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Echoes in Gothic Romance: Stylistic Similarities Between Jane Eyre and Rebecca
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When Daphne DuMaurier's acclaimed Gothic romance novel Rebecca debuted in 1938, it was devoured by the female readers of its day. Ultimately, however, criticisms of DuMaurier's most famous novel were quick to point out its irrefutable resemblance to another Gothic romance novel written nearly 100 years prior: Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre (1847). Whether it was intentional or not, DuMaurier never commented on the novels' similarities, but the evidence speaks for itself, extending far beyond heroines and plotlines.
I. The Gothic Romance: Origins & Elements
Before examining the similarities between Jane Eyre and Rebecca, it is necessary to understand what elements make up the literary genre of Gothic romance. The Gothic genre first came into popularity in the mid-eighteenth century with the publication of The Castle of Otranto by Horace Walpole. Although it has no ties to the Gothic era of history, Gothic fiction did mirror the rise of Gothic architecture at the same time. Many speculate this fact contributed to the name "Gothic fiction," although The Castle of Otranto was set in Gothic times and may have also given the genre its name.
Described as a blended form of prose fiction, the Gothic aims to combine the narrative, dramatic, and lyric styles of writing into a powerful tale of dark themes, sometimes supernatural elements, and social repression. Common elements of the Gothic novel include: a setting in a castle or mansion, supernatural or inexplicable events, overwrought emotions, one or more women in distress, and a metonymy of gloom and horror (Harris). Sometimes called the literature of nightmare, Gothic fiction includes dream landscapes, figures of the subconscious imagination, and the fears common to all mankind in one powerfully told story, riddled with suspense and drama (MacAndrew).
The 'true' Gothic novel maintained its popularity through to the early nineteenth century, "although a small but consistent demand for this form combining romantic fantasy with a mystery and an apparent upsurge of supernatural evil continued well into the twentieth" (Radway). This new blend, known as Gothic romance, evolved over time. In a typical work of this nature, readers will find elements of the Gothic interwoven with those of Romance, particularly a focus on the relationship that develops between the hero and heroine (Russell). In addition, the primary element found in a Gothic romance is a feeling of dread, not the terror associated with pure Gothic fiction. This dread can be physical, psychological, or metaphysical and involve the body, mind, or spirit, but the Gothic romance must create an atmosphere that blends suspense and fear with mystery (Thompson). Finally, one last distinction between the two genres involves the novel's end: a Gothic hero is ultimately destroyed by his demons, while a Gothic romance hero works through his past evils and the darkness of his own mind to achieve some form of victory (Thompson).
One of the most popular works of Gothic romance, Jane Eyre was written at the beginning of Gothic fiction's second wave of popularity in the mid-nineteenth century. Known as Victorian Gothic, due to the monarch reigning at the time, Jane Eyre and Brontë's other works were characterized by a "heroine who acts as a focus for social critique… lost in the world of her tale" (Hogle, 146). Additionally, she must liberate herself from the hold of her past as she is repositioned into a new atmosphere, a new architectural space, and a new political or social climate (Hogle). In her novel Jane Eyre, Brontë demonstrates a range of Gothic influences to form a more complete Gothic structure, one of the first of the truly "Female Gothics."
As the Gothic romance genre continued to develop and evolve into the twentieth century, writers like Du Maurier led the charge. The Romantic strand of the Gothic got something of a reboot in the 1920s and 1930s, introducing new settings by way of mansions instead of castles and new social struggles, while also staying true to the essence of the genre. In Du Maurier's novels, especially her most famous work Rebecca, she echoes the drama and suspense found in Brontë's novels, while also adding her own flair. "It is no exaggeration to say that Du Maurier was the twentieth century's Charlotte Brontë and Rebecca the twentieth century's Jane Eyre" (Yardley). Both of these novels demonstrate the common elements of the Gothic romance genre and have become classics in their own right today.
II. The Female Gothic in Practice
When discussing these works, it's important to note that they are both sub-categorized as works of the "Female Gothic," a term first coined to describe the works of the Brontë sisters and their contemporaries. Inspired by the Gothic works of the late eighteenth century, Charlotte Brontë borrowed many elements from popular authors at the height of the first wave of Gothic fiction. Her characters, often versions of the models from this era, included confined and threatened women, ambivalent and dynamic anti-heroes, and weak, ineffectual heroes (Spooner & McEvoy). Although her works were based around these character archetypes, Brontë's fiction was much more than a "crude reproduction" (Spooner & McEvoy, 30), however; Brontë's own contributions to the genre helped to heighten the suspense of her Gothic romance novels by creating claustrophobic and psychological dramas focused around the relationships between men and women. Her characters are always "modern women seeking a place for themselves in a world that is hostile to them" (Spooner & McEvoy, 31), leading to a climate of high drama and social struggles. As a result, the definition of Gothic evolved to include Brontë's contributions and a new Gothic revival was born in the midto late-nineteenth century.
Like Brontë, Daphne Du Maurier employed many of these similar character types and dramatic elements to put her own spin on the Gothic romance when the genre was revived for a second time in the 1930s. With the postmodernist climate of her modern world to draw upon, Du Maurier crafted her own brand of Gothic romance, turning her character's very anxieties into a form of entertainment for the reader (Spooner & McEvoy). Much of the suspense found in Rebecca is psychological, with a tremendous amount of focus placed on the heroine's internal feelings and thoughts—a revolutionary way to tell such a story at the time.
In their own ways, Brontë and Du Maurier each advanced and shaped what has come to be known as the Female Gothic: a sub-category of dark romance novels with elements of horror, written exclusively by female authors with females at the center of the drama. In The Routledge Companion to the Gothic, editors Spooner and McEvoy include a careful dissection of the most common elements found in the Female Gothic, which include the explained supernatural, the importance of narrative perception, and the heroine's connection to the natural world.
The Explained Supernatural
In Jane Eyre and Rebecca, the authors employ elements of the supposed supernatural to heighten the tension and suspense of the story. As is common in the Female Gothic, however, these "supernatural" forces are always found to have very natural explanations (Spooner & McEvoy). These explained supernatural elements serve their purpose as a literary device without asking the reader to accept improbabilities and elements of the paranormal, as is seen in strictly Gothic works.
In Jane Eyre, several supernatural events occur, each working to create a more suspenseful atmosphere. On the night before Jane's wedding, a strange figure appears in her bedroom and destroys her veil. The next morning, she recounts her tale to Rochester:
...A woman, tall and large, with thick and dark hair hanging long down her back… I saw the reflection of the visage and features quite distinctly in the dark oblong glass… Fearful and ghastly to me—oh sir, I never saw a face quite like it! It was a discoloured face—it was a savage face, I wish I could forget the roll of the red eyes and the fearful blackened inflation of the lineaments!... The lips were swelled and dark; the brow furrowed; the black eyebrows wisely raised over the blood-shot eyes (Brontë, 285-6).
Jane goes on to explain that the figure reminded her "of the foul German spectre—the Vampyre" (Brontë, 286), something her would-be husband considers foolish and ridiculous. This event, perhaps Jane's most terrifying encounter in the entire novel, and several other "supernatural" occurrences wound throughout the story are explained as the doings of Rochester's first wife Bertha Mason, a so-called madwoman who is kept in the attic at Thornfield Hall.Continued on Next Page »


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When working with multiple related projects, it is often necessary to co-ordinate between them and take some action that depends on their combined status. For example, ensure a related project is deployed first or send an email when all projects are deployed. This section discusses some approaches to this problem and provides some examples showing how to query and control projects programatically.
For in depth code samples covering many of the processes discussed in this section, see the Project Coordination Code Samples page
Responding to events across multiple projects
There are various ways to respond to events within Octopus, which is useful for:
 - Sending an email after a set of projects is deployed.
 - Generating a report of the day's deployments.
 - Promoting all projects from one environment to another at a certain time.
 - Triggering another process, for example, another deployment.
 - Verifying that some conditions have been met.
The simplest trigger is a periodic timer setup through a Windows schedules task, Azure Function, or as a windows service. Alternatively, it can also be a project within Octopus as a project that re-queues itself when run (see the samples).
Subscriptions can call a web service or send an email when Octopus events occur.
The event can also be a script step in a project. If the script is defined as a step template it can be shared among the related projects. However, it is difficult to ensure that two copies of the script do not run at the same time.
Orchestrating the deployment of multiple projects
Below are two different approaches to orchestrating multiple projects. Depending on the projects and requirements, one or a combination of these two approaches may be used. This orchestration is useful for when:
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 - A project should not be deployed while another project is being deployed.
 - A certain step should not execute at the same time as a step in another project.
Parent project
This approach consists of creating a project that co-ordinates the deployment of other projects and any other related actions. For example it could define steps that:
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This scheme for hydro-electric power generation is centred around Loch Earn, Loch Lyon and Loch Tay, approximately 14 miles (22 km) north northwest of Callander. The area is well suited to hydro-electric power generation, with significant rainfall on high peaks which flows down into deep valleys. The scheme includes seven power stations and was built by the North of Scotland Hydro-Electric Board under the chairmanship of Tom Johnston (1881 - 1965). Although the first section came on-stream in 1956, it was not fully operational until 1961.
Behind Ben Lawers a system of tunnels and aqueducts collects water and diverts it into Lochan-na-Lairige behind a massive buttress-type dam, 344m (1128 feet) long and 42m (138 feet) high. Water descends a vertical distance of 415m (1361 feet; the greatest drop of any Scottish hydro-electric scheme) to Finlarig power station on the shores of Loch Tay.
To the west, the Killin section includes three power stations at Lubreoch, Lochay and Cashlie and involves a main storage reservoir at Loch Lyon retained by another massive buttress dam, 530m (1738 feet) long and 39m (128 feet) high. Water is diverted into Loch Lyon from the Rivers Lochay and Dochart to the south. This section includes fish ladders and lifts to convey salmon to their spawning areas.
Between Loch Tay and Loch Earn is the St. Fillans section, which involves dams at Loch Breaclaich and the man-made Loch Lednock. The latter is a rare British example of a dam designed to cope with earthquake hazards, which are occasionally caused by movement on the nearby Highland Boundary Fault. Water passes through the small Lednock power station on it way into the Loch Lednock Reservoir and then flows down to the 21 MW power station buried in a hillside at St. Fillans. A weir below Loch Earn diverts water into the small Dalchonzie Power Station.
The stations forming this scheme generate a total of 120 MW of power and are run by the privatised Scottish & Southern Energy Plc (previously Scottish Hydro-Electric), headquartered in Perth, which has an annual turnover of £2.3 billion.

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 - An Introduction to Risk-based Authentication. An introduction to Risk-based Authentication and why you might find this new feature useful. Includes information about the new acr_values parameter and the acr amd amr claims.
 - Client Reputation. An RBA module that uses a sophisticated risk-analysis engine to compute a set of "risk scores" for each IP address that tries to access your site. These scores can be used to initiate "step-up" authentication for users deemed to be high-risk (i.e., more likely to engage in web attacks).


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 Hancock MINT (Mobile Intake) is a mobile application that connects to the Hancock Cloud (HC) and enables the user to work offline to collect new building data through the creation of files or to edit existing building data. Using MINT, Auditors can create instant Proposals offline at the customer site to instantly show costs and savings.
 Using one-step synchronization, the user uploads all data and Proposals from the MINT app to the HC, which then become immediately available to all appropriate users within their organization. The HC online portal allows organizations to continue expanding on files and Proposals, changing or adding to the building data, and collecting multiple Proposals to apply for incentives.
 When installing MINT for the first time, various universal items catalogs are uploaded. These can be used to automatically populate relevant information in your files.
 MINT hosts files, created by the user, which act as containers for all the building information collected. Each file offers a File Overview screen, providing quick access to client information, directions to the site, and the ability to call the client. It also consists of the following main areas, each briefly discussed below. All information is collected offline. No internet connection is needed.
 Files: Building data collections. Files can be created directly on the MINT app or can be created in HEEC and downloaded to the MINT app. Existing Files assigned to the logged-in User and 'In Progress' will be downloaded to the MINT app. Files marked 'Done' are uploaded from the MINT app and removed from the local device.
 Items: Items consist of individual or groups of objects that have properties of energy consumption. Items, such as lighting fixtures, are populated using a search catalog or recently used items from previous collections.
 Areas: You can break down sections of a building. This can be an entire floor or broken down into specific areas, like bathroom, office, etc.
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 Operating Schedules: This summarizes the operating schedules you created within your areas.
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 Proposals: Using this feature allows you to instantly make changes to the building information and create a Proposal showing the instant cost savings that you can share with your customer immediately while still onsite.
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Note Only the chair create a new poll question and send polls. You cannot create poll questions before joining the meeting. However, you can create them and then click the Send later button to send them at a later time.
When sending a poll, the chair can also:
 - Share the tallied responses with other participants. Normally, the chair is the only person who sees the poll responses. The chair can choose to share the tallied poll responses so that all participants see the responses in the Poll Tab. To do this, click Share Responses on the Polling tab.
 - Note When the chair shares the responses, participants see only the tallied responses. Participants do not see individual answers to the poll.
 - Allow anonymous responses. By default, the chair can see each participant's response to the poll question. (These individual responses cannot be shared with other meeting participants.) The chair can preserve participants' privacy by allowing them to respond anonymously to poll questions.
 - Mark correct answers. The chair can specify correct answers for poll questions. When the chair shares the poll responses, participants can see if they answered the question correctly.
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Follow these steps to send a poll question to the meeting participants:
 1. Click the New Poll icon New Poll on the Polling Tab, or choose Tools - Polling - New Poll.
 2. Enter your question in the "Question" area.
 3. Select the type of question from the drop-down list. Depending on the type of question you select, some answers might be filled in automatically. For example, if you select a True/False question, the answers True and False automatically appear. You can edit these automatic answers if you like.
 4. If necessary, enter the answers to the question.
 5. (Optional) If you want to mark the correct answers, select the check box or radio button next to the correct answers. You see the answers marked as correct when you view or share the poll responses. Participants do not see the correct answers until you share the poll responses.
 6. (Optional) If you want participants' answers to remain anonymous, select "Responses are anonymous."
 7. Note If responses are anonymous, you cannot see the names of the respondents when you view individual poll responses.
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 - Click the Send Poll icon Send Poll to send the poll immediately. A new window containing the question and answers appears on the other participants' computer screens. (You cannot respond to polls that you send.)
 9. Click the Close Sent Poll icon Close Poll to close the polling window. The question window is closed for all participants (latecomers will not see this poll) but the responses window stays open for you to view.
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A new research program launched by the FINRA Foundation and the Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR) has shown that repeated exposure to fraud awareness education can lower a person's susceptibility to investment fraud.
The study "Can Educational Interventions Reduce Susceptibility to Financial Fraud?", which was focused on adults in the United States, showed that fraud awareness education can make a person more likely to recognize investment frauds.
The new findings were announced in a FINRA press release in March, 2021.
Repeated exposure might be the key
"These findings underscore the need for repeated exposure to educational resources that enable individuals to make informed choices and help them to recognize, avoid and report financial fraud," says Gerri Walsh, President of the FINRA Foundation. "Practitioners working in this space have been forced to rely on anecdotal evidence when justifying their efforts because until now, very little published research has examined whether educational interventions can meaningfully reduce individuals' susceptibility to financial fraud, whether they discourage investing in general, and whether any positive effects might persist over time."
Is online education the answer?
The study indicates that more online education might be a feasible way of reducing consumers' likelihood of being the victims of investment fraud.
"Our research suggests that short, easily scalable online education programs can meaningfully reduce adults' susceptibility to investment fraud—and that these effects can persist with repeated exposure," says CESR researcher Jeremy Burke.
Does scam awareness make people less interested in investing?
Does awareness of frauds and scams make a person less willing to invest in anything, even in legitimate investment opportunities?
The answer from this study is no, as the project found no evidence that the interventions reduced consumers' interest in investing in legitimate investment opportunities.
A study on 2,000 adults
The study was comprised of 2,000 adults in the United States. The individuals were drawn from the Understanding America Study – a nationally representative survey panel.
The three groups
Each of the 2,000 individuals was randomly assigned to one of three groups.
- The video group
Individuals in the video group were provided with a 3-minute long educational video about five techniques often present in investment frauds.
- The text group
Individuals in the text group was provided with reading materials about techniques often present in investment frauds. This was the same information as in the video, but in a concise text format.
- The control group
Individuals in the control group received no educational materials.
Researchers measured fraud susceptibility in the three groups immediately after the educational intervention (or for the control group: lack of intervention) and then again six months later.
The testing was carried out using investment pitches drawn from real-world investment offers. Legitimate offers were mixed with fraudulent offers.
A second educational intervention
Some of the members of the video group and the text group received a second educational intervention three months after the first one. This was to see if repeated exposure to educational material would have any impact.
Notable findings from the study
- The educational interventions had an immediate positive impact. This was true for both video intervention and text intervention. Both groups displayed a significantly lower willingness to invest in fraudulent offers compared to the control group.
- The impact of the first educational intervention decayed over time.
- Individuals who received a secondary intervention three months after the first one were less likely to invest in fraudulent opportunities at the six-month mark compared to the control group. (Those who received the secondary intervention were 10% less likely to go for the fraudulent opportunities compared to the control group.)
- The educational interventions did not impact the individuals' willingness to invest in legitimate investment offers at the six-month mark.
Cognitive ability and financial literacy are important to benefit from educational intervention
In the study, an individual's cognitive ability and financial literacy was shown to be very important for their ability to benefit from educational interventions.
- Individuals with higher cognitive ability and higher financial literacy disproportionately benefited from the educational interventions.
- Researchers did not see any effect of the interventions for those with low cognitive ability or low financial literacy.
This last point is of course very interesting and also concerning since it highlights how these types of educational interventions (video or text) might not be able to reach individuals in an impactful way when cognitive abilities and/or financial literacy levels are low.
Fraud is more compelling than honest investment opportunities
Another very interesting finding from this study was that despite the effectiveness of the interventions, study participants were still more willing to invest in fraudulent opportunities than legitimate ones. This was true across all treatment conditions. This is likely due to the fact that financial frauds often promise higher returns than honest business opportunities. A contributor factor is that financial frauds often are based on complicated financial instruments. It can, as an example, be very hard to differentiate a fraudulent and an honest forex instrument without knowing extensive knowledge of the forex trading industry.
About Center for Economic and Social Research (CESR)
CESR is a center within the University of Southern California's Dana and David Dornsife School of Letters, Arts and Sciences.
The Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is a private United States corporation that acts as a self-regulatory organization for member brokerage firms and exchange markets. It is the largest independent regulator for all securities firms doing business in the United States.


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Greetings word detective!
Can you spot which word from the set of brackets would best finish this sentence??
Oven is to cook as refrigerator is to (store, chill, food).
First, we have to work out how the word oven is connected to the word cook. We cook in an oven, so we need to find a word which is something that we use a refrigerator for.
The correct answer is chill as we chill food in a refrigerator.
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Rest is to (relax, energy, exercise) as fit is to (exhausted, athletic, training).
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This means we need to find an synonym for fit, which is athletic.
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Grape is to (vine, fruit, sweet) as raspberry is to (tree, bush, red).
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Vine is connected to grape as grapes grow on vines. Also fruit is connected to grape as a grape is a type of fruit.
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Related to catch fire: Halt and Catch Fire
 (kăch, kĕch)
v. caught (kôt), catch·ing, catch·es
c. To stop (oneself) from doing an action: I caught myself before replying.
a. To capture or seize, especially after a chase: The police caught the robber in the next town.
b. To capture or take by trapping, snaring, or some other means: I caught three fish with that lure.
c. To take in and hold or contain: a pond that catches runoff.
b. To become cognizant or aware of suddenly: caught her gazing out the window.
b. To overtake: The driver of the green car caught the leader on the straightaway.
a. To cause to become hooked, entangled, or fastened: caught my hem on the stair.
b. To hold up; delay: was caught in traffic for an hour.
a. To make contact with; strike: The boxer caught his opponent with a left hook.
b. To propel an object so that it hits (something): The center caught the back of the net with a hard shot.
a. To become subject to or to contract, as by exposure to a pathogen: catch a cold.
b. To become affected by or infused with: caught the joyous mood of the festival.
c. To suffer from the receipt of (criticism, for example): caught hell for being late.
a. To perceive suddenly or momentarily: We caught a glimpse of the movie star. I caught a whiff of her perfume.
b. To hear or listen to: caught the news bulletin on the radio; didn't catch the end of your sentence
c. To grasp mentally; apprehend: I don't catch your meaning.
a. To go to see (a performance, for example): caught the midnight show.
b. To get (something required), usually quickly or for a brief period: catch some sleep.
a. To attract and fix; arrest: couldn't catch their attention; caught the teacher's eye.
b. To reproduce or represent effectively: an impressionist who caught the effects of wind and water in his paintings.
11. To deceive: failed to be caught by their fraudulent schemes.
12. Baseball To play (a game) as catcher.
1. To become held, entangled, or fastened: My coat caught in the car door.
2. To act or move so as to hold or grab someone or something: tried to catch at the life preserver.
3. To be communicable or infectious; spread.
4. To become ignited: The fire caught.
5. Baseball To act as catcher.
b. A game of throwing and catching a ball.
a. A quantity that is caught: The catch amounted to 50 fish.
c. Informal A person considered to be an attractive or admirable romantic partner.
5. A choking or stoppage of the breath or voice: a catch in his voice.
6. A snatch; a fragment: could only hear catches of the song.
Phrasal Verbs:
catch on
1. To understand something: These students catch on quickly.
2. To become popular: Skateboarding caught on quickly.
catch out
To detect (another) in wrongdoing or error.
catch up
1. To move fast enough to attain the same progress as another; draw even: caught up to the leader on the last lap of the race.
2. To become equal or on a par with another: finally caught up with his brother in height.
3. To bring an activity to completion or to a state of currentness: catch up on correspondence.
5. To seize or lift suddenly: The wind caught up the umbrella and carried it off.
6. To involve, often unwillingly: was caught up in the scandal.
7. To captivate; enthrall: I was caught up in the mood of the evening.
catch fire
1. To ignite.
2. To become very enthusiastic.
3. To become the subject of great interest and widespread enthusiasm: an idea that caught fire all over the country.
catch it Informal
To receive a punishment or scolding.
catch (one's) breath
To rest so as to be able to continue an activity.
catch (one's) death
To catch a cold or other illness.
catch up with
1. To find or arrest after a period of pursuit: The police finally caught up with him in Omaha.
2. To have unpleasant consequences for, especially after a period of quiescence: mistakes that caught up with him when he ran for president.
catch you later
Informal Used to express good-bye.
[Middle English cacchen, from Old North French cachier, to chase, from Vulgar Latin *captiāre; see chase1.]
catch′a·ble adj.
Synonyms: catch, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entrap, snare1, trap1
ThesaurusAntonymsRelated WordsSynonymsLegend:
Verb1.catch fire - start to burn or burst into flames; "Marsh gases ignited suddenly"; "The oily rags combusted spontaneously"
blow out - erupt in an uncontrolled manner; "The oil well blew out"
catch - start burning; "The fire caught"
light up - start to burn with a bright flame; "The coal in the BBQ grill finally lit up"
combust, burn - cause to burn or combust; "The sun burned off the fog"; "We combust coal and other fossil fuels"
يَبْدأ بالأحْتِراق، يَمْسِكُ النار
fara aî loga, kvikna í
ateş almaktutuşmak
(ˈfaiə) noun
4. enthusiasm. with fire in his heart.
5. attack by gunfire. The soldiers were under fire.
fire alarm
ˈfirearm noun
ˈfire-brigade noun
a company of firemen. Call the fire-brigade!
ˈfire-cracker noun
a kind of firework which makes a loud noise.
ˈfire-engine noun
a vehicle carrying firemen and their equipment.
ˈfire-escape noun
ˈfire-extinguisher noun
ˈfire-guard noun
a metal framework placed in front of a fireplace for safety.
ˈfireman noun
ˈfireplace noun
ˈfireproof adjective
ˈfireside noun
ˈfire-station noun
ˈfirewood noun
ˈfirework noun
ˈfiring-squad noun
catch fire
to begin to burn. Dry wood catches fire easily.
on fire
burning. The building is on fire!
open fire (usually with on)
play with fire
under fire
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References in classic literature?
"With us two it is for life and death, and I am rather pleased that there is something yet in him that can catch fire on occasion.
At length they rose from the water in their proper forms, but darting such flames of fire from their mouths that we dreaded lest the palace should catch fire. Soon, however, we had much greater cause for alarm, as the genius, having shaken off the princess, flew towards us.
Summary: A man was critically injured when a storm overnight caused his tanker truck to catch fire on the Minyeh-Dinnieh highway, the state-run National News Agency reported Wednesday.


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Curve and Surface Fitting Objects and Methods
This section describes how to use Curve Fitting Toolbox™ functions from the command-line or to write programs for curve and surface fitting applications.
The Curve Fitting app allows convenient, interactive use of Curve Fitting Toolbox functions, without programming. You can, however, access Curve Fitting Toolbox functions directly, and write programs that combine curve fitting functions with MATLAB® functions and functions from other toolboxes. This allows you to create a curve fitting environment that is precisely suited to your needs.
Models and fits in the Curve Fitting app are managed internally as curve fitting objects. Objects are manipulated through a variety of functions called methods. You can create curve fitting objects, and apply curve fitting methods, outside of the Curve Fitting app.
Curve Fitting Objects
In MATLAB programming, all workspace variables are objects of a particular class. Familiar examples of MATLAB classes are double, char, and function_handle. You can also create custom MATLAB classes, using object-oriented programming.
Methods are functions that operate exclusively on objects of a particular class. Data types package together objects and methods so that the methods operate exclusively on objects of their own type, and not on objects of other types. A clearly defined encapsulation of objects and methods is the goal of object-oriented programming.
Curve Fitting Toolbox software provides you with new MATLAB data types for performing curve fitting:
 - fittype — Objects allow you to encapsulate information describing a parametric model for your data. Methods allow you to access and modify that information.
 - cfit and sfit — Two subtypes of fittype, for curves and surfaces. Objects capture information from a particular fit by assigning values to coefficients, confidence intervals, fit statistics, etc. Methods allow you to post-process the fit through plotting, extrapolation, integration, etc.
Because cfit is a subtype of fittype, cfit inherits all fittype methods. In other words, you can apply fittype methods to both fittype and cfit objects, but cfit methods are used exclusively with cfit objects. Similarly for sfit objects.
As an example, the fittype method islinear, which determines if a model is linear or nonlinear, would apply equally well before or after a fit; that is, to both fittype and cfit objects. On the other hand, the cfit methods coeffvalues and confint, which, respectively, return fit coefficients and their confidence intervals, would make no sense if applied to a general fittype object which describes a parametric model with undetermined coefficients.
Curve fitting objects have properties that depend on their type, and also on the particulars of the model or the fit that they encapsulate. For example, the following code uses the constructor methods for the two curve fitting types to create a fittype object f and a cfit object c:
f = fittype('a*x^2+b*exp(n*x)')
f =
 General model:
 f(a,b,n,x) = a*x^2+b*exp(n*x)
c = cfit(f,1,10.3,-1e2)
c =
 General model:
 c(x) = a*x^2+b*exp(n*x)
 a = 1
 b = 10.3
 n = -100
Note that the display method for fittype objects returns only basic information, piecing together outputs from formula and indepnames.
cfit and fittype objects are evaluated at predictor values x using feval. You can call feval indirectly using the following functional syntax:
y = cfun(x) % cfit objects;
y = ffun(coef1,coef2,...,x) % fittype objects;
Curve Fitting Methods
Curve fitting methods allow you to create, access, and modify curve fitting objects. They also allow you, through methods like plot and integrate, to perform operations that uniformly process the entirety of information encapsulated in a curve fitting object.
The methods listed in the following table are available for all fittype objects, including cfit objects.
Fit Type MethodDescription
Get input argument names
Get fit category
Get coefficient names
Get dependent variable name
Evaluate model at specified predictors
Construct fittype object
Get formula string
Get independent variable name
Determine if model is linear
Get number of input arguments
Get number of coefficients
Get problem-dependent parameter names
Set model fit options
Get name of model
The methods listed in the following table are available exclusively for cfit objects.
Curve Fit MethodDescription
Construct cfit object
Get coefficient values
Get confidence intervals for fit coefficients
Differentiate fit
Integrate fit
Plot fit
Get prediction intervals
Get problem-dependent parameter values
A complete list of methods for a curve fitting object can be obtained with the MATLAB methods command. For example,
Methods for class fittype:
argnames dependnames fittype islinear probnames
category feval formula numargs setoptions
coeffnames fitoptions indepnames numcoeffs type
Note that some of the methods listed by methods do not appear in the tables above, and do not have reference pages in the Curve Fitting Toolbox documentation. These additional methods are generally low-level operations used by the Curve Fitting app, and not of general interest when writing curve fitting applications.
There are no global accessor methods, comparable to getfield and setfield, available for fittype objects. Access is limited to the methods listed above. This is because many of the properties of fittype objects are derived from other properties, for which you do have access. For example,
f = fittype('a*cos( b*x-c )')
f =
 General model:
 f(a,b,c,x) = a*cos( b*x-c )
ans =
a*cos( b*x-c )
ans =
You construct the fittype object f by giving the formula, so you do have write access to that basic property of the object. You have read access to that property through the formula method. You also have read access to the argument names of the object, through the argnames method. You don't, however, have direct write access to the argument names, which are derived from the formula. If you want to set the argument names, set the formula.
Surface Fitting Objects and Methods
Surface Fitting Objects and Methods
The surface fit object (sfit) stores the results from a surface fitting operation, making it easy to plot and analyze fits at the command line.
Like cfit objects, sfit objects are a subclass of fittype objects, so they inherit all the same methods of fittype listed in Curve Fitting Methods.
sfit objects also provide methods exclusively for sfit objects. See sfit.
One way to quickly assemble code for surface fits and plots into useful programs is to generate a file from a session in the Curve Fitting app. In this way, you can transform your interactive analysis of a single data set into a reusable function for command-line analysis or for batch processing of multiple data sets. You can use the generated file without modification, or edit and customize the code as needed. See Generate Code and Export Fits to the Workspace.
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Saturday, March 3, 2012
xBR vs HQx Interpolation Filter Comparison
UPDATE: the comparisons in this post aren't a true representation of hq2x (more info in this post). The xBR shots are still valid, but don't put much weight on the comparisons without reading the other post for context.
This post compares the popular HQx interpolation algorithm with the newer xBR, which has been covered in some of my other posts. If you just want to download the filters, you can get them from the link at the bottom of the post.
Since Maxim Stepin created the HQx interpolation algorithm more than a decade ago, it has been the favored real-time interpolation filter for the emulation scene. The way it works is it looks at each pixel and then compares its color to that of the 8 surrounding adjacent pixels. If it finds a match, the filter then compares the resulting pattern with a predefined lookup table to guess what the original pattern was trying to represent.
For example, if we take a pattern like this:
and scale it up via nearest neighbor--that is, a straight upscale with no interpolation--you end up with this checkerboard pattern:
But, if you use HQ2x, you end up with this:
The algorithm guesses that the original pattern was trying to represent a diagonal line rather than a checkerboard pattern, so it fills in the gaps to compensate.
Recently, a Brazilian programmer by the name of Hyllian (aka Jararaca) developed a new algorithm that actually improves on HQx, known as xBR (stands for "a filter that scales By Rules").
xBR works much the same way as HQx insofar as it is based on pattern recognition, and it would upscale the above pattern with the same result. However, it goes further than HQx by using a 2-stage set of interpolation rules, which better handle more complex patterns such as antialiased lines and curves. The two main points that can be fine-tuned are the formula used to measure the distance between colors and the way the algorithm treats corners (more on the corners later).
Hyllian began development of xBR in 2011 as a plugin for Steve Snake's Genesis/Mega Drive emulator, Kega Fusion.
You can read more about Hyllian's algorithm here.
Lets take a look at how they compare on a real-world example (HQ2x on the left, 2xBR on the right; click to embiggen):
As you can see, 2xBR does a much better job on smoothing curves without getting chunky (see Yoshi's nose and the dragon coin). It also does a better job on the 'eyes' of the block, which is represented as a diagonal line with 2xBR compared with the series-of-squares look with HQ2x.
Here's another comparison, using Earthworm Jim's title screen:
And here's a third comparison, using the title screen to Earthworm Jim 2:
HQ2x actually does a slightly better job at getting a smooth gradient around the highlight in Jim's eye, but the rest of the image is a mess. xBR has smoother, straighter lines at every color transition.
Additionally, the xBR algorithm scales to higher scale factors much more easily than the HQx algorithm, making 3-, 4-, 5- and higher versions faster and more effective.
At very high scale factors (5 and higher), the xBR algorithm can obliterate some small details, such as pupils in eyes, dots, and so on, so Hyllian introduced some additional calculation to compensate (5xBR-v3.5a on the left [uncompensated] vs 5xBR-v3.5b on the right [compensated]):
Of course, this compensation comes with its own drawbacks and false-positives, so which version works better varies on a game-by-game basis.
UPDATE: Hyllian has made a third variant that is even more cautious. Here's an animated GIF comparing the way each variant handles text:
Another interesting aspect of this algorithm is that it works very effectively on images already upscaled with xBR, so you can easily get absurdly large images (scaled 1x, 3x, 9x and 27x) with just a few iterations:
This puts it in direct and favorable competition with this vectorization method that recently made the rounds. xBR manages to maintain detail a bit better than the vectorizer, and it can actually operate in real-time, unlike the vectorizer.
You can download these shaders from my Mediafire repo (most are available in either XML/GLSL or Cg format, both of which are compatible with SSNES). UPDATE: KrossX ported 2xBR-v3.5a to ePSXe format and SimoneT ported 5xBR-v3.5a.
UPDATE: New Cg version of 5x variant. Runs approx. 25% faster. :)
UPDATE: new XML versions of 5xBR-v3.7. This package includes 3 variants (a, b and c), as well as the A-variant+scanlines.
UPDATE: Hyllian has been working on a new version that analyzes an image frame by frame and dynamically decides whether to apply xBR smoothing or Reverse-Anti-aliasing to produce the best picture. It handles text better than any filter/shader I've encountered, and it also excels at digitized, prerendered images and backgrounds. Here's a shot of it with Final Fantasy VI on GBA:
You can download this shader here.
UPDATE (4/19/2013): Another great update from Hyllian, this time adding 3 levels of analysis. This version runs a bit slower in my experience (unsurprisingly), but it now handles jagged edges that earlier versions simply couldn't detect, due to their 2-level analysis pattern. Compare this shot with the ones at the top of the post:
Notice that inclined bit of ground under the dragon/yoshi coin. This new version will also really help with Mega Man X games, which tended to have a lot of these sorts of gently sloping planes. You can download a Cg shader of this new version here, or a 3x scale Kega Fusion plugin here.
Closely related to xBR are the SABR shader by Joshua Street and Zenju's xBRZ CPU filter. SABR was written by Mr. Street as part of a school project and it differs from xBR in a couple of ways, including using antialiasing on edges. It was forked from Hyllian's 5xBR v3.7c shader. xBRZ is a rewrite of the xBR algorithm in C++, with some changes to the corner detection and color distance measurement. It was forked around xBR v3.5.
There is also a standalone library written in C that incorporates both the xBR algorithm (as it appears in FFmpeg's libavfilter) and Hqx. You can browse this project's source on github.
Hyllian/Jararaca said...
Hi, HunterK. Nice review! I have some considerations.
Actually, there are some implementations of HQx that can smooth out diagonal lines on different angles than 45 degrees. The Snes9x CPU filter is one example.
The major difference between Hqx and xBR is visible in anti-aliased games. Get to the Press Start screen of Earthworm Jim with both filters and you can see how they perform.
Super Mario World is the easiest game for filters, so most of them do a great jog in it.
Hunter K. said...
Thanks, Hyllian! I made some updates per your recommendations.
Hyllian said...
Hi, HunterK.
EJ2 is a good comparison. But, actually I was talking about the first one.
See these screenshots I made last year in this post:
I know you're comparing the 2x version, though. The press start from EJ1 shows clearly how's the job of those filters on anti-aliased graphics.
Hyllian said...
Sorry to bother you this much. :p
Hunter K. said...
lol I don't know why I thought you said EWJ2... Anyway, I got the new screens in there and you're right. The left edge of the letter 'M' is a pretty clear win for xBR :D
It's no trouble, except for Blogspot's terrible interface. They made it super-hard to make side-by-side pictures :/
Anonymous said...
I will try my best in english.
Is it possible to create a Dll containing the xBR 3x Filter?
I'm working (hobby beside school) on a little Game (towerdefense/gemcraftclone) with only 240x206px size. It would be cool to make the game more flashlike.
Its written in AutoIt, a scripting language. Because of this I cannot understand C/C++/etc. good enough to create the Dll by my own.
I can show you some Pictures that I made with an Image Resizer.
xBR 3x:
It would be great if someone who can help would contact me.
Marcus (from Germany)
Darklord42 said...
Who made the xml version of the shader and do they plan to update it ot the latest 3.8 version?
Hunter K. said...
I believe Hyllian converted them himself, but he's said he can't really do that every time because he has no way to test them (he writes them all for RetroArch on PS3, so Cg-only). I tried using Themaister's Cg-to-XML script but it gives a black


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In this paper, we construct conﬁdence sets for models deﬁned by many conditional moment inequalities/equalities. The conditional moment restrictions in the models can be ﬁnite, countably in ﬁnite, or uncountably in ﬁnite. To deal with the complication brought about by the vast number of moment restrictions, we exploit the manageability (Pollard (1990)) of the class of moment functions. We verify the manageability condition in ﬁve examples from the recent partial identiﬁcation literature. The proposed conﬁdence sets are shown to have correct asymptotic size in a uniform sense and to exclude parameter values outside the identiﬁed set with probability approaching one. Monte Carlo experiments for a conditional stochastic dominance example and a random-coeﬀicients binary-outcome example support the theoretical results.
Andrews, Donald W.K. and Shi, Xiaoxia, "Inference Based on Many Conditional Moment Inequalities" (2015). Cowles Foundation Discussion Papers. 2447.


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Room 72: Ancient Cyprus
Bronze bowl handles
From Cyprus, about 850-750 BC
Decorated with lotus flowers
These handles would have been riveted onto the upper sides of one or more roughly hemispherical bowls. The lotus flowers would have appeared above the rim. Bronze bowls of this variety are typically Cypriot and occur in Cyprus between about 1050 and 750 BC. However, none of the surviving examples is as large as the bowls to which these handles must have belonged. From Cyprus they were introduced to the Near East, the Greek world and Italy.
The bronze bowls perhaps derive from earlier Cypriot bowls of pottery that have a single handle that is visible over the rim. A roughly hemispherical bronze bowl has a single riveted handle and a knob, in place of a lotus flower, appearing above the rim. It comes from a Cypriot tomb of the mid-eleventh century BC, and may form a link between the pottery and the bronze series.
V. Tatton-Brown, Ancient Cyprus, 2nd ed. (London, The British Museum Press, 1997)
M-J. Chavane, 'Vases de bronze du Musée du Chypre', Collection de la Mason de lOri (1982)


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Building a gallery of thumbnails of same size in PHP
Creating Thumbnails: Part Two
In this second part, the script of thumbnails will be upgraded so that the height and width are both defined for all thumbnails, while keeping the proportions of the original images.
Indeed the disadvantage of the thumbnail script in the first part was to resize the image to a height or width given the choice, but the other dimension remained variable which does not allow to build galleries.
To achieve this, we will resize the image to create an intermediary thumbnail which retains the proportions, and then crop it either vertically or horizontally, depending in the form of the initial image.
Calculating the size of the intermediate thumbnail
The intermediate thumbnail will be either the width or the height of the final thumbnail, depending if the width or the height is less than the other side.
Dimensions of the final thumbnail
In the demo, the dimensions are 150 in height and 140 in width. Any other values could be choosen.
$thumbh = 150; $thumbw = 140;
Choice of formula
Should we crop on the height or width?
If the intermediate thumbnail has a height of 150, its width must be greater than or equal that 140.
If its width is 140, its height must be greater than or equal to 150.
To anticipate it, we calculate the ratio of height to width, for the source image and the thumbnail.
$ratio = $h / $w; $nratio = $thumbh / $thumbw;
If ratio, the original proportion, is more than nratio, the proportion of the final thumbnail, it must be cropped on the height, and on the width in the other case.
And if we crop on the height, the image is scaled depending on the width.
Resizing on the width
In case ratio is higher than nratio, in other words, the original image is too high compared to the thumbnail to achieve, the intermediate thumbnail is created on the base of the desired width:
$x = intval($w * $nh / $h);
if ($x < $nw)
$nh = intval($h * $nw / $w);
$nw = $x;
A temporary width of x is defined using the formula: w * nh / h.
If x is less than the desired width, the image is scaled on the height by
the formula nh = h * nw / w.
Otherwise the height is retained and the temporary value x is given to the width nw of the thumbnail.
Resizing on the height
If the new ratio nratio is bigger than the original ratio, the image is wider than high, it must be reduced on the basis of height, and then cropped horizontally.
$x = intval($h * $nw / $w);
if ($x < $nh)
$nw = intval($w * $nh / $h);
$nh = $x;
The calculations are inverted.
Creating the intermediate image
The PHP functions of the first part are used again to resize the image:
$resimage = imagecreatefromjpeg($oldname); $newimage = imagecreatetruecolor($nw, $nh); imageCopyResampled($newimage, $resimage,0,0,0,0,$nw, $nh, $w, $h);
But furthermore, we must crop the image, thus creating an empty image on which a part of the intermediate thumbnail is copied.
$viewimage = imagecreatetruecolor($thumbw, $thumbh); imagecopy($viewimage, $newimage, 0, 0, 0, 0, $nw, $nh);
Now we have just to save the thumbnail.
In the demo, an array of images is scanned by the foreach structure. See the complete source code below.
Thumbnail gallery created with the script
Click to display the original image.
- See the complete PHP script of thumbnail gallery.
- Download the archive including the script and images.


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- Also, if the musician suddenly does not play anything on beat 1, that would also be syncopation. Playing a note ever-so-slightly before or after a beat is another form of syncopation because this produces an unexpected accent. — "Syncopation - Definition",
- Syncopation. In music, syncopation includes a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected in that they deviate from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak but also powerful beats in a meter (pulse) In music, syncopation includes a variety of rhythms which are in some. — "Syncopation",
- Syncopation definition, a shifting of the normal accent, usually by stressing the normally unaccented beats. See more. — "Syncopation | Define Syncopation at ",
- Syncopations can happen anywhere: in the melody, the bass line, the rhythm section, the chordal accompaniment. Ragtime, for example, would hardly be ragtime without the jaunty syncopations in the melody set against the steady unsyncopated bass. — "Syncopation",
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- (Click to enlarge) syncopation from Mozart's Symphony no. 25 syncopation n. Music. A shift of accent in a passage or composition that occurs when a. — "syncopation: Definition from ",
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- Syncopation ( pronounced SINK-o-PAY-shun) is hearing the beat when you don't expect to. When notes begin before or after a strong beat, you have syncopation. Listen to this rhythm in Example 1. The notes fall on the beats. This is not syncopation. Now listen to Example 2. — "Syncopation", empire.k12.ca.us
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- In music the word syncopation has a very specific meaning. Actually, the main syncopation in cha-cha happens on beat two (usually the first part of a rock step), I'll explain why shortly. — "Syncopation in dance and music",
- on | off. enter. — "Syncopation Official Web Site",
- For other uses of the same name, see Syncopation (disambiguation). In music, syncopation includes a variety of rhythms which are in some way unexpected in that they deviate from the strict succession of regularly spaced strong and weak but also powerful beats in a meter (pulse). — "Syncopation - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia",
- Syncopation is a musical process that involves adding an unexpected element to the basic beat of a musical composition. At times, the syncopation adds more beats, while at other times it delays or changes the sense of a particular beat in the line of rhythm. — "What Is Syncopation?",
- Dynamic Syncopation music profile on Yahoo! Music. Find lyrics, free streaming MP3s, music videos and photos of Dynamic Syncopation on Yahoo! Music. — "Dynamic Syncopation on Yahoo! Music",
- Syncopation Makes It Move. Introduction. Syncopation is the wonderful effect which is created when notes which are supposed to fall in a certain place surprise the ear and fall somewhere else. When the accent falls off the beat, or if there is silence on the beat, then syncopation occurs. — "Music Concepts Online: Syncopation Lecture", neiu.edu
- Syncopation. Syncopation is a disturbance or interruption of the regular flow of rhythm. Syncopation shifts this emphasis, or, to put it another way, it places the accent on the wrong syllable. — "Syncopation: Excerpts from The NPR Classical Music Companion", kennedy-
- syncopation in a folk context, check out the examples below. In this example, there is a syncopated melody over a simple quarter-note bass part, which. — "Syncopation",
- Syncopation is used in many musical styles, including classical music, but it is fundamental in such styles as reggae, ragtime, rap, jump blues, jazz and often in dubstep. In the form of a back beat, syncopation is used in virtually all contemporary popular music. — "Syncopation - New World Encyclopedia",
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Quick Answer: How Many Newtons Of Force Can An Average Human Exert?
How many newtons of force can a human exert?
A quick, sharp blow that delivers some 3,300 newtons of force has a 25 percent chance of cracking an average person's rib, she said..
How much force can a human hand exert?
What is the maximum force that can be applied by a human hand on a hammer in the blacksmith industry? The usual force one would be able to exert by pushing a finger against a surface is 40 N. Which is just enough force to lift a 4 kilogram article. (You are strong if you could do more).
How much is 1000 Newtons of force?
Please share if you found this tool useful:Conversions Table10 Newtons to Pounds-force = 2._PHONE_ Newtons to Pounds-force = 179.847220 Newtons to Pounds-force = 4._PHONE_ Newtons to Pounds-force = 202.32830 Newtons to Pounds-force = 6.74431,000 Newtons to Pounds-force = 224.808912 more rows
How much force can a person exert?
The force a human can exert without tools depends upon their physiology. The bench press record is apparently over 700 pounds weight (>3,000 Newtons in normal gravity). Most fit humans can exert a force greater than their own body weight. With tools, there is no realistic limit.
Are humans stronger at pulling or pushing?
How much is a Newton in KG?
Kg and NewtonValuesKg to Newton1 kg = 9.81 NNewton to kg1N = 0.10197 kg
What is the maximum force a human can withstand?
How much is 40 newtons of force?
Convert 40 Newtons to Pounds force40 Newtons (N)8.992 Pounds force (lb)1 N = 0.224809 lb1 lb = 4.448220 N
What does 500 newtons weigh?
Convert 500 Newtons to Pounds force500 Newtons (N)112.404 Pounds force (lb)1 N = 0.224809 lb1 lb = 4.448220 N
What is a pulling force called?
This pull is a force called weight.
How many Newtons can an average person pull?
According to a NASA report an average male can exert around 90 kg (200 pounds) or 1000 Newtons of force in a static push.
How much is 200 newtons of force?
Convert 200 Newtons to Pounds force200 Newtons (N)44.962 Pounds force (lb)1 N = 0.224809 lb1 lb = 4.448220 N
How much can a human push?
person with good upper body strength can push or pull 100 lbs. of horizontal force for a very short period of time. The horizontal force (push/pull) needed to move a cart loaded with 1500 lbs. of steel may be 300 lbs.
How strong can a human get?
Is 1 Newton a lot of force?
How many Newtons would it take to lift 100 pounds?
Please share if you found this tool useful:Conversions Table2 Pounds-force to Newtons = 8.896480 Pounds-force to Newtons = 355.85773 Pounds-force to Newtons = 13.344790 Pounds-force to Newtons = 400.33994 Pounds-force to Newtons = 17._PHONE_ Pounds-force to Newtons = 444.822212 more rows
Is it better to push or pull a heavy object?
When pushing or pulling a load you should never?
Always try to push rather than pull where possible. When negotiating a slop or ramp, get help from another worker. On an uneven surface, increase the pushing/pulling force to 10% of the load weight. To make it easier to push or pull, keep your feet well away from the load and move no faster than walking speed.
How much force is 5N?
Convert 5 Newtons to Pounds force5 Newtons (N)1.124045 Pounds force (lb)1 N = 0.224809 lb1 lb = 4.448220 N
How much force can a human grip?
A hearty hold indicates not only sturdy hand muscles, but also strong wrists and arms. In 1985, men ages 20-24 had an average right-handed grip of 121 pounds and left-handed grip of 105 pounds. Today, men that age had grips of only 101 and 99 pounds, the study found. Men 25-29 posted losses of 26 and 19 pounds.
How much force does it take to rip an arm off?
I am going to say yes. And the answer is 154,978 newtons. So how much force does it take to rip a human arm off? The yeild strength of muscle (the closes approximation I can find with a quick google) is about 1-4 MPa or MN/m2. Assuming an average arm has a diameter of 10 cm, for a cross-sectional area of about 80 cm2.


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A HYBRID GIS AND KNOWLEDGE-DRIVEN APPROACH FOR WATER RESOURCES POTENTIAL ZONATION
Keywords:Groundwater potential mapping, Geospatial analysis, Multicriteria decision making, Spatial prediction
Assessing the potential zone of groundwater is extremely important in areas that are prone to climate-related hazards and have limited access to potable water supply such as Kuala Krai, Kelantan, Malaysia. The application of GIS and remote sensing allows for faster, cheaper, and more efficient groundwater management and exploration. In this work GIS and Knowledge-Driven approach are combined in an attempt to identify groundwater potential zones in Kuala Krai. The various thematic maps prepared for delineating groundwater potential zones are lineament, lithology, soil, land use, rainfall, slope, drainage density, and elevation. The knowledge-driven technique is used to assign weights for each factor and Weighted Linear Combination (WLC) approach is used to investigate several choice possibilities and evaluate suitability according to the associated weight of each factor. The results revealed that 31.64% and 15.10% of the area in Kuala Krai were categorized as high and very high groundwater potential zones which are mostly located in the central, western, and southern parts of Kuala Krai where interbedded sandstone, siltstone, and shale were the major geological unit. Furthermore, rainfall was also highly influential in determining groundwater potentiality. In terms of land use, forest, rubber, and oil palm were found to be suitable for high potential zones of groundwater. Moreover, the area located nearby the Kelantan River also exhibited high groundwater potentiality. The map can be used to develop and further expand groundwater utilization in Malaysia.


Types of Agriculture in Japan 日本の農業の種類
1.What are the different types of agriculture in Japan?
What kind of work do you think of agriculture? You may have a strong image of just growing rice and vegetables. In reality, there is a wide range of work included under the term agriculture.
In the "Japan Standard Industrial Classification (revised in October 2013)" established by the Ministry of Internal Affairs and Communications, agriculture is classified into five categories: "Establishments engaged in administrative or ancillary economic activities," "Crop farming," "Livestock farming," "Agricultural services, except gardening services," and "Gardening services.
However, in general, it is often divided into three types: "crop farming,", "livestock farming," and "agriculture-related business."
This article will look at the specific contents of these three types of agriculture.
2.What is "Crop Farming"?
Crop farming is the cultivation of rice, other grains, vegetables, fruit trees, flowers and other plants, etc. The work environment varies greatly depending on the scale of farm and type of crop.
The work of large-scale farms often involves the use of agricultural machinery. Smaller farms or those in environments where agricultural machinery is not available may work mainly by hand.
Furthermore, in open-field or greenhouse cultivation, workers have to work with exposure to the outside temperature, which would be hard in the hot summer months. On the other hand, in a plant factory, workers may work in an environment where the temperature and humidity are artificially controlled.
3.What is "Livestock farming"?
Livestock farming refers to raising, fattening, and incubating livestock and poultry, such as cattle, pigs, chickens, horses, sheep, and ducks. Typical examples are dairy farming, beef cattle production, and poultry farming.
Dairy farming is the production of milk. It may also involve selling cheese and ice cream, which are processed products of milk, or operating as a tourist farm.
Beef cattle production is the job of raising cattle for beef. Recently, the development and production of regional branded beef has become a hot topic. There are two types of farms: breeding farms, where mothers raise calves for a certain period of time, and fattening farms, where calves are bought at a market and are raised to a large size, although some farmers carry out both processes in an integrated manner.
Poultry farming is into two categories: egg production and meat production. Poultry farming in Japan is becoming increasingly modern and large-scale, and, commonly, a single farmer often manages tens of thousands of chickens.
4.What is "Agriculture-related business"?
Agribusiness is a general term for a wide range of industries related to agriculture. It is sometimes referred to as agribusiness, a term coined by combining the words agriculture and business.
Agribusiness mainly involves working to support people engaged in crop farming and livestock farming and connecting producers with consumers.
For example, one of agribusinesses activities is developing a distribution system to sell both agricultural products and processed products directly to consumers. In addition, there has been much attention in recent years on the use of robots, ICT, and other technologies in agriculture to save labor and improve quality control for producers.
As mentioned above, there is a wide range of work related to agriculture in Japan.


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The 3rd stage in the finger training is the Wood liniment and is also cold. Training at this stage is turned towards the internal methods with tensing the fingers, hands, and arms which derived for the controlled exertion with the Taoist breathing techniques. These liniments are associated with extending ones energy not only into the ground but also sending it through the tips of the fingers at any time it should be necessary to do so. These liniments are strictly applied at the onset of training and the energy derived from these bordering on what Taoist call "Mysterious Chi".
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S^9/U(1)$. So take $S^9 \subset C^5$ and then quotient by the natural diagonal action of the complex numbers of unit length. – David Roberts Nov 3 '10 at 2:54
that should be $R^{10}$ not $R^10$. $C^*$ is the nonzero complex numbers. – David Roberts Nov 3 '10 at 2:54
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Here's a sketch. Take a look at the Gysin sequence. This will tell you that $H^i(B)$ and $H^{i+n+1}(B)$ are isomorphic except in two dimensions, which gives you (if $n$ is odd) a restriction on the possible cohomology rings for $B$: truncated polynomial algebras or (polynomial algebra tensor an exterior algebra). The latter cannot happen because such a space would be an infinite CW-complex and cannot be the base space of a fiber bundle with total space $S^m$ (something just homotopy equivalent to $S^m$ would be possible, though.) Hopf invariant 1 will then tell you that there's also a restriction on $n$. I'm guessing you'll end up with just the mentioned bundles over $RP^n$, $CP^n$, $HP^n$ and $OP^n$ (the latter for $n\leq 2$) and possibly some twisted versions of these.
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Walking-in-place techniques for locomotion in virtual environments typically have two problems that impact their usability: system latency (particularly troublesome when starting and stopping locomotion), and the fact that the change in the user's viewpoint may not be smooth and continuous. This paper describes a new WIP interface that improves both latency and the continuity of synthesized locomotion in the virtual environment. By basing the virtual avatar motion on the speed of the user's heel motion while walking in place, we create a direct mapping from foot-motion to locomotion that is responsive, intuitive, and easy to implement. In this paper, we describe the technique, analyze its starting and stopping latency, and provide experimental results on the suppression of false steps and general usability of the system.
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I was just wondering if anyone could break this down and explain to me how this works...?
let numbers = [2,8,1,16,4,3,9] var sum = 0 var counter = 0
while counter < numbers.count { sum += numbers[counter] counter += 1}
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Hey Michael, I've posted your code with my comments below. Hope this helps.
//declares an array of Int's named numbers
let numbers = [2,8,1,16,4,3,9]
//declares an Int variable named sum, initialised with a zero value
//used to keep track of the sum total
var sum = 0
//declares an Int variable named counter, initialised with a zero value
//this is used as an index value, as well as an indicative value
//to compare to the number of items in the numbers array
var counter = 0
//While Loop
//This should read as "While the counter is less than the amount of items in the numbers array, execute the below."
//While this conditional is true, the body of the loop will execute.
while counter < numbers.count {
 //The += operator takes the current value of sum, and adds
 //the number at the index specified by the counter property.
 //can also be written as sum = sum + numbers[counter]
 sum += numbers[counter]
 //We then add 1 onto the current counter property so that
 //the index next time will be one more than this execution.
 //If this was the last index in the array, the boolean
 //of the while loop condition will become false and stop executing
 //because the counter is now higher than the amount of items in the numbers array.
 counter += 1


January Expeditions to Antarctica, Falklands, and South Georgia
Ashton Palmer
January Expeditions to Antarctica, Falklands, and South Georgia
Ashton Palmer
For most travelers, visiting the 'White Continent' is a once-in-a-lifetime experience. So, why not do it right the first time and include South Georgia—our travelers never regret it!
Top 5 Reasons to visit Antarctica, Falkland Islands, and South Georgia in January:
1. Best time of year: January is mid-summer in Antarctica, when weather, ice conditions, and wildlife viewing are most conducive to exploration. This is by far the BEST time of year to visit both South Georgia and Antarctica.
A January expedition that includes South Georgia is rare and quite special in our books! Generally speaking, there are very few Antarctica, Falklands, and South Georgia trips in January. Reason being, it is more profitable for shipping companies to schedule in multiple Antarctica Peninsula-only voyages during prime season (January) rather than one or two longer programs that include South Georgia. Voyages to South Georgia are therefore typically early or late in the season, when conditions are not at their most advantageous for several activities.
2. Penguin chicks on Antarctic Peninsula: Your heart will undoubtedly melt at the first sight of these precious baby animals! During January, the chicks are still with their mothers in the rookeries, so you will see hundreds of penguin chicks throughout your expedition. Comical and naturally photogenic, these sweet creatures are hands-down one of the most entertaining highlights on these voyages.
3. Sea ice level: You will see sea ice in Antarctica, but there should not be so much to hinder exploration plans by the captain and expedition leader. Less sea ice also means the start of whale season! The whales cannot feed if there is too much ice. Enjoy spectacular whale watching from the ship or at close proximity from your Zodiac--amazing!!
4. Time to relax and acclimate: It takes a few days to get into a trip and over the jetlag. By doing the longer trip (17/18 days) you will have more than adequate time to rest and acclimate yourself, allowing you to better enjoy the experiences of each destination.
5. Elephant Island: You may have an opportunity to visit Elephant Island where Shackleton and his men were stranded after their ship, The Endurance, was trapped by the ice. January is the best month to attempt a landing here, as conditions during other months are often too dangerous to visit the island. For many travelers, this is truly a wonderful highlight!
My friend Brent Houston, one of the leading seabird biologists in the world, once said that if he only had five days left to live he would spend two of them on South Georgia. Of course, people always ask him where he'd spend the other three. "Getting there!" he answers.
It's true that reaching South Georgia is no easy feat. However, the reward is undisputable. A spectacular wildlife hotspot, those who have visited South Georgia have described it as "an experience of a lifetime," and "beyond imagination..." and even "a different realm." You may ask why there are not more trips going there then? The reality is that most people find it too difficult to be away for 3+ weeks. The shorter trips to the Antarctic Peninsula, therefore, operate more frequently and appeal to more travelers. Plus, simply put, the shipping companies make more money by doing several Antarctica-only trips verses just a few Antarctica, Falklands, South Georgia trips.
So why is South Georgia so special? In my experience, there are only a handful of places on the planet that offer such an incredible wildlife experience, and South Georgia is one of those places. Imagine stepping onto a sandy beach and being welcomed by tens of thousands of king penguins as far as the eye can see....none of them the least bit bothered by your arrival. If anything, you are somewhat of a novelty. South Georgia offers the chance to see several wildlife species that you will not likely see in Antarctica: king penguins, macaroni penguins, thousands of fur and elephant seals, nesting wandering albatross, light mantled sooty albatross, and the list goes on.
Not only is the wildlife abundant, fearless and absolutely stunning, but it inhabits one of the most visually spectacular places on earth. Imagine the jagged peaks of the Swiss Alps, laced with the massive glaciers of Alaska's Glacier Bay, surrounded by Hawaii's verdant green valleys, and you might start to understand the visual topographic feast that is South Georgia. Sparkling sandy beaches and black rocky coastline, this island truly is a jewel of the Southern Ocean.
South Georgia has a rich history, and was home to whalers of the Southern Ocean. Today, there are still a few locations where the hulking whale processing factories and a few retired whaling ships now rest, abandoned. Famed explorer Ernest Shackleton is buried at the former whaling station of Grytviken, a popular landing stop for visitors.
Following are a few memories I have of my time visiting...
- Experiencing the thrill when standing in amongst 100,000 king penguins...The sound, sight, even smell takes your breath away. It's like starring in your own National Geographic documentary!
- Traveling by Zodiac around the rocky coastline to watch young fur seal pups playing in the seaweed. The sea lions are so numerous that at times it seems the water is boiling with these playful marine mammals!
- Hiking up to see the wandering albatross on their nests. These birds often spend years at sea and only occasionally return to the place they were born to nest. Seeing these birds on land gives you incredible perspective on their size. Their wing span measures about 12 feet—the largest of any bird in the world.
- Toasting Sir Ernest Shackleton who was laid to rest in the cemetery in Grytvicken Harbor. It's hard not to be impressed by the accomplishments of 'The Boss' as you retrace his footsteps and voyages throughout the region.
- Hulking elephant seals belching and wallowing, fighting and grunting. These massive marine mammals may seem awkward on land but exhibit some of the most impressive deep diving and swimming techniques of any animal on the planet. And, while the adults may not be described as the most attractive animals, their offspring are adorable little sausage packages with big curious eyes. Who could not be moved by the gaze of an elephant seal pup!
- The graceful courting flights of the light mantled sooty albatross gliding over the tussock grass. These birds mate for life and court by flying in unison. Truly one of the most beautiful things to see, their light brown and white plumage are like a watercolor artist's masterpiece.
- Experiencing nature at its most raw and primal state—huge glaciers gouging smooth valleys, jagged snowy peaks, clouds, sun, wind. Feel the elements, breath in the majestic scenery...get in touch with nature.
- Watching the king penguins for hours, whether the young courting pairs, the fuzzy chicks, or the strutting show-offs. The king penguins breeding cycle is a year and a half and it overlaps year-round. The result is visitors will always have opportunities to see chicks, courting, nesting, and fledging.
- A myriad of colors, South Georgia boasts a rainbow of green, red, and yellow that you will not find in Antarctica. These vibrant colors offer a dramatic contrast to the ice of the Antarctic Peninsula.
South Georgia is a pinch yourself, "am I really here?", life-changing experience. As one of our travelers put it: "Knowing what I do now, this was easily the best travel experience I have ever had. No matter where I travel, I probably will never surpass the experience." – Louise Traige; Los Angeles, CA


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Apollo 11 moon rocks to be transferred to Minnesota Historical SocietyApollo 11 moon rocks are scheduled to be transferred Wednesday from the Minnesota National Guard to the Minnesota Historical Society in front of an audience of children at Science and Technology Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE) Minnesota.
Apollo 11 moon rocks are scheduled to be transferred
Wednesday from the Minnesota National Guard to the Minnesota Historical
Society in front of an audience of children at Science and Technology
Academies Reinforcing Basic Aviation and Space Exploration (STARBASE)
"The Apollo 11 moon rocks were found amongst military artifacts in a storage
area at the Veterans Service Building in St. Paul," said Army Maj. Blane R.
Iffert, former state historian for the Minnesota National Guard.
"When I searched the internet to find additional information about the moon
rocks, I knew we had to find a better means to display this artifact," said
Iffert. "It is stated on some websites that approximately 180 are currently
unaccounted for of the 270 moon rocks from the Apollo 11 and Apollo 17
missions. We've just lowered that number by one."
"We are honored to have this in our collection to preserve for future
generations," said Pat Gaarder, Minnesota Historical Society Deputy Director.
"Space exploration is an important part of our shared history. It is also
exciting to think that our collection includes artifacts from across the
globe and now with these moon rocks, the galaxy."
"These students will one day be the scientists, engineers and astronauts to
first set foot on Mars," said Kim Van Wie, executive director of STARBASE
Minnesota. "We're excited they'll be able to see, first hand, evidence of
this historic Apollo mission to the moon and how that has paved the way for
future exploration that they could eventually be a part of."
"The purpose of STARBASE is to educate and inspire urban youth in science,
technology, engineering and math (STEM)," said Van Wie. "STARBASE
Minnesota's hands-on curriculum, unique aerospace resources, state of the art
technology and exciting environment that immerses students in STEM has
inspired 41,000 youth since 1993."


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Definition - What does Benzene Ring mean?
Benzene ring is a hexagonal arrangement found in Benzene, an organic chemical compound. The hexagonal arrangement of the benzene ring contains 6 carbon atoms, which have single or double bonds between them. Each of the carbon atoms within the ring is tied with a hydrogen atom. In some cases, the carbon atom maybe bonded with either a single atom or a group of atoms. The hexagonal arrangement is found in the molecules of the benzene as well as its derivatives. It is a natural component of crude oil in the petroleum industry. Due to its high octane number, it is an important constituent of the gasoline.
Petropedia explains Benzene Ring
Benzene ring molecule consists of 6 carbon atoms, having 1 hydrogen atom attached to each of the carbon atoms in the shape of a ring. Its chemical formula is C6H6 and this organic chemical compound is the most natural element of crude oil. Benzene is classified as a hydrocarbon, since its molecules have only carbon and hydrogen. Due to its high octane number in its molecular structure, it is an important constituent of gasoline making it an important fuel for engine; with ell as its derivatives. It is a natural component of crude oil in the petroleum industry.


Reject Incoming Calls with a Phone Number Block List
The easiest way to reject incoming phone calls from specific phone numbers is to create a "virtual block list". The block list can then be used to filter incoming calls; automatically hanging up on any blocked numbers, and forward other callers as normal. This guide walks you through the process of setting up a virtual block list with sample code for Twilio Functions.
Block list sample code
Here's our phone number block list sample code:
exports.handler = function(context, event, callback) {
 // List all blocked phone numbers in quotes and E.164 formatting, separated by a comma
 let numberBlock = event.block || [ "_PHONE_", "_PHONE_" ];
 let twiml = new Twilio.twiml.VoiceResponse();
 let blocked = true;
 if (numberBlock.length > 0) {
if (numberBlock.indexOf(event.From) === -1) {
blocked = false;
} if (blocked) {
else { // if the caller's number is not blocked, redirect to your existing webhook twiml.redirect(""); }
callback(null, twiml);
When your Twilio phone number responds to incoming calls with this Functions script, the code looks at the phone number detected in our incoming call request, and compares it to the list of blocked numbers in Line 3. If the incoming call is from a blocked phone number, the call is rejected. If the incoming call is not from a blocked phone number, the script redirects to another URL for TwiML.
Here's what you'll need to modify:
Line 3: Update [ "_PHONE_", "_PHONE_" ] with the phone numbers you want to block calls from (in E.164 formatting).
Create a block list Function
 1. Access the Manage Functions page in Console.
 3. Select the Blank template, and then click Create
 4. Edit the Function's Properties fields:
 5. Edit the Function's Configuration fields:
 - CODE: Copy and paste your modified code (see the Block list sample code section above).
 6. Once your Function's fields are correct, click Save
Set your phone number to use your block list function
 1. Access the Active Numbers page in Console.
 2. Click the desired phone number to modify.
 3. Update your phone number's routing:
 - ACCEPT INCOMING: Voice Calls
 - A CALL COMES IN: Function
 - DROP-DOWN MENU: Select your block list function.
 4. Click Save when finished.
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Limited Power of Attorney Ohio Form – Adobe PDF
Use the Ohio limited financial power of attorney document to grant powers to a specific monetary responsibility, decision, or objective to another person. The most common example is a property owner electing their attorney to handle a real estate transaction on their behalf. But the form may be used for anything as small as picking up standard mail to handling complicated banking or investment decisions on behalf of the principal.
- Form must be signed in front of a notary public or with at least two (2) witnesses present in order to be legal


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COOLING RATES IN SPLAT COOLING.
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Calculations and experimental observations made on cooling rates during splat quenching are presented. Three possible types of cooling behavior are discussed ideal cooling, intermediate cooling, and Newtonian cooling. The effects of splatting-process variables on the cooling rates are described, the most important of these variables being splat thickness and the quality of the thermal contact between the splat and substrate. Splat-cooling rates range typically from 10,000 to above 10 to the 10th power Csec., depending on the actual conditions. Author


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is Cool Air Best?
Why is cool air best for Whooping Crane migration? Senior Pilot Joe Duff of Operation Migration answers.
Cooler air is more dense than warmer air. Warm air can actually hold more moisture because molecules are farther apart, making more room for moisture. Cold air is dense and compact; it's "thicker," so when you breathe in you get more oxygen. Thicker air also means there's more for a crane's wings to push against. When the propeller spins there's more thrust. When the wing flies there's more lift to it. The aircraft works better because the engine works better, the propeller works better, and the wing works better. And for the birds, their wings work better too. They get more oxygen and it's easier to cool their bodies. They don't overheat.
It's just a lot easier to fly in cold air. Cold air is really a big factor in the birds' endurance. Warm air wears them out very quickly. You see them panting quickly, their tongues come out, they start to splay their feet to help cool their bodies, and they just can't fly."
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