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Babe Ruth, _PHONE_: American Baseball Legend
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I'm Shirley Griffith. And I'm Doug Johnson with the Special English program, PEOPLE IN AMERICA. Every week we tell about a person important in the history of the United States. Today, we tell about Babe Ruth, America's greatest baseball player. Some say he was the greatest sports hero of all time.
George Herman Ruth was born in Baltimore, Maryland, in eighteen ninety-five. George's parents owned a bar where people came to drink alcohol. His mother died when he was very young. His father was killed in a street fight.
Young George was forced to live on the streets of Baltimore. He stole things. He fought with other children. He got into trouble. At the age of eight, he was sent to live at Saint Mary's industrial school for boys. Catholic religious workers operated the school. The religious workers helped George to act better. And they taught him how to play baseball.
By the age of eighteen, George was an excellent baseball player. In nineteen fourteen, a teacher at the school wrote to a friend of his, Jack Dunn. Dunn was the manager of the Baltimore Orioles minor league baseball team. He was the one who decided who would play for the team. The teacher invited Dunn to see the young player.
Dunn watched George pitch the baseball. He offered the young left-handed pitcher a job playing baseball for six months. He said the Baltimore Orioles team would pay George six hundred dollars. Jack Dunn had to take responsibility for the boy or George could not leave the school. Dunn decided to become George's legal parent.
Jack Dunn and his new player arrived at the Orioles' baseball park. The older Orioles' players joked about the new young player. They called him, "Dunn's babe. " The young baseball player became known forever as Babe Ruth.
That year, the Boston Red Sox baseball team bought the right to make Babe Ruth a player for their team. Ruth pitched for the Red Sox teams during the next two years. He became the best pitcher in the American baseball league. Then the Red Sox discovered that he could hit the ball even better than he could throw it. So Ruth became an outfielder instead of a pitcher. In nineteen nineteen, he hit the ball out of the baseball park twenty-nine times. He hit more home runs than any other player that year.
In nineteen twenty, the Red Sox sold Babe Ruth's contract to the famous New York Yankees baseball team. That year, Babe Ruth hit fifty-four home runs. This was more home runs than any other American League team hit that season. The next year, he hit fifty-nine home runs. Babe Ruth's baseball skill and friendly nature made him famous across the country and around the world.
Many people came to the Yankee games just because they wanted to see Babe Ruth play. He helped the team earn a great deal of money. The Yankees built a new baseball stadium. Even today, Yankee stadium is known as "the house that Ruth built."
Baseball fans loved Babe Ruth because he was what some people called "larger than life. " Sports writer Paul Gallico wrote that Babe Ruth played ball in the same intense way that he lived his life. Gallico said that whenever Ruth hit a ball out of the baseball park the fans would become so excited that they were ready to break the seats. It was impossible to watch Ruth swing his bat without experiencing a strong emotion. In fact, in nineteen twenty, a man reportedly died of excitement while watching Babe Ruth hit a home run.
The name of Babe Ruth appeared so often IN THE NEWSpapers that sports writers thought up new names for him. They called him "The Sultan of Swat." "The King of Clout." "The Babe. " They called him "Bambino." Sometimes they shortened that name to "Bam."
Babe Ruth led the New York Yankees to seven championships, including four World Series titles. He hit more home runs than any other baseball player. In nineteen twenty-seven, he hit sixty home runs. During his lifetime, he hit a total of seven hundred fourteen home runs. Before he became a power hitter, he had been among the best pitchers of his time. All these skills made Babe Ruth the greatest player baseball has ever had.
In nineteen thirty, Ruth earned eighty thousand dollars. This was more money than the president of the United States, Herbert Hoover, earned that year. Reporters asked Ruth why he should be paid more than President Hoover. Ruth reportedly said: "Why not? I had a better year than he did."
Ruth also earned money by permitting his name to be used on many products. A candy bar was named after him. "Baby Ruth" candy bars still are popular today.
Sometimes, Babe Ruth got into trouble on the baseball field. He often arrived late. He got angry often. He hit a baseball umpire. He had many disputes with the chief baseball official.
In nineteen twenty-one, the Yankees' manager suspended Ruth from playing. The next year, Ruth did the worst thing a baseball player could do. He left the field during a game to chase a fan who said something he did not like. He had to pay five thousand dollars for violating the rules.
Babe Ruth also got into trouble off the baseball field. He was a very large man who liked to have a good time. He ate too much. He drank too much alcohol. He played cards and lost money. He went to nightclubs. He drove his car too fast.
Some people were unhappy about the way he acted. In nineteen twenty-two, New York State Senator Jimmy Walker appealed to Babe Ruth at a dinner of the baseball writers association. Mr. Walker asked the great baseball star to be a better example to the children of America. Babe Ruth stood up with tears running down his face. He promised he would be a better person. He kept his promise. He was never in trouble again.
Yet Babe Ruth continued to eat too much. In nineteen twenty-five, he was returning on a train from baseball spring training in the South. He became hungry. He stopped at a train station. He reportedly ate twelve hot dog sandwiches. He drank eight bottles of soft drink.
Ruth developed severe stomach problems. He was taken to a hospital in New York. Babe Ruth was so sick that doctors had to operate on him. He was in the hospital for seven weeks. Many Americans worried about him until he got well.
Babe Ruth loved children. In nineteen twenty-six, a child named Johnny Sylvester lay in a hospital bed. He was very weak after an operation. His doctor thought that a visit from Johnny's hero might help the boy get better. So Babe Ruth came to the hospital. He wrote his name on a baseball and gave it to Johnny. He promised to hit a home run that afternoon for the boy. Babe Ruth kept his promise. In fact, he hit three home runs that day.
There are many stories about Babe Ruth and his life. Experts do not agree about which ones are true. The most famous story about him concerns the nineteen thirty-two World Series championship game. The Yankees were playing the Chicago Cubs in Chicago. Ruth was at bat getting ready to hit. The Cubs and their fans were trying to make Ruth angry. They insulted him. Ruth swung his bat and missed the first pitch. The crowd laughed at him. Ruth swung and missed the second pitch. The crowd made more noises. Then Ruth pointed his bat at the seats past the center field of the ball park. He showed the crowd where he would hit the next ball. And that was exactly where he hit the ball out of the park.
Ruth stopped playing baseball in nineteen thirty-five. The next year he was one of the first five players to be elected to the Baseball Hall of Fame. After he retired as a player, he wanted to be manager of a baseball team. But no such position was offered to him.
Ruth died in nineteen forty-eight of throat cancer. He was fifty-three years old.
Babe Ruth is buried near New York City. People still come to visit his burial place. They leave things there: A Yankees baseball hat. A small American flag. A baseball. Americans leave these things to show that they have not forgotten the Babe.
This Special English program was written by Shelley Gollust. It was produced by Lawan Davis. I'm Shirley Griffith. And I'm Doug Johnson. Listen again next week for another PEOPLE IN AMERICAn program on the Voice of America.


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Washington OSHA Issues Draft PSM Rule for Refineries
The Washington Department of Labor and Industries' Division of Occupational Safety and Health (DOSH) recently released a new draft safety rule that would increase existing Process Safety Management (PSM) requirements for petrochemical refining facilities in the state of Washington. The draft rule, which was released on January 16, 2018, arrives on the heels of California's "PSM for Refineries" standard issued last fall and several years after an explosion with multiple fatalities at a refinery in Anacortes, Washington. If finalized, Washington's draft PSM rule would affect at least five large refineries owned by major energy companies.
An Executive Summary issued by DOSH states that the discussion draft "mirrors the rule revisions recently adopted in California," and that it is "the most significant update to our PSM requirements since 1992 when the rule was first adopted." The draft rule would establish significant new requirements, such as:
- Damage Mechanism Reviews (DMR): Employers would be required to perform an assessment of potential damage mechanisms that can affect process equipment, including corrosion, stress cracking, and other material degradation. Specifically, a team of engineers, operators, inspectors and persons familiar with damage mechanisms would be required to perform the review and include an assessment of potential damage mechanisms and inspection history. Hazards identified in the DMR that could cause death or serious physical harm would need to be immediately corrected. "Microbiologically-induced corrosion" would be added as a type of damage mechanism.
- Safeguard Protection Analysis (SPA): To document the likelihood of all potential initiating events within 6 months after the completion of the PHA a safeguard protection analysis (SPA) would be required. The employer would also be required to conduct a hierarchy of controls analysis (HCA) for each recommendation resulting from the PHA.
- Hierarchy of Hazard Controls Analysis (HCA): In certain situations, the employer would need to perform a hierarchy of hazard controls analysis (HCA). Such situations would include the implementation of recommendations that result from PHAs, following a major change as a part of an MOC, when an incident occurs, and when ensuring the quality of new equipment. The HCA would also need to identify and evaluate inherently safer measures to reduce risk to the greatest extent feasible.
- Additional Management of Change Requirements (MOC): The draft rule would require the implementation of MOC procedures as a part of the new damage mechanism review (DMR), hierarchy of hazard controls analysis (HCA) and safeguard protection analysis (SPA). Likewise, the rule would require a review of potential changes with maintenance workers and contractor employees in addition to employees involved in the process.
- Broader Operating Procedures: The draft rule would broaden the procedures required for each phase of operation. Procedures would need to define the conditions requiring emergency shutdown, and assign "responsibilities to qualified operators to ensure that [an] emergency shutdown is executed in a safe and timely manner." Procedures for emergency operations would need to "provide that only qualified operators may initiate these operations," and that before allowing operators into the vicinity of a leak, the employer must have either shutdown or depressurized the process or isolated the equipment.
- Increased Training: Under the draft rule, the employer would have a greater role in ensuring the safety of contract employees, and training them about site's hazards. A training record would need to be created including the type, subject, and verification that knowledge has been transferred.
- Increased Compliance Audit Obligations: Employers would be required to certify that they have evaluated compliance with the provisions of the rule every three years. Employers would need to verify that they are following the procedures and practices developed under the rule and that their PSM program is effective. Employers would have to include employees with expertise and experience in the work they are reviewing on the audit team. The employer would need to provide a written report of the audit within 60 days.
- Process Safety Management System: Under the draft rule, employers would be required to develop and implement a PSM management system administered by a PSM management coordinator who is responsible for compliance with this rule. Also, the employer would have to develop and maintain an organizational chart identifying management positions responsible for implementing the PSM Program elements required by this section.
The rulemaking is still in the early stages. DOSH has scheduled public meetings to review the rule. The next meeting date is February 21, 2018. Additionally, DOSH has formed a PSM Advisory Committee including members from the labor and industry communities. Its next meeting is scheduled for March 7, 2018. Refineries in Washington should consider engaging early in the rulemaking process and outline their positions on the draft rule's new obligations.
Beveridge & Diamond's Occupational Health & Safety Practice helps companies nationwide and in a variety of industrial sectors on a wide range of worker safety issues—in the rulemaking, counseling and litigation contexts—with a particular focus on chemicals and processes also regulated by environmental programs. For more information, please contact the authors.

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[Haskell-cafe] Categorical description of systems with dependent types
Dan Doel dan.doel at gmail.com
Fri Dec 3 02:43:35 CET 2010
On Thursday 02 December 2010 7:54:18 pm Larry Evans wrote:
> [snip]
> *Maybe* the computer science people are trying to minimize the concepts.
> In this case, the one concept common to both the sum and product ( in
> the math peoples viewpoint) is there's a function:
> field2type: field_name -> Type
> in the case of a product or record, r, it's:
> product = f:fieldname -> field2type(f)
> in the case of a disjoint sum its:
> sum = (f:fieldname, field2type(f))
> or something like that.
I'll be honest: I don't really know what you're saying above. However, I can
throw in my 2 cents on the naming thing.
The product-function naming obviously comes from thinking about, "what if the
type of later arguments of a tuple could depend on earlier ones, and what if
the result type of a function could depend on the argument?" These are quite
ordinary questions for a practicing programmer to think about, which is
probably why computer science people (supposedly) favor this naming. I might
even use this naming myself when appropriate, although I'd say 'tuple' (or
record) instead of 'product' to (hopefully) avoid confusion.
The sum-product naming, by contrast, comes from thinking about, "we have n-ary
sums and products for any natural n; for instance, A + B and A * B are binary.
This can be viewed as sums and products of families of types indexed by finite
sets. What if we generalize this to sums and products of families indexed by
*arbitrary* types?" Unlike the above, I don't think this is something that is
likely to be sparked naturally during programming. However, it's quite close
to similar constructions in set theory, which probably explains why
mathematicians favor it.
If you get into category theoretic views of programming languages, I think the
sum-product naming makes sense there, and it's hard to make the productfunction naming work. For instance:
 The A-indexed product Π x:A. F[x] has an A-indexed family of projections:
 proj a : (Π x:A. F[x]) -> F[a]
 The A-indexed sum Σ x:A. F[x] has an A-indexed family of injections:
 in a : F[a] -> (Σ x:A. F[x])
Which are visibly generalizations of the definitions of (co)products you'd
encounter modelling non-dependently typed languages. Perhaps this is on the
math end of things, though.
-- Dan
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I have 2 vectors with 11 dimentions.
a <- c(-0.012813841, -0.024518383, -0.002765056, 0.079496744, 0.063928973,
 0.476156960, 0.122111977, 0.322930189, 0.400701256, 0.454048860,
b <- c(0.64175768, 0.54625694, 0.40728261, 0.24819750, 0.09406221,
 0._PHONE_, -0.04211932, -0.07130129, -0.08182200, -0.08266852,
cosine_sim <- cosine(a,b)
which returns:
I used cosine() from lsa package.
for some values i am getting negative cosine_sim like the given one. I am not sure how the similarity can be negative. It should be between 0 and 1.
Can anyone explain what is going on here.
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take a look at the wikipedia link for cosine similarity (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cosine_similarity). it cleary states the values lie between -1 and 1, with -1 indicating complete dissimilarity and 1 indicating complete similarity. – Ramnath Jul 6 '11 at 14:38
The clue is in the name. The trigometric cosine function can take values from -1 to 1, so you would expect this one to as well. – Richie Cotton Jul 6 '11 at 15:15
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The nice thing about R is that you can often dig into the functions and see for yourself what is going on. If you type cosine (without any parentheses, arguments, etc.) then R prints out the body of the function. Poking through it (which takes some practice), you can see that there is a bunch of machinery for computing the pairwise similarities of the columns of the matrix (i.e., the bit wrapped in the if (is.matrix(x) && is.null(y)) condition, but the key line of the function is
crossprod(x, y)/sqrt(crossprod(x) * crossprod(y))
Let's pull this out and apply it to your example:
> crossprod(a,b)/sqrt(crossprod(a)*crossprod(b))
[1,] -0.05397935
> crossprod(a)
[1,] 1
> crossprod(b)
[1,] 1
So, you're using vectors that are already normalized, so you just have crossprod to look at. In your case this is equivalent to
> sum(a*b)
[1] -0.05397935
(for real matrix operations, crossprod is much more efficient than constructing the equivalent operation by hand).
As _USER_ Maney's answer says, the dot product of two vectors (which is length(a)*length(b)*cos(a,b)) can be negative...
For what it's worth, I suspect that the cosine function in lsa might be more easily/efficiently implemented for matrix arguments as as.dist(crossprod(x))...
edit: in comments on a now-deleted answer below, I suggested that the square of the cosine-distance measure might be appropriate if one wants a similarity measure on [0,1] -- this would be analogous to using the coefficient of determination (r^2) rather than the correlation coefficient (r) -- but that it might also be worth going back and thinking more carefully about the purpose/meaning of the similarity measures to be used...
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Wow. Nice answer. – Matt O'Brien Mar 1 at 5:39
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The cosine function returns
In this case, both the terms in the denominator are 1, but crossprod(a, b) is -0.05.
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The cosine function can take on negative values.
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Generative methods in Machine learning: Applications in science and engineering
|Dates:||21 February 2023|
|Times:||15:00 - 17:00|
|What is it:||Lecture|
|Organiser:||Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering|
|Who is it for:||University staff, External researchers, Adults, Alumni, General public|
|Speaker:||Dr. Alex Skillen|
Note: this is a hybrid learning event. It is most beneficial to attend in-person
1. To provide the audience with an accessible overview of the theory of generative methods; what they are, and when they might be useful in science and engineering. Specifically, we will "get under the hood" of Generative Adversarial networks, Diffusion models, and Transformers, demystifying these complex models for a general audience.
2. To provide a brief literature review of the use in generative methods in fluid mechanics (noting that the methods are transferable to other areas in science and engineering).
Accurate simulations are often infeasible, while feasible simulations are often inaccurate. This lecture will outline the current literature in addressing this dilemma via data-driven approaches. We will consider generative methods; a class of machine learning that aims to learn the underlying distribution given data. Specifically, we will focus on Generative Adversarial Networks, Diffusion models, and transformers, giving an overview of the theory behind these modern generative approaches. Following a review of current state-of-the-art in generative modelling for fluid flows, we will consider the latest trends and opportunities in the field. Note that while the focus of this review is on generative methods for fluid flows, this is driven by the background of the lecturer. The methods discussed are transferable to other areas such as solid mechanics.
Bio of speakers:
Dr. Alex Skillen is a Lecturer in Engineering Simulation and Data Science within the Department of Mechanical, Aerospace and Civil Engineering at the University of Manchester. Alex's research interests lie at the intersection of Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD) and machine learning.
Dr. Alex Skillen
Role: Lecturer in Engineering Simulation and Data Science
Organisation: University of Manchester
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If you are a Muslim, you know what Halal meals is. If not, allow me clarify it. Halal manner lawful or legal. It is a time period that refers to meals, works or items which can be allowed in Islam's guidelines and rules. For instance, eating bird is permitted for Muslims; consequently, it's miles a meals. The opposite of Halal is Haram. Eating Haram is against the law for Muslims. So, it is a Haram meals.
Halal Food Outlets is an iPhone software developed for the benefit of the Islam human beings. How?
Let us see, the primary role of the Outlets iPhone utility is that it gives the area of the food eating places to the Muslim people, who are not able to discover their favourite dish whilst touring or in different nations. This Halal Outlets iPhone software will assist them to discover the eating places at their fingertips, with out the need to ask absolutely everyone, and search anywhere within the world. But do about the that means of the Halal Food Outlets, well here is the definition of this term, it refers to shops or restaurants those sell only Halal meals. If you're in a Muslim country, you'll locate them everywhere. As a count of truth, the food retailers there are all Halal! But in case you are dwelling or touring in a non-Muslim usa, it will be hard as a way to song them down. Some international locations have Islam as their second faith. You will locate those shops very without difficulty there as properly, however the complexity comes whilst you are in a country wherein Islam is neither the primary nor a 2d religion.
Basically a Halal Food Outlet is a place wherein it is forbidden to promote Ham, Dog, Alcoholic Beverages, and Blood etc. If you are a non-Muslim looking for those, seek out the virtually exceptional outlets that promote them. There are two matters you may want to do whilst you are analyzing this text and for more information please visit here.
- You need to open a Halal Food Outlet
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- If you're in a non-Muslim us of a, think about establishing the opening close to nearby Muslim communities.
- Offer numerous Halal products in a yummy fashion. For example, McDonalds named one among their products as "Halal Chicken Nuggets".
- Know people's sentiment. If you are beginning up an Outlet near a conservative Christian community, you may as well get sued!
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Just focus on the above recommendations to open a genuinely correct and worthwhile Halal Food Outlet. If you're seeking out one rather than opening, please take the following suggestions:
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- Ask Muslims or individuals who honestly recognize the that means of "Halal".
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Purkinje effect
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The Purkinje effect (sometimes called the Purkinje shift, or dark adaptation and named after the Czech anatomist Jan Evangelista Purkyně) is the tendency for the peak luminance sensitivity of the human eye to shift toward the blue end of the color spectrum at low illumination levels.[1][2][page needed]
This effect introduces a difference in color contrast under different levels of illumination. For instance, in bright sunlight, geranium flowers appear bright red against the dull green of their leaves, or adjacent blue flowers, but in the same scene viewed at dusk, the contrast is reversed, with the red petals appearing a dark red or black, and the leaves and blue petals appearing relatively bright.
The sensitivity to light in scotopic vision varies with wavelength, though the perception is essentially black-and-white. The Purkinje shift is the relation between the absorption maximum of rhodopsin, reaching a maximum at about 500 nm, and that of the opsins in the long-wavelength and medium-wavelength cones that dominate in photopic vision, about 555 nm.[3]
In visual astronomy, the Purkinje shift can affect visual estimates of variable stars when using comparison stars of different colors, especially if one of the stars is red.
The effect occurs because the color-sensitive cones in the retina are most sensitive to green light, whereas the rods, which are more light-sensitive (and thus more important in low light) but which do not distinguish colors, respond best to green-blue light.[4] This is why humans become virtually color-blind under low levels of illumination, for instance moonlight.
The Purkinje effect occurs at the transition between primary use of the photopic (cone-based) and scotopic (rod-based) systems, that is, in the mesopic state: as intensity dims, the rods take over, and before color disappears completely, it shifts towards the rods' top sensitivity.[5]
Use of red lights[edit]
The insensitivity of rods to long-wavelength light has led to the use of red lights under certain special circumstances – for example, in the control rooms of submarines, in research laboratories, aircraft, or during naked-eye astronomy.[6]
Under conditions where it is desirable to have both the photopic and scotopic systems active, red lights provide a solution. Submarines are dimly lit to preserve the night vision of the crew members working there, but the control room must be lit to allow crew members to read instrument panels. By using red lights, or wearing red goggles, the cones can receive enough light to provide photopic vision (namely the high-acuity vision required for reading). The rods are not saturated by the bright red light because they are not sensitive to long-wavelength light, so the crew members remain dark adapted.[7] Similarly, airplane cockpits use red lights so pilots can read their instruments and maps while maintaining night vision to see outside the aircraft.
Red lights are also often used in research settings. Many research animals (such as rats and mice) have limited photopic vision - as they have far fewer cone photoreceptors.[8] By using red lights, the animal subjects remain "in the dark" (the active period for nocturnal animals), but the human researchers, who have one kind of cone that is sensitive to long wavelengths, are able to read instruments or perform procedures that would be impractical even with fully dark adapted (but low acuity) scotopic vision.[9] For the same reason, zoo displays of nocturnal animals often are illuminated with red light.
The effect was discovered in 1819 by Jan Evangelista Purkyně. Purkyně was a polymath[10] who would often meditate at dawn during long walks in the blossomed Bohemian fields. Purkyně noticed that his favorite flowers appeared bright red on a sunny afternoon, while at dawn they looked very dark. He reasoned that the eye has not one but two systems adapted to see colors, one for bright overall light intensity, and the other for dusk and dawn.
Purkyně wrote in his Neue Beiträge:[10][11]
Objectively, the degree of illumination has a great influence on the intensity of color quality. In order to prove this most vividly, take some colors before daybreak, when it begins slowly to get lighter. Initially one sees only black and grey. Particularly the brightest colors, red and green, appear darkest. Yellow cannot be distinguished from a rosy red. Blue became noticeable to me first. Nuances of red, which otherwise burn brightest in daylight, namely carmine, cinnabar and orange, show themselves as darkest for quite a while, in contrast to their average brightness. Green appears more bluish to me, and its yellow tint develops with increasing daylight only.
See also[edit]
 1. ^ Frisby JP (1980). Seeing: Illusion, Brain and Mind. Oxford University Press : Oxford.
 2. ^ Purkinje JE (1825). Neue Beiträge zur Kenntniss des Sehens in Subjectiver Hinsicht. Reimer : Berlin. pp. 109–110.
 3. ^ "Eye, human." Encyclopædia Britannica 2006 Ultimate Reference Suite DVD
 4. ^ Cornsweet TN (1970). Visual Perception. Academic Press : New York. pp. 145–148.
 5. ^ "Human eye – anatomy". Britannica online. "The Purkinje shift has an interesting psychophysical correlate; it may be observed, as evening draws on, that the luminosities of different colours of flowers in a garden change; the reds become much darker or black, while the blues become much brighter. What is happening is that, in this range of luminosities, called mesopic, both rods and cones are responding, and, as the rod responses become more pronounced – i.e., as darkness increases – the rod luminosity scale prevails over that of the cones."
 6. ^ Barbara Fritchman Thompson (2005). Astronomy Hacks: Tips and Tools for Observing the Night Sky. O'Reilly. pp. 82–86. ISBN 978-0-596-10060-5.
 7. ^ "On the Prowl with Polaris". Popular Science 181 (3): 59–61. September 1962. ISSN 0161-7370.
 8. ^ Jeon et al. (1998) J. Neurosci 18, 8936
 9. ^ James G. Fox, Stephen W. Barthold, Muriel T. Davisson, and Christian E. Newcomer (2007). The mouse in biomedical research: Normative Biology, Husbandry, and Models. Academic Press. p. 291. ISBN 978-0-12-369457-7.
 10. ^ a b Nicholas J. Wade and Josef Brožek (2001). Purkinje's Vision. Lawrence Erlbaum Associates. p. 13. ISBN 978-0-8058-3642-4.
 11. ^ As quoted in: Grace Maxwell Fernald (1909). "The Effect of Achromatic Conditions on the Color Phenomena of Peripheral Vision". Psychological Monograph Supplements (Baltimore : The Review Publishing Company) X (3): 9.
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Leticia M. Vacek, TRMC/MMC
Present & Past
The City of San Antonio's official flag was designed in 1935 by William Herring, deputy commander of the
Texas Department of United War Veterans. Herring designed the flag for the national convention of the United Spanish
War Veterans being held in San Antonio that year. The original design featured the Alamo superimposed in the center
of a white Lone Star of Texas. The Lone Star shined from a field of one-half blue, representing loyalty, and one-half
crimson red, which represents the blood that courses through the veins of every loyal Texan. Originally, the words
"San Antonio" and "Texas" were printed across the top and bottom of the flag.
City commissioners unofficially adopted the flag in 1935 and two copies were made, one for City Hall and the other
for the Chamber of Commerce. However, no action was taken to formally adopt the flag's design until 1976. In
1992, the City was informed that it was no longer acceptable to have words on a flag.

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Does honey have an expiration date? Can it go bad?
Honey is a natural food that can lasts a long time and doesn't go bad or get spoiled. As a Smithsonian Magazine article The Science Behind Honey's Eternal Shelf Life states "a slew of factors—its acidity, its lack of water and the presence of hydrogen peroxide—work in perfect harmony, allowing the sticky treat to last forever".
However, honey will not "last forever" if it's not properly kept.
So what should one do to ensure the bottle of honey doesn't get spoiled? Here are three simple actions:
 - Store the honey in a cool and dry environment (it's unnecessary to put it in the refrigerator),
 - Do not expose the honey to direct sunlight or heat, and
 - Ensure the bottle is properly sealed as the honey will draw moisture (and too much moisture will cause fermentation).
Lastly, to benefit from honey's nutritional value always buy quality natural honey that has no added additives, is unadulterated and has not undergone processes such as UV-treatment and heating.
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text: This photograph forms part of an archive which belonged to Isabella T. McNair. Born in Kilmarnock, McNair gained an MA in English from the University of Edinburgh before moving to British India in 1917 to teach at Women?s Christian College in Madras. In 1928 she was appointed Principal of Kinnaird College for Women in Lahore. McNair followed in the footsteps of a wave of British missionary women who began arriving in India during the late nineteenth century. A gentle woman, she was noted for her deliberate manner and soft voice, even when disciplining her students. She promoted religious tolerance, allowing Muslim girls who transferred to Kinnaird in the 1930s to fast during Ramadan. After Partition many refugee students were comforted by the warmth of her welcome after the displacement and in some cases violence they had experienced.


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The Dogon live in south-eastern Mali in a region termed the Falaise de Bandiagara. This area is delineated by a large rocky plateau to the west, an escarpment of several hundreds of metres height extending c. 250 km in a roughly northeast-southwest direction, and an extensive sandy plain to the east. The spectacularly located Dogon settlements on the eastward facing cliffs, where houses of natural stone plastered with clay and granaries constructed out of clay-layers are perched on the vertical rock faces, are well known. Also, hundreds of Dogon villages are located on the Bandiagara plateau and the Seno plain towards Burkina Faso. Most of the Falaise de Bandiagara is dry and rocky. Only one permanent stream crosses the area. The lack of water and the limited availability of arable soil has long been a characteristic feature of the region. These natural conditions make the area rather inhospitable on one hand, but provide a natural defence on the other.Author(s): Text: Brigit Dietz, extract from C. Kleinitz and B. Dietz (2003), Signs of the times, times of the signs: Rock art and circumcision at Songo. Leiden: Rijksmuseum voor Volkenkunde (digital publication at _URL_)
The year in the Bandiagara region can be divided into four seasons: the dry and cold season from December to March, the dry and warm season from March to June, the rainy season from June to October and the harvest season from October to December. During the four months of the rainy season rainfall averages between 400 and 700 mm (Petit, 1996). Temperatures vary from a mean of about 31?C in April and May to 24?C in January and February.
The flora and fauna of the Bandiagara region is comparable to other regions of the West African savanna belt (Beaudoin, 1997). Baobab, acacia and tamarind trees are common. The baobab is utilised by the Dogon in many ways: the fruits are eaten, the leaves are used as a basis for sauce and the bark for making ropes. The diversity of the fauna in the Dogon area has diminished in recent decades. While in the beginning of the 20th century hyenas, panthers, lions, monkeys and crocodiles were common in the region, today few large animals can be found. Some gazelles, antelopes, elephants, wild cats and jackals have survived, but because of intensive hunting many species have completely disappeared. The diversity in birds and reptiles has been preserved, and a number of other small animal species can be encountered.
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Miniature palm trees are palm trees that grow no more than 20 feet tall. This height is relatively small compared to standard palm trees that can grow as tall as 80 feet.
Some popular varieties that are within the 10- to 12-foot range include the pygmy date palm, bamboo palm, parlor palm, lady palm, European fan palm, Florida thatch palm and diamond palm. Additionally, the banana palm is a dwarf-sized palm that has varieties that are cold hardy. Miniature palms can be used on their own, or in a combination with other palms, shrubs or flowers to create a unique landscape.


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Our Children Are Evangelizers
By Aristea Zekios
Train a child in the way he should go,
and when he is old he will not depart from it.
Proverbs 22:6 (RSV)
A child is taught by word, example, and experience. Of these three, experience is probably the most important because of its long-range effect.
An example of such an experience is evangelization. Children are a natural resource for evangelization. Their simple faith, trust in God, and desire to serve others can easily be channeled into evangelistic action. They learn to evangelize most effectively through experience - or, to put it in a child's terms, "doing it." No matter how much information is presented, children will benefit by "doing it." And they'll continue to evangelize in their adult years as stated in Proverbs 22:6.
One of the most constructive ways to show how the evangelization process works is to hold a "FELLOWSHIP FEST" or "FRIENDSHIP SUNDAY" (call it what you like.) The event can be channeled through the Church School, though the rest of the parish must share in the work. (That work will be mentioned later.)
The objectives of such an event are:
- To introduce the students to the importance of sharing their Faith with others;
- To help students recognize the importance of inviting othersespecially those who do not actively participate in church lifeto "come and see" who and what the Church is all about;
- To provide an opportunity for the students to "follow up" on their invited guests.
BEGINNING ONE MONTH AHEAD OF THE FEST... the priest announces the event and encourages the children (and adults as well) to bring a friend or friends to Church.
ON THE TWO SUNDAYS PRECEDING THE FEST... flyers about the Fest are distributed in the Church School class. (See sample) Church School teachers discuss them with the students -
- Encouraging them to invite one or more of their friends to the Fest, especially a friend who does not attend any Church or Sunday School.
- Emphasizing the importance of sharing their Faith with others by stating how Jesus Christ expects us to tell others about Him and the love He has for all people.
- Informing the students that special awards will be given to all who bring a friend to the Fest. Gifts are also given to all visiting children.
ON THE SUNDAY BEFORE THE FEST... teachers remind the students once again to invite a friend to Church for next Sunday. Students are asked if they have already invited someone, what responses they received, if they've made arrangements to pick up the friend(s) etc. Students who were absent the previous Sunday are encouraged to invite a friend to Church, following the guidelines provided above.
FELLOWSHIP FEST SUNDAY...involves encouraging visiting children to participate in the Liturgy and Church School with the students. It is not recommended that Liturgy books be given out to the visiting children. They become too engrossed in keeping their places and miss the essence of the worship. Following the final blessing, the students and their visitors are recognized by the priest by being asked to stand or raise their hands.
During the Church School class that students and guests attend together after the Liturgy, teachers -
- Allow time for each student to introduce his or her friend(s);
- Fill out name tags for visitors and students as well;
- Ask each of the visitors to tell the class a little about him/herself, including what Church (if any) he or she usually attends;
- Discuss the importance of sharing important things, such as our faith, with our friends;
- Record the visitors' names and addresses for follow-up purposes the next Sunday;
- (Optional) take pictures of students and their visitors participating in the class. These pictures make an interesting bulletin board for everyone in the parish to see.
Visiting children are incorporated into the regular Church School lesson. They participate in the class project, join in the discussions, etc.
THE SUNDAY AFTER THE FEST...
- Discuss with the students how their friends felt about their visit, what they thought of the Church, how and why the students might invite them to come back. For the third grader and older groups, this is a good time to find out how many visitors were "unchurched" and to introduce this term to them.
- Ask the students to write a note to their visiting friends, thanking them for being at the FELLOWSHIP FEST and inviting them and their families to return for a follow-up activity, i.e. picnic, slide presentation, open house. Instruct the students to telephone their friends during the week to see if they've received the notes and encourage them to attend the follow-up activity. Those who show some interest in returning should have their names added to the church mailing list.
- Have the students write a short article on how they felt having their friend(s) attend the FELLOWSHIP FEST with them. They can include what their friend(s) thought about the Church or how their visitor felt that day. These articles make interesting bulletin board displays when combined with photographs. They can also be used for the parish news bulletin. (See examples of such articles that appeared int he Feb. 1988 issue of Young Life magazine.)
- Finally, adults will also play an active part in the FEST. They, too, are to invite visitors for that day. It is also their responsibility to provide special refreshments for all the participants, to send follow-up notes to the adult visitors, and make telephone calls as well. Of course, the success of the FEST depends upon its origin - the pulpit. The priest is a key person because the support and enthusiasm he projects can make or break the FEST.
Aristea Zekios is a member of Saint Luke the Evangelist Orthodox Church, Palos Hills, Illinois. In addition to serving as Church School coordinator in her parish, Mrs. Zekios is active in evangelization programs. She served as a panelist at the Eighth All-American Council and authors a series in Young Life magazine.


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Our children's metaphysical well being and safety should be a priority in the institutional buildings they dwell in for their first quarter of a century. I examine questions through design like: How does their environment generate optimal creativity? How can we properly eliminate violent threats through design elements?
As a progressive country, Canada has a long way to go to meet the basic needs of its' most vulnerable citizens. I see opportunity where design is concerned to help long term patients suffering with dementia who become separated from their loved ones, homelessness and low income housing. These are just a few examples of special communities for the vulnerable that need to have specialized design concepts.


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Critics of some aid programs contend that merely supplying money and resources to destitute regions does not help them in the long term, and can even hurt, because it creates dependence on the part of the recipients. Not so with Dr. BP Agrawal's solutions for bringing clean water and medical services to rural Indian villages, which won him and his program the $100,000 Lemelson-MIT Award for Sustainability, the organization announced on Wednesday morning.
His "River From The Sky" (Aakash Ganga) initiative continues to enable villagers to trap rain water on their rooftops and store it underground via pipes, providing an average of 10-12 liters of water per day to each resident of 40 villages, reaching approximately 10,000 villagers so far. The system also creates an economic incentive for villagers to sustain the program, not only by providing water, but by allowing them to rent out their rooftops to those with increased demand for water in order to generate income. Excess water is routed to a community tank that all of the villagers can access.
The second program "Clinics for Mass Care" (Arogya Ghar), equips rural Indian girls, who otherwise lack significant opportunity for advancement (in part because they spend much of their time carrying water), with inexpensive laptops connected to a variety of diagnostic devices. Carrying the entire unit in a shoulder bag, they travel door-to-door in villages asking if anyone is sick, receiving 25 cents for performing diagnostic tasks using instructions on the computers. This typically creates an income of about $100 per month, says Agarwal, while offering girls, whose career options are usually severely limited, valuable vocational training in the field of healthcare.
Dr. Agrawal himself grew up in rural Rajasthan, India. After heeding his parents' instructions to study science, he eventually led R&D developments at several Fortune 100 companies, at one point completing an executive management program at MIT's Sloan School of Management. He left the fast-track in 2003 to work on these programs, at his non-profit, Sustainable Innovations.
In the beginning, he says, he encountered fierce resistance from Indian officials who had been burned by previous efforts to send aid to rural villages.


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Russell Ranch: a place to study the impacts of farming systems and inputs on agricultural sustainability. Watch this video about the research conducted at Russell Ranch!
The Russell Ranch Sustainable Agriculture Facility is a unique 300-acre facility near the UC Davis campus dedicated to investigating irrigated and dry-land agriculture in a Mediterranean climate. It's also a unit of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute (ASI).
Among Russell Ranch's ongoing experiments is a 100-year study referred to as Long Term Research in Agricultural Sustainability (LTRAS), which is comprised of 72 one-acre plots. LTRAS is an exploration of the long-term impacts of crop rotation, farming systems (conventional, organic and mixed) and inputs of water, nitrogen, carbon and other elements on agricultural sustainability. Sustainability is indicated by long-term trends in yield, profitability, resource-use efficiency (such as water or energy) and environmental impacts.
LTRAS has monitored changes in crop and soil properties, greenhouse gas emissions, weed ecology and economic indicators since 1993. The Sustainable Agriculture Farming Systems (SAFS) project joined with LTRAS in 2003. Russell Ranch is primarily a research facility and also supports UC Davis' extension and teaching missions by hosting field days, class field trips, undergraduate interns and graduate student research.
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Does white wine have sulfites?
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Riesling label contains sulfites
Even white wine has sulfites
Unless the wine was treated with hydrogen peroxide (and thus ruined), the quick answer is yes.
All wines have sulfite in them. In fact, white wine usually has more sulfites than red wine. Sulfites are created naturally during the fermentation process. After a wine has fermented it usually contains somewhere between 2 and 10 parts per million (ppm).
White wines are typically sweeter than red wines. To stop the wine from fermenting the residual sugars, potassium metabisulfite is added to the wine to halt the fermentation. This is why white wines typically have more sulfites than red wines
Most wines have additional sulfite added to protect the wine. It doesn't matter which country the wine is from, almost all wines have sulfites around 80 ppm. Only the United States and Australia are required to note that sulfites were added.
Here's a bottle of Asti, and yes it contains sulfites
Wine is a food product, and without sulfites wine would not last long. Organic wines without sulfite added have this problem, and do not last long on the shelves. Sulfites act as a preservative to protect the wine from molds, oxidation, and spoiling.
There is no scientific link between sulfites and headaches, although many blame sulfites to cause red wine headaches (RWH).
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2. Insert the rope and position as desired.
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3. Flip the blue safety lever back down to allow the cam to grip the rope.
To shorten the rope distance, simply pull on the rope. The rope will stay secure and lock back into place. To extend the distance or release the rope, pull on the rope to remove tension and then rotate the cam to release the rope.
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3W students finished their first unit in Drama. The first unit focused on communicating feelings and emotion and building on the ideas of others to create.
We can communicate feelings, ideas and experiences in drama.
- Communicating emotion
- Building on our ideas
- Using our experiences
During this unit, students acted out emotions in drama games and collaborated with their peers to create skits. We began discussing different characters from fairytales and favourite stories and the qualities of the characters. Students acted out stories from chosen fairy tales. Each student then chose a character, listed the qualities of that character, then made a group to create a new story. Please enjoy the new stories the students have created. The videos are password protected. The password is 'drama'.
The Evil Giant (Eline, Kiana, Akhil)
Hansel is Lost (Elena, Julynn, Leanna)
The Delicious Gingerbread Man and the Evil Tanuki (Shoichi, Marcus, Teimu)
Trading (Sayo, Vienna, George, William)


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What is at issue:
The use of the fjord region by the salmon industry took place without a thought out manage-ment plan on the part of the Chilean state and is overwhelmingly oriented to the interests of the salmon industry. Environmental requirements are either non-existent or loosely formulated. Moreover, the state pays little attention to monitoring adherence to current provisions.
Scientific knowledge of the maritime ecosystem in this region is, even today, still very limited so that an analysis of the ecological implications of issuing aquaculture licenses or proving the damage caused by large scale fish farming is very difficult. At the same time, many of the known negative effects, seen in other fjord regions that engage in intensive salmon farming (e.g. Canada, Norway, Scotland), have already manifested themselves.
The project is an essential part of a wide ranging plan to improve the integrated coastal zone management in the southern Chilean fjords. The main points are:
- Environmental mapping and bio-monitoring: Essential mapping of available marine resources and habitat structures as well as identification of economic activities and areas already under threat. Production of a GIS database and mapping of the used areas and economic activities, general environmental conditions and the incidence of the most important marine flora and fauna.
- Control of existing environmental legislation: Monitoring the adherence to existing environmental standards in the salmon industry including the control of illegal waste sites as well as the monitoring of adherence to fishing and hunting laws. Registration and localisation via GPS of all active aquaculture concessions, checking their actual locations as well as the production of a register on breaches of existing environmental regulations.
- Environmental communication: Establishment of a network of environmental organisations as well as the education and briefing of the local population and interest groups from the fishing and tourism sectors. Setting up a network of environmental organisations active in this area as well as programmes and workshops on consciousness-raising amongst the local population and interest groups from the fishing and tourism sectors.
What's happening now:
The project was completed in 2009.
What we have achieved:
Fish farming around Magdalena Island still is an increasing business, with all consequences for the marine ecosystem. Although diseases such as virus infections (ISA) already affect the region, the companies try to raise the production to recompense their financial losses, especially generated by the farms in the X. region. Increasing of production in the Xl. Region is still favored by the weak governmental control.
The most common and visible infractions were dumping of unused aisles and rests of tubes, as part of the infrastructure of pen nets. Another part of the waste scattered along the beaches was material left by the service companies after farm construction, such as cable reels with steel cables to tie the cages, paintings and unused concrete moorings (blocks of several 1000 kilos).
Apart from all waste on land it turned out that the amount of waste dumped to the sea is much higher than the waste found on the beaches. With the ROV it was possible to identify dumped pen nets, nets for the protection of sea lions, rests or entire aisles, up to a complete platform from a fish farm. Also, it was observed that sometimes fish farms choose an easy way to wash out the bivalves attached on the pen nets. They dump the nets close to a river mouth, expecting that the mussels die due to the law salinity or they dump the nets at greater depths, resulting also in the elimination of the mussels. One most consider that these nets are heavily contaminants due to the antifouling substances on the meshes. The worst observed case was an entirely dumped fish farm (Estero Sur, next to Gala Island in the Jacaf channel). Pen nets filled with fouling fishes inside were scattered over the sea floor.


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Visualization of the Fragmentation of a Weak Granular Material During Compression
The purpose of this research was to visualize the crushing of a weak granular material during compression. In order to be able to see the individual particles of the sample with out the usage of sophisticated and expensive equipment, roasted chick peas were used to model granular material. The chick peas were chosen because of their size and availability. A series of uniaxial confined compression tests were run on the chick peas to check different aspects of the fragmentation. All the samples used in the tests were prepared the same way having the same initial height and mass. The samples also had uniform gradation. An initial test was run on the chick peas to an applied vertical load of 3 kN. This test was used to create a void ratio versus the logarithm of the stress curve. From the curve constructed from the results of the first test four applied vertical loads were chosen. These four applied vertical loads were used throughout the research. The first set of uniaxial confined compression tests were used to determine how many chick peas were broken during compression. The next set of uniaxial confined compression tests were used to run sieve analysis on each sample and to determine how the gradation of the sample changed as the applied vertical load increased. Another confined uniaxial compression test was run to a selected load to determine how the crushing occurred internally. Through out the research several pictures were taken with a digital camera to help illustrate the crushing inside and outside the samples. Pictures outside the samples were possible since the cylinders used for the compression tests were transparent. A fractal analysis was done using the results of the sieve analysis for each sample. Fractal fragmentation dimensions were calculated to determine the degree of crushing at each of the applied vertical loads. Another fractal analysis was done using a Seirpinski Gasket in order visualize the way the samples developed a fractal size distribution. Six level of the gasket were generated and used to model a sample fragmenting during compression.
Advisor:Calixto I. Garcia; Luis E. Vallejo; Jeen-Shang Lin
School:University of Pittsburgh
School Location:USA - Pennsylvania
Source Type:Master's Thesis
Keywords:civil and environmental engineering
Date of Publication:09/25/2007


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The fundamental function of a task scheduler engine is to keep a record of the applications and processes running over the system to invoke them whenever required. And thus, allowing the computer to perform specific automated tasks. To know more about taskeng.exe, continue reading this article.
What is the use of Taskeng.exe?
Task scheduler engine or taskeng.exe is used to run the particular application or process over a predefined time whenever necessitated by the system.
Taskeng.exe file information
It is an executable file from Microsoft, a crucial part of the Windows operating system. Taskeng.exe is also known as Task Scheduler Engine – it allows the OS to launch programs or scripts at specific times or after prescribed periods.
Viruses with the same file name
Taskeng.exe is not a virus but a crucial program of Microsoft OS. But, to bypass harmful viruses and worms in your system without letting know the antivirus over the system, attackers try using the name of Taskeng.exe to crack in your system underneath the name of innocent Task Scheduler Engine.
To check if your system is malware-free and is safe by all means, you can run a quick malware scan using any antivirus and remove it all from your system. And also, you can check the details of it if found similar as below delete it asap.
- Located in some other location than in the System32 folder.
- If found file sizes of 55KB, 13KB, 433KB, 705KB, 532KB, or different than the mentioned sizes.
- No clear description process is shown.
- Loads on startup.
Taskeng.exe –Virus File vs. Safe Microsoft Windows Process?
Microsoft's Taskeng.exe of Windows is an essential element for running various applications. As far as it is from Microsoft and is the original one, you don't have to worry about it. But if you find it suspicious. And doubt it to be malware then, you can run a malware scan using any good antivirus protection to confirm if it is the legit one.
In any case, if your system has caught malware. Then, there are possibilities of spying and hijacking the keyloggers.
Solutions to fix Taskeng.exe popping up issue
You can get rid of this issue easily, with these few fixes:
- Removing the Taskeng.exe virus related extension
- Deleting the Taskeng.exe virus-related programs
- Enable, show all hidden files and delete the malware files
- Restart your PC in the safe mode
Fix for Taskeng.exe popping up issue:
Remove Taskeng.exe Virus and Restore Your PC
Who would like to keep the virus in the system? So, let us get rid of this annoying virus from the system forever.
For removing the virus associated with the 'taskeng.exe.'
You will be required to have good antivirus protection. For removing the virus, follow the below steps:
- Run the quick scan from whatever antivirus you own. It will locate the infected file for you. And from there, you can easily remove it.
- Remove the unwanted applications you have recently installed. And by going to the settings of your system. Then to all the applications. And with this, you can easily delete the unwanted stuff from there.
- Restart your PC and again run a full PC scan to re-check if the virus is removed successfully.
Taskeng.exe Virus – Manual Removal Steps
To remove the virus associated with the Task Scheduler Engine manually, you can perform the following steps to achieve it:
- Go to the three dots over your browser and locate the extensions.
- Click over the Manage Extensions option.
- Now, click over Remove to remove that particular extension from your browser.
- Open the Control Panel.
- Now, go to the Uninstall a program option under the Programs head.
- Delete all the unwanted and suspicious applications.
- Open the File explorer options.
- Now, go to the view tab.
- Locate the Show hidden files and folders and select it. Also, clear the Hide protected system operating system files.
- And save the settings.
Now, open the run utility and browse the following paths for any viruses.
%temp%\ %AppData%\ %LocalAppData%\ %LocalAppData%\.exe %CommonAppData%\ %AllUsersProfile%random.exe
Select and delete the virus files if found any.
Best practices for resolving taskeng exe popup issues
If you get to witness an expressionless command prompt popping up numerous times for saying taskeng.exe. Then there could be two possibilities.
First is your system is affected by malware. And the foremost thing you can do at first is, run a quick malware check. And see if there exists malware with the name 'Taskeng.exe.'
The second is the incomplete or faulty installation. It occurs when the application cannot complete the installation correctly. And to fix this error, you can uninstall the version you have and install it again.
Preventive Security Measures
If you are using the current version of Windows. Then you must not get to see the Task Scheduler Engine in the recent update of the Windows 11 official version of Microsoft. But, if you are still using the old version. Then it would probably be powered by the Task Scheduler. For safety measures, what you can do is:
- Do a regular quick malware scan over your PC.
- Reinstall the 'Taskeng.exe' if it is misbehaving.
- Keep the drivers updated.
In any case, if your system gets in trouble with the name 'taskeng.exe,' these measures will keep you good to go.
Checking Windows for corrupted files and repairing them:
Corrupted files cause a lot of unnecessary issues. Fixing those might fix the issue for you in case. So, to check windows for any corrupted files, you will need to run the DISM and the SFC tool. But before using DISM and SFC, it is good to put your device in safe mode to avoid errors during the scan. So to put your device in Safe Mode, obey the below steps:
- Execute the Windows key + R command to open the Run application.
- Now enter
msconfigin the input window and hit enter.
- Now enter
- Now open the Boot Tab and under the Boot options, check the safe mode option and apply the changes.
3. You will be prompted to restart your PC to save the changes.
- Click on restart.
- Now your PC will reboot in safe mode.
For running the SFC tool:
- Render to the search bar and enter cmd.
- Now, from the options provided, select Run as Administrator.
sfc /scannowand press enter.
- Now, the system file checker will start scanning the damaged files. And will fix all the files for you in seconds.
Note: Use the commands with proper space, or it may cause errors.
For running the DISM tool:
- Search cmd on the search bar. And hit enter!
- Now, inscribe
DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /ScanHealth, and proceed by pressing enter.
Once the test is over, close the safe mode and restart your computer. If any damaged files are detected, use
DISM /Online /Cleanup-image /RestoreHealth command and press enter.
Why Does Taskeng Keeps Popping Up?
It could be due to these reasons:
– Malware with the name 'taskeng.'
– Faulty installation
– Corrupted registry files
– Outdated drivers
How To Recognize Suspicious Variants?
You can do it by checking the location of the '.exe' file. If not discovered in the System32 folder. Then it is most probably a virus file.
To fix this, you can try reinstalling it. And if that doesn't work, try updating the device drivers and redrafting the registry files.
How To Know If Taskeng Exe Is A Virus?
You can run a malware scan to find out if your system is infected by any sort of virus with the same name.


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Subject: Re: /emul/xxx for all/other /sys/compat/xxx?
To: None
From: Christos Zoulas
Date: 03/06/1995 16:44:14
In article <_EMAIL_> _EMAIL_ (Frank van der Linden) writes:
>Actually, I took the Linux compat code one step further in the
>alternate root handling (perhaps too far due to a misunderstanding
>- relative pathnames are untouched.
>- opening a file for reading (in various forms) checks if the file
> exists under /emul/linux
>- creating a file (including symlink() and rename()) checks if the directory
> that it should be created in exists in /emul/linux and then attempts
> to create it there.
>The last point is not done in the svr4 emul code, only in the Linux code
>Before we make /emul directories the default, we should agree on the semantics.
>What are the objections to what I did? It seemed better to me, because
>it made things like the Linux version of ldconfig work correctly. Any
>examples of where this would break?
Let me just try to explain the reason why I chose the following semantics:
- relative pathnames are untouched.
- opening a file (in various forms) checks if the file
exists under /emul/xxx
The alternate root is provided as a means to programs to find and update
their own configuration files, shared libraries etc. Creating files should
work normally. Consider running the svr4 ksh and doing 'echo > foo' in /
as Charles said. Notice that the ldconfig example will work properly,
if the ld.so.cache already exists in /emul/linux/etc.


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SALT LAKE CITY (AP) - Researchers say they are tracking does, their fawns and predators with hopes of understanding why Utah's mule deer population is declining.
The four-year study is a partnership of the Utah Division of Wildlife Resources, BYU and Utah State University.
Most of the $950,000 needed to fund the study comes from state auctions for big game tags.
Researchers hope to determine the extent that coyotes prey on the deer.
Researchers and biologists in March captured 65 pregnant does on their wintering ground in Piute County. Radio collars were placed on their necks. Transmitters also were implanted in the mothers-to-be before they were released.
(Copyright 2012 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed.)


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Origins of the City Beautiful Movement
The City Beautiful Movement began to take shape in the mid-nineteenth century with the philosophy of Frederick Law Olmstead (_PHONE_), the well-known landscape architect and reformer. Olmstead and his partner, Charles Vaux, designed and implemented a plan for New York City's Central Park in 1858. The plan embodied the idea that beauty and open spaces, like parks and playgrounds, helped give peace and health to city dwellers. These city livers, crowded into dirty, unfriendly cities, could succumb to the evil within themselves without having their souls cleansed by the natural landscape, thought Olmstead. Without this human renewal, people would no longer feel strong ties to one another, allowing crime and misery to run rampant. (Wilson, 10-11)
Olmstead's design philosophy was called "the park and boulevard system," for it attempted to balance the larged paved areas of streets and sidewalks with many acres of grass and trees. His ideas appealed to other urban reformers, who realized the value of creating large areas of public parks and playgrounds within cities. Urban environments were becoming increasingly built up with unsafe tenements, which were surrounded by filth that bred disease both physical and moral. Locating parks and playgrounds so that every city resident had access to them would help counter the negative effects of city living.
Olmstead and others like him believed that the depletion of rural communities that was occurring during the second half of the 1800s was dangerous to society because the caring social consciousness inherent in these small villages could not be replicated in cities. Close-knit communities needed clean air and green spaces to thrive, thought urban reformers, and the cities could not sustain either because the needs of the city, such as dense housing and wanton industrialization, ate up vast tracts of the natural environment. Urban reformers also believed that by creating green spaces within the city, community building, worker productivity, property values, and private enterprise would increase because city residents would be freed from the oppressions of city life. (Wilson 12)
The culmination of this philosphy occurred at the 1893 Chicago World's Columbian Exposition. Olmstead and his associates took a marshy, undeveloped tract of Chicago and built an ideal city. From its conception, the small city built for the exposition was a wonder. Once built, the exposition showcased all that a city could be--functional and beautiful. Magnificent, white exhibit buildings lined wide avenues that meandered around a large lake. Green open spaces were plentiful and included lush greenery and mature trees. Electric lights were plentiful, allowing visits to the exposition after dusk. And everything was clean and free from city grime, which impressed visitors perhaps more than anything else they saw. Sanitation was crucial to the exposition plan. The grounds were cleaned and swept nightly, and filtered water and numerous bathrooms were served by the exposition's own sewage treatment plant. The exposition's impact upon middle class urbanites could not have been greater; the exposition presented them with a city--well planned, beautiful, and clean--they had never imagined possible. (Wilson 53)
Birth of the City Beautiful Movement
Although not officially named until six years after its closing, the City Beautiful Movement's ancestry included the 1893 Chicago Exposition. Already tired of city sprawl and decay, the urban middle and upper classes began to organize towards civic activism as the 1890s went on. Although greatly motivated by their own desires to protect their property values and wield a level of control over the urban poor, these affluent men and their wives did want to elevate the living conditions of those unable to do so themselves. By promoting "urban beauty" and city improvements, such as treated water and clean streets, these reformers felt they could positively influence the minds and souls of city dwellers, making them contributors to the greater good.
The City Beautiful Movement officially began in 1899 and saw its heydey between 1900 and 1910. The movement called for the construction of grand, neoclassical-style public buildings, the creation of civic parks and playgrounds, and the promotion of Olmstead's park and boulevard system. Some efforts towards modernizing cities were also made, such as street paving and illumination. J. Horace McFarland became the movement's national spokesman. He became the president of the American Civic Association, and by 1911, McFarland had given his "Crusade Against Ugliness" lecture to 250 cities across the United States. (Wilson, 51, 75)
McFarland's ideas were mostly concerned with beautifying urban environments, and his motivations were mostly focused on improving property values for businessmen like himself. Although responsible for increasing the quality of life for many city residents across the country, the City Beautiful lost momentum in 1909 when the City Practical Movement challenged its philosophy. The City Practical viewed the City Beautiful as being overly superficial with its emphasis on "urban embellishment" over the more practical concerns of increased sanitation and garbage collection and improved public transportation. (Wilson, 2)
Harrisburg--The City Beautiful
The earliest efforts towards urban renewal in Harrisburg began with Mira Lloyd Dock, who was a member of an affluent city family. Beginning in 1896, Dock attempted to organize her fellow citizens to work towards cleaning up Harrisburg. At that time, Harrisburg had been the capital city of Pennsylvania for nearly a century, but it looked more like an "industrial village" than the seat of state government. Most of the city's streets were unpaved and littered with trash. The Susquehanna River, polluted with sewage from Harrisburg and other cities upstream, supplied the city with unfiltered and untreated water. Most of the city had been built up with little regard to preserving open space and fresh air, and its 50,000 residents deserved better, thought Dock. (Wilson, 126)
In 1898, Dock was one of the founding members of the Civic Club of Harrisburg, a woman's organization which worked towards improving the city. After traveling to London in 1899, Dock began lecturing to various groups in Harrisburg with the intent to spur the citizenry to action. Her lectures included a lantern show, which presented images of picturesque European cities and natural environments juxtaposed to the squalor of Harrisburg. Dock's photographs were unflinching in their depiction of the city's filth. She ascribed to Olmstead's philosophy and believed that the city's poor needed playgrounds, parks, public baths, and other amenities to combat the ills of city life. By providing these, Dock felt that the quality of living throughout Harrisburg would improve because the social classes were interdependent. Happy workers meant improved production and increased buying power, resulting in a strong economy for the city's business owners. (Wilson, 129-130)
Dock's beliefs began to spread. In April 1901, the Harrisburg Telegraph, a local newspaper, ran an article enumerating ways to improve the city. City mayor Vance McCormick called for extensive street paving, a park and boulevard system, and a safe water supply. To that end, he established a permanent committee in 1901 to look into city improvements, whose membership included J. Horace McFarland. In 1902, the committee evolved into the Harrisburg League for Municipal Improvements, which sought to have a $1,090,000 bond for civic improvements passed by citywide vote. High school boys were hired to distribute propoganda in support of the bond, and city newspapers ran articles supporting its passage. The Civic Club used lectures to promote increased street cleaning and the placement of public trash recepticles to help rid Harrisburg of filth. (Wilson, 133-134)
The bond passed by a two-to-one margin. Helping to promote civic improvement was Jacob Riis, the renowned New York tenement reformer, who lectured to city residents in 1903. Three more improvement bonds passed between 1906 and 1914. The money was used to pave 70 miles of Harrisburg streets, which were cleaned regularly. In terms of parks and playgrounds, the goal was to have one acre of park land for every 100 city dwellers, which was eventually achieved. The total acreage of city parks was increased by 900 acres and included public lakes and walkways, athletic fields, and playgrounds. Sanitation was improved by the implementation of intercepting sewers and flood controls. And, a $2,500,000 water treatment facility was built on Hargest's Island in 1905 to supply the city with pure, filtered water. The entire city environment changed, and by 1912, Harrisburg could claim that it was "one of the best paved in the United States," and its "unique park system" was "the admiration of landscape experts." (Wilson, 136-139; Inglewood, 133-135; Story of Harrisburg)
The City Beautiful's Effects on the Old 8th Ward
The City Beautiful Movement, though not directly responsible for the demise of the Old 8th Ward, did impact its destruction nonetheless. In 1902, the usually Republican-voting 8th Ward approved the civic improvement bond by 83.4%. The Old 8th Ward's strong support of the bond issue lies in the fact that they lived in one of the neighborhoods that could benefit the most from the city improvements. The 8th Ward was the second poorest neighborhood in Harrisburg


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ʿArūḍ or Arud (Arabic: العروضal-ʿarūḍ) is often called the Science of Poetry (Arabic: علم الشعرʿilm aš-šiʿr). Its laws were laid down by Al-Farahidi (786 - 718 AC), an early Arab lexicographer and philologist, who did so after noticing that poems consisted of repeated syllables in each verse. He wrote his first book, Al-Ard, describing 15 types of verses. It is said that he used to climb down into a well in order to enjoy the poems during his study. Later Al-Akhfash al-Akbar described a 16th meter, al-Mutadārik.
Short definition of ʿArūḍ[edit]
ʿArūḍ is the study of poetic meters, which identifies the meter of a poem and determines whether the meter is sound or broken in lines of the poem.
The source of ʿArūḍ[edit]
The study of ʿarūḍ began within the first century AH in a region called ʿArūḍ near Mecca in Saudi Arabia, which is why it was called ʿArūḍ.
The way of spelling ʿArūḍ[edit]
The ʿArūḍ spelling is based on the ḥaraka (حركة) (which indicates that the letter above which it is placed is followed by a short vowel, either a (fatḥah َ ), u (ḍammah ُ ) or i (kasrah ِ ).) and on the sukūn, also called sākin (سكون / ساكن) (which indicates that the letter above which it is placed is NOT followed by any short vowel - but by a long one it could). The fatḥa, ḍamma and kasra vowels are represented by the mutaḥarrik (which is a short horizontal line), and the sukūn or sākin by the usual sukūn character (which is shaped like a circle). There are mnemonic phrases that facilitate memorizing the ʿArūḍ patterns. One example of these mnemonic phrases is: (لم أر على ظهر جبل سمكة) (Literally meaning: I did not see a fish on top of a mountain)
Tafāʿīl (تفاعيل)[edit]
The Tafāʿīl are the meter units in the Arabic poetry system. In most sonnets there will be eight of those: four in the first verse and four in the second; in other cases, there will be six of them, meaning three in the first verse and three in the second. There is also a case in which their number is less than three: when the verses are only taken from complete poems to make a citation.
Verses or Buhūr (البحور)[edit]
Al-Khalīl ibn Ahmad Al-Farahidi (718 - 786 A.D.) identified fifteen meters, and his student Al-Akhfash (الأخفش) identified an additional one.
Stanzas or Buyūt (بيوت)[edit]
A line of poetry, known as a bayt, is composed of two verse-halves, one of which is called the sadr (صدر) (literally Chest) and the other which is called the 'Ajuz (عجز) (literally belly). They are called by these terms because they represent the first part and the second part of a bayt.
The ṣadr and the 'ajuz has two parts each: - The sadr's last word is called the ʿArūḍ, and the rest of it is called ḥashū ṣ-ṣadr (حشو الصّدر) (meaning "the filling of the chest") - The 'ajuz's last word is called the ḍarb (literally "the hit"), and the rest of it is called ḥashū 'ajuz (حشو العجز) (meaning "the filling of the belly").
A particularity of the ḍarb is that its last consonant and the vowel that comes after it (the two last letters) are called the rawiyy (رويّ) and that its last two sākins, all the mutaḥarrik that are in between, and the last mutaḥarrik before them, is called the qāfīyah (قافية) or 'rhyme'.
Writing out the ʿArūḍ[edit]
For the purpose of identifying and writing out the ʿArūḍ, words are spelled out phonetically. For example, the word "al-karīm" ("the generous") is usually spelled "الكريم". In ʿArūḍ writing, it is written phonetically as "لكريم". The first letter after al- (definite particle) is a so-called moon letter (harf qamari), meaning the word is pronounced lkareem, so it is written this way for the purpose of the ʿArūḍ. Had the word started with a sun letter (harf shamsi), as in the word "al-shams" (meaning "the sun"), the word would be read aš-šams. This one, in ʿArūḍ writing, would be ششمس, while usually it would be written الشّمس. In ʿArūḍ writing, the šaddah, which symbolizes a doubling of a letter, is not written, and the letter on which it is put is written twice.
The Buhūr[edit]
The Buhūr, identified in a traditional method [1]
A - The original fifteen[edit]
1 - Hazaj (هزج)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mafāʿīlun Mafāʿīlun (مَفاعيلُن مَفاعيلُن)
2 - Wāfir (وافر)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mufāʿalatun Mufāʿalatun Faʿūlun (مُفاعَلَتُن مُفاعَلَتُن فَعولُن)
3 - Muḍāri' (مضارع)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mafāʿīlu Fāʿilātun (مَفاعيلُ فاعِلاتُن)
4 - Ṭawīl (طويل)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Faʿūlun Mafāʿīlun Faʿūlun Mafāʿilun (فَعولُن مَفاعيلُن فَعولُن مَفاعِلُن)
5 - Mutaqārib (متقارب)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Faʿūlun Faʿūlun Faʿūlun Faʿūlun (فَعولُن فَعولُن فَعولُن فَعولُن)
6 - Ramal (رمل)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Fāʿilātun Fāʿilātun Fāʿilun (فاعِلاتُن فاعِلاتُن فاعِلُن)
7 - Khafīf (خفيف)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Fāʿilātun Mustafʿilun Fāʿilātun (فاعِلاتُن مُسْتَفْعِلُن فاعِلاتُن)
8 - Mujtathth (مجتثّ)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mustafʿilun Fāʿilātun (مُسْتَفْعِلُن فاعِلاتُن)
9 - Madīd (مديد)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Fāʿilātun Fāʿilun Fāʿilātun (فاعِلاتُن فاعِلُن فاعِلاتُن)
10 - Rajaz (رجز)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mustafʿilun Mustafʿilun Mustafʿilun (مُسْتَفْعِلُن مُسْتَفْعِلُن مُسْتَفْعِلُن)
11 - Sarī' (سريع)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mustafʿilun Mustafʿilun Fāʿilun (مُسْتَفْعِلُن مُسْتَفْعِلُن فاعِلُن)
12 - Kāmil (كامل)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mutafāʿilun Mutafāʿilun Mutafāʿilun (مُتَفاعِلُن مُتَفاعِلُن مُتَفاعِلُن)
13 - Munsariħ (منسرح)[edit]
Tafā'īl: Mustafʿilun Fāʿilat Muftaʿ


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- This article is about the fleet of Time Ships. For the novel of the same name, see The Time Ships.
The Time Ships were a type of massive Time Machine built by the Universal Constructors in an alternate timeline. Like their predecessor, The Time Machine, the ships were capable of free travel through time in any direction. The ships appear to made solely from plattnerite itself. However, these Time Ships were far superior to earlier Time Machines, being capable of traveling further back in time than the beginning of the universe, and beyond that point they were able to perceive different timelines from the beginning. As such, the Time Ships were capable of traveling from timeline to timeline at will.
The Universal Constructors, along with The Time Traveler and Nebogipfel, were taken along for the fleet's maiden voyage, transformed into Constructors themselves. On that voyage, the Constructors were able to enter and create a new timeline which would become both infinite and entirely filled with sentience. (The Time Ships)


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Typical appearance of an ependymoma in a cut-section of a dog brain[1]
Ependymomas, a form of neuroepithelial tumor, are a rare brain tumour of dogs involving the ependymal supporting cells of the brain and spinal cord.
Ependymomas originate from the epithelium lining the ventricles and central canal of the spinal cord. They are rare, but have been reported most frequently in the German Shepherd and brachycephalic breeds, particularly the Boxer, Beagle and Maltese[2].
The gray to reddish, soft, lobular masses tend to invade the ventricular system and meninges, which may result in obstructive hydrocephalus and syringomyelia[3].
Mestastases within the CSF system may be observed. Ependymomas of the fourth ventricle may encircle the brain stem. Both epithelial and fibrillary varieties have been described.
Types of ependymomas include:
Affected dogs often present with neurological disease such as circling, seizures, proprioceptive deficits, depression, weight loss and anorexia. Clinical signs are usually sudden-onset, with signs occurring within a few weeks, but some cases may be protracted over 2 - 3 months[7].
A presumptive diagnosis usually requires CT or MRI imaging studies[8], and a definitive diagnosis requires histological analysis of biopsied tissue samples[9].
A differential diagnosis includes meningioma, astrocytoma and choroid plexus papilloma[10].
Treatment of both CNS and peripheral ependymoma usually requires surgical debulking and/or radiation therapy augmented with carboplatin[11].
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Land Use / Land Cover
Target or Affiliated Species or Habitat
Monarques, Tallgrass Prairie
Technical guides recently developed by the Tallgrass Prairie Center review a number of BMPs related to tallgrass prairie habitat, including those that address habitat identification, preservation, or restoration; planting or seeding; forb propagation; mowing or haying; thinning; prescribed burning; grazing; invasive/pest species management; soil disturbance; and irrigation. These publications support multiple initiatives, including monarch, pollinator and prairie restoration on farms, but are not specific to monarchs. Technical guides are available in pamphlet format for the general public, and recommendations are applicable for various land uses, including farms, natural areas, lawns and gardens.
The pamphlet series takes a step-by-step approach to prairie restoration in Iowa and the Upper Midwest (US), introducing concepts in order, from initial seed collection to monitoring. Plant lists appropriate for restoration are provided, and include milkweed and other forbs, grasses and sedges. Recommendations for seed collection—part of the planting or seeding BMPs—including the optimal seed collection time, are provided, as are those for protecting seed sources, such as remnant prairies. Seed mixes are recommended, based on site characteristics such as soil moisture, slope and aspect. BMPs for forb propagation also include a species list with recommended methods and timing.
Tools necessary or useful for each practice are outlined, and methods related to site preparation are provided for multiple existing site conditions, including bare sites, previously cropped sites, pastures and vegetated sites. Seeding methods and treatment of invasive species are discussed in particular detail. Methods are outlined regarding monitoring to evaluate establishment success, including measurements of plant density or diversity. Additional references and programs are provided within the technical guide series and on the Tallgrass Prairie Center website (TPC 2015).


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Most modern spear fishers use one of two types of spear gun. Band-powered models rely on strong elastic bands to fire the spear, while pneumatic spear guns rely on a small quantity of compressed air to send the projectile forth. In both cases, a trigger fires the weapon, by either releasing the bands or discharging a quantity of air. Impaled fish are retrieved via a line attached to the spear, or -- if the water is suitably clear -- by tracking the fish visually.
Pros and Cons
Band-powered spear guns are easier to maintain than pneumatic models are, as they have very few moving pieces and need not be airtight. You can adjust the power of a pneumatic gun, by adjusting how much air is forced inside the tank, but it is easier to adjust the power of a band-powered model. In this case, the spear fisher need only add or subtract bands from the gun. Additionally, while band-powered models are generally silent, pneumatic weapons are noisier. This can startle nearby fish, making it more difficult to achieve success.
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Located on Missouri's largest oxbow lake
When Europeans first set foot on what is now northwest Missouri, they encountered a maze of shallow riverbeds, bottomland forests, marshes, wet prairies and lakes all teeming with fish, waterfowl and large animals. The meandering Missouri River left huge deposits of rich alluvial soils in its unchannelled wake, occasionally cutting off a loop of its own course. As the looped area filled with sediment, the water left standing in the loop became what was known as an "oxbow lake," because its 180-degree curvature resembled the "bow" part of an oxen yoke.
Big Lake is the largest remaining oxbow lake in Missouri and has attracted both settler and visitor alike for more than 100 years. Probably formed before 1804, it is quite possibly one of the lakes Lewis and Clark described in their journals as they explored the Missouri River and lands contained in the Louisiana Purchase.
The shallow lake had long enjoyed a reputation as a recreational and resort area and following the flood of 1929, interest grew to create a state park. The initial lakefront acreage was purchased in 1932, creating one of the first public recreation areas in northwest Missouri.
Growing along the banks of the lake are riverine plants such as peach-leaved willow, black willow, bulrush, rose mallow and sandbur. The lake contains fish populations of bass, catfish, crappie and carp. Wildlife such as map turtles, smooth soft-shelled turtles, wintering American bald eagles and a variety of waterfowl are commonly found.
The lake continues to provide excellent recreational opportunities. Big Lake is a favorite spot in northwest Missouri for boating and fishing, and a boat launch is available in the park. Picnic tables dot the shoreline, nestled under cottonwood and walnut trees. An open picnic shelter with electricity can be reserved for various functions. A swimming pool, with hot showers and a changehouse, is located near the modern two-story motel overlooking the lake. Eight housekeeping cabins along the shore include air conditioning, fireplaces and screened-in porches. The campgrounds contain both basic and electric campsites, as well as modern restrooms, hot showers and a dump station. Visitors can enjoy eating at the park's restaurant, which offers a scenic view of the lake.
In 1989, the Missouri Department of Natural Resources took another step in its mission of preserving the best remnants of Missouri natural landscapes when it purchased almost 300 acres of wetlands adjacent to the lake. This nearly quadrupled the size of Big Lake State Park, and added a major wetland ecosystem to the park system. Big Lake State Park now contains the biggest single marsh in all of Missouri's state parks.
Wetlands, one of the world's most productive environments, are becoming increasingly scarce. They provide necessary stopovers for migratory waterfowl and other birds as well as offering abundant shelter for a variety of wildlife. At Big Lake State Park, visitors have a chance to see such an intricate ecosystem in action. This marsh area, with its lush aquatic vegetation, provides an ideal refuge for a variety of wetland bird species such as the yellow-headed blackbird, bitterns, soras and rails. Periodically visitors are treated to spectacular bird shows, as great blue herons, pintails, teals, mallards, snow geese, cormorants and American white pelicans migrate through one of the last remaining natural wetlands in north Missouri.


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Cross-Cultural Mediators: what they do and how to become one?
Cultural mediators prepare and help people, businesses and governmental bodies to predict and forsee cultural differences and avoid problems arising from these. Education there is not a precise norm that defines this profession and in every country you can find different paths of how to become a cultural mediator. Generally at least secondary school education is required, depending on the country you can find different courses, organised by schools or regions, to refine your professionality. If you want to add a university degree to your profession you can choose from a variety of fields, such as Linguistic and Cultural Mediation Sciences, Oriental and African studies, Cross Cultural communication etc. Job market The need for cultural mediators varies enormously throughout the European region. Countries with a high demand for Mediators are typically the bigger member states of the EU receiving high numbers of immigrants (Italy, France Germany and UK) from Eastern... Read More


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E. Cobham Brewer _PHONE_. Dictionary of Phrase and Fable. 1898.
Girondists (g soft).
French, Girondins, moderate republicans in the first French Revolution. So called from the department of Gironde, which chose for the Legislative Assembly five men who greatly distinguished themselves for their oratory, and formed a political party. They were subsequently joined by Brissot, Condorcet, and the adherents of Roland. The party is called The Gironde. (179193.)
The new assembly, called the Legislative Assembly, met October 1, 1791. Its more moderate members formed the party called the Girondists.C. M. Yonge: France, chap. ix. p. 168.


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The NOTIFY and LISTEN commands work together to create a system for PostgreSQL components to communicate between themselves. Use the LISTEN command to start the backend process listening for a notification named name. Notifications are passed by the NOTIFY command, which is usually placed in rules related to changes of various database components; in this way, notifications are sent out to listeners when things are changed.
All running backend processes that are listening for a specific notification are sent that notification when a NOTIFY command is issued for it by any of the processes. When a backend process receives a notification, that notification is sent to the client application (such as psql), which then handles the notification in whatever manner it is written for. For more information about this method of IPC (inter-process communication), see NOTIFY."
You can use any valid string no longer than 31 characters for the name of the notification to listen for (this is also true for the NOTIFY command). To stop a backend process from listening for notifications, use the UNLISTEN command.
The following example configures and executes a listen/notify sequence from psql:
booktown=# LISTEN publisher_update;
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data: Once you've decided how to fill your column, carefully
observe what you put inside. In a notebook, describe the color,
texture, smell and shape of everything you put in the bottle. Weigh
everything before it goes into the column.
Schedule column checks for at least once a week to record changes.
Note changes in the column contents' height, color, shape, texture
and odor. Hold a ruler next to the column to record changes in the
height of the contents. Insert a thermometer from the top of the
column to determine temperature changes. Can you figure out the
rate of change? You can also test the pH of the leachate (the solution
that drips through the column) or use it in a bioassay
for more on pH.
anything moving?: Look for the appearance of any "critters,"
such as flies, beetles, slugs, millipedes, or snails. Decomposition
Columns offer good opportunities for observation and description.
Try using photographs or drawings to record changes. Write a story
about what is going on in your column. What do you predict will
happen during decomposition?


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Archaeopteryx, the first good example of a "feathered dinosaur", was discovered in 1861. Birds and non-avian dinosaurs share many features. Birds share over a hundred distinct anatomical features with theropod dinosaurs, which are generally accepted to have been their closest ancient relatives. This poster shows 18 magnificently detailed illustrations of the various species of feathered dinosaurs. The three insets across the top explore Feather Evolution, Wing Evolution and Flight Evolution. Across the bottom, additional insets explore Brooding Dinosaurs, the Dinosaur Family Tree, Parts of a Feather and a special section that discusses Discoveries, Discussions and Debates. This is truly a comprehensive overview of an exciting cutting edge subject.