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SET ANSI Command
Specifies whether to pad a shorter string with spaces when making a SQL string comparison or binary expression with zero (0) bytes when making a binary expression comparison in SQL commands using the equal sign operator (=).
In the Visual FoxPro OLE DB Provider, you cannot query the value of ANSI using the SET command though SET ANSI is supported.
Pads the shorter string or binary expression with spaces or zero (0) bytes needed, respectively, to make it equal to the length of the longer string or expression. When SET ANSI is set to ON, the two strings or expressions are compared character for character for their entire lengths.
Specifies that the shorter string not be padded with spaces or binary expression not be padded with zero (0) bytes. (Default)
When SET ANSI is set to OFF, the two strings are compared character for character until the end of the shorter string is reached.
SET ANSI has no effect on the double equal sign (==) operator. When you use the == operator, the shorter string or binary expression is always padded with spaces or zero (0) bytes, respectively, for the comparison. For more information, see Relational Operators.
SET ANSI is scoped to the current data session.
SET ANSI and the Query Designer Visual FoxPro builds a SELECT - SQL command in the Query Designer when you create a query. When creating Join and Filter conditions, if you choose the Equal or Exactly Like options, the = or == operator is included in the generated SELECT. The SET ANSI setting can affect the results of queries you create and perform in the Query Designer.
String Order In SQL commands, the left-to-right order of the two strings in a comparison is irrelevant — switching a string from one side of the = or == operator to the other doesn't affect the result of the comparison.
The following example creates a cursor with one record and then demonstrates how SET ANSI affects query results. When SET ANSI is set to OFF, the result is one because the strings are compared based on the shortest. 'Tommy' becomes 'Tom', and the strings 'Tom' and 'Tom' do match character for character.
When SET ANSI is set to ON, the result is zero because the strings are compared based on the shortest padded with spaces. 'Tom' becomes 'Tom ', and the strings 'Tom'and 'Tommy' do not match character for character:
CLEAR CREATE CURSOR Dummy (name c(10)) INSERT INTO Dummy VALUES ("Tommy") SET ANSI OFF SELECT * FROM Dummy WHERE name="Tom" INTO CURSOR result?"With ANSI",SET("Ansi"),_tally && shows 1 SET ANSI ON SELECT * FROM Dummy WHERE name="Tom" INTO CURSOR result?"With ANSI",SET("Ansi"),_tally && shows 0


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Keywords: CCoeControl, RWsSession
Created: chenziteng (28 Sep 2009)
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The wiki article Simulating Pointer Events introduced a way to simulate pointer events within an application. However, sometimes a program may need to send pointer events to other applications. This article describes how to simulate pointer events by RWsSession::SimulateRawEvent(), and explains why it is impossible to send pointer event to a background application by RWsSession::SendEventToWindowGroup().
The RWsSession::SimulateRawEvent() can be used to simulate pointer events, i.e. send pointer events to the foreground application. Assume that the phone is in portrait mode, then the following code can simulate a touch operation on the "Options" CBA button area. If the foreground application has the "Options" CBA button then its options menu will be popped up.
TPoint p(60,600); // within the "Options" CBA button area
TRawEvent event;
event.Set(TRawEvent::EButton1Down, p.iX, p.iY);
iCoeEnv->WsSession().SimulateRawEvent(event); // SwEvent
event.Set(TRawEvent::EButton1Up, p.iX, p.iY);
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Full example:
How to use it on emulator:
 1. Build the application for winscw and then start the emulator
 2. Start the application and then press the "Multi-task" key (also called the Menu key),
How to use it on target:
 1. Sign the HelloWorld_gcce.sis with a certificate that can grant SwEvent capability
 2. Install the signed installation package on the phone and then start it.
 3. Press the "Multi-task" key
You can see the app sends itself to background and then the foreground application (the Main menu) pops up its options menu.
Many developers tried to send pointer events to a selected application by RWsSession::SendEventToWindowGroup(), but always the target application crashed with KERN-EXEC 3 panic.
To know why it is a Mission Impossible to send pointer events in this way, we shall first understand the convention between CONE and Window Server:
 1. When a window-owning control (CCoeControl) is constructed the address of the control is used as the handle of the window.
 2. When there is a pointer event the Window Server decides which window shall handle it, and then assigns the window handle to the event.iHandle, and then sends the event to the app that owns the window.
 3. When the app CONE received the event, it casts the event.iHandle to a CCoeControl pointer and then call pointer->HandlePointerEventL(event);
So if the code looks like this:
TWsEvent event;
event.SetHandle(0); // "what the handle is? Anyway clear it..."
TPointerEvent& pointerEvent = *(event.Pointer());
pointerEvent.iType = TPointerEvent::EButton1Down;
pointerEvent.iParentPosition = TPoint(0,0);
pointerEvent.iPosition = TPoint(10,10);
pointerEvent.iModifiers = 0;
ws.SendEventToWindowGroup(...); // // send the event to app1
When the app1 receives the event the bad thing will happen:
// CONE code
CCoeControl* ctrl = reinterpret_cast(event.Handle());
ctrl->HandlePointerEventL(*(event.Pointer())); // KERN-EXEC 3 because ctrl equals NULL
The Window Server is in charge of all the windows so it knows what the iHandle should be, but you don't know, so "Window Server's score:100. Yours:0!"
PS: RWindowGroup::Child() can return the client handle but we can not take it for granted that it is a CCoeControl pointer.
The CONE source code included in ER5 SDK (log-in required).
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- Allied Whale History
- Senior Staff
- Publications List
- Marine Mammal Strandings
- Mount Desert Rock
- Education Resources
- Adopt-A-Whale Program
Mount Desert Rock
Mount Desert Rock is a remote, treeless island situated approximately 25 nautical miles south of College of the Atlantic, in Bar Harbor, Maine. Since the early 19th century the island has had a light tower, and various buildings to house light-keeper families. In the 1950s the island was occupied by the United States Coastguard. Now it is the home of the Edward McC. Blair Marine Research Station.
In the early 1970s, students, staff, and faculty from College of the Atlantic visited the island. They noted that the site was a prime location for marine mammal research. Both Mount Desert Rock and the nearby Inner Schoodic Ridges are areas of upwelling, creating localized zones of high biological productivity. Species commonly sighted included humpback (Megaptera novaeangliae), finback (Balaenoptera physalus), and northern right (Eubalaena glacialis) whales, harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena), common (Delphinus delphis) and white-sided dolphin (Lagenorhynchus acutus), and harbor (Phoca vitulina) and gray (Halichoerus grypus) seals.
In cooperation with the US Coastguard, Allied Whale, the marine mammal research division of College of the Atlantic, seasonally occupied Mount Desert Rock for several decades. Mount Desert Rock became the base of summer operations for Allied Whale, and provided a foundation for important studies such as the development of photo-identification techniques for humpback and finback whales. In the mid 1990s, occupation of the island ceased as the US Coastguard reviewed the need for Mount Desert Rock as part of the network of lighthouses off the coast of Maine. In 1996, College of the Atlantic acquired the island from the US Coastguard. Although the Coastguard maintains right of access to the aids to navigation equipment on the island, College of the Atlantic is responsible for the buildings and maintenance of the structures on Mount Desert Rock.
College of the Atlantic continues to maintain an active presence on Mount Desert Rock. Recently, Allied Whale has initiated a five-year study of marine mammal populations in the northern Gulf of Maine, using Mount Desert Rock as a base of operations. Members of Allied Whale, together with staff, faculty and administration of the college, continue to spearhead the development of Mount Desert Rock as a fully operational research station that will eventually expand its research repertoire beyond marine mammal science. As a first step in this expansion, and in recognition of his financial and spiritual support to Allied Whale and College of the Atlantic, the field station was recently dedicated as the Edward McC. Blair Marine Research Station.
Mount Desert Rock has 4 buildings perched precariously on its rocky ledges; the boathouse, light tower, generator shed and light-keeper's house. The boathouse has space for 4 research inflatable boats, and is rigged with a hydraulic hauling system and chain hoist. The light tower reaches over 70 ft in height above sea level, and has two exterior platforms provide excellent views 360Â° around the island. The generator shed is currently used as an equipment room; the college plans to convert this space into a wet-lab. Finally, the house itself has accommodations for 20 researchers/students, 2 classrooms, a recreation room, kitchen and dining room, and radio room.
Power is currently provided by a small gas generator supplying a bank of deep-cycle batteries that distribute 110V mains power via an inverter. Plans exist to convert this system to a solar array, with the generator supplying emergency power only.
Rainwater is collected via a roof collection system, is stored in two large cisterns in the basement of the building and provides a non-potable freshwater source for bathing, washing, etc.. Drinking water currently must be shipped in, although the College has proposed to install a desalination system.
College of the Atlantic recently made contact with former inhabitants of the island, Wilbur and Shirley York, who lived on the Rock in the late 1920s as children. Allied Whale arranged for Wilbur and Shirley to revisit Mount Desert Rock in Summer 2000. An article reviewing this visit can be found here, from the Bar Harbor Times (secondarily published in the Ellsworth American).
Mount Desert Rock is ideally located for offshore studies of marine mammals and seabirds. Thus the Rock is a perfect base-camp for members of Allied Whale, the marine mammal research group affiliate with College of the Atlantic. Allied Whale's mission is to be a center of excellence for marine mammal studies, while simultaneously providing the best experiential education possible for undergraduate and graduate students interested in a career in marine mammalogy. As such, Mount Desert Rock is an integral part of that mission, providing an offshore research platform that permits the study of marine mammals in their natural environment, while also providing a communal, educative and enriching atmosphere that promotes the growth of student' skills and knowledge.
Current research projects, with senior investigators, include:
A five-year study of the foraging ecology of balaenopterids in the northern Gulf of Maine - Dr. S. Todd (COA), D. Dendanto (UMO), and J. Allen (COA)
Behavioral interactions between harbor and gray seals - S. Renner, Dr. J. Gilbert (UMO), and Dr. S. Todd (COA/UMO adjunct)
Photo-identification of finback whales using digital video - Dr. S. Todd (COA), D. Dendanto (UMO), C.Vashro (COA), and J. Allen (COA)
The North Atlantic humpback whale catalog - R. Seton (COA), and J. Allen (COA)
The North Atlantic finback whale catalog - D. Dendanto (UMO) and C. Vashro (COA
Guano tolerant plants of Mount Desert Rock - Dr. Nishanta Rajakaruna (COA) and Nathaniel Pope (COA)
Although College of the Atlantic owns two field stations in the Gulf of Maine, Mount Desert Rock is located furthest offshore, and represents possibly the most remote and isolated learning conditions that the college has to offer. Classes on Mount Desert Rock focus on an experiential educationï¿½€ï¿½not only learning the syllabus of a particular class, but also learning how to become part of a close-knit self-reliant community that depends upon its members to ensure the smooth running of the research station. Thus, a student that enrolls in a class on MDR is also signing up for a lesson in island life and community living. By the end of their stay on Mount Desert Rock, most students never want to leave! The isolated and remote lifestyle can be addictive, and the opportunity to study wildlife in situ, in an offshore environment, is a unique opportunity unmatched by most other undergraduate institutions.
Courses offered on Mount Desert Rock by College of the Atlantic fall into two categories: those offered by the summer graduate/continuing education program, and undergraduate classes offered by the college during the normal school year.
In summer 2000, College of the Atlantic offered classes at Mount Desert Rock for the graduate courses Introduction to Biological Oceanography (Dr. S. Todd, COA), and Whales, dolphins and seals (Dr. G. Stone, NEAQ). In the same season, the college also provided the undergraduate class Field Studies in Marine Mammalogy (Dr. S. Todd, COA), and also hosted a class in Island Life (Dr. J. Anderson, COA). Plans to use Mount Desert Rock for classes in the undergraduate offering Introduction to Oceanography (Dr. S. Todd, COA) are ongoing.
Marine Mammal Strandings
To report a marine mammal stranding please call:
If You would like to Donate
Donations can be made to:
Allied Whale, College of the Atlantic
105 Eden Street
Bar Harbor, ME 04609

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surcoat, also spelled surcoteA man (left) wearing a surcoat with hanging sleeves and a woman (right) wearing a loose surcoat that reveals the sleeves of the garment underneath.Archives Photographiques, Parissleeved or sleeveless outer garment worn by European men and women during the 13th and 14th centuries. The surcoat for men was usually a tunic, or simple piece of material with a hole for the head, often worn over armour. For women, the surcoat was a more significant and characteristic garment, which originated in the 13th century as a voluminous outer cloak.
At the beginning of the 14th century, the armhole became a long vertical slit open to the hips, and the neck was cut low to create a narrow strip over the shoulders. The neck and armholes were frequently edged with fur or embroidery, sometimes elaborately. The skirt fell in loose folds from the hips. The sideless surcoat, popular for more than 90 years and often decorated with a row of buttons or jewels, offered an attractive contrast to the garment showing underneath.


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American History: Know-the-Facts Review Game: 100 Must-Know Facts in a Q&A Game Format to Help Kids Really Remember Standards-Based Social Studies Information
Reviewing facts can be fun with this kid-pleasing, curriculum-based game. Great for pairs or small groups, this resource includes 100 punch-out questions, a game board, and playing pieces. Questions come in multiple choice, true/false, and single answer formats, and have been carefully selected to help students sharpen their critical thinking skills and build their knowledge about American history. Many questions contain additional information that helps students make connections—and remember important facts. For use with Grades 5 & Up.
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George B. Dorr Museum of Natural History
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The original Acadia National Park Headquarters, commissioned by George B. Door, the first superintendent of Acadia National Park, in 1914, is a rustic one-and-a-half-story building qualifying for listing on the National Register of Historic Places. The building was scheduled to be razed to make way for the new Bar Harbor YMCA when, in 1996, the College of the Atlantic requested that the building be saved and moved to its campus, where it was to be used as the entryway to the new Natural History Museum.
Now the George Dorr Museum of Natural History, the building houses exhibits prepared by students at the College of the Atlantic. It serves as an educational center for students involved with the College's Educational Studies program, and for students interested in museum preparation/education and alternative education. The Museum connects the institution to the area by hosting various school programs from the local and regional community, and it is frequented by individual visitors as well.


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Mottainai (もったいない, [mottainai]) is a Japanese term conveying a sense of regret concerning waste. The expression "Mottainai!" can be uttered alone as an exclamation when something useful, such as food or time, is wasted, meaning roughly "what a waste!" In addition to its primary sense of "wasteful", the word is also used to mean "impious; irreverent" or "more than one deserves".
Usage in Japanese
Mottainai in Japanese refers to more than just physical waste (resources). It is even used to refer to thought patterns that give rise to wasteful action. Grammatically, it can be used in Japanese as an exclamation ("mottainai!") or as an adjective phrase ("it feels mottainai"). There is no plural form. The collection of mottainai things could be called mottainai koto (もったいない事?).
In ancient Japanese, mottainai had various meanings, including a sense of gratitude mixed with shame for receiving greater favor from a superior than is properly merited by one's station in life.
Mottainai is a compound word, mottai+nai. Mottai (勿体?) refers to the intrinsic dignity or sacredness of a material entity, while nai (無い?) indicates an absence or lack (Mottai further consists of mochi (勿?), meaning "inevitable; unnecessary to discuss", and tai (体?), meaning "entity; body").
Mottai was originally used in the construction mottai-ga-aru (勿体が有る?, literally "having mottai"), which referred to a dignified entity. Today, mottai is also used in the construction mottai-buru (勿体振る?), meaning "pretentious" or "giving oneself airs" by assuming more dignity than one truly possesses.
Buddhists traditionally used the term mottainai to indicate regret at the waste or misuse of something sacred or highly respected, such as religious objects or teaching. Today, the word is widely used in everyday life to indicate the waste of any material object, time, or other resource. Compare also the concept of tsukumogami "artifact spirit", which are said to live in old objects that have gained self-awareness and are angered if the object is thrown away wastefully.
Use by Wangari Maathai
Kenyan environmentalist Wangari Maathai visited Japan in 2005 for a government and media-sponsored event related to the Kyoto Protocol. She was given a tee-shirt with the word "mottainai" on it, which she later wore on appearances on Japanese TV.
- Conspicuous consumption
- Itadakimasu, the Buddhist attitude concerning resources
- Simple living
- Daijirin Japanese dictionary 2nd ed. (Japanese)
- Masuda, K: Kenkyusha's New Japanese-English Dictionary, page 1139. Kenkyusha Ltd., 1974
- This early use of the word appears in a story about Yoshitsune in the Battle of Yashima. On horseback, Yoshitsune dropped his bow into the sea. A vassal cried out, "Don't pick up the bow, let it be!" but he picked it up while being pursued by the enemy Taira clan. After the battle was over, the vassal used the word mottainai in admonishing Yoshitsune that he should have considered his own life more valuable than even a worthy bow. Yoshitsune retorted that if the enemy saw that inferior bow, it would have disgraced the Genji clan. Referencing site in Japanese: 1; "26 Historical place of Yoshitsune dropped the bow"(26弓流しの跡), 2; 義経の弓流しの跡
- PDF Perspectives of language: cultural differences and universality in Japanese M Sasaki - Cultural Diversity and TransversalValues: East–West Dialogue


Nyanang Shedup Gaden Phelgye Ling Monastery
Nyanang Phelgye Ling is a Monastic University located at the foot of Swayambhu Stupa in Kathmandu, Nepal, following the Gelug tradition of Tibetan Buddhism.
Since its beginning, Phelgye Ling Monastery has hosted many eminent Buddhist masters, as well as religious festivals and celebrations, and has been a very important center of Buddhist learning and practice.
Nyanang Phelgye Ling Monastery, currently has 45 monks, ranging in age from 8 to 72 years old. The monks engage in daily pujas and other activities under the direct tutelage of the abbot. The day starts at 5:00 am, when the monks wake up to prepare for early morning puja, which begins at 5:30 am and lasts until 7:30 am. There are also regular daily pujas at 9 am and 2 pm. When the students are not in puja, they engage in other studies and practices, such as memorization of scripture, making butter sculptures and torma offerings, Tibetan handwriting, ritual practice, and English and Nepali grammar studies.
Phelgye Ling Monastery also is home to several very precious religious artifacts, some dating back over a thousand years. Many of these items were first brought out of Tibet to ensure their safety during the conflict with China in 1959. These treasures are very well known by many people in the community, and have been a continual source of blessings for those who behold them.
All are welcome at Phelgye Ling Monastery. The monastery is open to all persons regardless of political, religious or ethnic affiliation.


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Now that you have your breeding pair, all you have to do is introduce them.
Gerbils are very territorial creatures and will not tolerate being put together without any sort of introduction. Improper introduction will usually result in fighting and your gerbils can get severely hurt.
In the wild, one gerbil would chase the intruder away, but in a tank there is nowhere to go and so they will fight to the death.
There are some instances, however, where an introduction period may not be necessary. If both gerbils are under the age of 8 weeks, or if one is a lone adult male gerbil and the other is a female gerbil under the age of 8 weeks, a split cage may not be needed. In both these cases, the gerbils may take to each other immediately, but if you see any hostility, you will need to use one of the two methods below.
Main methods of introducing gerbils
Split cage method
For this method you will need a tank and a piece of wire mesh (hardware cloth) that is cut to fit diagonally across the tank, from top to bottom.
You want to use wire mesh with small holes, no larger than 1/2 inch, otherwise the gerbils can harm each other through the divider.
I personally use 1/4 inch wire mesh and have had no problems with biting injuries.
You also want to make sure that there is no space that a gerbil can squeeze through to get at the other gerbil.
I place a heavy object, such as a dictionary, on top of the tank to weigh down the lid. This prevents the gerbils from sneaking over top of the divider. Make sure the tank has been thoroughly cleaned with regular soap, rinsed with water and dried completely. Then you should add fresh bedding. I like to keep the tank empty except for shavings, a toilet paper roll and some tissue for bedding on each side of the split. I find the introduction process takes longer if there is additional toys and housing in the tank that could distract the gerbils from the introduction.
Now that your tank is ready, place one gerbil on each side of the split cage. The gerbils may exhibit aggressive behaviour such as chewing at the divider or they may just calmly sniff each other through the holes. Don't be worried that they are acting aggressively, it just means they will likely need to be split for a longer period of time. You want to switch the gerbils to each other's side of the tank about 4 times a day. This allows them to learn each other's scent and eventually no longer recognize the other gerbil as a threat. The split cage can take anywhere between 2 days and 2 weeks. Even if it takes longer than that, it is okay, just have patience. I have never had a split cage fail yet!
This method is very similar to the split-cage method, except you use a small wire cage to split the gerbils rather than a divider.
Just like the split-cage method, you want to clean the tank and the cage very well with soap and water and dry them completely.
Then you can add shavings, some cardboard and some facial tissue in both the tank and cage.
Place one gerbil in the tank and the other in the cage. Switch them about 4 times a day until they are ready to introduce.
I don't like the cage-within-cage method as much because the cage bars tend to be spaced more far apart than the holes in the wire mesh. A very determined gerbil could manage to bite the other gerbil through the cage bars. Some people have had great luck with the cage-within-cage method, but I've always used the split-cage method instead.
Putting your gerbils together
The best indicator that your gerbils are ready to have the split removed, is if you seem them sleeping next to each other through the divider.
Another great sign is if you observe them grooming each other.
Some gerbils never exhibit this sort of behaviour, however. In that case, you may just need to introduce them when they stop marking everything frantically when you switch their sides.
If they seem to be nonchalant about the existance of the gerbil on the other side of the split, then it may be time to try removing the barrier.
When you do remove the split, make sure to wear thick leather gloves and have an extra container to put the other gerbil in if they fight. If the gerbils do decide to fight, you don't want to stick your bare hand in there, because they will bite you. I can tell you from experience that it really hurts!
It is perfectly normal for gerbils that have been introduced to sniff each other's rear ends a lot. There may be some thumping and often the gerbils will try to mark each other with their scent gland (looks kind of like mating, but isn't). Boxing behaviour is pretty normal too, where they stand on their hind legs and swat each other with their paws. These behaviours are quite harmless unless they get out of hand. You need to watch the gerbils for at least 2 hours to make sure that they are going to get along. If they start grooming each other or you see them sleeping in a nest together, then they probably will be fine.
If you see any overly aggressive behaviour, you will need to resplit your gerbils and try again. Please don't lose hope, these things happen. With patience, you should see your gerbils together eventually. I have never had a split-cage fail before. The general rule is to try split-caging your gerbils for 2 full weeks. If they fight, then split cage them again. If the third time fails, then they will probably never live together. I cannot stress enough that you need lots of patience.
Aggressive behaviour includes actual fighting, where the two gerbils roll into a ball and are biting each other's throats. If they roll into a ball, you must seperate them immediately! This is a fight to the death! Another warning sign is if you see one gerbil chasing the other gerbil crazily, and the gerbil being chased is squeaking wildly. These gerbils would need to be resplit. Other things to watch for are aggressive marking where one gerbil won't leave the other alone and overgrooming where the gerbil being groomed is squeaking a lot.


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Job Objective To secure a responsible and challenging role as a Water Safety Instructor in a progressive organization.
- Water Safety Instructor, 2006 to Present
- Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, GA
- Instructed water safety and swimming lessons at the pool.
- Instructed techniques like the freestyle, breast stroke and the back stroke.
- Interpreted and implemented pool rules and policies to ensure safety of all swimmers.
- Trained students how to swim safely in water.
- Supervised activities in the swimming areas.
Summary of Qualifications:
- Profound ability to conduct swimming activities
- Immense ability to maintain the pool and surrounding wet areas
- Extended ability to administer appropriate First Aid in emergency
- Extensive experience in skiing, knee boarding, wake boarding and tubing
- Solid ability to manage all safety and risk aspects on the water
B.S in Fitness Exercise, 2004, Yale University
Lifeguard Certification, 2006, Johns Hopkins University


Making Brown Bags a Hoot
Making Brown Bags a Hoot
You may have noticed that owls have quickly become the "it" animal on everything from bedding to backpacks for our little ones. Catch owl fever by bringing your kids' favorite animal into their lunch routine. Here's how you do it!
 1. Gather your materials. All you need is a sheet each of brown, orange, and white construction paper; a brown paper bag; scissors (of the childproof variety if your kids are helping); tape; and a black marker.
 1. Lay your lunch bag with the fold facing up. Make sure the side of the bag with the opening is closest to you. Then, cut all the parts you will need from the construction paper.
 1. This includes two wings and a triangular face from the brown paper, an oval tummy and beak from the orange, and two eyeballs from the white. Make sure the face fits into the square fold of the lunch bag.
 1. Attach each part by folding each piece of tape from end-to-end, creating a double-sided adhesive. Once every part is securely attached, draw eyes using your marker. Feel free to add cute flourishes like eyelashes.
Picture of brown paper bag and construction paper cutouts
5. Voila! Now the owl is ready for a day of play.
Owl puppet craft
Making Brown Bags a Hoot
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can hamsters eat salmon
Can Hamsters Eat Salmon?
Salmon is a popular food.
Classified as an oily fish, salmon is considered to be healthy due to the fish's high protein, high omega-3 fatty acids, and high vitamin D[85] content.
According to reports in the journal Science, farmed salmon may contain high levels of dioxins. (source)
So can hamsters eat salmon?
Unfortunately they can't eat salmon. Fish is not good for them to eat, plus the fact that salmon contains small bones which are hard to decipher in amongst the flesh and can get lodged in their throats.
A food to avoid.


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Indigenous population at risk from Taser rollout: academics
The continuing rollout of electric stun-guns to Australian police has raised concerns that Indigenous Australians will be over-represented as targets of the controversial technology.
Academics also say that research into the physical harm these weapons inflict is inadequate because the guns are tested on healthy people in controlled environments.
Front-line police officers in Western Australian and the Northern Territory are now being issued with the stun-guns, known as Tasers.
Tasers, which deliver up to 50,000-volt electrical pulses over five seconds to immobilise people, are also due to be introduced across Queensland police services from July.
In South Australia, New South Wales and Victoria, Tasers are restricted to use by special response teams.
The latest three jurisdictions to adopt the Tasers have Australia's highest Aboriginal populations.
Professor Chris Cunneen, a criminologist at the University of New South Wales, says Indigenous Australians are always over-represented as the victims of new public-order policing policy.
"We would expect that it will be Aboriginal people that [Tasers] are used against," said Professor Cunneen, from the university's law faculty.
Professor Cunneen says the introduction of capsicum spray is a good precedent for extrapolating the future use of Tasers.
"Capsicum spray was introduced in the framework that it would be used in exceptional circumstances," he said.
"But it has become relied on in a way that is more routine."
Professor Cunneen is also concerned the below-average health of many Indigenous Australians means a taser incident could take a greater toll.
"You would imagine the cardiovascular and health issues Aboriginal people face would raise concerns," he said.
"The testing [of Tasers] has been done on healthy people and in controlled environments. But that's not the way it's used."
He says safety procedures for less-than-lethal technologies often get "pushed by the wayside" in operational environments.
Associate Professor Jude McCulloch, a criminologist in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University, supports his view.
"Less-than-lethal technologies are used often disproportionately on marginalised and criminalised groups," she said.
"And in Australia that would be the Indigenous population."
She says the lack of research on Tasers' impact on victims in agitated or over-stimulated states means such targets are in effect "guinea pigs".
Professor McCulloch says new technologies, such as Tasers and capsicum spray, are often justified on "the basis they be used as an alternative to firearms".
"[But] we know from the US [the Taser] doesn't have an impact on the number of occasions when lethal force is used," she said.
Instead she says Tasers are often used to make suspects comply with a police order.
'Fill the gap'
One of Professor McCulloch's doctoral students is investigating Taser use in Australia and says she hopes this work will start to "fill the gap" in research.
She says there is little independent research into the electric stun-gun and that much US research is compromised by its relationship to manufacturers of the technology.
The lack of research into the effects of the stun-gun on people in agitated states was highlighted to police by an Australian researcher almost four years ago.
A 2004 paper commissioned by Victoria Police says Taser testing has been limited to "fit and healthy people with normal heart rate and blood pressure".
The manager of biomedical engineering at the Alfred Hospital, John Southwell, says the tests are not conclusive enough.
"None of the large-scale studies examines the effects on an aggravated/violent person who may have high heart rate and blood pressure conditions, abnormal heart conditions and/or low skin impedance due to high perspiration," he said.
Colonel Andy Mazzara, director of the US Institute for Non-Lethal Defense Technologies at Pennsylvania State University, says the effectiveness of Tasers makes them "extremely popular within the law enforcement community".
However, he says there is concern in the US about the number of Taser-associated deaths.
Colonel Mazzara says studies have been done recently or are underway to better understand the biological factors or mechanisms that might contribute to such deaths.
"Many times, the individual has been overweight, on drugs, or had a pre-existing medical condition," he said.
There have also been some so-called secondary-effect situations where a person might have fallen to the ground and hurt themselves.
In response to these concerns, the US National Institute of Justice has commissioned a study into the impact of "conducted energy devices" on in-custody deaths.
The two-year study is reviewing each US death reportedly due to a stun-gun, with interim findings due to be released later this month.


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How to use BitMap in Turbo C++
This simple program explain you about how to use BitMap in Turbo C++.
NOTE :Before Running this program you have to copy one file in your "bgi" directory. That file either you have to download from the net or i will provide you. The file name is "SVGA256.BGI". Copy this file at your " tc\bgi\ ". Your tc path. I am not able to attach this file because the file extension is not supported.. If you need this file, i will provide you.
1) You have to use the BitMap structure, there is no need to change anything in this structure. Just copy this structure in one of the.cpp file like "BitMap.cpp".
char type; /* Magic identifier */
unsigned long size; /* File size in bytes */
unsigned short int reserved1, reserved2;
unsigned long offset; /* Offset to image data, bytes */
extern A HEADER,HEADER1;
unsigned long size; /* Header size in bytes */
unsigned long width,height; /* Width and height of image */
unsigned short int planes; /* Number of colour planes */
unsigned short int bits; /* Bits per pixel */
unsigned long compression; /* Compression type */
unsigned long imagesize; /* Image size in bytes */
unsigned long xresolution,yresolution; /* Pixels per meter */
unsigned long ncolours; /* Number of colours */
unsigned long importantcolours; /* Important colours */
extern B INFOHEADER,INFOHEADER1;
2) In the main file i mean the file which contain the "main" function write this code.
// This Global Function is used for the resolution of the bitmap. You can set the return value either 1,2 or 3. For me 3 is the best combination.
int gd = DETECT, md, a;
initgraph(&gd,&md,"c:\\tc\\bgi"); //Path may be different in your computer.
//Suppose you have one show function which read the bitmap from the disk. Then this show function looks like this.
//Here you have to define the path of the bitmap file. Like according to this example i have to open one Board1.bmp file. So write you bitmap file path here.
unsigned char Ch;
File.read((char*)&HEADER,14); //This is the header part of the Bitmap. It always looks like same. Don't change the content hear. The value remains 14 here.
File.read((char*)&INFOHEADER,40); //This is another part of the bitmap, here also the value remains same like 40 here.
unsigned int i;
if(PaletteData)//if memory allocated successfully
//read color data
//Don't change the code here because i have done some shifting here. Its working fine.
outp(0x03c8,0); //tell DAC that data is coming
for(i=0;i<256*3;i++) //send data to SVGA DAC
for(i=0;i


50 Avengers Trivia Questions and Answers (Fun List)
💡 The Best List of Avengers Trivia Questions and Answers.
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Trivia is best played with a minimum of three players. If playing in person, each player should have a pencil and paper. When a trivia question is presented to the group, a correct answer is worth one point. It's best to play three rounds of the game. With the winner being the player with the most points.
A "game head" is normally chosen before the game begins. This player is going to be the one who reads the questions to the group.
In the event of a tie, leave 10 questions available. The two or three players must compete against each other in these 10 questions in order to determine the winner.
Avengers Trivia Questions & Answers
Trivia Question: How many rings does Captain America's shield have?
Answer: 2.
Trivia Question: What side of his face is the eye patch that Nick Fury wears?
Answer: Right side.
Trivia Question: What planet was the Soul Stone hidden on in the movie Infinity War?
Answer: Vormir.
Trivia Question: What is the real name of the Incredible Hulk?
Answer: Bruce Banner.
Trivia Question: How many infinity stones are there?
Answer: 6.
Trivia Question: Who took out Tony Stark's parents?
Answer: Winter Soldier.
Trivia Question: True or false, early Tony Stark Iron Man suit's were plugged into the wall?
Answer: True.
Trivia Question: Who was the person who came up with the name "The Avengers?"
Answer: The Wasp, wife of Ant Man.
Trivia Question: After being defeated by The Avengers in their firs issue, where did the hulk take refuge?
Answer: In a traveling circus.
Trivia Question: True or false, the avengers once had a Justice League crossover where they fought?
Answer: True.
Trivia Question: What is the signature move of Black Panther?
Answer: The Panther Punch.
Trivia Question: Captain Marvel once became pregnant with the child of which villain?
Answer: Marcus Immortus.
Trivia Question: What issue did Captain America join The Avengers in the Marvel Universe comic series?
Answer: The 4th issue.
Trivia Question: In which Avengers movie does Scarlet Witch make her appearance?
Answer: Avengers: Age of Ultron.
Trivia Question: In the marvel film Avengers: Infinity War, The Wakandan war cry is said to stand for what?
Answer: Hold strong.
Trivia Question: What does Loki say to Thanos in Avengers: Infinity War regarding Bruce Banner?
Answer: We have a Hulk.
Trivia Question: What was Steve Rogers treated with in order to become Captain America?
Answer: Super Soldier Serum.
Trivia Question: How many Avengers films are there in total?
Answer: 4.
Trivia Question: In which Avengers film does Spider-Man make an appearance?
Answer: Trick question, he makes an appearance in Captain America: Civil War.
Trivia Question: What percentage of credit did Tony Stark give to Pepper for the design of Stark Tower?
Answer: 12% of the credit.
Trivia Question: What word does Thanos say in the post-credits scene of the first Avengers movie?
Answer: Death.
Trivia Question: The Infinity Gauntlet was worn on which hand of Thanos?
Answer: His left hand.
Trivia Question: Joss Whedon wasn't a fan of Tony Stark's pose because it reminded him of what Disney character?
Answer: Peter Pan.
Trivia Question: What fake name does Natasha Romanoff give to Tony Stark when they first meet?
Answer: I want one.
Trivia Question: What does "S.H.I.E.L.D." stand for?
Answer: Strategic Homeland Intervention, Enforcement and Logistics Division.
Trivia Question: What actress plays Maria Hill in the Marvel Cinematic Universe?
Answer: Cobie Smulders.
Trivia Question: Kenneth Branagh directed which Marvel Studios film?
Answer: Thor.
Trivia Question: Is Doctor Strange part of The Avengers team?
Answer: Yes.
Trivia Question: In which movie does Doctor Strange fight Thanos?
Answer: In the final battle in Avengers: Infinity War.
Trivia Question: In the comic book series, who were the original avengers?
Answer: Iron Man, Ant Man, Hulk, Thor, and Wasp.
Trivia Question: Pepper Potts is the full name of which avengers assistant?
Answer: Iron Man's assistant.
Trivia Question: Where is the Avengers headquarters?
Answer:Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, New York City.
Trivia Question: What does Nick Fury tell to Captain America in order to get him back into the world?
Answer: Nick Fury tells him that he's trying to save the world.
Trivia Question: What is the full and real name of Black Widow?
Answer: Natasha Romanova.
Trivia Question: Jane Foster was taken out by which Avengers villain?
Answer: Thanos.
Trivia Question: "Puny God" was said to which person while inside Stark Tower?
Answer: Loki.
Trivia Question: What year did Avengers: Endgame get released?
Answer: 2019.
Trivia Question: In the first film, Dean Stanton made an appearance and said what?
Answer: I can do this all day.
Trivia Question: What infinity stone is green in color?
Answer: The Soul Stone.
Trivia Question: What is the color of the space stone?
Answer: Pink.
Trivia Question: What powers does the mind stone give?
Answer: Telekinetic powers.
Trivia Question: What's the name of the soldiers that fought with Captain America in World War II?
Answer: Howling Commandos.
Trivia Question: Who was the first Avenger who decided to quit the team?
Answer: Thor.
Trivia Question: True or false, was Star Wars ever references in an Avengers film?
Answer: False.
Trivia Question: What is the hero name of Clint Barton?
Answer: Hawkeye.
Trivia Question: "The Vision" from the comic book series was originally intended to be what type of creature?
Answer: An alien.
Trivia Question: Thanos was originally inspired by what competing comic companies character?
Answer: DC Comics Darkseid.
Trivia Question: In The Avengers comic book series, which talk show host made a cameo in the series?
Answer: David Letterman.
Trivia Question: In the comic series and movie series, which character was played by the same person?
Answer: Nick Fury.
Trivia Question: The Wasp was going to replace which character in the first Avengers movie?
Answer: Black Widow.
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Oregon Elects First-Ever Kid Governor to Help Fight Bullying
11-year-old Dom Peters has a three-point plan to combat bullying across the state.
Oregon Kid's Governor
Earlier this month, 11-year-old Dom Peters was elected first-ever Kid Governor in the state of Oregon. He ran on an anti-bullying platform and was voted in by a majority of the state's 5th-graders. A victim of bullying himself, Peters understands the pain that comes from being picked on at school or online and promised to create a comprehensive plan that ensures bullying is taken seriously in Oregon.
What even is a Kid Governor? And what powers do they hold? The Kid Governor Program began in Connecticut in 2015 and is designed to encourage students to learn about government while exploring their passion for a specific issue. Each year, a new student is elected and given a platform upon which to help raise awareness and propose changes that could make a difference in their communities.
Oregon is only the second state to join the program by creating a state-wide 'office' for civic-minded kids, and elected officials pulled out all the stops for its first-ever Kid Governor inauguration ceremony. Several top lawmakers were in attendance including Senator Peter Courtney, who spoke about the three branches of American government. Kid Governor Peters then gave his inaugural address, in which he laid out his "three-point plan" to help combat bullying at school and on the internet.
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Obviously, bullying remains a serious issue for kids across the country, as they're no longer just susceptible to teasing and harassment on the school playground. And it's clear that Peter's platform resonated with other fifth-graders. Hopefully, he can use his time in office to enact some positive change for Oregon students, not to mention learn a few things that might help get him elected to higher office someday down the road.


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- To introduce the students to vocational progression routes.
- To demonstrate the kind of careers that vocational training can lead to.
Students will :
- Gain a better understanding of what is meant by vocational training and the options it offers.
- Be better informed about the short and long term benefits of a vocational route.
- Understand how apprenticeships are structured.
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- The contact details for local FE colleges will need to be kept updated and any specific information on their application procedures can be added as required.


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How To Remove Limescale From Your Toilet
Limescale is a common problem in the UK that can leave unsightly stains in your toilet. In this guide we outline how you can remove limescale from your toilet, where it comes from and how you can prevent it coming back.
How To Remove Limescale From Your Toilet:
 1. Pour vinegar into the toilet bowl
 2. Leave for 3-4 hours
 3. Scrub the toilet bowl
 4. Flush the toilet
 5. Repeat as necessary
Step 1: Pour Vinegar Into Your Toilet
Vinegar is a great natural cleaner which will be cheaper than most specialist cleaners your can buy. First, pour a litre of white vinegar into your toilet bowl. As your pour make sure the vinegar reaches all parts of the bowl. Pay close attention to covering areas with particularly bad limescale.
Step 2: Allow The Vinegar To Sit
After you've poured the vinegar into your toilet, leave it to work its magic for 3-4 hours. If your limescale is particularly bad you can leave it overnight.
Step 3: Scrub The Toilet Bowl
Now you've let the vinegar work, it's time to use your toilet brush to scrub the areas of limescale. At this point you can also add some more vinegar if the stains don't appear to be shifting.
If you have some particularly stubborn stains, grab a pair of gloves & scrub the areas more vigorously with the scourer side of a kitchen sponge. When scrubbing, it's important to apply vinegar or water to the area first and be very careful not to scratch the surface of the toilet.
Step 4: Flush The Toilet
Once you feel you've scrubbed all of the limescale away, flush the toilet a few times to clear any remaining vinegar and mineral deposits.
Step 5: Repeat Until The Toilet Is Clean
If you've followed these steps and your toilet still isn't clean, you can repeat the process above until you can hopefully remove all of the limescale. If the stains are really stubborn, try leaving the vinegar in your toilet overnight, which should hopefully shift the limescale. If this method doesn't work for you, it could be time to replace your toilet with a shiny new one.
Remove Limescale With Cola
The acidity of cola makes it really useful for cleaning purposes, particularly when trying to break down limescale. This is another method which will save you having to buy expensive specialist cleaners.
1. Pour Cola Around The Bowl
First you'll need to pour the cola, making sure you coat the whole bowl whilst paying close attention to any problem limescale areas. Although there isn't a specific amount to use, roughly the size of a regular can of cola should be enough.
2. Leave To Sit
Next you'll need to leave the cola to get to work. This should be for at least an hour but you can leave it overnight if there's a large amount of limescale.
3. Scrub The Limescale
As with the vinegar, you'll next need to scrub the limescale with your toilet brush. You can again use gloves and a kitchen sponge to work harder at particularly stubborn areas.
4. Flush The Toilet
You can now flush your toilet and hopefully see that the limescale is removed. If it doesn't work the first time you can always repeat the process again.
Removing Limescale With Specialist Products
There's a whole host of specialist limescale cleaning products available which should help remove any stains. If you choose to use one of these cleaners, make sure it will actually remove the limescale, rather than just altering its colour.
Sandpaper Or Pumice Stones
You might hear that people have had success removing limescale by scrubbing with something harsher such as sandpaper or a pumice stone. Although this may help remove the limescale, there's also a chance that you could damage the finish of your toilet, so this isn't something we'd recommend.
What Is Limescale?
Limescale is a chalky substance that you'll find on many items throughout your home that come into contact with water. When water moves through softer rocks like limestone or chalk, it will pick up some of their minerals. These minerals will remain in the water when it reaches your home which then leads to limescale stains.
Limescale, which is mainly composed of calcium carbonate, will appear in your toilet as a brown, orange or pink coloured stain.
Hard Water Areas
Limescale is a problem in hard water areas. Hard water has high concentrations of minerals within it, compared to soft water which will have a very small or no mineral content.
Whether you have hard water or soft water will largely depend on where you live. You can check with your water company but overall, over 60% of people in the UK live in a hard water area.
Preventing Limescale In Your Toilet
As limescale is caused by the mineral content of the water supply to your home, rather than a lack of cleaning, preventing limescale buildups can be difficult. However, using the methods above regularly will help remove the limescale before it becomes a harder problem to tackle.
Lemon Or Vinegar
Pouring a small amount of lemon or vinegar into your toilet once a month can help prevent the build up of limescale deposits. The acidity of these will help wash away any smaller limescale deposits without the need for intense scrubbing.
Water Softeners
Another, albeit more expensive approach is installing a water softener in your home. These devices will remove the minerals in the hard water supply, which should prevent the buildup of limescale in your toilet.
Keeping your toilet free of limescale isn't easy but with a little bit of work, you should be able to keep it looking great. If you've scrubbed your toilet and the limescale doesn't want to budge, it could be time to replace it. Luckily, Tap Warehouse have an excellent selection of toilets to choose from.
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Tips for Moving to Germany VPS Server from Shared Hosting Service
Germany VPS Server
Most of the website owners choose shared hosting at the beginning for two reasons. First of all, shared hosting services are easily available. You can find different ranges of shared hosting services. So, you can easily find a service provider and use the hosting service for your website. Secondly, shared hosting is a cheap hosting service. You do not need to make a high investment to obtain shared hosting. As a result, beginners feel comfortable to go with shared hosting. However, they later realize that they need to move to a more robust hosting option for better website performance. For a better option, you can consider Romania and Germany VPS Server plans.
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What Is VPS Hosting?
VPS stands for Virtual Private Server. Quality of a hosting service depends on the quality of the servers. In case of the shared hosting, one server is shared between many people. As a result, bandwidth and hardware components are shared between different website users. When there are a large number of website hosting users on the same server, various glitches occur. You would notice the sluggish performance of your website. Poor download speed is also common aftermath of hosting a website on the shared server. If you want a better solution, Germany VPS server is the option for you.
The concept of a virtual private server is different from the concept of a shared hosting service. In the case of the virtual servers, one physical server is used for creating many virtual servers. But, each virtual server is separate. You can separately customize them as per your requirements. From hardware customization to configuring the software, Germany VPS server hosting gives many options. As a result, users get separate bandwidth, security patches, operating systems, and many more services with the virtual private servers. Due to all these services, the virtual private server becomes a better option for hosting websites for the website owners.
Reasons to Switch to VPS Hosting from Shared Hosting
There are many reasons to consider moving to Germany VPS server from shared hosting services. Some of the reasons for moving to VPS hosting have been listed in the following section of this article.
- Security: With VPS hosting, you have the preference to use security patches as per your preference. Moreover, you can enhance the security of the server through customization of the antimalware and antivirus tools. One server is not shared between many people with virtual private server hosting. As a result, Germany VPS server gives better security than shared hosting.
- Performance: With shared hosting, bandwidth and hardware components have been shared by multiple users. As a result, the performance of shared hosting is not satisfactory. You will experience the slow performance of your website. You may find that the website is not working properly. Many other glitches can occur due to poor performance of the hosting service. VPS hosting can give better performance.
- Customization: With shared hosting, you cannot customize the hardware and software settings. The customization is not available, since users do not have access to the parental controls of the server computer. In the case of the virtual private server, a server is allocated to the users. You have control to personalize the software and hardware settings of the server for your convenience.
- Scalability: With Germany VPS server hosting, you can get scalability. This is one of the major reasons why many website owners move to VPS hosting from shared hosting. With shared hosting service, you get limited scalability option. When your data size grows, you need larger server space. At the same time, you need better hardware support for processing a large database.
When to Switch from Shared Hosting to VPS Hosting?
Many website owners begin with shared hosting servers, and then they move to VPS hosting later. So, what is the right time to move to Germany VPS server hosting from your shared hosting server? In the following section, you can find a guide in this matter. You can find a guide to switching to a shared hosting from VPS hosting.
1. Increase in the Number of Traffics
For every website owner, getting more traffic for the website is the main aim. It is not easy to get traffic for the website. Through various business marketing campaigns, a website gets the desired amount of traffic. With the rise in the number of website traffic, you need to switch to a more cutting edge server. From shared hosting, you need to move to the virtual private network hosting. When you receive more than a hundred visitors daily on your website, you can start planning for switching to Germany and Romanai VPS server.
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2. Slow Website Performance
When you notice that the website has turned slow in terms of performance, you need to move to Germany VPS server. Slow website performance can happen due to many reasons. It can happen when the data size of your web platform increases. With the advent of time, a website collects more data. Slow performance can happen when a shared hosting server is shared between many users. As the number of user increases, the hosting server becomes sluggish in performance.
3. Better Security for the Website
When your website is facing regular security threats, you should move to a more secured server. Moving to Germany VPS server is a good option, as you can add security patches as per your needs. Not only security patches, but you can also choose the security software as per your requirements. The virtual private server gives better security, especially when you choose a managed Germany and Romania VPS Hosting service. In managed hosting, the service provider will update the security patches, software, and plug-ins on a regular basis.
4. Your Website Needs More Space
Shared hosting does not give unlimited scalability. Some shared hosting services do not give satisfactory scalability at all. If you feel that your website needs more space, you need to switch to virtual private server hosting. With a VPS hosting service, you can obtain optimum scalability. You can enhance the space as much as possible.
Keeping the aforementioned things in mind is important for obtaining a powerful, seamless, and scalable hosting solution.


text: Learning from the data stored in a database is an important function increasingly available in relational engines. Methods using lower precision input data are of special interest given their overall higher efficiency but, in databases, these methods have a hidden cost: the quantization of the real value into a smaller number is an expensive step. To address the issue, in this paper we present MLWeaving, a data structure and hardware acceleration technique intended to speed up learning of generalized linear models in databases. ML-Weaving provides a compact, in-memory representation enabling the retrieval of data at any level of precision. MLWeaving also takes advantage of the increasing availability of FPGA-based accelerators to provide a highly efficient implementation of stochastic gradient descent. The solution adopted in MLWeaving is more efficient than existing designs in terms of space (since it can process any resolution on the same design) and resources (via the use of bit-serial multipliers). MLWeaving also enables the runtime tuning of precision, instead of a fixed precision level during the training. We illustrate this using a simple, dynamic precision schedule. Experimental results show MLWeaving achieves up to16 performance improvement over low-precision CPU implementations of first-order methods.


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Are there any commands containing "if", similar to \ifnum, preferably in LaTeX (rathar than TeX)? For example, is there anything like \ifstring? (I am not after \ifstring only, I want to know which options are available, if any).
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See also: LaTeX conditional expression – Leo Liu Jul 13 '11 at 5:10
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The \if... commands are mostly TeX primitives (with \newif it's possible to define other conditionals).
There is something like \ifstring, but it uses \ifnum; the command \pdfstrcmp takes two strings as argument and compares it, returning -1 if the first precedes the second (in the lexicographic order based on ASCII codes), 0 if the strings are equal and 1 otherwise. The usual ways to exploit it are

In XeTeX there's \strcmp that does the same; loading pdftexcmds one can use \pdf@strcmp with pdftex, xetex and luatex.
In the pseudocodes above "string1" and "string2" can be also macros, which will be expanded similarly to what happens with \edef and at the end (when no more expansions can be performed) the tokens are "detokenized" for the comparison (so \relax becomes a six character string followed by a space; for example \pdfstrcmp{\relax}{\string\relax\space} returns 0).
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Thanks. egreg.. – Regis da Silva Jul 13 '11 at 0:26
_USER_: if I recall correctly, they don't have to expand to characters only: the result of their full expansion is converted to a string (I think, through the same code as \detokenize). – Bruno Le Floch Jul 13 '11 at 0:43
_USER_: I'll correct my answer. – egreg Jul 13 '11 at 7:21
Nitpick regarding the parenthetical remark in the first paragraph: \newif doesn't really make new conditionals. It merely provides a handy way to assign one of the existing conditionals \iffalse and \iftrue to a control sequence. – Harald Hanche-Olsen Jul 13 '11 at 15:38
_USER_: it depends on the point of view. They are new for the programmer, they aren't for TeX, which sees only \iftrue or \iffalse. – egreg Jul 13 '11 at 15:43
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The etoolbox package has a lot conditional commands which goes beyond those TeX primitives. Have a look at the manual you will find they very usefull.
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In particular there is \ifstrequal{str1}{str2}{true}{false}, and many many others. The etoolbox is definitely a must for anyone trying to do any kind of "programatic" work in (La)TeX. – Juan A. Navarro Jul 13 '11 at 8:03
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An alternative is expl3. The basic language layer of LaTeX3 provides several conditionals. To handle strings you can use the function \str_if_eq:nnTF. Next to this conditional expl3 provides also a case function for strings named \prg_case_str:nnn.
\str_if_eq:nnTF has the following syntax:
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\prg_case_str:nnn has the following syntax:
\prg_case_str:nnn { }
 { string case 1 } { code case 1 }
 { string case 2 } { code case 2 }
 { string case n } { code case n }
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I have been using the xstring package for these kind of situations. See for example Using xstring to check.tex file name.
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Two-Step Grain-Growth Kinetics of Sub-7 nm SnO2 Nanocrystal under Hydrothermal Condition
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In this work, the grain growth kinetics of SnO2 quantum dots under hydrothermal conditions was investigated. By varying the reaction temperature and duration, SnO2 particle sizes were tuned from 2 to 7 nm. It is demonstrated that the growth behavior of subnanometer-sized SnO2 underwent two distinct processes: below the critical size of 5.5 nm, about double of Bohr radius, the grain growth kinetics obeys an Ostwald ripening mechanism, while above that, an oriented attachment process governs the particle growth. For the former cases, the activation energies were Ea1 = 61.94 kJ/mol at 200 °C and Ea1′ = 62.84 kJ/mol at 160 °C, which greatly differs from that of Ea2 = 131.32 kJ/mol for the latter case. High-resolution transmission electron microscope, X-ray diffraction as well as UV–vis diffuses reflectance, photoluminescence, Fourier transmission infrared, and Raman spectra were employed to reveal the size-dependent properties. As the particle size of SnO2 reduces, there occurred a lattice expansion, band gap broadening, and an abnormal blue shift. All these characteristics are closely related to the size changing in a narrow range from quantum dots to several nanometers. The findings reported here may shed light on further understanding the unique behaviors of quantum dots.


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Pets sometimes venture too close to bees. These photos show the state in which they left them.
Dogs and cats are sometimes charmed by seeing bees. They approach it with the intention of playing. However, the response they receive is not the kindest. A visit to the veterinarian is essential after a bee sting.
Here are 19 photos of cats and dogs who regretted having approached the bees.
1. This cat has a red and swollen nose after being stung by a bee
2. Its paw has become giant
3. The poor dog no longer has his head
4. This Boxer lost in the first round against the gang of bees
5. Curiosity is a bad thing, that's the lesson this dog learned
6. The appearance of this Sphynx cat has only become more majestic, although he will no longer seek to approach the bees.
7. After having eaten a few bees, this dog regrets a little
8. This Husky is not happy with his mishap of the day
9. This poor Persian cat can no longer open his eyes
10. He will have learned his lesson once and for all
11. He shouldn't have been so curious
12. A bite in the paw from which he will recover
13. Back from the vet
14. When you're greedy and attacking bees, you pay the price
15. This bitch will no longer eat bees in her life
16. This cat was bothered by the bees
17. Fortunately, her inflammation is healing.
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18. As for this dog, it is still only at the beginning of its treatment.
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Create, Edit, or Remove PDF Annotations in UWP
Once PSPDFKit for Windows has loaded annotations from a PDF, these annotations will be made available via the Document API.
The API will return a List of IAnnotations. This interface allows you to determine the AnnotationType and several other properties and methods common to all annotations, such as BoundingBox, Id, PageIndex, and ToJson().
The BoundingBox describes the annotation's location and size on the page. This property is represented by a Rect, with X and Y describing the top-left coordinate of the annotation on the page, and the Width and Height describing the size of the annotation.
PSPDFKit for Windows and PSPDFKit for Web use Instant JSON coordinates. In other words, the origin of the page, "0,0," is at the top left, with the Y axis value increasing as you move down the page. If you need to convert between these coordinates and PDF coordinates — which have their origin, "0,0," at the bottom left, with the Y axis value increasing as you move up the page — you can use the conversion utility methods here.
Using the AnnotationType property, you can cast to a specific annotation type to work with its specific APIs:
if (annotation.AnnotationType == AnnotationType.Ink)
 var ink = annotation as AnnotationType.Ink;
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Creating, Updating, and Deleting Annotations
To create an annotation on a page, instantiate the type you want:
var textAnnot = new Text
 Contents = "A new text annotation",
 HorizontalAlign = HorizontalAlign.Right,
 VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Center,
 BoundingBox = new Rect(10, 10, 300, 300),
 FontSize = 48,
 Bold = true,
 Italic = true,
 FontColor = Colors.Cyan
Then you can add it to a page like this:
var createdTextAnnotation = await pdfView.Document.CreateAnnotationAsync(textAnnot);
After it's added to a page, the new annotations will have a unique Id.
If you wish to update an existing annotation, this can be done like so:
createdTextAnnotation.VerticalAlign = VerticalAlign.Top;
createdTextAnnotation.Opacity = 0.5f;
await pdfView.Document.UpdateAnnotationAsync(createdTextAnnotation);
To delete an annotation, you only need its Id:
await pdfView.Document.DeleteAnnotationAsync(createdTextAnnotation.Id);


How do you train your dog to play dead?
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To train your dog to play dead, start with a down position, get her to roll onto her back, and reward her for the correct behavior. Repeat the training daily for a minimum of 10 days. Training takes 10 minutes per session and requires treats or a clicker.
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 1. Prepare your dog
 Play with your dog or take her for a walk so that she's relaxed. This also allows her to burn off excess energy.
 2. Put your dog in a down position
 Your dog should already be trained to lie down on command. Once she's down, kneel in front of her with a treat in your hand.
 3. Give the command
 A common verbal command for playing dead is "bang." This can be accompanied by a gesture mimicking a gun.
 4. Roll your dog
 Start with the treat near the dog's shoulder. Give the verbal command, and move the treat over your dog's head to the other shoulder. Simultaneously push her shoulder gently so that she lies on her side. Roll her onto her back so that her belly is exposed.
 5. Reward your dog
 Rub your dog's belly and say, "Good dog." If using treats as a reward, give her the cookie now. You can also train your dog using the clicker method.
 6. Repeat the training
 Repeat the steps several times for each session. Maintain consistency with the verbal command and the hand gesture if you choose to use it. If your dog gets frustrated, abbreviate the training, and return to it the following day.
 7. Wean off the reward
 Gradually stop touching your dog to induce her to roll over. Eventually replace the treats with verbal affirmations.
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edge connector
The protruding part of an expansion board that is inserted into an expansion slot. It contains a series of printed lines that go to and come from the circuits on the board. The number of lines (pins) and the width and depth of the lines are different on the various interfaces (ISA, EISA, PCI, Micro Channel, etc.).
Edge Connector
Edge connectors are very popular because they are "printed" onto the outer layers of the board in the same process that creates the circuit lines.
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Edge connectors provide a simple connection mechanism for cartridges such as these educational programs for preschoolers.


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Here you can find ml to grams buttermilk.
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Convert mL to Grams Buttermilk
To convert ml to grams buttermilk, besides the volume we have to know the buttermilk's density ρ in g/cm3 or in any other unit.
Here we assume the density to be 1.04 g/cm3, which is the average value for buttermilk.
So, the conversion ml to grams buttermilk is:
- 1 milliliter to grams buttermilk = 1.04 g
- 2 milliliters to grams buttermilk = 2.08 g
- 3 milliliters to grams buttermilk = 3.12 g
- 10 ml to gram buttermilk = 10.4 g
- 50 ml to gram buttermilk = 52 g
- 100 ml to grams buttermilk = 104 g
- 200 ml to grams buttermilk = 208 g
But what about other quantities of buttermilk?
A few lines further up you can calculate the mass equivalent of ml of buttermilk for any volume by using our converter which changes ml to g for buttermilk with a ρ of 1.04 g/ml.
If you have buttermilk with a different density, then simply change the value for ρ accordingly.
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A new hybrid power plant to be built in Turkey will combine a traditional gas-fired steam turbine with solar thermal power and wind power, according to GE. It's a step toward integrating renewable sources into the traditional power grid, using steam and mirrors.
The solar component is a field of sun-tracking mirrors that will focus sunlight on a tower to produce steam, which will be fed into the steam turbine to increase the plant's output. A small wind farm connected to the plant will provide another 22 megawatts of power.The plant will produce 522 megawatts in total, with 450 of that coming from the natural gas plant, so its renewable portfolio is not exactly robust. But the real gain may be in the ease with which wind and solar are being added to the power grid. Instead of localized solar arrays, or distant behemoth wind farms, the renewable sources are being added to a traditional-style power plant. The varying systems can share a control center as well as connections to the grid, which can make them cheaper and easier to integrate. GE says it can cut the cost of a solar thermal system in half, according to Technology Review.
The natural gas component also smooths out the variability problems inherent in wind energy. When it's not blowing, natural gas will generate steam to spin the turbines.


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Congratulations to Environment Institute's Associate Professor Alec Zuo, who was awarded an Australian Research Council (ARC) Future Fellowship for his project 'Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural Australia' in the recently announced round.
Project Title: Quantifying the economic and social impacts of drought in rural Australia
Funding awarded: $1,035,279
Project: Climate-change research predicts drought is likely to increase its frequency, duration and severity, drastically challenging Australian agriculture and rural societies. The aim of this project is to use innovative techniques to analyse:
- (i) national datasets to determine the economic and social impacts of droughts in rural and regional Australia; and
- (ii) the results of a national survey to estimate and understand farmers' drought adaptation responses to carbon-credit market signals.
The outcomes are expected to be a major step in developing and implementing cost-effective drought policies and services to minimise its complex impacts, strengthen rural and regional community resilience, and enhance sustainable agriculture in Australia.
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Does anyone know of packages for displaying neuroscience schematics with tikz? For example, I would like to place a raster plot next to the diagram of a Markov process to help explain how Markov models could be used to simulate the firing of neurons.
I know that I could do this by including an image of neural activity in the tikz picture. But, I wondered if there was a solution that could only use tikz.
Below is the, admittedly, amateurish, version I made in PPT. The raster plot refers to the horizontal lines of ticks. Each tick is the same and marks where a neuron fired.
I know how to use the automata library in tikz to make the state diagram. I wondered if there was an easier way to draw many horizontal lines than the brute force approach with a for loop.
Sketch of slide combining raster plots and Markov chain
Sample neural data (times in ms that a neuron fired) for 50 ms:
 2,10,12,14,15,20,25,34,35,48, 49
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Can you please provide (a link to) an image of the kind of drawing you would like to do? – Gonzalo Medina Sep 22 '12 at 21:47
Could you provide some sample "neuron firing" data? Otherwise random numbers it is. The color represents intensity? (There are lines of different color: black, orange, red) – Tom Bombadil Sep 23 '12 at 11:48
Random numbers are fine. Most simulations use a Poisson process with a rate of 10. I've edited to provide some example times though. There should only be one color-black. The rasters are pasted from another program into PPT and the coloring is an artifact when two black lines are really close together. – mac389 Sep 23 '12 at 11:58
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For the neuron activity part:
%\pgfmathsetseed{42}% or some other number
\foreach \y [count=\c] in {-0.5,-1,...,-2.5}
 { \node[right] at (15.2,\y+0.1) {\scriptsize Subject \c};
 \foreach \x in {1,...,300}
 { \pgfmathtruncatemacro{\drawbool}{rand-0.7 > 0? 1 : 0}
 { \fill (\x/20,\y) rectangle (\x/20+0.05,\y+0.3);}
 \draw[-stealth] (0,0) -- (15.5,0);
 \node[right] at (15.5,0.2) {t in ms};
 \foreach \x [evaluate=\x as \v using int(20*\x)] in {0,...,15}
 { \draw (\x,-0.05) -- (\x,0.05) node[above] {\v};
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That's beautiful. – mac389 Sep 23 '12 at 12:45
How would I position the state diagram and the raster plot in the same tikz picture? – mac389 Sep 23 '12 at 12:46
Just take the state diagram commands and put them in a shifted scope: \begin{scope}[shift={(x,y)}] \end{scope} – Tom Bombadil Sep 23 '12 at 12:49
_USER_ Musa: It's random numbers, so they are different after each compile. To make them stay constant, add \pgfmatsetseed{} before the first foreach. I added it in the answer. – Tom Bombadil Sep 23 '12 at 21:53
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In times of grief, organizing a funeral can pose a significant challenge, both emotionally and financially. If you happen to be in California, specifically Los Angeles, you might ask, "how much is a funeral in California?" In this comprehensive guide, we will delve into the intricacies of expenses associated with funerals in the Golden State, with a special emphasis on Los Angeles.
How Much is a Funeral in California
Funeral Expenses in California
Funeral costs exhibit notable variations based on multiple factors, including location, service type, and individual preferences. On average, a funeral in California typically ranges from $7,000 to $12,000 or more. This comprehensive figure encompasses crucial elements like the acquisition of a casket, embalming services, and professional fees. Although, there are services like direct cremation that can be much less expensive, and take much less planning.
Geographic Considerations: California's elevated cost of living often reflects in funeral expenses. Major urban centers like Los Angeles often feature higher funeral costs compared to rural areas.
Funeral Services in Los Angeles
As one of the largest and most densely populated cities in the United States, Los Angeles has its unique considerations when it comes to funeral expenses.
- Funeral Homes in Los Angeles: The city boasts a range of funeral homes, each offering diverse services and pricing structures. Some funeral homes cater to specific cultural or religious needs, which can influence costs. For instance, regions with a higher concentration of cultural communities may have distinct pricing models.
- Cemetery Expenses: The choice of cemetery can substantially affect overall funeral costs. In Los Angeles, numerous cemeteries have their own pricing structures. Some may offer scenic views, while others carry historical significance. These factors can impact the overall cost.
Los Angeles Funeral Costs
When looking into funeral expenses in Los Angeles, you may come across related topics that provide detailed information:
- Los Angeles Funeral Homes: Different funeral homes in Los Angeles offer varying services and pricing. Thorough research and comparisons are essential to find an option that aligns with your needs and budget.
- Los Angeles Cremation Services: Cremation, an alternative to traditional burial, may involve different cost dynamics. Los Angeles has numerous cremation providers; researching their pricing can aid informed decision-making.
- Los Angeles Burial Expenses: If you opt for burial, understanding the costs associated with acquiring a cemetery plot in Los Angeles is crucial. Costs can vary depending on location and cemetery.
Factors Impacting Funeral Costs in California
- Individual choices play a significant role in funeral expenses. Whether you opt for a traditional burial, cremation, or an eco-conscious burial can affect overall costs. Additionally, decisions regarding the choice of casket, funeral service arrangements, and memorial items can contribute to expenses.
Location and Cemetery Selection:
- As mentioned earlier, location and the choice of cemetery can significantly influence costs. In Los Angeles, renowned cemeteries may command higher prices due to their prestige and limited availability.
- Funeral expenses encompass various fees, including professional services, transportation, and permits. Comprehensive inquiry about potential expenses during funeral planning is essential to prevent unexpected financial burdens.
Funeral Planning in Los Angeles & California
To alleviate the financial burden of a funeral, consider pre-planning or pre-paying for arrangements. Many Los Angeles funeral homes (including Clarity) offer pre-planning options that allow you to lock in today's prices, ensuring your preferences are met when the time comes.
Cultural and Personalized Funerals in California
Los Angeles is known for its cultural diversity, and this diversity often leads to personalized and unique funeral ceremonies that celebrate an individual's life in various ways. Different communities may have distinct funeral customs and preferences, which can influence the type of service and associated costs.
- Cultural Traditions: Various cultural communities in Los Angeles have their own ways of honoring and remembering the deceased. These traditions can range from music and dance performances to specific rituals or ceremonies. It's important to work with a funeral home that can accommodate these cultural preferences.
- Personalized Farewells: Many families in Los Angeles choose to create highly personalized and meaningful funeral services. These might include storytelling sessions, memorial videos, or the display of cherished items that reflect the person's life and passions. While these personalized services can be touching, they may involve additional costs, so it's crucial to plan accordingly.
- Green Burial Options: In recent years, there has been a growing interest in eco-friendly or green burial options. Los Angeles offers several green burial grounds where individuals can be interred in a more environmentally conscious manner. These options often come with lower costs compared to traditional burials, and they can be embraced by people from all walks of life.
In California, including Los Angeles, funeral costs can exhibit considerable diversity. Understanding the factors influencing these costs, such as location, personal choices, and cemetery selection, is vital when making decisions during a challenging time. Thorough research and proactive planning can help you navigate the process more smoothly and ensure a dignified farewell for you or your loved ones without undue financial strain.
Remember that while this guide offers valuable insights, consulting with local Los Angeles funeral homes is advisable to obtain precise pricing tailored to your specific requirements. The wide array of funeral customs and personalization options in Los Angeles underscores the importance of celebrating an individual's life in a meaningful and respectful manner, reflective of their unique journey.
Additional Insights on Planning and Coping
Planning a funeral involves not only financial considerations but also emotional ones. Coping with grief and honoring your loved one's memory are essential aspects of the process.
- Grief Support: In addition to funeral planning, it's important to seek grief support. Many communities in Los Angeles offer grief counseling and support groups to help individuals and families navigate the challenging emotional journey.
- Memorialization: Creating lasting memorials, such as engraved plaques or commemorative trees, can provide solace and a sense of connection with the departed. These memorialization options can be discussed with funeral directors to add a personal touch to the farewell.
- Legal and Administrative Assistance: Funeral arrangements often involve paperwork and legal formalities. Consider seeking legal and administrative guidance to ensure that all necessary documents are filed correctly and promptly.
- Financial Planning: Beyond the immediate funeral expenses, it's important to evaluate the broader financial implications of a loved one's passing. Consult with financial advisors to understand how the loss might affect your financial situation and to make necessary adjustments.
- Emotional Well-Being: The grieving process is unique to each individual, and it's essential to prioritize your emotional well-being. Los Angeles offers a wealth of resources, including grief therapists, support hotlines, and mindfulness practices, to help you cope with loss.
- Celebration of Life: Consider organizing a separate celebration of life event in addition to the funeral. This gathering can be more informal and focused on celebrating the person's life, sharing memories, and finding solace in the support of friends and family.
- Legacy Preservation: Explore ways to preserve the legacy of your loved one. This could involve digitizing old photos, recording their life story, or creating a memorial website or social media page where friends and family can share memories and stories.
- Continuing Bonds: It's common to feel a continued connection with the departed long after their passing. Allow yourself the space to maintain a continuing bond through rituals, conversations, and remembrance activities.
- Estate Planning: If your loved one had specific wishes or assets that need to be managed, consult with estate planning professionals to ensure a smooth transition and distribution of assets.
- Support Networks: Lean on your support network. Friends and family can be a tremendous source of comfort during these trying times. Sharing your feelings and memories can help process grief together.
In conclusion, planning a funeral in California, particularly in Los Angeles, is a multifaceted endeavor that encompasses financial considerations, cultural nuances, and emotional aspects. While this comprehensive guide provides valuable information on funeral costs and related topics, it's crucial to remember that the grieving process is a deeply personal journey. Seek support from various resources available in Los Angeles, from grief counseling to legal assistance, to help you navigate this challenging period.
Ultimately, the goal is to honor your loved one's memory in a way that feels meaningful and respectful, acknowledging their unique life journey and the impact they had on those they left behind. As you embark on this journey, remember that you are not alone, and there are numerous resources and compassionate individuals in Los Angeles who are ready to provide guidance and support every step of the way.


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Question 1. What razor-thin country accounts for more than half of the western coastline of South America?
Answer. Chile
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Answer. Tinkle
Question 4. Which is the only continent that occupies all four hemispheres?
Answer. Africa
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- Census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations crossing provincial boundaries
There is one census metropolitan area (Ottawa - Gatineau) and three census agglomerations (Campbellton, Hawkesbury and Lloydminster) that cross provincial boundaries. The data for their respective provincial parts are included with the appropriate census metropolitan area or census agglomeration, with data for the census metropolitan area or census agglomeration within the province of the provincial part that contributes the majority of the population to the area. For example, Ottawa - Gatineau can be found in Ontario, Campbellton in New Brunswick, Hawkesbury in Ontario and Lloydminster in Alberta.
- TOTAL - ABORIGINAL AND NON-ABORIGINAL IDENTITY POPULATION
This is a grouping of the total population into non-Aboriginal or Aboriginal population, with Aboriginal persons further divided into Aboriginal groups, based on their responses to three questions on the 2006 Census form.
- TOTAL ABORIGINAL IDENTITY POPULATION
Included in the Aboriginal identity population are those persons who reported identifying with at least one Aboriginal group, that is, North American Indian, Métis or Inuit, and/or those who reported being a Treaty Indian or a Registered Indian, as defined by the Indian Act of Canada, and/or those who reported they were members of an Indian band or First Nation.
- NORTH AMERICAN INDIAN SINGLE RESPONSE
Users should be aware that the counts for this item are more affected than most by the incomplete enumeration of certain Indian reserves and Indian settlements. The extent of the impact will depend on the geographic area under study. In 2006, a total of 22 Indian reserves and Indian settlements were incompletely enumerated by the census. The populations of these 22 communities are not included in the census counts.
- ABORIGINAL RESPONSES NOT INCLUDED ELSEWHERE
Includes those who identified themselves as Registered Indians and/or band members without identifying themselves as North American Indian, Métis or Inuit in the Aboriginal identity question.
Data quality note(s)
- Data quality index showing, for the short census questionnaire (100% data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
- Data quality index showing, for the long census questionnaire (20% sample data), a global non response rate higher than or equal to 5% but lower than 10%.
- 2001 adjusted count; most of these are the result of boundary changes.


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The particle in an infinite potential well in QM is usually solved by easily solving Schrodinger differential equation. On the other hand particle in the harmonic oscillator oscillator potential can be solved elegantly algebraically using the creation and annihilation operators to find its spectrum.
Is it possible to do the particle in a box problem using creation and annihilation operator and how?
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See, e.g., the following article: "The hidden symmetry for a quantum system with an infinitely deep square-well potential", Shi-Hai Dong, Zhong-Qi Ma, p.520, Am. J. Phys. v.70, No.5, May 2002. EDIT: For the infinitely deep square well, the authors establish the creation and annihilation operators and obtain the matrix elements of the physical quantities from the ladder operators.
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Could you explain the relevant part of the article? Remember that if an answer doesn't contain anything but an external reference, it's not really an answer... – David Z Feb 18 '12 at 6:04
Thank you for the comment. I have added some details. – akhmeteli Feb 18 '12 at 7:50
And the way is not particulary elegant, but it is a good exercise. – Angel Joaniquet Tukiainen May 1 '13 at 20:54
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What is Extreme Energy?
Extreme Energy (sometimes written Xtreme Energy) is a term used to describe a group of energy extraction methods that have emerged in recent years as the availability of fossil fuel resources has become more constrained. As more usual methods of extracting fossil fuels fail to provide the amounts of energy that civilisation demands governments and corporations are taking increasingly extreme measures to feed these demands. Examples of these extreme methods include Tar Sands, Mountain Top Removal, Deep Water Drilling, Coal Bed Methane and Shale Gas. Other non-fossil fuel energy extraction methods such as agrofuels and a new generation of nuclear power stations, whose introduction is also being driven by the same pressures, are also sometimes considered part of the extreme energy sector.
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Digital voltmeters often have a choice of ranges. The rangesindicated on a typical voltmeter are 0-3, 0-30, 0-300, and 0-3000AC volts. The output is represented with four significant digits.Determine the resolution uncertainty for each range. If it has anaccuracy of ±2% of full range for each range, determine theabsolute uncertainty of measurement in each case.
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On May 13, 2012, the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives will present the Second ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism, in the amount of $100,000, to Fredy Peccerelli, Executive Director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation, and Kate Doyle, Senior Analyst of U.S. policy in Latin America at the National Security Archive. The award ceremony will take place at the Museum of the City of New York.
"Both Doyle and Peccerelli are indefatigable defenders of human rights who have played a seminal role in the fight against impunity in Latin America," said Sebastiaan Faber, Chair of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade Archives (ALBA).
A determined and creative researcher-activist, Doyle has spent twenty years working tirelessly with Latin American human rights organizations and truth commissions – in Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras and Peruto obtain the declassification of U.S. government archives in support of their investigations.
Peccerelli is an innovative forensic anthropologist whose work has been instrumental to the first-ever conviction of Guatemalan military forces for crimes against humanity. As founding director of the Guatemalan Forensic Anthropology Foundation (FAFG), Peccerelli leads a team that, over the past fifteen years, has exhumed hundreds of mass graves filled with victims of Guatemala's civil war.
The ALBA/Puffin Award for Human Rights Activism, one of the largest human rights awards in the world, is granted annually by ALBA and the Puffin Foundation.
"The award is designed," said Puffin Foundation President Perry Rosenstein, "to give public recognition, support, and encouragement to individuals or groups whose work has an exceptionally positive impact on the advancement and/or defense of human rights. It is intended to help educate students and the general public about the importance of defending human rights against arbitrary powers that violate democratic principles."
The ALBA/Puffin Award is part of a program connecting the inspiring legacy of the International Brigades – the 40,000 volunteers who helped fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War – to international activist causes of today. Spanish Judge Baltasar Garzón received the first ALBA/Puffin Award in May 2011.
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