Rétha Oceanic Gin
Rétha Spiritueux is a unique micro-distillery located on the Île de Ré, off the coast of the Cognac region. The name Retha is derived from word for "inhabitant" in the patois of the island. The island is nicknamed "Ré la blanche," or White Re, in reference to the white color of its houses painted with lime and the clarity of the sunlight.
Rétha Spiritueux pays homage to its terroir, its oceanic environment, and the artisanal knowledge of Charentais distillation. Their approach is based on the desire to use the local, natural resources to create authentic spirits.
Rétha spirits are hand-distilled to keep the strength and essence of the raw materials in a micro-distillery, borrowing from the expertise of traditional Charentais distillers.
A water bath is used to allow a slower distillation and better quality. Depending on the needs and specifications of the products to be distilled, it makes it possible to pass from a double-pass distillation or a column distillation .
Rétha Oceanic Gin is a "distilled gin" resulting from a maceration and then a distillation. Filtration is done at room temperature to preserve the aromas and smooth texture that refer to the ocean sweetness.
The ingredients of Gin by Rétha have been carefully selected to convey the sensations of a stroll on the coast.
The recipe of Rétha Oceanic Gin uses the fucus variety algae freshly harvested by hand on the Rétais coastline.
Highly loaded with iodine, they are recognized for their therapeutic virtues. In some Asian countries, they are part of the food consumed regularly.
They are greenish brown in color and have clear gaseous vesicles that allow them to float while attaching themselves to the rock with a disc - shaped crampon.
Tasting Notes
Rétha Oceanic Gin is a distilled gin inspired by the riches of the sea.
Its innovative recipe uses the fucus algae hand-harvested on the Île de Ré to produce a well-tempered gin that pays homage to its maritime identity.
Its oceanic flavors, invigorating, iodized, and its freshness transport you to the edges of the Atlantic Ocean.
An adaptable gin, it works well consumed neat, on the rocks, as an aperitif or digestive, and brings an oceanic touch to the classic Gin and Tonic.
Juniper berry, the foundation of all gins, brings freshness and the invigorating side of the Atlantic. The latter is reinforced by a note of ginger that supports this feeling.
The palate opens and finishes on the iodine, salty and maritime touch of the Fucus algae, complemented by an astonishing citrus note that is enhanced by a hint of lemon. Finally pepper brings strength and ocean power.


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According to the paper introducting Batch Normalization, the actual BN function is given as:
 - Input: Values of $x$ over a mini-batch $\mathcal B = \{x_{1,\ldots,m}\}$; parameters to be learned $\gamma,\beta$.
 - Output: $\{y_i = \mathrm{BN}_{\gamma,\beta}(x_i)\}$.
$\mu_{\mathcal B} \leftarrow \frac1m \sum_{i = 1}^m x_i$
$\sigma^2_{\mathcal B} \leftarrow \frac1m \sum_{i=1}^m (x_i - \mu_{\mathcal B})^2$
$\hat x_i \leftarrow \frac{x_i - \mu_{\mathcal B}}{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}$
$y_i \leftarrow \gamma \hat x_i + \beta \equiv \mathrm{BN}_{\gamma,\beta}(x_i)$
(Here, $\epsilon$ is some small constant added for numerical stability. The above is an almost exact copy of the box Algorithm 1, in section 3 of the paper linked above.)
Now, $\gamma,\beta$ are learned parameters, as far as I can tell on the level of each mini-batch. In particular, for a fixed mini-batch they can take any value. It seems to me that this makes shifting by the mean and scaling by the standard deviation pointless. The resulting output values are given by $$ y_i = \frac{\gamma}{{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}}x_i + \beta - \frac{\gamma }{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}\mu_{\mathcal B}. $$ Hence, if we define $$ \gamma' = \frac{\gamma}{{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}}, $$ $$ \beta' = \beta - \frac{\gamma }{\sqrt{\sigma_{\mathcal B}^2 + \epsilon}}\mu_{\mathcal B}, $$ we might as just have defined and learned values for $\beta',\gamma'$ and then returned $y_i = \gamma'x_i + \beta'$.
I presume that I misunderstand -- can someone explain where I went wrong?
 - $\begingroup$ I had the same question and found the answer here. TL;DR the explicit mean and variance values are redundant but they make it easier to train. $\endgroup$ – Timmmm Jan 16 '19 at 17:00
I'm by no means an expert on this topic, but here are my thoughts.
I think the main point of batch normalization is that training of each network layer is unaffected by changes in scale of the preceding layers. The author wrote
$$BN(Wu) = BN((aW)u)$$
for any scalar $a$. Thus, also backpropagated error is unaffected as well. So there is no scale explosion, even when learning rate is high.
If you simply apply
$$BN(x) = y_i = \gamma_ix_i + \beta_i, \text{ where } x = Wu$$
the above no longer holds.
Parameters $\gamma$ and $\beta$ are a must have, because otherwise the normalized outputs $\hat{x_i}$ would be mostly close to $0$, which would hinder the network ability to fully utilize nonlinear transformations (authors give an example of sigmoid function, which is close to identity transformation in $0$ proximity)
Finally, one can argue that the input $y = Wx + b$ to the BN layer, as a combination of many factors, may resemble Gaussian distribution (CLT). So by studentizing it we keep the inputs stable and, hopefully, following standard normal distribution to some degree.
 - $\begingroup$ Unless I misunderstand, while it is true that $\mathrm{BN}(Wu) = \mathrm{BN}((aW)u)$, the function actually depends on two more arguments, which are hidden here. A more explicit equation would be $\mathrm{BN}_{\beta,\gamma}(Wu) = \mathrm{BN}_{\beta,\gamma}((aW)u)$. And that is all nice and true, but if $\beta,\gamma$ themselves may vary depending on which input we are talking about, the equation does not really tell us anything. I presume this is where my misunderstanding arises, but: I do still misunderstand. $\endgroup$ – Mees de Vries Apr 5 '17 at 20:17
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ Why do you think it doesn't tell us anything, what does it matter that $\beta_i$ and $\gamma_i$ vary for each $i$. $\endgroup$ – Łukasz Grad Apr 5 '17 at 20:35
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ $\gamma$ and $\beta$ are learned parameters, just like any others in network - weights and biases. You may even throw away bias nodes because $\beta$ acts as bias, and they don't change from batch to batch (maybe this is were you're stuck) you simply update them every batch according to batch gradient $\endgroup$ – Łukasz Grad Apr 5 '17 at 20:42
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 $\begingroup$ Ah, I see it now. Earlier on the page, $\gamma,\beta$ are introduced with an index (as $\gamma^{(k)}, \beta^{(k)}$, leading me in my haste to erroneously read that the values varied of $\beta,\gamma$ varied with the input; but these are just the coordinates of the (single, trained) vectors $\gamma,\beta$. Thank you! $\endgroup$ – Mees de Vries Apr 6 '17 at 8:41
If someone passes by this question in the future, Ian Goodfellow and Yoshua Bengio and Aaron Courville's Deep Learning, Section 8.7.1 can give a good explanation:
Normalizing the mean and standard deviation of a unit can reduce the expressive power of the neural network containing that unit. To maintain the expressive power of the network, it is common to replace the batch of hidden unit activations $H$ with $\gamma H+\beta$ rather than simply the normalized $H$. The variables $\gamma$ and $\beta$ are learned parameters that allow the new variable to have any mean and standard deviation. At first glance, this may seem useless — why did we set the mean to $0$, and then introduce a parameter that allows it to be set back to any arbitrary value $\beta$?
The answer is that the new parametrization can represent the same family of functions of the input as the old parametrization, but the new parametrization has different learning dynamics. In the old parametrization, the mean of $H$ was determined by a complicated interaction between the parameters in the layers below $H$. In the new parametrization, the mean of $\gamma H+\beta$ is determined solely by $\beta$. The new parametrization is much easier to learn with gradient descent.
 - $\begingroup$ +1 Thank you for adding this clear and concise explanation. I've added a more complete citation and used Mathjax ($\LaTeX$) formatting to improve clarity. More information: math.meta.stackexchange.com/questions/5020/… $\endgroup$ – Sycorax Jan 2 '20 at 16:15
Correct me if I am wrong... The BN normalization values are calculated for each components to normalize the input to a neuron (i.e. elliptic distribution becomes circular). The resulting distribution may be too wide or too narrow and shifted to "activate" well the activation function. To my understanding, the gamma and beta learnt parameters are constants applied to all components (not gamma and beta values per component) learnt, re-scaling and shifting optimally the more circular distribution before applying the activation function. Thus not equivalent to only learn beta and gamma (which is already learnt by backprop in W and b coef) without prior normalization.
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breaker rebate of $500 ($6,500 minus $6,000, which is 6 percent of $100,000).
- Kate usually makes $65,000 a year and pays $1,000 in property taxes (1.5 percent of her income) on her Gainesville home, but she loses her job in February. With unemployment insurance, her total income for the year is $20,000. Although she would not usually be eligible for a circuit breaker, she now qualifies for a $200 rebate ($1,000 minus $800, which is 4 percent of $20,000).
Who Would Receive the Benefit?
If this circuit breaker had been in effect in 2005, the following groups of Floridians would have been eligible for a credit:
- About 53 percent of households earning less than $60,000;
- About 12 percent of households earning between $60,000 and $100,000; and
- About 6 percent of households earning between $100,000 and $150,000.
How Much Would a Circuit Breaker Cost?
A circuit breaker of the design illustrated above would likely cost significantly less than $1 billion a year in the first several years after implementation.
Experience from other states suggests that a strong outreach campaign is necessary to inform eligible households about the program and encourage them to apply. The state, localities, or nonprofit organizations can engage in such outreach. If outreach is particularly successful, costs could increase in future years.
Can Florida Administer a Circuit Breaker?
States typically use one of three mechanisms to deliver property tax circuit breakers: a direct rebate check, an income tax credit, or a credit for future property tax bills. Since Florida does not have a personal income tax, the program would have to be administered as a direct state rebate. Half of the states with circuit breakers administer their programs through a direct state rebate. In these states, applicants must either attach a copy of their federal tax returns or other income-related documents, or sign an affidavit stating that their income information is true and correct. Florida could require similar documentation.
Florida legislators should use a circuit breaker to create a fair and targeted property tax system and to address property tax discord. Such a program can provide meaningful assistance to lowand middle-income Floridians.
 CBPP analysis of 2005 Census American Community Survey data. Since the legislature rolled back property taxes to their 2005 level, this data is a reasonable reflection of the current situation.
 CBPP analysis of 2005 Census American Community Survey data.
 These states are Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, New Jersey, New Mexico, New York, Oklahoma, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, Wisconsin, and the District of Columbia.
 For more information, see Karen Lyons, Sarah Farkas, and Nicholas Johnson, "The Property Tax Circuit Breaker: An Introduction and Survey of Current Programs," Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, March 21, 2007, _URL_
 Please note this information reflects Census American Community Survey data from 2005. Property taxes in Florida have increased somewhat since then. This is the most recent available data on individual property tax payments. This is the most recent available data on individual property tax payments. Since the legislature rolled back property taxes to their 2005 level, this data is a reasonable reflection of the current situation.
 According to the 2005 American Housing Survey, 31 percent of all households in the U.S. are renters, while 57.4 percent of households in poverty are renters. Table 2-1, 2005 American Housing Survey, US Census Bureau (_URL_
 CBPP analysis of 2005 Census American Community Survey data.
 If every eligible household had successfully applied for this circuit breaker credit, the program would have cost roughly $2 billion dollars in 2005. However, participation in programs such as these rarely reaches 100 percent. In fact, participation often reaches only 50 percent a few years after the program's inception. This does not mean such a program is ineffective, but rather that it can be improved. It is extremely important to those households that do claim it. If the circuit breaker is used in conjunction with other property tax relief mechanisms, such as an expanded homestead exemption, its cost would be lower than the $1 billion estimate.

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Reduce data transfer time with Basic Redirected Folders
With the Basic Redirected Folders setup in Windows, admins can build OUs to reduce data upload and download wait time for employees.
Creating the Secure Managed Desktop
By Jeremy Moskowitz
Basic Redirected Folders works best in two situations:
 - Smaller environments -- such as a doctor's office or storefront -- where all employees sit under one roof
 - In an organization's OU structure that was designed such that similar people are not only in the same OU but are also in the same physical location
The reason these simple scenarios make a good fit with the basic option is that such situations let you redirect the users affected by the policy setting to a server that's close to them. That way, if they do roam within their location, the wait time is minimal to download and upload the data back and forth to the server and their workstation.
In the following example, I've created an OU called LikeUsers who are all using the same local server, DC01. Setting up a basic Redirected Folders for My Documents is a snap. It's a three-step process:
 1. Create a shared folder to store the data.
 2. Set the security on the shared folder.
 3. Create a new GPO and edit it to contain a policy setting to redirect the Documents/MyDocuments folder.
To create and share a folder to store redirected Documents/My Documents data, follow these steps:
 1. Log onto DC01 as Administrator.
 2. From the Desktop, double-click My Computer to open the My Computer folder.
 3. Find a place to create a users folder. In this example, we'll use D:DATA. Once you're inside the D: drive, right-click D: and select the Folder command from the New menu, then type in Data for the name.
 4. Right-click the newly created Data folder, and choose "Share…" which opens the Properties of the folder, focused on the Sharing tab. Pull down the drop-down menu and select Everyone, and then click Add. Note that Windows Server 2003 and 2008 will default such that the share is Everyone:Read. Click "Share" and ensure that the share is set so that Everyone has Coowner permissions, as seen in Figure 3.3. Keep the rest of the defaults, and click OK. (Note that Co-owner rights are almost the same as the "Full Control" rights of yore.)
Figure 3.3
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You can substitute any name for Data. Some use DOCS, MYDOCS, or REDIRDOCS. Some administrators like to use hidden shares, such as Data$, MYDOCS$, or MYDOCUMENTS$. This works well, too.
Be sure that the NTFS permissions allow write access for the users you want, as well. In other words, both the Share level and NTFS permissions must allow the user to write.
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Heaven at North Pole described in many Cultures
Vedas have described that Gods reside at north direction and one day for them is equivalent to one year for humans.
This was based on idea that north pole has six months of sunlight and six months of darkness, which makes it day and night for one year.
Varaha Mihir, one the most famous Indian astronomer (around 6th century AD), identified North Pole as the location of Meru in his celebrated work Panch-siddhāntikā.
heaven at north pole
Indian Historian and Freedom-fighter, Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak, in his phenomenal work titled, 'The Arctic Home of the Vedas', written in late 19th century, gives an extremely detailed as well as convincing account based on the literary evidence of various Slokas from Rig Veda and the Zoroastrian Avesta that point to an Arctic Home of the ancient Aryans.
The original home of Aryans was at the North Pole, from which they had to emigrate due to the Ice deluge 10,000 years ago.
Around 8000 BCE, the age of migration from the original home began when the survivors roamed over the northern parts of Europe and Asia in search of lands suitable for new settlements. If we accept this, we can easily understand the legends of Noah and Manu, the progenitors of mankind in this current age.
More than half a dozen World Mythologies locate their sacred lands at the North Pole.
 - Norse myths place their 'Land of Immortality' at the North Pole and their legends talk about a World Tree called YGGDRASIL that connects Heaven, Earth and Hell just like Meru.
Zoroastrian Avesta revered by the Persians (Parsis), mentions the Aryanam Vaijah the ancient land of Aryans as the Best-of-all-places and situated up in the North, above the other six world zones. At the beginning of the current age, the god Ahura Mazda warned of an impending fierce winter (Ice Age?!?) and advised its denizens to migrate to other locations.
meru mountain earth axisSurya Siddantha mentions a Meru in the middle of Earth, a Sumeru at the North Pole and a Kumeru at the South pole.
Which means that the structure called Meru stretches from pole to pole and Hell exists at South Pole, just like Heaven at North Pole.
Meru does not refer to a mountain at all but instead is an allegory for the Earth's Axis of Rotation.
Interestingly there is a Mount Meru in Tanzania, which roughly corresponds to the geographic Center of the Earth.The Mountain is even worshipped by the local tribes as an abode of Gods.
Another ancient Sanskrit text, the Narpatijayacharya mentions Sumeru as being present in the middle of the Earth, but not visible to humans.
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I used the following code and I am able to link references, List of Symbols but unable to link the Table of Contents in my thesis. I wish a completely linked PDF of my thesis. Please help me....
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pdfsubject={Carnegie Mellon University},
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Adding lintocpage to the options of hyperref will help? – Harish Kumar Aug 2 '12 at 4:21
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Probably you mean that the table of contents is not in the bookmarks (outlines). It is debatable, whether the table of contents should have an entry for itself. But for the bookmarks it is IMHO ok, because they are just a navigational help. I use the opportunity to comment some option settings for hyperref. Additional bookmarks can be set using \pdfbookmark as shown in the example, see documentation of hyperref. To avoid links to wrong pages, it is important that \pdfbookmark is on the same page. Ensuring a page break before makes this easier.
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I had this same problem. My fix is kind of messy but does the job for me. Hope it helps you
\addcontentsline{toc}{chapter}{Table of contents}
(note that I use \cleardoublepage to ensure that each new section begins on an odd-numbered page for printing purposes)
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- Discrete Laplace operator
In mathematics, the discrete Laplace operator is an analog of the continuous Laplace operator, defined so that it has meaning on a graph or a discrete grid. For the case of a finite-dimensional graph (having a finite number of edges and vertices), the discrete Laplace operator is more commonly called the Laplacian matrix.
The discrete Laplace operator occurs in physics problems such as the Ising model and loop quantum gravity, as well as in the study of discrete dynamical systems. It is also used in numerical analysis as a stand-in for the continuous Laplace operator. Common applications include image processing, where it is known as the Laplace filter, and in machine learning for clustering and semi-supervised learning on neighborhood graphs.
There are various definitions of the discrete Laplacian for graphs, differing by sign and scale factor (sometimes one averages over the neighboring vertices, other times one just sums; this makes no difference for a regular graph). The traditional definition of the graph Laplacian, given below, corresponds to the negative continuous Laplacian on a domain with a free boundary.
where d(w,v) is the graph distance between vertices w and v. Thus, this sum is over the nearest neighbors of the vertex v. For a graph with a finite number of edges and vertices, this definition is identical to that of the Laplacian matrix. That is, φ can be written as a column vector; and so Δϕ is the product of the column vector and the Laplacian matrix, while (Δϕ)(v) is just the v'th entry of the product vector.
If the graph has weighted edges, that is, a weighting function is given, then the definition can be generalized to
where γwv is the weight value on the edge.
Closely related to the discrete Laplacian is the averaging operator:
Approximations of the continuous Laplacian
Approximations of the Laplacian, obtained by the finite difference method or by the finite element method can also be called Discrete Laplacians. For example, the Laplacian in two dimensions can be approximated using the five-point stencil finite difference method, resulting in
where the grid size is h in both dimensions, so that the five point stencil of a point (x, y) in the grid is
If the grid size h=1, the result is the negative discrete Laplacian on the graph, which is the square lattice grid. There are no constraints here on the values of the function f(x,y) on the boundary of the lattice grid, thus this is the case of the homogeneous Neumann boundary condition, i.e., free boundary. Other types of boundary conditions, e.g., the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, where f(x,y)=0 on the boundary of the grid, are rarely used for graph Laplacians, but are common in other applications.
Multidimensional discrete Laplacians on rectangular cuboid regular grids have very special properties, e.g., they are Kronecker sums of one-dimensional discrete Laplacians, see Kronecker sum of discrete Laplacians, in which case all its eigenvalues and eigenvectors can be explicitly calculated.
Discrete Laplace operator is often used in image processing e.g. in edge detection and motion estimation applications. The discrete Laplacian is defined as the sum of the second derivatives Laplace operator#Coordinate expressions and calculated as sum of differences over the nearest neighbours of the central pixel.
Implementation in Image Processing
For one, two and three dimensional signals, the discrete laplacian can be given as convolution with the following kernels:
or, including the diagonals:
- 3D-Filter: is given by: first plane = ; second plane = ; third plane =
These kernels are deduced by using discrete differential quotients.
The spectrum of the discrete Laplacian is of key interest; since it is a self-adjoint operator, it has a real spectrum. For the convention Δ = I − M, the spectrum lies within [0,2] (as the averaging operator has spectral values in [ − 1,1]) and contains 0 (for constant functions). The smallest non-zero eigenvalue is denoted λ1 and is called the spectral gap. There is also the notion of the spectral radius, commonly taken as the largest eigenvalue.
The eigenvectors don't depend on the convention above (for regular graphs), and are the same as for the averaging operator (as they differ by adding a multiple of the identity), though the eigenvalues differ according to the convention.
If the graph is an infinite square lattice grid, then this definition of the Laplacian can be shown to correspond to the continuous Laplacian in the limit of an infinitely fine grid. Thus, for example, on a one-dimensional grid we have
This definition of the Laplacian is commonly used in numerical analysis and in image processing. In image processing, it is considered to be a type of digital filter, more specifically an edge filter, called the Laplace filter.
Discrete Schrödinger operator
Let be a potential function defined on the graph. Note that P can be considered to be a multiplicative operator acting diagonally on ϕ
Then H = Δ + P is the discrete Schrödinger operator, an analog of the continuous Schrödinger operator.
If the number of edges meeting at a vertex is uniformly bounded, and the potential is bounded, then H is bounded and self-adjoint.
The spectral properties of this Hamiltonian can be studied with Stone's theorem; this is a consequence of the duality between posets and Boolean algebras.
On regular lattices, the operator typically has both traveling-wave as well as Anderson localization solutions, depending on whether the potential is periodic or random.
Discrete Green's function
where δw is understood to be the Kronecker delta function on the graph: δw(v) = δwv; that is, it equals 1 if v=w and 0 otherwise.
For fixed and λ a complex number, the Green's function considered to be a function of v is the unique solution to
Certain equations involving the discrete Laplacian only have solutions on the simply-laced Dynkin diagrams (all edges multiplicity 1), and are an example of the ADE classification. Specifically, the only positive solutions to the homogeneous equation:
- Δϕ = ϕ,
- "Twice any label is the sum of the labels on adjacent vertices,"
are on the extended (affine) ADE Dynkin diagrams, of which there are 2 infinite families (A and D) and 3 exceptions (E). The resulting numbering is unique up to scale, and if the smallest value is set at 1, the other numbers are integers, ranging up to 6.
The ordinary ADE graphs are the only graphs that admit a positive labeling with the following property:
- Twice any label minus two is the sum of the labels on adjacent vertices.
In terms of the Laplacian, the positive solutions to the inhomogeneous equation:
- Δϕ = ϕ − 2.
The resulting numbering is unique (scale is specified by the "2"), and consists of integers; for E8 they range from 58 to 270, and have been observed as early as (Bourbaki 1968).
- Bourbaki, Nicolas (1968), "Chapters 4–6", Groupes et algebres de Lie, Paris: Hermann
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FAQ :: What is the difference between white and black magic?
I have heard this basic differentiation: Black magic is intended to cause harm and is evil; white magic seeks to heal, not harm. While that may be true, you have to ask the simple question, "What is the source of the power?" If it is anything but the power of Almighty God, then it is to be avoided at all costs.
God will never allow himself to be degraded to the point of being summoned to cast a spell or to levitate an object. I can promise you that will never happen. So, right away, you can rule out most "magic" as being of the devil.
Prayer calls on the power of God according to His good will and purposes. A prayerful heart says, "Lord I don't know best, but You do, so please help me." In contrast, magic calls on supernatural power for selfish gain or to cause harm, using occult rituals. The magic we are referring to is not the bunny in the hat, sleight-of-hand magic found at kid's birthday parties; it is an occult ritual that calls on the evil, supernatural powers of the devil.


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Degrees of Freedom of members and joints of mechanisms govern the working of a machine. Each member of mechanism can move in certain directions or rotate about certain axes and is not allowed to move or rotate in other directions. Degrees of Freedom determine the possible movements of mechanisms.
Degrees of freedom (DoF) is related to the motion possibilities of rigid bodies. Kinematic definition for DoF of any system or its components would be "the number of independent variables or coordinates required to ascertain the position of the system or its components".
The concept of DoF in kinematics of machines is used in three ways. DoF of
1. A body relative to a reference frame.
2. A kinematic joint.
3. A mechanism.
Determining Degrees of freedom
Degrees of Freedom can be determined by analysis of motion of the concerned body or by determining the number of coordinates required to specify position of the body. In this article planar cases are considered which can be extended to spatial cases.
1. Degrees of freedom of a body relative to a specified reference frame
In a plane the position of a body relative to a reference frame can be specified by two position coordinates (say X and Y) and one coordinate (say theta)for specifying the orientation of the body. Total three coordinates are required to specify the position of the body if there are no constraints applied. The DoF will reduce as the motion of the body is restricted.
For example, a body is not allowed to move along one axis in the plane. As a result one DoF if lost thus leaving only two DoF.
2. Degrees of freedom of a kinematic joint
Two bodies connect with each other to form a joint. One body can move in a number of ways relative to the other and may be constrained in other ways. DoF of a kinematic joint is number of ways in which one member of the joint can move relative to the other member.
For example, revolute joint has one DoF as one member can move only in one way relative to the other member. It can only rotate about the axis of the joint. Prismatic joint also has only one DoF as one of the two members can slide along the other in one direction only.
Cylindrical joint has two DoF as one of the two members can rotate about the axis of the joint and can also translate along it. Two motions possible so two DoF.
3. Degrees of freedom of a mechanism
The DoF for a mechanism is defined as the number of coordinates or variables required to be specified such that the position and orientation of all the members of the mechanism can be stated as a function of time.
For determining the DoF for a mechanism we will start with assuming all the members of the mechanism free in plane and thus having three DoF each. Then we will apply constraints and DoF will reduce as the members are joined together to form mechanism.
Take the mechanism to be composed of 'n' members or links. Initially each link is assumed to be free and thus the mechanism has 3n DoF. One of the members is to be a base or frame link thus have zero DoF or it lost its all three DoF. The DoF left in the mechanism at this stage is 3n-3 or 3(n-1).
When the pairs of links form joints they will loose DoF. If the formed joint have 'Fi' DoF each then reduction in DoF is (3-Fi) as they were initially free (having 3 DoF). If there are 'j' number of joints then total reduction in DoF will be summation of (3-Fi) over 'j' number of joints. The net DoF for a mechanism can be given by


The Ultimate Science Street Fair is Coming
If you missed the AWESOME Rockefeller University Science Saturday family event earlier this month, with hands-on learning stations and real science in action, The Ultimate Science Street Fair on Sunday, JUNE 1 in Washington Square Park is probably the next best thing. The event is the anchor of the 2014 World Science Festival with numerous programs starting May 28 for adults and families.
Games, performances, interactive experiments, and the great outdoors combine for a full-day science extravaganza at the seventh annual World Science Festival Street Fair. Installations and activities from more than 50 organizations will focus on three themes: space, weather, and robots.
The Ultimate Science Street Fair – FREE
MARK YOUR CALENDAR: JUNE 1, 2014 from 10 am-6pm at Washington Square Park
There's so much to explore: cutting-edge science experiments on the International Space Station, Mars rovers, extreme weather simulations, and robots that might someday live in your house, to name a few! We'll also have science celebrities on hand, so you can learn from the pros – and snag a photo.
Aspiring scientists of all ages can find entertainment both inside the buildings and outside at performances and demonstrations. Start planning your day by looking through our list of activities – and check back often to see what we've added!
Register for the World Science Festival's free outdoor events to receive early notification of special events, learn where you can have your photo taken with astronauts, and be the first to see the schedule of stage performances.
Visit the International Space Station: Experience the next best thing to being on the ISS with the help of NASA's Johnson Space Center. Step into the newly renovated NASA Mobile Exhibit for liftoff to the orbiting home and learn about research in microgravity from a team of NASA scientists.
Create Microgravity on Earth with the NASA Glenn Research Center: Step up to the miniature drop tower and test the effects of reduced gravity on physical and chemical phenomena. You'll be amazed by things that are normally hidden by Earth's gravity—from plants and water to cells and fire.
Search for Exoplanets: Scientists at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory are looking for planets that are often hidden by the bright lights of the stars they orbit. Hundreds of planets have already been found. Visit The Hidden Light, an installation that helps you see what is invisible to the naked eye. Then head to the StarShade Petal, a real technology being designed to block interfering light and help photograph other planets.
Study Humans In Space: Meet the NASA Johnson Space Center team that studies humans in space. How does microgravity affect everything from bones and blood to muscle and memory? Let the team tell you how they figure it all out.
Control Next-Generation Satellites: Take command of SPHERES (Synchronized Position Hold Engage and Reorient Experimental Satellites) just like those currently aboard the International Space Station. MIT's Alvar Saenz-Otero, of Zero Robotics, will teach you about this next generation of autonomous, interactive robot satellites.
Command the Rovers: Robots take over Washington Square Park at your control. Meet the New York Hall of Science's Mars-style rover robot, created by Robert Beatty and his daughters. Check out the suspension system, solar panels, infrared camera, thermal array sensor, and eight sonar sensors. Interact with a scale version of the real Curiosity rover currently on Mars,and meet Jupiter Joe's Rovers.
Blast Off with Aerospace Simulators: Ride in one of the many full-scale and fully functional space simulators, including the Orion CRV Flight Simulator, BD-5J Micro Jet, and a hovercraft. See what a space toilet looks like, inspect the Pluto Probe, and try on a pair of anti-gravity boots. Brought to you by the Traveling Space Museum.
Work in a Space Laboratory: Step into the Odyssey IV Mobile SpaceLab Module, a mock-up of the International Space Station. You'll learn to live and work in space in this simulation with interactive workstations.
Build Air Cannons: Make an air cannon with Carmelo the Science Fellow to learn more about wind and gravity.
Launch Your Own Balloon Rocket Racer: Transform recycled materials into a rocket ship and use air propulsion power to race down a fishing line. Then try your hand at building and launching space gliders with Scrapkins.
3D Space Printer: Astronauts run out of tools on the International Space Station and must wait until the next resupply mission to restock. With the aid of 3D printing technology, immediate re-stock is just around the corner. Come see the first 3D printer that will head to space.
Science on a Sphere®: See our home planet as you've never seen it before: projected and animated on a giant suspended globe from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Gather around massive sphere to watch historic storms unfold as dramatic weather unleashes its fury, and see special spherical movies about tsunamis and waterfalls (without getting all wet). When you're done exploring Earth, travel to other planets in our solar system and beyond and get a glimpse of conditions far from home. Finally, meet the scientists and journalists who study space, climate, and the often only marginally predictable atmosphere. 10:00 AM-06:00 PM, at Gould Plaza, NYU
Get Caught in a Hurricane: Step into the hurricane simulator and experience winds up to 78 mph. Suitable for storm chasers of all ages.
Control Your Own Tornado: Prepare to be blown away by a vortex of swirling vapor as you control the speed of four-foot tall tornadoes.
Explore the Arctic of the Future with the PoLAR Climate Project: Play games to learn how animals (from plankton all the way to polar bears) are impacted by humans. Then go through interactive displays with Lamont–Doherty Earth Observatory to learn how climate and weather impact sea ice loss and change the sea level. Don't miss the Polar Explorer app!
Investigate the New York Hall of Science: Watch dueling pressure systems create spinning clouds of air when we fire our Air Cannon. Use your cell phone to make small images appear large using forced perspective photography at Stick Pics. You can make images with your favorite astronomers, astrophysicists, astronauts, and spaceships. Finally, make your hair stand on end as lighting forms before your very eyes at the Van de Graaf Generator.
Battle Earthquakes with Engineering: Join Mueser Rutledge Consulting Engineers to make your own earthquake-proof structures. How will your building stand up to the seismic waves?
Ride the Coriolis and Forecast Weather: Join CUNY's NOAA-CRESTto take a spin aboard the Coriolis ride, showing how hurricanes form and gain massive amounts of power. Then use real mathematical equations to predict tomorrow's weather.
Discover Fossils and Facts at the Liberty Science Center: Excavate for fossils (including shark teeth and small bones) that you can take home with you, and learn how weather affects fossil formation. Compare natural disasters and weather conditions on home at Earth to those on other planets.
Monkey Around at the Central Park Zoo: Discover how weather affects the animal kingdom, wildlife conservation and our own lives. Join the Central Park Zoo for performances and activities that help explain how we can make our world more livable for ourselves and other unique creatures.
Crustacean Exploration: Hop onto a solar-powered, state-of-the-art mobile microscope lab that was once a 1974 transit bus. There, use high-powered microscopes to examine the cells and organs of tiny transparent crustaceans called daphnia. These strange creatures have reproductive systems that change with the weather.
Laboratory: Pop Bottle Science: Join author Lynn Brunelle to create different kinds of weather and tracking equipment, from barometers and thermometers to rain and tornadoes. You'll build up the atmospheric pressure of a storm in a crushable bottle.
Vision: The first step to understanding how robots sense the world is by learning how they see. Unlike humans, they don't have peripheral vision – meaning they see only what is directly in front of them. Move an object in front of a digital camera and watch how objects are tracked on a screen. Try sharing a toy with iCub, a robot that mimics a human two-year-old, and see how iCub sees.
Hearing: Robot ears take in sounds and turn them into a language that robots can understand. Speak into a microphone and watch a computer translate your voice into waveforms. It will try to repeat what you said back to you.
Depth Perception: Our eyes and brain quickly calculate depth perception for us. Learn how robots tackle this crucial task by stepping up to a Microsoft Kinect and getting a strange 3D view of the world and yourself. Then have your photo taken and emailed to you.
Touch: Close your eyes and put your hand in a box – then try to decipher what you're grabbing. Or see if you can find the object you are searching for without using your eyes. Robots have it tough! Get another sense of how a child robot would interact with the world by tickling iCub, the robot who mimics a human two-year-old. He's covered in touch sensors and gets ticklish when you poke him. Eventually, he'll even learn to dodge your fingers!
INSIDE THE ROBOT BRAIN: How do robots Sense, Decide, and Act?
Tame the Robot: Teach a robot how to behave by playing Tetris on a computer. In this


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This paper discusses the role of grand urban visions in neoliberal urbanism by drawing on ethnographic and other research into the administration of New York City's ex-CEO Mayor, Michael Bloomberg. It argues that such visions illustrate the cultural dimensions and power of neoliberal urbanism, of which Bloomberg's approach to governance and development was an example. It describes the details and development of such visions in the Bloomberg administration, their role in the administration's ambitious development agenda, and the ways in which they affected the politics surrounding this agenda.
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How to Measure Countertops
Start by Thinking Like a Stone Cutter
Something to keep in mind when measuring countertops is that the stone comes in large rectangular slabs which are then cut into pieces and shaped for your kitchen.
Because of this, measurements must be thought of in terms of rectangle pieces.
In the drawing below, the layouts are sectioned off into easily measurable rectangles. This is an example for how these common counter-top shapes should be measured:
You just take the Length x Width of each section, and add it together.
For our U-shaped Counter-top example, we would measure it like this:
Piece A: 62.5" x 25" = 1562.5"
Piece B: Same size as A in this case, so 1562.5"
Piece C: 125" x 25" = 3125"
=6250 square inches
Now, we don't buy these materials by the square inch so we will need to convert that number into square feet.
A square foot is 12" x 12" = 144. So let's divide 6250 by 144 to get our final square footage of 43.403.
We always round up when measuring so the final measurement would be 44 square feet.
How Do I Measure Odd-shaped Countertops?
Even though not all counter tops come in rectangular shapes, the principles of measurements remain roughly the same.
If you wanted a corner sink or a ledge like the example below and to the left, the fabricators will try to cut as much as possible into one solid piece. Measure the center section as if it was a square piece.
The curvy shape below will be measured from its widest point and by length.
Things to Remember When Measuring and Budgeting for Counter-tops:
1. The average slab size is 120×55" (or about 41 square feet). Some stone types come in jumbo slabs as well. This is important to know because counter-top materials are sold by the slab. Unless you have a small kitchen, you'll likely need 1.5 slabs. Some countertops are sold by the half-slab, depending on the color. If your color doesn't come in half slabs and you need 1.5 for your kitchen, you will need two whole slabs so budget accordingly.
2. Don't forget the backsplash. If you decide to have a backsplash from the same materials as the countertop, plan for an extra 4-inch-wide section across the length of the countertop. If you only need 1.5 slabs like mentioned above, you can use the extra half slab for the backsplash.
3. Don't forget to plan for labor and fabrication costs! Labor is calculated by the square footage of your finished countertop, and additional costs such as undermount sinks, special edges, curves, and backsplashes need to be accounted for.
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According to BC Stats:
Small Business is defined as those businesses with fewer than 50 employees plus businesses operated by self-employed individuals without paid help
98% of all businesses in BC are considered small
82% of all small businesses have less than 5 employees
The entire province of BC has 6,700 employers with more than 50 employees
When speaking of property taxes, many politicians look to the idea of differentiating between large and small businesses because they perceive there to be more public support for higher taxes for large business. Although we understand and appreciate the well intended objectives of this proposal, we see a number of difficulties with the concept of creating two business classes from the current one.
It should be understood that property tax is a tax on land and improvement value and is the responsibility of the landowner to pay. When the landowner leases the use of his or her property it is for a net rent and because the tenant is using the property as if they had ownership for the term of the lease they are responsible for all costs associated with the property. That includes property tax and is regardless of the type of tenant renting.
Although the tenant usually pays the property taxes the liability for the tax lies with the land owner. So having a different property tax for small and large businesses will mean that the land owner's property taxes will change dramatically according to the type of tenant she has. Therefore there will be an incentive for the land owner to favour the small business tenant with the lower property taxes. When there is a vacancy some authority will have to determine if a small or large business tax rate is to apply to the property and thus the land owner.
The definition of a small business
A major problem with introducing a small business class is how to define a small business and a 'large business.' Is it measured in terms of total space occupied, gross sales, net assets, profits, number of employees or other factors? A large property may contain one large business or many small businesses. A small property may be one of many small properties owned by one landowners or a pension fund.
If, for example, there are two coffee shops in your neighbourhood and one belongs to a multi-national chain and one is an independent owner. Would it be fair for one to have substantially higher taxes than the other? They may both enjoy the similar sales, the same number of employees and perhaps the same rent. Is the public's interest being served when your neighbourhood encourages small businesses to prosper but ignores the convenience and service of large businesses who may be discouraged to locate locally? Banks, large format grocery stores or restaurant chains for example, might be desired in a neighbourhood for their convenience but may be discouraged by high property taxes.
Big buildings do not necessarily mean big businesses. May multi-story buildings in downtown Vancouver are home to many small businesses.
Consider two otherwise identical high-rise office buildings. One building may be occupied by a single company while the other is occupied by numerous small businesses, each renting a share of a large property. Should one property enjoy lower taxes simply because there are many small tenants rather than one large tenant in the building? If a small business class were to be created, would a retailer that had five small stores still be considered a "small business"?
Equity among small businesses and other businesses
Using square footage or assessed value as a criterion for defining a "small business" would by itself create significant unintended consequences and inequities.
The high occupancy levels we see throughout the City of Vancouver suggests that when small businesses leave or cease to be in business, the space they vacate is subsequently occupied either by other small businesses or by large businesses. Assisting all small businesses does not address the specific impacts on individual businesses.
Businesses provide employment regardless of their size or profitability. They also provide services and goods that are essential to a thriving community. Businesses must also pay for services that are provided by the municipality whether it is police or fire protection or sewers and roads. To require that businesses be responsible for more than a fair share of property taxes can be disastrous to the economic health of a community.

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Noun: profanation ,pró-fu'ney-shun
 1. Blasphemous behaviour; the act of depriving something of its sacred character
 "profanation of the Holy Sabbath";
 - desecration, blasphemy, sacrilege
 2. Degradation of something worthy of respect; cheapening
Derived forms: profanations
Type of: debasement, degradation, irreverence, violation
Encyclopedia: Profanation


Trench Shoring Cages are Actually Trench Safety Devices
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Excavation has always been known as dangerous work. Workers in this industry have a far greater chance of being killed than general construction trades; hence shoring cages are used.
As a solution, standards were created that identify common hazards found when having individuals work in trenches. Each employer is responsible for ensuring that each excavation is free of identified and predictable hazards. To do this, employers must designate a representative to design, construct and maintain the work area so that they will be free of hazards. A person assigned to this role is known as the qualified person. A trench is an excavation that has a greater depth than its width measured at the bottom. Employees who work in trenches that are 5 feet deep must be protected from a cave-in (a mass of soil separated from the bank of a trench) by a trench protective system.
Trench Shoring vs. Shoring Cages
Trench shoring should not be confused with trench shielding. In the end, they both serve the same purpose, which is to protect but they also function in different ways of protecting. Shoring cages are designed to protect workers in the event of a collapse or cave-in, while trench shores are designed to prevent the collapse or cave-in from ever occurring. Because trench shores examine a way to prevent all potential hazards of a work area, it is viewed as the safer and better option, even though it is more time-consuming.
The soil inside of a trench can sometimes be of a type that has an unconfined strength. Meaning a type of soil that has insufficient strength to stand unsupported. A type of soil that tends to run or slough into the excavation as the trench is being dug and worked by the worker(s). An excavation is a work area is not is not considered a work area until the workers actually begin working.
This would be the point where the qualified person would review and make an assessment of the potential dangers of the type soil workers would have to work with. If known and/or predictable hazards are found, a trench box system must be in place prior to the start of any work by the workers.
Shoring Cages and the Qualified Person
The assessment done by the qualified person will determine what type of trench shoring boxes will be used. Shoring cages are a type commonly used.
Trench shoring is the process of securing the wall surfaces of a trench. Having this safety equipment is extremely important for the well-being and protection of the work area and workers as they work on projects that require them to work inside of deep trenches.
There are several methods of trench shoring. A common method is hydraulic shores.
Hydraulic shoring products are lightweight that utilize hydraulic pressure to support banks of excavation. As the hydraulic cylinders are pressurized against trench walls, pressure arcs will radiate from the center of the cylinder in many different directions. If nearby shores are located close enough for the arcs to intersect, pressure arches will be formed. These arches shore the banks. These pressure arches fan out into the banks; supporting the soil without the presence of sheeting.
Other methods of shoring cages are beam and plate and more solid boarding. However, hydraulic shoring works faster than these and tend to be the choice for larger excavations.
When it comes to safety in construction, the biggest danger is having a situation occur where workers become trapped in dirt and materials. Trench shoring was developed as a method to prevent these types of situations.
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New article about the formation of a Norwegian identity among immigrant origin youth
08. January 2021
In a new article publicised in Ethnic and Racial Studies, Jon Horgen Friberg shows that youth of immigrant origin gradually adopt a stronger self-identity as Norwegians, regardless of geographical and religious backgrounds. However: While adolescents of European immigrant origin report being seen as more "Norwegian" than they identify themselves, children of immigrants from Africa and Asia are seen by others as far less "Norwegian" than how they perceive themselves.


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- A PS3
- USB Keyboard
- USB Mouse
- Ethernet Cable
- A Windows Xp Install CD
- Computer with Internet (semi-fast because you need to download a 700mb iSO file)
- CD or DVD Burner
- CD or DVD
Is a different distro already installed? If so then skip Step 2 of preparing your PS3 Part 1.
Prepare your PS3 Part 1:
1. Plug your PS3 into your tv, plug in the power cable, plug in your keyboard, mouse, and plug in your ethernet cable
2. Turn on your PS3 Scroll Left, Go to Settings > System Settings > Format Utility > Format HDD (This deletes all savedata on your PS3 backup your data before hand with the backup utility if you don't want to lose your saves).
Now select Either Option it doesn't matter I recommend only giving 10gb to Linux and keeping the rest for the PS3's side.
Obtain your Linux Disk:
1. Download your favorite version of Ubuntu I recommend Xubuntu 7.04 Feisty.
2 Burn the iSO to a disc: either a CD or DVD, using a program such as IMGBurn, Nero, Clone CD, etc.
Preparing your PS3 Part 2:
1. Put in your Newly burned Linux CD/DVD in the PS3
2. Scroll Left go to Settings > System Settings > Install Other OS, it will search and install otheros.bld off the disk
3. Scroll Left go to Settings > System Settings > Default System, Select Other OS, select otheros, and press x to reboot
Important Note: Your console now won't boot to that XMB you're aware of, it will load kboot instead, if you want to load the XMB again just hold down the power button when you turn it on and it will change the default system to the XMB.
1. Press enter at kboot
2. Wait for it to load the live distribution of Xubuntu (About 5 minutes)
3. Click the install shortcut on the Desktop
4. Follow all the prompts, when the window exceeds your tv screen, hold alt and left click to slide the window around.
5. Remember your username and password, it's real simple just follow all the prompts, it should take about 30-40 mins.
Here's the install prompts:
1. Select English, click forward.
2. Select the city with the time zone you want, click forward.
3. Select your Language (English), and Keyboard (US English).
4. I recommend to Select Guided Use Entire Disk, click forward.
5. It'll complain, hit continue (don't worry it'll work).
6. Hit forward, you shouldn't have any accounts to import.
7. Enter your Name, Login Name, Password, and what Network Name you want your PS3 to be.
Note: DO NOT FORGET YOUR LOGIN OR PASSWORD, or you will have to reinstall Linux, click forward.
8. Click forward to accept all your settings you provided, it will now start self installing.
9. Go find something to do for at least 30 minutes.. I think mine took 45 minutes to do this step.
10. When finished it will pop up a window, just click restart now.
When it reboots take out the cd, press enter at kboot, wait, then login at the login screen with your username and password. (If it didn't reboot right and it just displays a flashing underscore, just take the CD out, and flip the power switch in the back off then on, and it should load kboot).
Freeing Up Some RAM:
1. Click Application> System> Services, type your password in.
2. Uncheck everything but Cpu Frequency Manager, Graphical Login Manager, Hotkeys Management, and System Communications Bus.
3. Consider Installing Fluxbox (Only if you feel OK with the risk of having to reinstall linux).
Changing Screen Size:
This step is not needed if you have just a regular non hdtv as there won't be other screen options available.
1. Discover what type of TV you have, is it a lcd, a plasma, crt, old tube, and become aware of different screen sizes available. Mine is a 32" LCD Flat Screen, supporting at highest 720p.
2. Open Terminal (Applications > System > Accessories > Terminal).
3. Type sudo apt-get install ps3pf-utils which will install the ps3videomode command.
4. Now type ps3videomode -v which will provide all options for the command.
5. Now you want to discover which video modes work, just start guessing. Personally I use ps3videomode -v 3, if you try an option and it garbles your text press the up arrow delete the number and type 1 and press enter. This should bring it back to the way it was if not press enter, and type ps3videomode -v 1.
6. Keep trying your options, if an option garbles your text it probably works but you just need to change it in the kboot.conf file before linux boots. If it displays just a black screen it's probably a bad mode, try another.
7. Now to assign our video mode at startup do the following.
8. type sudo su, you should now be root be careful in this mode as you can screw some stuff up and have to reinstall.
9. type nano /etc/kboot.conf which opens the kboot in a text editor. Add ps3fb:mode:xx at the end of each quote, it should look like the following... Remember to change the xx to whatever video mode you decided upon:
11. Now Press Control-X, y, save as kboot.conf by pressing enter
12. Now type sudo reboot
1. Open Terminal (System> Accessories)
2. type sudo apt-get install qemu and press y
Installing Windows XP:
1. Create a folder on your desktop labeled Windows or whatever
2. Open the folder, right click in the blank space, and click open terminal here
Create HDD Image for Qemu:
1. In terminal type qemu-img create xp.img 2G which creates a 2gb hdd for use in qemu.
Create Windows Xp Install Disk with Nlite:
1. Google around for a good guide for making a decent Nlite iSO with minimal system requirements. My disk is down to about 95mb in size, but it can go much further lower in size, this is just with some of the minor crap removed.
Moving your finished Nlite iSO to your PS3:
1. When finished copy the iSO to your PS3 either by usb stick, ipod, burning the iso file to a disk (not the iSO), or whatever means you have.
2. When done put it in the Windows folder you made on the desktop, this should be the same folder as xp.img
3. Rename it to something simple such as xpinstallcd.iso
1. Open the Windows Folder, right click, click open terminal here
2. type qemu -cdrom xpinstallcd.iso -hda xp.img -m 64M -boot d
Note the 64 is the amount of ram you would like to reserve for Qemu, remember you're running Linux already and more isn't always better.
3. A new window should open running a virtual machine (emulation) of a X86 Processor which can Run XP.
4. After XP is installed all you need to do to run XP is to type qemu -hda xp.img -m 64M
Transfering Files to XP:
1. Make an iSO of the files with a tool such as PoweriSO, MagiciSO, etc
2. Copy the file to your ps3 put it in your Windows folder on your desktop, and mount it as a CD-ROM. Here's what the command may look like: qemu -cdrom files.iso -hda xp.img -m 64M


Scale Kubernetes Pods
Updated 1 day ago by Michael Cretzman
When you deploy a Kubernetes workload using Harness, you set the number of pods you want in your manifests and in the deployment steps.
With the Scale step, you can scale this number of running pods up or down, by count or percentage.
In this topic:
Before You Begin
Step 1: Add Scale Step
In your Harness Workflow, click Add Step, and select Scale. The Scale settings appear.
Name the step and then provide the scaling strategy, described below.
Step 2: Pick Count or Percentage
The Scale step updates the number of instances running, either by count or percentage.
In Instance Unit Type, select COUNT or PERCENTAGE.
 - COUNT — The number is simply the number of pods.
 - PERCENTAGE — A percentage of the pods defined in your Harness Service Manifests files or a previous Workflow step.
Step 3: Set the Number of Pods
Enter the number of pods to scale up or down compared to the number of instances specified before the Scale step.
The number may come from the Harness Service manifest or a previous Workflow step, whichever set the number of pods right before the Scale step.
For example, in you have replicas: 4 in a manifest in your Service, and you enter 50 PERCENT in Instances, then 2 pods are deployed in this step.
If you have an odd number of instances, such as 3 instances, and then enter 50% in Scale, the number of instances is scaled down to 2.
Step 4: Specify Resources to Scale
Enter the Harness built-in variable ${k8s.canaryWorkload} or the name of the resource in the format [namespace/]Kind/Name, with namespace optional. For example:
You can scale Deployment, DaemonSet, or StatefulSet.
You can only enter one resource in Workload. To scale another resource, add another Scale step.
Here is what a completed step looks like:
Option: Delegate Selector
If your Workflow Infrastructure Definition's Cloud Provider uses a Delegate Selector (supported in Kubernetes Cluster and AWS Cloud Providers), then the Workflow uses the selected Delegate for all of its steps.
In these cases, you shouldn't add a Delegate Selector to any step in the Workflow. The Workflow is already using a Selector via its Infrastructure Definition's Cloud Provider.
If your Workflow Infrastructure Definition's Cloud Provider isn't using a Delegate Selector, and you want this Workflow step to use a specific Delegate, do the following:
In Delegate Selector, select the Selector for the Delegate(s) you want to use. You add Selectors to Delegates to make sure that they're used to execute the command. For more information, see Select Delegates with Selectors.
Harness will use Delegates matching the Selectors you add.
If you use one Selector, Harness will use any Delegate that has that Selector.
If you select two Selectors, a Delegate must have both Selectors to be selected. That Delegate might also have other Selectors, but it must have the two you selected.
You can use expressions for Harness built-in variables or Account Default variables in Delegate Selectors. When the variable expression is resolved at deployment runtime, it must match an existing Delegate Selector.
For example, if you have a Delegate Selector prod and the Workflow is using an Environment also named prod, the Delegate Selector can be ${}. This is very useful when you match Delegate Selectors to Application component names such as Environments, Services, etc. It's also a way to template the Delegate Selector setting.
Option: Skip Steady State Check
If you select this, Harness will not check to see if the workload has reached steady state.
 - You can scale down to 0 to remove all instances.
Next Steps
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Compare the OSGi configurations between AEM environments.
 1. Paste text from /system/console/status-Configurations.txt in each of the text fields.
 2. Click Compare to see the diff.
 3. Similar configuration values are displayed in white, changed config values are displayed in yellow, newly added config values are displayed in aqua, deleted config values are displayed in light red.
** Note that it does a best effort match at diff'ing the OSGi factory configuration instances as the configuration IDs do not match between environments.
Input status-Configurations.txt from the two environments that need comparison
Results of comparision:
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A decision support system for procurement risk management in the presence of spot market.
Lee, C. K. M.
Date of Issue2012
School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering
In the presence of spot market, this paper presents a decision support system to model risks for procurement processes and to design a robust purchasing plan, including supplier selection and order allocation. Taking advantages of contract supplier and spot market, the buyer can better meet business requirements in this dynamic business environment. However, there are limitations of existing methods for modeling multiple correlated risks to support decision makers for allocating orders among multiple suppliers in the presence of spot market. Therefore, Monte Carlo simulation algorithm termed as Expected Profit–Supply at Risk (A-EPSaR) is proposed to quantify each supplier's risk so as to let decision maker realize the trade-off between profit and risk. The goal programming model helps to allocate orders among the supplier pool and the contract-spot allocation model can assign orders between the spot market and the supplier pool, respectively. The significance of this paper is to propose a novel decision support framework which helps the buyer to make optimal and robust procurement decision including supplier selection and order allocation among multiple supplier sources in the existence of correlated demand, yield and spot price uncertainties. A case study is used to illustrate the performance of the proposed framework and the proposed methods show the promising result.
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The following tests were developed by Simon Baron-Cohen, director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.
The Empathy Quotient (EQ) Test I scored 75 out of 80
65-80 = You have a very high ability for understanding how other people feel and responding appropriately. You know how to treat people with care and sensitivity. On average, most women score about 47 and most men about 42
Come on Quatre. let's go have tea.
The Systemizing Quotient (SQ) Test I scored (Man I suck) I got 17 out of 80
0-19 = You have a lower than average ability for analyzing and exploring a system. On Average women score about 24 and men score about 30
My Brain Type: Extreme Type E
For some individuals, empathizing is stronger than systemizing. This is called the female brain, or a brain of type E.
The extreme female brain has yet to be discovered according to Baron-Cohen. The extreme male brain may be a manifestation of autism.
A key feature of the theory is that your sex cannot tell you which type of brain you have. Not all men have the male brain, and not all women have the female brain. The central claim of this new theory is only that on average, more males than females have a brain of type S, and more females than males have a brain of type E.
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Grammar 101: Discrete and DiscreetApril 10th, 2009 by Michael Kwan
For many of these Grammar 101 posts, I've focused on the confusion between a pair of seemingly similar words, like compliment and complement. Today, we're doing that again by discussing the difference between discrete and discreet. In terms of spelling, the only difference is that the final two letters are transposed. In terms of meaning, the words are worlds apart.
Discrete is defined as being a separate entity or part. A discrete element is distinctly separated from the other elements. The American flag is composed of three discrete colors: red, white, and blue. These three colors are completely separate and independent. The colors of the rainbow, by contrast, are not quite discrete, because they blend into one another. They are not distinctly independent and separated from one another.
Discreet, by contrast, refers to a respect for privacy or secrecy. Some definitions will say that it also refers to modesty or prudence, but more widespread usage refers to keeping something private. If you are telling your friend to keep a secret, you are telling him to keep that piece of information discreet. Alternatively, you could think of something as being "discreet" if it is meant to not draw too much attention. It lurks in the shadows or blends into the background. Dennis Rodman, for instance, is anything but discreet.
A great way to remember the difference between discrete and discreet? With the former, the two Es are separated from one another by the T. The two Es are discrete and distinctly separate from one another. With discreet, the T is pushed to the end of the word, as if it is a secret lurking in the shadows.
Don't be discreet with your good grammar. Be discretely better.
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Moving the area of interest in the Reviewer Overview window
The area of interest is a hatched area in the Reviewer Overview window that represents the extent of the data in the map. For example, to navigate the map, you can move the area of interest rather than panning in the map. When a polygon grid is used to navigate the map, and you are moving from one cell to the next, the area of interest moves to the corresponding cell.
- Start ArcMap.
- If necessary, load data in the map.
- On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Data Reviewer.
Click the Reviewer Overview Window button on the Data Reviewer toolbar.
The Reviewer Overview Window appears as a docked window in ArcMap.
- Right-click in the Reviewer Overview window and click Adjust Map Extent.
- Click the hatched area and drag it to a different place in the grid or Reviewer Overview window.
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bottom leaves of plants are dying (pics)help
Does anybody know what causes this to happen(see pics).I have them on the bottom of 8 of my 10 tomato plants.And is there a way to fix or are all my plants going to die.I also put a pic of the top of the plants were the leaves appear to be fine.Any help would be appreciated as this is my first year of gardening.Thanks in advance.
Yellowing Leaves on Tomato Plants
It could be any number of things.
First, as the plants mature, it's not uncommon for the bottom leaves to yellow due to lack of nutrients from the soil, that the weather is really hot, or even lack of light (the top leaves are shading out the bottom leaves). It's ok to pinch them off. And, don't worry about all the plants dying quite yet.
Next, do a soil test. It could be a lack of nitrogen in the soil. You can take some soil from around the base of the tomato plant to your local extension service and they can help with the test. There are also soil test kits available for purchase, but the reviews I've seen on them don't inspire a lot of confidence.
Your best bet is to test the soil and go from there.
P.S. Do you rotate where you plant tomatoes each year? If tomatoes are planted in the same place each year, the soil becomes very nutrient poor and diseases are more likely to be a problem. If you don't rotate, you should start next year. If you have the space a 3 year rotation cycle is optimal.


What is Independent Chip Model in Poker?
The Independent Chip Model (ICM), is a calculation which allows players to estimate the value of their stack at any given point in the tournament. ICM calculations evaluate a player's chip stack and place a monetary value on it based on tournament payouts.
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Preparation for urodynamic testing
What is a urodynamic testing?
A full urodynamics procedure is a series of tests done to find out how well your child's bladder is working. It provides information how much urine the bladder can hold, its sensitivity, expansion capacity, intravesical pressure in filling and voiding phases, urine flow, post void residual urine and outer urethral sphincter activity.
The examination begins with urination into a special vessel followed by the introduction of a small catheter into the bladder under a local anesthetic.
 1. explain to your child how the examination is to be performed
 2. in the evening preceding the examination give your child a glycerine suppository for defecation
 3. the child should come to the facility with a full bladder
 4. NO FLUIDS are allowed 1 hour before the examination
 5. the child is allowed to eat normally
 6. if the child is not on prophylaxis, start using antibiotics one day before the examination and maintain the therapy for 3-5 days
 7. if the child is on prophylaxis, on the day preceding the examination increase the dosage to double and maintain this dosage for three days
What to bring:
 - clear (NAD) urine and a urine culture test performed no more than 7 days preceding the examination
 - complete medical documentation
 - 48-hour drinking and voiding diary
Urodynamic testing must not be performed in the case of a urinary tract infection!


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I have a math vb program.
And I would like to know how much time (sec or less) does
program need to find the asnwer. Because this is 200 points,
so I need experts to explain to me in detail, if it is
possible? (please, bec. I am new)
in the form I have :
 some label and textbox for entering and displaying.
 a ok button - that will take the input and find out the
My guess is : when user hit "ok" button, the timer should start and when answer is found out, then timer stop. The time that program need to find out the answer should be able
to be displayed in sec or sometime is.001 sec.
so in "ok" procedure, I have :
some declarations
loop until ok = 0
display answer and time.
if you need more information, comment me, please.
or you can suggest you own program.
thank a lot
Question by:visualbasic_18
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Accepted Solution
MikeP090797 earned 200 total points
ID: _PHONE_
'Put this in the declaration part of your form:
Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetTickCount" () As Long
Put this before the calculation
Dim lStart as long
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ID: _PHONE_
Thank you. here is my code :
Private Sub Command1_Click()
Dim lStart As Long
ok = 1
a1 = Val(inta.Text)
a2 = 1
a3 = 0
b1 = Val(intb.Text)
b2 = 0
b3 = 1
 lStart = GetTickCount()
 If a1 = 1 Then
 X1.Text = a1
 X2.Text = a2
 x3.Text = a3
 ok = 0
 End If
 If b1 = 1 Then
 X1.Text = b1
 X2.Text = b2
 x3.Text = b3
 ok = 0
 End If
 If a1 > b1 Then
 a1 = a1 - b1
 a2 = a2 - b2
 a3 = a3 - b3
 End If
 If b1 > a1 Then
 b1 = b1 - a1
 b2 = b2 - a2
 b3 = b3 - a3
 End If
Loop Until ok = 0
c.Text = CStr((GetTickCount() - lStart) / 1000)
End Sub
am I right?
Author Comment
ID: _PHONE_
If my code is right, then can you explain the meaning of this code to me :
1. Private Declare Function GetTickCount Lib "kernel32" Alias "GetTickCount" () As Long
2. Dim lStart as long
3. IStart=GetTickCount() ' what is this?
4. Labe1.Text=Cstr((GetTickCount()-lStart)/1000) ''what is Cstr?
Why i never see the ( 1. ) line of code, where do you get it and where I can find more information about it, because I can't this code in my vb book.
I have ran the program and it give me 0.064 for time. What does that means? a sec or less than sec.
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ID: _PHONE_
another question :
I inputed 12 and 41, when I got the answer, I pressed the ok button again and
again, but it gave me different time, why?
I think the time should be same, because the input is same, why?
Expert Comment
ID: _PHONE_
The First line is a declaration of a Windows API procedure. Read the help on 'Declare' to get more info. GetTickCount returns the number of milliseconds (1/1000 of second) since the time Windows started, so when you compare the return values between 2 calls, you get the interval. The time is in seconds, so 0.something is less then a second. It gives different time on each run, because each time windows allocated specific time for your process, it's a normal phenomenon.
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ID: _PHONE_
how to get the same time
Expert Comment
ID: _PHONE_
It's impossible, there is no way to control it. Why do you need to do it anyway?
Author Comment
ID: _PHONE_
I just need to find a very accurate time
Expert Comment
ID: _PHONE_
The time is as accurate as it gets, but it takes the algorithm a different time to run every time. It depends on a lot of factors, none of them are at your control. It's like if you measure how much time exactly it takes a program to load, you will find out it's never the same
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The potential impact of an implemented income redistribution package on obesity prevalence in New Zealand.
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AIM: This study quantified associations between (absolute and relative) individual income and obesity prevalence. These associations were then used to model the potential effect of a New Zealand (NZ) Government's income redistributive policy (the Families Package) on adult obesity prevalence. METHODS: Logistic regressions were used to investigate associations between absolute individual income and adult obesity prevalence in NZ. Linear regressions were used to assess associations between relative income (income inequality measured by Gini) and obesity prevalence (from the NCD-RisC) for O…
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In this paper, an approach using polynomial phase chirp signals to model somatosensory evoked potentials (SEPs) is proposed. SEP waveforms are assumed as impulses undergoing group velocity dispersion while propagating along a multipath neural connection. Mathematical analysis of pulse dispersion resulting in chirp signals is performed. An automatic parameterization of SEPs is proposed using chirp models. A Particle Swarm Optimization algorithm is used to optimize the model parameters. Features describing the latencies and amplitudes of SEPs are automatically derived. A rat model is then used to evaluate the automatic parameterization of SEPs in two experimental cases, i.e., anesthesia level and spinal cord injury (SCI). Experimental results show that chirp-based model parameters and the derived SEP features are significant in describing both anesthesia level and SCI changes. The proposed automatic optimization based approach for extracting chirp parameters offers potential for detailed SEP analysis in future studies. The method implementation in Matlab technical computing language is provided online.
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The Cardiff Harbour Authority Water Safety Code is designed to promote safety in the Bay and its rivers. We want you to enjoy your experience around the water's edge, so please follow the Water Safety Code.
The main principles to follow are:
- Swimming is NOT permitted in the Bay or rivers (due to its dangerous depth and currents)
- If you see anyone in difficulty, dial 999 and ask for the Emergency Services
- Do not throw rubbish or stones in the water
- Always wear boots or shoes on the riverbanks and on the foreshore


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Follow Farmer Susie as she guides your PreSchool or Kindergarten child through her farm! Barnyard Adventure is a fun, learning adventure that is designed to reinforce important skills at the Pre-K through K grade level. Big, colorful, hand-drawn graphics make the fruit, animals, and other shapes easy to identify and interact with. Farmer Susie is an adorable, fully animated cartoon character that guides your child through the farm using a dynamic, completely voice acted narration system. She is always on the screen offering clear instructions and encouraging verbal rewards. The bright and friendly voice, combined with the full musical score adds to the delight and charm of this game.
- Fully animated and completely voice acted Farmer Susie cartoon character!
- Animated backgrounds bring the farm to life
- Reinforces counting, letter and shape recognition, memory, and cognitive thinking!
- Almost 2 dozen objects to interact with across 6 different mini-games. Randomized objects, numbers, and shapes give infinite re-playability!
- Rewarding gameplay lets your child hear Farmer Susie's poems and collect gold coins with pictures from the farm on them!


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The UK Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) on 13 April gave EDF with permission for reactors 3 and 4 at the Hunterston NPP (also known as B1 and B2) to return to service for a limited period of operation. Permission for the restart follows extensive scrutiny of EDF's safety case by ONR specialist inspectors, Operation is permitted for up to a total of 16.7 terawatt days for reactor 3 and 16.52 terawatt days for reactor 4 – approximately six month's operation for each. This will be the final period of operation before the NPP moves to the defueling phase.
The ONR's assessment focussed on whether cracking observed in the graphite bricks that form the reactor core could compromise the key nuclear safety requirements. Specifically, these are that:
- The graphite core will not impede control rod entry, thereby ensuring that the reactors can be safely shutdown and held down, both under normal conditions and during or following fault conditions including seismic events;
- Fuel and core component cooling remains adequate both under normal operating conditions and during or following fault conditions including seismic events; and
- Fuel handling risks due to graphite core cracking remain acceptable.
"Through assessment of EDF's safety justification, which takes into account the expected ageing of the graphite core, our inspectors are satisfied that sufficient safety margins and defence in depth measure remain in place to ensure the safety of Hunterston B's workers, of local residents and the wider public," said ONR. "We are satisfied that reactors 3 and 4 at Hunterston B are safe to operate for the specified periods above, and that they can be safely shutdown (including in a significant seismic event) if required.


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A Content Component is a chunk
A content component may also contain a dynamic and interactive element that implements a Web Application
For example, a login form may be implemented in a Content Block
. And navigation
elements are interactive content.
The term component has a long history outside of content management that influences its use in CM. In DCOM
, the distributed component is an object with code and data capable of providing a remote service by executing internal methods or procedures.
In the Page Generation?
phase, a Content Management
assembles chunks of content into a full web page by executing server-side procedures for each chunk, which they often refer to as content components or objects.
Programming and Design also uses the term component to describe an object.
Major Enterprise Content Management
system providers sell their systems as a collection of independently purchasable modules or components.
coined the term Component Content Management and wrote a white paper
on the CCMS


What Are Lantern Riddles And How to Solve Them Like A Chinese Scholar This Mid-Autumn!
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Lantern Riddles, also known as 灯迷(deng1 mi2), are riddles written on lanterns, slips of paper attached to lanterns or simply riddles displayed during Mid-Autumn festivals. Anyone can guess the answer to the riddles – if it doesn't befuddle them.
What are Lantern Riddles?
The lantern riddles often contain messages of wisdom and good fortune, they are a fun way of practising language and problem-solving skills. Hints are provided to indicate whether the answer is a person, place, thing or idiom. If you have tried solving the riddles, you might have required the "might of the tiger" since it was considered very challenging. Thus, lantern riddles were also called 文虎 (wen2 hu3) or 灯虎 (deng1 hu3).
When did the tradition of Lantern Riddles begin?
When did the tradition of Lantern Riddles begin?
It seemed to have begun in the 13th century when Zhou Mi's book "Memoirs of Life in Southern Song's Capital of Hangzhou" mentioned people attaching riddles to lanterns. The riddles were based on poems, folklore, historical events and even jokes about social issues. Scholars would write the riddles and the crowd would try to guess the correct answer. The riddle-solvers may even win a small gift.
READ: Treehouses in Singapore Where Kids Can Climb and Play
Lantern riddles were even used by the emperor's advisers to make suggestions or give advice which the emperor may not like. If the suggestion did not go down well, the advisers would interpret the riddles in a different way. I cannot imagine the number of beheadings which happened if the riddles were too challenging. In modern-day China, some things remain unchanged as some Chinese netizens send lantern riddles ridiculing the government using messaging platforms escaping the wrath of the censors. Lantern riddles are certainly a covert means of communicating when Big Brother's watching.
Where to find Lantern Riddles in Singapore?
Where to find Lantern Riddles in Singapore?Lantern riddles are usually displayed during Mid-Autumn celebrations. They were seen recently at Wan Qing Yuan and Gardens by the Bay's Mid-Autumn festivities. You could even design your own riddles at your Mid-Autumn party!
Ready to solve some Riddles? Let's try them! (Scroll down for the answers.)
Lantern Riddles to Solve
 1. Sometimes it's curved like a smile, other times, it's round like a plate. (Hint: something in space)
 2. A thousand threads, a million strands. Reaching the water, vanishing all at once. (Hint: a natural phenomenon)
 3. Two houses with doors wide open. They allow a million people in but can't stand a tiny grain. (Hint: a body part)
 4. It wears over 300 pieces of clothes and takes off one piece each day. At the end of the year, only one piece of cardboard is left. (Hint: Household item) 一物生来身穿三百多件衣，每天脱一件，年底剩张皮。(猜一日常用品)
 5. Bottomless Pit (Hint: An Idiom) 无底洞（猜成语）
Scroll down for the answers
 1. Moon
 2. Rain
 3. Eyes
 4. Calendar
 5. 深不可测
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Adding Custom CSS To Show Form Submit Process
When a Form submits, it can take a moment to make the requests it needs. Here's how you can use CSS to show submission progress.
When a Form submits, it can take a moment to make the requests it needs. This is especially true with eCommerce Forms which need to make multiple requests for security reasons.
This Article will explain how you can use CSS to show submission progress and let the User know your Form is still submitting without errors.
The CSS Class
When you submit a Form, the HTML Form element has two class names added to it:
- "form_x_submitting" where x represents the ID of the Form in Admin
These classes should be removed if the Form is interrupted by a valid error, e.g. validation errors, so targeting one of these classes should tell you that the Form is busy submitting and the User should wait for completion.
The Simplest Example
In this example, we'll use CSS to select all Forms that are busy submitting globally. You may choose to select particular Forms differently.
A More Complex Example
In this example, a spinner icon has been added to the Form Layout in advance:
The CSS demonstrates how Front-End CSS is used to achieve a different effect:


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Import duplicate company data to use for testing [AX 2012]
Updated: February 1, 2013
In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2009, the duplicate company feature was used extensively to copy data from one company to another. The feature was also used to build development or test environments, and deployment scenarios that moved data from one environment to another. However, this feature became obsolete in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012.
We recommend that you use the Microsoft Dynamics AX data export and import feature to support scenarios that previously required the duplicate company feature.
Company, or DataArea, can no longer be used as a data security boundary. Because of changes that were made to the organization model in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, data is no longer related to a company or legal entity in a simple relationship that is defined by setting the SaveDataPerCompany metadata property of a table to Yes. Because data relationships are now defined through the Relations metadata property, it is not easy to duplicate all data that is related to a legal entity. Therefore, it may not make business sense to duplicate the data that is related to a legal entity. For example, we created organizational hierarchies in which legal entities and business units have a complex relationship. There is no parent/child relationship between business units and legal entities. Therefore, the duplication of business units based on legal entities in the system is erroneous.
Follow these steps to use an existing legal entity as a template for other legal entities.
 1. Create a legal entity to use as a template.
 For more information, see Create or modify a legal entity.
 2. Set all configuration data for the legal entity.
 3. Use the Microsoft Dynamics AX data export and import feature to export the legal entity to a.dat file, such as TMP.dat.
 1. Before you export data, you must create a definition group.
 For more information, see Create definition groups for import and export.
 2. To export configuration data, include the following table groups: Reference, Parameter, Group, Framework, and Miscellaneous.
 To export master data, you must also include the tables that are in the Main table group.
 Do not include the tables that are in the Transaction, Transaction header, Transaction line, Worksheet, Worksheet header, and Worksheet line table groups. These tables include transaction data.
 For a detailed list of all the tables in a table group, see Table group reference.
 4. In the new environment, create new legal entities, and then import the.dat file that you created into each entity individually.
 Shared and per-company data is imported. When other legal entities are subsequently imported into the new legal entities, the shared data is merged.
 For more information, see Import data from another instance of Microsoft Dynamics AX.
You can use the Microsoft Dynamics AX data import and export feature to import and modify transaction data. However, it can be difficult to create a duplicate environment for transaction data if the SaveDataPerCompany property of tables is set to No. Instead, we recommend that you use the backup and restore functionality in Microsoft SQL Server to build demo environments in which minor configuration changes can be made to illustrate specific Microsoft Dynamics AX features.
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