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prefix it with another circumflex. Thus, a literal circumflex can appear in an XPointer as ^^. All other uses of the circumflex character in an XPointer are illegal, resulting in a syntax error.
This is not to say, of course, that a literal circumflex may not be used elsewhere in an instance document. Remember that this constraint applies only to a circumflex within an XPointer.
It's common for an Internet address — a URI — to include somewhere within it certain special characters such as spaces, percent signs, and so on. Web browsers and other Internet applications may or may not choke on these special characters. But if they follow the URI standard, they're supposed to choke; this standard requires that such characters in a URI be escaped, using a percent sign and the Unicode value for the character.
For instance, consider the following URI:
The space between my and documents is supposed to be escaped, using the hexadecimal Unicode value for the space character, so its correct form is:
Like other standards built on the Internet's basic linking infrastructure, XPointer follows the rules established for URIs — including, in this case, the rules for escaping special characters. These rules (as well as the others for URIs) are laid out in two IETF RFCs, numbers 2396 and 2372, which you can find at _URL_ and _URL_ respectively.
URIs versus IURIs
The old XPointer 1.0 spec distinguished between plain-old garden-variety URIs and Internationalized URIs, (IURIs). An ordinary URI is limited to ASCII characters; an IURI may consist of any characters directly representable via Unicode. For instance, currently the official home page of the President of the French Republic (currently Jacques Chirac) is _URL_ All the characters in that URI are ASCII and so it's both a legal URI and a legal IURI. If we were using an IURI-aware application, though, it might be desirable to employ a more correctly French version of the URI: _URL_ The presence of the é character here is what makes the address both an illegal URI and a legal IURI.
In an IURI, the only difficulty occurs when the address itself includes a literal percent sign. In this case, escape the percent (%) with %25. (25 is the hexadecimal Unicode value for the percent sign.)
The current XPointer Framework doesn't mention IURIs, but this issue is likely to reappear.
Characters in XML Documents
Finally, of course, XPointer — being often used in XML documents — is no exception to the general rules of XML well-formedness. If your XPointer appears in an XML document and includes special XML-significant literal characters, such as greater-than signs or ampersands, you must escape them with standard XML entity references (such as > and &, respectively). Also remember that you must escape, with character entity references, any character(s) in the XPointer that can't be expressed in your instance document's own encoding; if you're working in a U.S.-ASCII-encoded document, therefore, you have to escape additional characters in the ISO-8859 encoding. In this scenario, for example, you'd have to escape Á (capital A with an acute accent) as either Á (hexadecimal form) or Á (decimal form).
XPointer specifications often use syntax that cannot be used directly in a URL. To implement them, you must use a prodecure called progressive escaping. This term is defined nowhere in the spec; but from the context, it clearly refers to how you, an XPointer-using document author, might apply successive levels of the above escaping types to a XPointer.
- Start with the completely unescaped form. You might consider this to be the plain-text, common-sense version.
- Escape any XPointer-significant characters meant to be interpreted as literals — that is, any parentheses or circumflexes.
- Escape any percent signs in the URI portion of the XPointer, to ensure a legal IURI. (This may not be necessary if XPointer specifications continue to ignore IURIs.)
- If the XPointer appears in an XML document, escape any XML-significant characters meant to be interpreted as literals, such as ampersands, double quotation marks, and so on.
- Escape the entity-reference XML escaping forms as URI escaping forms, for example, replace " with %22.
To repeat, this progressive-escaping mechanism does not suggest that this stack of escaping sieves is to be implemented in an XPointer processor: it's meant to make an XPointer acceptable to such a processor in the first place. On the processing side, each successive application layer — XML, the HTTP-aware application, and XPointer itself — unescapes the XPointer in reverse order, from the outside in as it were.
Progressive escaping: a (perverse) example
Showing you an example of progressive escaping in practice is, to put it mildly, a challenge at this point. In the first place, you don't yet know enough (if anything) about XPointer syntax. Second, you seldom will have to pass even a full-blown URI, including an XPointer, through all five steps.
Still, you do already know something about XPointers: they can include XPath expressions. So let's imagine you're working on some kind of text-processing application and need to construct an XPointer to be used in an XML document; the XPointer includes the following (unescaped) XPath expression:
translate(., "( )%&^", "_USER_")
This function call scans the string-value of the context node (that's the. used as the first argument) for any of the characters in the second argument, if it finds any of those characters, the function replaces it with the corresponding character in the third argument. So a left parenthesis is replaced with a left square bracket, a percent sign with @, and so on.
In this form, the XPath expression has been subject only to step 1 of all those required above: it's in its "natural language" form (well, as such things go). Now let's walk through the expression and fix it up according to the remaining steps in progressive escaping, so it can be used in an XPointer included in a URI.
- Escaping XPointer-significant characters. There are two parentheses and a single circumflex in the XPath expression. To avoid confusing the XPointer processor downstream somewhere, you have to escape these XPointer-significant characters. Do this by preceding them with circumflexes:
translate(., "^(^)%&^^", "_USER_")
Note, by the way, that the parentheses enclosing the translate( ) function's arguments do not require escaping, since these are used in a "natural" way.
- Escaping IURI-forbidden characters. Our XPath expression has only one percent sign in it, but that's sufficient to choke a processor expecting a valid Internationalized URI. To be sure the processor treats the literal percent sign as such, it must be escaped using an entity reference:
translate(., "^(^)%25&^^", "_USER_")
- Escaping XML-significant characters. The ampersand in the first argument and the quotation marks enclosing the function's arguments are the only characters requiring escaping for XML's purposes. Thus:
translate(., "^(^)%25&^^", "_USER_")
- Escaping URI-forbidden characters. Finally, all spaces and any remaining special characters need to be "entitized" in the URI to be acceptable to a URI-aware processor. The expression to this point includes two spaces and the " and & entity references, all of which must be escaped. Furthermore, the expression includes a number of other special characters that are illegal in URIs in their unescaped form: the very circumflexes we so carefully escaped, in step 3. Thus, after passing it through this last step in progressive escaping, we have our final, fully escaped (although, granted, completely incomprehensible) expression:
This is nearly as painful to look at as it was to construct. Just remember that when and if the XPointer specifications make it to full Recommendation status, the XPointer-constructing toolkit (source code editors, automatic code generators, etc.) will certainly obviate the need to build these monstrosities by hand.
(One final caveat: while this example has shown progressive escaping applied to the XPointer portion of a URI, remember that steps 2 through 5 must be taken for special characters in the rest of the URI as well.)
The notion of progressive escaping was covered at some length in the previous version of the XPointer spec but removed in the versions published July 10, 2002. Nonetheless, its an important concept, and one that may find its way back into the final XPointer Recommendations.
- ↑ An "external parsed entity," unlike an XML document, need not be well-formed. In particular, it may lack a single root element. These quasi-documents are often used for such purposes as holding boilerplate text. They're meaningful — and parseable — only when included (using external entity references) within containing documents.


Packaging Component
d_packaging component (compare with d_Component and d_Package)
A Packaging Component is an element that appears very similar to a Component in a diagram but behaves as a Package in the Project Browser (that is, it can be version controlled and can contain other Packages and elements). It is typically used in Component diagrams.
In the Project Browser, the three elements display as shown below:
The Component element cannot contain child Packages or Packaging Components.
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Purpose: The aim of the present study was to evaluate the tissue retraction and gingival healing in pulsed laser (diode 980 nm and Nd:YAG 1064 nm lasers) gingival retraction in comparison with the conventional mechanical or surgical techniques (double cord and electrosurgery). Materials and Methods: A group of 103 adult patients, 45 women, 58 men (mean age 42, range 19 to 52 years) scheduled for fixed and implant prosthetic rehabilitation was recruited, and four impression techniques were compared: the double cord technique, the electrosurgery technique, the 980-nm diode and the 1064-nm Nd:YAG laser technique. Patient were randomly placed into four groups according to impression-taking technique. Thirty impressions were taken in each group, for a total of 110 elements each. The preferred impression materials were addition silicones (polyvinyl siloxanes) (2nd generation). The outcome was measured by the bleeding index (during the impression taking and after 15 days) and gingival retraction (after 15 and 30 days). Results: Compared to the conventional techniques, both laser techniques proved to be less aggressive in terms of absence of gingival bleeding (99.2% vs 92.7%). There were also fewer cases of gingival retraction than with the conventional technique (2.2% vs 10%). Conclusion: This study suggests that the laser technique can be valuable for implant prosthetic rehabilitation. While both the conventional and laser techniques are satisfactory in achieving gingival retraction, the laser techniques may be less traumatic to the periodontal tissue.
Keywords: impression techniques, diode 980 nm laser, Nd:YAG laser, electrosurgery, polyvinyl siloxanes, gingival retraction, oral soft tissue surgery

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weight the individual stacks of sliced, salted eggplant. Very often I use a cutting board with some cans on top of it for weight.
After about an hour, I pull the weight, remove the eggplant slices to a bowl, clean up the water on the counter, rinse the eggplant slices very well and dry them. They are now ready to use in whatever recipe I am using at the time.
This process removes the greater portion of the free water and compresses the eggplant to a bit less than half the original thickness.
Up until I learned this technique, we considered eggplant as somewhere at the bottom of the desirable vegetable list. After learning and using it, my eggplant went from being chunks of mush to chunks with texture, improving the esteem in which it was held tremendously.
If you can find it in a restaurant, order eggplant parmigiana and ask your waiter if the eggplant is pressed. The difference between pressed (meaning salted and pressed) and unpressed eggplant in this dish is pronounced and very noticeable.
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Question: What Is The Most Valuable Commodity?
What is the most valuable resource?
The Economist – The world's most valuable resource is no longer oil, but data.
What is the most valuable commodity in the Congo?
ivoryThe most valuable commodity in the Congo is ivory.
Why is time such a precious commodity?
The concept of time is elusive because, well, it stands still for no man. Beyond time being an arbitrary number derived from the Earth's axial rotation and orbital revolution around the sun, it is also the life currency that you can never regain after "spending" it.
Can a person be a commodity?
Easy access to large, almost unlimited, numbers of people has turned us into commodities. For all but the superstars among us, it has, per the definition, rendered humans widely available and interchangeable.
How is time a precious commodity?
But, money is a tool we amass and preserve but at times we can lose sight of why we want money in the first place. … Money facilitates our wants and needs. Doing well enables you to give back financially which, for many people, is important.
Why is time so valuable?
You have the ability to save money, to share stocks, to rent a house, and to lend a hand, but you cannot implement any of these actions with time. One can only SPEND it. So once it's been used; it's gone. This is why time is the only nonrenewable resource, and the only thing we can never get back.
Is money a commodity?
Commodity money is money whose value comes from a commodity of which it is made. … This is in contrast to representative money, which has little or no intrinsic value but represents something of value, and fiat money, which has value only because it has been established as money by government regulation.
How does the DRC make money?
The country's main economic resource is its mineral deposits; mining produces almost nine-tenths of total exports. … The limestone deposits that occur throughout the country are considered to be among the richest in Africa. Congo's forest reserves cover more than half of the country and are among the largest in Africa.
What is the number 1 traded commodity in the world?
Most Actively Traded CommoditiesWTI Crude Oil.Brent Crude Oil.Natural Gas.Soybeans.Corn.Gold.Copper.Silver.
What's the most valuable commodity?
Study Shows Time Is The Most Valuable Commodity.
Is Congo a wealthy country?
The Democratic Republic of Congo is widely considered to be the richest country in the world regarding natural resources; its untapped deposits of raw minerals are estimated to be worth in excess of U.S. $24 trillion.
What is a valuable commodity?
A commodity is any useful or valuable thing, especially something that is bought and sold. Grain, coffee, and precious metals are all commodities. The word commodity is usually used in an economic context, as in importing commodities from other countries or trading in the stocks and commodities markets.
Who said time is more valuable than money?
Jim RohnJim Rohn – "Time is more valuable than money.
What four economic activities are practiced in Congo?
Contents6.1 Agriculture.6.2 Fishing.6.3 Forestry.6.4 Mining.6.5 Copper and Cobalt.6.6 Informal sector.
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slow temp rises
Stephen Richard
You have fused a piece of glass that is now 6 or maybe even 9 mm thick, so you have to go slow for two reasons at least. 1. you have to give the glass the opportunity to get hot all the way through. 2. fast temperature rises lead to breakages either on the way up or during the slump.
So a rise of ca. 100 C or 150 C is as fast as you want to go. When using slow temperature rises you often can achieve the work at a lower temperature, and with a longer soak are certain to get the work done. Unless the glass is all of one colour/sheet all across itself, fast heating will lead to the darker and softer (not the same) becoming plastic before the rest of the sheet and even before the bottom is soft enough to begin to slump. That is when the weight of the glass above can split the bottom without completely breaking the piece.
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The foundry lab supports instruction in the Manufacturing Processes and Systems course, the Metalcasting course, research, and student projects. Twice a semester the foundry is opened outside of normal class hours to allow students to pour decorative castings or their own parts. The foundry uses the green sand process and can melt 100 lb of steel and 50 lb of aluminum. Cores, which make internal cavities in castings, can be made using the sodium silicate process. This process does not require dangerous curing gases and can be cleaned up using water. Students have built parts for the formula race car and home light fixtures. There is also an active student chapter of the American Foundry Society, which sponsors tours of local industry, on-campus speakers, and talks at local high schools.
The foundry at SVSU would not be possible without the support of industry. The students and faculty would like to thank all of the companies for their support.

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CSIRAC - Australia's First Computer
Source: Museum Victoria
The world's oldest complete computer.
CSIRAC (pronounced sigh – rack) stands for Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation Automatic Computer.
The first automatic electronic stored-program computer in Australia and one of the first in the world, CSIRAC is practically intact and is the only first-generation computer still in existence.
Developed by the Council of Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR, later renamed CSIRO) at its Radiophysics Laboratory in Sydney, CSIRAC ran its first program in November 1949.
Transferred to the Department of Physics at the University of Melbourne in 1955, it remained in service from 1956 until 1964.
After being decommissioned, CSIRAC was donated to Museum Victoria. The computer now forms part of the Museum's Technology Collection and is on public display on the Lower Ground Floor of the Melbourne Museum.


How to freeze cookies
How to freeze cookies
For all the cookie lovers out there who want to enjoy a batch of cookies over a longer period of time this information is vital. Which cookies can be frozen and to what details should you pay extra attention. This is vital to the preservation of the smell, taste and structure of the cookie. Today we will enlighten you on the topic of freezing cookies!
What kinds of cookies can be frozen?
The freezer can be your best friend, but also your worst if you decide to freeze the wrong kind of cookie. So, what are the wrong kind of cookies? What are their characteristics, types of ingredients, etc?
The first thing you have got to realize is the following; cookies that are decorated, with frosting, chocolate or (powdered) sugar, cannot be frozen. They are an absolute no-no. The same goes for some delicate cookies, for instance peppermint meringues or chocolate almond pizzelles.
Cookies that are not delicate or do not have any decoration yet can be frozen pretty much always! Some types of cookie do use some of their character in the freezer, but that's not an issue. This can be corrected really easily, just revitalize them with a short stint in the oven.
Freezing cookie doughs?
If you are considering freezing your cookie dough there are also a number of things to keep in mind. But no worries, most cookie doughs can be frozen really easily. The only doughs that cannot be frozen are the ones with a thin batter. They tend to lose quality in the freezer. Preserving thin batter doughs in the freezer can still be done though, just bake them first and freeze the cookies. This way you can freeze these cookies as well!
To sum things up, freezing batters is usually fine. Thin batters doughs cannot be frozen, just bake them first and freeze the cookies.
How to freeze your dough?
Cookie doughs can be frozen in a variety of ways, depending on the type of dough.
Drop Cookies dough can be frozen in one big lump or into smaller balls, we do recommend to freeze the drop cookie dough in smaller balls, this makes baking them off later much more easy.
Icebox cookie dough has to be frozen differently. It should be rolled into a log, wrapped in plastic or in wax paper and also sealed in a (zipped) bag.
How to freeze cookies
The freezing of cookies is not that hard. But still, to make sure they keep their shape, structure, taste and smell you need to follow a couple rules.
You have baked your cookie and you want to freeze them, here are the steps you follow to optimally preserve the cookie:
1. Let the cookies cool off
2. Place the cookie on a completely flat surface, like a sheet pan. Don't stack them on top of each other. Place the sheet pan in your freezer and let the cookies freeze. This step is all about maintaining the shape of the cookie. They are not frozen yet and might bend slightly. This is why they should not be stacked and should be placed on a flat surface.
3. The cookies are now still in shape and frozen, this means they can now be stored in the freezer in a different way. You can preserve the cookies in a flat-bottomed and airtight container, but do separate the layers of cookies with either parchment paper or waxed paper.
Using frozen cookies
Of course nobody likes to eat a cold and rock hard cookie. That is why you should, after taking the cookies out of the freezer, let them first come to room temperature. And do not be fooled by the outside of the cookie, it might feel as if the cookie is warm enough, but the inside might still be frozen solid. Also, thin cookies adapt to the temperature around them much, much faster than thicker cookies.
Once your cookies have warmed up and are de-frozen you can do as you like, decorate or serve them!
Tip: If your cookie has lost some of it's taste or structure after being frozen, you can refresh the cookies in the oven. 160 ºC for 5 to 10 minutes should do the trick!
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Definition of toeing
p. pr. & vb. n. - of Toe 2
The word "toeing" uses 6 letters: E G I N O T.
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Shorter words found within toeing:
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Here's What You Can Substitute For Corn Syrup
High-fructose corn syrup is often maligned by nutritionists, but regular old corn syrup is a classic ingredient in recipes like pecan pie, homemade candy, and other sweet treats. So, what's one to do if they go to do their once-a-year holiday baking, only to discover that they're out of corn syrup? Luckily, there are a few substitutions you can use.
Corn syrup is used for a couple of different reasons in recipes. For one, it's sweet, so it adds a sugary flavor to your food. For two, it's an invert sugar (via David Lebovitz). This means that, when used in conjunction with regular sugar, it helps prevent crystallization, something you want to avoid when making smooth caramels and gooey pecan pies. So, what can you substitute for corn syrup when you run out?
The best corn syrup substitutes
The easiest corn syrup substitute, and one that's made with pantry staples, is made by dissolving 1 1/4 cups of granulated sugar in 1/4 cup hot water, to make a substitute for one cup of corn syrup (via MyRecipes).
That will give you the viscosity and sweetness you need to replicate corn syrup in most baked good recipes, but it won't help prevent sugar crystallization, so it's best to use something else in candy and caramel recipes.
You can use brown rice syrup or golden syrup, both invert sugars, as a corn syrup substitute when making caramels and candies (via Epicurious). Both have their own flavor profile — brown rice syrup tastes slightly nutty and toasted, while golden syrup has a buttery flavor — but those flavors work well in caramel-type applications.
If you don't need to worry about sugar crystallization, you can try using agave nectar, honey, or cane syrup in your recipe. They have the same ooey-gooey texture as corn syrup, and are about the same level of sweetness.
The next time you run out of corn syrup, don't panic. Chances are you have a corn syrup substitute already waiting in your pantry.


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The default font in any new PowerPoint presentation is Arial, 18 pt, black, for text boxes other than the ones that are part of the default design template such as the Title text box and Bulleted list text boxes.
If you are making a new PowerPoint presentation and do not want to have to change the font each time you add a new text box the solution is simple.
- Click on any blank area of the slide or outside the slide. You want to make sure that no object on the slide is selected.
- Choose Format > Font... and make your selections for font style, color, size and type.
- Click OK when you have made all your changes.
Test out your changes by creating a new text box. The new text box should reflect the new font choice.
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To make changes to the fonts used for titles or other text boxes that are part of each template, you need to make those changes in the Master Slides.


text: Comparisons between observed and predicted strong lensing properties of galaxy clusters have been used to claim either tension or consistency with ΛCDM cosmology. However, standard approaches to such tests are unable to quantify the preference for one cosmology over another. We advocate a Bayesian approach whereby the parameters defining the scaling relation between Einstein radii and cluster mass are treated as the observables. We demonstrate a method of estimating the likelihood for observing these parameters under the ΛCDM framework, using the X-ray selected z > 0.5 MACS clusters as a case in point and employing both N-body and hydrodynamic simulations of clusters. We account for cluster lens triaxiality within the modelling of the likelihood function. Cluster selection criteria is found to play as important a role as the uncertainty related to the description of star formation and feedback.


Angular2 is providing [attr.] to bind attribute values. Here it is
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Dzi bead
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Dzi bead
Modern 'new' dzi beads made from etched agate
Chinese name
Hanyu Pinyin tiānzhū
Literal meaning heaven pearls
Tibetan name
Tibetan གཟི
The meaning of the Tibetan word "dzi" [གཟི།] translates to "shine, brightness, clearness, splendor." In Chinese, the bead is called "heaven's bead" or "heaven's pearl" (天珠).
Cinnabar dots as seen on an ancient dzi.
Some dzi beads sport what are referred to as "blood spots," which are tiny red dots in the white areas, indicative of iron content. This is highly desirable, but relatively rare.[citation needed] Another desirable effect is "Nāga skin," in which the surface of the bead exhibits tiny circular weathering marks that resemble scales. Some dzi beads are simply polished agate, with no other decoration than the natural banding of the stone.
The number of "eyes," circular designs on the stone, is considered significant. The symbolic meaning of these beads is based on the number and arrangement of the dots. The highest number of eyes on ancient dzi is twelve. One thirteen-eye bead has been reported from a Taiwanese collector but its authenticity has not been confirmed. Dzi beads with more than twelve eyes are considered non-traditional. Any accompanying story or benefit tale is assumed to be fake as well, and a mere marketing strategy for the lucrative feng shui item market.
Although the geographic origin of dzi beads is uncertain, it is accepted that they are now called "Tibetan beads," just like "Tibetan coral," which also came to Tibet from elsewhere. Tibetans cherish these beads and consider them hereditary gems. In this way they have survived thousands of years, being worn by hundreds of individual people. Dzi are found primarily in Tibet, but also in neighbouring Bhutan, Nepal, Ladakh and Sikkim.[citation needed]
Since knowledge of the bead is derived from several differing oral traditions, the beads have provoked controversy regarding their source, their method of manufacture and even their precise definition.[citation needed] In Tibetan culture these beads are believed to attract local protectors, dharmapalas or deities or maybe beneficial ghosts, ancestors or even bodhisattvas. Because of this, dzi beads are always treated with respect.[1]
New dzi[edit]
Due to the unknown origin of these beads and the high demand for them, there has been recent reproduction of dzi beads in Asia. The first (and best) replica dzi beads came from Taiwan during the 1990s. China has also produced some good-quality dzi beads over the last three years.[when?] However, the number of modern dzi that would be accepted as beautiful by the Tibetan community is very small, making these beads highly desirable.[citation needed]
A nice dzi should be made of good quality agate with the cutting, drilling and decorating taking many days. Modern methods and technology such as lasers, modern sugars and chemicals, and vacuum chambers can produce very good results.[2] The waxy appearance is still desirable but is sometimes lacking. Some especially well-made new dzi are accepted by Tibetans because it is safe to wear them in public since they look like ancient dzi. Some[who?] claim the new dzi function with the same efficacy as the old ones; others believe the protective energies of ancient dzi can move into a new dzi, if the stone is of the same quality or better and the two beads are kept together or when binding rituals are performed.[citation needed]
Imitation dzi[edit]
Some people would also call the modern machine-carved and machine-drilled, highly polished new dzi "mock dzi." Almost invariably mass-produced, these are available for less than two dollars, and are often sold by the strand. The etching on these cheap beads has been done very quickly, and the decorations do not penetrate into the inner core of the bead. These are usually targeted for sale to mainland Chinese customers as lucky feng shui charms.
Market value for ancient beads can easily reach into hundreds of thousands of US dollars - especially for beads with more "eyes." Tiny red cinnabar spots caused by iron inclusion in the agate also increase the value. New etched agate dzi are also highly prized as long as they are well made, contain the traditional patterns, and are made from genuine agate without "dragon skin" or "dragon veins," with a clean, clear look and luster and nicely simulated abrasion signs at the drill holes (these abrasions should slope upward, simulating thousands of years of thread abrasion). New dzi prices range from about ten to two thousand US Dollars, depending on quality and luster. Because of the high value placed on them, Tibetans would typically only part with an authentic dzi bead under very extreme circumstances, such as theft, confiscation by banks or government, or even murder. As a result, many Tibetans have started wearing reproduction dzi in public, out of fear of theft.[citation needed]
Similar beads[edit]
An ancient goat eye bead from a site in Warad-Sin, Iraq. This ancient Mesopotamian bead[3] is very similar to the Luk Mik beads used by Tibetans. Beads like these are also found in Afghanistan and Bactria.
Luk Mik-style and other striped agate beads strung together. Susa, western Iran, dating back to 300 BC. Many of these beads were recovered in Taxila and southern Mesopotamia.
Similar to dzi beads are the so-called chung dzi,[4] which have been imported to Tibet since ancient times. These can be plain, naturally banded[5] agate beads, or etched beads (often with black and white striped patterns). Some are carnelians or black agate with thin white etching patterns resembling the back of a turtle, which is an ancient pattern that dates back to the era of the Harappan Indus culture. Ancient Roman agate beads as well as etched Bactrian, Middle Eastern, Chinese, Afghan, Yemeni,[6] and Indian agate and carnelian beads made their way into Tibet. All these are considered chung dzi (in Tibetan, "chung" means ordinary or common). Chung dzi are believed to have similar properties to real "eyed" dzi; they are less valuable, but they are highly prized by Tibetans and also considered a variety of dzi.
Another similar type of bead is called Luk Mik ("goat's eye") - it is a naturally formed "one-eyed" coin-shaped[3] agate (pictured). Luk Mik are the preferred dzi for travelling in Tibet.
See also[edit]
Further reading[edit]
 - Ebbinghouse, David and Winsten, Michael (1988). "Tibetan dZi (gZi) Beads". The Tibet Journal 13 (1): pp. 38–56.
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Efficiently avoiding saddle points with zero order methods: No gradients required
Emmanouil-Vasileios Vlatakis-Gkaragkounis, Lampros Flokas, Georgios Piliouras
We consider the case of derivative-free algorithms for non-convex optimization, also known as zero order algorithms, that use only function evaluations rather than gradients. For a wide variety of gradient approximators based on finite differences, we establish asymptotic convergence to second order stationary points using a carefully tailored application of the Stable Manifold Theorem. Regarding efficiency, we introduce a noisy zero-order method that converges to second order stationary points, i.e avoids saddle points. Our algorithm uses only $\tilde{\mathcal{O}}(1 / \epsilon^2)$ approximate gradient calculations and, thus, it matches the converge rate guarantees of their exact gradient counterparts up to constants. In contrast to previous work, our convergence rate analysis avoids imposing additional dimension dependent slowdowns in the number of iterations required for non-convex zero order optimization.


View Amendment Current Amendment: 521R002.JS.docx to Bill 521 Senator SCOTT proposed the following amendment (521R002.JS):
 Amend the committee amendment, as and if amended, by striking subsection (B) and inserting:
/ (B) The superintendent must have either:
 (1) earned a graduate degree from an accredited college or university in education, public policy, or a related discipline, and must possess a combined ten years of experience in:
 (a) the field of education, including but not limited to, service as a classroom teacher, principal, other school administrator, school district administrator, or higher education administrator, school district superintendent, or any combination thereof; or
 (b) the formation of education policy, including but not limited to, service as a member of a school board or other entity that evaluates, develops, or approves educational policies; or
 (2) ten years of experience as a practicing attorney.
 Renumber sections to conform.
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READING COMPREHENSION EXERCISES
A White House's dog best friend
STEP 1 - Read the following article:
READING COMPREHENSION ARTICLE 39
STEP 2 - Answer these questions (choose the
1. Who's "Buddy"?
Barry Landau's friend
Betty Currie's cousin
Bill Clinton's dog
2. Which of the following is NOT true about Barry Landau?
He uses to work as a gardener for George W. Bush
He's a writer.
He has played with many presidential dogs
3. Who was the first president to have a dog in the White House?
John F. Kennedy
4. Where does Landau live?
Manhattan, New York City
5. According to Landau, why is it important for a president to have a dog?
It increases his chances of being reelected.
It humanizes the president, making him easier to relate to.
It shows that the president can care for an animal.
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We know what causes the scent of spring, but what's it actually for?
Daniel Martins
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We know what causes the scent of spring, but what's it actually for?
Spring is in the air – specifically, that long-awaited, earthy scent that comes from soil that's been turned or disturbed by rain, in this case for the first time in months.
It's long had a name: 'petrichor,' a Greek portmanteau very roughly meaning something like 'essence of rock.' And scientists are well aware of what causes it.
Soil is the home of numerous kinds of bacteria, one of which, Streptomyces, is the source of the chemical compound geosmin, which finds its way into your nostrils when something happens to release it from the soil, like falling raindrops or someone getting some gardening in. It's likely most associated with spring because it reemerges around that time of year after months of people being without it during winter.
If you feel revived and rejuvenated at the scent of it, science discovered there's something to that, too. The Streptomyces bacterium can be used in the production of antibiotics. And the geosmin they produce has been used in marketable scents and perfumes, according to the BBC.
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Humans are super-sensitive to it as well. In fact, according to plant scientists at the U.K.'s John Innes Centre, we can detect it in as few as 100 parts per trillion – that's "trillion" with a "T" – which, as they vividly put it, means we're better at smelling it than sharks are at smelling blood.
That's what geosmin is, and that's what it does, but there's still the question of what it's actually for. And that question wasn't answered until very recently, in 2020.
That year, the researchers at the John Innes Centre linked the geosmin molecule with a group of organisms called "springtails", six-legged, insect-like creatures of varying sizes.
Unlike other creatures such as flies and nematodes, which are repelled by geosmin, springtails are actually attracted to it, and the bacteria that produce it. The John Innes research found these springtails had a role in the bacteria's life cycle, spreading its spores either through external covering, like burrs, or excretion through their gut.
It's a very, very old relationship, too. Springtails are relatively primitive creatures, and this symbiotic give-and-take may have been going on for as much as 450 million years.
So the next time you're taking it all in, remember that the scent of spring has a LOT going on behind it than just smelling nice.


It Would Take Way More Seagulls To Lift James' Peach
The children's author, Roald Dahl's most famous stories may strain belief, certainly, though some of us are hoping to find a golden ticket in a bar of chocolate someday. But in his book, "James and the Giant Peach," Dahl came up with a mostly plausible way to move a giant piece of stone fruit: A flock of 501 seagulls. But some physics students from England's Leicester University weren't so sure.
Figuring the potential weight of the peach, which Dahl wrote was about the size of a small house, they multiplied its density by its volume and calculated that you'd need more than 2.4 million seagulls to get that peach into the air.
We're hoping the students next school project figures out the scientific elements of the potion that actually grew that giant peach in the first place.
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a Pokemon can't learn two of it's two of it's egg moves. For example, Charmander can't learn AncientPower and Beat Up together, because no Pokemon learns these two moves, and there's no Pokemon that can connect these two moves together like Arbok did just now.
It's worth noting that all this chain breeding isn't needed in the Field egg group, where Smeargle is, simply because Smeargle can learn any move (through it's signature move Sketch). So that also means that there's no such thing as an illegal move combination in the Field egg group.
Hatching an Egg
Hatching an egg can take a really long time depending on the Pokemon that's inside. Actually, it doesn't depend on time, but the amount of steps you take. It could take between 1,000-10,000 steps to hatch an egg. If you have a Pokemon with the Magma Armor or Flame Body Abilities in your party, the amount of steps will be cut in half. You can ride your bicycle in a circle or up and down the same route until the egg hatches, or just take it with you on your adventure. Check the egg's status screen to get hints as to how long it'll take to hatch.
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LED Office Lighting: the Best Color Temperature to Increase Productivity
Dec 20th 2018
For a while now people have wanted to know more about the positive effects of LED lighting. Many studies have been conducted to find out how much LED lighting impacts the productivity and alertness of people at work and in school. Studies have even been performed on soldiers in the US Army to see how different lighting affects their productivity—soldiers show slower response times on cognitive tasks measuring spatial and verbal memory with fluorescent lighting instead of LED lighting.
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In this article, we're going to tell you all about color temperature and how it can positively affect the productivity of people while they're at work. We're also going to tell you what specific color temperatures are the best options for offices. Here we go!
First Things First: What's Color Temperature?
Easily stated, color temperature is measured in degrees Kelvin (K).
The color temperature describes how the light appears when the human eye looks directly at the illuminated bulb.Bulbs with color temperatures of approximately 2700K appear yellowish white. As the color temperature increases to 3000K and 3500K, the color starts to appear less yellow and whiter. Color temperatures above 5000K appear more bluish white.
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Daylight Is Ideal
Here's the thing, the best type of lighting that an office can have for optimized productivity is good old natural daylight.Unfortunately, there aren't many offices, or any, that have constant access to natural daylight. Therefore, the next best solution is to mimic natural daylight with artificial light. The color temperature of daylight is typically between 5000K and 7000K. The daylight color temperature at noon is 5600K and sunlight color temperature varies depending on the time of day and weather conditions.
To give the perception of daylight, Superior Lighting suggests offices use light sources with color temperatures of 5000K or higher.
As you might imagine, the amount of blue light in the spectrum of light sources increases with increasing color temperature. Higher color temperatures have a greater impact on mental activity, alertness, and the central nervous system.
How LED Lighting Affects Us
Bright white light that mimics daylight can improve performance for people at work. In addition to aiding people visually and helping them complete tasks that are otherwise impossible to complete without artificial light, the brightness and wavelength of ambient light can also impact the human circadian system, biological clock, mood, and alertness.
Researchers have found that exposure to short wavelength or blue light during the day directly improves alertness and performance. Blue-enriched white light stimulates the brain,improves alertness, performance, and sleep quality. The intensity and color temperature of artificial lighting affects physiological processes in the human body, including: blood pressure, heart rate variability, and core temperature.
Is Fluorescent Lighting Bad for Office Workers?
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For many years, fluorescent lighting has been the go-to solution for office spaces all across the world. Previous to that, the only option was incandescent lighting. When fluorescent lighting came along, offices where quick to adopt as it was a significantly cheaper option.
There have been many scary stories about fluorescent lighting, as when it was introduced there had been term studies about the implications. Rumors began to circulate that fluorescent lighting induced migraines, and that it caused sleep-pattern disruption. There were even rumors that it caused cancer. Let's address these three rumors.
 - Fluorescent lighting causes migraines. While it has been proven that fluorescent lighting does not cause migraines, it can make people who do suffer from migraines feel worse at times. People with migraines are very sensitive to light, and bright lights such as fluorescent lighting can turn a mild headache into a full-blown migraine.
 - Fluorescent lighting causes sleep-pattern disruption. Normally, people who work in offices work during the day then leave work before evening and have some time before they go to bed. For such people, fluorescent lighting will have no effect on their sleep patterns, as the negative effect that fluorescent lighting has on the production of melatonin – which is a natural chemical we produce that helps us sleep – will have diminished by the time bed time arrives.
However, people who work in the evenings under fluorescent lights then go straight to bed may have difficulty sleeping, due to their lack of melatonin. Additionally, some studies have shown that florescent lighting can make people tired and sleepy during the day.
 - Fluorescent lighting causes cancer. This rumor came about because it was found that fluorescent lights emitted radiation. Studies have shown that the amount of radiation (around the same amount as cellphones emit) given by such lights is nowhere near enough to cause cancer.
Is LED Lighting Better than Fluorescent Lighting?
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LED lighting is definitely better for businesses as it is more energy-efficient, the bulbs last a great deal longer and the lights can be dimmed as required so they use much less energy. But is LED lighting better for people working in offices?
You have to remember that overhead lighting is not the only source of light that office workers are subjected to.Some offices do actually have windows, plus there are computer monitors, laptops, cellphones, televisions … office work can be a bombardment of light at times.
Anything that helps sap a person's morale will result in them producing less-than-perfect work, and will leave them feeling tired and jaded. For the many reasons outlined above, choosing LED over fluorescent lighting will help make your office environment a more pleasing place to work.
It could be considered a no-brainer –making the switch from fluorescent to LED lighting is one of the best things you can do for your business, and one of the best things you can do for the people who work for you.
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Cape Verde Escudo
The Cape Verde Escudo (CVE) is the official currency of Cape Verde. The $ symbol is typically used to separate decimals; for example, 20$00 indicates 20 Escudos.
The Cape Verde Escudo is pegged to the Euro at 110$265 Escudos = 1 Euro.
- Cape Verde's economy does not have sufficient resources to sustain itself.
- Service-based industries account for 73% of the GDP and play an important role in the economy.
- Since 1990 the economy has been growing at a steady pace.
- In 1994 and 1995 the country received +/- 50 million USD in foreign investments.
- Cape Verde is recognized as an average development country. It is part of the Small Island developing states.
- Agriculture forms 9% of the total GDP and industry 16.5%.
- Export products are fish, hides, shoes, garments, and fuel.
- Import products are industrial, fuels, foodstuffs, and transport equipment.
- 30% of the population is unemployed.
- Inflation is estimated at 4%.
- Top industries are garments, shoes, salt mining, fish processing, ship repair, beverages, and food.
- Cape Verde receives a lot of cooperation from Portugal to help its economy.
- In 1914, the Escudo replaced the Rei, with 1 Escudo = 1,000 Reis.
- Until 1975, the Escudo was valued at par with the Portuguese Escudo.
- In 1998, a pegged rate was established between the Cape Verde Escudo and the Portuguese Escudo at 1 Poretuguese Escudo = 0.55 CVE.
- After the Portuguese Escudo was replaced by the Euro, the Cape Verde Escudo was pegged to the Euro at 110$265 Escudos = 1 Euro.
- The third issue of banknotes was introduced in 1992.
- In 2005, the 200-escudo note was redesigned and distributed to celebrate 30 years of independence.
Symbols and Names
- Symbols: $
- Nicknames: none
ISO 4217 Code
- Centavo = 1/100 of a Dollar
- Bills: 200$00, 500$00, 1000$00, 2000$00, 2500$00, 5000$00
- Coins: 1$00, 5$00, 10$00, 20$00, 50$00, 100$00
Countries Using This Currency
- Cape Verde
Currencies Pegged To CVE :
CVE Is Pegged To:
- Euro = 110$265


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Sunday, March 21, 2021
A Virtual Photography Exhibit
by The Ground Glass
The Ground Glass, a Westchester-based association of fine art photographers, will be hosting "ABSTRACTIONS" a virtual photography exhibit by members.
Abstract photography is depiction of a visual image that does not have an immediate association with the object world. The abstract image may be produced using traditional photographic equipment such as a camera or, by more contemporary means, with a computer. In other cases, it may be created by manipulating film, photographic paper or materials in the darkroom.
An abstract photograph may isolate a fragment of a given environment in order to disguise its inherent context from the viewer or it may be staged to create a seemingly unreal appearance from real objects. The image may also use color, light, shadow, texture, shape or form to convey the feeling or impression intended by the artist.
may be viewed on The Ground Glass Website:
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photo credit: Ruth Raskin
Event Location and Ticket Information
Date: Sunday, March 21, 2021
Times: All Day
Presenter: The Ground Glass
Presenter Phone: _PHONE_
Presenter Website: _URL_


Dbstl persistence
Direct database get
Change persistence
Object life time and persistence
The following sections provide information on how to achieve persistence using dbstl.
Direct database get
Each container has a begin() method which produces an iterator. These begin methods take a boolean parameter, directdb_get, which controls the caching behavior of the iterator. The default value of this parameter is true.
If directdb_get is true, then the persistent object is fetched anew from the database each time the iterator is dereferenced as a pointer by use of the star-operator (*iterator) or by use of the arrow-operator (iterator->member). If directdb_get is false, then the first dereferencing of the iterator fetches the object from the database, but later dereferences can return cached data.
With directdb_get set to true, if you call:
then the assignment to datamember1 will be lost, because the second dereferencing of the iterator would cause the cached copy of the object to be overwritten by the object's persistent data from the database.
You also can use the arrow operator like this:
This works exactly the same way as iterator::operator*. For this reason, the same caching rules apply to arrow operators as they do for star operators.
One way to avoid this problem is to create a reference to the object, and use it to access the object:
container::value_type &ref = *iterator;
...// more member function calls and datamember assignments
The above code will not lose the newly assigned value of ref.datamember1 in the way that the previous example did.
In order to avoid these complications, you can assign to the object referenced by an iterator with another object of the same type like this:
container::value_type obj2;
obj2.datamember1 = new-value1;
obj2.datamember2 = new-value2;
*itr = obj2;
This code snippet causes the new values in obj2 to be stored into the underlying database.
If you have two iterators going through the same container like this:
for (iterator1 = v.begin(), iterator2 = v.begin();
 iterator1!= v.end();
 ++iterator1, ++iterator2) {
 *iterator1 = new_value;
then the printed value will depend on the value of directdb_get with which the iterator had been created. If directdb_get is false, then the original, persistent value is printed; otherwise the newly assigned value is returned from the cache when iterator2 is dereferenced. This happens because each iterator has its own cached copy of the persistent object, and the dereferencing of iterator2 refreshes iterator2's copy from the database, retrieving the value stored by the assignment to *iterator1.
Alternatively, you can set directdb_get to false and call iterator2->refresh() immediately before the dereferencing of iterator2, so that iterator2's cached value is refreshed.
If directdb_get is false, a few of the tests in dbstl's test kit will fail. This is because the above contrived case appears in several of C++ STL tests. Consequently, the default value of the directdb_get parameter in the container::begin() methods is true. If your use cases avoid such bizarre usage of iterators, you can set it to false, which makes the iterator read operation faster.
Change persistence
If you modify the object to which an iterator refers by using one of the following:
(*iterator).data_member = new_value
then you should call iterator->_DB_STL_StoreElement() to store the change. Otherwise the change is lost after the iterator moves on to other elements.
If you are storing a sequence, and you modified some part of it, you should also call iterator->_DB_STL_StoreElement() before moving the iterator.
And in both cases, if directdb_get is true (this is the default value), you should call _DB_STL_StoreElement() after the change and before the next iterator movement OR the next dereferencing of the iterator by the star or arrow operators (iterator::operator* or iterator::operator->). Otherwise, you will lose the change.
If you update the element by assigning to a dereferenced iterator like this:
*iterator = new_element;
then you never have to call _DB_STL_StoreElement() because the change is stored in the database automatically.
Object life time and persistence
Dbstl is an interface to Berkeley DB, so it is used to store data persistently. This is really a different purpose from that of regular C++ STL. This difference in their goals has implications on expected object lifetime: In standard STL, when you store an object A of type ID into C++ stl vector V using V.push_back(A), if a proper copy constructor is provided in A's class type, then the copy of A (call it B) and everything in B, such as another object C pointed to by B's data member B.c_ptr, will be stored in V and will live as long as B is still in V and V is alive. B will be destroyed when V is destroyed or B is erased from V.
This is not true for dbstl, which will copy A's data and store it in the underlying database. The copy is by default a shallow copy, but users can register their object marshalling and unmarshalling functions using the DbstlElemTraits class template. So if A is passed to a db_vector container, dv, by using dv.push_back(A), then dbstl copies A's data using the registered functions, and stores data into the underlying database. Consequently, A will be valid, even if the container is destroyed, because it is stored into the database.
If the copy is simply a shallow copy, and A is later destroyed, then the pointer stored in the database will become invalid. The next time we use the retrieved object, we will be using an invalid pointer, which probably will result in errors. To avoid this, store the referred object C rather than the pointer member A.c_ptr itself, by registering the right marshalling/unmarshalling function with DbstlElemTraits.
For example, consider the following example class declaration:
class ID
 string Name;
 int Score;
Here, the class ID has a data member Name, which refers to a memory address of the actual characters in the string. If we simply shallow copy an object, id, of class ID to store it, then the stored data, idd, is invalid when id is destroyed. This is because idd and id refer to a common memory address which is the base address of the memory space storing all characters in the string, and this memory space is released when id is destroyed. So idd will be referring to an invalid address. The next time we retrieve idd and use it, there will probably be memory corruption.
The way to store id is to write a marshal/unmarshal function pair like this:
void copy_id(void *dest, const ID&elem)
 memcpy(dest, &elem.Score, sizeof(elem.Score));
 char *p = ((char *)dest) + sizeof(elem.Score);
 strcpy(p, elem.Name.c_str());
void restore_id(ID& dest, const void *srcdata)
 memcpy(&dest.Score, srcdata, sizeof(dest.Score));
 const char *p = ((char *)srcdata) + sizeof(dest.Score);
 dest.Name = p;
size_t size_id(const ID& elem)
 return sizeof(elem.Score) + elem.Name.size() +
 1;// store the '\0' char.
Then register the above functions before storing any instance of ID:
This way, the actual data of instances of ID are stored, and so the data will persist even if the container itself is destroyed.


If both parents names are on your birth certificate and they are not married, can you carry both their surnames putting your father's first and mother's surname last on your ID card?
If you are applying for your first National ID card and your parents were unmarried at the time of your birth you can have both their surnames placed on your card as your surname, provided that you can show proof that either;
(1) you have used the name throughout your school life by way of a letter from the school or examination certificate (s) or
(2) show other form of ID such as a Passport.
However if you already are in possession of a valid National ID card under either parents surname but you wish to now carry both surnames on your ID, a Protocol of Deed or Deed Poll is required.
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- mustard (n.)
- late 13c. (late 12c. as a surname), from Old French mostarde "mustard, mustard plant" (Modern French moutarde), from moust "must," from Latin mustum "new wine" (see must (n.1)); so called because it was originally prepared by adding must to the ground seeds of the plant to make a paste. As a color name, it is attested from 1848.
Mustard gas, World War I poison (first used by the Germans at Ypres, 1917), so called for its color and smell and burning effect on eyes and lungs; chemical name is dichlordiethyl sulfide, it contains no mustard, and is an atomized liquid, not a gas. To cut the mustard (1907, usually in negative) is probably from slang mustard "genuine article, best thing" (1903) on notion of "that which enhances flavor."
I'm not headlined in the bills, but I'm the mustard in the salad dressing just the same. [O.Henry, "Cabbages and Kings," 1904]


Nahariya beachgoers treated to rare sight
Nature and Parks Authority removes body of dead shark, warns people not to approach the species.
Arutz Sheva Staff,
Sandbar shark
Sandbar shark
A dead sandbar shark was found washed up on the shore of a Nahariya beach on Saturday.
Nature and Parks Authority supervisors called to the scene took the shark, which measured 1.6 meters (5'3") in length, for evaluation.
"Marine Unit supervisors...were called to the scene and transferred the [shark] for autopsy, in order to determine the cause of its death," the Nature and Parks Authority said in a statement.
"The sandpaper shark found in the Mediterranean Sea consumes fish and invertebrates, and is not known to be dangerous to people."
However, the Authority urged people not to approach the sharks, since "the sharks are defined as a protected species, and it is forbidden to harm them or disturb them."
"It is wise to keep a distance, as a cautionary measure," they added.


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Ok. So turns out that in Visual Studio Express that line numbers are not shown by default when editing a.cs file.
Seeing as how it gives errors in terms of line numbers, it seems a little ridiculous to not have them displayed.
Anyways, here is how to enable it:
- Go to the "Tools" Menu and select "Options"
- At the bottom of the window that opens, check the "Show all settings" box
- Under the "Text Editor" section, select the language "C#"
- Under the "Display" section, check the "Line Numbers" box
- click OK


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Geotechnical Engineering Behavior of NMR Mine Area
Waste management issue in mining industry has become increasingly important. In this regard, construction of tailings embankment or dams play an important role. Most of the tailings dams require some kinds of remedial actions during their operational life time, wherein PT Newmont Minahasa Raya (NMR), a mine company in North Sulawesi, Indonesia, has established a new forest covering 215 ha aimed at functioning as a rainwater catchment area to recharge associated groundwater systems. Two different material models were utilized during the finite element computations, comparing the performance of the more advanced constitutive Soft Soil material model, (Soft Soil Model, SSM) against the Mohr-Coulomb material model (Mohr-Coulomb Model, MCM) commonly used today. Practical geotechnical analysis of the stability of embankment, reservoir or dams construction is done by using a computer program Plaxis calculations based on the Finite Element Method for analyzing the value of deformation with stage construction phases of time consolidation to height of slope and value safety factor of MCM and SSM.
KeywordsGeotechnical, Engineering, NMR, Mine Area.


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عالم حواء للرشاقة و الجمال و احدث الازياء و الموضة و ديكور المنزل و كل ما يهم العروسة, فساتين افراح, دبل الخطوبة و اطقم ذهب, العناية بالشعر و البشرة مع وصفات حصرية بالفيديو من مطبخ همسه
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What is a Pennyweight of Gold? What is a Gram of Gold?
These are the most frequently asked questions we receive at GoldFellow. It's problematic for everyone as it doesn't relate to any measurement we currently use in our daily life. Pennyweights, however are still commonly used in the U.S. jewelry industry but we prefer to use the more accurate and globally recognized Grams (metric) as our unit of measure.
There are 20 pennyweights also referred to as DWT in an ounce. There are also 31.1 grams in an ounce. As we are talking about precious metals I'll use gold in my example throughout this post.
Many of our customers are weighing their valuables on home kitchen or postal scales of either mechanical or digital make. Most measure in grams and ounces, particularly when weighing food. The grams shown on your scale are not the same as the grams used in gold! You are measuring on a device that uses 28 grams per ounce while gold is measured in troy ounces. There are 31.1 grams per Troy ounce. The simplest way to use your home scale is to multiply the number showing as ounces by 20. That's it. If your scale shows 3.5 oz you have approximately 70 pennyweight. 1.5oz is about 30 pennyweight and so on. (Same for silver and platinum)
Ok, now for measuring your gold in grams. The scale shows 3.5 ounces. Multiply by 31.1 and it comes to 108.85 grams of gold. If it's 1.5 oz x 31.1=46.65 grams.
Lastly, if you would like to know a price per gram, follow this formula. $20 per pennyweight is$12.86 per gram. To convert simply divide $20 by 1.555=$12.86. Try $18 dwt divided by 1.555 and you get $11.58 gram
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Our founders began selling gold jewelry to America's leading jewelry retailers in 1977, ultimately becoming the largest manufacturer and distributor of gold jewelry in the United States. During 30 years of working in the gold jewelry industry, GoldFellow's™ founders sold and distributed over 50 million pieces of 10kt, 14kt and 18kt gold jewelry such as chains, bracelets, necklaces, rings, earrings and more. That's over 300 tons of GOLD!
Over the course of time, many of these jewelry items ended up in drawers, locked away for safe keeping or at the bottom of your jewelry box.
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Even a blogger has to take a vacation some time or another. Heres some tips on how you an get your eyes to join in on the vacation.
Focus on providing relaxation to your eyes through the following ways:
1. Wear your corrective lenses (glasses or contacts) to allow clear comfortable vision
2. Use the 30/30 rule whenever you are reading or using a computer
3. Keep your eyes moist and hydrated – use artificial tears daily just as frequently as you would with hand lotion
30/30 RULE
The 30/30 rule is quite simple. After doing 30 minutes of reading or computer work, take at least 30 seconds off the near work.
Take your eyes away from the near object and look far away. If you are near a window, look out into the trees and the mountains. Blink your eyes several times while looking into the distance. Then you can continue on with the near activity for another 30 minutes.
Just as we get tired from work, school, or the gym our eyes can get overworked as well. Our busy western lives and modern age is infused with gagdets such as iphones, ipads, and laptops. We sit on these devices for several hours a day. Provide your eyes a break and step outside for a change. Enjoy your surroundings and relax.
We will be taking a few weeks break from the blogging world, hope you can enjoy some time to yourselves as well this spring break!


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The Queensland character is a literary and political devise. But did it really exist? I argue that putting aside groups of 'characters' that happen to live in Queensland, the Queensland character is an imagining of society where the history is very different. The key point is that the 'Queensland character' is not the 'character' of philosophical traditions, but has evolved, as elsewhere, into an excuse for character deficiencies.
I am exploring the subject in a new book with the working title of 'Horizon Worldviews in Queensland: Re-Imaging the Society Beyond the 'Queensland Character'. I am making the drafting process open as a series of post on one of my blogs, 'Was There Ever A Queensland Character?' This site houses selected extracts of the drafting, as follows:
Even among Queensland historians the opportunity to rigorously examine the thinking behind the commonly used phase 'Queensland character' has never before been taken up. It is not that Queensland historians have not alluded to the use of the phrase. The much more common usage among historians and other scholars is in reference to the material construct known as the 'the Queenslander'. The discussion of the allegedly uniquely-designed Queensland house spins around on the idea of 'character', and more precisely 'heritage character' and value. Social historians have frequently used the phrase in other ways. The idea of 'Queensland character' has two other major applications, in references to folklore and to literature more broadly, to the characterisation of Queensland regions in short stories, essays, poems, and novels. In this latter case, the literary function of the 'Queensland character' crept into the common Australian historiography. The history of Queensland was defined by a personable character.


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I followed you since your first mention about your pivot control. Thanks for great job! =)
But I have a little question.
Is there a possibility to make a binding to pages and page's contents?
To be more specific let's assume following example. I have products which grouped into several product groups (the number of them is not known at design time). And I want to show user a pivot control which displays each product group as a page and list products of selected group as page's content (ie as a listbox).
It would be great if you provide a little example of how can I do it with your control.
that is a interesting request.. right now the control is very much static.. it allows you to dynamically define pivot pages in XAML, but if it supported binding then it would need to be able to handle changes that might occur in the bound definition - it would have to know how to handle adding/removing pivot pages at runtime.. the current code constructs the UI in the control's Loaded event - so it is not possible to change the pivot pages beyond that..
the best you could do with the current tool is to construct the pivot pages programatically, and then add the pivot page to your UI.. here is an example of something like that:
// create a collection of pivot titles and corresponding UI content areas:
Dictionary pivotPages = new Dictionary();
pivotPages.Add("main", new TextBlock() { Text = "main section goes here" });
pivotPages.Add("options", new TextBlock() { Text = "options section goes here" });
pivotPages.Add("about", new TextBlock() { Text = "about section goes here" });
/// Method for setting up the pivot control and adding it to the stage from a pivot menu collection definition
private void CreateAndDisplayPivotControl(Dictionary pivotPages)
PivotControl pc = new PivotControl();
foreach (string menuTitle in pivotPages.Keys)
PivotPage pp = new PivotPage() { PageTitle = menuTitle, Content = pivotPages[menuTitle] };
that may not meet your need, but unfortunately there would be a lot of work trying to support binding so it's not something i'll be able to do for you.. i am going to be curious though if the final control supports dynamic binding of titles and content.. thanks for the comment!
Nice work Roger!
It worked right away. But I added a Storyboard that animates content inside one of the contentpages. But as soon as I start the Storyboard I get the message "2213 An error has occurred."
Did anyone experience this as well?
Mark Monster
ive run into that error a few times.. i dont exactly know how to solve it every time, but it seems it occurs when you have two different storyboards trying to modify the same object at the same time.. maybe try to group your objects into a grid and then animate against that grid instead of the main root of the page that the pivot control is trying to animate?
Thanks for your reply Roger. I tried your suggestion, but it didn't help. But still I just hope to get this control from the Microsoft Guys themselves :-). For now I have at least something to prototype.
Mark Monster
First of all, thanks for the control! However, i can't make a simple textbox to work properly inside of it. Let's start with xaml:
It looks perfectly in emulator and all the motions go smooth. Now let's get straight to the problem and add a bit of c# code:
private void Search(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
string text = SearchTerm.Text;
I'm getting a NullReferenceException for the SearchTerm.Text. Vs reacts as if SearchTerm TextBox doesn't exist at all... Is that just my mistake or there are some problem with this control?
[StackPanel HorizontalAlignment="Left" VerticalAlignment="Top" Orientation="Horizontal"]
[TextBox x:Name="SearchTerm" Margin="20,0,0,0" Width="275" TextWrapping="Wrap"/]
[Button x:Name="SearchButton" Width="150" Content="SEARCH" Click="Search"/]
oops, sorry for the code. Can't post it the other way :(
if it compiles, but then fails at runtime it may be that you are trying to access the SearchTerm textbox before InitializeComponent() has run - that would cause the value to still be null.. i dont think this issue is relative to the control, but hopefully that helps - if not see if you can host your code somewhere for me to download and look at.
I implemented this in a sample app that I have, and yeah, I was getting an unhandled ArgumentException when switching pages, so I had a look at the source and the only things I found (and subsequently altered) were:
1) You're initialising the PivotPages property in the DependencyProperty.Register() method which isn't really a problem on its own, but if multiple pivots are created (which probably won't happen... I'm not sure) then you'll end up with an unintended singleton which will cause issues. I was working on a layout-type control where I was getting very similar exceptions, so it's probably completely unrelated hehe :)
2) Changing that first property let me actually step through the code and it looks like almost everywhere you call UIElement.TransformToVisual(), you get an ArgumentException with some obscure stack trace staring you in the face. For the purposes of this control (before an official one comes out), the TransformToVisual() stuff didn't need to be there, so I removed it and the control's been behaving fine since then. I'm not sure why this exception gets thrown, these things with the really unhelpful messages get on my nerves hehe :)
Anyway, that's what I found. The control looks good but I created a panorama control too and I'm just gagging for them to release some official stuff :)
Hi, when using the pivot control and within a pivot page i have a list box. If I try to get a reference of that list box from code, the list box is never initialised. Its always null. What can i do to solve this?


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Large artery. Coloured scanning electron micrograph (SEM) of a resin cast of a large artery, with smaller blood vessels in the background. The cast was made by injecting resin into the blood vessels. The surrounding tissues were then chemically digested. This means that the surface of the resin cast shows the pattern seen on the inside of the blood vessels. In this case, the innermost layer of the artery, the endothelial cells of the tunica intima, form the pattern seen here. Arteries are blood vessels that carry blood from the heart to the body tissues. Except for the pulmonary artery, the arteries carry oxygenated blood.
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How to see/ understand the difference between male and female fruit trees?
How to see/understand the difference between male and female fruit trees? Is there a list of trees that need both to pollinate? How do I see the difference in real life? I am looking forward to hearing from you,
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Not all fruit tree have male and female. Most have perfect flowers, which means the male and female parts are contained in one flower.
On the fruit plants that have male and female, typically you can find the immature fruit either inside the flower or right below the flower on the female. It will look like a tiny, green version of the mature fruit, typically.


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Masking by Moving: Learning Distraction-Free Radar Odometry from Pose Information
Proceedings of the Conference on Robot Learning, PMLR 100:303-316, 2020.
This paper presents an end-to-end radar odometry system which delivers robust, real-time pose estimates based on a learned embedding space free of sensing artefacts and distractor objects. The system deploys a fully differentiable, correlation-based radar matching approach. This provides the same level of interpretability as established scan-matching methods and allows for a principled derivation of uncertainty estimates. The system is trained in a (self-)supervised way using only previously obtained pose information as a training signal. Using 280km of urban driving data, we demonstrate that our approach outperforms the previous state-of-the-art in radar odometry by reducing errors by up 68% whilst running an order of magnitude faster.


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6.4.4 Specific Conditions: Driving Devices and Modifications Grant
Driving devices and modifications grants are issued for the modification of VAS vehicles. In specific circumstances, driving lessons may be approved (refer to the end of this section for further information).
When determining whether to approve a driving devices and modifications grant, a number of issues must be considered as outlined in Part 6 of the VAS instrument. These issues include:
1. Are the proposed driving devices and modifications necessary to enable the veteran to drive safely, or be transported safely, in reasonable comfort?
In order to receive a driving devices and modifications grant, the proposed driving devices and modifications must be necessary to enable the veteran to drive safely or be transported safely in the vehicle, in reasonable comfort.
This requirement can only be satisfied if the vehicle has been assessed, and the modifications have been recommended, by a Driver Trained Occupational Therapist (OT).
2. What amount of grant can be provided?
The amount of a driving devices and modifications grant is an amount the Commission considers reasonable, in all the circumstances, having regard to all relevant matters. Matters which may be considered relevant are listed under s6.1.2 of the VAS instrument and are summarised below:
- the nature of the incapacity of the veteran from war-caused injury, or war-caused disease, or both; and
- the nature of the proposed driving devices or modifications; and
- whether there are alternative suitable driving devices or modifications that are reasonably available and cost effective; and
- whether there are alternative providers of suitable driving devices or modifications that are reasonably accessible and cost effective.
3. Requirement for three quotes
The VAS delegate can only give due consideration to the matters under s6.1.2 of the VAS instrument after three quotes for the recommended modifications have been obtained from three independent and authorised vehicle modifiers.
4. Choice of dealer
The choice of dealer will ultimately be determined by the delegate, after consideration of the factors under s6.1.2 of the VAS instrument and three independent quotes have been obtained from independent and authorised vehicle modifiers.
5. Direct payment to the supplying dealer
The amount of the grant is to be paid directly to the supplying dealer who will be fitting the driving devices and modifications.
6. What are the client's responsibilities?
The veteran must provide to the VAS contact person or the VAS delegate:
- a copy of a drivers licence demonstrating that the primary driver of the VAS vehicle (the veteran, or if the veteran does not drive – their partner or carer) continues to hold a valid drivers licence;
- evidence showing that the veteran has comprehensively insured the vehicle for it's full market value*; and
- a payment summary or receipt showing that the driving devices and modifications grant was used to purchase the necessary driving modifications and devices.
*Note: The insurance may be taken out in the name of the veteran and the partner or carer, but the name of the veteran to whom the financial assistance under the VAS must appear on the insurance certification.
Driving lessons may be approved where a Driver Trained OT:
- has recommended a modification or device be provided to a client under the VAS;
- has recommended driving lessons, to enable a client to learn how to drive with the modification or device;
- has specified how many lessons are required by the client, in order for them to drive in safely and relative comfort with the modification; and
- has provided three quotes for lessons or if three quotes are not possible, reasons why less than three quotes could be obtained.
Where these conditions are met, funding for lessons can be provided as part of the devices and modifications grant.


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Star-planet interactions: I. Stellar rotation and planetary orbits
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As a star evolves, the planet orbits change with time due to tidal interactions, stellar mass losses, friction and gravitational drag forces, mass accretion and evaporation on/by the planet. Stellar rotation modifies the structure of the star and therefore the way these different processes occur. Changes of the orbits, at their turn, have an impact on the rotation of the star.
Models accounting in a consistent way for these interactions between the orbital evolution of the planet and the evolution of the rotation of the star are still missing. The present work is a first attempt to fill this gap.
We compute the evolution of stellar models including a comprehensive treatment of rotational effects together with the evolution of planetary orbits, so that the exchanges of angular momentum between the star and the planetary orbit are treated in a self-consistent way. The evolution of the rotation of the star accounts for the angular momentum exchange with the planet and also follows the effects of the internal transport of angular momentum and chemicals.
We show that rotating stellar models without tidal interactions can well reproduce the surface rotations of the bulk of the red giants. However, models without any interactions cannot account for fast rotating red giants in the upper part of the red giant branch, where, such models, whatever the initial rotation considered on the ZAMS, always predict very low velocities. For those stars some interaction with a companion is highly probable and the present rotating stellar models with planets confirm that tidal interaction can reproduce their high surface velocities. We show also that the minimum distance between the planet and the star on the ZAMS that will allow the planet to avoid engulfment and survive is decreased around faster rotating stars.


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English → Indonesian (Kamus Landak) Definition: loud keras
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English → English (WordNet) Definition: loud loud adv : with relatively high volume; "the band played loudly"; "she spoke loudly and angrily"; "he spoke loud enough for those at the back of the room to hear him"; "cried aloud for help" [syn: loudly, aloud] [ant: softly] loud adj 1: characterized by or producing sound of great volume or intensity; "a group of loud children"; "loud thunder"; "her voice was too loud"; "loud trombones" [ant: soft] 2: tastelessly showy; "a flash car"; "a flashy ring"; "garish colors"; "a gaudy costume"; "loud sport shirts"; "a meretricious yet stylish book"; "tawdry ornaments" [syn: brassy, cheap, flash, flashy, garish, gaudy, gimcrack, meretricious, tacky, tatty, tawdry, trashy] 3: used chiefly as a direction or description in music; "the forte passages in the composition" [syn: forte] [ant: piano]
English → English (gcide) Definition: Loud Loud \Loud\, adv. [AS. hl[=u]de.] With loudness; loudly. [1913 Webster] To speak loud in public assemblies. --Addison. [1913 Webster] Loud \Loud\ (loud), a. [Compar. Louder (loud"[~e]r); superl. Loudest.] [OE. loud, lud, AS. hl[=u]d; akin to OS. hl[=u]d, D. luid, OHG. l[=u]t, G. laut, L. -clutus, in inclutus, inclitus, celebrated, renowned, cluere to be called, Gr. klyto's heard, loud, famous, kly'ein to hear, Skr. [,c]ru. [root]41. Cf. Client, Listen, Slave a serf.] 1. Having, making, or being a strong or great sound; noisy; striking the ear with great force; as, a loud cry; loud thunder. [1913 Webster] They were instant with loud voices, requiring that he might be crucified. --Luke xxiii. 23. [1913 Webster] 2. Clamorous; boisterous. [1913 Webster] She is loud and stubborn. --Prov. vii. 11. [1913 Webster] 3. Emphatic; impressive; urgent; as, a loud call for united effort. [Colloq.] [1913 Webster] 4. Ostentatious; likely to attract attention; gaudy; as, a loud style of dress; loud colors. [Slang] Syn: Noisy; boisterous; vociferous; clamorous; obstreperous; turbulent; blustering; vehement. [1913 Webster]
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Oct. 13, 2010 -- The idiom "a dog's life" suggests that pooches have it made when it comes to happiness, but new research indicates that the emotional states of dogs can be as varied as the moods of their owners.
Dogs can see their food bowls as half empty rather than half full, just as human pessimists see a glass of water as half empty instead of half full.
British researchers who tested separation reactions of dogs say they found that some dogs are more likely than others to become depressed and anxious when left alone, causing them to bark, scratch at doors, chew on furniture, and generally misbehave.
On the other hand, optimistic dogs are more likely to behave better and become more relaxed when left alone.
Mike Mendl, PhD, head of animal welfare and behavioral research at the University of Bristol, and colleagues, studied 24 dogs, males and females, that had been sent to two animal centers.
Each dog was tested beforehand for separation anxiety-related behaviors. A researcher played with each dog in an isolated room for 20 minutes.
The next day the dogs were taken back to their rooms and left alone for five minutes while video cameras recorded their behavior.
Some of the dogs barked, jumped on furniture, and scratched at the door, but the "optimistic" ones did not -- or didn't do it as much.
To study optimistic or pessimistic tendencies, the dogs were trained so that when a bowl was placed at one location in a room, it contained food, but when put somewhere else, it didn't. Then the bowls were placed at ambiguous locations between the positive and negative positions.
"Dogs that ran fast to these ambiguous locations as if expecting the positive food reward were classed as making relatively 'optimistic' decisions," Mendl says in a news release. "Interestingly, these dogs tended to be the ones who also showed least anxiety-like behavior when left alone for a short time."
He says about half of dogs may at some point engage in behaviors related to separation anxiety, such as barking, scratching, or tearing things up when separated from owners.
"Our study suggests that dogs showing these types of behavior also appear to make more pessimistic judgments generally," he says.
"We all have a tendency to think that our pets and other animals experience emotions similar to our own, but we have no way of knowing directly because emotions are essentially private," he says. "However, we can use findings from human psychology research to develop new ways of measuring animal emotion."
It's known that the emotional states of people affect their judgments, and that happy people are more likely to judge an ambiguous situation in a positive way. And it's apparently the same with dogs.
"What our study has shown is that this applies similarly to dogs -- that a 'glass-half-full' dog is less likely to be anxious when left alone than one with a more pessimistic nature," Mendl says.


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Data relating to casualties records events that caused the loss or damage of a vessel but not necessarily its wrecking. These events can include vessels burnt, grounded, cast away, scuttled, prizes taken in battle, and wrecking, all of which may have an impact on the potential for wreckage or debris on the seabed. Numerous journeys recorded were related to descriptions of incidents at sea which did not necessarily lead to a wrecking event. Casualty events therefore had to be recorded to avoid breaking up related information.
The casualty data for England's Shipping recorded pre-1730 events in the database to characterize the locations and manner of loss of the vessels, which was also plotted in the GIS. Data was extracted from secondary sources such as Larn's Shipwreck Index of the British Isles, Rodger's Safeguard of the Seas, and Hepper's British Warship Losses in the Age of Sail.
Many of the records were inferred from historic descriptions rather than based on archaeological evidence, and tended to be vague. The casualty locations mapped were given 5 kilometers buffers to reduce the uncertainty of the co-ordinates provided. The number of casualty events recorded in the database is currently too small to identify significant trends or relationships with other data.
Although casualty data can be obtained from the National Monument Record office, the recording of casualty data was necessary to maintain the relationships described between events. Further recording of the relationships between journeys and casualty events such as groundings and wrecking may in the future uncover trends in the data.


[1Ed] Chapter 05: The Dynamic Layer
Once players start actually playing a game, it moves from the inscribed layer into the dynamic layer of the Layered Tetrad. Play, strategy, and meaningful player choices all emerge in this layer.
This chapter explores the dynamic layer, various qualities of emergence, and how designers can anticipate the dynamic play that emerges from their inscribed design decisions.
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Creating Weight With Rotation
When astronauts embark on long flights in space, it's important that there is gravity in the spaceship. One way of creating gravity is through rotation, or in other words, the partial rotation of the spaceship on its own axis.
The force of rotation can be discovered with this simple experiment where the rotation is sufficient to lift weights.
Lifting Weights With Rotation
You will need:
- Something long and hollow such as a plant stalk or a straw
- 4 acorns or 1 acorn and 2 chestnuts
- Fishing line (about 50 cm)
- Crochet hook
What to do:
Pull the fishing line through your straw or stalk, using the crochet hook if necessary. At one end of the line, tie one acorn and tie the other 3 acorns (or alternatively the 2 chestnuts) to the other end of the line. Hold the straw/stalk in front of you so that the weight of the 3 acorns/2 chestnuts pulls the line vertically down. Make circular motions with the straw/stalk. By rotating the single acorn at one end, you should find the other heavier objects at the other end can be lifted.


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Import Coinbase Data to Google Sheets
In this guide, we'll walk through how to pull cryptocurrency market data from the Coinbase Digital Currency API directly into Google Sheets, using the API Connector add-on for Sheets.
Coinbase doesn't provide that much data via these endpoints (other crypto APIs are generally better in that respect), but it is easy to use and useful for getting a comprehensive list of exchange rates in one go.
This article also includes a template to access private account data.
- Before You Begin
- Part 1: Create your API Request URL
- Part 2: Pull Coinbase API Data into Sheets
- Part 3: More Example Coinbase API URLs
- Part 4: Get Private Coinbase Account Data
- Part 5: API Documentation
Before You Begin
Click here to install the API Connector add-on from the Google Marketplace.
Part 1: Create Your Coinbase API Request URL
We'll first access the latest exchange rate data for Bitcoin.
- API root: _URL_
- Endpoint: /v2/exchange-rates
- Query String:?symbol=BTC
Putting it together, we get the full API Request URL:
Part 2: Pull Coinbase API Data into Sheets
Now let's get that data into Sheets.
- Open up Google Sheets and click Extensions > API Connector > Open.
- In the Create tab, enter the API URL we just created.
- Leave the OAuth and Headers sections empty. The market data part of the Coinbase API is public, so we don't need any headers or other authentication.
- Create a new tab, and click Set current to use that tab as your data destination.
- Name your request, and click Run. A moment later you'll see the latest exchange rate data for Bitcoin appear in your Google Sheet:
- If you'd like to see the data in columns instead of rows, create a second sheet and include the Sheets function
- If you only need some of those exchange rates, hit Edit Fields before running your request, and select just the fields you want to see in your sheet.
Part 3: More Example API URLs
Experiment with endpoints and query strings as described in the documentation to see other types of currency and crypto data from the API. For example, you can try the following URLs, one at a time (substitute in other currency symbols or dates, if you like).
- list of all currencies and corresponding symbols
- current spot price of any currency pair (the spot price is usually between the buy and sell price)
- historical price snapshot of currency pair at a specified date
Part 4: Get Private Coinbase Account Data
The above endpoints deal with public market data from the Coinbase API.
If you are instead a Coinbase customer looking to get API data from your own account, they require a more complex authentication process that includes generating a "signature".
To access your private account data, please copy this sheet and follow the instructions within.
Part 5: API Documentation
Official API documentation: _URL_


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Optimize your LiDAR mission parameters before you fly.
Calculate your flight plan, review estimated LiDAR data quality, and upload a terrain-following KMZ directly to your UAV!
Explore the effects that different parameters have on your data before you fly. Estimate your data quality and reduce costs by experimenting with various flight paths, altitudes, and other variables using the Phoenix Flight Planner.
How does Phoenix Flight Planner Help Me?
LiDAR data is heavily affected by sensor, altitude, terrain, and more. Using the Flight Planner tool, Phoenix customers can save time and money by planning missions before going into the field.
- Calculate your flight plan based on your area of interest (AOI).
- Estimate your LiDAR swath and point density based on terrain, speed, and more.
- Anticipate MTA zones that may affect data quality, especially in uneven terrain.
- Upload a terrain-following KMZ directly to your UAV.


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Efforts to remedy existential anxiety and the sense of 'homelessness' permeating modern life invariably invoke ideas and practices swirling around dwelling and nostalgia. Geographies probing the materiality of loss and memory have elaborated and critiqued nostalgia in both regressive and progressive postures. We argue that amorphous and sensual qualities of nostalgia make it a propulsive force in dwelling. Moving beyond nostalgia as a representation of, or personal longing for, 'the past' or 'home', we engage historic practice as transpersonal, affective currents coursing through bodies, objects, and things. Nostalgia is an enchantment with distance that cannot be bridged. We explore nostalgic distance vis-a-vis practices in residential historic preservation in the Coronado district in Phoenix, Arizona. Practice, performance, and materiality of historic inhabitation illuminate nostalgic distance as an undertow in the making of historic sensibilities, subjectivities, and places. The elusiveness of nostalgia whispers enchantments, engendering attentiveness to what is near, to sensing closely. Nostalgic practice, performance, and materiality give rise to an everyday aesthetic of pastness, an embodied ethics of care rather than strict adherence to historic preservation codes and guidelines. We contribute to rethinking nostalgia and residential historic preservation as modes of sensing in which all bodies, objects, and things – human–nonhuman, animate–inanimate – have capacities to affect and to be affected.
- Residential historic preservation
- Sensual urbanism
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- Geography, Planning and Development
- Cultural Studies
- Environmental Science (miscellaneous)


best way = probably the only way: start at the first row, record the value, see if the value in the second row is higher, then the 3rd, and repeat until you get to the end of the column. When the value you're looking at exceeds the value stored, update the value stored and where you found the new value.


Lawrence Cemeteries: Haskell Children's Cemetery
Haskell Indian Nations University opened in 1884 as a boarding school for Native Americans. Due to poor conditions, many of those in attendance died and were buried at the southeast end of campus.
There is a marker just outside the cemetery that reads: "The Haskell Cemetery has approximately 100 students buried here. The child's name, tribal affiliation, date of birth and death are engraved on their headstones. Some causes of death were listed as consumption (Tuberculosis), pneumonia, accidental death, typhoid-malaria, heart and kidney problems. The earliest burial was 1885 and the last burial was 1943. Please, be respectful of the offerings left on the headstones."
Legend has it that the cemetery at Haskell is haunted, that you can hear the children buried there cry after dark.
As for me, I went during the day.