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Croatia has introduced a number of reforms to contain pharmaceutical expenditure whilst increasing access to new medicines. These include new regulations and new ordinances in 2013 including the pricing of new medicines and lowering the price of generics. Describe changes in the 2013 ordinance for new and established medicines in Croatia and the potential savings to provide future guidance. Methods: Descriptive review of the new ordinances for pricing and reimbursement of pharmaceuticals and calculations of potential savings from the various initiatives. There were changes in the ordinance for the pricing of new medicines in Croatia including the order of reference priced countries. There were also changes in the pricing of biosimilars as well as comparator levels with other countries. Projections show that with the new ordinance, ambulatory care expenditure for the 54 product groups (internal reference price system) will be reduced by 9.64% (318.4 million kunas) and prices of new medicines lowered by 8 to 10% following changes in the order of referenced price countries. This paper demonstrates that changes in the reference pricing system can lead to considerable differences in overall reimbursed expenditure. In addition, European countries with smaller populations can be active with introducing a variety of measures to keep pharmaceutical expenditure under control whilst increasing access to new medicines. Further reforms will be needed to improve the quality of prescribing. It is also likely further ordinances will be needed to keep pharmaceutical expenditure under control.
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CDR Sample for Civil Engineer
According to the report released by Engineers Australia (EA), civil engineers are in a strong demand in Australia with highest vacancies in NSW, Victoria, South Australia, Tasmania and the Australian Capital Territory (ACT), as compared to the other disciplines. The reason behind such a high demand of Civil Engineers in Australia are major infrastructure projects in NSW such as Metro Trains Project in Victoria, the Sydney Rapid Transit Project, the West Connex Project, and the large-scale solar projects.
Australia has witnessed a major growth of jobs during recent years. The industrial growth has bestowed due to upsurge in economy as well as in the state of technology. It leads to the abundance engineer jobs in Australia. The requirement of civil engineers has hastily rose with the increase of infrastructure projects which is the main factor that contributes to the overall development of the country. Hence, many skillful professionals are invited from all over the world, which gives civil engineers a good opportunity to improve their future.
CDR sample for Civil Engineers comprises all the required reports like Curriculum Vitae (CV), continuing Professional Development (CPD), three Career Episodes (CE) and Summary Statement. The CDR Report Samples includes following contents:
Curriculum Vitae (CV): CV / Resume for Engineers Australia Assessment based on a professional template.
Continuing Professional Development (CPD): CPD for Engineers Australia Migration Skills assessment clarifies the Engineering Knowledge of the applicant – 250 words.
Civil Engineer Career Episode Sample 1: "Design and Analysis of Multi-Storey Building" – 1800 words
Civil Engineer Career Episode Sample 2: "Demolition Former Caltex Depot" – 1750 words
Civil Engineer Career Episode Sample 3: "Design of Campus Local Structure Plan" – 1765 words
Civil Engineer Summary Statement Sample: Summary Statement for Competency Demonstration Report Australia is a Detail explanation of all the competency element – 1770 words.
Civil Engineer CDR Sample: Career Episode 1
Project Name: Design and Analysis of Multi-Storey Building
The first Career Episode is related to the project the author carried out for the fulfillment of the degree of Civil Engineering. The project's name was "Design and Analysis of Multi-Storey Building" and his roles were:
- To collect the necessary information regarding the required procedure to design a multi-storey building and the theory involved behind that.
- To design the slabs: roof slab and floor slab for the building.
- To select the materials required for designing the building's beams.
- To calculate the superimposed load for designing the building's columns.
- To determine the bearing capacity of the soil for the foundation of the building to hold the structure above it.
- Lastly, to design a staircase for accessing different floors of the building.
Civil Engineer CDR Sample: Career Episode 2
Project Name: Demolition Former Caltex Depot
In second Career Episode, the author discusses the project entitled "Demolition Former Caltex Depot" which he performed for Master's Degree in Civil Engineering. The major tasks performed in this project are:
- To collect all the relevant information for the depot in a safe.
- To develop the methodology of the project and workflow diagram to implement the work in accordance with the time frame.
- To generate the demolition and remediation management plan for a safe working environment and to draw site mapping with the use of AutoCAD software.
- To perform the mathematical calculations in order to estimate the budget of project and analyze its economic feasibility.
- To use tracking equipment for tracking the resources implied in the demolition site.
To monitor and supervise the project work to make sure that it is completed in the given time frame.
Civil Engineer CDR Sample: Career Episode 3
Project Name: Design of Campus Local Structure Plan
In the third Career Episode, the author explains the project he was involved in during his undergraduate program and was entitled "Design of Campus Local Structure Plan". His roles were:
- To perform a site survey of the area so as to understand its complex aspects.
- To linear the task flow of the project through the development of methodology.
- To carry out the orientation of street which was based on loosely defined north-south grid across the subject land and designed subdivisions for construction of Wall.
- To prepare the landscape design.
- To design public transport.
- To design the connector streets for the neighborhood.
- To carry out water management and tabulate the results of the project in the report.
CDR Sample for Civil Engineer: Consolidated Summary Statement
This Summary statement sample, one of the section of competency demonstration report CDR sample, consist of a consolidated report to describe all the 16 competencies element that accurately summarizes how the author/engineer fulfills the required competencies, based on the mentioned career episodes (one, two and three).
CDR Sample for Civil Engineer: CPD (statement)
A one page document that shows how the author/engineer has developed his /her career track so that he/she should be assessed by Engineers Australia for Migration Skills Assessment in the engineering occupation he/she desires.


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VISTA Training Offers PC-based Bulldozer Simulator
VISTA Training now offers a PC-based bulldozer simulator from Simlog. This instructionally designed simulation software puts trainees at the controls of a medium-sized bulldozer at work in a typical construction site. Seven simulation modules are structured to train entry-level operators on basic operation and core skills. Lessons begin with controls familiarization and progress to more complex tasks.
"This new dozer simulator is the perfect complement to VISTA's dozer training programs," said VISTA Training President Rick Longstaff. "By using them together, fleet owners can provide comprehensive yet cost-effective training to their operator candidates."
The operation of the bulldozer simulator can be customized to simulate the behavior of a wide variety of machines. For example, it can be configured to use separate foot pedals for the decelerator and brake, or just a single pedal that combines both functions. Blade speed can also be adjusted.
As trainees perform tasks in the simulator, the software records data about key performance indicators that measure how quickly and carefully the simulated work is performed. The simulator tracks more than 20 performance indicators. This data can be used to provide diagnostic coaching to trainees, to help them overcome weak spots in their skills.


settings en Comparing Configuration Files Comparing configuration (i.e. ini, preferences, config, etc.) files is not as simple as comparing say C source file. Typically in a config file the order doesn't matter so Line A Line B...... Is the same as Line B Line A...... Hence all the usual Diff tools mistakenly say files are different when functionally they are the same. Comparing something like the /etc directory on two Linux machines thus involves a lot of hand checking of functionally identical files. One solution to this is to sort the lines in the files first. The different files listed by a Diff program are then only those with real difference (assuming you turn off whitespace difference). This can be done very simply with KDiff3 which has the option to include a file preprocessor before the compare. This is found in KDiff3 in settings, diff tab. So by adding a file preprocessor such as for example: perl -e 'print sort <>' We can sort the file lines before the compare. On linux and windows this can be even simpler as they have native sort commands which work too. So all that needs adding in this case to the preprocessor setting is just "sort". Click the image above to see a screenshot of the settings dialogue. Caveats Lines are reordered so editing in a separated editor is a better idea than merging in KDiff3. Single settings that span multiple lines and multiple settings on a single line may show as different when functionally the same Tags: iniconfigsettingsdiffkdiff Wed, 24 Sep 2014 16:55:10 +0000 Malc 33 at


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Have you heard of a museum of toilets? Well, Delhi has one such museum dedicated to the evolution of toilets. This museum is run by Sulabh International, and their motto is to educate and create awareness among the public about the methods of sanitization and about the history of toilets.
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The museum has a rare collection of facts, pictures and objects that illustrate the evolution of toilets in a chronology of events. It has an extensive display of privies, chamber pots, toilet furniture, bidets and water closets from 2500BC to the modern age.
The museum is founded by Dr. Bindeshwar Pathak, and its main objective is to educate students regarding the trends in the development of toilets and their designs, sanitization, etc. The museum is open from 10.30am to 5.30pm, and the entry is free. The museum is closed on Sundays.


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Although a large amount of work has been done on Tree of heaven globally, very little is known of the species in South Africa. The extent of planting, naturalization and invasion is unknown, making the implementation of a suitable management plan a difficult task. Studies have shown that the species exists in all but one of South Africa's seven biomes (the forest biome being the only exception). Records show that the highest levels of invasion are seen in Gauteng, Free State and the Western Cape. The true extent of tree of heaven invasion in South Africa is however unknown.
The species is an incredibly hardy and adaptable plant, capable of withstanding adverse weather conditions like drought and flooding, as well as high levels of atmospheric pollution. Vigorous growth coupled with the plants' ability to produce an allelopathic chemical known as ailanthone may result in drastic alterations to natural habitats. Allelopathic chemicals are effectively herbicides released by some plants which inhibit the growth of (or even kill) neighbouring plants. The release of this chemical can drastically alter your garden landscape turning a beautiful set-up into a rather desolate scene.
No plant, regardless of type, has the ability to withstand the effects of ailanthone. As such, in order to ensure that a beautiful garden landscape is maintained, all Tree of heaven individuals or stands should be removed from your garden immediately. In addition to the natural damage, the tree's ability to grow and thrive in an urban environment makes the species a threat to infrastructure. Capable of growing through cracks in sidewalks as well as through gutters or even cracks in walls, this plant could ultimately weaken the structural stability and integrity of a building. A case has been reported in which the root system of a Tree of heaven, growing on an adjacent property, has spread far enough to crush the boundary wall and crack the lining of the neighbour's swimming pool.


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Area motorist may be seeing a different type of tillage being performed on farm fields in the county. Albert Maag, Putnam County SWCD technician, recently acquired a USDA-NRCS Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to investigate using a strip-tiller to incorporate fall fertilizer. Five demonstration sites consisting of 40 acres each were completed last week. The demonstrations are located around Ottawa (2), Glandorf, Kalida, and Pandora. Blanchard Valley Coop is assisting with the equipment for the demonstrations. The goal of the demonstration plots is to see if strip tillage with fall fertilizer application is a feasible method of producing no-till corn while reducing nutrient runoff, especially phosphorus movement to surface water.
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The Mesa College Humanities Institute serves as an internal vehicle for cultural, interdisciplinary, and Mesa College community priorities. All institute activities are intended to increase student engagement, recruitment, and retention.
1. Cultural Enrichment:
To offer lectures, seminars, concerts, plays and interaction with scholars and creative artists.
2. Curriculum Enhancement:
To enhance curriculum connections that will enrich students' educational experiences.
3. Staff Development:
To provide opportunities for interdisciplinary collaborations.
4. Outreach/Partnerships:
To foster relationships with community including working with K-12 schools and promoting community partnerships with Arts, Sciences, Historical and/or Cultural organizations.
5. Global Awareness:
To offer programs intended to promote global awareness and multicultural understanding.
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Collapsing Metal Can WIP
Meta Description
Exerting a change in pressure in a metal can by creating a vacuum inside, resulting in an implosion caused by the atmospheric pressure.
Learning Objectives
To investigate the effects of change in pressure.
To understand how a vacuum is created when water vapour condenses in a confined space.
Key Terms
A space void of matter.
Atmospheric pressure
The pressure caused by the weight of the atmosphere.
The change of state from gas to liquid, commonly used to denote the formation of water from water vapour.
Step 1
Pour some water in the metal can.
Step 2
Place the metal can on the fire stove and start heating.
Step 3
Wait a couple of minutes until the water starts boiling and water vapour is seen coming out of the can.
Step 4
Use safety gloves to seal the can using the rubber stopper and place the metal can in a tray of cold water.
Step 5
Pour more cold water on the metal can, to cool all the surfaces.
Step 16
Wait until the metal can implodes.
 1. Wear safety gloves when handling the hot metal can.
 2. Make sure the water is boiling before sealing the can with a rubber stopper.
 3. The metal can must be thoroughly cooled by placing it in a tray of cold water and also pouring water on it.
Sometimes it might feel like the weight of the world is pressing down on your shoulders, but it turns out this is only partly true. You may not notice it, but the air around you and above your head is pressing down on you all the time. It's actually pretty heavy! So why are we not crushed by the weight of it all? Well, it turns out, we have the same pressure in our bodies, applying an equal and opposite force against the air pressure. Things only get dangerous when these pressures are different. When the pressure inside you is greater than that of the air around you, you explode! If the pressure in your body is less than the air pressure, you implode! Either way, not a great way to go.
For safety sake we are going to use a metal can instead of your body to demonstrate the crushing power of the tonnes of air above your head.
What is happening to the water as it boils?
The water turns from a liquid to a gas, taking up more space.
What happens upon cooling the can with water?
The vapour inside condenses back to water, creating a vacuum.
Why does the can collapse?
The vacuum creates a change in pressure causing atmospheric pressure to crush the can.
When water is boiling in the metal can, water vapour occupies most of the volume within the can. As soon as the can is sealed with a rubber stopper no gases can escape. When the metal can start to cool the vapour inside condenses back to liquid which occupies much less volume, resulting in a rapid fall in internal pressure.
Standard atmospheric pressure exerts 101.3 kilopascals, which is more than sufficient to crush the metal can as shown in the demonstration.
The ideal gas law describes the relationship between pressure, volume, and temperature within a system, it is described by the following equation:
where P is the pressure, V is the volume, n the number of moles, R is the universal gas constant and T is the temperature in Kelvin.
Assuming that the temperature is just above the boiling point of water, i.e. 100°C, for one mole of water we have:
P = 101325 Pascals
T = 373 K
R = 8.314 J K-1 mol-1
n = 1 mol
V = 0.0306 m3.
Meaning that one mole of water converted into steam occupies 0.0306 m3 of volume.
The mass of one mole of water is 0.018 kg and thus the density of one mole of water at atmospheric pressure is
density (steam)=0.018/0.0306
0.588 kg m-3
Now, the density of liquid water at room temperature is 1000 kg m-3, so the relative density of liquid water to steam at atmospheric pressure is:
density (water)/density (steam)=1000/0.588
= 1700
Thus, the volume of steam occupies 1700-times less volume when converted back to water. This explains why when the hot can, filled with water vapour is cooled, a pressure difference is created large enough for the external atmospheric pressure to completely crush the can. Notice that when the can is crushed the volume inside is minimized such that the external and internal pressure are equilised.
In meteorology, the change in atmospheric pressure is used to forecast weather. Changes in atmospheric pressure cause mass air movement and thus changes in pressure can be a good indication of the upcoming weather conditions.
In Ireland, research has been carried out on a hull design optimisation of a service vessel used in an offshore wind farm. The main objective of the research was in making better designs that can withstand high pressures.
 - Cool the metal can with different water temperatures and investigate the time it takes for the can to collapse.
 - Investigate how different geometries of the metal container used can resist pressure differently.
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If you're bit concerned about quality of freshly mixed concrete, you'd be dealing with terms like slump of concrete, consistency, fineness of cement, and compressive strength. Of all, slump of concrete is an important quality control parameter. The next time you step in as incharge of concrete pouring activity, you should know different types of concrete slump. You need to make sure the concrete slump falls in the range set for your project.
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What is concrete slump?
Concrete slump is a figure that defines the workability of the fresh concrete mix. The term workability relates well with the concept and requirement of the consistency of the fresh concrete mix. Civil engineers often use terms like workability and consistency to define the flow-ability of fresh concrete.
Flow-ability is an important consideration for concrete pouring activities. The slump of concrete you will design for the rigid pavement would be way less than that you will design for a heavy reinforced concrete column.
Do you know, the slump of concrete dictates the compaction requirement of the concrete?
Concrete slump is the value that defines the fluidity in the fresh concrete mix. It is measured by slump cone test at the time of batching and placing of concrete. All you have to do is to pour the concrete mix in a slump cone in layers properly compacted. Afterwards, you will find difference in height of unsupported concrete and that of the standard cone. The slump value is noted in inches/millimeters.
Do you know – the height of a standard slump cone is 30 cm with top diameter of 10 cm.
Concrete is widely used in many construction purposes so, the requirement of slump in the mix designs of the concrete is different for every specific purposes.
Why you need to test slump of concrete?
- To ensure adequate mixing of concrete ingredients while batching.
- To ensure the concrete is workable and flowable during concrete pouring in forms.
- To meet the requirements of the compaction of concrete around congested reinforcement and tight corners.
The fresh concrete mix is tested for the consistency or workability by following the standard tests method for slump of hydraulic cement concrete ASTM C 143.
Do you know – beside slump cone test there's another test for workability of concrete? – that's called the compaction factor test.
Types of concrete slump
As the freshly concrete mix is being poured, the flow-ability of concrete is verified by performing the slump cone test.
When the slump cone is filled in layer with the fresh concrete mix, the unsupported concrete makes different shapes according to the profile of the concrete.
The different types of profile for the concrete are named as:
- Collapse slump
- Shear slump
- True slump
- Zero slump
Collapse slump is the type of the slump that indicates the concrete mix is too wet. This shows the mix is so lean, water-cement ratio is so high and concrete have high workability. The perfect example of collapse slump is that of self-compacting concrete.
Do you knowSelf compacting concrete has a slump value of more than 650 mm.
Beside intentional use for specific application, the reason for collapse slump can be :
- Concrete mix is not properly mix.
- Water cement ratio is so high that the concrete is highly workable.
- This type of slump is not recommended in any type of the concrete mix design.
- It is inappropriate for normal applications.
Shear slump is the type of slump which indicates the deficiency of cohesion in the concrete mix and water cement ratio is slightly increased. If one-half of the concrete in slump cone slides down in an inclined plane the slump is called as shear slump.
The slump is also not preferred and concrete mix is remixed for the legitimate results. This type of slump indicates that the concrete mix is not properly mixed and there should be remixing of the concrete to obtain the adequate results.
If the shear slump is repeatedly obtained, then you need to manipulate the mix design to enhance cohesion between the ingredients. So, if you use the concrete with shear slump there'd be problems like bleeding. Moreover, there will be cracking failures in structures.
True slump is a type of slump in which the concrete mix retains its shape and just slightly slips down. This type of slump indicates the true cohesion of the concrete mix ingredients. True slump is obtained when concrete mix is prepared with full consistency.
This type of the slump is desired in all the type of concrete constructions.
When concrete blend is not workable and is also not consistent, you'll get zero-slump. This type of slump shows excessive cohesion between the ingredients. Such a concrete is not easy to pour or work with at site.
This type of slump is also not preferred in most concrete structure. However, with slight adjustments you can convert this slump into the other types. One of the useful characteristic of the true and zero slumps is that you can transform them into shear and collapse slumps.
Figure 1, for collapse, shear, true and zero slump is shown as
Typical values of the concrete slump and its uses.
|Degree of workability||Slump||Compacting
Type of mix
|Uses in construction|
Very dry mixes
|1. Pavement constructions.
2. Roads vibrated by power operated machines.
Low workability mixes
|1. foundations with light reinforcement.
2. Parapet, slab, beams, columns, piers, and walls
3. Roads vibrated by hand operated Machines.
4. Mass concrete
Medium workability mixes
|1. Manually compacted flat slabs using crushed aggregates.
2. Normal reinforced concrete manually compacted.
3. Heavily reinforced sections with vibrations.
4. Concrete for canal linings
5. Retaining walls
High workability mixes
|1. Sections with congested reinforcement
2. Not normally suitable for vibration
Effect of slump on the concrete
Slump, being property of fresh concrete-mix depends a lot on the water-cement ratio. The ratio of mass of water to the mass of cement is termed as water-cement ratio. Civil engineers write it as "W/C". The typical value is around 0.40 to 0.60.
Workability and slump of concrete is directly-proportional to the water-cement ratio. So, you can assume that for zero or true slump, you need a lower value of water-cement ratio. The lower value of w/c means more cement and less water. On the other hand, a higher value of w/c ratio will give you more workability.
The water/cement ratio vs slump graph is shown below
The water/cement ratio also greatly affect the strength of the concrete explained in following graph:
The above graph shows that the compressive strength of the concrete is decreasing as the water/cement ratio is increasing.
Slump also impacts the mechanical properties of the concrete. As lessor the w/c ratio means or lower the slump the higher will be the concrete mechanical properties. That is why the true slump, and lower or moderate water/cement ratio is recommended in the concrete for the construction purposes because, it provides the ultimate strength to the concrete.
Factors effecting the slump of conccemenrete
Following are the factors that impact the slump of the concrete:
- Water cement ratio: The more the water-cement ratio, the more the slump. The water decreases the friction between filler aggregates. As a result, the ingredients get a slipping effect that results in more slump value.
- Aggregate: The grading of the aggregate and the shape / angularity or the surface texture greatly impacts the flow-ability or slump of the concrete. The absorption capacity of the aggregate also impacts workability.
- Temperature: You know during pouring of concrete, a higher temperature is not preferable. A higher temperature not only evaporates the water in the concrete mix but also elevates the temperature during hydration reaction. So, at higher temperatures you'll get lower values of slump.
- Fineness of cement & aggregate: Finer the aggregates, the more surface area and water requirements and thus lower values of slump are achieved.


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# Build Your Module
You will integrate your module with the minimal chain that you cloned previously. To facilitate integration and speed up feedback, you will direct the Go package manager to look for this dependency on a local disk. The simplest way is to put the module folder into a folder next to the minimal chain's folder:
ls command should give you:
You can now define the module:
In the new file, you define your module name and the Go version:
# Protobuf files
On top of the regular Protobuf files, like message and query types, your checkers module type will also be identified with a Protobuf file. You have chosen the package
github.com/alice/checkers, so go ahead and create the necessary folders:
# Module proto
You define your module in a new
proto/alice/checkers/module/v1/module.proto, taking inspiration from
Note how the package is
alice.checkers.module.v1 and the message name is
Module. This means that later on, when you integrate the module in your chain, you will identify it with:
# Necessary Protobuf files
The compilation of your Protobuf files will be done with the
scripts/protocgen.sh script, which you can copy from
Note how it mentions two files:
buf.gen.pulsar.yaml. Go ahead and copy them from
minimal-module-example. In fact, also copy
buf.yaml and the version lock file to avoid surprises:
To make your life easier,
minimal-module-example also provides a
make target to compile all the Protobuf files. Copy the whole
Note how it uses the
_URL_-builder:0.14.0 (opens new window) Docker image here to run the
protocgen.sh script. This helps with making sure all necessary software is available.
# First Protobuf compilation
Before you run the compilation, because you have not yet defined any Protobuf files for messages, you can comment out this
Now run the compilation:
This creates a new
api/module/v1/module.pulsar.go (opens new window) file and updates your
go.mod. It also creates a new
Now you need a couple more Protobuf files.
# Minimum Protobuf objects
You are not defining your games, messages, and queries just yet. However, you already define the facts that your module:
- Has a genesis, which has a type.
- Uses params, which also have a type.
Go ahead and define them in a new
proto/alice/checkers/v1/types.proto, taking inspiration from
Because you added a new Protobuf file, you need to compile it too. Uncomment the
cp line in
And run it:
If the process tells you that it downloads a Cosmos SDK version different from 0.50.1, make sure to manually edit your
go.mod after the fact.
Next, tidy up the dependencies:
The script has created two new files:
Your module is not viable yet. You need to define it and at least have it conform to the interface expected by an app, in this case
# Module interface
Once again, you can take inspiration from
# General files
Prepare the basics around codec, params, genesis, and module name. You can keep them in the root folder:
The files have a lot of missing dependencies, so go ahead and, once more, run:
See the previous troubleshoot if it updates to a
cosmos-sdk other than
With this done, you can move to defining some necessary functions of the module's keeper.
# Keeper files
minimal-module-example is a good guide. Create the keeper folder:
In it, you define what the keeper holds, its genesis actions, and eventually its message and query servers:
You may need to run
go mod tidy again.
At the moment you have not defined any message or query types, so you do not bother with defining the corresponding servers.
# Module files
To be correctly called, the module needs to conform to the
chain-minimal expectations. You define functions for the module, the dependency injection, and accessorily to open the possibility to add CLI commands. Create the
In it, again copying from
Once more, you need to run:
Your checkers module is not prepared as a standalone module. It is time to integrate it into
# Integrate checkers in
You now have to direct
chain-minimal to integrate your checkers module. Your checkers module is known with the
github.com/alice/checkers package, and located in a parallel folder.
Direct chain-minimal to the right dependency, so it does not look for the module on
github.com. Go to your
go.mod and add:
Now, you can define the module in the
app/app.yaml file in two locations:
What remains is to update
app/app.go, where you place your checkers keeper at the right locations:
And that's about it.
depinject and the rest take care of initialization and runtime.
The side-effects comments refer to the
init() function of Go packages. If you omit the new empty
import call, the corresponding
init function will not be called. Because of that, your
alice.checkers.module.v1.Module Protobuf objects will not be known, which can lead to an unpleasant runtime error such as
unable to resolve "alice.checkers.module.v1.Module".
The missing object is only detected at runtime because its value is in
# Run your checkers chain
Just like you did in the previous section, you compile the minimal chain, re-initialize, and start it. You need to re-initialize because your genesis has changed:
There you have it: your minimal chain with a checkers module is running. After stopping it with CTRL-C, confirm that the checkers module was correctly integrated by calling up:
In there, you can find:
This is as expected.
# Up next
Now that you have integrated your empty checkers module, it is time to make it interesting.


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Em is how the letter M is pronounced.(noun)
An example of em is how you'd say "M" when reciting the alphabet.
Em is defined as a casual or informal way of saying them.(pronoun)
An example of em is telling someone that you called your friends over; you called em over.
See em in Webster's New World College Dictionary
Origin: taken as corruption of them, but also < ME hem, dat. pl. of 3d pers. pron. used as acc. & later replaced by them
See em in American Heritage Dictionary 4
Origin: From Middle English hem
Origin:, from Old English him, heom
Origin:, dative and accusative pl. of hē, he; see he 1.
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Jack Man Jack Man - 5 months ago 28
MySQL Question
Count by months in MySQL database?
How do you count the total number of entries by month?
id, date
01, 2010-09-28
02, 2010-03-28
03, 2010-09-28
04, 2010-03-28
For example. How could you pick only dates from September and have them count as an output of
Edit: Edited the dates to put them in the right format.
select month(date), count(*)
from yourtable
group by month(date)


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The workshop below was written by Kathryn Hurley at Google and is a brilliant guide to how to get started with Fusion tables.
Fusion Tables is a modern data management web application making it easy to host, manage, collaborate on, visualize, and publish data tables online. Follow the steps below to upload your own data to Fusion Tables and create a map!
Embed Map Visualization in web page
Google Maps API Fusion Tables Layer
- Download the zip file here: zip.
- Unzip. Zip file includes:
- population.csv – Population data for zip codes around the bay area
- embedded_map.html – Basic HTML page
- Go to Google Docs
- If you have not already created a Google account, create a Google account and then sign in
- Select Create -> Table (Beta)
- Click Choose File.
- Browse to find the population.csv file.
- Click Next >>.
- Click Next >> again.
- Update the Table name to Bay Area Population. Add any attribution data and/or change the description.
- Click Finish.
- The file will upload to Fusion Tables. Here's an example of what the table will look like in Fusion Tables:_URL_
Now that you have the Bay Area population data in Fusion Tables, we're going to merge with a table containing the zip code boundaries. Fusion Tables has special handling for KML (Keyhole Markup Language) that is used to represent geographical features such as points, lines and polygons / boundaries. The table containing zip code boundaries has two columns we are interested in: one for the zip code labeled "name" and one labeled "geometry" where each cell has KML for the corresponding boundary. We can use these boundaries to represent the locations when they are put on the map, otherwise they will only be points on the map.
- Make sure you have the Population table open in your browser.
- In the Population table, select Merge.
- Paste the following URL in the Text box under Merge with: _URL_
- Click the Get button.
- Select the columns you want to merge on. Make sure the radio button next to Zip is selected in the left column, and select the radio button next to name in the right column. These columns both have zip codes in the same format. Merge works by looking for exact string matches in the selected columns and then linking matching rows together.
- Enter a table name for your merged table in the text box next to Save as a new table named. Suggested name: Bay Area Population merged with KML.
- Click Merge tables.
- Select Visualize > Map. You may initially see "data loading" messages. Wait a minute and zoom in or refresh to see the correct images.
- Click on one of the polygons on the map to see what is displayed in the InfoWindow.
Now let's customize the content in the InfoWindow.
- Click on Configure info window.
- Deselect all checkboxes except for the 2 next to Zip and Population. Notice how the HTML in the right panel is updated as you do this.
- Select the Custom tab.
- Update the HTML to the following:
- Click Save.
- Click on one of the zip code boundaries. The InfoWindow content should be similar to the following:94403Population: 37919
Now add some styling to the map to create an interesting visualization of the data.
- Click Configure styles.
- Select Fill color under Polygons in the left column.
- Select the Gradient tab.
- Select the radio button next to Show a gradient.
- In the drop-down menu next to Column, select Population.
- In the text box next to Through, enter the number 90900.
- Select any colors you want in the drop-down menus or keep the default.
- Click Save when done.
- The map will be updated with the new style.
- Click the Share button in the top right corner.
- Select the radio button next to Unlisted or Public. The visibility will be updated immediately on selection.
- Close the window.
- Open the embedded_map.html file using a Text Editor (please ensure Rich Text Format is off). This file is in the zip file you downloaded at the beginning of this tutorial.
- Go to Map visualization page for the example create above (if you have closed the window, find the table in your docs list at docs.google.com, reopen it and click on Visualize -> Map)
- Click on "Get embeddable link". You should see the following (your table id will be different):
- Select the text in the box "". Copy the text.
- Go to the embedded_map.html text editor and paste the select text below the line "Bay Area Population with Embedded Map". The file should now look like:
- Save the file and open it in a browser. You should now see:
- First, find the Table ID for your table. You can do this by:
- Selecting File > About. The Table ID is the value next to Numeric ID:.
- Open the map.html file using a Text Editor (please ensure Rich Text Format is off). This file is in the zip file you downloaded at the beginning of this tutorial.
- Find the line that reads:var tableid = XXXXXX;
- Replace the XXXXXX with your Table ID.
- Review the code. The code creates a new Map and a FusionTablesLayer to display on the Map.
- Save your updates.
- Open the map.html file in a browser. You should see your Fusion Table data on the map.
- Now, update the query sent to the Fusion Table Layer to include a filter. To do so add the "where" clause below, just after line 40 as follows:
select: 'geometry',from: tableid,
where: 'Population > 40000′
- Shape Escape: _URL_ Escape allows you to upload shape files to Fusion Tables. Simply go to shpescape.com and select the zipped shape file you want to upload. Shape Escape creates a Fusion Table with the shape file data for you!
- FusionTablesLayer Builder: _URL_ a few steps beyond the built-in "Get embeddable code" feature, FusionTablesLayer Builder generates all the code necessary to include a Google Map with a Fusion Table Layer on your own website.


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INSTRUCTIONS FOR USE AND MAINTENANCE AND SAFETY WARNINGS FOR THE DIVO LEASH®
Congratulations! In choosing DIVO® you have opted for the key features of all Primenove products: quality, safety, and exclusive design.
General description of the leash (Figs.1,2 and 3):
DIVO® has three unique functions:
1. "LEVER" LOCK SYSTEM: To lock the distance between you and your dog, just squeeze your hand. With DIVO® you no longer need to use your thumb.
2. FREE HANDS: DIVO® allows hands-free use: the unique round shape allows you to insert your hand and forearm inside the opening.
3. OPENING HANDLE: The opening handle (Fig.3) allows you to secure the DIVO® leash to any fixed support, without knotting the cable.
DIVO® is composed of two main elements: a round, tubular-shaped opening handle ① and a shell holding the rolled leash cable②. DIVO® can be configured in two ways: REST (Fig.1) and WORK (Fig.2). The WORK configuration is for walking your dog on the leash. The handle can be opened (Fig.3) thanks to the unique "dovetail" joint ⑧ (Fig.4).
Cable length: 3.5 meters (137,795 in.).
Maximum dog size/weight: 50 kg (110,231 lb).
Materials: Handle and shell in high resistance and shockproof thermoplastic material. Soft-touch grip. Cable in high-resistance polyester. Carefully read these instructions for correct use and the safety information and warnings.
2. The DIVO® leash should only be used by persons familiar with canine behaviour. WARNINGS
3. Do not touch the leash cable (cord, strap) when the leash is attached to the dog: risk of injury.
4. Do not wrap the cable around parts of the body: there may be risk of injury when the dog pulls.
5. When near other animals or people, bring the dog close to you and apply the braking system.
6. NEVER open the roll-holder shell. It contains a spring under tension: risk of injury.
7. If the leash handle falls it can damage the internal mechanism, compromising its operation: check for correct function after any such event.
2. Always check that that the leash is correctly attached to the dog and examine for wear of the cable, the clip and the collar/harness. The cable is always subject to rewinding due to the return action of the roller: if the dog's collar or harness tears or the clip at the end of the cable is not properly closed, the end of the leash may detach. An uncontrolled return can cause injury to the face, teeth or eyes. In the case of such uncontrolled return, drop the leash immediately.
3. Check that the handle is correctly closed (see point 7 of these instructions for use, below)..
4. Ensure that the weight of the dog does not exceed the maximum allowed, as shown on the package.
1. DO NOT use the DIVO® leash with the handle open (Fig.3): risk of malfunction and the breakage of the leash, with harmful consequences for the dog, persons and things.
2. The roller-carrying shell ② is free to rotate 360° around its axis. Abrupt backward movements by the dog could bring the shell to the REST position with the risk of crushing fingers. In the case of such movements, move your own arm and wrist in the same direction as the dog, to prevent the shell from moving to the REST configuration.
3. Keep the leash short, observing the limits on length as imposed by the law of each country. Operate the leash under full control in crowded places and those with poor visibility, near busy roads, areas with children, bike or jogging paths: risks to the safety of the dog and persons and damage to things.
4. Grip the DIVO® leash correctly so that the braking system can be activated promptly.
5. Do not leave the dog unattended with the leash secured to a support. This can cause danger to the safety of the dog and to passers-by, and damage to the leash itself.
6.Do not use the DIVO® leash while riding a bicycle, using roller skates, skateboards, etc., or while walking on icy or slippery surfaces.
1. First use: The DIVO® leash is packaged in the REST configuration. After removing it from the sales package, and after reading these instructions for use, rotate the roll-holder shell ② 180° to the WORK configuration (Fig.2). Before using the leash, familiarise yourself with its innovative system for controlling the cable length (cable-reel lever braking system). For this purpose, we suggest you hold the leash and press the lever ⑤ several times with the palm of the hand while paying out the cable with the other hand ⑥. You will notice how with a first pressure on the lever, a "click" indicates that the cable locking mechanism has operated. In this configuration (without maintaining pressure on the lever), you will notice that the cable cannot extend further but can rewind on the roller. With a second pressure (you will hear another "click") the lever unlocks the mechanism, leaving the cable free to both lengthen and shorten. If you keep the lever pressed within your hand, the cable will not be able to lengthen or shorten, instead remaining fixed at its current length.
2. To put the dog on the leash. with the leash in the WORK position, shorten the cable to a minimum and keep the hand holding the leash handle pressed on the lever ⑤, thus maintaining the cable braked; with the other hand, clip the snap-hook ⑦ to the dog collar or harness. Have you checked everything? Now you can enjoy your walk together with your faithful friend!
3. During the walk: always keep the leash cable away from the handle ③ without exerting any pressure on the lever. The leash automatically adjusts the length of the cable, adapting to the dog's movements. In some circumstances, you can take advantage of the cable braking system, engaging it and inserting your forearm through the handle opening, for hands-free use.
4. To stop the cable from lengthening: Squeezing your hand on the handle to exert pressure on the lever ⑤ activates the cable-reel braking system (lock). You will hear a "click" indicating that the locking system is engaged. If you move towards the dog with the roller lever locked (in lowered position), the cable will automatically rewind without allowing it to pay out further.
5. To release the cable: Squeeze your hand on the lever again and you will hear another "click" - the cable returns to being free to shorten or lengthen.
6. To shorten the cable length: With the lever in either unlocked or locked position (provided it is not under constant pressure), simply move your arm towards the dog.
7. Opening/closing the handle: (Fig.3) and (Fig.4) The DIVO® leash handle can be opened, allowing the owner to secure the dog to a support under certain short-term circumstances and with the owner's constant presence and surveillance. Before opening the handle make sure that the cable lengthening mechanism is in the braked position (lever in lowered position). Then move the sliding button ④ downwards and open the handle by pushing the upper and lower parts in opposite directions. To close the handle, insert the two ends within each other in perfect alignment; safety is then ensured by the operation of the sliding button ④, which guarantees against accidental opening. To avoid risk of accidental opening of the handle, check that button ④ is pushed completely upwards (towards the "dovetail" opening section) and attempt to move the two parts of the handle in opposite directions.
8. How to lock the webbing at a set length: To secure and maintain a certain length of the leash webbing, that is, to give our dog a certain amount of freedom, perform the following operations on the leash:
8a. Lock the webbing at a predetermined length:
- To bring the webbing to the desired length, push on the lever (5)
- To engage the lock and not allow any further extension of the belt, move the T button forward to position A- (Fig.4) With the lever in the locked position and button T in position A, the webbing remains at the set length.
8b. how to unlock the webbing slide:
- To unlock the webbing slide, move the T button back to position B- Fig.4 and push the lever (5). Now the webbing is again free to stretch or rewind.
NOTE: What will happens if you forget to move the T button to the B position? When you press the lever (L) to unlock the roller, the T button will be pushed by the webbing rewinding roller to the B position automatically deactivating its function, thus, allowing the leash to operate normally.
Always keep the moving components and the nearby parts of the leash clean, including: the braking system activation lever, the cable roller shell outlet, the sliding button, the cable (cord, strap). In case of rain, dry the unrolled cable with a cloth or allow it to air dry before storing it. For cleaning, use a cloth dampened with water or a cleaning solution suitable for contact with the leash materials.
1. Do not use corrosive substances for cleaning.
2. Do not place the leash near direct sources of heat.
3. Do not use the DIVO® leash at temperatures above 55°C or below -5°C.
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submarine gapArticle Free Pass
submarine gap, also called Abyssal Gap, steep-sided furrow that cuts transversely across a ridge or rise; such a passageway has a steeper slope than either of the two abyssal plains it connects. Grooves known as interplain channels exist in many submarine gaps; the sediments in these channels are continuously graded. The graded sediments, in conjunction with the gradient and the furrowed topography of the gaps, suggest that turbidity currents flow through the gaps, from the higher abyssal plain to the lower. Turbidity currents transport and differentially deposit sedimentary material, while eroding the interplain channels.
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Oil & Gas ADCP
Ship Obs Report
Obs Web Widget
NDBC on Facebook
NDBC DQC Handbook
Hurricane Data Plots
Handbook No. 1
See recent photos from TAO buoy 8N 110W
How can I compute the distance from a buoy to shore, an inlet, or another reference location?
Often, when you ask us how far a buoy is away from a location, we don't know the exact location of the jetty, inlet, or the point on shore that you are referring to. We'd hate to guess and give you the wrong information. However, it's fairly easy to determine this yourself if you can find the latitude and longitude of your reference position.
Copy the station's latitude and longitude from the station page. Next, look up the latitude and longitude of the inlet, lighthouse, town, or other geographic feature you are interested in. You can find these on NOAA nautical charts: _URL_ provides a listing of these charts which you can purchase.
When you have this information, do an Internet search for a "Great Circle Calculator" and go to one of the web sites featuring this type of calculator.
Here's a Great Circle Calculator offered by NOAA's National Hurricane Center: _URL_
Then, enter the latitude and longitude of our buoy and the position of your reference location. The calculator will provide the distance in in your choice of units.


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Most commonly encountered backgrounds in re-skimming jobs will need no pre-treatment before using our Thistle UniFinish. However there are a few that will need some preparation first and a very small number where Thistle UniFinish is not suitable even with pre-treatment.
Backgrounds requiring no pre-treatment:
All backgrounds need checking to see that they are clean, sound and free from dust. After checking this, no pre-treatment is needed for:
- Most paints, including matt, silk, vinyl, eggshell emulsions, kitchen/bathroom paint
- Walls stripped of wallpaper (with minimal wallpaper adhesive remaining)
- Painted texture compounds
- Undercoat plaster, except if very high suction (see below)
- Skim finish plaster
- Tile adhesive
Some preparation or pre-treatment is needed for:
- Very dirty backgrounds
- Loose or friable surfaces – these need to be stripped back to a sound surface. Loose layers can be identified by a hollow sound when tapped, and friable surfaces are problematic if it is possible to keep rubbing dust off them by hand. After stripping them back, the sound surface can then be assessed – in many cases the required plaster thickness will necessitate dubbing out, patching or complete re-plastering with a new undercoat before refinishing.
- Extremely high suction backgrounds – e.g. some lime-based or sand/cement backgrounds – these need suction control, which can be done with one application of Thistle GypPrime (diluted as required – it is intended to soak in and block pores within the background, not to remain at the surface). PVA may also be suitable. If this suction control is not done and the first application of Thistle UniFinish crazes severely, the suction should be controlled before continuing. For tips on dealing with more mild suction however see below.
Unsuitable backgrounds include:
- Unpainted texture compounds – these can soften significantly when wetted, leading to adhesion failure within the compound or of the whole compound layer from the original substrate
- Self-cleaning or anti-graffiti paints – these are often designed to not fully harden, or to have a deliberately water-repellent or weak surface layer so that materials that stick to them are removed easily, so they are not suitable for plastering
- Surfaces where there is flaking or delamination between layers, and poorly bonded, friable or dusty surfaces – clearly there is a high risk of failure unless such materials are removed
- Unpainted Artex and other texture compounds
What about backgrounds not listed here?
Our recommendations and advice come from controlled testing and "real-world" trials across many sites and situations. In re-skimming work, other backgrounds will inevitably occur but we have not experienced them often enough to have sufficient data to support a clear recommendation. All we can suggest is that customers apply common sense and caution – e.g. it may be appropriate to test a small area in some cases, and to remember that it is not enough that Thistle UniFinish adheres to the surface itself – the whole system of previous layers needs to be stable and to hold together during and after refinishing. If there is doubt about whether it will, then removal or overboarding with a system like GypLyner UNIVERSAL should be considered.
What about painted Artex and other texture compounds?
If painted they are probably suitable, but note the following:
- They still need to be checked for cleanliness and soundness
- Deep texture patterns will be more difficult to cover than shallow patterns
- Scraping the peaks off a deep texture before plastering is not recommended for two reasons: 1) if the compound is old enough it may contain asbestos and 2) scraping removes all paint from small areas, exposing unpainted compound
- While Thistle UniFinish will adhere to the painted surface, no-one can guarantee that failure within or between earlier layers won't occur, e.g. between texture compound and the original substrate, when more weight of plaster is applied.
Please refer to WHITE BOOK Chapter 07 Section 02 Page 04 and Page 07 for further details.


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Other neat features in Eudora Pro 4.2 can be accessed via URLs. Here are a few of my favorites:
 - You can double-click a URL to open it in the appropriate program. But, with the setting below, you can Command-click a URL to open it in the background without switching out of Eudora. It's a great way to open a bunch of URLs from TidBITS for browsing after reading the issue. You can also Command-click partial URLs like _URL_ and ftp.tidbits.com and Eudora will try to open them in the appropriate helper application. And, although this isn't new, you can Command-click email addresses to create a new message addressed to that person.
 - If something crashes while you're writing a message, you can lose a fair amount of work. Eudora has an auto-save function, though it's not turned on by default. Double-click this URL to make Eudora save messages every 120 seconds.
 - The default settings for the size of the preview panes may not work well with larger monitors. The first URL below sets the default size of the preview pane, in number of lines, and the second one sets the minimum number of lines for either the preview pane or the summary pane. Play with different numbers for these settings and see what works best for you.
 - Although Eudora allows spaces in nicknames, Eudora still tries to replace spaces with underscores when you're creating nicknames. You can override that behavior with this URL. Double-click it, and in the dialog box change the third character from an underscore to a space.
 - If you dislike the new format=flowed display of excerpt bars rather than angle brackets after giving it a chance, you can revert by double-clicking this URL.
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Definition: A seed that due to social trauma stays consciously dormant not out of oppression, but rather due to a deep intuition which senses not to seed until it finds itself in a fertile, fecund environment.
Usage: Swati was hesitant to invite her college friends to her parents' home for dinner, as it was custom for Swati's grandmother to tell deeply personal family stories and histories. Grandmother's wisdom was like a quieseed, and Swati knew she would be cautious to reveal pieces of the story with strangers in the room.
Origin: Ash Arder, Detroit, Michigan + Heidi Quante, California, November 2017.
Quiescent (Latin) meaning 'being still', from the Latin verb quies 'quiet' meaning marked by inactivity or repose.
Seed (Old English sǣd, of Germanic origin Saat) meaning a flowering plant's unit of reproduction, capable of developing into another plant. A propagative plant structure (such as a spore or small dry fruit).
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The essential ingredient for any firework craft is glitter, right? For the simplest Bonfire Night craft idea take some black paper, add glue and glitter and invite your children to create their own firework display. We used chalk to draw in our people, adding an extra medium for the kids to try out. You could give each child their own piece of paper, or go big and have each child contribute a few fireworks to one huge picture.
For more firework craft ideas
Make some edible sparklers
Make some homemade firework Catherine Wheels
Try a firework art idea using straws
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SAREL: an assistance system for writing software specifications in natural language
Document typeResearch report
Rights accessOpen Access
All rights reserved. This work is protected by the corresponding intellectual and industrial property rights. Without prejudice to any existing legal exemptions, reproduction, distribution, public communication or transformation of this work are prohibited without permission of the copyright holder
This report presents a SAREL system and it is compared with several systems focused on the quality of the specification phase in software development process. The main goal of SAREL system is to assist engineers in the creation of software specifications written in natural language. The assistance process takes into account the writing norms and the main quality properties.
CitationCastell, N., Hernandez, M. "SAREL: an assistance system for writing software specifications in natural language". 1994.
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A modern dictionary of Catholic terms, both common and obscure. Find accurate definitions of words and phrases.
SYNDERESIS or SYNTERESIS
The habit of knowing the basic principles of the moral law; the knowledge of the universal first principles of the practical order. Sometimes applied to conscience, which is, however, rather the mind's concrete application of known principles, judging on the moral goodness or badness of a specific human action. (Etym. Greek synteresis, spark of conscience.)
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.


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The co-continuous ceramic/metal composite (referred to as C4 composites) are becoming an important class of materials as the result of the development of a number of new techniques for fabricating composites with interpenetrating macrostructures. In this paper, the fatigue endurance behaviors of three three-dimensional (3-D) continuous SiC ceramic network reinforced ZL111 Al alloy composites (T6-treated SiCn/ZL111Al) were simulated by the finite element method (FEM). The finite element simulation showed that the stress concentration, due to the presence of continuous SiC ceramic network reinforcements, produces controlled crack growth and higher stresses, which are related to regular energy release by the material during fracture. The need for higher stresses for a crack to propagate reveals the material's microstructural strength. Experimental analysis showed fatigue life for specimen was 4.8×105 cycles for 200 MPa, R=−1.0, and 6.5×105 cycles for 95 MPa, R=−0.05. The number of cycles to failure predicted numerically is higher than the experimental one. This difference is attributed mainly to an upper stage of fatigue crack growth, particularly, the interaction between fatigue crack growth and growth that cannot be accounted for in the numerical model.
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Definition of siskin in English:
A small songbird related to the goldfinch, with yellow and black in the plumage.
- Genus Carduelis (and Serinus), family Fringillidae: the North Eurasian (spruce) siskin (C. spinus), with dark-streaked greenish-yellow plumage, and several species in the New World
- Seedeaters such as evening grosbeaks, goldfinches, and pine siskins prefer black oil sunflower and niger thistle.
- Niger thistle appeals especially to pine siskins, goldfinches, and purple and house finches.
- After a four-winter absence delightful siskins returned to our garden in 1994.
Words that rhyme with siskingriskin
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WHIDDEN GUNWORKS HYDRAULIC FORM DIE INSTRUCTIONS
Gather all parts of the Hydraulic Form Die Kit to include: the hydraulic form die body with lock ring, the piston, the appropriate shell holder (void of the fired primer discharge hole) and the bottle used to fill the case with either water or oil, your choice. Also, not included in the kit, you will need a few fired primers, case lube, a hammer and safety glasses.
- Install the shellholder into the press as normal.
- Install the hydraulic form die into the press just as you would with any other sizing die. With the ram of the press in the up position, install the hydraulic form die and allow the die to make contact with the top of the shell holder. This will set the headspace to the correct location with the die system. Secure the lock ring to the die body.
- Once contact is made between the shellholder and the hydraulic form die lower the ram.
- Insert a fired primer into the base of the brass to be formed.
- Lube the brass and insert the brass into the shellholder and raise the ram completely allowing the brass to enter the hydraulic form die.
- Using the liquid bottle, containing either water or oil, fill the case to about the top of the die body itself.
- Insert the piston into the top of the die.
- (CAUTION) If you haven't done so yet, put your safety glasses on.
- Ensure your safety glasses are on properly. (Obviously this is important)
- Pick up the hammer. We have found that a light to medium weight hammer works best and hitting the piston with several fast strikes (2 to 3) seems to yield the best results.
- Strike the piston.
- Lower the ram of the press and remove the case from the shell holder.
- Repeat steps 1-12 to form the next piece of brass.
Helpful tip: Water is much easier to cleanup and evaporates off the floor much more quickly.
Thanks for using the Whidden Gunworks Hydraulic Form Die System.


What Does Duck and Weave Mean?
Duck and Weave Meaning
Definition: To move from side to side, bobbing up and down.
People often move this way when trying to navigate through a large crowd. This expression describes a type of motion.
Origin of Duck and Weave
The verb duck predates the animal duck, although the two are related. One meaning of duck means to dive. The animal is named for the diving motion it makes through the water, and how it bobs its head in and out of the water.
Another meaning of duck is avoid a blow by moving down quickly. This meaning of duck appears in the literal meaning of the expression duck and weave, which describes a motion common in boxing.
In the sport of boxing, the athletes will move their head up and down, and move their bodies from side to side, trying to avoid the other boxer's punches.
Nowadays, people still use this expression for boxing, but also for anything with a similar motion.
Examples of Duck and Weave
duck and weave boxing duck and weave Here is an example of a teacher using the expression in a math class.
Teacher: Okay, class is finished. Don't forget to turn in your homework. Hey, you, stop ducking and weaving through your classmates. I see you trying to escape through the crowd without giving me your homework.
Student: I'm sorry, but I forgot to do it. I thought you might not notice if I escaped the classroom before you saw me leave.
Teacher: Well, next time don't move in such an obvious way. Uh, I mean, next time just finish your homework.
what does ducked mean In this example, two friends are coming back home from a party.
Monica: I think I'm done going to parties that are at nightclubs.
Janice: How come? Didn't you have fun?
Monica: Yes, I enjoyed the music and seeing my friends, but the dance floor was too crowded. There was no room to move freely to dance. I felt like I was just ducking and weaving through the crowd all night.
More Examples
This excerpt is from an article that questions the safety of dog parks. It describes the movement of a family pet.
 - Kyle Hurt and his 6-year-old son, Mason, lounged on a bench watching their energetic boxer, Jersey, duck and weave around a feisty Australian shepherd in the Hound Hill dog park near Quebec and Lincoln streets. –Denver Post
The second excerpt shows a food critic describing his walk through a restaurant.
 - My guest and I duck and weave through the crowd as we follow the hostess to our table. The dining room is just as loud. It's an echo chamber of shouted conversation and the uniquely screechy mating calls of the tequila-infused. –OC Register
The phrase duck and weave comes from the sport of boxing and describes the motion the boxer makes to avoid blows.
People now use it to describe the same type of motion when used in other activities, such as walking through a crowd.


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Note: The design of the notehead may vary depending on the music font selected (Leland, Emmentaler, Gonville, Bravura, MuseJazz, Petaluma). Those in the palette are displayed as half notes in Bravura font.
MuseScore supports a range of notehead styles:
- Normal: A standard notehead.
- Crosshead (Ghost note): Used in percussion notation to represent cymbals. It also indicates muted and/or percussive effects in stringed instruments such as the guitar.
- Diamond: Used to indicate harmonic notes in instruments such as the guitar, violin etc.
- Slash: Used to notate rhythms (e.g. guitar strums).
- Triangle up/down: Used in percussion notation.
- Shape notes: Do, Re, Mi, Fa, Sol, La, Ti.
- Circle cross: Used in percussion notation.
- Circled noteheads
- Slashed notehead: A notehead with an oblique line through it.
- Plus noteheads
- Alt. Brevis: Used in early music notation.
- Brackets (Parentheses): applied around an existing note (or accidental).
Change notehead group
To change the shape of one or more noteheads in the score, use one of the following:
- Select one or more notes and click a notehead in a palette (double-click in versions prior to 3.4).
- Drag a notehead from a palette onto a note in the score.
- Select one or more notes and change the notehead in the Inspector, using the drop-down list under Note → Head group (not supported for drum staves).
Change notehead type
Occasionally you may need to change the apparent duration of a notehead—i.e. notehead type—without altering its actual, underlying duration:
- Select one or more notes.
- Choose one of the following options from the Inspector under Note → Head type:
- Auto: Automatic, i.e. apparent duration = actual duration.
- Whole: Whole notehead, regardless of actual duration.
- Half: Half notehead, regardless of actual duration.
- Quarter: Quarter notehead, regardless of actual duration.
- Breve: Breve notehead, regardless of actual duration.
When two notes in different voices, but of the same written pitch, fall on the same beat, one of two things may happen:
- The notes may share the same notehead.
- The notes may be offset: i.e. arranged side by side.
MuseScore uses the following rules:
- Notes with stems in the same direction do not share noteheads.
- Dotted notes do not share noteheads with undotted notes.
- Black notes do not share noteheads with white notes.
- Whole notes never share noteheads.
Note: If two unison notes occur in the same voice they are always offset.
Change offset noteheads to shared
To turn offset noteheads in opposite voices into shared noteheads :
- Make the smaller-value notehead invisible by selecting it and using the keyboard shortcut V (or unchecking the "Visible" option in the Inspector).
In a small minority of cases (where the smaller value note is dotted) this workaround is not applicable, so use the following alternative:
- Select the smaller value notehead and, in the "Note" section of the Inspector, change "Head type" to match that of the larger value note in the opposite voice.
Examples of notehead sharing
In the first example below, the notes of voices 1 and 2 share noteheads by default, because they are all black, undotted notes:
By contrast, in the next example, white notes cannot share noteheads with black notes, so are offset to the right:
To create a shared notehead, change the black eighth note's head type to match that of the white note or, pre-3.5, make it invisible (as explained above):
Remove duplicate fret marks
In certain cases, a shared notehead, when pasted to a tablature staff, may result in two separate fret marks on adjacent strings. To correct this, make any extraneous tablature notes invisible by selecting them and using the keyboard shortcut V (or by unchecking the "visible" option in the Inspector).


Farm, sell & earn on CropBytes like in the real world.
CropBytes Game Economy Explained.
CropBytes - crypto economy explained
CropBytes is a farming simulation game with a virtual economy. Players use real cryptocurrencies for money in the CropBytes economy.
Economic activities like producing, buying & selling help the economy grow. Every asset in the game is essential to the economy, they have real value and are tangled with economic activities.
The game replicates the real world by being volatile & transitional. Players create economic trends & by playing out their strategies in the game.
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"CropBytes is a real-life simulation in a virtual world that uses cryptocurrency"
Here is an example of how it works:
The animals who consume 'Corn Feed' are more in numbers. They collectively require 1000 Corn Feed' a day, while daily 'Carrot Feed' required in the economy is 300.
Carrot Crops' take 5 days to grow, while 'Corn Crops' take 1 day. Only one crop can grow at a time on a piece of 'Crop Land'.
Players are free to produce crops and fruits of their choice. To grow their business, players will ideally grow crops that have higher demand. Though its hard to say what other farmers are growing.
Let's consider a situation where 'Carrot Feed' has a higher demand in the market, What will happen?
 - The price of 'Carrot Feed' will rise.
 - Players will stop growing corn and grow carrots instead.
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80–90% of players are growing carrot crops now. Players with multiple lands are growing both.
The demand for 'Corn Feed' will be the same as before, but supply will not be adequate & cause the price to rise.
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This cycle is present in the real world, It is recreated in the CropBytes economy all by itself!
CropBytes is the most advanced simulation game with carefully crafted economics to give life like experiences in the virtual world, and tangible profits in the real world.
As more players join, the economy grows, activity increases, and so does the real-world value of the game. Enabling players to make more profits for time and money invested in the game.
The future of gaming is here.
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Expressive Therapist, Activity Therapy, UofL Health-Fraizer Hospital, PRN
Location: Strathmoor Village, KY
Company: UofL Physicians
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This position is responsible for providing direct clinical services to child, adolescent, and adult patients utilizing art and other expressive therapies to address interpersonal issues that cause emotional distress. This includes art therapy, expressive therapy, individual art or expressive therapies; if certified, therapies addressing specific populations; if credentialed play therapy and EMDR and psycho-education. Modalities of therapy depend on clinical needs of the patient population and the experience and skills of the clinician.
1. Planning and implementation of group sessions for each population
2. Planning and implementation of individual sessions
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4. Completion of Activity Therapy assessments
5. Planning and assisting with programming outside of normal group hours for special events
6. Maintaining and ordering materials appropriate for art therapy interventions
7. Other tasks as assigned by manager
Required Education
-Masters degree from accredited AATA approved program or non-AATA approved program with a minimum of 18 credits in specified art therapy coursework. OR, significant progress towards MA from ATTA approved program or non-AATA approved program with min of 18 credits in art therapy coursework.
-Bachelor degree and enrollment in Art Therapy MA program
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text: Objective: Testicular torsion is the twisting of the spermatic cord which cuts off the blood supply to the testicle. The main pathophysiology of testicular torsion is ischemia-reperfusion injury caused by the twisted spermatic cord and its release. Reperfusion component typically involves the generation of the reactive oxygen species with the return of blood flow after the ischemia. The aim of the present study was to investigate the effects of dopamine a vasodilator and vitamin C an antioxidant on ischemia reperfusion injury due to testicular torsion-detorsion (T/D). Materials and Methods: Thirty adult male NMRI rats were divided randomly into six groups each containing 5 rats. Testicular ischemia was achieved by twisting the left testis 720° clockwise for 4 hour and then reperfusion by detorsion. Group 1 was for the basal values. Group 2 was designed as sham-operated without any T/D. Group 3 had only T/D. Group 4 received vitamin C (100 mg/kg i.p) just after detorsion. Group 5 received dopamine (0.01 mg/kg i.p) after 4 hours T/D and group 6 received combination of vitamin C and dopamine. The animals in each group underwent orchiectomy 48 hours after detorsion and the testicular tissues were fixed in 10% formaldehyde for histopathological examinations. Results: In groups 1 and 2 microscopic features were normal. In group 3 all of the seminiferous tubules were damaged. In some tubules only the basement membrane was seen. Pyknosis of spermatocytes nuclei was prominent. Germ cells and sertoli cells were decreased and underwent degeneration and necrosis. Interestingly in group 4 only a few degenerative changes (6.8%) were observed in tubules. In group 5 approximately 90% of tubules were underwent fully or partial degeneration and in group 6 only few normal tubules were found (2.2%). Conclusion: Vitamin C administration exerts a beneficial effect on testicular ischemia-reperfusion injury but not dopamine or even dopamine and vitamin C combination.


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September 21, 2016 Comments Off on Ever Wondered Why Dogs Run Behind Moving Vehicles? Views: 3161 Awareness, Featured
Ever Wondered Why Dogs Run Behind Moving Vehicles?
Lately, most malayalis have taken a stand for or against street dogs. Most of us who hate them are just scared of them. Its true that when they run behind vehicles there is a possibility of accidents. But efficient drivers can manage without having one. But have you ever wondered why dogs run behind moving vehicles?
You must have seen dogs guarding poor people who are sleeping on the streets. They are their ultimate companion and really loyal to them. If you are a dog lover you will know why dogs actually bark. It is a way they show that the person is not invited in their territory. Or to find out if the person is trustworthy.
Some reasons why a dog runs behind moving vehicles are this, the dog may either be feeling hungry or just bored! When a dog finds a vehicle that has urine of any other dog, which does not belong to its territory, it can infuriate this dog further, as it'll tend to not accept any other dog from the other territory. Dogs usually get excited very fast and are curious in nature. Since moving vehicles perk up these instincts, their urge to chase those vehicles increases suddenly, and they end up running behind these vehicles. It is believed that although some dogs do it due to their share of bad experience with a driver, there are a few out there who are just very excited all the time and do it simply to kill time!
Loneliness is another reason for a dogs anxiety issues. They are very social animals and deserved to be loved. Howling is one way a dog's generally expresses its loneliness. Apart from this, the other reason to bark is just an attempt to get human attention! Sound Sensitivity Dogs have extra-sensitive hearing and smelling capability. They can hear the sound that a general human cannot hear. So, if they find any sound or any smell, which is unlikely, they would react to it by barking. For Protection Since dogs are protective by nature, it is protective about its own territory. The dog barks to let others know that something is approaching; and by barking, it makes the predator aware of its presence.


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[TowerTalk] Dielectrically lenghtening the boom
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Maybe it has already been applied to the cellphone technology or elsewhere, or
it is just not feasible because dielectric losses...
Dielectric material, lossy in some extent, sets a velocity factor (VF) for wave
propagation in cables.
This makes the physical lenght of the line shorter than freespace size.
Take a Yagi, and fill the space between elements with a material which its
dielectric constant is less than 1.0 (air's).
Would the element spacing, hence the boom lenght, have to be adjusted by a
shortening factor equal to the VF?
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filleting (plural filletings)
- (architecture) The protecting of a joint, as between roof and parapet wall, with mortar or cement, where flashing is employed in better work.
- The material of which fillets are made.
- Fillets collectively.
- An incident or object of no significance.


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What does "no explicit time dependence" mean in this context? :
A symmetry of the KdV is given by $$\tilde x=x, \tilde t=t+\epsilon, \tilde u =u$$ as there is no explicit time dependence in the KdV.
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In Physics, the notion of explicit time dependence denotes equations where the time parameter t occurs "freely" and not only as a $\frac{d}{dt}$. So an equation of the form $v(x)=a_0t+v_0$ is explicitly time dependent, but $a(x)=a_0$ is not.
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Thank you, Dominik. Just to confirm my understanding of your explanation: the partial derivative wrt $t$ does not count as explicitly time-dependent, only an actual factor of $t$ in the equation does? – Henry Nov 24 '12 at 19:59
That's right. Another commonly used word for this is that the equation is autonomous, a word which for unfathomable reasons doesn't appear in the wikipedia article on differential equations. – Harald Hanche-Olsen Nov 24 '12 at 20:24
Thank you, _USER_-Olsen! – Henry Nov 24 '12 at 21:45
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Error on a request to write a media location identifier during long backups to Deduplication folders across a WAN.
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During a backup to a deduplication folder, when new media is required, an error pops up indicating that Backup Exec could not write a media location identifier (file mark) to the media. This can happen if the job is taking a long time to fill up a piece of media or complete a job (more than 30 minutes per media). During this time, Backup Exec holds open a session that is not transmitting any data. A variety of devices along the route between the remote agent and the media server can interpret this lack of data transmission as an abandoned session and arbitrarily terminate the session.
This problem typically happens at approximately the same amount of time into an operation. That is, if the job keeps failing at the the same times (e.g. 1.5 hours), then this may be the cause of the problem.
Storage device "Dedupe Folder:2" reported an error on a request to write a media location identifier (file mark). Error reported: A device attached to the system is not functioning.
 This issue is most often associated with a backup that is happening over a slow link (such as a WAN).
Turning on the Debug Monitor for active debugging (SGMon) shows the following errors
[5216] 09/09/10 13:34:22 ndmp_readit: Caught message on closed connection.
Socket 0xc2c len 0xffffffff
[5216] 09/09/10 13:34:22 ndmp_readit: ErrorCode :: 10054 : An existing
connection was forcibly closed by the remote host.
This indicates that one of Backup Exec's sessions from the remote agent to the media server was terminated. The next time this session is used to communicate between the remote agent and the media server, an error is reported.
Note: Refer the related article on how to use SGMON for debug.
Note: As of Backup Exec 2010 R3 Hotfix 159965, Backup Exec has implemented its own keep alive message across deduplication connections. After this Hotfix, it should no longer be necessary to set the system wide keep alive settings below.
There is a setting in Windows that causes the operating system to send "Keep Alive" messages across connections that are otherwise inactive. Set KeepAliveTime and KeepAliveInterval to five seconds (5000ms ). Please consult your Windows documentation for specific instructions on how to do this.
Note that while this has resolved the problem in most cases, there are situations where intervening routers are ignoring the keep alive messages and terminating the session after a set period of time any way. If this is happening, the configuration of those routers must be changed to resolve this problem.
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The beauty and value of impact analysis
Hadas Birin
October 2020
SFDC Config
In the last few months, I have been meeting SFDC admins on a daily basis. Powering through what is now known as "Zoom fatigue", I wanted to get a deeper understanding into these admins' scope of responsibilities, their approaches and methods, their daily tasks and the challenges they're facing.
When we moved to talk about their challenges, a couple of common threads appeared through most conversations. Troubleshooting is a serious issue - admins are struggling to understand how specific custom fields got their values for specific records. Designing a change also proved to be a pain, as admins admit that they cannot properly asses the impact of such change on other items in the configuration setup.
To address those issues, we need to first map a few items such as automation-like flows, process builders, Apex classes and workflows, that automatically change the value of fields. Mapping those will help us identify which of these automations may have triggered for a given record, and that will help us solve the mystery behind a specific incident. It would also help us to understand the actual impact, and to identify other design considerations that need to be taken into account when safely implementing a change.
Adding Salto's Sauce
This is where Salto comes in. Salto's language (NaCl) describes the various objects and elements in a business application, as well as the dependencies and connections (or references) between them. When Salto discovers the current configuration and fetches it, it leverages NaCl to create a complete representation of the current state of your Production or Sandbox environments. This automated discovery can be run at any point in time and, using NaCl, reflect the current state of your desired environment.
Once you fetch the latest state of your environment, all you have to do is find the field you want to explore. Here is how it looks:
Search files and elements in your business onfiguration | Salto
In case you have fields with the same name across multiple objects, for example - Opportunity and Account or Lead and Contact - you can choose the specific field that you want to focus on. Then, all you have to do is right click that field and choose "Go To References".
Explore file definitions and references | Salto
Salto will automatically list all of the elements in your environment that point to your selected custom field.
This list of elements will include flows, validation rules, Apex classes, process builders, workflows and even layouts, profiles, and permission sets - all of the actual dependencies related to this custom field. You can click on each of those elements to get a preview, which is the reference to the custom field along with relevant context. For example, if a layout points to this field you will be able to quickly tell whether the field is editable or not within that layout.
To further explore a given reference, you can simply open the NaCl file for it and take a closer look, or edit it when needed. And it doesn't stop at that. There are many other things that we built in order to make your life easier. For example, the ability to search a specific value in your workspace such as a picklist value or a special label, with a simple text search.
More on those in future posts.
To summarize, Salesforce admins are struggling to quickly troubleshoot how values are being set and to fully evaluate the impact of a desired change. The key to solving these pains is to enable them to quickly and clearly understand the context around changes and the dependencies between elements. Salto enables admins to do just that, through a simple, streamlines process.
The beauty and value of impact analysis
Hadas is Salto's VP of Customer Success. With vast technical expertise, she has great experience in enabling business operations, IT and software development teams to get the most out of their tools and solutions and enhance their effectiveness and productivity.