, Jackson Miller, Rich Anderson, Mark Dudenhefer and David Ramadan. Luke Torian is the Democratic member of the House. The three of five Virginia State Senate seats that include parts of the County are held by Democrats, including Democratic Sen. Charles Colgan, the President pro tempore of the Senate, Toddy Puller and George Barker (Virginia politician). Republicans Richard Stuart and Dick Black (politician) also represent portions of the County. In 2005, Democratic Gubernatorial candidate Timothy M. Kaine won the county with 49.95% of the vote. In 2006, Democratic U.S. Senator candidate Jim Webb carried the county with 50.51% of the vote. The Prince William County Commonwealth's Attorney, Paul Ebert, is also a Democrat. The Sheriff, Glen Hill, is a Republican as is the Clerk of the Circuit Court, Michèle McQuigg.
The County has had several special elections since 2006. That year, the then-Chairman of the Board of Supervisors, Sean Connaughton, was appointed as head of the U.S. Maritime Administration by President George W. Bush. Recently Sean Connaughton was appointed as Virginia Secretary of Transportation by Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell. A special election to fill the vacancy was called for the same day as the U.S. Senate election between Jim Webb and George F. Allen. Occoquan District Supervisor Stewart won the election and a special election was called for January 2007 to fill the vacancy in the Occoquan District. Mr. Stewart's successor for the Occoquan District was Michael C. May, a fellow Republican.
In the United States presidential election, 2008, Democrat Barack Obama carried Prince William with 57.51% of the vote, compared to Republican John McCain who received 41.62%. Obama's final rally the night before the election was held at the Prince William County Fairgrounds, just outside the city of Manassas. Demographic changes in the county were cited by The New York Times with respect to Obama's success in the United States presidential election, 2012 Time listed Prince William as one of five critical counties for the election. Obama ended up defeating Romney soundly with a margin of 57%-42%.
|Chairman||Corey A. Stewart||Republican||2003||At-Large|
|Supervisor||W.S. Wally Covington, III||Republican||2003||Brentsville|
|Supervisor||Martin E. Nohe||Republican||2003||Coles|
|Supervisor||John D. Jenkins||Democrat||1982||Neabsco|
|Supervisor||Michael C. May||Republican||2007||Occoquan|
|Supervisor||Maureen S. Caddigan||Republican||1995||Potomac|
|Supervisor||Frank J. Principi||Democrat||2007||Woodbridge|
|Commonwealth's Attorney||Paul B. Ebert||Democrat||1968||County-Wide|
|Clerk of Circuit Court||Michèle B. McQuigg||Republican||2008||County-Wide|
|Delegate||Mark Dudenhefer||Republican Party||2011||2|
|Delegate||Bob Marshall||Republican Party||1991||13|
|Delegate||Scott Lingamfelter||Republican Party||2001||31|
|Delegate||Tim Hugo||Republican Party||2001||40|
|Delegate||Jackson Miller||Republican Party||2006||50|
|Delegate||Richard Anderson||Republican Party||2009||51|
|Delegate||Luke Torian||Democratic Party||2009||52|
|Delegate||David Ramadan||Republican Party||2011||87|
|Senator||Richard "Dick" Black||Republican Party||2011||13|
|Senator||Richard Stuart||Republican Party||2007||28|
|Senator||Chuck Colgan||Democratic Party||1975||29|
|Senator||Toddy Puller||Democratic Party||2000||36|
|Senator||George Barker||Democratic Party||2007||39|
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Farm diversification into tourism - Implications for social identity?
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OriginalversjonJournal of Rural Studies 2011, 27(1):35-44 10.1016/j.jrurstud.2010.09.002
This article deals with how diversification and transformation of farming into tourism may influence the social identity of farmers. Based on a study of 19 farms run by couples engaged with agritourism, it shows how the development of tourism on the farms can be understood in a perspective of repeasantization; and how the couples draw on their farm work, culture and place to situate themselves in a new working role. Through food, stories, activities and themselves as hosts they mediate a strong farm identity. The article also explores how identities change through identifying three processes by which the 'new' work of tourism may destabilize identities. One is a shift in the meaning of farmer identity. Another is the gradual change towards a new master identity, and thirdly it finds a multiplicity of identities practiced as serial identities that shift as they relate to various social memberships and settings.


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Airborne Network Optimization with Dynamic Network Update
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Modern networks employ congestion and routing management algorithms that can perform routing when network routes become congested. However, these algorithms may not be suitable for modern military Mobile Ad-hoc Networks MANETs, more specifically, airborne networks, where topologies are highly dynamic and strict Quality of Service QoS requirements are required for mission success. These highly dynamic networks require higher level network controllers that can adapt quickly to network changes with limited interruptions and require small amounts of network bandwidth to perform routing. This thesis advocates the use of Kalman filters to predict network congestion in airborne networks. Intelligent agents can make use of Kalman filter predictions to make informed decisions to manage communication in airborne networks. The network controller designed and implement in this thesis will take in the current and predicted queue size values to make intelligent network optimization decisions. These decisions will enhance the overall network throughput by reducing the number of dropped packets when compared with current static network and MANET protocols.
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Bailiff, I. K. (2007) 'Methodological developments in the luminescence dating of brick from English late medieval and post medieval buildings.', Archaeometry., 49 (4). pp. 827-851.
Fired clay brick samples, obtained from a group of seven high-status late-medieval and post-medieval buildings in England ranging in age from c. ad 1390 to 1740, were dated by the luminescence method using an optically stimulated luminescence (OSL) technique. The results obtained indicate that, when applied to quartz extracted from brick, the technique is capable of producing dates that are in consistently good agreement with independent dating evidence for the buildings. For six samples taken from a group of four dating 'control' buildings the mean difference between the central values of luminescence and assigned ages was 5 ± 10 years (SD, n = 6). The methodology used is appropriate for application to other standing buildings in other temporal and geographic regions, and may be used with confidence where conventional dating methods are less certain. The study also examines the luminescence characteristics of quartz and the characteristics of the lithogenic radionuclides in brick samples and identifies various aspects related to the assessment of experimental uncertainty in testing the reliability of the method.
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Naturalistic Traditions: Were archaic Egypt and Mesopotamia naturalistic?
Could there have been strands of naturalism running through archaic civilizations such as Egypt and Mesopotamia? As in the cases of hunter-gatherers and early agricultural peoples, tempting evidence suggests it is possible, though unlikely. At the same time, there is good reason to believe these civilizations paved the way for the development of naturalism in later eras. [Read more...]


uneiform tablet from Mari
The oldest written source of the 30 doubling problem is the cuneiform tablet M 08613, from the first half of the 18th century BCE (according to the middle chronology). This tablet is heavily discussed in [1,2,6]. As the Ptolemaic papyrus, this tablet only contains the computation of 30 successive doubling of a small weight unit (~0.05 g). However, this time, the unit is litterally called a "barley-corn". The text starts this way (translation from [here]((_URL_
A barley-corn: to a single barley-corn I increased, 2 barley-corns in the 1st day; 4 barley-corns in the 2nd day; 8 barley-corns in the 3rd day;
and so on (including the unit changes and various problems and errors linked to Mari's specific centesimal/sexagesimal number system). It ends at the reverse of the tablet with
1 'thousand' 3 'hundred' 48 talents 30 minas 16 1/6 shekels 2 barley-corns in the 29th day; 2 'thousand' 7 'hundred' 37 talents 1/2 mina 2 1/3 shekels 4 barley-corns in the 30th day.
If I understand correctly the comments 'thousand' should in fact be read as sexagesimal 600, and 'hundred' as sexagesimal 60. Any way, the final weight corresponds to slightly less than 50 tons. It is likely that this computation was linked with a narrative, but the fable has not be found (yet).
Høyrup explains that the position of Mari, as well as the originality in style of this tablet (it's not a standard scribe exercise) makes the connection with a merchant's tradition likely.
TL;DR: The answer to your question
To make long story short. Your questions were:
My (or in fact Høyrup's and Friberg's) answer is:
 - The origin of the fable can be traced back to the 18th century BCE in Mesopotamia.
 - Computations related to the fable are recorded in the cuneiform tablet M 08613 which is the earliest instance of it.
 - This tale was transmitted, along with other mathematical riddles along the silk road on a wide area, ranging from western Europe to China. It was probably transmitted by merchants, and various modern versions are still alive on the internet.
 1. Jens Høyrup, Sub-Scientific Mathematics. Observations on a Pre-Modern Phenomenon. History of Science 28 (1990), 63–86. It can be found at page 394 of this big pdf file.
 2. The Formation of «Islamic Mathematics». Sources and Conditions. Science in Context 1 (1987), 281–329. pdf
 3. George Ifrah, Universal History of Numbers: From Prehistory to the Invention of the Computer. Translated by David Bellos, E.F. Harding, Sophie Wood and Ian Monk. Harville Press, London, 1998 (ISBN 978-_PHONE_).
 4. George Ifrah, Histoire universelle des chiffres, 2nd edition. (Seghers, puis Bouquins, Robert Laffont, 1994)
 5. Tropfke, J./Vogel, Kurt, et al, 1980. Geschichte der Elementarmathematik. 4. Auflage. Band 1: Arithmetik und Algebra. Vollständig neu bearbeitet von Kurt Vogel, Karin Reich, Helmuth Gericke. Berlin & New York: W. de Gruyter.
 6. Jöran Friberg (2005) Unexpected Links between Egyptian and Babylonian Mathematics, World Scientific, Singapore (Reviewed by José Barrios Garcia, Metascience (2007) 16:295-298) isbn:981-256-328-8, Chapter 1: Two Curious Mathematical Cuneiform Texts from Old Babylonian Mari (830 KB)
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I just found here an unsourced Indian version, but with 30 doublings jwilson.coe.uga.edu/EMT668/EMAT6680.F99/Martin/… – Frédéric Grosshans Jun 7 '13 at 15:41
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The earliest record (I have) found (searching the Internet) is the Persian Book Shahnameh, of which I know nothing more than the Wikipedia entry:
The Shahnameh or Shah-nama (Persian: شاهنامه Šāhnāmeh, "The Book of Kings") is a long epic poem written by the Persian poet Ferdowsi between c. 977 and 1010 AD and is the national epic of Iran and related societies. Consisting of some 60,000 verses, the Shahnameh tells mainly the mythical and to some extent the historical past of (Greater) Iran from the creation of the world until the Islamic conquest of Persia in the 7th century.
Incidentally, it might be interesting to know for western ignorant folk (like me) that this book was "pivotal in reviving Persian language after the Arabic infulence". Back on topic, because I do not have a copy of it at hand, I relied on a random website for the translation of the relevant passage, as reported in Yalom's book [7] (pages 4-5):
The Persian epic Book of Kings (Shah-nameh), written by the great poet Firdausi (c. 935–1020), gives an amusing account of how chess made its way from India to Persia. As the story goes, in the sixth century the raja of India sent the shah a chess set made of ivory and teak, telling him only that the game was "an emblem of the art of war," and challenging the shah's wise men to figure out the moves of the individual pieces. Of course, to the credit of the Persians (this being a Persian story), one of them was able to complete this seemingly impossible assignment. The shah then bettered the raja by rapidly inventing the game of "nard" (a predecessor of backgammon), which he sent back to India with the same challenge. Despite its simplicity relative to chess, the intricacies of nard stumped the raja's men. This intellectual gambling proved to be extremely costly for the raja, who was obliged to pay a heavy toll: two thousand camels carrying "Gold, camphor, ambergris, and aloe-wood,/As well as raiment, silver, pearls, and gems,/With one year's tribute, and dispatched it all/From his court to the portal of the Shah."
Another story in the Shah-nameh tells how chess was originally invented. In this tale, an Indian queen was distraught over the enmity between her two sons, Talhand and Gav, half brothers with respective claims to the throne. When she heard that Talhand had died in warfare, she had every reason to think Gav had killed him. The sages of the kingdom, the tale has it, developed the chessboard to recreate the battle, and show the queen clearly that Talhand had died of battle fatigue, rather than at his brother's hands. The Persian term shah mat, used in this episode, eventually came down to us as "check mate," which literally means "the king was dumbfounded," though it is often translated as "the king died."
The Shah-nameh version of the birth of chess vied with another popular legend in which a man named Sissa ibn Dahir invented the game for an Indian king, who admired it so much that he had chessboards placed in all the Hindu temples. Wishing to reward Sissa, the king told him to ask for anything he desired. Sissa replied, "Then I wish that one grain of wheat shall be put on the first square of the chessboard, two on the second, and that the number of grains shall be doubled until the last square is reached: whatever the quantity this might be, I desire to receive it." When the king realized that all the wheat in the world would not suffice, he commended Sissa for formulating such a wish and pronounced it even more clever than his invention of chess.
Another source [8], also discusses this legend, and the earliest recorded occurence is again in Firdausi. However the author speculates about the earlier development of the theme. According to al-Masudi's early history of India, shatranj, or chess
was inventend under an Indian king, who expressed his preference for this game over backgammon. [...] The Indians, he adds, also calculated an arithmetical progression with the squares of the chessboard. [...] The early fondness of the Indians for enormous calculations [9] is well known to students of their mathematics, and is exemplified in the writings of the great astronomer Āryabaṭha (born 476 A.D.). [10]. [...] An additional argument for the Indian origin of this calculation is supplied by the Arabic name for the square of the chessboard, (بيت, "beit"), 'house'. [...] For this has doubtless a historical connection


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The fatal connection
between a flock of American white Pelicans and a Cessna Citation 500 business jet at 3,100ft over a lake in Oklahoma in March 2008 is the fuel behind some new safety recommendations issued by the US National Transportation Safety Board yesterday.
The collision with one or more of birds, which tend to weigh on average about 20lb according to the Smithsonian's Natural Museum of History, took out the right engine but more crucially, damaged the aircraft's wings to the point that it was uncontrollable.
The resulting spiral, simulated by the NTSB below, sent the two pilots and three passengers to their deaths.
After some rehashing of radar data, investigators determined which clutter was most likely the flock of pelicans in the vicinity at the time. Blue dots indicate pelicans while the aircraft's track after it departed the Wiley Post Airport in Oklahoma is in yellow.
Here's the ultimate result of the collision...
First, an image from a surveillance video camera in the vicinity.
Then the final outcome...
What can be done?
The NTSB made 10 new recommendations, some dealing with how the aircraft was operated, but others focused on mitigating the increasing frequency with which birds and aircraft are meeting.
The simplest strategy, other than see-and-avoid, is to give pilots an understanding of the bird strike energy for which their aircraft are certified. Under Part 25 certification rules, a Cessna Citation 500 must be able to sustain a hit to the wing of a 4lb bird at cruise speed and be able to continue flying. and perform a safe landing.
The image below shows the damage caused by a 4lb bird at a cruise speed of 287kt...
The empennage must be able to handle an 8lb bird at cruise speeds.
The trick is to figure out how fast the airplane can then hit a 20lb pelican, assuming the pilot obtains information that such birds are in the area.
Based in the laws of physics (kinetic energy = 1/2 * mass * velocity-squared), the equivalent energy of the 4lb at 287kt is 14,586 ft-lb, according to the NTSB.
To stay below that energy, the aircraft would have to be traveling at 128kt or slower when it hits a 20lb pelican, according to my calculations. It's a large decrease in speed, but one that might be worth considering an aircraft's brief duration at such low altitudes, given the consequences..
What's the old saying - "An ounce of prevention is worth a lb of cure"?


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AARHUS, Denmark--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Today CLC bio announced the participation in the European FP7 project, STATegra, and receives 1.3 million US Dollars out of the total $7.8M project budget. STATegra aims to develop a user-friendly integral analysis platform for different omics data that is capable of providing a more efficient use of genomics technologies. As a first, this project will generate and integrate data obtained in proteomic, metabolomic and epigenomic experiments. "One of the big challenges today is going past the raw sequence data and getting to grips with the complexity of epigenetic processes - how, when, and why are certain genes switched off or expressed?" states Senior Bioinformatics Scientist at CLC bio, Dr. Michael Lappe, and continues, "By working together with leading experimental researchers and using our in-house competences in world-class software-engineering, we aim to leverage a framework which makes this extremely complex network biology understandable. Ultimately our tools will facilitate the translation of massive amounts of data into useful insights that can be applied in clinical settings."


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