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Reliable Industries is considering the construction of a power plant investment in India. Reliable analysts calculate that the cost of building the plant is $600 million, and the IRR of the plant is 13%. The analysts also estimate that given the experience of building the first plant, a second plant can be built for $550 million, and additional plants can be built for $500 million each.
1. How would you go about evaluating whether to build or not to build this power plant in India?
2. Are you evaluating a project or a strategy?
3. How does the risk associated with the power plant strategy compare with the risk associated with the individual power plants?


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Pulse Induction Metal Detector - The Best Detectors for Finding Gold!
The pulse Induction metal detector is the best metal detector for finding gold in the WA Gold fields because;
 - PI Detectors do not respond to the iron mineralization commonly found in the WA Goldfields e.g. magnetite.
 - This is strongly evident in magnetite hotrock conditions which will cause the VLF to overload but not impact on a PI. A nugget of gold next to a magnetite hotrock will be missed by a VLF detector but the positive gold response will be picked up by a PI detectors.
 - They have increased depth over VLF due to the increased power that can be generated to the coil which creates a stronger signal.
 - Pulse Induction metal detectors are designed specifically for the conditions found in the goldfields of Australia.
As outlined in the Compare metal detectors page, it can be seen that the PI is the best metal detector for finding native gold nuggets.
How do Pulse Induction Metal Detectors Work?
The Pulse Induction Metal Detector generates a brief high current pulse into the ground via the coil transmit wiring. When the current is flowing it generates a magnetic field that expands outwards from the coil.
When this magnetic field encounters a metallic object it changes the current flow.
When the current pulse is turned off the current flow generated by the object generates back to the coil creating the target sound.
The resulting signal (target sound) returned via the receive coil is amplified, sampled and analysed.
This cycle is repeated on an ongoing basis hundreds to thousands of times per second.
Why Can You Find Small Pieces of Iron Easily Yet Miss Small Gold?
It is important to note that the signal strength and duration of the signal varies from object to object. Iron produces a larger and longer signal than gold and that is why a similar sized piece of iron will produce a stronger signal than gold and be easier to detect!
So if you are wildly swinging your detector and finding small pieces of iron like staples and no gold, remember it may be the technique you are using that is preventing you detecting those small pieces of gold. It does not follow that just because you are finding small fragments of iron you will also always find the small gold!
Pulse Induction Metal Detectors Main Advantages
Mineralised Ground Handles mineralised ground better than a VLF. Heavily mineralised ground will overload the circuits of a VLF.
DepthGenerally greater depth particularly in mineralised areas.
Hot RocksHandles hot rocks and mineralisation better than VLF.
Small Nugget DetectionIn noisy mineralised areas the PI has an advantage over the VLF.
Monoloops Only Used on PI metal detectors.Monoloops are only used on PI detectors and they can be more sensitive to smaller gold.
For a further information about coils see Metal Detector Coils
PI Metal Detectors Designed to Find GoldIn general terms the PI Metal Detectors have been specifically designed and built to find native gold nuggets.
PricePrice of PI Machines are much higher than the VLF machines
Electrical Interference and EMIMore sensitive to Electrical and Electromagnetic interference.
Discrimination PI Machines do not reliably discriminate between different metals.
The most reliable discriminator is you, by digging the target!
A Signal can be Generated by some hotrocks In PI Detectors PI Machines will generate a response to the basalts and banded jaspers in WA
Some hotrocks will generate a weak target in the WA goldfields but the target dissapears if the coil is raised so deeper hotrocks do not generate a notieceable signal.
Earth Field Effect signal (EFE)This is the noise caused by voltage generated by the coil moving through the earths magnetic field.
Although there is an attempt to elimintate this in the design of the detector it is seldom eliminated.
This signal is particularly noticeable at the end of each swing of the metal detector.
Other sensitivity to noise PI Machines can create strong ground noises in some conditions such as:
- Where there is a clay base.
- Where there is a accumulation of buried ash from fires.
- Where there is concentrations of Maghemite (Ferromagnetic ferric oxide)
What Should You Base Your Purchase Decision On?
For example now the Minelab 5000 series has been released, Minelab 4500 machines are readily available second hand for about $Aud4500.
Minelab 4000 machines range down from these prices.
A new Minelab 5000 metal detector will set you back $Aud6700 - the technology of the Minelab 4000 and 4500 is excellent for finding gold in Western Australia, but at a much lesser cost.
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If you review this page and the VLF metal detector page it will help you make a more informed decision based on your needs and the criteria you want to use when selecting a metal detector and coil combination.
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Swift: Use for-in loops with your own sequence types
For-in loop The for-in loop might well be familiar to you from working with arrays. For example: let intArray = [1,2,3,4,5,6] for int in intArray { println(int) } Here each value in the array is iterated over and returned as the value (in this case named int) within the loop. Build your own sequence and generator We can use the for-in loop to iterate over our own types that adopt the SequenceType protocol as is explored in this post. There are two requirements that the SequenceType protocol makes of a Type that adopts it: (1) the type must contain a method to return an instance of a Type that adopts the GeneratorType protocol, (2) it must typealias the name of the generator type to GeneratorType. And these requirements in their barest form might look like this: struct MySequence:SequenceType { typealias GeneratorType = MyGenerator func generate() -> GeneratorType { var gen = MyGenerator() return gen } } Next, because we are instantiating a gene


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Smartstrips: Foils that breathe
Smartstrips is the first breathable highlight strip that allows the perfect amount of oxygen in and expels damaging gases out.
Too much oxygen during balayage and the blonding cream or powder oxidizes and loses its lifting power. No oxygen (when wrapped in foil, paper, or other meche brands) and the mixture swells due to toxic gases. This hamper painting creativity, as well as increases the risk of overprocessing the ends or previously lightened hair.
The special composition of strips enables the entrance of the right amount of oxygen to obtain the lightening effects and the vent of gas that is harmful for the hair fibre. They allow enough oxygen to stabilize the mixture during the process, while preventing total oxygen flow that would over-oxidize. The result allows the product to stay fresh longer and perform at optimum capacity fuelled by oxygen to achieve incredible results. This occurs while ventilating the corrosive damaging chemical fumes that foil traps in – such as ammonia.
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TEMPERATURE EFFECT ON DIODE
The following graph shows the effect of temperature on the characteristics of diode
A-B curve: This curve shows the characteristics of diode for different temperatures in the forward biase. As we can see from the figure given above, that curve moves towards left as we increase the temperature. We know with increase in temperature, conductivity of semiconductors increase. The intrinsic concentration (ni) of the semiconductors is dependent on temperature as given by:
Eg is the energy gap
K is a voltage man constant
A is a constant independent of temperature
When temperature is high, the electrons of the outermost shell take the thermal energy and become free. So conductivity increases with temperature. Hence with increase in temperature, the A-B curve would shift towards left i.e. curve would rise sharply and the breakdown voltage would also decrease with increase in temperature.
A-C curve: This curve shows the characteristics of diode in the reverse biased region till the breakdown voltage for different temperatures. We know ni concentration would increase with increase in temperature and hence minority charges would increase with increase in temperature. The minority charge carriers are also known as thermally generated carriers and the reverse current depends on minority carriers only. Hence as the number of minority charge carriers increase, the reverse current would also increase with temperature as shown in the figure given on the previous page.
The reverse saturation current gets double with every 10 C increase in temperature.
C-D curve: This curve shows the characteristics of a diode in reverse biased region from the breakdown voltage point onwards. As with increase in temperature, loosely bonded electrons are already free and to free the other electrons, it would take more voltage than earlier. Hence breakdown voltage increases with increase in temperature as depicted in the figure shown in the figure given on the previous page..

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What Do Yellow, Red, Blue, and Green Lines Mean on the iPhone Weather App or Widget?
Checking the weather has become a relatively easy process since modern smartphones have come into existence. You can now simply open an app and access the weather information of your city or another from anywhere on the planet. iOS 15 makes knowing the weather around much easier to understand and interpret as it not only notifies you about upcoming weather conditions but also gives you a glimpse of what to expect throughout the day in terms of temperature.
If you're wondering why you're using seeing bars colored in yellow, red, blue, or green inside the Weather app, we'll help you understand what they are, what those colors mean individually, and more in the post below.
Why do you see Yellow, Red, Blue, and Green lines on the Weather app/widget?
iOS 15 brings a whole new redesign to the Weather app and the latest update to the service has brought a new visual way to show you the temperature of the place you're in. If you're seeing a bar next to today's weather colored in yellow, red, blue, or green lines, it essentially tells you the temperature range for the day.
Weather app in iOS 15 DB2
You should also be able to see similar bars corresponding to tomorrow's weather info and a few subsequent days by checking out the 10-day weather forecast and the 4×4 Weather widget.
This is a welcome change to iPhone users who can now get an idea of the whole day's forecast instead of just being shown the highest and lowest temperatures for the day.
Weather Widget in iOS 15 DB1
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What does every color mean?
In case you're wondering what is the temperature range for a particular day in your region, you need to first understand what range each of the colors indicated inside the Weather app corresponds to.
 - Dark Blue: Extremely Cold (less than 0°C)
 - Light Blue: Cold (0°C to 15°C)
 - Green: Slightly Cold (15°C to 20°C)
 - Yellow: Slightly Warm(20°C to 25°C)
 - Orange: Warm(25°C to 30°C)
 - Red: Extremely Hot (30°C and above)
An overview of these color codes will also appear when you open a location's Temperature Index. Here's what it looks like:
Why do I see different colors in the same line?
Depending on the weather in your region, you may see a single-colored or multi-colored line adjacent to a particular day inside the weather app.
If you only see a single line, you can expect the temperature range to remain the same throughout the day.
If you see multiple colors in the same bar, then you can expect the temperature to vary significantly between the start and end of the day. When you see multiple colors, they will be stacked in the same manner as they're listed above.
For example, if you live in a moderately warm region but expect rainfall, you may see today's weather show you a line with a combination of Orange/Yellow/Green colors.
Related: iOS 15: How To Drag and Drop Pictures, Files, Texts, Links, and More Between Apps
Why are some colored lines shorter than others?
If you're looking at the temperature range of your region for the next few days, you may notice that some colored lines are longer or shorter than the rest of them. Some lines may cover the whole length of the bar while some will have empty spaces on the left or right sides. Why is that, you ask?
The colored bars do not only show you various temperate ranges but also indicate the minimum and maximum temperatures for a particular day. To help you understand what the weather is going to be like for the upcoming days, the Weather app shows the minimum and maximum temperatures on the left and right sides of the colored bar respectively for the next 10 days.
If a day's minimum temperature matches with the 10-day forecast's minimum value, then its bar will start from the extreme left.
If a day's maximum temperature matches with the 10-day forecast's maximum temperature, then its bar will end on the extreme right side.
For days where the temperature range is shorter than the range expected for the next 10 days, their bars will be shorter.
For example, let's take a look at Copenhagen's 10-day forecast.
As you can see from Today's forecast above, the colored bar changes from green to yellow to orange to indicate the transition from 14°C to 24°C throughout the day. You will also notice that Today's forecast occupies the whole bar leaving no empty space behind. This means the maximum and minimum temperatures for the day are the same as what's expected in the next 10 days.
When you compare today's forecast to that of Thursday, you will notice that the colored bar is shorter than the one shown for today. That's because, the minimum temperature for Thursday is 16°C, which is 2°C higher than today; that's why the temperature bar shift slightly (2/10 portion; since 14-24°C is the total size of the bar) to the right side.
Similarly, Thursday's maximum temperature (21°C) is also lower than the maximum value (24°C) for the 10-day forecast and that's why its temperature bar ends 3 spaces shorter the whole size of the bar.
Depending on the weather in your region, you may see different-sized bars for different days if you're expecting significant changes in the climate.
How do you get it?
The new temperature range bars are available in the Weather app on iOS 15 Developer Beta 2 (DB2) that released last week for iPhones. If you're already on the first Developer beta of iOS 15, you can update your device to DB2 by going to Settings > General > Software Update and then installing the latest version that's available.
The new temperature bars are an exclusive feature on iOS 15 only, so if you're running iOS 14 or an older operating system, you will need to wait till this fall when Apple releases the stable version of iOS 15 to the public.
Where can you see colored temperature bars?
The colored bars that indicate the temperature range for a particular day can be seen in two different ways:
 - Inside the Weather app: You can see the temperature range for today and all subsequent days under the '10-Day Forecast' section when you view a weather card after opening the Weather app.
 - Inside the Weather app's 4×4 widget: Temperature range bars are also available when you use the 'Large' size Weather widget. However, instead of a 10-day forecast, you will only see the colored bars for the next 5 days. You won't see the temperature range in a line for today's forecast as well. Instead, you will be greeted with a periodic layout of estimated temperature for the next few hours.
I'm on iOS 15 beta. Why do I not see this?
If you're already on iOS 15 beta and you're not seeing the new temperature range inside either the Weather app or widget, then it means you're not on the newest version of iOS 15 beta. As we have mentioned above, the colored temperature bars are only visible inside the Weather app if your iPhone is running the latest iOS 15 Developer Beta 2 (DB2) that Apple released last week. You can update your device to the latest beta by going to Settings > General > Software Update.
If you're on iOS 15 DB2 but you're facing issues with the Weather app, you need to accept that you may have run into a bug that's expected from such early developmental updates. You can expect these bugs to be ironed out in future beta releases or when iOS 15 rolls out to the public. If you're facing an issue inside the Weather app, you can open the Feedback app to report it to Apple so they resolve it in the next version.
That's all there is to know about colored lines/bars in the Weather app on iOS 15.
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An integrated research and design initiative to provide evidence of the human benefits of nearby nature experience in cities
The National Nature Sacred Awards Program, sponsored by the TKF Foundation, is pleased to announce that it will provide $4.5 million in funding for six projects of national significance. This grant program is unusual in that each project integrates landscape design and empirical research. The collection of exceptional spaces will demonstrate how nearby nature in the city can provide sacred and spiritual experiences. Each project will combine the creation of tranquil, restorative spaces in urban environments with rigorous study of their impact on users' well-being and resilience.
These examples of high quality design and research will elevate public awareness about the necessity and value of tranquil places where people can contemplate, reflect and be restored. Each of the Open Spaces Sacred Places projects align with the TKF Foundation's mission, treating human health and the environment as an integrated whole. Each project team will create a unique and engaging green space that is designed specifically for a human population having particular needs. Located across the United States, the collection of projects will address the challenges of local populations by creating opportunities for recovery, wholeness and celebration, and contribute rigorous research that confirms the benefits of experiencing nature in urban settings.
As earlier gardens were built, the TKF Foundation began to see certain design features emerge across Open Spaces Sacred Places. As designers and communities worked together to create their unique sacred spaces, certain elements contributed to the experience of sacred:
portal — When one passes through an archway, a gate, a stand of trees, a pergola, or other marker there is a clear movement from the space of everyday life and functioning. One enters a reflective space and encounters the fascinations of nature.
path — Whether linear and well-defined, or more meandering, a path allows one to focus attention and achieve a mindfulness about the surroundings. A path can ground one with the earth while offering a sense of connection to a greater reality that is sacredness.
destination — An appealing feature or end point draws in a person to the welcoming space. The sojourn, however brief, is rewarded by a feature that encourages quiet, fascination, joy, and spiritual connection with nature.
surround — Design elements — such as plantings, fencing, or trees — provide an encompassing sense of boundary, safety and enclosure within the Open Space Sacred Place. Portal, path and destination invite one to experience a space; the sense of surround ensures that one experiences a sense of being away and an emotional separation from the stress and challenges of life.
Each of the project gardens includes these four main elements. Yet there is variety within unity as each of the project teams responded to the unique landscape or social conditions within their community. One project is a nearly linear healing garden nestled within a ravine, while another is a totally constructed site within a tornado destruction zone. Most projects also include areas for sitting or walking, with opportunities to tend plants; engage and communicate with other users; and record individual experiences in a journal (required on every site).
Each of the six diverse — yet contemplative spaces — will target and engage an urban population in need. The expected users include residents within communities that have experienced natural disasters, wounded warriors struggling through rehabilitation and members of an inner city community working toward an economic rebound. In all instances, community-based planning was used to explore and then determine how the Open Space Sacred Place would reflect the unique resources and needs of the community. Some projects will also attempt to better understand how the process of collaborative planning and stewardship of open and sacred places can improve health and wellness.
Prior to this national grant program, the TKF Foundation had funded more than one hundred Open Spaces Sacred Places in the Washington D.C. to Baltimore, Maryland region. Once installed, these spaces became cherished and beloved by their communities. Each Open Space Sacred Place contains a signature bench and visitors are invited to write a journal entry while seated in the garden. All journal entries are collected and transcribed, and within the thousands of these impromptu comments one finds remarkable, heartfelt testimonials about the power of nature to transform, heal and bring clarity through reflection. Based on these frank and powerful sharings, the TKF Foundation decided to expand the geographic scope of its funding for sacred spaces and pursue the talents of scientists to more precisely describe how people respond to nearby nature that offers special meaning.
A national call for proposals suggested these goals for the research applications — summarized in Figure 1 :
Each project has identified a population or group of people that faces particular hardships or challenges. Past research indicates that experiences in nearby nature in cities can initiate immediate positive responses, sometimes noted by a person but often below consciousness. Rapid responses can be of both body (such as stress recovery) and mind (such as improved cognitive ability). Several teams will measure this initial response or experience and the direct effects of real time experiences of Open Spaces Sacred Places.
Immediate response to a nature site may have lingering effects after a person leaves, or may carry over between site visits. There can be secondary effects or responses of individuals or groups, and may include physical, emotional and mental well-being of the user due to their site-based experience. Some of the projects will study the durable changes or impacts on a person or small social groups. Some of the reported effects pertain to a general sense of mental or emotional health. Others address how nature experiences may serve as therapy for diagnosed conditions.
Residual effects of nature experience may have more extensive secondary influences in a person's life. Urban lifestyles are complex and people are called on to function in a variety of contexts. Some projects proposed research questions about carryover effects in the workplace, home, school and community.
There has been some effort to translate previously studied benefits of the human experience of nature to economic terms. Many studies have assessed the role of landscape, the presence of trees and improved property values (known as hedonic valuation). A few have explored reduced health care costs that are a result of more-active lifestyles and increased physical activity. Some of the projects will apply valuation approaches to their benefits findings to help demonstrate the economic implications of providing high-quality green spaces for people in urban settings.
Collectively, the six projects successfully addressed the TKF Foundation's desire to create a community of science intent upon studying and communicating the impact of open, sacred places on people's health, well-being and resilience. The six projects will not only provide tranquil spaces, but will also support and confirm the benefits derived by urban residents from immersion in open and natural environments that are programmed for human revitalization. Peer-reviewed articles will report the reliable and replicable research about how urban open, sacred places contribute to the health and spirituality of people in cities.
More than 80 percent of the U.S. population and more than 50 percent of the world's population lives in urbanized areas. Cities, rather than being regarded as ecological wastelands, are now seen as the most viable and energy efficient way to provide homes and jobs for ever-growing human populations. Once regarded as leftover spaces that were waiting to be converted to "highest and best" economic use, parks and open space are increasingly recognized as essential for urban livability and quality of life.
Urban designers and planners are comprehensively integrating ecology and nature into built environments using systems approaches, such as green infrastructure, low impact development and urban landscape ecology. Expenses for these efforts are justified by call outs of better air and water quality; reduced heat island effect; and reduced carbon emissions. Recent research has shown that careful design and maintenance of urban greening facilities can also provide human health and well-being benefits, such as stress recovery, improved mental health, faster healing and improved community situations, including lower crime rates.
Yet the American experience, perhaps more so than any other nation, includes the recognition and conservation of those grand natural areas that inspire awe and instill a deep, meaningful sense of the power of nature. Once limited to wild land and rural areas, more people who are committed to city living seek to find calm, serenity and restorative experiences within the city. There is an emergent understanding that even the smallest fragments of nearby nature have the power to engage, fascinate, and satisfy one's senses. The National Open Spaces Sacred Places design and research initiative will propel greater community commitments to creating those spaces that satisfy the soul. The research, in particular, may not be able to detect the intangibles of spirituality, but will provide evidence of the health and wellbeing consequences of nature's sacredness. The results will make a compelling case for how meaningful experiences of sacred should be part of community decision making about the necessary character and qualities of parks and green space investments.


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TF5800 manual: the remote control
Remote control buttons and their functions
1. Power.
PowerUse this button to switch the PVR in and out of standby mode.
2. Mute
MutePress mute to temporarily switch off the sound; press again to switch it back on.
3. TV/Radio
TV/RadioSwitch the PVR between television and radio channels.
4. Satellite
SatelliteThis button switches the output of the main SCART socket between the PVR's picture and the device connected to the secondary SCART socket.
5. Opt
OptThe Opt button gives access to additional features, such as subtitles, favourites, soundtracks and the sleep timer.
6. Numeric keys
These are used to enter channel numbers and menu options. The 0 key also cycles through picture size options.
7. Recall
RecallThe Recall button switches between the current channel and the previously viewed one.
8. Info
InfoPress i to display more information about the current programme or a programme highlighted in the EPG.
9. Guide
GuideThe Guide button displays the Electronic Programme Guide (EPG).
10. Menu
MenuUse this button to access the PVR's menus, or to return to the previous menu from a sub-menu.
11. List
ListPress List once to display a list of all the channels stored for TV or Radio. Press it again when the list is displayed to select a group of Favourite channels.
12. Exit
ExitPress Exit to leave the current screen.
13. V+, V-
V+V-These buttons increase and decrease the volume. In some screens, they also work as right and left movement keys.
14. P+/P-
P+P-The P+ and P- buttons move to the next or previous channel in the channel list or the current Favourites list. In some screens, they also work as up and down movement keys.
15. OK/List
OK/ListThe OK button is used to select items in menus, and in interactive services. When viewing live TV, it displays the channel list, and when viewing a recordings, it will display the list or recordings in the archive.
16. Up and down keys
UpDownIn system menus, the up and down keys allows you to choose an item from the menu. They are also used to navigate through the electronic programme guide, and in interactive services.
17. Left and right keys
LeftRightIn system menus, left and right keys allow you to change the options for a menu item. They are also used to navigate through the electronic programme guide, and in interactive services.
18. Rewind
RewindPress to reverse playback; press again to increase speed, or hold down to move along the progress bar.
19. Play
PlayPress to go to normal playback speed, or to display the progress bar for faster navigation when playback has already started.
From the Archive, press to resume playback from the last position.
20. Fast forward.
Fast forwardPress to start fast forward, and again to increase playback speed, or hold down to move along the progress bar.
21. Stop
StopPress to stop playback, to stop a recording, or to jump back to live TV from time shifted television.
22. Record
RecordPress to start a recording.
23. Pause
PausePress to pause playback of a recorded programme or live television.
24. Slow motion
SlowThis button starts slow motion playback. Subsequent presses change the speed of playback.
25. PiP move
PiPPress this button once to start the Picture in Picture (PiP) function. Press again to change the position of the Picture in Picture, and to turn it off.
26. Archive
ArchiveThis button displays the list of recorded programmes that have been saved on your PVR's hard disk.
27. Text button
TextThe Text button is used to access or leave interactive services, such as BBCi and Teletext.
28. PiP Swap
PiP switchThis button swaps the Picture in Picture with the main picture.
29. White key
WhiteWhen the PiP function is being used, this key displays a list so that you can choose which channel is displayed in the smaller picture.
When the Progress Bar is displayed, it allows you to select a section of a programme for repeat playback or editing.
Colour keys
The coloured keys on the remote control are used by interactive services, such as BBCi or Teletext – for example, you may see a message on screen asking you to 'Press Red.' The keys are also used in some of the PVR menus, where you will usually see an on screen message telling you which key to use for which function.
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The goal of the Minority Science and Engineering Improvement Program is:
To contribute to the development and increase the number of African Americans who graduate from LeMoyne-Owen College and enter into careers in the STEM (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) fields.
The objectives to support the goal of the program are:
(1) To increase the number and proportion of STEM majors by 10% each year.
(2) To provide strictly monitored tutorial programs to increase the retention and achievement of STEM majors.
(3) To increase the number of STEM education majors to teach K-12 students.
(4) To provide strictly monitored mentoring services designed to increase the number of STEM graduates.
(5) To place at-risk or high-need STEM graduates in their declared major fields.
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- Carbon, nitrogen and phosphorus mineralization in two soils amended with distillery yeast
- Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP)
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- The possibility of using yeast from alcohol distilleries as a source of nutrients in soil was investigated. The following treatments were used: no fertilization (control), 0.5% (w/w) yeast, 1% (w/w) yeast, and NPK. The decomposition of yeast was monitored for 90 days in two soils. The CO, production and the microbial biomass were increased by art average of 1- to 3-fold by yeast incorporation compared to control. Protease activity also was enhanced 3- to 8-fold in the soils supplemented with yeast compared to control. The phosphatase activities were higher than control only during the first days. While nitrate contents increased in all treatments compared to control, available P only increased in the soils amended with 1%, yeast or NPK by 45-119% and 309-489%, respectively. These results indicate that there exists an excellent potential for the use of yeast in the soil as a source of nitrate and available P for plant nutrition. (C) 2003 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
- Bioresource Technology. Oxford: Elsevier B.V., v. 94, n. 2, p. 159-167, 2004.
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text: This article presents silhouette–attraction (Sil–Att), a simple and effective method for text clustering, which is based on two main concepts: the silhouette coefficient and the idea of attraction. The combination of both principles allows us to obtain a general technique that can be used either as a boosting method, which improves results of other clustering algorithms, or as an independent clustering algorithm. The experimental work shows that Sil–Att is able to obtain high-quality results on text corpora with very different characteristics. Furthermore, its stable performance on all the considered corpora is indicative that it is a very robust method. This is a very interesting positive aspect of Sil–Att with respect to the other algorithms used in the experiments, whose performances heavily depend on specific characteristics of the corpora being considered.


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Crushing fresh potatoes results in the grains of starch being separated from the damaged cells, which is the first step in the production of potato starch. After that, the starch is washed and let aside to dry. When it is completely dry, potato starch takes on the appearance of a fine, flour-like powder.
How do you make potato starch at home?
Make a paper cone by rolling a sheet of paper into a cone and then sticking it into the neck of a tiny glass jar, like a spice jar. After the potato starch has been poured into the jar, the paper lid should be removed and the jar should then be sealed. Store the jar in a cool, dry location with the lid on firmly.
What is potatoes starch?
The smashed potatoes are then processed to remove the starch. The smashed potatoes are rinsed to remove the starch, and then they are dried. Because of its absence of taste and impressive potential for thickening, it is very coveted in the food sector. Even just one teaspoon (12 grams) of potato starch has four benefits, including:
What is potassium potassium starch?
The starch that may be found in potatoes is called potato starch.Potatoes are edible tubers that are produced by the potato plant (Solanum tuberosum), which is a member of the nightshade family.Potatoes are more popularly known as potatoes.It may come as a surprise to find potato starch or potato flour listed as an ingredient in the following products if you carefully study the ingredient labels:
Can you use potato starch as a thickener?
If you are thickening a hot liquid using potato starch, it is essential to avoid bringing the liquid to a boil.Doing so will make it more difficult for the liquid to reach the desired consistency after being thickened.You may bake with it if you add it to warm water beforehand, but make sure not to let it boil.The following are some nutritious recipes for resistant starch that contain potato starch as an ingredient.


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Budgeted Optimization with Concurrent Stochastic-Duration Experiments
TitleBudgeted Optimization with Concurrent Stochastic-Duration Experiments
Publication TypeConference Paper
Year of Publication2011
AuthorsAzimi, J., A. Fern, and X. Z. Fern
Secondary AuthorsShawe-Taylor, J., R. S. Zemel, P. Bartlett, F C N. Pereira, and K. Q. Weinberger
Conference NameAdvances in Neural Information Processing Systems 24
Date Published12/2011
Conference LocationGranada, Spain
Budgeted optimization involves optimizing an unknown function that is costly to evaluate by requesting a limited number of function evaluations at intelligently selected inputs. Typical problem formulations assume that experiments are selected one at a time with a limited total number of experiments, which fail to capture important aspects of many real-world problems. This paper defines a novel problem formulation with the following important extensions: 1) allowing for concurrent experiments; 2) allowing for stochastic experiment durations; and 3) placing constraints on both the total number of experiments and the total experimental time. We develop both offline and online algorithms for selecting concurrent experiments in this new setting and provide experimental results on a number of optimization benchmarks. The results show that our algorithms produce highly effective schedules compared to natural baselines.


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- adj - relating to or occurring or living in or frequenting the open ocean
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Traumatic and Complicated Grief Among Children: One or Two Constructs?
The purpose of this study was to examine the concepts of traumatic and complicated grief among children. Some authors seemingly use the concepts interchangeably, whereas others make a distinction between the two. A sample of 240 mainly parentally bereaved children were administered the Extended Grief Inventory (EGI). Two confirmatory factor analyses were run to examine the EGI factor structure and to determine whether traumatic and complicated grief are one or two concepts. Goodness-of-fit tests for the two models was considered acceptable for both models, however, the two-factor model was a better fit. Multiple regression analyses found that children's age, gender, and ethnicity were important predictors of traumatic grief but only gender was a predictor of complicated grief. Violent death was a predictor of complicated grief in an unadjusted regression analysis.


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Lundys Lane is an unincorporated area along Route 18 in Elk Creek Township, east of Albion and south of Cranesville.
What's the story?
The decisive Battle of Lake Erie -- famously led by Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry in 1813 during the War of 1812 -- is well-known throughout the region. But lesser-known is one of the bloodiest land battles of the war, waged on July 25, 1814, at Lundy's Lane (sometimes referred to as "Lundy" or "Lundys") in Ontario. It was during this battle near Niagara Falls, between the evenly matched British and American forces, that 1,731 soldiers were killed or wounded, according to online encyclopedia Brittanica.com.
It was this battle, too, that received a local tribute. A few decades after the clash -- in a part of Elk Creek Township that is nearly 140 miles by land from the battle site -- a new post office south of Cranesville was built to accommodate a growing population. Maj. James Fleming, a veteran of the War of 1812 and a local resident, is credited with naming that area Lundys Lane.
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6 Reasons to Get a Hot Tub for Your Home
Updated: Sep 10, 2020
Hot tubs are the epitome of luxury and relaxation but they are also known for their health benefits as well as their ability to promote mental and emotional well-being.
From clearing the body of toxins to improving cardiovascular health, there really seems to be no downside to having a hot tub in your home.
If you are looking for a new way to relax at home with your friends and family, a hot tub may be the answer. Here are the main reasons you should get a hot tub for your home.
Hot tub on deck that is over looking a lake at dusk.
1. Anxiety Relief
Although it seems obvious, hot tubs and their connection to stress reduction and relaxation are extremely valuable. On top of the physical benefits regularly soaking in a hot tub, there is a mental and emotional benefit to it as well.
Stress is a common and dangerous health issue in the US that affects close relationships, sleep, mental health, weight, and overall well-being. Whether work is your source of stress or if it's the demands of modern life everyone deserves a break, including you.
You can incorporate hot tub sessions into your mornings to start the day off right or the evenings to wind down. Adding a soak in a hot tub to your daily life would be a life-changer.
You can face a stressful day head-on knowing that it will end with you soaking in a hot tub.
Stress and anxiety can be managed with a proper diet, regular exercise, and proper sleep but another aspect to anxiety relief is time spent simply enjoying a moment of quiet.
2. Promotes Quality Sleep
Insomnia is a common struggle for Americans that links to depression, anxiety, weight gain, high blood sugar, the list goes on and on. When you're not getting enough sleep you can begin to stress over getting sleep which, in turn, makes you sleep even less.
Because sleep disorders can be difficult to treat on your own it can be discouraging and exhausting to try and find ways to finally get some rest. Supplements, medications, and sleep podcasts could help but have you considered soaking in a hot tub before bed?
Using a hot tub daily promotes stress relief as we know, but that ties into getting quality sleep as well. Studies on hot tubs and their connection to sleep showed that using a hot tub before bed leads to deep, restful sleep.
Having a nighttime sleep ritual to signal to your brain and body that its time for sleep and ending it with a nice soak in the hot tub sounds like the perfect thing to do to keep your nerves away.
3. Self-Care
When you're busy, it is easy to get stuck on auto-pilot. Life moves fast and time never stops, it can be easy to overlook your needs and it can be difficult to prioritize yourself.
Self-care and self-love are necessary for all people. By assuring that we take little moments of our hectic days to check in with ourselves will assure that we can handle any amount of stress that comes our way.
Taking care of our emotional and mental well-being results in resiliency and strength when things don't go our way. Having a hot tub in your home is a sure-fire way to ensure that you will set aside some quality time to be with yourself.
By taking care of yourself first and foremost, you will signal to others around you that your time is valuable and your needs are important. Self-care can also increase confidence and self-esteem.
4. Spa Treatment at Home
By having a hot tub in your home, you no longer have to fantasize about vacation destinations during your 9-5. The vacation destination is your home!
Make it a complete experience by buying yourself a proper robe and slippers, putting on some relaxing music, and getting some waterside snacks and drinks.
You can even invite guests over and make an event out of it. Installing a hot tub will make your home a sanctuary for you, your family, and your friends!
5. Hot Tubs Can Be Enjoyed in Every Season
Unlike pools, that can only be enjoyed in the summer and spring (depending on the climate), hot tubs can be enjoyed whatever the weather!
Hot tubs also give you the perfect reason to spend some time outside in Spring, Summer, Fall and Winter ❄. You can enjoy a sunrise, sunset, or a starry night from the comfort of your hot tub.
6. Recover From Muscle and Joint Injuries
When you're in a hot tub you are buoyant, meaning that you have less stress on your muscles and joints which leads to recovery. The temperature of the water helps relieve pain.
The hot water also increases circulation in the body which leads to a decrease in inflammation and an increase in joint mobility for up to hours after you get out of the tub. Regular soaks in the hot tub also decrease muscle spasms and it's a great way to recover after a hard work out.
If you have arthritis, hot tubs can also be helpful to provide a gentle place at home to do exercises for your joints. Water exercises are pain-free and they increase flexibility and strength without the pressure on your joints.
A bonus is that hot tubs can also aid in the relief of headaches by dilating the blood vessels. The pressure that builds up in the head during a migraine or a headache can be decreased because of the dilated vessels alongside the general comfort and warmth the hot tub provides.
Get a Hot Tub and Increase Your Quality of Life
The list above is only scratching the surface of what having a hot tub in your home can bring to your life.
Other than providing mental, physical, and emotional benefits, hot tubs also are less wasteful than taking hot baths at home. Hot tubs don't need to be refilled every day unlike warm baths, that's why proper maintenance is of utmost importance if you do decide to invest in one.
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Pyepics-Compatible Client
What is This?
Pyepics is a well-established Python wrapper of libca. Caproto includes a client that is a drop-in replacement for pyepics. It is implemented as a shim on top of caproto's main Threading Client. Caproto's pyepics-compatible client is tested against a representative sample of the pyepics test suite.
Why would you ever want to use caproto's pyepics instead of actual pyepics? It may be advantageous to run existing user code written for pyepics on top of caproto — for example, to leverage caproto's verbose logging or portability.
Why are there two threading clients in caproto instead of just one pyepics-compatible one? Caproto's main threading client makes different design choices, consistent with the rest of caproto:
 1. Caproto's threading client provides a lower-level API, handing the user objects encapsulating the complete response from the server as opposed to just the value.
 2. Caproto pulls apart the subscription process into two steps—specifying a subscription and adding a user callback function to one—whereas pyepics elides them.
Caproto is speed-competitive with pyepics. Because it controls the entire network stack, rather than calling out to libca, it can batch requests into UDP datagrams and TCP packets more efficiently, leading to a ~250X speedup in connecting a large number of channels in bulk.
The authors of caproto are heavy pyepics users and occasional contributors. This module is intended as a friendly bridge to pyepics.
For full documentation on pyepics usage, see the pyepics doucmentation. This is a brief demonstration of caproto's pyepics-compat client.
In a separate shell, start one of caproto's demo IOCs.
$ python3 -m caproto.ioc_examples.random_walk
PVs: ['random_walk:dt', 'random_walk:x']
Now, in Python we will talk to it using caproto's pyepics-compatible client. Get and put to random_walk:dt:
In [1]: import caproto.threading.pyepics_compat as epics
In [2]: pv_name = 'random_walk:dt'
In [3]: epics.caget(pv_name)
Out[3]: 3.0
In [4]: epics.caput(pv_name, 2)
In [5]: pv = epics.get_pv(pv_name)
In [6]: pv.get()
Out[6]: 2.0
In [7]: pv.put(1)
In [8]: pv.get()
Out[8]: 1.0
Subscribe a user-defined callback function to random_walk:x:
In [9]: def f(value, **kwargs):
 ...: print('received value', value)
Note that pyepics recommends using epics.get_pv(...) instead of epics.PV(...) and so do we, but both usages are supported.
In [10]: x_pv = epics.PV('random_walk:x')
In [11]: x_pv.add_callback(f)
Out[11]: 0
In [12]: import time; time.sleep(5) # give some time for responses to come in
received value -0.32599493246952127
received value -0.6688874194495014
received value -1.2827184838054524
received value -1.289752589603644
In [13]: x_pv.clear_callbacks()
The underlying caproto PV and Context objects from caproto's main Threading Client. are accessible:
In [14]: pv._caproto_pv
Out[14]:
In [15]: pv._caproto_pv.context
Out[15]:
This brief demonstration has not exercised every aspect of the pyepics API, but caproto's test suite is more comprehensive.


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How Long Does It Take for a Joint to Get Out of Your System?
This is the most common question asked by cannabis users. Well, there's no simple answer to this question, as there are so many variables that dictate how fast or slow a joint can take to get out of your system. However, if you're a weed user looking for answers before a scheduled drug test, there are two major factors that can make a difference—your physiology (as all people are different) and the amount of THC in a joint.
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one joint out of your system
How Much THC Is in One Joint?
In most cases, the amount of THC varies from strain to strain, from 5% to upwards of 30%. In our case, let's take an average level of 15%.
The average weight of a single joint is estimated to be 0.32 grams according to an article published by Christopher Ingraham in The Washington Post. [1]
Knowing this, we can calculate how much THC is in one average joint. Here's the math:
0.32 grams = 320 milligrams
15% THC of 320 mg = 0.15 × 320 = 48 mg THC
If you're smoking half of an average joint, then you consume 12 mg to 14 mg of THC, with about 10 mg to 12 mg going to the sidestream. On the other hand, if you're smoking an entire joint, then the average amount of THC consumed will range from 19 mg to 23 mg.
Another common joint size from the same article was 0.75 grams according to a survey among marijuana users by High Times based on 3,000 responses. Here's the amount of THC calculated from this joint size:
0.75 grams = 750 milligrams
15% THC of 750 mg = 0.15 x 750 = 112.5 mg THC
In this case, if you smoke half a joint, you will consume about 27 mg to 32 mg THC. On the other hand, if you smoke an entire joint, you'll consume between 50 mg and 60 mg THC, with a sidestream loss of about 40–50 mg THC.
Many other variables also determine how much THC is consumed. For instance, lung capacity, how much you inhale, and how long you hold your breath after each puff are some factors that will determine the amount of THC you consume. Another factor is sidestream smoke, where much THC is lost as you await the next puff.
Also important is the change in THC in the joint as you smoke. As the joint burns, more THC condenses toward its end, making the second half of the joint have a slightly higher THC level than the first half.
In the table below, you can see the approximate amount of THC in the joint depending on the THC level in the cannabis strain:
5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30%
Pinner (0.32 gr) 16 mg 32 mg 48 mg 64 mg 80 mg 96 mg
Joint (0.75 gr) 37.5 mg 75 mg 112.5 mg 150 mg 187.5 mg 225 mg
How Long Does THC Stay in Your System?
Here's the science behind it:
According to a study, after smoking about 27 mg of ▵9-THC in a joint, THC-COOH in a smoker's urine was peaking at 180 ng/mL after 4 hours. [2]
According to another study, it was discovered that THC half-life goes from 1.4 days in the first days after smoking (without any major differences between frequent and occasional users) to approximately 4 days for occasional users and 7 days for frequent users in later days. [3]
This means that 27 mg will require about 3 days to get below the recommended 50 ng/mL drug test threshold because after 1.5 days it will be 180/2 = 90 ng/mL, and in the next 1.5 days, it will be 90/2 = 45 ng/mL.
For a confirmation test with a 20 ng/mL cutoff, infrequent users will need almost 5 days to test negative, while frequent users will need up to 7 days.
However, it's good to keep in mind that these calculations may vary significantly depending on many variables, which include age, body mass, lifestyle, and personal metabolism.
Read more: How Long Does Weed Stay In Your System?
How Long for One Joint to Get Out of Your System?
Here is the math:
In the study above, a weak marijuana strain was used. Let's take their findings and recalculate the number of days for other strains knowing how much THC is in the joint.
An average pinner with 15% THC has 48 mg of THC, which gives near 320 ng/mL of THC-COOH in the urine after smoking. This concentration will be reduced to 160 ng/mL in 1.5 days, 80 ng/mL in 3 days, and 40 ng/mL in 4.5 days, so you need almost 4 days to pass a drug test after smoking such a joint. Since THC half-life later grows to 4 and 7 days for infrequent and frequent users respectively, you may need from 8 to 11 days to get below 20 ng/mL and pass a confirmation test.
For a joint with 15% and 112.5 mg THC, the calculation will be 750 ng/mL THC-COOH after smoking, 375 ng/mL in 1.5 days, 187.5 ng/mL in 3 days, and almost 94 ng/mL in 4.5 days. With an increasing half-life it will take 8–11 days to get below 50 ng/mL and from 10 days to 2 weeks to get below 20 ng/mL.
Days to pass initial drug test with 50 ng/mL cutoff:
Pinner (0.32 gr) Joint (0.75 gr)
Casual user Heavy user Casual user Heavy user
5% 2 2 4 4
10% 3 3 6 7
15% 4 4 8 11
20% 5 5 10 14
25% 6 7 11 16
30% 7 10 12 18
NOTE! The calculations here are estimates, as personal metabolism has a major impact on the time THC needs to get out of your system.
To get THC out of your system completely down to zero, you need almost one month for infrequent users and a few months for heavy smokers.
How to Find the Exact Time?
To find the exact time a joint needs to get out of your system, you need to buy a home drug test to test yourself and control the level of marijuana metabolites in your system. One of the best home tests available is the UTest-O-Meter Multi-Level Home THC Urine Test. Unlike the usual tests, this one checks THC in the urine in 4 different levels, which are 20 ng/mL, 50 ng/mL, 100 ng/mL, and 200 ng/mL. This helps you to better understand how fast your body cleanses itself from traces of weed.
How to Reduce This Time
To speed up THC withdrawal and reduce the time a joint needs to get out of your system, you need to drink a lot of water, urinate frequently, and use marijuana detox kits to cleanse your urine and avoid failing a drug test.
 1. One of the big questions in marijuana research has been answered. Christopher Ingraham - The Washington Post.
 2. Chemistry, Metabolism, and Toxicology of Cannabis: Clinical Implications. Priyamvada Sharma PhD, Pratima Murthy, M.M. Srinivas Bharath - NCBI.
 3. Urinary Excretion of 11-nor-9-Carboxy-AgTetrahydrocannabinol and Cannabinoids in Frequent and Infrequent Drug Users. Anne Smith-Kielland, Bjørn Skuterud, Jørg Mørland - Journal of Analytical Toxicology.


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The Sampling check generates a set of features from one or more layers that you can step through to visually inspect. The sample is generated from the feature classes you choose to include based on what is loaded in the map. You can also assign weights to the feature classes, which increases or decreases the number of features for the feature classes that are included in the sample. A value of 1 is the highest weight; 5 is the lowest.
The sample is calculated based on one of the following methods:
- A fixed number of features
- A percentage of all the features in the specified extent
- A number derived from a calculation based on the confidence level, margin of error, and acceptance level
- A polygon grid that is loaded in the map or from a geodatabase
You can choose to run this check on any of the extents that are usually available with checks, such as the selection set, current extent, or the full database.
Once you have defined the criteria for the check, you can configure the notes and a severity rating. The notes allow you to provide a more specific description for the feature that has been written to the Reviewer table and are copied to the Notes field in the Reviewer table. The severity rating allows you to indicate how important the results from a check are in terms of your quality assurance/quality control processes. The lower the number, the greater the priority the check's results have.
- Start ArcMap.
- Open a map document or load data in the map.
- On the main menu, click Customize > Toolbars > Data Reviewer.
- Start a Reviewer session in one of the following:
- Click the Select Data Check drop-down arrow on the Data Reviewer toolbar, click the plus sign next to Advanced Checks, then click Sampling Check.
The Sampling Check Properties dialog box appears. All the visible layers that are currently loaded in the map appear in the Choose Layers list.
- If necessary, type a unique name for the check in the Check Title text box.Note:
The check title can be used to describe the conditions you are looking for with the check. This is useful when you have multiple instances of the same check to validate the same feature classes or tables but with different validation parameters.
- Uncheck the check boxes next to the names of the layers you do not want to include in the sample.
By default, all the visible layers are included in the sample.Tip:
You can click Select All or Clear All to check or uncheck all the check boxes next to the layer names, respectively.
- To adjust the weight, or the significance of the layer in the sample, right-click the layer name in the Choose Layers list and choose a weight option.
- Weight 1 (highest)—The layer is going to have more features included in the sample than other layers with weight values of 2, 3, 4, or 5.
- Weight 2—The layer is going to have more features included in the sample than other layers with weight values of 3, 4, or 5.
- Weight 3—The layer is going to have more features included in the sample than other layers with weight values of 4 or 5.
- Weight 4—The layer is going to have more features included in the sample than other layers with a weight value of 5.
- Weight 5—The layer is going to have the fewest features included in the sample.
- Chose a method for generating the sample.
- Number—A specified number of features from the feature classes chosen in the Choose Layers list is included in the sample.
- Percentage—A specified percentage of the features from the feature classes chosen in the Choose Layers list are included in the sample.
- Auto Calculate—The number of features included in the sample is determined by the following:
- Confidence Level—The level of confidence that the sample size is statistically significant. The default value is 95%, but you can also choose 90%, 98%, or 99%
- Margin Of Error—The acceptable margin of error in the confidence level. The default value is 4%, but you can also choose other values that range from 1% to 10%.
- Acceptable Error—Indicates the acceptable error ratio. The default value is 2%, but you can also choose 1%, 5%, or 10%.
- Do one of the following to configure the calculation method:
To create the sample based on a specific number of features
Click the Number option, then type the number of features you want to include in the sample in the text box.
To create the sample based on a percentage
Click the Percentage option, then type the value that represents the percentage of all the features you want to include in the sample in the text box.Note:
The value specified for the percentage is divided by 100. For example, if you want to sample 50 percent of the features, type 50 not.5.
To create the sample based on automatic calculation
Click the Auto Calculate option, then click the Confidence Level drop-down arrow to choose the confidence level for the data, click the Margin Of Error drop-down arrow to choose the acceptable margin of error for the data, or click the Acceptable Error drop-down arrow and choose the acceptable level of error for the sample.
To create the sample using a polygon grid
Click the Use Grid option. Click the drop-down arrow in the Grid Parameters area to choose the polygon grid or click Browse to load one. Click the Unique ID Field drop-down arrow and choose the field that contains the field you want to use to identify the grid cell. Type the number of cells you want to use in the sample in the Number of grids to sample text box.Tip:
The value you choose from the Unique ID Field drop-down list populates the QC_GRID cell in the Reviewer table.
- If necessary, type descriptive text for the check results in the Notes text box in the Reviewer Remarks area.
If necessary, click the Severity drop-down arrow and choose a value that indicates the priority of the check's results in the Reviewer Remarks area.
The severity indicates the importance of the check result. The values range from 1 to 5, with 1 being the highest priority and 5 being the lowest.
Click the Run Data Check button on the Data Reviewer toolbar.
The Features to Validate dialog box appears.
Choose an option in the Features to Validate area.
- Selection Set—The check is run on the features that are currently selected in the map.
- Current Extent—The check is run on the current map extent, which is controlled by the map scale.
- Definition Query—The check is run on the features that are displayed based on definition queries that have been created for the feature class.
- Full Database—The check is run on all the features in the feature class.
To run the check only on features that have been edited in a versioned workspace, check the Changed Features Only check box.
The Changed Features Only option is available only for a versioned database.
- Click OK.
A progress window appears while the sample is being generated. The results dialog box appears once the check is finished running.
- Choose the Write to Reviewer Table option.
- Click OK.
The sampling check records are written to the Reviewer table.


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SOAP Fault Element
When an error occurs during processing, the response to a SOAP message is a SOAP fault element in the body of the message, and the fault is returned to the sender of the SOAP message.
The SOAP fault mechanism returns specific information about the error, including a predefined code, a description, the address of the SOAP processor that generated
A SOAP Message can carry only one fault block
Fault element is an optional part of SOAP Message
For the HTTP binding, a successful response is linked to the 200 to 299 range of status codes;
SOAP fault is linked to the 500 to 599 range of status codes.
The SOAP Fault element has the following sub elements:
||A text code used to indicate a class of errors. See the next Table for a listing of predefined fault codes.
||A text message explaning the error
||A text string indicating who caused the fault. This is useful if the SOAP
message travels through several nodes in the SOAP message path, and the
client needs to know which node caused the error. A node that does not act
as the ultimate destination must include a faultActor element.
An element used to carry application-specific error messages. The detail element can contain child elements, called detail entries.
SOAP Fault Codes
The faultCode values defined below must be used in the faultcode element when describing faults
||Found an invalid namespace for the SOAP Envelope element
||An immediate child element of the Header element, with the mustUnderstand attribute set to "1", was
||The message was incorrectly formed or contained incorrect information
||There was a problem with the server so the message could not proceed
SOAP Fault Example
The following code is a sample Fault. The client has requested a method named ValidateCreditCard, but the service does not support such a method. This represents a client request error, and the server returns the following SOAP response:
Failed to locate method (ValidateCreditCard) in class
(examplesCreditCard) at /usr/local/ActivePerl-5.6/lib/
site_perl/5.6.0/SOAP/Lite.pm line 1555.


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8 characteristics of a good insurance executive
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Within the insurance industry, we take certain attributes for granted: diligence, detail orientation, a fundamental understanding of data.
However, it's rare to take a step back and examine the actual psychological characteristics of insurance executives — how they think, how they make decisions, how they approach interactions with others.
What is the psychological profile of an insurance executive — and how does this profile differ from the attributes of executives in other fields?
A recent study by Russell Reynolds Associates sought to answers these questions by analyzing the leadership and behavioral attributes of 87 insurance executives, and comparing those executives to the more than 5,000 executives across all industries in Russell Reynolds's database.
Three psychometric tests were used:
 - 16pf, which measures communication and teamwork styles.
 - OPQ-32, which examines personality related to management and leadership roles.
 - Hogan Development Survey, which identifies patterns of behavior that tend to appear when a person is stressed or under pressure.
The overall findings were striking. Insurance executives, defying stodgy industry stereotypes, score high on some quite vibrant personality traits.
The 'secret sauce'
Understanding this profile (as well as how these traits can be developed) can be of tremendous value to anyone in the insurance field.
The personality traits of insurance executives — the "secret sauce" of this group of executives — fall into three camps: possessing a concerned eye, being a steady pair of hands, and embodying dynamism.
Read on for our profile of what makes a good insurance executive.
1. They possess a concerned eye.
Insurance executives are more likely to worry before significant occasions than the average executive. This is a double-edged sword — this characteristic raises the right concerns, but can create mental drag due to the resulting anxiety.
2. They are a "steady pair of hands."
Insurance executives score higher than the overall executive population on a cluster of traits that relate to procedural and interpersonal steadiness.
3. They are more trusting and more likely to perceive others as reliable.
In our research, again and again, top executive groups score higher than the overall population for being trusting — the ability to trust others facilitates a whole host of productive, collaborative interactions.
To develop this trait, consciously reflect back on situations where you feel you withheld your trust from a business partner or group of business partners, and where that lack of trust was not ultimately validated.
What in your mind were the reasons for not trusting? How can you "rewrite the story" for future interactions toward putting your faith in others where appropriate?
4. They are emotionally even-keeled.
According to our psychometric results, insurance executives are more emotionally even than their peers in other industries — which can be a true asset in an industry facing constant disruption.
To develop this trait, seek regular feedback from colleagues about your emotional style. Are you perceived as being emotional or intense? Are these perceptions magnified when using communication channels like email?
5. They prioritize well.
With a million priorities constantly in play, it's perhaps not surprising that insurance executives are more oriented toward prioritization than their executive peers.
To develop this trait, constantly re-evaluate your priorities against your broader strategic goals. Make sure you're managing the "urgent vs. important" tradeoff correctly. And ask colleagues for feedback on your prioritization – sometimes an outside set of eyes can spot issues easily.
6. They embody dynamism.
This cluster of attributes is perhaps the most surprising — and meaningful — set of results. Insurance executives score higher for a group of dynamic traits than the average executive.
7. They are bolder and more achievement oriented.
Compared to the overall executive population, insurance executives are more likely to act with confidence and pursue ambitious goals.
To develop this trait, embrace your own convictions. Place greater trust in your inner voice — and don't hesitate to verbalize your position on an issue followed up by the proper supporting points. Vet your goals against a yardstick of scale — are they ambitious enough?
8. They seek a high level of activity.
And insurance executives can speed up their actions to match the speed of the business around them.
This is another group of traits we often see in very successful populations, broadly speaking — the ability to move fast and to embrace constant activity.
To develop this trait, constantly have your key priorities in mind, facilitating speedy but well-considered decisions. Look at areas where you feel you do not move quickly — or do not enjoy a high level of activity — and attempt to identify and correct for the unifying themes.
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So what should insurance executives think about as they look at this psychological profile?
First, consider to what extent you conform to — or contrast with — the three areas of attributes described (concerned eye, steady pair of hands, dynamism). Are there aspects of your personal style that you would develop to be more closely aligned with these attributes? Why or why not?
Moreover, it's useful to think about what these attributes say about how the industry will move forward. Based on this psychological profile, how will insurance executives cope with changes like digital disruption, the rise of big data and diversity concerns?
On a personal level, consider how you can leverage your own psychological attributes to be a useful part of these changes. After all, deeper understanding of your own leadership style is interesting to reflect upon — but powerful when put into action.
Limore Zilberman is a member of Russell Reynolds Associates' Financial Services Sector and Digital Transformation Practice, with a concentration in insurance. She advises boards, CEOs and senior-level executives on hiring, benchmarking, development and succession. Zilberman is also a member of the firm's Diversity Practice.
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Date: January 1, 1959
Description: With the assumptions that Berthelot's equation of state accounts for molecular size and intermolecular force effects, and that changes in the vibrational heat capacities are given by a Planck term, expressions are developed for analyzing one-dimensional flows of a diatomic gas. The special cases of flow through normal and oblique shocks in free air at sea level are investigated. It is found that up to a Mach number 10 pressure ratio across a normal shock differs by less than 6 percent from its ideal gas value; whereas at Mach numbers above 4 the temperature rise is considerable below and hence the density rise is well above that predicted assuming ideal gas behavior. It is further shown that only the caloric imperfection in air has an appreciable effect on the pressures developed in the shock process considered. The effects of gaseous imperfections on oblique shock-flows are studied from the standpoint of their influence on the life and pressure drag of a flat plate operating at Mach numbers of 10 and 20. The influence is found to be small. (author).
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This article examines the formation of the rules and regulations for the Qing administration, beginning with the establishment of the six boards in 1631 and ending with the publication of the first Da Qing huidian, or administrative code, in 1690. It charts the administrative problems that arose during the early Qing, and how state-makers turned to the Ming Huidian for answers but consistently found it unable to provide solutions to Qing-specific problems. In response, Qing officials called for the compilation of a Qing Huidian that would account for the emergent Qing-specific administrative structure and apparatus. The article shows that the Qing Hudian was not merely a copy of the Ming document of the same name; rather, it was a compilation of the regulations that developed in response to administrative and political problems over a sixty-year period, and did so in tandem with the emergence of the Qing state. The article further argues that the Qing had administrative law. The intent behind the regulations of the Huidian was to lay out enforceable procedural requirements that regulated administrative activity, as well as to set binding rules about the organizational structure of the state and the relations among actors and internal agencies.


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So what's with the "a" in front of familiar words like beam, stern and aft?
Adding the "a-" prefix turns the noun into an adjective. Nouns, you'll recall, name things. They answer the What? or Who? in a sentence. Adverbs, on the other hand, modify a verb. They answer questions like When? Where? Why? and How?
Adding the "a" to parts of a boat tells us where something else is in relationship to our boat. This use of the a- prefix is from Old English use of a- to mean on, in, at.
- A + Beam = On our beam, or beside our boat.
- A + Stern = At our stern, or behind us.
- A + Baft = To the rear (baft is Old English for behind). "Abaft the beam" is a phrase commonly used when practicing the Quick Stop Crew Overboard procedure.
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TEACHING VALUES AN OLYMPIC EDUCATION TOOLKIT SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO OLYMPIC VALUES EDUCATION TEACHINGVALUES11 Stimulating the imagination of learners is another educational method used in Teaching Values. All athletes know the power of the imagination in helping them to accomplish a result or goal. Positive and creative use of the imagination can also help young people to develop new attitudes, new ways of thinking about themselves and others, and then to explore different ways of behaving. DEFINING TERMINOLOGY In this Toolkit, a number of words recur which are worth defining for the purposes of educators and their learners. 1 Value– A value is what is considered important in life; what makes life worth living. A value is also something that helps people decide what is right or wrong in moral terms. Heritage– Heritage is a form of legacy. " IT IS IMAGINATION THAT OPENS OUR EYES TO WORLDS BEYOND OUR EXPERIENCE – ENABLING US TO CREATE, CARE FOR OTHERS, AND ENVISION SOCIAL CHANGE." 2 ( MAXINE GREENE, EDUCATOR AND CURRICULUM SPECIALIST) AboveLondon 2005: London 2012 Chairman and former Olympian Lord Sebastian Coe ( GBR) talks to children at an East London primary school about the Olympic Games. 1 Definitions from Educational Services of the Olympic Museum, Lausanne. 2 Greene, M. ( 1995). Releasing the imagination: Essays on education, the arts, and social change. San Francisco: JosseyBass Inc. ( book jacket). There are tangible heritages such as buildings, monuments, historical sites, works of art, objects, books, etc. There are also intangible heritages such as languages, films, music, scientific knowledge, customs, arts and crafts. Rituals, sport movements and techniques are part of the intangible heritage. Sport– Sport is understood to mean all forms of physical activity that contribute to physical fitness, mental wellbeing and social interaction. These activities include play; recreational, casual, organised or competitive sport; and indigenous sport or games ( UNESCO 2004). Culture– Culture is everything that allows people to situate themselves in relation to the world, society and also the heritage which is passed on to them ( values, behaviour, arts, artifacts, knowledge, belief systems, stories and myths, etc.).
12TEACHING VALUES SECTION 1 INTRODUCTION TO OLYMPIC VALUES EDUCATION FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF THEOLYMPIC MOVEMENT THE " FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES" APPEAR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE OLYMPIC CHARTER. # 1 Olympism is a philosophy of life, exalting and combining in a balanced whole the qualities of body, will and mind. Blending sport with culture and education, Olympism seeks to create a way of life based on the joy of effort, the educational value of good example and respect for universal fundamental ethical principles. # 2The goal of Olympism is to place sport at the service of the harmonious development of man, with a view to promoting a peaceful society concerned with the preservation of human dignity. # 3The Olympic Movement is the concerted, organised, universal and permanent action, carried out under the supreme authority of the IOC, of all individuals and entities who are inspired by the values of Olympism. It covers the five continents. It reaches its peak with the bringing together of the world's athletes at the great sports festival, the Olympic Games. Its symbol is five interlaced rings. # 4The practice of sport is a human right. Every individual must have the possibility of practising sport, without discrimination of any kind and in the Olympic spirit, which requires mutual understanding with a spirit of friendship, solidarity and fair play. The organisation, administration and management of sport must be controlled by independent sports organisations. # 5Any form of discrimination with regard to a country or a person on grounds of race, religion, politics, gender or otherwise is incompatible with belonging to the Olympic Movement. # 6Belonging to the Olympic Movement requires compliance with the Olympic Charter and recognition by the IOC. See Learning Activity, Section 4, Fundamental Principles – Interpretation, p. 68. Left Atlanta 1996: The Opening Ceremony at the Olympic Stadium in Atlanta, Georgia, celebrates the ancient origins of the Games. FUNDAMENTAL PRINCIPLES


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Haikouichthys appeared to be apparently the first fish.It has been around since during this Cambrian explosion inside the early Cambrian Period it truly is still definitely not clear precisely what fish had been first then again.
One of several other probable candidates were being Ostracoderms, the first vertebrate.We were holding jawless fish and journeyed extinct close to the end with the Devonian Period.
Sharks are regarded as have come into existence over the Silurian Period but data dates them returning to the late Ordovician Time.
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The Hagfish goes 550 trillion years towards earlier Cambrian but is not really exactly considered a species of fish.
The Coelacanth has become the oldest, or even the most seasoned fish living today.
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First of all, a whale is not a fish its your mammal.
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Lower Austria—The Architectural Landscape, 1848 to 1918
A handy guidebook to significant historic architecture in Lower Austria a popular tourist destination around Vienna.
1st edition, 2017
Text English and German
264 pages, 216 color illustrations
11.5 x 19 cm
Lower Austria is a tourist destination beloved for its beautiful landscapes and proximity to the capital, Vienna. A new architecture guidebook, Lower Austria—The Architectural Landscape, 1848 to 1918 features a selection of significant buildings from that period. Arranged by type, entries include historic and contemporary photographs, brief descriptions, architectural plans, and other information. The seven decades between the Austrian Revolution of 1848 and the end of World War I in 1918 marked several periods of significant societal and political change in Austrian society that also had a major impact on architecture. Detailed essays describe the commissioning of projects—often by famous architects of the time—as they related to such topics as the abolishment of manorialism, the onset of industrialization and the construction of the railways, and the fashion of escaping the crowded metropolis for a summer house in the countryside.


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Here we propose a psychological model of over-purchasing informed by animal foraging theory and make predictions about variables that predict over-purchasing by either exacerbating or mitigating the anticipation of future scarcity. These variables include additional scarcity cues (e.g. loss of income), distress (e.g. depression), psychological factors that draw attention to these cues (e.g. neuroticism) or to reassuring messages (eg. analytical reasoning) or which facilitate over-purchasing (e.g. income).
We tested our model in parallel nationally representative internet surveys of the adult general population conducted in the United Kingdom (UK: N = 2025) and the Republic of Ireland (RoI: N = 1041) 52 and 31 days after the first confirmed cases of COVID-19 were detected in the UK and RoI, respectively.
About three quarters of participants reported minimal over-purchasing. There was more over-purchasing in RoI vs UK and in urban vs rural areas. When over-purchasing occurred, in both countries it was observed across a wide range of product categories and was accounted for by a single latent factor. It was positively predicted by household income, the presence of children at home, psychological distress (depression, death anxiety), threat sensitivity (right wing authoritarianism) and mistrust of others (paranoia). Analytic reasoning ability had an inhibitory effect. Predictor variables accounted for 36% and 34% of the variance in over-purchasing in the UK and RoI respectively. With some caveats, the data supported our model and points to strategies to mitigate over-purchasing in future crises.
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1. A solemn binding promise to do, give, or refrain from doing something: signed a pledge never to reveal the secret; a pledge of money to a charity.
a. Something given or held as security to guarantee payment of a debt or fulfillment of an obligation.
b. The condition of something thus given or held: put an article in pledge.
a. Delivery of goods or personal property as security for a debt or obligation: a loan requiring a pledge of property.
b. The contract or transaction stipulating or involving such delivery.
4. A token or sign: "fair pledges of a fruitful tree" (Robert Herrick).
5. A person who has been accepted for membership in a fraternity or similar organization and has promised to join but has not yet been initiated.
6. A vow to abstain from alcoholic liquor: ex-drinkers who have taken the pledge.
7. Archaic The act of drinking in honor of someone; a toast.
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1. To offer or guarantee by a solemn binding promise: pledge loyalty to a nation; pledge that the duties of the office will be fulfilled. See Synonyms at promise.
2. To bind or secure by a pledge or promise: pledged themselves to the cause. See Synonyms at devote.
3. To deposit as security; pawn.
a. To promise to join (a fraternity or similar organization).
b. To accept as a prospective member of such an organization.
5. Archaic To drink a toast to.
1. To make a solemn binding promise; swear.
2. Archaic To drink a toast.


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Christening gowns came about during the Victorian era (which was around 1837 until the 1900's). History says that baptisms were occasions that were greatly celebrated as a child was accepted into the Christian world. The Church then insisted that babies during baptism wear white as a symbol of innocence and purity.
After the christening, Victorian families would carefully store the gown to be passed down to the next child. Thus the tradition of turning christening dresses into family heirlooms began.
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Fast-forward to almost a hundred years later, and white is still the preferred color. Also, many families still keep the baptismal garment as a remembrance of a beautiful celebration. While that remains the same, there are differences that have been brought about by changing times.
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First, we add beige and off-white to the repertoire of colors that can be worn by a child during baptism. Add to this the many designs, style additions, and dress lengths than can be chosen from. Second, this generation has smaller families, and so passing down a christening gown might mean having a child wear it once every few years. That's why parents opt to just keep the original dress and purchase a new one for the next child.
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But despite changing times, the essence of an heirloom remains the same. Being an heirloom no longer means passing it down from one generation to another. You can call a dress your family's heirloom because your most precious treasure (your child) wore it on her special day.
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Inspired by child development and brain research, we introduce a computational framework which integrates robotic active vision and reaching. Essential elements of this framework are sensorimotor mappings that link three different computational domains relating to visual data, gaze control, and reaching. The domain of gaze control is the central computational substrate that provides, first, a systematic visual search and, second, the transformation of visual data into coordinates for potential reach actions. In this respect, the representation of object locations emerges from the combination of sensorimotor mappings. The framework is tested in the form of two different architectures that perform visually guided reaching. Systematic experiments demonstrate how visual search influences reaching accuracy. The results of these experiments are discussed with respect to providing a reference architecture for developmental learning in humanoid robot systems.


The GENetic optimization and Bootstrapping of LInear Structures (GENBLIS) Home Page
Walter R. Mebane, Jr. and Jasjeet S. Sekhon
Please direct all questions and comments to Jasjeet Sekhon.
GENBLIS (GENetic optimization and Bootstrapping of LInear Structures) is an evolutionary program which estimates structural equation models with latent variables by combining the global search strength of evolutionary algorithms with the ability of derivative based algorithms to do rapid local hill climbing. GENBLIS provides bootstrap confidence intervals for parameters and bootstrap confidence limits for the goodness-of-fit test statistic. Structural equation models are often used in political science, sociology, psychology, marketing and related social science fields to specify and estimate stochastic models for linear relations in the presence of measurement errors.
There are a variety of ways to parameterize structural equation models. Following Bollen (1989 [*]), GENBLIS uses a parameterization developed by Jöreskog (1973 [*]) and Wiley (1973 [*]). This parameterization has become a standard because of the popularity of the LISREL program which was developed by Jöreskog and Sörbom.
GENBLIS is described in the GENBLIS Manual. One can download the following binaries:
The UNIX binaries are in tar and gzip format. Therefore, to unpack them in a given directory please issue the following commands:
zcat genblis.linux-1.11.4.tar.gz | tar -xvf -
You may have to change the mode of the genblis binary to make it an executable. The can be done by issuing the following command:
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Small parts of the current GENBLIS code were adapted from an early version of Zbigniew Michalewicz's GENOCOP I.
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ALIGN: A guidance tool for living wages and incomes
The The Only Way is Up! Conference marked the launch of ALIGN. ALIGN is a platform that gives access to existing resources on living wage and living income in an interactive and customised way. The portal is meant to be a guidance tool for agri-food companies aiming to reduce complexity around the topic, prioritising easy access and accountable information to build a strong understanding of living wages and income, and assessing risks in supply chains.
A needs assessment conducted by True Price in the second half of 2018 among Dutch agri-food companies, showed that in order to stimulate and facilitate action in the field of living wage/living income, agri-food companies would benefit from having access to existing knowledge, good practices and potential partners. Hence, the relevance of ALIGN as an accountable guidance tool for living wages and incomes.
The platform has two main functionalities:
- A source map where the user can access information on living wage/living income either per country or per commodity
- An action process meant to be a step-by-step guide for companies approaching the theme of living wage/living income
The tool was initially developed for a few selected countries and commodities and will expand from there. These pre-selected countries are Costa Rica, Ghana, Kenya and Ethiopia, and the pre-selected commodities are bananas, cacao, flowers and coffee.
ALIGN is the result of an ongoing partnership between Hivos, Fairfood (as part of the Living Wage Lab project) and the Rainforest Alliance, with the support of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development, implemented by GIZ.