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Photographs, Colonial Legacy and Museums in Contemporary European Culture
This project studied the role photographic legacy of colonialism has played in helping determine the multicultural identities of modern Europe. Researchers from the Netherlands, Norway and the United Kingdom explored this through photographic records in museums.
Europe's current multicultural societies have roots in their colonial history, and this project analysed some of these connections. It raised questions about the way experiences from the colonial past have been translated into the postcolonial present and in turn shaped the photographic archive and engagements with it. A key question was in what ways changing conceptual approaches to collections have been determined by social developments in European communities and their relations with their former colonies that have since become independent nations.
PhotoCLEC adopted an ethnographic methodology using museums as 'field sites'. The researchers conducted interviews and explored the collections of photographs. This methodology was applied across all aspects of PhotoCLEC because the different sources of photographs, including exhibitions, displays and collections, were all aspects of the same processes and collection, description, management, policy decisions, political pressures, epistemological assumptions and engagement. This meant that the research provided comparable data about patterns of visibility, the forms of articulation of colonial pasts and the institutional policies that shape these discussions.


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- An instance of gaining access to a property under false pretences, with the intention of committing theft: two thieves pretending to be from the Water Board have carried out a string of distraction burglaries in the areaMore example sentences
- Clear links have been established between doorstep cold-calling and crimes such as distraction burglaries, where crooks con their way into someone's home under false pretences.
- A trial scheme in Cambridgeshire has cut the incidence of distraction burglaries by a ninth (11%) since it was set up two years ago.
- Police officers are also warning elderly people to be on their guard tonight because Halloween can be rife with people committing distraction burglaries.
- More example sentences
- A total ban on all doorstep selling for property repairs will be the only sure way to protect older people from rogue traders and distraction burglars.
- Three distraction burglars were disturbed during an offence but still managed to escape with the money.
- He arrested a distraction burglar who targeted his neighbour's home.

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Definitions for ROCKETˈrɒk ɪt
Random House Webster's College Dictionary
any of various tubelike devices containing combustibles that on being ignited propel the tube through the air: used for pyrotechnic effect, signaling, hurling explosives, launching a space vehicle, etc.
a space capsule or vehicle put into orbit by such devices.
Ref: rocket engine.
(v.t.)to move or transport by means of a rocket.
(v.i.)to move like a rocket.
(of game birds) to fly straight up rapidly when flushed.
Origin of rocket:
1605–15; (< F roquette ) < It rocchetta, dim. of rocca distaff (with reference to its shape) < Go *rukka, c. ON rokkr, MD rocke, OHG rocco (G Rocken )
any of various plants belonging to the genus Hesperis, of the mustard family, and related genera.
Ref: Compare dame's rocket.
Ref: Also called roquette.; arugula.
Origin of rocket:
1520–30; < F roquette < It ruchetta, dim. of ruca < L ērūcaarugula
any vehicle self-propelled by a rocket engine
rocket, rocket engine(noun)
a jet engine containing its own propellant and driven by reaction propulsion
rocket, roquette, garden rocket, rocket salad, arugula, Eruca sativa, Eruca vesicaria sativa(noun)
erect European annual often grown as a salad crop to be harvested when young and tender
propels bright light high in the sky, or used to propel a lifesaving line or harpoon
sends a firework display high into the sky
shoot up abruptly, like a rocket
propel with a rocket
Kernerman English Learner's Dictionary
a powerful jet engine that drives a vehicle
the rockets on the space shuttle
a space vehicle or weapon that is driven by a rocket
to launch a rocket
a firework in the shape of a cylinder
He lit one of the rockets.
a cruciferous plant (Eruca sativa) sometimes eaten in Europe as a salad
rocket larkspur. See below
an artificial firework consisting of a cylindrical case of paper or metal filled with a composition of combustible ingredients, as niter, charcoal, and sulphur, and fastened to a guiding stick. The rocket is projected through the air by the force arising from the expansion of the gases liberated by combustion of the composition. Rockets are used as projectiles for various purposes, for signals, and also for pyrotechnic display
a blunt lance head used in the joust
to rise straight up; said of birds; usually in the present participle or as an adjective
Translations for ROCKET
Kernerman English Multilingual Dictionary
a tube containing materials which, when set on fire, give off a jet of gas which drives the tube forward, usually up into the air, used eg as a firework, for signalling, or for launching a spacecraft.
- صاروخ الألعاب النّاريَّهArabic
- foguetePortuguese (BR)
- die RaketeGerman
- ρουκέτα, πύραυλοςGreek
- موشک؛ ترقه فشفشکFarsi
- fusée, roquetteFrench
- eldflaug; flugskeyti; flugeldurIcelandic
- raca, rakietaPolish
- موشک؛ ترقه فشفشکPersian
- จรวด; พลุThai
- roket, füzeTurkish
- 火箭，沖天炮Chinese (Trad.)
- خلاءی گاڑیUrdu
- pháo hoa; pháo sángVietnamese
- 火箭Chinese (Simp.)
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51st Shadow Division
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51st Shadow Division
Unit Profile (as of 3078)
Nickname Azrael's Terran Guard
Parent Formation Shadow Divisions
Formed Late 3060s
Disbanded 3078
Unit Description[edit]
The Fifty-first Shadow Division was an elite Word of Blake military formation that didn't appear until after the Jihad broke out. The unit was staffed by a mysterious group of cybernetically augmented warriors known as the Manei Domini, who were solely answerable to Precentor Apollyon. The unit was one of the first Shadow Divisions to see combat.
Case White[edit]
The unit was among the last of the Shadow Divisions to have been formed for the Manei Domini; it first saw combat in March 3068 on Terra. The Division was rushed into action ahead of schedule to deal with the coming Case White invasion. They ravaged the few Com Guard units that survived their landings in Northern Europe. In particular, they faced the 166th Division.[1] These conflicts required the support of TerraSec to slow down the invading ComGuard forces while the Fifty-first moved into position.[2]
Since the ComStar landings, the unit had remained garrisoned on Terra. It dispatched Level II formations to local inhabited settlements of the Terran star system. These included Titan, Io, Mars, Luna and Venus. [3]
The Fifty-first was destroyed in 3078 on Terra.[4]
Rank Name Command
Commanding Officers of 51st Shadow Division
Precentor Azrael 3068
The unit specialized in operations in its home Terran system.
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Game Rules[edit]
The unit posses the common Shadow Divisions Force Specific abilities when using advanced rules in a scenario. When unit is being used on a planet or base within Terran star system, it presence negates all of the opposing special abilities. It also can use Forcing the Initiative and Overrun Combat abilities in a scenario. If the unit is deployed in combat scenario outside of the Terran solar system, it loses its ability to negate an opposing forces special abilities. [5]
 1. By the Sword
 2. Omega (Short Story)
 3. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 107 - "The 51st Shadow Division's unit brief".
 4. Jihad: Final Reckoning, p. 125, "Shadow Divisions Status"
 5. Jihad Secrets: The Blake Documents, p. 143 "Rules" Annex - Special Rules for the 51st Shadow Division.


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21. Are you looking at me? Neural oscillation abnormalities in schizophrenia during eye gaze discrimination
Eye gaze discrimination deficits in schizophrenia (SZ) contribute to chronic functional impairment. Previous work in populations with similar gaze deficits (e.g., autism) has shown that this deficit may originate from abnormal neural oscillation. However, there have been no studies of neural oscillation during gaze discrimination in SZ. The current study tried to address this gap by examining neural oscillation during a gaze discrimination task comprised of face stimuli that varied in gaze direction (direct or averted), emotion (neutral or fearful), and head orientation (forward or deviated). A total of 28 SZ and 34 demographically matched healthy controls (HC) completed the task. Time-frequency analysis of electroencephalography (EEG) using event-related spectral perturbation (ERSP) showed reduced beta-band oscillation (12-30 Hz) in SZ compared with HC for both direct and averted eye gaze. Further analyses will examine interaction between facial stimuli emotion (neutral or fearful), gaze direction, and head orientation, anchoring to our previous findings of abnormal N170 in SZ. These preliminary findings suggest that beta-band oscillation abnormalities may contribute to altered gaze perception in SZ and should be further investigated as a potential treatment target to improve social functioning in SZ.


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Conference paper Open Access
Kilian, Lena; Owen, Anne; Newing, Andy; Ivanova, Diana
Income is consistently shown to be a good predictor of consumption-based household greenhouse gas emissions. Within a wider research project aiming to understand changes in household emission patterns over time and across UK neighbourhoods, this paper aims to explore the spatial-temporal patterns of the relationship between consumption-based emissions of UK neighbourhoods and income between the years 2007-2017. In light of job losses and income cuts as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, this research allows us to predict how consumption-based emissions may have changed as a result of the pandemic.


I can get the title of the active menu using
$menu = &Jsite::getMenu();
$menuname = $menu->getActive()->title;
But how can I access it's parent title?
Try this code:
$menu = JFactory::getApplication()->getMenu();
$parent = $menu->getItem( $menu->getActive()->parent_id );
$parentname = $parent->title
If you need the link
$parentlink = JRoute::_( $parent->link. '&Itemid='. $parent->id );
 - While this answer is correct, you should check the return value of getActive() because there maybe is no active menu and you get a non-object back (I think null) – Harald Leithner Apr 22 '14 at 18:24
The method getActive return a object with the active menu properties including the parent_id. The JMenu class has a method getItem($id), where $id is a menu id. This method return the same type of object that getActive. So, you can do something like this:
$parent_id = $menu->getActive()->parent_id;
$parent_title = $menu->getItem($parent_id)->title;
Since you can get the active menu, you can get the rest by getting the tree. This is usefull to traverse the item list, not just the parent!
So that you understand better, I'm spliting the answer in parts:
1. Create a variable for the active menu (for simplicity and portability):
$menu = &JSite::getMenu();
$active = $menu->getActive();
2. Pick the previous/parent menu by getting the previous item in the tree:
$parent_item_id = $active->tree[count($active->tree) - 2];
NOTE: the tree is an array, and starts with zero, that's why I am subtracting by 2.
3. Finally get the menu title:
Mind you that you also need to add some checks to see if there is an active menu, and/or other error checks.
 - You shouldn't use $menu = &JSite::getMenu();, because it is not a static function. The correct way is to use the code as specified by _USER_. – Don Gilbert Apr 22 '14 at 19:13
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How many days can you take loratadine?
You can also take loratadine regularly every day to prevent symptoms, such as during the pollen season.  The usual dose for adults and adolescents aged 12 years and over is 10mg (one tablet or 10ml liquid) once a day.
Is it OK to take loratadine every day?
Loratadine is usually taken once a day. During the pollen season, your doctor may advise you to take it every day if you suffer from seasonal allergic rhinitis. Although loratadine is unlikely to make you drowsy, some people are susceptible to this effect.
Can you take loratadine long term?
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Loratadine reaches peak plasma concentration in 1-2 hours; the metabolite does so in 3-4 hours. Their respective elimination half-lives are about 10 and 20 hours. Onset of action is within 1 hour and duration is at least 24 hours. Once-daily dosing is recommended.
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Getting the most from your treatment. Most people only need to take an antihistamine for a short while when they have symptoms. You should stop taking loratadine once your symptoms have eased. Although loratadine is classed as a non-drowsy antihistamine, it can still cause drowsiness in a few people.
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text: Future Lunar Landers and Rovers will require variable thermal links that can reject heat during daytime, and passively shut-off during lunar night. During the long lunar day, the thermal management system must remove the waste heat from the electronics and batteries keep them within the acceptable temperature limit. Since the heater power availability is restricted, a variable thermal link is therefore required to limit the amount of heat that is removed from the electronics and radiated to space during the long lunar night. Conventional Loop Heat Pipes (LHPs) can provide the required variable thermal conductance, but they consume electrical power to shut down the heat transfer. Our innovation adds a Thermal Control Valve (TCV) to the LHP, allowing it to passively shut off without consuming any electrical power. This is important since there is a severe penalty for electrical power consumption: supplying 1 W in a photovoltaic system requires roughly 5 kg of extra equipment. The TCV used in the LHP has been previously selected for thermal control in the pumped loop on the Mars Science Laboratory. The Phase I project was successful in demonstrating the feasibility of integrating the TCV in a LHP. The Phase II project will fabricate and test a LHP with a TCV at representative conditions, bringing the technology to TRL 6. The testing will include full characterization of the TCV under various LHP operation modes. Analysis and testing of different LHP condenser layouts will also be performed, as well as freeze/thaw analysis.


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The authors have been studying the strain sensitive materials which are based on conductivity change resulting from structural change in percolation system. In this study, we have developed a maximum strain memory sensor, which enables to detect damage to structures easily even after a large earthquake. To confirm the performance as the sensor, tensile tests embedded into concrete specimen have been conducted. As a result, it is discovered that this sensor is sufficiently effective to diagnose cracks in the concrete structure.
In recent years, the importance of Structural Health Monitoring has been recognized but an SHM system still confronts serious problems related to complexity and cost in practical use. To solve these problems, the authors have developed the simple and smart SHM system by integrating self-diagnosis material and a wireless data measurement device. By installing this SHM system, it is possible to detect damage to structures easily even after a large earthquake or other disaster and also to inspect possible deterioration of a structure in a short time. As a practical matter this SHM system is expected to be very reliable, and when it is mass-produced it should have a low cost. To confirm the utility of the damage detection of a building after a large earthquake, the pre-production system was installed in a specimen simulating the beam-to-column connection part in a mid-size conventional reinforced concrete building, and a loading test was performed on the specimen. The effectiveness of the proposed system is demonstrated by the test results.
The authors have been continuously conducting a series of research works on the development of the fiber reinforced composites as self-diagnosis materials. The function to detect damage is based on the property of carbon materials as a conductor of electricity. The conductive fiber reinforced composite, which is the glass fiber reinforced plastics added carbon particles for electrical conductivity, has been confirmed to possess excellent sensitivity as a self-diagnosis materials. In this study, a self-diagnosis material with the ability to memorize damage history has been applied. Irreversible resistance changes dependent on the strain histories of the composites were utilized to achieve this ability. The authors have also developed an electrically conductive film sensor bonded on the concrete surface to detect cracks and measure crack width. The specimens of the reinforced concrete bridge pier columns were tested under quasi-static cyclic lateral loading. The performance of the proposed self-diagnosis materials to detect damage to concrete structures is evaluated through confirmation of the relationship between the extent of damage and the variation of electrical conductivity of self-diagnosis materials. On the basis of the obtained experimental results, the applicability of self-diagnosis materials to structural health monitoring for concrete structures are discussed in detail, and the practical monitoring techniques for structures are proposed.
The authors have developed an electrically conductive fiber reinforced composite that its electrical resistance changes almost in proportion to strain. This material was tested for its tensile and bond behaviors. As a result, it was discovered that this material applied for the strengthening of concrete structures is highly effective to diagnose cracks in the concrete.


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PREP Good practices in Sustainable Energy and Resource Efficiency
Through its Promotion of Resource Efficiency Projects (PREP), WISIONS has collected more than 50 examples of good practice from successfully implemented projects.
WISIONS launched 12 international calls for applications from 2004 to 2008, each time inviting submissions on an important issue or topic related to energy or resource efficiency. These examples still serve as a relevant source of new ideas. They illustrate improved ways of developing and implementing similar projects in other parts of the world.
Up to five examples of good practice were selected for each issue or topic and published in PREP brochures. A set of internationally accepted criteria was used to ensure the sustainable character of the projects. Financial, environmental and social aspects were considered alongside technological feasibility. Regional factors acknowledging different needs and potentials were also taken into account.
The 12 issues or topics are grouped into four categories:
WISIONS now funds sustainable energy projects via its Sustainable Energy Project Support (SEPS) scheme. You will find other examples of good practice on our SEPS Project map.


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TODAY'S TED TALK – How racism makes us sick
17:27 minutes · TEDMED 2016
Why does race matter so profoundly for health? David R. Williams developed a scale to measure the impact of discrimination on well-being, going beyond traditional measures like income and education to reveal how factors like implicit bias, residential segregation and negative stereotypes create and sustain inequality. In this eye-opening talk, Williams presents evidence for how racism is producing a rigged system — and offers hopeful examples of programs across the US that are working to dismantle discrimination. Watch now »
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Talks to help you understand racism in America
For black Americans, the far-reaching effects of racism are felt daily. From passionate pleas for reform to poetic turns of phrase, these speakers take an honest look at everyday realities and illuminate the way forward.
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Christmas is a time of happiness and joy. However, some people may find it difficult to celebrate the holiday if their Christmas lights are going to keep flickering because of water damage. There are a few simple ways to keep your Christmas lights dry and avoid any potential damage. First, always make sure your Christmas lights are properly plugged into an outlet. Second, do not leave your Christmas lights up all night. Third, be careful when cleaning around your Christmas lights.
Benefits Of Keeping Christmas Light Plugs Dry
Keeping your Christmas light plugs dry can save you money in the long run. Not only will you avoid costly damage to your home, but you'll also be reducing the amount of energy that your lights are using. Here are some of the benefits of keeping your Christmas lights plugged into a dryer:
-You'll save money on repairs: If your Christmas lights are damaged by water, it's likely that you'll have to replace them. By keeping them plugged into a dryer, however, you can avoid this expense.
-Your holiday decor will last longer: Wet bulbs and cords can cause damage to CHRISTMAS TREE DECORATION, and they're not as festive as they could be.
Arrange Your Plugs So They Are In A Straight Line
Keeping your Christmas light plugs dry is important to prevent fires. Make sure the plug ends of your cords are in a straight line and not tangled. If you have multiple cords, try to group them together so they're not touching each other or the wall. When plugging in your lights, be sure to hold the cord close to the receptacle so water doesn't get inside and cause a fire.
Put Cardboard Or Paper Between The Two Prongs Of The Socket.
Dry Christmas light plugs can save you a lot of hassle this holiday season. By placing a piece of cardboard or paper between the plug and the light fixture, you can prevent water from getting into the electrical wiring and causing damage. If your Christmas lights start flickering or going out, using a dry plug may be all you need to solve the problem.
Keep Your Christmas Lights Away From Moisture
Keeping your Christmas lights away from moisture is important to keep them working properly. Moisture can cause electrical problems with your lights, and it can also cause them to break. If you live in a humid area, it's especially important to keep your lights dry. When storing your lights, make sure they're kept in a cool, dry place.
Place Water That Is Above Your Cord Level In A Container Or Bucket.
Keeping your Christmas lights plugged in during the dry winter months is important to avoid potential damage to your cords and light fixtures. Make sure to place any water that is above your cord level in a container or bucket, so it doesn't accumulate on the cord. If possible, try to keep the area around your cords clean and free of debris, so they'll stay healthy and not fray.
Use A Holiday-Themed Plug Cover To Keep Things Tidy
One of the best ways to keep Christmas lights plugged in and tidy is to use a holiday-themed plug cover. This way, all of the different light plugs will be easily identifiable, and no accidental disconnections will occur. When it comes to keeping Christmas lights plugged in, using a plug cover is one step that can make a big difference!
Tree Debris Away From The Christmas Light Plugs
Christmas is a season of joy and happiness. Spending time with family and loved ones is the best part of the holiday season. However, one thing that can ruin the fun is if your Christmas light cords get wet. The cords can become frayed, which can then lead to electrical shorts and even fire. To keep your Christmas light cords safe and dry, make sure to keep debris away from them. This means keeping tree branches and leaves away from the plugs, as well as any other objects that could fall on or near them.
Label Each Cord With A Piece Of Tape Or An Adhesive Label
Christmas is a time for family, friends, and celebration. Keeping the Christmas lights plugged in and dry is important to ensuring a festive mood. However, if left unplugged, even small pieces of dust can accumulate on the cords over time. This can create a fire hazard if the cord is pulled out while the light is still plugged in. To avoid this potential disaster, label each cord with an adhesive or tape label. This will keep the cords tidy and safe during the holiday season.
Don't Over-Dress Your Cords
Keeping Christmas light plugs dry can help prevent a power outage. Over-dressing cords can cause them to fray and break, weakening the electrical connection between the plug and the outlet. Instead of wearing bulky clothes that hide your cords, try using cord wrap or a holiday-themed cord holder.
Don't Overload Extension Cords
Whenever possible, try to avoid using extension cords. This is especially important during the holiday season when Wetlands and other water bodies are at their highest levels. extension cords can easily overload and cause a fire. Additionally, if plugs are left plugged in for long periods of time, they can overheat and start a fire.
Check Your Light Strings Every Few Days
Christmas is a time for family and friends to get together and celebrate. One way to make sure your Christmas light display looks its best is to check your strings every few days. If water or snow gets on the plug, it can cause the light to go out. By checking your strings regularly, you can avoid any issues and keep your display looking bright and beautiful!
It is important to keep Christmas light plugs dry to avoid potential electrical fires. This is especially important if your home has a lot of lights plugged in. Never use wet hands to plug in lights or extension cords, and be sure to have an emergency plan in place for any power outages. Finally, always wear safety gloves when working with electricity.


Compute dt/t
This code is responsible for the calculation of dt/t using the result of the MWCS calculations.
Configuration Parameters
 - dtt_lag: How is the lag window defined [dynamic]/static (default=static)
 - dtt_v: If dtt_lag=dynamic: what velocity to use to avoid ballistic waves [1.0]km/s (default=1.0)
 - dtt_minlag: If dtt_lag=static: min lag time (default=5.0)
 - dtt_width: Width of the time lag window [30]s (default=30.0)
 - dtt_sides: Which sides to use [both]/left/right (default=both)
 - dtt_mincoh: Minimum coherence on dt measurement, MWCS points with values lower than that will not be used in the WLS (default=0.65)
 - dtt_maxerr: Maximum error on dt measurement, MWCS points with values larger than that will not be used in the WLS (default=0.1)
 - dtt_maxdt: Maximum dt values, MWCS points with values larger than that will not be used in the WLS (default=0.1)
The dt/t is determined as the slope of the delays vs time lags. The slope is calculated a weighted linear regression (WLS) through selected points.
1. The selection of points is first based on the time lag criteria. The minimum time lag can either be defined absolutely or dynamically. When dtt_lag is set to "dynamic" in the database, the inter-station distance is used to determine the minimum time lag. This lag is calculated from the distance and a velocity configured (dtt_v). The velocity is determined by the user so that the minlag doesn't include the ballistic waves. For example, if ballistic waves are visible with a velocity of 2 km/s, one could configure dtt_v=1.0. This way, if stations are located 15 km apart, the minimum lag time will be set to 15 s. The dtt_width determines the width of the lag window used. A value of 30.0 means the process will use time lags between 15 and 45 s in the example above, on both sides if configured (dtt_sides), or only causal or acausal parts of the CCF. The following figure shows the static time lags of dtt_width = 40s starting at dtt_minlag = 10s and the dynamic time lags for a dtt_v = 1.0 km/s for the Piton de La Fournaise network (including stations not on the volcano),
It seems obvious that these parameters are frequency-dependent, but they are currently common for all filters!
../_images/static.png../_images/dynamic.png
In order to use the dynamic time lags, one has to provide the station coordinates!
2. Using example values above, we chose to use only 15-45 s coda part of the signal, neglecting direct waves in the 0-15 seconds range. We then select data which match three other thresholds: dtt_mincoh, dtt_maxerr and dtt_maxdt.
Each of the 4 left subplot of this figure shows a colormapper matrix of which each row corresponds to the data of 1 station pair and each column corresponds to different time lags. The cells are then colored using, from left to right: Delays, Errors, Phase Coherence and Data Selection.
Once data (cells) have been selected, they are analyzed two times: first using a WLS that is forced to pass the origin (0,0) and second when a constant is added to allow for the WLS to be offset from the origin. For each value, the error is computed and stored. M0 and EM0 are the slope and its error for the first WLS, and M, EM together with A and EA are the slope, its error, the constant and its error for the second WLS. The output of this calculation is a table, with one row for each station pair.
Date, A, EA, EM, EM0, M, M0, Pairs
2013-01-06,-0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00208377,0.00096521, 0.00682021, 0.00037757,BE_GES_BE_HOU
2013-01-06, 0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00179566,0.00454172,-0.00145738, 0.00741478,BE_GES_BE_RCHB
2013-01-06, 0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00096543,0.00089832, 0.00083714, 0.00104507,BE_GES_BE_STI
2013-01-06, 0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00153137,0.00150261, 0.00302331, 0.00302451,BE_GES_BE_UCC
2013-01-06,-0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00039019,0.00041347, 0.00025836,-0.00042709,BE_HOU_BE_MEM
2013-01-06, 0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00076824,0.00216383,-0.00030791, 0.00112692,BE_HOU_BE_RCHB
2013-01-06,-0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00069968,0.00078207,-0.00066133, 0.00027102,BE_HOU_BE_SKQ
2013-01-06, 0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00131522,0.00131182, 0.00051626,-3._PHONE_,BE_HOU_BE_STI
2013-01-06,-0._PHONE_,0._PHONE_,0.00010340,9.1996e-05, 0.00073635, 0.00076238,ALL
To run this script:
msnoise compute_dtt
Grouping Station Pairs
Although not clearly visible on the figure above, the very last row of the matrix doesn't contain information about one station pair, but contains a weighted mean of all delays (from all pairs) for each time lag. For each time lag, delays from each pair is taken into account if it satisfies the same criteria as for the individual data selection. Once the last row (the ALL line) has been calculated, it goes through the normal process of the double WLS and is saved to the output file, as visible above. In the future, MSNoise will be able to treat as many groups as the user want, allowing, e.g. a "crater" and a "slopes" groups.
Forcing vs No Forcing through Origin
The reason for allowing the WLS to cross the axis elsewhere than on (0,0) is, for example, to study the potential clock drifts or noise source position variations. By default, the msnoise plot dvv plot shows the results of the 'Not Forced WLS.
Mean of All Pairs vs Mean Pair
the ALL pair is still calculated and output in the DTT files, but its output is no longer displayed on the graphs. new in 1.6.
The dt/t calculated using the mean pair (ALL, in red on subplots 4 and 5) and by calculating the weighted mean of the dt/t of all pairs (in green) don't show a significant difference. The standard deviation around the latter is more spread than on the former, but this has to be investigated.


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Counselor: Hagerle sincerely apologized to the physician for lying to her. So Hagerle owes me a sincere apology as we...
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Can you please explain why E is wrong.
on November 17, 2015
This is a principle question that asks us to identify, from the available answer choices, a principle that would strengthen the conclusion in the stimulus. So let's first be sure that we understand the stimulus correctly.
In the stimulus, the counselor concludes that Hagerle owes him a sincere apology. There are two premises given in support of this conclusion:
Premise: Hagerle sincerely apologized to the physician for lying to her.
Premise: Hagerle told me (the counselor) the same lie.
As you can see, neither of those premises is enough to support the counselor's conclusion that Hagerle owes him a sincere apology, too.
Now let's examine each of the possible answer choices and evaluate whether one of them would, in fact, justify the conclusion.
Answer choice (A) doesn't go far enough. Just because it's "good" to apologize for having done something wrong to a person if one is capable of doing so sincerely does not necessarily mean that Hagerle "owes" the counselor an apology.
Answer choice (B) is also insufficient to justify the conclusion. We do not know that BOTH the counselor and the physician were, in fact, owed an apology.
Answer choice (C), if added to the stimulus, would in fact justify the conclusion of the stimulus. If it is true that someone is owed a sincere apology for having been lied to by a person if someone else (here, the physician) has already received a sincere apology for the same lie from that same person, then the conclusion in the stimulus is justified.
Answer choice (D) can be eliminated because capability alone does not justify the counselor's conclusion that he is also owed an apology. Put differently, if (D) alone were enough, then it wouldn't matter that Hagerle had also made an apology to the physician, right?
Notice how answer choice (E) does not talk about when an apology is OWED, which is what the conclusion in the stimulus is about. Rather, answer choice (E) discusses when a person ought to apologize ("should"). That's not the same thing.
Hope this helps! Please let us know if you have any additional questions.
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College Kid Perfects the Pot Fridge
If you live in a primitive environment, like a desert, modern amenities aren't going to do you much good. A refrigerator would come in handy, but what are you going to do, plug it into your camel!
However, rural farmers in Nigeria, who don't have access to water, electricity or even transportation, have been refrigerating things for years.
They use a simple contraption. One big pot, with a small pot placed in the middle, wet sand goes in between the two and as the water evaporates it cools whatever's in the center pot.
And now, a British college student has modernized the contraption.
Unlike the third-world fridge, 21 year old, Emily Cummins's supped up version is made with metal cylinders, wire mesh and wood, but it works the same way. In between the cylinders is some sort of wet absorbent material, like soil, wool or sand, and evaporation does the rest.
The sustainable refrigerator requires no electricity and can keep foods, like meat and milk, cool for days, holding steady at about 43 degrees Fahrenheit; The Guardian reports.
I don't know how practical it is, especially since you have to keep rewetting the sand. Also, it kind of looks like a birdfeeder.
Via EarthFirst.
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Stay Accountable by texting your partner daily – How to make accountability work with a cell phone.
If you feel an accountability relationship hard to maintain, consider using texting to make it easier.
Most all of us carry our cell phones around with us everywhere we go. Funny how we feel 'naked' without our phones!
Picking up the phone and calling sometimes seems intrusive and makes us feel like we are bothering someone, but texting (like email) seems less intrusive. We don't seem to hesitate to send nonsense and links via email or text, so why not something as important as staying accountable?
How does accountability work via text?
- Check in with your partner at least once daily
- Ask them to pray for specific items such as stressful or heavy temptations that may be ahead in your day
- When you are under heavy temptation, text them immediately – they can send up prayers immediately on your behalf
- If you fail text them and confess. A phone call should follow after they get your message
- Celebrate victories during your day letting them know you came through
- Offer encouragement by sharing quotes or verses that have spoken to you
- At the end of the day tell them how you did and rate your day
Staying in contact with your partner daily instead of every few days or weekly will greatly help both of your walks.
These are just a few examples of how to have an accountability relationship via text. Try this out with your partner and let me know how it is working for you.


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asa - interpret carriage-control characters
asa [file...]
The asa utility will write its input files to standard output, mapping carriage-control characters from the text files to line-printer control sequences in an implementation-dependent manner.
The first character of every line will be removed from the input, and the following actions will be performed:
If the character removed is:
- The rest of the line will be output without change.
- A newline character will be output, then the rest of the input line.
- One or more implementation-dependent characters that causes an advance to the next page will be output, followed by the rest of the input line.
- The newline character of the previous line will be replaced with one or more implementation-dependent characters that causes printing to return to column position 1, followed by the rest of the input line. If the "+" is the first character in the input, it will have the same effect as the space character.
The action of the asa utility is unspecified upon encountering any character other than those listed above as the first character in a line.
- A pathname of a text file used for input. If no file operands are specified, the standard input will be used.
The standard input will be used only if no file operands are specified. See the INPUT FILES section.
The input files must be text files.
The following environment variables affect the execution of asa:
- Provide a default value for the internationalisation variables that are unset or null. If LANG is unset or null, the corresponding value from the implementation-dependent default locale will be used. If any of the internationalisation variables contains an invalid setting, the utility will behave as if none of the variables had been defined.
- If set to a non-empty string value, override the values of all the other internationalisation variables.
- Determine the locale for the interpretation of sequences of bytes of text data as characters (for example, singleas opposed to multi-byte characters in arguments and input files).
- Determine the locale that should be used to affect the format and contents of diagnostic messages written to standard error.
- Determine the location of message catalogues for the processing of LC_MESSAGES.
The standard output will be the text from the input file modified as described in the DESCRIPTION section.
The following exit values are returned:
- All input files were output successfully.
- An error occurred.
The following command:permits the viewing of file (created by a program using FORTRAN-style carriage control characters) on a terminal.
The following command:formats the FORTRAN output of a.out and directs it to the printer.
a.out | asa | lp


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This seems to me to be nonsense, not a contradiction. Presumably, the way this is laid out, the first three statements are the hypothesis, and the fourth is the conclusion. Because Phil being gone and John being dead have nothing to do with Tim having bread, it seems to me that this can be reduced to
Tim has bread ==> Tim doesn't have bread
This is not a contradiction. If Tim has bread, then it is not true that he doesn't have bread, so the first statement does not imply the second. If Tim indeed doesn't have bread, then the first statement isn't true, so any statement at all could be appear as the conclusion, and the implication would be true, but meaningless.
BTW, in English, we don't say someone has "a bread": we say someone has bread or has a loaf of bread.


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We report that the oxidation of graphene-based highly transparent conductive layers to AlGaN/GaN/AlGaN ultra-violet (UV) light-emitting diodes (LEDs) was suppressed by the use of SiN X passivation layers. Although graphene is considered to be an ideal candidate as the transparent conductive layer to UV-LEDs, oxidation of these layers at high operating temperatures has been an issue. The oxidation is initiated at the un-saturated carbon atoms at the edges of the graphene and reduces the UV light intensity and degrades the current-voltage (I-V) characteristics. The oxidation also can occur at defects, including vacancies. However, GaN-based UV-LEDs deposited with SiN X by plasma-enhanced chemical vapor deposition showed minimal degradation of light output intensity and I-V characteristics because the graphene-based UV transparent conductive layers were shielded from the oxygen molecules. This is a simple and effective approach for maintaining the advantages of graphene conducting layers as electrodes on UV-LEDs.
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Government Undergraduate Wins Best Paper Award
Nathan Abell wins top prize at national conference
Posted: June 25, 2010
Government student Nathan Abell has received the 2010 First Place Prize for Best Undergraduate Student Paper at the 18th Annual Illinois State University National Conference for Students of Political Science. Abell won the award for his paper, "Theory and Practice of Structural Agenda Setting: A Case Study of U.S. HIV/AIDS Policy from 1979 to 1989."
In his paper, Abell offers a truly novel approach to agenda setting studies by identifying a lack of emphasis in the current literature on the structure within which agenda setting decisions are made. Focusing on the federal government's lack of timely response to the severity of the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Abell points out that the problem was not simply lack of medical knowledge, nor active homophobia, but a combination of the two that can only be understood by accounting for the embedded social structure in which medical research progressed.
Prevailing social attitudes about homosexuality, within the medical and scientific communities as well as the public at large, predisposed scientists to identify HIV/AIDS as an explicitly homosexual disease. For example, when the medical community discovered HIV/AIDS in an individual who was both homosexual and an IV drug user, standard classificatory procedure was to categorize the individual only as homosexual, thereby swelling the numbers of cases identified solely with homosexuality. This research-generated connection between HIV/AIDS and homosexuality subsequently translated into a homophobic political response. Crucially, neither dynamic was rooted in empirical reality. Both the medical and political communities were defining the policy space based on inherited social biases about homosexuality. Studying agenda setting can therefore not simply be about studying processes and the power relationships competing within them, but must also adequately account for the structure of beliefs conditioning public actions. It was a fundamental shift in public perceptions, rather than a shift in empirical reality, which ultimately secured a place for HIV/AIDS on the policy agenda.
In explaining why the federal government was so slow to respond to the HIV/AIDS pandemic, Abell points out that one of the most shocking features of the government's response was the utter reluctance to even discuss whether the issue should be on the policy agenda, let alone make the issue a public policy priority. While active homophobia alone cannot explain this, the lack of response can still only be understood by taking into account the broad social prejudice against certain affected groups – such as homosexuals, heroin addicts, and Haitians – that was channeled through the medical and political communities. When the HIV/AIDS pandemic first emerged, the Center for Disease Control took notice and initiated action to understand and control the disease. Nonetheless, the popular and scientific perception of HIV/AIDS was that it was a 'gay' or 'degenerate' disease, prompting Abell to ask how HIV/AIDS came to be defined as a 'gay' disease, rather than an immune disease disproportionately affecting homosexual men. Part of the answer, he finds, is that the research methods employed by the scientific community were biased toward a finding of sexual identity as the driving factor, as scientists imported homophobic background knowledge into their initial studies.
The public was made aware of the pandemic in 1981, but President Ronald Reagan did not publicly, at his own initiation and for the explicit purpose of addressing the pandemic, mention the disease until 1987. The Reagan administration feared the issue politically, not wanting to associate itself with the affected populations. Due to pervasive homophobia, HIV/AIDS research and outreach became conflated with a homosexual agenda, and the political universe consequently feared association with it. The result was an overall delay in the issue becoming a subject of public discourse. A history of prejudice within the medical establishment toward homosexuals, as homosexuality had, for a long time, been classified as a mental disease, combined with anti-homosexual social attitudes input into scientific research and the public mind, and consequent political fears of association with specific groups, actively kept the issue off the public agenda. Only when the possibility of nonsexual and heterosexual transmission was documented and acknowledged within the broader public, aided by the revelations of prominent, beloved, and infected public figures, such as Rock Hudson and Magic Johnson, did the structure within which agenda setting occurs change such that actively pushing for congressional action became politically tolerable.
Jeffrey Tulis supervised Nathan's paper. This is the fourth student Tulis has supervised who has won a best paper award at the Illinois State conference; Abell is the first to take the top prize.
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I was under the impression that work function should be measured in eV or meV but I have read literature stating 'work function resolution of 1-3 eV. Is it right?
In physics, for charged particles (such as electrons) the formula E= eV applies where E is energy, 'e' is the charge on an electron and V is volts (or millivolts).
The work function is the energy required to remove an electron from the surface of a conductor such as a metal. It is an energy and the units are typically 'eV' or alternatively'meV'.
The Kelvin probe actually measures a change in voltage either in volts or millivolts; sometimes this is called a surface potential change. So the difference between work function changes (measured in eV) and surface potential changes (measured in volts) is simply the charge on the electron 'e'. Most scientists and engineers recognise this and use the two terms independently.
You could take the following view: The Kelvin probe reports surface potential changes in mV, calibrating the tip work function and converting the measured voltage value to a sample work function allows you to quote in eV.
In summary, whilst technically correct, the work function resolution should be stated as 1-3 meV.
In addition the work function resolution is a function of the tip size. So for a larger tip (1-2 cm diameter) we will have 0.1 meV resolution. As our new Kelvin probe tip holder (which is an option) allows us to use any tip diameter then in our new literature we are quoting a work function resolution from 0.1 meV, or indeed 100 µeV.
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How to find the name of the current formfield
Article contributed by Astrid Zeelenberg
If you need to know which formfield the user tabbed out of in a macro you're using as on-exit macro you need to take into account that you can't always simply use the command Selection.Formfields(1).Name. This line won't work with a textformfield although it works with checkboxes and dropdowns.
If you need code to find out which formfield was tabbed out of, that works with every type of formfield, use:
If Selection.FormFields.Count = 1 Then
 'No textbox but a checkor listbox
 MsgBox Selection.FormFields(1).Name
ElseIf Selection.FormFields.Count = 0 And Selection.Bookmarks.Count > 0 Then
 MsgBox Selection.Bookmarks(Selection.Bookmarks.Count).Name
End If


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Daniel A. Farber
University of California, Berkeley – School of Law
February 7, 2016
UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. _PHONE_
Deadlines are a ubiquitous feature of lawmaking in contexts such diverse settings as agency rulemakings, federal appropriations, and international negotiations. Despite the expectation that these deadlines will drive conflicting parties toward agreement or overcome bureaucratic inertia, their impact on decision making is mixed, often producing only modest improvements in speed, and perhaps sometimes none at all. On the downside, deadlines can sometimes reduce the quality of decisions or encourage brinksmanship when missing a deadline would have draconian consequences. If there is a case for deadlines, then, it is an uneasy one. Game theory suggests some possibilities for to increase the effectiveness of deadlines as action-forcing strategies, such as improving information sharing between actors and providing enforcement mechanisms for negotiated outcomes.


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Magma Flow: How Does Temperature Affect the Movement of Magma?
How does temperature affect the movement of magma?
- Teaspoon (5-ml spoon)
- Soft margarine
- Small baby-food jar
- Cereal bowl
- Warm tap water
- Fill the teaspoon (5-ml spoon) with margarine.
- Using your finger, push the margarine out of the spoon and into the babyfood jar so that the glob of margarine is centered in the bottom of the jar.
- Hold the jar in your hand and turn it on its side.
- Observe any movement of the margarine.
- Fill the bowl halfway with warm (slightly hotter than room temperature) tap water.
- Set the baby-food jar in the warm water.
- After three minutes, pick up the jar and turn it on its side.
- Again, observe any movement made by the glob of margarine.
At first the margarine inside the tilted jar does not move much, but heating the margarine causes it to move more freely.
As the temperature of the margarine increased, it became thinner and moved more easily. Molecules in colder materials have less energy, are closer together, and move more slowly than warmer molecules with more energy. These warm, energized molecules move away from each other, causing solids to melt and liquids to thin. Just as the temperature of the margarine affected the way it moved across the surface of the jar, the temperature of magma affects the way it moves up the volcano's vent (the channel of a volcano that connects the source of magma to the volcano's opening). Hot magma is thin and moves easily and quickly up the vent, while cooler magma is thick and sluggish.
- Would a different heating time affect the results? Repeat the experiment, checking the movement of the margarine every minute for six minutes. Use a thermometer to keep the temperature of the water as constant as possible, and replace the warm water each time you make an observation. Quickly replace the jar in the warm water after each testing.
- Does the composition of the material being heated affect the results? Repeat the original experiment using other solids such as butter or chocolate candy with and without nuts.
- Thick liquids are said to have a high viscosity (the measurement of a liquid's ability to flow). Viscous liquids flow slowly, and particles dropped into the liquid fall slowly as well. Liquids such as water, honey, and shampoo can be used to simulate magma of various viscosities. Test the viscosity of each liquid by dropping a marble into a tall, slender glass filled with the liquid at room temperature. The slower the marble falls, the more viscous the liquid is.
- Demonstrate the effect of temperature on the viscosity of the liquids by repeating the experiment above twice. First, raise the temperature of the samples by standing each glass in a jar of warm water. After three minutes, stir the liquids and use a thermometer to determine the temperature of each. Second, lower the temperature of the samples to about 50° Fahrenheit (10°C) by inserting a thermometer in each liquid sample and placing them in a refrigerator. Diagrams and the results of each experiment can be used as part of a project display.
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The three distinct types of magma—andesitic, basaltic, and rhyolitic—harden into different kinds of rock. Find out more about the characteristics of these magma types. What is their chemical composition? Where are they formed? How does the temperature of each differ? Which is the most common? For information about magma see pages 74-79 in The Dynamic Earth, Second Edition (New York: Wiley, 1992), by Brian J. Skinner and Stephen C. Porter.
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Water Tongue Forms
Water Tongue is found written in four basic forms (see below right). The regular form is found in the greatest abundance and was used in all aspects of daily life. Water Tongue in formal form was used for special occasions like weddings and for decoration. The informal form was used in hurried informal writings. Oldest of all the forms is the orginal form but use of the form appears to have waned. Its style resembles a waterfall and seems to have carried some religious or spiritual value.
|Water Tongue has three form structures, also called pyes, that all words are based off of. Two are referred to as the Hope and Fear pyes but there appearded to be some controversy surrounding the third: Love, Truth or Joy.|


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After upgrade Events are not seen in the Performance Management.
We see the following error is seen in the Data Aggregator /opt/IMDataAggregator/apache-karaf-2.4.3/data/log/karaf.log* files (your installation path may vary if not default).
ERROR | EventPush | 2018-07-06 07:51:44,269 | EventProducerWS | or.eventproducer.EventProducerWS 945 | | | Failed to push xxx events: org.apache.cxf.interceptor.Fault: Marshalling Error:
It also references the wrong host name or IP address for the Performance Management server.
Another place to look is the DA:8581/rest/emregistration page. The eventConsumerURL should point to the correct Performance Management host but may not if this error is seen.
Wrong IP address registered with the DA
All supported Performance Management releases
To trouble-shoot do the following:
Run the following from the Data Aggregator :
 curl -v http://:8281/EventManager/EventManagerWS.asmx?wsdl
This command should succeed. If it doesn't then the IP is wrong in the event manager general table possibly because there are multiple NICs on the box
Do the following:
 - Edit the Event Manager data source and change the IP in the Host Name dialog box to the correct IP address. This is going to update the "General" table for the EM database after it syncs. You can verify that by doing the following
 mysql -unetqos -pPASSWORD em
 Replace PASSWORD with your MySQL password.
 select * from general;
 - Assuming it updates run the following SQL to identify the sourceid of the Data Aggregator data source:
 select sourceid, sourcetype,consolename from netqosportal.data_sources2 where SourceType = 262144;
 Example output:
 | sourceid | sourcetype | consolename |
 | 3 | 262144 | Data [email protected] |
 In that example the sourceid is 3, your installation may have a different sourceid.
 - Take the sourceid value for the Data Aggregator Data Source form the previous step and run the following SQL:
 update em.data_sources set LastEvent=0,ConsumerID=0 where sourceid = ;
 Using the example above (again your id may vary) you would run:
 update em.data_sources set LastEvent=0,ConsumerID=0 where sourceid = 3;
 - This will re-register the Event Manager with the Data Aggregator. It may take upwards of 15-20 minutes for the values to transfer around via normal synchronization cycles in Performance Management.
 - The errors will be resolved when we see the eventConsumerURL value on the http://DA:8581/rest/emregistration page reflecting the correct Performance Center server host name or IP address.


Membership of the organizations
Introduction to the APICAD
The APICAD (International Association for the Promotion of the Online Intercomprehension) is a non-profit association under the French law (law 1901) that manages a web portal and a network of teachers and researchers.
This association was created to insure the continuation of the accomplished works made by the European network Miriadi: maintenance of the web portal, network activity, structure of language trainings. The specificity of the multilingual trainings made by the APICAD is that they are online and in networking groups: different classes in other countries with other languages where people work all together in a given time and make collective publications. However each class is free to adjust the terms and conditions of the online training to its own aims and priorities and consequently it is responsible for it.
Why join the APICAD?
 - To support a teaching method adapted to the needs of this era in languages and in digital literacy;
 - To receive a teaching experience of the members' network that has already more than 10 years and was developed on platforms such as Galanet and Galapro;
 - Because the trainings proposed generate excellent performances on languages learning and on the acquisition of the digital literacy;
 - Because the financial cost of these trainings could be quite low compared to traditional trainings whilst being effective as well;
 - To promote a democratic approach of multilingualism and intercultural exchanges;
Which organization could join the APICAD?
The association offers freely this training disposal at all the training bodies that want it.
These organizations could join the APICAD through the payment of a subscription of 50 €. Thus, they become a member of the APICAD's life naming three people each to represent them. Also, these people will benefit freely from the participation of scientific events organized by the APICAD as well as the free registration to special trainings.


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If you have 500 items, in column B, but only 20 of them are unique invoices due to them being broken up into purchase orders. It makes sense to keep them separate so you can more easily reconcile checks that are written to you.
The solution I came up with involves using the custom-formula for conditional formatting.
If column A is the Purchase-Order Numbers ( that are entirely unique ) and column B are your invoices that repeat multiple times. Assuming you have headers in row 1.
Explanation of Solution
UNIQUE() is an array returning formula that is exclusive to google sheets (it does not work in excel). This allows you to figure out how many unique invoices exist within column B. So
UNIQUE($B$2:$B) returns a list of only the unique numbers, removing all duplicates.
MATCH() returns an integer of where an item is located in a 1 dimensional range or array. I used it to look at each item in column B and find it's location within the array created by
UNIQUE($B$2:$B) ; SO
MATCH($B2,UNIQUE($B$2:$B),0) will look at cell
B2, and find where it is located in
UNIQUE($B$2:$B) and return a number that represents which place it is in the list.
FALSE depending on the number you give it. For Instance
ISODD(1) will return
TRUE. So if we wrap
ISODD() around our match-unique formula it will alternate with
FALSE per each different invoice. SO,


Is The Book Of Judith True?
What does the name Judy mean for a girl?
Judy as a girl's name is of Hebrew origin meaning "praised".
It is a diminutive form of Judith first used in the 18th century.
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What is Jesus real name?
Is Tobias in the Bible?
Who did Judith kill in the Bible?
general SiseraJudith is an exemplary Jewish woman. Her deed is probably invented under the influence of the account of the 12th-century-bce Kenite woman Jael (Judg. 5:24–27), who killed the Canaanite general Sisera by driving a tent peg through his head.
Is the name Judith in the Bible?
From the Hebrew name יְהוּדִית (Yehudit) meaning "Jewish woman", feminine of יְהוּדִי (yehudi), ultimately referring to a person from the tribe of Judah. In the Old Testament Judith is one of the Hittite wives of Esau. This is also the name of the main character of the apocryphal Book of Judith.
Is Judy short for Judith?
Judy is a short form of the name Judith.
1939Judith has been used in the United States ever since 1880, with over 454321 girls given the name in the past 200 years. Judith gained the most popularity as a baby name in 1939, when it's usage went up by 149.62%.
Who wrote Judith poem?
Is Judy an old fashioned name?
Records indicate that 450,505 girls in the United States have been named Judith since 1880. The greatest number of people were given this name in 1943, when 25,188 people in the U.S. were given the name Judith. Those people are now 77 years old.
What are the books taken out of the Bible?
Where is the story of Judith found in the Bible?
The story of Judith and Holofernes is found among the apocryphal works of the Septuagint, the Greek translation of Hebrew Scripture, which formed the basis for the Old Testament. The purpose of the book is to inspire courage and patriotism through its heroine, a widow named Judith.
What does Judy mean in Arabic?
Judi is a name with multiple origins. It is a short form of the Hebrew name Judith. It is also an Arabic name referring to a mountain mentioned in the Quran.
Why is the book of wisdom not in the Protestant Bible?
What does Judith mean in the Bible?
What does Judea mean?
Why are the 14 books removed from the Bible?
What books did Martin Luther removed from the Bible?
Why was Judith removed from the Bible?
Why Tobit is not in the Bible?
What are the 14 missing books of the Bible?
14 of these books are included in this volume and these are the books; The First Book of Esdras, The Second Book of Esdras, The First Book of the Maccabees, The Second Book of the Maccabees, The Book of Baruch, The Book of Bel and the Dragon, Ecclesiastes or the Preacher, The Book of Esther, The Book of Judith, The …


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A MaxDiff analysis (short for maximum difference scaling) is a research technique used to identify consumer preferences among a set of attributes, such as flavors or product features. MaxDiff questions show respondents subsets of attributes, and for each set require respondents to select their best and worst options for the given set.
MaxDiff is a relative measure, meaning results will show performance (or preference) within the given list of attributes, but it won't validate performance in the real world. Preferences gauged in a MaxDiff study are only as good as the attributes themselves, so a respondent could look at a set of attributes and dislike all of them, but they still have to choose their best and worst from the bunch. Pairing MaxDiff with an absolute measure, like a purchase intent question, such as 'which of the following flavors would you consider purchasing' or a more in-depth study like a TURF analysis, helps to ground the relative results with real world metrics.
Experimental design is key to achieve accurate and reliable MaxDiff results. Luckily, most survey platforms including Suzy will calculate and determine the best experimental design for your MaxDiff study. The key components of a strong MaxDiff study focus on balanced experimental designensuring that all attributes in the study are exposed equally, and no attribute has stronger exposure than another. For a deep dive into the components of MaxDiff study design, please click here!
After collecting the best/worst selections from all respondents, a MaxDiff analysis uses the following formula to calculate a MaxDiff utility score, which is used to gauge preference for each item within the set.
Benefits of MaxDiff:
Consider this: Imagine you ask respondents to rank 20+ flavors from best to worst. This would be very fatiguing for the respondent, not to mention each respondent probably only has strong opinions about the 1-2 best and 1-2 worst, and they're likely to be somewhat indifferent to the rest. The middle attributes are unlikely to reflect an accurate preference order, which can have a flattening effect on results, leaving you without a clear direction.
Now that you understand MaxDiff, head over to this article to learn more about MaxDiff on Suzy!


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Working in the field of digital interaction design, Copenhagen-based design agency YOKE has created an immersive light experience exploring light as material for creating temporary structures in urban space. Like a three dimensional sketch pad, the installation works as interactive light architecture. By inviting visitors to create temporary structures of light, the installation explores the fleeting urban spaces of tomorrow.
As a fusion between the Danish words 'construction' and 'structure', Konstruktur challenges the human perception of space. Placed directly onto the floor the installation appears as a minimalist sculpture without a pedestal. The rhythmic movements of the light beams thus create a volatile architecture that for a while changes the space.
By adding smoke, the light beams are made visible to the human eye. This transforms an otherwise intangible form into a physical object and creates a temporary cubic form. Here the light beams appear almost like solid columns in the space.
Each light beam operates individually and reacts to movement. A camera detects bodies moving in front of the installation, which creates a temporary dialogue between the light architecture and the visitors.
Despite its simplistic form language Konstruktur is the result of a long craftsmanship process. Carefully assembled by hand each lightsource consists of an LED, two lenses and a printed circuit board. Together they create a grid of 196 identical light beams.
Unlike the many prefabricated light sources that exist on the market today, the installation is based on a passion for light as material and craft. If you move close enough to the light sources, all the small parts of the structure are clearly visible, thus becoming part of the overall aesthetic of the installation.
Konstruktur was created as a flexible construction that can take on different shapes depending on the specific location and was first exhibited at KUBEN in Horsens, Denmark, in October-November 2017. From February 9th 2018 until March 18th 2018 Konstruktur can be experienced again at Horsens Art Museum, Denmark.


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The Happy Challenge - Cape Agulhas, Western Cape
Published: 14. June 2019
By: Eric
'Cape Agulhas' is the most southern tip of Africa. This official meeting point of the Indian Ocean and Atlantic Ocean is also the point of convergence of the Mozambique and Benguela currents.The Agulhas bank is a unique geographical formation which bears the title 'Graveyard of Ships' due to this challenging crossing resulting in numerous shipwrecks. When seafaring Portuguese vessels rounded this Cape tip in the 15th century their compass needles would swing unable to determine True North from Magnetic North. As a result, in 1488 the Portuguese navigator, Bartholomew Dias, named this ocean site 'Capo das Agulhas' translating to 'Cape of Needles'.....
The location?
Google Maps
How to get there?
Follow the N2 from from Cape Town to Bredasdorp and then due south down to Agulhas. The distance is approximately 210 km / 2 hours drive.
Things to do?
Climbing the lighthouse and breathing in the salty, clean air is a must. You've come a long way so why not!
Best place for your photo?
At the marker close to the lighthouse which indicates the official dividing line between the Atlantic Ocean and Indian Ocean.
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Using CyNoteCyber Laboratory Notebook for Biologists and Bioinformaticists
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1. Fill in the name and the description of the notebook and press submit.
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1. From the main menu, select "Create New Notebook Entry". The following page appears.
2. Fill in the title and give a description for the entry. If desired, enter keywords and upload a file to the entry. When done, click on "Submit Query".
3. The entry is created and will be stored with the notebook.
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Definition: Includes explanatory remarks in a program.
To add a comment to a Windows PowerShell script (or a Windows PowerShell command, for that matter) simply preface that comment with the pound sign (#); anything following the pound sign will be treated as a comment and ignored by the script processor. For example, this command calls the Get-Date Cmdlet and then tacks on a comment explaining what the Cmdlet does:
get-date # This Cmdlet retrieves the current date and time
When you execute this command you'll simply get back the current date and time; the comment will be ignored. That's also true with this command:
get-date # get-help
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What are some examples of sarcasm in the poem, "The Prologue"?
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Almost everything in this poem is sarcastic unless you are going to take seriously the idea that Bradstreet is really saying that she, like all women, is not competent to write decent poetry. This poem is saying that her work is no good because she is a woman and that men should not judge it too harshly. But this is surely not what she means to say.
Once you understand this, you can see sarcasm pop up everywhere in the poem. For example, the first three lines of the poem say that she is not talented or smart enough to write about elevated things such as wars and kings.
Perhaps the most clear cut example of sarcsasm comes in the following line where Bradstreet claims that women are inferior to men:
Men can do best, and Women know it well.
Preeminence in all and each is yours
Given the fact that she is a woman trying to write good poetry, this is clearly sarcastic. If she believed this, she would not be trying to write poetry.
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Power Off vs. Shut Down
You can configure the Power Off button to turn off a virtual machine or team in two ways:
Caution: If a virtual machine is writing to disk when it receives a Power Off command, data corruption may occur.
Note: Not all guest operating systems respond to a shut down signal from this button. If your operating system does not respond to a shut down signal, shut down from within the operating system, as you would with a physical machine.
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Groups of language learners, young and old, meet in immersive environments like OpenSim, Second Life or Minecraft and are asked to build a spaceship together. Or a village, or a power plant. They come from Italy, Finnland and Germany and need to communicate in English to achieve the lofty goals. Can building in OpenSim provide a venue to communicate in English in real-time? This potential will be explored in EXCALIBUR, a new EU funded project to come in 2022.
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Heike Philp is CEO of let's talk online sprl, an immersive education specialist for language teaching and learning. She is co-initiator of EU funded LANCELOT (virtual classroom) and AVALON (virtual world) and the CAMELOT project (machinima for language teachers) and GUINEVERE (games in virtual worlds). She is founder of the Virtual Round Table Conference and co-owns EduNation in Second Life and in OpenSim.


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The Evolution and Excellence of Swiss Turning
Swiss turning, a unique and specialized process in the world of machining, boasts a rich history and technological advancements that make it a go-to for high precision turned parts. Let's take a deeper dive into this remarkable technique and understand why it is so widely revered.
A Journey Through Time
Swiss turning traces its roots back to the 19th century in Switzerland. At the time, there was a growing demand for miniature screws to support the thriving watch industry. To cater to this demand, the Swiss Screw machine, known by various names such as the Swiss Lathe, Swiss Automatic, and Sliding Headstock Lathe, was developed. This ingenious invention far surpassed the precision of the traditional "fixed headstock" lathes, particularly for minuscule parts. Read More


text: Aluminum matrix composites are emerging as advance engineering materials due to its high specific strength and stiffness, good wear resistance and high temperature properties. Properties of Al reinforced with Al2O3 and SiC are widely investigated. In the present study, mechanical properties of B4C reinforced Al matrix is investigated due to higher hardness and lower density properties than SiC and Al2O3. The high temperature deformation behavior of 5, 10, 15 and 20wt% B4C powder having an average particle diameter of about 10 mu m aluminum matrix composite sintered at 650 degrees C was investigated by creep tests at temperatures ranging from 400 to 450 degrees C and creep resistance of Al alloy is enhanced by the presence of B4C particles. Measurement of impact and hardness properties of composites showed that impact values decrease and hardness values increased with increase in weight fraction of reinforcement. (C) 2009 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.


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Reduce Service Use by 80% by Migrating from MongoDB to Elasticsearch
This article discusses the why's and how's of migrating from MongoDB to Elasticsearch.
Released by ELK Geek
MongoDB and Elasticsearch are two popular databases and have been subject to many debates between supporters of the two technologies. However, this article only represents the author's individual experience rather than opinions of any group. This article covers the following two topics:
 - Why you should migrate from MongoDB to Elasticsearch
 - How to migrate from MongoDB to Elasticsearch
MongoDB is positioned to compete with relational databases. However, in almost all projects, the data of core business systems is still stored in traditional relational databases rather than MongoDB.
1. Project Background
As a player in the logistics and express delivery industry, the company has an extensive and complex business system. Massive business data is produced every day by a large number of users. The business data undergoes a variety of status changes during its lifecycle. To facilitate log tracking and analysis, the system operation logging project was established, and based on the original average daily data volume, MongoDB was selected to store operation log data.
The operation logging system records the following two types of data:
1) Primary change data that describes who performs operations, what operations are performed, which system modules are operated on, when the operations are performed, what data numbers are involved, and what operation tracking numbers are assigned.
 "dataId": 1,
 "traceId": "abc",
 "moduleCode": "crm_01",
 "operateTime": "2019-11-11 12:12:12",
 "operationId": 100,
 "operationName": "Zhang San",
 "departmentId": 1000,
 "departmentName": "Account Department",
 "operationContent": "Visit clients"
2) Secondary change data that describes the actual values before and after a change. Changes to multiple fields in one row of data result in multiple data entries. Therefore, a large number of such data entries are recorded.
 "dataId": 1,
 "traceId": "abc",
 "moduleCode": "crm_01",
 "operationId": 100,
 "operationName": "Zhang San",
 "departmentId": 1000,
 "departmentName": "Account Department",
 "operationContent": "Visit clients",
 "beforeValue": "20",
 "afterValue": "30",
 "columnName": "customerType"
 "dataId": 1,
 "traceId": "abc",
 "moduleCode": "crm_01",
 "operationId": 100,
 "operationName": "Zhang San",
 "departmentId": 1000,
 "departmentName": "Account Department",
 "operationContent": "Visit clients",
 "beforeValue": "2019-11-02",
 "afterValue": "2019-11-10",
 "columnName": "lastVisitDate"
2. Project Architecture
The project architecture is as follows:
 1. When you add or edit data in the business system, an operation log record is generated and sent to a Kafka cluster, using the dataId field as the key.
 2. The data you add or edit is stored in a MySQL database.
 3. A Canal cluster subscribes to the MySQL cluster and configures the databases and tables monitored according to the modules of the business system.
 4. The Canal cluster sends the modified business data to the Kafka cluster, using the dataId field as the key.
 5. The operation log system obtains primary and secondary record data from the Kafka cluster.
 6. The operation log system writes the data to MongoDB and requires reverse query capabilities.
Figure: Workflow of the operation logging system
MongoDB Architecture
Cluster architecture:
1) Servers are configured with 8-core 32 GB memory and 500 GB solid state drives (SSDs).
2) Three router servers are deployed.
3) Three configuration servers are deployed.
4) Nine shard servers are deployed.
5) Three shards are designed for primary operation records.
6) Three shards are designed for secondary operation records.
Fans of MongoDB may suspect that we were not using MongoDB properly, our O&M capabilities were insufficient, or we were under the influence of an Elasticsearch expert. In fact, we shifted from MongoDB to Elasticsearch based on actual scenario requirements rather than any technical bias. The reasons are described in the following sections.
1. Search and Query
1) MongoDB uses B-Tree as its index structure. This index gives the highest priority to the leftmost alternative and is effective only when the query order is consistent with the order of the index fields. This is beneficial for some applications, but can also be fatal in the complex business scenarios we are faced with today.
2) Queries for operation log records in the business system involve many filter criteria that can be arbitrarily combined. This is not supported by MongoDB, or by any relational database. To support this, you have to create a lot of B+Tree index combinations, which is not practical.
3) In addition, primary and secondary records contain a lot of character-type data. Therefore, both exact query and full-text search are required to query this kind of data. In these respects, MongoDB provides inadequate functions and poor performance, leading to frequent timeouts in business system queries. By contrast, Elasticsearch is a very suitable solution.
2. Technology Stack Maturity
1) In terms of sharding and replica implementation, you have to bind collection data in MongoDB to specific instances during design. This means you have to finalize the allocation of nodes for shards and replica sets during cluster configuration. This is essentially the same as sharding traditional relational databases. In fact, this mode is widely used by the clusters of many data products, such as Redis-cluster and ClickHouse. By contrast, Elasticsearch clusters are not bound to shards or replica sets and can be adjusted as needed. In addition, Elasticsearch makes it easy to adopt different performance configurations for different nodes.
2) Operation logs accumulate rapidly, with over 10 million new entries every day. As a result, you have to scale out your servers at short time intervals, and this process is much more complicated than Elasticsearch.
3) Each MongoDB collection contains more than 1 billion data records. As a result, the performance of a simple quest in MongoDB is inferior to a query by inverted indexes in Elasticsearch.
4) The company has different levels of experience with the Elasticsearch and MongoDB technology stacks. Elasticsearch is widely used in many projects including core projects, so the company is accustomed to the technologies and O&M of Elasticsearch. By contrast, MongoDB is suitable for nothing apart from core business scenarios. However, no one wants to risk using MongoDB in core projects, leaving MongoDB in a very embarrassing situation.
3. Same Document Formats
MongoDB and Elasticsearch are both document-oriented databases. Binary Serialized Document Format (BSON) is similar to JavaScript Object Notation (JSON), and the _objectid field works in the same way as the _id field. Therefore, the data model essentially remains unchanged when primary and secondary data is migrated to the Elasticsearch platform.
Migration Solution
Migration between heterogeneous data systems consists involves two parts:
1) Migrate the application system at the upper layer. This involves shifting from MongoDB-oriented syntax rules to Elasticsearch-oriented ones.
2) Migrate data at the lower layer from MongoDB to Elasticsearch.
1. Evaluate Elastic Capacity
The original MongoDB cluster consisted of 15 servers, of which nine were data servers. How many servers are needed after migration to the Elasticsearch cluster? Use the following simple calculation. Assume that a MongoDB collection in the production environment contains 1 billion data entries. First, synchronize 1 million data entries from MongoDB to Elasticsearch in the test environment. If the 1 million data entries occupy 10 GB of disk space, 1 TB of disk space is required in the production environment. Then, add some redundancy based on expected business growth. According to this preliminary evaluation, the Elasticsearch cluster needs three servers configured with 8-core 16 GB memory and 2 TB hard disk drives (HDDs). Consequently, the number of servers is reduced from 15 to 3, significantly reducing configuration costs.
2. Set Elastic Index Rules
System operation logs are time-series data that requires no modification once fully written. Operation log records are queried most frequently in the month when they are generated and are seldom queried as historical data afterward. According to evaluation results, core data indexes are created and generated on a monthly basis. You must specify an operation time period when you make a service query so that the backend can identify query indexes based on the specified time period. Elasticsearch APIs support multi-index matching queries, making full use of Elasticsearch's features to merge queries that span multiple months. It is enough to create and generate non-core data indexes on a yearly basis.
3. Design Core Implementation Logic
Elasticsearch is not a relational database and does not have a transaction mechanism. All the data of the operation log system is sourced from the Kafka cluster. Data is consumed in sequence according to a mechanism. Therefore, pay special attention to the following two scenarios:
 - When primary data is synchronized to the operation log system before secondary data, the primary data records and Binlog field data are pieced together first when the secondary data is written.
 - When secondary data is synchronized to the operation log system before primary data, relevant index fields in secondary indexes are updated based on the primary data.
In Elasticsearch, index data is updated according to a near-real-time refresh mechanism. Therefore, data cannot be queried through search APIs immediately after it is submitted. In this case, how can we


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Vote by Ballot (established).
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Qualification for Members of Parliament (the Qualification Test is
abolished). Equal Electoral Districts.
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What is the source for the custom that Yemenite Jews people count Sefira in Aramaic? and why do they do it?
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Otzar Ta'amei Haminhagim (cf.) explains that it is a remnant of a time when the spoken language was Aramaic. Since the primary purpose of s'fira is the keeping track of days it is preferable to count in a language that enables the counter to keep track - i.e. a language the counter understands.
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Which leaves the question why we do not – SimchasTorah Apr 29 '11 at 2:54
_USER_ - Because the spoken language for (most of) us is not Aramaic. I have a friend (who is neither a Yemenite nor is Aramaic his mother tongue) who counts Sefirah in English. – Adam Mosheh Jun 10 '12 at 21:36
_USER_ My rule has always been, if you have to read the night's count inside because you can't in your head smoothly figure out what to say in Hebrew, you should just be counting in English. – Double AA Mar 6 '13 at 6:59
They preserve the Babylonian custom, where the native tongue of most people was Aramaic. The earliest attestation of saying the sefira in Aramaic of which I am aware is in the siddur of R. Saadia Gaon (see here, bottom of the page).
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Noun: bones bownz
 1. (used in the plural) a percussion instrument consisting of a pair of hollow pieces of wood or bone (usually held between the thumb and fingers) that are made to click together (as by Spanish dancers) in rhythm with the dance
 - castanets, clappers, finger cymbals
Noun: bone bown
 1. Rigid connective tissue that makes up the skeleton of vertebrates
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 2. The porous calcified substance from which bones are made
 - osseous tissue
 3. A shade of white the colour of bleached bones
 - ivory, pearl, off-white
Verb: bone bown
 1. [informal] Study intensively, as before an exam
 "I had to bone up on my Latin verbs before the final exam";
 - cram [informal], grind away, bone up [informal], swot [Brit, informal], get up [informal], mug up [Brit, informal], swot up [Brit, informal], revise [Brit]
 2. Remove the bones from
 "bone the turkey before roasting it";
 - debone
 3. [vulgar] (of a man) have sexual intercourse with
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What is the chemical resistance of Findenser?
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Findenser is resistant to the majority of solvents and splash-resistant to dilute acids and alkalis at room temperature. Extended exposure to acids or alkalis will attack the outer metal surface of the Findenser. It is important to clean off any chemical spills immediately after they occur.
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The inner body of Findenser and the cone/socket, i.e. the wetted parts that come into contact with the substance being evaporated during normal use, are borosilicate glass 3.3, which has very good chemical resistance. (See TB 101 Glass Technical Data sheet available here for further details.)
The metal finned jacket is anodised aluminium and the plug and seal are acetal and HT silicone.
Please consider the chemical compatibility of your chemicals with these materials. You can consult chemical resistance tables online.
It is not feasible for our R&D Laboratory to test Findenser with every possible chemical, so we cannot provide data.
As well as wiping off any spills, ensure there is not a significant concentration of corrosive chemical vapours in the air around the Findenser (e.g. by using the Findenser within our guidelines, so the solvent is retained in the Findenser/flask).
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Three external sources have informed the Contemporary literature of Afghanistan. The first has been the Russian and later Soviet literature and cultural, particularly 19th century literature represented by the likes of Tolstoy, Pushkin, Gorky, and Chekov. Next to French literary figures, the classic Russian writers had the deepest have had the deepest influence on Afghanistan's novelists. Furthermore, the post-revolutionary Russian writers also have had considerable impact on the style of the left leaning and Marxist Afghan literary figures. The influence of Iranian literature on Afghan poets and storywriters can not be underestimated. In particular, the Iranian writers and novelists with leftist tendencies or who were sympathetic to the Tudeh party, such as Abolqasem Lahouti, Ahmad Shamlu, Farokhi Yazdi, had considerable influence on Afghanistan's leftist literary figures. Finally, the impact of European literature, specially French and German writers, on contemporary Afghan literary figures began from the second decade of the twentieth century. The American literary influence, however, is of recent origin.
Short stories, novels, plays and prose poetry were all western literary genres adopted by Afghan writers and poems. With the spread of European literature in Afghanistan, either directly from Europe or through translated works from Iran, traditional Afghan literature, particularly poetry, gradually gave way to modern versions. A new wave of modern Afghan writers and poets blazed, at times fearlessly, new literary trails. The gate to modernity was further widened with the increase in the number of Afghan students in both western and communist countries. A gradual rush to translate modern literary works also contributed to the growing familiarity of Afghan writers and poets with various components of modernity in western literature.


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Reader question: "I have read that you need to leave your ball python alone when it's going through a shed. How soon after a shed can I handle my ball python?"
You can handle it immediately after a shed. You don't have to worry much about it, after the snake has shed. The hands-off period occurs before the ball python sheds — not after.
When the snake first starts to go "blue," it will start hiding more than usual. Its eyes will get cloudy, and the skin tone will become darker. This is a normal part of the shedding process. This is when you should avoid handling the ball python. The snake's eyes will have an opaque layer over them, so it won't be able to see very well. Handling at this time can cause the animal stress. How would you like to be picked up by something you couldn't see?
Ball pythons feel vulnerable when they're going through a shed cycle. That's why you should avoid handling them, until after they shed.
When your snake goes into the "blue" phase leading up to a shed, you might want to increase the relative humidity inside the enclosure. Snakes use moisture to separate the old skin layer from the underlying layer. That's why it's so important to keep your ball python well hydrated — it helps them shed properly, all in one piece.
You can handle the ball python anytime after a shed. Just leave it alone when it's going into the shed. If you have additional questions about ball python care, you can download our e-book on the subject. You can also post a question to our Q&A forum.