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5 Ways to Ensure Millennial Would Want to Dine in Your Restaurant
Restaurants around the world are doing everything they can to stay in business and stay ahead of the trends. At this point, it is hard to deny that millennials are the generation who are leading the food trends, as they eat out more, spend more of their income on dining experiences, and have a lot of opinions. Therefore, it makes sense that restaurants would want to attract this generation as their clientele.
If you are looking to bring more millennial diners into your establishment, read on for the five ways you can ensure that millennials want to dine in your restaurant.
1. Prioritize local food, sustainable practices.
If there is one thing that you can be sure of, millennials like to eat food that is grown locally and sustainably. After all, millennials care significantly about being conscious of the world and their impact on it. More than any generation before them, millennials care about the environment, which extends to the food they consume. Therefore, if you want them to eat in your restaurant, you need to show that you also care about the ingredients in your dishes and your environmental impact.
One of the ways to demonstrate this to millennials is by showing the origin of items on the menu. For example, if you are serving a lunch dish with eggs and bread, you can state that the eggs are from a particular local farm, the bread was baked in a local patisserie, and the condiments were made in small batches by a local company.
While these options may be more expensive, millennials have shown that they are willing to pay more for the ingredients that fit their perspective and lifestyle.
2. Have a wide array of beverages on offer.
In addition to your food offerings, you also want to consider your beverage menu carefully. Similar to their feelings toward food, millennials want to know where their beverages are coming from, and they are willing to pay more for healthier drinks produced locally.
For this reason, it is highly recommended that you work with mineral water suppliers in Dubai (or wherever you are located) so that you can offer them high-quality sparkling and still natural mineral water, as well as carbonated sparkling fruit beverages.
Furthermore, specialty coffee drinks and teas are popular with millennials who like to try beverages from around the world. For example, Darjeeling tea from India, pu erh tea from China, Qishir-spiced coffee from Yemen, and Hong Kong-style milk tea all have many millennial fans. Additionally, cappuccinos from Italy, Matcha from Japan, and cortados from Spain are all popular caffeinated beverages.
Millennials also enjoy mocktails and other non-alcoholic drinks. Some of the most popular mocktails for millennials include Virgin Daiquiris, Virgin Mint Lemonade, Pomegranate Spritzer, and a non-alcoholic Mojito.
3. Allow them to share plates.
Another dining trend that millennials love is small, sharing plates. These diners like to mix, match, and share what they have ordered, so they tend to prefer menus with a variety of small plates rather than single entrée sizes.
Millennials tend to love this style of dining because they're able to taste multiple dishes which works for their adventurous spirit that craves variety. This means that you can create a menu that is filled with smaller, higher-margin dishes.
Similarly, millennials like to sit at communal tables. This comes from the fact that they view dining out as an integral part of their social life. For this reason, they tend to eat in larger groups, which allows them to meet new people. Therefore, they like to be able to move around the table during the meal and want to ensure that everyone who is dining can interact with each other.
4. Provide them with an experience.
Known as the "experience generation," millennials live up to this stereotype, especially when it comes to their dining habits. Therefore, if you want to attract them to your restaurant, you need to provide them with something unusual. Whether that is funky interior design, a thought-provoking menu, photo-worthy dishes, or something else entirely, to catch their attention, it needs to be experiential.
Providing an experience is also good for business, as millennials are willing to pay a lot more for dining 'experiences' rather than just getting a meal. Even opting to host a game night, a themed evening, or live entertainment can do a lot to attract the diners you crave.
5. Have a social media and web presence.
For the generation that grew up with the internet, it is second-nature for millennials to quickly check out a restaurant's website or social media page before deciding to dine there.
In some cases, they will want to check out the menu; in other cases, they will want to see photos of the dishes and the interiors. If you do not have a social media and web presence, they are quickly going to move on to choosing to dine somewhere else.
Restaurants that recognize the importance of their social media and web presence can utilize it to reach a wider audience. By curating an aesthetic that looks pleasing across all platforms, you are positioning yourself to be in a better place to attract millennial diners.
What's more, if millennials like a restaurant, then they want to follow it and support it on social media platforms. In fact, research shows that millennials are more likely to be loyal to a restaurant that engages with them on social media.
Having a presence on social media is also a valuable marketing tool, as you can get free marketing by having your millennial diners share their experiences with their followers. In other words, restaurants that are lacking a social media presence are missing out on meaningful opportunities to connect with new millennial diners.
Are you a restaurant owner? If so, what steps are you taking to ensure that you can attract millennials? On the other hand, if you are a millennial diner, what do you look for in eating establishments? Let us know your thoughts and any relevant insights in the comments below!
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After-Hours / Urgent Care
PAD Dallas is open on Saturdays until 12N and Sundays until 2PM. There may be times when your child needs in-office assistance when our office is closed. Please consider the following when deciding between an After-Hours / Urgent Care Facility and an Emergency Room visit:
Benefits of Urgent Care:
- Primarily staffed by pediatricians
- Equipped to handle non-life-threatening situations
- Fast and cost-effective alternative to the emergency department.
Comparing Urgent Care and the Emergency Department:
Time: Urgent care visits average 30 minutes vs. 2+ hours for the Emergency Department
Cost: Urgent care visits average $50 – $150 vs. $1,233 at the emergency department.
For patients with insurance, a co-payment will almost always be higher for emergency department visits than for urgent care visits.
PAD recommends the following Pediatric Urgent Care clinics in the Metroplex: (click on links for location options)
Pediatric Emergency Rooms:
The emergency department is meant for the following:
- Life-threatening situations
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If you or a loved one is experiencing a life-threatening emergency, call 9-1-1 or find safe transportation to the emergency department near you.
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Tchořovice Airfield, Czech Republic - Military Airfield Directory
Tchořovice: Airfield
Letiště Tchořovice, Blatna
CoordinatesN492552 E0134750 (WGS84) Google Maps
Elevation 1539 ft
Location indicatorLKBL
Map with location of Tchořovice Airfield, Czech Republic
The history of the Cold War airfields: Tchořovice
During the Cold War
Usage during the Cold War
Reserve airfield.
Tchořovice Airfield on a map 1972
Tchořovice Airfield on a map of the US Department of Defense from 1972
Source: ONC E-2 (1972), Perry-Castañeda Library Map Collection, University of Texas at Austin
Tchořovice Airfield, Germany, on a US satellite image 1979
Tchořovice Airfield on a US satellite image from 16 May 1979. - Already at this time two roads lead across the runway. Apparently the two ramp areas were later extended towards the center of the field.
Source: U.S. Geological Survey
 - 08/26: 2000 m x 30 m
Radio communication
The airfield call sign was TRAMEC (1990).
According to western signals intelligence (SIGINT), the airfield was also called "Navigacni Punkt 830" by the Czechoslovak Air Force (previously "Navigacni Punkt 806").
Simple layout with runway, parallel taxiway and 2 ramps at each end.
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Found a JavaScript assignment on Codewars.com:
The goal of this exercise is to convert a string to a new string where each character in the new string is '(' if that character appears only once in the original string, or ')' if that character appears more than once in the original string. Ignore capitalization when determining if a character is a duplicate.
"din" => "((("
I did the assignment in Java, and came up with below code. I want to know is this the write way to code or is there a better way? If so please let me know.
private static String duplicateEncode(String word) {
 String encodeString = "";
 String decodedString = word.toLowerCase();
 for (int i = 0; i < decodedString.length(); i++) {
 if (decodedString.substring(i + 1, decodedString.length())
 || decodedString.substring(0, i).contains(String.valueOf(decodedString.charAt(i)))) {
 encodeString += ")";
 } else {
 encodeString += "(";
 return encodeString;
First of all, nullbyte is exactly right about the use of a StringBuilder: using a += b for Strings roughly equals new StringBuilder().append(a).append(b).toString() under the hood and thus is a quite expensive operation.
Then, your method to check whether a given charcter exists in the string after a given index is s.substring(i).contains(ch) which again creates a superfluos string object via the substring-call. Instead, simply use s.indexOf(ch, i) to find the next index of ch after the given starting index (returns -1 for "not found").
Additionally, you might consider nullbyte's suggestion to hold the seen-or-not-seen status in a set, which also was my first intuition when reading the exercise. (Right now, you have runtime complexity of O(n^2) which you could reduce to O(n)). You only have to somehow come up with a method to revisit the first character, maybe by not using a set but by usign a map from character to number of occurrences or something like that.
Naming: why decodedString? This is not decoded in any way, this is just lowercase word. I can live with encodeString (or probably better encoded), but decodedString does not look right and does not give the reader any clue about the variable's contents.
public static String encode(String input) {
 input= input.toLowerCase(); //ignoring case
 StringBuilder myNewString = new StringBuilder(); // for holding new String
 for(char ch : input.toCharArray()) {
 if(StringUtils.countMatches(input, ch) > 1){ // more than 1 condition
 }else{ // not repeating chars
I am using StringUtils class from Apache Commons project. So need add this to your import: import org.apache.commons.lang3.StringUtils;
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 \$\begingroup\$ Same as I already commented at nullbyte's answer. This is not a review. BTW, what is StringUtils? \$\endgroup\$ – mtj Mar 13 '18 at 7:13
 - \$\begingroup\$ oh forgot to mention, StringUtils is an Apache Commons project. Edited my original post and added package. Thanks \$\endgroup\$ – SKV Mar 13 '18 at 7:55
 - \$\begingroup\$ This seems to be a little bit more concise solution than the original one. What's the time complexity of the StringUtils.countMatches() method? It's definitely O(n) which doesn't make it any better. You used a StringBuilder though. \$\endgroup\$ – nullbyte Mar 14 '18 at 0:53
Here's a better solution using a hash map:
 public static String encode(String input) {
 final StringBuilder builder = new StringBuilder();
 final Map indexMap = new HashMap<>();
 char ch = Character.toLowerCase(input.charAt(index));
 if(indexMap.containsKey(ch)) {
 int previous = indexMap.get(ch);
 builder.replace(previous, previous+1, ")");
 }else {
 indexMap.put(ch, index);
 return builder.toString();
It requires O(n) time and O(n) additional space, but it's way faster than yours. Also, try using a StringBuilder if you append strings in a loop.
 - \$\begingroup\$ The above code will fail if the first character is coming twice. For eg: if my string is abca, i am expecting an output )((). But the above code will print (((). \$\endgroup\$ – SKV Mar 13 '18 at 6:53
 - \$\begingroup\$ Not worth my karma to downvote this, but I don't consider "I can do it better, here's some code" a review. \$\endgroup\$ – mtj Mar 13 '18 at 7:12
 - \$\begingroup\$ _USER_ Well, I think it's not worth pointing out, but the OP's question is: I want to know if is this the right way to code or if there is a better way? Is this how you read it? First of all, it was not my intention to hurt someone else's feelings by "showing off" with a better solution. Secondly, there's really nothing to review, and I think I've pointed (as well as you have) the main points in my post. I could have done it more explicitly though. \$\endgroup\$ – nullbyte Mar 14 '18 at 0:45
 - \$\begingroup\$ _USER_ Ha! that's a good catch. Thanks. Please see my updated answer \$\endgroup\$ – nullbyte Mar 14 '18 at 0:46
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Arc diagram
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An arc diagram of the Goldner–Harary graph. The red dashed line segment shows where this graph was subdivided to make it Hamiltonian.
In graph drawing, an arc diagram is a style of graph drawing, in which the vertices of a graph are placed along a line in the Euclidean plane, with edges being drawn as semicircles in one of the two halfplanes bounded by the line, or as smooth curves formed by sequences of semicircles. In some cases, line segments of the line itself are also allowed as edges, as long as they connect only vertices that are consecutive along the line.
The use of the phrase "arc diagram" for this kind of drawings follows the use of a similar type of diagram by Wattenberg (2002) to visualize the repetition patterns in strings, by using arcs to connect pairs of equal substrings. However, this style of graph drawing is much older than its name, dating back to the work of Saaty (1964) and Nicholson (1968), who used arc diagrams to study crossing numbers of graphs. An older but less frequently used name for arc diagrams is linear embeddings.[1]
Heer, Bostock & Ogievetsky (2010) write that arc diagrams "may not convey the overall structure of the graph as effectively as a two-dimensional layout", but that their layout makes it easy to display multivariate data associated with the vertices of the graph.
Planar graphs[edit]
As Nicholson (1968) observed, every embedding of a graph in the plane may be deformed into an arc diagram, without changing its number of crossings. In particular, every planar graph has a planar arc diagram. However, this embedding may need to use more than one semicircle for some of its edges.
If a graph is drawn without crossings using an arc diagram in which each edge is a single semicircle, then the drawing is a two-page book embedding, something that is only possible for the subhamiltonian graphs, a subset of the planar graphs.[2] For instance, a maximal planar graph has such an embedding if and only if it contains a Hamiltonian cycle. Therefore, a non-Hamiltonian maximal planar graph such as the Goldner–Harary graph cannot have a planar embedding with one semicircle per edge. Testing whether a given graph has a crossing-free arc diagram of this type (or equivalently, whether it has pagenumber two) is NP-complete.[3]
However, every planar graph has an arc diagram in which each edge is drawn as a biarc with at most two semicircles. More strongly, every st-planar directed graph (a planar directed acyclic graph with a single source and a single sink, both on the outer face) has an arc diagram in which every edge forms a monotonic curve, with these curves all consistently oriented from one end of the vertex line towards the other.[4] For undirected planar graphs, one way to construct an arc diagram with at most two semicircles per edge is to subdivide the graph and add extra edges so that the resulting graph has a Hamiltonian cycle (and so that each edge is subdivided at most once), and to use the ordering of the vertices on the Hamiltonian cycle as the ordering along the line.[5]
Minimizing crossings[edit]
Because it is NP-complete to test whether a given graph has an arc diagram with one semicircle per edge and no crossings, it is also NP-hard to find an arc diagram of this type that minimizes the number of crossings. This crossing minimization problem remains NP-hard, for non-planar graphs, even if the ordering of the vertices along the line is fixed.[1] However, in the fixed-ordering case, an embedding without crossings (if one exists) may be found in polynomial time by translating the problem into a 2-satisfiability problem, in which the variables represent the placement of each arc and the constraints prevent crossing arcs from being placed on the same side of the vertex line.[6] Additionally, in the fixed-ordering case, a crossing-minimizing embedding may be approximated by solving a maximum cut problem in an auxiliary graph that represents the semicircles and their potential crossings (or equivalently, by approximating the MAX2SAT version of the 2-satisfiability instance).[7]
Cimikowski & Shope (1996), Cimikowski (2002), and He, Sýkora & Vrt'o (2005) discuss heuristics for finding arc diagrams with few crossings.
Clockwise orientation[edit]
For drawings of directed graphs, a common convention is to draw each arc in a clockwise direction, so that arcs that are directed from an earlier to a later vertex in the sequence are drawn above the vertex line, and arcs directed from a later to an earlier vertex are drawn below the line. This clockwise orientation convention was developed as part of a different graph drawing style by Fekete et al. (2003), and applied to arc diagrams by Pretorius & van Wijk (2007).
Other uses[edit]
Arc diagrams were used by Brandes (1999) to visualize the state diagram of a shift register, and by Djidjev & Vrt'o (2002) to show that the crossing number of every graph is at least quadratic in its cutwidth.
 1. ^ a b Masuda et al. (1990).
 2. ^ The application of semicircles to edge layout in book embeddings was already made by Bernhart & Kainen (1979), but the explicit connection of arc diagrams with two-page book embeddings seems tо be due to Masuda et al. (1990).
 3. ^ Chung, Leighton & Rosenberg (1987).
 4. ^ Giordano et al. (2007).
 5. ^ Bekos et al. (2013).
 6. ^ Efrat, Erten & Kobourov (2007).
 7. ^ Cimikowski & Mumey (2007).


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1) develop a comprehensive picture of how people with mental health (MH) or substance use disorder (SUD) conditions flow through the criminal justice system within Alameda County;
2) identify gaps, resources, and opportunities for individuals in this population; and
3) develop and prioritize strategies to improve systemand service-level responses for individuals in the target population. The SIM process identified unmet needs for the reentry population including mental health services, substance use disorder recovery services, and housing resources.
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Desiccation in woody plants is common in Colorado, because soils range from sandy to clay and plants rely almost totally on supplemental watering. In addition, nearly all woody plants found in Colorado are imported from different parts of the country and have varying moisture requirements.
Symptoms of desiccation appear when too little or too much water is available. It also occurs in plants that have weak root systems; most often in transplants. Too much water drives oxygen from the soil, which leaves roots unable to absorb water and nutrients. Symptoms of desiccation appear over the course of a day in small, newly transplanted plants. A large conifer may not show symptoms for a couple of years.
In response to desiccation, many plants will try to adapt. Established deciduous woody plants show the most obvious signs of desiccation. To conserve water, these plants often shed some or all their leaves. In the fall, early coloration is a sign of water stress. Cottonwoods, aspens and willows also drop twigs and small branches in a effort to conserve. After several years of inadequate water, the annual growth becomes weak.
Conifers are much less susceptible to desiccation. Their needles are well adapted to xeric conditions. If water stress does occur, it's most likely to happen in spruce and fir. In these plants, you typically won't see symptoms until the following growing season when stunted and off-color needles appear.
Desiccation in broad-leaved evergreens, such as Oregon grape and pyracantha, often appears in leaves, which brown at the margins. To protect broad-leafed evergreens, plant them in a protected area, such as the north side of a structure.
Don't flood plants to correct water deficits. Flooding, even for a short period, can quickly kill a woody plant.
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A great WRITING song from Harry Kindergarten Music!
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Migration directory format
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A version which is the Unix timestamp in nanoseconds when the migration was created is the first part of the name of the directory. Followed by a name which is either manually added or auto-generated by the console. The files inside this directory indicates what step this is. up.sql file is supposed to have forward step(s), e.g. creating a table. The down.sql file should include the corresponding rollback step.


College Babysitters and Nannies
Today many busy families are choosing to hire professional childcare workers to provide an extra level of care for their children by employing college students as part time nannies or babysitters. Why choose a college student as a part time nanny or baby sitter? There are some very good reasons!
Often many college students are from out of town and have the extra expense of food, transportation and accommodation. To defray these costs many college students really need reliable jobs that allow them time for their school work. This need generally means that the college student hired as a part time nanny or babysitter will be dependable and intelligent. Being a college student looking for extra income means that the wage or salary paid will usually be very reasonable.
College students usually have time availability and flexibility, as classes take place at different times of the day, not just on a 9-5 basis, this offers a family the opportunity for part time caregivers whose times match theirs! Generally, these students also have a long summer holiday off of school which gives them an opportunity to find summer employment as temporary part time or full time nannies or babysitters.
There are also the benefits of youth! These college students are generally young adults who have a lot of energy to devote to the children that they care for. They can join in the play and even arrange for hikes and trail walks. College students can also play a very important dual role of nanny/babysitter and tutor. Very often these college student nannies and babysitters will specifically advertise the subjects that are strong in to attract families whose children need the remedial school work. Even if there is no formal agreement to tutor, there is always a need for checking and helping with homework. If a family chooses, they could select a college student who is either from a different country or one that has specialized language skills…what a great opportunity to introduce children to other cultures and languages!
If a family has a child with either special medical or educational needs many of the college students who are looking for work as par time caregivers have excellent, professional training as many of these students are attending nursing college while many others are taking early youth/childhood education programs.
In the end, college students as nannies or babysitters are a great idea, families get excellent care for their children while the children have great opportunities for fun and education…and the college students gain "real life" experience while earning much needed income…this is definitely a "win win" situation!


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Wired Magazine is fascinated by the idea that seed pods can open up after they've been detached from the plant, i.e. after the tissue is "dead." It seems to me that lots of seed pods that open do so after they're "dead" but what do I know, I'm neither a botanist nor a reporter for Wired.
The article uses a Delosperma seed pod as an example of the "rare" phenomenon of dead plant "origami." Since succulents' cell structures can store lots of water, this example's seed pod can unfurl, i.e. open, when the rains come.
Seed capsule from the ice plant Delosperma nakurense in the hydrated, unfolded state. (M. J. Harrington).
Now, what about the fact that these unopened seed pods, or "fruit", are edible and often eaten by the birds?
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There are many possible ways to defend a weapons offence. Our firm has represented hundreds of clients on weapons related offences. We have had charges dismissed based on some of the following factors:
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Weapons offences are complex and are often related to other criminal charges. Caramanna Friedberg LLP has the knowledge, expertise and experience to ensure you have outstanding legal representation when facing a possible conviction.
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ARTHUR DOVE, FERRY BOAT WRECK, 1931
Think about abstraction.
Arthur Garfield Dove was one of the first American artists to explore abstraction. Ferry Boat Wreck is an abstracted version of a specific event; a shipwreck he witnessed near his home in Oyster Bay, Long Island. The dark forms of the sinking boat are outlined against a jagged strip of sand in the foreground and successive bands of waves that merge into clouds.
Ask students what the word abstract might mean. After discussing their ideas, let them know that abstraction refers to a work of art that is not recognizable as a picture of a person, place, or thing. Abstract art may reflect an emotion, a sensation, or an aspect of the real world that has been simplified, generalized, distorted, or rearranged.
Ask students to think about a recent event. How would they create an abstract image of that event?


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Is Hydrogen gas present in biogas? As it is highly inflammable, may it ignite the other gases like methane?
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What's your question here? Are you asking why biogas with hydrogen doesn't spontaneously ignite? – Oreotrephes Jul 10 '13 at 6:51
first question is whether Biogas constitutes Hydrogen and if yes why doesn't then the biogas spontaneously ignite? – sk1 Jul 10 '13 at 6:57
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The constitution of the biogas depends greatly on its source and the fermenting microbe. But in general, it does contain hydrogen about 0-1%. Even if it did contain large amounts, the mixture would be inflammable, but it would not burst into flames without any external igniter, which could be any small fluctuation of heat if the mixture is too unstable. But in general, an inflammable gas doesn't start burning on its own.
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The auto ignition temperature of a combustible mixture of hydrogen in air is 500 degrees C source - Wikipedia. It will not spontaneously ignite, some part of it must first reach that temperature through a spark, flame, or other heat source. Once it ignites, the methane of course will burn too.
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Let $f:A \to B, g:B \to C$. I don't really know how to prove this but I understand what it means.
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Then there exist $a,b$ with $a \neq b$ s.t. $g(a) = g(b)$. $f$ onto means there exist $c,d$ s.t. $f(c) = a, f(d) = b$. But then...
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Learning subject-specific L2 terminology: The effect of medium and order of exposure
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Comprehensive National Power (CNP) (Chinese: 综合国力; pinyin: zōnghé guólì) is a putative measure, important in the contemporary political thought of the People's Republic of China, of the general power of a nation-state. CNP can be calculated numerically by combining various quantitative indices to create a single number held to measure the power of a nation-state.[citation needed] These indices take into account both military factors (known as hard power) and economic and cultural factors (known as soft power).
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National Strategic Resources[edit]
Michael Porter lists five major resources, that is, physical, human, infrastructure, knowledge and capital resources. Accordingly, the national strategic resources are divided into eight categories, with 23 indictors.[3] Those categories constitute CNP:[4]
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6 Russia China Ireland Israel New Zealand Japan France India
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8 Brazil Australia Canada Canada Austria United Kingdom Israel Turkey
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I want to run a query on an Oracle database and for each column in the result set, I want to know the schema that the column came from. I tried the following:
ResultSetMetaData rsMetadata = rs.getMetaData();
String schemaName = rsMetadata.getSchemaName(1)
However, this returns an empty string. Is there any work around to get the schema name?
Edit in response to OMG Ponies:
The tool we are developing takes data from a database and analyzes the data to find the most informative subset for a given question. We then create a query which returns only the rows that are informative for the given question. For instance if we had a customer database and wanted to know which customers are most likely to discontinue their service, our tool can create a query which returns 5% of the customer records which can then be run through high powered analytics algorithms. The benefit is that we run our analysis on only a subset of the data which of course will save time. It turns out as well that the high powered analytics algorithms work better now because the first step was essentially filtering the noise out of our data.
So in response to OMG Ponies, the user specifies the database connection information and query as inputs to our tool. Because they can specify any query they like, it would be possible for a user to connect to connect to schema foo, and then run the following query:
SELECT* FROM bar.customer;
If for some reason eye color and gender were predictors of people discontinuing their service, the resulting query that our system generates might look like this:
SELECT * FROM bar.customer WHERE bar.customer.eye_color='blue'
 AND bar.customer.gender='M'
It would be nice to know the schema for each column in the results set so we can make sure our query will run correctly. We could assume the schema is the same as the schema used in the database connection and that should be fine 99% of the time. I'm just concerned for that 1% of the time a user might do something unexpected like run a query against another schema.
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Just need to look at the table(s) to get the schema, but that'll give you grief if you are dealing with a view... It begs the question - why don't you have access to the schema? – OMG Ponies Nov 2 '10 at 20:58
Good question! The short answer is that the user can specify any query they like which means they could in theory refer to any schema. I edited the question with the more complete answer. – Jay Askren Nov 3 '10 at 18:47
Can't the query manipulator verify that the schemas and tables are valid? It sounds like you're executing the modified query and passing the results back, so you already know it works. If you're actually passing the modified query back to be executed later, and really want the information, can you extract and pass back a list of the schemas/tables involved as well? I'm still not clear why it would be a problem, unless you're modifying and executing the query while connected as different users. – Alex Poole Nov 9 '10 at 19:31
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According to an old Oracle code sample:
OracleResultSetMetaData interface does not implement the getSchemaName() and getTableName() methods because underlying protocol does not make this feasible.
That implies to me that ResultSetMetaData will not have those methods for an Oracle either, at least when using an Oracle driver. (I tried with the OCI driver to see if that made a difference, but apparently not).
There's a WebLogic 8 document that suggests it could be done, but that type 4 driver has been deprecated in later releases. So it's possible you may still be able to find a third-party driver that supports getSchemaName() against Oracle, but it seems unlikely.
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You may be able to get this information with some custom functions and queries. Basically, find the columns used by a query with DBMS_SQL and then match that to the tables referenced in v$sql_plan. There are potentially a large number of issues with this approach though; possible ambiguities between which column came from which table, and different objects in the explain plan, etc.
--#1: Create some test data
create table employee (id number primary key, name varchar2(100), department_id number);
create table department(id number primary key, name varchar2(100), test number);
insert into department select level, 'department test', level from dual connect by level <= 100;
insert into employee select level, 'employee test', level from dual connect by level <= 100;
--Actually run the query for this example so there will be data in the data dictionary.
select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id =;
--#2: The first difficult part is to find the sql_id of the query. Can you get this directly from the
-- result set? If not not you'll have to find it.
-- I'm not exactly sure how you'll want to do this, here are some options:
--Look at the last loaded query in v$sql (I don't think this always works, especially if the query has run multiple times)
select * from v$sql where v$sql.parsing_schema_name = user order by first_load_time desc;
--Compare the query text (sql_text removes newlines, sql_fulltext is a clob)
select * from v$sql where sql_text like'select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id =';
--Find the last sql_id for this session. This doesn't work for me, maybe it's just an express edition bug?
select prev_sql_id, v$session.* from v$session where sid = sys_context('USERENV', 'SID');
--Look at the plan. Note that there may be an index instead of a table.
--(On my system the sql_id is 0k2t2y1d312j8, but it will probably be different on yours)
select * from v$sql_plan where sql_id = '0k2t2y1d312j8';
--3: Create a type and a function to return all of the columns from a specific query.
--It'd be more consistent to use the SQL_ID here, but then there are permission issues if we
--have to get the text from v$sql.
create or replace type varchar2_tab is table of varchar2(30);
create or replace function get_columns(sql_text in varchar2) return varchar2_tab
authid current_user pipelined is
 my_cursor number;
 column_count number;
 my_columns DBMS_SQL.DESC_TAB;
 select count(*) into column_count from v$sql;
 my_cursor := dbms_sql.open_cursor;
 dbms_sql.parse(my_cursor, sql_text, dbms_sql.native);
 dbms_sql.describe_columns(my_cursor, column_count, my_columns);
 for i in 1.. my_columns.count loop
 pipe row(my_columns(i).col_name);
 end loop;
--Test queries. Note that it's possible for a column to be listed twice.
select * from table(get_columns('select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id ='));
--4: Find the columns and their tables and schemas that are used in a query.
--Currently this only works for tables and indexes in the explain plan.
--There's probably a large number of items that won't work - materialized views, clusters(?), pipelined functiions, etc.
--You'll need to add each object type as necessary.
--(Remember to replace the SQL_ID and the query text with the real values)
select distinct owner, table_name, column_name
 --Find all the columns for the relevant tables
 select all_tab_cols.owner, all_tab_cols.table_name, all_tab_cols.column_name
 --Find the relevant tables from the plans (may need to find the table behind an index)
 nvl(all_indexes.table_owner, plan_objects.object_owner) owner,
 nvl(all_indexes.table_name, plan_objects.object_name) table_name
 select object_owner, object_name, object_type
 from v$sql_plan
 where sql_id = '0k2t2y1d312j8'
 object_type = 'TABLE'
 or object_type like 'INDEX%'
 ) plan_objects
 left outer join all_indexes
 on plan_objects.object_name = all_indexes.index_name
 and plan_objects.object_type like 'INDEX%'
 ) relevant_tables
 inner join all_tab_cols
 on relevant_tables.owner = all_tab_cols.owner
 and relevant_tables.table_name = all_tab_cols.table_name
) relevant_tab_cols
--It would be more
inner join table(get_columns('select employee.* from employee inner join department on department_id =')) all_possible_columns
 on relevant_tab_cols.column_name = all_possible_columns.column_value;
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The MySchool MyVillage MyPlanet programme is a unique fundraising tool which is already being used by over 8 000 schools, charities and welfare groups (our "beneficiaries"). We provide these registered beneficiaries with the opportunity to use the MySchool programme in order to raise supplementary annuity income for their organisations. This tool includes our management of the programme infrastructure, logistics, payment processing and allocation, card issuing, client service, query management, and reporting tools. We also provide the registered beneficiaries with various resources, such as customised application forms, website content and advice on how to use the programme to raise monthly sustainable funds through the programme.
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One way of determining the heath of a Rotary engine is to conduct a "Compression" test. Done correctly this will give you a good indication of general condition of each Rotor's Apex, Side and Corner Seals. It will be necessary to "Normalise" results to a Crank speed of 250 rpm. It would be extremely rare for the engine to crank at that exact speed.
(The engine must be at normal operating temperature)
1. Remove the Leading spark-plug on each Rotor. (Disconnect Crank Case Sensor).
2. With the throttle wide open, crank engine to clear out any liquid or contaminates in the rotor housings.
3. Connect up Calibration Equipment.
4. Screw the calibrated pressure Transducers into the leading spark plug hole on each rotor housing.
4. Crank engine with throttle wide open and the clutch pedal fully down.
5. Using the Laptop record output from measurement equipment.
6. Convert readings into required figures.
7. Normalise results for 250rpm.
8. Record actual "Compression Test Results" (see below).
9. Print Customer Hardcopy.
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We investigate the role of trust in strategic information sharing in global supply chains with both empirical and theoretical lenses. The canonical theory predicts that when economic incentives are far apart, no information will be effectively shared in any equilibrium. In sharp contrast, we show that a continuum of spontaneous trust exists among human decision makers who interacted in experimental supply chains (Experiment 1). We further demonstrate that cultural differences between China and the U.S. significantly affect how spontaneous trust manifests in within-country versus cross-country supply chains. In addition, repeated interactions lead to distinct behavioral dynamics between Chinese and U.S. individuals (Experiments 2 and 3). Finally, we develop the first analytical model of trust in strategic supply chain information sharing, and we show that the model can explain our experimental observations well.
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Dual Purpose Cutting Head
This coke-cutting procedure involves the use of a combination coke-cutting/drilling tool made by Pacific Pumps (Dresser Industries), as shown in Figure 2-12. This cutting head is currently in use in a large minority of U.S. cokers. The Worthington dual-purpose cutting head was found to be impractical and is no longer available.
The head permits switching from the pilot bit mode to the cutting mode, using the same head. Switching is a five-minute manual operation.
The tool design has jet nozzles that create a tighter stream of water that maintains its energy at the wall of large-diameter coke drums. The nozzle concentrates the power from the jet pump and provides a sharper hydraulic jet of water to more effectively cut the coke.
One operator reported that the combination head reduced the cutting time (time from completion of pilot drilling to the time the jet pump is stopped) from 2.5 hours using another bit design, to about 1.6 hours with the combination bit.
When cutting soft, fuel-grade coke or shot coke from a large-diameter drum, and utilizing a high-discharge-pressure jet pump, the main impediment to rapid coke cutting is coke cave-in which can bind the drill stem.
The following drilling and cutting procedure is designed to be used with the combination cutting head to help reduce the cave-in problem and increase the speed with which the coke can be removed from the drum:
- Drill the pilot hole while gradually lowering the stem at a rate of approximately 10 ft/min. A maximum drill stem rotational speed of 15-20 rpm is recommended to create a pilot hole diameter of about 2.5 ft at the top of the coke bed. Do not cut coke out of the bottom cone.
- After the pilot hole is completed, stop the drilling unit and oil the pneumatic motor.
- Withdraw the drill stem with the flow of cutting water stopped. Remember that the top 5-10 ft of the coke bed is like sand and can easily collapse, jamming the drill stem. This can be prevented by careful removal of the stem and by avoiding undercutting the soft coke layer. Undercutting can be prevented by carefully enlarging the pilot hole by running the cutting head down again.
- Switch the combination cutting tool from the pilot drilling mode to the cutting mode by applying air pressure to a fitting on the combination tool and observing the position of a 1 -in. steel pin (refer to manufacturer's instructions).
- Open a 3- or 4-in. water connection located under the drum-relief valve to allow quench water to suppress the evolution of steam from the top head of the drum. This will improve the operator's visibility when the tool mode is switched.
- Adjust the drill stem motor to rotate at a rate of 8-10 rpm and begin coke cutting.
- As cutting progresses, observe the size of the coke lumps leaving the drum. Control the vertical speed of the drill stem so that the lumps leaving the drum are about fist size. Increase the vertical speed if the lump size increases, and decrease the speed if the lumps get smaller. Controlling the lump size is important to avoid cave-ins that result in bottom-head plugging.
- The first pass of the cutting head should enlarge the pilot hole to 4-5 ft in diameter at the top of the coke bed (with water flowing on both the downstroke and the upstroke).
- Make two more passes with the drill stem turning at 8-10 rpm. After the third pass, the level of coke in the drum will be reduced by about 20 ft. This means that, to save time, the cutting head should not be raised to the original starting point after each pass. Gauging the residual level of coke in the drum can be done by observing the evolution of steam from the top head. If no coke is being cut and no coke is falling through the drum, steam evolution will increase. Experienced operators can also note the sound of water striking the metal sides of the drum, indicating coke has been removed from that level in the drum.
- The fourth and subsequent passes should be made with the drill stem readjusted to rotate at 6-8 rpm. Reducing the head rotation speed keeps the tangential velocity of the water jet at the coke interface at a relatively constant value as the coke wall approaches the drum wall.
- In a typical operation, four to six more passes will be required to fully remove the remaining coke. Each of these remaining passes will take about 10-12 minutes.
- After the last cutting pass, a tough ring of coke, several feet high and several feet above the bottom of the drum, will adhere to the drum wall. This can be removed using the high-energy jets of the combination tool. This generally takes only a few minutes. With other head types, this layer has to be removed by grinding.
The procedure depends on a good source of clarified water supply to the cutting head and frequent inspection of the cutting nozzles for wear.
The procedure will reduce cutting time for large coke drums making primarily fuel-grade coke. Field experience indicates that the procedure can decoke drums containing up to 1,000 tons of green coke in about two hours.
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The pitch hunt: The role of voice pitch in top-down repair of interrupted speechClarke, J. N. 2017 [Groningen]: University of Groningen. 190 p.
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For a normal hearing person, understanding speech from a single talker is effortless in quiet surrounding. It becomes more challenging when the talker is surrounded by a loud crowd or other kind of noise. Individuals with hearing impairment might already experience problems in understanding speech in quiet, and it may become even more challenging in noise. In the present dissertation, I investigated how characteristics of the voice of a talker contribute to understanding speech in difficult listening situation. For this, I presented sentences, which were either interrupted with silent gaps, or with noise filling in the gaps, making speech perception more challenging. I further manipulated the vocal characteristics of these sentences, allowing me to test for effects of vocal characteristic manipulation in challenging listening scenarios. The participants had to employ cognitive strategies to perceptually restore the parts of the sentences that were replaced with either silence or noise. I found that interrupted speech can be successfully restored even for some voice manipulations, when linguistic context prevails over these manipulations. The results help to establish the importance of pitch for interrupted-speech perception as well as for triggering the cognitive restoration mechanisms, especially when the input sounds are degraded, as in hearing-impairment. However, interestingly, speech perception improvement that was expected to occur with access to pitch cues was not captured at the group level for actual hearing-impaired individuals, although they perceived better sound quality. These findings contribute to assessing how to improve speech perception in noise for hearing-impaired individuals.
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Journal of Applied Business Research
A monocentric model of land use that assumes urban spatial size is determined by a set of exogenous variables is employed to test the hypothesis that urban land size is negatively related to gasoline prices. Using a model from Brueckner and Fansler (1983), the amount of urbanized land area is shown to be a function of population, income, agricultural land prices and commuting costs. The latter is measured as the price of gasoline, broken into two components; the amount of any state gasoline excise tax imposed plus the total price paid by consumers minus such a tax. Using 1990 data, an empirical model that defines the dependent variable as the average-sized urban area in each state is estimated. The results confirm that higher levels of population and income contribute to larger amounts of urbanized land area, while higher land prices are primarily associated with smaller urban size. Of importance to this study, the results indicate that states with higher gas prices, mainly due to increased state gasoline excise taxes, are associated with smaller urban size.


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This article presents the results of studies on the motivation of highly qualified athletes involved in Paralympics sport football five-a-side, which was held at the international friendly tournament in Silvi Marina (Italy) in June 2018. The main factors determining the importance of results in achieving the results are physical and mental stresses corresponding to critical values. The study of sports motivation of qualified Paralympics football players of the national team of the Russian Federation began with the definition of a list of motives for playing football five-a-side (sports of the blind). Analysis and generalization of literary sources made it possible to form an extended circle of motivation, and interviewing and questioning current athletes and coaches, allowed to determine the list of motives of highly qualified athletes, included in the questionnaire for study. The study involved active athletes of the youth and main staff of the Russian national team. Football players represented three regions: Moscow, Moscow Region, and the Republic of Mari El. In total, 13 respondents took part in the survey. The data obtained were statistically processed using the method of average values (calculations were performed using the standard Microsoft Excel for Windows software package).
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Psionic Classes
pictpictAlignment: Any.
Hit Die: d4.
Class Skills
The psion's class skills (and the key ability for each skill) are Concentration* (Con), Craft (Int), Knowledge (all skills, taken individually)* (Int), Profession (Wis), and Psicraft* (Int). In addition, a psion gains access to additional class skills based on his discipline:
Seer (Clairsentience): Gather Information (Cha), Listen (Wis), and Spot (Wis).
Shaper (Metacreativity): Bluff (Cha), Disguise (Cha), and Use Psionic Device* (Cha).
Kineticist (Psychokinesis): Autohypnosis* (Wis), Disable Device (Dex), and Intimidate (Cha).
Egoist (Psychometabolism): Autohypnosis* (Wis), Balance (Dex) and Heal (Wis).
Nomad (Psychoportation): Climb (Str), Jump (Str), Ride (Dex), Survival (Wis), and Swim (Str).
Telepath (Telepathy): Bluff (Cha), Diplomacy (Cha), Gather Information (Cha), and Sense Motive (Wis).
*New skill or expanded use of existing skill.
Skill Points at Each Additional Level: 2 + Int modifier.
Table: The Psion
Attack Bonus
SpecialPower Points/Day
Powers KnownMaximum Power Level Known
1st+0+0+0+2Bonus feat, discipline
5th+2+1+1+4Bonus feat
10th+5+3+3+7Bonus feat
15th+7/+2+5+5+9Bonus feat
20th+10/+5+6+6+12Bonus feat
Class Features
All the following are class features of the psion.
Choose the powers known from the psion power list, or from the list of powers of your chosen discipline. You cannot choose powers from restricted discipline lists other than your own discipline list. You can choose powers from disciplines other than your own if they are not on a restricted discipline list. (Exception: The feats Expanded Knowledge and Epic Expanded Knowledge do allow a psion to learn powers from the lists of other disciplines or even other classes.) A psion can manifest any power that has a power point cost equal to or lower than his manifester level.
The Difficulty Class for saving throws against psion powers is 10 + the power's level + the psion's Intelligence modifier. Maximum Power Level Known: A psion begins play with the ability to learn 1st-level powers. As he attains higher levels, a psion may gain the ability to master more complex powers.
A psicrystal is a fragment of a psionic character's personality, brought into physical form and a semblance of life (via the Psicrystal Affinity feat). A psicrystal appears as a crystalline construct about the size of a human hand.
Because it is an extension of its creator's personality, a character's psicrystal is in some ways a part of him. That's why, for example, a psionic character can manifest a personal range power on his psicrystal even though normally he can manifest such a power only on himself.
A psicrystal is treated as a construct for the purposes of all effects that depend on its type.
A psicrystal grants special abilities to its owner, as shown on the Psicrystal Special Abilities table below. In addition, a psicrystal has a personality (being a fragment of the owner's personality), which gives its owner a bonus on certain types of checks or saving throws, as given on the Psicrystal Personalities table below. These special abilities and bonuses apply only when the owner and the psicrystal are within 1 mile of each other.
Psicrystal abilities are based on the owner's levels in psionic classes. Levels from other classes do not count toward the owner's level for purposes of psicrystal abilities.
A psicrystal can speak one language of its owner's choice (so long as it is a language the owner knows). A psicrystal can understand all other languages known by its owner, but cannot speak them. This is a supernatural ability.
Psicrystal Basics: Use the statistics for a psicrystal, but make the following changes.
Saving Throws: A psicrystal uses its owner's base saving throw bonuses and ability modifiers on saves, though it doesn't enjoy any other bonuses its owner might have (from magic items or feats, for example).
Abilities: When its self-propulsion ability is not activated, a psicrystal has no Strength score and no Dexterity score.
Skills: A psicrystal has the same skill ranks as its owner, except that it has a minimum of 4 ranks each in Spot, Listen, Move Silently, and Search. (Even if its owner has no ranks in these skills, a psicrystal has 4 ranks in each.) A psicrystal uses its own ability modifiers on skill checks.
Psicrystal Special Abilities
Owner LevelNatural
Armor Adj.
Int Adj.
Alertness, improved evasion, personality, self-propulsion, share powers, sighted, telepathic link
Deliver touch powers
Telepathic speech
Power resistance
Sight link
Channel power
Psicrystal Ability Descriptions: All psicrystals have special abilities (or impart abilities to their owners) depending on the level of the owner, as shown on the table above. The abilities on the table are cumulative.
Natural Armor Adj. (Ex): This number noted here is an improvement to the psicrystal's natural armor bonus (normally 0). It represents a psicrystal's preternatural durability.
Intelligence Adj. (Ex): Add this value to the psicrystal's Intelligence score. Psicrystals are as smart as people (though not necessarily as smart as smart people).
Alertness (Ex): The presence of a psicrystal sharpens its master's senses. While a psicrystal is within arm's reach (adjacent to or in the same square as its owner), its owner gains the Alertness feat.
Improved Evasion (Ex): If a psicrystal is subjected to an attack that normally allows a Reflex saving throw for half damage, it takes no damage if it makes a successful saving throw and half damage even if the saving throw fails.
Personality (Ex): Every psicrystal has a personality. See Psicrystal Personality, below.
Self-Propulsion (Su): As a standard action, its owner can will a psicrystal to form spidery, ectoplasmic legs that grant the psicrystal a land speed of 30 feet and a climb speed of 20 feet. The legs fade into nothingness after one day (or sooner, if the owner desires).
Share Powers (Su): At the owner's option, he can have any power (but not any psi-like ability) he manifests on himself also affect his psicrystal. The psicrystal must be within 5 feet of him at the time of the manifestation to receive the benefit. If the power has a duration other than instantaneous, it stops affecting the psicrystal if it moves farther than 5 feet away, and will not affect the psicrystal again, even if it returns to its owner before the duration expires.
Additionally, the owner can manifest a power with a target of "You" on his psicrystal (as a touch range power) instead of on himself. The owner and psicrystal cannot share powers if the powers normally do not affect creatures of the psicrystal's type (construct).
Sighted (Ex): Although it has no physical sensory organs, a psicrystal can telepathically sense its environment as well as a creature with normal vision and hearing. Darkness (even supernatural darkness) is irrelevant, as are areas of supernatural silence, though a psicrystal still can't discern invisible or ethereal beings. A psicrystal's sighted range is 40 feet.
Telepathic Link (Su): The owner has a telepathic link with his psicrystal out to a distance of up to 1 mile. The owner cannot see through the psicrystal's senses, but the two of them can communicate telepathically as if the psicrystal were the target of a mindlink power manifested by the owner. For instance, a psicrystal placed in a distant room could relay the activities occurring in that room.
Because of the telepathic link between a psicrystal and its owner, the owner has the same connection to an item or place that the psicrystal does. For instance, if his psicrystal has seen a room, the owner can teleport into that room as if he has seen it too.
Deliver Touch Powers (Su): If the owner is 3rd level or higher, his psicrystal can deliver touch powers for him. If the owner and psicrystal are in contact at the time the owner manifests a touch power, he can designate his psicrystal as the "toucher." The psicrystal can then deliver the touch power just as the owner could. As usual, if the owner manifests another power before the touch is delivered, the touch power dissipates.
Telepathic Speech (Ex): If the owner is 5th level or higher, the psicrystal


1. The tallest Easter egg chocolate was made in Italy in 2011. It stood at 10.39 meters and weighed an astounding 7,200 kg
2.The art of painting eggs is called pysanka, which originated in Ukraine. It involves using wax and dyes to color the egg.
3.The term Easter gets its name from Eastre, the Anglo-Saxon goddess who symbolizes the hare and the egg.
4.Americans consume more than 16 million jelly beans during this holiday. That is enough jelly beans to circle the globe not once, not twice, but three times.
5.During the holiday, more than 90 million chocolate bunnies, 91.4 billion eggs and 700 million Peeps are produced each year in the United States alone.


French movie 'Cuties' fails as a social commentary, Netflix needs to take it down
The movie 'Cuties' (French: Mignonnes) is a 2020 French comedy-drama that showcases young girls, aged 11, engaging in acts and dance forms that hypersexualises them.
While the context of the movie tries to take a coming of age stance that shows a young girl grappling with personal challenges versus a changing digital culture and reclaiming her childhood at the end of the movie, it fails in its treatment of this context.
From the first few minutes of the movie it builds a world where young girls are shown to be engaging in sexual conversations and actions. These are not showcased as curious explorations that children at different ages may have but as actions that are serving the needs of the world around them.
Fifty eight minutes into the movie the lead child actress is shown twerking for two men who manage a facility the girls had entered without making the requisite payments, one of the men is shown to be checking the girl out and enjoying her actions.
The movie also makes us think about the number of child artists who have had to audition for these roles and the acts they have had to perform towards this selection.
While the intent behind the making of the movie may have been positive, the treatment of the movie making process, the final scenes that the audience views, as well as the basic content of the movie itself places children in an unsafe sexualised environment and subjects the artists of the movie to possible consumption of the movie in an unsafe manner.
The filmmakers and Netflix have stated that the intent of the movie was to throw light on and criticize the hypersexualisation of young children, especially young girls. However, the lens through which the movie is made is often predatory and does not adequately relay this critique to the audience.
There are multiple petitions on that are urging Netflix to take the movie off its platform. We are urging to combine the power of these petitions to get Netflix to take action and remove the movie from its platform. You can add your voice to this movement by signing one of the petitions.
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AudioLord of the Flies Study Guide for iPad by RocketBook
Go to the head-of-the-class with comprehensive AUDIO study guides for your iPad. RocketBook, in collaboration with iPREPpress has created mobile AUDIO study guides for a number of novels and plays that are required reading at the high school level.
* All the audio is resident in the APP, not streamed from the Internet. You can use this product anywhere!
But these are study guides like you've never seen before. Designed especially for teen audiences, the professional narration and background music make the presentations engaging and easier to remember.
Even though these study guides are much more stimulating and memorable than the stale, printed or audio study notes from other sources, the material is very solid. Presented chapter-by-chapter, each lesson includes:
* Chapter summary and contains:
- Character development
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With its 12 audio lessons, Lord of the Flies by William Goldinng, springs to life. Use Rocketbook as a complement to your reading assignment. It will enhance your reading experience and help you retain the key facts to ace your book reports and tests.
These guides are especially helpful for students with learning disabilities but they are excellent for all students.
RocketBook has over 35 audio and video titles including:
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Each audio and video study guide app has been meticulously created by iPREPpress LLC, a leader in educational iPod, iPhone and mobile device development and distribution.


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An institutional investor is an entity that trades securities in such large volumes that it qualifies for transactional discounts. This entity typically trades on behalf of its members. An institutional investor may have an in-house research staff, and may also rely on the advice of outside specialists in making investment decisions. It is more likely to engage in sophisticated trading strategies than retail investors. Examples of institutional investors are:
Labor union funds
Life insurance companies
Because of the high trading volumes initiated by these entities, their transactions comprise a large part of the total traffic flowing through the various stock exchanges. Given their high trading volumes, institutional investors typically avoid purchasing the securities of smaller companies, in order to avoid significant ownership percentages.


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Describe the scene as Bilbo approaches the region where the trees ended in chapter 10 in The Hobbit.
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Chapter Ten of The Hobbit, entitled "A Warm Welcome," opens with the dwarves and Bilbo's leaving the Mirkwood forest at last. As the tree line dwindles, Bilbo sees the open prospect before him unfold, revealing open marshes with small isles and a steady, wide river. Far in the distance, the Lonely Mountain looms with "its dark head in a torn cloud" (170). The mountain seems like a dark omen, and Bilbo does not like the looks of it. As Bilbo continues his journey into the open land, he realizes that his decision to escape via river was a sound one, for most of the roads running along the river have fallen into disrepair.
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*Sausage* is from the Latin _salsus_ (salted): the Romans made sausages of salted meat to eat during the winter months. About 1900 Harry Stevens sold frankfurters (first made at Frankfurt am Main) in hot bread rolls at a New York baseball ground. The cartoonist TA Dorgan called these 'hot dogs' in a cartoon of a dachshund in a bread roll, perhaps because of rumours as to the contents of the sausages. Dorgan also invented the phrase 'cat's pyjamas'.
_Botulism_, a bug that was first found in tinned sausages, is from the Latin _botulus_ (sausage). _Bowel_ is from the same root. Another bug that causes food poisoning, _salmonella_, has nothing to do with salmon but gets its name from the US pathologist, Daniel Elmer Salmon (_PHONE_).


How many species of giraffe are there?
In a recent paper in Current Biology, Fennessy and colleagues [1] conclude that there are four species of giraffe and that their numbers are declining in Africa. Giraffes (Giraffa camelopardalis) are presently classifi ed as one species, with nine subspecies, which are considered 'Vulnerable' on the IUCN Red List [2]. The present consensus of one species divided into nine subspecies has previously been questioned (Supplemental information), and Fennessy and colleagues [1] provide another viewpoint on giraffe taxonomy. The fundamental reason for different taxonomic interpretations is that they are based upon different datasets that adopt different statistical techniques and follow different criteria for nomenclature.
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To avoid image piracy risks, the exposure to image URLs must be restricted so that only thumbnailed or watermarked images can be obtained. To do this, you can enable source image protection.
After enabling the source image protection, you cannot access images in the following two ways:
- Access directly with an OSS address:
- Request thumbnails with processing parameters:
You can only access images in style mode:
- Access through URL parameters
- Access through separators
- The preceding rules only apply to anonymous accesses to public-read files. After enabling the source image protection, you can obtain source images using a signature-based method.
- The source image protection is designed for protecting image files, and the suffixes of the image files to be protected must be set. For example, if.jpg files are set for source image protection, you can still directly access the source images of.png files.
You can configure the access rules in the Image Processing module of the bucket in the console. Access rules
Configure access rules
- In the left-side bucket list of the OSS console, click the bucket for which you want to set the source image protection.
- Click the Image Processing tab to locate the Access Settings button. See the following figure:
- Click Access Settings to open the Access Settings dialog box, as shown in the following figure:
In the Settings dialog box, perform the following settings:
- Enable source image protection: After enabling the source image protection, you can only access the image file by passing in the stylename or using a signature-based method. Direct accesses to the OSS source file or accesses by passing in image parameters and modifying the image style are not allowed.
- Set the suffixes of the image files for source image protection.
- Customize separators.
- Once you set the needed options, click OK to finish setting the source image protection.