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The history of music in Britain may be 1000 years older than originally thought.
Archaeologists have found what could be the remains of Europe's oldest stringed instrument.
A small wooden fragment thought to be from a 2300-year-old lyre was found at an excavation site in High Pasture Cave on the isle of Skye.
Music archaeologists Dr Graeme Lawson and Dr John Purser studied the piece and said the notches where strings would have been placed are easy to distinguish on the artefact, despite it being been burnt and broken.
Dr Lawson, of Cambridge Music-archaeological Research, said: "For Scotland, and indeed all of us in these islands, this is very much a step-change.
"It pushes the history of complex music back more than a thousand years into our darkest pre-history. And not only the history of music but, more specifically, of song and poetry because that's what such instruments were very often used for.
"The earliest known lyres date from about 5000 years ago in what is now Iraq, and these were already complicated and finely made structures. But here in Europe even Roman traces proved hard to locate. Pictures maybe but no actual remains."
It is the location of the discovery which has truly amazed the archaeologists.
Dr Lawson added: "Here is an object which places the Hebrides, and by association the neighbouring mainlands, in a musical relationship not only with the rest of the Barbarian world but also with famous civilisations.
"It now becomes a world that was held together not just by technology and trade but also by something as ephemeral and wonderful as music and poetry and song."
Until now the oldest stringed instruments found in Europe were lyres dated around 600AD, which were played by Vikings in Scandinavia.
A lyre is an U-shaped harp instrument associated with ancient Greece.
Dr Purser, a cultural historian, said: "What, for me, is so exciting about this find is that it confirms the continuity of a love of music amongst the Western Celts.
"Stringed instruments, being usually made of wood, rarely survive in the archaeological record but they are referred to in the very earliest literature and, in various forms, were to feature on many stone carvings in Scotland and Ireland and to become emblematic in both countries."
High Pasture Cave on Skye has been a focus of Bronze Age and Iron Age research since 1972. Evidence of craft, metalworking and debris from major feasting events have been found on the site, which extends back at least 5000 years.
The artefact was discovered in 2010 and was transferred to consultancy firm AOC Archaeology in Edinburgh for conservation.
Managing director Dr Andy Heald said: "Previous to this, the earliest musical representation we had encountered had been a carved concert lyre and plectrum on the side of an exquisite Roman altar we excavated from Musselburgh in 2010.
"But to have an actual fragment of an even earlier lyre really fires the imagination. It brings another dimension of our Iron Age antecedents to life."


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DRAW, TEXAS. Draw is at the intersection of Farm roads 213 and 1054, seventeen miles southeast of Tahoka in southeastern Lynn County. It took its name from Mooar's Draw, a canyon to the northeast. The community had a school as early as 1904. Draw's population was reported as only twenty-five in 1933, but in 1940 its population was estimated at 100 and continued to be reported at that level through 1960. By 1970 the population had dropped to thirty-five. In 1974 Draw had a cotton gin and a store. From 1980 through 2000 its population was thirty-nine.
Donald R. Abbe, The History of Lynn County (M.A. thesis, Texas Tech University, 1974).
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Donald R. Abbe, "DRAW, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (_URL_ accessed June 20, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.

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I needed to take screen shots of an iPhone application that I was reviewing. I've done application reviews for years and always downloaded software to do this sort of thing. In searching the app store, I couldn't find anything. So, I went to Google and couldn't believe what I found.
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Snap a Screen Shot
The answer was already in the iPhone. I didn't have to download anything. All you have to do is press and hold the button at the bottom of the iPhone and then press the button at the top of the iPhone for a second. You should hear a snap sound and see the screen flicker.
You have your picture.
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Find Your Screen Shot on the iPhone
Now you can find the photo by doing the following steps:
- Press button to return home.
- Tap Photos icon.
- Select Saved Photos.
That's it. You took your screen shot and it's available.
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Send Your Screen Shot to Your PC
Next: How to send it to your computer. You have several options. The first is email it:
- Select the picture.
- Make sure you see options at the bottom of the picture (see photo below). If you do, skip to step 4.
- Tap the picture for the options at the bottom.
- Tap the first icon.
- Tap Email Photo.
- Send email as you normally do.
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Unfortunately, you can't access these photos through iTunes. So, the other option is to connect your iPhone to your computer. You can do this one of two ways. A pop up window appears when you connect your iPhone to your computer.
- Connect your iPhone to your computer with the USB cable.
- Look for a pop up window that indicates the camera is connected (see next screen shot).
- Click Scanner and Camera Wizard or another option if you prefer.
- Select the images you want to save or follow the directions on the screen.
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The second option is to use Windows Explorer.
- Open Windows Explorer by right-clicking Start > Explore.
- Navigate your way to see all of your folders and drives (see screen shot below).
- Select all files (click the first one, hold the Shift key and select the last one).
- Drag and drop the photos to a folder on your computer.
The photos are on your computer ready for sharing, editing or whatever.
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Health Idioms & Sayings! List of useful health and medicine idioms in English with meaning and examples. Learn these health idioms with ESL picture to improve your English.
Medical and Health Idioms
List of Medical, Medicine and Health Idioms
- Alive And Kicking
- An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- As fit as a fiddle
- As pale as a ghost
- As pale as death
- At death's door
- Back on one's feet
- Be on the Mend
- Bitter pill to swallow
- Break out in a cold sweat
- Catch one's death of cold
- Feel on top of the world
- Get a charley horse
- Go Under the Knife
- Go Viral
- Green around the gills
- Have foot-in-mouth disease
- Have one foot in the grave
- Just what the doctor ordered
- Kink in one's neck
- Laughter is the best medicine
- Poison pill (n)
- Run in the family
- Sick and Tired of
- Sick as a Dog
- Snake Oil
- Take your medicine
- Taste of your own medicine
- Under the weather
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Learn list of health idioms, medical idioms, medicine idioms and doctor idioms with meaning and examples.
Alive And Kicking
- Meaning: In good health despite health problems
- Example: I had coronary bypass surgery last winter, but I'm alive and kicking!
An apple a day keeps the doctor away
- Meaning: Eating healthy foods will keep one from getting sick (and needing to see a doctor)
- Example: Have an apple for a snack, instead of those chips. An apple a day keeps the doctor away, after all.
As fit as a fiddle
- Meaning: To be healthy and physically fit
- Example: My grandfather is ninety years old but he is as fit as a fiddle.
As pale as a ghost
- Meaning: Extremely pale
- Example: My grandfather was as pale as a ghost when he entered the hospital.
As pale as death
- Meaning: Extremely pale
- Example: The woman in the hospital waiting room was as pale as death.
At death's door
- Meaning: Very near death
- Example: The sales manager was at death's door after his heart attack.
Back on one's feet
- Meaning: Physically healthy again
- Example: My mother is back on her feet after being sick for two weeks.
Be on the Mend
- Meaning: Be improving after an illness
- Example: I was in the hospital for a week after I contracted malaria, but now I'm back home, and I'm on the mend.
Bitter pill to swallow
- Meaning: An unpleasant fact that one must accept
- Example: Losing the election was a bitter pill to swallow for the candidate.
- Meaning: Bruised, showing signs of having been physically harmed
- Example: My arm was black-and-blue after falling down the stairs.
Break out in a cold sweat
- Meaning: To perspire from fever or anxiety
- Example: I usually break out in a cold sweat when I have to make a speech.
Catch one's death of cold
- Meaning: To become very ill (with a cold/flu etc.)
- Example: The little boy was told to be careful in the rain or he would catch his death of cold.
Feel on top of the world
- Meaning: To feel very healthy
- Example: I have been feeling on top of the world since I quit my job.
Get a charley horse
- Meaning: To develop a cramp in the arm or the leg
- Example: The swimmer got a charley horse while he was swimming.
Go Under the Knife
- Meaning: Undergo surgery
- Example: I'm going under the knife next month to try to solve my knee problems. Hope it helps!
- Meaning: Begin to spread rapidly on the Internet
- Example: My friend's satirical song about the Supreme Court decision has started to go viral.
Green around the gills
- Meaning: To look sick
- Example: My colleague was looking a little green around the gills when he came to work today.
Have foot-in-mouth disease
- Meaning: Tto embarrass oneself through a silly mistake
- Example: The man has foot-in-mouth disease and is always saying stupid things.
Have one foot in the grave
- Meaning: To be near death (usually because of old age or illness)
- Example: My uncle is very sick and has one foot in the grave.
Just what the doctor ordered
- Meaning: Exactly the thing that is or was needed to help improve something or make one feel better
- Example: A short nap is just what the doctor ordered.
Kink in one's neck
- Meaning: A cramp in one's neck that causes pain
- Example: I woke up this morning with a kink in my neck.
Laughter is the best medicine
- Meaning: Laughing a lot is a very effective means of recovering from physical or mental injury
- Example: I think the best thing for you right now would be to spend some time with people you can joke around with. Laughter is the best medicine, after all.
Poison pill (n)
- Meaning: An element introduced into the restructuring of a corporation so that it becomes undesirable for another corporation to take over.
- Example: Acme Corporation approved a poison pill to prevent a hostile takeover.
Run in the family
- Meaning: To be a common family characteristic
- Example: The serious illness runs in the family of my friend.
Sick and Tired of
- Meaning: Extremely annoyed by something that occurs repeatedly
- Example: I'm sick and tired of the way Neil always tries to get other people to do his work.
Sick as a Dog
- Meaning: Extremely ill.
- Example: Did you have a good vacation?" -""Not really. I was sick as a dog the whole time."
- Meaning: Medicine of unproven value; fraudulent medicine
- Example: The Internet is full of people who sell snake oil that won't help you at all with your medical problems.
Take your medicine
- Meaning: Accept something unpleasant, for example, punishment, without protesting or complaining
- Example: He really hates shopping, but he goes anyway and takes his medicine like a man.
Taste of your own medicine
- Meaning: The same unpleasant experience or treatment that one has given to others
- Example: This team likes to play rough, so let's go out there and give them a taste of their own medicine!
Under the weather
- Meaning: Not feeling well
- Example: My boss has been under the weather all week and has not come to work during that time.
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The BSHC is currently accepting artifacts to be donated and will collect artifacts from the 1840's through 1985. Artifacts accepted will be considered a permanent addition to the collection to be maintained in perpetuity as long as they retain their physical integrity, identity, and authenticity, and remain consistent with the BSHC's stated mission.
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Abstract: We extend the classification of irreducible finite dimensional representations of almost simple algebraic groups over an algebraically closed field of characteristic zero to certain non-connected groups $G$ where the component group is cyclic. We also extend some of Steinberg's results on the adjoint quotient $G\rightarrow T/W$ to these non-connected groups. These results are used to describe the geometry of $\theta$-conjugacy classes of $G^o$, where $\theta$ is an automorphism of the connected group $G^o$. As an application, we show that there is a "functorial" correspondence between virtual (finite dimensional) characters of $\theta$-invariant representations of $G$ and virtual characters of an endoscopic group $H$ of $G$.
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How to cook dried and dried peach: 6 ways, description, pros and cons - About the farm - 2021
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6 simple recipes for preparing dried and dried peaches for the winter
Delicious juicy fruit is poorly preserved fresh. It should be eaten immediately. With a large harvest of peaches, the hostesses subject them to drying, which extends the shelf life up to two years. Fruits after weathering moisture retain their beneficial properties. They increase the concentration of sugar and vitamins. Dried peaches - a good snack and filler for winter compote. Fresh ripe fruits are made from candied fruits, chips, pastila. They are dried in an electric dryer, oven, on the windowsill. To store the finished product does not need much space, but the daily consumption of fruit fills up the required amount of vitamins.
Peach Drying Specific
Peaches are very juicy, so over-ripe fruit cannot be used for drying. For harvesting fit both flat and fig fruits. Collecting fruit from the tree allows you to get a high quality product. The fruit should not be broken places, wormholes and rot. Before drying, they must be prepared.
 1. Fruits are well washed. Excess moisture is removed with a paper towel or napkin.
 2. The peduncle must be removed. Use of fruits with a stone and without it is allowed. The first version of dried fruit has a bitterness, taste for the fan. If you remove the bone, the dried fruit will remain sweet.
 3. The fruit can be divided into halves or quarters with a sharp knife.
 4. Peaches are laid on the skins upwards for drying.
 Peaches must be washed and removed before drying.
For winter preparations, sweet fruits of practically any kind are used, but if they get sour, you should sprinkle them with sugar syrup.
It is advisable to calibrate the fruit before drying so that they prepare at one time.
With overripe peaches do not take risks, it is better to make them marshmallow.
Peach Drying Methods
To the natural method were added options using an electric dryer and oven. The sparing conditions of the units make it possible to obtain high quality products in a short time. In an electric dryer with the correct temperature conditions, the process takes 6 hours. Using the plate requires several approaches for three hours with a six-hour break.
Drying in the oven
Peach after drying in the oven
With a small amount of products and the absence of electric ovens - the best option. Peaches are prepared in the usual way and cut into slices. The pieces should not be very small, the fruit will lose its charm. The sheet is covered with parchment, the fruits are laid on it with the skin up.
At a temperature of 50 degrees, they are dried for three hours. Then you need to take a break for 6 hours and continue the procedure. Drying continues until the product reaches a condition.
Periodically it is necessary to open the oven door to release excess moisture.
Oranges are dried and apples are dried in a similar way.
The use of electric dryers
Peaches in an electric drier are best dried.
Modern apparatus for drying vegetables and fruits VOLTERA 1000 Lux significantly accelerates the process. With natural weathering, the blanks lie for several days. In the dryer enough for 6 hours. Peach is loaded in whole or sliced. It is necessary to ensure that the products were approximately the same size.
Fruits are laid out on pallets in a single layer. It is necessary to set the temperature from 50 to 70 degrees. The process must be controlled so as not to spoil the products. Drying time will take 4 to 6 hours. Voltaire 1000 Lux is also suitable for the preparation of dry bananas and dried kiwi.
Nuances of drying in the sun
Sun Dried Peaches
Harvesting dried peaches in a natural way is suitable for large volumes of products. They must be pre-washed and wiped away with paper towel. Peeled fruit stalks and seeds are laid out on the racks with the pelt up.
On each side, it is necessary to dry for at least two days, as the fruits are juicy and fleshy. When the lobules reach condition, they are collected in canvas bags and stored for up to a year. Under the influence of sunlight the fruits become darker.
The color remains almost unchanged if you pre-fumigate the segments with sulfur smoke.
This method is also suitable for other fruits - pineapple, plum, but only for warm regions.
On the windowsill
Peach dried on the windowsill
The principle of harvesting dried fruit on the windowsill is identical to the process of drying in the sun. A large number of peaches will not fit on a limited area, but you can prepare a few kilograms. Entirely they will not dry out, so they need to be rid of the stones and divided into slices.
The window sill is covered with paper and fruits are laid out on it. On each side the slices are dried for 2-3 days. They must be turned over so as not to begin the process of decay. When excess moisture evaporates, the dried fruits are collected in containers or linen bags. Moths and other insects should not be allowed to enter the products.
Peach Dried Above The Plate
Another common method of drying fruits in cold regions is the electric cooker. Peeled and prepared peaches should be cut into small slices. They can be strung on a string, but they are quite heavy. Useful sieve or mesh. If the peach is decomposed into it and placed over a heater, then in a few hours the moisture will evaporate. Get dried peaches no worse than the sun.
How to cook dried peach with a bone
Dried peach with a stone
At home, dried peaches are cooked in the oven or electric drier. There are many devices for drying vegetables and fruits. There are three cooking methods:
 1. Drying entirely involves only washing the fruit and removing the stem.
 2. From the berries you can remove the stone and cut them in half.
 3. The skin is removed from the peaches, and a high-quality product is obtained.
Masters of drying prefer to cook special delicacies. Peaches are lowered into a boiling solution of water and soda for 7-9 seconds. The peduncle is removed, the bone is pulled out, and the skin is easily cleaned with a knife.
Peach slices are laid out on a tray and fumigated with sulfur. Only after that you can start drying.
For the preparation of high-quality dried fruit suitable electrical units and folk methods.
Peaches are rich in vitamins and have many beneficial properties. With a large number of products optimally suitable natural method of drying. Many peaches are placed on the shelves, but the process takes 4-6 days, depending on weather conditions and juiciness of the fruits. Weathering occurs faster in electric units. In the oven, you can make sweet chips or candied fruits, and also just dry the fruit slices. For the preparation of dried fruit for the winter fit as purchased and grown independently at home. When growing it is necessary to know about the nuances of tree care in order to get a rich harvest.


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A resistor ladder is an electrical circuit made from repeating units of resistors. Two configurations are discussed below, a string resistor ladder and an R–2R ladder.
An R–2R Ladder is a simple and inexpensive way to perform digital-to-analog conversion, using repetitive arrangements of precise resistor networks in a ladder-like configuration. A string resistor ladder implements the non-repetitive reference network.
String resistor ladder network (analog to digital conversion, or ADC)
A string of many, often equally dimensioned, resistors connected between two reference voltages is a resistor string ladder network. The resistors act as voltage dividers between the referenced voltages. Each tap of the string generates a different voltage, which can be compared with another voltage: this is the basic principle of a flash ADC (analog-to-digital converter). Often a voltage is converted to a current, enabling the possibility to use an R–2R ladder network.
- Disadvantage: for an n-bit ADC, the number of resistors grows exponentially, as resistors are required, while the R–2R resistor ladder only increases linearly with the number of bits, as it needs only resistors.
- Advantage: higher impedance values can be reached using the same number of components.
R–2R resistor ladder network (digital to analog conversion)
A basic R–2R resistor ladder network is shown in Figure 1. Bit an−1 (most significant bit, MSB) through bit a0 (least significant bit, LSB) are driven from digital logic gates. Ideally, the bit inputs are switched between V = 0 (logic 0) and V = Vref (logic 1). The R–2R network causes these digital bits to be weighted in their contribution to the output voltage Vout. Depending on which bits are set to 1 and which to 0, the output voltage (Vout) will have a corresponding stepped value between 0 and Vref minus the value of the minimal step, corresponding to bit 0. The actual value of Vref (and the voltage of logic 0) will depend on the type of technology used to generate the digital signals.
For a digital value VAL, of a R–2R DAC with N bits and 0 V/Vref logic levels, the output voltage Vout is:
- Vout = Vref × VAL / 2N.
For example, if N = 5 (hence 2N = 32) and Vref = 3.3 V (typical CMOS logic 1 voltage), then Vout will vary between 0 volts (VAL = 0 = 000002) and the maximum (VAL = 31 = 111112):
- max Vout = 3.3 × 31 / 25 = 3.196875 volts
with steps (corresponding to VAL = 1 = 000012)
- ΔVout = 3.3 × 1 / 32 = 0.103125 volts.
The R–2R ladder is inexpensive and relatively easy to manufacture, since only two resistor values are required (or even one, if R is made by placing a pair of 2R in parallel, or if 2R is made by placing a pair of R in series). It is fast and has fixed output impedance R. The R–2R ladder operates as a string of current dividers, whose output accuracy is solely dependent on how well each resistor is matched to the others. Small inaccuracies in the MSB resistors can entirely overwhelm the contribution of the LSB resistors. This may result in non-monotonic behavior at major crossings, such as from 011112 to 100002. Depending on the type of logic gates used and design of the logic circuits, there may be transitional voltage spikes at such major crossings even with perfect resistor values. These can be filtered with capacitance at the output node (the consequent reduction in bandwidth may be significant in some applications). Finally, the 2R resistance is in series with the digital-output impedance. High-output-impedance gates (e.g., LVDS) may be unsuitable in some cases. For all of the above reasons (and doubtless others), this type of DAC tends to be restricted to a relatively small number of bits; although integrated circuits may push the number of bits to 14 or even more, 8 bits or fewer is more typical.
Accuracy of R–2R resistor ladders
Resistors used with the more significant bits must be proportionally more accurate than those used with the less significant bits; for example, in the R–2R network discussed above, inaccuracies in the bit-4 (MSB) resistors must be insignificant compared to R/32 (i.e., much better than 3%). Further, to avoid problems at the 100002-to-011112 transition, the sum of the inaccuracies in the lower bits must be significantly less than R/32. The required accuracy doubles with each additional bit: for 8 bits, the accuracy required will be better than 1/256 (0.4%). Within integrated circuits, high-accuracy R–2R networks may be printed directly onto a single substrate using thin-film technology, ensuring the resistors share similar electrical characteristics. Even so, they must often be laser-trimmed to achieve the required precision. Such on-chip resistor ladders for digital-to-analog converters achieving 16-bit accuracy have been demonstrated. On a printed circuit board, using discrete components, resistors of 1% accuracy would suffice for a 5-bit circuit, however with bit counts beyond this the cost of ever increasing precision resistors becomes prohibitive. For a 10-bit converter, even using 0.1% precision resistors would not guarantee monotonicity of output. This being said, high resolution R-2R ladders formed from discrete components are sometimes used, the nonlinearity being corrected in software. One example of such approach can be seen in the Korad 3005 power supply.
Resistor ladder with unequal rungs
It is not necessary that each "rung" of the R–2R ladder use the same resistor values. It is only necessary that the "2R" value matches the sum of the "R" value plus the Thévenin-equivalent resistance of the lower-significance rungs. Figure 2 shows a linear 4-bit DAC with unequal resistors.
This allows a reasonably accurate DAC to be created from a heterogeneous collection of resistors by forming the DAC one bit at a time. At each stage, resistors for the "rung" and "leg" are chosen so that the rung value matches the leg value plus the equivalent resistance of the previous rungs. The rung and leg resistors can be formed by pairing other resistors in series or parallel in order to increase the number of available combinations. This process can be automated.
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I'd like to know if there is a way to determine if a variable contains a MooTools Class instance.
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var a = new Class();
var aInstance = new a();
document.write('#1 instanceOf(aInstance,a) ='+ instanceOf(aInstance,a) + '') // aInstance is instance of a. Returns true.
document.write('#2 instanceOf(aInstance,Class) ='+ instanceOf(aInstance,Class) + '') // aInstance isn't instance of Class, so returns false.
Is there a way to make #2 happen?
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Curriculum Resource Center
The Teacher Curriculum Center (TCC), located in the basement of Twilight Hall, Room B-12, is a facility open to teacher education students, liberal arts students, and K-12 teachers and administrators. Access privileges can be obtained by contacting the Director of Education Studies, Gregg Humphrey.
The resources in the Teacher Curriculum Center have been acquired through generous support from Middlebury College, Middlebury College Education Studies, the Middlebury College Library, Goals 2000 grants, and the Addison Central Supervisory Union.
The Teacher Curriculum Center contains books, videos, journals, and other resource materials on state and national standards, teacher education, educational reform and leadership, assessment, multicultural education, curriculum and instruction, language and literacy education, special education, educational foundations, philosophy, educational psychology, and educational technology.
The TCC also contains teacher guides, professional development videos, science and mathematics kits and materials, and art education supplies. The TCC maintains two networked computers, two printers (Epson Stylus Color 777, networked HP LaserJet 4050N), and two scanners.


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The classic depiction of Jesus may actually be a portrait of Cesare Borgia, the illegitimate son of Pope Alexander VI!
Borgia was the son of Pope Alexander VI. He is said to have influenced all European art depicting Jesus. It's widely accepted that the classic depiction of Jesus is not accurate, because Jesus would have not have looked like a white European. Many scholars believe that Cesare Borgia was the basis for some depictions of Jesus that eventually became the standard look that is used until today.
At the time, the Pope was allowed to marry. Pope Alexander VI, however, was known for having many mistresses. In 1476, Cesare Borgia was born as an illegitimate child of the Pope.
He was the Pope's favorite son and by 15 years old was the Bishop of Pamplona. He became Cardinal by his 18th birthday. Cesare is said to have had his older brother Giovanni assassinated out of envy.


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Hare Krishna dear devotees,
Some times we get confused between what exactly is sin and what is reaction? What is the difference between these two? I recently heard a very nice explanation by HH Bhaktividya Purna maharaj and I am copying it's transcript.
What is the difference between reaction and sin?
HH Bhaktividya Purna Maharaj :
Reaction will be you are put into the same situation in which you are giving that trouble, and you are on the other side. That's reaction. Sin means going to hell for some time and going through all the animal species to be punished before you come to that situation.
The person who according to the Vedic literature kills an animal in sacrifice there is no sin. He'll be elevated, the animal will be elevated. As far as karma-kanda goes it looks good all the way round. But there is still reaction that in the future the person that performed the sacrifice will be the animal, and the animal will be the person performing he sacrifice. Now the animal will get to sacrifice you. But it's all good, it's all pious activity. This is the downside. The reaction is there but they won't go to hell for killing the animal and take birth in so many animal species. It's still circle. That's why if one is intelligent one worships Krsna and gets out of that, because it's stupid. Even though it's on this nicest level it's still stupid. Most of the time the two go together, when there is sin there is reaction. But when you perform pious activities you can have reaction without sin. Just like you can have a good reaction and there is no sin. So you can also have a bad reaction without sin. But technically it's all considered sinful because it's not connected to the Lord. Good and bad when it's not connected to the Lord it's sin.
(Lecture, 26th Oct. 2010)
All glories to Srila Prabhupada


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Ambulation Index (AI)
The AI is a rating scale developed by Hauser et al (1983) to assess mobility by evaluating the time and degree of assistance required to walk 25 feet. Scores range from 0 (asymptomatic and fully active) to 10 (bedridden). The patient is asked to walk a marked 25-foot course as quickly and safely as possible. The examiner records the time and type of assistance (e.g., cane, walker, crutches) needed.
Administration time
Administration time will vary depending upon the ability of the patient. Total administration time should be approximately 1-5 minutes.
Administration method
The AI is administered in person by a trained examiner. The examiner need not be a physician or nurse.
Although the patient's walking is timed, the time is not used directly but is utilized in conjunction with other factors to rate the patient on an ordinal scale with 11 gradations.
Download the Ambulation Index Form (PDF)
The AI is also available in the original journal article where it was first published, Hauser et al (1983).
General comments
Gait speed in general has been demonstrated to be a useful and reliable functional measure of walking ability. The AI is similar to and has been largely replaced by the Timed 25-Foot Walk (T25-FW). While the AI uses an ordinal clinical rating of a performance category, the T25-FW measures the actual time needed to complete the task. When administering the AI, patients are allowed to use assistive devices (canes, crutches, walkers). In addition the rating scale has categories for patients who are unable to walk at all.
Psychometric properties
The AI has demonstrated good test-retest and inter-rater reliability as well as good convergent validity. However, because of its more desirable psychometric properties, the 25-Foot Timed Walk has largely replaced the AI in clinical studies.


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Supreme Court likely to bar some US green card applicants
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court appeared ready Monday to prevent thousands of people living in the United States for humanitarian reasons from applying to become permanent residents.
The designation applies to people who come from countries ravaged by war or disaster, protects them from deportation, and allows them to work legally.
Many have lived in the US for many years, given birth to American citizens, and have put down roots in this country, their advocates say.
Legislation that would allow people who are here for humanitarian reasons to adjust their immigration status has passed the House but faces uncertain prospects in the Senate.
The case before the court involves a couple from El Salvador who has been in the country since the late 1990s.
People from 10 other countries are similarly protected.
They are Haiti, Honduras, Nepal, Nicaragua, Somalia, South Sudan, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela, and Yemen.
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Willamette Student Researcher Thumbs Nose at Breathe Right Strips
You see them all the time, athletes and weekend warriors alike sporting those adhesive strips on their noses. Professional athletes like football great Jerry Rice do television commercials for Breathe Right Nasal strips, claiming the funny looking pieces of adhesive worn across the bridge of the nose help them breathe easier, run faster and play better. Are the claims true? Do those little adhesive nasal strips really improve athletic performance? Maybe not, says Gregory Boggs, a student researcher at Willamette.
"The makers of Breath Right Nasal strip claim that you can breathe easier with their product," says Boggs. "But how do you define breathing easier? I measured one of the best physiological indicators of exercise performance and found the strips didn't improve performance."
Boggs, a senior majoring in exercise science, won a $2,500 Carson Grant, a prestigious competitive award given to students who want to research an original idea or an area of research beyond what they can study in class. He had eight physically fit female athletes work out on exercise bicycles at increasing levels of resistance until they reached exhaustion and had to stop. The group performed twice, once using the Breathe RightÃ¤asal strips and once without strips. Blood samples were taken from the subjects throughout the test and then three minutes into recovery after exercise.
Unlike other researchers who have measured factors like resistance to airflow in the nostrils and the amount of inhalation/expiration (ventilation) occurring in the nose, Boggs chose to measure blood levels of lactate, a byproduct of metabolism. As exercise increases, the body produces more and more lactate until the body is unable to remove the lactate from the muscles (called the lactate threshold). At this point, the body is performing without much oxygen (anaerobically). The excess lactate causes the muscles to be unable to work properly.
Lactate threshold is one of the physiological measures of athletic performance. Trained athletes, who are able to take in and use oxygen efficiently, are able to physically work harder and longer before reaching the lactate threshold than untrained individuals. "Lactate threshold is an important measure of aerobic performance," explains Boggs. "It's a good measure of whether you're using oxygen for energy or whether you're working anaerobically or without oxygen. For best performance, we want to be working with oxygen."
If a product like Breathe Right can make more oxygen available, wearing the nasal strip would delay the onset of the lactate threshold and therefore enable the wearer to work harder and longer. A person working at the same intensity should have less lactate in their blood compared with someone not wearing the strip. However, Boggs found no significant differences in the lactate threshold levels of the athletes when they wore the strips or when they didn't. His is not the first to conclude the little nasal strips don't work.
"A lot of research agrees with my conclusion although none of the other studies use lactate levels to measure performance," says Boggs. "Most of the research measures whether a person is able to inhale and exhale more air with the nasal strip. Some of that research shows the strips work and some of it shows it doesn't.
How does he explain the popularity of the strips, despite evidence that they don't change blood lactate levels?
"Maybe it's psychological," young researcher speculates. "I've tried them and it does feel like it opens up your nostrils a little bit and makes it feel easier to breathe. Maybe if it feels easier to breathe you perform better. Or maybe because they said this would help athletic performance, the strips just caught on. Now everybody uses them whether or not they really work."


closer to what we want. Now, C_{\infty} \setminus\bigcup_{n\in\Bbb{Z}^{+}} C_n contains only those functions which have a root in K.
We will call the functions in C_{\lambda} \subset C^{1}(K,\Bbb{R}) functions with maximal growth rate \lambda. This is a natural moduli for functions when we are studying stuff whose (maximal) grow rate depends linearly on the current amount of stuff. Of course populations of living things fall in the class of things for which this is true. from the proofs above, we know that if f\in C_\lambda, then it's graph lives in the cone defined by exponentials. More precisely
If a(f) = \lambda then for x < x_0, \frac{f(x_0)}{e^{\lambda x_0)}}e^{\lambda x} \leq f(x) \leq \frac{f(x_0)}{e^{-\lambda x_0)}}e^{-\lambda x} and for x > x_0 we have \frac{f(x_0)}{e^{-\lambda x_0)}}e^{-\lambda x} \leq f(x) \leq \frac{f(x_0)}{e^{\lambda x_0)}}e^{\lambda x}.
(Exercise) Prove this. Hint: use the first proof where instead of 2\lambda you use \alpha\lambda and let \alpha\downarrow 1.
(Remark) Notice that Equation (10) and \lambda < \infty implies that scaling a function in C_\lambda by any non-zero scalar yields another function in C_\lambda. As a result, we might choose to consider only
F \equiv f\in c_\lambda\text{ such that }f(0) = 1
F \equiv \{\text{ functions whose minimum value on }K\text{ is }1\}.
In both cases we end up with subsets that generate C_\lambda when we take all multiples of those functions by nonzero real numbers.
(Exercise) If we move to high dimensional domains, how wild can the compact set K be and still get these results? It must clearly be connected, so in \Bbb{R}^1 we are already completely general with our K above.
Moving back to Equation (1), we can look for generalizations: for example, will this result hold when f:\Bbb{R}^{n} \rightarrow \Bbb{R}^{m}? How about when f maps from one Banach space to another? How about the case in which f is merely Lipschitz?
Lets begin with f:\Bbb{R}^{n} \rightarrow \Bbb{R}^{m}.
In this case, the appropriate version of Equation (1) is
||Df(x)|| \leq \lambda ||f(x)|| (11)
where ||Df(x)|| denotes the operator norm of the derivative Df(x) and ||f(x)|| is the euclidean norm of f(x) in \Bbb{R}^m.
Notice that
D\ln(||f(x)||) = \frac{1}{||f(x)||}\left(\frac{f(x)}{||f(x)||}\right)^{t}Df(x) (12)
where \left(\frac{f(x)}{||f(x)||}\right)^{t} is an m dimensional row vector and Df(x) is an n\text{ by }m dimensional matrix. (Thus the gradient vector is the transpose of the resulting n dimensional row vector.) Now we can use this to get the result.
Let \gamma(s) be the arclength parameterized line segment that starts at x_0 and ends at x_1 the The above equation tells us that
\int_{\gamma} D\ln(||f(x(s))||) ds = \int_{\gamma} \frac{1}{||f(x)||}\left(\frac{f(x)}{||f(x)||}\right)^{t}Df(x) \leq \int_{\gamma} \frac{||Df(x(s))||}{||f(x))||} ds. (13)
Thus, we can conclude that
\ln(||f(x_1)||) - \ln(||f(x_0)||) \leq \lambda ||x_1 - x_0||
which implies that
-\lambda ||x_1 - x_2|| \leq \ln\left(\frac{||f(x_1)||}{||f(x_0)||}\right) \leq \lambda ||x_1 - x_0||
and we can proceed as we did in the second proof of the problem in the case that f:\Bbb{R}\rightarrow \Bbb{R}. We end up with the following result
If ||Df(x)|| \leq \lambda ||f(x)|| and ||f(x)|| \neq 0 \text{ for all } x\in B(x*,r)\subset\Bbb{R}^n, then
e^{-\lambda ||x - x*||} \leq \frac{||f(x)||}{||f(x*)||} \leq e^{\lambda ||x - x*||}
for all x\in B(x*,r).
(Exercise) Show that this result implies that if f(x) = 0 anywhere, it equals 0 everywhere.
(Exercise) Show that this is implies the one dimensional result we proved above (the first theorem we proved above).
(Exercise) Our proof of the result for the case f:\Bbb{R}^n\rightarrow\Bbb{R}^m can be carried over to the case of f:B_1 \rightarrow B_2 where B_1\text{ and }B_2 are Banach Spaces — carry out those steps!
We come now to the question of what we can say when we are less restrictive with the constraints on differentiability. We consider the case in which f:\Bbb{R}^n\rightarrow\Bbb{R}^m is Lipschitz. The complication here is that while we know that f is differentiable almost everywhere, it might not be differentiable anywhere on the line segment from x_0 to x_1.
Consider a cylinder C_{x_0}^{x_1}(1), with radius 1 and axis equal to the segment from x_0\text{ to }x_1. Let E = C_{x_0}^{x_1}(1) \cap \{x| Df(x)\text{ exists }\}. Since f is differentiable almost everywhere, we have that \mathcal{L}^n( C_{x_0}^{x_1}(1)\setminus E) = 0. Therefore almost every segment L generated by the intersection of a line parallel to the cylinder axis and the cylinder, intersects E in a set of length ||x_1 - x_0||. We can therefore choose a sequence of such segments converging to [x_0,x_1].
Since Df exists \mathcal{H}^1 almost everywhere on the segments [x_0^k, x_1^k] and f is continuous everywhere, we can integrate the derivatives to get:
-\lambda ||x_1^k - x_0^k|| \leq \ln\left(\frac{||f(x_1^k)||}{||f(x_0^k)||}\right) \leq \lambda ||x_1^k - x_0^k||.
And because f is continuous we get that
-\lambda ||x_1 - x_0|| \leq \ln\left(\frac{||f(x_1)||}{||f(x_0)||}\right) \leq \lambda ||x_1- x_0||.
so that we end up with the same result that we had for differentiable functions.
There are other directions to take this.
From the perspective of geometric objects, the ratio \frac{||Df||}{||f||} is a bit funky — for example, if f(x) = volume of a set E(x)\subset \Bbb{R}^n = \mathcal{L}^n(E(x)), where x can be thought of as the center of the set, we have that Df will be a vectorfield \eta times \mathcal{H}^{n-1} restricted to the \partial E(x). Thus, ||Df|| will be an n-1-dimensional quantity and f a n-dimensional quantity. We would usually expect there to be exponents, as in the case of the Poincare ineqaulity, making the ratio non-dimensional.
On the other hand, one can see this ratio as a sort of measure of reciprocal length of the objects we are dealing with. From the perspective, this result seems to say that no matter what you do, you cannot get to objects with no volume from objects with non-zero volume without getting small (i.e. without the reciprocal length diverging). This is not profound. On the other hand, that ratio is precisely what is important for certain physical/biolgical processes. So this quantity being bounded has consequences in those contexts.
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Trading The Butterfly Pattern
The Butterfly pattern, discovered by Bryce Gilmore, is a reversal chart pattern that consists of four distinct swings in the market.
The rules to identify the Butterfly trading pattern are strict and requires the use of certain Fibonacci ratios that were made public by Scott Carney.
If you use ratios from Fibonacci to identify certain patterns, you are essentially trading a harmonic pattern which the Butterfly pattern is considered as.
In this article, you are going to learn a Butterfly Pattern trading strategy that includes:
 1. How to identify the Butterfly pattern using the required Fibonacci retracement and extension ratios
 2. How to calculate your stop loss level
 3. Where to set your profit target
These types of patterns, harmonic patterns, are not for everyone.
You must buy into Fibonacci as a means of trading and believe there is an edge in doing so.
That said, one important aspect of the Butterfly trading pattern is an A-B=C-D formation and that is something I personally use as a rule of thumb for profit targets and potential turning points. It does not have to be an exact match
How To Identify A Butterfly Harmonic Pattern
The Butterfly pattern is similar to the Gartely as both form a warped "W" or "M" shape. The difference is the Gartley is considered a completed pattern when a Fibonacci retracement ratio and an extension level coincide
The Butterfly is considered to be complete when two Fibonacci extensions coincide.
For the Butterfly pattern to be found, we need four points in the market: X, A, B, C and D, which is considered a Potential Reversal Zone and not a point.
It is this location you would look for a trade position.
Each swing has a relationship to another which are specific Fibonacci numbers and are needed to validate the swings:
 - AB leg should equal 78.6% retracement of the XA leg
 - BC leg should be between 38.2 and 88.6% retrace of the A-B leg
 - C-D swing is 168 to 261.8% extension of A-B swing
 - The most important number in this pattern is the 127% extension of the XA leg
 - Both bullish butterfly patterns and bearish patterns use the same ratios
bearish butterfly trading pattern
This is an example of a Bearish Butterfly Pattern where we would want to short a reversal. The red star is the Potential Reversal Zone and you would look to position in the trade in that zone.
Because the reversal zone can be known ahead of time (1.27% extension of X-A / 1.68-2.618% ext of A-B), you can set an alert for when price enters this zone.
How To Trade The Butterfly Pattern
Tradingview has a superb tool (XABCD pattern) for drawing the Butterfly pattern but it can also be done with the Fibonacci tool.
butterfly chart patterns
 1. This is the X point and is the first place we click with the tool
 2. This ending forms that XA swing
 3. We click at this point and we get the AB leg (70% retrace in this example)
 4. Clicking here gives us the BC leg (C ends at an 87.9% pullback against the AB leg)
 5. This is the Potential Reversal Zone and completes the CD leg (This forms a 153% extension of XA leg and 235% extension of BC leg
Remember, the Potential Reversal Zone is known in advance.
The following chart shows the same chart using Fibonacci retracements and extensions. After point four ( BC leg) has completed, you can then project upwards to find the zones and mark off the areas of interest.
potential reversal zone of butterfly pattern
The red zone is the 1.618 extension of the BC leg and the 1.272 (1.618) extension of the XA leg. This is the minimum zone and you would prefer to have a price closer to the 1.272 end of the zone.
The yellow zone includes the extreme extension level of the BC leg and the minimum 1.272 of the XA leg.
While the hard and fast rule is the AB leg must be a retract 78.6% of XA leg, let's agree that markets are not exact and close is close enough.
Stop Loss Location + Profit Targets
Every method of trading should have a stop loss and the harmonic Butterfly pattern has a built-in stop-loss location.
Your stop loss on a short reversal trade should go just beyond the trading zone outlined via the Fib ratios. Some traders, if the price has not breached the 1.618 extension of the XA leg, will put their stop loss above that location.
Profit targets can be Fibonacci retracements of the entire CD leg. You can also trail your stop above each high (for a short) each time a new low is made
stop loss profit targets for butterfly trading pattern
When considering profits, use the levels as zones and monitor price action. What we don't want to see is strong momentum against our positions and remember that Fibonacci levels hold no magic in the markets.
Learn to line up the levels with actual support and resistance levels that may affect the direction of price.
Butterfly Pattern – A Twist
The important numbers of the Butterfly are the 78.6% level and the 127% extension level. We can use those two levels to form the bones of a trading strategy.
This is an uptrend and we pull the Fibs from highs to low.
When price meets the 78.6% level, we take a long position with the 127% extension level as our price target.
Note that at the top of the chart where the red X is located, price did not breach the 78.6% level and therefore there is no long trade taken. We then reverse to trading shorts.
Trading Reactions
Another method that will utilize the same important ratios of the Butterfly pattern allows us to play both sides of the trend.
In this case, we are trading the break of the 78.6% level and taking profits at that 127% level.
The yellow dashes are the break of the 78.6 levels and the yellow splash is the 127 level where you'd take profits and reverse if possible.
We will then look to see a reaction in the opposite direction of our previous trade. We are looking to take advantage of:
 - Momentum once price breaks the 78.6% level
 - Reversal momentum once price hits the 127% level, reverses, and traps traders that must exit.
The last trade on the right is a current long that just broke the 78.6% level.
As for stop locations, you could use a ratio of 61.8 to tuck your stop behind
Butterfly Pattern Trading Strategy Wrap Up
The Butterfly pattern can be simple to spot when you see a pullback (AB leg) from the initial XA leg. You will then look for a higher low (uptrend) that would form the end of the BC leg.
The stop loss and price targets are built-in which takes much discretion out of the Butterfly strategy.
The biggest issue for a trader is defining swings in the market that can be used to draw the pattern. The rule of thumb is to use a swing that is obvious.
Look around your charts for the pattern and define your trading rules for a Butterfly strategy or for the last two just mentioned.
To learn about the price patterns I prefer, please download your free Price Pattern Guide
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Nikujaga from Just One Cookbook on Pinay In Texas Cooking Corner
1 large onion
1/2 carrot
2 medium potatoes
1/2 lb thinly sliced meat (usually beef or pork)
1 pkg shirataki noodles
A couple of snow peas/green beans/green peas for decoration, accenting green color.
1 Tbsp. vegetable oil
2 cup (500ml) dashi stock
4 Tbsp. mirin
4 Tbsp. soy sauce
2 Tbsp. sake
1 Tbsp. sugar
1. Make dashi stock.
3. Cut the potatoes into 4 wedges and smooth the edge of potatoes. If the pieces have sharp edges then they are likely to break into pieces during the cooking process from bumping into each other. We call this Japanese cutting technique mentori. Soak the potatoes in water to prevent from changing color.
4. Cut the sliced meat in half. Rinse and drain shirataki noodles.
7. In a large pot, heat oil on medium heat and sauté the onion.
9. Add the potatoes, carrots, and shirataki noodles.
10. Add dashi stock and Seasonings bring to a boil.
11. Once boiling, turn down the heat to medium and skim off the scum. Make sure all the ingredients are flat and most of ingredients are covered by the soup.
12. Place otoshibuta and simmer on medium heat for 10-15 minutes, or until vegetables are cooked. Otoshibuta is necessary to maintain the shape of the vegetables being stewed. Do not mix the ingredients while cooking; Otoshibuta will help the flavor circulate automatically.
Nikujaga tastes even better the second day so don't worry if you can' finish all the food.


ISSP [2019] : Creating an Educational Program to Promote Sustainable Water Use in Baan Yang
In the village of Baan Yang, a sudden shift away from opium cultivation left farmers practicing unsustainable techniques to grow food. Residents are aware of the ecological impacts, but tradition and socioeconomic barriers prevent them from transitioning to new, sustainable techniques. Our project focuses on creating an educational program for the Baan Yang School to introduce village students about their impact on the surrounding environment, along with educating them about water quality and conservation. The ultimate goal of our educational program is to promote sustainable farming techniques by instilling a passion for the environment in the younger generation.


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Performance Evaluation of NCB'S VIS-A VIS PCB'S Operating In Bangladesh
Department of AIS, Islamic University, Kushtia, BD
MD. Abdus Sabur
Khulna University Business Review – A Journal of Business Administration Discipline, Khulna University
Volume 5, Number 1, January to June 2005, Pages 19-31
Published: March 2008
Published Online: July 2019
Commercial Bank is the most important functionary of the financial system play a dynamic role in the economic development of a nation as well as Bangladesh. Economic history shows that financial development always starts with a banking system. In a country's development, the banking systems' contribution is highest in the initial stage of development compared with the other financial systems. An attempt has been made in this paper to evaluate the comparative performance of these two sectors of banks operating in Bangladesh. The specific objectives of the study are to evaluate the growth trend of general business activities of selected banks and identify the comparative commercial profitability, employee efficiency and overall performance of studying banks during 1995 to 2004. On the basis of the analysis considering the above measures included in this paper, it has been observed that the profitability performance as well as trend of general business operation and employee efficiency of the selected private banks was far better than the selected public banks for the study period.


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Registration for 3D model of human atlas based on vertex information
Journal: Yiyong Shengwu Lixue/Journal of Medical Biomechanics
Objective: To develop a registration method for 3D human atlas models by using geometric information of the vertices so as to lay a foundation for statistical modeling of atlas. Methods: Based on CT images of the normal human, thirty 3D models of human atlases were created and marked by the manual selected points, including 1 standard module, 20 training sets and 9 testing samples. The training sets were first registered with the standard module, including calculation on geometric information of the individual vertex and optimization process of weight coefficients in the registration models. By minimizing the energy function defined with the Euclidean distances between the automatic registered points and the manual selected points in training sets, the optimized weight coefficients could be obtained. The testing samples were then registered with the standard module to calculate the Euclidean distances between the automatic registered points and the manual selected points. The results were then compared with the training sets to evaluate the stability of the registration method. Results: The registration function and the corresponding optimized weight coefficients were obtained, and the average errors for the training sets and testing samples were 1.983 mm and 2.045 mm, respectively. Further statistical analysis showed that there were no obvious differences in the error distributions among the training sets and testing samples. Conclusions: The accuracy and stability of the proposed registration method meet the requirement in medical applications, and it can provide automatic registration of points of interest on human atlas models and be used for element classification in statistical modeling.


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September 3, 2008 Headliners Music Hall, Louisville, Kentucky
Moonalice poster by Alexandra Fischer
According to Moonalice legend, the tribe in Kentucky was especially talented. Kentucky nomads played incredible music. And the local hippies grew fantastic hemp. Unfortunately, they were all colorblind. That's why they used the same name for their hemp that they used for their music: Bluegrass. Smoke it if you've got it!
According to Moonalice legend, there is far more to the history of Louisville than you read in books. History books say that the first Europeans settled on Corn Island. What they don't say is that the Europeans actually bought Corn Island from the Moonalice tribe for $24 and a bag of microwave popcorn. Of course, it had a different name then. The tribe had named the island after their favorite crop — Hemp — but practiced crop rotation. It just happened that the fields were full of corn when the Europeans arrived. As a result, the Europeans missed out on the opportunity to invent hemp liquor. Fortunately, they went on to discover bourbon, instead. The rest, as they say, is legend.


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Performance assessment and large-scale monitoring of terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) transmission apparatuses are currently a pressing need due to the rapid growth of related broadcasting networks in many countries. Power measurements, in particular, play a very important role since RF and IF signal power, RF channel power, RF and IF power spectrum, noise (or unwanted) power, and power efficiency are relevant parameters to be measured as accurately as possible. Although modern spectrum analyzers and high-performance vector signal analyzers exhibit satisfying accuracy and repeatability, their cost, weight, and size make them unsuitable for the purpose. This paper is focused on the design and realization of a digital signal processing-based meter for power measurement in DVB-T systems that is capable of granting good accuracy, satisfying repeatability, reduced measurement time, and cost effectiveness. This paper deals with the digital signal processing algorithm to be implemented in the meter, paying attention to parametric power spectral density (PSD) estimators for their reduced memory requirement and potentially limited computational burden. In particular, a parametric estimation algorithm that is capable of assuring a fast measurement rate is implemented and made operative. The simulation and emulation stages are properly designed to regulate the most relevant parameters of the adopted PSD estimators according to the specific features of the signals involved; a number of experiments on actual DVB-T signals are conducted, the results of which are compared to those provided by competitive measurement solutions.


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- display the native instruction sets executable on this platform
isalist prints the names of the native instruction sets executable on this platform on the standard output, as returned by the SI_ISALIST command of sysinfo(2).
The names are space-separated and are ordered in the sense of best performance. That is, earlier-named instruction sets might contain more instructions than later-named instruction sets; a program that is compiled for an earlier-named instruction sets will most likely run faster on this machine than the same program compiled for a later-named instruction set.
Programs compiled for instruction sets that do not appear in the list will most likely experience performance degradation or not run at all on this machine.
The instruction set names known to the system are listed in isalist(5). These names might or might not match predefined names or compiler options in the C language compilation system,
This command is obsolete and may be removed in a future version of Solaris. See isainfo(1) for a better way to handle instruction set extensions.
See attributes(5) for descriptions of the following attributes:


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The FlashShield 42mm Anti-Reflective Device from Carson Optical is an optical accessory that minimizes reflection by the objective lenses of a 42mm binocular. Simply by clipping the reflection shield in front of each objective, the honeycomb-shaped light baffle will reduce light reflecting off the lens. In addition to controlling reflected light that can expose the observer's location to wildlife, each FlashShield acts as a sun shade that blocks glare and also protects the lens surfaces from scratches and dirt.
- Minimizes the reflective signature of a binocular's objective lenses
- Helps maintain covert posture, great for hunting and birding
- Reduces glare and blocks stray light from the entering the field of view
- Helps protect lens surfaces from dust and debris
- Clip-on attachment is compatible with most 42mm binoculars


Leche Merengada Recipe | Spanish-food.org
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Leche Merengada
Origin: Spain
Leche merengada
Leche merengada or Spanish milk shake is a typical Spanish drink made with milk, egg whites and sweetened with sugar and aromatized with cinnamon. It's served very cold and in some cases part of the drink is frozen and with a texture similar to snow, making it the perfect summer drink. This is why it's normally served in ice-cream parlors in Spanish cities and "horchaterias" (shops where horchata, a typical Valencia drink, is sold in Valencia).
We don't know much about the origins of this popular drink, however it's a favorite of our grandparents, parents and children. It's normally consumed in summer as it's very refreshing.
Many children have among some of their fondest memories, those of when their grandparents took them to the town or neighborhood ice-cream parlor for a cone or a glass of leche merengada and would tell of their week's adventure while their faces and hair got smeared with the dessert.
Not only is leche merengada a tradition in itself, it also has it's own song:
Tengo una vaca lechera
no es una vaca cualquiera.
Me da leche merengada,
¡Ay! que vaca tan salada
Tolón, tolón. Tolón, tolón.
If you want to know the meaning of this song and many others we suggest a Spanish course in Spain. Songs and food are a great way of learning the Spanish language and they are often used as topics on such language courses.
In reality, this drink is considered a milk shake with egg white, although the basic recipe doesn't change, there are some variations. For instance, some cooks add a few espresso drops, lemon juice drops or vanilla. The recipe is really somewhere in between a milkshake and a milk sorbet. Often Spanish mothers will prepare the drink in the morning so that it has enough time to cool in the fridge or freezer before their children tuck into it. After a glass of it though, you might be thinking of making some more in the evening for the next day too!
Leche merengada has been one of the most popular and in demand drink in cafes in Madrid since the end of the 18th century and has appeared in many novels as summer drinks or ice-creams consumed by character, an example of this is Jacinto y Fortuna by Pérez-Galdós. Today it is still a staple recipe for any good Spanish cook book.
Fortunately, like many other Spanish food recipes, leche merengada is easy to make and uses common and easy to find ingredients. This means that it is a great one to make everyday or for special occasions. Furthermore, the ingredients are normally inexpensive which is great if you are on a tight budget yet still want to enjoy a little taste of Spanish cuisine.
Leche Merengada | Spanish Milk Shake
Leche Merengada
Ingredients (6 portions):
 - 1 liter of milk
 - 4 egg whites
 - 300 grams of sugar
 - 1 cinnamon branch
 - 1 lemon peel
 - a pinch of powdered cinnamon
 - Boil the milk for 5 minutes with the lemon's peel, the cinnamon branch and 250 grams.
 - Turn the stove off and let it cool
 - While the milk cools whisk the egg whites until they form peaks, you can add a few lemon drops, though it's not mandatory.
 - Add the remaining 50 grams of sugar and little by little pour the cold milk on the -meringue through a strainer
 - Put in the fridge if you want it liquid or in the freezer if you want to achieve an ice-cream like texture.
Some people leave the milkshake in the freezer for much longer in tubs so that it turns into ice cream. This means that the drink can serve as a dessert as well. In fact, you will find that a number of ice cream parlours in Spain do in fact have leche merengada ice cream in sale. Why not have a scoop!
Naturally, as an ice cold drink, this is perfect for hot summer days in Spain. But when you make it into an ice cream, it makes a great accompaniment to a piece of warm cake or tart, and can therefore be consumed all year round!


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16 November 2023
Manifesto for a Better Children's Internet
Join us as we introduce the concept of the 'Children's Internet' and outline evidence-based principles for improving how children experience digital products and services. A better Children's Internet is possible and essential and we are calling on industry, governments, parents and carers, and researchers to take action.
Michael Dezuanni and Aleesha Rodriguez will represent a team of researchers from across the ARC Centre of Excellence for the Digital Child to outline the six areas that 'make up' the Children's Internet: Access, Imaginaries, Entertainment, Education, Regulation and Participation. They will provide aspirational solutions for creating a better Children's Internet and will outline practical ways you can start to take make a difference.


Using Multiple SoloVisions
The purpose of this article is to demonstrate how-to setup multiple SoloVisions for use. The SoloVision device was designed with the feature of being able to use each SoloVision device independently. This allows you to take one SoloVision out for a screening, and keep the other SoloVision in the office to perform DynaROM screenings.
Connecting Multiple SoloVisions to One Computer
Each SoloVision has a label on the bottom indicating what type of device it connects to.
When setting up your SoloVisions you will want to remember which SoloVision, connects to which device-type (ScanVision, FlexVision, DynaVision.) This will become important if you ever need to take one SoloVision off the computer and move it to a different one.
Each SoloVision connecting to the computer will need an available USB port for the SoloVision to plug into. The SoloVision device should come with a USB cable used to connect the device to the computer.
If your computer doesn't have enough USB ports you can purchase a USB hub. A USB hub allows you to convert one USB port into several USB ports.
Using Multiple SoloVisions on Different Computers
Each SoloVision has a label on the bottom indicating whether it connects to a ScanVision, FlexVision, or DynaVision device. The SoloVision does NOT need any additional power cables. The only cable that the SoloVision needs is the USB cable that connects the SoloVision to the computer.


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For you to understand why do dogs bury bones, it's necessary to have a glimpse on the way in which wolves hunt in the wild.
Small preys including mice are chased, stalked, and pounced upon by single wolves working for themselves. These pounces trap the prey under the front feet. Then, it seized and bitten quickly after which it's gobbled down.
Bigger preys like rabbits are treated in the same manner. If preys of this size are hard, these might be shaken vigorously, yet typically some bites are all that's needed to subdue this. Medium-sized preys like small deer and sheep are killed through throat bites.
The burying process consists of digging holes with the front feet while clasping the meat in jaws. When the cavity is huge enough, the wolf opens its jaws and allows the meat drop into it. Then, they use their snout to push the soil back on top.
Once the hole is already covered, they make some pressing down movement with their snout and wander off. They will return the following day, digging up the meat with their front feet, then grab that using their jaws to eat.
Why Do Dogs Bury Bones?
When it comes to dogs, it's now clear to assume what conditions should be present to encourage them to bury food. First and foremost, there should be food surplus. Hungry dogs eat everything they could. Only if there's something left over that couldn't be eaten would be carried into the backyard and buried.
Commercial dog foods even in homes where dogs are overfed by their owners are impossible to hold and carry in the jaws while digging a hole. That is why dogs that are fed only with soft food in dog bowls won't have the chance to bury anything. However, if they're provided with big bones they do have something they could hide in the hole.
The main reason why bones are famous as the burying object is that though the dogs in question aren't overfed and don't have any food surplus, a big bone that's impossible to break up and eat, has about the essential quality of the food object that can't be eaten easily. It has a leftover quality that persuades even hungry dogs to bury bones.
Several pet dogs that are overfed with soft foods may be seen performing a strange remnant of burying foods. They know a dish of surplus food is great food, yet they're not hungry, so they attempt to just bury the whole food in a room.
See dog bury bones in action:
Stop Your Dog From Burying Bones
If you don't like your dog to bury bones in your backyard, there are some options you can consider to stop them. One of these is training him properly and disciplining him that it's not good to bury bones. If you do not have more time to train your dog, you can always hire someone to do it for you.


Wednesday, January 19, 2011
Working together: Save Before Exit and Tabular Forms
Here are some guidelines to properly integrate the two:
Monday, January 17, 2011
Saving Current Values with Cascading LOVs
A friend, Monty Latiolais, recently asked an interesting question regarding cascading LOVs:
Say you've got two LOVs...STATES and CITIES. They both default to 'ALL' and 'ALL'. Since CITIES is dependent on STATES, as soon as STATES is changed, CITIES is blanked out. What should happen is that CITIES gets re-evaluated as in the following example... let's say STATES is ALL and CITIES is "Houston". If one then changes STATES to "Texas", CITIES should remain "Houston" as that is a valid value for CITIES.
So basically, is it possible to maintain the selected value of an item if that same value exists in the list of values after refreshing? That's a great question! Thanks to new events in the APEX framework and Dynamic Actions the solution is far easier than it would have been in the past!
Click here to see the demo but continue reading to learn how it all works…
There are a three main events you need to be concerned with when it comes to cascading selects:
 - change
 - apexbeforerefresh
 - apexafterrefresh
The change event is a standard part of JavaScript and the DOM. This event fires when the user manually changes the value of the select list but can also be triggered programmatically via JavaScript. The apexbeforerefresh and apexafterrefresh events are custom events in the APEX framework. They fire just before and just after AJAX requests refresh something on the page. The events work with many items and regions that utilize this technology.
In this example we have two select lists: parent and child. If you change the value of the child select list then the change event will fire and that's it. But if you change the value of the parent select list a lot more happens to the child select. Here are some of the highlights:
 1. The current LOV values are cleared out
 2. The apexbeforerefresh event is triggered
 3. An AJAX request brings back new values. This only happens if
 1. optimize refresh is set to false
 2. optimize refresh is set to true and all parent items are not null
 4. The apexafterrefresh event is triggered
 5. The change event is fired
Now, knowing all of this, how can we utilize the sequence of events to solve the original problem of keeping selected values? The answer lies in creating two dynamic actions.
The first dynamic action will store the current value of the select list so that we can access it later. This will typically happen when the change event fires but it will also happen when the page first loads. Here's how to create the first Dynamic Action:
 1. Right click the child select list and select Creation Dynamic Action.
 2. Select Advanced.
 3. Click Next >.
 4. Enter a name for the first Dynamic Action.
 5. Click Next >.
 6. Set Event to Change.
 7. Click Next >.
 8. Set Action to Execute JavaScript Code.
 9. Set Code to: $(this.triggeringElement).attr('data-last-value', $(this.triggeringElement).val());
 10. Click Next >.
 11. Click Create.
The second Dynamic Action will take advantage of the apexafterrefresh event and access the previously stored value. That value will then be used to look through the new options and if a match is found it will be selected. Here's how to create the second Dynamic Action.
 1. Right click the item (again) and select Create Dynamic Action.
 2. Select Advanced.
 3. Click Next >.
 4. Enter a name for the second Dynamic Action.
 5. Click Next >.
 6. Set Event to After Refresh.
 7. Click Next >.
 8. Set Action to Execute JavaScript Code.
 9. Set Code to: $(this.triggeringElement).children('option[value="' + $(this.triggeringElement).attr('data-last-value') + '"]').attr('selected','selected');
 10. Click Next >.
 11. Click Create.
So two lines of actual code, not bad at all!
Thursday, January 13, 2011
Plug-in Update: SkillBuilders Super LOV 1.2
The APEX community has been providing us with lots of great feedback on Super LOV thus far... Keep it coming and we'll keep making it better!
This release includes the following changes:
 1. Integrated buttons in the main input. The buttons are styled using jQuery UI which is consistent with the rest of the plug-in. Also, the "clear" button switches to a confirmation button to help prevent accidental clearing.
 2. Added "Effects Speed" attribute. Many people have had great things to say about the transition effects implemented in Super LOV but some people complained they were too slow for heavy data entry. Now you can adjust the speed to make it faster or set it to instant which essentially disables the effects altogether.
 3. Added "Default Search Column Number" attribute. Currently this will just default the column that is searched when the modal dialog is opened. This attribute will become even more important with the next release – when the item can be made "enterable".
 4. Fixed bug that prevented Cascading LOV attribute from working. The item now "cascades" as it should with both parent and child items.
Future plans include:
 1. Making the input "enterable". This will allow a user to focus in the main input and begin typing. If a single match is retrieved in the LOV, then the hidden item will be updated and the LOV will never open. If multiple matches are found then the LOV will open "pre-filtered" to allow for selection.
 2. Allowing LOV selection to update multiple items/elements. Lot's of people (especially those from Oracle Forms) have been requesting this functionality so we've added it to the list.
To get this plug-in, as well as our other plug-in offerings, visit new "Plug-ins" page at Future plug-in releases, including this one, must be downloaded from that site. Downloads require free registration, but it's a small price to pay for some great functionality. Smile Enjoy!


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Interagency Coordinating Council
"The mission of the Utah Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Special Needs is to assure that each infant and young child with special needs will have the opportunity to achieve optimal health and development within the context of the family."
Introduction to ICC: Interagency Coordinating Council for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities and their Families
What is Early Intervention?
Baby Watch Early Intervention is a statewide, comprehensive, coordinated, interagency, multidisciplinary system, which provides early intervention services to infants and toddlers, younger than three years of age, with developmental delay or disability, and their families. Early intervention is the "baby" piece of Special Education. The program is authorized through the Individuals with Disabilities Act (IDEA), Part C, (Early Intervention Program for Infants and Toddlers with Disabilities). In 1987, Utah's Governor designated the Department of Health (DOH) as the "Lead Agency" for the early intervention program. Utah was one of the very first states in the nation to fully implement its early intervention program after securing the approval of the State Legislature.
At present, there are 16 early intervention programs that serve more than 2,000 children per month in the state. It is anticipated that the demand for these services will continually increase.
What is an Interagency Coordinating Council (ICC)?
The creation of an ICC was established with the passage of federal law P.L. 99-457 in October 1986. Developers of the legislation recognized the need for a group outside of the Lead Agency to "advise and assist" in the development of such a system. The independent nature of the ICC is one feature that gives the group the potential for making a contribution to the development of the service system.
Another feature of the regulations is the multidisciplinary and the multi-constituency representation on the ICC. By specifying what types of members should be included on the ICC, the legislation enables states to bring together consumer, clinical, political, and administrative communities. This merging of a variety of communities facilitates the building of bridges between the involved agencies. In addition, the committee has provided a broader vision of the service system based upon the participation and contributions of all relevant providers and consumers.
The ICC, a body required by statute to be appointed by each state's Governor, is to be an important participant in the development of a well-coordinated service system (Federal Interagency Coordinating Council, June, 1989). Each state ICC determines, in conjunction with the Lead Agency, the nature of the roles and tasks it chooses to perform at various policy stages.
The Utah ICC is an interagency group whose membership represents the statewide early childhood services community. It is comprised of up to 25 members.
The purpose of the Utah ICC is to advise and assist the lead agency in the Division of Community and Family Health Services, Bureau of Children with Special Health Care Needs in the UDOH.
Much of the work of the ICC is accomplished in standing committees and ad hoc task force meetings that perform long range planning, study specific issues and make appropriate actions. A member of the ICC chairs each committee.
What role does the ICC play?
The Council functions as a planning body at the systems level and advocates for children birth to three years of age and their families with or at-risk for a developmental disability. The Council acts in three major roles:
(1) ADVISOR: Providing advice to the Lead Agency, Governor and the state legislature on issues related to the development of a coordinated system of early intervention services for children with or at-risk for a developmental disability and their families.
The federal law defines the Council membership and the program in order to give it a unique view of the "service systems".
The parent component of the Council gives it a perspective which may be different from that presented by state agencies which are represented on the Council.
The Council can use its special vantage point to be recognized as a source of information for the Lead Agency, Governor, and legislators, as well as other key decision makers in the state.
(2) NEGOTIATOR: Working as an advocate to encourage a particular course of action by the state.
A major activity of the Council is to "review and comment on the annual state plan for services for children birth to three years" as part of its overall responsibility to assess the service system as it exists in the state. This information as well as interagency coordination is another important goal of the program and puts the Council in a position to be effective in making changes in how services are provided in the state. With agency and provider representatives on the Council, communication can more easily be effected and gaps between agencies can hopefully be bridged.
(3) CAPACITY BUILDER: Enhancing the ability of the overall service system to address service needs.
In this role, the Council works to increase the quality and quantity of desired supports and services from the public and private sectors, to ensure that all needy children and families will be provided early intervention services.


Monday, April 10, 2006
How Much are Gold Coins
How much are gold coins is a question that is asked everyday as the value of gold moves fluctuates.
When you buy gold coins you also pay for the dealers mark up or premium as well as shipping and sometimes insurance costs. Because of this additional cost it can take a while before you recoup the value of what you have spent.
But gold has been rising and has jumped from around 250 US dollars per ounce five years ago to over 600 USD an ounce. If you bought a one ounce gold coin 2 years ago you would have paid the value of one ounce of gold plus some extra to the dealer, maybe an additional 20 percent as well as shipping, another 5-10 dollars maybe. However, since gold has risen so dramatically, you will have doubled the value of your gold coin to cover the dealer's profit and the shipping and made a profit yourself, if you were to sell of course.
According to the U.S. Geological Survey, "Of the 193,000 metric tons of gold discovered to date, 62% is found in just four countries on earth. All the gold discovered thus far would fit in a cube 22 meters on a side." 20 to 30 percent of this is held in bank vaults and the balance, 70 to 80 percent, is mostly held privately in the form of jewelry, coins and bullion.
Gold coins are a significant part of the total gold in the world.
It is quite likely that gold will continue to rise and that, even though buying gold coins now while gold seems 'high' may not look like a good idea, gold is something that has traditionally held its purchasing value for over 200 years. It seems it is fiat currency (the dollar) that is losing its purchasing value. It makes sense therefore to keep and even add to one's own gold 'reserves' in the long term.
'How much are gold coins?' becomes not such an important question then as 'How much gold can I own?'
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POE 3.4 Delve: How to Easily Find Hidden Paths
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Within the Delve, the label of the room will appear around the map, but there is no direct passage to go. This demands the use of torches and explosives to explore. But we've got a technique to rule out which roads are likely to result in hidden rooms. This guide will show you tips on how to swiftly obtain the ideal path in restricted possibilities.
POE 3.4 Delve: How to Easily Find Hidden Paths
Start Seeking
We are able to see some hidden nodes when we explore the map, and you will find no apparent paths leading to these nodes.
Some are much more worthwhile, special nodes, like talisman or abyss.
The node asks you to blow up fractured walls to seek out a path to this encounter
It is an encounter just like each other node so far.
This implies that you will be at some point going to escort the crawler to it so as to claim your prize.
Thus, there might be a clear path among some other node and this hidden 1, where the crawler will travel.
So that you can determine where this hidden path is, we need to 1st consider how paths connect to each other. Listed here are some guidelines you'll be able to figure out based on the delve map:
The delve map is a grid
four paths max to a node, 1 each direction, no diagonals.
1 path per non-node square, no overlapping paths
Nodes have either 1, three or four connections, but not two.
2-path nodes have a hidden, third path.
Dead ends never have hidden paths.
The way to uncover the true path
Probable paths
Because the rule: Nodes have either 1, three or four connections, but not 2.
So we are able to rule out the following possibilities
Obtaining the point in the map
Keep in mind that this node will at some point possess a crawler operating to it. This means the cart will lead out of your center checkpoint and towards the side with the map that goes within the proper direction.
The wall will probably be discovered someplace along the predicted path from the crawler.
If you are exploring, most of the time you could just rush into the darkness together with your quicksilver flask or movement ability, fill out the mini-map, then get back into the light and critique the mini-map. You aren't wanting to visually search the region. That little level of exploring might be adequate to find out if it really is there or not.
Do not neglect to upgrade your darkness resistance when you do this, although.
Now let's examine the remaining attainable paths one by one particular.
Path 1
No luck. There does not appear like there's a path within the appropriate path, towards the best proper. Of course, this element is often a straight mineshaft, but for those who don't find anything within around one particular screen of your candle checkpoint, then it is not there. Go to another attainable path.
Path 3
Very same issue. There is certainly no path inside the expected path, within the bottom suitable.
Go to a different achievable path.
Path 2
We discover a path in the major correct? Let's throw down some flares and appear a bit additional!
Good results! Notice the rocky searching mini-map icon. It'll show up when you get close sufficient to it.
Test your findings
Now you might have discovered the wall, you will need to bring flares to survive and a few dynamite to bring it down. Dynamite now one-shots walls every single time. That implies that the number of dynamite is almost certainly one of the most valuable upgrades, although they could apparently be employed to deal tons of harm to mobs/bosses.
Now you might have found the wall, you will need to bring flares to survive and a few dynamite to bring it down. Dynamite now one-shots walls each time. That implies that the amount of dynamite is likely one of the most valuable upgrades, even though they could apparently be made use of to deal tons of damage to mobs/bosses.


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Model-Based and Trace-Based Timing Analysis
- Thursday, 27 October 2011
Symtavision (Braunschweig, Germany) has launched SymTA/S 3.0 and TraceAnalyzer 3.0, the first fully integrated versions of these system-level tools for model-based design and trace-based verification. Targeted at automotive, aerospace, automation, and other performanceand safety-critical systems, the combination of SymTA/S 3.0 and TraceAnalyzer 3.0 enables high efficiency and reliability for the dimensioning, optimization, regression-testing, and verification of controllers and networks, focusing on load, task and message latencies, system schedulability, end-to-end timing, data consistency, and other key properties that ensure system correctness.
The launch of SymTA/S 3.0 and TraceAnalyzer 3.0 creates an integrated solution delivering full, round-trip support for modeland trace-based timing analysis. Engineers can rapidly merge controller or network traces into existing SymTA/S models. They can start from traces and then change the system configuration virtually to predict the performance impact of additional tasks or messages, different scheduling strategies, or faster hardware. This integration of modeland trace-based timing analysis enables engineers to quickly iterate their designs as many times as they want, for both new developments and evolutionary extension and optimization of existing systems.


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CENEMS is a user-friendly tool that computes the surface charge density distribution on the surface of the conductors in a multi-conductor system. CENEMS contains a graphical user interface which will allow users to design multi-conductor systems, including drawing conductors, specifying applied voltage and discretization level (the higher the level, the finer the discretization) for the conductors. After running the simulation, users can immediately see the surface charge density distribution on the conductors. CENEMS solves the exterior potential problem and computes the surface charge density by using boundary integral equations and a Boundary Cloud Method (BCM).
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Query: NC_010682:701912 Ralstonia pickettii 12J chromosome 1, complete sequence
General Information: Ralstonia pickettii 12J was isolated from copper-contaminated sediment from a lake in Michigan, USA. In addition to being highly resistant to copper, strain 12J is also resistant to zinc and cadmium. Ralstonia pickettii can be isolated from a wide range of environmental and clinical samples. This species is a nocosomial pathogen. It is associated with infections caused by contaminated solutions, such as distilled water and intravenous solutions. Ralstonia pickettii strains resistant to heavy metals have also been isolated from heavy metal contaminated environments.
- hypothetical protein; - cds: hover for description
BLASTN Alignment.txt
Subject: NC_013757:_PHONE_ Geodermatophilus obscurus DSM 43160, complete genome