15 kinds of border activities to be banned in Tibet
PLA Daily
Source: China Military Online
Editor: Xu Yi
2021-04-07 17:53:49
BEIJING, Apr. 7 -- The official WeChat account of Tibet Daily issued a notice about bans on 15 kinds of border activities in the Tibet Autonomous Region on April 6.
Formulated in accordance with China's Criminal Law, Law on Penalties for Administration of Public Security, Exit and Entry Administration Law and other laws, regulations and related policy documents, the notice is jointly issued by several departments involving public security, commerce, tourism and foreign affairs in the Tibet Autonomous Region, aiming to strengthen the border control and maintain the security and stability in border areas.
According to the notice, the following border activities will be strictly prohibited:
I. Without a valid border pass or relevant approval, entering the border control areas, border zones, as well as specific areas, restricted military areas, forbidden military areas and areas with "No Entry" signs along the border, is prohibited.
II. Rejecting and evading border inspection are prohibited.
III. Forgery, alteration, trading, fraudulent acquisition and use of various border passes are prohibited.
IV. Organizing or transporting, taking in, or harbouring people without valid border pass or relevant approval to pass through the border control area are prohibited.
V. Funding, assisting, organizing, or transporting others to cross the border illegally are prohibited.
VI. Surveying and mapping, prospecting, mining, logging, blasting, conducting scientific investigation, mountaineering, and other activities without relevant authorities' approval in border control areas, restricted military areas and forbidden military areas are prohibited.
VII. Carrying, transporting and disseminating prohibited books, pictures, audiovisual products, electronic products, etc., which may endanger national security and undermine national unity, are prohibited.
VIII. Without authorization, flying "low, slow and small" unmanned aircraft vehicles, and disposing unidentified aircrafts, flying objects, floating objects or other suspicious objects are prohibited.
IX. Hunting, collecting and smuggling national protected rare animals and plants are prohibited.
X. Damaging, moving and dismantling the facilities of transportation, communication, water conservancy, hydrology, electricity, surveying and mapping, border defense, and protection of land resources on the front line of the state (border) line without authorization are prohibited.
XI. Damaging or moving or dismantling the state (border) boundary markers and the topographic markers of the state (border) location without authorization, building facilities that affect the direction or clearness of the state (border) boundary without authorization, and engraving on or altering the state (border) boundary markers are prohibited.
XII. Damaging military installations, interfering with military communications, stealing military communication lines and equipment, attacking forbidden military areas, and disrupting the order of restricted military areas are prohibited.
XIII. Obtaining relevant confidential information and materials through photographing, recording and other methods without the relevant authorities' approval are prohibited.
XIV. Obstructing, abusing, or insulting the staff of state organs in performing their official duties according to law are prohibited.
XV. Engaging in other activities that endanger the border order is prohibited.
According to the notice, anyone who violates these above-mentioned prohibitions will be held accountable according to law, and transferred to the judicial authorities if the action constitutes a crime.
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Replication: Conflicts
In a replicating system, it is possible that two writes to the same document will occur on two different servers, resulting in two independent versions of the same document. Usually this scenario shows up only when there was a network or node failure that resulted in the failover node taking over the duties of the failed / unreachable node. Another scenario where this may happen is if you have setup replication in a master/master format, where a user may write any document to any node.
When replication occurs between these two versions, the Replication Bundle is faced with a problem. It has two authentic versions of the same entity, saying different things. At this point, the Replication Bundle will mark such document as conflicting, store all the conflicting documents in a safe place, and set the document content to point to the conflicting documents.
Let's see what we mean by that. Let's assume that we write the following document to one node:
Figure 1: Replication conflicts
And then write this document to a second node:
Figure 2: Replication conflicts
Now, let us setup replication between the first server (8080) and the second server (8081), and then try to access the document again on 8081:
Figure 3: Replication conflicts
Several things happened here:
 - The server replied with 409 Conflict to the request.
 - The document that we get back is a Conflict Document, which lists all the ids conflicting documents.
We can access each of the conflicting documents by their ids:
Figure 4: Replication conflicts
Figure 5: Replication conflicts
We can resolve the conflict by writing a new document, which the Replication Bundle will consider as the result of user defined merge operation between the conflicts.
The Client API fully supports working with such scenarios, as the following code sample demonstrates:
using (IDocumentSession session = store.OpenSession())
 User user = session.Load("users/ayende");
 catch (ConflictException e)
 Console.WriteLine("Choose which document you want to preserve:");
 List list = new List();
 for (int i = 0; i < e.ConflictedVersionIds.Length; i++)
 var doc = store.DatabaseCommands.Get(e.ConflictedVersionIds[i]);
 Console.WriteLine("{0}. {1}", i, doc.DataAsJson.ToString(Formatting.None));
 int select = int.Parse(Console.ReadLine());
 JsonDocument resolved = list[select];
 store.DatabaseCommands.Put("users/ayende", null, resolved.DataAsJson, resolved.Metadata);
If this code detects a conflict, it will let the user choose which of the conflicting versions to keep. A more sophisticated approach would be to attempt going through an actual merge based on the business meaning of the document.
Document Conflict listeners can be used to perform an automatic conflict resolution. More about it can be found here.


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Courses can be created either in any of the 163 languages that Pronunciator offers, or in over 1,000 other languages. When you create a course in a language that Pronunciator already offers, you can reuse any of the more than 1 million instructional phrases, audio clips, and video clips that are already in Pronunciator. When you create a course in a "custom language" (a language that Pronunciator doesn't offer), you can easily add your own phrases and audio.
Below are video tutorials, presented in logical order, on how to build courses in Course Designer, deploy them to your students, and track student progress.
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Cement powder particles of micronic size tend to form agglomerates due to the influence of interparticle forces (Van der Waals forces). The formation of agglomerates results in an increased air-void in the solid structure (aerated powder) requiring an increase in water demand to sustain the feasibility of the structure. Consequently, if the compound formed is not stabilized, it would have low mechanical strength that may result in cracking of hardened cement. In this study, the results of cement powder consolidation and its flow properties show that its behaviour is controlled by internal forces (Van der Waals) and external forces (elastic and plastic). These forces have a direct influence on the powder structure, leading to a variable packing behaviour (void reduction). Consolidated cement powder shows a decrease in the void structure leading to a more efficient material. This study intends to determine the impact of interaction forces between cement particles during consolidation.
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Empire Waists, Bustles and Lace is an exciting exhibition of the Museum's collection of historic dresses. When viewed in conjunction with the John Singer Sargent exhibition, the show enables visitors to see and experience a broader historical context of men's and women's fashion. Even though upstate New York was considered the edge of the western frontier in the 19th century, residents of the area kept up with New York City and the world in terms of fashion. The exhibition includes the oldest known example of a dress with a label, stunning examples of Empire, Romantic and Civil War era dresses and turn-of-the-20th century (Sargent era) items. Additionally, visitors will be able to peek at what was worn underneath the dresses which were vital to giving them their distinctive shapes.
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History of the Site
Named after its original owner and operator, Thomas Ryan, Ryan's Mart opened on July 1, 1856. It came to be after a city ordinance banned slave auctions around the Old Exchange Building, previously Charleston's busiest slave trading destination. It was later sold to local slave trader Ziba Oakes, at which point it became known as "the Mart." It operated for seven years, closing in 1863 when Union bombardment forced its evacuation and closure. Slave trading continued in other parts of Charleston until February 1865, when the city was reclaimed by the U. S. Army.
The Old Slave Mart Museum is located at the site of Ryan's Mart, Charleston's most prominent location for public slave auctions on the eve of the American Civil War.
Ryan's Mart was a four-building complex that stretched from Chalmers Street to Queen Street. The Old Slave Mart Museum is housed in the Mart's last remaining structure, which served as a salesroom and showroom. During its years of operation, Ryan's Mart also included a kitchen, an infirmary, a four-story jail where enslaved people were confined prior to sale, and a large enclosed lot used as a slave pen.
After the Civil War, former property that made up the Mart was broken up and served a variety of roles, including as tenement housing for local African Americans. In 1938, Miriam B. Wilson opened the Old Slave Mart Museum in the former salesroom building at Chalmers. Privately owned for its first fifty years, the museum was acquired in 1988 by the City of Charleston, who renovated and reopened it in 2007.


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Ok so I have two lists in C#
List attributes = new List();
List songs = new List();
one is of strings and and one is of a attribute object that i created..very simple
class Attribute
 public string size { get; set; }
 public string link { get; set; }
 public string name { get; set; }
 public Attribute(){}
 public Attribute(string s, string l, string n)
 size = s;
 link = l;
 name = n;
I now have to compare to see what songs are not in the attributes name so for example
songs.Add("yet another");
Attribute a = new Attribute("500", "_URL_", "something" );
I want a way to return "another" and "yet another" because they are not in the attributes list name
so for pseudocode
difference = songs - attributes.names
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var difference = songs.Except(attributes.Select(s=>s.name)).ToList();
Added ToList() to make it a list
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will difference be a list – Trace Mar 23 '12 at 14:12
no, is IEnumerable, but call ToList() – Adrian Iftode Mar 23 '12 at 14:13
An enumerable. Use ToList() if you need to. – DeeMac Mar 23 '12 at 14:13
Sorry Adrian, beat me to it. This is actually a really good answer, been wondering how to achieve this for a while myself. +1 – DeeMac Mar 23 '12 at 14:13
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var diff = songs.Except(attributes.Select(a => a.name)).ToList();
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This is the way to find all the songs which aren't included in attributes names:
var result = songs
 .Where(!attributes.Select(a => a.name).ToList().Contains(song));
The answer using Except is also perfect and probably more efficient.
EDIT: This sintax has one advantage if you're using it in LINQ to SQL: it translates into a NOT IN SQL predicate. Except is not translated to anything in SQL. So, in that context, all the records would be recovered from the database and excepted on the app side. Is much less efficiente.
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Why did you post this if the other answers that use Except are perfect and more efficient? – DeeMac Mar 23 '12 at 14:15
If you see it, I posted this before the other answers, and added the comment later, stating clearly that the other solutions are better. – JotaBe Mar 23 '12 at 14:17
"I posted this before the other answers." You didn't. – DeeMac Mar 23 '12 at 14:25
Plus, you're missing a right parenthesis. – DeeMac Mar 23 '12 at 14:34
Hey, the voting system is here so that people knows which is the best answer. That's why I've voted adrian's. However I think it won't hurt to see a different alternative. Mine have at least one advantage. See my edited answer. – JotaBe Mar 23 '12 at 15:24
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It's worth pointing out that the answers posted here will return a list of songs not present in attributes.names, but it won't give you a list of attributes.names not present in songs.
While this is what the OP wanted, the title may be a little misleading, especially if (like me) you came here looking for a way to check whether the contents of two lists differ. If this is what you want, you can use the following:-
var differences = new HashSet(songs);
differences.SymmetricExceptWith(attributes.Select(a => a.name));
if (differences.Any())
 // The lists differ.
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Lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme that helps produce energy. It is present in almost all of the tissues in the body and becomes elevated in response to cell damage. LDH levels are measured from a sample of blood taken from a vein.
Why It Is Done
Lactic acid dehydrogenase (LDH) is an enzyme that helps produce energy. Results may vary widely from lab to lab.
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The Planner tool tab can be found in the top right of every page on site. From any page, drag and drop resources into the Planner and organise them into named folders, lessons or collections. You can manage and share all your lessons in the Lessons Overview area.
What is the Twinkl Planner Tool?
The Twinkl Planner tool is a time-saving method for quickly and simply collating resources, which can then be easily shared with your children and with colleagues and parents.
Best of all, whoever you share your resources with will be able to access them without needing a Twinkl membership. Whether it's for teaching pupils online, supporting learning at home or collaborative working with colleagues, sharing resources using the Twinkl Planner tool can be a huge time-saver. Best of all, it's included in your Twinkl membership.
Take a look at our video below for all the details on using and making the most of this quick and simple tool.
You can use the Twinkl Planner to collate share ANY Twinkl resource in your membership directly with your child(ren). Your child(ren) can access and use the resources independently online in the classroom or at home.
There are two sharing methods available:
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Identifying the Sound Event Recognition using Machine learning And Artificial Intelligence
The analysis of sound information is extremely useful in a variety of applications such as multimedia information retrieval, audio surveillance, audio tagging, and forensic investigations. The analysis of an audio clip is performed in order to detect sound events. Applications of this technology include security systems, smart vehicle navigation and noise pollution monitoring. Sound Event Recognition (SER) is the focus of this research proposal. As compared to long-duration audio scenes, sound events have a short duration of about 100 to 500 milliseconds. A machine-learning model is being trained and tested in this paper, which can be incorporated in an automated data collection process. In this experiment, Convolutional Neural Network (CNN), Support Vector Machine (SVM), Hidden Markov Model (HMM) and Random Forest were compared.


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Are figs really full of baby wasps?
The fig plant and the fig wasp both have the same goal: reproduction. For this to happen, a fig plant needs to share its genetic material (in the form of pollen) with another of its kind, and the fig wasp needs a place where its larva can grow and feed. Think of the fig wasp as a tenant, and the fig plant as a landlord who takes payment in the form of pollen.
What we call a fig (a structure called the syconium) is more inverted flower than fruit, with all its reproductive parts located inside. After a female fig wasp flies over from the fig plant she emerged from, she must travel to the center of the syconium to lay her eggs. To get there, she climbs down through a narrow passage called the ostiole. The passage is so cramped that the tiny fig wasp loses her wings and antenna during her claustrophobic trek. Once inside, there's no getting back out and flying to another plant — but is she in the right place?
Fig plants boast two kinds of figs: male caprifigs and female edible figs.
If a female wasp enters a caprifig, she'll find male flower parts that are perfectly shaped to hold the eggs she'll eventually lay. The eggs will grow into larvae, which will develop into male and female wasps. After hatching, the blind, wingless male wasps will spend the remainder of their lives digging tunnels through the fig. The female wasps then emerge through these tunnels and fly off to find a new fig — carrying precious pollen with them.
If a female fig wasp enters an edible fig, she eventually dies from exhaustion or starvation. The female flower parts include a long stylus that hinders her attempts to lay her eggs. She may die, but she succeeds in delivering the much-needed pollen first. So a fig farmer winds up with caprifigs full of wasp eggs and edible figs full of seeds.
Though edible figs may not be filled with baby wasps, doesn't this mean that these figs contain a lot of female wasps who died of loneliness?


Effects on VLSI Yield of Doubly-Stochastic Impurity Distributions
Paul R. Prucnal, Howard C. Card
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An expression is derived for the doublystochastic distribution of the number of impurities in the base region of a bipolar transistor; the distribution results from uncertainty in ion implantation parameters. Expressions are derived for device yield, and VLSI (very large scale integration) chip yield with an N-bit parity check. These derivations can be extended to other devices in a straightforward manner. As an example, calculations have been performed using specific parameters, which have led to the following observations: 1. The doubly stochastic effect is most sensitive to uncertainty in the straggle (standard deviation) of the emitter impurity distribution. 2. Uncertainty of the order of 5% in an implantation parameter causes substantial broadening of the distribution of impurities, for the case considered. 3. Device yield decreases rapidly for dimensions less than a welldefined threshold (≈ 0.75 μm for the case considered). 4. Chip yield, without a parity check, exhibits a threshold effect at device yield = 1-1/N chip. (N chip ≡number of devices per chip.) The device yield must exceed this threshold to produce large chip yields. 5. The use of a parity check reduces the device yield threshold to 1-10/N Chip. Use of fewer bits per parity check reduces the threshold further. 6. For the example considered, the minimum device dimensions for large chip yields is of the order of 1 to 1.5 μm, using a 16-bit parity check. The minimum device size for reliable system performance for other cases will depend upon specific device parameters. However, it is apparent that chip yield is extremely sensitive to individual device yield, and that it decreases with increasing uncertainty in device parameters, smaller device dimensions, greater number of devices per chip, larger number of bits per parity check, and with smaller allowed ranges of tolerable device behavior.
Original languageEnglish (US)
Pages (from-to)185-190
Number of pages6
JournalIEEE Transactions on Reliability
Issue number2
StatePublished - Jun 1982
Externally publishedYes
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
 - Safety, Risk, Reliability and Quality
 - Electrical and Electronic Engineering
 - Chip yield
 - Impurity distribution
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I'm sure you've heard of the expression "patient zero" in the past.
It's a term used to refer to the first patient linked to a condition.
But did you know that the very first "Patient Zero" was a French Canadian?
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Gaëtan Dugas was a man from Quebec city who worked as a flight attendant for Air Canada, and for years it was believed (this has been refuted) that he was responsible for initially bringing HIV to North America.
In 1984, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention determined that Gaëtan Dugas was at the center of a network of sexual partners who were infected with HIV.
The theory seemed so plausible. After all, Dugas traveled the world because of his job and was apparently extremely sexually active, having had over 25,000 sexual partners.
Dugas was referred to as "Patient o", as in the letter, not the number "zero". The "o" stood for "outside the area" because Dugas was from Quebec, but for some reason people interpreted it as a "zero" so the term "patient zero" was coined.
The rumor that Dugas was the cause of the virus became widespread. There were even books written about it where Dugas was portrayed as a sociopath who was intentionally infecting people.
People believed this fact for decades, which meant that Quebec was technically being held responsible for bringing HIV to America.
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Failla leads Ohio State Discovery Theme – Foods for Health
Food plays a critical role in our health. Mark Failla, faculty emeritus of human nutrition, is interim faculty lead with Ohio State's Discovery Theme focused on the science of using food and nutrition to promote health and prevent disease.
Under the initiative, Failla helps select new faculty, including Rachel Kopec ('12 PhD) an assistant professor of human nutrition. Kopec uses metabolomics technology to understand how different individuals metabolize nutrients and other compounds in foods. Knowledge of these differences will help personalize diets and find novel foods that promote wellness or decrease risk and severity of disease.
Failla also played a critical role in planning the Inaugural Conference on Personalized Food and Nutritional Metabolomics for Health, which was jointly held with the 14th Annual Mass Spectrometry Symposium at Ohio State in May. The event further enhanced collaborative efforts among academic research teams and stimulated the development of strategic partnerships with the food and health industries.
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Adding Contacts to an Account
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 In oncology practice doses of chemotherapy drugs are usually expressed as mgs per M2of the body surface area (BSA). This is much more accurate and tailored to each patient compared to dosing on the basis of weight alone which is used in most other specialties of medicine. This means that the dose of that drug is so much of mgs per M2of the body surface area of the patient. The total dose of the chemotherapy is calculated by multiplying the dose of the chemotherapy drug with the BSA. To make it clearer, let me discuss one example. A commonly used dose of Doxorubicin used in the treatment of breast cancer is 60mg/ M2. If your weight is 80 kilograms and your height is 156 centimeters, your BSA would be 1.8 M2. The suggested dose of doxorubicin dose is 60mg/ M2and this means dose is 60 mg for every 1 M2 of your BSA. To calculate your actual dose of doxorubicin you will multiply the 60mg with your BSA. The result is as follows. Total doxorubicin dose is 60mg x 1.8M2 = 108 mg. Once you understand this basic concept everything is very simple, dont you agree with me?
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Ninety-eight years ago on this date -- Nov. 14, 1914 -- the Dodge Brothers produced their first car. Or at least, that's the convenient history. But we did some fact checking, and it turns out that on Nov. 14, 1914, the Dodge Brothers (that's supposedly Horace on the left and John on the right, but correct us if we have them backwards) were merely photographed riding in the rear seat of the first car to bear their last name. According to "The Dodge Brothers: The men, the motor cars, and the legacy" by Charles K. Hyde, here's the full story:
The widely accepted history of the initial production of early Dodge Brothers automobiles in November 1914 is at odds with much of the evidence about the earliest Dodge Brothers cars. Automotive historians have thought that the first production car, later named "Old Betsy," came off the assembly line at the Hamtramck factory on 14 November 1914. Guy Ameel, superintendent of final assembly for Dodge Brothers since the start of automobile production, served as John and Horace's chauffeur that day. With the brothers in the back seat, Ameel stopped the first Dodge Brothers car in front of John Dodge's mansion on Boston Boulevard in Detroit and a photographer recorded this important moment.
"Old Betsy" was more likely an experimental prototype car assembled several months before 14 November 1914 and not a production car at all...
So, there you have it: The Dodge Brothers were photographed being chauffeured around in a prototype vehicle in front of one of their mansions on this date 98 years ago.


WANON BRIDGE (สะพานวานร)
Text & photographs by Tricky Vandenberg - November 2009
Updated June 2019
Saphan Wanon or the Monkey Bridge and sometimes called Thep Mi Bridge is an old
bridge located on the city island in the southern part of Ayutthaya in Pratu Chai Subdistrict. The bridge is situated behind the
Ayutthaya Historical Study Center. Wat Am
Mae (vanished) stood before in its vicinity (south).
The brick bridge was built over
Khlong Pratu Thep Mi, which connected the old
Lopburi River (later Khlong Mueang or City Canal) in the north with the Chao Phraya
in the south at Pratu Thep Mi. The northern part of the canal was called by the
Lam Khu Pak Sra and cut through the Bueng Phra Ram area. Khlong Pratu Thep
Mi was partly filled in after the fall of Ayutthaya in 1767 and is as thus at present
The foundations of the Wanon Bridge are still visible. The brick bridge in European style
was probably identical to
Saphan Pa Than. It was an arched construction with three
sharply curved bows, the middle one higher and wider than the two others, making it
possible for boats to pass underneath.
The Wanon Bridge is mentioned in the old texts of the
Kamhaikhan Khun Luang Ha
, the Kamhaikhan Khun Luang Wat Pradu Songtham and the Athibai phaen
thi phra nakhon si ayutthaya
from Phraya Boran Rachathanin wherein is written that
there was "
a brick bridge called Monkey Bridge, from Great Khaek Village Road
to Net Village Road across the Thetsami Gate Canal …
" [1][2]
The Wanon Bridge connected west towards the
White Clay Bridge (also called Sing
Bridge) over
Khlong Chakrai Noi and east towards the Talat Jin Bridge over Khlong
Pratu Jin.
Some remnants of the Wanon Bridge were still visible until the Year of the Great Flood
(2011). In the years after, there was a large overhaul of all the monastic ruins in and
around the City of Ayutthaya. The old structure was unfortunately not preserved and a
completely new bridge was constructed in situ. The bridge is situated in geographical
coordinates: 14° 20' 55.01" N, 100° 33' 57.68" E.
[1] Phanna phumisathan phranakhon si ayutthaya: ekkasan jak ho luang [Geographical
description of Ayutthaya: Documents from the palace]. Edited by Winai Pongsripian.
Bangkok: Usakane, n. d. [2007].
[2] Athibai phaen thi phra nakhon si ayutthaya - Explanation of the map of the Capital
of Ayutthaya with a ruling of Phraya Boran Rachathanin - Revised 2nd edition and
Geography of the Ayutthaya Kingdom - Ton Chabab print office - Nonthaburi (2007).
Wanon Bridge from the south
Wanon Bridge from the north
Wanon Bridge from the east
(Wanon Bridge from the south - 2009)
(Wanon Bridge from the east - 2009)
(Wanon Bridge from the north - 2009)
(Restored Wanon Bridge - 2019)
(Restored Wanon Bridge - 2019)
(Restored Wanon Bridge - 2019)
(The Wanon Bridge on Vingboon's map which was published in 1665)


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Traditional Ring Culture is where Bottomless Plant Pots are rested on a bed of porous aggregate (such as gravel). By following the Ring Culture method you avoid root diseases and you allow roots access to a large amount of moist material - this is why Ring Culture Pots are ideal when growing greenhouse crops such as tomatoes, peppers, and aubergines that are susceptible to soil-borne problems.
You can adapt the traditional method of ring culture to get the best crops from your grow bags. Simply position three Bottomless Pots on top of the grow bag - removing the polythene under each pot so the plants roots can grow straight into the bag. Plant into the Bottomless Pots. As your plants grow simply top up the pots with more compost - this encourages the growth of extra roots out of the covered stem - resulting in stronger plants. Growing plants in this way you can also create a two tier root system - by watering into the pot and into the grow bag.


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I need some advice about a problem that happened in a SMT LED:
The failure symphoms of this SMT LEDs is that the LED body itself seemed to be functional, but when soldering on the products, it showed good wetting and soldering, LEDs are bright and light up as normal. However, after 48 hours of storage, some of the LEDs did not light up in the products, some of them became very dim or blinking when used. When we checked these problematic LEDs by multimeter, they were still bright as good LEDs.
we had done some experiment and examination and reaching a conclusion that the poor SMT surface was cause by Gold plating contaminated, and Nickel exposed to the plating surface.
My question is 1. whether this is named Pososity. 2. What lead to such contamination. 3. How it will affect the finished products after soldering 4. Can such contamination be cleaned? 5. If it can be cleaned, what chemical shall be used.


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Graffiti Vandalism in Riverside
Winners were recognized at a City Council meeting on May 21, 2013. View the winning Poster Contest entries HERE. View the winning Video Contest entries HERE.
Take Back the Wall
The City of Riverside spends more than $1.3 million each year for Graffiti abatement. In addition, money is spent by other public agencies, utility companies, and private property owners to remove graffiti from their properties.
Nationwide, the American public spends nearly $12 billion each year to fight graffiti.
What is Graffiti?
Graffiti consists of inscriptions, slogans and drawings scratched, scribbled or painted on a wall or other public or private surface.
Today, graffiti is a sign of urban decay. James Q. Wilson, Shattuck Professor of Government at Harvard University and author of "Thinking About Crime," together with George L. Kelling, a research fellow at the John F. Kennedy School of Government Harvard, first introduced the world to the Broken Window Theory.
The theory contends that if a broken window is left unfixed it can quickly encourage more crime and vandalism to the neighborhood because it sends a message of indifference to observers. Graffiti is one element of the broken window theory. Once graffiti shows up somewhere, if left untreated, generally more graffiti follows.
Graffiti has become everyone's eyesore and everyone's problem. It generates fear of neighborhood crime and instability. It is costly, destructive, lowers property values and sends a message that people of the community are not concerned about the appearance of their neighborhood. It is against the law, and in cases where the cost of clean-up equates to $400 or more, is punishable as a felony. Graffiti is not art; it is vandalism and criminal.
Parents may be liable for up to $25,000 for each graffiti incident pursuant to Civil Code 1714.1.


How to use Security Filters to allow multiple companies to use the same app
Let's say you've got an app, and you want to allow multiple companies to access and use the same app.
 - The primary benefit here is that, as a developer, you only have one app to support.
 - If you were to create a copy of said app, one for each additional company that wanted to use it, then you'd have to support all those apps.
Any changes made to functionality (column structure, views, actions, automation, etc.) will need to be duplicated on each additional app.
 - This then translates to hours of "extra" work you'll need to do.
Instead, use Security Filters to filter the data based on the company the user belongs to.
 - This keeps everything inside one app, so as a developer you only need to support that one.
 - Also, each company that suggests an improvement to the system is benefiting everyone.
You'll need:
 1. a "Companies" table
 2. a "Users" table - that's a child to the Companies
 3. other tables that then filter based on data from tables "higher" in the database
 - Like a "Clients" table being filtered to only show the "User_Assigned_Clients"
 - Or a "Projects" table being filtered to only show records based on the "Project_Client_Link" being present inside the "Clients" table
The process involves:
 - Creating a [Company_Master_Email_List]
 - Creating an automation to keep that list updated (based on changes to the user table)
 - Applying cascading security filters (Companies filters first, then Users, then everything else is based on those two)
Here's a video that shows the process
—| Table of Contents |—
00:00 - Intro
00:29 - Benefits of single-app vs. multi-apps
01:14 - Required tables
01:44 - Key to how it all works
02:28 - Adding [Company_Master_Email_List]
02:57 - Creating an action to set the master list
04:15 - Running the action
05:22 - Creating a REF action
07:11 - Creating a BOT to keep things updated
08:31 - Bot condition for when it should run
09:06 - Creating a new task for the bot
09:55 - Actually implementing the Security Filters
10:40 - Companies table
11:02 - Users table
12:01 - Where to get more info (
12:57 - Wrap up


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Introducing the ART of TOUCH:
The Open Museum's Touch Tables
An exciting, innovative new art resource for people in the later stages of dementia or with more severe learning disabilities, has recently been developed by Leicestershire's Open Museum.
Consultation the Open Museum has undertaken revealed that carers can sometimes be nervous about using real art and museum objects in case they get damaged or are thrown. This has meant that people who could particularly benefit from handling and touching objects, can sometimes be excluded from art and reminiscence sessions. Leicestershire's Open Museum Service was keen to find a solution to this. Working in consultation with carers, art therapists in Leicestershire care homes, and a Senior Lecturer on dementia from De Montfort University, two new interactive Touch Tables have been created.
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These Touch Tables contain interactive art in the form of "Touch Tiles". A total of 22 interactive "Touch Tiles" have been created by especially commissioned artists. Four tiles are inserted into the table at a time, and 11 pieces are supplied with each table, allowing them to be swapped round while in use.
The touch senses remain the strongest stimulus after hearing and sight has deteriorated, and people with dementia are drawn to things they can find tangible through touch – in many cases finding comfort in the sensations felt through the finger tips. Each Touch Table has been designed with this in mind, and is the result of extensive testing with, and feedback from, target users.
The tables make art accessible, encouraging interaction and response to visual and touch stimulus. The impact that each "Touch Tile" has varies but generally their effect is calming soothing, entertaining, and in some cases, responses can be amusing and humorous!
The tables are height adjustable to allow wheel chairs to be wheeled under, and they can be tilted like an easel so users can come into close contact with the artworks. Users who have a tendency to wander will be able to come back to them time and time again as the interactive pieces are changed round.
We hope the Touch Tables will provide an all round enjoyable experience for everyone!
Contact the Open Museum for further information about the Touch Table and how you can use it.
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text: The rustling of the wind echoes in the silence of nature: a visual reference to canes, creating light, evocative and reassuring pieces of furniture. The new Palù collection portrays a concept of small-scale architecture, formed from the relationship between presence and absence. The distinctive features of these complements, a bedside table and bench seat, are the linear effect of solids and empty spaces, and profound harmonies. The curves created using a sequence of wooden rods define the space, indicating the sense of the limit in a neat and feminine series. The frame embraces suspended volumes, made out of air: an upholstered seat, a Vienna straw shelf, elegant drawers. In the bedside table, the round drawer rotates towards the bed, transforming into a second shelf.


- "Genshin Impact" has a few hidden mechanics that the game does not explain to players
 - The ICD system dictates the frequency in which elemental auras are applied by attacks
 - This system has a number of rules and exceptions for every character
The combat system in "Genshin Impact" is easy to understand and even easier to use in practice. However, there are plenty of things happening behind the scenes that the average player may not immediately notice. The ICD mechanic falls under this category.
Exploiting the ICD is important for maximizing damage output in "Genshin Impact." Much like the Elemental Gauge Theory, the game doesn't explain this mechanic at all, but members of the "Genshin Impact" community have put it upon themselves to try and discover how ICDs work by themselves.
What Are ICDs?
ICD, or Internal Cooldown, is a hidden mechanic that affects the frequency in which elemental attacks apply elemental auras on the same enemy. Simply put, elemental attacks can only apply elemental auras to enemies depending on their independent internal cooldown timers. Attacks cannot apply elemental auras in quick succession, except for some specific abilities.
There are two rules that determine when an aura can be applied:
 1. Attacks can only apply auras every 2.5 seconds.
 2. Attacks will reapply an aura after three hits.
These rules are independent of each other. For example, if Hu Tao inflicts a Pyro aura on an enemy, she will not be able to inflict another Pyro aura for the next 2.5 seconds or until she hits the same enemy four times in quick succession. If she fails to hit the enemy four times after 2.5 seconds, then her ICD will reset by virtue of the first rule.
Hu Tao, the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor - Genshin Impact Hu Tao, the 77th Director of the Wangsheng Funeral Parlor Photo: Genshin Impact
Different attacks have unique ICD tags attached to them. These tags simply serve as indicators that let the game know what type of attack is being used.
Some attacks, such as Ganyu's charged shots, have no ICD timers and will always apply auras so long as they hit.
How To Exploit ICDs
Knowing a character's ICDs can help increase the efficiency of element application. This will help players make sure that no attacks go to waste when chaining elemental reactions.
For example, Diona's constellation passive that makes her aimed shots charge faster will not affect her aimed shot ICD, which means that every other hit on an enemy will not inflict Cryo.
Alternatively, each hit of Diluc's Elemental Skill will apply Pyro because each strike has a different ICD tag.
Working around ICDs is what makes quick-swap teams very viable. Players will be able to constantly apply and reapply an element so long as they use different attacks from different characters. This can result in big combos filled with elemental reactions if played properly.
Here's a detailed overview of ICDs provided by TenTen, one of the community's most helpful content creators for in-depth "Genshin Impact" information:


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Recent shift in Hungary COVID demographics
It has been reported that the age demographic most likely to be affected by the virus is trending upwards over the past two weeks. People ages 40-49 now represent almost 20% of the infected population, which is slightly greater than people aged 20-29. Similar increases have been seen for those 65 years of age and older. The current average age of infected individuals is 44.4 years. Children only make up 4.6% of the infected population. There will be extensive cleaning in the schools during the upcoming break, and the army will be assisting in cleaning places that have had an especially high number of infections.
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Benefits of Expanded Feed
Many scientific studies show that expander technology is an essential addition to a modern pelleting machine, as a useful tool to fulfill a wide range of customer needs in order to provide a different feed for every animal's life stage.
In addition to traditional foods and pellets, breeders require cooked foods, expanded pellet and mono-components, processed to be used in TMR feed.
With regard to nutritional values and digestibility, the expander technology has achieved interesting results, in particular through its use in the fields of dairy cattle's high-energy nutrition, broiler bran and pig feed.
Feed mixtures for piglets, feeding pigs, broiler and laying hens can be manufactured with the expander, with the following benefits:
- Pellet quality improved and higher pellet mill output.
- More liquids (fat or oil) can be included in high percentages (e.g. 15% fat, 15% molasses), without losing the pellet quality.
- Low percentage of fines.
- Increased digestibility thanks to the starches' hydrolyzation.
- Hygienic treatment: destruction of harmful germs.
- Fewer risks of mortality and diseases.
- Less down-times.
- Increased flexibility of production.
- Reduced production costs of granulated feed.
- Major durability before the consumption.
Added benefits for poultry:
- No problem of force feeding during summer periods. During winter periods, dosages can be increased obtaining excellent results.
- Less feed consumption because the feed is softer and lighter.
Added benefits for layers:
- Less feed consumption because the feed is softer and lighter with equal eggs laying.
- Elimination of salmonellae bacteria in the eggs.
Added benefits for small feeding piglets:
- Expanded feed with very small granulometry is the most suitable for small feeding pigs.
- Depending on its formula, the structure of the expanded material is shaped like dough, thick flakes or crumbles.


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1. mark as different Terjemahkan
We distinguish several kinds of maple
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The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards|I can't make out the faces in this photograph
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His modesty distinguishes him from his peers
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A Study on the Adaptability of College Students' Ideological and Political Education under the Environment of New Media
New media has rapidly become the important way of college students' school life and interpersonal communication for its fast spread, strong interaction, and universality. When the new media provides hope and opportunities for the ideological and political work in colleges and universities, it also brings impacts and challenges to the traditional way of education. Colleges and universities ought to actively seek for strategies of the adaptability of ideological and political education under the era of new media by strengthening the building of staff, improving political consciousness, building college new media platform, reinforcing college students media literacy education and introducing the new field of college ideological and political education.
Wang Cuiting, Zhu Shasha


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Protect your plant's root system from high or fluctuating temperatures with AutoPot WhitePots. The WhitePot reflects extremes of heat away from the root system. By shielding the roots in this way WhitePots help prevent the adverse effects of hot or varying temperatures on a plants growth management.
Growing in WhitePots is a simple and effective way to maintain constant temperatures for your roots allowing your plants to steadily thrive.
Reflects light and heat
Specially designed for use in hot environments
Can help reduce substrate temperatures by 5-10%


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Definition of topgallant in English:
noun(also topgallant mast)
1The section of a square-rigged sailing ship's mast immediately above the topmast.
- Then the topgallant masts and sail fell onto the forecastle, dragging in the water until cut free.
- The jibsails came down smoothly, then the topsails, until only the topgallants were still drawing.
- On the topgallant mast is the topgallant sail, on big vessels divided into two sails, like the topsail.
1.1 (also topgallant sail) A sail set on a topgallant mast.
- Above the upper topsails are the topgallant sails and above these, the royals and the skysails.
- On large ships, the topgallant sail sometimes comprises 2 separate sails for the same reason.
- In a short time the topgallant sails and mainsail were handed and preparations made to reef the fore topsail.
Definition of topgallant in:
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Tolkien Gateway
This article is about the animals. For the music band, see Camel (band).
War Camel portrayed by Angus McBride for MERP
Camels are animals native to the Southern lands. These animals are only mentioned in linguistic writings dating from the early versions of the legendarium.[1][2]
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The Qenya name of "a camel" is ulun(t).[1][2]
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Camels, level 4 animals, are called devevi (sing. deve) in Apysaic (a language of south-western Endor). There are both oneand twohumped variants of the beast.[3] Staibir is the name of a War Camel appearing in an adventure set in Southwestern Middle-earth.[4]
[edit] References
 3. Ruth Sochard Pitt, Jeff O'Hare, Peter C. Fenlon, Jr. (1994), Creatures of Middle-earth (2nd edition) (#2012), "Riding and Draft Animals"
 4. Jessica Ney (ed.; 1990), Angus McBride's Characters of Middle-earth (#8007), pp. 26-7


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The Piskies of Cornwall
There are a number of creatures particular to Cornish folklore, although their cousins can be found elsewhere in Britain under a different name and guise. One of these strains is the Piskie also known as a Pixie in other West Country counties.
The Piskie is a general name for a fairy race or tribe in Cornwall. In appearance they look like old men with wrinkled faces, and are small in stature with red hair. They dress in the colours of the earth especially green, using natural materials such as moss, grass and lichen.
Cornish Piskie: by Daniel ParkinsonCornish Piskie: by Daniel ParkinsonGenerally the piskies are seen as cheerful creatures with a prankish nature. They are said to be helpful but also mischievous, helping the elderly and infirm whilst sometimes leading the more able bodied traveller astray on the lonely moors. Many stories relate to travellers being led into the wild moorland to become hopelessly lost because of the Piskies.
In many ways the Piskies are similar to the Brownies being helpful but also mischievous in nature.
Often places of ancient worship such as stone circles and barrows were avoided as piskie haunts.
There are many legends attached to the origin of the piskies (and other fairies). Some people saw them as the souls of pagans who could not transcend to heaven, and they were also seen as the remnants of pagan gods, banished with the coming of Christianity. In tradition they are doomed to shrink in size until they disappear.
Another theory suggested they were the souls of babies who had not been Christened, a story championed by early clergymen, and one which has often been used to explain fairy origins.
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In 1521, Arabs attributed a shortage of water in Jerusalem to Jews making wine.
For as long as I can remember conflict between Arabs and Jews had happened for many reasons. Today that conflict stems around land boundaries. It looks like in 1521 Arabs blamed Jews making wine for a water shortage.
Does the conflict between these two groups exist for deeper reasons? Maybe they were once related. Myths attribute Arabs as descendants of Ishmael while saying Jews descended of Isaac, both sons of Abraham. Do you think their conflicts could be some form of sibling rivalry?
Honestly, I want to know if the Jews were really making so much wine in 1521 to cause a water shortage and why they needed to make so much?


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school eye screening versus a primary eye care model to provide refractive error services for children in India
Aim: To compare the cost-effectiveness of school eye screening (SES) for refractive errors with a primary eye care (PEC) model that provides comprehensive eye care, including refractive services, to children of school age.
Methods: Retrospective data from SES and PEC clinics in Delhi slums for 2005-2006 were examined. Children who had been dispensed spectacles through both models over 12 months were surveyed. Visual acuity with and without spectacles was measured and the children's spectacle-wearing behaviour was evaluated. The quality-adjusted life years (QALYs) gained were calculated using utility analysis for each model and were compared.
Results: The SES model was more cost-effective than the PEC model in all areas. In the SES model, the cost to examine a child was US $0.64, the cost to examine and dispense spectacles was US $12.13, and the undiscounted cost per QALY was US $18.11. In the PEC model the cost of examining a child was US $3.10, the cost of examining and dispensing spectacles was US $25.58, and the undiscounted cost per QALY was US $45.42. The correlation of spectacles prescribed to spectacles manufactured was excellent in both models, with a combined correlation of 98%. The sensitivity of teachers screening for vision impairment was 100%, while their specificity was 59.8%.
Conclusion: School eye screening in India is a highly cost-effective method of correcting visual impairment due to refractive errors in school-age children and should be expanded where possible. As not all children can be examined through school screening, comprehensive eye care clinics play an important role in the correction of refractive errors, but at a higher cost.


Local elementary school students are turning nickles into homes for people in need.
It's part of the La Crescent-Hokah elementary school Nickles for Nicaragua fundraiser.
The school put collection jars in each classroom for students to drop money in with a goal of being able to build a home for a family in need. They raised more than $2,000.
Along with being able to help a family in Nicaragua, it was also a learning experience for the students.
"They're one of the poorest countries in the world, it would be nice to help them because, with their houses, we're building some so they can have a better life," said students Maya Colby and Alana Andersen.
The teachers hope the project will help the students learn the value of giving early in their lives.


BLACK DIGGERS 2019 by Tom Wright
(Studied in comparison to The Longest Memory by Fred Daguiar)
Over 1000 indigenous Australians served in WWI and yet their contribution remains almost unrecognised. This play is like pieces of an exploded bomb resurfacing from the mud; fragments and missing voices in an epic tale of triumph and disaster. It speaks of the struggle indigenous men faced trying to enlist in the war, of rare moments of racial equality on the battlefield, and of our post-war disregard for our Black Diggers. The First World War and the formation of our concept of our national identity are closely interwoven. Informed by indigenous actors and cultural specialists we will explore how the play is riddled with symbols that we might otherwise miss; symbols that point to an ongoing war fought by indigenous Australians for recognition.
The Longest Memory is a brutal portrayal of American slavery. As an historical context in which oppression has been voiced and acknowledged it offers parallels that makes it easier to see and accept what has been and still is happening in our own backyard.
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Chairman Nadler Statement for the Markup of H.R. 3372, the One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021
Washington, D.C. - Today, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jerrold Nadler (D-NY) delivered the following opening statement, as prepared, during the markup of H.R. 3372, the One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021:
"I am proud to support H.R. 3372, 'The One Stop Shop Community Reentry Program Act of 2021.'
"This bipartisan, bicameral legislation, which passed the Committee and the House last Congress, would authorize grants to community organizations to create centralized reentry intake and coordination centers.
"These centers would serve as the home base for individuals recently released from correctional facilities as they go through the difficult process of rejoining their communities.
"At one stop reentry centers, reentering individuals would be provided personalized, step-by-step assistance to access the resources—both public and private—that are needed to successfully integrate back into their communities.
"At the one stop center, reentering individuals would be given assistance at every step of the way—from the moment they are released until they have the capability to fully rejoin their communities.
"This important legislation recognizes that a comprehensive reentry approach is needed to improve reentry outcomes, which ultimately has the effect of improving public safety.
"The bill adopts a 'whole person' approach that would ensure that all elements of a returning individual's life are supported. This includes transportation to and from appointments, temporary housing, assistance applying for benefits, and job training.
"Additionally, for those who have formal reentry plans, the one stop community reentry centers proposed by this bill would also provide case management and wrap-around support.
"The challenges faced by individuals returning from prison are great, and they warrant the type of support the One Stop Community Reentry Program Act would authorize.
"Unfortunately, the reentry support services that many prisoners receive while incarcerated do not sufficiently prepare them for the transition back to their communities.
"Many incarcerated individuals also have preexisting conditions that make reentry even more difficult. Physical disabilities, mental health concerns, and substance abuse issues further complicate reentry plans and additional support, like those detailed in H.R. 3372, are needed to promote successful outcomes.
"Specialists employed at one stop centers can build relationships with providers, private groups, religious organizations, and public agencies to build networks of support that will help returning individuals get the care and support they need to succeed.
"Inadequate reentry support leads to recidivism and unnecessary financial strain on the community. Both the shortand long-term costs associated with incarceration pale in comparison against the minimal front-end costs associated with a successful reentry.
"Of the few studies that have assessed the effectiveness of reentry services, a number have found that more robust and comprehensive reentry services are better at reducing recidivism and promoting the long-term success of reentering individuals.
"This bill offers greater opportunities for success for individuals returning from prison, as well as their communities.
"I thank Representative Bass, Representative Reschenthaler, and their bipartisan cosponsors, for introducing this important legislation again, and I urge my colleagues to join me in supporting the bill."
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text: Traditionally, object retrieval methods require a set of images of a specific object for training. In this paper, we propose a new object retrieval method using a single query image, without training, for a global object. The query image could be a typical real image of the object. The object is constructed based on Speeded Up Robust Features (SURF) points acquired from the image. Information of relative positions, scale and orientation between SURF points are calculated and constructed into an object model. The ability to match partially affine transformed object images results from the robustness of SURF points and the flexibility of the model. Occlusion is handled by specifying the probability of a missing SURF point in the model. Experimental results show that this matching technique is robust under partial occlusion and rotation. The obtained results illustrate that the proposed method improves efficiency, speeds up recovery and reduces the storage space.


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When seeking a hearty winter warm-up in the Savo region of Finland, a good first step is finding the deeply brown dumplings known as myky. Because these dense patties get their rich color and flavor from animal blood, they were often made when animals were slaughtered or brought back from a hunt, and traditionally found their way into mykyrokka, or blood dumpling soup.
Also called tappaiskeitto, meaning "butchery soup," the hearty meal has a history as an all-village affair. People would gather to distribute the butchered meat from whole animals (typically cows or pigs), making some into sausage and using the scraps for soup. Today, families still gather to assemble mykyrokka, mixing offal and chunks of meat with potatoes and onions, and shaping barley flour and blood into the iconic dumplings. When the soup is done, it provides just the sort of rib-coating warmth a body needs during the dark days of Finnish winter.


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[ aws. resource-groups ]
Returns a list of AWS resource identifiers that matches the specified query. The query uses the same format as a resource query in a CreateGroup or UpdateGroupQuery operation.
Minimum permissions
To run this command, you must have the following permissions:
 - resource-groups:SearchResources
See also: AWS API Documentation
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
--resource-query
[--cli-input-json ]
[--starting-token ]
[--page-size ]
[--max-items ]
[--generate-cli-skeleton ]
--resource-query (structure)
The search query, using the same formats that are supported for resource group definition. For more information, see CreateGroup.
Type -> (string)
The type of the query. You can use the following values:
 - *CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_1_0: * Specifies that the Query contains an ARN for a CloudFormation stack.
 - ''TAG_FILTERS_1_0:'' * Specifies that the ''Query'' parameter contains a JSON string that represents a collection of simple tag filters for resource types and tags. The JSON string uses a syntax similar to the '' 'GetResources <>'__ '' operation, but uses only the '' 'ResourceTypeFilters <>'__ '' and '' 'TagFilters <>'__ '' fields. If you specify more than one tag key, only resources that match all tag keys, and at least one value of each specified tag key, are returned in your query. If you specify more than one value for a tag key, a resource matches the filter if it has a tag key value that matches *any of the specified values. For example, consider the following sample query for resources that have two tags, Stage and Version, with two values each: [{"Stage":["Test","Deploy"]},{"Version":["1","2"]}] The results of this query could include the following.
 - An EC2 instance that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Deploy"}, and {"Version":"2"}
 - An S3 bucket that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Test"}, and {"Version":"1"}
The query would not include the following items in the results, however.
 - An EC2 instance that has only the following tag: {"Stage":"Deploy"}. The instance does not have all of the tag keys specified in the filter, so it is excluded from the results.
 - An RDS database that has the following two tags: {"Stage":"Archived"} and {"Version":"4"} The database has all of the tag keys, but none of those keys has an associated value that matches at least one of the specified values in the filter.
Query -> (string)
The query that defines a group or a search.
Shorthand Syntax:
JSON Syntax:
 "Query": "string"
--starting-token (string)
--page-size (integer)
--max-items (integer)
See 'aws help' for descriptions of global parameters.
To find resources that match a query
The following search-resources example retrieves a list of all AWS resources that match the specified query.
aws resource-groups search-resources \
 --resource-query file://query.json
Contents of query.json:
 "Type": "TAG_FILTERS_1_0",
 "Query": "{\"ResourceTypeFilters\":[\"AWS::EC2::Instance\"],\"TagFilters\":[{\"Key\":\"Patch Group\", \"Values\":[\"Dev\"]}]}"
 "ResourceIdentifiers": [
 "ResourceArn": "arn:aws:ec2:us-west-2:123456789012:instance/i-01a23bc45d67890ef",
 "ResourceType": "AWS::EC2::Instance"
ResourceIdentifiers -> (list)
The ARNs and resource types of resources that are members of the group that you specified.
A structure that contains the ARN of a resource and its resource type.
ResourceArn -> (string)
The ARN of a resource.
ResourceType -> (string)
The resource type of a resource, such as AWS::EC2::Instance.
NextToken -> (string)
If present, indicates that more output is available than is included in the current response. Use this value in the NextToken request parameter in a subsequent call to the operation to get the next part of the output. You should repeat this until the NextToken response element comes back as null.
QueryErrors -> (list)
A list of QueryError objects. Each error is an object that contains ErrorCode and Message structures. Possible values for ErrorCode are CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_INACTIVE and CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_NOT_EXISTING.
A two-part error structure that can occur in ListGroupResources or SearchResources operations on CloudFormation stack-based queries. The error occurs if the CloudFormation stack on which the query is based either does not exist, or has a status that renders the stack inactive. A QueryError occurrence does not necessarily mean that AWS Resource Groups could not complete the operation, but the resulting group might have no member resources.
ErrorCode -> (string)
Message -> (string)
A message that explains the ErrorCode value. Messages might state that the specified CloudFormation stack does not exist (or no longer exists). For CLOUDFORMATION_STACK_INACTIVE, the message typically states that the CloudFormation stack has a status that is not (or no longer) active, such as CREATE_FAILED.


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The board of EWM The Netherlands has voted to make three small grants of up to €500 available to support the career development of its members. Should funds permit, more grants may be made available.
The grants form a pilot program, which will continue only if sufficient interest exists. The applications are considered on a continuous basis and upon the order received.
The purpose of the grants is to facilitate the participation of grantees to events significant to their career by covering expenses not otherwise covered by existing means. Examples of potential events can be training courses, conference attendance, collaboration visits or membership. Examples of costs that can be covered by the grants are expenses for accompanying children at events such as transportation or extra accommodation costs, expenses for additional care for children remaining behind, training fees, membership registrations, conference registrations etc.
- It is required that the applicant justifies why no other funds could be found for the proposed expense.
- Expenses must be documented by receipts.
- Members at any stage of their career may apply. The judging criteria are relevant to the applicant's career.
- Applicants are required to write a short paragraph explaining the impact of the proposed event to their career development. The budget should mention why other resources could not be secured for this expense.
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Do you want to grow turnip seeds in Ohio, but don't know when to start them?
Starting turnip seeds is not as easy as it seems.
- Turnip Seeds must be consistenly watered, receive at least 8 hours of sunlight a day, & be kept at room temperature of at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit.
So if you don't consistently water them they won't germinate. If they aren't in a room that is at least 70 degrees Fahrenheit they won't sprout. And if it receives 8 hours of sunlight the plant itself won't grow.
- Because Ohio's growing season is not long enough, turnip seeds cannot be sowed outside and should only be started indoors.
Because of this, I'm going to teach you the ideal time to start turnip seeds indoors in Ohio:
- To Learn More About HOW to Grow Turnips, Check Out This GUIDE!
When to Start Turnip Seeds Indoors
Depending on the type of turnip, it takes roughly 14-21 days (2 to 3 weeks) to grow turnips from seed indoors before you can transplant them into your garden.
The approximate date of when you should start your turnip seeds indoors can be found by:
- Finding the last average frost date HERE
- And then subtract 21 days from it
You can also find the average last frost date for most major cities in the below chart that I have created:
To help ensure the greatest success of your turnip seeds germinating you should:
- Use a heat mat to ensure the gardening pot remains at 70 degrees Fahrenheit
- Use a grow light to control how much light your turnip seeds receive
- Water your seeds with a spray bottle to ensure your seeds are not overwatered
It should also be noted that you will not want to introduce your turnip plants into your garden until 2 weeks after your last frost or else your plant will potentially die or not bear vegetables.
If you want to learn WHEN to start ANY Vegetable Seed in Ohio, head over to HERE and just type in the vegetable you want to grow.


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Patient — Collections
Collections allow you to analyze population statistics, study variation, and establish benchmarks across a group of patients. A patient can belong to one or more collections, allowing you to analyze diverse but intersecting cross sections of the patients in your organization. The patient collection tab lists the collections to which the current patient belongs. Use this guide to learn about adding a patient to one or more collections in your organization.
Viewing Patient Collections
When you access a patient, click on the Collections tab to view the patient collections. The main content area is blank and is reserved for future patient collection content. On the left is the collections sidebar, which contains a list of the collections to which the patient belongs. A patient can be added to a collection with or without a representative patient object. If the representative object for a patient collection matches the primary patient object from the patient object hierarchy, it will appear as a standard list item. Otherwise, the collection will appear with a grayed out, italicized style.
Hovering over a grayed out collection allows you to see which patient object belongs to the collection.
The Primary Patient Object from the Patient Hierarchy
On the patient Browse tab, the "primary patient object" (or primary object) is the lowest active object in the patient hierarchy (active objects being those with green checkmarks). For example, in the first image below, the primary patient object is the dose, whereas in the second image, the primary patient object is the plan.
Updating Patient Collections
 1. With the Collections tab activated, press the Edit button at the top of the sidebar.
 2. Use the checkboxes aligned to the right of each row to select the collections to which you wish to add the patient. Note that checkboxes will be shown in the indeterminate state if the primary patient object (see above) does not match the representative entity for the patient in that collection.
 3. Press the Save button.
 4. Once you've read and understood the confirmation message, check the confirmation checkbox, and press the Save button.
Representative Patient Objects
Computed metrics, like those reported on patient and collection scorecards, are derived from a patient's dose. Therefore, it's usually best to use the patient dose as the representative patient object when adding patients to collections.
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This study quantifies the sensitivity to the soft tissue artefacts of three open-source musculoskeletal models implemented in OpenSim.
Musculoskeletal models estimates can be heavily affected by the soft tissue artefact (STA) when input positional data are obtained using stereophotogrammetry. In this study, we assessed the sensitivity to the STA of three open-source musculoskeletal models and relevant tools, implemented in OpenSim. To this purpose, a baseline dataset of marker trajectories was created using point kinematics for each model from experimental data of one healthy volunteer's gait. Five hundred STA realizations were then statistically generated using a marker-dependent model of the pelvis and lower limb artefact and added to the baseline data. The STA's impact on the musculoskeletal model estimates of an inverse dynamics pipeline (joint angles, joint moments, and muscle and joint contact forces) was finally quantified using a Monte Carlo analysis.


text: Taken post-mortem by his undertaker April 1865. This lock was kept at the U.S. patent office in the late 19th century. It was given to a prominent Washington D.C. family and remained with them until The Gettysburg Museum of History obtained it a few years ago. There were several documented locks of Lincoln's hair taken at his death bed. This lock was previously unknown to historians. The practice of taking a hair lock from the deceased seems very unusual today. In the 19th century it was a tradition practiced by most people of all classes.


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Right now I am reading a proof of Downward Löwenheim-Skolem theorem in Hodges, but I am slightly confused about a proof Hodges makes. Let me write down some of the definitions.
Definition: Let $T$ be a first-order theory in a first-order language $\scr{L}$. >Then a skolemisation of $T$ is a theory $T^+\supseteq T$ in a first order >language $\scr{L}^+\supseteq \scr{L}$ such that
 1. Any model of $T$ can be expanded to a model of $T^+$.
 2. For every formula $\phi(\bar{x}, y)$ of $\scr{L}^+$ with $\bar{x}$ a nonempty tuple, there is a term $t$ of $\scr{L}^+$ such that $$ T^+\vdash \forall \bar{x}(\exists y\phi(\bar{x}, y)\to \phi(\bar{x}, t(\bar{x}))). $$
A theory $T$ is said to be a Skolem Theory or to have Skolem functions if $T^+:=T$ and $\scr{L}^+ = \scr{L}$ is a skolemisation of $T$, i.e. $T$ is a skolemisation of itself.
Hodges goes on to say that for a Skolem theory $T$, and $A$ a model of $T$ and $X$ a subset of $A$, if the skolem hull $B:=\langle X\rangle_A$ is nonempty, then it is an elementary substructure of $A$. He proves this by invoking the Tarski-Vaught Criterion for elementary substructures. In particular, if $\phi(\bar{x}, y)$ is a $\scr{L}$-formula and $\bar{a}$ is a tuple from $B$ with $A\models \exists y \phi(\bar{a}, y)$, then $A\models \phi(\bar{a}, t(\bar{a}))$ for the appropriate term $t$. But $t^A(\bar{a})\in B$ as $B$ is closed under the functions, and he concludes that $B$ satisfies the Tarski-Vaught Criterion and so $B\preceq A$.
Here is my question, what if $\phi(\bar{x}, y)$ is actually $\phi(y)$? Then $\exists y\phi(y)$ is a sentence and so does not have a Skolem function. So if $A\models \exists y\phi$, how can we guarantee that $B$ possesses a witness to $\exists y\phi$?
My attempt to work around this is to consider the formula $$ \psi(x, y): = \ulcorner \phi(y)\wedge x=x\urcorner. $$ Then $\exists y\phi(y)$ is logically equivalent to $\exists y \psi(x, y)$. As $T$ is a skolem theory, there is a term $t(x)$ such that $$ T\vdash \forall x(\exists y\psi(x, y)\to \psi(x, t(x))). $$ Then for any $a\in B$, $t^A(a)$ will be an element of $B$ witnessing $A\models \exists y\phi$. Is this a correct resolution of my question, or is there something else I am missing? Thanks for the help!
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Yes, your solution works. A less "cheap" way to resolve things is to remove the word "nonempty" from Hodges' definition, so that $(\exists y)\phi(y)$ has a zero-ary Skolem function, that is, a "Skolem constant" $c_\phi$. That is the definition of a Skolemization some others use. (I am not familiar with Hodges' definitions and conventions; he might not require that a variable shown in a formula name must actually appear, in which case he could write "$(\exists y)[y = y]$" as $\phi(x)$.)
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SqlDataSource.ConflictDetection Property
Gets or sets the value indicating how the SqlDataSource control performs updates and deletes when data in a row in the underlying database changes during the time of the operation.
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Assembly: System.Web (in System.Web.dll)
public ConflictOptions ConflictDetection { get; set; }
Property Value
Type: System.Web.UI.ConflictOptions
One of the ConflictOptions values. The default is the ConflictOptions.OverwriteChanges value.
The ConflictDetection property determines whether parameters for old and new values are applied to the Update method. For example, if the command that is specified by the SelectCommand property returns a DataTable object with the columns Name and Number and the ConflictDetection property is set to the OverwriteChanges value, parameters are created for Name and Number for the Update method. If the ConflictDetection property is set to the CompareAllValues value, parameters are created for Name, Number, original_Name, and original_Number. (The exact name of the parameters for the original values depends on the OldValuesParameterFormatString property.) The SqlDataSource control then determines if the Update method that is specified in the UpdateCommand property has parameters that match.
Concurrency control is a technique that data stores use to control how data is read and changed in the store when multiple clients are accessing and manipulating the same data. For example, one client reads data and presents it to a user, while another client reads the same data, and presents it to a different user. If both users update the data and submit it to the data storage, some unexpected result might occur, because both clients might update different values for the same data. This is considered a conflict. By setting the ConflictDetection property to the CompareAllValues value, your Update method can then compare the old and new values to the original data source to detect conflicts and handle them, as necessary.
The ConflictDetection property delegates to the ConflictDetection property of the SqlDataSourceView object that is associated with the SqlDataSource control.
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Casing corrosion mitigation in brine production wells
Challenges with casing corrosion in brine production wells
- Production wells suffer from the hyper-saline working environment, with corrosion causing havoc on ferrous materials.
- Corrosion affects the downhole well completion and life of the producing well.
- Corrosion has an impact on both finances and well as environmental concerns, and is an issue that needs to be taken seriously as a project moves into production.
- Accurate and fast corrosion monitoring systems are needed to effectively manage well maintenance so that overall field production is not affected.
Casing corrosion a wide-spread problem
The natural tendency of ferrous material to corrode, is only accelerated in the brinefield, where salinity levels can reach 250 – 280kppm – as salty as it gets. In hyper saline environments, corrosion is a major factor as tools and equipment are devoured at an accelerated pace. Mitigating this loss of material is essential to well integrity, which affects production and sustaining capex of a mine.
The consequences of corrosion in casing are loss in wall thickness and strength, leading to a reduction in ductility, usually leading to casing deformation or total failure.
Un-monitored corrosion can cause unexpected casing failures, resulting in expensive and complicated repair jobs. If left unattended this can lead to aquifer cross contamination and loss of production.
Casing corrosion is often accelerated where there has been damage to the casing during installation, or wear from repeated running of drilling equipment or pumps inside the casing.
Monitoring of corrosion
The operator must continually monitor and inspect the infrastructure to gauge the integrity of down hole and surface piping equipment. A variety of corrosion monitoring techniques are available. Some corrosion measurement techniques use in line monitoring tools placed directly in the production system. These tools are exposed to the flowing production stream. Other techniques involve laboratory analysis.
The weight loss technique using coupons, a direct visual identification method, is a well-known and simple monitoring method. This technique exposes a specimen of material – the coupon – to the process environment for a given amount of time before a technician removes it from the system and analyses is it for its physical condition and the amount of weight loss. However, the coupon alone cannot be used to accurately pinpoint the time or location of a corrosion event such as a leak.
Apart from this, the coupon technique is useful where easy access is available for placing and extracting the coupon, making it essentially impossible for the well's down-hole tubular and casing strings.
The remaining options are non-destructive measurement techniques that incorporate one or more of the various logging tools that are deployed down hole on wireline.
Advances in down-hole corrosion monitoring
Logging techniques for monitoring downhole corrosion include ultrasonic, electromagnetic and mechanical methods that yield detailed information about the location and extent of a corrosion event.
Ultrasonic monitoring employs an ultrasound source to perform measurements and generate images of the downhole environment.
Most ultrasonic tools work by the principle of pulse echo measurement. Measurements include cement evaluation, open hole imaging and corrosion imaging.
An ABI televiewer, transmits an ultrasonic signal at a frequency of 1.2 MHz is designed for cement evaluation and pipe inspection.
The quality of the cement bond is directly related to the degree of casing resonance: a good cement bond dampens the acoustic signal and causes a low amplitude secondary signal to be returned to the transducer; a poor cement job or free pipe allows the casing to ring and returns a higher amplitude echo.
Additionally, the ABI measurements include 2D internal radius imaging of the casing – derived from the wave line of the main echo from the internal surface – and the 2D casing thickness, derived from the frequency response.
The ABI tool records two echoes: the main echo from the internal surface of the casing and the smaller echo from the external surface. The radius and thickness of the casing are computed from the arrival times of the two echoes. The relative sizes, or amplitudes, of the two echoes are qualitative indicators of the casing condition.
Ultrasonic inspection provides several advantages as a corrosion measurement tool, including its sensitivity to both internal and external defence and instantaneous in-field notification when a defect is encountered.
In addition, the technique requires access to only one side of the material to gauge the condition of the entire object and obtain detailed exterior and interior images of the pipe.
However, inspection is difficult for materials that are irregular in profile, such as filters.
Operators may also employ another corrosion monitoring method: electromagnetic (EM)-based inspection. The basic principle of this technique involves measuring the changes to a magnetic field as it passes through a metal object; the changes are related to the condition of the material such as its thickness and its electromagnetic properties.
There exist two types of EM corrosion monitoring tools. The first, a flux leakage tool, magnetizes the metal object using an electromagnet. When the magnetic flux encounters a damaged section of the metal; coils on the tool's sensors detect this leakage. While this method is useful for measuring abrupt changes in pipe thickness, such as pitting or holes in the inner string, and the location of these changes, it is less effective for monitoring the steady increase of corrosion or corrosion that varies gradually over a large section of pipe or concentric casing configurations.
The second EM-based monitoring technology-the remote field eddy current tool-measures the signal of not only the primary EM field but also the secondary field from the induced eddy currents in the surrounding pipe.
The EM casing inspection tool has been used to detect large holes, casing splits and corrosion-related metal loss from both the internal and the external surfaces of casing.
These measurements can be obtained without the operating company having to pull completion tubing out of the hole, saving rig time, intervention expenses and interruption to production.
An initial reconnaissance run is carried out while the EM casing inspection tool is lowered on wire-line, in order to flag areas of interest for later detailed diagnostic scans to be run when later logging up to the surface. The tool can record a continuous log of both the average inner casing diameter and the total metal thickness, providing corrosion estimates. The tool reads overall metal thickness, enabling detection of corrosion of the outer casing. Radius measurements if the inner casing can be carried out despite the presence of most types of scale.
Identification of horizons with greater corrosion can be identified when the tool is used across several boreholes, allowing for future mitigation measures to be taken at these levels.
In addition to the acoustic and electromagnetic monitoring techniques discussed, mechanical methods are also helpful.
Multifinger mechanical caliper tools rely on direct contact with the pipe wall to measure the deformations arising from the loss of metal due to corrosion or the build-up of scale, however, they do not give any information about the external condition of the pipe wall.
The multifinger caliper tool can be deployed with as many as 60 fingers, depending on internal casing diameters, providing a 3D mechanical image of internal pipe-wall variations.
Repeated measurements can track corrosion over time, allowing Operators to make decisions based on real, and not inferred, data, without the need for removal of the casing until the required time, optimizing down time.
Combining Measurements for Improved Corrosion Monitoring
The combination of various tools greatly improves the operator's understanding of reasons for localized corrosion.
Improved Corrosion Mitigation Through Management
Greater understanding of tubing integrity can be obtained from the use of downhole corrosion monitoring tools allowing the operator to make more-informed and cost-effective mitigation and repair decisions.
As more and more steel pipes are placed in hyper-saline environments, corrosion monitoring will become and increasing problem, and an adequate monitoring system is essential to allow operators to make both profitable and environmentally responsible decisions.
For assistance in monitoring well condition, contact Zelandez, the pioneering brinefield specialists.
Our Insight product PipeSight offers detailed analysis of the well casing condition and completion, using the benefits of the EM, Multi-Finger and Acoustic Televiewer tools.


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Episode 397 - Ignobel Prize '20 - Physics
September 21, 2020
We celebrate the Ignobel Prizes once again, and this year we take a deep dive into the Physics prize for 2020. Faraday waves (standing waves in liquids or liquid filled objects) look pretty, but can anything filled with like have one? What about a worm? Can you make Faraday waves and resonant frequencies in Worms? What happens when a laser, a worm, and a speaker go into a lab? The result is an Ignobel Prize.
 1. Maksymov, I.S., Pototsky, A. Excitation of Faraday-like body waves in vibrated living earthworms. Sci Rep 10, 8564 (2020). _URL_
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The parameter 'pos' in ShapeStim statement stands for the position of the center of the stimulus. Is it possible to set the positition of the stimulus by the top left of it instead of its center? In Pygame, for example, shapes can be draw from top left through statement"pygame.draw.rect(window, color, (topleft_X, topleft_Y, width, height))".
The choice of drawing origin is an arbitrary one (eg bottom left is as natural as anything else), so selecting another is left up to the user, by applying simple geometry.
In this case, just add half the width of the object to your preferred x component of the position, and subtract half its height from the y component.


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SingingCat Module Development
The SingingCat Modules are entirely open-source. The components you may modify are:
 1. The Firmware on the module
 2. The Bootloader of the module
 3. The Firmware of the Wireless-chip
Most developers probably want to modify the application on the module. With this you can (for example):
and, if you are prepared to dive deeper into the code, you can modify pretty much every aspect of the module.
This section explains how you set up the development environment.
 1. Setup the IDE:
 We recommend "codeblocks" - a powerful IDE for C-Development. a preconfigured project file is within the git directory. You may download codeblocks from here:
 (Of course emacs or vi work just as well, if you prefer)
 2. Try it: open the file src-app/userhooks.c add "led_on(LED_BLUE);" to on_startup();
 3. Hit "build" in codeblocks (or make on the command line)
 4. verify you have a main1.bin in the directory "dist/firmware"
 5. Done - you have build the code....
If you want to flash this to modules, please read more here
Step 1: Opening the box


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"BERNICE BOBS HER HAIR"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
DIRECTIONS: Read F.Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Bernice Bobs Her Hair" and circle the word that best completes the sentence. Provide evidence from your reading of the story to justify your choice.
1. Marjorie is different than Bernice because she is
2. In this story, Marjorie is to Bernice.
3. Bernice is a character.
are victims of feminine manipulation.
4. In this story, the young men
have more control over the women than the women have over them.
5. In this story, Fitzgerald the behavior of youth during the 1920s.
6. In this story, gets exactly what she deserved.


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Definition of senecio in English:
noun (plural senecios)
A plant of a genus that includes the ragworts and groundsels. Many kinds are cultivated as ornamentals and some are poisonous weeds of grassland.
- Genus Senecio, family Compositae
- Plant up your pots, containers and window boxes with evergreen foliage plants such as senecio, ivy and skimmia to give you winter interest.
- A square pewter container was next, containing black dogwood stems, large green chrysanthemums, white lilies, the palest green flowers surrounded by senecio and rosemary, and yellow cymbidium orchids cascading over the edge.
- Another garden has a towering eryngium, variegated agapanthus, cotoneaster, the bottle brush tree, senecio, a red leafed Trachelospermum and a cotinus - a wonderful contrast of shades and shapes.
Definition of senecio in:
- US English dictionary
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Gender in the time of COVID-19: Evaluating national leadership and COVID-19 fatalities
By Leah C. Windsor (Minerva)
This recent article by Minerva-funded researcher, Dr. Leah Windsor and colleagues explore the idea that women world leaders are doing better (i.e., fewer deaths in the countries they lead) than men world leaders. They show that in aggregate, women and men leaders do about the same - that women world leaders do not fare significantly better. However, the role of country culture is quite important: countries with more egalitarian social cultures have fewer deaths, and those with women leaders have even fewer.
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Key points to know
- Stunting and yellowing are above-ground symptoms of SCN.
- Early senescence of fields is an indirect above-ground symptom of SCN.
- There can be serious yield loss due to SCN without any obvious above-ground symptoms.
- Root stunting, discoloration, and fewer nodules are below-ground symptoms of SCN.
- You can see SCN females with the naked eye.
1. Stunting and yellowing can be above-ground symptoms of SCN