What Are the Main Costs of Hiring in Africa
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What Are the Main Costs of Hiring in Africa
Fortunately, Blueback Global can help your business overcome these challenges. Here are just a few considerations when hiring in Africa.
Recruitment Costs
The accepted standard measurement of hiring is the cost-per-hire metric. It calculates internal and external costs associated with sourcing, recruiting and filling open positions in your company.
Internal costs are money spent inside your company for hiring in Africa. This might include recruiter salaries, overhead, and hardware and software for tracking applicants.
External costs generally include items such as advertising and marketing, third-party hiring agencies, recruitment events, travel, background and reference checks, and more.
In 2016, a SHRM survey estimated the average cost per hire was $4,425, or approximately 15% percent of all HR-related expenses. That's substantial, but you do have options for filling jobs in Africa to minimize expense and to simplify the hiring process.
Our experienced global expansion agency can recommend what would work best for your business. They have the knowledge and foresight to reduce risk, so your business isn't blindsided by unexpected expenses.
Labor Law Compliance Expenses
The International Labor Organization reports most African nations ratified basic human rights conventions. However, areas such as minimum wages, social security, occupational safety and health, and other legislative issues are less defined in many regions.
Consequently, labor laws change often and quickly. South Africa recently moved from a recommended to a mandatory minimum wage in 2018. Nigeria is currently discussing changes to their minimum wage law too.
Labor laws are always in flux; nonetheless, foreign businesses must adhere to local and regional laws for workers in Africa.
Large corporations may have the HR resources to monitor legislative changes, yet smaller enterprises can find this a significant challenge unless they rely on a global partner to ensure compliance in Africa.
Bureaucratic Costs
Some African countries encourage foreign business and simplify the startup process. Others make it very difficult, and expensive, to establish and operate a company within their borders.
According to Forbes' Best Countries for Business, the small East African island of Mauritius is a better choice than many European countries. Ranked 39th globally, they have progressive business policies to spur economic growth.
Compare that to the landlocked Central African Republic, ranked 161st. They lack proper transportation, a skilled workforce, political stability, and sound economic policies.
It may be worthwhile to jump through bureaucratic hoops when potential profits merit it. Many factors can derail your international expansion plans if you're not aware of issues that could affect your business.
Blueback Global experts can help you choose the region best-suited for your company, so you can avoid excessive bureaucratic costs. Get the workers you need quickly and reduce startup expenses and costs of hiring in Africa.
Tax Compliance
An effective, well-developed tax system makes it easier to operate in Africa. It lowers operational risk and ensures stability for infrastructure, fair treatment, and governmental transparency.
Many African countries make it difficult to manage and submit taxes. They lack the technology and infrastructure needed.
Fortunately, some countries are progressive and have simplified tax compliance. A PWC report mentions Kenya now an I-Tax system for filing and paying taxes online. Mauritania has simplified tax compliance and decreased the number of tax filings or payments.
Tax avoidance and evasion are still a major problem in many African nations. As a result, governments collect less tax than needed, which creates economic and social instability.
For example, The Globalist reports only "9% of Nigerian companies pay corporate tax, while only 12% of registered businesses comply with VAT obligations."
While this may sound like a great way for a foreign company to reduce expenses, it isn't. The Globalist adds almost all Nigerian businesses are unregistered, which isn't an option for foreigners. This puts foreign business at a distinct disadvantage from the get-go.
Additionally, corporate tax rates vary drastically between regions. 2018 Tax Foundation data, states the country of Comoros in Africa has one of the highest corporate tax rates on the planet (50%).
Blueback Global can recommend the best areas for your business. We also have in-country experts tracking regulatory changes and requirements to manage tax compliance and reduce your costs of hiring in Africa.
Trade Area
Most countries in Africa have joined The African Continental Free Trade Area, making it the largest trade coalition in the world. This is important for foreign businesses as once fully-ratified; it will remove tariffs from 90% of goods, allowing free access to commodities, goods, and services across the continent.
Additionally, the arrangement could offer new opportunities in areas such as manufacturing and agriculture, boost employment, and encourage free movement of the African talent pool.
As of April 2019, Benin, Botswana, Eritrea, Guinea-Bissau, Nigeria, and Zambia are not part of the agreement. Consequently, operating in these nations could increase a company's costs of hiring in Africa.
Mandatory Contributions
African countries also demand mandatory contributions borne by the company. These include social security contributions such as unemployment, solidarity, public pension, housing, and education funds.
Legislations vary widely between African nations and change often. For instance, Tunisia recently introduced an additional corporate income tax contribution of 7.5% of taxable profits.
UHY International suggests Nigeria's average employment costs are higher than the U.S., Canada, and many European countries.
Choosing the best African country for your business must include a review of mandatory corporate contributions. Fortunately, your business may have options to reduce or eliminate many of the costs of hiring in Africa.
Labor Relations
Some areas of Africa rely heavily on labor unions. As an example, South Africans have a legal right under the constitution to join a trade union and they represent 25% of the formal work force.
Unions can strike, and most of the strikes in the public sector are driven by wage disputes. For instance, in 2014 platinum workers went on strike demanding at immediate doubling of their wages. Even though they eventually settled for much less over three years, it was the longest and most expensive strike in South African history.
In 2012, a series of strikes for higher wages and improved employment opportunities were even more noteworthy. Agricultural strikes by Western Cape Farm Workers' led to 3 deaths, millions of dollars in damages, and a 52% increase in the official minimum wage.
Not all African governments treat workers fairly, even when they make agreements with unions. They may renege on promises of wage increases or reforms.
As a result, it is very important your business understands which African regions offer favorable business opportunities, and which to avoid for minimal costs of hiring in Africa.
Blueback Global is your international business expansion expert. We offer African business expansion advice and services including business set up, global payroll, accounting and reporting, statutory compliance, immigration support, recruitment and hiring, and more.
With a network of African professionals each with regional knowledge and local business savvy, we simplify doing business in Africa. We're well-positioned, highly-experienced, and can help you overcome your multinational business challenges.
Contact us for a free consultation and cut through the complications of your African business expansion.
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Meaning of DEMONSTRATE
|Pronunciation: || ||'demun'streyt|
| ||Definition:|| |
- [v] establish the validity of something, as by an example, explanation or experiment; "The experiment demonstrated the instability of the compound"; "The mathematician showed the validity of the conjecture"
- [v] provide evidence for; stand as proof of; show by one's behavior, attitude, or external attributes; "His high fever attested to his illness"; "The buildings in Rome manifest a high level of architectural sophistication"; "This decision demonstrates his sense of fairness"
- [v] show or demonstrate something to an interested audience; "She shows her dogs frequently"; "We will demo the new software in Washington"
- [v] march in protest; take part in a demonstration; "Thousands demonstrated against globalization during the meeting of the most powerful economic nations in Seattle"
DEMONSTRATE is a 11 letter word that starts with D.
| ||Synonyms:|| ||attest, certify, demo, establish, evidence, exhibit, manifest, march, present, prove, shew, show, show|
| ||Antonyms:|| ||confute, disprove|
| ||See Also:|| ||affirm, authenticate, bear witness, bring home, condemn, confirm, contradict, corroborate, dissent, negate, notarise, notarize, picket, protest, prove, prove oneself, reflect, resist, show, stultify, substantiate, support, sustain, testify|
|Webster's 1913 Dictionary|
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\Dem"on*strate\ (?; 277), v. t. [L. demonstratus, p.
p. of demonstrare to demonstrate; de- + monstrare to show.
1. To point out; to show; to exhibit; to make evident.
2. To show, or make evident, by reasoning or proof; to prove
by deduction; to establish so as to exclude the
possibility of doubt or denial.
We can not demonstrate these things so as to show
that the contrary often involves a contradiction.
3. (Anat.) To exhibit and explain (a dissection or other
| ||Related Terms:|| ||account for, adumbrate, advertise, affect, afford proof of, air, allegorize, approve, argue, ascertain, attest, audit, balance, balance the books, beef, bespeak, betoken, bitch, blazon forth, body forth, boggle, boycott, brandish, breathe, bring forth, bring forward, bring home to, bring into view, bring out, bring to notice, broaden the mind, call in question, call to mind, catechize, challenge, check, check out, cinch, cite, cite a particular, civilize, clarify, clear up, clinch, complain, connote, crack, cry out against, dangle, decipher, demonstrate against, demur, demythologize, denote, describe, determine, develop, direct, disclose, display, dispute, divulge, document, double-check, dramatize, edify, educate, elucidate, emblazon, embody, enact, enlighten, enter a protest, establish, euhemerize, evidence, evince, example, exemplify, exhibit, explain, explain away, explicate, expose, expose to view, exposit, expostulate, expound, express, figure, fix, flash, flaunt, flourish, follow, follow from, foreshadow, furnish evidence, give a for-instance, give indication of, give instruction, give lessons in, give reason for, give sign, give the meaning, give token, go to show, ground, guide, have a case, highlight, hold good, hold up, hold water, holler, howl, illuminate, illumine, illustrate, image, impersonate, imply, incarnate, indicate, inform, instance, instruct, inventory, involve, itemize, kick, make clear, make good, make out, make plain, manifest, march, mark, materialize, mean, mirror, nail down, name, object, open the eyes, overhaul, parade, particularize, perform, personate, personify, picket, point to, popularize, prefigure, present, press objections, pretypify, proclaim, produce, project, protest, prove, prove to be, prove true, put forth, put forward, quote, raise a howl, rally, rationalize, realize, reeducate, reflect, remonstrate, remove all doubt, represent, reveal, roll out, school, scruple, set, set at rest, set forth, set right, settle, settle the matter, shadow, shadow forth, sharpen the wits, shed light upon, show, show forth, show how, show signs of, show the way, signalize, signify, simplify, sit in, solve, speak for itself, speak volumes, spell out, sport, spotlight, squawk, state a grievance, strike, suggest, symptomatize, take stock, teach, teach a lesson, teach in, teach the rudiments, tell, tend to show, throw light upon, token, trot out, trumpet, trumpet forth, unfold, unlock, unravel, vaunt, verify, wave, yell bloody murder|

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Native Americans used turtle shells as musical instruments
Many indigenous groups believe that the world was formed upon a turtle's back. This symbology and belief is imbued into the turtle shell rattles, which are meant to keep rhythm and thereby interjects powerful symbology and spiritual energy into dances and ceremonies.
Musical instruments have a deep ancient history in human society and are encoded with meanings beyond their sound making capabilities. Researchers from the Florida State University examined the use of turtle shells as percussion instruments in the southeastern United States. They identified and analyzed several partial Eastern box turtle shells from middle Tennessee archaeological sites that they believe were used as rattles.
The researchers noted that turtle shell rattles have been found throughout North America, ranging from Florida to the Northeast and into Canada.


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noun (plural bilbies)
- another term for rabbit-eared bandicoot.More example sentences
- If you look at just the numbers of small native animals like woylies and potoroos and bilbies, at the end of '98 we had 900, 2001, three years later we had 2,500.
- Tragically though, sanctuaries like this are becoming the only place to see creatures such as bilbies, bettongs and bandicoots.
- I mean, we have an enormous wealth of reptiles, the richest in the world, our insects are amazing, our marsupials, our numbats and our bandicoots and our bilbies - how many people have seen a bilby or know what a bilby is?
late 19th century: probably from an Aboriginal language.

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Question: What Happens When You Put An Egg In Salt Water?
Does salt water affect buoyancy?
How Salt Water Influences Buoyancy.
Adding salt increases the density of water.
If the same volume of water is displaced by an object, the weight of saltwater displaced is greater and thus the force of buoyancy is proportionally greater..
How does salt make an egg float in water?
Instructions:Pour water into the glass until it is about half full.Stir in lots of salt (about 6 tablespoons).Carefully pour in plain water until the glass is nearly full (be careful to not disturb or mix the salty water with the plain water).Gently lower the egg into the water and watch what happens.
Are Floating eggs bad?
How much salt does it take to float an egg hypothesis?
The density of the average egg will be slightly greater than that of water, so it will sink. To make the egg float, we have to make the water more dense by adding salt. For 1 cup of water, adding 3 tbsp. of salt should be about enough to make the egg float.
What happens when you put an egg in vinegar?
If you soak an egg in vinegar the eggshell will absorb the acid and break down, or dissolve. The calcium carbonate will become carbon dioxide gas, which will go into the air.
Is it OK to soak eggs in water?
Use warm water, not cold water. … Cold water can cause the contents of the egg to shrink, creating a vacuum that can pull bacteria into the egg through the porous shell. It is recommended to not saturate or soak eggs in water. If they are that soiled, it may be best to just trash it.
What to do with eggs that float?
Do eggs float in salt water?
What happens when you put an egg in sugar water?
The sugar solution is much more concentrated then the water, this is because it contains dissolved molecules of sugar. The dissolved molecules cannot pass through the semi permeable membrane of the egg, but the small water molecules can. … Therefore water moves from the egg to the sugar solution, and the egg shrinks.
What liquids cause the egg to shrink?
Corn syrup has a high concentration of dissolved molecules of sugar, which gives it a high density. … The water in the egg will move from the area of higher density through the membrane to the corn syrup until the density is the same on both sides. So water will move from the egg to the syrup, and the egg shrinks.
What happens when you put an egg in Coca Cola?
After the Coca Cola and egg was left for a year, the soda reacted with the egg shell made up of calcium carbonate reacted with the acid and the result was surprising. All that was left in the bowl was some brown disgustingly gooey mess.


Street fair
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A New York City street fair.
A street fair is a fair that celebrates the character of a neighborhood. As its name suggests, it is usually held on the main street of a neighborhood.
The principal component of street fairs are booths used to sell goods (particularly food) or convey information; sometimes they have carnival rides and parades, as well. Many have live music and dance demonstrations.[1]
They are usually no more than a few blocks long, although some fairs, such as the 9th Avenue International Food Festival in New York City and the Solano Stroll in Northern California extend more than a mile. A fair only one block long is commonly called a block party.
A street fair in the historically seafaring neighborhood of Ballard, Seattle, Washington
Street fairs vary greatly in character, even within one city. Annual street fairs in Seattle, for example, include the University District Street Fair, featuring the work of numerous craftspeople, and requiring that the person who actually made the goods that are for sale must be present in their own booth; the Fremont Fair features crafts from around the world, as well as the Summer Solstice Parade and Pageant, famed for its painted naked cyclists. In the same city the Capitol Hill Block Party fences off several blocks, charges admission, and features many of the city's best known rock bands while the Chinatown-International District Summer Fair has a distinctly Asian-American and Pacific Islander flavor, with taiko drummers, martial arts demonstrations, and Hawaiian dance.
In Belgium, street fairs are known as braderies, which translates to roasting; a reference to the frequent roasting of meat at these events.


Left to right: The newest Compact machine next to the Vortex + and the Vortex
The Vernacare Compact provides quick, safe and effective disposal of Vernacare single-use containers and patient waste, at the point of care.
The Compact is a new addition to Vernacare's industry-leading range of disposal units, which include the Vortex+ and Vortex models. All units in the range feature Vernacare's SmartFlowTM technology. This unique maceration system keeps drains flowing by ensuring that miniscule waste particles are only flushed to drain once maximum water dispersion has been achieved.
"The new Compact is small in size, but big on impact," said Matt Miller, CEO of Vernacare. "It advances patient and staff dignity and improves infection prevention by making it possible to dispose of Vernacare single-use containers and patient waste hygienically at the point of care, thereby containing any infection risk. By localising care in this way, clinicians can use their time more productively.
"The new technology has been designed and developed by our R&D team, who have decades of experience of creating innovative new medical products to prevent and control cross infection. We are particularly grateful for the input of many clinicians and health professionals during the design and development process."
This space-efficient Compact is the smallest disposal unit on the market and can be located closer to patients if needed, such as in patient bathrooms, isolation rooms, specialist areas like radiology, x-ray, chemotherapy and theatre recovery, or long term care settings. This means the need to carry human waste to a sluice or 'dirty' utility area is removed, thus reducing the risk of spreading infection and saving clinicians' valuable time.
The Compact can be wall-mounted to save floor space, built into an existing area for a flush finish, or placed on the floor on top of a stainless steel plinth.
The Compact is operated entirely hands-free via an ultrasonic foot sensor and starts automatically when the lid closes, ensuring swift and hygienic disposal of each Vernacare single-use container immediately after patient use.
Vernacare is the only company worldwide to manufacture a complete system for delivering hygienic patient care incorporating single-use containers and disposal units, and has been the global market leader for more than 50 years.
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Elevation And Interior Of Historic Building
Ink & gouache on paper in artist's frame
33 x 40.5 cm
Bronstein uses architecture as a means to engage with power: of history, monuments, and the built environment. Using pen and ink on paper, his acutely drafted drawings capture an archival romance of a grand age, a nostalgic longing for the imposing and imperial. Adopting the styles of various architects and movements, his elaborate designs become plausible inventions, both paying homage to and critiquing the emblems of civil engineering. In Elevation and Interior of Historic Building, Bronstein's plan borders on abstraction. Depicting the history of architecture from a simple hole in the ground to a hut, Byzantine temple, Baroque cathedral, enshrined in the cold industrial shell of a modernist shed, Bronstein dissects the lineage of ideas and ideologies, all pastiched together with a dandyish pomo flair.


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Fast Ball Physics
Is there away to calculate the speed of my sons pitch with
a stop watch? He throws from 60 feet 6 inches.
Not likely unless you have a fast finger! Let's say your son throws a 60
mph fastball -- that's equal to
88 ft/sec. Since the distance from mound to plate is 60.5 ft, that is a
lapsed time of ~0.7 sec. It is estimated that humans have a reaction time
of ~0.1 sec., so the measurement would not be very accurate.
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Update: June 2012


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About Spear — Fast Bit-Vector Arithmetic Theorem Prover
Spear is an industrial strength bit-vector arithmetic (a.k.a modular arithmetic, machine arithmetic) decision procedure and a Boolean satisfiability (SAT) solver. It's designed for proving software verification conditions, and it's the main tool Calysto uses for bug hunting. Spear is heavily optimized and tested. Spear was one of the first publicly available decision procedures to support all standard operators, including multiplication, division, variable shifts, and so on.
The key ideas behind Spear are:
- The encoding of circuits (bit-vector operators) to propositional logic is highly optimized. I used Tseitin transform, but that's less important, the choice of the actual circuit is much more important. For instance, for encoding division, I used array dividers, as they produce the smallest number of propositional variables. Operations by constants (multiplication, reminder, division) are encoded in a special way so as to minimize the size of the circuit (and the number of created Boolean variables)
- All the search parameters are modifiable over the command line. There are dozens of different parameters. In prior work, I've used this feature for automatic optimization of search parameters for different classes of problems. On some classes, such optimization achieves up to 500X speedups!
- The library interface of Spear (not publicly available) enables various novel optimization techniques, like reusing learned lemmas among multiple runs.
The tool is freely available for research usage and can be downloaded on the download page. Chances are (95%) that I will eventually open-source Spear and put it in the public domain. If you are interested to continue Spear development and/or using Spear commercially, please drop me an email.
I'm trying to keep Spear up-to-date, as much as I can. Unfortunately, I have very little free time these days and there are several known bugs that I just haven't had time to fix. I apologize for the inconvenience these bugs might be causing you.
- All search parameters are tunable on the command line.
- Predefined parameter sets for certain types of problems. If you find a set of parameters that works particularly well on a certain set of problems, please let me know, and I'll add it to the next release.
- Automatic parameter tuning for a specific application with ParamILS tool. See the tools page for details.
- Spear supports all standard modular arithmetic (bitvector) operators, including (un)signed division, remainder, shifting by variable number of spaces,...
- The front-end has been completely rewritten in v2.0, and there has been a number of other modifications. I do expect bugs to pop up, especially since I don't use that interface for my work (Calysto talks directly to Spear, via API).
- Mac OS X binary is dynamically linked, while all others are linked statically.
- Starting with v2.0, Mac OS X support will be discontinued. It amounts to less than 5% of downloads.
- Certain optimizations in v2.0 won't work on cyclic expressions. If you can, make sure your expressions are acyclic! For example, instead of:
d a:i1 Tmp1:i1
c Tmp1 ~ a
p = a Tmp1
Tmp1 is defined in terms of
a is equal to
Tmp1, try rewriting your formulas so as to be acyclic:
d a:i1 Tmp1:i1 Tmp2:i1
c Tmp1 ~ a
p = Tmp2 a
p = Tmp1 Tmp2
If you absolutely need to be able to have cyclic expressions, please send me an email, I'd really like to understand why do you need them. If you disable cse/simplify in Spear, most likely Spear will also swallow your cyclic formulas, but I'm not sure. Thanks to Evgeny Pavlenko for asking a question about this, which motivated me to write this comment.


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Go to the BuildPreview and then go to the Starting Ignore Actor collapsed node in the On Spawned collapsed node. Create a new "Get all actors of class" node and set the class to "VoxelTerrainActor"
or the class of your voxel actor. Then create a new then create a new array of "VoxelTerrainActor" and connect that to the get all actors of class output. Example image below.
Then find and right click the landscape actors array and find references.
Then just copy the same things the landscape actors variable is being used for and do the same for the "VoxelTerrainActor" that you created. Example image below.
Last if you go to the BuildPreview then go to the Placement function and add a pin to this Or node and connect up a new == node and set the class to "VoxelTerrainActor", it should work.
(Node you need to add the node highlighted node and set its class to Voxelterrainactor)


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A form of short-crust pasta, orzo is the Italian word for barley (from the Latin hordeum) and is shaped like a large grain or rice or barley.
As with any other pasta, it can be boiled and served on its own with a sauce and other toppings, or, because of its small size, it can be added to other recipes, such as soup, salads, pilaf, or to a casserole for baking. It is often found in soups such as minestrone. It can also be boiled and then fried, instead of rice, for a risotto-style dish.
Orzo is made by rolling the pasta dough into thick spaghetti-like lengths, flattening it slightly, then cutting it off short grain-like pieces.
The orzo pasta dough is usually made with semolina flour which in turn is made from the denser part of the wheat berry. This makes it somewhat harder and helps it to keep its shape while cooking so that it doesn't become floppy as with other pastas. It makes for a chewier result. Some manufacturers make whole wheat variations which are denser and nuttier in flavour and have all the benefits of whole grains, such as more protein a better fibre. Some manufactured varieties are also flavoured with tomato or spinach, and these will appear either pink or green in colour.
As an ingredient, orzo pasta soaks up flavour, easily absorbing the cooking liquid, which is why cooks use it to add bulk or interest to soups and broths. It is usually added dry then left to cook with the other ingredients when used in this way.


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Aaron and Andrew Harrison, James Young Officially Enrolled at Kentucky
Fans in Lexington can breathe a bit easier today, as the three missing McDonald's All-Americans — James Young and the Harrison twins, Andrew and Aaron — have officially enrolled in classes at Kentucky.
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Bermuda's Digital Economy
What is a Digital Economy?
A jurisdiction that has achieved a state of e-readiness and is making use of the rich applications and services that are available, while also assessing how individuals and businesses consume digital goods and services.
What are we doing?
Highlights from the State of ICT in Bermuda 2010:
- The vast majority of Bermuda households own a computer (93% – any, 62% desktop, 78% laptop).
- 52% of residents own a wi-fi or internet ready device such as Apple devices (iPod, iPad), and gaming devices such as Nintendo devices (DS, DS and Wii) and Playstation (PS2, PS3).
- The vast majority of households access the internet (89%); while 92% of residents use the internet via their home, work, cellphone or smartphone device or at an internet café.
- Most households with internet access have a high speed connection (89%).
- Residents spent approximately 10.9 hours per week using a computer at home. 72% of residents use the internet over half the time they are using their computers at home.
- The most regularly used computer activities include emailing, using Government websites, using an internet search engine, using the internet to look for travel information, using word processing software, researching a product or service on the internet before buying it, searching the internet for information on a hobby or interest, using the internet to get news and online banking and bill paying.
Cell Phones and Mobile Devices:
- More than 9 in 10 (94%) of households own a cell phone. Residents owned a larger proportion of smartphone devices (76% vs. 55% in 2009).
- 23% of residents are likely to purchase a smartphone device in the next 6 months.
- The most frequently used cellphone and smartphone device activities include text messaging, emailing, taking pictures, accessing the internet, Blackberry Messenger, downloading ringtones, playing games, social networking and Peer-to-Peer messaging.
- Overall 71% of residents communicate via text messaging. 41% text daily. Multiple daily usage is higher than average among younger residents (18-24 years – 70%; 25-34 years – 54%).
Attitudes and Technology Competence:
- Consistent with the last benchmarking series (2007-2009), residents believed that in order to compete in a global economy, Bermuda must continue to meet or exceed global technology standards.
- 92% believe that having a strong knowledge of technology is essential to getting ahead today.
- 69% of Bermuda residents have a moderate to high level of ICT competence.
- The vast majority of businesses (87%) have a company website. 54% of businesses use.bm.
- Almost a third (32%) offered an online payment facility
- The vast majority of companies continue to report that they use technology for business to business (92%), business to consumer (79%), internal systems (78%), as well as business to government (77%) purposes.
Social Networking and Websites:
- 87% of residents reported using social networking websites to communicate with friends, family members or relatives.
- 97% of students reported using social networking websites to communicate with friends, family members and relatives.
- 31% of companies use social networking to communicate with clients and other businesses.
Computer activities that were school-related included word processing (95%), using an internet search engine (88%) presentation software (86%) and spreadsheet software (74%).
Social activities included watching videos online (92%) and instant messaging (88%).
Almost a quarter reported that they play games, watch videos online, download music and use VOIP daily.


Container scanning
Software vulnerabilities are weaknesses that can either cause an accidental system failure or be intentionally exploited.
Container Analysis provides automated and manual vulnerability scanning for containers in Artifact Registry and Container Registry.
On-Demand Scanning
On-demand scanning lets you scan container images locally on your computer or in your registry, using the gcloud tool. This gives you the flexibility to customize your CI/CD pipeline, depending on when you need to access the vulnerability results. See pricing to learn more about the costs associated with scanning container images.
Automated scanning
Container Analysis performs vulnerability scans on container images in Artifact Registry and Container Registry, it monitors the vulnerability information to keep it up to date. This process comprises two main tasks: scanning and continuous analysis.
Container Analysis scans new images when they're uploaded to Artifact Registry or Container Registry. This scan extracts information about the system packages in the container. The images are scanned only once, based on the image's digest. This means that adding or modifying tags won't trigger new scans, only changing the contents of the image will.
Container Analysis only detects packages publicly monitored for security vulnerabilities.
When the scan of an image is completed, the produced vulnerability result is the collection of vulnerability occurrences for that image.
Continuous analysis
Container Analysis creates occurrences for vulnerabilities found when you upload the image. After the initial scan, it continuously monitors the metadata for scanned images in Artifact Registry and Container Registry for new vulnerabilities.
As Container Analysis receives new and updated vulnerability information from vulnerability sources, it updates the metadata of the scanned images to keep it up-to-date, creating new vulnerability occurrences for new notes and deleting vulnerability occurrences that are no longer valid.
Manifest lists
You can also use vulnerability scanning with manifest lists. A manifest list is a list of pointers to manifests for several platforms. They allow a single image to work with multiple architectures or variations of an operating system.
Container Analysis vulnerability scanning only supports Linux amd64 images. If your manifest list points to more than one Linux amd64 image, only the first one will be scanned; if there are no pointers to Linux amd64 images, you won't get any scanning results.
Vulnerability sources
Container scanning supports package vulnerability scanning for Linux distributions and obtains CVE data from the following sources:
Supported versions
Container scanning supports vulnerability scanning for the following OS versions:
 - Debian GNU/Linux - Versions: 9, 10
 - Ubuntu - Versions: 12.04, 12.10, 13.04, 14.04, 14.10, 15.04, 15.10, 16.04, 16.10, 17.04, 17.10, 18.04, 18.10, 20.04, 20.10
 - Alpine Linux - Versions: 3.3, 3.4, 3.5, 3.6, 3.7, 3.8, 3.9, 3.10, 3.11, 3.12, 3.13
 - CentOS - Versions: 6, 7, 8 and minor versions
 - Redhat - Versions: 6, 7, 8 and minor versions
Severity levels for vulnerabilities
Container scanning uses the following severity levels:
 - Critical
 - High
 - Medium
 - Low
 - Minimal
The severity levels are qualitative labels that reflect factors such as exploitability, scope, impact, and maturity of the vulnerability. For example, if a vulnerability enables a remote user to easily access a system and run arbitrary code without authentication or user interaction, that vulnerability would be classified as Critical.
Two types of severity are associated with each vulnerability:
 - Effective severity - The severity level assigned by the Linux distribution. If distribution-specific severity levels are unavailable, Container scanning uses the severity level assigned by the note provider.
 - CVSS score - The Common Vulnerability Scoring System score and associated severity level. Refer to the CVSS 2.0 documentation for details on how CVSS scores are calculated.
For a given vulnerability, the severity derived from a calculated CVSS score might not match the effective severity. Linux distributions that assign severity levels use their own criteria to assess the specific impacts of a vulnerability on their distributions.
Default Container Analysis service account
Container Analysis analyzes your container images using a service account, a special Google account that collects information about your images on your behalf. The email for the Container Analysis service account is service-[PROJECT_NUMBER] This account uses the Container Analysis Service Agent role.
If you enable vulnerability scanning, the Container Scanning API used by this feature also uses a special Google account. The email for that service account is service-[PROJECT_NUMBER] The account uses the Container Scanner Service Agent role.
You can view your project's service accounts via the IAM menu of the Cloud Console.
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In the Cloud Console, you can view image vulnerabilities and image metadata for containers in Artifact Registry.
You can use the gcloud tool to view vulnerabilities and image metadata.
You can also use the Container Analysis REST API to perform any of these actions. As with other Cloud Platform APIs, you must authenticate access using OAuth2. After you have authenticated, you can use the API to create new notes and occurrences, view vulnerability occurrences, etc.
The Container Analysis API supports both gRPC and REST/JSON. You can make calls to the API either using the client libraries or using cURL for REST/JSON.
Controlling deployment of vulnerable images
Based on the vulnerability information provided by Container Analysis, you can use Binary Authorization to create a vulnerability allowlist as part of you Cloud Build pipeline. If the vulnerabilities violate the policy in the allowlist, the build fails.
You can also integrate Container Analysis with Binary Authorization to create attestations, which can prevent container images with known security issues from running in your deployment environment.
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XYZ = stream3(X,Y,Z,U,V,W,startx,starty,startz)
XYZ = stream3(U,V,W,startx,starty,startz)
XYZ = stream3(...,options)
XYZ = stream3(X,Y,Z,U,V,W,startx,starty,startz) computes streamlines from vector data U, V, W.
The arrays X, Y, and Z, which define the coordinates for U, V, and W, must be monotonic, but do not need to be uniformly spaced. X, Y, and Z must have the same number of elements, as if produced by meshgrid.
startx, starty, and startz define the starting positions of the streamlines. The section "Specifying Starting Points for Stream Plots" provides more information on defining starting points.
The returned value XYZ contains a cell array of vertex arrays.
XYZ = stream3(U,V,W,startx,starty,startz) assumes the arrays X, Y, and Z are defined as [X,Y,Z] = meshgrid(1:N,1:M,1:P) where [M,N,P] = size(U).
XYZ = stream3(...,options) specifies the options used when creating the streamlines. Define options as a oneor two-element vector containing the step size or the step size and the maximum number of vertices in a streamline:
[stepsize, max_number_vertices]
If you do not specify values, MATLAB® software uses the default:
 - Step size = 0.1 (one tenth of a cell)
 - Maximum number of vertices = 10000
Use the streamline command to plot the data returned by stream3.
This example draws 3-D streamlines from data representing air currents over regions of North America.
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[sx sy sz] = meshgrid(80,20:10:50,0:5:15);
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Source: Ivey Publishing
The marketing manager for Canadian Blood Services (CBS) is concerned about a growing demand for blood - 2 per cent per year - driven by a number of factors, including the decrease of wait times in local hospitals, new operating procedures and increased use or requirements of an aging population. Peak demand seasons coincide with low supply seasons, such as summer and winter holidays. Two issues require attention: the first involves increasing the absolute number of donors, currently in the 400,000 range. Indications are that the percentage of Canadians (four per cent) who donate blood is lower than other countries such as Sweden (five per cent). The second need is to retain more donors and increase the number of donations per donor, per year. The CBS still faces issues stemming from the tainted blood scandal of the 1980s and the subsequent Krever inquiry. They are working to rebuild the trust of the public. The crux of the issue is understanding consumer behaviour toward blood donation. The manager needs to understand the consumer decision process, examine segments, determine a target segment and develop communications to increase both the absolute number of donors and the repeat donations of identified donors.


f Pouring Water and Weighing Puzzles
Pouring water I
Water Puzzle
Pouring water II
Given three bowls: 8, 5 and 3 liters capacity, divide 8 liters in half (4 + 4 liters) with the minimum number of water transfers. Note that the 8-liter bowl is initially filled with 8 liters of water and the other two bowls are empty - that is all water you have.
Pouring water III
Given three bowls: 7, 4 and 3 liters capacity. Only the 7-liter is full. Pouring the water the fewest number of times, make the quantities of 2, 2, and 3 liters.
Pouring water IV
How can you measure 6 liters of water using only 4 and 9-liter bowls?
Pouring water V
Water Glasses
Measure exactly 2 liters of water if you have:
1. 4 and 5-liter glass
2. 4 and 3-liter glass
Pouring water VI
Given three bowls: bowl A (8 liters capacity) filled with 5 liters of water; bowl B (5 liters capacity) filled with 3 liters of water; and bowl C (3 liters capacity) filled with 2 liters of water.
Can you measure exactly 1 liter, by transferring the water only 2 times?
Weighing I
Digital Scale
You have 10 bags with 1000 coins each. In one of the bags, all coins are forgeries. A true coin weighs 1 gram; each counterfeit coin weighs 1.1 gram.
If you have an accurate scale, which you can use only once, how can you identify the bag with the forgeries? And what if you didn't know how many bags contained counterfeit coins?
Weighing II
A genuine gummy drop bear has a mass of 10 grams, while an imitation gummy drop bear has a mass of 9 grams. Spike has 7 cartons of gummy drop bears, 4 of which contain real gummy drop bears and the others - imitation.
Using a scale only once and the minimum number of gummy drop bears, how can Spike determine which cartons contain real gummy drop bears?
Weighing III
This puzzle goes a step further from the previous one.
You have eight bags, each of them containing 48 coins. Five of those bags contain only true coins, the rest of them contain fake coins. A fake coin weighs 1 gram less than a real coin. You have an accurate scale, with the precision of up to 1 gram.
Weighing only once and using the minimum number of coins, how can you find the bags containing the fake coins?
Weighing IV
Unbalanced Scale
Weighing V
On a Christmas tree there were two blue, two red, and two white balls. All seemed same. However, in each color pair, one ball was heavier. All three lighter balls weighed the same, just like all three heavier balls.
Using a balance scale twice, identify the lighter balls.
Weighing VI
There are 9 similar balls. Eight of them weigh the same and the ninth is a bit heavier.
How would you identify the heavier ball if you could use a two-pan balance scale only twice?
Weighing VII
Given 27 table tennis balls, one is heavier than the others.
What is the minimum number of weighings (using a two-pan balance scale) needed to guarantee identifying the heavy one? Of course, the other 26 balls weigh the same.
Weighing VIII
Suppose that the objects to be weighed may range from 1 to 121 pounds at 1-pound intervals: 1, 2, 3,..., 119, 120 and 121. After placing one such weight on either of two weighing pans of a pair of scales, one or more precalibrated weights are then placed in either or both pans until a balance is achieved, thus determining the weight of the object.
If the relative positions of the lever, fulcrum, and pans may not be changed, and if one may not add to the initial set of precalibrated weights, what is the minimum number of such weights that would be sufficient to bring into balance any of the 121 possible objects?
Hourglass I
Sandglass Sandglass
Having 2 sandglasses: one 7-minute and the second one 4-minute, how can you correctly time 9 minutes?
Hourglass II
A teacher of mathematics used an unconventional method to measure a 15-minute time limit for a test. He just used 7 and 11-minutehourglasses. During the whole time he turned sandglasses only 3 times (turning both hourglasses at once count as one flip).
Explain how the teacher measured 15 minutes.
Burning Fuses
Your job is to measure 45 minutes, if you have only two cords and matches to light the cords.
 1. The two cords are twisted from various materials and so their different segments can burn at different rates.
 2. Each cord burns from end to end in exactly one hour.
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In diffusion-based molecular communication (DMC), a transmitter nanomachine is responsible for signal modulation. Thereby, the transmitter has to be able to control the release of the signaling molecules employed for representing the transmitted information. In nature, an important class of control mechanisms for releasing molecules from cells utilizes ion channels which are pore-forming proteins across the cell membrane. The opening and closing of the ion channels is controlled by a gating parameter. In this paper, an ion channel based modulator for DMC is proposed which controls the rate of molecule release from the transmitter by modulating a gating parameter signal. Exploiting the capabilities of the proposed modulator, an on-off keying modulation technique is introduced and the corresponding average modulated signal, i.e., the average release rate of the molecules from the transmitter, is analyzed. However, since the modulated signal is random in nature, it may deviate from its average. Therefore, the concept of modulator noise is introduced and the statistics of the modulated signal are investigated. Finally, by assuming a simple transparent receiver, the performance of the proposed on-off keying modulation format is studied. The derived analytical expressions for the average modulated signal are confirmed with particle based simulations. Our numerical results reveal that performance estimates of DMC systems obtained based on the assumption of instantaneous molecule release at the transmitter may substantially deviate from the performance achieved with practical modulators.
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I am running a 5e campaign where my players own a Keep. On the surrounding property there is a pond, about 25 ft in diameter and 15 ft deep. My player's level 14 Cleric wants to turn the pond into Holy Water, he believes that this will give him unlimited holy water.
In the player's handbook it says"A cleric or paladin may create Holy Water by performing a special ritual. The ritual takes 1 hour to perform, uses 25gp worth of powdered silver, and requires the caster to expend a 1st-level spell slot" and Holy Water comes in flasks which suggests that 25gp is used for 1 pint of water.
How long and how much money will it take him to turn the whole pond Holy? Will the pond dilute, as in the already Holy water loosing potency, if it takes him multiple days? What about dilution due to rain?
If you could figure this out for me I would appreciate it
It is impractical to make the pond Holy using the ritual.
Assuming that the pond is perfectly cylindrical, it has a volume of 7,363 cubic feet. Google claims that such a volume is equal to 440,633 pints. All of the flasks listed on PHB 152-3 contain 1 pint, so if we assume that the ritual makes 1 pint of holy water, it would take as many hours to make all of that water Holy according to the PHB ritual.
A cleric of any level can spend at most 16 hours a day doing the rituals, because they have to spend at least 8 hours a day resting in order to get their spell slots back. At that rate, it would take 75 years and about 11 million gp worth of silver to turn the entire pond into holy water.
Unless I've made a serious math mistake somewhere, this order-of-magnitude calculation shows that it doesn't make sense to turn a large body of water into holy water.
However, the cleric does have the Divine Intervention class feature (PHB 59):
It seems to me that making a pond full of holy water would be within the purview of this feature, though it's ultimately up to you as the DM to decide.
There are no rules for potency.
I could not find any rules that dictate whether or not Holy Water retains its powers if diluted. Therefore, it's probably up to you as the DM to determine this.
What's the point?
Currently, in the rules, holy water doesn't have too much importance; it's a somewhat weak attack against fiends and undead, and it's a component of some spells.
I think that it's likely that your cleric player wants to accomplish something specific with the holy water. You should ask him what he wants to do with all that holy water, and then work with him on how he can accomplish that particular goal, instead of getting hung up on specifics like this. I find that focusing on intents and goals, rather than whether particular methods are impractical or not, tends to have better results at the table.
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 \$\begingroup\$ It's reasonably possible creating a lake of holy water may well be the end goal in and of itself-- that's sort of a classic mythy thing. \$\endgroup\$ – Please stop being evil Jun 10 '17 at 20:48
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 \$\begingroup\$ Also this answer assumes that the ritual produces 1 pint of holy water. While the player's possible assumption that the ritual produces as much holy water as you have water for the ritual is ill founded, the idea that the ritual produces a single pint doesn't really have any support either. Basically, the rules say you can make the stuff, but are largely silent on how much you get and how it works. \$\endgroup\$ – Please stop being evil Jun 10 '17 at 21:09
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 \$\begingroup\$ _USER_, I agree that the amount of water produced is not clearly stated. Still, the paragraph describing its creation is in the same section that refers to a "flask," so it's probably closer to a pint than a full pond. Also, I'd argue that it's impractical even if I'm off by an order of magnitude... \$\endgroup\$ – Icyfire Jun 10 '17 at 21:23
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 \$\begingroup\$ _USER_ You don't have to assume. p. 153 of PHB says a flask holds one pint. \$\endgroup\$ – KorvinStarmast Jun 11 '17 at 2:01
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Time for the third installment of the Mock Latin series!
Omnium gatherum ~ So technically, this one is only partly "mock." 😉 Omnium is indeed a Latin word for "of all things." Kind of like miscellaneous. In the 1520s (this one is OLD!), people came up with the humorous addition of gatherum to put with it, just from the English "gather." So of course if you gather all things, you end up with a motley collection, which is exactly what this phrase means. =)
Harum-scarum ~ This phrase actually originated in the 1670s as harum-starum. The harum part is taken from the verb "to harry or harrass," and then the scarum was added mostly just to rhyme. The -um endings are abbreviations of "them," the whole phrase meant to be a humurous mock-Latin that would quite literally mean "to harrass and scare them."
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The Listening Inventory (TLI) is an informal behavioral observation completed by parents and/or teachers for students between the ages of 3 to 17. The Listening Inventory is a first step to quantify behaviors to see if a child might need evaluation for auditory disorders and it can provide a starting point for discussions with the speech-language professional prior to formal evaluation of a child. Six areas are assessed and index scores are derived for each. The areas are:
auditory processes. TLI is a sensitive measure to identify those at risk for Auditory Processing Disorders (APD).
TLI is broadly tuned to identify a wide variety of APD characteristics.
TLI contains questions that help to identify four conditions that often overlap with APD.
TLI is a tool that is administered individually (Ages 3 through 17) and requires about 15 minutes to complete and score. Kit includes Manual, 25 Inventory forms, 25 Profile forms


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Tomb II is a generation later than Philip II's death.I agree with this interpretation as the weight inscriptions on the silver from Tomb II cannot, in my view, be earlier than the reign of Alexander the Great (if they were applied in Macedonia). My research (which is due to be published this summer) seems to be cited (without acknowledgement):
a number of silver vessels discovered in Tomb II and Tomb III are inscribed with their ancient weights, which use a measurement system introduced by Alexander the Great a generation after Philip II's death.So where was Philip II buried? My hunch is that Tomb I is a likely candidate—and that it was looted in 274 BCE.
Who do I think was buried in Tomb II? You will have to wait and see...
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How an ancient Egyptian artefact was discovered in Aberdeen - and what it is?
Wednesday, 16th December 2020, 4:02 pm
Updated Wednesday, 16th December 2020, 4:09 pm
In a miraculous case of 'the right place at the right time' an Egyptian researcher at the University of Aberdeen has discovered an ancient artefact which has been missing for over a century.
Wooden splits found in a cigar tin in the university's Asia collection, could have been mistaken for something insignificant.
But the relic has now been confirmed as belonging to the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World.
So why is the discovery so important, and how did the artefact end up in Aberdeen of all places?
What is the missing artefact?
The wooden fragments of the relic date back to somewhere between 3341-3094BC, making it around 5000 years old.
The cedar wood pieces are part of the Dixon Relics, originally discovered in the pyramid's Queens Chamber in 1872 by engineer Waynman Dixon.
Some have speculated that the piece of cedar was originally a measuring rule which may have been used for construction of the pyramid.
What are the other Dixon Relics?
The other two artefacts which make up the collection are a ball and hook.
They are now housed in the British Museum.
How did the artefact end up in Aberdeen?
It is thought that engineer Dixon befriended James Grant, a medical student at the university, after they met in Egypt while Grant was helping with an outbreak of cholera in the 1860s.
Grant then assisted Dixon with the exploration of the Great Pyramid, where they discovered the relics in 1872.
During this time, Dixon gave the cedar wood to Grant and it remained in his possession until his death in 1895, when the rest of his collections were then donated to the University of Aberdeen.
However, the wooden splints remained with his daughter until 1946 when she then handed them over to the university.
There was no classified record of this donation and so there was no official record of the artefact being stored there among the hundreds of thousands of other pieces of history stored in various collections.
Who discovered the missing piece in Aberdeen?
In 2001, a record indicating that the wood fragment may have been donated to the University of Aberdeen's museum collection was discovered.
However, the record had never been classified and the artefacts never materialised, until they showed up in 2019.
While Egyptian researcher and curatorial assistant Abeer Eladany, was sorting through the Asia collection at the university, she recognised a cigar tin with the former Egyptian flag on it.
After cross-referencing the fragments inside with other records, she recognised them as the missing artefact.
The archaeologist, originally from Egypt, said of her discovery: "I'm an archaeologist and have worked on digs in Egypt but I never imagined it would be here in north-east Scotland that I'd find something so important to the heritage of my own country.
"It may be just a small fragment of wood, which is now in several pieces, but it is hugely significant given that it is one of only three items ever to be recovered from inside the Great Pyramid.
"The university's collections are vast – running to hundreds of thousands of items – so looking for it has been like finding a needle in a haystack. I couldn't believe it when I realised what was inside this innocuous-looking cigar tin."
Despite the artefacts being discovered in 2019, coronavirus held up the dating of the wood, but results now show it can be dated to somewhere in the period 3341-3094BC.
What is the Pyramid of Giza?
The Great Pyramid of Giza is the oldest and largest of the three pyramids in a complex bordering Giza in Greater Cairo, Egypt.
Dating back to around 3000 B.C., it is the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, as well as the only one still remaining as it appeared thousands of years ago.
It originally stood 146.5 metres high, making it the tallest man-made structure in the world for more than 3,800 years - until the Lincoln Cathedral was built in 1311.
The pyramid is made up of three chambers - the Lower Chamber, the Queen's Chamber and the King's Chamber.
It was initially thought that the pyramid was built for Pharaoh Khufu - however, the dating of the cedar wood artefact could call this into question as they are thought to date back to 500 years before Khufu was born.
Why is the discovery so important?
The new dating of the cedar wood raises questions about the history of the pyramid, as they date back to some 500 years earlier than it was believed the Egyptian pyramid was built.
The pyramid is the last Wonder of the Ancient World which is largely intact and the relics are one of only three remaining original objects from the time the pyramid was built.
Neil Curtis, head of museums and special collections at the University of Aberdeen, said: "Finding the missing Dixon relic was a surprise but the carbon dating has also been quite a revelation.
"It is even older than we had imagined. This may be because the date relates to the age of the wood, maybe from the centre of a long-lived tree.
"Alternatively, it could be because of the rarity of trees in ancient Egypt, which meant that wood was scarce, treasured and recycled or cared for over many years.
"This discovery will certainly reignite interest in the Dixon relics and how they can shed light on the Great Pyramid."


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The Zoo's three olive baboon babies are now 16 months old and have started to develop some great talents! Because of their constant curiosity and motivation, the baboon babies have learned how to paint and partake in the University of Rochester cognitive research study.
So how do you teach a baboon to paint? Cheerios were placed underneath the door frame, shown in the picture to the right, behind a dot of paint. In order to get to the Cheerio, the baboons had to reach under the door frame and pull towards them. Every time they "finger painted," a Cheerio was given as a reward. Once this concept was figured out, getting paint on them and everywhere else was fun!
Baby baboon Pico de Limon, shown in the picture to the left, was the first baby to join the study with the University of Rochester that many of our adult baboons have been working on for the last two years. He is progressing very quickly, learning that choosing the cup that held the most peanuts meant that he got to eat them! In just a few weeks, he now has three cups placed on the board and has been able to choose successfully that three peanuts going into one cup is more than one peanut going into another.
We are very excited to see what level his counting skills are at compared to the adults as well as getting some insight as to what age these skills start to develop.
- Jenna Bovee, Zoo Keeper


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First up, you have technical details about the image. Google can tell when the file is static or if it's an animated gif, and thus can file it away for that category search in image search results. You also have the file size, the file type, and the image dimensions. These are also used to categorize the image in image search.
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The increasing complexity of power systems has warranted the development of geographically distributed real-time simulations (GD-RTS). However, the wide scale adoption of GD-RTS remains a challenge owing to the (i) limitations of state-ofthe- A rt interfaces in reproducing faster dynamics and transients, (ii) lack of an approach to ensure a successful implementation within geographically separated research infrastructures (RIs) and (iii) lack of established evidence of its appropriateness for smart grid applications. To address the limitations in reproduction of faster dynamics and transients, this study presents a synchronous reference frame interface for GD-RTS. By means of a comprehensive performance characterisation, the superior performance of the proposed interface in terms of accuracy (reduced error on average by 60% and faster settling times) and computational complexity has been established. This study further derives the transfer function models for GD-RTS with interface characteristics for analytical stability analysis that ensure stable implementations avoiding the risks associated with multiple RI implementations. Finally, to establish confidence in the proposed interface and to investigate GD-RTS applicability for real-world applications, a GD-RTS implementation between two RIs at the University of Strathclyde is realised to demonstrate inertial support within transmission network model of the Great Britain power system.
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Real-time coupling of geographically distributed research infrastructures: taxonomy, overview and real-world smart grid applicationsSyed, M. H., Guillo-Sansano, E., Wang, Y., Vogel, S., Palensky, P., Burt, G. M., Xu, Y., Monti, A. & Hovsapian, R., 22 Oct 2020, (E-pub ahead of print) In: IEEE Transactions on Smart Grid. 13 p.
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When you create sequences to CNC scan just certain areas of large parts, one approach is to create a linear scan path for each area, which can result in a large number of steps. Starting with PolyWorks Metrology Suite 2018 IR9, you can scan all the different areas using a single scan path, and define segments where scanning is disabled that only serve to displace the machine. In this way, you can simplify sequence creation and maintenance by combining several steps into one, without sacrificing the measurement speed.
Step by step: To create a linear scan path containing segments where scanning is disabled:
- Make sure the desired CAD model is visible in the 3D Scene and the CNC CMM Scanner plug-in has been activated.
- Open the Scan dialog box.
- In the Parameters section, click the Create Path button. The Create Scan Path dialog box is displayed, and an interactive picking mode is launched.
- Set Type to Linear.
- Click on the CAD model to define a linear scan path. Clicking creates dark-blue segments that will be scanned and clicking while holding the CTRL key creates light-blue segments where scanning is deactivated.
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Assembly: System.Windows.Forms (in System.Windows.Forms.dll)
A Control can act as a parent to a collection of controls. For example, when several controls are added to a Form, each of the controls is a member of the Control.ControlCollection assigned to the property of the form, which is derived from the Control class.
When adding several controls to a parent control, it is recommended that you call the SuspendLayout method before initializing the controls to be added. After adding the controls to the parent control, call the ResumeLayout method. Doing so will increase the performance of applications with many controls.
Use the property to iterate through all controls of a form, including nested controls. Use the GetNextControl method to retrieve the previous or next child control in the tab order. Use the ActiveControl property to get or set the active control of a container control.
The following code example removes a Control from the Control.ControlCollection of the derived class Panel if it is a member of the collection. The example requires that you have created a Panel, a Button, and at least one RadioButton control on a Form. The RadioButton control(s) are added to the Panel control, and the Panel control added to the Form. When the button is clicked, the radio button named removeButton is removed from the Control.ControlCollection.


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Connected Substitutes and Invertibility of Demand
We consider the invertibility of a nonparametric nonseparable demand system. Invertibility of demand is important in several contexts, including identification of demand, estimation of demand, testing of revealed preference, and economic theory requiring uniqueness of market clearing prices. We introduce the notion of "connected substitutes" and show that this structure is sufficient for invertibility. The connected substitutes conditions require weak substitution between all goods and sufficient strict substitution to necessitate treating them in a single demand system. These conditions are satisfied in many standard models, have transparent economic interpretation, and allow us to show invertibility without functional form restrictions, smoothness assumptions, or strong domain restrictions.
Document Object Identifier (DOI): 10.3386/w17193
Published: Steven Berry, Amit Gandhi and Philip Haile (2013), \Connected Substitutes and Invertibility of Demand," Econometrica v. 81(5) (September), pp. 2087-2111 (also Cowles Foundation Discussion Paper # 1806R.) citation courtesy of
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Honda GHX50 Motorized Bike Engine Review
HONDA GXH50 is a motorized bicycle engine model manufactured by one of the worlds leading engine manufacturer Honda. It starts up very easily with a nice sound and causes very little vibrations as compared to other models. It has a wide range of operation, operating between 4000 to 8000 rotations per minute (rpm). It has a good centrifugal mechanical governor to maintain a safe operating rpm and the engine also an idling speed which can be brought up or down to achieve the desired performance.
- The GHX50 is fuel efficient with a high turnout operation. HONDA GXH50 uses precision camshaft complete with 15.88 mm (5/8") shat design with OHV (overhead valve) for elevated efficiency and maximum fuel transfer. Its torque has a high compression ratio of about 8:1.
- The engine operates with very little vibrations which is possible due to the quality engineered components with a ball bearing supported shaft for stability.
-Honda GHX50 produces a smooth sound and it is generally very quiet. It has a large multi chamber exhaust system with advanced air intake system. It is also made of lesser materials making it lightweight and therefore minimizes noise.
-Easy maintenance practices as the critical parts are accessible with large fuel tank. The instructions that come with the package are also very simple to follow.
-The engine starts easily with the strong recoil starter and an automatic mechanical decompression system.
- Honda GXH50 is an Air cooled 4-Stroke Overhead valve type of an engine.
- The bore by stroke measures 41.8mm X 36mm.
- It has a displacement volume of 49.4 cm3.
- Overall power output of the engine is 2.1 HP (1.6 kW) ranging between 4000 rpm to 8000 rpm.
- Net torque of 2.0 lb-ft (2.7 Nm) in about 4500 rpm.
- It has Float type carburetor and transistorized magnets ignition system.
- Uses recoil start system.
- Uses centrifugal mechanical governor system.
- Uses unleaded 86 octane or higher rank fuel.


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Since the new generation of waterproof plugs were introduced in the domestic wire rod market, they have become more and more widely used. Especially in the design, they are excellent in terms of structure size, model quality, and so on. Therefore, knowing the design and processing of plugs, its technical advantages are more prominent. So, what should be paid attention to in the production process of outdoor waterproof plugs?
Increased corrosion resistance
Because outdoor waterproof connectors are used outdoors when they are installed in the open air, the corrosion resistance of the plugs needs to be continuously improved, so that the quality advantages of the plugs become more and more obvious.. Only after seeing its corrosion resistance, they all felt that they would be more and more professional in the process of waterproof technology, and they all wanted to achieve first-class technical standards when they were applied.
Material is durable
There are more and more materials for outdoor waterproof plugs, and each material is different in quality and durability. In the selection of materials, it must be durable, in order to be able to use more long-term. In terms of comparison of production and processing requirements, we all feel that the types of plug models on the market have become increasingly diversified. When analyzing and summarizing, it can be seen that the plug design will be more and more professional. When used in an outdoor environment, its effects and effects will become more and more obvious. Plug function or waterproof technology must be constantly reflected in order to achieve first-class technical advantages in processing, and when processing can see the advantages of its use will still be more and more.


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My query SELECTs 1 row from table1, which has a number of fields plus one very long text field. It JOINs with a second table2, that may have many matching corresponding rows. I would like to be able to spread the long text field, from table1, out over multiple lines (the number determined by the matching rows in table2).
In the table above there is one row from Table1 where the key is table1_key = 'DU' and year = '2017'. Then there are four rows from Table2 with matching keys that include the programme_code and course_code. The field long_text_field, which I want to spread over multiple lines, comes from Table1.
Is it possible to extract a total row count for records that have been selected for output and still output the rows? Meaning that I want to see a count of 4 from the above and be able to work with this number in the displayed output. So that the result looks something like this:


Qt Quick Extras Overview
Qt Quick Extras provide a set of UI controls to create user interfaces in Qt Quick.
Getting Started
If you are building Qt Quick Extras from source, you can follow the steps used for most Qt modules:
make install
Using the Controls
import QtQuick.Extras 1.4
Interactive controls
A checkable button that triggers an action when held in long enough
A circular dial that is rotated to set a value
A popup menu that displays several menu items along an arc
A push button that toggles between two states
A control that can have several spinnable wheels, each with items that can be selected
Non-interactive controls
A gauge that displays a value within a range along an arc
A straight gauge that displays a value within a range
An indicator that displays a colorized QPicture icon
An indicator that displays active or inactive states
Creating a basic example
import QtQuick 2.2
import QtQuick.Extras 1.4
Rectangle {
 DelayButton {
 anchors.centerIn: parent
For an interactive showcase of the controls provided by Qt Quick Extras, you can look at the Gallery example.


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Analogue Tachographs: A Brief History
Note: Since May 2006, Analogue Tachographs are being phased out in favour of digital versions which record data on a smart card. Find out more about Digital Tachographs.
A tachograph displays vehicle speed and makes a record of all speeds during an entire trip. The name 'tachograph' comes from the graphical recording of the tachometer or engine speed.
Analogue units record the driver's periods of duty on a waxed paper disc – a tachograph chart. An ink pen records the engine speed on circular graph paper that automatically advances according to the internal clock of the tachograph. This graph paper is removed on a regular basis and maintained by the fleet owner for government records.
In the 1950s, there were an increasing number of road accidents attributed to sleep-deprived and tired truck drivers. Concerns for safety led to the rapid spread of the tachograph in the commercial vehicle market, but at this point it was voluntary and not legislated.
Fleet operators then found that tachographs helped them to monitor driver hours more reliably, and safety also improved. In Europe, use of tachographs has been compulsory for all trucks over 3.5 tonnes since 1970.
For safety reasons, most countries also have limits on the working hours of drivers of commercial vehicles. Tachographs are used to monitor drivers' working hours and ensure that appropriate breaks are taken.
Legislation relating to Tachographs has been in force in the UK for 16 years. The tachograph is now an indispensable tool for managing fleets and ensuring the safety of drivers of commercial vehicles.
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Let $f(x)$ and $g(x)$ be irreducible polynomials over rationals. I know that to find the density of the primes $p$ such that (say) $f(x)$ has a root mod $p$ can be found using Chebotarev density theorem, looking at the density of elements with fixed points in the Galois group of $f(x)$. (Thinking of the Galois group embedded in $S_d$, where d is the degree of $f$) I was wondering what is the general way of doing this when we're given two polynomials $f$ and $g$, and if we try to find the density of primes such that both $f$ and $g$ have roots mod $p$. Should we somehow look at the compositum of the splitting fields of $f$ and $g$? That's my feeling, but I don't know how to do that. Thanks.
 - $\begingroup$ @ R. van Dobben de Bruyn : That's slightly different. There, it finds density of primes which are split in the Galois closure, but prime doesn't necessarily have to split for these polynomials to have root mod $p$, so that answer only gives lower bound for the density. $\endgroup$ – vgmath Jul 12 '17 at 20:56
 - $\begingroup$ Aren't the two events independent? $\endgroup$ – Igor Rivin Jul 13 '17 at 0:42
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_: you're right, it's not the same question. I retracted my close vote. (For the record, the other question.) $\endgroup$ – R. van Dobben de Bruyn Jul 13 '17 at 16:24
Let $P(h)$ be the proportion of primes $p$ such that the monic polynomial $h(t)$ has a root mod $p.$ You say that you can compute this when $h$ is irreducible. Your question is equivalent to asking if you can do it when $h$ is a product of two irreducibles:
You ask about finding $x,$ the proportion of primes where $f$ and $g$ both have roots. But $P(f)+P(g)=P(fg)+x.$
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 $\begingroup$ I am not sure I understand why this answers the question, since Chebotarev only applies to irreducibles, I believe )(and _USER_ says as much). $\endgroup$ – Igor Rivin Jul 13 '17 at 4:09
 - $\begingroup$ It doesn't answer the question. But it does show it equivalent to a presumably hard problem: generalize Chebatorev to non-irreducibles (or at least those with two factors.) So something like computing two splitting fields $F,G$ and their composite $FG$ is not going to solve the given problem unless it solves the harder one. $\endgroup$ – Aaron Meyerowitz Jul 13 '17 at 4:58
 - $\begingroup$ _USER_ Meyerowitz, @ Igor Rivin : Sorry for my ignorance if I'm wrong, but I couldn't see why Chebatorev requires irreduciblity? Doesn't it work for splitting field of any polynomial? Is there any quick counter example when it doesn't work? $\endgroup$ – vgmath Jul 19 '17 at 1:26
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Dr. Eric Walle, a psychology professor at the University of California Merced, accidentally discovered early in his career that babies who are walking have significantly larger vocabularies than children who are crawling. After he replicated the finding across languages, he set about using LENA technology to try to determine why.
"It wasn't just a matter that these kids were older. It was that these kids had begun walking," he said. "Walking seemed to give them an added boost to their vocabulary development."
His process of discovery is highlighted in episode six of a new Netflix documentary series, Babies. The episode follows a baby named Penelope and her mom during a LENA Day, while Dr. Walle explains how he examines the data provided by LENA.


Installing Puppy Linux to a Live CD is easy. You will need:
- a CD/DVD (+R, -R, +RW or -RW)
- a CD/DVD burner (a CD burner can only burn CD's, but a DVD burner can burn both)
- a Puppy Linux ISO
If you are running Puppy Linux, you can use Pburn to burn an ISO to disk.
1. First, make sure you have a burnable CD/DVD in your disk drive, and that your disk drive is NOT mounted.
2. Run Pburn from the menu. (Menu -> Multimedia -> Pburn)
3. If this is the first time you have used Pburn, it will ask for your disk drive that you wish to use. Select it and click OK.
4. Select "Burn ISO-image" in the top left, and browse to where you downloaded the ISO.
5. Unless, for some reason, you have to have a closed disk, select "Multisession".
6. Click the burn icon in the bottom right.
If you are running Windows, you can use ImgBurn to burn an ISO to disk.
 1. Run ImgBurn from the start menu.
 2. Click "Write image file to disk".
 3. Beside "Please select a file", click the "Browse for a file..." icon (a folder with a magnifying glass) and browse to the ISO you downloaded.
 4. Select your CD/DVD burner in the drop down menu, and make sure "Verify" is checked.
 5. Make sure the "Write Speed" is 1x, and "Copies" is 1. (unless you want more then 1 copy)
 6. Insert a CD or DVD into your drive
 7. Click "Write" (the big button).
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Michelle Obama Picture in Google Image Results Creates Controversy
Search for Michelle Obama's name via Google's image search and you'll likely find an image that has been characterized as a racist caricature of the first lady of the US in the top results.
The image is offensive to many and while some are demanding it be removed, Google is holding firm and yet still apologizing. The Washington Post has uncovered a formal apology from Google in the form of an ad displayed above the offensive image that directs visitors to a page explaining how Google's search results algorithm works.
In short, while Google apologizes for upsetting searchers, it's standing by the algorithm. The full text of the statement reads:
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As the statement implies, Google will pull a photo should the site hosting it serve malware, which was apparently the case with the image in question at one point, as it was temporarily removed from search results. In any event, it is now back in the top spot.
Despite the inappropriateness of the image, we understand why Google would stand by their algorithm rather than play the role of censor. But do you? Let us know where you side on the heated image controversy in the comments.
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Posted by ESC on January 07, 2007
In Reply to: You can't get blood out of a turnip posted by Rich Sue Woodruff on January 06, 2007
: Could this phrase come from the story in the Bible about Cain and Abel in Genesis 4? "Abel kept flocks (a shepherd/rancher), and Cain worked the soil (a farmer). In the course of time Cain brought some of the fruits of the soil as an offering to the Lord. But Abel brought fat portions from from some of the firstborn of his flock (a meat offering requiring bloodshed). The Lord looked with favor on Abel and his offering, but on Cain and his offering he did not look with favor." (NIV)
: In the Old Testament God required a blood offering for sin. Hence, you can't get blood out of a turnip.
YOU CAN'T GET BLOOD OUT OF A STONE - "The stone here is a metaphor for a person who simply does not have (or would never give up) what is being sought - usually money. Over the centuries, various objects, such as a stone, a turnip, and even a wall, have been used in versions of the saying. The earliest known rendering, which appeared in John Lydgate's 'Minor Poems' (c 1435), mentioned marble - 'Harde to likke hony (honey) out of a marbil stoon.'.Charles Dickens first rendered the saying as 'Blood cannot be obtained from a stone,' in 'David Copperfield' and then recorded the exact wording of the modern version in 'Our Mutual Friend'." From "Wise Words and Wives' Tales: The Origins, Meanings and Time-Honored Wisdom of Proverbs and Folk Sayings Olde and New" by Stuart Flexner and Doris Flexner (Avon Books, New York, 1993).
Another reference says "blood from a turnip" was used by Frederick Marryat, "apparently borrowing an expression from folklore," in "Japhet in Search of a Father" in 1836: There's no getting blood out of a turnip." "The Dictionary of Cliches" by James Rogers (Wings Books, Originally New York: Facts on File Publications, 1985). Page 28.


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Definition of Fish odor syndrome
Fish-odor syndrome: An inborn error of metabolism that is associated with an offensive body odor whose scent is similar to the smell of rotting fish. Fish-odor syndrome is due to the excessive excretion of trimethylamine (TMA) in urine, sweat, and breath. This syndrome is caused by a mutation in the gene for the enzyme flavin-containing monooxygenase-3 (FMO3). Dietary modifications to reduce the consumption of triethylamine precursors may provide some relief of symptoms. Also known as trimethylaminuria.
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Consider adding a calf cart to your maternity pen area. At Duo Dairy in Loveland, Colo., a small, hard-plastic cart is stored in the maternity area to assist employees and improve biosecurity. Here are a few ways it helps:
- The employees place fresh straw in the cart and have it nearby when a cow delivers. "If assistance is required, such as with dystocia births, the calf is delivered directly into the cart," says herd veterinarian Greg Goddell. This makes it easy to provide any extra assistance to the calf and limits the exposure to pathogens that may be in the hospital area.
- If a cow delivers on her own, the cart can ease an employee's job of moving the newborn to the calf facility. The cart can be wheeled right into the pen.
- If you are trying to avoid the spread of Johne's you can place the calf in the cart after delivery and allow the dam to clean the animal through a headlock. This stops the calf from suckling the dam and picking up Johne's from the environment.


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American Professor Alfred W. Crosby (1931–2018), Academician of Science, has passed away at the age of 87.
During his academic career in the field of environmental and global history, Crosby worked at several US universities, such as Harvard University and the University of Texas at Austin, retiring in 1999 as Professor Emeritus of Geography, History and American Studies. He also held teaching positions at the University of Helsinki. In 1995, the Academy of Finland awarded him the title of Academician of Science, which is the highest academic honour in Finland.
Crosby was a pioneering scholar who worked to explain and improve our understanding of human history. He is regarded as one of the leading founders of environmental history. In his work, he combined research results from history, geography, biology and medicine to explore, for instance, why Europeans had been able to succeed with relative ease in populating North America, Australia and southern South America. He was also interested in shedding light on why some early cultures failed and disappeared, for example due to inflammatory diseases and epidemics. These phenomena and their causes were the topic of his classic books The Columbian Exchange: Biological Expansion and Cultural Consequences of 1492 (1972), Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe 900–1900 (1986), and America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918 (1976/1989).
Crosby was a versatile researcher who was also interested in the history of science and technology. This interest inspired several works, such as The Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250–1600, Throwing Fire: Projectile Technology Through History, and Children of the Sun: A History of Humanity's Unappeasable Appetite for Energy. The historian Crosby described himself also as a scholar of the future, and his interest in shaping a better future lasted until his passing.
Based on nominations made by the Academy of Finland, the President of the Republic of Finland may confer the honorary title of Academician of Science to highly distinguished Finnish or foreign scientists and scholars. The title of Academician can be held by no more than sixteen Finnish scientists and scholars at a time. There are no restrictions on the number of foreign Academicians.
- Mikko Saikku, McDonnell Douglas Professor of American Studies, firstname.lastname(at)helsinki.fi, University of Helsinki
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Agra is one of the cities in India that served as a production center for carpets after the establishment and consolidation of the Mughal Empire in the 16th century. Persian weavers were brought in to combine their weaving skills and Persian patterns with those of Indian patterns and the tastes of India's royal leaders. Demand for these rugs grew outside of India, particularly due to the high density of knotting, and not just the design elements. In the late 19th and early 20th century, under the era of British colonialism and subsequent influence, colors and patterns changed. Some of the most expensive and exclusive carpets from this era were made by prisoners in the city jails.
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Style of improvised theater in which short and typically unrelated scenes are played. As opposed to Long Form, Short Form Improv is often more gimmickey and more based on silly games or handles, and less based on solid narrative and characters.
Both styles of Improv (long form and short form) have their zealots. There should be no discussion about which is best - both can be fun, both can be rewarding, and preference is based on personal likes or dislikes.
When you dig yourself into a hole, at least you'll know how deep it is --- Robin Selfridge


Broken Link Checker Check a webpage for broken and redirected links
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The "Broken Link Checker" extension checks a currently active webpage for broken and redirected links. You can open the extension in a popup window or as an embedded frame inside page. When the UI loads, the extension grabs all link elements in the top frame and all sub-frames (if its option is enabled) and evaluates each link. To increase the speed of evaluation, the extension checks every 5 links simultaneously and when this check is over, the next batch will be checked. For each link, there is a 10-second timeout to prevent a single check from blocking the UI. You can optionally ask the extension to check links inside frame elements without origin (about:blank frames). After evaluation, based on the returned code, the extension list the links in either valid or broken sections. You can use the "Inspect" button to scroll to each evaluated link.
 1. What is the "Broken Link Checker" extension and how does it work?
 This extension is a SEO tool to help web developers find all broken links in their web pages. Having a broken link in a webpage has several drawbacks and may affect your page search ranking. This tool can simply be called from the toolbar button and when initiated, will detect all link elements inside a web page. All links are queued in a list and the extension validates every 5 links at a time. To prevent a link from blocking the validation process, there is a 10-second timeout for each link to be resolved. If a link timeouts, you will get 504 error code in the UI and the link will be placed in the broken links section. To easily switch to a link use the "Inspect" button next to each link. This tool forces the link to be placed in the viewport and it will be highlighted in green or red color background color depending on the list it came from.
 3. Can I ask the extension to simultaneously validate more links than the current 5 links?
 There is no setting for this option at the moment. Note that all browsers limit the total number of simultaneous network jobs at a time to prevent network overflow.
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 5. What is the meaning of "All Frames" option in the window?
 Modern websites might have several frame elements in a single window to prevent styling of each section from conflicting with others. By enabling this option, the extension grabs links from all available frames inside the current window and evaluates all these links one by one. For faster evaluation, you can turn this option off. To find which link is from what frame element the extension appends the document's hostname in a single column. Also, you can use the "Inspect" button to move the link into the viewport.
 6. What is the meaning of the "Blank Frames" option?
 Some webpages dynamically create frame elements and then load content in these frames. To consider link elements in these type of frame elements make sure this option is checked.
 7. How can I open the extension UI inside the webpage instead of a separated window?
 Right-click on the toolbar button and change the opening mode from "window" to "frame" mode.
 8. Is it a good idea to run this tool on multiple windows at once?
 Not really, as stated earlier, browsers do have limitations on the simultaneous network jobs they perform. When multiple instances of this tool are running, each instance adds 5 new jobs to the stack and this might cause some jobs to timeout.
 9. I am trying to find broken links on a website with text links (no "a" element for links). Is this possible to use this extension to extract text-links?
 Yes, there are two options on the settings section "Extract Top Links" and "Extract Sub Links". Use the former one to only extract text links from the root document, and the latter can be used to extract links from all subrequests. Note that since the extension needs to fetch the page content for each link, this process slows down broken link detection.
 10. I am trying to use this extension on a website with a huge number of links. It is pretty hard to find the links with the 5XX status code. Is it possible to only display the links with this code?
 As of version 0.1.7, there is a new filtering section to hide or show links with different status codes. To keep a link in the list, the status code belongs to the link must be checked in this section. Note that if you uncheck all the boxes, the extension hides all the links whether they are resolved or broken.
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What Is Direct and Indirect Employment?
Direct employment refers to employment directly related to the production of products or services or when a person is permanently employed in a firm. Indirect employment refers to when the business generates employment in other businesses to supply or produce goods and services or when a firm contracts some work to a person.
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Direct employment refers to the total number of persons employed in an organisation and belongs to a certain sector. Indirect employment is employment throughout the chain of production and it refers to people contracted by a firm to provide intermediate components or products or services to an organisation.
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Ministry of Forests, Lands and Natural Resource Operations - Wildfire Management Branch
Fire-Fighting Aircraft FAQ
What types of aircraft are used in wildfire suppression?
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What is the material dropped by aircraft at a fire?
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What is the difference between an air tanker and a water bomber?
Air tankers are land-based aircraft which leave the base with a load of fire retardant and must return to the base for additional loads. Water bombers are amphibious aircraft that skim over large water bodies and scoop up water which is then dropped on the fire. The B.C. Forest Service uses air tankers almost exclusively.
All air tankers have basically the same function on a fire, however, some will have more carrying capacity than others.