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Science says that air pockets are what makes a fluffy pancake. So, your major goal is to first obtain these bubbles in the batter, and then, solidify them.
These bubbles are formed from the release of gas, which is the product of adding baking powder to the pancake batter. When activated, baking powder performs its role as a chemical leavening agent, by producing CO2 gas. It is this gas that subsequently forms the bubbles.
The activation of the baking powder occurs in two stages:
- While mixing the ingredients: when you mix your dry and liquid ingredients, chemicals in the baking powder react, causing an initial and slow release of gas.
- When heating the batter: when you pour the batter onto a hot pan, a second, bigger burst of gas occurs.
This is exactly when pancakes get that exquisite fluffiness they are treasured for. The greater the heat, the more powerful is the release of gas.
Tip: you can't make fluffy pancakes with gluten-free flour. Without the elastic property of the gluten, the air pockets won't form in the batter.
As mentioned above, the next important step to getting fluffy pancakes is the solidification of the bubbles. This is also obtained during the heating process.
As soon as the batter hits the hot pan, less time than it takes for the bubbles to pop, the liquid in the batter cooks and turns to steam, the proteins in the egg coagulate, and the CO2 bubbles solidify into a network of air pockets. This produces the airy interior that gives a pancake its fluffy texture.
Keep in mind that the pan has to be hot enough (375 F.) to cause quicker activation of the baking powder, and subsequently, large bubbles and fluffiness.
Here are a few other important tips that'll help you get fluffy pancakes:
- Sugar slows the development of the gluten making the pancake softer, less rubbery, and less elastic. Sugar also aids browning.
- Salt also slows the development of the gluten, but it also produces a firmer dough.
- Fat will shorten the strands of gluten, reducing its elasticity. Therefore, substituting cream for milk would lead to a denser, less fluffy pancake.
- Flip the pancakes as gently as possible to avoid bursting the bubbles and making your pancakes very flat.


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If the fake eyelashes you want are seamless, these items are essential!
Eyelash curler, mascara, false eyelashes adhesive, tweezers, eyeliner, perm eyelashes and false eyelashes. The first step in the seamless false eyelash bonding method is to start with mascara at the bottom of the eyelashes, cut your eyelashes, and lightly, otherwise
It is easy to pinch the right angle and the eyelashes will appear stiff. In order to maintain the curling of the eyelashes, the first time you use mascara to shape, pay attention to the dose, to avoid lameness.
Seamless False Eyelash Bonding Step 2: Trimming false eyelashes and trimming their length to the length that best suits their eyes is a rule to ensure that the effect is natural.
Seamless false eyelashes bonding step 3: In order to ensure the matching degree of false eyelashes, it is recommended that you gently bend the false eyelashes twice to create a certain arc shape, which makes it easier to apply false eyelashes. After applying false eyelash glue on the false eyelash stick,
Attach it to the root of the real eyelashes and fine tune its position with tweezers.
Seamless false eyelash bonding step 4: True and false combination, the second application of mascara naturally blends true and false eyelashes, and also prevents true and false eyelashes from being divided into two layers.
Seamless false eyelash bonding method Step 5: Draw eyeliner on the inner root of the eyelash to cover the stem of the false eyelash. In order to achieve the effect of the upper and lower eyelashes, remember to brush the mascara under the lower eyelashes.
Seamless false eyelashes bonding Step 6: Where did your eyelashes come from? This effect can be achieved by using perm eyelashes, which can further merge the true and false eyelashes naturally, just like they were born. At last
A layer of eyeliner retouches the eyes, and false eyelashes are born!

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Käännettävä sana (suomeksi tai englanniksi):
- The residue, remainder or rest of something
- The solid material remaining after the liquid in which it was dissolved has been evaporated; a residue.
- A binary function from [0,1] × [0,1] to [0,1] which is defined in terms of the t-norm as follows:, where denotes the t-norm function and denotes the supremum.
- The residue of an estate


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Developed by the Oklahoma City National Memorial and Museum, The Hope Trunk: An Offering of Positive Education provides educators a unique and meaningful classroom learning resource.
The Hope Trunk is a traveling exhibit that contains educational materials and memorial items from the April 19, 1995 bombing of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. The trunk, which a school may use for two weeks, contains artifacts, visual materials, and classroom exercises that may be used as a stand alone unit or incorporated into core curriculum. Shipping is provided courtesy of FedEx.
The Hope Trunk was developed to educate students about the impact of violence, the senselessness of using violence to effect change, and the importance of personal responsibility. The trunk has been on exhibit at schools nationwide. Many students viewing its artifacts were not alive when the Oklahoma City bombing occurred. The traveling exhibit helps to ensure the messages of that event continue to have impact.
The Mid-Atlantic Center for Emergency Management (MACEM) at Frederick Community College (FCC) had the pleasure of featuring the Hope Trunk, as part of Dr. Brenda Phillips' presentation on Human Response to Disaster at the 2016 Summer Institute. The exhibit included a range of items such as children's books; The Daily Oklahoman Newspaper – April 20, 1995; public safety patches from across the Nation as a show of unity; and rubble from the site. Each trunk also includes a 'hope bear' that was placed at the memorial. Mr. Anthony Thomas, a Summer Institute participant and educator at Dorchester Career and Technology Center (DCTC), also utilized the Hope Trunk during a lesson on how memorials can help people recover from disaster. DCTC and FCC are proud to be added to the growing list of "Hope Bear Schools."
Let's keep the trunk moving!
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 In accordance with article 3, paragraph 2 of the Optional Protocol, the United Mexican States declares:
 i) That the minimum age for voluntary recruitment of its nationals into the armed forces is 18 years;
 ii) That article 24 of the Military Service Act provides that only volunteers will be accepted into the armed forces for active service until the figure set annually by the Ministry of Defence has been met and provided that the following conditions are fulfilled:
 I. They must submit an application;
 II. They must be Mexican nationals who are over 18 but not over 30, and must be under 40 in the case of personnel enlisted as specialists in the army;
 Those over 16 and under 18 shall be accepted into signals units for training as technicians under contracts with the State not exceeding five years in duration. Moreover, under article 25 of the Military Service Act, only the following persons may be accepted for early enlistment in the armed forces:
 I. Those who wish to leave the country at the time when they would be required by law to undertake military service if they are over 16 at the time of requesting enlistment;
 II. Those who are obliged to request early enlistment because of their studies.
 The maximum number of individuals who may be allowed to enlist early shall be set every year by the Ministry of Defence.
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East India Company's Capture of Ceylon Medal, 1807Image["Capture of Ceylon Medal, 1807"]
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East India Company's Capture of Ceylon Medal, 1807
The island of Ceylon, now Sri Lanka, was first taken over from its inhabitants by the Portuguese in 1505; the Dutch replaced them during the seventeenth century. In a campaign from 1795 to 1796 the British East India Company ousted Dutch rule and took the island over.
This medal was issued by the Company to a force of 123 Indian gunners from the Bengal Artillery who served in the campaign. It is unnamed, and the recipient's identity unknown. Lester Watson bought it from the dealer Gifford in 1927.

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16-year-old Helena Muffly wrote exactly 100 years ago today:
Friday, April 14, 1911: I spent most of my time indoors today for the weather was decidedly dreary and ugly. Had a time hiding pop corn this afternoon from Jimmie and Mother.
Her middle-aged granddaughter's comments 100 years later:
A hundred years ago on this date it would have been Good Friday. I wonder if the family was making any preparations for Easter. The April 1, 1911 issue of Ladies Home Journal provided suggestions for dyeing Easter eggs:
Easter Egg Dye
A harmless dye for Easter eggs is made by boiling the eggs with onion skins. Put the eggs on to boil in cold water, with enough onion skins to cover them. Boil till the eggs are hard. They will come out in pretty shades of brown and red. Polish them with a soft flannel cloth. Two cupfuls of onion skins will color eight or ten eggs.
I used white eggs and the outer skins from yellow onions to test these directions. The eggs were easy to color–and the dyed eggs are a pretty reddish-brown. I'm amazed how the skins of yellow onions produce a dye that is so red.


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This reconstruction shows how the Ivory Bangle Lady may have looked
Archaeologists have revealed the remains of what they say was a "high status" woman of African origin who lived in York during Roman times.
Academics say the discovery goes against the common assumption that all Africans in Roman Britain were low status male slaves.
Remains of the Ivory Bangle Lady, as she has been named, were studied in Reading using forensic techniques.
She was first discovered in the Bootham area of York in August 1901.
Her remains were in a stone coffin near Sycamore Terrace in the city.
Her grave dates back to the second half of the 4th Century. She was buried with items including jet and elephant ivory bracelets, earrings, beads and a blue glass jug.
She also had a rectangular piece of bone, which is thought to have originally been mounted in a wooden box, which was carved to read, "Hail, sister, may you live in God'.
Bracelets of ivory and jet were among the woman's grave goods
The grave goods and skeletal remains of the Ivory Bangle Lady were studied by the archaeology department of the University of Reading.
The university's Dr Hella Eckardt said a study of the skull's size and facial features along with analysis of the chemical signature of the food and drink she had consumed led to their conclusion that she was of high status and of African origin.
Dr Eckardt said: "Multi-cultural Britain is not just a phenomenon of more modern times.
"Analysis of the 'Ivory Bangle Lady' and others like her, contradicts common popular assumptions about the make up of Roman-British populations as well as the view that African immigrants in Roman Britain were of low status, male and likely to have been slaves."
The Ivory Bangle Lady will feature in an exhibition about the diversity of the population of Roman York at the Yorkshire Museum in August.


- Whiz Quiz
 Here are some interesting facts about our DMS Whiz Quiz teams:
 Whiz Quiz is a Middle School academic competition team. DMS has both a 6th and 7th/8th grade team. Tryouts are held at the beginning of the school year. Practice is twice a week during student's lunch period and games are one evening a week. Game days differ depending on the team. Whiz quiz begins at the end of September and ends before the holiday break in December. Finals are sometime in January. Each team has a teacher sponsor that meets with them to prepare and organize their team.
 Five students from each school compete at one time. Questions asked during competitions span knowledge in science, social studies, grammar, pop culture, geography, literature, and math. Students receive points for answering these questions correctly. If you like Jeopardy, you will love Whiz Quizthey even have buzzers!


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Welcome to the Bamberton Historical Society
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Bamberton Museum & Bus Tours
Step back in time to the early 1900s and relive life at Bamberton, one of the most important industrial sites in BC's history.
Bambertonís Mystery History
This site traces the history of the cement industry at Bamberton, located on Vancouver Island, British Columbia. An industry that changed and shaped the skyline of BC's cities, the shoreline of its harbours, and even the flow of its rivers with the millions of tons of cement that poured forth from the Bamberton plant. It illustrates the strong role the company played in the lives of the thousands of workers and their families who lived in the village over the years. People whose lives were shaped by the fortunes of the cement industry from 1904 to 1982.
Using photos, maps, actual memories and informative text we hope to acquaint the viewer with the compelling story of Bamberton, a community that went from "Dust to Bust".
DUST TO BUST AND BACK
The history of Bamberton - first time in print! Order your copy using this form.


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The International Education Centre offers Let's Talk sessions throughout the academic year to address topics pertinent to international students. Those topics include Health Insurance, Tax Information, Off-Campus Housing etc. These sessions will provide you with information to navigate Canadian systems as an international student, and give you a space to ask questions!
Benefits of joining this program:
- Learn about topics pertinent to your experience as an international student.
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George Nissen obituary
Eccentric American gymnast and acrobat who invented the trampoline
George Nissen
George Nissen
George Nissen, who has died aged 96, was an inveterate and sometimes eccentric inventor. He registered more than 40 patents, but his name is synonymous with his first invention, the trampoline. His life-changing idea was formulated when, as a child, he visited touring circuses. Watching the trapeze artists drop into the safety nets and bounce up and flip, he imagined how exciting it would be if they could keep bouncing and flipping.
Nissen called the concept "rebound tumbling" and built his first bouncing rig while he was a student. He registered the trademark "trampoline" – naming it after el trampolín, the Spanish for diving board – and in his first year of production, in the late 1930s, he sold about 10 to YMCAs and schools. That did not impress his father, who suggested that he had already satisfied demand. But Nissen was not so easily deterred, and by the mid-60s the trampoline had become so popular that he no longer tried to enforce the patent.
Nissen was born in Blairstown, Iowa, one of four children of Franklin and Catherine Nissen, Danish immigrants. The family moved to Cedar Rapids when he was young, and he took up gymnastics and diving at the local YMCA. In 1933, he started at the University of Iowa and during his time there, with the gymnastics coach Larry Griswold, set about building the first trampoline. Griswold would later partner Nissen in the Griswold-Nissen Trampoline and Tumbling Company, set up in 1941, and write the first instruction manual the following year.
Nissen had experimented in the family garage, using angle irons from the local junkyard for the frame and canvas from a tentmaker, with strips of inner-tubes from old car tyres to attach the canvas to the frame. With Griswold, he worked on a more sophisticated model with coiled springs, which had its first public appearance at the local YMCA camp. The bouncing rig proved hugely successful and Nissen began to believe that it could have a commercial future.
After graduating in 1937 with a business degree, he toured with his friends Jack Brown and Xavier Leonard as The Three Leonardos. They performed their acrobatic act at fairs in the US and in Mexico, where Nissen discovered the future name for his bouncing rig. When they returned to the US, they incorporated the trampoline into their act and toured schools. As intended, it generated commercial interest, but the second world war intervened. Nissen, ever adaptable, persuaded the US forces that the trampoline had training applications and sold them about 100.
The postwar development of the trampoline was marked out by a publicity stunt with a kangaroo, which Nissen hired for a photoshoot in Central Park, New York. He knew that by bouncing at one end of the trampoline, he could start the kangaroo bouncing at the other. The trick was for Nissen to time his jumps so that a picture could be taken of both himself and the kangaroo in mid-air.
The shoot was a huge success and the picture went round the world. Nissen did too, selling his product in Europe (the trampoline was particularly popular in eastern-bloc countries), Japan, South Africa and South America. However, there was chequered progress for trampolines in the US. They were hugely popular, but the "jump centres" that sprang up were unregulated, and injuries – and legal action – ensued.
Nissen tried to develop his invention by creating bouncing games, but the trampoline was developing organically. As well as being an invaluable training aid for many sports – it was de rigueur for divers – it was taking off as a sport in its own right.
The first world championships took place at the Royal Albert Hall, London, in 1964. A year later, the International Trampoline Federation was formed. Griswold and Nissen formed the US Tumbling and Trampoline Association in 1971. But Nissen had to wait until 2000 for his lifetime goal to be achieved. That year, the sport was accorded ultimate respectability when it was included in the Sydney Olympic Games.
Nissen himself was the best advertisement for the health benefits of his product. A brilliant gymnast and tumbler in his youth, he could still do handstands into his 80s and yoga headstands in his 90s.
He is survived by his wife, Annie, a Dutch acrobat whom he met in 1950 while she was performing for the Cole Brothers Circus in the US, and two daughters, Dagmar and Dian.
- George Peter Nissen, inventor and gymnast, born 3 February 1914; died 7 April 2010
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River Meaning in English, River Baby Name Origin Gender Meaning Pronunciation
Does River Baby Name seem like an intriguing name for your baby? Learn River Name Meaning in English, its origin and which gender River Baby Name is most suitable for. Check through our list of names that are related to the name River, names similar to River and sibling names of River. Also, read through a detailed numerology report for the name River.
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Riley, Gage, River
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James, Joseph, Lee, Alexander, Thomas, William, Wyatt, Scott, Paul, Marshall
Nature names are big with parents, so its completely in keeping with this preference that River scores well in terms of chart favorites. A name like Riveror Sky, Rainbow or Leafwas once seen as odd or hippieish, but today its as acceptable as any traditional name. It comes from a Latin word, ripa, which translates to riverbank. Though more than twice as popular as a boys' name (Keri Russell of "The Americans" has a son, born in 2007, named River) its growing as a girls' name too.


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Rigidity of Graph Symmetries in the 3-Sphere
Embedded graphs, symmetries of graphs, chirality
In this paper we show that, for any 3-connected graph G, if an automorphism of G is realizable by a homeomorphism of (S3, G) then there is an embedding of G such that that automorphism is induced by a finite order homeomorphism of (S3, G). We then use this result to characterize which automorphisms of an arbitrary complete graph can be induced by a homeomorphism of S3 for some embedding of the graph.
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E. Flapan, Rigidity of Graph Symmetries in the 3-Sphere, Journal of Knot Theory and its Ramifications, 4 (1995) 373-388. doi: 10.1142/S0218216595000181


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Internal vs External Fragmentation
Difference between internal and external fragmentation is a topic of interest to many who like to improve their computer knowledge. Before knowing this difference, we have to see what fragmentation is. Fragmentation is a phenomenon that occurs in computer memory such as Random Access Memory (RAM) or hard disks, which causes wastage and inefficient usage of free space. While the efficient usage of available space is hindered, this causes performance issues, as well. Internal fragmentation occurs when memory allocation is based on fixed-size partitions where after a small size application is assigned to a slot the remaining free space of that slot is wasted. External fragmentation occurs when memory is dynamically allocated where after loading and unloading of several slots here and there the free space is being distributed rather than being contiguous.
What is Internal Fragmentation?
Consider the figure above where a fixed sized memory allocation mechanism is being followed. Initially, the memory is empty and the allocator has divided the memory into fixed size partitions. Then later three programs named A, B, C have been loaded to the first three partitions while the 4th partition is still free. Program A matches the size of the partition, so there is no wastage in that partition, but Program B and Program C are smaller than the partition size. So in part ition 2 and partition 3 there is remaining free space. However, this free space is unusable as the memory allocator only assigns full partitions to programs but no t parts of it. This wastage of free space is called internal fragmentation.
In the above example, it is equal sized fixed partitions but this can even happen in a situation where partitions of various fixed sizes are available. Usually the memory or hardest space is divided into blocks that are usually the size of powers of 2 such as 2, 4, 8, 16 bytes. So a program or a file of 3 bytes will be assigned to a 4 byte block but one byte of that block will become unusable causing internal fragmentation.
What is External Fragmentation?
Consider the figure above where memory allocation is done dynamically. In dynamic memory allocation, the allocator allocates only the exact needed size for that program. First memory is completely free. Then the Programs A, B, C, D and E of different sizes are loaded one after the other and they are placed in memory contiguously in that order. Then later, Program A and Program C closes and they are unloaded from memory. Now there are three free space areas in the memory, but they are not adjacent. Now a large program called Program F is going to be loaded but neither of the free space block is not enough for Program F. The addition of all the free spaces is definitely enough for Program F, but due to the lack of adjacency that space is unusable for Program F. This is called External Fragmentation.
What is the difference between Internal and External Fragmentation?
- Internal Fragmentation occurs when a fixed size memory allocation technique is used. External fragmentation occurs when a dynamic memory allocation technique is used.
- Internal fragmentation occurs when a fixed size partition is assigned to a program/file with less size than the partition making the rest of the space in that partition unusable. External fragmentation is due to the lack of enough adjacent space after loading and unloading of programs or files for some time because then all free space is distributed here and there.
- External fragmentation can be mined by compaction where the assigned blocks are moved to one side, so that contiguous space is gained. However, this operation takes time and also certain critical assigned areas for example system services cannot be moved safely. We can observe this compaction step done on hard disks when running the disk defragmenter in Windows.
- External fragmentation can be prevented by mechanisms such as segmentation and paging. Here a logical contiguous virtual memory space is given while in reality the files/programs are splitted into parts and placed here and there.
- Internal fragmentation can be maimed by having partitions of several sizes and assigning a program based on the best fit. However, still internal fragmentation is not fully eliminated.
Internal vs External Fragmentation
Both internal fragmentation and external fragmentation are phenomena where memory is wasted. Internal fragmentation occurs in fixed size memory allocation while external fragmentation occurs in dynamic memory allocation. When an allocated partition is occupied by a program that is lesser than the partition, remaining space goes wasted causing internal fragmentation. When enough adjacent space cannot be found after loading and unloading of programs, due to the fact that free space is distributed here and there, this causes external fragmentation. Fragmentation can occur in any memory device such as RAM, Hard disk and Flash drives.


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Keywords: nuclear desalination, reverse osmosis, recent performances, price, cost reduction, water quality, simulation, nuclear energy, simulation, modelling, seawater desalination
Water desalination price from recent performances: modelling, simulation and analysis
The subject of the present article is the technical simulation of seawater desalination, by a one stage reverse osmosis system, the objectives of which are the recent valuation of cost price through the use of new membrane and permeator performances, the use of new means of simulation and modelling of desalination parameters, and show the main parameters influencing the cost price. We have taken as the simulation example the Seawater Desalting centre of Djannet (Boumerdes, Algeria). The present performances allow water desalting at a price of 0.5 $/m³, which is an interesting and promising price, corresponding with the very acceptable water product quality, in the order of 269 ppm. It is important to run the desalting systems by reverse osmosis under high pressure, resulting in further decrease of the desalting cost and the production of good quality water. Aberration in choice of functioning conditions produces high prices and unacceptable quality. However there exists the possibility of decreasing the price by decreasing the requirement on the product quality. The seawater temperature has an effect on the cost price and quality. The installation of big desalting centres, contributes to the decrease in prices. A very important, long and tedious calculation is effected, which is impossible to conduct without programming and informatics tools. The use of the simulation model has been much efficient in the design of desalination centres that can perform at very improved prices.


text: Careers Finding a Job Important Cognitive Skills That Employers Value Definition & Examples of Cognitive Skills Share PINTEREST Email Print anyaberkut / Getty Images Finding a Job Job Searching Skills & Keywords Resumes Salary & Benefits Letters & Emails Job Listings Job Interviews Cover Letters Career Advice Best Jobs Work-From-Home Jobs Internships Table of Contents Expand What Are Cognitive Skills? Examples of Cognitive Skills in the Workplace Workplace Cognitive Skills: A – Z List How to Highlight Your Skills By Alison Doyle Alison Doyle Alison Doyle is a job search expert and one of the industry's most highly-regarded job search and career experts. Alison brings extensive experience in corporate human resources, management, and career development, which she has adapted for her freelance work. She is also the founder of CareerToolBelt.com, which provides simple and straightforward advice for every step of your career. Learn about our Editorial Process Updated on 11/30/21 Virtually all jobs—even those that primarily involve manual labor—require workers to exercise their cognitive skills—their "thinking skills," in other words. While not all employers use the phrase "cognitive skills" in job descriptions, it is important for job seekers to be able to demonstrate that they have the types of cognitive skills the employers want. Here's an overview of cognitive skills, examples, and tips for showing employers you have the skills that they need. What Are Cognitive Skills? Cognitive skills include the ability to learn, process, and apply knowledge, analyze and reason, and evaluate and decide. Cognitive skills also include the skills associated with perception, memory, judgment, and language. They are generally based on abilities that seem to be inborn, in that some people can develop abilities that others cannot. At least, not without considerably greater effort. And yet cognitive skills must be developed and practiced to reach their full potential. In other words, it is possible to become more skilled, with a little work. Examples of Cognitive Skills in the Workplace Employers are likely to look for cognitive skills in an applied form. That is, no one will ask in an interview, "can you think?" but the interviewer may ask how well the candidate can do specific tasks that require thinking. When preparing for an interview, for each task you wish to highlight, be sure to prepare specific examples of occasions when you did that task in a professional context. Do not expect the interviewer to take your word for it that you have certain skills. The following are examples of applied cognitive skills as they might appear in a job description. Digest Reading Material It means reading and understanding a text, thinking about it, or analyzing it. Exploring literature in a scholarly sense is one example. Reading a manual and then adapting the processes described in a new situation is another. Draw Inferences from Patterns of Events If the copier breaks every Friday, what is causing the problem? Something is because such a pattern is unlikely to occur by chance. If you can notice the pattern and identify and resolve the issue, you can save your company time, money, and frustration. This sort of reasoning can be very valuable to an employer. Analyze Problems and Evaluate Options Anyone can apply a standard solution to a standard problem. But, deciding which of several possible solutions is appropriate takes some real thinking. As does the act of deciding which of several problems to attempt to solve first. Brainstorm Solutions Brainstorming means coming up with a long list of possible solutions without stopping to analyze which ones might be correct. Although analysis itself is a good and necessary skill, being able to suspend it temporarily is also important. Brainstorming leads to solutions and usually accompanies ideas like creativity and team building. Focus Attention on a Task Staying focused is an undervalued skill that not everyone has. For some people, staying focused means attending to only one task at a time. Others get better results by juggling a group of tasks, either because all are related and require each other in some way, or because rapid cycling among different tasks relieves boredom. In either case, the important thing is to be able to work efficiently until the task is done. Observe Phenomena Observation is another undervalued skill. Some specialized forms of observation can be learned, such as following a scientific protocol or using a pair of binoculars. However, the cognitive skill of observation means being able to notice something and then pay attention to it. Frequently, observation is easier if you are familiar with the phenomena in question. For example, a trained birder can often count the number of bird species singing in a chorus, even if the species are unfamiliar, where an untrained person hears only undifferentiated noise. Workplace Cognitive Skills: A – Z List Scan the lists below to help you identify the skills that most closely approximate the qualifications for a prospective job. Active Listening Adaptability Analytical Behavioral Business Business Storytelling Communication Conflict Resolution Creative Thinking Decision Making Deductive Reasoning Inductive Reasoning Listening Logical Thinking Nonverbal Communication Presentation Problem Solving Public Speaking Social Skills Soft Skills Strategic Planning Verbal Communication Writing How to Highlight Your Skills When you're job searching, take the time to discover what cognitive skills the employer is seeking. In many cases, you'll find them as "keyword phrases" under the "Preferred Qualifications" section in the job posting. Reference the skills you have that are a close match to the employer's requirements in your resume and cover letters, and during job interviews. Here's how to match your qualifications to a job. Scan the lists above to help you identify the skills that most closely approximate the qualifications for a prospective job. Because many employers use automated applicant tracking systems to rate the resumes they receive, try to mention as many of these "keyword" cognitive skills in your resume as you can.


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Leopard cat activity is higher with increased understory vegetation in oil palm plantations, which seems to result in reduced rat numbers
Leopard cats are known to use oil palm plantations as a hunting ground for rats, and have been proposed as a possible biological control for rodent pests in plantations. Related to this, there have been questions raised regarding how understory vegetation management in oil palm plantations [many places consider these weeds and clear them] may influence leopard cat use of these sites. Finally, a study examines these unknowns.
A recently published study by Hood et al. (2019) showed that leopard cat habitat use is higher with increased understory vegetation. They also demonstrate reduced rat numbers with higher leopard cat activity. The authors suggest that the results indicate that how oil palm plantations are managed can affect leopard cat use, and possible rodent control possibilities. All these only possible with their manipulative experiments on understory vegetation management.
Curiously, there was no effect of understorey vegetation on rat numbers or rat damage on oil palm in this study. It could be that the rats benefit from more vegetation, but the higher activity of leopard cats in those environment leads to higher rat predation level, which nullified the benefits to rats. Neat if that could somehow be studied in future.
Hood et al. (2019) Understory vegetation in oil palm plantations promotes leopard cat activity, but does not affect rats or rat damage. Frontiers in Forest and Global Change 2: 51. doi: 10.3389/ffgc.2019.00051


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The PSALSA (Personalized SALSA) function is a SQL-GR function that evaluates the similarity of nodes in a bipartite graph according to their proximity. The typical application of PSALSA is for recommendation.
The PSALSA function assigns numerical scores (between 0 and 1) to the vertices on both sides of the bipartite graph for each seed (hub) vertex. Also, for each seed vertex, the function outputs K hub/authority vertices with highest score.
The score assigned by PSALSA to a node defines the probability of visiting the node by a random walk with a restart from a seed node.


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To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly (1909)
To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly is a very short educational film (it's only a minute long), made using stop-motion animation to explain how spiders travel across unexpectedly large distances. It was directed by F. Percy Smith, a naturalist and photographer who helped pioneer the use of many now-familiar film-making techniques, such as time-lapse sequences.
I love spiders and I love stop-motion creatures and I utterly love this. What a wonderful thing.
And a hundred and ten years old.
1. I watched this, yes, via the BFI Player – To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
2. I think this may be my favourite thing
3. I just wish I'd seen it earlier so I could have incorporated this knowledge into Spiders Are Wonderful (multiple winner of the factual book of the year award in 2011).
Film Information
Title: To Demonstrate How Spiders Fly
Director: F. Percy Smith
Year: 1909
Runtime: 1 minute


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Helmet Library user regulations
Helmet is an abbreviation of the words Helsinki Metropolitan Area Libraries.
Helmet library service consists of Espoo, Helsinki, Kauniainen and Vantaa City Libraries. Helmet libraries have a shared customer register and library system.
Helmet libraries are open for everybody. Anyone who follows the customer regulations is allowed to use the libraries' collections, services and customer facilities. You are obliged to use library materials, media and facilities in an appropriate way.
When you receive a library card (a customer registration number) or when you accept becoming a contact person, you are committed to follow these user regulations and the potential changes of the regulations. The current user regulations and the separate instructions and rules about the various appliances to be used at the library along with the rights to use them are to be found at _URL_ -> Info -> Using the library.
Library card and pin code
Library card is a card or a customer registration number in some other form approved by the library (later in this text referred to as library card).
You can get a personal library card, the right to borrow and a PIN code at any Helmet library or mobile library. The first library card is free of charge. You will get the library card when you state your address and present a valid ID card with a photograph and personal identity number accepted by the library. To be able to receive a library card you need an address in Finland. If you do not have a Finnish personal identity number, your library card is valid for twelve months at a time.
Children under 15 can have a library card with a written consent by a guardian or other statutory representative (later representative). The representative is responsible for the loans on the library card of a child under 15 years, as well as for the child's use of other services, equipment and facilities of the library.
A day care centre, school, other institution or community can have a library card for twelve months at a time. A contact person is appointed for the card. This person will oversee that the card is used appropriately.
The library card is personal. This also applies to using the library's self-service.
You are responsible for the items that have been borrowed with your library card.
In order to prevent the misuse of your library card you can ask the personnel in the customer service to always check the identity of the borrower. Lending by the automatic lending machine is protected with your PIN code. A staff member of an institution or community can use the institution's or community's library card with the consent of the representative of the institution or community.
You must inform the library immediately if your library card disappears. This responsibility also concerns the contact person. If you have lost your library card, you can call the telephone number 09 3108 5309 when the libraries are closed and leave a message in the answerphone. You are not responsible for the material that has been borrowed with the lost library card after you have informed the library that the library card is missing. A library card that has been reported lost will be removed from use.
Along with the library card you will need a PIN code, if you wish to use the library's web services, lending machines, customer computers and self-service libraries. You will get the PIN code from the library or mobile library when you present a valid ID card approved by the library. The PIN code will not be given by e-mail or phone.
Please keep your contact information up-to-date. You must notify the library without delay about the changes of your address, email address and your name. You can check your contact information on the website _URL_.
The relationship between the library and the customer is confidential.
The library is responsible for the accuracy of the customer register. The personal Information on the borrower and the representative is recorded in the libraries' customer register. The library is responsible for keeping the customer register up to date according to the law in force.
In accordance with the Personal Data Act, the library has the right to record the customer's personal identity number into the register. The register report is on view at the libraries and on the website _URL_ -> Info -> Using the library.
You are entitled to check the information recorded about you in the library's customer register. You will be shown the information in question at the library's customer service desk when you prove your identity by presenting a valid ID card accepted by the library. The representative of a person younger than 15 years of age is entitled to get information about the guarantee's overdue loans and unpaid fees. The contact person of an institution or community is entitled to check the information about the institution or community in question.
Loans, returns and renewals
You may have simultaneously 100 loans of which 5 can be console games. The loan period varies from 1 day to 28 days. You will find specific information about the loan periods in the appendix of the user regulations. Movies and games will not be lent to a customer who does not fulfill the age limits approved by Kansallisen Audiovisuaalisen Instituutin Mediakasvatusja kuvaohjelmayksikkö MEKU (Media education and visual program unit of National Audiovisual Institute).
Due dates are on the check-out receipt. Please return your loans on the due date at the latest. You can return the material to any Helmet library during its opening hours. If you wish you can get a receipt of the return. Some libraries have so-called returning boxes. The items returned via the returning box are registered as returned on the next opening day of the library. Returning your loans via a returning box is on your own responsibility.
You will receive a notification of an approaching due date 48 hours in advance, if you have a functioning email address in the library's client register.
You can renew your loans five (5) times at the library, mobile library or in Your record at _URL_. It is not possible to renew the loans if the material has been reserved or if you have lost your right to borrow. There may be restrictions in renewing the loans. E.g. bestsellers and most objects that are to be borrowed cannot be renewed.
The first reminder of overdue loans will be sent 14 days after the due date, the second reminder 28 days after the due date. The first reminder can also be received by email. The Helmet library system also sends reminders on unpaid payments in order to avoid the expiration of the debt.
You will lose the right to borrow
- if your loans are more than 28 days overdue
- if you have lost or damaged the material of the library
- if you fail to pay your overdue fees when they have amounted to or exceeded the sum indicated in the payments appendix
An exception to the above is a borrower who has started the process of a loan arrangement and whose debt to the library belongs to the freezing of payments. In the case of a debt like this, the debtor may not be targeted by the loss of borrowing rights due to a delay in payment.
You will regain your borrowing rights
- by returning the items that are overdue
- by compensating for lost or damaged items
- by paying the accumulated fees
The restoring of the borrowing rights can take about a week depending on the method of payment. If you pay the fees to the bank account of the library, the borrowing rights are restored after the library has dealt with the payments in its own bookkeeping. If the payment has been transferred to a collection office the borrowing rights are restored only after the collection office has made the payment to the library's account and the library has checked the payment.
Reservations and interlibrary loans
You can reserve material either at the library or by logging in _URL_.
You may not have more than 50 pending reservations at the same time. You will receive a notification about reservations that can be picked up by a text message, email or letter. There may be restrictions in reserving materials.
Most libraries have a self-service pick-up shelf for reservations. The protection of customers' data will be taken into consideration when arranging the pick-up of reservations.
You can order an item as an interlibrary loan from elsewhere in Finland or abroad, if the item is not available in the collections of any Helmet library. The service is subject to a charge. If, however, the material in question is available in some scientific or special library in the metropolitan area, it cannot be ordered as an interlibrary loan.
In general, using the library is free of charge. However, fees will be charged for items returned or renewed after the due date, reservations that are not picked up, and for certain special services. The most important fees charged by the libraries are listed in the appendix of the user regulations.
The overdue fee will accrue every calendar day after the due date until it reaches the maximum amount. No overdue fee will be charged for materials from the children's and teens' departments. The overdue fee will be charged even if you fail to renew the loans due to a break in the internet connection or some other technical problem.
For a reservation that has been delivered to the pick-up shelf but not picked up by the customer, customers aged 18 or older will be charged a fee. The fee will be charged even if the pick-up notification has not arrived due to a delivery error, a fault in telecommunications, or another reason.
You must compensate for lost or damaged material. Instructions to compensate for material are to be found in the appendix of the user regulations. NB. The library is not responsible for damages which the recordings you have borrowed possibly have caused to your appliances or for those damages caused to a third person by using the library appliances.
The library uses a collection office to collect outstanding payments. The outstanding payments are transferred from the Helmet library system to the collection office used by each city library in question approximately 60 days after the due


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- establishment of the National Freight Network;
- development of a National Freight Strategic Plan;
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- development of measures of conditions and performance in freight transportation;
- development of freight transportation investment, data, and planning tools; and
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Music : Yaporigami
Visual : Kezzardrix
installation piece for audio-visual exhibition "Chromesthesia"
We will challenge to present a work focusing on the collapse and formation of rhythm by music and images. The Gestalt collapse is known as a both auditory and visual phenomenon in which you lose cognition of 'form' such as rhythms once properly recognised. In ancient Greece, the rhythm was called rhythmos which refers to the formation of 'forms' in a wide range of fields including placement of objects and/or establishment of humanity. When recognising the rhythm, the human nature or personal emotions can be evoked. When losing the rhythm, those are put in an ambiguous state until new 'form' can be found. Fluctuation on this boundary has a mysterious charm. Through the collapse and formation of rhythm on the time axis, we would like to question how ambiguous our perceptions are.
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Exhibition Dates： 2018-09-01 ~ 2018-11-18
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How to Gain Power
Power is the most relatively objective measure of your account's strength, and as a result, gaining power is one of the primary goals while playing Mobile Strike.
Gaining power can be done in multiple different ways.
Methods of permanently increasing your power include:
Base missions are completed when the player completes some sort of assigned task, such as building an oil well and leveling it up for the first time. A base mission is awarded each time you complete something assigned by Mobile Strike, including constructing buildings, completing research, and so on. They can be claimed, or completed in the lower left of your base view. Each one adds commander XP and power, typically according to the difficulty of the mission. Players often wait until they level up their Headquarters to claim the missions so that they can maximize the XP bonus from each one once they have a higher level Hall of Heroes. This is done because the XP bonus conferred rises as the Hall of Heroes rises in level.
-Increasing Your Commander Level
Increasing your commander level can be done by earning experience points (XP). XP can be earned by battling with your commander present (either attacking or defending), completing research, base missions as mentioned above, completing research, attacking rebel targets, and completing base missions. The power from your commander can be taken away if he or she is eliminated, but this loss can be negated if you resuscitate him or her using a Medical Kit. Using a Medical Kit will save your power, and all of your Commander XP. So in a way, it is permanent power gained, but also could be considered temporary if you're splitting hairs.
Completing research adds power and can unlock more troops, traps, increase resource production, and many other things. It cannot be reduced or taken away. As mentioned above, completing research also awards XP for your commander.
Methods of temporarily increasing your power include:
Once built, buildings add power on their own, as well as triggering the completion of a base mission the first time you construct them. The power awarded (aside from the completed base mission) can be removed by deconstructing the building, however.
-Training Troops and Traps
Sort of self-explanatory. The more troops and traps you train, the more your power will rise. If the troops are killed or injured, or your traps are destroyed, your power will drop accordingly. If you heal any injured troops, your power will rise according to how many/what type you heal.


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Around the world there are many local country standards for setting the road types and names. This page serves as the redirection point for each country's road naming conventions (listed alphabetically).
Navigation instructions for unnamed segments
When Waze gives navigation instructions to "turn", "exit", or "keep" onto an unnamed segment, it will look for a name it can use. If there is a named segment further along your route, it will use (inherit) that name in the instruction. Named segments connected to the unnamed segment which are not part of your provided route, are not relevant.
The inherited name is only used in the displayed and spoken instruction prompts, it does not affect the actual name of the segment.
This always works for Freeways and Ramps .
As of January 2015, on all other road types (any road type which is not a Freeway or Ramp), this feature only works if:
 1. The combined length of the consecutive unnamed segments is shorter than 400 meters (1,312 feet),
 2. There are 3 or fewer unnamed segments in a row.
To explain the above conditions from another perspective: If the consecutive unnamed segments measured together are longer than 400 m (1,312 ft), or if there are 4 or more unnamed segments in a row, Waze will NOT show or speak a name in the instructions.
For a more detailed explanation, including side effects and usage examples, please see the Expanded Navigation instructions for unnamed segments page.


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I've pretty much wrung-out the possibilities of propagating by grafting, and wanted to delve into some other hard-to-propagate fruits, and so I've ventured into the rarefied air of plant tissue culture. Tissue Culture is growing embryonic plants from parts of the tree you wouldn't always think of for starting plants, like slices of the leaf. The sterile growing medium this cherry is in consists of tapioca starch, coconut milk, table sugar, minerals, vitamins, growth hormones, and a preservative. This clump will multiply and be divided into more jars, and continue to multiply until its time to change the hormone so it will grow roots. Photosynthesis is not necessary, as it bypasses the usual method of making food, where chlorophyll takes sunlight and water to make glucose. The plant takes up sugar directly from the medium and actually grows better in the dark. Gardening in a baby food jar with no bugs, no disease, no sunlight, and the end result is clean, vigorous plants; there's a lot to like about this.


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Banks and Customers: Do They Really Have Relationships? Zehnder Turns the Question Around And Finds a Few Surprises
In a post-digital world, retail bankers realize the future of their industry is not one of pure technology. While smartphones and websites certainly have changed the banking landscape, research shows a rising demand for multi-channel service – a mix of mobile, digital, call center and in-person options.
Despite the increased role of technology, the sense of personal relationship between bankers and customers is still a relevant issue. Indeed, through our agency's work in the retail banking space, we see the multi-channel model essentially ensuring that personal relationships will remain relevant.
Do those kinds of relationships exist? Many bankers say they do, but what about customers? How does each side perceive its relationship with the other, and how well do they match up?
In other words, is there a difference between what bankers see as their customers' priorities and what customers say their priorities really are?
By placing just a slight twist on the question, we found some meaningful and eye-opening results between both bankers and consumers.
So what exactly did we do? In September 2018, Zehnder conducted an online survey of 500 respondents ‒ 400 consumers, as well as 100 bankers with varying levels of decision-making power ‒ all distributed equally in the South, West, Northeast and Midwest.
Our survey was built around four main questions:
 - Would you say you have a personal relationship with your bank?
 - If you do not have a personal relationship with your bank, what reason would prompt you to start one?
 - How comfortable would you be if your bank does not have a physical location?
 - How much do you trust a bank with no physical location?
There were some notable exceptions, but the results showed that bankers were generally much more convinced of relationships than customers ‒ more than 80 percent of bankers compared to 56 percent of consumers.
Among consumers, perceptions differed along a number of criteria. Older customers and males were more likely to perceive a relationship, while females and younger customers were not.
Interestingly, attitudes varied especially among geographical regions. In the South, for example, nearly 90 percent of bankers surveyed said they have a relationship with most clients. That compared with only 50 percent of Southern consumers surveyed.
Bankers in the West were among the least confident in relationships. In that region, a relatively high 18 percent said they were unsure, while only 26 percent said they "definitely" have a relationship, among the lowest figures nationwide.
The responses revealed other interesting differences. While African-American and white customers were generally even on the question of banker relationships, Asian customers weren't as sure. Nearly 40 percent of Asians expressed at least some doubt, the highest among all ethnic groups.
In short, Zehnder's research shows there are some real differences between banks and customers when it comes to the perception of relationships. The bigger question is how much does that matter? The answer is that it depends.
When we asked consumers how much they would trust a bank with no physical location, 53 percent said "a great deal" or "a lot." There were a few variations among regions and age groups, but less than a quarter went as far as saying they would place little or no trust in such a bank.
So consumers are less apt to perceive the existence of a relationship than their bankers are. Yet, consumers are still willing to trust banks, even those without a physical location. What does that insight say about the way your financial services company communicates with customers?
Zehnder is a full-service advertising agency that specializes in education, financial services, food-and-beverage, health care and travel and tourism. With offices in New Orleans, Nashville and Baton Rouge, we help clients all over the country develop a deeper understanding of their industry and how to turn those discoveries into better marketing.
To learn more about our research, contact Jen Boneno at or _PHONE_ to find out more.
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Does anyone know if the T7 phage promoter is efficient in mammalian systems?
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See High level gene expression in mammalian cells by a nuclear T7-phage RNA polymerase. The authors recognize that the T7 RNA polymerase tends to work only in the cytoplasm thus is unable to transcribe genes in the nucleus. To remedy this limitation, the T7 polymerase was fused to a nuclear location signal peptide to localize the polymerase correctly.
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St. Platonida of Syria
Commemorated on April 6
St. Platonida was at first a deaconess, but afterwards withdrew into the Nisibis Desert, where she organized a women's monastery.
The Rule of her monastery was known for its strictness. The sisters partook of food only once a day. When they were not praying, they spent their time in monastic labors and various obediences.
St. Platonida was for all the sisters a living example of strict monastic asceticism, meekness, and love for neighbor. Having reached a great old age, St. Platonida died peacefully in the year 308.
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TN020: ID Naming and Numbering Conventions
This note describes the ID naming and numbering conventions that MFC 2.0 uses for resources, commands, strings, controls, and child windows.
The MFC ID naming and numbering conventions are intended to meet the following requirements:
 - Provide a consistent ID-naming standard used across the MFC library and MFC applications that are supported by the Visual C++ resource editor. This makes it easier for the programmer to interpret the type and origin of a resource from its ID.
 - Emphasize the strong 1-to-1 relationship between certain types of IDs.
 - Conform to already widely used standards for naming IDs in Windows.
 - Partition the ID-numbering space. ID numbers can be assigned by the programmer, MFC, Windows, and Visual C++-edited resources. Appropriate partitioning will help avoid duplication of ID numbers.
Several types of IDs can occur in an application. The MFC ID-naming convention defines different prefixes for different resource types.
MFC uses the prefix "IDR_" to indicate a resource ID that applies to multiple resource types. For example, for a given frame window, MFC uses the same "IDR_" prefix to indicate a menu, accelerator, string and icon resource. The following table shows the various prefixes and their usage:
For multiple resource types (primarily used for menus and accelerators).
For dialog template resources (for example, IDD_DIALOG1).
For cursor resources.
For icon resources.
For bitmap resources.
For string resources.
Within a DIALOG resource, MFC follows these conventions:
Prefix or label
For standard push button IDs.
For other dialog controls.
The "IDC_" prefix is also used for cursors. This naming conflict is not usually a problem because a typical application will have few cursors and many dialog controls.
Within a menu resource, MFC follows these conventions:
For menu items that do not use the MFC command architecture.
For menu commands that use the MFC command architecture.
Commands that follow the MFC command architecture must have an ON_COMMAND command handler and can have an ON_UPDATE_COMMAND_UI handler. If these command handlers follow the MFC command architecture, they will function correctly whether they are bound to a menu command, a toolbar button, or a dialog bar button. The same "ID_" prefix is also used for a menu prompt string that is displayed on the program's message bar. Most of the menu items in your application should follow the MFC command conventions. All of the standard command IDs (for example, ID_FILE_NEW) follow this convention.
MFC also uses "IDP_" as a specialized form of strings (instead of "IDS_"). Strings with the "IDP_" prefix are prompts, that is, strings used in message boxes. "IDP_" strings can contain "%1" and "%2" as placeholders of strings determined by the program. "IDP_" strings usually have help topics associated with them, and "IDS_" strings do not. "IDP_" strings are always localized, and "IDS_" strings might not be localized.
The MFC library also uses the "IDW_" prefix as a specialized form of control IDs (instead of "IDC_"). These IDs are assigned to child windows such as views and splitters by the framework classes. MFC implementation IDs are prefixed with "AFX_".
The following table lists the valid ranges for the IDs of the specific types. Some of the limits are technical implementation limits, and others are conventions that are designed to prevent your IDs from colliding with Windows predefined IDs or MFC default implementations.
We strongly recommend that you define all IDs inside the recommended ranges. The lower limit of these ranges is 1 because 0 is not used. We recommend that you use the common convention and use 100 or 101 as the first ID.
Resource type
Valid range
1 through 0x6FFF
dialog templates
1 through 0x6FFF
cursors, icons, bitmaps
1 through 0x6FFF
general strings
1 through 0x7FFF
0x8000 through 0xDFFF
8 through 0xDFFF
Reasons for these range limits:
 - By convention, the ID value of 0 is not used.
 - Windows implementation limitations restrict true resource IDs to be less than or equal to 0x7FFF.
 - MFC's internal framework reserve ranges 0x7000 through 0x7FFF (see afxres.h) and 0xE000 through 0xEFFF (see afxres.h). Visual C++ 2008 Feature Pack and later also reserves the range 16000 through 18000 (see afxribbonres.h). These ranges may change in future MFC implementations.
 - Several Windows system commands use the range of 0xF000 through 0xFFFF.
 - Control IDs of 1 through 7 are reserved for standard controls such as IDOK and IDCANCEL.
 - The range of 0x8000 through 0xFFFF for strings is reserved for menu prompts for commands.
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This tutorial describes how to create a few simple motions using example scripts from the Intera Motion Interface.
Motion Interface Examples
New in Intera SDK 5.2!
The Motion Interface enables the user to easily generate smooth motions for Sawyer by specifying a sequence of waypoints: the motion controller on Sawyer will automatically generate and run a trajectory that passes through the waypoints. The user can specify a variety of options, such as a maximum speed or requiring that the endpoint move on a linear path between the waypoints.
Go to Joint Angles
The go_to_joint_angles script is perhaps the simplest way to use the motion interface: it moves the arm from its current position to some target set of joint angles. Note that this script will not plan around self-collisions or obstacles.
$ rosrun intera_examples go_to_joint_angles.py -h
Print the arguments that can be passed to the script.
$ rosrun intera_examples go_to_joint_angles.py
Run the script with default parameters: move at a moderate speed to a configuration where the arm is in front of the robot with the elbow up.
$ rosrun intera_examples go_to_joint_angles.py -q -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.4 -s 0.9 -a 0.1
Run the script with a few common arguments:
- Set the target joint angles (ordered j0 through j6):
-q -0.2 0.1 0.1 0.2 -0.3 0.2 0.4
- Set the speed ratio:
- Set the acceleration ratio:
Note that the speed and acceleration ratios are both scalar values on the range 0 to 1. The actual limits that are used in planning are equal to the maximum that each joint can achieve, scaled by the ratio. Advanced users can set kinematic limits in a more direct way using the
Go to to Cartesian Pose
The go_to_cartesian_pose moves the robot from its current position to a target pose, with the end-effector following a linear path.
$ rosrun intera_examples go_to_cartesian_pose.py -h
Display the help file for the script, listing all possible arguments.
$ rosrun intera_examples go_to_cartesian_pose.py -p 0.4 -0.3 0.18 -o 0.0 1.0 0.0 0.0 -t right_hand
Go to position (x=0.4, y=-0.3, z=0.18 meters) with a quaternion orientation (0, 1, 0, 0) and tip name right_hand. The current position or orientation will be used if only one is provided explicitly.
$ rosrun intera_examples go_to_cartesian_pose.py -q 0.0 -0.9 0.0 1.8 0.0 -0.9 0.0
Go to joint angles: 0.0 -0.9 0.0 1.8 0.0 -0.9 0.0 using default settings. If a Cartesian pose is not provided then forward kinematics will be used to compute it. If a Cartesian pose is provided, then the joint angles will be used to bias the nullspace (elbow orientation) during motion planning.
$ rosrun intera_examples go_to_cartesian_pose.py -R 0.01 0.02 0.03 0.1 0.2 0.3 -T
Jog arm with Relative Pose (in tip frame). In this case, move x=0.01, y=0.02, z=0.03 meters in translation and rotate roll=0.1, pitch=0.2, yaw=0.3 radians in orientation from the current end effector frame. The fixed position and orientation paramters will be ignored if provided.
Send Random Trajectory
The send_random_trajectory script is used to perform a random walk in joint space with the robot arm. It should be used with caution, as the robot does not know about its surroundings: make sure that there is plenty of space around the robot before running!
$ rosrun intera_examples send_random_trajectory.py -h
Provide the help file for the script, as well as default arguments.
$ rosrun intera_examples send_random_trajectory.py -n 5 -t JOINT -s 0.5
Send a random joint trajectory with 5 waypoints, using a speed ratio of 0.5 for all waypoints. Use default random walk settings.
$ rosrun intera_examples send_random_trajectory.py -d 0.1 -b 0.2
Send a random trajectory with default trajectory settings. Use a maximum step distance of 10% of the joint range and avoid the upper and lower joint limits by a boundary of 20% of the joint range.


Archbishop denounces damage done to Buenos Aires Cathedral by homosexual radicals
.- Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, Archbishop of Buenos Aires, issued a statement this week denouncing the damage done to the Archdiocesan Cathedral by a group of homosexual activists, who smeared the front wall of the church with insults against Catholics.
Last weekend the Argentinean version of the so-called â€œGay Pride Paradeâ€ brought together 4,000 transvestites, lesbians and homosexuals for a march through the main streets of the capital city. Homosexual activists carried out threats they had made earlier that they intended to defame the Cathedral of the Archdiocese.
Cardinal Bergoglio denounced the actions and said, â€œIn a pluralist society, when minority groups wish to express themselves, it seems logical they would do so respecting the religious feelings of the majority. If the majority of people here are Catholic, the graffiti smeared all over the exterior of the Cathedral is an offense against the religious sensibilities of the Argentinean people.â€
He also lamented the â€œlack of respect for a church which, besides being a place of worship and belonging to Catholics, has been a privileged witness to the history of Argentineans, and is a National Historical Monument where our founding father is buried. Therefore this violent attitude helps deteriorate a public, religious and historical building which ought to be restored again.â€
The statement expresses the Archdioceseâ€™s desire that â€œit be understood that when we speak of the doctrine concerning sexual conduct as expressed in Magisterial teaching, we do so based on the truths that we believe, but never apart from an attitude of respect and understanding towards the person. One would hope therefore that in a free country one could dissent from these ideas without injuring others or the institutions which they represent.â€
Premeditated attack Although parade organizers, with the help of some local officials, claim no involvement, ACI-Prensa has acquired the parade announcement that explicitly called on participants to deface the Cathedral.
Authorities were informed by pro-family groups of the intention to damage the church but they claim they were unable to control the outbreak of aggression. Homosexual activists marched to the Cathedral door a few minutes after the parade began and spray-painted the front of the church.
Some of the graffitti read, â€œThe Church is a dictatorshipâ€ and â€œThe Holy Inquisitionâ€™s repression is here.â€
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Australian Administrative Law
Publication Date 24 Sep 2007
OverviewThe growth of administrative law in Australia has continued in an unabated form since the introduction of innovative reforms in the mid-seventies. The centre plank of these reforms was the establishment of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal with follow-on reforms relating to the Ombudsman, judicial review and freedom of information legislation. The impact of these reforms has been vast and significant. This 2007 book seeks to take stock of the growth and development of administrative law principles. Particular attention is paid to the important cases and key doctrines which provide the theoretical underpinnings of these principles. In this book a team of highly respected administrative law scholars and jurists aim to provide a lucid exposition of the relevant case law, principles and doctrines. The book should illuminate the fundamental features of Australian administrative law and should prove useful to students and practitioners interested in this field.


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/SQL/ServiceBroker/Error' BEGIN PRINT N'_URL_ ; DECLARE _USER_ INT ; DECLARE _USER_ NVARCHAR(4000) ; WITH XMLNAMESPACES ('_URL_ AS ssb) SELECT _USER_ = CAST(_USER_ AS XML).value('(//ssb:Error/ssb:Code)', 'INT'), _USER_ = CAST(_USER_ AS XML).value('(//ssb:Error/ssb:Description)', 'NVARCHAR(4000)'); RAISERROR(N'Received error Code:%i Description:"%s"', 16, 1, _USER_, _USER_) WITH LOG; -- Insert your error handling code here END CONVERSATION _USER_; END ELSE -- in case of end dialog message - close conversation IF _USER_ = N'_URL_ BEGIN PRINT N'_URL_ ; END CONVERSATION _USER_; END END TRY BEGIN CATCH IF (@@TRANCOUNT>0) ROLLBACK TRAN --error handling code here END CATCH end GO
The following code shows how to reconfigure and set internal activation procedure on both conversation sides:
--run sql statements in sqlcmd mode on the source and target db instances with correct parameters. :on error exit :setvar ServerName
:setvar DatabaseName --sqlcmd command to open connection to a db server :CONNECT $(ServerName) GO use $(DatabaseName) GO --sql code to amend the queue to invoke message processing routine. ALTER QUEUE [dbo].[SampleQueue] WITH ACTIVATION ( STATUS = ON, PROCEDURE_NAME = [dbo].[InternalActivationProcedure], MAX_QUEUE_READERS = 2, EXECUTE AS N'dbo' )
MAX_QUEUE_READERS option configures the SQL Server system settings to run anywhere from 0 to 32,767 parallel processes. The greater the number of parallel processes that you have running, the faster that messages can be processed. However, you should run no more than one parallel processes per CPU core on the server so that you don't overload the CPUs.
The following t-sql code shows how to disable/enable internal activation on the queue:
use DestinationDB GO --disable internal activation ALTER QUEUE [SampleQueue] WITH RETENTION = OFF, ACTIVATION ( DROP ) GO --enable internal activation ALTER QUEUE [SampleQueue] WITH RETENTION = OFF, ACTIVATION (STATUS = ON, PROCEDURE_NAME = dbo.InternalActivationProcedure, MAX_QUEUE_READERS = 2, EXECUTE AS 'dbo' ) GO
Once our previously sent message with order information is processed by dbo.InternalActivationProcedure sp, data will appear on the DestinationDB.dbo.Order table. Lets check the result by querying the table :
use DestinationDB GO select * from dbo.[Order]
Use sql server dmvs to check service-broker configuration on both sides of service-broker communication. The following system views can help to troubleshoot your solutions:
--run sql statements in sqlcmd mode on source or target db with correct parameters. :on error exit :setvar ServerName
:setvar DatabaseName --sqlcmd command to open connection to a db server :CONNECT $(ServerName) GO use $(DatabaseName) GO SELECT * FROM sys.databases SELECT * FROM sys.routes SELECT * FROM sys.tcp_endpoints SELECT * FROM sys.service_broker_endpoints SELECT * FROM sys.dm_broker_activated_tasks SELECT * FROM sys.dm_broker_connections SELECT * FROM sys.dm_broker_forwarded_messages SELECT * FROM sys.dm_broker_queue_monitors SELECT * FROM sys.transmission_queue SELECT * FROM sys.service_broker_endpoints SELECT * FROM sys.certificates SELECT * FROM sys.conversation_endpoints
Starting SQL Server 2008 R2, Microsoft provides ssbdiagnose utility that can help to troubleshoot issues in service broker conversations and service configuration.
One of the main challenges with asynchronous application design is to ensure that messages are processed in order. Service Broker dialog protocol ensures the exactly-once-in-order(EOIO) message delivery on a conversation. It allows sql developer to focus on application business logic rather than on message transmission mechanism. In general, Service Broker provides an easy-to-use, asynchronous message processing platform for building highly-scalable applications that do not require an immediate response to the command that is executed. It handles the most difficult tasks involved in writing messaging applications. These difficult tasks include message coordination, reliable message delivery, locking, and starting queue readers, etc. It gives you power to manage the entire infrastructure required to build asynchronous distributed systems. It should be now clear how to configure basic service broker solution in order to harness the power of technically reliable, consistent, robust, efficient, asynchronous message queuing and processing mechanism and start developing highly available, scalable solutions.
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Director of cultural events profile
Position: Director of Cultural Events
The duties of the Cultural Events Director of the Committee
The Cultural Events Director in charge will have to fulfill the following tasks.
1. The tasks:
what are the main tasks?
Promote the disciplines and culture of the European Social Sport Coach program, through the network of regional managers of cultural events.
To this end, it draws up, implements and implements the Annual Calendar of cultural events (Summer Campus, Martial Arts Cruise, Themed Educational Conventions, Technical Seminars, etc.) and the marketing plans useful for this purpose. In particular, it uses UPKL projects to award municipalities with the European City Plaque for Human Rights Education and HR + So funded by Erasmus +.
He develops the network and coordinates and motivates the Team of Regional Managers entrusted to him to achieve the cultural objectives of the Committees.
Collaborate with the School and Municipal Relations Director to promote UPKL programs.
2. Hierarchy between tasks: how important are the individual tasks?
3. Define the objectives: what objectives must the manager of the offered position achieve?
The Director of Cultural Events together with the Secretary General and Vice President elaborates the annual quantitative and qualitative objectives. The achievement of the objectives is verified on a quarterly basis.
The ideally desired criteria
In order to optimally fill the role, the ideal candidate possesses the following requirements
- Formal requirements:
school / academic training, high school diploma, degree in pedagogical disciplines, humanities or physical education. Sports certificates attesting high professionalism, if coming from martial arts, technical graduation equal to or higher than 4 ° Dan 10 years of work experience in managerial positions, preferably in institutional or public employment contexts.
- Specialist requirements:
skills, specific knowledge: knowledge of English or French at B2 level.
Computer skills and good skills in using Office, Joomla, Moodle packages in addition to the use of videoconferencing platforms.
- Social and managerial skills:
The ideal candidate is capable of managing leadership, uses a method of risk analysis and assessment, listens and compares with collaborators, colleagues and superiors to make autonomous decisions required by the role. He manages stress with excellent resilience skills and knows how to create friendly environments with a high level of professionalism.
- Methodical skills:
The ideal candidate is capable of organizing and structuring his or her collaborators' work, thinks strategically by analyzing scenarios, is able to adapt tactics to implement plans by adapting to adverse events or changed operating conditions, has excellent communication skills.
Self-assessment of the candidate with reference to the requisites required
Before sending the CV, the Candidate should process the self-assessment of her profile by attributing the right weight to her skills and competences on a scale of 1 to 6 points; where the values correspond to:
1) "absent requirement"
2) "Requirement to be improved"
3) "Sufficient requirement"
4) "Good requirement"
5) "Excellent requirement"
6) "Absolute strength that distinguishes the CV application".
To answer the self-assessment questions, it can help you weigh the various criteria correctly. For example, ask yourself how necessary a certain requirement really is in order to perform the required tasks optimally. Or evaluate if
- Would the exclusion of a competence or capacity have repercussions on the proper functioning of the Committee, of the Office assigned to you or on the satisfaction of users and collaborators?
- Could colleagues / co-workers compensate for the absence of those skills or deficient skills?
- Which of the required skills could be acquired later with ease and which with difficulty (for example through work experience or with specific training)?
- Are you willing to take the time to optimally learn / develop the skills you lack?


The horizontal location of an origin relative to an object, e.g., a Billboard. For example, the horizontal origin is used to display a billboard to the left or right (in screen space) of the actual position.
staticconstantHorizontalOrigin.CENTER :Number
The origin is at the horizontal center of the object.
staticconstantHorizontalOrigin.LEFT :Number
The origin is on the left side of the object.
staticconstantHorizontalOrigin.RIGHT :Number
The origin is on the right side of the object.


Double Red Donations
Red blood cells, which carry oxygen to all parts of the body, comprise 40-50 percent of blood volume and are the most commonly transfused blood product. They are used to treat anemia, for surgical operations and to replace blood lost due to trauma resulting from accidents or injuries.
A double red cell donation is an automated process that allows the donor to give two units of red blood cells in one visit. In this two-step process, two units of red cells are collected from the donor and other blood components like plasma are returned to the donor. A double red cell donation takes 30 to 40 minutes; the entire visit takes about an hour and 15 minutes, a bit longer than a whole blood donation.
Double Impact
As a double red cell donor you double your impact by providing twice as many red cells for patients in need. You also receive a $10 gift card as a thank you for your time and donation.
Donor requirements for double red cell donations:
 - Donors must be at least 17 years of age.
 - Donors must have an adequate blood iron level.
 - Female donors must be at least 5'5" tall and weigh 150 pounds.
 - Male donors must be at least 5'1" and weigh 130 pounds.
 - Donors must have an appointment to make a double red donation.
Type O donors are especially suited for double red cell donations because 45 percent of the population has Type O blood. Additionally, Type O Negative is in even greater demand because all patients can receive that blood type.
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I am trying to find out what formula to use for the above issue. If I do a gravity measurement above a volcanic chamber, what do I have to do? I thought about adding the Bouger corrections, as it is a mountain I am measuring on, but I do not know the density of the mountain, only for the bedrock around the crater. How do I do this, then? I found something about "buried bodies", but I do not know if you can name a chamber (="hole") a buried body. Can someone help out?
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As I recall you calculate the (repulsive) force from a body of negative matter the same size as the hole, then you add that to the Earth's gravity with no hole. The result is to reduce the Earth's gravity slightly.
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Sustainability considerations have placed increasing emphasis on the energy efficient operation and control of temperature control systems. It is estimated that the use of advanced control structures could lead to valuable savings in energy expenditure (up to 15-20 %). This work considers the problem of developing a model predictive control (MPC) algorithm for temperature control in buildings. To this end, a cascade control structure was designed to regulate the room temperature subject to heat load disturbances, such as outdoor conditions or changes in the internal gains (i.e., number of people in a room). The inner loop of the cascade control structure involved controlling key variables of a vapor compression cycle (VCC), namely the superheat and supply air temperature (from the evaporator), by manipulating the compressor speed and valve opening (components in the VCC). Linear inputoutput models were appropriately identified for the VCC using a detailed first-principles model (adapted from Thermosys) for eventual utilization in a predictive control design. Then, closed loop simulations were performed by interfacing the VCC model with EnergyPlus (developed by the U.S. Department of Energy), which was used to model realistic room temperature behavior. The control performance using a predictive controller (in the inner loop) was then evaluated against PI control.
Wallace, Matt, "Energy Efficient Model Predictive Building Temperature Control" (2011). Open Access Dissertations and Theses. Paper 5000.
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10 reasons your kids need their cousins growing up
Family gatherings are an important part of growing up, especially if your kids have cousins similar in age.
Most of us remember hanging out with our cousins at family barbecues or we may have even been lucky enough to live close by and even go to school, or be in the same class, as a relative.
In fact, cousins play a vital role in a child's development and social interactions.
10 reasons your kids need their cousins growing up
Family gatherings are an important part of growing up. Source: Pixabay
Here are 10 reasons why your kids need their cousins….
1. Cousins are your first best friends
Siblings are too – but cousins are like siblings that don't annoy you as much! Plus, they're more like a friend as you can have sleepovers at your cousin's house!
2. You'll always have someone to hang out with at family gatherings
It's nice to have someone to hang out with at Great Aunt May's annual family tea. Family gathering are so much better and less of a chore if your cousins are there when you're younger.
3. It's basically like having more siblings
This is great if you are an only child. If you only have a brother, you may have a female cousin or vice versa. It's like having lots of siblings that you don't have to share all your toys with all of the time!
4. It's easier to make plans with cousins
If your parents are going to visit their siblings then it's easy to make plans for playdates with your cousins.
5. You can share hand-me-downs
If you have a cousin that lives nearby, chances are you'll have clothes for life!
10 reasons your kids need their cousins growing up
Cousins are basically extra siblings. Source: Pixabay
6. You'll always have someone to confide in
Kids are always going to complain about their parents, let's face it. Having a cousin to vent to is always handy, as they will understand more where you're coming from.
7. You're connected for life
Like siblings, cousins are family. You share grandparents, aunts, uncles and other cousins. That's super special.
8. You have more role models
Whether you're the youngest or the oldest child in your family, chances are there will either be someone older than you or younger than you when you have cousins.
Things, like manners, can be learnt from older cousins. Exposure to more people is always a good thing when it comes to learning social cues.
10 reasons your kids need their cousins growing up
You have friends for life in cousins. Source: Pixabay
9. You get to reminisce with cousins
Not many people get to see their friends on Christmas Day, but chances are, you'll spend it with your cousins. This way, you make so many personal memories that you can look back on later in life.
10. Cousins love each other unconditionally
Friends often come and go as you grow up, but your cousins will be there from birth until adulthood. There may be bickers but they'll resolve quickly because of those family connections.
10 ways aunts play a super special and important part in our children's lives
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A Short Comparison of Two Different Genres
Updated on May 29, 2013
Differences in an Academic Journal vs. a Personal Narrative
 - Paragraph Length
 - Sentence Length
 - Word Choice
 - Relationships with the Reader
Comparing two different genres of stories is like comparing apples and oranges. The differences are conspicuous and even a callow reader would be able to point them out. After reading two passages, Outbreaks of Food Borne Diseases in the Lazio Region, Italy: The Results of Epidemiological Field Investigations and Grouper with All the Trimmings, I've made comparisons between the genres. There are four major differences in the genres: paragraph length, sentence length, word choices, and relationships with the reader when comparing the genre of an academic journal to a personal narrative genre.
Comparing Paragraph Length
The paragraph length in the academic journal is extensive compared to that of a personal narrative. This is because in an academic journal, there are usually only one or possibly two ideas that the article would be about and the writer would go into great detail about each topic in an academic journal, making sure to cover as much information as possible so they can answer any questions that a reader might have. Because of this, the writer wouldn't need multiple paragraphs, but only a single, long paragraph for each topic that includes all the relevant information. An academic journal may have an introductory paragraph and a conclusive paragraph, but due to the nature of the writing and the type of audience that would read this genre, and introductory and conclusion paragraph isn't necessary. In a personal narrative, the writer is busy trying to convey feelings and experiences, which, as a typical human being, tends to change quickly and sometimes dramatically. Because of the erratic changing of ideas in a personal narrative, a writer would only have a small amount of information about each idea; therefore multiple paragraphs would be needed.
Comparing Sentence Length
The sentence length in the academic journal is longer than those in the personal narrative. This is due to the purpose of the two different genres. The information in the academic journal's purpose is to inform readers of factual accounts and requires support to maintain the credibility of the writer. Therefore, a writer expresses the idea and adds some extra content in order to support the idea. This is also due to the fact that a lot of the words in an academic journal (explained in the next section) are very technical and long, containing a lot of characters. In a personal narrative, the reader doesn't need proof of the story; therefore the writer can simply express their ideas and feelings without any added content, making sentences shorter. They are also able to use simpler words to make reading the story easier for the reader.
Comparing Word Choices
The word choice is one of the most obvious differences in the genres. The academic journal uses technical words; words that are considered "big" or "intelligent". These words must be used in order to demonstrate the knowledge of the writer in their particular field. The words are often scientific in nature and may require a definition or supporting argument. The personal narrative uses smaller and more relatable words so that their readers can easily indulge in the message without having to over-think the message.
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Comparing the Relationships with the Reader
The relationship with the reader is another major difference in the genres. In an academic journal, the relationship with the reader is impersonal and authoritative. One could almost say that the relationship between the writer and the reader is cold and uncaring. The writer's purpose in an academic journal is simply to inform, not to connect. The writer is simply trying to promote facts and knowledge. In a personal narrative, the relationship with the reader is very personal. The writer tries to connect with the reader on an emotional level so that the reader can draw mental pictures and actually feel what is happening in the story.
Paragraph length, sentence length, word choice, and relationships with the readers are four distinct differences in the academic journal and the personal narrative. These genres have major differences because they serve different purposes. The differences are obvious to readers and help to distinguish the two genres from each other.
By Dr. Russell James III, Texas Tech University
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Specifies a light source. The number of possible lights depends on the implementation, but at least eight lights are supported. They are identified by symbolic names of the form GL_LIGHT where ranges from 0 to the value of GL_MAX_LIGHTS - 1.
Specifies a light source parameter for light. Accepted symbolic names are GL_AMBIENT, GL_DIFFUSE, GL_SPECULAR, GL_POSITION, GL_SPOT_DIRECTION, GL_SPOT_EXPONENT, GL_SPOT_CUTOFF, GL_CONSTANT_ATTENUATION, GL_LINEAR_ATTENUATION, and GL_QUADRATIC_ATTENUATION.
Returns the requested data.
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