Robot to help assemble IKEA furniture
The Nordic furniture maker IKEA offers large furniture at a relatively low price instead of being able to assemble it on their own. However, even if it is designed to be easily assembled by beginners, it is quite difficult to assemble many parts while wrestling with the schematic. A research team at the USC Viterbi School of Engineering has developed a robot that helps assemble IKEA furniture.
In the video, a woman is assembling an Ikea bookshelf, and the robot, watching this, grabs the parts to be used next and gently pushes it out when the panel assembly is finished. When you start reassembling, the robot will already start selecting the parts it needs next.
The characteristic of this robot is that it learns human tastes by observing humans assembling them. The robot analyzes the video of 20 people assembling the bookshelf in advance, learns the behavior pattern, predicts which part the person in front of you wants to assemble next, and hand over the parts.
The IKEA furniture assembly robot was already announced in 2018. The robot announced in 2018 assembled IKEA chairs fully automatically, but this time the robot was developed with the theme of cooperation between humans and robots.
Carrying heavy parts is advantageous for robots, but delicate tasks such as tightening small screws or finely adjusting parts are suitable for humans. In order to set various sequences for human behavior, the robot learns and predicts these sequences to help assemble furniture. The research team expects to apply this technology to helper robots such as meal support and preparation in the future. Related information can be found here.
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Simulation of Vehicle-Bridge-Wind Interaction and its Applications
Research Group Profile
Louisiana State University, USA
Simulation of Vehicle-Bridge-Wind Interaction and its Applications
Core Competencies
- Aerodynamics of bridges;
- Mitigation of bridge vibrations;
- Vehicle-bridge-wind interaction;
- Bridge instrumentaion and monitoring;
- Bridge performance evaluation;
- New material applications in bridges
 Suren Chen (former Ph.D. student) Assistant Professor, Colorado State University (vehicle and bridge safety under wind loading).
 Lu Deng (former Ph.D. student), Professor, Hunan University, China (vehicle-bridge interaction and parameter identification)
 Xinfeng Yin (former co-advised Ph.D. student) Assistant Professor, Changsha University of Science and Technology, China (vehicle-induced bridge lateral vibration and driver comfort).
 Wei Zhang (current Ph.D. student), LSU (wind and vehicle induced bridge fatigue)
 Sage Liu, (current Ph.D. student), LSU (wind loading on vehicle and bridges-experimental)
 Yan Han, Associate Professor, Changsha University of Science and Technology, China (wind loading on vehicle and bridges-experimental and CFD simulation)
 Yin Zhang (former co-advised Ph.D. student), Professor, Nanyang Institute of Technology, China (vehicle and FRP bridge interaction)
 Yongle Li (current visiting professor), Professor, Southeast Jiaotong University, China (interaction of moving train-wind-bridge)
 Zhiwen Liu (former visiting professor), Associate professor, Hunan University, China (CFD prediction of wind loading on bridges).
Bridges are an essential part of transportation infrastructures. Due to the progressive deteriorations and accumulated fatigue damages of structures under dynamic loads such as vehicles and wind, it is essential to ensure the structure safety in both routine service and extreme loading environments. For long-span bridges in extreme wind, no traffic load is typically considered, assuming that bridges will be closed to traffic at high wind speeds. Therefore, bridges are usually tested in wind tunnels or analyzed numerically without considering moving vehicles on them. On the other hand, when assessing bridge performance in routine service, such as fatigue damage, wind effects are not usually considered. However, there are numerous possible scenarios under which both vehicles and winds may simultaneously contribute to bridge responses and cause significant serviceability and bridge fatigue damage issues.
We develop a comprehensive framework for wind-vehicle-bridge interaction analysis. This includes both the experimental identification of the key parameters, and the development of numerical simulation tools to quantify the system performance. Along the way, we thus have developed a comprehensive approach to address vehicle and bridge safety issues, through the development of a three dimensional finite element analysis framework that considers the interaction of wind, bridge, and vehicles; the establishment of an experimental framework for both static and aerodynamic tests of bridge section models and vehicles. In the course of these developments, we conducted CFD prediction of wind loading on vehicles, evaluated the performance of vehicle safety and bridge fatigue in service, and bridge safety in extreme wind conditions. We also developed mitigation measures for bridge vibrations, studied vehicle dynamic impact on different bridges, and provided system identification based on vehicle-bridge interaction.
Recent Findings
 The dynamic effects from vehicles are significant for short span bridges. When the road surface deteriorates or faulting forms at the bridge ends, bridge design codes may underestimate the dynamic impact factors and new specifications are needed for performance assessment of existing bridges. However, the vehicle dynamic impact effect is relatively small for long-span bridges and the effects from vehicle speeds and road roughness conditions can be neglected. Vehicle dynamic effects for FRP bridges can be significantly compared to traditional concrete and steel bridges. The combined dynamic effects from winds and vehicles might result in serious fatigue problems for long-span bridges, though the traffic or wind loads alone may not be able to induce serious fatigue problems.
This research provides a basis for improving bridge design codes. The developed relationship between safe driving vehicle speed and wind speed provides a starting point for developing a scientific traffic management strategy in windy environment, which can ultimately replace the current practice of closing a bridge or highway due to strong wind based on experience only. Finally, the strategy of using vehicle-bridge interaction to identify bridge or vehicle parameters will provide a new direction for bridge damage detection or vehicle law enforcement.
Selected Publications
1． Yin, X.F, Fang, Z., and Cai, C.S. (2011) "Lateral Vibration of High-Pier Bridges under Moving Vehicular Loads" Journal of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 16(3), 400-412.
2． Deng, Lu and Cai, C. S. (2009) "Identification of Parameters of Vehicles Moving on Bridges" Engineering Structures, 31(10), 2474-2485.
3． Zhang, Y., Cai, C. S., Shi, X. M. and Wang, C. (2006) "Vehicle induced dynamic performance of a FRP versus concrete slab bridge" J. of Bridge Engineering, ASCE, 11(4), 410-419.
4． Cai, C. S. and Chen, S. R. (2004) "Framework of vehicle-bridge-wind dynamic analysis."Journal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics, 92 (7-8), 579-607.


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where "$\star$" is the Hodge star operator that is associated to the natural volume form $V$ on $\mathcal{M}$ that is given as the maximal exterior power $V=\wedge^{(\text{dim}\,\mathcal{M})/2}(\omega)$. This expression for $\Omega(E)$ is the geometrically naturalized presentation of Zia, Redish, and McKay's equation (20).
Taking a Laplace transform of (1a) we obtain an equivalent (and classically familiar) expression for the partition function $Z(\beta)$
$$ \text{(1b)}\qquad\qquad\qquad Z(\beta) = \int_\mathcal{M} \star\exp\big({-}\beta\,H(\mathcal{M})\big)\,, \qquad\qquad\qquad\qquad $$
The preceding applies to Hamiltonian systems in general and thus quantum dynamical systems in particular. Yet in quantum textbooks the volume/partition functions (1ab) do not commonly appear, for two reasons. The first reason is that John von Neumann derived in 1930 — before the ideas of geometric dynamics were broadly extant — a purely algebraic partition function that, on flat state-spaces, is easier to evaluate than the geometrically natural (1a) or (1b). Von Neumann's partition function is $$ \text{(2)}\qquad Z(\beta) = \text{trace}\,\exp{-\beta\,\mathsf{H_{op}}} \quad\text{where}\quad [\mathsf{H_{op}}]_{\alpha\gamma} = \partial_{\,\bar\psi_\alpha}\partial_{\,\psi_\gamma} H(\mathcal{M})\,. \qquad\qquad $$ Here the $\boldsymbol{\psi}$ are the usual complete set of (complex) orthonormal coordinate functions on the (flat, Kählerian) Hilbert state-space $\mathcal{M}$. Here $H(\mathcal{M})$ is real and the functional form of $H(\mathcal{M})$ is restricted to be bilinear in $\boldsymbol{\bar\psi},\boldsymbol{\psi}$; therefore the matrix $[\mathsf{H_{op}}]$ is Hermitian and uniform on the state-space manifold $\mathcal{M}$. We appreciate that $Z(\beta)$ as defined locally in (2) is uniform globally iff $\mathcal{M}$ is geometrically flat; thus von Neumann's partition function does not naturally extend to non-flat complex dynamical manifolds.
We naively expect (or hope) that the geometrically natural thermodynamic volume/partition functions (1ab) are thermodynamically consistent with von Neumann's elegant algebraic partition function (2), yet — surprisingly and dismayingly — they are not. Surprisingly, because it is not immediately evident why the geometric particion function (1b) should differ from von Neumann's partition function (2). Dismayingly, because the volume/partition functions (1ab) pullback naturally to low-dimension non-flat state-spaces that are attractive venues for quantum systems engineering, and yet it is von Neuman's partition function (2) that accords with experiment.
We would like to enjoy the best of both worlds: the geometric naturality of the ergodic expressions (1ab) and the algebraic naturality of von Neumann's entropic expression (2). The objective of restoring and respecting the mutual consistency of (1ab) and (2) leads us to the main point of this answer, which we now present.
The main points: sustaining thermodynamical consistency
Assertion I For (linear) quantum dynamics on (flat) Hilbert spaces, the volume function $\Omega(E)$ and partition function $Z(\beta)$ from (1ab) are thermodynamically inconsistent with the partition function $Z(\beta)$ from (2).
Here by "inconsistent" is meant not "subtly inconsistent" but "grossly inconsistent". As a canonical example, the reader is encourage to compute the heat capacity of an ensemble of weakly interacting qubits by both methods, and to verify that the (1ab) predict a heat capacity for an $n$-qubit system that is superlinear in $n$. To say it another way, for strictly unitary dynamics (1ab) predict heat capacities that are non-intensive.
So the second — and most important — reason that the volume/partition functions (1ab) are not commonly given in quantum mechanical textbooks is that strictly unitary evolution on strictly flat quantum state-spaces yields non-intensive predictions for thermodynamic quantities that experimentally are intensive.
Fortunately, the remedy is simple, and indeed has long been known: retain the geometric thermodynamic functions (1ab) in their natural form, and instead alter the assumption of unitary evolution, in such a fashion as to naturally restore thermodynamic extensivity.
Assertion II Lindbladian noise of sufficient magnitude to spatially localize thermodynamic potentials, when unraveled as non-Hamiltonian (stochastic) quantum trajectories, restores the thermodynamical consistency of the volume/partition functions $(\Omega(E),Z(\beta))$ from (1ab) with the partition function $Z(\beta)$ from (2).
Verifying Assertion II is readily (but tediously) accomplished by the Onsager-type methods that are disclosed in two much-cited articles: Hendrik Casimir's On Onsager's Principle of Microscopic Reversibility (RMP 1945) and Herbert Callen's The Application of Onsager's Reciprocal Relations to Thermoelectric, Thermomagnetic, and Galvanomagnetic Effects (PR, 1948). A readable textbook (among many) that covers this material is Charles Kittel's Elementary Statistical Physics (1958).
To help in translating Onsager theory into the natural language of geometric dynamics, a canonical textbook is John Lee's Introduction to Smooth Manifolds (2002), which provides the mathematical toolset to appreciate the research objectives articulated in (for example) Matthias Blau's on-line lecture notes Symplectic Geometry and Geometric Quantization (1992).
Unsurprisingly, in light of modern findings in quantum information theory, the sole modification that naturality and universality require of Onsager's theory is this: the fluctuations that are the basis of Onsager's relations must be derived naturally from unravelled Lindblad processes, by the natural association of each Lindbladian generator to an observation-and-control process.
We note that it is neither mathematically natural, nor computationally unambiguous, nor physically correct, to compute Onsager fluctuations by non-Lindbladian methods. For example, wrong answers are obtained when we specify Onsager fluctuations as operator expectation fluctuations, because this procedure does not account for the localizing effects of Lindbladian dynamics.
Concretely, the fluctuating quantities that enter in the Onsager formulation are given as the data-streams that are naturally associated to Lindbladian observation processes … observation processes that are properly accounted in the overall system dynamics, in accord with the teaching of quantum information theory. Thereby Onsager's classical thermodynamical theory of global conservation and local transport processes straightforwardly naturalizes and universalizes — via the mathematical tool-set that quantum information theory provides — as a dynamical theory of the observation of natural processes.
Physical summary Consistency of the geometrically natural thermodynamic functions (1ab) with the algebraically natural thermodynamic function (2) is restored because the non-unitary stochastic flow associated to unraveled Lindbladian noise reduces the effective dimensionality of the quantum state-space manifold, and also convolutes the quantum state-space geometry, in such a fashion that as to naturally reconcile geometric descriptions of thermodynamics (1ab) with von Neumann-style algebraic descriptions of thermodynamics (and information theory) on Hilbert state-spaces (2).
Assertion III The thermodynamic consistency requires that, first, quantum dynamical flows be non-unitary and that, second, the resulting trajectories be restricted to non-flat state-spaces of polynomial dimensionality.
We thus appreciate the broad principle that quantum physics can make sensible predictions regarding physical quantities that are globally conserved and locally transported only by specifying non-unitary dynamical flows on non-flat quantum quantum spaces.
Duality of classical physics versus quantum physics The above teaching regards "classical" and "quantum" as well-posed and mutually consistent limiting cases of a broad class of naturalized and universalized Hamiltonian/Kählerian/Lindbladian dynamical frameworks. For practical purposes the most interesting dynamical systems are intermediate between fully classical and fully quantum, and the thrust of the preceding analysis is that the thermodynamical properties of these systems are naturally and universally defined, calculable, and observable.
Duality of fundamental physics versus applied physics The fundamental physics challenge of constructing a thermodynamically and informatically consistent description of non-unitary quantum dynamics on non-flat complex state-spaces — a challenge that is widely appreciated as difficult and perhaps even impossible — is appreciated as dual to the practical engineering challenge of efficiently simulating noisy quantum system dynamics … a challenge that is widely appreciated as feasible.
Remarks upon gravitational decoherence The above analysis establishes that decoherence associated to gravitational coupling — and more broadly the ubiquity of the superradiant dynamics that


SAOImage DS9 Reference Manual
DS9 is the next version of the popular SAOtng display program. It is a Tk/Tcl application which utilizes the SAOtk widget set. It also incorporates the new X Public Access (XPA) mechanism to allow external processes to access and control its data, GUI functions, and algorithms. DS9 supports the direct display of FITS images and binary tables, multiple frame buffers, region cursor manipulation, many scale algorithms and colormaps, and easy communication with external analysis tasks. It is highly configurable and extensible to meet the evolving needs of the astronomical community.
DS9 supports advanced features such as multiple frame buffers, mosaic images, tiling, blinking, geometric markers, colormap manipulation, scaling, arbitrary zoom, rotation, pan, and a variety of coordinate systems (including Image, Physical, Detector, and WCS). DS9 also supports FTP and HTTP access. The GUI for DS9 is user configurable.
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The Ultrasonic energy is produced by converting electrical energy in to Mechanical Vibrations
by using generator and piezo Electric Transducers. Due to Mechanical Vibrations in cleaning liquid
this Phenomenon is called cavitation. In a very short time it removes all dirt & foreign bodies from
components which are immersed in the cleaning liquid.
- Continuous Self Tuning Circuitry For Any change In Workload, Liquid Level And Bath Temp.
- Uniform Cavitations Through Out The Tank
- Separate Oscillator Eliminates Damage To Generator In Case of Failure Of Transducers
- Using 40 Khz Frequency For Effective Cleaning With Low Noise
- Designed For Complete Cleaning Of Small and Large Components Without Dismantling,
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Top 3 Clients by Order Value
Compute the top 3 clients by order value according to the detailed order data. The basic train of thought is to group the orders by clients firstly, secondly sum up the total value of orders placed by each client, thirdly sort the order by the summary value, and lastly filter out the top 3 groups according to the serial numbers. In this case, the summary value sorting and filtering by the serial number is the difficult point. However, with the overall sheet design module and sorted computational module of esCalc, this point can be solved easily.
1. Get the data from the order sheet through the wizard
2. Group by client. Right-click on any cell outside the header of column B, select Quick operation->group, as shown in the below figure:
The grouping result is shown below:
3. Calculate the summary value of each client. In any cell of the summary zone, enter the summation formula, for example, enter {D3}.sum() in D2, which indicates the sum of all homo-cells of D3. Formulas will be copied and pasted to the homocells of D2 (i.e. D7, D10, and other cells) automatically, as shown in the below figure:
4. Sort by the summary value. Right-click on the cell where the summary value is located (any cell of D2, D7 or D10). Right click and select Quick operation->Desc, as shown in the below figure:
The sorting result is shown below:
5. Filter by the serial number. In the Summarizing Area (for example the cell B2), right click and select Operation->Filter, as shown in below figure:
In the dialogue, input the formula "#<=3", and # represents the serial number in this case. Because it is summary zone, the # represents "serial number of each member in the group", as shown in the below figure:
The filtered result of the computational goal, as shown in the below figure:
6. To make it more convenient for viewing, you can also click the grouping level 1 on the top left corner, as shown in the below figure:
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Re: how main() is called in C programme
chang wrote:
I am working in C from past few months. Still now i can't
figure out who is called main() in 'C' programme?
Main() is a function from that we can call our sunroutines but someone
has to call this Main() and it will return to whom and in runtime
this Main() is stored/runnng exactly where in the memroy?
I will appreciate if someone help me to figure it out.
Under "hosted" systems the so-called "host environment" is responsible
for invoking main (note: C is case sensitive. main and Main are
different identifiers). When the program is done control is given back
to the host environment in a implementation defined fashion. One common
candidate for the host environment is the operating system. Examples
are Linux, Solaris, Windows, DOS etc.
Things are often very different for the so-called "freestanding"
systems. Here the program entry point need not be named main at all.
Also very often there is no host environment. The program is directly
invoked by the hardware and normally terminates only when the device is
switched off. Under such environments of course it might not make sense
to return from the main function (or whatever it's called) or to invoke
exit, _Exit or similar.
Details of course vary enormously. Some embedded systems do have
complete operating systems and allow execution of normal hosted C
programs. Note that the host software itself is a (if written in C)
freestanding program.
The details of how exactly control is given to a hosted C program and
what happens after such a program terminates are *very* system
dependent. It will vary depending on the processor, operating system
and your C implementation.
Often the case is that your C compiler will prefix your program with a
small amount of code which is called by the host system when your
program is run. This code may do various housekeeping duties like
opening the predefined streams (stdin, stdout and stderr), initialising
the malloc subsystem, setting up the commandline arguments to main,
setting up default signal handlers, setting your default locale and
other such tasks before invoking main as a normal function call.
Similarly when your program terminates control may be passed to code
that's linked in with your program by the compiler. This often resides
in implementation defined functions called by exit. Often this is the
function _Exit. It closes open streams, flushes unwritten output and
calls any functions registered with atexit before transferring control
back to the host environment, usually through a system call.
Please ask in a system specific group like comp.unix.programmer or for more details. Also reading the
source for a C library implementation like glibc might be illuminating.
The terms used in this post like hosted, freestanding etc. are all
defined in the ISO standard for C, a public draft of which can be
obtained at:
Relevant Pages
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 ... On my Binford DS 6100, exit(), when passed these values,... return to host environment indicating success... /6/ The exit function cannot return to its caller....
 - Re: exit() values and the C standards?
 ... pete wrote:... ways to signal successful termination, so long as the host environment provides at least two such ways.... In some environments, all odd values returned to the host environment indicate different kinds of success, and all even ones indicate different kinds of failure.... On such a system, EXIT_SUCCESS could be 1, EXIT_FAILURE could be 2, and a value of 0 passed to exitwould cause the host environment to receive a value of 3....


text: Abstract Ventilator-dependent children are surviving longer and increasing in number. This qualitative study was undertaken to describe the impact of a ventilator-dependent child on 10 families and to describe the management styles used by the parents. In five families, the child remained hospitalized due to the disability while in the other five the child primarily lived at home. Three major themes in managing were elicited: barriers, resources, and parenting. Parents believed they should try to normalize their child's experiences, that interactions with health care professionals required negotiation and assertiveness, and that they needed some support person(s) outside of the family.

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I have a need to write PL SQL that fetches data from another database over a DB link and perform some actions on it.
 CURSOR cur_progs
 SELECT *
 FROM allen.table_dummy@db_link;
In the above example, I faced two issues.
When the link is not created, below error message is thrown
ORA-04054: database link db_link does not exist
when the link is present but the password of the user with which the link is created is now expired, below error message is thrown
ORA-04052: error occurred when looking up remote object allen.table_dummy@db_link ORA-00604: error occurred at recursive SQL level 1 ORA-01017: invalid username/password; logon denied ORA-02063: preceding line from db_link
Is there a way to catch both these errors? Something like writing PLSQL block within PLSQL block.
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The errors you are getting are compilation errors. You can't catch a compilation error (this is true in any language not just PL/SQL).
If you're really determined, you could change your code to use dynamic SQL so that you move the error from being a compilation error to becoming a runtime error. That would mean that you could catch the error in an exception handler. But doing so seems like a really bad idea.
First off, whether the error is thrown at runtime or at compilation time, the error would appear to be fatal. It seems highly unlikely that you could do something useful in an exception handler if a database link doesn't exist or if the password is invalid. Given that you should only be catching exceptions that you expect and that you can do something useful with, it seems highly unlikely that catching these errors would be useful.
Second, moving from static SQL to dynamic SQL generally makes your code harder to write and harder to maintain. Plus it frequently makes the code less efficient and less secure.
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One option to consider:
Pick a time when the database link is functioning ok, then compile a stored procedure (preferably in a package). That way, you know that the procedure is in a valid compiled state.
Then, write a simple stored procedure that uses dynamic SQL to query DUAL@db_link. Call this at runtime to test the link before running your procedure. This procedure won't be marked invalid even if the link is down.
If the link goes down temporarily, your main stored procedure won't be marked invalid unless you try to compile it.
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text: Existing conceptual design methods mainly focus on component modeling and representation, which makes them insufficient to help in the conceptual design stage. Port ontology, as an approach to formally expressing product design, has been effectively applied to concept description of a product. An incidence matrix support for product conceptual design based on port ontology is given in this paper. It formally represents and organizes product information in both functional ontology and physical domain in a hierarchy. Port compatibilities are used to map and link the two components. This makes it possible to build incidence matrix and decompose it into an independence matrix, and allow designers from different backgrounds with various interests to access the design ontology. A multilevel matrix is constructed to generate principle schemes of products at different levels of abstraction, which facilitates design decision-making through the whole conceptual design stage. A case study is also given to demonstrate the proposed approach.


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Design, modeling and simulation of piezoelectric integrated smart structures
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Department of Precision Mechanical Engineering
Dr.-Ing Shunqi Zhang is Associate Professor at the School of Mechatronic Engineering and Automation, Shanghai University, China. He obtained the doctoral degree from RWTH Aachen University, Germany; obtained the Master and bachelor's degrees from Northwestern Polytechnical University. His research focuses on modeling of multi-physics coupled structures, design of high-performance smart structures, active vibration control, computation of composite structures, system dynamic testing, and advanced mechatronic equipment.
Thin-walled structures with integrated smart materials e.g. piezoelectric, magnetostrictive, so-called smart structures, are increasingly applied in the fields of civil, automotive and aerospace engineering for vibration control, shape control, energy harvesting and health monitoring. This project focuses on the design, modeling and simulation of piezoelectric smart structures. First, a smart structure integrated with piezoelectric materials will be designed. Afterwards, the designed structure will be modeled and simulated in commercial the finite element software ABAQUS.


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Can you identify the following famous authors with just a few clues? This horror book author made the whole world afraid of clowns and has written at least 97 books. Stephen King Dean Koontz H.P. Lovecraft Clive Barker This author was hailed as the greatest novelist of the Victorian era.
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The Abbey Library of Saint Gall was founded by Saint Othmar, the founder of the Abbey of St. Gall. The library collection is the oldest in Switzerland, and is one of earliest and most important monastic libraries in the world. It holds 2,100 manuscripts dating back to the 8th through the 15th centuries, 1,650 incunabula (printed before 1500), and old printed books. The library holds almost 160,000 volumes. The manuscript B of the Nibelungenlied is kept here.
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Bromley Council Budget 2017-18
Residents' associations meeting 28 November - topics discussed
Following an introduction by Councillor Stephen Carr, Leader of the Council, about some of the issues and choices to be made around the council's budget for 2017/18 and beyond, questions and issues were raised by the representatives of residents' associations. These were responded to by the Leader and members of the council's Executive.
Topics covered included:
- Lobby Central Government to improve the funding allocation to the Local Authority.
- Ensure the council has access to relevant expertise to support its investment programme.
- Ensure that a robust contract monitoring programme is in place to monitor the performance of external contractors.
- Ensure value for money is achieved and contractors are held accountable for any deficiencies in services.
- Monitor the future financial landscape in the borough.
Sustainability and environment
- Lobby TfL for increased funding for road safety schemes
- Cleanliness and regularity of street cleaning and monitoring of the contract
- Use of Fix my Street.
- Better advertising of the Community Toilet Scheme.
- Notify Residents' Associations when streets are due to be cleaned to help to encourage cars to be moved to enable better cleaning.
- Further rollout of "Friends" voluntary schemes to cover areas such as litter picking.
- Continue to improve air quality in the Borough.
- Improve facilities for cyclists.
- Consider converting Council owned buildings into social housing.
- Improve the quality of planning processes and ensure there is sufficient resource within the service.
- Provide more explanation and justification for the felling of trees in conservation areas.
- More consultation with Friends Groups when planning applications affect parks, rivers etc and have biodiversity implications.
Economic Development and Town centres
- Consider the impact of any new businesses coming into the area on existing infrastructure and services.
- Reduce bureaucracy for new businesses coming into the area.
- Encourage and support local smaller shopping centres and parades.
- Ensure surveys are undertaken before parking metres are installed.
- Consider not working through developers for the regeneration of town centres and instead working directly with larger businesses.
- Enforcement of parking restrictions.
- Continue to monitor and address pressures around secondary school places.
This meeting was held on 28 November 2016.


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Egyptomania 4: Animals
Part 4 of a four-program series. See details under Egyptomania 1: Introduction to Daily Life.
Why were so many Egyptian gods part-human and part-animal? This lesson explores how ancient Egyptians observed animal behavior and ascribed animal characteristics to their gods. Students participate in a game to help them classify and link animals with their natural environment.
Teacher Information Packet will be mailed.
- Open with discussion on students' previous knowledge on Egyptian figures.
- Explain that animals were metaphorical to the Egyptians.
- View example of animal representations in sculpture and painting and discuss depiction of gods in the guise of animals.
- Discuss what characteristics of certain animals might have related to the gods they represent.
- Classification of animals in graphic organizer interactivity throughout videoconference.
- Students will explore how ancient Egyptians observed animal behavior and ascribed animal characteristics to their gods.
- Students will learn how animals were used in Egyptian stories and myths to explain human behavior and the workings of the universe.
- Students will be able to identify an animal's physical traits that link it to its natural environment.
- Students will classify animals found in ancient and modern Egypt by their scientific family.


Oxygenates a part of the brain known as the pineal gland, the seat of our emotions. The pineal gland is responsible for releasing melatonin, which enhances deep sleep. Sandalwood is similar to frankincense oil in supporting a healthy nervous and circulatory system.This sandalwood variety is native to India and is steam distilled at our partner farm in Australia's tropical northern outback to ensure its authenticity and purity. Sacred Sandalwood™ essential oil provides an uplifting, warm, woodsy, and sweet aroma while offering a variety of skin benefits.
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Microgreens (*micro greens) are a tiny form of edible greens produced from the seeds of vegetables, herbs or other plants. They range in size from one to two inches long, including the stem and leaves. Microgreens can have surprisingly intense flavors considering their small size, though not as strong as mature greens and herbs.
A microgreen consists of a central stem having two fully developed cotyledon leaves, and usually one pair of the plant's true leaves. Differences in the size and leaf configuration are based upon the specific plant variety. For example, Micro Borage is a very large microgreen. At 1" in height, it has a pair of very large cotyledon leaves and no true leaves. By comparison, Micro Mint has extremely tiny cotyledon leaves and will have 3-4 sets of true leaves at about 1" in height. More typical in size and leaf configuration for microgreens is Micro Basil at about 1-1 1/2" in height, having the cotyledon leaves and one set of small true leaves.
Keep in mind that microgreens are not the same as sprouts. There are important differences especially in the way they are produced. For example, sprouts are gown in water, in very low light conditions and are consumed as a tangled mass of roots, stems and underdeveloped leaf buds. Microgreens have much more developed flavors, colors and textures than sprouts.
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If someone is scared, he tries to keep his head down while he listens to others.
But I know head down means going south. So did I write the sentence correctly?
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 When you say "I'm going to head down", the word head is a verb. When you say "I felt ashamed and kept my head down", the word head is a noun. In your example sentence, there's the possessive determiner his: "his head". A determiner cannot occur before a verb. – CowperKettle Dec 3 '15 at 17:01
"To keep one's head down" literally means to hide in order to protect oneself. You can imagine that, in a war zone, you would not want to have your head exposed to the enemy. This phrase is frequently used figuratively to mean "To avoid drawing attention to oneself". It has the same meaning as "To keep a low profile".
"To head down" does not always refer to traveling south. You might say "I'm going to head down to the store today" even if the store is northwest of you. It's simply a colloquial way of saying that you're going somewhere. "Down" in this context is as in "Down the road". You can also say "Up the road", which has a slightly different connotation but the two phrases are often interchangeable.
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 I would add to your first sentence by saying that you can literally keep your head down but you can also figuratively do that by keeping quiet, or not drawing attention to yourself, ect. – Sam Harrington Dec 3 '15 at 17:19
 - but yeah that answer is correct and helpful – Sam Harrington Dec 3 '15 at 17:20
In this case, 'If one is scared, he keeps his head down...' refers to the physical process of trying to remain small and unobserved while danger is present. This could be literal, as in crouching behind a wall, or figurative, as in keeping quiet in an argument.
In your other usage, 'head' is being used as a synonym for 'go,' as in 'I'm going to head down to the cafe.' (Down implies either a lower floor in a building, a lower-numbered street, or a Southern direction.)
Another common use of 'head down' you may encounter is to indicate that someone is deeply concentrating or studying, e.g. 'She's been head down in that physics text all afternoon.'
Having your head down can also mean a form a submission or defeat. As in, "The losing team was all seen with their heads down." The servants bowed with their heads down upon the lord's return to the manor.
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Step-by-Step Guide to Table Measuring & Pattern-Making
Illustration on how to measure your leafs
To avoid measuring and patterning errors, be sure to keep the following points in mind as you move forward:
- Use a metal tape measure for the best results
- Avoid using the table manufacturer's measurements
- Remove extension leaves before measuring (they should be measured separately).
Measuring your table only takes a few minutes. It's important to avoid measuring slopes or molding. Instead, focus on the flat surface of the table.
- From the center split, measure the table's width to the nearest 1/16"
- Down the center, measure your table's end-to-end length
Unless your table is perfectly round, square, or rectangular, creating a pattern is an essential part of the process. As with measuring, be sure not to include extensions, slopes, or molding.
- Align the pattern paper with the table's center split
- Smooth out any wrinkles
- Weigh the paper down with a heavy object to keep it in place
- Use the side of a pencil or crayon's tip to trace the table's edge


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Some frog species, such as Kassina maculata (red-legged running frog), use an asynchronous walking/running gait as their primary locomotor mode. Prior comparative anatomy work has suggested that lateral rotation of the pelvis improves walking performance by increasing hindlimb stride length; however, this hypothesis has never been tested. Using non-invasive methods, experimental high-speed video data collected from eight animals were used to create two three-dimensional kinematic models. These models, each fixed to alternative local anatomical reference frames, were used to investigate the hypothesis that lateral rotation of the mobile ilio-sacral joint in the anuran pelvis plays a propulsive role in walking locomotion by increasing hindlimb stride length. All frogs used a walking gait (duty factor greater than 0.5) despite travelling over a range of speeds (0.04–0.23 m s−1). The hindlimb joint motions throughout a single stride were temporally synchronized with lateral rotation of the pelvis. The pelvis itself, on average, underwent an angular excursion of 12.71° (±4.39°) with respect to the body midline during lateral rotation. However, comparison between our two kinematic models demonstrated that lateral rotation of the pelvis only increases the cranio-caudal excursion of the hindlimb modestly. Thus, we propose that pelvic lateral rotation is not a stride length augmenting mechanism in K. maculata.
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- 1 How do I adopt a baby in Georgia?
- 2 Is it hard to adopt a baby in Georgia?
- 3 How long does it take to adopt in GA?
- 4 Why is adoption so expensive?
- 5 Can you adopt newborns?
- 6 Is adopting a baby hard?
- 7 How long do you have to be married to adopt in Georgia?
- 8 What is the quickest way to adopt a child?
- 9 Do you get a monthly check when you adopt a child?
- 10 Why is adopting a child so difficult?
- 11 How long does it take to adopt a newborn?
- 12 Is it cheaper to adopt from foster care?
How do I adopt a baby in Georgia?
Process for Families Adopting an Infant in Georgia
- Step 1: Determine what type of adoption you desire.
- Step 2: Choose an adoption professional wisely.
- Step 3: Create your adoptive family profile and complete your home study.
- Step 4: Patiently Waiting and Meeting Potential Birth Mother/s.
- Step 5: Post-Placement Contact.
Is it hard to adopt a baby in Georgia?
Becoming a foster or adoptive parent is not a complicated process. You have already taken the first and most challenging step by seeking information about making a child a part of your family.
How long does it take to adopt in GA?
Uncontested adoptions, where the rights of the parents have been surrendered or terminated, move through the Georgia courts quickly, and it is not unusual to finalize the adoption within 30-45 days from the filing of the petition for adoption, and in some case earlier.
Why is adoption so expensive?
The reason that infant, embryo, and international adoption is so expensive is that (unlike foster care), the cost is not paid for by tax payers. In addition, adoption is expensive because several costs are incurred along the way. The agency must cover its own expenses of staff and other overhead.
Can you adopt newborns?
Dually authorised carers may adopt a child in NSW where the Children's Court has determined the child cannot live with their family.
Is adopting a baby hard?
Adoption is so much more difficult and complicated than people think it is. Domestic infant adoption is actually rather rare, with only roughly 10 percent of hopeful parents being placed with a baby. The wait is often long and full of disappointment and heartbreak. Even after adopting a baby, adoption is hard.
How long do you have to be married to adopt in Georgia?
In the traditional adoption program, American Adoptions requires that adoptive parents be married for a minimum of two years, have no more than two children already, and be between the ages of 25 and 50. However, exceptions can and have been made.
What is the quickest way to adopt a child?
The easiest way to adopt child, and do it quickly is private placement adoption with lawyer though it can be costly. The other way is foster a child and let the agency now that is giving you the foster child you are looking to foster a child to adopt.
Do you get a monthly check when you adopt a child?
As a foster parent, you will receive a check each month to cover the cost of caring for the child, and the child will also receive medical assistance. If you adopt that child, you will continue to receive financial and medical assistance. Remember that for a U.S. waiting child you should not be asked to pay high fees.
Why is adopting a child so difficult?
Adopting babies out of the foster care system is typically difficult, because of a high demand, and children in the foster care system often have very specific emotional and physical needs that some families may not feel equipped to handle. There's always a way to adopt if that's what you're determined to do.
How long does it take to adopt a newborn?
Adopting a foster child can take 6 to 18 months. Adopting a newborn can take 2 to 7 years. International adoptions can take six or more years. Being flexible in your requirements for a child can decrease the time required.
Is it cheaper to adopt from foster care?
Adopting a child from foster care is often funded by the state, and in most cases there are few or no fees. According to Child Welfare Information Gateway, working with a private agency to adopt a healthy newborn or baby or to adopt from another country can cost $5,000 to $40,000.


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Turbocharging is the single most popular method for adding brute power to an engine, but this video shows the manufacturing of a turbocharger is anything but brutal. Instead, the process combines precision machining with ancient methods of metal shaping.
The manufacturing process inside the Turbonetics factory starts with molten aluminum being poured to form the sandcast housings and progresses through exacting CNC processes and unhurried assembly. The human touch is the most notable part of the process: The making of these devices, which spin at 100,000 RPM and help hurl two-ton machines past 200mph, depends largely on the skilled hands of the company's technicians.
(Hat tip to EngineerDIVO at Reddit!)


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- A novel identification system for screening of the counterfeit drugs is proposed.
- The strategy provides an alternative.
- The strategy is demonstrated with high rapidity, accuracy and cost-effectiveness.
Quick inspection methods for counterfeit drugs are of vital necessity. In this study, the feasibility of portable Raman spectroscopy as an analytical method together with a novel identification system for fake drugs detection is demonstrated. The rapid and convenient identification system based on modified local straight-line screening (LSLS) and principal component analysis (PCA) is developed to distinguish counterfeit from authentic. LSLS algorithm was originally designed to detect synthetic drug(s) adulterated in herbal medicines based on infrared spectroscopy. In order to adapt the LSLS method for the detection of the suspected counterfeit drugs based on portable Raman spectroscopy, modification of weighting is made in this paper to obtain the low false positive rate (FPR) and low false negative rate (FNR). The proposed identification system has been benchmarked by 7 kinds (40 batches) of hypoglycemic tablets and 12 common pharmaceutical excipients. The total sensitivity, specificity and accuracy are 96.77%, 97.48% and 96.35% respectively. The results indicate that the identification system is appropriate for the on-site preliminary screening of the suspected counterfeit drugs.


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A new study suggests that Black Michigan residents are more likely than white conservatives to adhere to COVID-19-related public health standards.
Conducted by Michigan State University and published in the Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, it included a group of 800 Michigan adults.
"Our findings suggest that although COVID impacts all Michiganders, reactions to COVID are politicized," said Zachary Neal, MSU associate professor of psychology and study co-author. "This is significant because if people base their response to COVID on politics rather than science, they may be placing themselves at risk."
Additionally, Michigan residents' race, according to the findings, impacted how much politics affected their views of COVID-19.
"When COVID was politicized, partisanship mattered more to white Michiganders than it did to Black Michiganders," Neal said. "This is significant because it could mean that white Michiganders are more likely to misjudge COVID risks due to politics. For example, although Black Michiganders on average said they would comply with stay-at-home orders, only the more liberal white Michiganders said they would comply."
In considering political ideology, the findings reveal that conservative whites were more likely to have noncompliance attitudes toward local and state COVID orders than more liberal white people and Black people who tend toward compliance.
Overall, Black Michiganders' attitudes toward the pandemic were more in line with public health recommendations around mask wearing and stay-home orders than views held by their white counterparts. Researchers point to a long history of health, social and economic disparities as the driving force. They found that Black Michiganders were more likely to contract COVID-19 or lose their job as a result of COVID-19 and thereby more likely to comply with regulations.
"Black Americans experience a disproportionately greater rate of preexisting conditions, such as hypertension and diabetes, that place them at an elevated COVID risk," said Kaston Anderson-Carpenter, MSU assistant professor of psychology and study lead author. "Since social determinants of health adversely impact Black Michiganders, adhering to the restrictions may also be perceived as a preventive health measure. Black people who work in essential jobs may also care for family members who have preexisting conditions, which may also influence their adherence to COVID restrictions."
In April, Gov. Gretchen Whitmer created the Michigan Coronavirus Racial Disparities Task Force. It is chaired by Lt. Gov. Garlin Gilchrist, an African American who said in December that he had lost 24 people in his life due to the virus. The task force's interim report released in December detailed a number of actions the state has taken to protect communities of color, frontline workers, and small businesses from the spread of COVID-19. Across the pandemic, "the cumulative COVID-19 case rate in Black and African-American populations has been over 40% higher than the rate in White populations," a portion of the reports reads.
Beyond the politicization of the virus, Anderson-Carpenter and Neal's paper reinforces the national conversation about Black people being disproportionately affected by the virus.
"Very little has happened between May and now to reduce racial disparities or political divisions; if anything, both are now worse than before," Neal said. "Knowing now what was happening then — and, now that we're experiencing another surge in cases — more resources need to go to the Black communities to address both the health and economic impacts of COVID, particularly now that vaccines are available."
By highlighting the impact of partisan perceptions, the researchers hope their study stresses the extensive disparities related to COVID health care and encourages public health officials to focus on providing assistance to Black communities.
"It is imperative to understand how COVID has been politicized in Michigan as a microcosm of the nation, and we hope the study encourages politicians to make COVID a nonpartisan issue," Anderson-Carpenter said.


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The Study of Urban Form in Canada
This paper examines contributions to the study of urban form in Canada by French and English researchers working in a variety of disciplines, especially architecture, planning, geography, and history. Instead of discussing contributions purely along traditional linguistic or disciplinary lines, the authors use a novel classification scheme to identify and categorize significant works according to their particular epistemological perspective, before describing noteworthy contributions of various academic disciplines by key authors and research themes. The most significant contributions to the study of urban form in Canada have come from two largely isolated camps: first, architects/planners, mostly from Québec, who examine form as a relatively independent system and work in the tradition of the so-called 'Italian school' of process typology; and secondly, predominantly anglophone urban and historical geographers who deal with built forms and urban morphogenesis as a product of external forces. Recent work suggests that the 'two solitudes' may be coming together.


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Summary form only given. Dielectric Barrier Discharge (DBD) reactor is frequently used in sterilization with atmospheric pressure plasma in pulsed corona or glow discharge mode. The suggested mechanisms responsible for sterilization include oxygen excited states, ozone, high temperature, UV, and run away electron bombardment. Although which is the key mechanism is yet to be identified due to variations in reactor design and experiment condition, it is generally believed a higher plasma density would facilitate the sterilization process, while a lower ion temperature lessen the surface damage, but the these two imply contradictory output characteristics from the pulsed power supply. Higher pulse voltage or repetition frequency not necessarily creates better sterilization effect. A compact, energy efficient power sup ply is desired in many portable applications, but often energy is wasted as a reflection due to impedance mismatch between transmission line and the impedance of DBD, or dissipated i n the dielectric layer of DBD. This work analyzes the energy efficiency of a pulsed power supply to a DBD reactor by introducing equivalent circuit models in different stages: initiation, pulsed corona, glow discharge, and try to link the performance of the pulsed power supply to the mechanisms responsible for sterilization. One conclusion is high pulse voltage with fast rise time is vital to run away electron generation, but not necessary for excited oxygen generation. Enough repetition rates for needed plasma can save considerable energy, and a DB D reactor with low dielectric layer thickness and low dielectric constant will render the highest electric field across the gap and thus most energy efficiency.
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Dry reforming of methane is one of the key reactions to exploit natural gas feedstocks by their catalytic conversion to synthesis gas (CH4 + CO2 → 2H2 + 2CO), which is used in the production of transportable liquid fuel. However, this reaction suffers from thermodynamic conversion limits and high thermal energy requirements. Herein we report that a SrTiO3-supported rhodium (Rh/STO) catalyst efficiently promotes methane reforming under ultraviolet light irradiation without heat supply at low temperatures, which cannot be achieved by conventional thermal catalysis. The photoexcited holes and electrons are used for CH4 oxidation over STO and CO2 reduction over rhodium, respectively. Isotope analysis clarified that the lattice oxygens (O2−) act as mediator to drive dry reforming of methane. The materials design of Rh/STO can be extended in principle to diverse uphill reactions that utilize photon energy to obtain valued products from different carbon resources.
All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes
- Process Chemistry and Technology


The save/replace game dialogue - part 1
2/19/2009 – ChessBase 10 contains a large variety of fields into which you can input player and tournament information when saving a game. Some of these can be confusing for new users. In this week's ChessBase Workshop, learn the important difference between saving and replacing a game, and get a first look at the most commonly-used game header fields. Workshop...
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This week's ChessBase Workshop is going to focus on an old program feature which still proves troublesome to new users: the save game/replace game dialogue. Although we've discussed this before in a previous column or two, it's one of those areas which really can't be stressed enough; understanding it fully can save you a lot of grief later on down the road.
To begin our discussion, let's look at the important differences between saving and replacing games in a database. In its simplest form, the main difference can be boiled down to a couple of rules of thumb:
 - If you're manually entering a new game move-by-move into a database, you'll want to use "Save game" when you're finished.
 - If you're adding commentary/variations or making other changes to an existing game, you'll want to use "Replace game" when you're finished.
It's that simple. Of course, there are always exceptions, among them being cases in which you might annotate a game contained in one database and wish to save the finished product in a different one, or you may add notes to a game which already contains commentary by someone else and wish to save yours as a separate copy (in order to preserve the other guy's original work in an unaltered form), etc. But the two bulleted cases listed above will serve as general rules of thumb.
Saving a game means that a separate copy will be saved into the database (and which, by the way, will appear as the last game in a database's game list). Replacing a game means that the original game in the database will be replaced by the version you just altered (and the newly-altered version will appear in the same spot in the game list as did the original unaltered version).
There you have it -- the basic difference between the two actions.
Regardless of whether you're saving or replacing a game, you'll see the same dialogue appear on your screen. If you're saving a game, the dialogue won't contain any information (most of its fields will be blank):
If you're replacing a game, the existing information (from when the game was originally saved) will appear in the dialogue:
In both cases, you can add or change information in this dialogue before clicking "OK" (which completes the process and either saves or replaces the game).
Let's look now at the specific dialogue information and how it should be recorded. We'll assume for the sake of the discussion that we're "starting fresh": entering a game by hand and saving it into a database (as opposed to adding information to, and replacing, an existing game). We've entered the moves of the game and are ready to save it. We click "Save" and get our "blank" dialogue:
"White" and "Black" refer to the respective two players. Note the small comma between the two "blanks" after 'White"; this gives us a valuable clue as to how this part of the dialogue should be filled in. The comma tells us that the leftmost blank should contain the player's last name, followed in the rightmost box by the player's first name. The boxes for "Black" work the same way:
If you're hand-entering a game played by professional players (perhaps from a chess book or magazine), you can use the "question mark" buttons to the far right of both "White" and "Black" to search for the player in the Players Encyclopedia and automatically enter the information contained therein.
We're going to skip over the "Tournament" field temporarily, though we'll come back to it. We're going to devote a whole column to the options for just this field. For now, you can just enter a geographic place name or an actual tournament name here.
The "ECO" field will already be filled in for you. The software will already have identified the proper alphanumeric Encyclopedia of Chess Openings code and will automatically place the information in the box.
"Elo White" and "Elo Black" are where you'll enter the players' ratings (if known). Once again I'll remind you that Arpad Elo's rating system for games and sports wasn't adopted internationally in the chess community until the early 1970's; chess games played prior to this will not have rating information available.
You can enter "Round" and "Subround" numbers if known (and if applicable). Why "Subround"? You'll occasionally see chess events in which the players might play one game as each color as part of a "round" (i.e two -- or three, if tiebreaks are involved -- games per round); the "subround" field gives you a place to enter such information.
"Result" allows you to enter a variety of game results, including a number of different evaluation symbols (via the "pulldown" arrow, which you would use when entering some analysis instead of an actual game). "Date" will typically default to the date you're manually entering the game, so you'll often change this to the date the game was actually played.
When you're finished, just click the "OK" button to complete the process of saving the game into the database.
There's an important difference of which you should be aware when replacing a game. There will be several bits of information already filled in, consisting of the existing game header info:
Note that some information contains a check in a box beside it (in the above illustration, it's "ECO Code", "Round", and "Year"). Other information, while filled in, doesn't have a check in the corresponding box ("Month" and "Day" in the illustration). It's important to note that even though some header info might already be filled in, it won't appear in the actual replaced game header unless the corresponding box is checked. Going back to the illustration, you don't need to worry about the wrong month and day being saved in the header; even though there are values in the boxes, there's no check in the boxes -- the info isn't saved when "OK" is clicked.
There are a couple of other observations which should be made before we leave off for another week. First, you're not required to put something in every single field in this dialogue. If you don't know a round number or the month and day a game was played, just leave those fields blank; the software will still save the game anyway.
You can also put pretty much anything you want into a field. For example, you've entered the moves of a line of analysis taken from an opening reference; you want to save it into a database, but you don't have any player or tournament information available. How do you complete the game header?
I do this sort of thing all the time. Typically I'll just type the word "Analysis" in the box for the White player's last name, while leaving the first name field blank. In the Black player's last name field, I'll type either the verbal name of the opening or the moves of a brief identifying variation line. In the "Tournament" box, I'll type the name of the opening reference from which the analysis came (so I know the source later). For "Result" I'll use the evaluation given in that source material. For "Year" I use the year the source material was published (and I'll even include a month number if the analysis came from a chess magazine).
You can enter any information you want, but the important thing is to be consistent. Don't input one game with the word "Analysis" in the White player field and then put that word in the Black player field the next time around. Don't use the year of publication one time and then use the year you saved it in your database for the next bit of analysis you enter.
And whether you're saving games or analysis, be as thorough as you can with your game headers. For player names, use a player's full first name if you have that info available, not just an initial or (worse) a blank in the "first name" field. If you have the exact date a game was played, there's no reason to not enter the whole thing in your saved game header.
Be thorough and be consistent, and this will save you a lot of aggravation later.
Until next week, have fun!
© 2008, Steven A. Lopez. All rights reserved.
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A review was undertaken of how climate change was mainstreamed in the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs) of Kenya's 47 County Governments. This review contributed to the development of recommendations of how to improve the mainstreaming of climate change in the 2017 CIDPs. This is particularly relevant with the enactment of the Climate Change Act, 2016, which requires that County Governments mainstream climate change actions and interventions in the their CIDPs (Section 19). This report shows that there is a readiness and an experience to build on to improve the integration of climate change in their new CIDPs.
This report first provides definitions and background on climate change, and then sets out an analysis of climate-relevant sectors, recognizing that climate change is a cross-cutting that that impacts on various sectors that are discussed in CIDPs. The report then reviews the climate change impacts identified in the 47 CIDPs, and identifies mitigation and adaptation priorities. The final section provides recommendations to improve mainstreaming in the 2017 CIDPs.


Fighting for space
This graphic visualization posted by the Daily Dish depicts the amount of street space taken up by different modes of transportation–bicycle, car, and bus–per person. As this demonstrates, cars are not only a crime against the environment but one could argue, also against the availability of the urban public space, which is so crucial to the vibrancy of cities.
[photo credit and link to entire post on the Daily Dish]


Construction Zones
When approaching or entering a highway construction or maintenance area (also known as work zones), Illinois law requires motorists:
 - Slow down
Discontinue wireless/cellphone use (unless using a hands-free device that may include the use of a single-sided headset), yield to any authorized vehicles or workers in the area,
Change to a lane away from the workers when possible and proceed with caution.
Motorists must obey the posted construction zone speed


text: This rare instrument, combining a transverse flute and an oboe in the form of a walking stick, is made of narwhal tusk, a precious material once valued higher than gold and believed to be from the horn of the mythological unicorn. Georg Henrich Scherer was the last and most important member of a well-known eighteenth-century family of German woodwind makers. Among his clients was Frederick the Great, who played and owned a small collection of flutes. The king pursued a scientific interest in testing the acoustical attributes of different materials, which may account in part for the use of narwhal tusk. This instrument is said to have been a gift from Frederick to his finance minister. Scherer made a similar instrument, now in the Landesmuseum, Darmstadt. Walking-stick instruments became fashionable in the first half of the nineteenth century, but were usually conceived as a single instrument, be it a recorder, a fiddle, or a flute.


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How interesting can a list be? In Eco's hands, quite thrilling, and if you're a fan of his writing you'll know that he likes using lists in his novels.
Here he brings his fascination with catalogues together in a thick, glossy treasure that combs literature from Homer to Pablo Neruda, and James Joyce to Patrick Süskind to present the reader with an astounding number of "practical and poetic lists". There are lists of angels and demons, the type of people who drink, the smells of Paris in the 18th century, ingredients for witches' brew, the names of alchemical prima materia, and, well, etcetera – a word that here comes into its full meaning.
There are also "visual lists" – a great number of paintings which give form to the sense of infinities of things. Who can tire of such a catalogue? – Karin Schimke
The Inifinity of Lists
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A Humanizing Model for Nursing Social Justice Action
The latest featured article from the current issue of ANS is titled "Exercising Nursing Essential and Effective Freedom in Behalf of Social Justice: A Humanizing Model" by Donna J. Perry, PhD, RN; Danny G. Willis, DNS, RN, PMHCNS-BC; Kenneth S. Peterson, PhD, FNP-BC; and Pamela J. Grace, PhD, RN, FAAN. Using powerful personal narratives, the authors provide examples of ways they have broken through barriers, to exercise effective freedom and take specific social justice action within nursing. Dr. Perry provided this description of their work:
It is increasingly clear that health is dependent upon multiple underlying social factors including environmental conditions, economic status, access to education, employment and a peaceful and participatory society. These conditions are distributed unequally within our global community. In this paper we discuss the nursing mandate to act for social justice and the constraints that prevent nursing from realizing this goal. We argue that nursing has been impeded in addressing underlying socio-political issues that impact health because nursing has historically been positioned within an institutionalized medical paradigm. We propose a model of nursing essential and effective freedom based on the philosophy of Bernard Lonergan as a framework for addressing barriers to nursing action for social justice. And we share our personal challenges and strategies for addressing social justice as nurses working in various settings.


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Digital Shoe Design Kit by DaveMakesStuff
Regular price $ 0.00
Unit price per
This kit contains all the digital parts you need to design your own basic running shoe.
These files are not meant to be printed directly. First, you will need to import them into your favourite 3D design software to texture, size, and combine according to your creative preferences. Final designs can be printed as you wish.
All parts are for the left shoe, but most programs have an option to "mirror" the object to create the right shoe.
These files are optimized for use with nTopology but can be used with most 3D editing software.
To create a basic, non-textured shoe, simply import, combine, and print your choice of the following files: "Outsole", "Midsole", "Upper", "Toe Cup", "Heel Counter", "Heel Pull", "Tongue" and "Laces". If multicolor printing is an option, you may choose to print some parts in different colours.
This kit provides additional tools to customize three areas of the shoe: upper, the outer face of the midsole, and the outsole (or tread).
For the upper, surface texture can be applied directly to the "Upper" file. There are also two upper surfaces provided in Parasolid format. "Upper Surface" aligns with the outer surface of the upper and can be used to create conformal cell maps for "lightweighting" the upper volume with lattice or TPMS structures. "Upper Surface Mid" conforms to the middle of the 3mm thick upper volume and can be used to reference surface lattices and Voronoi structures.
The "Topline Edge Field" file is provided to facilitate field driven design approaches to thickening or modifying structures along the topline of the upper. The other shoe components can also be used to apply field driven design to other areas and boundaries of the upper.
The outer face of the midsole is the most common are for texturing or modifying, while the inner surfaces of the midsole are usually left smooth. "Inset Midsole" has an inset volume along the outer face of the midsole. It is 2mm deep, with a 2mm border. The midsole inset volume can be textured or modified separately and recombined with the "Inset Midsole" to create the final midsole.
For the midsole inset volume, surface texture can be applied directly to the "Midsole Inset Volume" file. There are also two midsole inset volume surfaces provided in Parasolid format. "Midsole Inset Outer Surface" conforms with the outer surface of the midsole and can be used to create conformal cell maps for "lightweighting" the upper volume with lattice or TPMS structures. "Midsole Inset Mid Surface" conforms with the middle of the 2mm deep midsole inset volume and can be used to create surface lattices and Voronoi structures.
For the outsole, texture can be applied directly to the "Outsole" file. The "Midsole" is also provided in Parasolid format to allow the bottom face to be used to create conformal cell maps or surface lattices.
The "Outsole Edge Field" file is provided to facilitate field driven design approaches to thickening or modifying structures along the edges of the outsole.
There are three sample shoes that demonstrate volume modification using surface texturing, conformal cell maps and surface lattices. To facilitate FDM printing, none of the sample shoes have outsole texturing.
"Shoe Example – Textured" demonstrate two types of surface texturing applied to the upper and midsole inset volume
"Shoe Example - Cell Map" demonstrates application of a conformal cell map define a gyroid TPMS structure in the upper, and a square honeycomb lattice structure in the midsole.
"Shoe Example – Lattice" uses the "mid surfaces" to demonstrate two different types of surface lattice applied to the upper and midsole.
Turn your shoes into playful vases, planters or pencil holders with these socks. To ensure that the socks fit onto the shoes, do not use the "Tongue" object in your shoe design.


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Raven is automatically gesturing too often Follow
If your Raven is mounted too close to your steering wheel, too close to the dash, slanted downward or is moving due to a loose mount this could cause frequent unintended gestures (short videos). If alignment is not an issue, the device may be gesturing due to an adhesive layer that needs to be peeled off. Follow the mounting directions below to rectify the issue.
Do not stack anything between the mount, adhesive, and dash:
Do not tilt Raven downward:
Incorrect: Tilted Correct: Level
If adjusting the location and view of Raven does not fix the gesturing issue, there may be a hidden plastic film on Raven's screen. Indications of an additional plastic film include:
- Under bright lighting Raven's screen does not look shiny and black
- Tiny bubble(s) on the bottom left corner of the screen. (See below)
- The screen easily scuffs
To remove the plastic film:
- Using a firm but non-abrasive tool, such as a business card, lift the corner of the film.
- Peel the remainder of the film off with your fingers.
*Proximity sensors on Raven are located in the center just above the displays on the front cover. If there is an object directly in front of the proximity sensor (within 10") then false gestures might be detected.


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Many pregnant women often use different essential oils for massages during pregnancy. They feel calmer and less stressed post its use. However, it is good know that the exact effect essential oils on the developing baby is not completely known. In fact, since the molecules of the essential oils are very small there is a possibility that they may cross the placenta and reach the baby's developing circulatory system. So do be very cautious about using essential oils during pregnancy, especially during the first trimester. In fact, for women who are prone to miscarriages, even oils that are generally safe during the first trimester can be too stimulating.
Essential Oils during Pregnancy
The oils that are safe to use during pregnancy are:
- Frankincense – for the prevention of stretch marks, anxiety and stress
- Lavender – for the prevention of headaches and anxiety. It is safe to use it only after the completion of the 12th week of pregnancy.
- Lemon – for the prevention of nausea and morning sickness
- Sandalwood – for the prevention of insomnia, swollen ankles, aches and pains and stress
- Wild Orange – for the prevention of nausea, morning sickness and constipation
- Geranium – for the prevention of insomnia, stretch marks, varicose veins, haemorrhoids and swollen ankles
- Grapefruit – for the prevention of swollen ankles, muscle fatigue and for fluid retention. It also refreshes and energizes.
- Ylang ylang – it reduces blood pressure and reduces stress
The oils that should be diluted with another oil, called the carrier oil, like coconut oil are:
- Peppermint (However use this one sparingly as you enter the end of your pregnancy and also during breastfeeding, because some studies have shown that it reduces milk production.)
As for the oils listed below, it is best to consult your doctor before you use them.
- Basil – it is said to contribute to abnormal cell development
- Rosemary – it tends to increase blood pressure and could lease to premature contractions
- Clary Sage – it may trigger contractions and even cause uterine bleeding
- Thyme – it may trigger contractions
- Cinnamon – it may trigger contractions
- White Fir
- Parsley seed
In some cases, it is best to stay away from using essential oils altogether. Don't use any oils if you have:
- Had a miscarriage before
- Had any vaginal bleeding during your current pregnancy
- Heart issues
- Diseases relating to the liver or the kidney
Blending the Essential Oil
- Since you are more prone to being sensitive to various smells, dilute the oil well. Instead of the usual 10-12 drops per 25ml, use only 5-7 drops for every 25 ml during pregnancy.
- Blend the oil in vegetable oil, jojoba or aqueous cream.
- Don't blend the oil in baby oil as that prevents the absorption of the oil into your skin.
Treating Different Pregnancy Symptoms
To reduce morning sickness you can use the essential oils in any of these ways:
- Vaporize it in the room overnight
- Put a drop or two on your pillow edge
- Take a 5ml bottle and place a few cotton balls in it. Add a few drops of the oil and keep the bottle closed. Take a whiff of the oil whenever you are feeling nauseous.
- Use Grapefruit or Lavender for morning sickness
Essential oils that stimulate lymphatic drainage are useful to treat swollen ankles. However it is best to use these only in the 2nd and the 3rd trimesters.
- Add a few drops of Geranium, Lemon and Lavender in a large bucket of water and soak your feet in it for about 10-15 minutes.
- Add a couple of drops each of Grapefruit, Lemon, Tangerine, and Orange into a little carrier oil or cream and massage it onto your foot.
- For most other aches and pains on the back and thighs a light massage using chamomile oil feels wonderful.
To prevent stretch marks you could massage over your abdomen and breasts the below oil combination. However it is best to use them only after your first trimester.
- Diluted lavender and tangerine oil or diluted primrose oil.
- Combine couple of drops each of Helichrysum, Lavender and Frankincense with 4 Vitamin E capsules in an ounce of coconut oil and store it in a jar.
Some oils can increase the skin irritation during pregnancy. Pregnancy is a time when the skin tends to become dry and itchy. While a slow massage helps, some essential oils can have an adverse effect and increase the amount of itchiness. Some of these oils are:
- Black Pepper
- Tea tree
- Ylang Ylang
Before using these oils during pregnancy it best to first do a patch test. For this dilute the oil and then apply it on the inside of your arm. Wait for a day to see if your under arm feels itchy or not. If it does then it means that your skin is sensitive to that essential oil. To remove the itchiness from your underarm, rub some vegetable oil over the area and don't that oil again.
- When you choose an essential oil to use during your pregnancy, do make sure that you choose one that is a pure one. This is needed because often some harmful substances present in the oils can prove to cause adverse reactions during pregnancy. Chances are that if you are buying a large bottle of essential oil at a low price then it is not of a pure variety.
- Research and know which ones should be avoided during pregnancy. This is because these oils can be very potent and wrong usage can even stimulate uterine contractions.
- The first trimester is a very important time during your pregnancy. So everything that you eat or put on your body should be done with utmost care. For example even if you are using, say, oils like lavender or peppermint for your headache, dilute it in some coconut oil (called the carrier oil) before applying.
- Avoid using old, oxidised citrus, pine, fir and spruce oils
- If the essential oil gets into your eyes then wash with vegetable oil – water does not work.
- Avoid all essential oils during the first three months if miscarriage is or has been a concern.
- Try not to use one oil for an extended period of time.
Disclaimer: The information provided here is not intended to diagnose or treat any medical condition. If you have any concerns do consult your doctor.


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I often see a recipe that require something to be boiled in "lightly salted water" e.g. Semmelknödel, but I'm always in doubt on how much salt that actually is.
Can anyone tell the "correct" ratio of salt and water for lightly salted water?
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There is no such correct ratio. Just go with whatever feels lightly salted to your personal taste. The point is simply to differentiate from recipes in which people go for lots of salt, such as some noodle cooking techniques which require the water to be "as salty as seawater" or similar.
In the end, every cook has their own subjective scale of what is their "typical" amount of salt, and it is impossible to meet the recipe author's without further information. And even if you happen to meet it, if your personal preferred level is ckose, you won't notice much difference. On the other hand, if your preference is very different, the food won't taste right to you if you use the same absolute ratio of salt to water. So, the only practical thing is to use your own taste as a reference.
The effects of using a bit more or less salt in the cooking water should be hardly noticeable, so it should be rather hard to make a mistake here unless you are using extrem amounts.
The goal of using salted water is to avoid too much salt dissipates from the food into the water. So if you want to take things over the top you could calculate the percentage of salt in your Knödel and adjust the water to it so food and water are sharing the same osmotic pressure to maintain the Knödels salt content exactly and unchanged.


How to schedule sleep computers Win 10, 7
There are many great tips, useful for user computers and how to schedule sleep for your computer is also one of the tips would recommend to you. There are many ways to schedule your computer to sleep and if you are looking for one of them, the following guide will be for you. always wants readers to update more interesting and useful tips when using a computer. We always start from the simplest ones and with a computer sleep timer will be a tip that we can easily get used to as well as easily do it after just a few taps. Specifically how to schedule the computer sleep, let's do it with below.
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How to schedule computer sleep
Step 1: To be able to schedule the computer to sleep easily here uses a small software called Sleep Timer, download Sleep TimerGo to your computer here first.
Step 2: Sleep Timer tool allows us to sleep the computer and its usage is simple, download and open Sleep Timer directly without having to install. And when opened, this is the interface of Sleep Timer and we can get acquainted and use immediately.
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Step 3: First, let's pay attention to the three modes of Sleep Timer: Countdown, Inactivity and Time.
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Countdown: Time will count down when Sleep Timer is activated.
Inactivity: Time is not active until after the Sleep Timer is activated.
Time: Select a fixed time of the day after activating the Sleep Timer.
And by our side is the action taken after satisfying the Mode condition including Hybernate (almost like sleep), Restart and Shutdown.
Hybernate: Hibernation is similar to Sleep, if you do not have Sleep, choose Hybernate.
Restart: Computer restart mode.
Shutdown: Computer off mode.
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Step 4: To schedule the computer to sleep we need to select Mode Time and Action is Hybernate and click Start to start.
Note: If you want to stop the Sleep Timer, press STOP and turn it off, then press the X button, if you press the shutdown button your computer will shut down immediately.
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In addition to how to schedule computer sleep with the Sleep Timer, we can apply a fairly good way again or again available on the computer that is using the tools available in the computer by clicking Start, type Sleep Settings and access the link. display results.
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In the Power & sleep section, we only need to choose the time the computer sleeps after not using the computer for how long, this way is quite similar to the Inactivity mode of the Sleep Timer.
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The above are basic tips on computers that help users quickly schedule a computer sleep. Perhaps this is still not the most perfect way and will continue researching and sending readers the fastest.
If you're researching a sleep timer, what about the shutdown timer, do you know about this problem. If not, try to find out because the way to shutdown the computer is so much easier and often used.
You are tired of each time you turn off your computer to wait too long, right, so how to turn off the computer quickly with commands or software. This issue has researched and if interested readers can refer to the turn off the computer quickly here.
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All tasks inherit the monitoring settings from the device under which they were created. The device defines the monitoring settings, such as: Frequency, monitoring Agent list, Reporting options, Alerting options, and other settings that are specific to different Platforms.
Here are few ways you can create or edit several tasks at once:
- For the ServerView platform the easiest way to set up a few closely related HTTP(S) tasks is to record them using the EveryStep Scripting Tool.
- For UserView platform, as each UserView device contains only script, the best way to modify a complex monitoring script is to load it directly into the EveryStep Scripting Tool using the "Load Device" option:
- For all monitoring platforms, if you need to modify several tasks, it is safest to clone an existing device and then make the necessary changes:


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Why Do Cats Eat Grass?
Science Magazine recently published some interesting findings on why cats eat grass…
According to Science Magazine, scientists think they may finally have an answer for why our feline friends have a tendency to gobble up grass, only to regurgitate it again shortly after.
More than 1,000 cat owners were surveyed, all of whom spent at least 3 hours a day observing their pet. As you may have suspected, eating plants and greenery was revealed to be a common occurrence, with only 11% of owners failing to notice their cat doing it.
It's a common belief that cats eat grass precisely because it makes them throw up, but the study mentioned above revealed that only a quarter of greenery-gobbling cats were actually sick afterwards. Also, 91% of the owners surveyed revealed that their cats didn't display any symptoms associated with being unwell before they went on to ingest plants.
So why exactly do they do it?
The prevalent theory is that cats, just like many other wild animals including chimps, ingest grass because it – at one time, at least – helps to get rid of intestinal parasites. It does this by increasing the muscle activity in their intestinal tract.
Although the parasite in question is no longer a threat to our feline friends, it seems to be the case that cats picked up this strategy from a distant ancestor and that's it's simply innate behaviour.
Read more by visiting the Science Magazine website.
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Registration Info
General Information on European Masters Programme in Advanced Textile Engineering
 1. Registering at one of the participating universities
 Students eligible for this Masters programme have to fulfil the entry requirements of the universities participating in the European Masters Programme in Advanced Textile Engineering.
 Students have to pay the registration fee at the university where they register.
 2. Students having a higher education degree (BSc, BEng, etc.) in textiles or related areas (mechanics, organic chemistry, physical chemistry, general process engineering, materials engineering, etc.) can subscribe.
 Decision of acceptance will be discussed by the E-TEAM members but is primarily depending on the participating university (universities) in the country where the student was last studying in a course relevant to the requirements of E-TEAM. It is at that (these) participating university (universities) that the student has to enroll.
 Non-EU students should enroll at one of the participating universities.
 3. Requirements for progression through the programme
 Attending all courses and participating in all exams is compulsory.
 4. Topics for thesis
 Topics for the thesis will be chosen by the students during the 3rd semester. The location of the project will be at the university of the supervisor for the topic chosen by the students.
 Topics will be based on proposals of the lecturers involved in the programme.
 5. Evaluation of thesis
 There will be three professors for the evaluation of the thesis, the supervisor and two other qualified lecturers from different universities participating in the course.
 6. Graduating
 Students having passed the 3rd semester and the thesis will receive a degree or diploma of the university where they have registered in accordance with local legislation.
 Students also receive an E-TEAM certificate issued by AUTEX (Association of Universities for Textiles). This certificate is signed by the heads of the textile departments/institutes of the host universities and by the programme coordinator.