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In a city, the vacant lot becomes a space of emptiness, a place that people try to avoid. The Rainbow of Ropes, attempts to reactivate these types of spaces by building a playground for children and adults alike. The conic shapes and tunnel like forms are inviting for people to climb inside. The web like structure is made of rope woven between structural steel hoops. The rope can be soft and comfortable to climb, sit, and lounge on. Open to the fresh air, the density of the rope filters light to shade inhabitants as they play inside. Rainbow of Ropes reactivates a dead space into a colorful and exciting place where everyone can come together and play like a kid.
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Employee Legal Awareness Day
Perhaps a somewhat informal day of recognition started by Paul Brennan, a lawyer in Australia; however, it does raise a rather serious issue in the sphere of disability management. It is arguable that there are likely many employees who do not know there legal rights in the workplace regarding occupational health and safety. And for most, the idea of sitting down with a Workers Compensation regulation or Employment Standards Act is unthinkable. But it is important for workers to know some of the fundamental health and safety information to help protect their own well-being. This does not negate the employer's responsibility to ensure a healthy workplace or ensure that their employees have access to important health and safety information; rather it helps to ensure people take responsibility for themselves. It also supports the idea of employers and employees working collaboratively to make sure workers are aware of their legal rights and responsibilities as this is only one aspect of workplace health and safety.
Disability management professionals can be instrumental in this process to provide information and help organizations develop preventative disability management policies, which employees can be encouraged to be familiar with. So, today's post is simply to acknowledge Employee Legal Awareness Day and encourage employees to take one small step in raising their legal awareness as it relates to their workplace or occupation.

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PyX — Example: bargraphs/minimal.py
Minimal bar-graph example
from pyx import * g = graph.graphxy(width=8, x=graph.axis.bar()) g.plot(graph.data.file("minimal.dat", xname=0, y=2), [graph.style.bar()]) g.writeEPSfile("minimal") g.writePDFfile("minimal")
For a minimal bar plot you have set an bar axis in the graph constructor and provide Xname column data (X stands for the bar axis to be used). Here, we just use column 0 which is automatically filled by
graph.data.file with the line number of the corresponding entry. Furthermore, you need to specify the graph style, since the default graph styles
function (depending on the data type) are not appropriate for bar graphs.
Note that bar graphs differ from other xy-graphs in that they use discrete axes for one graph dimension. However, the only affected components of this fundamental change are one of the axes, which needs to be come a discrete one, i.e. a bar axis, and the usage of appropriate graph styles.
A bar graph is fundamentally different from a graph with a histogram style in its usage of a discrete axis in one graph dimension. A histogram instead is created using continuous axes in all graph dimensions and just drawing the data in a specific bar-graph-like presentation. In particular, the discreteness of the bar axis is reflected in the naming of its column name: instead of the continuous "X" it expects an "Xname" (where X stands for the bar axis used) as mentioned above.
As all axes and graph dimensions in the PyX graph system are treated equally all you need to modify to get bar graph with horizontal bars is to assign the bar axis to the y-axis in the graph constructor and change the names of the data columns to
By using the bar style you implicitly also select a different positioning style, namepy
barpos. This positioning style handles a single-nested axes with sub-axis values of the range going from 0 to 1.

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What to Expect in an IRS Audit of Your Dispensary (or other cash business)
Marijuana dispensaries are five times more likely to face an IRS cash business audit. In 1970, lawmakers approved Section 280E of the Internal Revenue Code as a punitive measure in the "war on drugs" which was just starting at the time. Until December 2014, cannabis businesses often classified their marijuana as Cost of Goods Sold (COGS) to evade its extreme provisions. But then, the IRS drastically redefined COGS as it pertains to cannabis enterprises.
Under existing law, the business can add the cost of employee time to prep the product onto the actual cost. That loophole is no longer available, as far as the auditors are concerned. There has been some movement to repeal 280E. But given the vast amount of money that the government collects from these businesses, that's probably not likely.
How Does the IRS Target Cash Businesses for Audit?
Cannabis businesses operate in a legal grey area, and that's often strike one. However, the IRS obviously needs more than the type of business to increase cash business audit scrutiny. So, if there is further evidence that a cash-intensive business may have inaccurate records, that's usually strike two. Such preliminary evidence includes:
- Perennial losses or low profit margins that are not consistent with a successful business or that the owner does not seem to correct,
- Bank balances that increase, or debt balances that decrease, as profits remain flat,
- A lifestyle that the reported business profits cannot sustain, or
- Persistently low sales.
In this game, two strikes and you're out.
Cash Business Audit Methods
Once auditors target cash-based businesses, they first try to use the least invasive means. Typically, an auditor confronts a business-owner with the aforementioned audit badges and gives the owner the opportunity to present a defense. If the auditor doesn't like the answers, more invasive means are available. The IRS also considers these methods to be very accurate, so they're used quite often.
- Tax Return Data: The IRS usually compares previous years to the current year, the supporting schedules to the primary return form, and the returns of other similar businesses to the audited enterprise.
- Reliability of Taxpayer's Information: Unexplained gaps often indicate that the records may be incomplete. Moreover, the IRS has very high standards in terms of records retention. If the taxpayer falls even a little bit short in this area, the Service usually assumes the worst.
- The Minimum Income Probe: As far as the IRS is concerned, these probes are almost absolutely conclusive, so this tool is probably the most common indirect cash business audit and income reconstruction platform. We'll examine it in detail in a future post.
- LUQ Expenses or Deductions: The IRS also has a method for categorizing amounts that are large, unusual, or questionable. The method is fairly objective, but as the Service likes to point out, tax audits are a combination of art and science.
During this process, examiners commonly ask for cash register tapes or other such records, receipts and invoices, bank deposit records, and reconciliation worksheets. Auditors do not expect the owner to have the same recordkeeping system as everyone else, but they do expect a system to be present.
It's very important for marijuana dispensariesto know about IRS cash business audit procedures and methods, because it's usually only a matter of time before the examiners knock on their doors.


Merck finds fighting hunger sticks to its corporate ribs
on November 29, 2008 at 3:01 PM, updated November 29, 2008 at 3:08 PM
There are lots of problems in the world, and Merck is already working on some of them -- cancer, diabetes, HIV -- but during the past year, the company added a long-standing social issue to its list of causes. It's spending time and money to help fight hunger in communities across the United States.
Ellen Lambert, who helps decide where the giant drugmaker will direct its philanthropic efforts, recently explained why hunger became a target and shared some of her philosophy about corporate giving.
Why did Merck take up the problem of hunger?
Hunger is very complex. It's an issue that affects all of us. It affects our communities. It affects families of people who work at Merck. It affects families who live next door to people who work at Merck. It affects communities that we drive through on our way to work.
The first thing we did was look at the easiest ways to get involved, which are food drives and making donations to food banks. As we began to explore, we started to look at it as a much bigger issue. We looked at what hunger looks like in the United States, and it's so many things. It's not enough vegetables in a supermarket in your city. It's not enough fruit. It might be the husband and wife who don't heat their house because they have to feed themselves.
Everyone thinks it doesn't affect them, but look around the block. In May or June, we started to see a lot of articles about hunger and we talked to employees and this was an issue they wanted us to explore. Merck does things to support the hungry every year, food drives, small donations, but we decided we would look at it as a major issue after hearing Meals on Wheels was going bankrupt in a number of places.
It's a big issue now, and the economy makes it a much bigger issue, so we decided to look at it as an aspect of health and wellness.
We usually hear more about Merck's efforts against HIV and other diseases. Are there other things the company is working on in the same quiet way it has taken up its fight against hunger?
We're looking at a number of issues. Look at the number of underinsured and uninsured living in the U.S. We have very generous patient-assistance programs, but we're looking at, can we actually provide some other kinds of assistance.
If you look at wellness and quality of life and prevention, it isn't always just disease-specific. It can be just about stages of life when people might need more attention, parents taking care of both children and their parents, families that are stretched on both sides in terms of caregiving. I think we are looking at deeper, more complex social issues.
We're very lucky as a company. We have a foundation that is endowed and we can give money away. I think the company is very interested in doing it thoughtfully and doing it in a way that brings other partners in. We're not going to stop anything we're currently doing with HIV or diabetes, but I think we're going to look at some of the social issues that impact our communities.
How do you say no to a group asking for money?
Very fairly and very straightforward. We have specific areas that we give away money in, so first and foremost an organization's request has to fit into those areas. Second, because we do have an endowed foundation, we choose for the most part to solicit grants, so we don't accept grants that come in randomly.
We read them because there may be an idea out there that's terrific and deserves funding, but as a company, we really reach out to organizations we think we can help. With hunger, we read an article that Meals on Wheels was losing volunteers and not being able to feed folks who needed their services, and we reached out. It's helpful that we can be active in that way.
Is that what influenced Merck's decision to step up efforts against hunger, the difficulties at Meals on Wheels?
We were hearing a lot about food shortages. It was beginning to be summer and there was an article that in Philadelphia, 18,000 children would be giving up their meal a day because there are no subsidized lunches when they're not in school, and then we read about Meals on Wheels.
We made contributions to Meals and Wheels and a couple of food banks for the summer, one in New Jersey and one in Philadelphia. We're looking to do other things. Employees let us know that shelves were bare in certain food banks, so we actually made commitments. Every site in the U.S. (meaning the community where Merck has facilities) received some funding to make a contribution to one or two food banks.
From your perspective, why is philanthropy important for a company?
It's part of good citizenship. We reside here. We participate in the community. We pay taxes. We have to care as a group about everything that goes on. It's our city. It's our country. It's our world.
We make products for people, and we have to care about their well-being. I also think it's important because we all need to feel good about doing something. We all need to think we can make a difference. There was a point in time when philanthropy was a competitive issue for corporations. I don't think it's that way any longer. You see a lot of collaborations, and a lot of companies working with nonprofit groups and other corporations and non-government organizations because, you know, it is our world. Philanthropy does help to make it better.


Content Services
Microsoft Teams compliance – everything you need to know
Microsoft Teams Compliance can be complicated! This article has everything you need to know. Teams covers so many services you need to understand both Office 365 compliance features and the feature of each app.
Microsoft Teams Compliance is the processes around meeting legal, regulatory, or organizational policies. For example, regulatory compliance is:
 - Regulations imposed through laws or regulatory frameworks, typically dependent on jurisdiction.
 - Document example includes contracts, invoices, tax documents, employee files, and customer data.
 - Other examples include data residency and meeting specific certification requirements.
Microsoft Teams compliance covers many topics across the Office 365 feature set. This approach is because Microsoft Teams brings together many Office 365 apps and services into a single user interface. To understand compliance, we need to look at overall Office 365 features. These features cover most applications available in Office 365 that are accessible through Teams. We also need to look at the compliance functionality available in each application. It sometimes differs from the features available in Office 365 overall.
In this article, we are going to supply an overview of all the compliance features used by Microsoft Teams. Security and managing access to data is undoubtedly a vital compliance topic. Because we have so much to cover, we are going to focus on the non-security components of compliance in this post.
Here is what we will cover:
 1. Firstly, we need to understand where Microsoft locates Microsoft Teams data. Where we find the information is where the compliance magic happens.
 2. Next, we are going to talk about how Microsoft licenses compliance features and the overall certifications. This cover both Microsoft Teams and Office 365 have.
 3. Then, another hot topic, which is data residency and how to meet those requirements.
 4. Then the newest kid on the block. Microsoft Teams Information Barriers.
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There are two other essential Microsoft Teams compliance topics that we will not cover today. The reason is that they are so vital that they have dedicated posts. These are:
 1. Office 365 Retention and Records Management: How to ensure content is kept for a proper amount of time and not prematurely deleted. Also, how to delete content permanently when appropriate.
Where is Microsoft Teams Data Located?
As you may know by now, there is no data that sits in Microsoft Teams. What happens is Teams stores the data in other services and then surfaced visually in the Microsoft Teams user interface. This architecture is why it is imperative to understand the data location for Microsoft Teams compliance.
As an example, you cannot put a retention policy on an entire Microsoft Team and have it cover all the files, conversations, and other data. You must think about each component that's in the Team and apply the compliance policy there.
As another example, if you want to apply retention to files in one-to-one chats, Teams stores them in OneDrive for Business. You would need to set a retention policy or a retention label to the user's OneDrive.
Microsoft Teams - Where is the DataWhere is Teams Chat Data Located?
A copy of Teams Chats are stored in user mailboxes for compliance and eDiscovery purposes. If you have a one-on-one chat with somebody, Teams stores a copy of the conversation in each user's Exchange mailbox. This information is in a hidden folder that can only be accessed by administrators and Office 365 search services.
A chat with a bot is technically the same as a chat with a human. Teams also stores a copy of these conversations in the hidden chat folder in each user's Exchange mailbox.
Where is Teams Channel Data Located?
When you create a Microsoft Team, a few services are also provisioned to support it. Firstly, it creates an Office 365 Group. This Group manages the permissions for the Team, and it also has an Exchange Group Mailbox. Additionally, it creates a SharePoint site for the Team. This location is where files will be stored.
Teams stores a copy of all channel conversations in the Exchange group mailbox. See the section below on the Chat Substrate for additional information related to the chats and conversation service. Teams treats posts in the channel conversation created by a connector or bot the same as any other conversation.
When a user shares a file or image in a channel conversation, then Team stores the file SharePoint. This location is where we manage Microsoft Teams compliance. The SharePoint site has a library called Documents, with a folder for each Teams channel. The files tab in each channel shows documents that are in the corresponding channel folder. Because of this, when we upload a document via Teams or the SharePoint user interface will always appear in both places.
Teams also stores emails sent to a Microsoft Teams channel in the Documents library, in the channel folder. When you submit the first email, Teams will create a new folder called Email Messages, within the channel folder.
In addition to files, there is a Wiki tab in each Microsoft Team. TTeams stores the wiki data in a SharePoint document library called Teams Wiki Data. Again, each channel has a folder inside this library, and then each wiki page is stored as a.mht file inside the channel folder.
If you create a OneNote for the Team, then it will be stored in the SharePoint site in the Site Assets document library.
Where is Teams Meeting and Call Information Located?
Calendar invites are a particular case because there is a copy of it that's in both the group calendar and exchange mailbox. There is also a copy in the user mailbox when they accept the meeting.
The Skype (or Teams) call itself is launched from the individual's Exchange mailbox, which includes both voice and video calls. After the meeting, Teams stores a summary in the user's mailbox. This location is where meeting and call information is managed for Microsoft teams compliance.
If you are using Microsoft Teams for VOIP calls, then all the information is driven from the user's Exchange mailbox. Firstly, contacts are stored, and the company directory is stored or accessed through Exchange. Secondly, Teams stores any voicemails or transcripts in the user's mailbox. Finally, the call history and summaries are also stored there.
Where is Other Microsoft Teams Data Stored?
Let us look at where Microsoft Teams stores other related data. We do this by breaking down this functionality into a list of features. We look at where the data is stored, and how you would apply Microsoft Teams compliance in the chart below.
If you are using Microsoft Teams with Exchange on-premises, please see this article. It details where Teams stores the data in these cases.
Other Teams Locations
Here are a few more details about the areas we have not yet discussed.
 - Third-Party File Integration: Teams can show files from a location outside of Office 365, such as Box or Dropbox. Compliance for the files would occur in the service for the location of the data, such as Box.
 - Planner: Microsoft Planner can help you manage tasks and projects. There currently is no compliance functionality for Planner. However, in the Microsoft documentation for Office 365 Retention, there is a note. It says, "[retention policy] Support for content in Planner…is coming soon".
 - Power BI: Power BI is a data dashboard tool. Given that, the data location is not Power BI, but in the database, Excel document, or another place where the data resides.
 - Stream: Microsoft Stream is where video from Microsoft Teams recordings is stored. There is no compliance or retention functionality available.
 - Yammer: There is no current Yammer functionality. But the note in the Retention documentation linked in the Planner bullet says it is coming soon.
 - Tabs: A tab simply provides a view into content located in an app or service. That service would govern the data displayed in the tab.
The Microsoft Teams Chat Substrate
For compliance purposes, it is essential to understand how Microsoft Teams processes chat data. Teams uses an Azure-powered chat service that technically stores chat and channel messages. Only a copy of chats and conversations are kept in the user mailbox for compliance purposes. By default, this service stores the information forever.
Because of this, you will need to use Office 365 retention policies to remove Teams chats and conversations data. Otherwise, if you only delete them from the UI they will still exist in the chat service and possibly the mailbox if the data is retained, where we can find it through Content Search for eDiscovery. Using an Exchange policy will not remove Teams chats and conversations data. For Microsoft Teams compliance purposes you will want to completely remove the data.
The diagram below is from the Microsoft article "Overview of security and compliance in Microsoft Teams."
Teams SubstrateHow Office 365 Compliance Features are Licensed
Next, let us look at how Microsoft Teams compliance is licensed. Office 365 licensing is essential to understand. This is because some of the features we refer to in this article aren't going to be available unless you have the right license. Some need either an E5 license or the Office 365 Advanced Compliance SKU.
The Advanced Compliance SKU is an add on that you can buy if you have Office or Microsoft 365 E3 license and you do not want to buy the entire E5 license. The Advanced Compliance SKU includes the compliance features we are discussing today. It does not include other E5 functionality.
Office 365 Compliance LicensingThe diagram above shows you what I consider to be compliance features. I got the image from Aaron Dinnage's GitHub project and modified it for this purpose.
Microsoft and Office 365 E3 Compliance Functionality:
 - Retention Policy includes basic retention functionality, such as creating retention labels and policies.
 - Data Loss Prevention protects sensitive data in SharePoint, Office 365 Groups, and OneDrive.
 - We cover Audit Logging in the linked article (coming soon).
 - We cover eDiscovery in the linked article (coming


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Ten Facts About Castle Sieges in Ashes of Creation
The Ashes of Creation site has been updated with a new post called "10 Facts About Castle Sieges". These battles "are intended to be massive events with hundreds of people involved in a single Siege". The latest event saw over 200 players taking part though the team has set the goal to be "the largest organized PvP battles in any MMORPG".
Other facts include:
- tactics and strategy
- castle management
- castle aesthetics, strengths / weaknesses
- how classes play a role
- what determines occupation
- how castles affect Nodes
- capture points
- siege weaponry
Check it all out on the Ashes of Creation site.


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Gelechioidea-Whole Body Mounts
The following method for dissecting whole bodies of pinned specimens has been developed by R. Brown for comparative studies of non-traditional morphological structures. Data labels are removed from a pinned specimen and placed on a second pin with an additional label providing a unique preparation number. The left pair of wings is removed from the pinned specimen and retained for dry mounting, and the right pair of wings is used for preparing a wing venation slide. The remainder of the specimen is placed in 10% KOH while still on the pin. After the body is cleared overnight, the head (with antennae, labial palpi, and proboscis detached), thoracic segments, abdomen, and genitalia are separated in 20% ETOH and denuded. The remainder of the procedure for staining and dehydrating is the same as that used for genitalia. Body parts are mounted in Euparal on two slides with matching numbers followed by "A" and "B." The "A" slide includes head capsule and appendages, prothorax and mesothorax under one coverslip and the metathorax, abdomen, and genitalia under a second coverslip of the same slide. The "B" slide includes the intact, scaled foreand hindwings under one coverslip that is glued at the margins with fingernail polish, and the denuded and stained set of wings in euparal under a second coverslip.
Examples of structures revealed with whole body mounts
Spinose setae of tarsi
Head and sitophore


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Electrochemical testing using a potentiostat including Electrochemical Impedance Spectroscopy EIS is an excellent way to quantify the corrosion and to investigate details not visible otherwise. Electrochemical testing is very sensitive to surface events. It determines electrochemical characteristics of a system, measures corrosion rate of material and passivity / pitting behaviour. Electrochemical data is normally presented in the form of graphs which are easy to compare for the purpose of e.g. materials compatibility (galvanic corrosion prevention), corrosion resistance / rates in different environments, coatings performance.
Potentiostat Electrochemical Testing Applications
- Determining the porosity in coatings.
- Detemining the overportential for passivation.
- Determining the effectiveness of anticorrosion inhibitors and impact of water additives.
- Determining electrochemical compatability of materials to assess and prevent galvanic corrosion.
Basic Electrochemical Corrosion Tests
- Open Circuit Potential OCP reflects thermodynamic tendency of the material to participate in the electrochemical corrosion with the electrolyte.
- Tafel Plots to determine corrosion current and corrosion rate.
- Potentiodynamic Polarisation to assess passive and pitting behaviour as well as compare corrosion rates.
- Galvanic corrosion coupling to measure galvanic corrosion rates and potentials of dissimilar metals which can drive corrosion.
- Electrochemical Impedence Spectroscopy EIS study of the performance of protective anti-corrosion coatings.


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According to a study by the Fraunhofer Institute UMSICHT in Oberhausen, vehicle tire wear is the world's largest source of microplastic. On average, a car tire weighs 1 to 1.5 kg less at the end of its life than at the beginning. This difference is largely released into the environment as microplastic particles.
In order to answer the question of the whereabouts of microplastic particles from tire abrasion, new analysis methods are urgently needed to reliably detect and count these particles. We have carried out a pilot study to explore the possibilities of automatic SEM-EDX analysis when quantifying tire abrasion in environmental samples.
Our project partner provided us with a sample taken from a real street. We prepared a portion of this particulate sample by means of vacuum filtration on a membrane.
In order to find the tire abrasion particles in the sample, we first took reference particles from real tires and analyzed them by SEM-EDX. The following shows a microscopic image and an element spectrum of a tire rubber particle on a silver membrane from the reference sample.
A comparison of the abrasion of different brands has shown that tire rubber contains not only carbon (C), oxygen (O) and nitrogen (N), but also sulfur (S). Depending on the manufacturer, mineral and metallic fillers (Si, Ca, Al, Fe, Zn) are also added to define the hardness of the rubber. This chemical "fingerprint" is unique and allows the precise differentiation of tire wear from other inorganic and organic components that occur in street sweepings.
With this knowledge, we successfully identified and quantified the portion of tire wear in the sample by automated SEM-EDX particle analysis. In the following table we show exemplary results of the sample, the analysis shows all particles larger than 5 µm.


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TOADSUCK, TEXAS. Toadsuck, originally called Toadsuck Saloon, later became part of Collinsville in western Grayson County. Settlers arrived in the area in the late 1850s, and in 1869 a townsite was surveyed near Toadsuck Saloon, then located a half mile southeast of what is now the site of Collinsville. The town of Toadsuck took the name of the saloon. It may have been named by John Jones, an early settler and mill owner, after the city of Toadsuck, Arkansas. According to legend, the name was originally a reference to men consuming liquor until they swelled up like toads. However, the word "suck" was also commonly used in the region as a term for a whirlpool in a river. Hence, the town name may have simply meant "toad whirlpool." In 1869 William (Alfalfa Bill) Henry David Murrayqv, who later became a notable Oklahoma governor, was born in Toadsuck. The Texas and Pacific line was built within three quarters of a mile of Toadsuck in 1880, and by 1887 most of its businesses and residents had moved to the tracks. The railroad town was named Collinsville when it was incorporated in the 1890s.
Ancestors and Descendants: Grayson County, Texas (Sherman, Texas: Grayson County Genealogical Society, 1980). Frank X. Tolbert, "Tolbert's Texas" Scrapbook, Dolph Briscoe Center for American History, University of Texas at Austin.
The following, adapted from the Chicago Manual of Style, 15th edition, is the preferred citation for this article.Lisa C. Maxwell, "TOADSUCK, TX," Handbook of Texas Online (_URL_ accessed June 16, 2013. Published by the Texas State Historical Association.


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Definitions of bearer:
- noun: a messenger who bears or presents
Example: "A bearer of good tidings"
- noun: someone whose employment involves carrying something
- noun: the person who is in possession of a check or note or bond or document of title that is endorsed to him or to whoever holds it
Example: "The bond was marked 'payable to bearer'"
- noun: one of the mourners carrying the coffin at a funeral
Search for bearer at other dictionaries: OneLook, Answers.com, Merriam-Webster
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adjectival phrases, Business writing, CIO, hyphenation
|Which is correct?
A limited number of hard copies are available; you can pick them up on a _______________ basis.
Explanation: In this context, the phrase is an adjective modifying "basis" so we hyphenate.
As a standalone sentence, the phrase uses the other form: A limited number of hard copies are available. First come, first served.


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Noun: carbon disulfide 'kaa(r)-bun dI'súl,fId
 1. A toxic colourless flammable liquid (CS2); used in the manufacture of rayon and cellophane and carbon tetrachloride and as a solvent for rubber
Type of: chemical compound, compound
Encyclopedia: Carbon disulfide


Khochay Pathan/ Khochey Pathan Meaning
It's commonly known that Pathan is an Iranian ethnic group between Afghanistan and Pakistan. They also called Pashtuns, the ones who speak Pashto.
Khocha, too, is used for Pashtuns. This is not clear if it's a specific group among the Pashtuns but that seems like a possibility. However, khocha is a relatively less used term and is a little debated as well, as some people say it's not a Pashto word, but coined by Punjabi speaking people.
Overall, though, we can safely say that Khocha Pathan is an Afghan, basically a Pashto native, and hence, the term Khochey Pathan ki Zubaan would mean 'Word of a Pashto/ Pathan', which is considered something irrevocable, something which he'd not go against, whatever happens.
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Richmond Landmarks
Main St. Station Richmond
Main Street Station
Richmond skyline
James River
Richmond Capitol Building
Richmond Capitol Building
US-China Peoples Friendship Association
Richmond VA Chapter
Developing and building lasting friendships based on mutual understanding through educational, cultural, technical, and commercial exchanges between the people of China and the United States
China, with nearly one quarter of the world's population, has emerged as a nation that plays a significant role in world affairs.
With the realization of full diplomatic relations between the governments of the U.S. and China in 1979, opportunities for the American and Chinese people to learn from each other have increased significantly. Cultural, scientific, educational, medical, and technological exchanges, which are of great value to both countries, are expanding rapidly. The US-China Peoples Friendship Association initiates and participates actively in these exchanges.
Exchanges and programs organized by USCPFA are helping to build a bridge of friendship between our countries. This bridge, based on personal knowledge of the two countries, can play an important role in maintaining world peace.
Richmond with bridge and river
Richmond's famous Railroad Bridge


additive in a sentence
Example sentences for additive
They can also serve as a beneficial additive to gardens and compost piles.
It is also used as an additive in unleaded gasoline.
So, an additive was put it in to try to disrupt that behavior.
Machines act multiplicatively on labor while labor is only additive.
It is suspect as an additive source of lung-irritating particulates and cloud-forming haze.
Those who ate the additive that was harder to break down also reported that they felt fuller after the meal, the study says.
For stature, the additive variance is spread across too many loci for this model to be plausible.
These plots are measuring narrow sense heritability, which is the additive genetic variance over the phenotypic variance.
The way to think of this is as an additive process, with the larger object entirely in control of the addition.
That's strongly indicative of marginal additive genetic variance effecting mate choice.
It is already widely used as a gelling agent and a food additive.
Motor manufacturers have severe biofuel additive limits on their warranties.
You're adding an anti-foaming additive, a dispersant and a detergent.
It is not additive mathematics, more multiplicative.
Once a food additive is approved, any manufacturer of food or food packaging may use the food additive.
Plus, it does not mean vaccines plus some additive in food, plus who knows what else in combination does it.
It is already being used as a fuel additive-to help gasoline burn more completely and, thus, cut down on air pollution.
It is not on ventilation changes that can help that but also sometimes that is a needed additive.
Drop subsidies for corn ethanol and it would disappear, except as an anti-knock additive, within a year.
She goes on to cite the safety concerns of medical experts regarding the additive.
Additive claims to be the boss of sugar, benefiting diabetics.
Additive claims to be the boss of sugar, benefiting.
Cholesterol-fighting additive envisioned for snacks.
Famous quotes containing the word additive
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There are Amnesty Groups and Action Circles spread out in communities across Canada. Each group in Saskatchewan is different.
Amnesty groups engage in many types of human rights campaigns and activities.
- We raise awareness about human rights issues in our communities by talking to the local media
- Lobby local politicians and government officials,
- Organize educational events with guest speakers, videos, and webcasting
- Group members write letters, hold vigils, organize demonstrations and other public events, and
- Work on specific long-standing appeal cases of individuals whose human rights are at risk.
In Saskatchewan there are Amnesty Groups in Saskatoon, Regina and Moose Jaw.
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According to my Real Analysis textbook, a family $\scr{F}$ of measurable functions on $E$ is said to be uniformly integrable over $E$ provided for each $\epsilon$ $>$ $0$, there is a $\delta$ $>$ $0$ such that for each $f$ $\in$ $\scr{F}$, if $A$ $\subseteq$ $E$ is measurable and $m(A)$ $<$ $\delta$, then $\int_{A}$$|f|$ $<$ $\epsilon$. That is fine, but my textbook doesn't really give any good examples or counterexamples. I am studying for a final exam in Real Analysis, and would like some input in regards to any examples or counterexamples for uniform integrability of Lebesgue integrable functions. Thanks!
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You might be able to find more examples of UI and non-UI functions from probability books. But the definition there is different, and not equivalent to yours (similar ideas though).
Here are some examples that you can find/adapt from Wikipedia. You still need to prove them because the definition there is different.
 1. Any finite set of Lebesgue integrable functions is U.I. (because of absolute continuity of integral.)
 2. Any family bounded by an $L^1$ function: $\{f\in L^1: |f|\le g\}$ where $g\in L^1$ is U.I.
 3. $\{f\in L^p:\|f\|_{L^p}\le C\}$ with $p>1$ is U.I. (because of Holder's inequality)
Examples of non-U.I. families should not be too hard. You can construct a sequence of functions with the "mass" more and more concentrated. For example, consider the family of functions $\{f_n(x)=n \mathbf{1}_{[0,\frac{1}{n}]}:n=1,2,\cdots\}$. It's easy to use your definition to prove that this family is not U.I. (But it is U.I. in the sense defined in probability theory, which you can find from Wikipedia.)
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There seems to be an error here: the given family $f_n = 1_{[0,\frac{1}{n}]}$ is uniformly integrable in every sense, and it converges to $0$ in $L^1$. Perhaps you meant to take $f_n = n 1_{[0,\frac{1}{n}]}$? That fails to be uniformly integrable in every sense. – Nate Eldredge Mar 11 '12 at 4:33
At the risk of being insulting I'll rephrase it like they do in the intro-to-proofs class.
Just like the notion of 'uniform convergence' or 'uniform continuity' it means that as you move around your set, things only change in a bounded way.
If we know that a family $\mathscr{F}$ is uniformly integrable over $E$, that means that if you tell me a size, no matter how small, I can tell you how small a subset of $E$ you have to choose so that the integral over it is negligible for any function in $\mathscr{F}$.
It means that the functions in your family don't get too big anywhere as you go around your family. The family is 'uniform.'
With this intuition we can come up with an example of a non-uniformly integrable set:
Consider the family $\mathscr{F}$ that contains the sequence of functions $(f_n)$ over $[0,1]$ where: $$f_n(x):=\left\{\begin{array}{ll}n & x\in\left[0,\frac{1}{n}\right]\\ 0 & \text{otherwise}\end{array}\right..$$
Fix some small $\varepsilon>0$. No matter how small a size $\delta>0$ we choose, we can always find a set $A$ where for some $h\in\mathscr{F},\ \int_A |h| \ dx >\varepsilon.$ In particular, choose $A=[0,\delta]$, and $h=f_N,$ for any $N>\frac{100}{\delta}.$ Now that integral is at least $100.$
So no matter how small (but positive) a size we choose, we can find some place in $\mathscr{F}$ where the function is big there.
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primary property of cognitive workload. It refers to a measurement's ability to detect different degrees of workload imposed by the task or system. The degree of sensitivity required is directly associated with the question to be answered by the workload technique. Two basic questions asked with regards to workload are: (1) is an overload occurring which demonstrates a degradation in operator performance, and (2) is there a potential for such an overload to exist.
Diagnosticity refers to the ability to discriminate differences in specific resource expenditures, as related to the multiple resources model. For example, a secondary tracking task may demonstrate there is an overload for motor output when an operator is performing a typing task.
Global sensitivity refers to a measurement's capability to detect changes in workload without clearly defining why the change is occurring in workload. A globally sensitive measure cannot discriminate differences in specific resource expenditures.
Intrusiveness is a measurement's ability to interfere with the primary task. An intrusive task may not affect performance (an operator who is not overloaded may compensate) but it may affect the workload measure (an operator may have felt more workload, heart rate may have increased, etc.). In an operational environment, this property is extremely important to control, otherwise, operator performance may decrease and operator workload may increase due to the chosen workload measurement technique and not to changes in the task.
Implementation requirements include any equipment, instruments, and software that are necessary to present the task. It also includes data collection procedures and any operator training that is necessary for proper use of the measurement.
Operator acceptance is important to ensure that a measurement will reflect accurate data. If an operator does not accept the measurement, the measurement could be ignored (e.g., the operator ignores the secondary task or randomly rates the task with a subjective measurement), the operator could perform at a substandard level, or operator workload could increase due to the measurement not due to the task.
Transferability is the ability of a measurement to be utilized in a variety of applications. Transferability is based on the specific measurement and task or system to be measured. For example, a tracking task (i.e. one where a specific user action is monitored) may be transferable, but only to a system that will be measured with a secondary task, which focuses on visual, spatial, and manual skills.
For the service representative embodiment of the present invention, the cognitive workload (mental workload) method 18 is chosen because of its ability to obtain a variety of information. However, any categorization method used would still be within the spirit and scope of the present invention. Cognitive workload has been described in several publications. Two examples are O'Donnell, R. D., and Eggemeier, F. T. (1986). Workload assessment methodology, and K. R. Boff, L. Kaufman, and J. Thomas (Eds.), Handbook of perception and human performance: Volume II. Cognitive processes and performance (pp. 42/1-42/49). New York: Wiley.
Different types of cognitive workload techniques are shown in
For subjective measures, users are required to judge and report the level of workload experienced during the performance of a specific task or system. These measures are usually based on rating scales. Theoretically, the operator can accurately report an increase in effort or capacity expenditure associated with subjective feelings. Some of the more researched subjective assessment techniques include the Modified Cooper-Harper, Subjective Workload Assessment Technique (SWAT), NASA-Task. Load Index (NASA-TLX), and Subjective Workload Dominance (SWORD).
A reason for using subjective measures is that they typically are highly sensitive to detecting overloads. They tend to be globally sensitive and are not intrusive since they are performed after the task is completed. In addition, the implementation requirements are low (e.g., a pencil and paper, possibly some training on the measurement) and operator acceptance is usually high. However, subjective measures are not always diagnostic, especially in facilitating the redesign of a task or system. The few subjective techniques that have some diagnostic abilities are very generalized. Some subjective techniques also have problems with operator acceptance.
Physiological measures examine the physiological response to the task requirements. Typically, users who experience cognitive workload, display changes in a variety of physiological functions. Some of the physiological measurements of workload include heart rate, heart rate variability, sinus arrhythmia, EEGs, ERPs, and eye blink.
Physiological measures tend to be extremely sensitive, some are highly diagnostic, while others are globally sensitive. However, physiological measures are intrusive, have a high degree of implementation requirements (e.g., for an EEG, an EEG machine, an oscilloscope, and electrodes are needed), and are expected to have low operator acceptance in operational environments.
Performance-based measures are broken down into primary task measures and secondary task measures. Primary task measures evaluate aspects of the operator's ability to perform the intended task. Typically, all measures of cognitive workload should include the primary task performed by the operator. Primary tasks are only sensitive to overloads in workload, they are not typically sensitive to the potential for an overload to exist. Some primary tasks are globally sensitive. Since they are the primary task, they are not intrusive and have high operator acceptance. However, primary tasks are not diagnostic, and are generally not transferable. Their implementation requirements vary.
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In the loading task paradigm, secondary task measurements determine when and how much the primary task deteriorates. Users put emphasis on secondary task performance while the degree of difficulty of the primary task is manipulated. Two or more primary tasks may also be compared for task deterioration with this paradigm.
Secondary tasks are extremely diagnostic and may be sensitive to potential overloads. However, if a secondary task is chosen which is not employing the same resources that the primary task is, employing the secondary task will not be sensitive to changes in workload and may not display expected overloads. It is usually recommended that a battery of secondary tasks be used and this can be time consuming. Secondary tasks are, by nature, intrusive, tend to have high implementation requirements (e.g., for a tracking task, a joystick, screen, and computer are needed), and are expected to have low operator acceptance in operational environments.
For the service representative embodiment, a subjective measure is chosen. As shown in
The NASA-TLX evolved from the NASA Bipolar scale. Similar to SWAT, the Bipolar scale was developed with the consideration that workload is multidimensional, thus, a measurement of workload should also be multidimensional. Developed after SWAT, the Bipolar was designed with nine scales because the Bipolar authors did not believe the scales in SWAT were sufficient. The Bipolar also recognizes that from task to task, the scales may vary in importance, and allows users to acknowledge these differences. In addition, this technique was developed to contain diagnostic scales, which could be rated based on subjective importance.
The NASA-TLX inherited properties from the Bipolar scale with the exception that the NASA-TLX has six scales to allow for an easier implementation. The scales represent task characteristics (mental demand, physical demand, and temporal demand), behavioral characteristics (performance and effort), and operator's individual characteristics (frustration). These scales and their corresponding definitions are shown in
TLX also added the ability to consider individual differences through the weighting of the workload scales. TLX involves a two-part procedure consisting of both ratings and weightings. After the operator completes the task, numerical ratings are obtained for each of the six scales. The operator is given both the rating scale definition sheet and a rating sheet. On the rating sheet, there are twenty intervals with endpoint anchors for each of the six scales. Users mark the desired location for each scale. A score from 5 to 100 is obtained on each scale by multiplying the rated value by five. Depending on the situation, rating sheets, verbal responses, or a computerized version are considered practical.
In the second part of TLX, users weigh the six scales. Paired comparison procedures are implemented for 15 comparisons, accounting for comparisons between all of the scales. Users choose the scale which most significantly created the level of workload experienced in performing a specific task. For each task and operator, each scale is tallied for the number of times it was chosen in the paired comparisons. Scales can have a tallied value between zero and five. Each new task requires users to rate and weigh the scales upon its completion.
The ratings of each scale are arranged in a raw ratings column. Adjusted ratings are calculated by multiplying the raw ratings by the corresponding tallied scale scores. The adjusted ratings for all six different scales are then summed. The total sum is divided by 15 (for the number of paired comparisons) to obtain the weighted workload score (ranging from 0 to 100) for the operator in that task condition. Analysis of the data can then be performed.
Due to the multidimensional properties of workload, some level of diagnosticity may be distinguished by using TLX. Generalized conclusions may be made based on operator strategies and on weightings and judgments of the six dimensions of mental demand, physical demand, temporal demand, performance, effort, and frustration.
TLX is not considered intrusive because it is performed after the task is completed. Implementation requirements are typically low; the definition sheet, rating sheet, and paired comparisons are needed for every operator and task. Some time may be required for users to practice with and familiarize themselves with the scales. Operator acceptance is


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In Belgium an authorised medicinal product is a medicine that:
- is sold by a pharmacist (only they are allowed to do so);
- has a marketing authorisation (MA) or registration number (a medicine cannot be sold without registration or marketing authorisation).
- What exactly is a marketing authorisation or registration number?
- Where to find the marketing authorisation or registration number?
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The sale of medicines is very strictly regulated and controlled by the competent authorities (in Belgium, the Federal Agency for Medicines and Health Products - FAMHP).
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When the quality, safety and efficacy of a medicine are considered satisfactory, it is allowed to be sold in licensed pharmacies.
The authorisation or registration is granted:
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- or by the European Commission after consultation, as appropriate, with the Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) or with the Committee for Medicinal products for Veterinary Use (CVMP), established within the European Medicines Agency (EMA).
All authorised or registered medicinal products receive a marketing authorisation (MA) or registration number.
The term "registration" is more specifically used for certain homeopathic medicines or herbal products traditionally used as medicines (where the safety has been demonstrated by the length of use and experience). These are registered based on a simplified scientific dossier.
To find a marketing authorisation or registration number you should consult the packaging of the medicine.
The number can be in different formats:
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- BExxxxxx (new numbering from 2008)
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- HO-BE-CHxxxxxx or HO-BE-UHxxxxxx (registration)
For a herbal medicinal product
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Some drugs are prepared in a pharmacy under the responsibility of the pharmacist. These are called preparations. Two kinds of preparations are made in pharmacies. These are:
- Magistral preparations: medicines specifically prescribed by a physician for a specific patient;
- Officinal preparations: medicines that are not specific to only one patient. These medicines are prepared according to the recommendations of reference books relating to the preparation of medicines as a pharmacopoeia (book that teaches how to prepare medicines) or the "Formulaire thérapeutique magistral" (published in Belgium by the FAMHP for the preparation of medicines in pharmacies).
These preparations are made in accordance with specific rules or "best officinal practices» described in the regulations. All materials used must meet strict quality criteria.
These drugs prepared in pharmacies have a number assigned by the pharmacist. It's not a marketing authorisation or registration number as described above.
Buy your medicines ONLY through legal distribution channels:
- In a licensed pharmacy
- In case of medicinal products for human use and not subject to medical prescription, possibly via the website of a licensed pharmacy notified to the FAMHP and the Order of Pharmacists (list of notified sites).
By buying drugs outside the legal distribution channels you may receive counterfeit or falsified medicines and / or you may use them improperly.
Their quality, safety, efficiency cannot be guaranteed as these medicines sold outside the legal channels evade the control of the competent authorities (see the "Medicines by internet! Do not surf with your health!" campaign).
The FAMHP offers three sources of information.
The database of authorised medicinal products which allows you to see if the medicine you are looking for is indeed authorised or registered.
Click here to view
- The database of authorised or registered medicinal products for human use
- The database of authorised medicinal products for veterinary use
The patient information leaflet (which is in the packaging) and the summary of product characteristics or SPC (especially intended for health professionals) of each medicine were approved at the time of the marketing authorisation or registration and constitute the information and the reference for its appropriate and safe prescription, delivery and use.
These documents are available via the following links
- Patient information leaflets and SPC of authorised and marketed medicines for human use
- Leaflets for the public and SPC of authorised and marketed medicines for veterinary


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The Huntington Beach Pump Station Urban Runoff Diversion Project was one of four channel sites chosen for the Urban Runoff Diversion Project within the Talbert Valley and Lower Santa Ana River watersheds; the other three Urban Runoff Diversion Projects were: the Santa Ana River, Talbert Channel, and Greenville - Banning Channel.
The purpose of the Urban Runoff Diversion Projects is to prevent untreated urban runoff from reaching the ocean waters. Urban runoff has been suspected as one of several possible sources that may contribute to high coliform bacteria counts along Huntington State Beach. The projects include the installation of pumps to divert over 95% of the non-storm runoff from the Talbert and Lower Santa Ana River watershed to the nearby OCSD wastewater treatment plant. The proposed projects divert seasonal urban runoff (containing animal waste, fertilizers, waste oils, and other chemicals that are nutrients for bacteria) into the sanitary sewer system at four different locations to reduce water pollution.
This project construction consisted of low flow pumps to divert non-storm water from the pump station wet well to an OCSD trunk sewer line on Adams Ave near Beach Blvd. within the City of Huntington Beach.


I want to select an imported object and move it to a specific location. The object is imported in an earlier part of the script. After the import i move it with the following part of the script.
import bpy
# Select object i want to move
bpy.data.objects["Cube"].select = True
# Move Origin to geometry and move object to location
bpy.context.object.location[0] = 0
bpy.context.object.location[1] = 0
bpy.context.object.location[2] = 0
bpy.context.object.rotation_euler[0] = 0
bpy.context.object.rotation_euler[1] = 0
bpy.context.object.rotation_euler[2] = 0
When the script is on position bpy.context.object.location[0] = 0 console gives following error:
Traceback (most recent call last):
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'location'
I understand the message, that my Cube has no location attributes. But he must have them. When i select him with right mouse and type bpy.context.object.location[0] = 0, no error is given and he moves to the position i want.
Do i have an error in the selection-part of my script? How can i solve this?
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 $\begingroup$ To set the context object use context.scene.objects.active = obj setting the select property only makes it one of context.selected_objects. The error was occurring because context.object is None $\endgroup$ – batFINGER Dec 3 '15 at 11:30
When you select multiple objects one of them is highlighted in a lighter colour. This "lighter" object is known as the active object and is the object that bpy.context.object refers to. This active object may be just one of many selected objects that is listed in bpy.context.selected_objects.
When manipulating objects using python the active object can be left undefined or no longer pointing to a valid object. In this situation you will get the 'NoneType' object error which is saying that the variable you used (bpy.context.object) is a NoneType or null and non existent object so has no location attribute (or any other attributes).
Using bpy.context.object and bpy.context.selected_objects are convenience properties that allows a script to dynamically work with the currently selected objects and allow it to differentiate the one active object. An example is the copy attributes addon which can take a property from the active object and apply it to the rest of the selected objects.
If you know the name of the object you want your script to work on then accessing it through bpy.data.objects['name'] will reliably refer to that object every time. If you want to use an operator that works on the active object, then you can set the active object with bpy.context.scene.objects.active = bpy.data.objects['name']
Quick answer from the future: You are using the location as a list or collection [x,y,z], but it's not it's a Vector((x,y,z)) in the console for some reason obj.location[0] = something works, but it's a risky approach. Try this instead:
location = Vector((1,2,3))
obj.location = location
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Valgrind experts can help me out here with the valgrind report.
Ran c++ application with valgrind to detect memory leaks, and strangely the leak summary shows different output on different runs. Note that the c++ process was loaded uniformly in all the runs. Below is the summary for two executions: In first execution:
==15767== LEAK SUMMARY:
==15767== definitely lost: 355 bytes in 25 blocks
In second execution:
==00:00:14:19.929 24494== LEAK SUMMARY:
==00:00:14:19.929 24494== definitely lost: 236 bytes in 8 blocks
Can someone tell why the number of blocks are varying?
Thanks in advance, appreciate your help.
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It is most likely that the process behaved differently (because of timing, thread scheduling, external resources, etc.)
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Thanks for your prompt reply. So, which one is the genuine leak? – syed misba Sep 7 '11 at 11:25
Most probably both, but it is possible that all leaks result from the same bug. – Ofir Sep 7 '11 at 12:42
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Regional Modeling Program
PART manages the regional modeling program in partnership with the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Planning Department and the Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, and Burlington-Graham Metropolitan Planning Organizations (MPOs).The program is jointly funded by each agency listed above and saves each MPO approximately $100,000 a year through PART's coordination of the program. View our Regional Modeling Vision (PDF).
The program consists of four elements:
- Regional Travel Demand Model (RTDM)
RTDM is a multi-modal four-step regional travel demand model, designed to support long range transportation planning and programming decisions in the Triad region and in the Greensboro, Winston-Salem, High Point, and Burlington-Graham MPOs. Learn more about the Regional Travel Demand Model.
- Advanced Freight Model (AFM)
The goal is to provide a safe freight transportation system, support the region's economic well-being, and achieve efficiency in operations and investment in the freight transportation system. Learn more about the Advanced Freight Model.
- Transit Boarding and Estimation Simulation Tool (TBEST)
The Transit Boarding Estimation and Simulation Tool is a multi-faceted GIS-based modeling, planning and analysis tool which integrates socio-economic, land use, and transit network data into a unique platform for scenario-based transit ridership estimation and analysis. Learn more about the Transit Boarding and Estimation Simulation Tool.
- CommunityViz Scenario Model (CVSM)
PART is leading an effort to introduce a scenario planning tool called CommunityViz. Learn more about CommunityViz.


Distance between Palampur and Manali
Palampur is one of the India city. It is located at the longitude of 76.517655 and latitude of 32.107655. Manali is a India city located at the longitude of 77.157655 and latitude of 32.257655. The total distance between Palampur and Manali is 62 KM (kilometers) and 507.01 meters. The mile based measurement distance is 38.8 miles
Palampur direction from Manali:
Palampur is located nearly west side to Manali.
Travel time from Palampur to Manali
Travel duration from Palampur to Manali is around 1.25 Hours if your travel speed is 50 KM per Hour. Manali travelers are welcome to visit our travel driving direction page for detail information with road map. Traveling from Palampur to Manali is connected by more than one route. Soon you may expect those various travel routes to reach Manali.
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How to Fix Microsoft Word Document When it is not Responding?
The bug, Microsoft Word not responding most often doesn't occur due to the internal failure of the MS Office program. Instead, it can occur due to malware infection, third party plug-ins, using an MS Office program on a mapped network drive, which is currently offline, etc. Let us know in brief about the major causes of the non-responsive Word program.
 1. If the computer is connected to one or more mapped network shares that are currently offline.
 2. MS Word program may fail to respond when a mapped drive is connected across a Wide Area Network.
 3. When one or more mapped drives are present and the drives are in domains that are not trusted.
 4. If the drive is an inaccessible removable one.
Solutions to Fix Word Document that is not responding:
There are two possible ways by which one can fix unresponsive Word documents. Let us learn the two methods to fix the issue.
Method 1: Disconnecting the network drives
The first method to fix the issue is by disconnecting all the network drives that are having any one of the causes stated above. Follow these steps to disconnect the network drives.
Step 1: Right-click on My Computer, and then click Disconnect Network Drive.
Step 2: You will now get a Disconnect Network Drive dialog box, where you need to click the letter of the drive that you want to disconnect and then click OK.
Step 3: Repeat the first two steps until all the network drives are disconnected. Suppose you are not sure about a particular drive, then follow these steps:
 1. Click Start and then click Run.
 2. In the Open box, type the following and press ENTER
\\computer name\share name
Where computer name is the name of the server that is sharing the resource, and the share name is the name of the shared resource, which you want to use.
Method 2: Using Word File Repair Tool
If the first method fails to fix the issue, then the other option is to rely on some powerful third party repair tool. Word File Repair Tool is an excellent program to repair Word document file not responding effortlessly. This tool will repair.doc and.docx files that are created using Word 2000, 2003, 2007, 2010, 2013 and 2016 version of MS Word program. Moreover, the demo version of the Word File Repair Tool is available for free download. Just download and install it on your system. Then, follow these steps to fix not responding Word file.
Step 1: Launch the software and select the corrupt Word file by using "Browse" option.
Step 2: After selecting the Word file, click "Repair" button to start the repair process.
Step 3: Now, the software starts scanning the chosen file and fixes the issues.
Step 4: Once the software repairs the file, you will get a message saying that the File repaired successfully.
Step 5: The software then allows you to view the repaired file with its inbuilt "Preview" button.
Once you preview the repaired file, you can decide about the ability of the software. If you are satisfied with the tool, then activate its complete edition and repair the file with ease. After repairing the file, choose the path to save the repaired file by clicking "Save" button


Call Break Card Game Rules | How To Play Call Break Card Game
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In this step-by-step call break rules for solo, online, and multiplayer, we will teach you how to play call break like a pro!
At first glance, Call Break looks like a complicated card game with many rules. But, I assure you, it is a piece of cake.
When you understand the basic rules, all you need to do is practice. You can practice by playing solo or online. So, download our free call break card game for android now or play it online on your browser.
Like other card games, if you want to become a pro player, you might need to remember cards and learn to trick opponents. You will learn this skill with experience. So, before you start playing with your friends, we recommend you to practice the rules in offline single-player mode.
With our app, you will become habituated to the rules in no time. Then, you can play the multiplayer mode.
Before we jump into the rules of the call break game, let me warn you. Callbreak has interesting gameplay, so can be very addicting.
Important Call Break Card Game Rules
These are the main callbreak rules that you should remember.
 1. Spade is the trump suit of the game.
 2. A spade card will defeat any card of other suits– no matter the rank. For example, 2 of Spade has more power than Ace of any other suit.
 3. The game is played in 5 rounds. The players take turns to deal the card. Usually, each player picks a random card from the deck to decide the first dealer. The one who gets the lowest card should shuffle and deal the first round in clockwise direction.
 4. The player sitting left to the dealer should make the first call. However, in some parts of Nepal, the game is played counter clockwise direction. So, the player right to the dealer starts the game.
 5. The dealer makes the last call.
 6. A set is completed when each player throws one card each. The player with highest card wins the set. The winning player collects the cards in each set. The total number of cards is counted at the end of the round to determine the points. Usually, the game is won after 5 rounds. Players can also decide the number of rounds with mutual understanding.
 7. When a player throws a card, the other player must throw a higher card of the same suit. If they don't have a higher value card of the same suit, they are free to throw any card of the same suit.
 8. When a player doesn't have any card of the suit being played, he must throw a spade card. If he doesn't have any spade card, he can then throw any card of his choice.
 9. A round should be re-dealt in the following cases: a) If one of the players doesn't get any spade suit (trump) card. b) If one of the players doesn't get any face card (J, Q, K, A) of any suit. c) The sum of the individual calls (bet) is less than 8.
Why Is The Game Called Call Break?
Call break is a game of collecting the highest amount of points in the defined number of rounds.
Since players receive negative points if they fail to reach their called bet, trying to break opponents' Call is one of the winning strategies of this game.
If someone gets negative points, it's very hard to recover. So, in a game, other players often use tricks to break the call of the leading player.
The game is called Call Break because of this strategy. The negative marking feature of the game appeals even to experienced players.
How To Play Call Break Card Game– Game Play, Game Economics, and Objectives
Call break is a 52-cards game. It is played among four players. Each player gets 13 cards each, in each round. It is a turn-based game. In Nepal and some parts of India, the game is played in an anti-clockwise direction. However, these days, the game is also played in the clockwise direction similar to other card games. It is also called call bridge in some part of India.Our call break app uses a clockwise turn.
The game starts when a dealer distributes the cards turn-by-turn to every player. The player with highest points wins the game.
TRUMP CARD: Spade suit is the trump card in every call break game.
Total Time Needed :
Total Cost:
Required Tools:
– A Computer or an Android phone
Things Needed?
– Our call break Android app or our online game.
– 30 minute of your time
How to play callbreak game step-by-step:
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1. Selecting Dealer in Call Break
The first dealer is usually selected by picking a card from the deck. Each player picks one card, and the player with the lowest value card deals the first round. The first dealer can also be selected by flipping a coin or randomly.
The player sitting left to the dealer has to deal the card in the next round. Each player takes turns to deal the cards.
The dealer has to deal the card one at a time to each player until everyone receives 13 to change this text.
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2. Call and Card Confirmation
When all the cards are dealt, the player sitting left of the dealer starts the call. Call is the possible number of hands one can win in a round. Players should hide the cards from each other because call break is a game of tricks and deceits.
All 4 players strategically call the number of sets they think they can win in the round. The minimum amount of calls is 1. So, no matter what kind of card you get, you must at least call 1 point.
Remember, if you bet (call) higher, there is the risk of negative points.
After everyone makes their bet, the sum of the call is calculated. If the total call is less than 8, the cards are re-dealt.
Also, if someone didn't receive a Face card (J, Q, K, A) of any suit, they can ask the dealer to redistribute the cards. The cards are also redistributed if any one of the players doesn't get a spade card of any rank.
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3. The Game Play
The first card is thrown by the player sitting next to the dealer. If you are playing in Nepal or some part of India, the first bet is made by the player sitting counter clockwise to the dealer. In other places and in call break apps or online call break games, the game is started from the left-hand side of the dealer.
The first person can play card of his choice. The following players then should place the same suit card of higher value than the lead card. For example, if the first player throws '9' of Hearts, the next player should throw '10' or higher card of Hearts, and the third player should also throw a higher card of the Hearts, and so on. If the subsequent player doesn't have a higher card, he can throw any card. But, the card should be of the same suit.
However, if any player doesn't have the suit being played, he can throw a spade card. The spade card triumphs over any cards of other suits. Furthermore, if the players don't have a trump suit as well, they can throw any card of their choice.
When a trick is won, the player who wins the set starts the next bet by throwing a card of his choice.
The game set continues until all 13 cards are played. When all cards are played, it is called a round. The points are then calculated. We will talk about the points in the game economics
Callbreak card games are usually played for 5 rounds.
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4. Objective of Call Break Card Game
The main objective of each player is to get the most points at the end of 5 rounds. The players should always try to win the exact number or higher number of sets as per the Call at the start of the round.
For example, if a player called 3 on the round, he should win at least 3 sets. Otherwise, he will get a score of '-3'.
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5. Game Economics – Evaluation Of Points
When all the 13 cards are played, one round is completed. Points are calculated at the end of each round. The points are evaluated based on the number of calls they make at the start of the round.
Points are equivalent to the calls. If a player wins a lower number of sets than the Call, he gets negative points equivalent to the Call. If someone scores more sets than their call, they get extra 0.1 points for each extra set they win.
For example, if player A calls 3 and wins 3 sets, he gets 3 points. If player B calls 4 and wins 6 sets, he will get 4.2 points (4+0.1+0.1). If player C calls 4 as well but wins only 2 sets, he will get -4 points.
When a round is complete, the points are evaluated and allocated to the players. Whoever gets the highest points at the end of the game, wins the game. The game can be 5 rounds long, or as long as the players want.
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Today's picks
 Is drinking ice water in hot weather bad for health?
 Drinking water is one of the most reliable way to keep body temperatures at an acceptable level during heat waves.
 In general, health experts recommend drinking at least two liters of water a day, but a little more in hot weather.
 Many people put ice cubes in the water to get a feeling of freshness and coolness, but is this safe for health?
 And every summer, numerous posts are published online urging people to avoid very cold water, as it can have serious consequences.
 Freezing fluids can upset the esophagus, causing unpleasant symptoms, including stomach cramps or chest pains and signs characteristic for esophageal spasm.
 In a widely spread video, a man said that he started seeing spots, feeling very nauseous in his stomach and numbness in his hands and feet after drinking ice water, and the man added that cold water disrupts the body's signals, and claimed that rapid exposure to cold water and air after sports makes the body rejuvenate.
 Distribution of blood from the hands, feet and head to the stomach.Health professionals don't think water is the culprit, and people rarely faint in hot weather.
 Doctors believe that some underlying health conditions, not just cold water, cause fainting in hot weather. At its most severe, conditions such as heat exhaustion, dehydration and others can lead to fainting, according to the British newspaper Express.
 Heat-related problems tend to affect people who work outside in hot weather, and heat stroke is a particular risk under these conditions, and its symptoms match those the video maker claims were caused by cold water.
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Gender: F Meaning of Arianwen: "white, fair, blessed" Origin of Arianwen: Welsh
Rarely heard outside of Wales, Arianwen is one of many pretty wen-ending names prominent in ancient Welsh legend.
Famous People Named Arianwen
Arianwen Parkes-Lockwood, Australian actress
Pop Culture References for the name Arianwen
Welsh pronunciation: ar-YAN-wen
Related: Arianell, Arianrhod, Aryanhwy, Eirianwen